The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-19 00:00:00

AON.EY MARICET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Bank of England return, completed to the
16th March, is of a satisfactory character. In the
bullion there is a slight diminution consequent
upon the shipments of specie to the East. The
reserve of notes shows a small increase. as also the
public and private deposits. The other securities,
owing to the increased activity in trade, and the
more pressing demand for discount accommodation,
have been augmented to the extent of about a
quarter of a million, the active circulation having
slightly diminished. In the other items of the
balance•sheet there is little change of importance ;
they will be seen in the subjoined table :
Active Circulation .. L 20,331,255
Decrease • . 104,755
Bullion .. 19,922,732
Decrease 28,290
• Rest .. 3,652,476
Increase 2,655
Public Deposits 8,854,497
Increase •• •• •• •• 113,335
Other Deposits 13,641,265
Increase .. . 201,045
Seven Day and other Bills 764,998
Decrease 11,708
Government Securities 10,696,147
No alteration.
Other Securities 16,703,612
Increase . • .. • • .. 228,862
• Notes Unemployed .. 13,349,695
Increase . •• •• •• 64,690
In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon
a slight decline was recorded in the rates on Hol-
land and Hamburgh.
About £40,000 in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank of England yesterday for exportation to the
continent.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi-
ness was inactive, and American descriptions
declined fully Id. per lb. The sales only amounted
to 6,000 bales.
Money continues in active request at full rates.
The inquiry may be partly attributed to the
heavy payments on revenue account. The Trea-
sury balances at the Bank of England having now
reached a total of £8,854,497.

Among the. arrivals reported this morning are
the Ceylon from Alexandria with L 10,700, the
Lima from Oporto with £2,000, and the Sir Wil-
liam Eyre from Port Phillip, but it is not yet
known what specie she brings.
At the meeting of the Norfolk Railway Com-
pany to-day, for the purpose of considering the
working agreement made between the East Suffolk
and Eastern Counties Railway Companies, it was
agreed to adjourn to the 4th of April next, the
plans not being yet fully matured.
"IncreaSed buoyancy is apparent in the Market
for Public Securities. An improvement of per
cent. took place yesterday afternoon, and a further
rise of 1 per cent. is reported to•day. This, favour-
able alteration has been caused by an advance on
the Paris Bourse, and a more confident feeling with
regard to the probable adjustment of the Italian
question. Consols are 96/ for money and account.
Numerous purchases have been effected, and the
market is more animated than is usual on Saturdays.
Exchequer Bills remain steady at 335. to 365. prem.;
India Loan Debentures at 981 ; and ditto Bonds at
14s. prem.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode-
rately active, and prices generally tend upwards,
Turkish 6 per Cents. being 93/ to 931 ; ditto, New
Loan, 791 to 791 ; Peruvian 43- per Cents. are firm,
at 91, Brazilian 4 per Cents. at 941 Chilian 6
per Cents. at 103, ditto Sctip at 12 discount, and
Spanish Deferred at 301 ; Russian 5 per Cents. are
steady, at 111, ditto 41 per Cents. at 101, and
Venezuelan Deferred at 171; the New Austrian
Loan, 2 dis. to par ; the New Indian Railway De-
bentures are 2 to 3 prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market has ex-
hibited con siderable activity, and prices in most
instances in we been exceedingly buoyant. Eastern
Counties, C ;treat Northern, and Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln improved ss. ; Caledonian, Lan-
cashire anil Yorkshire, and South Eastern, 10s. ;
Great Wes'tern, and North-Eastern (York), 15s. ;
and Edinburgh and Glasgow, North Western, Mid-
land, Nortl a British, and North Eastern (Berwick),
£l. The Fi3reign lines are steady ; Lombardo-Vene
tian have improved about ss. ; and Paris and
Lyons, 10s. In the Colonial market a slight ad-
vance is also apparent. Grand Trunk of Canada
have improved 10s.; East Indian, 15s. ; Great
Indian Peninsula, ss. ; and Geelong and Mel-
bourne, ss.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show
little variation. Ottoman Bank, London Chartered
of Australia, and Peninsular and Oriental Steam
realised_ previous rates.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock
•
Ditto Debenture% 9B!
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Consols for Account 961
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 33 6 I

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 1858, 43/4 per Cent. 94k ±
Chilien, 6 per Cent
Ditto 43/4 per Cent. Scrip..
Grenada New Active, 33/4 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred 5l
Peruvian 43/4 per Cent —
. Ditto Account
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto 43/4 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money • • - 961
Consols for Account (April) 961

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.,-NzsTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 175 11 17
Antwerp
Brussel4
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 30 XllB
3.5
Frankfort on. Maine — 1171
Vienna
Trieste - 40 11 45
Petersburgh — 355 354
Madrid -405 40
Cadiz --491 4029 90
Leghorn — 29 75
Genoa — 25 475 25 525
Naples-
Palermo — 120-14 1201-
Messina — 1201 121
Lisbon
Oporto ' — • 525 53k
Rio Janeiro
New York

E.I. Co's bls. House bk 60d
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24i
Bombay ditto
241
Madras ditto - 26
Bast India Company s Bills drawn, from the 26th ult. to
the 17th inst. . • '
Bengal
Madras 0 0 0
Bombay; - 817 13 4

21,034 6 8

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ... » 0 5 0]
Silver in Bars (Standard) ), 0 5 21

CRYSTAL PALACE.--ONE SHILLING DAY.—
FRIDAY, March 18.—Admissions on payment, 990 ;- by
season tickets, 513; total visitors, 1,503.
TONNAGE AND PILOTS (LONDoN).—In 1857,
2,834,107 toms of shipping entered, and 2,143,884 tons
cleared out from the port of London (exclusive of coasters).
In 1800 the respective numbers were only 796,632 and
729,551, and in 1750 only 179,860 tons of shipping cleared
the amount of tonnage " entered" cannot be ascertained.
There is no record of the number of pilots authorised to act
in and for the port of London in 1750 or 1800, in 1808 the
number Wil4s 554, and in 1857 377.
MINES.—In the mining market this week the
fortnightly settlement was even heavier than the last, and
considering that East Russell had fallen during the account
from 31 to 24, it went off better than expected. All sorts of
reports and anonymous letters have been circulated in re-
gard to this mine, but the latest report of the agent values
the main part of the lode in the 88 at 4 tons per fin ; the
stope in the 65 is worth £250 per fm. ; in the 55,
3 tons por fm. Shares, after fluctuating a good
deal, leave off at 22 to 23. Wheal Grenville shares
have been largely dealt in, and on Thursday vanced
from 4to 51, and leave off at 5/ to 51 ; the improvements
in the mine are considerable, and such as are likely to lead
to important results even sooner
,than we expected ; the
cause of.the late rise has been the 80 west coining into 11
ton per fm. of grey, black, and malachite ore; this end is
25 fms. east of the discovery in the 66, where one branch
ore of the lode is worth £2O per fin. and another branch
approaching it ; in the 80 east the lode is also worth 1 ton
per fm., and the appearances in this level such as lead to
.the expectation of a course of ore in the shaft before long,
which case the rise in shares will be very great-311'0v
Joional of this day.