The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-05 00:00:00

RAIL IVAYS.

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocw.

The share market is inactive to-day, with prices
in most cases ruling the same as on Saturday, but the
general feeling exhibits an improvement, and the
tendency may be reported as upward. Several de-
scriptions have realised a shade better prices.
French shares are still on the rise, following the
course of the Paris Bourse. Central of France, Paris
and Rouen, and Rouen and Havre, all show an
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MINES.

(hes the Daily News.)

SATURDAY BURIN°.
The market today has been quiet, and very few
ansactions have occurred.

Although the occurrence of the holiday season
might have been expected to exercise some influence
on the mining share market, by restricting the
amount of busiuces, no diminution can be said to
have been perceptible during the week, which boa
been characterised by a good deal of activity, as our
daily reports testify. Prices of dividend mines are
very lirm,whilst the speculative descriptions also met
with many inquiries, and in a week or two it may rea-
sonably be expected that the payment of the dividends
on Consols and other government and miscellaneena
stocks will have a further stimulating effect upon this
department of business. In the course of the week
we have announced another rise in the price of tin,
to the great satisfaction of tin mine shareholders.
Proprietors of silver mines are also interested in the
upward tendency which is still perceptible in the
price of this metal, though no fresh advance has yet
taken place.
The Californian and Australian gold mining share-
market has attracted only a diminished degree of
attention during the week, and where any difference
in prices is to be noted it is in a downward sense,
but generally they may be reported stationary. this
afterjuoon quotations are as follows:—Ague Fria,
to 1 prem.; Nouveau Monde, 5 to i prem. ; Golden
Mountain, at par; Ave Maria, his, to par; West
Mariposa, sto die.
The transactions in the Stock Exchange in the
shares of the new English and Australian Copper
Smelting Company are to bo brought to a settlement
on Munday, and the preparations for this event
have been in progress to-day, but only a
limited business would appear to have been
done in them. The present quotation is 4to prem.
The following is the latest list of quotations :--Al-
fred Consuls, 161, 17; Bedford United, 65, 4; Black
Craig, 4; Cara Brea, 95; Condurrow, 100; South
Caradon, 112; West Caradon, 110; South Tolgus,
150; Trehanc, 6; Treviskey, 210; West Provi-
dence, 110; Trelawney, 46 ; Mary Ann, 421, 43 ;
Butterdon, 7; Fenton, 64; Robins, 205.; Wheal Har-
riet, 10s.; Wheal Cupid, 71, 8; Wheal Arthur, 51,
61; Tamar Consols, 34; Tincroft, 84, 9 ; Lewis, 10,
11 ; Drakowalls, 55,1; West Wheal Russell, 275. 6d.,
305.; East Leisure, 11, 12 ; Merllyn, 4f, 1; Devon
Great Consols, 280; Wheal Tremayne, 25 ; Carvan-
nal, 10 ; Wheal Brewer, 71; South Wheal Char-
lotte, 205.; Bell and Lanarth, 42a. ; East Pool, 110;
South Basset, 380; St. Aubyn and Grylls, 114, 12;
Trevelyan, 21; Garreg, 20s. ,; West Alfred Commis,
Ili, 12 5; (Vest Wheal Alfred, 15, ; Butterdon,
7 5 ; Trebarvah, 4,1; West Ding Deng, 25, 3; North
Buller, 171, 20.
Foreign Shares.—Cobre, 331, 4 ; St. John del
Rey, 21, Santiago, 44, 5; United Mexican, 21, 1.

