The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-07 00:00:00

MOAB Y MA ICKET.
THIS DAY. _

Two o'CLocx.

The English stock market has shown increased
buoyancy to-day, although the transactions are
rather less extended than usual, and prices now range
1 higher than they left off yesterday. The govern-
ment broker has again operated in Reduced Threes,
and the scarcity of money stock indisposes the
dealers to sell except at high rates. From Paris
' the usual mail of last night has not yet arrived, but
by telegraph we arc advised of a sensible rise in the
lquotations of the Rentes, consequent upon a more
favourable opinion being entertained by some of the
speculators relative to the prospects of the ministry
in their attempt to modify the electoral law.
Consols have ruled all day at 98 to t, both for
money and Wednesday next, whilst for the 11th
December they rule k higher, at 98} to !.
The following arc the official prices of the
day's business :—Three per Cent. Consols, 98,
981; ditto for account, 98, 981 ; Three per Cents.
Reduced Annuities, 971, ; New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. Annuities, 981, 1 • Bank Stock,
2142, 214; India Stock, 2621, 264 ; Long Annuities,
6 15-16, 7.
Exchequer Bills continue to vary between the
range of 31s. to 345. prem., and 321. to 535. prem.,
but the lower rate is the prevailing one. India
Bonds are quoted 565. to 395. prem.
There is scarcely any business doing in the foreign
stock market, and prices are mostly unchanged.
Spanish Actives are flat, but a few purchases have,
by a singular anomaly, caused a slight improvement
in the value of the Three per Cent. debt of thisistate,
which has reached 391. Buenos Ayres Bonds have
been transacted at -111, being a fractional improve-
ment on the price last recorded; but the dealers are
very shy of touching these bonds, in the critical
position of the dictator Itosas, and the present
quotation shows a clnsitkrable fall, as com-
pared with that which ruled a few weeks
ago. Sales are reported to-day as follows: Brazi-
lian New Five per Cents., 1829 and 1839, 861.
Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., 41i. Belgian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 90 ex div. Dutch Two•and-
a-llalf per Cents., 581. French Five per Cent. Routes,
36fr. 87 lc. ; exchange, 23fr. 20e. Sardinian Scrip,
31 die. Spanish Passive Bonds, 31 ; ditto Three per
Cents., 39, 1.
The Atlantic steamer, it is stated in a second
edition of the Daily .V',es, arrived this morning in
the Mersey, with specie to the amount of 100,000
dots., making the total receipts of the week from
this quarter alone about 143,0001. A sum of 70,000!.
has also been received from Russia, so that
the week's imports will, in the aggregate, sum up
a very respectable figure, a circumstance of some im-
portance at a time when the movement of the pre-
cious metals is so earnestly watched. If any assu-
rance were needed that the Bank's stock will further
increase it is thus afforded. Commercial and mone-
tary affairs in the United States are represented
as still improving, but another banking failure of
some importance had occurred. The exchange on
London is reported rather better at 110 1, so that a
slight margin of profit is still afforded on shipments
of coin to this side.

The increased movement noticed in the stock mar-
kets of the United States is beginning to react here,
and after the late suspension of business, there is
altogether more inquiry for American securities,
though no material change in quotations has as yet
occurred. Large purchases have been made in the
Federal stocks by the United States Secretary to the
Treasury on account of the Sinking Fund. Messrs.
D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the following as the
quotations at present ruling, to which we have
added the last New York prices, as advised by
Messrs. Cammann and Whitehouse :
London New York
Redsonalde. Price& Prlte*.
United RAN. 0 per Ct. Ed.. 1062 103 100 11.14 it;
Do. 6 per (lA,. ........... 1666 111 112 122 123
Dm 6 per Ct. stock •1067-1048 1054 103 1104 1,64
New lion. Nate 5 per Ct.
Penn,ylrania 5 pet it. Stock
Mar, lend 5 per Ct. (merlin; Wads) — Se 00 954 %l
Tennolo6,• 6 per Ct ...... 18013 01 93 102 102
Canwla 6 per Ct. Beads lO, 100

Boston 5 p 7; ct.. . . 11114.1116.1 91 92
The traffic returns .for the last week on the under-
mentioned English lines of railway, as made up to
this day, arc as follows:
1831. 1850.
London and NortliWestem 1;42,413 £42,167
Midland
Lancashire and Yorkshire 13,833 11,628
London and South Western 10,208 9,811
London and Brighton
Great Western
South Eastern
York and North Midland 8,081 7,72 a
Exeter and Crediton
Bristol and Exeter
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 15,172 .... 11,912
Shrewsbury and Chester 1,513 .... 1,400
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 923 .... 458
Great Northern 11,023 7,110

. ~. _
Leeds Northern 1:026 .... 898
North Stafibrfl,hire
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midhunis Junction , l6l .• • . 114
Manchester, South Junction,
and Altrincham 482 .... 380
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire 6,649 .... 6,063
Shropshire Union. 676 .... 461
East Anglian

Total £187,482 £175,084
The total receipts upon the corresponding lines
being 187,303!. this week, against 173,084/. an the
same week of 1850, the increase is shown to be
12,3091., or 7 per cent. The number of miles open
was, in 1851, 3,8334, and in 1850, 3,7281, being an
increase of 10,54 miles, or 21 per cent. The aggre-
gate average return per mile per week was, in 1631,
481. 17s. (ld., and in 1850, 461. 19s. 21(1., so that
the difference remains in favour of the present year
to the extent of 1!. 18s. 31d. per mile. These returns
will be received with satisfaction, as showing that
the general traffic, though now returning to the
usual autumnal range, still maintains a decided ad-
vance over that ut last year, and though the in-
crease in some of the trunk lines is insignificant, yet
taken in connexion with the vastly augmented move-
ment that has prevailed throughout the last six
months, it is a result of considerable importance.
There have been few extraordinary influences in ope-
ration on the traffic this week. 'The Eastern Coun-
ties return (which is kite of delivery, so that the
exact figures have not yet reached us) will be found
to be swelled by the Newmarket Houghton Races,
which fell at the same date in both years. The
' great horse, sheep, cattle and pig fair at Ewell has
also affected the London and Brighton receipts.
The return per mile per week on the chief lines is
subjoined :
1851. 1850.
London and North Weaturn £80.63 £81.36
Midland ...

Lancashire and Yorkshire 60.97 66.24
London and South Western 41.79 40.29
Great Western

London and Brighton
South Eastern

York and North Midland 28.96 30.19
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 52.59 .... 49.52
Great Northern 45.69 .... 30.12
Bristol and Exeter