26 DECEMBER 1840, Page 7

At the conmtencentent of the week the Money.: .•..:. 1..

v, in conse-

quence of the fall 411' OW lINehallp., ilOttat in (Mr. -• • • --•iOit of the French Feuds. '1'lle tendency to decline mat:,,,11.... I. t, i.tgence brought by the 1 islitni nn,i1; anti a depression inuta,:i.c. , :.col which hue continued math slight rt. aCtIOO tip to the disc 1/1 h::-'r,. ' . ■ • :III ernoun. t•onsols for Account hat .• dt,...11 to-day as lost. as SS ; thus lifari.f: r .. .k....1111C of 1 per cent. trim our priers to; 1...st Nr01.•1:. In li..• ,ones' of I i • i Lill•:. the price rose fiat tsts; to :ss: ; hut a laro, sA!., -f '1"..,..-1. '.• -!, . . Cent.

Stock 1,,• a leadina noker eaustal a dow-nward I , the closing Flee of l off•:••IS for A 0••01111S :, S`• .

T110 rates i ,I t•xchane tarn. I, avy on 'I'... - ' ,I., H. -.■lutrirT, and .1 msterdatti iv, t.... ;owes'. 'rho 1,:siu,s, it I 'In' I. I I , I ii ',MO...it-led today ht' itntieirttion, as to.tnorrow is ICH i.p.,:s... , In ..I... '•.- ,c,• of the 1 bitch and I lainlotr:, mails. t he 1r:111,3i:61ot, b.,, . 1,7.1. i , t , ,I.41 there was a tendcm y t o dceline v ...; hoot any trar'., •', • 2 .:appear by recent advices .rout l'.!;,,, 1:::•.t the f' r, ;! • , ,...quire an innnudiate luau: an.I III,- il,•i:f.i-.1a110.• .- 1,u the decline in the ',tench 1•'le.4'-:. e:,thelit II, : :, .i■ :hat ;Lee allmit. 'i he menacing .0

t it inl,• :1,,n1.'...' ., nt lit i s quarrel with Spain relat i, e to the it ., '.- ., . very- Itody by surprise ; and it is .......i. :II! t., ..., - .. -2s to

exist for a collision. Some 1.,•1 - a :. I ,,..,. . 1, wirer!

upon Port ugu, -.. atiair,, .:.,1, ;1. L.. a 1.11...,,• ', !.,,,i■ a that country :Ire anxious for a nr.,; ..,, act it ;-1,.; , 1,. .•... 1..,,It for eensolidatir.g the two count rh s into a l',.1..•1 ...,..:i ..,ties of an aemial interfer, nee by Elightild in tit,. .,• ..■,t .1 , oy tile iovasion of that country by the Spani...,....1,. .• ::•,1,. d. is a. abject of notch di-cossion ; and. althou:t c to 1,1 that the military preparat ',MS art' brIiill, • , xi'. I it.InCI.Itt lest by some untotvard circinustance it II ... . • , INLIOey has been Oilleh in demand thiril.il II,' I i•I I. ‘, rather plentiful at the heehluker at the week ; the curt. ' • ... 1 , il.yr; at 88,

it was

I discount being from 54 to 1.,pn- cent. The premium ou r Bills has not varied materially, midis to-day 2s. to 4s.

GAaincIA, the Spanish Minister, has addressed to the Council of Regency 'his report on the finances of Spain; and four decrees have consequently been issued by the Government ; by which they have determined,

1st. All instalments that may in More become due upon sales of national property will be received by the Government in the bonds of the various debts of the State, in the following proportions,—one.third in the Five per Cent. Bonds of the Active Home and Foreign Debt ; oue•third in the Four per Cent. Bonds of the Intenial Debt, and onwthird in the Debt without interest.

2nd. A discount is tube allewed upon any anticipation of the period fixed for the payment of the instalments, varying from 5 to 20 per cent. 3rd. The sale of certain Goverment Annuities is ordained, in accordance with a law to be presented at the meeting or the Cortes; the produce of which is to be ap- plied to the extinetion of the Del.rrell and l'wsive Debt. 4th. All the Conventual and Monastic edifices, not required for the politic service, are to be sold ; and the pay meat of the pnrchase•money to be received exclusively in the Coupons of the Home and Foreign Debt at par.

The publication of these decrees produced a favourable effect upon the prices of Spanish Stock, which on Tuesday was carried as high as 241: late on that day, however, the letters by the Lisbon mail were received, anti the war- like intelligence produced a decided change in the market, which was over- borne by the reiteration of sales, and the closing price of yesterday was 221. A change for the better occurred this morning; and after being 23A, the quotation has again declined, and closes at 221- 4. Portuguese Securities have declined to -the same extent es the Spanish ; the Five per Cents. having

fallen from 32i to 301, and the Three per Cents. from to 20. We have to notice a slight improvement from these low quotations; but the market is still heavy. The several varieties of South American Stock have given way from 1 to I6 per cent ; and Mexican has declined in about the same degree. There have not been any very large transactions in them; for in the prevent state of the market, extensive sales at current rates are impossible, and there is not any disposition to purchase.

The Northern European Stocks are all depressed, in consequence of the fill of Consols ; but we cannot quote any large operations. Belgian Scrip, which was nominally l& premium, has been offered at premium.

The Railway. Shares are all lower. The business has been chiefly confined to Brighton Shares, which have Wien back nearly the whole extent of the late advance.

SAMMY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have scarcely any transactions of importance to record this morning. Consols for Account have been 8S1, but have since declined, and are now 88 to 8Sik. Exchequer Bills are Is. to 4s. prem. Spanish Active opened at 2:3k, the firmness of that Stock in the Paris market operating favourably upon our own, but as their does not appear to be any disposition among, the speculators to purchase stock, the price has again declined to 224 . Portuguese Bonds are rather firmer, the Five per Cents. being at 304 to alN, and the Three per Cents. 20% 4. There have not been any transactions in Railway Shares, and prices are generally the sante as yesterday.

31 per Cent. Ditto 375 .5

NeW;r5 per Cents. Mexican 5 per Cents. Consul. 271

D stout utch ti ter Cents 501 1