The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-06 00:00:00

.PIONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Bank of England return, issued last evening,
for the week ending the 3d inst., shows that the in-
creased demand for money has created an augmen-
tation in the stock of other securities. The circu-
lation both of notes and gold has been stimulated
and the effect is seen in the decline in the reserve
of notes, and also in the bullion. The general ap-
pearance of the statement indicates greater firmness
in the money market, as will be seen by the sub-
joined particulars :

Active Circulation . . . . . . £22,311,820
Increase .. 470,805
Bullion . . . . . . . . . . 17,330, 336
Decrease .. " 132,264
Rest 3,346,135
Increase .. 25,927
Public Deposits 5 323 259
Increase 304,803
Other Deposits 14,351,004
Decrease .. . • 556,773
Seven Day and other Bills 818,747
Increase .. 527
Government Securities .. 11,208,572
Increase .. 37,892
Other Securities 17 690 057
Increase 339,661
Notes Unemployed 8,889,920
Decrease .. • • 582,760
There is still a very active demand for money,
and the rates of discount are tending upwards, 21
per cent. being the general quotation for good com-
mercial bills. This movement has induced the
leading discount firms, including Messrs. Overend,
Gurney, and Co., and Messrs. Alexander Etna Co.,
I° increase the interest they allow for deposits,
With seven days' notice of withdrawal, viz., to 2
per cent. If the inquiry should be maintained the
quotations may soon attain a higher point, and the
opinion is already expressed that the minimum will
"u shortly carried to 3 per cent.
A general advance was apparent in the foreign
exchanges yesterday afternoon.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank of
England yesterday.
To-day a call of £1 per share, or £6,500, is due
on the Cork and Youghal Railway.
Accounts from Liverpool report that in the
Cotton
Market yesterday a moderate degree of
activity prevailed, and previous rates were gene-
ral current. The sales were 8,000 bales.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £1,478,665, and the exports £522,684,
Tendon
of the following shipments direct from
.L'eudon to the Continent during the week ending
Thursday last :

Gold coin.. Boulogne
1) Calais 2BO oz.
)1 Bars Cadiz .. 4,800 oz.
Mogadore
Silv4 coin " .. Boulogne
Calais
If Belgium.
Mogadore .. 260 oz.
~ Bars Boulogne... .. 2,000 oz.
Very little business has been recorded in the
rllarket for English Securities, but increased buoy-
411eY has been apparent. The Funds are 1 per
c
r,,ent- better than they were yesterday morning,
Consols being 951 8 for money and the 9th inst.,
utid 951 for September. The continued improve-
-111. ent in the Paris Bourse has exerted a favourable
Influence, and foreign stocks, as well as railway
are also firmer. The New Threes have im-
proved to 95.1, f'i; and the Reduced to 951 ; and
tzehequer Bills to 275. and 30s. prem. ; India
the
Debentures, 1859, have receded to 931, but
Lee Bonds are firm at 3s. dis.
In Foreign Securities the transactions have been
rather
limited; prices, however, show an improve-
etit- Turkish 6 per Cents. have advanced to 83
4II4)1 85; ditto New to 72 to 74; Peruvian 41 per
Cents. to 911 921 ; ditto 3 per Cents. to 701 ;
Venezuelan New 22 per Cents. are steady, at 291
ti ;
4° 1 per Cents. ar3 firm at 151, and Russian 4
Per Cents. at 991. Spanish 3 per Cents. are flat
at 441.
In the Railway Share Market the transactions
have been rather numerous, and prices in most in-
tallees have improved. South-Western, Midland,
"°rth-Eastern (York), and South-Eastern, im-
proved as. ; Eastern Counties, 10s. ; Great Western •
_▪ ,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. ; and North-
"tern, 15s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also
bee nat slightly advanced rates. Lombardo-Vene-
tan Old Shares have risen to 108 11, and the New
hares to 107; Great Luxembourg brought 67 ;
'A•
lubre and Meuse, 9, ; East Indian advanced to
"neat
Grand Trunk of Canada to 34 and 34k, and
Western of Canada were steady, at 14-1 141.
lola Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
4111 rather inactive, at about yesterday's closing
9.4lotations. London and County have declined
1°11.; Ottoman Bank, ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
1 k,l, ir Cent. Reduced Annuities 9sa i 1
Ner Cent. Consols Annuities
95f f
i 3 per Cent. Annuities
D Stock
btiphitLtioo,eanbelBllss9turcripes'
1858
93f
3 d
console for Account (Aug. 9)
II FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
2lan 5 per Cent.
:all 4± per Cent lo3k
Ditto Ditto Accoupt
3 per Cent.
olyist.te Ac,count
•"'4,B.lati, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
810 a Aiitto 4i per Cent.•
99±
~._ . per eat. 44f
4:lllitts:°llohAN367l3.llllC),C':)eaniat
. 83 21 4
vDitto Accoant
tetzue,,lan 5 per Cent. —
Di t° -"exv 2± per Cent.
tts 1 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9si I
Ditto Account