The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-08 00:00:00

The English funds opened at tiiTicelariTseZaii-iies
of yesterday, the first quotation of Consols being
100} to 1 ex die. for the opening, but some support
was afforded by the resumption of purchases by the
government broker, who, it appears, has 479,9781.
to invest in the quarter ending the bth April next.
There were also some considerable
_purchases sat

Three-and-o-Qtaseter per
dal broker. After the close of the official hours,
Consols rallied to 1001 to ;, being the price at which
they stood yesterday morning, just prior to the an-
nouncement of the movement made by the Bank.
Concurrently with this, the general feeling of the
Stock Exchange was firmer at the close, but
it is obvious that a sensible check has
been given to the general confidence by
the measure referred to, the consequences of
which, hitherto very lightly estimated in the market,
may yet be more plainly seen. Bank Stock ascended
to 223, upon the anticipation of increased profits from
this attempt to artificially raise the value of money.
The official business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, fbr money, 1004, 1 • ditto, for the
opening, 1001, 1, 1. Three per Cent. &duce& 1001,
101, 1001. Three-and-a-quarter per Cents., 1041 4.
Annuities of 30 years, expiring in 1859, 6 3-16.
Bank Stock, 2244, 224, 225.
The raising of the Bank rate of discount might
have been expected to have an unfavourable effect
upon Exchequer Bills, but on the announcement of
this step of the directors the price improved Is., it
being probably considered that with an increased
value for money no further reduction in the rate of
interest borne by these securities could be attempted.
Foreign stocks were inactive and flat, especially
Spanish. Turkish Scrip has receded to 4to 4 prem.
Austrian Old Five per Cent. Bonds are decidedly
higher, owing to the fall in the exchange. Trans-
actions are recorded as follows :—Austrian Old Five
per Cent. Bonds,9l, 894, 904 (exchange fixed at 10 fl.
per £). Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 98.4,
4., ; ditto, Five per Cents., 1829 and 1839, 103.
Danish Five per Cents., 108. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 661, 671, ex div. ; ditto Four per
Cent. Certificates, 981. Peruvian Six per Cents.,
1041 ; ditto Deferred Three per Cents., 64, 1.
Portuguese Four per Cents., 40. Russian Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 1044, 1,4, ex div. Sardinian
Five per Cents., 93, 4, Z. Spanish Old Three per
Cents.. 49, ex div.; ditto, New Deferred Three per
Cents., 231, 1,1, ex div. • the Spanish Committee's
Certifs., 44 per cent. Swedish Loan, 11 dis. Turk-
ish Six per Cent. Loan, 4, j prem.
In Lombard-street to-day the rate for money on
call was raised from 14 to 1/ per cent.
The shipments of gold to Russia continue heavy.
We hear this afternoon that engagements have al-
ready been made for the despatch of 120,0001. by the
Wilberforce, which will leave to-morrow for Ham-
burg; and the total shipments by this opportunity
will probably be larger. Within the last three
months it is estimated that at least half a million
sterling has been despatched to this quarter, in half
imperials and bar gold. The continuance of the
movement of course depends on the quotation of the
exchange, as so long as it continues at its present
high figure these remittances are purely in the
natural course of trade. The St. Petersburg
exchange itself is mainly influenced by the brisk
speculation in grain now going on at Odessa.
A second call of 21. per share has just been made
by the directors of the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam
Packet Company, payable by the let February. The
directors of the North Devon Railway and Dock
Company have also made a further call of 11. per
share on the 164 " Class No. 1 shares;" a secor d call
of 11. per share on the "B guaranteed 81. half-shares;"
and a fourth call of 21. 10s. per share on "Class
No. 2 shares." These calls are to be paid by the
21st February.
The tendency of the markets for miscellaneous
shares to-day was generally downwards till late in
the afternoon, when better prices prevailed. Aus-
tralian Agricultural declined to 265, but recovered to
270 to 280. South Australian Land shares, after
receding to 64, were more firmly supported, and
closed 70, buyers. The price of the Austra-
lian Agricultural, ex the Peel River shares,
was quoted 100 this evening. It is reported
that the dividend of this company for the past year
will bell. Bs. per 1001. share, on which 3.51. has been
paid; but it is understood that this payment is inde-
pendent of profit derived from the altered state of the
company's affairs. Australian Bank shares were
transacted at rather lower rates, but also rallied. In
other miscellaneous joint stock undertakings there
was a suspension of business. The only dealings offi-
cially marked are in General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's shares at 294, and Royal Mail Steam at 814.
The demand for the shares of the North British Aus-
tralian Company, however, continued, and they were
quoted as high as 3 to 34 prem. (with 11. paid), but
the closing price was 2 prem. sellers. Royal Swedish
Railway shares closed 1, to 1 die.; French South
Eastern Railway, 4 to Z prem. ; Zealand Railway,
to 1 prem.; London Bank of Australia and India, par
to 4 prem.; Great Western and City Junction Rail-
way, par to 1 prem.
The amount of bills drawn by the East India
Company on their respective presidencies, from the
24th ult. to the 7th inst., is as follows :
Rate of Exchange.
Bengal £11,783 17 1 Its. Id per Company's r.
Madras 4,299 4 9
Bombay

Total .... £16,083 1 10
In the market for foreign exchanges this afternoon 1
the tendency was rather in the direction of a rally, ,
but the variation from the rates of last post is not
important. The change was chiefly apparent in
Parts, Amsterdam, and Hamburg. Vienna and
Trieste were considerably lower, being done even at
11.40 to 43. This quotation is thus about 7 per cent.
above its natural level, but it remains to be seen if
this improvement id the financial position of Austria
will be maintained. For Madrid and Cadiz there
was a fair demand at sok to I. Lisbon and Oporto
and Belgian places were the same as last poet. The
prices negotiated are as follows :
71me. Prices as miotlatoo this day.
Bib and 11. Mooey.
droaterdata pert Short 113. 15rtv. ... 110. 161mv.
Ditto
Saimaa'
Yaws* n n 25h.25,. ... 25h.30..
Brum&
assabarg sad Alton& „ „ 13mos. 51 soh,. :3mes. 51 sm.
St. Members per raids „ Mil Dews ... MI pence
Paris per £ Nor' 23h. he. ... 25fr. 710.
Ditto „ 3 licasthatStr. 350. ... 25h. 371 a.
Marseilles „ „ 25h. 250. ... 25h. soe.
Trankfort.oe.the.Maine per £lO „ 11816. Okr. ... 1190. Okr
Yawns (effective) per £ „ 104.405 r. ... 10a. 441 tr.
Trieste
Madrid per dater„ 5Ol pence ... 501 penal
Cadis „ „ 501 peace ... SO pence
fillboo - pence ... 19 moos
Barcelona. a a 501 penes ••• 50 Prow
Mta „ „ - peace ... 19 pence
„ " - pence ... 49 pesos
Gibraltar " +
~, - pesos ... 49 peso,
Leghorn
Genoa
fii.a= per dm •„„
411 peace ... 411 peace
per ounce„ 124 s pence ... 121 penes
Messina
Lisbon per milre:9ll days date MI pence .. 53: prim
°Porto „ 331 pence ... 931 wage
The price of gofd yesterday at Paris was about
3 per mille prem. (new tariff rate), which at tho