The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoci.

The gold mining shares are very dull to-day, and,
if sales were to be pressed, lower prices would have
to be submitted to, as purchasers are few. Great
Nugget Vein shares mark only 21 to prem.; Colo-
nial Gold, 21 prem.; and Nouveau Monde, 1 prem.
United Mexican shares have been sold at 7. Aus-
tralian Agricultural are lower, having receded to
220 to 230. South Australian Land have fallen to 43.

Clol.ll* *MINS'
mo, Allan. Mmes. Paid pram done
yesterday to.day
-- ----.-- -- -- ---
100,000 1 Aga' Fria ........ a/I 111 pm
100,000 10.. 5 ap.o Call'ornian
10,000 10 tustralastot 2 It 4.,
211,409 20 Australia' 8 41 II
00,00. 1 Anetraltia Cordillera
100,000 1 AnstraMan troshold
55,000 1 Are Maria all IWs psi
254,009 1 itritish Atter/WM Gol, 211 3 Ipm 1
20,000 20 rains'. lron
10,000 36 Brartl.lmp. (1... at 51.ra 141 3 4
6,000 38 De.oocassandCulabs all If 11
11,000 90 Do. St. John Del lte• 15 29 30 30
110,00' 1 Canon's Creel' Par 4 pa. 1
12,001 40 Cobra I.l)pper ..... .., all 41 43 42
100,000 5 Colonial tiald
Cepiapo
32.,,800 St. Copper Miner, of Eng all
lAOOO 2 Do. Pref. 74 per cast all —pm
70,00 EngstA.otraliantl,vpe, all 2 3
3 pm 41 1
11 di.
100,080 Great Nugget Vein oil
20,01" 20 Gs otral all 15/ 1 1
12,000 Grand Duchy of Nadas all per Ipm
11.004 Great Polgooth all 1$ II pm
100,00 Lake B*Murat. oil I 1 die
60,04' Meaty all I $ pal
56.0U4 Loadon&Callietn. Gold
WISE 4 C=41112(00 all 3 I dl. 1
150,00 v Marianna all 1 dear 1.11
20,000 l' Mezleen3lBth.Amerloan 9 43 Sid
1041,4,,0 1 New Grum,'
_.....
100,000 Nouveau Mond'
13°,00, 1 Port Philip 1 11 11 pr 21
60,144' 1 quatte Rook . all par Ipm 11
10,00 SO Ithymney Iron.. .... all 13 25
Ditto New
7,* . .10 Santiago de Cuba l9l 7 8
50,00' 1 Smith A wdrallaa all 1 dis MR
0,00,' 10 Tin Croft
4+,171 46.1.01 Urtb...! Mexican
70,000 1 Waller
100,000 1 West Granada
I.o,,nipi , .v...! At ar,,,5a... .. .. all per
1..0, ..to 1 Tubs „ all 4 1 par

MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY

The stock markets to-day again presented
un-
favourable appearance, the speculative feeling being
apparently in the direction of a further decline. Ap•
prehenaions of political complications on the Conti-
nent are expressed, the alleged coldness between
France and Austria, and the Montenegrine question,
being each referred to with uneasiness, the more
especially as these considerations assisted the fall on
the Paris bourse on Saturday, in spite of the an-
nouncement that the Cause des Depots et des Con-
signations purposed buying 500,000 franca of rents
during the week. It appears, however, that the
Austrian Ambassador was present along with the
rest of the corps diploniolique at the Imperial mar-
riage ceremonial, and due allowance must be made
for the alacrity with which the "bears" seize upon
any such reports as these in support of theiropemtions.
On the whole it would appear that the prevalent depres-
sion is primarily traceable to causes nearer home, and to
which attention has previously been directed. There
is still hanging over the markets the tear of a furthir
Bank movement, however mischievous such a step
might be considered by the general mercantile com-
munity, and under this fear, and with a higher
money market, it is not surprising that speculators
for a rise have been induced to close their accounts,

