The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-16 00:00:00

MONEY ILUBEET AND CITY BEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

The Bank of England return completed to the
13th inst., shows some rather unfavourable changes.
The bullion has been diminished by about a quarter
of a million sterling, owing to the demand for silver
for shipment to the East, and in the reserve of
notes there is also a slight falling off. The in-
creased demand for money is shown in the large
addition that has been made to the other securities
by over three quarters of a million. In the public
and private deposits there is a considerable augmen-
tation, particularly in the former. The other
items of the balance-sheet exhibit little variation
of importance ; they will be seen in the subjoined
table :
Active Circulation .. . •
Decrease .. •• • •
Bullion .. • • • •
Decrease .. • • • •
Rest .. •• ••
Increase .. • • • •
Public Deposits • • • •
Increase .. • • ••
Other Deposits
Increase ..
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease ..
Government Securities

.. £19,690,160
189,075
..• 11,571,332
▪ 261,504
.. 3,499,168
•• 13,373
.. 4,700,293
.. 513,814
.. 12,161,148

234,018
615,735
39,646
8,444,776
No alteration.
Other Securities • • 20.728,396
Increase .. .. • • .. 793,958
Notes Unemployed .. .. 5,535,845
Decrease .. . • .. 73,235
There were no bullion operations of importance
g.
at the Bank of England yesterday.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon exhi-
bited a general advance.
A call of L 1 10s. por share, amounting to £75,000,
became due today on the Metropolitan Railway '1(1
shares. Et

A meeting has been convened of the Bank of
Australasia, for the purpose of receiving the annual
report and electing four directors.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, the
demand was very limited, and prices continued ss,
depressed. ' The sales were 4,000 bales.
A sudden decline of fully 4- per cent. hes taken
place in the market for Public Securities to-day,
several speculative sales having taken place.
st
Affairs appear in a very unsettled state, and the st
future is regarded with much apprehension. Con- st
Bois for money are 91; i, and for account 911- 92. 12.
The New Threes and the Reduced improved to
911 n Bank Stock to 239 ; India ditto to 220 and
222 ; ditto 5 per Cents. to 100 k ; ditto New Scrip
to 100: ; ; but Exchequer Bills were flat at 6s. to :i
si
2s. dis.

Foreign Securities have been in fair request, and
prices were well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. s
are 69/ to 701; do. 1858, 551 to 561; do, 4 per
Cents. were firm at 1008. Russian 5 per Cents. at s
104/ ; do.4Q per Cents. at 91i ; Sardinian at 811;
Mexican at 24Z 2, and Brazilian at 99/. Dutch
4 per Cents. remain at 100,1-.
The market for American Securities has exhi
bited rather more activity. Messrs. D. Bell, Son,
and Company state that, " During the past fort-
night
there has been much activity in the market 12
for American Securities, and some large transac- sr,
tions have taken place, chiefly in City Stocks and st
the better description of Railroad Bonds.
Redeemable. Prices
United States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868
Do. 5 per Cent Bonds
Yentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds . 1868-72
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875
Illinois Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875
Do. shares, 80 dols. paid ....
Michigan Central 8 per Cent..
Do. do. shares
New York Central 6 per Ct ,

81 87
84 86
80 82
87 88

85 Si
281 271 dis
88 89
50 52

1869

not convertible.
New York Central 7 per Ct.,
convertible, from June 15,
1857-59
Do. do. Shares
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,
let mortgage
Do. is., 2d mortgage
D.. do., 3d mortgage
Do. do. convertible
Do. do. shares
Panama 7 per Ct., let mort •
gage Str. Bonds, not cony..
Do. do., 2d do.

1833

85 87

90 92
72 . 74

91 93
87 89
77 79

29 30

1865
1872