The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-17 00:00:00

TIIIS DAY.—Two o'CLors.

The gold mining shares are all flat to-day, and
prices are drooping. Great Nugget Vein have re-
citkd to 3 prem. Port Philips, however, have been
rather firmer. _ _ _ _ _ _

Cocaes and Climbs, Cobre, and English and Aus-
tralian Copper Smelting shares are better. Mexican
and South American are steady.

Closing BUS!WM
No. Saar. Mum. paw wwes I don.
yesterday. 4 to-day.
—--
10 00 , 1 tans Fria all i 15m 11
30,000 1 !Anglo Australian Gold all par Apm
100,tere 10a.lAnrlo Calllonnaa
10,446 10 Asetrst4.4.,a A 11 I : 46
3).4300 2) Australian 5 7 74 1
00.r.tv a At.,tr,ll.an Cordillera... all par Ipm 16
1144000 1 Acatralian Fresheld .. ! ,
all A Apm 11 A
5•,000 1 Are Maria
ga...(0,1!, 1 1411,..1 %%Laren= Got al: 6 1 pm! IA
20.000 a trill= Iron ISA 0 2
10,007 35 ! Itraail.lmp tiourns/4= 341 5 1 14 1
4,000 30 ' Gs.CoraesandCuiabs all 31 4 4
11,,4'e 2.: Da. at. John I.= Val tS 29 30
316,8', 1 Carson'o erre"
12.000 4A Cobra Copper all 40 47 477
100,00 u 5
Co Colonial Gal.!
14 I 2/ 34 pm 431
• pispo I —..— ...
330,00 Bt. Copper Miner, of gag.. all 70 75
11,1:00 35 Do. Pref. 7, per nut; all 7A 44 pm
Mr ~• A pag4maqueiano al,. : all IA f .11. 4111
10 ~11'40 2 Great Nugget Vein
01,04.1. 20 tie,. eral all 13 20
12,444. 1 Orsni Duchy of Nader all par 6pm
11.00 v 4 Great Polgootla all 11 If pia
100,001 I !eke Balliitlott all f dim par
00,(4.1, I Liberty
WO 3 Linares
so.euu 1 Loodoulterill'orn. Geld!
quaru Crushing ta3..1 all 1_ 1 Ala
100,000 i I Martian&
26,006 I 10 Illodeanto69.ll===a 11 66 0 04 /
wr.r.o6 1 New Graa.ala
40.4,000 1 Nouveau Monde
I i'V'm I Fort Patna 1 1 Zia: 26 I
60.110 1 ()aorta Knelt
10,00 59 Rhymoty Iron all 12 34
Ditto New
7,Z44 is Santiago &Cübs
m.o. 1 south Australian all 1 Ipm
11.000 10 To: Croft
\ 40,174 20.1.3alalted Weaken ......
70.04,0 1 !Waller
100,000 I r %,1114 Granada .n I ..
In i I Or= illanouwo all 1 ilsl pm
195,05 1 i Tabs

MONEY MARKET.

In the foreign et.'ck market the chief interest con- I
firms to centre iu Spat.ish and Mexican. The latter
stock may be said to support its late marked advance,
closing 26: to 3. Spanish Deferred reached 23f; ;
and the Certificates, 83 per cent.; the closing price
being 231 to 3 fur the former, and 83 to 3 fur the
latter. Turkish Scrip is quoted 13 to .1 prem. ; the
New Sardinian Three per Cent. Loan, 13 to 23
prem.; and Peruvian Scrip, 4: to 5 prem. In other
stocks there is no feature. The list of sales is an-
nexed : Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 99
(exchange 2M.) ; Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per i
' Cents., 1852, 983. Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, I
991, 4. Ecuador Bonds, 53. Greek Bonds, 1824
and 1825, ex overdue coupons, 81. Mexican Three
per Cents., 261. Portuguese Four per Cents., tbr
account 16th March, 39. Russian }our-and-aHalf
per Cents., 1033, 104. Spanish New Deferred Three
per Cents., 231, 1; ditto for account, 253, 3 ; ditto
Passive (Converted), 6,3, 6; the Committee's Certifi-
cates, 8. 4 per cent. Venezuela Three-and-a-
Half per Cents., 391.
The next return of the Bank of England is ex-
pected to show an increase of about 100,0001. in the
stock of the precious metals.
Gold continues to be despatched to the continent:
to-day there was some demand fur this destination.
It appears that the Falcon, which has arrived at
Liverpool from Sydney. has on board 14,653 ounces
of gold, of the value of about 58,6001. Her dates
extend to the 17th November only.

