14 JANUARY 1854, Page 11

MONEY MARKET.

the Dividends ; it is worth about 3 per cent. From Vienna the rate of ex- change continues to show increasing distrust. A loan is still talked of, but with little chance of success, especially in London. The amount to be in- vested this quarter on account of the Sinking-fund is 811,8551., to be em- ployed in redemption of Deficiency Bills. The amount of Non-assented Stocks to be paid off at the present time is 6,048,758/. ; leaving 2,035,8181. for payment in April. Gold arrived from Australia on Monday, valued at 197,1641. Today the Funds opened better, owing to intelligence of the de- feat of the Russians at Citale near Kalafat ! Consols, after being 931, close at 92k 3 for both Money and Account. Bank Stock is 1 lower this week ; Exchequer Bills are 1 better.

Foreign Stocks have not experienced such a general depression for a con- siderable period, including Russian, the high price of which in the present disturbed state of politics has often occasioned surprise. The decline has been—Swedish, 4; Russian Five per Cents, and Austrian, 3; Belgian, Danish Five, Portuguese Four, Russian Four-and-a-half per Cents, and Sardinian, 2 ; Spanish Three per Cents, ; Brazilian, Chilian, Dutch Four per Cents, Buenos Ayres, and Venezuela, 1. Mexican has improved t. On Monday, Mr. Thornton, on behalf of the Bondholders, made a protest through a notary against the confiscation by the Portuguese Government of two- fifths of the dividends due. A meeting of Peruvian Bondholders was held yesterday at the London Tavern to adopt measures for preventing the attempted introduction of a surreptitious issue of Stock (being a conversion of a part of the domestic debt into French and English Bonds) into this market. Several resolutions were passed, and a committee appointed to carry them into execution. Railways have rallied a little ; but the transactions have not been nu- merous, and the variations were slight. Yesterday the improvement was rather more developed, and at the close the difference in some of the leading lines compared with last Saturday's was to the following extent. Increase—

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRLDAT AFTERNOON.

At the commencement of the week, the English Funds exhibited renewed de- pression; and under the existing uncertainties of the Eastern question Con- sols were done on Monday as low as 92i,—partly attributed to the reported determination of Russia not to allow the interference of other Powers on the subject of a Protectorate over the Greek Christians in Turkey. Higher prices have since ruled, with the exception of a slight reaction occasionally ; and Stock has become so scarce that a sale of upwards of 200,0001. Consols on Wednesday had no effect. The limited supply upon the last two or three accounts, and the near approach of the settlement of the 18th instant, have not been lost eight of by those speculators who have sold for the fall. A salutary effect has also been produced by the construction in Paris of the mission of the Prince de Chimay, from the King of the Belgians to the Emperor of the French, ascribing it to pacific proposals from the Czar. Yesterday the Funds improved k; and Consols, after being 93k, closed about lower. Money has been more plentiful this week, since the payment of

Great Northern, 2/. ; Caledonian, 11. be. ,• East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, London, Brighton, and South Coast, London and South-Western, North British, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and York and North Midland, 11.; Great Western, London and North-Western, and Midland, 158. ; Chester and Holyhead, South-Eastern, and York, Newcastle, and Ber- wick, 108. Decrease—Lancaster and Carlisle, 31. ; Bristol and Exeter, and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 11. In Foreign Shares, Luxembourg have im- proved 108. ; Paris and Lyons, 2s. 6d. Rouen and Havre have fallen 108. ; Sambre and Meuse, be. ; Northern of France, 2s. 6d. Today the English lines are from be. to 108. higher in several cases ; Foreign are also stronger.

SATURDAY, TWELVE o'Caocx.

The English Funds are rather steady this morning at about yesterday's prices; Consols are 921 3 both for Money and Account. Exchequer Bills 7 10. The bullion return by the Bank of England shows a decrease of 21,8271. French Stocks carne a little higher today. In the Foreign Market there is nothing doing ; the quotations are nominal. This is settling-day in Railways, and little attention is paid to business except that connected with the Account. East Lancashire have been done at 63, and London and North- Western at 101f.

3 per Cent Consols

92/ 3 Danish 3 per Cents 83 5 Ditto for Account per

3r Cent Reduced .....

921 3

93 1

Dutch 21 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cents 62 S 94 5 31 per Cents

Mexican 3 per Cents 231 'Long Annuities 51 5-16

Peruvian 44 per Cents

65 7 Bank Stock 216 18 Ditto Deferred 8 per Cents .. 46 8 ExchequerBills 7 10 Portuguese 4 per Cents 38 40 India Stock 242 5 Russian 5 per Cents 108 10

Austrian 5 per,Cents........

88'90 Ditto 41 per Cents 90 2 Brazilian 5 perCents 96 8 Spanish 3 per Cents 42 3 Belgian 41 per Cents 92 4 Ditto Deferred 201 Chilian 6 per Cents 100 2 Sardinian 5 per Cents 87 9 Danish 5 per Cents 99 101

Swedish 4 per Cents .....

85 90