The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET

MONDAY EVENING.—As a whole, the transactions in the
departments of the Stock Exchange have not been extensive,
and the markets closed with gloomy appearances. In the
English funds, the first movement of the day was upwards,
the advices from Paris, and the improved state of the French
Rentes, adding to the growing confidence of the speculators
for the rise. At one o'clock the quotation of Consols for
money was 881 to;, and for the account 881 to i; but the
sudden re-action in the foreign market in the latter part of
business caused a decline of I per cent., making the last
price for money 881 to 1, and for the account 881 to 1. Still
this is an advance upon the latest prices of Saturday. Bank
Stock has borne the quotation of 1661 to 1671 all day, and
Exchequer Bills Gs to Ss premium.

TUESDAY EVENISG.—In English stocks the operations
to-day were of no great extent, or character. but, under the
influence of the downward tendency of the Peninsular secu-
rities, prices gave way per cent., and the market closed
very dull. Consols for money were marked 88k to I, and
for the account, 88,1 to Bank Stock has not sustained its
previous value, being now quoted 166 to 167. Money is
fairly easy, and Exchequer Bills remain 6s. to Bs. prem.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.—A further decline in the value
of Consols, of about per cent., took place to-day, and the
offers of Stock At the lower prices were large. The decline
appears to have been the effect of the pause in business on
the Paris Bourse, and the apprehensions of the jobbers of
the result of the present critical position of continental
affairs. Consols for money closed 88, and for the account
88 to A. The adverse turn the exchanges have taken tends
also to depress the market. Bank Stock is quoted a shade
higher, 1661 to 1674. Exchequer Bills continue 6s. to Bs.
premium.

The letters from Madrid, setting forth the proceedings of
the provisional junta, the continuation of the insurrectionary
movement, and the dissatisfaction expressed by the popular
party at the conduct of the Queen of Spain, operated unfa-
vourably on the prices of Spanish Securities, and the market,
in the course of the day was overwhelmed with Stock. Spa-
nish Actives shut at 214 to 24. Portuguese Stock was, of
course, influenced to a certain extent, the Five per Cents
were last quoted 32 to 4, and the Three per Cents 21 to 4.
Other Foreign Stocks are likewise quoted rather lower. Co-
lombian 224 to 23. Mexican Old 25 to 4 ; Ditto New 26 to
27. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents 504 to 4, and the Five
per Cents 100 to 4.
In the Share Market there was a falling off in business.
and most descriptions experienced a depreciation. North
Midland are at 16 to 14 dis., New do. 1 to 3 pm., Blackwell
34 to 3 dis., Brighton 11 to 104 dis., Great Western 18 to 20
pin., and South Western 524 to 34 per share.

DEATH OF HER ROYAL••HIGHNESS THE

PRINCESS AUGUSTA

COURT CIRCULAR.—WxDNEsDAI

The Princess Augusta expired at 17 minutes past nine
o'clock, last night, at Clarence House, St. James's, after a
long and very trying illuesS, which her royal highness bore
with the utmost patience and meekness. Throughout the pro-
gress of her painful malady her royal highness exhibited the
greatest resignation, fulfilling, in the interval of freedom
from suffering, her religious and devotional duties. With
the exception of a few hours previous to her decease, the
princess retained her consciousness to the last, or at least
was easily roused to a state of consciousness, and during this
painful trial her royal highness constantly ►maintained that
amiability of temper which always characterised her. The
last moments of the princess were attended by all the royal
family in town—viz., the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of
Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, the Duke of Sussex, and
the Duke of Cambridge, and also by her royal highness's
medical attendants, Sir Henry Halford and Mr. Moore,
together with the Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain to her Majesty
the Queen Dowager.
All the royal family had been in anxious attendance on
their relative from an early hour yesterday morning, re-
maining to the last by the bedside of her royal highness.
Immediately after the melancholy event, the Duke of Sus-
sex despatched one of his equerries, Col. S►r A. Macdonald,
to Windsor Castle, to convey the melancholy tidings to her
Majesty. Information was also forwarded to the Princess
Sophia Matilda, at Broadstairs.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and the other members
of the royal family took their departure from Clarence
House at half-past ten o'clock.