The market for Home Stocks has been unusually steady dur-
ing the week, the opening price for Consols having been 93 to 93i, at which they closed last evening. Reduced and New 'rhreeper Cents. were 91k, 92; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. Indian Securities have met with considerable attention, and the Five per Cents. have advanced to 114i to 115; India Bonds, 30s. to 36s. prem. The Railway Market has been somewhat inactive. At the fortnightly settlement the usual :scarcity of Stock was not experienced, and the premiums paid for carrying over were con- siderably less than on many previous occasions. In the Discount Market there has been an increased inquiry for accommodation, and the rates have a hardening tendency. Best short paper is not now taken under 11, f, per cent., and this is almost an exceptional figure. The stock of bullion in the Bank of England is now 21,179,5301.; in the Bank of France, 45,291,600/.
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