The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-20 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, January 18.

STOCK EXCILI4OI.—The market opened fiat, but there
was a slight improvement in Its tone towards the close, and a
fair amount of business.

LEEDS, January 18.

STOCK EICIIANOIL—Though the market today has been
'slight improvement upon that of yesterday, it is still list,
and the business doing is only to tt comparatively limited
extent. Bales : East Lsneashirts at 121. Lie.
Northers, 161. 16s. 3d.; Leeds and Thirst
!dialled Pref., 201 din ; Wharfdalss, 21. ds.
North Midlands, 211.135. 9d.

131.3.. 9d.;
.; York and

Two o'Cnocr.
The English sock market is decidedly heavy to-
day, the unsettled character of the political news
from Paris and Spain having had much influence in
weakening prices. The speculators for a fall have
also availed themselves to the utmost of the
anticipationswhich are in some quarters entertained
that the course of the exchanges to-morrow will be
still more decidedly adverse to this country, and as
'event rather considerable parcels of stock have been
just thrown upon the market for realisation, prices
ate now quoted at a decline of about : upon the last
rates of Saturday's market.
Consols were first called 961 to 1 for money, and I
961 to for the account, aid Cady have since declined
to the present quotation, which is 96 toe for cash.
and 1 more for the 12th Feb. The prices of business,
as officially marked, ate :—Three per Cent. Consols,
961, /,„ 96 ; ditto for account, 961, Ile ductal Three
per Cents., 971 961; New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents., 981 :I, I. Annuities, 30 years, 1860, 71 9.16;
South Sea 'Stock, Old Annuities 961. Bank Stock,
215, 214.
Exchequer Bills are a shade firmer. The 1,0001.
and small bills mark 58s. premium ; ditto 300! , 58s.
and 555. ; India Bonds, large and small, 70a. and 73e.
premium.
The foreign stock market is extremely inactive, but
the tendency of prices is still downward. Tee entire
business of the day is comprised in the following :
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.' 571. Equador
Bonds, 31. Mexican Bonds, for the 31st just., 32 1.
ex div.; ditto, small, 321 ex div. Russian Four-and
a-Halt per Cents , 961 ; ditto, small, 961. Spanish
Active Five per Cents., for account, 171, 1.
According to the terms of a government notice
issued on Saturday afternoon, a Luaranteed loan of
70,0001. Is to be raised for the colony of British
Wiens, under the act of 1848, by which loans are
authorised on behalf of the West India colonies and
the Mauritius to an extent not exceeding half a mitten
sterling. Under this feet Britigh Guiana is empowered
to raise the cam of 250,0001., of which, pursuant to
a resolution of the Colonial legislature, 50,000/. will
be applied to promote the completion of the Demerara
Railway. It is decided that tto debentures for the
70,0001. above mentioned, shall be for 5001.
each, and no tenders will be accepted for
any sum under 5,000/. The debentures bear
interest at the rate of 4 per cent, from the let
iostant, and are redeemable in 20 years from July,
1850, and are to be pa,d for at the Back of England
on the 7th of February. Next Thursday is fixed as
the day on which the tenders aro to be made.
The amount of the precious metals exported from
London during the week ending Thursday last, we
learn from official sources, was as follows : Gold and
silver coin—To Hamburg, 238 cis. Gold dust : to
Havre, 300 oxen Silver coin : to Madras and Calcutta,
88,000 ozs. ;to hamburg, 100,000 ore. Silver bars :
to Madras and Calcutta, 20,000 ozs. ; to B nilogne
10,000 iris. ; to Hamburg, 10.653 rz,. The total
value of these exports is nearly 60,0001.
The exports from Southampton have been 26,8211.
by the Avon for the West Indies, and 8,000!. by the
MontrosePeninsalar steamer. By the nett Indian
steamer 250,0001., chiefly in silver, will be taken out.
The Portuguese wine trade continues to absorb a
large amount of gold, which is sent out from all
parts of this country, not only by steamer, but by
screw and sailing vessels. Some of the latter take
out to Oporto 20,0001. or 30,000!. in sovereigns.
The last advice of the exchange at Ikeda on Lon-
don at three months is 6 thalers, 18Z.
Considerable excitement has been created in the
coffee trade by the late excise prosecutions for adulte-
rations of pepper. It is believed the government are
about to take equally efficient steps for repressing the
adulteration of coffee, and as chicory is readily de-
tected, it is presumed the authorities will have ao
difficulty. The immediate rescinding of the Order in
Council, which permits the vending of ehicory, is ex-
pected, and that at the earliest period afterwards the
non-adulteration of coffee will be rigidly enforced.
The Railway TittleB states that the Great Western
have at length determined on beginning the perma-
nent station, which will be brought forward to the
limit of their property, iu the South Wharf-road, and
that a magnificent hotel will be built.
The following are expected dividends: Brighton,
ENOLISII FUNDS.—Tau DAs.
istok Stock. tl4 15 3 per et. Cos. Ac,,..
3 par 03L Mad. 0.... IP per ets.:l4/ I
Spar Ut.Ooo. Arum.. t I.'l.o:bogus' baht. 55,. to 58i.

