The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-17 00:00:00

MINES.

WEDNESDAY Evaxmo.
A very large business has been done to-day in
English mining stocks, and good prices realised. The
inquiries are chiefly for Dolcoeth, South Caradon,
Botallack, Wheal Uny and St. Day United Mines.
The prices ruling to-day are as follows :-Lisburne,
900, 1,000; Wheal Buller, 1,200; Devon Great Con-
sols, 430, 435; United Mines, 375 ; South Caradon,
200, 205; West Caradon, 3071, 311; West Damsel,
116, 120, 125 ; Wheal Seton, 200 ; East Pool, 160;
East Darren, 1071; Trelawney, 60, 81; Comford,
60 ; West Providence, 54, 65; Wheal Mary Ann,
37, 40; Great Wheal Alfred, 38,39 ; Wheal Arthur,
321, 331; Alfred Consols, 161, 17; Herodsfoot, 101,
114 ; Balnoon, 101, 11; Tamar Consols, 51, 61, 4,4;
Tavey Conaols, 5,4, South Tamar. 64, 7ex div. ;
Mebane, 23 ex div. ; East Frongoch,l34 ; Trevelyan,
4 ; Old Wheal Basset, 6 ; Wheal Guskees, 281;
Lewis, 8 ; Merllyn, 4/, ; Clive, 5 ; Lamherooe,
2 ; North Trelawney, 51 (including ss. call); Spearne
Consols, 101, 4; Hemlock, 81; Rix HIII, 21, 1;
Wheal Golden, 31; West Basset, 9 ; Bedford United,
101; Vale of Towy, 33a, 355. ; North Vale of Towy,
18s.; South Russell, 21; Trannack and Buenos, 10,
4; Round Hill, 2,1; Mendip Hills, 7,1; Token-
ury, 44, 6; North Bauet, 10; Kenneggy, 4, ;
East Russell, 10, 1; Wheal Russell, 605., 535. ;
Bounjdon Consols, 21, 34; West Edward, 10s. 6d.,
12a. 6d. ; Stoke Climsland Consols, 4 ; Wheal Yeo-
land, 9,10 ; New East Crowndale, 275. 6d. ; Kil-
brieken, 41, 6; Wheal Uny, 14, 1.
Them was a much firmer feeling in tho gold
mining share market, especially towards the close of
business, when buyers offered freely. Colonial gold
finally left off 3to prem.; and Great Nugget Vein
4to prem.
The non-official quotations are : Peel River Land
and Mineral, 81 to 91 prem.; Australian Mutual,
to 1 m. ; Australian Consols, 1 to 3 prem. ;
Australesian,l to 1 prem.; Adelaide Land and Gold,
dia. to par; Lewis Hill Range, 1 to du; Mel-
bourne Gold, to 1 per share; Golden Mountain, 1
to prem.; Monarch Gold, par to 1 prem.; La Pe-
mvieane, par to 1 prem. ; Garnett and Moseley, par
to prem.; Port Royal and St. Andrew's Copper,
11 to 4 prem.; Jamaica Copper, 1 to 1 prem.;
Gladbach Zinc, 2 prem.; Kenmore, 1 to 1 prem.;
Connemara, to 1 prem. ; Glenaulin, par to prem.

THIS DAY.—Two o'Cweit.
The gold mining shares are looking up, buyers pre-
ponderating. Australian Freehold have risen to :
pram.; Colonial Gold to 31 prem. ; and Great Nugget
Vein to 41 prem. Peel River Land and Mineral
shares are to-day 4Mally marked 8: prem.
Australian Lea shares are all higher. Agri-
culture/ have risen to y,63, and South Australian Land
to 61.
United Mexicateiteres have improved to 7 ex div.

