THE MONEY MARKET.
SToCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—CODSON closed on Saturday at 85, sellers ; Exchequer Bills at 15s. to 16s. premium. There was a slight rise crc Monday, chiefly in consequence of the scarcity of Stock iu the Market. The rise of Monday has not been maintained : to-day Consols close at 84i to 4 for the Account ; in Exchequer Bills there is no alteration. The event of the week on the Stock Exchange has been the rapid and unhooked for rise of Bank of England Stock. Out Wednesday, there was a rise of no less than 21 to 3 per cent. The closing price to-clay is 205 to 206; on Wednesday, the price was as high as 20S; on Saturday last, the closing price was 199 to 200. The rise has been variously accounted for. The Morning Post says, that it is the conse- quence ef a Ministerial arrangement by which the Charter of the Bank is to be renewed without alteration for a few years longer, in order to give abundance of leisure and opportunity for the consideration of the numerous important ques- tions connected not merely with the Bank Charter, but banking generally. The Post is of course very eloquent on this additional proof of Ministerial in- decision. The Times gives tne same version of the cause, but without joining in the exclamations which it had elicited from the Post. A second theory is, that there is a large bonus in reserve, which will be declared previous to the re- newal of the Charter ; and that the knowledge of this secret has been allowed to get abroad, and hence the demand for Stock.
CLOSING PRICES OF STOCKS on FRIDAY.
Bank Stock 205 6 3 per Cent. Red. 551 3 per Cont. Consols 84 3 Consols for Amt. 841 91 per Cent. New 993 Long Annuities 164 9-16 Ex. Bills. 10001.155.16s. India Bonds 4s. 5s.
India Stuck 904 5 Brazilian Chilian Columbian Danish Greek Mexican Peruvian Portuguese Russian 473 8 16 17 121 I 661 7 293 293 334 34t 514 593 9:4 I Spanish Ditto New
SHARES
Bolanos Brazilian Columbian Anglo Mexican United Mexican 144 t 13 * 140 150. 44.46 4 5 7 9 415*
SATURDAY Noox.—Consols for Account, 841.
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