The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-24 00:00:00

-RONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocic.
Some important changes are shown in the Bank
,
England return completed to the 14th March.
There has been a slight addition to the stock of
bullion, and also to the reserve of notes. The late
arrivals
of gold from Australia and the United
States have been sufficient to satisfy the demand
for export to the Continent, and no with-
alltwels have consequently taken place. The
the
deposits, as usual at this period of
h
„ Year, through the payments on revenue
Tce°llnt have been augmented by upwards of a mil-
the sterling, while there is a slight diminution in
t`ue private deposits. The other securities, owing
° the increased demand for money, show an in-
crease of about three quarters of a million, and the
active circulation has been slightly contracted. The
(2ther items of the balance-sheet and the changes
they present are shown in the subjoined table :
Active Circulation .. £20,342,730
Decrease .. .. • • 163,275
Bullion 15,376,374
Increase .. • • • • 76,494
Itest .. 3,740,163
.• •• ••
Increase .. .. • • • ' 7,930
Public Deposits 10,362,543

1,091;205
.. 12,932,920
• • 97,920
• • 717,041
1,964
.. 10,221,190
No alteration.
Other Securities .. .. 22,575,833
Increase .. .• • • • • 759,482
Notes 'Unemployed 8,719,705
Increase .. 178,095
In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday,
rather less activity prevailed, but prices exhibited
no change of importance. The sales were estimated
at 8,000 bales.

Increase ..
Other Deposits
Decrease ..
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease .. • •
Government Securities . .

The Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a slight advance in the rates on Amsterdam
Mid Hamburgh.

Continued activity and firmness are reported in
the discount market.
The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
tion for the two months ending the 29th of Feb-
. y, 1860, have been published. The total de-
ed value of the exports from the United King-
ti °lll have been £20,088,437, against £19,207,566
i tile like period of 1859, showing an increase of
880)871. There has also been a steady increase
iu the importation of most of the principal articles.
The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the
tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the
'llited Kingdom, for both the entries inwards and
the clearances outwards ; and in the coasting trade
4180 a considerable increase is apparent in the ton-
nage employed both inwards and outs ards.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
den about £414,115, and the exports £318,013,
qolusive of the following shipments direct from
London to the Continent during the week ending
Thursday last :—Gold coin : Boulogne, 110 ozs. ;
„Us, do., 6,500; bars, Belgium, 1,500 ; silver coin :
Boulogne, 3,800.
The market for English Securities to-day has
"Ilea very quiet, but the quotations have shown con-
tinued steadiness, Consols being 941 4 for money,
ttnd 94/ for the account. The transactions, both
teal and speculative, are very limited. India 81
Per Cent. Enlaced Paper is steady at 105 ; ditto
Debentures are 971 ; and the Bonds par; Exche-
44er Bills remain at 16s. to 19s. prem.

In the Foreign Market business is moderately
ketive, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 794 to 80 ; ditto New, 621 to 634 ; Sardinian
t6ltains at 83k; Mexican at 212 ; Brazilian 5 per
Cents. to 1028 ; Spanish Passive are flat at 141 ;
etch 21 per Cents. at 651, but the 4 per Cents.
are steady at 102. The New Brazilian Loan is par
4 prem.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 3i
31. prem. ; the Universal ditto, 4to prem. ; the
Buenos Ayres Railway have advanced to
Prem.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
active, and prices have shown increased buoyancy.
Caledonian and Eastern Counties have improved ss. ;
Great Northern 15s. ; and the A Stock £1; Great
Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western,
and Midland 10s.; North-Eastern (Berwick) £1;
and Scottish North-Eastern £1 10s.

The Foreign lines have also tended upwards.
Lombardo-Venetian have advanced to 111 11t ;
Royal Danish to 141.
In the Colonial Market, East Indian brought
1021 103 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 36! 4 ; Great
Western of Canada, 13i 133.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
been dealt in to a fair extent, and have realised
fully late quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock

Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per cent. —
Ditto 6 per Cont.
105
Ditto Debentures, 1858
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
Ditto under
par
Console for Account (April)
Xxchequer Bills, El,OOll, 11d 94
19
Ditto Small,
Slintlol, lid.
19 16
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852
Ditto 4/ per Cent. 1858 9Ol 1
'texigan 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Sardinian, 5 per Cent B3}
6Paniah 3 per Cent —
„ Ditto Passive
Aultish 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto Now Loan ................ — .
Ditto Account .... ..
Dividends on the above payable in Londoa.
batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6s}
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. ........ 1021
TWO O'CLOCK.
Console, Money
Ditto Account

