The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1844.

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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM TIIR MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The weekly return of the Bank of England to
be made under the new system will, it is supposed, be on the
principle set forth in the forms which we give below, though
of the actual form itself nothing is known at present. To
understand the figures it is necessary to bear in mind the
return of the Bank of England published on the 26th ult.,
as the forms are made on the assumption that the sums
there set down as denoting an average denote a fact. This
return was as follows
LIABILITIES.

ASSETS.

Circulation
Deposits

£35,042,000 I £38,165,000
Supposing the Bank to appropriate from its bullion
1,015,0001. to the banking department for immediate use,
leaving 15,000,000/+ in the issuing department as a basis for
circulation, the total circulation will be 29,000,00001.—that
is to say, the 15,000,0001. and the 14,000,000/. allowed to be
issued on securities. The return shows 21,427,0001. which is
the amount held by the public, and therefore the remaining
7,573,0001. lies in the Bank in the shape of notes in deposit,
and balances the account of the issue department. The new
return for this department would therefore be as follows :
LIABILITIES. ASSETS.

On security .. 14,000,000
public
Notes in the Bank 7,573,000

Notes with the

--
£29,000,000

£29,000,000 I
Turning now to the banking department, we find that
under the head of assets there must be securities to the
value of 8,150,0001., that being the difference between the
22,1500001. shown in the return, and the 14,000,0001. re-
served by the issuing department; notes to the value of
7,573,0001., as shown by the issue account ; and coin, as-
sumed to be 1,015,000/. The liabilities show the single item
of deposits, taken from the April return, with the " rest" as
a balance. We now have the banking return complete as
follows :

LIABILITIES.

AsszTs.

Deposits ..... 13,615,000 Securities 8,150,000
Rest 3,123,000 Notes 7,573,000
Coin

£16,738,000

£16,738,000
If it be intended to introduce the proprietors' capital into
the account, 14,553,0001. must be added to the side of liabi-

lilies, and a similar amount of securities to the assets, so that
the balance of " rest" will remain precisely the same.

SUN.—The English. market closes at about the prices
of this morning, Consols for Money and the settling day
being 991 1. There was no alteration deserving notice
in any of the other investments, although discounts are
rather dearer in the general bill market. The Three per
Cent. Annuities of 1726 were quoted 99.
The Foreign market remained in the same listless
state. Portuguese Converted at 461, and Spanish as in
the morning. Russian receded a little, being 1171.
Colombian were 14 to*.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Bristol and Exeter were 101 to 111, Chester
and Holyhead 8, Edinburgh and Glasgow 16, Great
Western 421, Croydon 61 to 51, Ditto Scrip 91 Man-
chester and Birmingham 14 to 13k, Newcastle and Dar-
lington 201, North Midland Half 4, Ditto Thirds 7-a,
Norwich and Brandon .51, South-Eastern 31 to -a, York
and North Midland 66, and Rouen and Havre 10 prem.
Blackwell have been 9141, Brighton 3i and Thames
and Medway 9i to 91 discount. London and West-
minster Bank Shares were 6i premium.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.,

TILE WEATIIER Iv GLOTJCESTERSIIIRE.—Since our last,

cold winds froth the north and north-east have prevailed, ac-
companied by a good deal of blight. These, together, have
proved very injurious to the fruit trees—scattering upon the
earth, " to rot in cold obstruction," immense quantities of
blossom. The dust, too, has proved a sore annoyance, whirl-
ing in broad volumes through the air, and penetrating every
opening. Yesterday morning at eight o'clock, the long-de-
sired rain came at last, and has since continued slightly at
intervals.—Cheltenham Chronicle.
TIIE WEATHER IN WORCESTERSHIRE.—Snow fell at
Bromsgrove, Abberley, and Malvern, on Saturday last. The
temperature has gradually fallen from dog-day heat to the
piercing chilliness of March, but during the last two days we
have had some most genial showers, the beneficial effects of
which, after a two months' drought, will be speedily ex-
hibited in the vegetable world.—Worcester Journal.
THE WEATHER IN WARWICKSIIIRE.—The weather has,
during the last few days, become somewhat more genial,
though as yet we have nothing toboast of. A few gentle
showers have kindly visited us, penetrating the earth to the
depth of about an inch, and vegetation expresses its thank-
fulness for the much-needed refreshment by assuming a
livelier hue. The wind, however, continues for the most part
in the north, veering sometimes towards the east, and some-
times towards the west, but stopping nowhere save in the
quarter least desired.—Birmingham Advertiser.
THE WEATHER IN DERBYSHIRE.—For several days past
the weather has more resembled winter than summer. The
temperature is excessively cold, with strong breezes from
N.N.E. On Monday night a little rain fell, but utterly in-
adequate to what is wanted, as the fields and gardens are
suffering considerably. -

THE WEATHER IN THE PEAK.—In the romantic but ele-
vated portion of our county, known as the High Peak, there
has been a complete return from the warm and genial tem-
perature usually appertaining to May, to the severity of
winter. During the last seven days a biting north and
north-east wind has prevailed, accompanied by ram, hail,
and snow. A gentleman whe slept at Youlgreave (in the
direction of Buxton) assures us that on Thursday morning
the glass of his bed-room window was completely obscured
by the frozen moisture, in a similar manner to that which is
commonly. observed during the severest portion of winter;
and, even in the mild and sheltered valley of Matlock, a few
flakes of snow were observed on Saturday to fall during a
shower of rain.—Derby Mercury.
STATE OF. THE CROPS IN lingT.—Agricultural reports
are frequently composed chiefly from observations on the
weather And changes of the barometer, and are often con-
sidered as dry and uninteresting by newspaper readers. The
present will form no exception, and cannot be more accu-
rately expressed than by transcribing from the index the
term " very dry," for certainly, within the period " whereof
the memory of man is not to the contrary," there has not
been experienced, at a corresponding season of the year, such
a continued and (it may be said) so serious a drought. The
land has often been in a drier state, but this has been at a
later period of the year, when the crops had taken deeper
root, and therefore enabled to keep alive,, if not to make
growth ; but now many crops are completely scorched down
" root and rind," to the bottom. The wheats seldom suffer
from want of moisture in this district, but they are
now hoisting the yellow flag of distress, and the
yield must be short, both in grain and straw. The
barleys are suffering severely. Where sown late they
have had no chance to vegetate. Oats the same ; and
in many instances the sowing has been postponed, from
the stubborn state of the land, and must be abandoned for
this season altogether. The clovers, which at the beginning
of March were unusually good, are in many instances com-
pletely scorched and destroyed ; even en the strong clay soils
the land is so cracked in all directions that the crops cannot
stand. The grass, both in the meadow and pastures, is look-
ing very unpromising, and the crops of hay must be short.
The hop-bine is growing fast and looking well. Fruit is also
showing a good blossom, especially cherries and apples ;
there are here and there appearances of blight, but this is
by no means general or extensive. The lambing season has
proved the most prosperous ever remembered by the oldest
shepherds ; the fall in Romney-marsh, and indeed through-
out the whole district, has been numerous, and the weather
continues so fine that they have thrived rapidly on a compara-
tively small portion of food. The meat markets remain dull,
and the prices are not satisfactory nor remunerating to the
graziers. The corn markets are steady, with a slight inclina-
tion upwards. Labour is scarce, and many hands unemployed,
for even the weeds have ceased to grow.—Kentish Observer.