The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-21 00:00:00

The feature of the market to-day consisted in Con-
sole again touching par. A good inquiry for invest-
ment continues to be experienced, and Consols aro
only following the upward movement shown by the
other government stocks, which of late have received
more attention from investors than even Consols. The
Three per Cent. Reduced aro sensibly supported by
the operations of the government broker, who again
purchased to-day at 991, besides making a further
investment in the Three per Cent. stock of 1726 at
997. Consobionly varied between 991 and par, and
finally left off quoted 994 for cash, 997 to
100 for the account of the Bth June. Bank Stock
participated in the improved feeling of the market,
and was quoted at the enhanced figure of 221. The
following is the day's official business report :—1
Throe per Cent. Consols, for money, 991, 100, 997,1
1; ditto, for account, 997, 100, 991. Three per
t. Reduced, 991, 99, 1. New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents., 1011, 1. Three per Cent.
Annuities, 1728, 991. Long Annuities, 1860, 6 13-16,
1. South Sea Stock, 1111. Rank Stock, 2207, 220,
221.

The March Exchequer Bills were to-day sold at
72e. prem.( Auk dead at yesterday% rate of 71a. to
74e. prem. The June Bills were dealt in at 645. to
675. prem. India Bonds were very unsteady, in cense-
9nence of the announcement of the reduction in the
interest, which, however, does not take effect till
twelve months hence. The price was widely, quoted
755. to 80s. prem., sales being effected at the lower
figure.
Business in the foreign bond department remains
extremely dell, and there is consequently no in-
fluence operation calculated to impart move-
ment to prices. The subjoined list of the day's
sales presents only a few instances of frac-
tional variation from the prices of yesterday.
Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 981, 99,1 Buenos
Ayres Six per Cents.,'l3 a, 74. Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 94..1 Dutch Four per Cent. Certifi-
cates, 921. Granada Deferred Bonds, 81. Mexican
Old Bonds, 32; ditto, New Three per Cents., 261, a.
Peruvian Actives, 102, 103. Russian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 103. Sardinian Five per Cents.,
97, a. Spanish Passive Bonds, 51 ' • ditto, Old Three
per Cents., 47 ; ditto, for account, May 28, 461;
ditto, New Deferred Three per Cents., 201, ; ditto,
Committee's Certificates, 2} per cent. Venezuela
Three-and-a-Half pergents., 41, 401; ditto, Deferred,
141 15.
hares in the new Crystal Palace Company opened
h to # prem., but there was a great amount of selling
later in the day, and the price closed only to a
prem.
The colonial wool sales commenced this afternoon
at the Hall of Commerce. There was a very large
attendance of buyers, both foreign and from the west
and north of England. Priors ruled from Id. to 2d.
per lb. above the quotations of February, and all the
wool offering was sold.
The annual meeting of the proprietors of the Pro-
vincial Bank of Ireland was held to-day, when the
directors' report showed that the profits of the year
ending the 27th March list had been 47,6681.,which,
added- to the amount of rest at the same date of
69,1771., made the actual amount of rest 116,8361.
Out of this sum the directors recommended the usual
dividend of 8 per cent. per annum free of inoomo-tax,
and the recommendation was unanimously adopted.
The busbiess transacted in the market for Ameri-
can stacks has been to a fair extent, though rather
lees active than last week, and prices are tairly sup-
ported. The advice, from the other aide notice that
the present easy condition of the money market con-
tinua to lead to a good deal of stock being put upon
the market. Six per Cant. bonds of the state of
Georgia to the amount of 500,000 dole., redeemable
in 1872, were negotiated at 105, and a portion of
them was subsequently re-sold at a considerable ad-
vance. Several cities of the Union were likewise
in the market as borrowers. It is also announced
that a new issue of 500,000 dole. of New York and
Haab= Railroad Bonds, bearing 7 per oent. interest,
and radsmabito in 15 years, had been taken at per.
The latest quotations of the London market are thus
reported by Mews. D. Bell, Son and Co. :
aedessialdt. Dividends. Priam
nail lEds. 1962 Jan. sad July 104 10
1668 lea. sat July 110 its
De. Sprat 18674866 lac. aad July 108 :osa
likrefealuse f ono. ie3838-1880Graarterly es to
awn alig r. mc of
e, 1638-1162 218.. W+
0171.1.110mb"...
par Ct. Iltertiag
Maki
pssDints
Slarlise Da. Jaa. sad July 91 96
Dints 1837.1673 Jas.sod July 90 96
Ilrla 6 par Cant. Sands 1164 100 101
Omsk • par Ct. 800de.„.... 1174 Me. sae Aug. 11$ 113 i
linked City I pee Coot& 11i7-1845 :parka ...d aiW SI se
As American railroad bonds are now frequently
dealt in in this market, the annexed quotations will
probably be acceptable:
hew Tort and Ws Ist Meetings 800de....... lO7 198
Ditto diets 2nd Meetings 99 100
Cosvirtlbko
The following document had been. inserted in the
Garotte of Madrid :

