The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-24 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND CITY NB K' S.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The variations presented in the Bank of England
eturn for the week -to Wednesday last are rather
important, but they exhibit very little change in
the position of the discount market. A large addi-
tion has been made to the stock of bullion, owing
to the extensive arrivals of gold, which, in the ab-
sence of other demands, has been disposed of to the
authorities. Judging from the present tendency
of affairs, it is not improbable that a further accu-
mulation may occur. Although the demand for
money has been comparatively quiet, the other
securities have been augmented £360,659, but this
is accounted for by the increase in the private and
Treasury balances. It will be observed from the
following statement, showing the principal altera-
tions, that the circulation of notes has temporarily
increased
Active Circulation .. £21,079,775
Increase .. 19,415
Bullion .. 17,192,169
Increase • • 71,347
Rest 3 720 472
Increase • • • • 3,685
, public-Deposits 8,792,598
V' Increase .. • • • • 283,676
'Other Depositsl3,2l9,BB2

Increase ..
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease ..
Government Securities ..
Other Securities ..
Increase ..
Notes Unemployed ..

• . '145,242
.. 839,280
20,012
11,220 018
No at alter:iett,
.. 19,317,820
360,659
; . 9,909,935.

Increase . 75,610
A moderate demand for money is reported in the

Share

general market, and as further instalments will
800 n have to be forwarded. in connexion with the s
Indian and. Russian !cans, it is not expected to ex-
hibit an immediate diminution.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex- s
hibited a slight advance in the rates on Amsterdam S
and Hamburg.
About £BB,OOO was sent into the Bank of Eng-
hind yesterday.
_ The Arid has arrived from New York with E

90,000, of which £60,000 is for France. 81
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed gl
Quietly, and 8,000 bales were disposed of at pre- s
vious values. In the Railway Share Market a fair s
amount of business was transacted, and prices tended
npwards.

Since Monday last the imports of specie were
about £802,321, and the exports £50,000, excla-
swe of the following shipments direct from London
to the continent during the week ending Thursday
last

Gold coin Boulogne 4OO oz.
Rotterdam
17 Calais
~ bars Gibraltar
Cadiz .. 1,859 oz.
Silver coin
Rotterdam .. 400 oz.
7) Boulogne
„ bars Hambro'
The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
ion for the eight months ending the 31st August
have been published. From these it appears that
the total declared value of the exports from the
United Kingdom amounted to £86,405,885 against
£75,596,564 in the latter period of 1858, showing
an increase of £10,809,321. The chief in-
crease is perceptible in beer and ale, cotton
Manufactures, earthenware, haberdashery and
millinery, hardwares and cutlery, linen
manufactures, silk manufactures, British
spirits, and woollen and worsted manufactures.
,There was a falling off in cotton yarn, machinery,
salt, and sheep and lambs' wool. . The importations
of the principal articles were. larger, as regards
lixe ,animals, raw, cotton, dyeing stuffs, flax, raw
silk, brandy, raw sugar, tea, wine, and sheep and
;41Ilbs' wool. There was a diminution, however,
in Cocoa, coffee, corn, flour, spices, and tobacco.

