The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

THURSDAY EVININO.
The English stock market has been strong all
day, and finally closed at its best point, with a firm
appearance. Consols opened 991 to 2 for money,
and 99 to t for account ; but on the purchases of
the government broker and other operations the
price improved, and stood at the official close at 99
to for cash, and 991 to d tor the 13th April. After
the regular hours the time quotation was 99 13.16 to
Advioes by telegraph of a further rise on the
Paris bourse to-day assisted in producing a more con-
fident feeling. It was made known that the Threes
had reached tiof., relapsing, however, at a quarter to
3 o'chyek to 79f. 50c. Consols is the only stock in
which transactions arc recorded.

The Juno Exchequer Bills were'done at 9s. and
13s. prem. ; and the March at 7s, 65., and lls.
prem. India Bonds mark 40s. prem.
Foreign stocks were generally well supported.
Spanish Deferred improvedto 25 to 1, and the Certifi-
cate', after rising to 8; to 1, closed 81 toe per cent.
Turkish scrip experienced a further rise of 1 per cent.
on influential purchases, some of which are understood
to be on account of the Greek houses, which are ope-
rating on the faith of the proposed reconstruction of
the Bank of Constantinople, a measure which will
involve the necessity of the adjustment of the claims
of the scrip holders. After the regular hours the
price ruled at 2l prem. There is but little of this
scrip in the market. A meeting of the committee
has been convened for next Tuesday. Mexican Bonds
are steady, closing 251 to 26. Equador
maintain their improvement, and Sardinian
are firmer. The list of sales is annexed:
Brazilian Old Five per Cent., 103 ; ditto Four-and-a-
Half per Cent., 1852, 981 ; ditto Five per Cent.,1829
and 1839, 1041. Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., 60.
Dutch Four per Cent. Certifs., 954, 994, 981.
Ecuador Bonds, 51, I. Granada Deferred, 111.
Greek Bonds, 1824 and 1825, ex overdue Coupons,
1. Mexican Three per Cents., 231, I, !. Portu-
guese Four per Cent., 39, 1. Sardinian Five per
Cents., 96, 3 ; ditto, for account, 31st March, 961,
96. Spanish Old Three per Cents., 49; ; ditto,
New Deterred Three per Cents., 241, 5, ; ditto,
Passive (Converted), 5,1; the Committee's Certifs.,
81, 3, 1 per cent. Turkish Six per Cent. Scrip, for
account 31st March, 11, 21 prem. Venezuela Three-
and-a-Half per Cents., 38f,.
On the 31st inst. are to be paid off by Messrs.
Baring, Brothers, and Co., 124 Chilian Six per
Cent. Bonds, amounting to 12,4401., and 53 Chilian
Three per Cent. Bonds, amounting to 4,7831. The
half-yearly dividends on these loans are also adver-
tised for payment in due course.
Gold continues to be despatched to the continent,
though not in large quantities.
A good deal of business has been done at Lloyd's
during the last few days in insurances upon the
Great Britain steamer, now expected from Australia.
In consequence of the largo sums in gold known to
be shipped by this vessel, as much as five guineas
per cent. has been paid. Generally the rate now
current on gold by steamers and sailing vessels from
Australia is 2 to 21 per cent.
To-morrow, being Good Friday, will, as a matter
of course, be observed as a strict holiday throughout
the City, and all public buildings connected with
business will be closed. We shall consequently have
uo report to make under this head.
Owing to the French mail being late in its arrival
to-day, great inconvenience was sustained by houses
connected with the French trade. Several eminent
firms made special application at the Post-office on
the arrival of their letters to have them immediately
delivered, with a view to attending to them at once,
to-morrow being a holiday ; but the Post-office au-
thorities could not be induced to depart from their
routine system, and the correspondence in question
will consequently be virtually unavailable until Sa-
turday. It is very reasonably asked, could not the
Post-office, in an exceptional case like this, take
measures for the prompt distribution of mercantile
letters ?

