The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-03 00:00:00

BANKING DEPARTMENT,

Debit.
Proprietors' ca-
pital
Rest
Public deposits 4,008,071
Other „ 11,036,793
Seven day, and
other bills 845,327

Credit.
Government se-
curities £13,372,083
Other securities 15,975,189
Notes 3,630,455
Gold and silver
coin

Total .... £33,619,182

Total ... £33,619,182

The foregoing Bank Returns show the following
results when compared with those of the preceding
week :—Notes -issued, decrease, 26,5301; bullion
in both departments, decrease, 152,6021; rest, in-
crease, 8,1011; public deposits, increase, 1,049,318/;
other deposits, decrease, 870,8301; seven days' and
other bills, increase, 49,2701. On the credit side,
government securities have incressed 255,2501;
other securities, increase, 45,8261. Notes unem
ployed, decrease, 38,1451. Actual circulation,
19,926,2201, decrease, 88,3851.

The Funds shewed heaviness this morning, an
extreme decline of Z per cent was at one moment
quoted. The closing prices, however, were only
an Ito lower than the best point attained on
Wednesday, and finally stood at 921 to 921. The
chief check was imposed by reports that to-night's
Bank Returns would show a further decrease in
the Bullion. Business was languid in all depart•
ments of the Stock Exchange, except in French
Shares, which experienced a general advance, fol-
lowing the movement at Paris. The rates of dis-
count are fully maintained, but the supply of
money on offer in Lombard-street was to day more
liberal. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent Rentes
exhibit a rise of a to 1 per cent since Wednesday.
The whole of the gold, upwards of 200,0001, brought
in by the Anglesey, from Melbourne, was to day
purchased by the Bank. On 'Change this afternoon
the demand for paper on Hamburg and Amsterdam
continued. Short Bills on Paris were also enquired
for. In these cases, therefore, the tendency of the
rates was rather more favourable. As regards
Italian places, especially Naples and Sicily, the
quotations are likewise rather drooping.
The following were the closing quotations of
Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 181
to 11 191, Do., three months, 12 to 12
Rotterdam, do , 12 lk to 12 11. Antwerp, do.,
25 65 to 25 70. Brussels, do., 25 65 to 25 70.
Hamburg, do., 13 11 to 13 111. Paris, short,
25 371 to 25 45. D 0.,. three months, 25 721 to
25 771. Marseilles, do., 25 721 to 25 771. Frank-
fort, do , 121 to 1211. Vienna, do., 10 21 to
10 25. Trieste, do., 10 23 to 10 27. Petersburg,
do., 361 to 36Z. Madrid, do., 491 to 49Z.
On the return of the Bank for the week ending
Saturday, April 26, we may repeat that this con-
stant decrease in the bullion is for a temporary
purpose, namely, for the Turkish loan. These
remittances will not be continued much longer.
Heavy amounts of gold have been sent into the
bank during the week now about to close. The
various changes the return exhibits do not warrant
the expectation of any immediate reduction in the
rate of discount. The Railway Share Market
to-day was inactive, and rather flatter.
The closing quotations were as follows :
Caledonian, 591598 Eastern Counties, 9 13-1615_16,
East Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 94i 951.
Do. A, 79 80. Great Western, 611 61i. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 88 881. London and North
Western, 100 1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 271 28k. Midland Stock, 73a 738.
North British, 344 351. South Eastern and Dover,
701 71t. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 77/ 781.