The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Some important alterations are shown in the
Bank of England return completed to the 28th
inst., which fully justify the measure adopted by
the directors in raising the minimum rate of dis-
c)unt. The chief feature has been the large
increase in the other securities, viz., about
a million and a quarter sterling, the reserve of
notes has been diminished by ovor half a million,
the active circulation showing an increase to about
a like amount. The bullion has been slightly di-
minished, but a large increase is shown in the pri-
vate deposits consequent upon the advances obtained
by parties in anticipation of the increase in the rate
of discount. The public deposits exhibit a very
small addition. The other items of the balance-
sheet, and the changes they present, will be seen
in the subjoined table :

Active Circulation
Increase
Bullion

$20,980,355
. • . • .. 637,625
• . • 15,271,701
• • .. 104,673
• • . • .. 3,755,413
•• •• •• 15,250
Ails 10,384,110
.tse 21,567
,posits 13 556,194
crease 623,274
Day and other .. 691,008
Decrease 23,033
Jvernment Securities 10,221,190
No alteration.
Other Securities .. .. 23,955,189
Increase .. 1,379,556
Notes Unemployed .. 8,082,685
Decrease .. 637,020
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
Were generally a trifle higher.

Decrease ..
Rest

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

A small quantity of gold, viz., about £14,000
Was withdrawn from the Bank of England yester-
day.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a con-
siderable amount of business was transacted, and
prices exhibited no variation. The sales were
7,000 bales.

An active demand is still reported in the general
discount market, and the high rates asked there in-
duce those who require accommodation to go to
the Bank.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £831,000, and the exports £188,780,
exclusive of the following shipments direct from
London to the Continent, during the week ending
Thursday last :—Gold coin : Oporto, MO ozs. ; bars,
Boulogne, 4,000 ozs.

The Market for. Public Securities continues in a
very quiet and heavy state, owing to the unsettled
state of monetary and political affairs. An im-
provement, however, of it,- per cent. taken place,
Compared with the latest prices current on the pre-
vious afternoon, Consols being 94 to 941 for money,
and. 941 for account. India 5 per Cent. Enfaced
paper has receded to 971 98 ; ditto 51 per Cent.
ditto, to 1031 ; and the Debentures are 9:31 97.
Exchequer Bills are heavy, at 14s. to 17s. prem.

The transactions in Foreign Securities have been
to a fair extent, but at depreciated quotations.
Turkish 6 per Cents. arc 78 to 781 ; ditto New, 60
to 601 ; Chilian 6 per Cents. have receded to 102,
Mitch 4 per Cents. to 1011, Sardinian to 831, and
Spanish Deferred to 341. Russian 5 per Cents.
are 107, and ditto 41 per Cents. 96 to 97. The
Brazilian Loan is 11 to 4 dis.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2; to
3 prem. ; the Universal ditto, 1 to I prem. ; and
the Buenos Ayres Railway, 21 to t,- prem.
The Railway Share Market has been moderately
active, but several of the principal lines have shown
a further slight decline. Caledonians, Eastern
Counties, Great Westerns, and South-Easterns,
have declineil ss. ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ;
and Great Northern, and Oxford, Worcest3r, and
Wolverhampton, £l. Brightons and Midlands
}lave improved ss. ; and Bristol and Exeter, and
Stockton and Darlington, 10s.

The foreign lines have shown little variation.
Lombardo-Venetian realise 111 11H; Bahia and
San Francisco, GI ; and Buenos Ayres and San
Fernando have declined to 41.
In the colonial markets East Indian have im-
Pr°ved to 1011 102 ; Grand Trunk of Canada
brou
, fht 341 ;
do nt stock bank
and Great Western of Canada 121.
miscellaneous shares are
and
inactive, at about previous quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 1858 961 7
Ditto Ditto, 1859
Bonds, £l,
Ditt ) under Ll,OOOO 1 d
Consols for Account (April)
xcb.3quer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d l4 17
Ditto X5OO l7 13
Ditto Small, 1,2 d.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian 6 per Cent
blexisan 3 per Cent.
'Ditto Account
Ituesian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lO7l
Ditto 41 per Cent 97 6
Sardinian, 5 per Cent B3l
qttnish er Cent
D ittoNew Deferred, 3 per Cent.
, Ditto Passive
Attrkien 6 per Cent 784
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
b Dividends on the above payable in London.
"Igian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 971
Latch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Console, Money
Ditto Account

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.
tormox, March 31.—Wind this day at noon, South
4111 breeze, with rain.
.I,PORTSMOUTII, March 30.—Wind, S.W.— Arrived-- from Queenstown:
ti,,_II,ANtsGATE, March 30.—Wind, S. to S.S.W.—Sailed-
-le Charlotte, from Rio Janeiro.
b COWES, March 30.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived—Nos, from
'tio Grande.
NEWPORT, March 30.—Arrived—Bcutemps, from Beau-
&iled—The Queen of Freedom, for Gallo.