The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

MONEY 21.1 A TANI) (.; .1 2' .1' NETTS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 17th inst. shows some very favour-
able features. The bullion, owing to the falling
off of the demand for the Continent, and the slight
addition made by part of the gold brought by the
Lincolnshire, shows an augmentation. In the re-
serve of notes there is an increase of nearly half a
million, the circulation having been curtailed.
The variation in the other securities is unimportant;
showing that, notwithstanding the Bank MilliMlllls
is higher- than the rate current out of doors, there
still continues to be a fair amount of business
transacted at the national establishment. In the
private deposits there is a slight increase, and the
public deposits also show a gradual accumulation.
In the other items of the balance-sheet there is
little change of importance ; they will be seen in
the subjoined table :

Active Circulation .. £20,733,055
Decrease .. .. 255,980
Bullion .. .. 18,638,916
Increase .. 136,089
Rest .. 3,144,886

,
Increase .. .. .. ..4794
Public Deposits .. .. .. 6,821,973
Increase .. .. .. .. 148,392
Other Deposits .. .. .. 12,561,558
Increase .. .. .. . .. 270,876
SeVen Day and other Bills .. .. 819,068
Decrease .. .. .. .. 18,632
Government Securities .. .. 10,808,591
Decrease .. .. .. .. 876
Other Securities .. .. .. 14;711,033
Increase .. .. .. .. 13,311
Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 11,766,315
Increase .. .. .. .. 438,93.5

As will be seen by these particulars that the de-
mand for money continues limited, the active circu-
lation having diminished. In the general market the
inquiry during the last few days has become much
quieter, and, owing to the plentiful supply, first-
class bills are again negotiated as low as 21 per
cent. The opinions lately expressed that a reaction
was about to take place in the tendency of financial
affairs, are thus proved to have been premature, and
as fay.aS can be judged from present indications,
there is no immediate probability of any movement
of the kind. It is true that a large number of
engagements have to be met during the next few
weeks, which will absorb an important aggregate
amount; but it is imagined that the resources o
the market will bear its withdrawal without

seriously affecting the value of accommodation.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair
amount of business was transacted, at fall rates
The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. The Rail-,

way Share Market closed with a dull appearance,
but prices tended upwards.

Arrangements have been made for holding an
Australian Exchange at the Jerusalem Coffee-house,
at two o'clock daily, until negotiations, now pend-
ing, for carrying out the project on a larger scale,
are completed. An institution of this kind has long
been required, and the temporary accommodation
thus afforded by Messrs. Harper and Burne, is
highly approved by parties connected with the
colonies.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have been
about £236,000, and the exports £171,756, exclu
sive of the following shipments, direct from Lon-
don to the Continent, during the week ending
Thursday last :—Gold coin (Boulogne), 280 ozs.
gold coin (Belgium), 1,591 ozs. ; gold bars (Bel;
glum), 4,000 ozs. ; silver coin (Boulogne), 3,200 ozs.
The English Stock Market has continued very
dull, but the few transactions recorded have not
caused any variation of importance in values.
Consols have been 981 for money, and 98
for the account. Some support has been given to
the market by the Bank Return and the increased
easiness of the money market. Bank Stock has
been dealt in at 225. The New Threes and the Re-
duced Annuities at 9611 ; the New 21 per Cents.
are flat, at 82 ; the March Exchequer Bills are 365.
prem. ; June ditto, 325. prem. ; and the Bonds
100 i ; India Loan Debentures, 991 8 ; and the
Bonds, 1 ls. to 14s. prem.

Foreign Securites are moderately active, and
prices are firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 93 ;
ditto Scrip, Ist issue, s dis. par; ditto 2d, t to 1
prem., being steady. Russian 5 per Cents., 1131
114; Venezuela 5 per Cents., 41 -3,7; Belgian 41 per
Cents., 1001 ; Dutch 2/ per Cents., 661 ; and
ditto 4 per Cents., 1011.
In the Railway Share Market the transactions
have been on a very limited scale. Caledonians'
have improved about 15s. ; and North-Westerns,
10s. ; Midlands declined ss. ; and North British,
Ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, North-
Eastern (Berwick) and South-Eastern were at about
former rates. The Foreign and Colonial under-
takings have been almost at nominal rates. East
Indian have receded ss. to 10s. ; and Great Indian
Peninsula, ss. ; Great Western of Canada brought
previous rates.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
been in very limited request. National Bank
brought 40. Atlantic Telegraph shares have been
dealt in at 320 to 325, and Peninsula and Oriental
Steam at 861.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 14
per Cent. Consols Annuities
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities
Xe yr 21 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
Ditto Debentures 99i t
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account OBl
March J une.
Exchequer Dills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 36 f
Ditto Small, 11d.
Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent. lOOl 1

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent • ... 98&
Greek
Peruvian, 41 per Cent.
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent.
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll4 131
Turkish, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan Scrip —
Ditto Account
Ditto 2d Issue
Ditto Account
Venezuela, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 10 Gu. £, 6 per Cent.
Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f lOOl 1
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 661
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account 9Bl i

MINES.—The little flashes of excitement which
burst out now and then, and lead us to expect a reaction
that shall last, and break up the dull monotony that has so
long continued in the general as well as in the Mining
Market, have not yet led to the results we have looked for.
Business to a certain extent is doing, and inquiries are made
almost daily for mining investments as well as for mere
speculations, but not, on the whole, to the amount that we
Wight reasonably, looking to the abundance of money and
g(Kal price of metals, have expected by this time.-2ffining
Journal of this day.
NEW INDIAN RAILWAY.—It is a good omen for
Bengal railways that the Government in India has con-
81ted to guarantee five per cent. on the Mutlah Rail-
way, the capital for which is estimated at a quarter of a
It may well be called an important under-
taking, for by milting Calcutta at once with a good
narbour on the Mutlah, having ready access to the sea,
and only thirty miles land carriage, it will render valu-
able services to the trade of Calcutta. The cost of car-
IZing goods by the railway from the new town of Port
''''utlah Calcutta will be about 58., sad the railway fares
4.
'or passengers will le moderate. The distance is an hour's
run- The commercial traffic will be enough to pay, but part
of the suburbs of Calcutta through which the line passes
are Populous, and will afford a good return. The Mutlah
line and harbour heve had to contend wtth much discour-
agftaent, but now both are under favourable auspices. The
union of the Mutlah line with the East Indian, by a bridge
across the Hooghly, will be a most desirable measure.—
Zea4er.

now TO LEARN HINDOSTANEE.—The promoters
q Vie use of Roman type in India have obtained the pub-
lication by Longmans of a cheap Hindostanee manual at
elf--a-crown, and by the Bible Society of a Hindostanee
testament at once shilling, of which thirty thousand copies
? to be printed ; part of these are to be English and
bMiostanee, so as to favour the study of Hindostanee
persons about to proceed to India. As is
,11,,e1l known by philologists and linguists the New
estament is one of the best books from which an adult
it I learn a language, as being known to the learner,
''lPPlies its own vocabularly and dictionary, and a prac-
eal grammar, furnishing a good stock of words ; and the
It)) onunciation.being afterwards acquired, and the grammar
llefly studied, the learner is in a position to read common.
°llEs. to write a little, and begin his practice in conversa-
rn, for practice is the main thing in learning a language
or
ong c sPeako common soldiers, will on his way out obtain con-
etance with Hindostanee, which his camp intercourse
Nvill improve, and he will become qualified as an
employe-interete
and to engage in civil pursuits and uncovenante 441318) otherwise beyond his capacity,-.,Loner,