The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The Bank of England return, completed to the
T,th April, shows some very important changes.
e chief features, however, are the decrease in the
Government Securities and notes. The fawner
bane been diminished to the extent of about half
4, Million while the latter show a decrease of nearly
'lvo millions sterling. These changes have been
te"allsed by the extreme pressure in the Money Mar-
ket, but the other securities, owing to the distribu-
tion of the dividends, and the consequent repay-
njent of allowances previously made by the Bank,
been lessened by about a million and a
halt The public deposits show a decrease of about
'Our
millions, and the bullion has been trenched
11Pon to some extent, a large quantity of coin being
Pnerally circelated at this period. The various
;tome,"t, and the changes they present, are shown in
e subjoined table :

Active Circulation .. 123,467,255
Increase .. 1,621,665
Bullion 14,637,102
Decrease .. .. 246,498
Rest ' 3 200 497
Decrease .. 582,638
Public Deposits 5,878,135
Decrease .. 3,818,297
Other Deposits 14 570 717
Increase .. .. 604,369
Seven Day and other Bills .. 705,829
Increase .. .. • • 5,833
Government Securities .. 9,728,943
Decrease .. 492,197
Other Securities .. 23,534,388
Decrease 1,430,376
Notes Unemployed .. • .. 4,922,085
Decrease 1,919,740
It is generally imagined that these alterations
are partly due to the proceedings of the money
'ealers, who are supposed to be locking up their
resources in order to compel the Directors to rescind
the resolution by which the brokers are excluded
"n 1 the disconnt facilities of the Bank.
..The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a considerable advance in the rate on Paris,
the quotations for Hamburg and Amsterdam
'were also rather higher.
The Ethiope, from Africa, has been announced
this morning with £9,572 in specie.
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fair amount of business was transacted in the
441Yerpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices
/sere steady. The sales were 7,000 bales.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £172,845, and the exports £310,965,
:Zelusive of the following shipments direct from
l'ondon to the Continent during the week ending
~,,
Itursday last :—Gold coin—Boulogne, 86 oz.; ditto
Rotterdam, 125 or.. Silver coin—Boulogne, 800 oz. ;
ditto Hamburgh, 776 oz.
The market for Public Securities has remained in
4ivery quiet state, but an improvement has taken
piece. Consols being 94:1 for transfer to 94! for
jay. The transactions have been very limited,
several speculative purchases have been effected.
;14
he New Threes and the Reduced are firmer at
931 ; the New 2 per Cents. remain at 78;
India Loan has improved to 105 t, ; ditto 5 per
Enfaced Paper has declined to 971 ; ditto 51
per Cent. ditto to 10344; Exchequer Bills have
receded to 6s. and 10s. prem.

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tusiness in Foreign Stock Market is moderately
ati~e, and prices tend upwards. Turkish 6 per
Cents. are 76 to 761 ; ditto New, 61 to 611; Vene-
zilelan 3 per Cents. have improved to 26, ; Chilian
6 Per Cents. to 1021 ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 97 ;
e 3 per Cents. to 65; and Spanish 3 per Cents.
c_
65t- t, and the Deferred to 35.
The Oaean Marine Insurance Shares are 2-3 7,-
pram. ; the Universal ditto, -44 prem. ; the Vic-
*44 Loan, 105 to 1051.
kessrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the following
the prices of American securities :
tt • Redeemable. Prices.
bluted States 6 per Cents 1867-1868
I?' 5 per Cent Bonds
071 and 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds —95 i
asaaehusetts 5 per Cent. Str.
?toad, - 1011 1021
r° Sylvania 5 per Ct. Stock. 82 84
aabama 5 per Cent. Bonds.. 75 77
okstltueky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 90 92
6 per Cent. Stock ...... 1886 97 98
IMlnsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 86 87
'lanessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 79 81
~Uginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .. 1886 81 85
rein, 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 82 81
43,,5tn per Cent. St. Bonds
*uois Central 7 per Cent. 1875 79 80
Illinois Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875 75 77
Illinois Central 7 per Cent
(Freelands)
1,31-f.' shares, 60 dols. paid
tlichigan Central 8 per Cent 1869
1e
.:ro , do. shares
38 40
Nv York Central 6 per Ct.,
not convertible ..
elltral New York 7 per Ct ,
esnvertible, from June 15,
,1667_59
us, do. shares...