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There is a manifest increase of firmness in the
English stock market, and throughout the Stock
Exchange to day, and prices have slightly recovered.
The uneasy feeling prevalent on Friday and Saturday
which was chiefly founded upon adverse considera-
tions of mercantile credit, in connection with the
falling due of a mass of bills on tho 4th, and which
was industriously fostered by some parties for evi-
dent reasons, is no longer so evident, and there is a
disposition to regard the various circumstances
in operation upon. the market, in a more hopeful
point of view. The official foreshadowing of the
revenue returns is also received with satisfaction,
as giving a quietus to many unfavourable reports
previously in circulation.
Consols have been steady all day at 97 to 3 ex div.
for the 16th January, being an advance of I as com-
pared with the closing rates of Satur&y. The
January dividends on Console and the other
government stocks now shut, will be in
course of. payment to tho public on Thurs-
day, and will doubtless give oocasion to the usual in-
flux of orders in the venous branches of business in
the "house." To-day's business figures are as fol-
lows: Three per Cont. Consols for account, 97, 3, ex
div. Three per Cent. Redneed, 97. f, 3. New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 981, 2. Bank Stock, 2151.
The unfunded securities remain at late rates, with
it rather more settled appearance, but without any
increase of business. Exchequer Bills rule at 565.
na. prem, and India Bonds at 68s. to7ls. prem.
The Foreign House still shows the activity ob-
served last week, there being altogether • more
evident disposition to operate in this depart-
ment. In Spanish and Sardinian the move-
ment continues very decided. A considerable
business is now doing in both descriptions,
and the former experienced another rise of 4 and the
lager of 1 per cent. Other descriptions must be
regarded as firm, at former rates. The list
of this morning's sales is as follows :—Brazi-
lian New Fie per Cents., 1843, 923. Dillon
Six per Cents., 102. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 593, 1, ex div. ; ditto Four per Cent.
Certificates, 91. French Three per Cent. Rentes,
70f. 25c.; (Exchange, 23f. 25c.) Mexican Bonds,
283, 3. Peruvian Five per Cents., 1849, 94. Por-
tuguese Four per Cents., 331. Russian Five per
Cents., 1133; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents.. 101,
3ex div. Sardinian Five per Cents., 881, 88, 89,'
883, 1. Spanish Active five per Cents., for ac-
count, 13th Jan., 221, a, 231 ; ditto Passive, 5,3;
ditto Old Three per Cents., 413 ex div.
There is scarcely any business doing in the new
gold mining shares, and quotations are nominally
unchanged.
This is settling de in the Stock Exchange in the
shares of the Now hnglish and Auustralian Copper
Smelting Company, which arc now quoted buyers at
4 perm.
Ily the Niagara, just arrived at Liverpool from
New York, we have a further import of specie to the
amount of 57,000 i. sterling.

SATURDAY EVENINO.
The discount market as yet is unchanged, not-
withstanding the step of the Bank of England hav-
ing the tendency to provoke competition. We have
already so fully commented on this measure, that we
do not now feel called upon to make further remarks.
The chief special demand on the market for capital
is from the Great Western Railway of Canada, and
from the steam navigation companies. The former
is an useful undertaking, and being for the purpose of
uniting existing railways, and supported by the Ca-
nadian government, seems likely to get its money,
more especially as the debentures bear 11111 Z per cent.
interest. The new steam navigation conipAny has
for its basis a government contract, and will on that
ground meet with favour. From the tendency of
the American trade, and from the example set by the
Royal Mail Steam Company, large steamers are again
likely to be in demand, and if so, there will be greater
requirementsof capital by thisgrowing interest. lathe
year now before us, the settlement of the India and
China contract will take place, and a considerable
sum must be raised to provide the additional ships.
New telegraph enterprises are going forward, but the
capital employed is so small that it is scarcely ob-
served.

