The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-25 00:00:00

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WOOL MAR/MT.—THIS DAY.
The edeniel West sales commenced on Thursday, the
23rd Let, sod Meapteted to continue until the 15th Nov.
At puma die tMlesdanee of buyers to not so largest
attd we msg{us vary kw Mb the Continent. Prices amp
niesead shoes the 111110 1111 they were at the close of August
emi the Mikes so* area very spirited. There is no
disposition Si apelike, en the news from the gold diggings
of At ustad* node unless these should be, present prices may
no he melosineL

THIS DAY.
Two o'CLocx.
Thete is very little business offering in the Eng-
liah steak market to-day, the government purchases
having ceased till next Tuesday, but the Bank
returns are considered so favourable that prices
have lien put per cent. higher than they left off
yesterday, and, but for the general activity, there
can be but little doubt a still further improve-
ment would have taken place, so strong has been
tho feeling of confidence among the dealers
this morning. The prospects of the money
market arc considered greatly improved, and
a much stronger impression is now entertained that
the Bank must reduce its rate of discount, unless it is
willing to sacrifice the greater part of its busi-
ness. The maintenance of the stock of bullion,
in the face of the heavy dividend payment, though
not unparalleled, is certainly a very striking feature
in these returns. Last year at the corresponding
period there was a decrease of 289,913/. It must also
be remembered that large sums will soon be flowing
back again into the Bank, es that the supplies of that
establishment are certain to be materially augmented
before long.
.Cansals, which left off yesterday at 971 to I,
this morning at 97; to /, were speedily bought
at
971 for cash, and now look good at 97. to 1. The
dealings in every class of security have been very
restricted, and several of the stocks usually largely
dealt in, have been scarcely touched, but the gene-
ral feeling. is very firm. The official business re-
port comprises only :—Three per Cent. Consols, 971,
t ditto for account, 971, ; Three per Cent. lte-
duced, 961, 97 ; New Three-and.a-Quarter per
Cent., 981, 98,1 ; India Stock, 263.
The unfunded securities remain very firm, with a
decided upward tendency. All classes of Exchequer
Bills have been dealt in at 565. and 3-Is. prem. India
Bonds, 1,0001., are marked at the improved figure of
635. premium.
There is scarcely anything doing in the foreign
bonds, and the only change in prices is a further
improvement in Venezuelan, which,inconsequencc of
the receipt of the despatches from Mr. Lord, have
improved to 331. Russian, Brazilian, Dutch, and the
dividend stocks arc firmly held, but Sardinian Bonds
are to-day marked at a slightly reduced quotation,
sales having offered at 811, a very low price for
a five per cent. investment of this character.
The business list is limited to the undermentioned
descriptions, viz.:—Brazilian Old Five per Cents.,
871. Dutch Fur per Cent. Certificates. 89'1 I.
French Five per Cent. Rentes, 90f. 50e. ; Exchange,
25E 20e. Mexican Bonds, 261. Russian Four-and-
a-Half per Cents.. 102. Sardinian Five per Cents.,
81/. Venezuela Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents., fur,
account, 33, 1 ; ditto Deferred, 111.
The amount of bills drawn by the East India Cow-
pony on the respective Presidencies from the Bth to
the 23rd instant is as follows :
Rates of Exchange.
Bengal £98,197 19 0 i 2s. Old. per Co.'s
Madras
Bombay l5O 0 0 2s. 13. per ditto

M 1 pence ... 403 pence
120 pence ... 1204 pence
120 pence ... 1201 penes
49! pence ... 194 pence
491 pence ... SU pence
491 pence ... 49, pence
40 pence ... 494 pence
49 pence 49$ pence
49i pores ... 491 pence
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The price of gold, on Thursday, at Paris, was
about par (new tariff rate), which, at the Eng-
lish mint price of 3/. 17s. 10!d. per ounce for stan-
dard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17, and the ex-
change at Paris on London at short being 25.27 it
follows that gold is about 0.41 per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris.