Qomlaa Dsamor
10 Share. Mims. Paid prior done
yesterday. today.
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suss 1 An Aaelrallait Goldall Dar 4 pm
!NAN 10a. Aar* Califundan
010 10 aastralaalas 1 le 34 „ 4
IMIP Dmerallia 3 44 6 6
1 Itustralism OrrdPlers
1 Arsliefta Freehold
1491110 1 0 Mak. all Ws par I
MIN 1 1010 Australian Golf all Ipm
SION 10 WRY Ina I 3.6 II
WOO U 6rastLlamp.(o.ool. pm 241 31 41 431
0,060 116 Do.Onemeand Calabs all If 64
11,000 se Do. el. John Dal 10; 16 29 SO
111,09 10,400 1 Olasou'l Creek 1 Par 1 Pro
40
MOONS 3 °CI
14 74 6pm 44 4
330,000 0.. Ulnas of tag. all
0,000 U Pref. 76 west. all —pm
70,000 I Saila tionnosOoppet all 1 I) dl.
I feat Nugget Vela all 34 II pm 66 6
mono SO tamers! all 141 1 4
72,00 Dueby of Bader all par Ipm 11
11.011 Grist Polgooth all Di 11 ms
100,000 Labs Itathuret. all 1 1 0 1
60,000 liberty all 1 iPo
60,000 1060.1101100. Gold
IMarts 0100.00 all 1 1 0
rn 4
100,000 Warlguita lll ithle
30 000 1 1000111111h.druariass. 9 all 61 34 4
1C4,000 Kew Granada
MAO Nem= M
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0,090 QoarM Zak. all par 4pm
10,000 10 Rhymney Den ......
Ditto Nam
TAO 30 Sautlago de Cabs lel 41 74
10,000 1 South Australian all par J pet
ON 10 11a Orel
46,174 26.3.61 Oultad Mexican
70,000 1 Mahar
100,000 1
I Welt Granada all
1
100,0( 0 I Wrist Mariposa all 111
pm
100;00 1 Tuba all 1 i Po,

MONEY MARKET.

WEDNZSDLY Ellllllll6.

The English stock market;;Tiz,-zia7l:a.ve
been firmly supported to-day, as, notwithstanding a
partial reaction at one period of the day, the market
finally closed at the full advance of yesterday. The
continued investments of tho government broker in
Consols tend to strengthen prices, and wo have thus
the anomaly of a rising stock market in face of a
stiffening money market. To-day money was stated
to be rather more easily obtainable, but there is no
reduction in the rates, 3 per cent. being the lowest
discount terms. During the last few days a consi-
derable business has been done both in Lombard-
street and at the Bank of England.
Consols ranged between 991 and 991 for money,
and the closing price was 991 to for money, and
99; to 4 for the 10th March. The appearance of the
market at the close was firm. The government

