MONEY MARKET.

Smear Rums:ems FRAM! Apraanoort. Considering the prevailing intricacies of political events, the English Funds have this week displayed an extraordinary degree of firmness; the improvement being- about 21- per cent, commencing- on Monday, when the features of the Consol account were developed. At ita adjustment on Tues- day, it was appal-ent the operations for a fall had been- carried on to a considerable extent, cawing a great demand for loans of Stook, mid en- hancing the price k above that for-the lanuary settlenient ; which circum- stance, coupled with the news of opositions on theTurkish question hating been entered into at Vienna' can. a further rise, and Congas were done as high as 961. This was not maintained; and. although temporarily regained on Wednesday, a fall subsequently took place to 96, on telegraphic nitelli- &ewe from Vienna discrediting the reported alliance of the Four Powers. v afterwards rallied to 94 1, or, as the trensfer-books closed on that day, 911 5 ex dividend. Yesterday, after being 1 higher, they declined to 941 f ex dividend. The public have' been steady purchasers during the week ; counteracting the effect occasionally produced from specula- tive sales. The market has also been strengthened by the belief that the Chanceller of the Exchequer has arranged with the South Sea Company to take 2,300,000/. of Exchequer Bills in payment of the sum they would have to receive in January. The arrivals of gold this week from New York has amounted to about 204,000/. The Continental exchanges continue in favour of England, except from St. Petersburg, which hi rather less -favour- able . Money on the Stock Exchange is worth about 21 per cent on Gover-a. Ment Securities. Today the Funds have advanced 1. on information of the success of the Turks in Asia; Consols closing at 951 1 ex dividend. Belie Stock is 2 per cent better this week, aud Exchequer Bills 23. Foreign Stocks have been rather more in demand, and the following hate improved—Austrian, Brazilian, Dutch Two-and-a-half, /Lusatia Five pee Cents, Sardinian, Swedish, Belgian, and Portuguese, 1; Spanish Three per Cents, ; Ditto -Deferred, Granada Deferred, and Dutch Four per Cents, I; Spanish Certificates; k. Peruvian Four-and-a-half per Cents and Deferred have declined 1; the former' were done on Wednesday as low as 68, the re- port relating to the stock of guano remaining on the Chincha Islands being unfavourable. -Mexican, after being done' at 25i, has since fallen to 21. The accounts from that country on Monday were unsatisfactory s the finance department was in great confusion, and reports current of suspending pay. menta : the sole object of which, it is believed, is to cause depression on our market, and aid a speculation in which the President is stated to be engaged. The remittance on account of the Bondholders was 66,000 &attire. Australian Agricultural Shares have been in great demand, owing to a re- port of the discovery of quicksilver mines on the Company' lands in New South Wales : they closed yesterday at 47 9, and are tos, 48 50. Railways have been steadily supported throughout the week, in connexion -with the rise in Consols. Yesterday, at the close, the- improvement in sores of the leading lines compared with last Saturday's was to the following ex- tent—East Lancashire, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Norfolk, and North British, 2; London and South-Western, IL 10s. ; Great Western, 12. s Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, London, Brighton and South Coast, Midland, Tors, Newcastle, and Berwick, and York and North Midland, II. ; Aberdeen and London and North-Western, 15s. ; Chester and Holyhead, Great Northern, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Scottish Central, and South-Easteni, 10s. The improvement in Foreign Shares has been—Northern of France, 158. ; Paris and Lyons, Paris and Strasbourg, and Rouen and Havre, 108.; Luxembourg, and Sambre and Meuse, 5a. Today there has been great firmness : an advance from 10s. to 25s. has taken place in several of the English lines; Foreign Shares are also higher.

SATURDAY. TWIRMIC O'CLOCH.

The English Funds are 4 higher this morning; Consols for Account are now 951 I s Exchequer Bills, 5 9 premium. The bullion return by the Bank of England shows a small increase of 2481/. In the Foreign Market the only change is in Spanish, which are i better; the Three per Cents are 464 74, and Deferred 221 1. Railways continue very firm ; the present bargains have been in these—Aberdeen, 214; Eastern Counties, 131; Great Western, 84±; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 25; Midland, 641. SATURDAY, Two o'CLoci.

The English Funds have fallen 4 since the morning, owing to some rea- lizing upon the late rise ; Consols closing at 9544 for Amount. Exchequer Bills 5 9. Bank Stock is I better ; it is now 220 1. In Foreign Stocks the only alteration is in Buenos Ayres, which have improved 1, closing at 65 7;

Granada Deferred have been done at 81.

In Railways very little change has occurred; the latest transactions have been in the following—Aberdeen, 214; Ambergate' Notts, Boston, and East- ern Junction, 51; Caledonian, 571; Chester and Holyhead, 171 ; Eastern Counties, 134; East Lancashire, 664; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 231; Great Northern, 87; Ditto Half-shares A Deferred, 611; Ditto Half-shares B 6 per Cent, l30.; Great Western, 84; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 681; London and North-Western, 1031; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 25'; Midland, 644; Norfolk, 544; North British, 344; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 394; South-Eastern, 63/; York, Newcastle, and Ber- wick, 684; Ditto Extension, 12; York and North Midland, 504; Royston and Hitchen, 145; Caledonian, 102; Chester and Holyhead Guaranteed 5/ per Cent, 18; Eastern Counties Extension, 5 per Cent. No. 2, 11 prem.; Ditto New 6 per Cent Stock, 131; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 per Cent Preference, 98; Antwerp and Rotterdam, 41; East Indian, 241; Paris and Strasbourg, 331. Mines—Agua Fria 14; Santiago de Cuba, 0.' United Mexican, 41. Joint Stook Banks—British North American, 651 ; Union of Australia, 751. Miscellaneous— Australian Agricultural, 49; Canada, 75; Crystal Palace, 74; North British Australasian, It; Peel River Land and Mineral, 61.

Spec Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cent Reduced 31 per Cents

shat 951 I

97 Danish 3 per Cents .. ......

Dutch 24 per Cents

Ditto 4 per Cents Mexican 3 per Cents 82 4

64 5 gti 65i

Long Annuities 9:1 5 6 Peruvian 44 per Cents 69 71 Bank Stock

2- I

Ditto Deferred 3 per Cents .. 48 50 ExchequerBills 5 9 Portuguese 4 per Cents 42 3 India Stock shut Russian 5 per Cents 112 14

Austrian 5 per Cents

98 5

DitN 44 per Cents

97 9 Brazilian 5 per Cents 98 100

Spanish Spec Cents

461 71 Belgian 44 per Cents 95 7

Ditto Deferred

2243 Chilian 6 per Cents 101 3 Sardinian 5 per Cents 89 91 ex d.

Danish 5 per Ceuta

105 ,4

Swedish 4 per Cents_ 90 2 exd.