MINES,—The Mining Share Market opened very
briskly this week, and there was even considerable excite
liit on Monday in dealing in some of the progressive
mines. Depression, however (though chiefly confined to
heavy stocks, which in several instances were offered at re-
duced rates, without finding purchasers), succeeded on
Tuesday, and made the market generally flatter. The fall
in the standard, though we look upon it as a mere tempo-
rary matter, seems to have made a species of panic in some
mines, such as West Seton, South Frances, Wheal Basset,
6c., and caused many others to decline in marketable
value. On the whole, however, looking at the active busi-
ness in progressive mines, which are likely for some time to
be the favourites, a large amount of business has been done
since our last, particularly in Treloweth, Pendeen, Wheal
Unity, Great Retallack, Gonamena, Lady Bertha, West
Caradon, East Caradon, South Caradon, East Basset, Pro-
vidence Mines, West Trevelyan, Penhauger, Herodsfoot,
Tamar Consols, North Downs, Wheal Margery, Wheal
Greville, East Cam Brea, Hingston Down, Now Treleigh,
Stray Park, &c. Among dividend mines the chief busi-
ness has been in West Caradon, South Caradon, Herods-
foot, Mary Ann, Tamar Consols, Providence Mines,
Cam Brea Trelawny, East Basset, &c. West
Caradon have been largely dealt in at 921 to 95,
and leave off 95 to 971. Alfred Consols, 24 to 3 ;
Bedford United, it to if ; Calstock Consols, 3 to 31 ; Cal-
vadnack, 19 to 20 ; Cainborne Veen, 20s. to 255. ; Cargoll,
9} to 101 ; Cam Brea, 90 to 921 ; Cook's Kitchen, 17 to 19 ;
Craddock Moor, 29 to 31; Caradon Consols, 14 to 15 ; Ding
Dong, 20 to 221 ; Drake Walls, 30s. to 325. 6d. ; East-
Basset have been flat at 1071 to 112. South Caradons
have been in demand, and advanced to 280 to 285 ; at the
meeting, on Tuesday next, the accounts will show a
Profit on the two months of £3,738 14s. Bd., and
a dividend and bonus of £6 per share will be
declared, leaving £2,794 6s. ld. in band. At the follow-
ing meeting, in May, the same dividend and bonus will be
declared. East Caradon, BtoBl ; East Cam Brea, 4to 41.
Wheal Unity opened at 40s. to 425. 6d., and have been in
good demand all the week, chiefly, it is understood, for Cor-
nish buyers, and they leave off 455. to 465. According to Mon-
day's report, the lode in the flat-rod shaft was worth from £45
to £5O per fm., and improving, but owing to one of the rods
having broken, there was a delay in commencing to drive the
75 on Monday, as we were led to expect ; and it was com-
menced on Thursday, each day being worth £35 per
fathom, and the shaft £5O per fathom. East Russell have
been more in demand, and, after receding to 10k,
advanced, and leave off to 11. Gone-
mane 31 to 31, and buyers at the m former
rlca • Gramblor and St. Aubyn, 421 to 431 ;
Great Alfred, 19s. to 215.; Hawkmoor. 16s. to 18s. Herods-
fo(4 advanced, notwithstanding the accident, to 29, 30 ; we
do not hear of any change at this mine. Wheal Prosper,
3 l 34 ; the winze sinking east of engine-shaft has itn-
praved, now down 4 fms., and reported to be worth £2O per
1112 edit end west, £lO per fm.—Mining Journal of this
day.
THE PRUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO JAPAN.—SOUTH-
AltrroN, March 23.—The transport ship Elbe, belonging
to the Prussian navy, commanded by Captain Werner, was
taken into the inner dock this morning, for the purpose of
transferring to the Areona frigate a quantity of stores which
she brought from Hamburg. She will afterwards fill in
with coals for the supply of the steamers connected with
the Prussian expedition to Japan, and leave some time next
week, the Arcona, it is expected, following about Monday
aennight. The Elbe has on board a small screw steamer,
originally built as a pleasure yacht at Hamburg, which has
been
bought for use in the Japanese waters, to save the
sailors of the expeditionary vessels the labour of rowing as
Much as possible. The scientific and mercantile men who
are to
take part in the expedition will proceed by the over-
land route, and join the squadron at Singapore,