The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The changes recorded in the Bank of England
return completed to the 19th inst. are not of a very
important character. The bullion has been slightly
augmented owing to arrivals from the United States,
and the reserve of notes has also been added to, but
only to' a limited extent. The public deposits show
a slight increase, while there is a diminution of
about a quarter of a million sterling in the private
deposits. The easiness in the general money mar-
ket has caused a reduction in the other securities to
the extent of about a quarter of a million. The
other items of the belance-sheet show no material
variation. Subjoined is our usual analysis :
Active Circulation .. • • .. £20,857,500
Increase .. •• •• 53,415
Bullion .. 16,379,758
146 556
Increase .. • • • • •,-

Rest
Increase • .
Public Deposits

- - 3
784'
• • , ,978
• • 4,485
6,965,466

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

.. 122,030
.. 13,179,934
.. 282,729
752,469
• • 11,676
.. 9,663,511
No alteration.
.. 19,575,078
.. 237,679
.. 9,215,963
69,130

Other Securities ..
Decrease .. ..
Notes Unemployed ..
Increase .. ..

Money continues in limited request, and so active
is the competition of business that first-class bills
are stated to have been negotiated a fraction under
3 per cent. The tendency of affairs, therefore,
indicates the probability of a reduction in the
minimum rate of discount, but it is difficult to
arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the precise
period when the alteration is likely to be made. At
present the Bank authorities are quite out of the
Market, and, with the exception of a brief period
When the quarterly payments are being made, they
axe likely to continue so, unless they modify their
existing regulations.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a slight decline in the rates on Amsterdam
and Hamburg.
A small amount of gold, viz., £B,OOO, was sent
into the Bank of England yesterday.
At a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Mr. S.
J. Wood, cement manufacturer, a composition of 7s.
in the pound was accepted. The liabilities were
Stated at £9,202, and the assets at £3,590.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a
good demand was experienced for most descriptions,
and prices were well maintained. The sales were
estimated at 10;000 bales.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
amounted to £144,000, and the exports to
£420,434.

The Market for Public Securities has been quiet
to-day, only a few transactions having taken place,
but their effect has been rather unfavourable,
although Consols are 931 7, for money, and 931-
for account. India 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has
receded to 96, but the Debentures have improved
to 961, and the Bonds to 2s. prem. Exchequer Bills
tu'e depressed, viz, par to 3s. prem.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues
Wet, and prices show no important alteration.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 731 to 741; ditto New,
67:1 a ; Mexican remain at 214 22 ; and Spanish
Certificates at 6 ; Buenos Ayres Deferred have
luaproved to 301 ; but Russian 3 per Cents. have
receded to 63k.
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2
Prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, prem. ; and
the Universal, 7, prem.
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices
of American Securities as follows :

Redeemable.
United States 6 per Cents.... 1867-1868
1-)o. 6 per Cent Bonds
Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875
Illinois Central 6 per Cent.
Do. shares, 80 dole. paid
Michigan Central 8 per Cent
Do. do. shares
New York Central 6 per Ct.,
not convertible.
Now York Central 7 per Ct.,
convertible, from June 15,
/857-59
Do. do. shares
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,
Ist mortgage
Do. do., 2d mortgage
Do. do., 3d mortgage
Do. do. convertible
Do. do. shares
Panama 7 per Ct., let mort •
gage Str. Bonds, not cony
Do. do., 2d do.
Pennsylvania Central 6 per
Ct., Ist mortgage
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been very limited, and prices have shown less
firmness. Great Northern and Lancashire and
Yorkshire have receded ss. ; Edinburgh, Perth,
and Dundee, and Midland, 10s. ; Bristol and
Exeter, £1; and London, Chatham, and Dover,
£1 10s. Brighton advanced bs., and South-
Eastern, 10s;

Prices.
98 99
931 931
91 93
88 89
89 91
88 90
16i, 151 dis
90 91
62 64

1869

1883

1864

1867
1859
1883
1862

90
81 ex
59
30.

1865 101 103
1872 99 101

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con-
tinued dull, although South Austrian and Lom-
bardo-Venetian brought full rates, viz., 11 to 111;
Dutch-Rhenish were 121, and Great Western of
Canada, 131.

Joißt Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
remained inactive, without any change of im-
portance in values.

BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 93/ i
India Stock. .. .. .. ... •
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 6 per Cent .. 96
Ditto Debentures, 1858 961
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
. •
Ditto under £l,OOO .. 2 d
Colas°ls for Account, 11th Oct 93t
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
par 3 p
_ ___

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account,
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St —
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
gi)anish Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded 64
Turkish 6 per Cent • •
Ditto Account • ~... 74k
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 641
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money
Ditto Account

THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. 22.—Wind this day at noon—Westerly;
rather fresh breeze, and dull, cloudy weather, with heavy
rain.

QIIFEENSTOWN, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W. Arrived—
Ida, from Callao ; Valid, from Demerara for Pembroke ;
Irene, from Quebec.

CLYDE, Sept. 21.--Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Othello
Williamson, from Cuba and Newfoundland.
DEAL, Sept. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John. Mac-
kenzie, from Rangoon. Sailed—Earl of Balcarris, for
Bombay.

SOTITILAMPTON, Sept. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Tagus, steamer, from Lisbon.
CA.32DIFF, Sept. 21.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Carl August,
for Singapore.
Str.NDERLAND, Sept. 18.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Miss
Nightingale, for New York.
F .—Wmd S.W.—Arrived—Arnis-
stadi:i4m"
romHill'
av aSnnepat.
h ;2H2 arold,from Matanzas ; Confidence,
from' Mazagan.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGIRAPIL)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Wind N.W., squally, with rain.
Arrived, Sept. 21.—Monarch, from Lowestoft ; Har-
binger, from Neath.
Sailed—Premier, from Newcastle ; Courier, steamer, for
lersey ; Havre, steamer, for Havre ; Dido, for Sunderland.
Arrived, Sept. 22.—Tagus, steamer, from Lisbon.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind W. ; weather cloudy.
Arrived,' Sept. 22—Napoleon, and Ifoffnung, from Got-
tenbuxg ; Cloud, from Denia ; 2 ith July, from Altona ;
Bertha, from Guernsey; Albatross, from St. John's, New
Brunswick.
_ Sailed—London, steamer, for Corfu; Triton. steamer,
for Calais ; Planet, steamer, for Hamburg..
DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.W. ; fresh.
Passed—Harkaway, barque, from the westward for
London.

TIrE RUMOURED ATTEMPT ON THE EMPE-
Ito le S LlFE.—lnformation from Toulon in L' Independance
Beige gives the real facts of the pistol shot so much talked of.
A half-witted person, named Burle, connected with the post-
office, whose mania is excessive partisanship of the Em-
peror, whom he had so persecuted with petitions that his
Majesty had consented to stand godfather (by proxy) to one
of his children, wishing to attract imperial notice among
the crowd as the carriage passed on, simply fired a pocket
Pistol in the air. The police arrested him at once, but on re-
cognising the identity of the inoffensive fool he was not
even detained, but neat about his hisirwss.