The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-04 00:00:00

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but there was a decided fall in India Bonds, transac-
tions being recorded at 655., 675., and last at 635.
In the foreign Bond market, the movement was
mainly confined to Mexican, which were rather
flatter upon the advices by the packet. This stock
is, in fact, supported by the " bears." Spanish
stocks are stationary. Turkish scrip remains
dull at 1 to 1 dis. Sales are thus marked
Austrian Old Five per Cent. Bonds, 87 (exchange 10
florins per pound). Belgian Four-and-a-Half per
Cent., 9$ (exchange 25f.). Brazilian Old Five per
Cents., 1021; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 971;
ditto Five per Cents, 1829, and '39, 103). Buenos
Ayres Six per Cents., 66. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 65 1 • ditto Four per Cent. Certificates,
971. Ecuador Bonds, 51, I. Granada One-and-a-
Half per Cent. ex. Dec., 1849, coupon, 211 ; ditto
Deferred, 11, 10. Mexican Three per Cents., 221;
ditto, for r.ccount, 14th February, 221, .4, !. Peru.
limn Deferred Three per Ceuta., 62. Portuguese
Four per Cents., 371 ex div. Spanish Old Three
per Cents., 461 ; ditto New Deferred Three per
Cents., 221, I, 1; ditto Passive (Converted), Si.
Swedish Mortgage Loan, 2 die.
The shipments of specie and bullion by the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamer Itipon, which
will leave Southampton to•morrow for Alexandria,
amount to 299,6001., of which 282,9001. is in silver,
sod 16,700!. in gold. The statement in detail is as
follows :—To Ceylon, silver, 179,5057.; to Madras,
silver, 24,8401., and gold 600/. • to Calcutta, silver,
77,6251.; to Canton, silver, 68011; to Shanghae, silver,
2601.; to Alexandria, sovereigns, 14,1001.; to Malta,
sovereigns, 2,0001.
At the Treasury offices to-day the tenders were
opened for the small loans raised for some of our
West Indian colonies under authority of act of par-
liament. The sums required amounted in the uggro-
gate to 203,0001. only, of which 60,0001. is for
Jamaica; 80.0001. for British Guiana; 60,0001. for
Trinidad; and 3,000/. for St. Lucia. The bids varied
from 1031. to 1091. 17s. 6d. per cent., the bonds in each
case bearing a guaranteed interest of 4 per cent. per
annum, and all the loans were taken by the Atlas
Assurance Company. The last loan offered was on
the sth March last, when 90,0001. only was to be
tendered for, 50,0001. being taken at 1091. 120. 9d.
per cent. and 40,0001. at 1091. 3s. per cent. A state-
ment of the loans bearing a similar guarantee nego-
tiated at former periods is subjoined:
Lowest of the tenders Price of Combs
seeepted. at the time.
Dec. 16, 1842 £loB per cent. 95
July 7, 1843 lO9 934
May 3, 1844 . 11!' 99

Dec. 8, 1844 ll 100-
April 11. 1845
Dec. 6, 1845 lO5 944
Jan. 23.18.51
March 5, 1852 £lo9 31. :li
Annexed is a letter of complaint from a shareholder
of the Bcziers and Graissessac Railway Company.
Several similar communications have reached us
relative to this case, and that of the Ebro Canal Com-
pany, there appearing to be in both instances very
extraordinary delay in the issuing of the scrip and
appointment of a settling day. It is high time that
some definite information should be given upon the
subject by the directors of these two companies,
as the inconvenience to parties interested is very
great.

B?ZIEB8 RAILWAY coltrArrY.

Newcastle and Carlisle, 2,287 .. 2;03.1 2,046
Bolton, Blackburn, and
Clitheroc 786 .. 656 637
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire
ShrewAntry and Birminghatu 667 .. 50;1 .. 502
The aggregate results presented by these returns
(taking only the corresponding lines), are as follows:
Gross amount No. of Average receipt
received. miles open. per mile.
1453 £298,069 £47 4 6

1539 185.090 4:2144 43 18 4
18.51
The steady improvement in the trAic returns, to
which we have repeatedly drawn attention, is fully
maintained in these figures, which must be regarded
as eminently satisfactory. The late heavy rams ap-
pear to have had no effect so far ns regards any dimi-
nution of the traffic of the season.
The returns on Scotch lines are as under :

Glasgow and South Western f.
Caledonian
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Scottish Central
Aberdeen
Scottish Midland Junction

1853. 1861.
:3,928 .... £3,618
;8,290 .... 6,857
3,708 .... 3,197
1,932 .... 1,517
1,422 1,264
629 .... 496

- .m........
Total
The Irish returns are :

Belfast and Ballymena
Cork and Bandon
Belfast and County Down
Londonderry and knoiskillen
Ulster
Cork, Blackrock, and Passage

1863. 1852.
Lb6B )30
160 06
195 165
346 143
977 830
152 101

Total £2,

£1,865

DCBLIN, FEB. 2.—Three per Cent. Consols, 991;
Ditto for Account, 9th February, 994 1. Three-uncl-
e-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1024 ; Ditto for Ac-
count, 9th February, 1021 1.

THIS DAY—Two o'CLon.

The Stock markets continue depressed. The Eng-
lish funds have been flat throughout the day, and in
railway stocks a further decided fail has taken place.
Consols have been again sold at 99, but the present
price is a shade steadier, at 991 to 1 for money and
the 10th. The Three per Cent. Reduced mark 991
to 100; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 103 to
1; Exchequer Bills, 555. to 58s. prem. Business in
the home funds has been exceedingly quiet.
There is an almost total cessation of business in
foreign bonds, the movement being confined to Spa-
nish Deferred Threes, which have been transacted at
22Z to; ; Venezuela Active bonds mark 3s; Dutch
Fours, 971 to 1; Granada Deferred, 11, No other
stock has been touched.