New-York tribune., 1872-12-02

now remsinng special deposit and yet TO bo called,
amounts 10 s2o6.57 2s There Is much anxiety In css
circles 10 know the time when the call for the re-
mainder s 10 be made. There is improved inquiry or
mercantile paper and cheerful feeling predo'a
nates, though there IL approciable chsnse
In rates as yet. The better feeling In
tho continental martets Is inducing the
foreign bankers willingly lend their credits To
the stock specuators, and OF the leading boil
caues 1t is asserted avang themselves OF this u
carry their largo holdings THIS, IL true may In the ua
mediate future render available lare amount OF
money which will be turned into mercantile Channels
and used in purchases of commercial paper. The I'M
proved condition OF the continental markets s evidenced
in the buOyancy OF the London Change, where Con
soils and United States bonds have made
considerable Improvement during the week. c'osue
at full prices as reflected m sbe foreign quotations
given elsewhere The Bank OF England rate OF discount
was reduced Thursday from per cent to Sthe
bullion having mado gain OF Rt753.GO Tho Influence
gold to give 1t heavier feeling, and the price
during week ranged from 1874 to i2a the Lter
basis Of transactions being u23li2i tho market now
being without speculative interest The foreign ex-
changes have ruled steady. Government bonds have
strong and Sixtysevens have sold "a high asll6
the market deriving additional strength from ths ex
pectation that the Treasury will issue call for the
retirement Of s25.0O0,o0o Fivs'Twenes.
The absorbing feature OF tho stock market on the two
first DAYS of the week was tho In North West
Common and the moyement in ths preferred shares
The former on Tuesday afternoon offered freely at
par after selling at 1s00lse9 9l4902co on Monday and
since then the clique in order to engineer new move
ment In this late favore. has offered puts at SS ior
30. days Tia prefarred stock rose from @t
To- IOa on Monday, when 1t was supposed
that 1t would be oansdered gooa tender for the CON-
mon stock watch thsleading bears were short since
then the price has touched 89 The general market was
active Monday. with an advance in prices ranging
from to n pen cent hut early On Tuesday lost the tui
advance in many casss only TO be succeeded by
sharp rally when the NortA West corner culm
abed on Tpeeday afternoon, and gener .
tendency tn 'highor prices since then, thoul i
with frequent interruption in tho advance At the oo ~
the Northwest stocks were neglected, the Vander 81
avUrtes and Pach9 Mail attracting aud receiVin ga
larger share 90 attention than the rest OF the mA ret
The last naurti has tho down grade during fine
greater porton OF the week. making decline from sli
10 s the laaer price being in the early bu
Of to-day This. mOvemsnt In the face Of the
general strength elsewhere is somewhat puzzhDt to
the street, and satisfactory reasons for the deefare
Igiven On rhe her haDd the advance In Lake tI1ore
|sUnion Pa ic and NewYhTk Central-and other sf the
80 called vanderblt fayorites-s the chief topic T dis
cusson. The "short" interest pretty gensrslly
closed ontdurng the prevalence of the Northwest cor
ner ard it remains to be to what new subterfuges
the chief holders OF stocks will resort To ar OF
their holdings upon she street AIDED iby OheaI
money the market to-day has ruled STRONG
\ and in, tho leading speciates further advance
was reported New York Central moving upfto st4Lake
Shore, 96t Union PaGifo Ss5. and Rock Island ll1E
these stocks comprising the chief features ofepec
ation Pacific Mail was also conspicuous, and declined
during tho carly part of the day from as 70 t. and
later recoEared to about The general list strcns
and fairly active during the forenoon, but 1 favorable
bank statement avaed Of for realizing this aftor
noou and prices ruled lower the market how
ever being firm at the concessions, and closed with an
appearance Of steadness The opening hi CHEST lowast
and closing prices of stocks As follow6: