The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-18 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AND
CO A' MERCI AL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated' at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 taken for
export and on speculation. There was no change
to notice in the market. Railway Shares were
flat.

The return of the Bank of England for tl e week
to the 11th inst. is comparatively favourable, and.
the demand for discounts had been more limited.
The Bank appears also to have been a seller of

funded or unfunded debt. The balance to the
credit of the national treasury was increased, but
private depositors were diminishing their lodg-

ments. The reduction in the Government securities
would appear to indicate the repayment of loans
obtained thereon, or sales by the Bank. The
slight increase in the bullion was perhaps scarcely
expected. Compared with the previous week, the
changes were as follows :
Active circulation.

Decrease

Bullion ....

314,575
13,579,795
04,76)
8,166,072

Increase

Increase
Public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills
Decrease
Government Securities
Decrease
Other Securities

29,197
3,525,677
667,477
10,243,333
688.690
1,114,875
6,124
11,413.016
111,476
13,899,081

Decrease
Notes unemployed
Increase

256,008
6,710,345
344,005

There was no further decline yesterday in the
rates for bills of exchange upon the principal con-
tinental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25
27i to 32k, Amsterdam 11 161 to 17, Hamburg
12 5 to 61, Frankfort 118 a to 1181, and Trieste
12 20 to 30.

The dollars per steamer Atrato have been sold at
ss. per ounce. The gold per Africa, from New
York, 71,8001., the rest being for Havre, has been
received in London, and sold for exportation ; and
the gold per Charlotte Jane, from Adelaide, has
also been sent abroad. Owing to the absence this
week of arrivals from Australia until to-day, the
demand for gold, which is now very brisk, cannot
be met, and the quantities early expected will be
immediately absorbed for the continent.
Two arrivals from Australia are just announced.
One, the Mermaid, at Liverpool, with dates of
August 18, from Melbourne, and 20,000 ounces of
gold. The other, the Ballarat, which left Aug. 25,
is off the Start, and has 60,000 ounces in gold, and
20,0001.

The prices of United States Securities, as fur-
nished by Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., are as
under :

Redeemable. Per Cent.
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1862...101 102
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...1084 1099
United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed
Stock 1867-1868...1059 106

United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed _
Stock 1862...101 102
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent ... 76
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 93 94
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1858-9-66... 83
V irgiuia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) —1888... 90 92
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 84

LOANS OF CITIES.
Boston 41 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... ... 99 101.
Montreal 6 per Cent 1857-1865... 83
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 82

RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 6 per Cent. 1875... 63 65
Pennsylvania Central R. Rd. 6p. Cent... 1880... 88 89
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort•
gage lB6B-1869...100 102
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 77 78
New York and Erie 7 p.Cent.,Convertible 1862... 70
Northern Indiana 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-
gage (Gosehen Branch) ..1868... 73 75
Terre Haute and Alton 7 per Cent. Ist

Mortgage 1867... 75
The importation of the precious metals during
the week to Thursday last comprised 198,160 ounce
of silver, and 2,000 ounces of gold, all to the con-
tinent.

The frightful loss sustained by our forces in the
Crimea has still a very injurious effect upon the
Funds, in which the further decline is Ito per
cent. Consols have been as low as 90a for trans-
fer, but are now 91f. For account they have been
quoted 90:4, and since 911 Exchequer Bills
have varied from Is. to 4s. premium. Bank Stock
is firm at 21.2. The New 3 per Cents. have been
891 ti 89 k._ _

Foreign Securities have been weak, and the
bargains in Turkish scrip have been at prices lower
than ever, viz.: 8 and 9 discount, although the
present prices are 61 to 7 discount. Spanish New
Deferred Bonds have been at 18k. Portuguese 4
per Cents. are 381. Peruvian have realised 66/ and
67. Danish 5 per Cents. have been done at 99k.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 51 ; Mexi-
can, 21k to 218 ; Peruvian, 65 to 67 ; ditto,
3 per Cents., 46 to 48 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.,
40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto,
4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred,
18k to 18g ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto,
Certificates, 58 to 5i ; ditto, Passive, 4i- to 5.
The Railway Share Market has been heavy
again, and upon the average about 1 to 1 per cent.
lower. The business done, however, has not been
large. The Foreign Shares have been quiet.
Gold Mines have been quiet. The Australasia
Bank is rather lower, and the miscellaneous shares
are supported.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List. )
Business done

sank Stock 2121
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9 4
3 per Cent Consols Annuities 91!90 14
N3V, 3 per Cent. Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 2jd.
£l000
2,500
Small 2 1 4 p
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. —
Ditto 1859, ~
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 67 6a
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto ex. all over duo Coupons ... 3Bi
B:)anish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lB4
Turkish Scrip 6 per cent
Ditto for the Account 8 9 6i d
Dividends on the above payable in London.
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols
Ditt,,, Ace 'nut .. 914