The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.
THIS DAY. _

Two o'CLosx.
In the English stock market bargains have been
prosecuted rather more freely to-day, and the abun-
dance of money having brought buyers into the
market, which is also supported by the investments
of the government broker, a further improvement of
4- has been established since the commencement of
business, so that the full rise of last week has now
been recovered. In view of the favourable prospects,
of the market, and the speedy payment of so large
a mass of dividends, confidence in the stability of
prices appears very prevalent.
Consols opened as they left off yesterday, 97 to
1., and are now 9uoted 971 to 1 ex dir. for the 17th
July. The official list of transactions stands thus :-
Three per Cent. Consols, for the opening, 974, ;
Three per Cent. Reduced, 97/, 1, ; New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 984, 1, 99; Long Annui-
ties, 1860, 7; 7-16; ditto 30 years, 1859, 71 3-16.
South Sea Stock, 1071 ex dir.
Of the easier position of the money market evi-
dence is afforded in the steady upward progress of
Exchequer Bills, which to-day arc again marked at
a rise. The 1,000/. bills have been dealt in at 495.
prem.; ditto 5001., at 485.; ditto small, at 50s. and
48s. ; and India Bonds, large and small, at 575. prom.
In the foreign stock market the only feature is a
downward tendency in Peruvian. In Spanish there
is next to nothing doing, and the market is flat,
owing to the uncertainty which exists as to
the effect at Madrid of the resolutions passed at
yesterday's meeting. The example of firmness set by
the bondholders is generally looked upon with satis-
faction, but apprehensions are in many quarters
entertained that the hitherto covert attempts of the
Spanish government to set one class of bondholders
at variance with another, will now be more openly
prosecuted-a view which derives strength from
our long experience of the perfect disregard in which
the commonest principles of justice and honour have
been held by so many successive ministries of Spain
in regard to the public debt. 'fo-day's list of 'nisi-
now is as follows: Belgian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 92 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
59'; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 92, 911.
Mexican Bonds for account 16th July, 34/. Peru-
vian Five per Cents., 1849, 89; ; ditto Deferred, 43.
Russian lour-and-a-Half per Cent., 1004, ex div.
Spanish Active Five per Cents., for account, 21 ; ditto
Three per Cents., 391.
The following is the course of exchange :
Time, Prices negotiated.
Front To
Amoterdana pert Short 1141. Inetv. 119. 164..ty.
Ditto
Rotterdam
flameout and Altana .„
13mcw. 74.61. 13nicv.
Bronicfort-osythe-Maine „ „1101 X. eke.... 11911.
VIM=
Trieste
v. 121. 20kr. 1211. 22kr.
Antwerp
Paris Short 241 r. 970. 25fr. -e.
Ditto
Havre
Genoa
Leithora ......... ,„, 3.1 r. 2: ere.... 391 r. Mae.
Milan „ „ 291 r. 724 ch.... 29 774ew.
Naples per ducat „ 111 pence ... 114 pence
Palermo ...„. per ounce „ 1211 pence ... 124 pence
Meevina .
Madrid psi dollar ~ 194 pence ... 491 pence
Cadiz
Barcelona 494 Imes ... 19 pence
It.x,n„per sulrei " 531 pence .. 53 pence
Orono
barg peituble
Si.
Betery „ 37 per.... 374 pence

Notice has been issued at the Bank, that the July
dividends will be paid to the public on Wednesday
next, the 9th, in the Rotunda. The transfer books
for the following stocks will be opened on the 17th
inst.: Three per Cent. Consols; Three per Ccnt. An-
nuities, 1726; New Five per Cent. Annuities; and
Annuities foe terms of years. At the South Sea
House, the dividends on the annuities will be in
course of payment on the 9th, and the transfer books
will be opened on the 17th inst. The warrants for
the dividends on India Stock will be payable at the
East India House on Monday the 7th, and the
transfer books will be opened on Tuesday the ISth
inst

The finances of the United States appear to be in
a more favourable position than was anticipated. It
is expected that the revenue of the treasury depart-
ment for the fiscal year ending the 30th June will
show an excess over the estimate in the last annual
report of the secretary of more than 1,200,000/.
Notice has been officially given that 320,000 dols. of
United States Five per Cent. Stock, due the 10th of
August next, will be paid on that date, when the in-
terest will cease ; or, if the holders desire it, the pay-
ment will be made in anticipation. The balance
of the outstanding funded interest stock of
tho State of Maryland, amounting to 130,000
dots., was to be paid on the Ist July. 'The
first payment in the redemption of this stock was
made in October, 1849, and the state will thus have
paid within two years, 175,747/. of her liabilities.
The surplus means of the state Treasury will here-
after be exclusively applied to the reduction of her
funded debt proper. About 40,0001. of the debt of
Missouri, due the 22nd June, is to be promptly paid.
The disbursements for interests and dividends during
the first week in July will be very large, and the
money market would be proportionately affected.
The traffic returns for the last week on the under-
mentioned English lines of railway, as made up to
yesterday, arc as follows:
1851. 1850.
London and? orthWeetern £65,387 £411,077
Great Western

Midland

Lanca,hire and Yorkshire 17,170 .... 16,075
London and South Western 16,398 .... 13,315
Loudon and Brighton
South Eastern
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 17,018 .... 15,766
York and North Midland
Leeds and Think 1,193 .... 1,154
. .