MONEY MARKET.
Strom EXCBANGE, FRIDAY' Arrest:nom The English Stock Market was steady until this morning, and the fluctua- tion was quite trifling; the tendency being upwards, and the continued invest- ments by the Government and other brokers having completely absorbed the floating stock ; so that Consols could be purchased cheaper for the middle of April than for Money. The observations made last night by the different members of the Government upon the subject of the French proceedings in Tahiti have, however, given rise to an uneasy feeling among capitalists, and have caused some sales of Stock to be made this morning. Prices have conse- quently undergone a decline of per cent. There does not appear to be any apprehension of the occurrence of actual hostilities on this occasion ; but it is believed that, in the present temper of the French Chambers, a long and per- haps acrimonious negotiation may arise, which cannot tend to increase the value of the Public Securities in either country. Money, however, still conti- nues very abundant. In the Foreign Market, speculation seems to have received rather a check : most of the Non-dividend South American Bonds have been subject to fluctua- tion, but the prices at which they severally close today are not quite so high as they were last week. Portuguese Converted Bonds have been tolerably steady, and are today nearly at our last quotations. An impulse was given to the market by the intelligence received by the Lisbon mail on Monday, and again by the reported arrest of the leader of the insurrection as communicated by the French telegraph: but this latter intelligence is not believed. Before the arrival of the Lisbon mail, there was an evident disposition among the holders of Stock to sell: that feeling was checked by the intelligence then received, but it seems to have revived again to a slight degree, both yester- day and today. The transactions in Spanish Stock have been unimportant, and the fluctuations of a trifling character : the prices here have been chiefly supported by purchases made on account of banking-houses at Paris, who are engaged in some financial treaty with the Spanish Government. The absence of all intelligence of a detailed nature from the seat of the present insurrection tends to make speculators cautious and puts a stop to business. The European Continental Stocks are generally without any material fluctuation or business of importance; prices being well maintained. The Railway Shares seem still suffering under the alarm occasioned by the appointment of the Parliamentary Committee ; and prices are, with few excep- tions, lower than they were last week. Birmingham Stock has been done to- day as low as 224, which is a considerable fall from recent quotations; but the price has rallied a little, and a bargain was effected in the course of the afternoon at 227. The value of the French Railways has also declined ; and these securi- ties will doubtless, unless there be a speedy arrangement of the dispute about Tahiti. undergo a still further depression. A trifling demand has occurred in Real Del Monte Shares, the intelligence recently received from the Mines indi- cating a more favourable progress in the affairs of the Company.
The books of the various Stocks the Dividends upon which become due on 5th April next, will remain closed for the periods indicated in the list given be-. low. They will, however, all be open for private transfer upon and after the 6th April.
SHUT. OPEL
Bank Steck Friday March lst......Friday April 12th
Three per Cent Reduced Friday March 1st Thursday April 18th Three.atir1a-half per Cent do... Friday March ht Friday April 19th
Ditto. 1818 Friday March 1st Tuesday April 16th Long Annuities Friday March 1st Wednesday April 17th ,J
Annuities for terms of years.... Friday March 1st Tuesday April 16th Old Annuities Friday March 1st Tuesday April 16th
India Stock Tuesday March 5th... .Thursday April 11th
SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOOS.
In absence of the French mail, the arrival of which has been delayed by the weather, the prices of English Funds have improved 1 per cent : the business transacted has, however, been entirely confined to a few transactions for Money. In the Foreign Market, the only change occurring is in the South American Bonds, which are all rather lower, there being an evident disposition to sell generally evinced. Columbian ex Venezuela are offered at 13k; Vene- zuelan Deferred at Ili; Peruvian at 30. We have not heard of any transac- tion in Buenos Ayres. The other current varieties are without any change or business of importance. Among the Shares, Del Monte (Mining) support yesterday's quotations, and are si; Birmingham Railway Stock is at an advance, being quoted at 228; as are also Croydon Shares, which are 161: these latter have improved in conse- quence of some advantageous proposition for leasing the Railway having been made by the South-eastern Company. The other transactions in Railways have been Chester and Holyhead, 51 ; South-western, One-eighth Shares, 211.; Norwich and Brandon, 34,1 ; Northern and Eastern, 56; Sheffield, Ashton, and Manchester, 74; York and North Midland, 119. SATURDAY, Two o'cumu......, The English Funds, which had fallen h per cent have recovered, closing st the morning's prices. The Foreign Funds, with the exception of Spanish Stock, are without any material variation. The business of the Share-market has been of the usual extensive scale, and there seems to be rather a better opinion of this description of security than obtained this morning; as will be seen by the following record of business done : London Joint Stock Bank, 13i 1 ; Railways—Chester and Holyhead, 51; Chichester and Brighton, 101; Eastern Counties, 12; Eastern Union 51 I; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59k; Great North of England, 94; Great Western Half Shares, 67k; Hull and Selby, 591; Brighton, 43; South-western, 77* 7; Birmingham, 229; Manchester and Leeds, 1071 ; Manchester and Birming- ham, 40*; Midland Counties, 85 6; Paris and Rouen, 3I1 2; South-eastern and Dover, 351; York and North Midland, 118; Ditto, New, 53. 3 per Cent Consols 975 4 Cliilian Colombian ex Venezuela..... 15°424 Dino for Account 975 4 c per Cent Reduced 98k i Danish 3 per Cents 86 7 31 per Cent Ditto. 103 1 Dutch 24 per Cents 551 il. New 34 per Cents 1021 1 Ditto 5 per Ceuta 1014 2 Bank Stock 1941 51 Mexican 5 per Cents Consd . 84 4 Exchequer Bills prem. 6971 Portuguese New 5 p. Cts . 1841 444 51
India Stock 577 Russian 5 per Cents ....... 115 111 Brazilian 5 per Cents 191 804 Spanish (Active) 5 per Cents. 234 4
Belgian 5 per Ceuta 105 7 Ditto 3 per Cents 1812 534 4 Chilian 6 per Cents 103 5
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