| Months. | Bank Stock. | 3 per ct. reduced. | 3 per ct. Consols. | 3 per ct. Annuities, 1726. | New 3¼ per ct. | New 5 per ct. | Long Annuities, expire 1860. | Long Annuities, 30 Years exp. 1859. | Long Annuities, 30 Years. exp. 1860. | India Stock. | South Sea Stock. | Exchequer Bills, £1,000. | ||
| 1846: | November, | { | 206½ | 93⅞ | 95 | 94 | 95⅞ | 118 | 9⅞ | 9¾ | 10⅛ | 258 | 103⅞ | 14s. at 1½d. |
| { | 204 | 93⅛ | 94 | 94 | 95⅛ | 118 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 255 | 103⅞ | 6s. pm. | ||
| December, | { | 207¼ | 94⅞ | 95½ | 94⅞ | 96½ | 121 | 9⅞ | 9¾ | 10⅛ | 254¾ | 105¼ | 14s. ” | |
| { | 205 | 93⅞ | 95 | 94¼ | 95⅝ | 121 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 254¾ | 104¼ | 8s. ” | ||
| 1847: | January, | { | 206½ | 94 | 93¾ | 91¾ | 95¾ | 114 | 9⅞ | 9¾ | 9¾ | 254¾ | 103¾ | 15s. ” |
| { | 203½ | 90¾ | 91⅛ | 91 | 93 | 114 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 249 | 100 | 5s. ” | ||
| February, | { | 205 | 91⅝ | 91½ | 89⅜ | 93½ | 9⅝ | 9½ | 9½ | 251 | 101¼ | 10s. ” | ||
| { | 202½ | 90⅝ | 90⅜ | 89¾ | 92⅜ | 9 | 9⅜ | 9 | 249 | 100¼ | par. | |||
| March, | { | 205½ | 91½ | 90⅞ | 88¾ | 93⅜ | 9⅝ | 9⅜ | 9⅝ | 251 | 99¼ | 7s. pm. | ||
| { | 203½ | 90⅝ | 88⅛ | 88¾ | 90⅞ | 9 | 9⅜ | 9⅛ | 250 | 99¼ | 1s. ” | |||
| April, | { | 200½ | 87⅜ | 88¼ | 88⅝ | 118 | 9⅛ | 8⅞ | 9¾ | 246½ | 97⅜ | 10s. at 2d. | ||
| { | 190 | 84⅜ | 85⅛ | 86 | 118 | 8⅞ | 8¾ | 9¼ | 244 | 95½ | 1s. pm. | |||
| May, | { | 196 | 87½ | 88⅝ | 85⅜ | 89⅛ | 117 | 9 | 8¾ | 9¼ | 244 | 98½ | 10s. dis. | |
| { | 188 | 85¼ | 86⅜ | 85⅜ | 87 | 117 | 8⅞ | 8¾ | 9 | 240 | 96¾ | par. | ||
| June, | { | 197½ | 89½ | 88⅞ | 91¼ | 118 | 9⅛ | 9⅜ | 9½ | 246 | 12s. pm. | |||
| { | 195 | 86¾ | 87¾ | 88⅝ | 113 | 9 | 8⅞ | 9⅜ | 246 | 3s. ” | ||||
| July, | { | 198 | 89½ | 89¼ | 87¾ | 91⅝ | 115 | 9⅛ | 8⅞ | 8⅞ | 246½ | 98⅝ | 15s. ” | |
| { | 195 | 88⅛ | 88 | 86⅞ | 90⅜ | 115 | 9 | 8⅞ | 8¾ | 244 | 97⅜ | 10s. ” | ||
| August, | { | 198 | 89 | 88⅝ | 90¾ | 118 | 9⅛ | 9 | 8⅞ | 244 | 98⅝ | 10s. ” | ||
| { | 195 | 86⅞ | 86¼ | 88⅝ | 118 | 9 | 8¾ | 8½ | 239 | 95⅛ | 2s. ” | |||
| September, | { | 197½ | 88¼ | 87½ | 89⅝ | 112 | 9⅛ | 9 | 8¾ | 241 | 17s. ” | |||
