The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-14 00:00:00

SATS:MI:MY EVENING.
Great firmness prevailed throughout the Stock
Exchange to-day. Although business was quiet in
the several departments of the house, there was some
tendency towards a revival of speculative feeling,
and the markets closed with a very strong appear-
ance, and, so far as can be perceived, with the
prospect of a more animated business next week. The
influence that appears just now to be the most
powerful in its operation rests with the further
arrivals of gold from Australia, and the expectation
that thin supply will now steadily continue, thus, ass
matter of course, relieving the home circulation. Ii this
mood of the market lasts, new loans and schemes of all
kinds arc to be leaked for as a natural result, the pre-
sent feeling of speculators being sanguine. Through-
out the Exchange stock is scarce, investments having
preponderated of late.
Business in Consols was very quiet, but the price
nevertheless continued its upward movement. The
figures for actual bargains were—for money, 100.
1001 ; for account, 1001, I ; and the closing price
was 100 to 1 for cash, and 100 3-16 to 1 for the 13th
April, great firmness being perceptible at the close.
The put and call" fur the whole account is very
light, being only to 5-16, a circumstance which
indicates that operators are inclined to look for a
very steady market. In the Three and a-Quarter per
Cents., the books of which arc shut, there was busi-
ness at 1931. No other stock was touched.
Purchasers of the June Exchequer Bills offered
more freely at 14s. prem. The new March issue
colimands Bs. to 12s. prim. This market sympa-
thises with the improvement of the funds.
Foreign stocks were also firm, especially Spanish,
which realised higher rates, the Deferred Stock clos-
ing 241 to .1, and the Certificates 73 to 1 per cent.
Mexican remain quoted 251 to I. Greek bonds were
in rather more 'avour, and left cif 81 buyers. The
operations in this stack have been chiefly on
Dutch account. Otht r securities present no
feature of moment, business being gener-
ally quiet. The list of sales is annexed :
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 99 (exchange,'
25t.) Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 081 ; ditto
Four per Cent. Certificates, 991. Granada Deferred
Bonds, 111. Mexican Three per Cents., 251, a.
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Scrip, 01, 6
prem. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104,
1034. Sardinian Five per Cents., 98f. Spanish
Old Three per Cents., 483 ; ditto new Deferred
Three per Cents., 241; ditto, Passive (Converted), 51;
the Committee's Certificates, 74 per cent. Swedish
Scrip, 13 die.
The negotiations for the new Spanish loan are not
yet definitively concluded. A variety of reports are
current upon the subject, but as some authoritative
aunouneeiuent may be shortly expected, it is scarcely-
requisite to give insertion to them.
The imports of the precious metals this week have
been extremely large. Our statement includes the
following sums :—viz. by the Thames, from the West

