The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

THIS DAY.
Two o'CLoca.
Every department of the Stock Exchange wears
an improved appearance to-day. Though the busi-
ness m Consols is the reverse of extensive; it
is of a satisfactory character, and includes
further purchases on public account, the govern-
ment broker having operated at 96Z. Addi-
tional confidence may be derived front the con-
tinued favourable results shown by the Board of
Trade returns for the month (issued this morning).
The various branches of business appear thriving.
and though a slight decrease is perceptible under the
head of exports, it is to be accounted tot in a satisfac-
tory way, by the diminution which has taken place
in the exportation of cotton earn.
Consols have improved from 96! to at which
they opened, to 96i to?, which is the present quo-
tatfon of the market. The official report of business
in this department embraces only ; Three per ('cut.
Consols, 96;, j, ; ditto for the account of the 10th
April, 96Z.
The market for the floating debt is very firm.
Exchequer Bills, 1,000'.. mark 565. and 535. prem. ;
India Bonds, large and small, 60s. and 635. prem.
In the foreign stock market the general feeling is
better, and improved prices have in many instances
been realised. Spanish stocks have rallied to a con-
siderable extent from yesterday's depression. Rus-
sian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are still sought
after for investment. Mexican Bonds, however, do
not show much sign of improvement. The official
report is :—Danish Three per Cents., 761 ex div.
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Dutch, 581 ditto Four
Cent. Certificates, 69! cx div. Equador
Bonds, 31 . Grenada Deferred, 44. Mexican
Bonds, :t3 ditto for the 16th April. 334. Peruvian
Fonr-and-a-Half tier Cents., 1549, for account. $4!
ex div. ; ditto Deferred, 381, 39t. Portugtase Four
per Cents., 36; ditto for acct., 351; ditto small, :161.
Russian our-and-anall per Cents.. 981, 1. Spanish
Active Fire per Cents., 21 • ditto for aecount, 21, ;
ditto Passive, 64, 4; ditto Three per ('eats., for ac-
count, :19i.
Among the miscellaneous shares dealt in this
week the Canada Company's mark 46 to ; Iludsou's
Bar, 205 ; Price's Patent Candle, 21; South Aus-
tralian. 21; Van Diemen's Land. 1 to 2.
The .fogrsal des Chemins de !IT contains some
account of the working of the dear telegraph system
in Francs.. It seems that the number of messages
forwarded in a fortnight was 29, or about 2 per day,
the avenge receipts being 6s. per message. The
French commercial public arc requiring like ours to
be put on the same footing as the United States and
Germany. 'f he French government has a bill before
the assembly for telegraph lines from Paris to
Dieppe, Nantes, Boulogne, Strasburg, Bordeaux, and
Lyons.

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