A special meeting of the shareholders of the
Oriental Bank Corporation was held to-day for the
election of an auditor. Mr. W. IL Hughes was una-
nimously elected to the vacant office. At the conclu-
sion of the meeting the chairman took occasion to in-
form the proprietors that the directors had resolved
to pay a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 10
per cent., and a bonus at the rate of 5 per cent.,
making an aggregate division at the rate of 15 per
cent, per annum. He also stated that they had ar-
ranged for the establishment of an agency of the cor-
poration at Melbourne, and were about to make a
further issue of shares at the price of 301. each, to be
allotted to the present ehateholders at the rate of one
new share for every nine shares now held.
The Australian Land Companies' shares were ge-
nerally steady at former prices. Van Dieman's
Land have improved to 2-11 to 25. British American
Land are quoted 06 to 67. The shares of the Crystal
Palace Company are very considerably dealt in just
now, and closed 11 to 11 prem. Bank of Australasia
shares were flatter, and Scottish Australian firmer,
other descriptions being quiet. The very favourable
nature of the statements made at the special
meeting of the Oriental Bank proprietary to-
day, caused a farther rise in the shares,
which reached 60, and were largely dealt in.
Shares of the Bank of British North America were
done at 591; Colonial Bank, 181; London and West-
minster Bank, 35, 1; Provincial Bank of Ireland,
481; Australian Royal Mail Steam (6/. paid), 5;
Crystal Palace (51. piud), 6k, ; General Screw Steam
Shipping (121. paid), 11/ ; Peninsular and Oriental
Steam, 85; ditto (251. paid), 46; Submarine Tele-
graph (11. paid), 1. Beaters and Graiasessac Railway
shares are quoted 4to prem. The shares of the
Royal Danish Railway are in favour out of doors,
but are unpopular in the house owing to the unusual
mode in which the allotment has been carried
through: the price is quoted 21 to 3 prem.
A quiet business has been done in the market for
American stocks this week, and there appears to be
little change in prices. Present quotations are thus
reported by Messrs. 1). Bell, Son, and Co.:—
. .

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Redeemable. Dividends. Priem.
United States 6 per Ct. Bda. 186.5 Jan. and July 97 N
Ditto 6 per Cad Bds. ... 1862 Jan. and July 104 106
Do. 6 per Ct. do. do. ... 1865 Jan. and July 110 111
Do. 6 per Ct. lima 5t0ck...1867-1868 Jan. and July 108 a 1094
Do. ditto . 1865 Jan. and July 103 104
New Park State S per Cts. 1838-1860 Quarterly 98 100
Iramyineds 3 per Ct Feb. and Aug. 87 89
EN I per Oint Bonds 1682 Jan. end July 92 94
Magmehmetra 5 per Ct. Etter-
aal!
lirspeWt.BMr.B4s. 186
8 tal:;.•.!',l9fity 1:7s":
6 per Ct. Into. St 1857-1875 Jan. and July 95 97
VlegMas 11 per Cent. Bonds 1686 Jan. and July 084 994
6 perms t. 1668 Jan. and July 97 98
Estaraelgty 4i C4llt.
Sterling Bowie
Montreal City 6 per Cents 1357-1865 i O
Mara' SePt" 185 67
April sad M.
New York Citys per CLSL 1433-1870 Quarterly 96 97
New Orleans City I per
Cent. — Jan. and July 93 94
Penneylvenia Cann] Rail.
Ed. 6 peia r Centsßeacting Polo Jan. and July 99
Philadelph end
Bell. Ed. 6 per Ct. Mort-
gage Bond. 1660 Jan. end July 56 87
New York and Erie Seven
peed., Convertible
New York end Brie Seven

--per Ceofa. ietniT3iFia.ge 1868-1869 May and Nov. 186
Michigan Central 8 per
Ceuta Convertible 1660 April and Oct. 103 106
Seaboard & Roanoake 7

per CI. 11-4 iloryfge... 1868 Feb. sad Aug. 84 85
The business in foreign exchange was done to-day,
as usual, instead of on Good Friday. The transac-
tions were limited, and generally at the quotations
of last poet, but in two or three instances rather lower
rates were current, as for Hamburg, Vienna, and
Trieste. Money remained over for paper ou this
last market at 11.2 to 3. Bills on Spanish and Por-
tuguese places were inquired for, there being but a
small supply.

The traffic returns for the last week on the under-
mentioned English lines of railway, as made up to
this day, are as follows :
1853. 18.52. 1881.11
London and North Western £45,641 £41,185 ..£40,410
Lancuhire and Yorkshire 17,478 .. 15,969 .. 14,400
London and South Western 10,078 9,353 .. 7,969
London and Brighton
Unlit Weitem

Yidlend
South Eastern

York and North Midland 8,415 . 7,726 .• 7,057
York, Newcastle. & Berwick 15,044 .. 13,834 .. 13,447
Shrewsbury and Chester 1.726 .. I,lBi .. 1,573
Great Northern 14,3L9 .. 10,877 .. 7,888
Cheater and Holyhead
Shropshire Union 599 .. 648 .. 535
Exeter and Crediton
Bristol and Exeter
Manchester &South Junction 520 ~ 528 .. 404
Ens; Lancashire :4,031 ~ 4,132 ..
_3,503
__ _ . _ _ .. ....

