The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-20 00:00:00

The feeling of the Consol market IMabeenbeiter
today, but confidence as to the course of operations
hu not been restored. Consols were first called 971
to 1 for money, and 971 to 1 fur account, the earliest
transactions being at 971 buyers, for account, and
sellers for money. These quotations have held during
the morning, but little has been done for account.
Later they were 971 for money, and 97/ to I
for the account. Other stocks show scam ill-,
provement to-day, and Bank Stock holds die
high pries of 218. The following are the treseto
actions reported: Three per Cent. Consols Annuities.
971, 1,2, i; ditto for account, 971; Three per Cent
woes Annuities, 981, 971, 98; New Three-ands
uarter per Cent. Annuities, 991, k ; Long Annul-
-7 1.18; Bank Stock, 218.
The unfunded securi•ies are steady at yesterday's
advance. The transactions are thus officially re-
corded: Exchequer Bills of the several descriptions,
80e. to 83s. prem. India Bonds, under I,OOOL 704.
to 711 e.
As yettatitee bueliiihris bees transacted in
the fereige,Vaarket, and tan material change has
occurred. Equador opened at 41 to f , but have
fallen heck to 41 to I. A strong wish is expend,
to held a meeting of bondholders to inquire into the
trameedeu which took place at the Spanish Mow
rim Oammittee on Monday, Mr. Powles in the
eh*, with reference to the concession of a cow
Wiliam OM Equador Stock to Messrs. Powles, of
=eat for which no authority was given by the
It is understood that the votes were two
and two, and that the commission arrangement was
only carried by the casting vote of Mr. Powles, the
deputy chairman. The amount involved is about
40,0001. stock. In consequence of the advertisement
of the dividend, Mexicans opened at 33, but have
since been dealt in at yesterday's prices. The fol-
lowing is the official record of the morning's trans-
actions:—Brazilian Bonds, Five per Cents., 9d.
Belgian Bonds, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 90t,
Chili= Bonds, Six per Cents., 1031. Dutch onfle.
Two-and-a-Half per Cent., 591, ?„ k ; ditto Four pea
Cent. Certificates, 927„ 92. Equador Bonds, 41, I i
Grenada Bonds, Oneand-a-lialf per Cent, 20b p,
ditto, Deferred 8/, 8. Mexican Bonds for aesennt.
33, 32?,. Peruvian Bonds, Five per Cent., for ameent,
99 ; ditto Deferred, 49. Sardinian Bonds, Five pee
Cent., for account, 89. Spanish Actives, 231 ; ditto
Passives, 51; ditto, New Three per Cents. De-
ferred, 181, 1. Venezuela Bonds, Three-and-a-Quar-
ter per Cents., 381.
The condition of the English stock market ham
had a favourable influence on that for American
stocks. These securities have conic into more re-
quest and a very active demand has been experienced.
Canada scrip, it will be seen, is at 4 per cent prem.
Present quotations are thus reported by Messrs. D.
Bell, Son, and Co : _ .

able. Divideds. Prices.
United Saida 3 per Ot. TWA 1833 J as. and July 904 914
Edw. 6 per Ct. Ob. WU Jan. and July 101 102
Do. 11 par R. d...
Do. 6 per Ct. 44011 1447.1548 Jan. uud Jut, 1011 106
Do 6 par (Cente Rook
New York e 3 pv (*lts. 18.4. WM (Wordily 91 93
3 per Cl. block Feb. and Aug. 614 524
ourls:7l,:airtier 1636 Jan. and July 03
Mtn 6 par Ousts
Ditto' par Odds 18704673 Jan. sad Jay 103 106
Illaradiumetts I par Ct. lidding
lauds .
. .

Maryland Spey Ct. Fleeing Bd JUL and July 89 90'
Virginia 6 per Cent. Mods 169 Jas. and July 97
Semmes 6 per Orals
Cesada 6 per Ct. Bondi 1674 Ma eiet Mg. IN 107
Ditto 6 per Ct. *My
Bootee tkr 6 par Cleats. - 93 91
Maistreal C 1.7 II per Cents IBM Illar.dept.,Ap.lloet. 92
Ylitledeitiblseed needled tail
M.. Far Ct. &Mew Ikeda 1260 Jr. sad lelp 74 76
Wears interned that the General Screw Shipping
Company have eaceeeded in obtaining the contract
fur the mails to India by the Mauritius, Ceylon,
and Calcutta. The contract is to come into
operation on the 15th May, a monthly service is
to be performed, and, in the first instance, the com-
piny's new vessels of 1,730 tons will be put on the
line.

The traffic returns for the last week on the under-
mentioned English lines of railway, as made up to
this day are as follows:

18.52. 1851.
London and North Western £40,683 .... £40,336
Midland
Lancashire and Yorkshire 16,056 .... 13,645
London and South Western 8,366 .... 7,960
London and Brighton
Great Western
South Eastern
York and North Midland
Exeter and Crediton
Bristol and Exeter
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 13,648 ....
Shrewsbury and Chester 1,464 ....
Great Northern 11,491 ....
Leeds Northern S66 ....
North Staffordshire
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midlands Junction
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire 6,542 ....
Shropshire Union 470 ....
Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port
Bolton, Blackburn, & Clitheroe 679 ....
Whitehaven Junction lB7 .• • •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 699 ....
Kendal and Windermere
Eastern Counties and Norfolk 13,233 ....
East Anglian

3,570
12,906
1,344
7,799
606
3,399
1,063

5,821
487

141
12,360
695

Total £183,452 £170,807
The total receipts upon the corresponding lines
being 183,372!., against 170,8071. in the same week
of last year, the increase ii shown to be 12,5G51., or
about 7 per cent. The number of miles open in 1852 '
was 3,992/ ; and in 1851, 3,8811 ; being an increase of
131; miles, or 34 per cent. The aggregate average
return per mile per week was, in 1832, 45/.lBa. 10& ;
and in 1851, 441. 4s. Bd., so that the difference re-
mains in favour of the present year of 11. 14a. 2d.
per mile.
The returns on Scotch lines are u under :

1862. 1861.
Aberdeen
Caledonian 7,•165 .... 6,906
Scottish Central
Glasgow and South Western 3,139 .... 3,302
The Irish returns are:

1852.

Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and County Down
Dublin and Belfast Junction
Dublin and Drogheda
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Irish South Eastern
Londonderry and Enniskillen
Ulster

1:536
161
687 ....
154
161 ....

1861.
.£544
146
382
784
139
167
143
822

;207 ....
918 ....