MONEY MARKET.
STOCK EXCHANGE, FELDAY AFTERNOON.
The English Funds have been heavy during the whole week ; the pressure of Stock upon the market having been greater than ordinary. Among the promi- nent causes of depression may be noticed the provision of money for the ap- proaching general election. The letters from Paris today report the discovery of a plot against the life of the President. Consols have declined gradually, until the quotation fell to 100: a slight advance afterwards occurred, and the closing Quotation is 10041. Though money is rather more in demand, there is no alteration in the rate of commercial discount. The books of the Stocks whose dividends become due on the 5th instant will open for private transfer on the 6th—Tuesday, and the dividends will be paid to the public on Friday the 9th.
The demand for the Northern European Stocks appears to have slackened , as is always the case when the English Funds are depressed. There is not, however, any disposition to bring Stock to market. Russian Four-and-a half per Cents and Spanish Deferred Three per Cents are quoted ex-dividend, the former at 1021 and the latter 211 I—equivalent with dividend to 1047r 105, and 221 1. Austrian Scrip is steady at about 4 premium, with but little business doing, the demand for Paris having entirely subsided. Sardinian Stock is not quite so firm, though more inquired for today and yesterday than previously. Portuguese Bonds continue to improve • the Four per Cents 1842 having been done as high as 391. Spanish Three per Cent Deferred
— - - Stock is steady, and the Passive inquired for at a slight advance. Mexican Three per Cent Stock is steady within a trifle of our last quotations. Peru- vian Deferred Stook has advanced considerably—an improvement of be- tween 4 and 5 per cent. This advance is said to be occasioned by the large sum which in consequence of the immense sale of guano the Peruvian Go- vernment have been enabled to apportion to the sinking-fund, of which the major part will, it is understood, be applied to the purchase of the Deferred Stock. The South American Bonds are generally firmer.
the settling-day, recovered again on Wednesday and yesterday : the market is flatter today, in consequence of the fall of the English Funds. The French Shares have been subjected to some fluctuation, but till today the prices were rather at an advance upon those of last week. In the course of the afternoon the market became more feeble, though from the scarcity of shares the business transacted was not important. Concessions of new lines are still made ; and two new schemes—the Cherbourg and Bordeaux and Cette—are now in agitation. But there are no competitive lines as yet in the market ; so that the authorities have not been subjected to the blandish- ments of rival speculators. The Share Market, which was heavy in consequence of the approach of
SATURDAY TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The French Funds rose about 1 per cent yesterday in Paris. Consols were at the commencement of business in demand at 1001, and for a very short time there were buyers at that quotation ; the price is now 100f 1, with a firm market. There is no change of importance in the Foreign Funds, which are generally firmer in consequence of the improvement in price in Paris. Railway Shares are also in better demand, but the business transacted has as yet been unimportant. A rise of from ha. to 78. 6d. per share on the most current French Shares occurred in Paris yesterday, and a corresponding movement has taken place here. SATURDAY Two O'CLO, The English Funds close lower than in the morning; the business transacted has been of an unimportant character, and nothing has occurred worthy of remark. The closing price of Consols is 100f f. In the Foreign Market, business has been limited and prices without material change. The following is the record of actual transactions—Equador, ; Grenada Deferred, 91 ; Mexican Three per Cents, 271 f ; Peruvian Defer- red, 671; Portngnese Four per Cents, 381 39; Russian Four-and-a-half per Cents, 1021 f 1 ex div. ; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents, 22 ex div. ; Spanish Committee Certificates, 3 # ; Venezuela, 44. The Share Market continues steady, the closing prices being nearly the same as those of the morning. The following are the principal bargains—Aber- deen, 28f 1; Ambergate, Notts, and Boston, 6#; Caledonian, 441 44; East Anglian, 251. L and E. and L. and D., 41 ; Eastern Counties, 10f ; East- ern Union, B. and C. 51; Great Northern, 901 ; Great Western, 994 9 f; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 844 1 4 ; Ditto Fifths, 101; London, Brighton, South Coast, 1071 8 ; .London and North-western, 130f 301; Ditto New Quarter-shares, 32; Ditto Fifths, 171 ; Ditto 10/. Shares, M. and B. C.,. 34; London and South-western, 974 7 ; Midland, 74 4 74 ; Norfolk, 411; Ditto New 201., 51; North British, 351; North Staffordshire, 111 ; Scottish Midland, 66; South-eastern, 731 /-; South Wales, 381; York and North Midland, 53 24 ; London and Greenwich, 26 ; Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, 261 1 ; Eastern Counties Extension 5 per Cent No. 1, 11 prem. ; Norfolk Extension, 221; Namur and Liege, with Interest, 64; Orleans and Bordeaux, 161; Rouen and Havre, 131 ; West Flanders, 34; Australasian, 531 4.
8 per Cent Consols shut Danish 3 per Cents 78 80 Ditto for Account 100 Dutch 21 per Cents 63
31 per Cents 100 4 Ditto 4 per Cents 95 1
3 per Cent Reduced 64 1 4 Mexican 6 per Cents 33 4 Long Annuities 61 5-16 Ditto 3 per Cant.
Bank Slack 22,3 225 Peruvian 6 per Cents 104 6
Exchequer Bills 66 76 pm. Portuguese 5 per Cents 1324.. 98100 India Stock shut Russian 5 per Cents 117 18 Brazilian 5 per Cents 101 103 Ditto 44 per Cents 102 Belgian 44 per Cents 94 6 Spanish 3 per Cents 48 Milian 6 per Cents 105 7 Ditto Deferred 21 22 Danish 5 per Cents 103 5 Sardinian 5 per Cents 93 4
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