MONEY MARKET.
STOCK RECHARGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The for Money having only fluctuated between 100 1 and 100i_1. English Funds have shown great steadiness throughout the week ; The progress which the South Sea and other Annuities Commutation Bill has made in the House of Commons having been in a great measure antici- pated by most parties, few speculative transactions are now pending : pre- suming that the bill will pass, there is more of a disposition to wait for the first effect produced by the operations of the public. Today the Funds have been dull, owing to some Money sales, closing at 1004/ and 1001 for Account. The prices received from Paris this morning were higher. Exchequer Bills have been very languid, and leave off at 2 7, being a decline of 2s. compared with Saturday last. Money continues easy out of doors, good bills having been freely- discounted at 2f per cent : but the frequent shipment of gold to Paris is rather closely watched. Foreign Stocks have been inactive, with a tendency to heaviness. Dutch Four per Cents fell 2 during the week, and the Two-and-a-half per Cents 1, in consequence of intelligence from Holland of a decline in the Funds, caused by the political commotion connected with the recent Papal ag- gression. A telegraphic account on Wednesday announced the dissolution of the Chambers. Yesterday these securities rallied a little, owing to higher prices from Amsterdam, and an expectation that the Ministry as it is now formed will be permanent. Mexican has fallen f , the news by the last American steamer not being considered favourable. Portuguese Four per Cents have declined 1, Spanish Certificates, f ; Ditto Deferred, f. An im- provement has taken place in the the following Stocks—Austrian and Rus- sian Five per Cents, 1; Ditto Four-and-a-half per Cents, I. Rather con- siderable purchases have been made this week in Greek Bonds ; which have been as high as 11/, and are today f lower. The reason for the sudden de- mand has not transpired. Holders of Turkish Scrip, who have not sent lu their Bonds for registration and repayment, have been informed that from and after the 28th instant up to the 15th May, such arrangements with respect to the remaining Bonds can only be effected at the Ottoman Em- bassy at Paris. The Railway Market was heavy during the early part of the week ; chiefly owing to arrangements for the settlement of the account, which took place on Wednesday. The charges for continuation were higher ; which assisted in keeping down prices until the adjustment was completed. An advance occurred yesterday in several instances. South-eastern rose 15s.; London and North-western, 10s.; Great Western, 5s. At the close of the market, the difference in some of the leading lines compared with Saturday last was to the following extent. Increase—Great Northern, 41.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 21.; Caledonian, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 11. 108.; Cork and Bandon, and London, Brighton, and South Coast, 11.; Midland, and South-eastern, 15s. ; Great Western, North British, Waterford and Limerick, York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and York and North Midland, 108. Decrease—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 11.; London and North-western, 10s. A demand has existed for Foreign Shares, and the following improve- ment has taken place—Paris and Rouen, 11.; Grand Junction of France, Paris and Orleans, and Paris and Strasbourg, 10s. ; Southern of France, and Western of France, 5s.; Paris and Lyons, 2s. 6d. Today both the English and Foreign lines are a shade lower.
The English Stock Market continues in much the same state as yesterday ; Consols for Money are 1001 1 and for Account 1001 I. In .Foreign Stocks there is no particular feature : Buenos Ayres maintains the late advance to 65 7. Railway Shares are quiet, and very little doing; the following bar- gains have been recorded—East Anglian, 51; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, 131; London and Greenwich Preference, 27; Great Northern, 89k; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 73.
3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cent Reduced 31 per Cents
lool i Danish 3 per Cents
1001 ';', Dutch 21 per Cents 993 100 Ditto 4 per Cents 1031 1 Mexican 3 per Cents 84 6 65 6 95 6 261 7 Long Annuities 6 1-16 Peruvian Scrip 41 Bank Stock 2261 71 Portuguese 4 per Cents 3 401 Exchequer Bills 2 7 Russian a per Cents
119 21
India Stock 260 3 Ditto 41 per Cents 104 5 Brazilian 5 per Cents 100 2 Spanish 3 per Cents 471 81 Belgian 41 per Cents 99 101 Ditto Deferred 231 4 Chilian 6 per Cents 103 5 Sardinian 5 per Cents 97 8 Danish 5 per Cents. 104 6 Austrian 5 per Cents 100 102
SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
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