The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

SATURDAY EVBNINO.
Daring nearly the whole of the day the English
stock market and every other department of the
house maintained a very dull appearance ; but in the
afternoon an influential broker appeared as a pur-
chaser of nearly 300,0001. Cansols for money, and
the market naturally experienced an upward move-
meat. At the close, however, the market did not
seem to have acquired much additional strength of
tone, and the other departments of the house were
little affected. It was understood that the operation
in question was of a private and exceptional charac-
ter. Apart from this, business was characterised by
even more than the usual dulness of a Saturday.
Reports were current in the afternoon that Turkey
had accepted the proposition of the four powers, but
it was added that some of the details connected with
the question were still considered by the Ottoman
government to require arrangement. The publication
of the Queen's speech appears to have had no effect
or prices.
Consols ruled all the morning at 94 to 1, and the
o eration above referred to was effected at 981 and
981, for transfer on Tuesday. The closing quotation
was 981 to 1. The official business report in-
cludes :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 981,
1,1; ditto for account, Bth Sept., 981, 1. Three
per Cent. Reduced, 981, 99. Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 1011, 1, a. Bank Stock, 229.
Exchequer Bills were again ls. higher, at Is. die.
to 2s. prem.
Foreign stocks were steady, and the change in
price was chiefly confined to Peruvian, which was
higher. Granada Deferred Bonds were firmer, but
the active stock of this state is not so good. Portu-
guese remains very firm ; and the Spanish Committee
Certificates are still creeping up. At 4 o'clock,
Mexican Bonds were quoted 261 to 271- ; Spanish
Deferred Threes, 23 to 1 ; the Certificates,
61 to 61 per cent. Granada Active, 22 to
23; ditto Deferred, 101 to 2. Peruvian De-
ferred, 60 to 61. Sales are thus marked :
Brazilian Old Five per Cent. Bonds, 1011; ditto,
small, 1021. Cuba Seven per Cent. Bonds (Ma-
tanzas and Sabanilla Railway, 102. Granada De-
ferred Bonds, 101, 1, 1. Mexican Three per Cents.,
27. Peruvian Four•and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds,
851, 1, 85, # ; ditto Deferred Three per Cents., 601.
Portuguese Four per Cents., 35. Russian Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 1011. Sardinian Five per Cents.,
961, 97, 96, 961. Spanish Old Three per Coats.,
471, 1, 1. Venezuelan Deferred One per Cent., 161.
Notice has been issued from the Treasury to holders
of Exchequer Bills which have been stamped for
exchange for Exchequer Bonds, that, owing to the
difficulty of executing the engravings of the bonds
and coupons, the Bonds will not be ready for delivery
till the 12th September next, instead of the let Sep-
tember, as previously advertised.
There was to-day a continuance of the excitement
in the corn market, assisted by the suspension of the
French corn and tonnage duties, which has given
occasion to many surmises, some parties seeing in
this measure a first step on the part of the Emperor
towards the adoption of a free trade system. The
demand for French account continues, but there are
, few sellers of floating cargoes except at higher rates.
To-day a foreign floating cargo was taken for France
at a rise of 3s. to 4s. per quarter on the rates of last
Monday.
The imports ot the precious metals this week have
been extraordinarily heavy, owing to large arrivals
of gold from Australia. Oar list comprises 14,107
ounces of gold by the Shackamaxon, 16,861 ounces
by the Henry Tanner, and 21,060 ounces by the
Maid of Auckland, all from Adelaide; 113,571 ounces
by the steamer Harbinger from Melbourne and Syd-
ney; 21,882 ounces by the Bella, from the Brazils,
being the amount saved from the wreck of the Condor,
on her homeward voyage from Australia ; 10,952
' ounces by the Tamar, from Sydney; 767,576 dole.
by the Parana from the West Indies ; 250,000 dole. by
the Europa from New York; 20,000 dole. by the City
of Manchester from Philadelphia; and 4,0001. by the
' Faith from Africa. The Severn, from the Brazils,
brought in no specie, but 35,0001.w0rth of diamonds.
Summariaing the imports of the week, we arrive at
a total of rather more than one million sterling, of
which 198,4330unce5, or, in round numbers, 800,0001.
sterling, was in Australian gold. This is irrespec-
tive of the further amounts brought over in private
hands.