Indies, 800,000 dots.; by the Orinoco, from the West'
Indies and Mexico, 1,443,166 dollars; by the Nia-
gara, from New York, 250,000 dollars; by the Fore-
runner, from Africa, 8,000/. in gold; by the Madrid,
from Pei tugal and Gibraltar, 1,645/.; by the Frances
Meaty, from Port Philip, 65,166 ounces of gold; by
the Panama, from Hobart Town, 33,000 ounces of
gold; by the City of London steamer, from Constan-
tinople, 77,8001. in gold, besides four boxes of gold
ore from Gibraltar, the value of which is unknown ;
by the Ripon, from Alexandria, 80,0001. in Anstra-
lbws gold; and by tho Oriental, from Sydney, 7,119
ounces of gold. The total value of these imports
amounts to nearly 1,100,0001.
On the other hand, the shipments have not been
very heavy. The Custom-house statement of the
exports of the precious metals direct from London
during the week ending Thursday, is as follows :
Gold coin : to Belgium, 10.499 ounces; to Hamburg,
2,500 oz.; to Melbourne, 5,090/. Gold bars : To
Boulogne, 17,500 oz. and 15,400/. Silver coin : To
Belgium, 10,000 oz. ; to Boulogne, 200 oz. Silver
bars : Tc Boulogne, 1,300 oz. this gives a total of
30,499 ounces, and 20,400/. in gold, and 11,500
ounces of silver, the aggregate value of which is
about 141,0001.
We are also advised of the shipment of the under-
mention. d sums, viz.:—By the Earl of Chester, for
Melbourne, 46,500/. in coin ; by the Severn, for the
Brazils, 7,9591., besides 4,2001. worth of jewellery ;
by the Tagus, for Lisbon, 4,400/. ; by the Antelope
steamer, from Liverpool, for Australia, 30,6401. in
coin, besides a very large quantity of jewellery ; by
the Competitor, for Adelaide, 10,0001. • and by the
Lion, for Launceston, 1501. The total shipments
from the kingdom for the week are thus raised to
about 240,000/., and the excess of arrivals over ex-
ports is ccnsequently about 860,0001. The Marco
Polo will carry out a considerable sum in coin from
Liverpool fur Australia, but our impression is con-
firmed that on the whole there is a comparative
pause in the shipments of coin to Australia. To the
Continent, on the other hand, the exports of gold
have been rather larger than for the last two or
three weeks, but they arc still very moderate. To
Russia no shipments of gold are being made,
the exchange being too low to admit of this operation.
On the other hard, gold is coming in mere steadily
front Australia; the Sydney steamer may be daily
expected with a very large amount; add there is a
probability of more extensive receipts of the precious
metal from the United States. On the whole, there-
fore, the teudrucy of the movement of the precious
metals is decidedly in our favour at present. It may
be as well to remark that the greater proportion of
the supplies by the two West India packets, sum-
marised above, coexist of bilvc:, and consequently
will merely pass through this market, like any
other mercantile commodity, without appearing at all
in the Bat% of England balance-sheet. Indeed, the
silver brought in by the first of these steamers has
already been bought up for direct transmission to
India, and the freight of the Orinoco will follow the
same course.

It is considered probable that the settling for the
shares of the Beziers and Grsissessae Railway Com-
pany, so long delayed, will take place in the first
week in .Ipril, as the scrip will he all ready for issue
before the end of the current month.
By a rebolution of the Stock Exchange Committee,
all transncqons in Parii and Lyons Railway bonds
are required to be settled on or before 12 o'clock on
Monday the 11:11 inst. ; and any that hare not been
delivered by that time,may be bought in immediately.
Hamburg letters just to hand mention that slur

Friday the had been quite mild, the snow
and ice thawing rapidly, so that in a few days the
re-opening of the navigation was locked for. Money
was abundant, and funds and shares were in demand
at higher rates.
Australian Agricultural shams were rather flatter
to-day, closing 110 to 113 ; as were also South Aus-
tralian Land. Van Diemcn's Land, on the contrary,
have improved to 20 to ; and North British Aus-
tralasian were in demand after the regular business
hours at 2! to I prem. The Australian Bank shares
were firmer, but quiet. There were dealings in the
shares of the llanit of British North America at 59,
; Victoria Docks (4/. paid), 61 ; ditto New (2!. paid),
4k, 4; British American Land, 50; Crystal Palace
(0/. paid), 51, t ; Crystal Palace of France (2/. paid),
2! ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 81; Royal
Mail Steam, 82; Submarine Telegraph (1/. paid), 1.
The price of gold, yesterday, at Paris was about
par (new tariff rate), which, at the English Mint
price of 31. Ils. 10!d. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 25.17 i; and the exehanite r.t
Paris on London, at short, being 23.07!, it follows
that gold is about 0.39 Fer cent. dearer iu Paris than
in London.

to-day's advices, the price of gold at Hamburg
is 429 per mare, which, nt the English Mint price
of 3L 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives
an exchange of 13. 7 ; and the• exchange at Hamburg
on Luntlini, at short, being 13.5 t, it follows that gold
is about 0.0 per cent. dearer iu Hamburg than in
Louden.

According to the last accounts, the course of ex