At the commencement of the week, the Consol Market was
firm and prices advanced to 931, ; but a reaction took place on reali- zations, and the quotation is now 931, 1. Reduced and New Three per Cents. are 92i ; Exchequer Bills, 15s. to 19s. pre- mium. Indian Securities have changed hands at very full prices. Foreign Bonds have been in steady request at advancing rates, but Italian Stocks have been subject to considerable fluctuation, owing to speculative transactions on the Paris Bourse. The Rail- way Market has been firm, and at the fornightly settlement the rates paid for carrying forward were not unusually heavy, the attention of speculators being principally confined to the Foreign House. Erie shares have followed the course of the quotations at New York, the changes having been somewhat violent in conse- quence of the extraordinary proceedings of the rival parties on that side. There has been rather more demand for money, and the rate in the open market has advanced to 11 to 2 per cent. The stock of bullion in the Bank of England is now 20,711,280/. ; in the Bank of France, 44,945,0001.
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