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MONEY MARKET.

The English stock market opened flatly, being
unfavourably influenced by the Bank return. More
firmness was shown, however, in the afternoon, and 1
the market closed at the best point of the day, and
I per cent. higher than yesterday. Business was
Inactive, but there is still a somewhat influential
party who persist in supporting prices, in the hope
that peace will be attained this winter.

At Paris to-day the French funds closed rather
flatter than yesterday, but the decline did not exceed
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1 per cent. At Vienna there is little sign of recovery
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other continental bourses remain quiet,
Consols opened at 907„ and gradually advanced,
d dosing at 901 to tex div., for the 10th inst. This
was the first day on which private transfers of Con-
sols weld be effected, and a few transactions cons.-
Tingly took place for money. The rats of "con-
tango" to the February account was 1.16 to 1 per
sent. The floating account is apparently lighter
than at the last settlement. Owing to speculative
sales, partly on Paris account against the new French
loan, there are parties willing to borrow Consols at
the nominal rats of " sontango," thus counter-
balancing the effect of the steak specula-
tively held in the market by operators for
a ea,. In the present state of the money
Whet it is necessarily to the interest of
buskers and others to lend stock in the market at
$.16 " oontango,” which may be considered at the
rate of 2i per cent. per annum. The profit to the
banker on such an operation would be the difference
between this rate of 21 per cent. and the rate at
which he can employ the money received for the
stock lent by . him in the market. The official busi-
ness report is as follows:—Three per Cent. Console,
for money, 901, 1 ex div.; ditto, for account, 10th
January, 901, a. ex div. Three per Cent. Reduced,
901, 1. New Three per Cents., 901, t, t. India
Stock, 226, ex div. India Bonds 10s. prem.
Exchequer Bills remain quoted 41. to 7s. prem.,
and Exchequer Bonds, 991 to 1.
The extreme variation in Consols this week has
been exactly 1 per cent., the highest price attained
having hen 911, and the lowest 901. The market
closed to-day 1 per cent. lower than last Saturday.
The transactions in foreign stocks continue very
scanty, and give rise to little change in price. Tur-
kish cloud better than yesterday, at 741 to 75.
At 3 o'clock Russian Five per Cents., were quoted 97
to 99 ; ditto Four-and a-Half per Cents., 85 to 87 ex
div. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 60 to 61
ex div. ; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 91 to 92.
Sardinian, 83 to 85. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 69 to 71; Mexican, 201 to 211. Sales
are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Old Five
per Cents., 981. Chilian Six per Cents., 101.
Equador Boucle, 4. Mexican Three per Cents., 21,
211. Portuguese Five per Cents. (converted in 1841),
44. Spanish Old Three per Cents., 371. Turkish
Six per Cent. Scrip, for account, 16th Jan., 742, t.
The imports of the precious metals this week have
been large. Our list includes the undermentioned
sums, viz. :-130,7691. in specie and 82,396 ounces of
gold, by the steamer Lady Jocelyn, from Australia;
1,0001. by the Henry Reed, from Launceston;
19,3331., nearly all from Lisbon, by the Iberia;
1,011,277 dollars, of which two-thirds consisted of
silver, by the Atrato, from the West Indies, Mexico,
&c.; and 7,000 L by the steamer Queen, from Oporto.
The Blenheim also brought in 2 boxes of gold and 1
box of silver from Hong Kong and the Cape ; and
the Cintn 3 oases of specie from Oporto.
The total value of the week's imports may le
stated at between 690,0001. and 700,0001.
The Custom-house statement of the exports of the
precious metals direct from London during the wcek
includes 63,100 ounces of silver and 60 ounces of
gold, representing a total value of only about
16,0001. The silver was despatched chiefly to Ham-
burg. The particulars are annexed, viz. :—Gold
coin :to Boulogne, 60 oz. Silver coin : to Ham-
burg, 15,700 oz. ; to Belgium, 800 ez. ; to Boulogne,
600 oz. Silver bars :to Hamburg, 46,0e0 oz. The
other shipments officially reported embrace 361,1121.
(of which 312,7691. was silver and only 48,3431.
gold) by the Tagus, for Alexandria, India, China,
&c. ; 9,5001. by the Retriever, for the West Covet of
Africa ; and 7,5991. (besides 6,9001. in jewellery) by
the La Plata, for the West Indies, &c.
The total ascertained shipments of the week are
thus raised to about 394,0001., chiefly in silver. It
is known, however, that the largest shipments of the
week have been made in private hands to the con-
tinent, comprising the whole of the gold duet ex the
Lady Jocelyn, the bar gold ex the Atrato, and some
large parcels drawn from the Bank of England.
To-day the demand for exportation continued, and a
further considerable amount of gold was taken
from the Bank. It would appear that the efflux of
the precious metal is stimulated in advance by the
French loan.
At Amsterdam yesterday (Friday), the exchange
on London was quoted 11.774 short; and at Ham-
burg, 13.31, short.
The receipts of the Eastern Railway of France
(late Paris and Strasbourg) in the last week of
December were no less than 826,603 francs, against
604,487 in the corresponding week of 1853, when,
the number of miles open was the same. The re-
ceipts during the last two months of 1854 averaged
720,000 francs weekly.
Annexed is a later statement of the amount of
railway calls falling due in the present month :
Amount per glare:

