The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-24 00:00:00

TIIIS DAY.

Two o'CLocK.

A good demand for investment continues to be ex-
perienced in the English stock market and with nu-
merous buyers offering, added to the purchases of
the government broker, which to-day include
both Consols and Reduced Threes, the present range
lof prices is in advance of yesterday's. Of late the
speculative business in Consols has been very re-
stricted, but to-day the dealers have been encouraged
to enter more freely into operations in an upward
sense.

Consols opened at the full quotations of yester-
day's market, being first called 971 to :; but
they speedily advanced. and arc now steady at
97: to t both for cash and the 12th of November.
The day's business figures arc officially stated as fol-
lows: Three per Cent. Consuls, 97:, I, t, • ditto
for account, 97;, 1, 4 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 96i,
; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent., 97Z, in q ;
Long Anunities, 1860, 6 13-16 ; Hank Stock, 214,
213,; India Stock, 261, 262

Exchequer Bil's have again been in brisk demand
to-day, and a further improvement in the quotation
has taken place, the price having risen from its
opening quotation of 62e. to fhie. prem.. to .63e. to
568. prem., with numerous buyers offcnng. India
Bonds under I,oooi. mark 625. and 6ds. prem.

With an entire absence of all disposition to specu-
late, and no demand on the part of the public, the
foreign stock market remains very quiet, but prices
are well supported in sympathy with the upward move-
ment of the home funded values. None of the spe-
culative stocks have asiyet attracted a single transac-
tion, the business being restricted to a few isolated
operations in the European dividend-paying bonds.
Bargains are reported as follows:—Danish Five per
Cents., 1021. Ihttelt Fmr per Cent. Certificates,B9l,
90. Russian Five per Cents., II I ; ditto Four-and-
' a-Half per Cents., 1011. Spanish Three per Cents.,
381. Venezuela Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 321.
We are to-day furnished with the particulars of
the specie brought in by the West India steamer
Thames, which amounts to 1,316,097 dollars, or
about 271,335/. The supplies of silver by this op-
portunity are 847,633 dols., 402,021 dols. being in
bars and the rest in dollars. These imports may be
expected to have a considerable influence in checking
the lately increasing thinness of the market for these
descriptions of bullion, which has been a good deal
affected by the continued demand for the East Indian
and other markets.
In the market for American stocks, this week,
there is a slight increase in the inquiry, prices re-
maining as before quoted.
A meeting of the shareholders in the Ceylon Bank
was advertised for to-day, but was subsequently post-
poned to the 6th Nov.
The Oriental Bank, with a view to economise Eu-
ropean labour in their establishments in India, have
just decided on applying internal telegraphs for the
use of the several departments of their banks in
India, the preliminary arrangements being made
under Mr. Whishaw's directions in the agency office
here.

The truffle returns for the last week on the under-
mentioned English lines of railway, as made up to
this day, are as follows:
18.51. 18.50.
London and NorthWestt ns L53,831 .... £46,437
:Unhand
Lancashire and Yorkshire 16,816 .... 14,478
London and South Western 11,915 .... 11,423
London and Brighton
Great Western
South liaxtern
York and North Midland
Exeter and Cralliton
Bristol and Exeter
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 16,766 .... 14,60
Shrewsbury and Chester 1,849 .... 1,789
Slut wsliury and Birmingham 627 .... 569
Great Northern 13,031 .... 6,269
Leeds Northern 1,112 .... 1,0'26
North Staffordshire
Manchester, Buxton, Matluck,
and Midlands Junction
Chester and 11 ly head
Manchester, South Junction,
and Altrinettam 386
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-

, , .
coup:oar
6,914 .... 6,117
Shropshire Union 677 .... 477
Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port
- -
Total £218,826 £197,070

The total receipts on the corresponding lines being
218,718/. in 1851, against 197,070/. in the same week
of last year, the increase is shown to be 21,6181., or
11 per cent. The number of miles open was in 1851,
3,8/2, and in 1850, 3,7671, being an increase of 1941
miles, or 21 per cent. The aggregate average return
per mile per week was in 1851, 50'. 9s. Bd., and in
1850, 52/. 6s. Id., so that the diffi.renee remains in
favour of the esent year to the extent of 4/. 3s. 7d.
per mile. With the close of the Exhibition,
and the advance of the season, the traffic is
of course fulling from its recent extraordi-
narily high range, but it will be seen with
satisfaction that the returns of nearly every line
show a considerable increase over those for the cor-
responding week of last year, and the aggregate
comparison is still most favourable. The fulling-off
from the figures of the previous week is the more
marked, as tho week embraced in the above table
was generally wet and gloomy, and consequently un-
favourable to the development of the pleasure traffic
at this late period of the season. The effect of this is
strikingly evident in the London and Brighton re.
reipts, which are smaller than for a long tune past.
The comparative mileage return/A thecluefeoutpanies
may now be much more easily caught at a glance, anon
several of the main lines the number of miles open
is the same as at this period last year, and in others
the difference is very trifling. This is the first week
of the increase on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, re-
presenting the whole increase, the mileage figure in
both the years contrasted being 2GO. The excep-
tional occurrences of the week, by which the traffic
of particular districts has been affected, are few.
The South Eastern receipts are increased by the
great horse, cheese, and hop fair, at Weyhill, and
the Eastern Countif% return will be found to be con-
siderably swelled by the movement arising out of
the second October race Meeting at Newmarket, and
Brentwood great cattle fair.
The return per mile per week on the chief lines is
subjoined :
1851. 1850.
London and North Western £102.34 £89.60
Midland
Lancashire and Yorkshire
London sad South Western
Great Western
London and Brighton
South Eastern
York and North Midland 32.30 31.6.5
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 63.62 .... 49.84
Great Northern 44.02 .... 26.46
Chester and Holyhead
Bristol and Exeter
The returns on Scotch lines are as under :
1851. 1850.
Aberdeen
Caledonian 9,169 8,593
Glasgow and South Western 3,893 .... 3,074
Edinburgh and Glasgow

Total £18,•583 £18,866
On the above four lines the increase over the cor-
irespondinfr week of last year is 1,917/., or 11 per cent.
The Irish returns are:

1951. 1840.
Meter L9SI £913

Belfast and Ballymena
Dublin and Belfast Junction 639 .... 448
Belfast and County Down 2ll .... 182
Dundalk and Enniskillen.—
Waterford and Limerick
Midland Great Western 3,109 .... 1,336
Dublin and Drogheda
Londonderry and Enniskillen 163 .... 146
Great Southern and Western 4,586 .... 5,110
Dublin and Kingstown BlB .... 745
Total
This shows an increase of 1,7041., or 15 per cent.