The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoat.

The market for the home funds is flat to-day,
prices appearing unable to maintain their former
range, except under the influence of the purchases on
account of the Sinking Fund. On days like the present,
when these operations are not publicly prosecuted,
the total absence of active business is more sensibly
felt, and naturally, in the absence of any other cows-
tcracting influence, imparts a downward tone.
Consols opened at a shade below 'estertlny's
range, and, though they afterwards rallied to 961,
I the market is now worse, with the quotation stand-
; ing at 961 to 1, both for money and account. The
pnces of business officially marked are : Three per
• Cent. Consols, N.!, ; ditto for account, 96 ; Reduced
Three per Cents., 97, !" ; New Three-and-n-Quarter
per Cents., 983, 1., I. South Sea Three per Cent.
Annuities, 1731, 954.
Exchequer Bills again show a downward ten-
dency. The 1,000/. bills mark 375. prem.; ditto
small, 38s. and 345. prem. In India Bonds nothing
has been done,
The foreign investments continue to attract a
moderate share of attention, and the market to-day
must be reported as unaltered. with the excep-
Hint; of a decline in • Mexican Bonds, which
have been done as low as as 331. Siam-
&lt stocks do not seem to af:;:cted by the
communication referred to bolos.. 'the prices of the
day's sales are as follows : Brazilian Bonds. small,
91 Danish Five per Cents., 10:1, 10.2.1„ Two.sfitt-
a-Half per Cents. Dutch, 39, 381; ditto Four per
Cent. Certificates, 911. Equador Ronda.
Grenada One-and-a-Half per Cents., 17!.. Three per
Cent. French Itentes, 38 fr. 25c.; exchange, 24 fr. 95c.
Mexican Bonds. 337; ditto foe account, 331, 1.
Peruvian Four-and-n-Half per Cent., 1819, 801;
Portuguese Feur per Cent., 331, ex. dir.•, Russian
Four-and-a-Half per Cent.. 971 ; Spanish Active
Five per Cent., for account, 181 ; Venezuela lkferred
t Bonds, 11. .

A communsention has been received by the COM..
Mil tee of Spanish bondholders from Mr. AV eisweiller,
dated Madrid, Feb. 1, announcing the terms upon
which the Spanish minister proposes to deal with
the foreign debt. They are almost precisely
similar to those formerly proposed by M.
Bertram de Lis ; whilst the main difference
bemeen them and the terms stipulated for by the
bondholders is, that they offer only 125/. stock for
principal and arrears of divideuthl. instead of 1.51 N.,
and that the limited payment of 1 per cent. is to con-
tinue for four years instead of two. 'lle commwtica-
tion referred to is as follows:
I send this by courier extraonlinary, to communicate
to you the project for the regulation of the debt pre-
sented this day by the Minister of Finance to the Chamher,
and of which the principal bases :ire that the lklinister,
in preserving intact the Three per Co att. Debt, both
interior and exterior, actually esistma, proposea to convert
the Active debt, without reauction in the capital, into a
Deferred Three pt r Cent. debt, which mill carry interest at
1 per cent. per annum during the first four years, increasing
a quarter per cent. every two years, in or d, r to arrive at 3
per cent. itt the 19th year. The int, rest of this new con-
solidated debt will commence the lst of Jule next, and the
first half-year will consequently be due the pat of January,
For the coupons in arrear of the active debt, and the
interest accruing until the first of July, Di-,1, the Minister
propostw the reduction of half of the capital, to convert the
other half into the same Deferred Three per Cent. debt is
that of the Active debt.
For the Passive Exterior Debt, the Debt without In-
terest, and the other Interior DOA., the Minister proposes
to form a debt, redeemable by applying to its rt•demptims
12.000,000 reels annually, and to admit it in payment for
certain national properties, which he will determine in his
project.

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ENGLISH IMINDS.—Tiow DAT.
Mak Stoat. 214 lb Ix7et Ea` ACC, Ni
3 or Ct. Rod. Amu. 93 i
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If per 033 L.— 6 per et }I,. DN.. M/ 1
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1/Itto Now. 62 21 2.41.;.}...}: C...nt trwd 23 4
4 pee et Wk.,. Ares.. 54 3 6 par et Itltt. 11....111 14
Ilper Ct. Ciaban Pd?., lot 6 I.IW :}i 21.1.11 Bak. 16119
DM* Coloont, Pet 11.1... 3 tat It. $;41}141 Ms.. 32 I
o.6lrtablau Itquatlor bat.. N 4 163. 104.441 MI lid.,
1 net CI. 16,1.6 1,4.., 77 3 Inu. 1.441T0 116 k, 7i 4
2} per ,1. Dutch ILL. U 3 9 , 2 ..et ,I. VOVelaelli bus. 32 2
4 per CL Dutch Oen. 1 . 313 2 testemt 11/4,ttreil boa^ 11 12

RAILWAI`S.

THIS D.Y.

T a•o o'CLo( C.

The share market was firm to-day. and the general
tendency of prices is still upward. Great Westerns,
London and North Westents, Midlands and Oxford
and Woreesters are all better, us art. alto Aberdeens,
though this latter description is now rather lower
l than at the commencement of business. The trans-
' actions have been upon a fair scale as regards amount.
The following are this day's sales :
Aberdeen, 131 1; Ambergate, Nott., Boston, and East-
ern Junction. 2; Bir., Wolv., and Diailb y. without a guar.,
23 ;
Ituckingliamshin,, 1,1; Caledonisto. 101) 4 ; Chester
and Holyhead, 181 1 I ; ditto Preference, 15 ; East An-
glian, 31. 10s., 6 per Cent. Pref., 11 ; Easternounties, 7j :
ditto Extension, No. 2, 1 pm.; ditto New I'refercnce, 6 per
Cent., 114 ; Eastern Union, Scrip Guaranteed 6
per Cent, 181 ; East Lancashire. 13! : Great North-
ern, 18 171 ; ditto halves A Deferr,ll, 64 ; ditto 5
per Cent. -Preference, 134; Gnat Western, 911 1 2
11; ditto New 171., 151; Lanc;u4dre and Yorkshire, 571 ;
Leeds and Bradford, 98: Leeds and Thirsk ; 141; London
and Blackwall, 74; London, Brighton, and South Coast,
' 911 sex div.; ditto New Guar. 6 per Cent., 137 i cx div.;
London and North Western. 131 301 11; ditto New Clow,
221; ditto 101. shares, 7d. & 13. C., 4 ; London and S. Wes-
tern, 881 1 1 ; Mau., Sllrff., and Liu., 301 30 ; Midland,
571 1 7 I ; ditto, 50/. Con. Pref.,lB/ 1 ; ditto Birmingham
& Herby 29; North British, 81; N. Stalf4dshire, 1811 j;
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 161 1, ex new ;
Horton and Ilitchin, 71; Scottish Central, 161 1; Shrews-
bury and Birmingham (Class A), 51 dis. ; ditto (B), 41 ; ditto
New Guar., 104; South-Eastern, 241,1 1; S. Wales, 251 1;
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 204 ; ditto G. N. E. l'ur.
or I'ref., 61 1; ditto ditto, 161; Yor and North Midland,
244 4 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 91 ; Central of France, 161
1 1; East Indian, 121 ; Namur and Liege. 81 1 ; Norther,
of France, 151 1; Paris and Strasbourg, 10 91.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.