In answer to articles which have lately appeared
in the Madrid .Espana, impugning the claims of the
holders of coupon certificates to any further indul-
gence on the part of the government of Spain, Mr.l
Daniel Weisweiller has stepped forward in defence
of the holders of these vouchers. His spirited letter
is given in extent° in the journal above referred to.
Letters from St. Petersburg of the Bth inst., quote
the exchange on London 38 7-16 to 9-16 d., or about
the same as last post. _ _

Australian Agricultural shares were rather flatter,
closing 108 to 112, but on the whole have shown a
good deal of steadiness. Scottish Australian Invest-
ment and North British Australasian left oft 2to
prem. Van Dienien's Land shares were again in active
demand, and reached 26 but South Australian Lands
were heavy, closing 56 to 58. With the conclusion
of the settlement, Australian Bank shares showed a
tendency to rally, with the single exception of South
Australian Bank, which receded 11. Business in this
department is fur front unimportant. In fact, a large
proportion of the speculation at present going on in
the house is in exinexion with Australian securities
of the various descriptions. There were transactions
in St. Katharine Dock shares at 1001; British Ame-
rican Land, 52, 4; Crystal Palace (51. paid), 64, 4,4;
General Screw Steam Shipping (121. paid), 114, ;
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 84; Royal Mail
Steam, 81.

The quotations of stocks at Amsterdam on Tuesday
are thus reported by Mr. Renter's telegraphic ex-
press :—Dutch Four per Cents., 961; ditto Two-and-
a-Half per Cents., 631. Spanish Deferred Three per
Cents., 24 13-16. Mexican New, 25 13.16. Portu-
guese New, 38Z. The Spanish Committee's Certifi-
cates, 8 1.16. Austrian Five per Cent. Metallics,
821. Peruvian New, 89. Spanish Old Three per
Cents., foreign, 481. At Madrid, on the 11th, the
Three per Cent. Interior Debt was quoted 431 ; the
IDefertod Threes, 241 ; the Passive Bond., 51 ; and
the Coupons, 51.
The market for iusuranse charts is characterised
by a steady business, and in several instances an ad-
vance has been realised on the prices current last
week. The present quotations of the market
are subjlined :—Albion, 90; Alliance, 231; ditto,
Marine, 33 ; Atlas, 21a ; British Commercial, 7 ;
Church of England, 31 ; Clerical, Medical, and Gene-
ral, 201 ; County, 121, es die.; Crown, 171; Eagle,
71; Equity and Law Life, ; English and Scotch
Law Life, 31;_ European Life, 20 ; Family En-
dowment, 4 ; General, 51; Globe, 150; Guar-
dian,
61s Imperial Fire, 310; ditto Life, 191;
In-
demnity Marine, 38 ex di,. ; Law Fire, 41;
Law Life, 50; Legal and General Life, s¢;
London Fire, 281 ; London Ship, 28i; Marine, 22;
Medical, Invalid, and General, 3; Minerva, 6;
Monarch, 11; National Loan Fund, 21; National'
Provincial, 11; Palladium Life, 3; Pelican, 45 ;
Pheenix, 173: Professional Life, 1 prem. ; Provident
Life, 41 es die.; Rack Life,Bl ; itnyalEschange.236;
Sun Fire, .11; ditto Life, 53; Union, 220; United
Kingdom, 41; Universal Life, 45 ; Victoria Lite, 3;.
The Equitable Reversionary Society's shares are
quoted 120; General Reversionary and Investment,
1021; London Reversionary, 14. Reversionary In-
terest Society, 105.
Of canal shares the latest Stock Exchange quota-
tions are subjoined :—Ashton and Oldham, 133, 140;
Brecknock and Abergneenny, 82Z ; Birmingham
(guaranteed 4 per cent. by the London and North
Western Railway), 1 '3l ; Derby, 63 ; Ellesmere and
Chester, 331; Grand Junction, 68; Grand Union, 24;
Kennet end Avon, 7; Leeds and Liverpool, 330;
Leicester, 66; Leicester and Northampton, 44?;
Loughborough, 310; Macclesfield, au ; Oxford, 132;
Peak Forest, 70; Regents, 161 ; Rochdale, 42;
Stafford And Worcester, 403; Stourbridge, 290;
Severn and Wye Canal and Railway, 24 ; Warwick
and Birmingham, 40; Warwick and Napton, 28;
Wilts and Berks, 7, 71.
Sham in bridge associations command the follow-
ing prime :—Hungerford, 12; Southwark New
Seven-and-a-Half per Cents., 161 Waterloo, 31;
ditto, Old Annuities of 8/., 26 ex div.; ditto, New,
of 71., 22! ; Vauxhall, 21.
Prices of Gas and Coke Companies shares range
es follows:—British Provincial, 23; Brighton, 16;
City of London, 123: Continental ( I bird Capital),
671; Equitable, 27 ;:Great Central, 141 1 • Imperial,
831 ex div.; Independent, 46; London Parliamentary
Preference, 24Z ; Phoenix, 27 ex div.; United Gene-
ral, 191; Westminster Chartered, 39 ; ditto, New, 7.
Waterworks stocks are thus quoted :—East Lon-
don, 1251 ; Grand Junction, 69; Kent, 841; New
River Company, 60 ; Southwark and Vauxhall, 90 ;
West Middlesex, 110.
Other miscellaneous shares are thus quoted in
the official list :—Auction Mart, 33; Australian
Trust, 23; Electric Telegraph (A shares 201. paid),
221 ; ditto, B (101. paid), 11; Hudson's Bay stock,
220; Price's .Patent Candle Company, 20.

