The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-27 00:00:00

notwithstanding news of a further recovery at Paris,
and the fina► quotations were I per cent. below that
of yesterday. The business going forward is much
more limited than of late, and has consisted in part of
exchanges ;of Consols into Omnium—an operation
which appears to involve a profit. An impression
prevailed in many quarters that the Bank of Eng-
land directors might, perhaps, reduce their
rate of discount at (their weekly board to-
day, but no
_change was announced. Mean-
while, however, money continues to accumulate, with
little demand, and it is evident that the Bank is ob-
taining very little discount business at its present
scale of charges. The result of the renewed attack
on Sebastopol is looked for with intense anxiety, and,
pending the receipt of more decided intelligence, the
disposition to operate in the stock markets is checked.
Although the Vienna conferences are quite broken
so far as regards negotiations between the allies and
Russia, it is said that the Austrian government is
anxiously continuing its communications with the
Russian negotiators, with the hope, it ie presumed,
of devising some means of arranging the diverging
views of the two parties.
At Paris to-day a farther recovery of about per
neat. was established in the Three per Cent. Rents.
At Vienna the fall has been checked by the report
above referred to, but the aspect of the Bourse con-
tinues very uneasy, although the Exchange on
London has relapsed from 12.28 to 12.28. The
Amsterdam market continues flat, and Austrian stock
is especially week.

Consols were quoted during a portion of the morn-
ing 89/ to 1, but had declined at the close to 884 to
89, for money and the 10th of May.
Business is also recorded in the newly-created 30
years' annuities at 16 3-16 and 164 per 11. Annuity,
and in the Omnium of the new loan at 4, j, and
premium. The closing quotation of the Gramm was
to prem.
Foreign stocks engaged little attention, and were
generally stationary in price.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the Ist
proximo for the conveyance from the River Thames
of 52 men and officers to the Cape, and 193 men and
officers to the Mauritius.
The Admiralty have ordered to be surveyed (with
the exception of the William Canynges, which is
engaged) the sailing ships Gnadalete' Regis, Arab,
Gazelle, Elizabeth Moore, Arthur Yardew, Eliza-
beth Ann, and Koh-i-noor. These vessels (with the
exception of the Koh-i-noor, which conveys troops to
Hong-Kong) are to convey respectively stores to
Gibraltar, the Crimea, Malta, and Smyrna.
The Commissariat-office will receive tenders till
the 10th of May for the supply of bread, meat, oats,
and forage to her Majesty's land forces throughout
Great Britain for six months from the Ist of June
next.

Tallow experienced a further rise of 11. per ton to-
day. It appears that Lord Albemarle is to bring
forward a motion to-morrow (Friday) in the House of
Lords, calling upon government to declare their
inventions in reference to the Russian trade through
Prussia.
Land and Bank shares continue quiet. Royal

Mail Steam shares experienced a It:raer rise 0(11.
to-day, but those of the Electric Telegraph Company
were flatter. Crystal Palace shares have receded to
31 to 31, whilst the preference shares are quoted
3-16 to 5.16 prem. Canada Land shares have been
dealt in at 113; General Screw Steam, at 141 and
141 ; Peninsular and Oriental at 62; ditto New
Shares at 11 prem. (101. paid).
Subjoined are the traffic returns of the various
English lines for the last week, so far as they have
yet been published :
1855.
London and North Western 1:66,189
Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,366
London and South Western 16,351
London and Brighton
Midland

1854.
.... £55,040

Great Western
North Eastern
South Eastern
Great Northern 20,216
Cheater and Holyhead
Manchester, Sheffield, and
_ Lincolnshire
.._.

But Anglian
Eastern Counties, Norfolk, &
Eastern Union
Bristol and Exeter
Exeter and Crediton lBO
Shropshire Union Bl3
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire J unction
Manchester &South Junction 736
Newcastle and Carlisle
East Lancarhire 4.789
Oxford and Worcester 3,007 3,014
These figures show the following aggregate results:
Total No. of miles Average receipt

reeeipta. open. pe;mile.
1855.... £283,877 .. 4,390} .. £64 13 1
1854.... 272,877 .. 4,259} .. 64 1 3

Considering that the corresponding week of 1854
was Easter wetk, the conclusions to be drawn from
the above figures are very favouralmi to the present
season. It is probable, however, that this result is
in great part attributable to the recent visit of the
Emperor of the French, which caused a large influx
of visitors to London from the country.
The returns on Scotch lines are as under:
1865. 1864.
Aberdeen
Caledonian
North British

iiiaurgb and Glasgow
Glasgow and South Western 6,170 .„ 6,610
Scottish Central
Dundee and Perth 922 .... 873

Total

The Irish returns are:

Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and County Down 252 .... 295
Cork and Bandon

Waterford and Kilkenny 2lO .... 224
Dublin and Belfast Junction
Great Southern andWeetera

Total