3 MAY 1845, Page 9

MONEY MARKET.

STOCX EXCHANGE. FlIDAY AMINO**.

The English Government Securities were without any material change till to- day; when some speculative sales occurred, and Consols, which at the opening of the market were done at 94 for Money and 99 for Account, and had been steady during the early part of the morning, fell to 98} for Money, and 981 for Account: prices have since reacted, and the closing quotations are within per cent of those at the opening of the market. The premium of Exchequer Bills continues the same; and Money, though in demand upon the security of Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares, is easily obtained upon the deposit of Exchequer Bills or English Stock. In the Foreign Market, the transactions in Stock have been unimportant. Some fluctuation has occurred in Mexican Bonds; but with that exception, prima have remained without material change. Railway Shares are the all-important attraction. In the minor class, consider- able alteration has occurred; speculation being guided by the proceedings of the various Parliamentary Committees now sitting, and extraordinary means being taken to forward such results as affect important lines immediately into the City. Thus it happens, that on several afternoons a rise or fall of from 11. to 31. per share has been produced in certain descriptions of Shares, by the circumstance of a horse-express or other medium of communication arriving a few minutes sooner or later. The most important of the lines that have been disadvantageously af- fected, are the Direct Northern, and South-eastern and Dover, No. 3: but, as it was generally believed for two or three days before the decision of the Committee became known that it would be adverse to the prospects of the promoters of those two lines, speculation in them was held in check; and the effect produced on prices when that decision became public was not so great as it otherwise would have been. The more important Railway Shares are without any very material change; but the Shares of those now undergoing the Parliamentary ordeal, and of many of the new undertakings, droop and are heavy, from the indisposition of speculators to risk the hazardous chances of the lottery. The French Shares are lower, in consequence of the decline of prices in Paris; where the damp thrown upon gambling speculations in embryo projects seems to have been more effective than the proceedings of the Select Committees have been in this country.

SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

So little business has occurred in the English Funds, that only one bargain in India Stock, at 278, as is yet recorded in the official list; prices are therefore no- minally the same as yesterday. The Foreign Bonds are also without any material change. The Railway Shares, especially the minor varieties, are flatter' with but few transactions; as will be seen by the following comparatively meagre list of the morning's transactions: Churnet Valle y76; Direct Northern, 34 4; Lancaster and Carlisle, 434; Paris and Lyons, (Lafitte's,) 3 24; Ditto, (Ganneron's,) 24; Tours and Nantes, 24; Sambre and Meuse, 94. SATURDAY, Two o'cimcg.

The English Funds are without material change • the Consol Market gave way slightly in the course of the day, but has rallied, and closes at the mornings prices. -The Foreign Funds are heavy, without any great change in prices:

The Railway Shares are flat, especially the newer varieties. The quotations of the working lines are generally well supported. We have to notice the following .business in addition to that given in the morning: Aberdeen, 44 4; Birmingham and Gloucester, 136; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, 11; Caledonian, 114 4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 84 8; Chester and Holyhead 174; Churnet, 7 4; Com- a-all, 44; Direct Northern, 34; Dublin and Galway,tt 4; Ely and Bedford, 34; Great Western, 187 a 8; Ditto, Half-shares, 1054 4; Hull and Selby, 108; Ditto, Half-shares 25 6; Brighton Consolidated Eighths, 274; Perth and Inverness, 24 4; Midland, 156 54 -7; Ditto, New, 19 184; Newark and Sheffield, 54; New- castle and Darlington Junction, 51; 'Ditto and Carlisle, 1174; North British, New, 5 44; North Kent, 64; South-eastern and Dover, 40; Ditto, New, No. 1, 14; Ditto, New, No. 2, 84; Ditto, No. 3, 66 i; South Wales, 54 5; Trent Valley, 184 194 4; Ditto and Holyhead Junction, 2 premium; Boulogne and Amiens, 106; Great North of France, (Lafitte's,) 54 4; Lyons and Avignon, 24; Orleans and. Vierzon, 14*; Orleans and Bordeaux, 104; Paris and Lyons, (Ganneron's,) 24; Paris and Rouen, 42; Paris and Strasburg, 24; Paris and Lyons, (Calon's,) 2; Great North of France, (Rosamel's,) 24 4 4; North of Spain, 24; Louvain and Jemappe, 44 4; Dijon and Mulhouse, 24; Namur and. Liege, 6; Jamaica Junction, 44.5.

151 16 8617 891 971 4 374 8 184 4 67 8 1171 194 301 404 1

3 per Cent COUSOIS

984 4 Columbian ex Venezuela ...

Ditto for Account

024 i Danish 3 per Cents .ex. div.

3 per Cent Reduced ..... 974 4 634 Dutch 21 per Cents 31 per Cents

1001 i Ditto 5 per Cents Long Annuities

12 I 7-16 Ditto 4 per Cents Bank Stock

210 1 Mexican 5 per Cents Exchequer Bills Prem. 57 9 Ditto Deferred India Stock

278 Portuguese New 5 p. Cts. 1841 Brazilian 5 per Cents

87 9 Russian 5 per Cents Belgian 41 per Cents

100 2 Spanish (Active) 5 per Cents Milian 6 per Cents

98 100 Ditto 3 per Cents 1842