The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

'0.2118Y MARKET AND CITY NEWS,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Bank of England return, completed to the
30th ult., shows no very important alteration. The
bullion has been slightly increased, owing to the
demand for the Continent having been met by the
from Australia and the United States. The
Preparations forthe payments due to-day (the 4th
°f the month being Sunday) has caused an augmen-
taliee in The other securities of over a quarter of a
million
sterling. In the reserve of notes there is a
small diminution. The public deposits, as usual
at this period of the year, show a. large addition,
12,1ileg to the active collection of the revenue, but
the private deposits exhibit a small falling off. The
active circulation hasbeen slightly increased. The
ether items of the balance-sheet contain little change
?fAteportance. They will be seen in the subjoined
table :-..-

Active Circulation • .
Increase .. • •
Bullion .. • • • '
_ Increase .. ..Itest .. —

.. £21,244,630
79,675
• 17,018,512
32,848
.. 3,131,770
54,202
8,679,315
.. 617,244
• 13,364,382
• 298,168
822,011
6,235
. 10,925,157
alteration.
Other Securities No
19,376,432
• Increase .. .• 317,936
Notes Unemployed .. 9,580,125
Decrease .. • • ** ** 60,000
No alteration of importance was apparent in the
f°reign exchanges yesterday afternoon.
About £12,000 in bar gold was withdrawn from
the Bank of England yesterday for the Continent.
;I)..e,riiit a, which
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
whieh leaves to-morrow for India and China,
11111 take out £93,726 as follows '—
Aden, gold £9oo
Madras, do.
Calcutta, do.
Do., silver 2,700
Hong Kong, do.
Shanghai, do.
Gibraltar, gold
...the Whole of the gold to the latter place is on
overnment account.
:it aiLiverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
l,y, and prices in most instances exhibited a
bales,
decline: The sales were estimated at 7,000
uttlea.
Since Monday last. the imports of specie have
been about £604,017, and the exports £93,966,
"elusive of the following shipments direct from
Thursday
to the Continent, during the week ending
T4hursday last :
Gold coin, Calais BO ozs.
Ditto Boulogne
Ditto Cadiz
Silver coin, Calais
Ditto Boulogne
A Ditto Hambro
st't the meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental
,„._'4311 Navigation Company to-day, a report was
78ented, from which it appeared that the gross
revenue of the company for the past year was
'2,176,590, which, after the expenditure, left a net
profit £170,226 17s. 9d., from which the direc-
re recommended the usual dividend of 31 per
rtnt., with an additional payment of 11 per cent.
for the half-year, and to carry £10,226 17s. 9d. to
theih. Guarantee Insurance Fund. This now
Mlnted to
.£299,494` 7s. 9d. The result of the
,74
iitie.ar'S operations was deemed satisfactory. The
iseussion is now proceeding.
rifllle market for English Securities opened with
to-nter a flat appearance, but very little alteration
: Place, and owing to the quietude of speculation
hall' the proximity of settling day, the transactions
been conducted on a limited scale. Consols
/e been 961 buyers for nioney, and 97 to 971 for
LtlitiarY • The New Threes and the Reduced are
re—a`u7 at 951 1. The 5 per Cent. Annuities are
arked 112, ; India New Loan Stock is rather
Itit•iter at 1051 ; ditto Debentures (1858) have
I"'Proved to 96a 3 ; and Exchequer Bills to 275.
MI; 305. prem.
I:llBiness in Foreign Securities has been rather
17 active, and prices remain without variation of
ditto
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 to 77;
1,40 New, 65 to 66 ; Mexican is steady, at 221 23 ;
It4tuguese, at 451; Peruvian Dollar Bonds, at 81 ;
kiitti4an 41 per Cents. are firm, at 1001; and Bra-
ct-4n41 per Cents., at 951; Venezuelan 21 per
,11,t5. remain at 291 4-
~,_44e Ocean Marine Insurance Company's Shares
-~vjuoted 1 prem., being firm.
4.4 c Committee of Mexican Bondholders have,
J. the direct packet, a third letter from Mr. G. S.
Whitehead
dated Mexico, the 31st. Oct. ; and one
Titextafessrs. Stewart, Jolly, and Co., the agents in
a,4lllPico, dated Oct. 29, enclosing bill of lading for
the 92 do's. 13c., remitted by the present packet to
ke.l3'lllk of England for the dividend fund. Her
4114e8tY's Charge d'Affaires in Mexico, Mr. Mathew,
received
an assurance from the Government
good
era Cruz of their readiness to make goo
7247 dols. 29c. forcibly taken from the
lagents of the bondholders at Colima, as soon as the
,;(14 shall have been properly ascertained. Exclu-
the of this amount the balances still in the hand of
41)1411:gent in the capital and the ports, in bills,
bitoney, money, and dollars, amounted, on the sth
te,,..."• 467,016 dots. 13c. There was a confident
31st
at the date of Mr. Whitehead's letter, of the
11, October (but his letter, of the sth ult., has
being in confirmation of it), that a treaty had
zt: arranged between the United States and
and. signed by the latter, relative to the
limr:a,utePec route. The difficulty was stated to
the - ""n the demand of the United States that
the route should be guarded by American
the IP' that at the two extremities on the Gulf and
the, Pacific they should have garrisons, and that
e,31;11, should be at liberty to erect forts along the
the "of the road ; in return for which privilege
2;04 °offered to pay 5,000,000 dollars, of which
ofthe'?° (Ns. were to be reserved to meet claims
thttt t United States against Mexico. It was thought
tienerhie money would greatly assist the Constitu-
tee, 1,8t5 in the prosecution of the war, but no hope
fere'rQ to be entertained of its termination without
,Ign aid in men.
411 the Railway Share Market there has been
tather takin legs buoyancy, some of the principal under-
eatg_s
.baving declined about 1 to 1 per cent.
tlotritens, Eastern Counties Great Northerns,
tri.,:Westerns, and Midland' have receded ss. ;
Inler.,°n, 103.; North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ;
The nth-Eastern, 15s.
eta 7 Foreign and Colonial lines remain dull.
4115 t ado-Venetian have, wevtr, brought 111 12.
. Indian .
leave declined to 1021. Great Indian
i
NJoint- a are steady, at 991; and Punjaub at 4g-.
ue inSto.ck Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
/Vest act '
eat about former prices. London and
tl nunster advanced about ss. ; Canada Land,
and an ' Land, 5
ietnan s s.