| { | 195½ | 86¾ | 85⅛ | 88¼ | 112 | 9 | 8⅞ | 8¾ | 236 | 11s. ” | ||||
| October, | { | 186 | 82⅞ | 85¾ | 83⅜ | 115 | 8½ | 8½ | 8¾ | 238 | par. | |||
| { | 180 | 78¼ | 79¼ | 79½ | 115 | 8 | 7⅝ | 8⅜ | 238 | 30s. dis. | ||||
| 1847: | November, | { | 189 | 83⅞ | 85½ | 85½ | 8⅝ | 8¼ | 8¾ | 235 | 93¾ | 2s. pm. at 2d. | ||
| { | 185 | 81 | 82 | 81¾ | 8⅛ | 8 | 8½ | 228 | 91¼ | 20s. dis. | ||||
| December, | { | 189 | 85⅜ | 86 | 86¾ | 8⅝ | 8½ | 8⅞ | 235 | 94½ | 12s. pm. at 3d. | |||
| { | 186½ | 84 | 85½ | 85½ | 8½ | 8⅜ | 8 | 235 | 92½ | 2s. pm. | ||||
| 1848: | January, | { | 202 | 89⅞ | 89½ | 90⅜ | 90¾ | 114 | 9 | 8¾ | 8½ | 243 | 96 | 35s. ” |
| { | 187 | 84⅞ | 85⅞ | 89¼ | 86 | 108½ | 8⅝ | 8½ | 8⅝ | 227 | 93 | 12s. ” | ||
| February, | { | 202 | 89⅞ | 89⅞ | 87½ | 90¾ | 9 | 8⅞ | 8¾ | 245 | 98 | 41s. ” | ||
| { | 191 | 81¾ | 81½ | 82½ | 8½ | 8⅝ | 8¼ | 230 | 95¾ | 5s. ” | ||||
| March, | { | 194 | 82⅞ | 83⅜ | 79⅞ | 83¼ | 8⅞ | 8½ | 8½ | 253 | 89¾ | 35s. ” | ||
| { | 191 | 80¼ | 80⅝ | 82⅞ | 8⅝ | 8⅜ | 8¼ | 86 | 13s. ” | |||||
| April, | { | 189 | 81 | 82⅝ | 82¾ | 104 | 8⅜ | 8¼ | 8½ | 231½ | 88¼ | 45s. pm. at 2½d. | ||
| { | 185½ | 78½ | 80 | 79½ | 8⅛ | 8 | 8¼ | 227 | 85 | 33s. pm. | ||||
| May, | { | 193 | 82¾ | 84⅜ | 82½ | 83⅞ | 108 | 8⅝ | 8⅜ | 8¾ | 234 | 92⅝ | 47s. ” | |
| { | 189 | 81½ | 83¼ | 80⅛ | 82½ | 107 | 8⅜ | 8⅛ | 8½ | 229 | 90 | 30s. ” | ||
| June, | { | 193 | 84½ | 84¾ | 81½ | 85 | 111 | 8¾ | 8⅝ | 8¾ | 234 | 92⅝ | 41s. pm. at 2d. | |
| { | 189 | 82¼ | 83⅞ | 81 | 83¼ | 8¼ | 8⅛ | 231 | 90⅛ | 32s. pm. | ||||
| July, | { | 198½ | 89 | 88⅞ | 84 | 89⅛ | 109 | 9⅛ | 8⅞ | 8⅝ | 245 | 97½ | 52s. ” | |
| { | 190 | 85 | 85⅞ | 85⅝ | 8⅜ | 8½ | 8⅜ | 239 | 96⅛ | 32s. ” | ||||
| August, | { | 199 | 87½ | 87⅛ | 87¾ | 112 | 9 | 8⅝ | 8¾ | 243 | 97¼ | 39s. ” | ||
| { | 196 | 85¼ | 85⅜ | 85⅜ | 109 | 8⅝ | 8⅜ | 8⅜ | 238 | 21s. ” | ||||
| September, | { | 198 | 86⅜ | 86¼ | 87¼ | 8⅞ | 8⅝ | 8⅝ | 240 | 95 | 31s. ” | |||
| { | 196 | 85⅞ | 85⅝ | 86½ | 8¾ | 8½ | 8½ | 235 | 22s. ” | |||||
| October, | { | 190 | 84¾ | 86¾ | 84¼ | 85⅛ | 112 | 8½ | 8½ | 8¾ | 237 | 95¼ | 40s. ” | |