The market for Exchequer Bills again wore a very
unsettled appearance. The June issue were trans.
acted at 30s. to 455. prem., and may be quoted at the
close 355. to 455. prem.; whilst the March or adver-
tised issue is officially marked 20e. and 255. prem.
Any large amount of this new issue, however, would
today have been unnegotiable, the dealers refusing
to make any price for large sums. It is known that
the dealers generally are large holders, or in other
words" bulls" of these securities, and consequently
directly interested in maintaining the price.
Beyond noticing that foreign stocks are generally
firm, there is nothing to report in this market, there
being an entire absence of active movement. Ecua-
dor Bonds are good, marking 51 to a. Sales aro
thus reported : Austrian Five per Cent. Bonds,
18.52, 98. Buenos Ayres Six per Cent., 64. Da-
nish Five per Cent., 1071. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cent., 65 : ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 971,
98. Ecuador Bonds, 51, 1. Granada Deferred, 111,
/, 1. Mexican, 231, 1. Portuguese Four per
(ants., 39, 381. Sardinian Five per Cents., 94., Span-
ish New Deferred Three per Cents., 23. Venezuela
Deferred One per Cent., 14.
The exchange on London comes reported from St.
Petersburg to-day at 38 13-16 to 15-16 d., being a
shade more favourable to this country.
The directors of the Electric Telegraph Company
have just made a call of 21. 108. per share on the
shares class B, payable by the 10th March. A call
of 50fr. (2/.) per share becomes due on the shares of
the Dijon and Besancon railway on the sth March.
The colonial wool sales at the Hall of Commerce,
which
.commenced on the 10th inst., progress very
steadily. It is generally admitted that prices rule
about one penny per lb. higher than the average
rates of November last. Although there are only a
few foreign buyers present at these sales some very
considerable parcels have been bought for foreign
account. The attendance of buyers from our own
manufacturing districts in the north and west is very
large, and all the wool that passes the hammer is
taken either for shipment or consumption. Nothing
is bought in, and there is a total absence of any
spirit of speculation. Trade generally is the cloth
manufacturing districts is in a very healthy and
prosperous state. The stock of wool is not heavy,
and it may be late in the season before we get the
new clip.
Securities connected with Australia, including
more especially the Bank and Land shares, met
with a good deal of inquiry to-day, and ge-
nerally showed an upward tendency. Miscella-
neous stocks of all descriptions are very firm.
There were dealings to-day in London Bank
of Australia and India (21. paid), 11 ; London and
Westminster Bank, 36,1 ; Union Bank of London,
171'; East and West India Docks, 1681; Australian
Royal Mail Steam (61. paid), 51, a, r ; British Ame-
rican Land, 54 ; General Screw Steam Shipping
(121. paid), 12 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 861;
ditto (251. paid), 51, 49 ; Carmarthen and Cardigan
Railway, t prem.
The present quotations of the market for insurance
shares are asfollowa :-Albion, 86; Alliance,2si, ditto,
Marine, 53, ex div. and bonus ; Atlas, 21; British Com-
mercial, 7 ; Church of England, 31; Clerical, Medical,
and General, 201;
County, 120, Crown, 171; Eagle,
71; Equity awl Law Life, 51; English and Scotch
Law Life, 31; European Life, 20 ; Family Endow-
ment, 31; General, 51; Globe, 149 ex div.; Guar-
dian, 61; Imperial Fire, 310; ditto Life, 19j; In-
demnity Marine, 58 ex div. ; Law Fire, 41 ;
Law Life, 50 ; Legal and General Life, 51;
London Fire, 281; London Ship, 281; Marine, 20;
Medical, Invalid, and General, 3; Minerva, 6;
Monarch, 11; National Loan Fund, 21; National
Provincial, 11; Palladium Life, 3; Pelican, 45;
Phoenix, 173; Professional Life, prem.; Provident
Life, 40 ; Rock Life, 8 ; Royal Exchange, 235; Sun
Fire, 211; ditto Life, 55; Union 220 ; United King-
dom, 41; Universal Life, 45; Victoria Life, 51.
The Equitable Reversionary Society's shares are
quoted 1171; General Reversionary and Investment,
1021; London Reversionary, 15.
Of canal shares the latest Stock Exchange quota-
tions are subjoined :-Ashton and Oldham, 135, 140;
Brecknock and Abergavenny, 821; Birmingham
(guaranteed 4 per cent. by the London and North
Western Railway), 1051; Derby, 63 ; Ellesmere and
Chester, 351; Grand Junction, 601 ex div.; ditto,
Guaranteed Six per Cent., 12 ; Grand Union, 24 ;
Kennet and Avon, 71; Leeds and Liverpool, 5.50;
Leicester, 66; Leicester and Northampton, 441 ;
Loughborough, 510; Macclesfield, 50; Oxford, 132;
Peak Forest, 70 ; Regents, 17 ex div. ; Rochdale,
42; Stafford and Worcester, 405; Stonrbridge, 290;
Severn and Wye Canal and Railway, 24 ; Warwick
and Birmingham, 40 ; Warwick and Napton, 28;
Wilts and Betio, 7, 71.
Shares in bridge associations command the follow-
ing prices :-Hungerford, 12; Southwark New
Seven-and-a-Half per Cents., 16 ; Waterloo, 31;
ditto, Old Annuities of 81., 241; ditto, New, of 71.,
22%; Vauxhall, 21.
Prices of Gas and Coke Companies' shares range
as follows :-British Provincial, 221; Brighton, 16;
City of London, 125; Continental (Third Capital),
69; Equitable, 26; Great Central, 15, 141; Inde-
pendent, 46 ; London Parliamentary Preference, 25 ;
Phoenix, 27 ; United General, 191; Westminster
Chartered, 39 ; ditto, New, 71.
Waterworks stocks are thus quoted :-East Lon-
don, 1241; Grand Junction, 69 ; Kent, 841 • New
River Company, 60; Southwark and Vauxhall, 90;
West Middlesex, 1111 ex div.
The Assam Tea Company's shares are quoted in
the official list, 10 : Auction Mart, 35; Australian
Trust, 25 ; Canada Company, 55, 53 ex div.; Elec-
tric Telegraph (A shares. 201. paid), 211 ; ditto, B
(71. 10s. ), 8 ; Hudson's Bay stock, 220; Price's
Patent e Company, 26.
The Board of Trade returns for the twelve months
ending the sth of January, 1853 and 1852, have
been published, and es completing an annual period,
are invested with considerable interest. It is to be
regretted, however, that the parties who draw up
these statements do not carry on the comparative
statement to the third year, as is the case with the
monthly returns, for it is absolutely necessary that
at least a three-yearly comparison should be insti-
tuted. We have remedied the deficiency by includ-
ing the returns answering in date to these, and issued
in February, 1852. The returns being in each case
made up to the sth of January, represent the trade of
the year previous; thus, the return now issued,
extending to the Rh of January,.lBs3, affords a
view of the course of eousassres in the year 1852.
The total declared value of the exports of British
and Irish produce and manufactures during the three
years was as follows :
1852
18.51

