The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Bank of England return, completed to the
Ist Dec., does not show any very material alteration
in the several items. In the bullion the decrease has
been unimportant. The other securities show a
slight augmentation, but this may be accounted for
by the increased demand for commercial purposes.
The reserve of notes has been steadily increasing,
the circulation having been contracted. The pub-
lic deposits, owing to the active collection of the
revenue, have increased to the extent of about half
a million, but the private deposits show a diminu-
tion of over a quarter of a million sterling. In the
other items of the balance-sheet there is no varia-
tion to call for special remark : they will be seen
in the subjoined table :
Active Circulation .. £20,309,140
Decrease 49,310
Bullion 18,776,314
Decrease .. 4,016
Rest .. 3,094,728
Decrease 58,640
Public Deposits 8,245,211
Increase .. 573,412
Other Deposits 12,491,758
Decrease .. 329,103
Seven Day and other Bills .. •.. 798,398
Decrease .. 31,819
Government Securities 10,808,591
No alteration.
Other Securities 15,432,330
Increase .. 108,556
Notes Unemployed 12,324,040
Increase .. 73,010

Money continues in moderate request, at pre-
vious rates. Good commercial bills/are negotiated
at 21 per cent., and in some cases rather cheaper ;
and, as the supplies are abundant, ample facilities
exist for the obtainment of loan or discount accom-
nlodation. At the Bank the applications have
been also increased. This is shown by the
particulars given above ; but since the date of
the present return, the demand for money has
been stimulated by the preparations for the com-
inercial bills due to-day, the 4th of the month.
Large quantities of gold are still being forwarded
to the continent. Besides the £50,000 taken from
the Bank, the £283,000 brought by the Agincourt
Was purchased yesterday for immediate exporta-
tion.

The Dover Castle has arrived from Victoria with
84,725 oz., or £338,900.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £197,183, and the exports £218,844,
exclusive of the following shipments direct from
London to the Continent during the week ending
Thursday last :—Gold coin—Boulogne, 360 ozs. ;
Belgium, 60. Silver coin—Belgium, 1,923 ; Rot-
terdam, 2,000 ; Boulogne, 1,000. Silver bars—
Hamburg, 1,080 ; Rotterdam, 2,000.

The market for English Stocks has continued
depressed at the reduced quotations current yester-
day. Business has remained in a dull state, the
few operations reported being chiefly connected
with the approaching liquidation. The only bar-
gain of importance has been the purchase of XlO,OOO
Reduced Annuities by the Government broker
on behalf of the Savings' Banks. Consols have
been marked 97; 98, and the January price is
981 It. • The New Threes and the Reduced An-
nuities are flat, at 96Z 4 ; Long Annuities are
'narked 18.1- ; India Stock, for special transfer, is
quoted 2261 ; and the Debentures, 99; ; ditto
fonds, 1 ls. to 14s. ; the June Exchequer Bills,
36s prem.
The transactions recorded in the Foreign Stock
Market are rather limited, but prices continue
4toady-. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 92 4 ; ditto
Scrip, Ist issue,l to 4 dis. ; ditto, 2d issue, prem.,
being slightly higher. Brazilian 41 per Cents.
(1858), 95k ; Danish 5 per Cents., 1041; Equador,
161; Portuguese, 48 1; Russian 41 per Cents.,
1031 ; Sardinian, 911 92; Venezuela 5 per Cents.,
431 ; Duteh 22 per Cents., 664 ; and ditto 4 per
Cents., 1008 101, . Chilian Loan Scrip is
prem.