| { | 183 | 83¼ | 84⅛ | 84⅛ | 84 | 108½ | 8¼ | 8⅛ | 8½ | 234 | 92¾ | 29s. ” | ||
| 1848: | November, | { | 190 | 86¼ | 87½ | 85⅜ | 89 | 8½ | 8⅝ | 8⅞ | 237 | 95⅞ | 45s. pm. at 2d. | |
| { | 188 | 84⅝ | 85⅞ | 85⅜ | 8½ | 8⅜ | 8⅜ | 232 | 94 | 36s. pm. | ||||
| December, | { | 191½ | 88⅞ | 89⅜ | 89⅜ | 8⅞ | 8⅝ | 8⅞ | 241 | 96¾ | 42s. ” | |||
| { | 188½ | 86¼ | 87⅜ | 89¼ | 8¼ | 8⅝ | 8⅜ | 237 | 94⅞ | 37s. ” | ||||
| 1849: | January, | { | 196 | 91⅝ | 91¾ | 88⅞ | 92¼ | 9 | 8⅞ | 8¾ | 245 | 98⅞ | 51s. ” | |
| { | 188½ | 88⅞ | 88⅞ | 87¼ | 89¼ | 8¾ | 8½ | 8¼ | 238¾ | 96¾ | 40s. ” | |||
| February, | { | 197¼ | 94½ | 94½ | 95½ | 120 | 9⅓ | 8⅞ | 8¾ | 249 | 102 | 53s. ” | ||
| { | 193 | 91⅛ | 91⅛ | 92¼ | 116 | 8⅞ | 8⅝ | 8¼ | 243 | 100 | 39s. ” | |||
| March, | { | 196 | 92¾ | 92¾ | 93⅞ | 119½ | 9⅛ | 8⅞ | 8⅞ | 245 | 100¾ | 45s. ” | ||
| { | 193 | 91 | 90½ | 91½ | 8⅞ | 8¾ | 8½ | 240 | 99⅛ | 35s. ” | ||||
| April, | { | 194 | 90⅞ | 93¾ | 90½ | 91¾ | 8⅝ | 8⅜ | 8¾ | 248 | 101 | 49s. ” | ||
| { | 191½ | 90 | 91⅛ | 90 | 91 | 9⅛ | 8¼ | 8⅜ | 243 | 44s. ” | ||||
| May, | { | 195 | 91⅛ | 92⅝ | 91¾ | 8⅝ | 8⅜ | 8¾ | 250 | 100⅝ | 49s. ” | |||
| { | 192½ | 89¼ | 90⅛ | 90⅛ | 8⅜ | 8¼ | 8¾ | 245 | 99⅛ | 44s. ” | ||||
| June, | { | 195 | 92⅝ | 92¾ | 89¼ | 92⅝ | 8¾ | 8½ | 8⅞ | 252 | 100¼ | 48s. ” | ||
| { | 193½ | 89¼ | 90⅛ | 90⅛ | 8⅜ | 8⅜ | 8¾ | 250 | 44s. ” | |||||
| July, | { | 200 | 93¼ | 93¾ | 91⅜ | 94⅛ | 9 | 8⅝ | 8⅝ | 253¾ | 103 | 51s. ” | ||
| { | 195 | 91½ | 92⅛ | 92¼ | 8⅝ | 8⅝ | 8½ | 251 | 102⅞ | 44s. ” | ||||
| August, | { | 200 | 93⅛ | 93 | 90⅛ | 94⅛ | 118¼ | 9 | 8¾ | 8¾ | 255½ | 102¾ | 51s. ” | |
| { | 198½ | 92 | 92½ | 92⅝ | 8⅝ | 8⅝ | 8½ | 252 | 101¼ | 40s. ” | ||||
| September, | { | 200 | 92⅞ | 92⅞ | 89¼ | 94 | 8⅞ | 8⅝ | 8⅞ | 254 | 102⅜ | 42s. ” | ||
| { | 199 | 92½ | 93⅛ | 93¾ | 8⅜ | 8⅝ | 8½ | 252 | 35s. ” | |||||
| October, | { | 198½ | 91¼ | 92⅝ | 91 | 92⅜ | 8½ | 8¼ | 8½ | 257 | 102½ | 47s. ” | ||
| { | 196 | 90⅛ | 91⅜ | 90⅞ | 91¾ | 8⅜ | 8⅛ | 8¼ | 254 | 100¾ | 41s. ” |
FOOTNOTES:
[13] The above tract appeared in 1719.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
TO
CHRONICLES AND CHARACTERS
OF THE
STOCK EXCHANGE.
