The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-30 00:00:00

7TY NEWS.

Two O'CLOCK.
The Bank. of England return, completed to the
27th inst., shows some rather unfavourable features.
The bullion, in consequence of the demand for the
continent and the shipments to the East,
has been diminished by nearly half a mil-
lion sterling. In the reserve of notes there
is a falling off of over a quarter of a mil-
lion, and the active circulation also shows a
slight diminution. The other securities have been
increased about half a million, and the public and
private deposits both show a moderate augmenta-
tion. The other items of the balance sheet exhibit
no change of importance; they will be seen in the
subjoined table:—
Active Circulation
Decrease
Bullion

• . X 21,938,625
63,765
• • • • .. 17,640,342
• • • . .. 411,033
• • • . .. 3,149,260
7,801
.. 5,249,296
169,394
.. 15,334,62.5
213,320

Decrease
Rest '.. .

• Increase ..
Public Deposits
Increase ..
Other Deposits
• Iticrease
Seven Day and oth'er Bills
Decrease - ... .. •
Government. Securities

.. 767;155
40,802
•
. 11,371,118
No alteration.
.. 17,505,501
.. 696,981
.. 9,494,645

Other Securities ..
Increase ..
Notes Unemployed Dec- ..

_ _Tease
•• •• •• • '383,595
•
Continued activity is reported in the genera.
discount market. The rise in the Bank minimum
has neither had the effect of checking the inquiry
for accommodation, nor the efflux of gold, which is
causing a rapid decline in the stock of precious
metals lodged in that establishment. Should these
influences remain in operation much longer, the
public must •be prepared for a further modification
of the official terms of discount.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon
exhibited a further advance in the rates on Vienna
and Trieite, but on Amsterdam and Hamburg a
decline took place.
• About £40,000 in gold was withdrawn from the_
Bank of England yesterday.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with a very dull and. inactive appearance, and
prices tended downwards. The sales only
amounted to 4,000 bales.
To-day the following Railway calls come due,
£2 per she* or £140,738, on the. Great Western of
Canada; £3, or £48,312, on the Lancaster and
Preston Junction ; £2, or £93,280, on the Recife
and San Francisco shares, £9 paid, and £l, or
£1,360, on the- £lO paid.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £412,828, and the exports £348,070,
exclusive of the following shipments direct from
Lon* to the Contineht during. the week ending
Thursday last

Gold coin Oporto 250 oz.
Gold coin Belgium .
Gold coin .... gne 2,275 oz.
... Boulo
Silver coin.. ..... Boulogne ... 5,600 oz. „
A much quieter feeling has been observable in
the Stock Exchange market to-day, and the fiuctua-
Pens have been only, of a fractional character. The
Funds, as well as foreign stocks and railway shares,
are all at a slight improvement, and as only
two failures have occurred affairs have settled
down into a more tranquil state ; but whether the
improvement will continue must of course depend
upon the nature of the advices from the Continent.
After such a 'week of intense commotion the com-
parative quietude thus experienced is most
refreshing ; and_ although fears are expressed
that serious difficulties may arise onso
from the Cl
settlement, it is hoped that
the result may not
prove so adverse as some parties appear to appre-
bend.
Consols, which have been 90 to I, are now (two f
O'clock) about 90 sellers; and rather less firmness is 4
reported in the other markets. Except in
connexion with the settlement, the busi-
ness transacted has been comparatively limited.
_Bank Stock has receded to 215 to 219 ; the New
Threes to 88 891 • the Reduced to 881 89 ; and s
:2 4 I
"
per Cents. to 75. Long Annuities are steady
s, S 1
11-16ths ; and Exchequer Bills at 18s. to 255. *gi
juin ; Indian. Scrip has receded •to 215 ; and si
lite Debentures to 891 911. The New Indian Scrip Ft
is fiat at 88t-to 90, being. at a discount of 6 to 8 st
per cent. . . . .st
st
Only a very Limited number or transactions are ssl
recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices in all 11
instances have advanced. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 64 to 68 ; ditto New, 52 to 54 ; and the 4 per Si
Cents. have receded to 99; Mexican to 171 ;
Russian 4,1- per Cents. to 88 ; and Sardinian to 67. sl
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have gl
been rather restricted, but a rather firmer tone has s
Prevailed, an improvement having taken place in
some instances of about 1 to 11 per cent. Eastern
Counties and. Great Westerns have advanced 10s.; E.
Caledonian and-Midland, £l, and North Eastern
erwick, £1 10s."; Lancashire and Yorkshire have
declined £l, and North Western and South
Eastern, £1 10s-
• The Foreign lines have been very inactive, the
chief dealings being in Lombardo-Venetian, which
are at .5k6 for the Old Shares, and 5 for the New.
In the .ColOnial Market East Indian have ad-
vanced £2 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined
10s. ; and' Great Western of Canada, ss.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
about former quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock -
219 15
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 894 91
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
891 9 1 9 901
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities
New
,-1 81 9
ew 21 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 —
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, ,885 l7 11-16
India Stock .to Debenstur.e.; ******************
**
89 2l's
91'
1
Ditto Loan Scrip ************
l'onsols for Account (May 5) 991 90 8f
891 9 4904
March. June.
.
Pxchooner Bills £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 18 25 '
Ditto £500 * '
Ditto Small, iih: *********
5 5
............... . 1 2 FOREIGN FUNDS.._ •'
PRICES.
Mexican 3 per Cent. .. .
171
Russian, 1822,- £ •St., 5 Per Cent. 'Cent ......... 4
Ditto 41 per Cent. ........ ;
Sardinian, 5 per Cent. ******************** 678
Turkish 6 per Cent. ************************* 64 7 5
Ditto Account * . ........................ 64 8
Ditto New Loan ......................... 51
Ditto Account ... . ........ 52 g
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per .Cent, .......
...._
Ditto Account ...... . ... 99
• Dividends on the above payable in London.
•
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9O
•
Consols for Account (May 5)