The bullion market is without alteration, the price
of silver articles remaining tirm. As the supplies of
silver by the Thames, however, amount to the large
sum of 837,835 dols., of which 482,021 dots. are in
I bars, and the rest in dollars, it is probable that the
tendency to a rally created by the continued demand
for the East India and other markets may receive
a check. These supplies will not be in hand till
Tuesday next. Present quotations are thus reported
by Messrs. Sharps and Wilkins : Bar gold,
31. lis. :ht. per ounce standard; bar silver, without
gold, 58. Old. per ounce standard; Spanish dou-
bloons, 3/. 19s. per ounce; Columbian doubloons,
31. 18s. per ounce; bar silver, containing gold (all
gold above five grains in the pound to be paid for),
is.o:id. per ounce; Mexican and South American
dollars, 4s. 104 d. per ounce; Spanish pillar dollars,
.ss. per ounce; United States dollars, 4s. 104 d. per
ounce.

The imports of bullion this week have been rendered
more considerable by the periodical arrival from the
West Indies, the Thames having brought in specie to
the value of 1,231,397 dols., or 264,2061. sterling.
Of this amount the particulars are as follows: Gold
in bars, 371,030 dots. ; gold dust, 51,022 dole. ; gold
coin, 12,170 dole. ; silver bars, 462,021 dols.; silver in
dollars, 375,614; Online, 2,000 dole.; plata pilot,
8,240 dole. ; and silver ore, 1,280 dots. This last
item, silver ore, is an article of remittance rarely
made use of to this market. The other imports com-
prise—By the Baltic, from New York, 16,000 dole.;
by the Africa, from New York, 12,277 dole. and
437,712 dole. ; by the Iberia ,Peninsular and Oriental
steather,2,74ol. sd. (from G ibral tar,4ool. •' from Lisbon,
2,033'. ss. 5a.• from Vigo, 306/. 155.) ; by the Indus
from Alexandria,lBB/. ; and by the Madrid, 3,4031.45.
(from Gibraltar, 447/. 4e., from Lisbon 2.956/.) The
total imports of the week sum up about 376,0001.
The exports from the outports include 123,3001.
by the Pottinger Peninsular and Oriental steamer
from Southampton for Alexandria, of which 11,4001.
was gold, and 112,1001. silver, the latter chiefly for
Bombay and Calcutta, and 9,5501. by the Avon, for
the West Indies.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Cooper and Duda report trade at the following
prices Mradow Hay, 725. to 765. Inferior, 60s.
to 665. ; Rowen, 60s. to fi.h. ; Clover, 70s. to 84s. ; second
cut, uus. to 72i. Straw, 21s. to 2:s.

COVENT-GAIIDEN.—TIIIS DAY.
Peaches and Nectarines aro ow( r for a season. English
Pities are large and line. Grapes art abundant, and meet
with a heavy sale, owing to the large importations of foreign
ones. Pears arc also brought front the Continent. The best
English kinds are Gansel s Bergam st, brown Buerri., and
Marie Louise. These fetch from :S. to 4s. per doz., and Rs. to
12.5. per half-sieve. Damsons are over. Oranges are coming
in pretty plentifully. Nuts remain nearly the same as quoted
last week. Carrot 4, Turnips. Cabbage, &e., are suttieient
fur the demand. Potatoes are generally good in quality.
Lettuces and other Saluding arc sufficient far the demand.
Mushrooms are scarce and dear. ett Flowers consist of
Heaths, Pelargoniums, Mignonette, Iteliatropes, Stepha-
notis, Biguoniu veuusts, and Roses.

?SUIT%
Pine-apples, per lb., Is td Amued*. per peek, roe
„irapte, eothou•.e, It. :b., 20 to Se "'tweet, re: lb., 3,, to Iv
1.4,b0n, per lb.. OA to I■ Oranbe•, I.er dos., Is to 1.. 6.1
Melons, bitty to 2! per FP, Gs to 10.
dpoles, bitch., per b.s.b.,lstie2s6d Nuts, Bar.. p, bush, 4Q. io 21s
P. ars, dessert, per et. z, 24 to 11 bruslt t.. bush., I2e to 14s
teentotts, per (lox., Is!? 221 Filberts, pet 100 Ib, Ns to 90s

Walthals:iyer bu.h, I!. En 21.

