The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

[TH REEF ENCE.

figure, and, in view of the fact that the dividends on
Consols and several other government stocks fall pay-
able three weeks hence, there is a good foundation for
the opinion that government will require considerable
temporary assistance from the Bank. In poor of the
ease that has prevailed in the money market since
the Bank raised its discount rate to 31 per cent.,
and of the indisposition to pay this high
rate when accommodation can be procured

elsewhere on much lower terms, we find
the unusual feature of a considerable diminution in
the private securities. The rapid augmentation of
the private deposits, as the Exchequer Bill repay-
ments continue, also attest the abundance of unem-
ployed money. The further considerable increase in
the bullion is of course caused by the influx of Aus-
tralian gold, of which, as we reported in the week in
question, many large parcels were presented to the
Bank for purchase, there being at the same time an
absence of counteracting influence in the shape of
marked foreign demand. In its general bearing on
the money market, and the interests of the commer-
cial community, this return is of a very tranquillising
character.

Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses, as received by Mr. Reuter's telegraphic ex-
press : Amsterdam, Thursday, closing prices :-
I)utch Four per Cents., 94i ; ditto Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 63 5-16 Spanish Deferred Three
per Cents., 22 15-16 ; ditto Old Three per Cent.
Foreign, 481 ; Portuguese New, 364 ; Austrian.
Five per Cent. Metallic, 82 1-16 ; Granada De-
ferred, 10:1 ; Mexican New, 26 9-16; Equador, 41;
Greek (Blue), 61. Paris closing prices of the;
day: Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rentes, 101.75;
ditto Three per Cents., 77.50; Bank shares, 2,675.
Vienna, Thursday : Five per Cent. Metallic, 944;
Exchange on London, 10.43. Bank Shares, 1,421.
Subjoined are the traffic returns of the various
English lines for the last week, so far as they have
yet been published
1813. 1812.
London and NorthWerdern.. £50,318 .... £4a,764
. .

Lancashire and Yorkshire 18,600
London and South Western 15,054
London and Brighton
Great Western

Midland

South Eastern

Shrewsbury and Chester 1,817
Great Northern 15,625
Chester and Holyhead

Shropshire Union 667
Eider and Crediton 126

Briatol and Exeter

Manchester & South./ unction 654
East Lancashire

Eastern Counties and Nor;olk 16,675
East Anglian 770
Kendal nud Windermere 229

Manc.,Shcftleld Nc Lincolnsi;. 7,898
York, Newcastle, and Her-

wick, York and North
Midland, and Leeds North-
ern Railways 25,601
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction
o:ford, Worcester, and Wol-
-1,715

verhanipton
London and Blackwall

Newcastle and Carlisle 2,602

ii,f3i
11,928
9,232
20,242

22,604

12,865

i',i
11,469
3,223

5,6 ii

-'635
4,018

15,196
677
212

c,6-i

•••• 21,850

.... 1,610

"l's

2,56

,
South Yorkshire
Stockton and liarticpool 2,064 . . 2.290
The aggregate results presented bi.these returns
are as follows :

Gross amount No. of Average receipt
received. miles open. per mile.
1853.... £258,262 4,5121 £st 4 7
18.52.... 221,117 4,3771 50 10 2
This result is extraordinarily favourable for the
present season. At this period of last year the
weather was very ungenial, and checked the plea-
sure traffic.
The returns on Scotch lines are as under :

1853. 1862
Glasgow and South Western £4,812 .... £4,180
Caledonian 10,126 .... 8,712
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Scottish Central
North British
Scottish Midland J 717 .... 618

unction
The Irish returns are:

Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and Counts, Down
Londonderry and tnniskillen
Cork and Bandon

1853.
£770 ....
283
402
180

1852.
£691
213
274
174

Ulster

1,137 ::::

Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .173
Dublin and Belfast Junction 1,109 .... 865
Great Southern and Western
These returns aro, in several instances, favourably
affected by the Dublin Exhibition.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoca.

Business in the English funds has been very quiet
to-day, but the market is again rather firmer. Con-
sols opened 981 to 1, and are now quoted 981 to
ex dtv. for the 19th July. The Three per Cents.
Reduced mark 994 to j ; the Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 1014 to j; Bank Stock, 228 to 229;
Exchequer Bills, 38. to 6s. prem. In every depart-
ment of the market the greatest quietude prevails.
In foreign stocks there is not the least movement,
beyond a little flatness in Mexican, which, after being
buoyant at 28, has receded to 281 to j. Spanish
Old Threes mark 484 ; ditto Deferred, 231; Swedish
Loan, 11 die. ; Dutch Fours, 961 to y ; Equador,
6 ; Brazilian Old Fives, 101; Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 961.

Vol AOCOlant.

PARIS dens 17. For
' Dime,.; OpenlnA Highest. Lowest.' Closing.
, -- --•••
ilper Cents.
q per Cents., 1825 i ... ...
ti per Cents., 1851 lOl. TS ... ... ... ...
41.er Cents.l
... ... ... ...
3 yet Centa.New Local .. ...
Exchange on London: atellitt, —; 90 days, 24 87k.
Bslgian,speret.lB4o 97 Money Naples ents — *may,
Uo. 4i
Do. 2.i
VA I•nont 5 p.Ct. 9B 50 ;Treasury Bonds ... ...
D. 3. 1851
?Attie, JUNE 17.—St. Germain, 1,590 ; Versailles (right
bank), —; ditto (left tank), 235; Paris and Orleans, 1,050;
Paris and Rouen, 1,030; Rouen and Havre, 470; Marretute
and Ael ~,,n (Coneertodl, ; btraeboorg and Bate, 345;
Northern, 855; Paris and Ftrubourg. 897 50; Part, and Lyons.
925; Lyons and Mediterranean, 735 ; Ducat, 710; Caen and
Cherbowg, 600; Dijon and Besancon, 550 ; Midi, 62_0; Sion.
tereau and Troyes, 390 ; Graft:mud and BCZiCTIy 500; Bordeaux
and Tette, 275; 13;esate and St. Dilitl to Gray, 525 30; Dieppe
and Fecamp, 335; Sccaux, 220.