Entena Counties an 3 Norfolk-15:0?S .. 13.431 .. 12,046

1853. 18.52. 1851.
But Anglian • 768 .. 691 .. 616
Leeds Northern 1,369 .. 97.1 .. 872
South Yorkshire
Kendal and Windermere
Manc.,Sheffield & Lincolnsh 6,672 .. 6,.551 .. 5,743
Oxford and Worcester
Stockton and Ilartlepcol 2,189 1,506 .. 1,126
London and Blackwell
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire
South Devon 1,662 1,585 1,5e1
Shrewsbury & Birmingham 690 .. 577 .. 569
The aggregate results presented by these returns
(taking only the correspomling lines), arc as fol-
low :

Gross amount No. of Avervito r^ceipt
received. mills open. t re mile.
1217.502 4,511 £l7 IS 0
1852 198,023 4,1'1 .... 44 19 9
47
1.1
179,0 Lb 4,3711 .... 40 18 11
The aggregate comparison presented by these re-
turns is thus shown to be. extremely good.
The returns on Scotch lines arc as under :

18.53.
Glasgow and South Western £1.227
Calenonian 8,8;3
Edinburg!, and Glasgow '
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland Junction 6lB
North British

1952.
....' £3.776
6.2,4
.... 3,57
.... 1,703
.... .597
.... 3,3.57

Total
The Irish returns are:

1853. 1352.
Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and UJunty Dotin 172 .... 216
Ulster
Londonderry and Enniskillen
Cork and Bandon
The quotations of stocks at Amsterdam on Wednes-
day are thus reported by telegraphic express:-11utch
Four per Cents., 95 15-16; ditto Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 651. Spanish Deferred Three per Cents.,
24 13 16. Mexican New, 23 11-16.. The Spanish
Committee's Certificates, 8 7-16. Austrian Five per
Cent. Metallics, 811. Spanish Old Three per
Cents., foreign, 484. Granada Deferred, 11.
Peruvian, New, 88. Portuguese, New, 38 11-16.
At Vienna on Wednesday the Five per Cent. Me-
tallies were quoted 94; ; and exchange on London,
10.50.

LONDON CL,I.:ItSE OF EXCIIANGE.—MAItett 21.

Time. Prima as orgotialel thls day.
BiAs and M. Molter.
Amsterdam Pert Short 1 11. I' var. ... lift. Is KV.
Ditto
itottordaa
Antwerp
Brussels
, 99
aligabta 1 g and Adana ~ llines. Bleck'. :Imes.111•Ml.
St. Peteributi per ruble 34 swam ... .+.7, venue
Pada per i Sh'cirt 25fr. o,c. ... 231 r. 10c.
Ditto ..
'Aurelio:Z.— ,. 25(r. 171 c. ... INtr. 320.
Fraaktort-mi-the.Malr • per flo 7, 1200. cr. ... 1200. kr.
Vienna (effective) pert 119. 2kr. ... 10. skr.
„ Trieste
„
Madrid per dollar ,',' 50! pence ... 50 pence
Cadiz „ 304 Pence ... 301 prom
Bilbao
Barcelona „ 49i pence ... 491 141100
Malaga .... „ „ 60 pence ... 49j pence
&Mho ..................... „ " 50 pence ... 4lt p/..33
Gibraltar ..... .. ..... „ „ 60 pence ... 401 fence
Leghorn

Genoa
Naples per duatt . 41] pence ... 113 penes
l'alernis per ounce „ 1211 pence ... 121, pi nos
Messina
Lisbon per Dune' 90 days date pence .. 33i pecos
Oporto
.. o t• pence .... 331 Deno@
New York oo days sight 4lti press ... 44 pence

THIS DAY.

Today being Good Friday, the Money Market
was closed, and business generally suspended
throughout the City.

LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

kat AOOOU2I.

PAWS, Mance 23. For
Money. ' lOptnier Diaries:. Lowest. Closing.
; --•—•
I 2pm, Cents. I 79 23 7$ 80 79 20 78 63 779 24
de per Cents., 1 523 t „, t . .. ...
as per Cents., 1851 I, 183 10 102. 65 102 90 102.20 102 90
4 per Cents. ' 97 73 ... ..
3 per Centa.New Loans ... ... ... . , ..
Exchange on London: &talent, 25 7i; 90 days, 24 90.
1541glati,JperCt.l310 Money • Haden Rents — Money.
Do. 4
Do. 2i
I iedmont J ;Let, 97 75 Treasury Bonds ... Sf ...
I Do. 5, IIDI
Pi. p., Matteis 23.—St. Germain, ; Versailles (right
bank), —; ditto Deft lank), —• Par.') and, Orleana, 1,057 33;
Paris and Botten, 1,045 ; Moue; and Barre, 315 ; Marseilles
and Avisnen (Convertor, • Strasbourg and Bale, 360;
Northers, 897 30 ; Paris AA Strasbourg, 830; Pali. and Lyons,
93700; Lyons and Mcditerramean, 781 33 ; Monterrint and Troyes,
275 ; Duns, —; Blame and St. Dialer to Dray 520; Paris and
Cherbourg. 610 ; Dijon and Beane, • didi, 620; Dieppe
and Pessinp, 312 50; Andresieux and lioanne. —• Centre of Italy,
; Parts and fkesux, 100; Bordeaux and Ta'ste, 260; Anvers
and Claud, —; Centre of Switzerland. —; Grab/gem a Balers,
524,