The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-13 00:00:00

VONET MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two- o'CLocK

The Bank of England return, completed to the
10th inst., is of a more satisfactory character than
was generally anticipated. The diminution in the
Bullion is to an unimportant amount, and the re-
serve of notes has been increased by upwards of a
quarter of a million sterling. The other securities,
notwithstanding the preparations that had to
be made for the payments due on the 4th
of the month, and the instalments due
on several public undertakings, show a small falling
off. Both the public and private deposits have
been augmented, but the additions are unimpor-
tant. In the active circulation there is a decrease
of rather more than a quarter of a million. The
other items of the balance sheet exhibit very little
alteration. They will be seen by the subjoined
table :

Active Circulation
Decrease ..
Bullion ..
Decrease ..
Rest • • • •
Increase ..
Public Deposits
Increase ..
Other Deposits

220,989,035
.. 373,810
.. 18,502,827
.. 110,058
.. 3,140,092
36,106
.. 6,673,581
97,140
.. 12,290,682

• • Increase .. • •
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease ..
Government Securities ..

. • 40,956
.. 837,750
• • 21,513
.. 10,808,591

876
.. 14,697,722
• . 110,187
.. 11,327,380
286,285
A steady demand is still experienced for dis-
count accommodation, and the rates for first-class
bills continue firm, with an upward tendency. At
the Bank the applications are still very limited.
The Teviot, with the Australian gold, namely,
£170,450, via Suez, has arrived from Alexandria.
The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed
steadily, and prices were unaltered. The sales
were estimated at 10,000 bales.
Since Menday last the imports of specie have
been about £781,475, but there have been no ex-
ports; with the exception of the ' following ship-
ments direct from London to the Continent, during
the week ending Thursday ' last :—Gold coin
(Boulogne), 580 ounces ; Hambro', 9 ounces.
Silver ditto (Boulogne), 6,000 ounces ; Belgium,
1,500 ounces ; Rotterdam, 28,000 ounces. Silver
bars (Rotterdam), 80,000 ounces.
The state of business at the Stock Exchange con-
tinues very unsatisfactory, for, althOugh there is no
retrograde movement of importance in values, the
transactions, whether real or speculative, are still
confined within narrow limits. The public are,
no doubt deterred by the high price which the
Funds have already attained, but there is another
reason for their absence as investors to any
considerable extent, namely, the continued inactivity
of trade, and the fact that there are no surplus
profits accruing therefrom, such as are available
in periods of commercial activity. The Bank return,
being favourable, has assisted in maintaining prices
this morning, but no movement of importance has
taken place. Consols have been quoted 981 1 for
money, and 981 1 for account. They are now
rather flatter, being 98 k and 981 1 respectively.
The New Threes and Reduced remain steady at
961 1 ; the -Long Annuities, 1860, at 1 3-16.
Exchequer Bonds have been dealt in at 100 a ;
India Loan Debentures are marked 991 for the
first issue, and 9941 for the second ditto.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is quiet,
and pricei are heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
92 k ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 1 to 1 dis. ; ditto, 2d
issue, 1 to 1 prem., being a slight decline ; Spanish
3 per Cents., 471 e ; ditto New Deferred, 301 ;
Brazilian 43- per Cents. (1858), 971 ; Mexican 3 per
Cents., 201 ; Peruvian Uribarren Bonds, 851; and
Sardinian 5 per Cents., 941
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
moderately active, and most of the lines dealt in
have shown an improvement of about 1 to 1 per
cent. Caledonian, Great Western, North-Western,
and Midland have improved ss. ; and Lancashire
and Yorkshire, and Brighton, 10s. North British,
North-Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern have
declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertak-
ings have been neglected. Eastern of France have
improved sg. ; and Grand Trunk of Canada, ss.
East Indian have receded 10s.