Dect:ease
Public Deposits • .
Increase .. • •
Other Deposits • •
Decrease .. ..
Seven Day and ather Bills
Increase . • • •
Government Securities

3D, 231tITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
~2. `-out. Reduced
95}
a i
)„4.,,,,r e„, ~. Annuities
963 i
" ;N 3 -.., uonsols Annuities
61,,,,, „per Cent. Annuities
11144 "lit. Annuities ll2
I)lartt,,,St°ck .....
Ottol4l -, 1859 5 .... .........
t,
96a 1 I
018_, eoentures, 1858
txet,u4 f°l' Account (Dec. 6)
-ilis, zi,ooo 11d .. 30 27
ate c, 0 .. ' . 36 27
~,ruttn, ily. • • • • • e • • • • • • e • . • . • . • •
30
27
traz:l3ltElGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
biii'all 6 Per Cent.
tleziett°ll44 per Cent. 1858
poltte .
eper Cent.
9-- 21
a..,1_1. ce int -
hulf„,),:se, 1853, per Cent.
. Dittom4llB22, t St., 5 per Cent —
i1)44i411 6 Per cent. ....
uriti,h c'in.• Cert• .
Irbitte of Coup. not funded 4
Diu() x X'_w
Loan Cent .
'er
.....
tszueifelltt .......• 6si i
uittn
,4 21 Per Cent
.kecount .
, r,._ __ ................... ..
I,
don
4.0.14,4:1TL1e1l Bonds,e above payable m on Q.
Dollar 4l per Ct. Ex. 4s 81 xd
Consols, Alone TWO 0' CLOC K.
961
11,,Rois for Account. December oot
4'414 Account (Jas.) 97 i
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b •`LIANT intention,
tOelie • ENT REFORM.—It the
s thlrive,:l,,,? the Parliamentary Reform Committee. to
lcronto-
'eu°„4:3, h 1711?,e„tIveek, in London, a conference
--‘edetc, them last year, at which Mr. Bright was
lib: of to Prepare his Reform Bill. Thts.omneetlng_oisr
tilt, Mier, tiature of a political demonstra , but
re
411.4
c°lll 1, d 11 be limited to those who
de-
tc)(l id
to attend. The maintenance of a
of tliirg I.s.etroßtbaending and united. action among real Re-
t4tett °llect sought by this meeting, and the importance
at the present juncture cannot be be oven