MONEY MARKET. aro= EXCEANOZ, FRIDAY APIRRROON.
The tone of the foreign intelligence on the Eastern question this week having been regarded as more pacific, Government Securities have rallied considerably. On Monday the account of the interview between the leading British firms at St. Petersburg and the Russian Minister produced an in,. provement of 1. On Tuesday, several operators, who had sold for a 1114 bought back their Stock ; and, assisted by money purchases on behalf of the public, an advance of occurred : Consols were done at 921, closing a shade lower. The highest prices were realized on Wednesday ; when Consols reached 921. Subsequently they declined 1, in consequence of a notice from the East India Company that the rate of interest on their Bonds would be raised to 3 per cent per annum from that day—they bad previously borne, since May, a reduced rate of 21 per cent. Yesterday Consols ranged be- tween 92,1 and 921, leaving off at 92; I. The market has been strengthened by the arrival of gold from New York : 100,000/. was received on Monday, and on Wednesday the American steamer Baltic brought 200,000/. in specie. Gold has arrived from Australia also, by several vessels : the largest amount was received yesterday, valued at 567,7771. The rates of exchange upon Amsterdam and Hamburg were lower on Tuesday ; upon Paris there was a tendency to improvement. Money continues very abundant at the Stock Exchange and out of doors. On Tuesday a bargain was effected in Consols assented to be reduced to Two-and-a-half per Cents, at the price of 85. Today the Funds opened with a firm appearance, and Consols were done at 92k: they fell subsequently 1 per cent on the publication of a despatch copied from the Moniteur, which stated that two Russian steamers with eight gun-boats forced the passage of the Danube on the 23d instant, receiv- ing a brisk fire from the Turkish fort. The Funds have since only partially rallied, Consols closing at 911 1 for Money and Account. Bank Stock is 2 lower, and India Stock 2 better, this week. In Exchequer Bills there is no alteration.
Foreign Stocks have not been much sought after, and the following have declined—Portuguese Four, Peruvian Four-and-a-half, and Russian Five per Cents, Swedish, and Buenos Ayres, 1; Granada Deferred, 1. Austrian has improved 2; which is remarkable as her financial necessities are be- coming daily more critical : having failed to raise a loan in London, Austria has again applied to the Vienna Bank for assistance. Both here and in Paris, bills on Vienna are hardly saleable. Much sue- prise was created on Monday by the announcement that an attempt would be made by Turkey to raise in London a loan of 2,600,000/. at 10 per cent. The treatment which the Bondholders received on the occasion of the last. loan would be sufficient to frustrate any other appeal for assistance. Mexican has improved 1 per cent, on information published by the Committee of Bondholders, "that arrangements have been made by the Mexican Govern- ment for the immediate payment of one dividend ; and a remittance of 50,0001. has been sent to Colonel Facio by the English packet for that ob- ject."
Railways have been favourably influenced by the improvement in Consols. On Tuesday and Wednesday, particularly on the latter, stock was in de- mand. Great Western then closed at 80 1; London and North-western, 103 1; Midland, 691 60. Upon the arrangement of the Account, yesterday, a fall of 108. to 1/. occurred in several of the leading lines, and at the close the difference compared with last Saturday was to the following extent. Increase—Great Northern, 4/. ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 21,10:.; Caledonian, Lancaster and Carlisle, and Newmarket, 21. ; York, Newcastle, and Bervrick, and York and North Midland, 11. 108. ; Midland, 11. 5s. ; East Lancashire, Great Western, London and North-western, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and South-eastern, 11.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 168. ; North British, 10s. Decrease—Edinburgh and Glasgow, London and South-western, Norfolk, and Scottish Midland, 1/. ; Aberdeen, 10s. In Fo- reign Shares the improvement has been—Northern of France, 158. ; Great Central of France, Rouen and Havre, and Western of France, 10:.; Paris and Lyons, Paris and Strasbourg, and Sambre and Meuse, 5s. Today the English and Foreign lines are rather lower, owing to the fall in Consols. SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The English Funds have improved I this morning ; Consols are now 921 for Money and Account. Exchequer Bills par 4 prem. The bullion rer turn by the Bank of England shows a decrease of 311,268/. In Foreign Stocks the only change is a decline of in Spanish—the Three per Cents are now 44 and the Deferred 21 I. Railways continue flat; the bargains have been in the following—Aberdeen, 20- Caledonian, 50; Lancashire and York,- shire, 62; London and North-western, 104; Midland, 59; ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 62.
SATURDAY, Two o'CLocF• The English Funds have advanced rather more than 1 per cent since-the morning ; Consols were done as high as 931: this was owing to telegraphic information from Vienna, to the effect that the Porte having heard of a pro- ject of compromise being entered into hostilities were for the present to be suspended. Consols have since fallen 1, closing at 92; 3 for Money and Account. Bank Stock is heavy at a decline of 4 per cent—it is now 208 12. In Foreign Stocks, Russian Five per Cents, and Sardinian, have improved 1, and Mexican f. In Railways there has been a brisk business at an advance : the latest transactions have been in the following—Aberdeen, 20; Caledonian, 511 ; Chester and Holyhead, 16; ; Eastern Counties, 12; Great Northern, 79 ; Ditto Half-shares A Deferred, 541; Great Western 80; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 621; London, Brighton, and South Cost, 941; London and North-western, 102; ; Ditto Fifths, 114; London and South-western, 73/ ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 19i ; Midland, 591; North Britian, 26/ ; North Staffordshire, 111 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 36; South-eastern, 691; South Wales, 331; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 62; York and North Midland, 46; Preston and Wyre, 46k; Aberdeen, 83; Cale- donian, 97k ; Lancashire and Yorkshire 6 per Cent Stock, 140; London and south-westem, Converted Thirds, 7t ; York and North Midland H. and S. purchase, 9t; Northern of France, 33k; Paris and Lyons, 26; Paris and Strasbourg, 34 ; Sambre and Meuse, 8. Mines—Brazilian Imperial, (issued at 51. prem.,) 4j; Ditto St. John del Rey, 35. Joint Stock Ban ks—Austral- oian, 72k; Oriental Bank Corporation, 44; Union of Australia, New, 71. niscellaneous—Australian Agricultural, 40; Crystal Palace, 51, ; North British Australasian, lt; Peninsular aud Oriental Steam, 70; Peel River Land and Mineral, 4; South Australian Land, 36; Van Diemen'a Land, 151.
3 per Cent Consols 92 3 Danish 3 per Cents 81 3 Ditto for Account 92j 3 Dutch 21 per Cents 61 3 3 per Cent Reduced 911 Ditto Ditto 4 per Cents 92 4
31 per Cents 931 4 Mexican 3 per Cents 25 1
Long Annuities 51 5-16 Peruvian 41 per Cents 70 2 Bank Stock 208 12 Ditto Deferred 3 per Cents .. 49 51 Exchequer Bills par 4 pm. Portuguese 4 per Cents 40 2 India Stock 247 50 Russian 3 per Cents 112 14 Austrian 5 per Cents 92 4 Ditto 41 per Cents 96 8 Brazilian 5 per Cents 96 8 Spanish 3 per Cents 44 1 Belgian 43 per Cents 96 8 Ditto Deferred 21 Chilian 6 per Cents 99 101 Sardinian 5 per Cents 91 Danish 5 per Cents 101 $ Swedish 4 per Cents 90 2
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