The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-27 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.


CITY, Two o'CLoc.
The Bank of England return, completed to the
„
`lth inst., is of a favourable character. The re-
lerve of notes has been increased by nearly a quarter
iqa million sterling, while there is only a small fall-
-3g off in the stock of bullion. The public deposits
4el'? an augmentation of about half a million, but
here is a large diminution in the private balances.
44 other items of the balance sheet show little or
ellange of importance ; they will be seen in the
,f)
"4t9oined table :
Active Circulation ..

fie
'go* of;;;;;- Bullion

.. £20,038,985
.. 256,230
.. 13,116,949
.. 16,254
.. 3,183,435

Decrease ..
Rest • • •
Increase .•
Public Deposits
Increase ..
Other Deposits
Decrease .. • • • •
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease .. • • •
Government Securities • .

5,615
4,757,607
561,701
.. 12,604,075
775,861
683,904
9,129

10,272,938
No alteration.
Other Securities .• •• •• 17 956 119
Decrease .. .. • • 458'650
Notes •• •• ••
unemployed
6,763,975
Increase , „ „ 215,340
Clyeere was a fair demand for cotton in the
„erpool market yesterday, and prices improved
'vont id. par lb. The sales were 12,000 bales.
A small quantity of gold, viz., £16,000, was
ve thdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday
for l
eZportation.
The Foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon,
Bel' generally rather higher.
share,
Monday, the 29th inst., a call of £2 per
sLare, amounting to £310,000, becomes due on
4er. Great India Peninsula Railway shares.
4, The official returns relating to trade and menu-
tture for the.three months ending the 31st March
4,_44 just been published, from which it appears
that the total declared value of the exports in the
United Kingdom was £27,669,249, against
.430,481,907 in the like period of 1860, show.
:g a decrease of £2,812,658. The decrease
most perceptible in cotton manufactures,
e°11", j'arn, linen me.nnfaatureo, and woollen
end Worsted yarns; there is an increase, however,
41, Machinery, silk manufactures, British spirits,
sheep and lamb's wool, and woollen manufactures.
The importations of the principal articles were
kaaller as regards raw cotton, sheep and lamb's
ltoo, flax, and wheat; but there is an increase in
il
°I1r) unrefined sugar, tea, tobacco, and wine.
The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the
4131 °Mit of tonnage employed in the foreign trade
°f the United Kingdom, for the three months, of
z 01,553 for the entries inwards, and of 52,831 tons
for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade,
for the three months, 123,682 tons less were em-
s,"Ted than in the corresponding period of 1860 for
the entries inwards, and for the clearances out-
wards there was a decrease of 36,635 tons compared
Vith the like period of last year.
uvery little alteration has occurred in the Consol
:terket to-day, dealings having taken place at
914
for money, and 918 92 for the account. The
expectation of unfavourable news from America
creates depression. The New Threes and the
Reduced remain at 908 ; Bank Stock is 231 and
:33; India Loan 1011 2 ; and Exchequer Bills are
4itt, at 41/. to is. dis.
Continued quietude pervades the Foreign Market,
1d Prices are rather flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents.
,111.6 701 ; ditto, 1858, 54 54 ; Mexicans are
heavy, at 238 24; Spanish, at 491; ; ditto Deferred
remain at 42.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
Inactive; prices, however, have shown rather more
o.,4ntness. Bristol and Exeter, Great Northerns,
~ureat Westerns, and Midlands, have improved ss. ;
Easterns, 10s. ; and North Eastern (Ber-
/lick), 155.; but London and North Westerns have
geeliaed ss.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
been dealt in to a very small extent, and prices
4ft've undergone little change of importance.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
"llet in limited request at barely previous rates.

b BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE
rank Stock
?, Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O /
per Cent.-Consols Annuities
Veyv per Cent. Annuities 9O i
oulia Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaczd Paper, 4 per Cent 77
' uitto Debentures, 1858 961
Ditto, 1859
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO —
~.iiitto under £1,000
India
for Account, May 9....
44.(1ia Stock for Account —
"itto 5 per Cent.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, ltd.
D tin £5OO 4 dis
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
telican 3 per Cent 231 4
New Grenada Active, St per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent.
, Ditto New Deferred
A lirkish 6 per Cent
Ditto New Loan

Dividends on the above payable in London.
riedmontese 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
TWO O'CLOCK
Consols' Money 914 4
Ditto Account .. 91i 2

THE CENSUS IN TILE EAST.

