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

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Bank of England return, completed to the
29th February, shows some rather important altera-
tions. A slight increase has taken place in the
stock of bullion, while the reserve of notes has
also been augmented. The other Securities exhibit
an increase of about a quarter of a million. The
public deposits, as usual at this time of the year,
have been considerably augmented, while the pri-
vate deposits show a rather large diminution.

In the other items of the balance-sheet there
has been no material alteration, with the ()xcep-
tion of the Rest, which shows an increase of about
a quarter of a million sterling.
Active Circulation ..
Increase ..
Bullion .. .. • .
Increase
Rest . • • • • • • •
Increase ..
Public Deposits ..
Increase ..
Other Deposits .. ..
Decrease ..
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease ..
Government Securities

.. £20,645,310
• • 79,920
.. 15,171,021
• • 18,197
.. 3,680,876
.. 235,814
.. 7,613,412
235,814
▪ 13,787,883
• 403,645
.. 701,540
• • 5,935
10,171,190
Ico alteration.
.. 21,164,810
• 223,8.51
8,307,390
.. 55,410

Other Securities
Increase ..
Not Unemployed
Decrease ..

There is an active demand for accommodation in
consequence of the bills due to day, to-morrow
(Sunday) being the 4th of the month. The in-
creased inquiry thus occasioned has caused a slight
advance in the rate of discount, anti very few bills
being now negotiated under 31 per cent.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday only
a limited demand prevailed at about previous rates.
The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales.

At the Bank of England yesterday there were
no bullion operations of public importance.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited no material alterations.

Subjoined are the particulars of specie on board
the Ripon which leaves to-morrow the 4th for
India and China, viz. :
Aleiandria, gold
Ceylon, do.
Madras, do.
Do., silver
Calcutta, do.
Do., gold
Singapore, silver
Hong Kong, do.
Do., silver
Shanghai, do. 15,341

Total

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £272,114, and the exports £12,302,
exclusive of the following shipments direct from
London to the Continent, during the week ending
Thursday last :

Cold coin, Calais
Boulogne
„ bars, „
~ ~ Cadiz 2,041 „
„ „ Gibraltar '
Silver coin, Calais
„ Boulogne , ~ 2,600 „

There has been very little animation to-day in
the market for Public Securities, but continued
heaviness has been exhibited, owing to continued
sales on speculative account. Consols are, there-
fore, rather flat, being 94i51-1 for money and account.
The New 3 per Cents., and the Reduced Annuities
are flat at 94;;95; the 5 per Cent. Annuities at 110 i.
India New Loan is 104/ ; ditto 5 per cent. Enfaced
Paper is firm at 98; ; ditto 51 per cent. ditto has
receded to 10317 ditto Debentures are 971 I, and
Exchequer Bills 235. to 265. prem.
The transactions in the Foreign Market have
been rather limited, and prices continue heavy.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 791 ; ditto New,
614 to 621 ; Russian 41 per Cents. have receded
to 97i ; Mexican, to 214 ; Dutch 4 per Cents., to
102 ; and Peruvian 3 per Cents., to 728.
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 3 1
prem. ; the Universal ditto, 2-, I prem.; and the
Canadian Loan is 2 k prem.