There has been a comparative absence of business in all
de- partments of the Stock Exchange during the week. Consols have been quiet throughout, and yesterday they closed dull at' 94 to it for money, and 94i- to for the account. Reduced and New Three per Cents. were 94- to ; Exchequer Bills, 1Gs. to 20s. premium. Indian Government Securities have ruled steady, the Five per Cents. being quoted at 114i to 115, and the Bonds at 20s. to 25s. premium. In the Foreign Market only a moderate business has been concluded, and the changes have for the most part been uufavourable. Italian Five per Ceuta. show a consider- able decline on the week. In the Railway Market attention has chiefly been directed to the fortnightly settlement, and the busi- ness transacted has been on an unusually limited scale. There has been an abundant supply of money in the Discount Market ; but the demand for accommodation has ruled active, and in the open market the rate for good three months' paper ha advanced to 11 to per cent. The stock of bullion in the Bank of Eng- land is now 20,774,1011.; in the Bank of France, 52,396,000/.
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