TIIE SOOTHAMPTON ELECTION PETITION.—Oar
Southampton correspondent sap :—" The people of this
minty are taking the deepest interest in the proceedings
before the election committee. The provincial papers are
half filled with the evidence given before the committtees
respecting their particular localities. List week one of the
Southampton papers contained nearly 20 columns devoted
to the scrutiny into the Southampton election, and perfect
mob, surrounded the publishing offices to get second edi-
tion,. containing another day's evidence. Before the com-
mencement of the scrutiny, odds were offered by the con-
servatives that the Attorney-General would he unseated ;
but far days past the liberals have offered pounds to shillings
that the petition against his return would fail. Yestetlay
news was received at Southampton by electric telegraph
from London that the petition against the sitting members
had failed, and immediately the chu:ch bells commenced
ringing, and flags were hoisted in the streets."
THE OUTWARD INDIAN MAIL.—The Bengal
steamer, which left Southampton on the 20th ult. with the
East India and China mail, arrived at Malta on the 28th
ult., and thus performed a distance of 2,132 miles in little
more than eisltt days, including a stoppage at Gibraltar.
The Bengal is the largest steamer in the world, and has per-
formed the distance between Southampton and Malta
quicker than it has ever been performed before. She had
to wait at Malta two days for the 'ndia and China mail via
Marseilles before she could proceed to Alexandria. This
was on account of the rapid pauage alto made. There is no
doubt that when the monster wail ,screw steamers row
building are placed on the Alexandrian line that the ladia
malt via Sluttiatupton need oily be tbspAtehcd two 'clays
etbre the ono vial Mareritirs, iu::t.u.l of :our days, as at
prevent, which will be a most important ad eantage to the
mereantile community.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLeco.
The English funds are weaker today, and a
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
!general feeling of flatness prevails throughout the
In face of the highly favourable accounts from Stock Exchange, apparently the result of the reaction
Australia, which hare been perused with the greatest. that has ensued after 11w speculation based upon the
anticipation of favourable Australian accounts. Con-
s:interest in thc City, the security markets have worn
flatter appearance to-day. The decline in the sole opened at 99Z to 100 for money, hut arc now
Z,
funds, however, was only to the extent of }per cent., i quoted only 99; to and 994 to 101) for account.
and appears to be chit fly attributable to an netiselExel.equer Bills of the March issue tuork lls. prom;
demand for money in the Consol market at from 3 to ; do. June, Bs. to 13s. prem.; India Bonds, 405. to 4Jrs.
seyn)it stocky
,i: s are
Spanish,
tenor per cent., whilst, at the same time, money
Nearly
yline all
dhtelenrgilitetniesily of
o fobreirg al
was inlprem.
greater request out of doors. An unfavourable im- '
N
pression was also produced in the afternoon by the the
tenor of the ivau ' rural address of the President of the 1 Turkish, and Mexican. Spanish Old Threes mark
United States, which is interpreted as an official , 49,1, ; do. Deferred, 2.1 to 4; do. l'a..,i“.s, 11; the
intimation of the designs of that republic of g Committee's Certificates, 84 per Cent.; Turkish Scrip,
?erred, 641, ; Mexican, 2tj to 4; Sardinian, 98; to ;: •
Cuba and Mexico. It is always observed,',, to 14 prem. • Peruvian Scrip, 4,1 p TM. ; ditto De.
however, that an advance of Consols to par i- ,
leads to a fuller supply of stock. The demand for y Granada Active, 231.
money in the house is in some measure attributable
to the settling. It is freq'iently noticed that sellers
hold off until the arrival of some good news Loin
Australia, which, on its coming in. is often attended
with a flat market, a state of things inexplicable
trader ordinary circumstances.
Consols opened 100 to I for money, and after
Wog iarested in at the fraction by the government
broker, dropped to 09k, filially leaving off 991 to par
for money, and 100 1-18 to 3-16 for the 13:h April.
The official business report includes:—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 100, „1,, 001, 100; ditto for
account, 1001, 4; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent.,
1031, with div. for money; Annuities of 30 years,
1860, al; Bank Stock, fur account, 2281.
Exchequer bills were quieter. The Jane issue is
tooted 10s. to 14s. prem., and the March Bs. to 12s.
prem.

LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

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Sir Oaatti, ISOTO I! < 6O 73 f 119 26
4 per Osora4 162'5 1 .., 1 ...
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a; er Cams.
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Fselianhe on Londee i atalabt, 25 5; 'lO days, 24 90.
litiMan. mertb.lBls Money ' 74apies lienta ..... P 1.1.17.
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Piedmont 5 p. 02....... OS 50 PH...my Nelda .. ..
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CO. 3, 1653
PARIS, MAUCII 16.—St. Germain, —; Versailles (right
bank), —; ditto (kit bank), —; Paris and °Thalia, 1,1.72 30;
Paris and Ithaca. 1,070 , Rout n and 115• re, 3.87.1; Referents
and Aviviton (Converted', —; 6Tratbour9 and Bole, ng 73;
Nertkere, 916 73 ; Pattie and Mre.boute, 897 30; Part and Lyons,
037 SO; Lyon. and Mediterranean. 775; Ylonterrm me I Proymn
-83; t uest, 75750; Wawne and ht. Diner to 0,57, 591: Parls-and
Caerltiu-g, 627 50; Li jet' and Henanoon, SO; Mid,, 433 73; Dame
pp Vee,nap, 350; laidti rim: and Ruanne, —; Contra. of Italy,
—; Part. mad 5c,,,.,. I-. 0 ; Bordeaux and 1•04, 217 50, Maws
and Cited, —; Crsime,sse and Beziers, 530.

COMMERCL4L AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANE.—TIIIS DAY.
SUCAR.—The ptibAC Patel, c.insisted of foreign, chiefly
Hay.enu,ih and J..sa, and ncar:y all was bought in at fall
prices. The refinc.l nr.rk‘t is without alteration. Wocery
lumps, 45.. W. to 47,.. 6d, _

COYFEE.-160 CAlkg of plantation Ceylon wore offered,
and the bulk was bought in, the part sold br.•ught full
prices.
Tan continues in yPod dernond.
Corrow.-2,500 bales were sold yesterday on 'Change.
To-day 2,400 bars of MaCras were ciTerco, and all found
buyers at 41. which was a very full prier..
In other articles no material alteration.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mr. F.. J. Davis reports the supply short. The tollow-
ing are the pries s: —Prime meadow liar, 8.i.. to 955.; infe-
rior, 755. to 80s.; Rowell, 455. to Ws. ; Clover, 9:c.. to 11)51.;
second cut, 80s. to 05s. ; Straw, 30s. to 341.

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY.
The market is very steady. There has been some in-
quiry speculatively this morning, but for cortrumpti .n there
is not ninth demand. Town Tallow is goof, d d3i. 3d.
nett sash ; Petersburg T.C. on the spot, 4 1... G.. 1. ; March
and April, 41s. 6d. ; Oct. to Dee. (new), 45.. sellers.