Ministry of Finance.-The Quin has approved the
bases, agreed to by your lordship end the Bank d Sae Fer-
nando, for the offer, made by that estettlishmast, at the sea
heinces held with its oatmeal, of the fends M pty
the dividend on the home and foreign $ per rat de
daaea
at the dote of the month of Are nest, as veil es the in-
Welt of the deferred debt, duriag dr seem bell year, on
dr following terms :-1. The Baal will era at the dia•
ptealof the General Direction of the Tramway, to be trans-
hewed to that of the Public Debt, the ram of 73,000,000 f.,
at the periods f-On 16th leas nen, 28,000,000 f.
In !Alb OK payable at data Seed by the Treasury,
teethe earnest of the foreign debt; anion the Ist of July
gennwing, 22,600,000 f. in cash, for the payment of the home
debt ; sad on the Ist of August, 24601400 E also in cash,
Se the ewe object. 2. The exchange en the tame, which
the Pea Till deliver in bills on Paris mid LUAUS. sell
be And by that establiahment and the Tammy ea lothl
June next. 3. The advessee of funds made by die Hank
shall be reimbursed is 90 days, with inkwell* at the rats of
6 per east. per manure. 4. The Treasury will pay the
Bank a 00OtOthikin of one-half per cent. oa the same
delivered abroad, and a quarter per cent. on those delivered
in specie at Madrid.
(Signed) JUAN Sanyo MIIItILLO.
To the Director-General of the Public Treasury.
Madrid, May 6, 1862.
The Irak return' for the last week on the under.
mentioned English lines of railway, as made up to
tbis day, are as follows:
1862. 1861. 18.50.
Leaden sad NarthWeeters £46,254 £48,041 ..E46,932
leserithre ani Tediahire 18,190 16,443 .. 13,812
mg Bea& Western 11,361 10.997 ~ 11,087
-smi Brighton
Orpt'W.
Mislead
Beath Marrs
Tea eel Meth Midland 7,499 .. 9,631 ~ 7,366
=tetra owl Creates
BeiMel sag Easter
Melivel=a4 Chester 1,869 .. 1,676 .. 1,664
9esep
Loeb ieu 1,7 .. 980 . , 93.5
Bulk M Math
ellniehini 6,114 .. 4,708 4,746
Mnerthester, Buxton, and
Merleds. l2O ~ 166 131
MWeigeestee, ghelleld, and
6,319 6,898 .. 6,701
M=lloledernere 168 17 . -
OWN, imit Holyhead . 2,968 .. 2,690 2,664
IMatmaarawk and Cheshire
hearties 1,688 1,286 .. 1,060
Ohrepidee Union 742 .. 648 492
Bei" Blackburn, and
Clititres 877 .. 673 .. 428
Lisel,Craaby, and South-
-328 268 .. 146
Serb *air 1,420 1,079 ~ -
Meashestee,hBouthhinction 540 .. 608 .. 399
°outlasting our comparison of the three instead of
two years' traffics, we fled the following to be the
to results presented by the above figures (ex-
udinga lines upon which the corresponding week's
returns are not given) :-
Gross Amount No. of Miles Average Receipts
received. per Mile.
1852.-1179,616 gc3; £6O 16 6
1861.... 181,914 3,468, 62 11 11
1860.... 165,264 3,19111 61 16 6

These returns exhibit, for the tint time this year,
a positive decrease, for which no explanation can be
found in any extraordinary disturbance of the traffic