The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-25 00:00:00

MONEY 211ARXET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Bank of England, the Stock Exchange, and
all places of business resort are closed, as usual, on
Christmas day.
Subjoined are the particulars of the Bank of Eng-
land return for the week ending Wednesday last,
showing an increased demand for money, and a
continued accumulation of the precious metals :

Active Circulation
Decrease ..
Bullion ..
Increase ..
Rest .. . ,

219,705,990
• • • • 40,265
19,148,997
• .. 124,628
• .. 3,105,199

Increase ..
Public Deposits

. 4,755
9,660,818

Increase . 134,047
Other Deposits • .. 13,149,007
Increase .. .. 542,876
Seven Day and other Bills .. 752,694
Decrease •• •• •• •• 11,168
Government Securities .. 10,808,591
' No alteration,
Other Securities .. .. 16,494,120
Increase .. 505,617
Notes Unemployed . • • 13,242,060
Increase 13,5,845

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £227,422, and the exports £208,822,
exclusive of the following shipments direct from
London to the Continent, during the week ending
Thursday last

Gold coin Boulogne
Silver coin
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following
Its the prices of the American Securities :

Redeemable. Prices.
'United States 5 per Cents 1867-1868 102 104
Do. 6 per Cent Bonds
Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds — 78 —l,..entlicky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 92 94
Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds 96 98
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str
Bonds — 103 104
Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 98 100
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock. I— 83 85
,„Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 87 871
,lellnessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 84 86
vlrginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .. 1886 87 89
Zirginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 86 88
Boehm 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 90 92
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875 81 83
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875 80 82
Illinois Central 6 per Cent:
(Preelands)
Vc. shares, 60 dols. paid
Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 84 86
Do. do. shares 45 50
Nevi, York Central 6 per Ct ,
New
convertible
York Central 7 per Ct ,
convertible, from June 15,
1857..59
I-)o. do. shares
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,
3d mortgage
New York and Erie 7 per Ct.,
New
Ilfive York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,
sinking fund
Do.
do. shares
Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort-
, gage Str. Bonds, not cony
4'o. do., Ist. do. .. -

1883

1864

1833
1862
1875

18.59
1865

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
Iper Cent. Reduced Annuities 971 / I
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 —
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 1885 lB/
..,111dia Stock
Ditto Debentures
Bonds, £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account
March Jame.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 39 1 36 9
Ditto £50037 9 I
bitt,o Small,-11d
Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 34 per Cent .... 1001

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 1858, 4/ per Cent 95 i
~ehilian, 6 per Cent
wexican 3 per Cent 2O/
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto Account
, Ditto (Uribarren), 4/ per Cent. .. 88r 9
Itussian, 1822, ZPt., 5 per Cent e 113/
t, Ditto 4/ per Cent.
°,,ardinian 5 per Cent 9Ol
'Vanish iper Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account - 3lf
... Ditto Passive
Spanish Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6l
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan Scrip —
Ditto Account
.„Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuela, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
'Austrian, 10 Gu. A 5 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money
Ditto Account, Jan. 11 96A 7 ad

ZORD HARDWICKE A MIDSHIPMAN.

Throughout the whole of the year 1818 Charles
Yorke commanded the admiral's yacht, a tender,
the Little Jane, a small vessel more or less con-
tinually employed in conveying despatches to and
fro between Halifax and Bermuda—between the
4still-veiced Bermootb es" and the capital of the
Nova Scotian Peninsula.
Is there not a glimpse at once of the precision of
the old Scotch:admiral and of the perfectly cool and
high-bred effrontery of the young English midship-
Man in the. faint echo from a point of time lying
far away there at the extremity of that perspective
of forty years,?
Dinner in the admiral's cabin, on board the
Leander--corks flying—glasses replenished.

Admiral (looking askance, with a grim watch-
fulness, at one of the youngest of his guests, then
drinking hilariously).' Misturr Yawrk ! hadn't
Ye betturr drink the champagne in toomblers ?"

Middy.—" Thank you, Sir David. Here, waiter,
oring me a tumbhsr. ' (Fills it to the brim, and
then bending forward, glass in hand, with the
Politest of smiles)—" Sir David, I drink your very
good health."

Admiral—grimmer than ever, and breathing hard
pis " shut up" accordingly.—The Derby Ministry:
Cabinet Pictures. By Mark Rochester.

311 n. BRIGHT, M.P., AT NEWCASTLE.

Mr. Bright being unable to accept an invitation
to address a public meeting in Newcastle expressed
a desire to meet the executive of the Northern Re-
'
. °rlll Union, to confer with them as to the best
course to be pursued in the present position of the
!dorm movement. On his return from Glasgow he
therefore stopped at Newcastle, and met the execu-
;!ve of the union at the Central Station Hotel on
Thursday morning.
Mr. BRIGHT detailed the points of his contem-
Plated measures, as far as he had yet made up his
mind upon them, which were discussed seriatim
and at length. These comprised, we understand, a
tilting franchise for boroughs, £lO occupancy for
et:gullies, shorter Parliaments, vote by ballot, and
such a re-distribution of seats as would give the
treat towns an increased number of members.

*Various suggestions were made respecting the
11,l'opriety of making the borough and county fran-
Zeise similar ; or if the £lO rental was made the
basis of an occupation suffrage in the counties, to
;nstitute a third franchise, which would include
'edgers in the boroughs, and a large proportion of
working men in counties.
Mr. BRIGHT said logically no reason could be
adduced against manhood suffrage, but that the
Question to be considered was, what was the best
actical measure that could be carried through
arliament in the present position of parties. He
Was not wedded to any particular scheme, and was
the
of gleaning information from bodies like
ie Reform Union, representing large sections of
the people, upon the subject.
Mr. COWEN explained the position of the Union,
and the work they had done during the past twelve
''enths.
They had held upwards of sixty public
Illettings, and. in the aggregate had appealed to
above 40,000 people. Last session they forwarded
0 petitions to the House of Commons, and their
organisations in the different towns and villages in
Pe two counties were in a very efficient state. He
laid before Mr. Bright what was intended to be
rile by the Union between this time and February.
every place of any importance in Northum-
Mberland and Durham they would get up petitions
ore the meeting of Parliament, and take such
other measures from. time to time as might be found
1,
-e,,,essary.
-gr. BRIGHT expressed his gratification at the
resultsand
of the policy pursued by the Reform Union,
said if other places had done as great an amount
0
Work the reform party would have been much
Stronger
than at present.
ejhe interview, which was of a strictly private
I,7iaracter, concluded with the understanding that
,file the Union still held by their original pro-
,tttnrine they were prepared to give Mr. Bright
toetY possible assistance anal support in his efforts
1, Carry a large measure of reform through the
ZiTnie of Commons. The meeting lasted upwards
two
""etory nature.— hours, and was of a very cordial and satis-
Newcastle C7ironicle.