1864

92 93
70 72

Li the Railway Share Market the preparations
for the settlement of the account are in progress.
Prices, however, are a shade firmer. Lancashire
Itlld Yorkshire, and Brighton have advanced ss. ;
Midland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South-
&tern lOs ; North-Western, 155.; and Great
Northern, £1; Eastern Counties have declined
4.; and Great Western, 10s.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
4110wn little variation. Great Luxembourg are 6dl
ki Pernambuco, ; East Indian realise 101 102 ;
,and Trunk of Canada, 34 to 341 ; and Great
western of Canada, 12: 121.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
I,lte dull. Union of Australia have declined 10s. ;
'°lldon and County have improved £l, and Penin-
Itllar and Oriental Steam £l.

t BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
a 'Mk Stock
Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 21 31
Per Cent. Consols Annuities
1
liw 3 per Cent. Annuities
Idia Stock
Ditto 5 par Cent.
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per cent —
Pitto 5 per Cent.
uitto 5} per Cent lO3l I
Dittogo Bonds, £l,OOO.
El asols for Account (May 9)
hequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 6 10
b?M
Itto Small, 14d.

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Ile,sazilian 6 per Cent. r. lOO
t,
.I)ittO 41 per cent., 1858 ....
Vldian 6 per Cent lO2l.
ortuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
, Ditto Account
4ursian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent • .
Ditto 43/4 per Cent
t Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859
Danish 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account -
.„Ilitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Aurkish 6 per Cent. 76 3/4
bDitto New Loan
'eliezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
• Cons6ls, Money 94a 3/4
Ditto Account

General Lamoriciere's letters from Rome con-
taue to speak favourably of the state and prospects of
the Pontifical army. It is said he is of opinion that the
adarmery, who form a corps of 4,000 men, are pretty
nearly, if not fully, equal to the French troops of the same
1, • The officers of the artillery are also spoken of highly,
41 the line will, in a short time, with a little drill and dis-
,s,"4
,:pline, their pay punctually given to them, their food good
4(1 sufficient, and their comforts generally cared for, turn
"14 as efficient as any other troops. With respect to the
tefessed rioters, the General says that before he arrived at
clne they could be had for 30 sous a head ; since his
ix , 'Will the price has increased to 31 francs.
,„;k French gentleman, formerly in diplomacy,
Who knows Italy well, is now at Rome, visiting
to
hospitals and other beneficent institutions, with a view
fl introducing reforms. He is not deputed by the French
m°vernment, but has volunteered his services.
t It is thought that other superior officers on the
tired list of the French army will follow the example of
'eneral Lamoriciere, and enter the service of the Pope.
The following peerages, held by distinguished
11,1(hvidnals are without heirs apparent or presumptive, and
21.,..5t therefore cease with the lives of their present holders :
lrainierston, Lyndhurst, Broughton, Ellenborough (earl-
Panmure, Cranworth, Dalhousie (marquisate), Can-
Eversley, Overstone, 'Wensleydale, Clyde, and
I*.rr'gsdown.—Once a Week.
has generally been remarked, as a thing with-
°otß• Precedent, that the late Duke of 'Wellington and three
4,;us brothers should have enjoyed the honours of the Peer-
Nr, at the same time : but a similar instance is, or rather
to be found in the family of Boyle two centuries ago,
in the three younger brothers of the Earl of Cork were
tjerally ennobled as Lords Boyle, Brogbill, and Shannon,
t4Y nothing of the youngest of the family, Robert Boyle,
oi,great philosopher, who frequently refused the sweets of
/4, Offlee and title, but whose fame has outlived that of all
g,°ronetted brethren.— Once a Week.
14 TAR DISTILLERY ON FlRE.—Yesterday morn-
I)g a fire broke out at the Canal-bridge tar distillery, at
,44tefelord, the property of Messrs. Hunt. The disaster was
etd it is supposed, by a leakage from one of the stills,
telldecit'Le spirit becoming ignited the flames quickly ex•
the to to one thousand gallons of refined tar. The fire
the .r.°Be go high into the air as to bring out in bold relief
river-',Wles of the parish church and the shipping in the
4!% unfortunately the fire had obtained too great
eace ndatley of the water to be of any assistance in ex-
tang it, The property was not Wanted.

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