An undertaking in which English capitalists are
engaged, and which is likely to come into this
market, is the northern railway of Spain, full par-
ticulars of which are given in the Spanish corre-
spondence of the Express of yesterday. The shares
are to be issued by the government, and bear 6 per
cent. interest with I per cent. sinking fund. This
must not, however, be looked upon as an enterprise
solely dependent on the Spanish government, and
therefore liable to the same financial reputation. The
guarantee will chiefly result from the provinces and
corporations of Spain, which have of late years so
managed their attain that they have carried out ex-
tensive public improvements, and shown themselves
earnestly desirous of maintaining their credit and
promoting the interests of their constituents. So far
as they can be gathered from the abstract Oven in
the Express, the concessions of the Spanish go-
vernment are liberal, and calculated greatly to for-
ward the undertaking. It is to be observed, too, that
the railway system has on a small scale made a good
footing in Spain.
The bullion market presents no essential change,
but we have to notice a gradually strengthening
feeling in the price of silver, which renders a further
advance probable. Tho advices by the Overland
Mail represent the demand as unabated, and with
the eastern markets unsatisfied, considerable ship-
nients must continuo to be made to that quarter.
Under these circumstances the arrival of 700,000
dols. in silver by her Majesty's ship Champion is
very opportune, but the amount, after all, is but
small.

The fall in the quotations of gold and Biller at
Paris last month, produced a corresponding effect at
Hamburg and other continental markets, but prices
at these two places now show an upward tendency.
The last prices of fine gold are :-London,
31. 17s. 9d. per ounce • Amsterdam, 10 to 11 per
cent. prem.; Bombay Veer), 10 rupees per tola;
Buenos Ayres, 3 per cent. prem. ; Calcutta (China
gold), 15.9 to 16.2 ; Canton (100 touch), 22 dole. 10e.
per tact ; Frankfort, 3781 to 379,1f1.per mare; Item-
burg, 4261 marks per mare; Jamaica, 21 to 5 per
cont. prem.; Lisbon, 0.4 per cent. die.; New York, 6
per cent. prem ; Paris, 0.03 to 0.1 per cent. prem. ;
ltio Janeiro, 158 per cent. prem. (paper), 58 per cent.
prem. (silver); Shanghai: (r), 2071 to 208 dole. per
91. 7m. Sc.; Vienna, 291 to 30 per cent. prem.
The last prices of sovereigns are: Amsterdam,
11f1. 70 to 80 ; Baliia,lB mil. to 8.200 ; Bombay, 10 ru-
pees 2 annus; 'Batavia, 138. 75; Bourbon, 5 per cent.
prem.; Colombo, 1 to 11 per cent. prem. ; Calcutta,
10 rupees 2 to 3; Frankfort, 11fl. 52 to 33; Lisbon,
4,470 rein; Madras, 10 rupees 6; Mauritius, 1 to
11 per cent. prem.; New York, 4dols. 86c.; Oporto,
4,490 reis ; Paris, 23fr. 15c. to 20e. ; Rio Janeiro, 8
mitreis 740; San Francisco, 4 dots. 83c.; Singapore,
4 dots. 60c. Trieste, 12fl. 14.
The last prices of 20-franc pieces are : Amsterdam,
9fl. 35 to 43; Bourbon, 3 per cent. prem. ; Constan-
tinople, 91 piastres 10; Frankfort, 9tl. 281 to 29t ;
Genoa, 20/. 06 ; New York, 3 dol.. Me.; Paris, 0.05
to 0.1 per cent. preni.; San Francisco, 3 dots. 83e. to
4 dots. • Venice, 23.03.
The last prices of 10 florin pieces are : -Amster-
dam, 9 fl. 60 to 70; Antwerp, 218. 74; Brussels,
201'. 78; Frankfort, 9 ft 48 to 49; San Francisco,
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1 he last prices of Spanish doubloons aro :—Bahia,
28 mil. 400 to 600; ('arthagena, New Granada, 23
per cent. prem. ; Lisbon, 14,620 milrcis; New York,
17 dole. 30c. ; Oporto, 14,0180 milrcis ; Paris, 85E
to 85f. 00c.; Pernambuco, 28m.; l'ort-au-Prinec,
202 do's. ; Rio Janeim, 30 milrein 218) to 400.
The last prices of American doubloons are: Lon-
don, 31. 18s. 3d. per or. ; Bahia, 2Hm., 400 to MO ;
13uenos Ayres, 326 dub.; Haviumah, prem.;

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