MONEY MARKET.
STOCK EXCHANOZ, FRIDAY Arrismoox. Government Securities continue to wear an unsettled appearance, although the changes this week have been comparatively trifling. Consols for Account have repeatedly touched 91*, and as often descended to 91. The transfer- books in this stock being closed, the operations of the public have been li- mited. Some occasional purchases for the opening have been effected, and on the other hand sales by the Bear party have been renewed. Yesterday Consols closed at 91* 1. Exchequer Bonds have be firm, and are now 1 premium ; and should they continue to improve, the additional 4,000,0en 00i. would. probably be freely subscribed, the prevailing expectation being that
this amount will be offered as soon as the bill for the total issue of 6,000,000/. shall have passed. The Funds in Paris have been rather steady this week, with the exception of yesterday, when they fell more than 1 per cent, owing to the continued rain. The rate of exchange being less favourable, has occa- sioned some uneasiness; and a portion of the future arrivals of gold from Australia, it is expected, will be sent to France. From the state of the exchange in China, the exportation of silver is likely to continue. The high gate of the exchange in St. Petersburg is attributed to the con- tracts for grain now due, the portion for foreign account having to be drawn against ; also to the scarcity of money, the dulness of the import- market, and a reported loan to Russia to be negotiated in Holland. The steamer from New York on Monday brought 140,0001. in gold, and further large sums are expected. Including the above, the total arrivals this week from Australia, the West Indies, New York, and other places, have amount- ed to about 750,0001. Today, the Funds opened with weakness, and Consols were done at 91 : they have since rallied, and leave off at 911 for the Account. Bank Stock and Exchequer Bills have not altered. Foreign Securities have been little dealt in, and the leading stocks gene- rally present no change. Austrian and Danish Three per Cents are 2, and Mexican * higher : the latter have improved because, it is said, intelligence of the ratification of the Gadsden Treaty had reached Vera Cruz on the 11th ultimo. Russian Five per Cents are 2 lower. Accounts from Berlin allude to negotiations said to be in progress for a new Prussian 41 per cent loan, amounting, it is presumed, to 6,000,0001.
Railways were rather lower early in the week, chiefly the effect of arrange- ments for the settlement of the Account. This took place on Wednesday, and the supply of Stock was abundant : they have since rallied, and yester- day there was no alteration in several of the leading lines compared with last Saturday ; in others the difference was to the following extent. In-
crease-Bristol and Exeter, and London and South. Western, ; Great Western and South-Eastern, 108. ; Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland, 5s. Decrease-London, Brighton, and South Coast, and York and North Midland, 108. In Foreign Shares, Paris and Rouen have im- proved 21., and Namur and Liege 158.; and the following have declined- Northern of France, Paris and Lyons, and Paris and Strasbourg, 128. 6d. ; Western of France, 10s. ; Sambre and Meuse, 58. Today no alteration has occurred either in the English or Foreign lines.
3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cent Reduced
at per Cents
shut 91 1 91 1 911 Danish 3 per Cents Dutch 21 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cents Mexican 3 per Cents 75 80 60 2 88 90 24 a Long Annuities 4 Peruvian 44 per Cents 65 7 Bank Stock 204 6 Ditto 3 per Cents 48 50 Exchequer Bills par 4 Portuguese 4 per Cents 40 2 India Stock shot Russian 5 per Cents 97 9 Austrian 5 per Cents 82 5 Ditto 44 per Cents 84 6 Brazilian 5 per Cents 98 100 Spanish 3 per Cents 40 1 Belgian 44 per Cents 90 3 Ditto Deferred 194 I an 6 per Cents 100 3 Sardinian 5 per Cents 83 5 Danish 5 per Cents 99 101 daredish 4 per Cents 84 7 SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The English Funds are 1 better this morning ; Console are now 911 1 for the Account. Exchequer Bills par to 4 premium. The bullion return by the Bank of England shows a decrease of 22,0961. In Foreign Stocks the only alteration is in Spanish, which are rather higher ; the Three per Cents being 40 1, and the Deferred 191 1. Railways are firm, at improved prices: these are the present bargains-Caledonian, 60; Great Northern, 911; Lan- cashire and Yorkshire, 63; Leeds Northern, lq ; London and North-West- ern, 100; London and South-Western, 821; Midland, 63.
SATURDAY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The English Funds have been firm since the morning, and Consols, after having touched 911, leave off 911 1. Exchequer Bills par to 4 premium. In Foreign Stocks the only alteration is a rise of 2 in Belgian, which are now 90 3. Spanish Certificates have been done at 41, and Venezuela Deferred at 12.
In Railways a further improvement has occurred : these are the latest transactions-Ambergate, Notts, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 51 ; Bristol and Exeter, 98; Caledonian, 601; East Anglian, 16i. Eastern Counties, 121; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 251;1 Great Northern, 91; Great Western, 78k; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 631; Ditto Fifths, 111; London and North- Western, 1001; Ditto 101. Shares, . and B.C., 1 ; London and South-West- ern, 824; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 20; Midland, 631; North British, 341 ; North Staffordshire,141; Scottish Central, 88; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 66; South-Eastern, 64,• York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 71; Ditto Extension, 121; York and North Midland, 511; Caledonian, 95; Midland Consolidated Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per Cent, 136; Namur and Liege, (with interest) 9; Northern of France, 34; Paris and Lyons, 271; Paris and Strasbourg, 311; Rouen and Havre, 281h; Sambre and Meuse, 81; Western of France, lat. Mines-Agua Fria, ; Santiago de Cuba, 41; United Mexican, 31. Joint Stock Banks-British North American, 611 ex div. ; Commercial of London, 311; London Joint Stock, 26; London and Westminster, 38}; Oriental Bank Corporation, 471; Union of Australia, New, 81. Miscellaneous-Australian Agricultural, 44; Crystal Palace, 51; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 52; Peel River Land and Mineral, 41; Scot- tish Australasian Investment, 21.
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