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

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE WS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Bank of England return, completed to the
11th April, shows some very important changes.
The chief features, however, are the decrease in the
Government Securities and notes. The former
have been diminished to the extent of about half
it million, while the latter show a decrease of nearly
two millions sterling. These changes have been
caused 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-
ment of allowances previously made by the Bank,
have been lessened by about a million and a
half. The public deposits show a decrease of about
four millions, and the bullion has been trenched
upon to some extent, a large quantity of coin being
generally circulated at this period. The various
items, and the changes they present, are shown in
the subjoined table :
Active Circulation .. 223,467,255
Increase .. .. • . .. 1,621,665
Bullion .. .. 14,637,102
Decrease .. .. 246,498
Rest
t. 3,200,497
Decrease .. .. 582,638
Public Deposits 5 878,135
Decrease .. 3,818,297
Other Deposits tt 14,570,717
Increase .. 601,369
Seven Day and other Bills 70.5,829
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
dealers, who arc supposed to be locking up their
resources in order to compel the Directors to rescind
the resolution by which the brokers are excluded
from the discount facilities of the Bank.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a considerable advance in the rate on Paris,
and the quotations for Hamburg and Amsterdam
Were also rather higher.
The Ethiope, from Africa, has been announced
this morning with £9,572 in specie.

A fair amount of business was transacted in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices
Were steady. The sales were 7,000 bales.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £172,845, and the exports £310,965,
exclusive of the following shipments direct from
London to the Continent during the week ending
Thursday last:—Gold coin—Boulogne, 80oz.; ditto
Rotterdam, 125 oz. Silver coin—Boulogne, 800 oz. ;
ditto Hamburgh, 776 oz.

The market for Public Securities has remained in
a very quiet state, but an improvement has taken
Place. Consols being 94 1 for transfer to 91 for
May. The transactions have been very limited,
but several speculative purchases have been effected.
The New Threes and the Reduced are firmer at
9' 931; the New 2-1 per Cents. remain at 78 ;
India Loan has improved to 105 Z ; ditto 5 per
Cent. Enfaced Paper has declined to 971 ; ditto 51
Per Cent. ditto to 1031 1 ; Exchequer Bills have
l'eceded to Gs. and 10s. prem.

Business in Foreign Stock Market is moderately
active, and prices tend upwards. Turkish 6 per
Cents. are 76 to 761 ; ditto New, 61 to 611; Vene-
zuelan 3 per Cents, have improved to 268 ; Chilian
6 per Cents. to 1021 ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 97 ;
the 3 per Cents. to 65; and Spanish 3 per Cents.
to 658 and the Deferred to 35.
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are
Prem. ; the Universal ditto, prem. ; the Vic-
toria Loan, 105 to 1051.
Nlessrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the following
as the priccs of American securities :

Redeemable. Prices
ljnited States 6 per Cents 1867-1868
pia° 5 per Cent Bonds
„ryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds
'tassachusetts 5 per Cent. Str.
I• 3onds
rennsylvania it per Ct. Stock.
,klabatna 5 per Cent. Bonds..
Ohio
6 per Cent. Bonds . 1368-72
Pennsylvania
6 per Cent. Stock lBB6
rennsyivania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers
v irginia 6 per Cent. Bonds
Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888
Boston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds
Illinois Central 7 per. Cent
Illinois Central 6per Cent. • •
Illinois Central 7 per Cent
(Freelands)
Do. shares, 60 dols. paid
kiehigan Central 8 per Cent
„.bo. do. shares
Aew York Central 6 per Ct ,
not convertible ..
Central New York 7 per Ct ,
convertible, from June 15,
0857-59 1864 92 93
'4. do. shares 7O 72
In the Railway Share Market the preparations
for the settlement of the account are in progress.
prices, however, are a shade firmer. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, and Brighton have advanced ss. ;
3lidland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South-
Eastern lOs ; North-Western, 15s. ; and Great
Islorthein, £1; Eastern Counties have declined
68.; and Great Western, 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
shown little variation. Great Luxembourg are 6T',-
; Pernambuco, 11 K ; East Indian realise 104 102 ;
grand Trunk of Canada, 34 to 34! ; and Great
Western of Canada, 12a 121.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
are dull. Union of Australia have declined 10s.;
London and County have improved £l, and Penin-
aUlar and Oriental Steam £l.