FORM
6 pee Ct. Austrian
66 per Ct. Hole. Bonds. 90 2
2ipee Cwt,
rtteoLNiljewrB3.lll6V .Bds . 5)
6 pa CL Humor Arras. 46 9
6 per Ct. (inn= Ms.. 103 b
lntto Ooltuab. Def. Bahia
Oolutubtsu EquAlor I
3 nor CL 666,., 76
prz lh.tch 1,76
4 per Ct. Dutcl, Guts.. 104 I

I'S rural's.
• I per Ct. Grenada Dlr.. 17 19
Grouts Preened We.. 34
5 per et Mee. 13311., 52i 3
4 per Ut.Pe-urbut 73Y 9;
Porturuemte'lly., 34 5
5 per Ct. Ruse.
88.. II *4 12
Dltto SIAM& ltd.., IT
3 ""
Ditto remive IWo,, 31
ti per Cr. Veetesueltt Bd., 30
ear-vein Usterr44 BOute, 11 171

MINES.

SATURDAY EVENING.

(From the Daily Nev..)
At the commencement of the week the market was
very dull, and little disposition evinced to buy, even at
lower fates; towards the latter part, however, the
markets changed, and there was a good demand fur
several shares ; among them, West Wheal Francis,
Treviskey, Speedwell, Mary Ann, Trelawney, Merllyn,
Tremayne, Bedford United, West Providence, and
West Caradun. The reports from the miniug districts
have been favourable, and it is generally believed that
both lead and tin will still advance in price.
The latest quotations are as follows :—Devon Great
Console 2GO, 270; Alfred Consols, 18,181; Tremayne,
21, 21} • ; Bedford United, 61, a• Levant, 150, 160;
West Alfred, 11,111 ' • Botallack,lBol.l United Mines,
1101. ; Treviskey, 2751., 2801. ; West Francis, 21 ;
Beat Buller, 71 • West Caradon, 105, 110; West
Stray Park,6l; 'North Bassett, 13, 15 ; Stray Park,
20, 201 ; Mary Ann, 651., 66 ; Trelawney, 1,0, 51 ;
Wheal Seton, 245 ; South Bassett, 350.
In foreign shares :—Alten, 3; Australian, 2 to 11
die. ; St. John del Roy, 13f, 14 ; Imperial Brazilian,
41, ; United Mexican, 51 ; Cobre, 35, 6 ; Copiapo,
61, t ; Cone", IL 21 ; entiago, 51, 6f.
There has been no sale of copper ore held in Corn-
wall this wcoh. The next sales will take plan,. at
Truro on the 23rd inst., and consist of 2,613 tons;
and on the 30th inst. of 3,322 tons.

Also a sale Lof foreign ore will be held at Swansea
on the 21st, comprising 2,173 tone; East Pool, 155 ;
Crane and Bejawsa, 21 ; Mill Pool, 81. 10s.; Wheal
Reetb, 170; Wheal Margaret, 165, 170; St. Aubyn
and Grylls, 54 ; West Providenol, 65, 66; King-
sett and Bedford, 24 ; Venton, 10; Merllyn, 6 54;
Clijah and Wentworth, 5,6; Grambler and St.
Aubyn, 45 ; Ent Leisure, 29, 31 ; Gustavus, 6 ; East
Tolgus, 20; North Buller, 14; Wheal Harriett, 2,
24; Condarrow, 116; South Francis, 315; Berion
Consols, 5 ; Trebanak, 51,6 ; Trefusis, 18, 19.
Metals.—No alteration of moment has taken place
since our last. Copper remains in steady demand,
and prices firm. Tin : Foreign has again advanced
in price ; English remains as last quoted. Lead con-
Unites to be held very firmly, and a further rite ere
long is anticipated. As much as 171. 51. per ton has
been paid for good soft. Spanish spelter very quiet,
and stocks increasing, owing to continued large
arrivals. Iron, firm fur bars; Scotch pigs not quite
so bryant. Tin plates in great demand, and prices
locking up.

MADRID AND VAXENCIA RAILWAY.—OD Saturday,
on the resumption of these proceedings before his Honour
Mester Bleat, Mr. Daniell applied to have the claim of Mr.
Muter Blunt, Mr. Cooper, the usistant secretary, woe exa-
mined, but his evidence merely related to the attendance of
the directors at board•meetinp. Subsequently Mr. Alfred
Morgan, the treasurer of the London and South Western
Railway, was Interrogated in referent* to the loans granted to
that c,napany by the directors of the Madrid and Valentia
Company. Ha further stated that Count Eyre was a direc-
tor of the London and South Western Company in January,
11846, and in that mouth had attended a board muting, at
widish the minutes of the finance committee respecting the
lease fromthe Madrid and Valentia Company musing:med.
Ultimately the investigation was adjourned.