The increasing value of Bank Stock is accounted for by
our City correspondent ; but the Globe last night accounted for it differently ; mentioning, as a "great secret," that the Bank charter is to be renewed-
" The present Ministry have already intimated to the Governor and Deputy-Governor, at a recent interview, that it is the intention of Go- vernment to support the claim for it. The quid pro quo, if our information be correct, will be the assistance of the Bank in any conversion-plan, by a large advance to meet the demands of those who may dissent from a reduction of the interest on their stock."
• The Times speaks of this slightingly : "the anticipated renewal of the Bank charter is by rumour magnified into the cause of the advance." The Morning Herald observes that the Globe has been "mystified?'
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