Dee Number
la.'. "53' Date. paid. of of shares.
neziers to Orifaersees. 3l 8 2 0 0 30,000 :2,000
Caterhas lO 3 0 0 unknown.
*Central Peninsula of Pot-
regal lB 9 20 0 40,000 80,000
Cork sad fleadoe, Prefer-
.... sr • 10 2 1 0 0 2.000 2,000

East Kent
East Lancashire, New 4 per
Ct. Stock, not allotted to
Fifth, proprietors I S 1 0 unknown.
*East laden Extension
Greet Northern, Led. S per
Cent. Snip I! deposit 2 1 0 80,000 100,000
Leeds, Bradford, and Hall
lox, Original
'Madras Estenden
Wickland, guaranteed 4i per
cent. l5 17,1 2 1 0 3,000 7,500
•Paris and Lyons 1 14 2 0 265,000 530,000
Portsmlnth lO 8 0 20,00) 40,000
•Victor Emanuel
*Western of Praline 6to 20 11 4 0 70,010 280,000
•West. of Switzerland—lS to 81 16 2 0 16,259 82,100
Wbitebaren Junction, New
10f. Pref. 1 S S 0 1,000 3,000
Wimbledon and Croydon lO 5 11.20 1 1 0 4,550 6,825
Total called In 1854 2,014,825
• The proportion called by foreign companies is 1,669,5C0i., but th
holdings of English proprietors are not known.
Amongst the imports of the week we notice the
arrival of 64 bags of copper coin by the Aden, from
Canton.
The Belgian Minister of Finance has given notice
that he has cancelled 30,4004 of the Three per Cent.
Loan of 68,474,800 francs.
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1 The annual meeting of the Scottish Australian In-
vestment Company is to be held on the 29th instant,
and an extraordinary general meeting of the
Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company
oa the 24th in

The half•yearly dividends on the stocks of the Sun
Fire and Life Assurance Society and of the Albert
Life Assurance Company are to be payable on the
11th inst.; and that on the shares of the Alliance
Marine Assurance Company, beside. a bonus of 20e.
per share, on the 12th inst.
The Australian Agricultural Company's shares ex-
perienced to-day a further fall of 11. Other land
shares were quiet. In Bank stocks the feature was
a decline in those of the Union Bank of Australia
and London Chartered Bank of Australia. Crystal
Palace shares remain quoted 23 to 3. The General
Screw Steam Shipping •Company's shares have been
dealt in at 131 to i (201. paid), and those of the
Canada Company at 107 ex div.
The subjoined weekly summary of the produce