-The Earl and Countess- of Winehilse a have left
he St. George's Hotel for Eastwell Park.
Vicomte de Thury leaves the Brunswick Hotel
to-morrow for Paris.
Lord and Lady Ashburton are on a tour in Egypt,
and will not return to England until June.
Lord and Lady! Burghersh have left town on a
visit to Mr. and Lady Charlotte. Start,
Dorset. at Critchill House,
Baron Stutterlieim has arrived at Fenton's Hotel,
from Germany.
MINES .—We have been accustomed to look upon
oFaster week as one of half-holiday, and quiet•,
beery one of most extraordinary excitement, with
funds
taations and almost unprecedented depression in the.
but this has
and other public securities. It is not our customgre thisaltnfiu. ec
Pities to into political questions, or discuss the subject
411ropean war. We have only to notice its effects on
these affairs and mining investments, and to
laste% we shall now confine ourselvei. When we
tn., wrote funds were at 95, and they have since
• at 88f, showing a fall of a per cent. On
f„„`"nasday the Times calculated the depreciation in the
:78 atid different railway shares at 50 millions sterling ;u) as funds were then over 90, the fall which has taken P'ace will make the total depreciation nearer 100 millions,
!Nthilarome of the foreign securities and railways have
chrcely been negotiable at any price whatever. -Unfor-
gulatelY, it so happens that abroad, and even _in this
cotattry, the fluctuations in the funds are looked upon as
the bltrometer of public opinion, and, therefore,
ng impressions, especially on the Continent, are to a
certain extent created. In reality, however,sicteehl,graereat
fluctuations, and the panics that invariabl
principally caused brlarge specnlatives sales in the Stock
.Exclange, and by mere gambling transactions. The
public who 'are • holders of stock Re e the daily fall, and
becoming alarmed, rush eagerly to sell, and g lly toe
Stock satisfaction of the "bears." This time, ho'reeviear, -thoe
Stock Exchange suffers the most severely,,and already up-
wards of 50 failures have taken place, otte of them alone it
is 'said being for xr40,000. The chief cause of these disas-
sters is undrstood to be that the banks refused to advance
toney upon foreign securities, and very little upon any
,thers. Among all this, it is not surprising that the
'riaipg Share Market should be dull, and cemparatively
inactive ; but there has been no kind of panic on the mar-
pt, or
any particular fall in price • in fact, the market on
~le le has been well supported, and as there is not
demay to be a fall in metals, good dividend and progressive
ndill, as we have before remarked, become greatly in
4, and be the safest and most profitable means of
vcstnaent.—..3fining journal of this clay.