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

Joint Stock Bank Shares have been in very
limited demand, but prices have been firm. Lon-
don Joint Stock have improved ss.
In the Miscellaneous Market, Atlantic Telegraph
shares are quoted 330 to 335, and Royal Mail
Steam 61.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 i 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 1 3-16
India Stock
Ditto Debentures 99/
Ditto 2d Issue
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO -
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account 9n
Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent
Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 97/
Danish, 1825, 3 per Cent.
Ditto 5 per Cent. lO4
Guatemala, 5 per Cent.
Alexican 3 per Cent. 2ok /
Peruvian, 4f per Cent.
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent.
Sardinian' 5 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 3ok
Turkish, 6 per Cent.
Ditto New Loan Scrip par I d
Ditto 2d Issue
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account 9B} I

DEPARTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN PRINCE.—The
-ulgYPtian Prince Toussin Pacha, only son of the viceroy
°L. Egypt, who has now for more than three months been
the guest of Sir Moses Montefiore, at East Cliff, Ramsgate,
has received directions to return to his country. The
Prince and his suite will quit England on the 15th, and will
embark on the 27th at Marseilles. His highness, who
arrived in England in a very delicate state of health, has,
We are happy to learn, fully recovered. This is the second
time the young pasha has visited our shores.—JewishChronicle. titg
THE CAPE DE YERD ISLANDS.—A copy of a
despatch has been received from her Majesty's minister at
Lisbon reporting that a Portuguese royal decree has re-
cently been pissed regulating the duties upon the importa-
tion of foreign gunpowder into the Cape de Verd islands ; and
also that by a recent decree a special duty of three per cent.,
ad valorenrris to be levied upon all articles imported into, or
exported from, the island of San Jago.
HEREFORD.—A vacancy is occasioned in the
county representation by the sudden death of Mr. Booker
Vlakemore. Two candidates are already in the field—Mr.
siah Raisbeck, in the conservative interest ; and Mr. John
Lloyd, of St. Owen's, on the
severe of the radicals. The con-
test is expected to be a very one.
INCOMPETENCY IN A SERVANT.—The Court of
Common Pleas has held that there is no material difference
'between a servant who will not and a servant who cannot
Perform the duty for',vhich he was hired.—Harmer v. ar-
nelius.-2'he Builder.

UNLICENSED BROKER.—An unlicensed broker
was employed to purchase scrip certificates of shares in a
public company. He bought the shares, and paid the price
to the seller. It has been held that he was only entitled to
be paid the money he had advanced, and was not entitled
to commission as a broker. Six judges, in a court of ap-
peal, held this view, and ono judge dissented.—.Lindo v.
Sm ith.— The Builder.

THE APPETITE OF A LANCASHIRE LADY.—An
ungallant correspondent of the Preston Chronicle, at a con-
vivial meeting among the working classes, to which the
ladies were gallantly invited, was promoted to the office of
carver ; and appetites being good, he held no sinecure. "My
attention," he unhandsomely discloses, " was more particu-
larly arrested by a modest-looking and neatly -attired female ;
and when I state the quantity of food this lady quietly
disposed of, it will not cause any wonder that my amaze-
raent should be excited. The following was supplied to her
by my own hand.:—Four plates of beef and potatoes ; one
Plate of veal pie ; one plate of plum-pudding ; one plate of
apple tart; and one plate of celery and cheese 1 During the
mastication of all this she drank one glass of water."
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS
IN TAE CIVIL SERVICE.—Heme-office (Prisons Depart-
: Mr. C. P. Measor, deputy governor of the Stirling
Castle convict hulk, has been n appointed deputy governor of
C,,hatham Convict Prison in the room of Major Stewart.
he Dockyards : Mr. John S. Harper, second class clerk at
sheerness, has been appointed first class clerk, vice Ward,
Perannuated. Law Department : A mastership in the
Npurt of Queen's Bench has become vacant by the death of
Bunce. Customs : The office of collector and prin-
TPal out-door officer at Padstow has become vacant by the
'loath of Mr. John L. Hawben • Mr. B. Howson has been
promoted from fifth to fourth class clerk for general busi-
ness, London; Mr. C. Herbert has been promoted from
rah to fifth class clerk for general business, London. In-
iiild„,llevenue Department (Stamps and Taxes branch)
pt• F. Cheeseman. surveyor of taxes, Oxford, has been
romoted to Nottingham district; Mr. John Edminson
, ,eyor of taxes, St. Albans, has been promoted to Oxford
krict, in succession to Mr. Cheeseman. East Indies .
s .; .Da Costa has been ainted to officiate as Principal
a u'idur Ameen of Purneah Mr. A. Money has been
magistrate and collector of Shahabad ; Mr. A. A.
".;,,ruiton has been appointed collector of Behar ; Mr. H. C.
ricle‘ltrie_hal4.been appointed magistrate of Behar.—Ciril Ser-
wrzette.