The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-08 00:00:00

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There is no change in the pentads= el bullion,
the arrival of the West India steamer, sew two Eon
overdue, being awaited. Pressat quotation are
thus reported by Messrs. Sharpe and Wilkins:—Bar
gold, 775. 9d. per ounce standard; bar silver, without
gold, 41. 11Id. per ounce ; ditto, containing gold (all
gold above five grains in the pound to be paid for),
As. o,ld. per ounce; Mexican and South Animism
dollars, 4s. 101 d. per ounce; platina, 113 a. per omen;
quicksilver, 3s. Bd. per lb. in bond.
The price of gold yesterday at Paris was about
mile prom. (new tariff rate), which, at the Et
mint grace of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for i

Ditto
lime
Bordeaux.
time

departments' — 19,901,100 Increase 313,730
Seven day and ether bills 1,213,821 Increase 6,619
The Rest
The Reserve
The publication of these returns has been looked
for with interest, as the reduced discount rate of the
Bank was in full operation during the week, and
many parties expected a considerable influence would
be exercised on some heads of the return. The al-
most stationary position of the "other," or private se-
curities, however, combined with the strongly deve-
loped tendency of the several items representing the
resources of the Bank, shows how unimportant has
been the actual effect produced; at the same time
that it proves that the institution has only succeeded
in preserving about the same amount of 'business in
this particular department of its operations as it pos.r-
loosed prior to the reduction. Aa this business us
now carried on at a diminished charge, it, of course,
follows that the net profits must be proportionately
lessened. The stock of coin and bullion, after a
temporary decline, has again experienced a great
rise, and now stands higher than ever. There can
be little doubt that the metallic stock of the Bank
has ere now attained the long-expected amount of
twenty millions sterling, as the next return will show.
According to the official returns published in tho
Gazette of last Tuesday, the total note circulation of
all the private hanks of England and Wales, during
the week ending the 24th of April, was 3,6139,4051.;
in the week preceding, the amount was 3,662,878/.
There is consequently an increase of 6,527.
The note circulation of the joint stock hanks during
the same week was 2,980,180/. ; and the previous
week's return being 2,973,891/., the increase is shown
to be 6,289/.

On taking into consideration the active circulation
of the Bank of England, which in the week in ques-
tion was 21,598.8451. (being 457,1051. less than the
week preceding), we find the aggregate note circula-
tion of England and Wales to be 28,248,4301., which
shows a decrease of 444,2891., as compares with the
returns for the previous week ending the 17th of
April, and an increase of 1,685,5431. compared with
those for the corresponding week of last year.
As regards the fixed issues, the private banks were
1,028,670!., and the joint-stock banks 429,807/. below
the amount authorised to be issued, making a total
of 1,458,4771. below the fixed amount.

THIS DAY.

Two o'Ciocx.
The English stock market shows no signs of rally-
ing from the decline that took place after business
hours yesterday. Business is extremely quiet,
and prices are rather flat. The arrangements
for the settlement of Tuesday's account have
commenced. Consols have been quoted all day
991 to for money, and 991 to .1 for next
account, of the 9th June. The Three per Cents.
Reduced mark 981 to 1; the New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents., 100: to 1; Bank Stock, 2201,
There is no change in Exchequer Bills.
the foreign stock market the change in prices is
limited to Mexican Bonds, which opened 341 to
but in consequence of tho unfavourable news by the
Medway (published in the second edition of the
Daily News) immediately went down to 331 to 34.
Peruvian Actives mark 104 ; Portuguese Fours, 371;
Sardinian, 961 to 97 ; Spanish New Deferred, 211;
ditto Committee's Certificates, 21:per cent. ; Vane.
suelan Deferred, 18 ; Buenos Ayres° Six per Cents.,
791.