Mt 921
- 95} 961

1011 1021
82 84
75 77
90 92
97 98
86 87
79 81
84 85
82 84

1875 79 80
1875 75 77

1860 89 90
43 41 dis
1869 82 83
38 40

1883

851 861

b BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
•-)Rnk Stock
a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 24 3k
?ii}er Cent. Consols Annuities Oft a
• 3 per Cent. Annuities
}'ilia Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
,iDitto 51 per Cent . 1031 i
iitto Bonds, £l,OOO 1 d
(.1
,onsols for Account (May 9)
,lehequer Bills, 1,000, lid 6 10
"Itto Small, lid.

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
trazilian 5 per Cent.
„ Ditto 41 per cent., 1858
‘'llilian 6 per Cent
Portuxuese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
4, osNian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent 97
b Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859
°Pctnish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
i, Ditto NeWDeferred 3 per Cent.
"14kiFh 6 per Defer Centrr
Ditto New Loan
w fkezuelan 3 per Cent

Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Console, Money 94a
Ditto Account

tqeneral Lamorici&e's letters from Rome con-
41tie to speak favourably of the state and prospects of
igo Pontifical army. It is said he is of opinion that the
ery, who form a corps of 4,000 men, are pretty
1 • if not fully, equal to the French troops of the same
The officers of the artillery are also spoken of highly,
p-
the line will, in a short time, with a little drill and dis-
-4 Ina, their pay punctually given to them, their food good
%II Sufficient, and their comforts generally cared for, turn
,11-% efficient as any other troops. With respect to the
oNeSSed rioters, the G_ eneral says that before he arrived at
they could be had for 30 sous a head ; since his
foal the price has increased to 3f francs.
Itticlx French. gentleman, formerly in diplomacy,
tL,who knows Italy well, is now at Rome, visiting
nonpitals and other beneficent institutions, with a, view
Illtroducing reforms. He is not deputed by the French
(lerrament, but has volunteered his services.
te,ft is thought that other superior officers on the
441 ted list of the French army will follow the example of
14,;„eral Lamoriciere, and enter the service of the Pope.
!he following peerages, held by distinguished
4.,iduals are without heirs apparent or presumptive, and
therefore cease with the lives of their present holders :
45,,,"t,hrterston, Lyndhurst, Broughton, Ellenborough (earl-
Paninure, Cranworth, Dalhousie (marquisate), Can-
-10, Mversley, Overstone,k Wensleydale, Clyde, and
itsdown—Once a Wee.
tlitt has generally been remarked, as a thing with-
4Or Pteeedent, that the late Duke of Wellington and three
8 brothers should have enjoyed the honours of the Peer-
,lva.fit the same time : but a similar instance is, or rather
to be found in the family of Boyle two centuries ago,
tttlit the three younger brothers of the Earl of Cork were
ae„tB4lY ennobled as Lords Boyle, Broghill, and Shannon,
the Y nothing of the youngest of the family, Robert Boyle,
ec,.at philosopher, who frequently refused the sweets of
`43 °Luce and title, but whose fame has outlived that of all
.k°,ronetted brethren.—Once a
.Week.
In lAlt DISTILLERY ON FlRE.—Yeiterday morn-
Ile —"re broke out at the Canal-bridge tar distillery, at
clitlford, the property of Messrs. Hunt. The disaster was
44 %1., it is supposed, by a leakage from one of the stills,
ttika,„Te spirit becoming ignited the flames quickly ex.
SC,. to one thousand gallons of refined tar. The fire
ergt•so hi h into the air as to bring out in bold relief
ofgthe parish church and the shipping in the
4,11 tt. tinfortunatel the fire had obtained too great
44$41e3L1(laze.y of the water to be of any assistance in ox-
it, The property was not insured,