The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-13 00:00:00

The March Exchequer "ins_
in considerable
demand to•aay, and rose 2s. closing 735. to 765.
prem. The Lune bills were also better, with trans-
actions at 70s. and 725. prem.
Foreign bonds met with a fair share of business.
Spanish stocks are well supported at the late ad-
canoe. The inquiry was chiefly for the Passive
bonds, which reached 81. Peruvian Deferred were
more offered, and receded to 62. Mexican were
steadier, rallying to 25, and Buenos Ayrean also
realised improved rates. Of Sardinian there were
again some considerable purchases by an influential
broker, and the price rose to 98. The scrip of the
new Swedish loan was quoted in the morning 11 to
11prem., and in the afternoon 11 to 1/ prem. Bar-
gains are marked as follows :—Belginn Four-and-a-
Ilalf per Cents., 98, 971 (exchange, 23f.). Brazilian
Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Scrip, 1 prem. Buenos
Ayrean Six: per Cents., 72; ditto for acct., 15th
October, 73. Chilian Six per Cents., 1041 ; ditto
Three per Cents., 75. Danish Five per Cents.,loll,
1051. Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 641; ditto
Four per Cent. Certificates, 961, 1, 1 ex div.
Mexican Three per Cents., 23, 241. Peruvian
Actives, 103 ex div. • ditto Deferred Three per
Cents., 631, 621, /, 62 ex div. Russian Five per
Cents.' 1191; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents..
103. Sardinian Five per Cents., 97,3,1, 98. Spa-
nish Old Three per Cents., 611; ditto New De-
n (erred Three per Cents., 25/, 261, 231, 26, 254;
ditto Passive (Converted), 61, 3, ; ditto Commit-
tee's Certif. 31 per cent. Turkish Six per Cent.
Loan, 81, 81 pram. Venezuelan Aetives, 41.
Amongst the miscellaneous share business wo
have to record transactions in Bank of Australasia
shares at 59} and 59; London Chartered Bank of
Australia, 31 (21. 10s. paid); Union Bank of Au-
stralia, 49; ; ditto New, 61, 6 ; Australian Royal
Mail Steam (41. paid), 31 ' • Crystal Palace, 5 ;
Royal Mail Steam, 791, 804. Our detailed
list of the prices of shares in new under-
takings is subjoined : Bordeaux and Cette
Railway, 31 to 4 prem.; Upper India Rail-
way / to 1 prem.; Antwerp and Rotterdam Railway,
11 to 11 prem.; Boxier. and Graissessac Railway,
Ito prem. • Quebec and Richmond Railway, to
prem.; Woodtord Railway, par to 1 prem. ; Wim-
bledon and Croydon Railway, 1/ to 11 prem.; West
End and Crystal Palace Railway, par to 1 prem.;
Vauxhall and Sydenham Railway, to 1 Fem.;
Ebro Canal, to 1 prem.; French Crystal Palace, 1
to a prem.; English, Scottish, and Australian Bank,
to 4 prem.; Bank of India, Australia, and China,
1 toll prem.; Irish Submarine Telegraph, 1 to 1
prem.; Fair Head Harbour, 1-16 to 3-16 prem.;
North of Europe Steam, 1-16 dia. to 1-16 prem.;
Netherlands Land Enclosure, par to 1 prem.
Monday next, the 18th inst., has beeu appeinted
settling day for the shares of the Woodford Railway,
Richmond and Quebec Railway, and English. Soot-
tish, and Australian Bank.

The failure of Mr. J. Grey, flax spinner, of Dundee,
is announced, but the amount of liabilities is small.
It is stated that there are scarcely any assets
available.

With reference to the failure of the rice crop by
inundations, the accounts of which attracted so much
attention lately, the letters by the Niagara mention
that the extent of the damage was at first exagge-
rated, but that it is still estimated at 25 per cent. It
is also apprehended that, in addition, the quality of
the crop will be much deteriorated, so that it is ex-
pected prices will range high during next winter.
The Spanish papers bring the account of a warm
debate in the Cortes relative to the Spanish line
which is to meet the line of the Central Peninsular
Railway of Portugal at Bids juz. Subscriptions have
been *m.ened throughout Spanish Estremadure to
raise part of the capital for the construction of the line.
In the market for foreign exchanges this afternoon
the supply of bill. was very small, and negotiations
were consequently effected in favour of sellers, that
is to say, at lower quotations in several instances.
Short Paris remained at 25.271 to 30; ditto three
months at 25.475 to 50. Amsterdam was very
scarce, and readily taken at 12 florins. On Hamburg
little paper was offered, the rate declining to 13.7/
to 8. I. rankfort was done at the depressed quota-
tion of 1201 to /, the exchange from the other side
coming much lower, owing to an unusual scarcity of
money. Bills on Italy were iu fair request, particu-
larly Genoa, at 25.60. St. Petersburg ruled at 37
to 1. Spain and Portugal were dull at previous
rates, and Vienna and Trieste extremely flat at 11.48
to 62.

The price of silver remains firm, and the Indian
demand continues, all the supplies available being
bought up for transmission to that market, so that
the shipments by the Alexandria steamer of the 19th
inst. will no doubt be large. The Mint, the opera-
tions of which have of late been carried on with
great activity, is also in the market as a purchaser of
silver, but is usually anticipated by individuals.
Formerly, when the Mint was in want of this
metal, it used to obtain its supplies from the Bank of
England, but now that the Bank's stock of silver is
reduced so low, the Mint authorities are compelled to
enter the market in competition with the ordinary
buyers. Under these circumstances, it is natural
that the price of silver should be well maintained.
The present quotations of the bullion market arc
thus reported by Messrs. Sharps and Wilkins:—Bar
gold, Us. 9d. per oz. standard; bar silver, ss. Ofd.
per oz. standard; ditto, containing 5 grains gold,
ss. Id. per oz. standard; dollars, as. lid. per oz.;
fine cake silver, 58.51 d per oz.
The quotations of stocks at Amsterdam on Monday
are thus reported by Mr. Beater's telegraphic ex-
press : Dutch Four per Cents., 95 9-10; ditto Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 631; Mexican New, 25Z ;
Portuguese New, 38 15-18; Austrian Five per
Cent. Metallic% 78. At Vienna on Monday the