The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-22 00:00:00

MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLooK.
The alterations recorded in the Bank of England
oreturn, completed to the 19th December, are not
'very
b..eena slightly extensive character. The bullion has
diminished owing to the con-
tinuance of remittances to the United States,
tr a la.
and the absence of arrivals from Aus-
The public deposits, as usual at this
oPweri°d of the year, show a large addition
Private
to the active revenue collections. In the
similar
deposits there is a decrease to about a
slienlar amount. The reserve of notes has been
di3,htlY augmented, while there is a moderate
„411.nntion in the other securities, notwithstanding
now
demand for discount accommodation
8, w experienced. In the other items of the balance-
sheet the changes are of an unimportant character;
eY will be seen in the subjoined table :
Active Circulation .. • . £19,693,095
Decrease .. • . 223,845
Bullion• • 13,331,270
Rest Decrease 115,835
3,184,326
Increase . • 6,555
Public Deposits 7,354,841
Increase .. • . 355,730
Other Deposits'. 11 759 820
, ,
eer • D
Seven ease 344,399
even Day and other Bills .. 652,051
Decrease .. 11,474
Government Securities 9,540,273
No alteration.
Other Securities .. 19,885,590
Decrease 101,598
Notes Unemployed 7,316,500
149,025
There is still a very,
active demand for money,
and lithe market is expected to present an animated
llPPearance until the end of the year.
4, t a meeting of the creditors of Mr. F. H.
seurBder, sugar refiner, yesterday, the liabilities
Were stated at £24,103, and the assets at £10,715.
4
adjournment was agreed to, for the purpose of
investigating the accounts.
, further sum of £24,000 in bar gold was
ioWithdrawn from the Baak of England yesterday
I:exportation.
Theev_.
Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
bite a slight advance in the rates on Amster-
, Antwerp, and Rotterdam.
.115
Clther less animatiolt was exhibited in the
erPool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices
4°
ankle lower. The sales were about 12,000 bales.
Notice has been given that a dividend at the
rai
of 8 per cent. per annum, for the half-year
tedung the 31st, will be payable to shareholders of
16,e Commercial Bank of Canada, on and after the
4 Proximo.
meeting has been convened of the London
:int-Stock Bank Company to receive the direc-
r report, and to elect five directors.
4,8'
'he first meeting of the shareholders of the
Cordon and Mediterranean Steam Navigation
Pany has been called for the 31st inst.
Since Monday last the import of specie have
ell about £280,400, and the export, £969,000.
The market for Public Securities has been rather
9e4417 to-day. Consols at one time receded to
Bq they have since recovered to 92-'4 93.
fPeculatuion has been exceedingly dull, and very
4w dealings are recorded for investment. The
New 9 Threes were flat, at 921 ; the Reduced, at
a:&• India 5 per Cent. Rupee Paper was firmer,
I°ll- ; Bank Stock, at 235 ; and Exchequer Bills,
-‘6s• to Is. die.
very few dealings have been recorded in the
°reiZn Stock Market, but prices show firmness.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 711 to 721, ; ditto New,
tQ
to 58:k. Mexican improved to 22 ; Russian
Brazilian
Per Cents. to 951- ; Portuguese to 471 ; and
Deferred
41 per Cents. to 86a ; but Spanish
ueferred were flat at 421.
The Railway Share Market has been very dull,
;Id the few dealings recorded show further slight
depression. Great Northern, North Western,
eoutli i'Vestern, North Counties (Berwick), and
i„T est Midlands have declined 55., and Caledonians
u• ; Great Westerns and South Easterns ad-
vanced ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very
inactive, without au} change of importance to note
111 Prices. Great Luxemburg realise 6Z- ; South
Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian 131 ; Grand
Trunk
of Canada 23 to 23: ; and East Indian 101
t° 1011,
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
reltaia inactive, at previous prices.

BRITISH FIINDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a 4111( Stook . •
ler Cent. Reduced Annuities . 921
T Inv 8 per Cent. Annuities
Adia Stock
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.
Dittob 51 per Cent.
1,"?Bonds £l,OOO --
0 ''ttu under £l.000
ekeola for Account, Jan. 10 93 2i i
ln,hequer £l,ooo,
•rid
"tto Small 5 die
R FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
-rardlian 5 per Cent ..
hiDitto 44 p ent. 1860 B6l i
"jean g cent
poDitto Acco
It rtliuese-3 per Cent.. 1853. ..
luesian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St
Ditto 41 per Cent.
'Vanish 2 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
I Ditto Account ...
TPalli,
.113. Cert. of Coup. not funded... 6l
4riclah 6 per Cent ..
Ditto New Loan ....
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols for Account, en div. 92i 93

THIS DATA SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 22.—Wind this day at noon—North ; st,
fresh breeze and dull, cold weather, with snow during the st
kerning. st
DEAL, Dec. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arri7ed—Bassil, from
the
River, and sailed for Moreton Bay ; Kingstown, from at
the River, and sailed for Algoa Bay; Zetland, from the st
River, and sailed for New Orleans. st
,PoßTsuoirrn, Dec. 19.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived-
4er Majesty's steamer Himalaya, from Plymouth.
OPP COWES Dec. 21—Wind N.W—Arrived—Arago,
itteamer, from 'New York, and proceeded for Havre ; left
'eve York on the Bth inst.
BRISTOL, Dec. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived—Charles Miller, 8
been Richmond, U.S., with considerable damage, having
eenstrUck by a sea on the 10th inst.; mate washed over-
board.
RATtTLEpooL, Dec. 21 —A scheoner is on shore on Mid-
dleton Sands, and three steamers are now trying to get
her off.