The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
still depressed, quotations being id. worse for all
kinds. There were taken for export 3,310 Ameri-
can and 1,020 Surat, and on speculation 1,960
bales American. The Railway Market was dull,
but prices were generally per cent. better than
the closing rates of the previous day.
The statement of the Bank of England for the
week, to the 17th instant, is the most interesting
that has ever recently appeared. The reduction in
the amount of the bullion is not one-half the
amount which it was expected to be ; and in the
balances of private depositors there is an increase,
showing caution as well as resources on the part of
those engaged in mercantile and exchange opera-
tions. The account of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer is also increasing steadily as the
quarter advances to a close. Looking at the
Government Securities, a further reduction is per-
ceptible, the result of sales of Exchequer Bills, it
may be presumed ; but the most remarkable item
is that of other securities, in which the increase is
moreimportant than was, perhaps, ever before
known in the same period of time. This may arise
both from extended loans upon stock, and from in-
creased discounts. The amount of notes reserved
was also considerably lessened, a proof how strong
is the demand upon the Bank coffers. Possibly
there was a greater rush for accommodation last
week, because of the apprehension that discounts
would be raised to 5 per cent.; and the assistance
to the Stock Market on Thursday, by the general
granting of loans on stock at 4 per cent., would
appear to indicate that the Bank is not now so
much called upon. At any rate, there is a fair
supply of cash offered to the Lombard-street houses
on " call." Compared with the previous week, the
changes are as follows :
Active circulation £22,421,920

Increase
Bullion
Decrease
Rest
Increase
Public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits
Increase
Seven-day and other Bills
Increase
Government Securities
Decrease.
Other Securities
Increase
Notes unemployed
Decrease

_ .
324,240
15,862,398
338,954
3,658,265
16,557
6,007,833
756,823
11,053,973
191,915
1,435,982
15,194
12,527,893
239,125
16,740,682
1,782,808
6,977,155
691,935

Yesterday afternoon there was an advance in the
rates of exchange upon the principal cities of the
Continent. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 22i- to
271 2 • Amsterdam, at 11 171 to 18 ; Hamburgh, at
13 61 to 7 ; and Trieste at 11 2 to 11 5.
There were drawn by the Hon. East India Com-
pany bills upon the Presidencies, from the Bth to
the 23d inst., to the following amounts :—On Ben-
gal, 35,6161. ; Madras, 16,3841. ; Bombay, 6201.
At their meeting yesterday afternoon, the Direc-
tors of the Devonshire Great Consolidated Copper
Mining Company declared a dividend of 81. per
share, from profits upon sales of copper ores stamped
in May and June last. After payment of the above,
23,3141. remain in hand, applicable to general pur-
poses.

The exports of bullion from London during the
week to Thursday last were 35,796 ounces in gold,
and 80,200 ounces in silver.

The funds opened at a decline this morning,
Consols being 931 for transfer, and 931, for ac-
count. Upon the report that the fleet had passed
the Dardanelles, there was an immediate fall to
91 for account, and to 92 for money, the present
rates being 918 for account. Exchequer Bills
have been as low as 15s. discount, and India
Bonds have been at ss. discount. East India
Stock has been done at 245.

In the Foreign Market, there has been a general
decline. Equador Stock has been at 4i, Mexican,
at 241, and since at 231. Peruvian Bonds are 70
to 721. Brazilian New 41 per Cents. are quoted
951 to 901. Spanish Deferred Bonds are 211, and
Portuguese 4 per Cents., 421.
The Railway Share Market is miserably de-
pressed, and the fall is 3to 5 per Cent. There have
been large transactions. French Shares are about
2/. lower.

The Gold Mine Shares are heavy, the Banks 1/.
to 2/. lower, and the Land Companies have de-
clined.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From, the Official List.)
Business done
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 944 24
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, id.
£IOOO
£5OO l2 d
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,

Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New, 1852, 43 per Cent 953 63
7 per Cent. Matanzas lOl
Equa,dor Bonds
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent. 723 70
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto for the Account.. 42i
Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent 97
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 45
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2li
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cent. 12 Gull —
Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates

HALF-PAST TWO.
911
91

Consols
Ditto October Account

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, ELEVEN P.M.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Madrid, Captain John Weeks, has just arrived
with the usual mails. Her dates are, Gibraltar,
Sept. 15 ; Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Oporto and
Vigo, 20. The Madrid had on freight four packages
of specie, value 8901., besides her usual general
cargo and 46 passengers.
The news from Lisbon in reference to the vine
disease is still disheartening. In a vineyard of
fifteen acres not one sound bunch was to be found.

The Pope's nuncio had been pronounced out of
danger.

The Exchange at Lisbon on London was, for
bills of ninety days' date, 54k.
The Severn with the Brazilian mails, arrived
at Lisbon on the 14th, and proceeded the same
evening.

RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF LORD ABERDEEN.—
Rumours are current in the political circles that Lord
Aberdeen has signified his intention of retiring from a
post, which we trust, for the honour and safety of the
country, he has not filled too long. His lordship is re-
ported to have made a declaration to a person high in
authority, that in his belief, now that Russia has un-
masked herself, war is inevitable. That his lordship, with
his peculiar predilections for peace and for Russian in-
terests, should feel himself bound to resign a post into
hands likely to pursue a more manly, a more English
line of policy, is but natural. Certainly, if our advice
had any weight, we should earnestly counsel the noble
lord, for his own sake, to tender his resignation forth-
with.—Bell's Weekly Messenger.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN LAMBETH AND DEPTFORD.
—Yesterday (Friday) morning, two very alarming
fires broke out almost at the same moment, one near
her Majesty's dockyard at Deptford, and the other
in Princes-street, Lambeth. The first took place in
the premises of Mr. W. Wright, a chemist, No. 4, New
King-street, Deptford. It was discovered by a police-
officer of the R division, who, after some trouble, suc-
ceeded in arousing the inmates. So dense was the
smoke, and so intense the heat, that the various occupants
had great difficulty in effecting a safe retreat from the
blazing buildings. A mounted express was at once sent
to town for the aid of the engine, and forthwith the West
of Englandiengine and fireman arrived, when they found
the dockyard brigade at work from the yard, the hose
being conveyed from that establishment into the burn-
ing property. The brigade engine of Southwark-bridge-
road station, while proceeding along the Kent-road,
met with an accident, which so disabled it that
it was unable to proceed to the scene of conflagration,
and the firemen were therefore obliged to be conveyed
to the spot in a cab. Other engines of the brigade &I-
I lowed those of the dockyard and the West of England
Office; but in spite of the most strenuous exertions of
all present, the flames oould not be subdued until the
fire had travelled almoSt through the building, de-
stroying in its progress, the whole of the stock in
trade and most of the valuable furniture. The origin
of the fire is unknown. Fortunately the sufferer was
insured in the Phcenix and Norwich Union Fire
Offices.----The other fire broke out in the premises be-
longing to Mr. T. Smith, the extensive potter, No. 72,
Princess-street, Lambeth. It occurred in the factory,
from, it is supposed, the over-heat of one of the fur-
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soon
on the spot ; and a plentiful supply of water
having been procured from the mains of the Vauxhall
Company, the inhabitants and firemen went to work in
admirable style, but in •
spite of which they were unable
to get the fire subdued until the roof of the factory was
burned off, and the stock in trade severely damaged by
fire, breakage, &c. The premises and their contents
were insured in the London Fire Office. The police of
the R and L divisions rendered essential aid to the fire-
men at each fire.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

The Emperor and the Empress arrived on Thurs-
day in safety at Arras, at half-past four in the
afternoon, having been warmly received along the
line of country through which the Northern rail-
way passes. It has been decided that they are to
travel at the rate of about thirty-eight English
miles an hour, exclusive of stoppages.
A telegraphic dispatch announces that the Prince
de Chimay, sent by the King of the Belgains to
compliment the Emperor of the French on his
passage, arrived on Thursday at Lille.
The Courrier de Marseilles has received a first
warning from the Prefect of the Bruches-du-
Rhone for speaking in disrespectful terms of the
port of La Joliette, and for dwelling on its incon-
veniences, thereby inducing captains of vessels to
keep away from Marseilles.
The Debats has an article in favour of a general
amelioration of the commercial tariff in France on
more liberal bases than they have up to the pre-
sent reign been established by the different Govern-
ments. In support of its arguments, the &Mats
quotes the official returns in England since the
adoption of principles of free trade, and brings
forward the beneficial results of them to the people
and to the treasury.

Great exertions are made by the charitably dis-
posed in Paris to provide for the indigent poor
during the approaching winter. The number of
poor inscribed on the lists from the year 1848 to
1851, amounted to 196,000.
M. Scribe, the oldest dramatic writer existing
in France, has purchased the estate of Cour-
betire, in the neighbourhood of Chateau-Thierry,
for 260,000 f.
By order of the Minister of Marine the number
of pupils in the Naval School for the children of
poor seamen at Brest, has been increased by 200.
The Hercule, Jean Bart, Roland, Pomone, and
Cafarelli, have left Cherbourg on a cruise between
that port and the Isle of Wight.
The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railway
with its extensions for the 'week ending the 17th
inst. amount to 882,955 f., being an increase of
296,203 f., as compared with the corresponding week
of last year.

The last news from Constantinople produced an
unfavourable effect at the Bourse yesterday, and
public securities declined. The Three per Cents.
opened at 76f. 70c., rose to 76f. 80c., fell subse-
quently to 76f. 40c., and closed at 76f. 55c. for the
end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
closed at 101 f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway shares,
1,230 f. ; Rouen, 1,055 E ; Havre, 517 f. 50. ; Great
Northern, 850 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 956 f. 25c. ;
Paris and Lyons, 912 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Medi-
terranean, 765. ; Western of France, 730 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 610 f. ; Great Central, 522 f. 50c. ;
Lyons to Geneva, 520 f. ; Shares of the Bank of
Credit Mobilier, 770 f.