'shbuttes, per dtz., S I to 17"'w'
pr dor., titt to 3s
t: etch Beans,per hf.meee, Ss to ix
Pew, per ~10e, G. 10 is
iStuatues, u.,r ton, 4141 Sib
per cut., is to Ss
psr Is ud to 2s !d
Turnips, per I uLeit 3d
Cucumbers, es,h, Id to is
duthuites per do,. DJ to Is rd

t,..11c, pot lb., GI to ad
4rtiehoLo., 4. N fa
Lettuce, Qtb.,p. score,4a to Is

L,Jr, per score, in to Is
Ss uli !stir, p. pun., 2,1 lu .1.1
Horse Its,liAtt, per NIL, Is &1 to Is
Red beet, per dm., law 2.
Msrllruomr, per pot, Ord 22
.

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Turnap, amedus., 1r to IS ed
.•.Mere, per emelt.,
:meets per bunch, id to 6.1
:Alma., preemie, Le 'l4 to 2.
Valpiable Illerums pee '1.2., I.
to I. 62
Omani, per bunch, Id to 54

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Sorrel, per tid
Tom.toe.,, p r tuil.riere, 3. to la
Ykllltr! IA2I. h•inch, 2d to adi

Savory: Lunch, 271 to

'thyme, per ounen, 24 to 3.1
p. lox. bun., Z. to as
ltont., per bun., 9d to In
!t'.nt vor buret 11l to 11

• sp,' p d 0,.., I Ohl to
Lrelo, per bunela. 2cl
iballots, per Ib, rAI to bd

Wool, tor bunch, 3.1 to 401
to Itt.nett. id to Id
otentroro,p we. tmnone• 4.t turd

COALS. -LoNnote, Ocr. 24.-Bate's West Hartley,
14s. ; Huddle's West Hartley, 145. ; Carr's Hartley, 11.. ,
Darison's West Hartley, 14e.; East Adain Main, 125. 9d. ;
Ilasting's Hartley, 11s. ; Newcastle Hartley, 145.; lts-
ven%wortk West Hanley, 145.; Reilheugh 31ain. 12.. ikl. T
Tanlield Moor, 131. 3d. ; West Wylam, 14s. ; Walls Et d
Aeorn Close, 11.. 6.1. ; Walls End Brown, 13s. 93. ; Walls
End Oosforth, 14s. Dd.; Walls End Harton, 14.. 9d.;
Walls End llebhure, I 1,. 3i1.; Walls End Heilley, 14s. fid. ;
Walls End Northumberland, Its. Walls End Riddell,
I Is. 6.1. ; Walls Eo.ol Walker, 14s. 311.; EdenMaiu, Lis. 3d.;
Lambton Primrose, Pio. 6i1.; Walls End Belmont, IS.. 34.;
Walls End Braddyll, 19s. 3d. ; End Hutton, 165.64.:;
Walk End Haswell. 16.9 d ; Walls End I,:onobton,
161. 3d.; Wells End l'ensher, 155.; Walls End Plummer,
16s. 3d.; Walls End Itussel's Hinton, 16s. ; Walls End
slootton, 16. ; Lad Stewart's; 166. 3d. ; End
Whitwell, 141. 63. ; End Ileugh Hall,: ; Walls
End Kellne. 16.. : Walls End South Ilartlejoul,
15e. 9d.; Walls End Adelaide Tees, 1.1., 6d. ; Walls End
Maclean's Tees, 14s. ; Wall, End Semour Tees, 11.. 93. ;
Walls End Tees, lib. 3d. ; Walls End West Condor:li,
14s. 6d.; Hartley, I Is. ; Nixon'. Merthyr and Cartlitf,
20a. 6d.-Ships at market, 117; sold, 79.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.