1860
It would be difficult to find more distinct evidence
of the healthful activity of our export trade than is
afforded by these figures. The increase on last year
is 2,897,9471., or 4.2 per cent., and on 1850
6,694,1011., or 8.6 per ceat. An additional source of '
satisfaction consists in the fact that the comparison
lies with two years of steadily increasing prosperity,
and that the upward tendency of our exports ts, at
the present moment, more marked than ever before.
On examining the several items of this portion of
the re.urns,we arrive at some veryinterestmg results.
First in importance comes our great cotton manu-
facture. The shipments of cotton manufactures and
yarn are stated as under:
1852 £29,056,822
1851
1860
In 1851 the exports of these manufactures attained
an extraordinary height, and although in 1852 the
variation in the price of the raw material and other
causes have had the effect of causing a slight retro-
grade movement, the position of this trade is shown

ening no leer
thh)
abne active; the inerease 185-7r;--
The etports of woollens are as follows:
1852
18.51
1850
For the last two or three months the exports of
woollens have again showed a steadily as ending
tendency.
In linens we have evidence of a most satisfactory
upward movement, the effects of which must be
sensibly felt in the north of Ireland and elswhere:
1862 £5,356,871
1851 6,068,822
1850 4,828,994
In silks of all kinds the increase is still more
marked, the figures being as under :
1852 £1,559,181
18.51
1850
The shipments of °Aar articles of importance
during the three year/1M been as under :
1852. 1851. 1850.
Beer and ale 7.53,360 577,142 558,794
£ £ £
Earthenware
Coals and culm
152,015 1,121,104 1,122,571
Glass manufactures l,
379,284 327,960 307,756
Haberdashery and mil-
linery 2,072,564 1,727,690 1,470,302
Hardware and cutlery 2,692,4;39 2,827,011 2,611,132
Leather, unwrought 186,10.5 152,124 181,737
Ditto, manufactured 659,969 446,035 427,128
Machinery and mill-
work
Soap
Stationery 412,060 399,668 408,380
Wool 778,930 461,527 623,975
Oils 419,912 434,901 411,621
Metals
The increase in these articles of a miscellaneous
nature is even more decided than in our great na-
tional staples. Attention will bo more particularly
directed to the articles of beer and ale, glass manufac-
tures, haberdashery and millinery, manufactured
leather, machinery and millwork, wool and metals.
The returns of imports and consumption present
the same satisfactory features ns have been noticed
by us from month to month.
The quotations of stooks at Amsterdam on Tues-
day are thus reported by Mr. Reuter's telegraphic
express :—Dutch Four per Cents., 951; ditto Two-
and-a-Ralf per Cents., 641. Spanish Deferred
Three per Cents., 221. Mexican New, 24. Por-
tuguese New, 38 11-16. The Spanish Committee's
Certificates, 41 per cent. Spanish Old Three per
Cents. (English), 471. Austrian Five per Cent.
Metallics, 811. At Vienna on Tuesday the Five per
Cent. Metallic, ruled at 931, and exchange on Lon-
don at 10.34 money.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocx.
The English stock market remains firm, with
a quiet business. Consols have been sold at 99; for
money, and 991 for account, but the price has since
rallied to yesterday's closing rate, and is now quoted
991 to for cash, and 991 to 1 fur the 10th of
March. the Three per Cents. Reduced mark 1001
to 1 ; the Three-and.a-Quarter per Cents., 1031! to
; Exchequer Bills, June. 355. to 455. prem.; ditto
March, 255. to 3.55. prem.; India Bonds, 508. to 60e.
prem.
Foreign bonds remain very firm, especially the
good dividend descriptions. Mexican Bonds mark
231 to 1 ; Portuguese Fours, 39 ; Russian Fives, 120;
Sardinian, 941; Venezuela Deferred, l 41; Spanish
New Deferred Threes, 23 ; Dutch Fours, 98; Swe-
dish scrip has rallied to 11 dis.