and the "bean" to operate more vigorously. The
fall in the railway market is further assisted by very
unfavourable rumours relative to the forthcoming re-
ports and dividends. It is indeed obvious that
parties have for a long time past been purchasing
with borrowed means upon the strength of an extra-
ordinarily easy state of the money market, the
altered circumstances of which affect them instantly.
It is thus noticed that the real business in this
market is very limited, operations on the
part of speculators forming by far the bulk
of the transactions. There are still on hand
some rather large orders for selling the heavier rail-
way stocks at rates slightly above those now current,
and it would appear that upon any rise the market
will probably be more freely supplied.
Consols opened this morning 991 to ; for money
and the 10th of February, but soon declined to 991
for cash, and were offered at 991 for the March ac-
count. The closing price was 991 to 3-16 fcr money
and February. Bank stock continues to rise. The
official business report includes:—Three per Ceut.
Consols, for money, 991, I, k, ; ditto, for account,
991, ;0 1, 1. Three per Cent. Reduced, 100, 99!„
Tnree-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 61, 6 7-IG.
Bank Stock, 228, 2271, 2281.
Exchequer Bills remain quoted 575. to 61s. prem.
India bonds were lower, at 66a. to 89s. prem.
Foreign stocks show no great movement, but the
market was generally flat. Spanish stocks do not
fully support the late rally, and the Committee's
Certificates have receded to 41 per cent. Granada
Deferred Bonds declined to 111. Buenos Ayrean
are firm. Bargains are thus marked :—Brazilian
Old Five per Cent. Bonds, 1021. Buenos Ayres Six
65r Cents., 68. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
1, A, i; ditto, Four per Cent. Certificates, 98, 971.
Ecuador Bonds, 51, 51. Granada Deferred, 111
, I. Mexican Three per Cents., for account, 14t
Feruary, 221. Peruvian Six per Cents., 103. Por-
tuguese Four per Cents., 381, 371 ex div. Sardinian
Five per Cents., 941, 94. Spanish Old Three per
Cents., 47, 1, 461 ; ditto, New Deferred Three per
Cents., 2,1; ditto, Passive (Converted), 51 ; the
Committees Certificates, 41 per cent. Venezuela
Deferred One per Cent., 15.
Rumours of a new Russian railway loan for six or
seven millions sterling, at 41 per cent., were again
very rife to-day. We have, on several occasions,
drawn attention to the negotiations known to be on
the lapis in respect of this line, which is to run from
Odessa into the interior, but it does not appear they
have made any further progress, as parties here, who
from their position could not fail to know if the
loan were about to be immediately brought forward,
have no knowledge of any arrangement having been
finally concluded. The present moment, it may be
observed, would be very inopportune for the intro-
elution of so large a scheme into the English
market.

We hear, on good authority, that the London and
South Western Railway dividend for the last half-
year will be only at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum,
with a very small balance to credit of the current
half-year.
It is reported the amount of the new Prussian
railway loan has been incorrectly stated. It will
probably amount to 30,000,000 Prussian dollars, or
about five millions sterling, instead of 20,000,000
dollars, or three millions sterling, as reported from
Paris.

A call of 21. per 201. share, making 81. paid up,
falls due on the shares of the Cornwall Railway
Company by the 28th February.
The twenty-third annual meeting of the National
Life Assurance Society was held to-day, when the
accounts for the past year were submitted to the
members and approved. The business of the office
for the past year has enabled the ditectors to make a
reduction of 38 per cent. in the rate of premiums for
1853 on all members' policies which have been five
years in existence. The retiring directors, Messrs.
Joseph Colling, Thomas Curtis, and Wm. Wilkinson,
were unanimously re-elected ; and Mr. Richard
Vaughan Davis was re-elected an auditor of the
society.
Australian Agricultural shares receded to-day to
230 to 240, but apparently moro from sympathy than
from any fresh supply of stock. Ex the new shares
the price was quoted 80 to 86. The South Austra-
lian Land Company's shares were 11. lower, at 47 to
49; and Van Dieman's Land at 14 to 16. The shares
of the South Australian Banking Company also fell
11., closing 44 to 47. In addition to the transactions
elsewhere recorded, there were dealings as follows :
—Chartered Bank of Asia (51. paid), 4: ; London
Bank of Australia and India (21. paid), 1: ; London
Joint Stock Bank, 21Z ; East and West India Docks,
168 k, 169;; General Screw Steam Shipping, 52, 53;
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 87, 88; Royal Mail
Steam, 821; Scottish Australian Investment (11.
paid), 3. Ebro Canal shares are quoted par to 1
Rem.; Chiriqui Road, par to prem. ; Royal Swedish
ailway, to dis.; French South Eastern
Railway, to dis. Generally, there is a decided
indisposition on the part of the dealers to touch shares
in the new undertakings upon which calls are likely
to fall due.
Notice has been issued that the books for the
transfer of shares at the London agency of the
Great Western Railway Company of Canada will be
shut from the 12th February to the 2nd March, pre-
paratory to the payment of interest.
The subjoined calculations show the rate per cent.
per annum yielded by our government stocks at
present prices. To render the results strictly accu-
rate, the proportion of interest which may have ac-
crued since last dividend period should in each case
be taken into account. It should also be remem-
bered that the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. be-
comes a Three per Cent. Stock in 1854.