The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade
of the United Kingdom of 153,794 tons for the en-
tries inwards, while the clearances outwards show
an augmentation of 156,025 tons.
In the coasting trade' for the same period 547,244
tons more were employed for the entries inwards,
and the entries outwards also show an augmenta-
tion of 448,848 tons compared with those of the
same period of last year.
Business at the Stock Exchange continues
quiet, but since the commencement of the week
Prices have been well maintained. The
funds, foreign bonds, and railway shares have
tended upwards, although speculation has been
conducted on a limited scale. A favour-
able impression, however, has been produced
b.y the steadiness of the Rentes, and the specie
Movement at the Bank of England. To-day the
Market appears steady, Consols being 95/ t. The
New India Stock is rather flatter, at 1001 ; ditto
Scrip is steady, at 100 Z 4 ; and Exchequer Bills
have advanced to 235. and 265. prem.
In the Foreign Market this week the Mexican
Bonds have attracted considerable attention, the
highest point attained showing an advance of 2
Per cent. To-day they exhibit increased buoyancy,
being quoted 24/ or about 1 per Cent. higher
than yesterday. Turkish 6 per Cents. are firm at
84 85; ditto New Loan, at 694 to 701 ; Spanish
3 per Cents. are 461 4 ; Brazilian, Peruvian, Por-
tuguese, Russian, and Dutch are at previous rates.
.„ the Railway Share Market the variations
have not been important. Caledonian and Eastern
Counties have declined about ss. ; and Midland and
South Eastern, 10s. ; Great Western and Lancashire
and Yorkshire advanced 10s,
The Foreign and Colonial Markets have boen
very dull, prices generally showing no alteration.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
at about previous rates.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
0 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock
bitto, 1859, 5 per Cent.
.uitto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
hxchequer Rills, £l,OOO, I±d 23 6
Ditto
£5OO 26
..Jitto Small, Ifd. -

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent.
/tl,,elican 3 countnt.
iiitto A
unto 3 per Cent. —
p Ditto Aeeount
.°lrtn.guese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
ItUßlnan, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
'Vanish 3
4f per Cent.
Cent.
Ditto Account Aoun
Nper D4t 1
:cwetferred, 3 per Cent. —
341
?mush Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4l
9jk, iFn 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Venezuela 2f per Cent.
bitto Account

Dividends on the above payable in London.
'tell Exchange, 12 Guil. 2f
D it
-to Certificates, 4 per Cent.per Cent...
102 i
TWO O'CLOCK
Con.. Is, Money .. 958' t
thtto Account (0ct.).... .... 95a

, A letter from Paris says that M. Mario has en-
in"ed, an engagement with the theatre at Madrid, and
"` exadarne Grisi is going to St. Petersburg.
The Austrian Court has taken up its residence at
the Palace of Schoenbrunn.
CAUTION TO SMOKERS.—A little before four
o'clock on Tuesday morning an alarming fire broke out at
The M(3 h
ouse of Mr. James, a provision dealer at Nottingham.
Po immediately procured two ladders, which'they
redi together, and placed by the side of the house up to the
-room. Mr. and Mrs. James descended in safety, and a
soldier of the 11th Hussars, who was passing at the time,
ascended and brought down the servant girl and a child
from the house. The fire originated from some ashes which
lir. James knocked out of a pipe he had been smoking into
L I Wooden spittoon containing sawdust, and which after
'Aug dons with was placed under a chest of drawers in a
t`'ern downstairs. These ashes smouldered some time, and
after the family had retired to rest the flames burst out, and
the drawers were soon on firo. The smoke, which ascended
to the upper stories, however, fortunstelyawoks the servant
girl, and she gave the alarm. Happily, no great amount of
nege was done, beyond the drawers and their contents
being almost totally consumed, the walls blackened, and the
Paint on the doors and window-sills blistered.
AN ASS'S BITE.—On Monday morning last a
Potato dealer, named Wm. Snlatt, met with his death under
the following peculiar circumstances :—The deceased was
ill the habit of vending vegetables, and kept a donkey and
cart for that mar ose. A few days ago while giving the
donkey a potato te
mouth, wh placed his hand partly in the animal's
en he received a slight bite in the fleshy part be-
tween the thumb and forefinger. The wound appeared so
trivial that he took no notice of it till Sunday last, when
his hand and arm commenced to swell and discolour to a
most alarming extent, and despite medical assistance, mor-
tification of the arm ensued, and the poor man expired in
:teat agony at about half-past four on Monday morning.
Ilia widow is also suffering in a like naanner, having
scratched her hand with a broken bottle, that had con-
tained a liniment used for her husband's arm, It is fee rod
that mortification may ensue in this case also.—Plyniout)
frournal.