The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-08 00:00:00

MUNE Y MARKET.

THIS DAY.

Two o'etoca.
With a very inactive market the prices of the home
funds have not been so well maintained to-day, the
Rresen t quotation of Console being 41. lower than on
Saturday. Thebearingsof the Cubanquestion are more
anxiously discussed to-day, as each mail increases
the importance of the revolutionary attempt
from the manifestation of popular spirit which
it has produced in the United States. The com-
mercial intelligence by the Africa is of a more
fa% °amble character. this opportunity we
have an arrival of 1331,333 dollars, being much
more than was expected, and the rise in the ex-
change, which was last quoted 1101 to i, renders
it probable that future shipments may be consi-
derable.

Consols have been quoted all morning at 961 to 1,
both for cash and Thursday, and preparations for
the settling are beginning to engage attention. For
the next account, of the 14th October, the quotation
rules at 981 to 1. The following is to-day's official
laminar report: Three per CM. Comma* 951,
ditto for Account, 981; Three per Cents. Reduced,
971, 97; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 981,
.1. Long Annuities, 1860, 71. Bank Stock has
rallied from its late depression, which was quite of a
temporary character, the general opinion of this se-
curity being extremely good, and the price is to-day
marked 2151, 216, and 2151.
The unfunded securities are steady. Exchequer
Bills rule at 455. to 48a. prem.; and India Bonds at
495. to 525. prem.
Business in the foreign stock market continues too
unimportant to affect values, but several descrip-
tions, including Spanish and Mexican, rule
flat. Tho serious character of the accounts
from Cuba weigh with the Spanish specu-
lators, and the continued falling off' in the re-
venue receipts is also discouraging. From Mexico
the intelligence is more discouraging than ever, the
government in its present state of finiancial
prostration appearing perfectly powerless. In-
surrectionary attempts continue to be reported from
several quarters, which the military authorities were
quite incapable of suppressing. The bonds have to-
day been transacted at 281, but the market
is now decidedly weaker, with the quotation
ruling at 271 to I only, and a downward tendency
very apparent. The sales of the morning include :
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at .591 ; ditto
Four per Cent. Certificates, at 921. Mexican Bonds,
281. Russian Four•and-a-Half per Cents., 1021.
Sardinian Scrip, 2 dis. Spanish Active Five per
Cents.,
Letters of Friday's date from liamburgh, just re-
ceived, mention no alteration in the exchange or
price of gold.

SATURDAY Ev !WINO.
The state of the exchanges has been so far consi-
dered with attention that it has influenced the stock
market. At the last reports a general improvement
had taken place in Europe and America, so as to
allow the export of bullion to this country to become
profitable. At Paris the greatest improvement has
taken place, but bullion has not yet arrived from
there, and the amounts in the vaults in the Bank of
France continue enormously to augment, being now
near 25,000,000/.
The rate of discount may be taken about 3 per
cent. Ou the Stock Exchange money is easy. During
the shutting of the books for the dividend the Bank
of England will make advances at 3 per cent. Next
week there will be settlement in the Consols, and
preparations for the liquidation in the foreign stock
and the railway markets, when some money will be
wanted. _ _ _

The amount of bills drawn by the East India Com-
pany on their respective presidencies from the 24th
ult. to the 6th inst. is as follows: _ _

._ .__ _ __. _ _____ -Rate of Exchange.
Bengal £17,470 2 01
4,4.52 10 11 2s. Id. per C0..11 rupee.
Madras
Bombay

Total £22,022 12 11

This makes the total amount drawn since the ith
of January 1,007,8-161. 6s. 4d. The returns of the
Banks of England, France, Vienna, Sardinia, &c., it
may be noticed, continue to show an increase of
bullion.

The returns of tho National Bank of Sardinia to
the 27th August are as follows :
Bullion £794,172 Increase £33.240
Circulation
Private deposits
Public deposits
Discounts 1,142,212 Decrease .... 19,631
These returns show a continuous increase of
bullion, decrease of circulation, and decrease of dis-
counts.
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The returns of the Bank of Portugal for the last
month are as follows :

Bullion . £305,312
Circulation
Private deposits 348,298

The accounts of the National Bank of Belgium for
the first half-year of 1831 shew the following results :
As to discounts of inland bills, 1,282,4611.; and of
foreign bills, 1,336,1221.
The account of the liabilities and assets of the
Colonial Bank at the close of last year is as follows :
DIIBTB. Dollars.
Circulation
Other liabilities

Total

Specie
Other amt., .

Total

The bullion market has this week been charac-
terised by decided flatness so far as silver is con-
cerned. The supplies received and expected are
large, and the demand is limited, so that we may
expect the stock in this country to increase. The
present quotations of the market are thus reported by
Messrs. Sharps and Wilkins:—Bar gold, 3L 17s. 91
per ounce standard ; American gold eagles, 3/.165. 3d.
per ounce ; bar silver, without gold, 59. o*.id. per
ounce standard ; bar silver, containing gold (all gold
above five grains in the pound to be paid for),
ss. 18. per ounce; Mexican and South American
dollars, 49. lid. per ounce ; Spanish Pillar dollars,
58. OZd. per oz.; quicksilver in bond, 3s. 6d. per lb.
The imports of bullion this week have included
50,000 dollars by the Europa from New York ;
3,4251. by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ma-
drid (1,58.5/. from Gibraltar, 1,3401. from Lisbon,
and 5001. from Oporto) ; and 100,000 dollars by the
Humboldt from New York. The total is about
35,0001., being the smallest amount for a long time.
Next week imports are expected from the West In-
dies, United States, Brazils, and West Africa.
The total amount of the precious metals exported
direct from London during the week ending Thurs-
day last we learn from official sources was as fol-
lows : Gold dust : to Ilamburg, 118 oz. Silver bars :
to Boulogne, 400 oz.; to Belgium, 64,400 :to
Rotterdam, 148,387 oz. Silver coin : to Belgium,
40,000 oz. This gives a total export of 118 ounces
of gold, and 243,187 ounces of silver, of the aggre-
gate value of about 61,0001.
The exports further include 33,000!. by the Trent
for the West Indies.
The exports from Calcutta in June were to
England 1,0001., to Moulmein 10,8021., and in July
3,7461.
An analysis of the railway traffic returns of the
United Kingdom for the last week, published by
Ilerapaller Journal, shows the total receipts on
6,386 miles to be 339,722!., equal to 531. per mile per
week. For the corresponding week in 1830, the
return was 288,228!. on 6,079 miles, or 471. 109. per
mile per week. There is thus an increase in the
gross amount received of 51,4941., or 17.88 per cent.;
an increase in the mileage of 307 miles, or 3.05 per
cent. ; and an increase of 51. 10s. in the amount re-
ceived per mile per week. The Railway Tunes esti-
mates the total receipts for the whole kingdom since
the let July at 2,920,8241., which, on 6,966 miles,