- Alison, Remarks on the National Debt, [83]
- Annuities, Policy of, [85]
- Asgill, Mr., on reducing the National Debt, [87]
- Baily, Francis, Defence of the Brokers, [72], [81]
- Bank of England,—First Charter, 27th July, 1694, [9]
- ”” First payment of Government dividends, [23]
- ”” Directors of, from 1694 to 1847, [156]
- ”” Dividends of, from 1694 to 1849, [161]
- Barbier, Mr., on the National Debt, [87]
- Barclay and Co., Bankers, Operations of, [104]
- Baring and Goldsmid, Anecdotes of, [61], [75]
- Barings, Sketch of the House of, [75]
- Barnard, Sir John, Opposition to the Stock Exchange, [26]
- ”” Act against Stock Gambling, [27]
- Blackboard, Notices of the, [55], [120]
- Blunt, Sir John, Originator of the South-sea Bubble, [23]
- Bolland, James, Execution of, for forgery, [119]
- Bolingbroke, Remarks on the National Debt of England, [82], [84]
- Bonaparte, Policies on the life of, [79]
- Bowring, and the Greek Loan, [106]
- Bridgewater Canal, [90]
- Brokers, Acts against, [71]
- ’Change Alley, Origin of, [10]
- Charitable Corporation Frauds in London, [19]
- Chatham, Lord, Opinions of ’Change Alley, [57]
- Clayton, Sir Robert, notice of, [8]
- Cochrane, Lord, Fraud of, [80]
- Consols, Highest and Lowest Prices of, for 120 years, [153]
- Daniels, Joseph Elkin, Fraud of, [69]
- Douglas, Heron, & Co., of London, Failure of, [39]
- Dunbar, Speculations of, [118]
- East India Company, Stock of, [9], [18]
- ”” Restriction of its Dividends, [37]
- Elizabeth, (Queen,) Numerous Monopolies granted by, [8]
- Equitable Loan Company, Charter of, [97]
- Exchequer Bills, First Fraud in, [17]
- Exchange Alley, Anatomy of, [135]
- Fordyce, Alexander, Fraud of, [40]
- Foreign Loans contracted, [17]
- Fox, Charles James, Anecdote of, [58]
- Frauds and Forgeries, [32], [40], [69], [77], [80], [100], [119]
- Furness, Sir Henry, Anecdote of, [11]
- French Revolution, Effects of the, [64]
- Germany, Attempted Loan for, [26]
- Gideon, Sampson, the Jew Broker, [33], [118]
- Goldsmid, Abraham and Benjamin, [59]
- ” Suicide of, [60]
- Gordon, Lord George, Anecdote of, [58]
- Gray, Thomas, Plan for Roads, [92], [94]
- Greece, Loan to, [104]
- Guatemala, Loan to, by English Capitalists, [103]
- Guise, Count de, Notice of, [119]
- Guy, Thomas, Anecdote of, [12], [25]
- Hebrew Brokers, Number limited to Twelve, [42]
- Hume, David, Remarks on the National Debt, [84]
- Hume, Joseph, and the Greek Loan, [105]
- Johnstone, Cochrane, Fraud of, [80]
- Joint Stock Companies, Speculations in, [73]
- Life Insurance, Notices of, [125], [127]
- ”” Indisputable Company, [127]
- ”” Policies on Diseased Lives, [128]
- ”” Fraudulent Companies, [130]
- Liverpool and Manchester Railroad, [93]
- Loans to Continental Powers, [104], [115]
- ”New, Frauds, &c., [44], [154]