Sufficient information has 1
of) the Census in the rural d
justify the conclusion that
PoinPulation has barely held i
1061. To show how stagnan
trhaps be interesting to cil
ornham district in Suffolk
, orfolk

been obtained as to the results
listricts of Norfolk, and Essex
tin the country parishes the
its ground as compared with
it is the state of things, it will
to the returns obtained in the
and the Litcham district in

PORNIIABI DISTRICT.
Population.
-tsarrow 1,22
Parish. 18510
.. 1,030
. 1861
..
.. 348 .. 354
Denham .... 218 .. 200
Flenjptgm .. 217 .. 190
4 ornham All
,Saints 353 381
ornham St.
,Genevieve .. 57 .. 64
Orttham St.
.. 322 .. 327
4.4argrave .. 489 521
Ilingrave .. 240 .. 219
r,orningsheath 670 .. 670
IeKWOTth .. 71 .. 65
-411gham 233 .. 236
tat, kford
431 .. 427
;treat Saxham 293 .. 270
Little Sazham 191 .. 163
a,"eat Stow • . SOB .. 238
118 140
Wordwell.. .. 56 65

LITCRAM DISTRICT.
Population.
Parish. 1851. 1861.
Beeston 696 .. 642
Great Dunham 480 493
Little Dunham 354 .. 327
Great Fransham 319 .. 295
Kempstom .. 68 48
East Lexham.. 253 .. 226
West Lexham 125 .. 152
Litcham 8t,5 .. 903
Mileham 531 .. 516
Rontr,ham.. .. 374 .. 409
Tittleshall .. 615 .. 514
Weasenham All
Saints .. .. 363 .. 360
Weasenham St.
Peter's .. .. 326 .. 320
Wellingham .. 163 .. 145

Total .. 5,512 5,413

Total 6,086 5,7571
This falling-off of the country population is attributable to
• emigration and the extensive enlistments. The returns for
the larger towns are not all made up. It appears, however,
that the population of Bury St. Edmund's has declined from
13)902 in 1851 to 13,311 in 1861, while the population of
Colchester has advanced from 19,443 in 1851 to 2,,,574 in
1861 ; the population of Sudbury from 6,043 in 1851 to
6,879 in 1861; and the population of Lowestoft from 6,650
In 1851 to 9,407 in 1861. The population of Norwich will,
it is expected, be returned at about 75,000.

THE SHEDDEN CASE.—Yesterday morning Miss
Shedden moved, in the Probate Court, for a new trial, on the
Found of surprise, fraud, falsehood, and perjury. Miss
Shedden addressed the court for the whole of the day, and
then complaining of physical exhaust ion, the case was ad-
journed till Tuesday.
Mr. J. E. Coleman, the accountant, and Mr. E.
W. Edwards have proceeded to Paris, at the request of the
Greek firms interested in the present policy of the Bank of
Prance.

SPECIE FOR BOMBAY.—SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL
27.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta, sailing to-day, takes out 1,211 boxes specie for Bom-
bay, value £395,497, comprising bar gold, £53,200 ; Bove
reigns, £12,950 ; siivar coin, £lO,OOO ; bar silver, £318,990
and jewellery, £357.

The Moniteur de la Flotte states that the Toulon
fleet, composed of the screw ships of the line St. Louis,
Fontonoy, Donawerth, Imperial, Bretagne, Alge-
*as, and the frigate Caton, sailed at 10 on Tuesday morning
last from Toulon, for the islands of the Hyeres. There are
Ilree more ships of the line under repaiis at Toulon.
The French Emperor reviewed at 3 o'clock on
Thursday, on the racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne, the
division of heavy cavalry quartered at Versailles, and corn-
blended by General d'Allonville. This division is composed
of two regiments of Carabiniers, and the Ist and 2d Regi-
ments of Cuirassiers. The Emperor was accompanied by
several marshals and aides-de camp. The weather was
magnificent, and the pageant attracted an immense crowd
of spectators.

Her Majesty's birthday will be kept on the 10th
of July. There will be no birthday drawisg room.
TUE CENSUS IN FRANCE.—Now that a new eon-
-61114 is about to be taken, it may be well to state what the
number of the population of France was on prece ling occa-
ai°4B:—ln 1821, it was 30,461,875; in 1831, 32,569,223; in
1836, 33,540,910 ; in 1841, 34,230,178 ; in 1846, 35,401,761;
11 1851, 35,783,170 ; and im 1850, 36,039,364,—Ud11nani,