The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-07 00:00:00

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TUESDAY EVENING.
The English stock market was firmer to-day,
owing chiefly to the favourable nature of the revenue
returns, Consols being at ono time quoted as high as
100$ to 3, but no transactions are recorded at
higher value than 1001, end the price left off the
same asyeaterday, at 1001 to f, cx div. for the 16th
July. The trane*ctions were not important in this
or any other department of the house, the prevalent
political agitation naturally drawing attention
away from the security markets, and inducing
a state of quiescence amongst habitual specula-
tors. Cash transactions in Consols were to-day
resumed by " private transfer," that is to
say, upon payment of a fee of half a
crown. The regular opening of the books will not
take place till the 16th. To-day's official business
report is as follows:—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 1001, 1, I, ex div.; ditto, for the openini,
1001, t ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 1001, 101
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 1041 r 1, •
Long Annuities, 1860, 6 13-16. South Sea Stock,
111 t. The purchase of the government broker was
in Reduced Threes, at 1011.
The unfunded securities remain stationary, as
during the whole of the lest week. The March Ex-
chequer Bills rule at 765. to 793. perm.; ditto, June,
693. to 72.. prem. India Bonds, 89s. to 92.5. prem.
At the meeting of the Colonial Bank proprietors
today, a dividend of 11 per coat for the half-year
ending 31st December was declared, the balance of
profit, amounting to 9,2531. 25., being added to the
fund set apart to inert bad debts, which is thus
raised to 98,7631. According to the statemeet sub-
mitted to tho proprietary, the amount of specie held
by the institution was 240,9261. ; the circulation,
1,7,145/.; and the deposits and other
929,777/. The paid up capital is half a million
sterling.
Another failure tea occurred at Dundee, Messrs.
A. Duncan and Sons, flax spinners, having suspended
payment. The liabilities are estimated at about
20,0001., and it is thought the banks will be creditors
for opwardsof 14,0001. on drafts. The winding up, it
is feared, will be very unfavourable to the creditors.
The downward tendency in the market for foreign
exchanges received a check to-day in consequence of
the receipt of higher quotations for bills on London
from Paris and other continental bourses. Tbe ship-
ments of gold to this side, to which we referred last
week, as beginning to form a noticeable feature, not
, having as yet taken place to any great extent from
European ports, drafts on London are again be-
coming scarce, the balance of trade being palpably in
favour of this country. Short Paris was done at
25.321 to 37; ; ditto, three months, at 25.50 to .55.
Amsterdam was negotiated at 12.1 to 1 ; Hamburg,
at 13.91 to 10 ; and Frankfort, at 4201 to
121. For bills on Italy the turn was like-
wise in favour of buyers, but the quota-
tions presented no appreciable difference from
those of, last port. In Spanish paper the
transactions were very limited, and Lisbon and
Oporto coutinued heavy at 521 to 4. St. Petersburg
ruled at 371 to 1. Vienna was in demand at 11.58
to 12, and Trieste 12 to 12.4.
The bullion market remains stationary as regards
prices, the large supplies understood to be on their
way by the West Indian and Mexican packet, which
is now daily expected, being looked for as likely to
have some influence. Present quotations are re-
ported as follows, by Messrs. Sharps and Wilkins:—
Bar gold, 31. 178. 9d. per oz. standard; bar silver,
without gold, ss. Old. per oz. standard; ditto, con-
taining gold (all gold above five grains in the pound
to be paid for), say ss. 01d. per oz.; Mexican and
South American dollars, 4s. 101 d. per oz. ; fine cake
silver, C's. 41d. per oz. •
The Linden Gazette of this evening contains the
following notice respecting the amount to be invested
on account of the " Sinking Fund," in the new
quarter :
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury hav-
ing certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the
National Debt, in pursuance of the act, 10 Geo. IV., c. 27,
sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United King-
dom of Great Britain sad !raised, beyond the actual ex-
penditure thereof, fur the year ended the 6th day of April,
1862, amounted to the sum of 2,178,0961. 3s. 6d. ; the Com-
mi for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby
give notice, that the sum of 614,2491. Os. 10d., being one-
fourth part of the said surplus of 2,176,9961. 3s. fal., will be
applied, under the provisions of the said act, between the
7th day of July, 1852, and the 10th day of October, 1852, to
the following purposes, viz.:
To be applied to the purchase of Stock L 4,219 010
To be applied to the purchase of Ex-
chequer Dills, made out in pursuance
of the act 57 Geo. 3, c. 48

1544,249 0 10
Add interest receivable on account of
donations and bequests to be applied
to the purchase of Stuck

V 48,142 9 6

National Debt Office, July 2, 1852.
A. Y. SencatuaN, Comptroller-General.

Two o'CLoc K.
The English funds have been rather lower today,
owing to the suspension of the government purchases
of stock this quarter. Consols opened only 100 to A.,
but are now rather firmer, at 100,1 to = cx div. for the
16th July. The Three per Cents. Reduced mark
1001, to ; the Now Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
104 to 1. Bank Stock, 225 to 226. India Stock,
271 ex div. Exchequer Bills, June, 695. to 725.
prem. Business throughout the Stock Exchange is
very quiet.
There is no change of any importance in the fo-
reign house, in which the transactions have been few.
Mexican New Bonds mark 261 to 1. Spanish Old
Threes, 49 to 1; ditto New Deferred, 22 to „ cx div.
Granada Deferred, 91. Austrian Scrip, 4: to 41
prem.