- ”Since 1793, and Rates of Interest, [154]
- Lopez, Manassez, Punishment of, [29]
- Lotteries, Invention of, [49]
- ”Employed by the State, for Revenue Purposes, [47]
- ”Evils of, and Frauds in, [49]
- ”Abolition of, [53]
- ”Effects of, [50]
- Loyalty Loan, Subscriptions to, [68]
- Marlborough’s (Duke of) Victories, Effects of, [21]
- MacGregor, Gregor, Notice of, [100]
- Mining Companies, Speculations in, [98]
- Moneyed Interest, Origin, Extravagance, and Folly of the, [7]
- National Debt (The), Remarks on, [1], [6], [23]
- ”” Proposal to reduce the Interest on, [28]
- ”” Increase of, 1740-1766, [32], [35]
- ”” Curious Proposition to pay off, [66], [86]
- ”” Review of, [82]
- ”” Smith, Paine, Hervey, Graham, on, [84]
- Newcastle, Duke of, Notice of, [118]
- Petty, Sir Henry, Proposal for a Sinking Fund, [72]
- Pitt, William, Policy of, [64], [65]
- Plomer, Sir Thomas, Fraud on, [77]
- Portugal, Loan to, by English Capitalists, [115]
- Poyais Fraud, Disastrous Effects of the, [100]
- Ricardo, David, Notice of, [77]
- Rice, John, Execution of, for Forgery, [32]
- Rothschild, Notices of, [109], [111]
- ”Death of, [114]
- Royal Exchange, (The) Notice of, [8]
- Secret Service Money, [37]
- Sedley, Sir Charles, Speech of, [13]
- Sinking Fund, the Origin of the, [34], [55]
- Spanish Stock, Fall in, [116]
- Speculations of 1825, [108]
- South American Loans, [99], [103]
- South-sea Bubble, Notices of the, [23], [25]
- Sprot, Mark, Death of, [74]
- Stephenson, on Railroads, [94]
- Stock Exchange, Increased Importance of, [22], [76]
- ”” Opposed by Sir John Barnard, [26]
- ”” Origin of the Blackboard, [55]
- ”” Removal of, [67], [108]
- ”” Increase of Business, 1810-15, [76]
- ”” Morals and Manners of the, [121]
- ”” Rules of the Board for its Members, [124]
- Time Bargains, Origin of, [27]
- Tontines, History of, [6]
- Tulip Mania in Holland, Sketch of, [4]
- Vansittart, Mr., Modification of the Sinking Fund, [78]
- Walpole, Sir R., Opposition to the German Loan, [26]
- ”” ”to a Reduction of Interest on National Debt, [28]
- ”” Adoption of the Sinking Fund, [34]
- ”” Remarks on the National Debt, [84]
- Walsh, Benjamin, Trial of, for Fraud, [77]
- Wilkes, John, Anecdotes of, [42]
- William III., Modes of raising Money for War Purposes, [7]
- ”Enormous Briberies of, [12]
- ”Increased Taxation under, [13]
- ”Defence of his Policy, [14]
Transcriber’s Notes
- pg 32 Changed: conscience of Rice took the the alarm
to: conscience of Rice took the alarm - pg 36 Changed: was carried through and approved by a phcuniary
to: was carried through and approved by a pecuniary - pg 147 Changed: said to manage for three blue ribbonds
to: said to manage for three blue ribbons - New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.