The Custom-house statement of the exports of the
precious metals direct from London during the week
ending Thursday includes no silver, but 13,892 ounces
of gold, of the value of about 53,0601., despatched to
the continent—via., 3,750 ounces gold coin and
4,142 ounces gold bare to Hamburg,and 6,000 ounces
in bars to Belgium.
The other shipments reported to us comprise:-
6,5651. by the Queen of the South, for the Mauritius
and India, of which 6,1901. was in gold, and 3751. in
silver • 169,7611. by the Euxine, for Alexandria and
the Ellet, of which 68,040/. is in gold, and 103,7211.
in silver ; 650/. on freight by the Hamilla Mitchell,
for New Zealand; 1,241/. by the Thames, for the
West Indies (besides 1,3001. in jewellery); and
4,9081. by the Tagus, for Lisbon. The shipments
from the kingdom for the week, so far as returns can
be obtained, are therefore raised to about 236,0001.
Irrespective of these shipments, it is known that gold
has continued to flow to the continent via the Kentish
ports, but the remittances in this way during the pre-
sent week have probably not been so large as of late,
owing to the simple fact that there were no Australian
supplies in the market; these, as we have before
explained, being preferred for remittance. The
demand for France has continued to show itself, and
some portion of the sums brought in in the earlier
part of the week has already been taken for despatch
across the channel ; but on this subject we shall be
able to speak more positively next week. As some
misapprehension has been excited by the statement
that the gold brought in by the Harbinger has
already been sent into the Bank, it may be as well
to explain that this refers merely to its being tem-
porarily deposited in the Bank warehouses for secu-
rity, and that none of it has yet been presented to
the Bank for purchase, so as to affect the balance
sheet of the institution.

The banker's receipts of the Worcester and Here-
ford Railway Company are called in, with a view to
registration, the company's act having received the
royal assent.
Recent railway dividends are thus summarised by
the Railway Record:
Dublin and Belfast Junction-225. 6d. per share, equal to
5 per cent. per annum.
Great Northern (original 251. stock)-2} per cent. per
annum. •

Great Southern and Western-44 per cent. per annum.
Midland-3i per cent. per annum.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick-3 per cent. per annum.
Great Western—The dividend for the put half•year is at
the rate of 4 per cent. per annum.
Wear Valley—Dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum.
Middleslxirough and Redear—Dividend at the rate of 6
per cent. per annum.
Stockton and Darlington—Dividend of 5 per cent. per
annum.

Arrival
Do. t
Price '

Stack on hand Casks.

Delivery lutweek
Do. from let June

1,519
12,992

41,158
1,724
IMPI

1?,036

1,911
17,471

_...... Isatwook..... .......... 2;477 2,674 lilt'
Do. frog Ist Jam . 19,936 13,624 I 11,162
ortos Y. C. per mt. ....... 394.,9d. 316.6 d. 911.0 d.
Do. Town 39s. 6d. 445. 3d. 528.11.1.
Arrival for the week ending Aug. 30 last year, 1,162
culu ; and delivery, 2,433 cuks. The arrival last week
comprised 316 casks from St. Petersburg, 357 from Awe-
trails, and 43 from other places ; total, 716 GAO.

MARKET.-THIS DAY.

The number of Beasts is very large, and consequently there
is a depression in the trade, notwithstanding choicest de-
scriptions are not much lower; several inferior kinds
remain unsold. Sheep and Lambs are more plentiful,
and the demand is smaller. Prices for the former are about
the same as of late, but Lambe are lower. Trade is rather
worse for Calves. From Germany and Holland there are
2,253 Beasts, 7,450 SheeE, 282 Calves, and 60 Pigs ; Scot-
land, 300 Bouts; and 1,00 from Northern and Midland
Counties.

POT stow of albs. I. 0. s. d. 1 Per dome of Bits. a
Beat Scoot, Ilerafords 4 4 4 6 Bast Dee.; ilt-bds. SO -
Bost elbort4torna
Second quality Beast, 2 6 3 8 Do. do. Shorn
Calves -
PlO . .... . ... ...
Soo Doe Ilsll-bred. 410 5 0 : Lamb. 4 4 b e
Douse at toszkot. 9.299; &alp &ad Limbs. 30.910: Calm. 34T:
Ms. 330.

4. a d.

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