Int. per cent.
Price. per annum.
Tree per Cent. Canada
Three per Cent. Reduced lOO 3 0 0
New Three4usd-e-Quirter per Cents
Sank Stock (dlnd nd calculated at the
rate of fi per cent. per enema) 22s S 6 8
India Stockl(dlr. at the rate of 10, per
cent. per annum)
Exchequer Bille, March (int. lid. per
cent. per day) 6oe. pm. 24 ei

Annexed is a statement (extracted from the Liver-
pool Weekly Share List) showing the rates yielded
by ordinary railway stocks at present priees, the
calculation being based on the dividend paid for the
half-year ending the 30th of June:
Int. per eon .
Pres. Pelee. Railway. per anneal.
121 London and North Western Stork Si 10 103
15 London and North Western Filth& 4 13 4
18 Liverpool, Crosby, sad Southport
88 Great Wedges . »«. 4 10 101
1,18 Bristol and Faster .....«...«••••••••••••••44.441"•••••• 4 3 4
33 Edinburgh andGlas
02 Great Southern and Western—lreland 3 16 111
It York, NeweastJe, and Berwick 4 0 10
to illidland Stock -- 9 le 11
...

... ..
B 9 Lancaster and Carlisle ... 3 13 ni
79 Lancashire and Yuckabire Stock ....... 3 13 111
43 Midland Great Western—lreland ....... 3 11 St

91 London and South wawa - - ---- 3 12 II
424 Dublin and Belfast
43 litldkuld, Birmingham, and Derby 3 10 fj
61 031.airron and South Western
",1 South F.

216 ,_..,.... &germ
12g Eestrrn Counties 3 1 b
105 Lon lon, Brighton, and South Coast
19 East Lanea•hire
19 Great Northern
133 North Staffordshire
213 Chester and Birkenhead .
28 York and North Midland . ....... 1 15 8

In using this table it must be borne in mind that
the dividends for the second half of the year are
in most cues larger than those for the first half.
The quotations of stocks at Amsterdamdon
Friday arc thus reported by telegraphic express:—
I Dutch Four per Cents., %II; ditto, Twu-and-a-
-IHalf per Cents., 64 15-16; Spanish Deferred Three
per Cents., 221 ; Mexican New, 234 Portuguese
New, 38} ; Austrian Five per Cent. 3letallics, 82d.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLOCK.

The market for the home funds was flat nt the
commencement of business this morning, Consols
being sold at 99 for cash, but buyers have since come
in, and a slight rally has taken place, the present
notationen
Ty
the Stock
Fx
being 99:toea
1 ;forgen moneyis vevery, dull,
1
3 there 0t
bring
Feb.'in
Generally
little disposition to operate in any department. The
Three per Cents. Reduerd mark 99: to 100: ; the

3 per Cents. I 79 5
44 per Cente., 1525 I 101 54 ,
4. per Ceuta., 1852 ] 504 60
4t er Cents.
8 per CentasNew Loan' ... !I . . . . .
Excinicse on London i atelieht, 25 5; gip, tlayn. 24 90.
Bslgian,..pert3.lB4o Mans, • Naptes Bents — Mane:.
DoDo.
24 .4t ....... .... 1 Rontao S ptr• Cent 94 ...
Do. 1351
Piedmont 5 p.CI 96 25 I Treasury Bonds ... ..
Do. 5, 1832
PAID!, JAN. 31.—St.Germain, 1320; Versailles (riett
bank), ; ditto (lett bank), 328 75; Paris and Orbans. —; Paris
and Rues, 970; ltouen and harts, 472 30 ; liar^ dies and sseis
non (Converted) • Strasbourg and Bale, 345; Northern,
00 ; Paris and atrisboarg, 741 SI ; Paris and Lyons, 842 30;
Lyons and Mediterranean. 712 50 ; Monterean and Troyes, :SO;
Ouest, 660; Shame and St. Dizier to Gray, 50; Paris and Cher.
bou.g, 590; Dijon and Besancon 522 30; Midi, 555; Win*
tri and Ikesp, —; Andrezieux and !Winne, —; Pub) and Seam:,
VIENNA, JAN. 29.—Five per Cent. Metalliques.
94i. New Loan (Series A), 941; (Series 13), 10511
Four-and-a.llalf per Cents., 841. Bank Shares, 1,355.
Exchange on London, 10.50.
BZILLIN, JAN. 28.—Voluntary Loan, 1011. New
Loan, Four-and-a-Half per Cent. (1850), 102 i' ; ditto
(182), 1021 ; National Debt, 94. Commercial Haring
Society's Premium, 1481. Bank Shares, 1091.

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