The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-07 00:00:00

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London and Bluckwall

The market for the home funds has been very
quiet to-day, with a more limited business than usual.
Prices, however. are steadily maintained at the
last rates of yesterday's market. Speculations
as to the period that may elapse before the
Kaffir contest is finally 'decided, are freely
indulged in, and the next aavices from the Cape arc
looked for with much interest; but the estimates
made on hazard of the expenses probably attendant
on the struggle, though not regarded with indiffer-
ence, seems nevertheless to be without any effect
upon prices, which are operated upon by other in-
fluences of a reassuring character. The purchase of
the government broker, now become usual, is the
only feature of the day's business requiring notice.
Consols have been stationary all day at the last
rate of yesterday. 96! to :4 both for casfi and Tues-
day next. The.'Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
touched 991. The prices of business marked in the
official list are : Three per Cent. Consols, 96a, ;
ditto for account, 96k, ; New Three-and-Quarter

per Cents., 991, 99, I.;' India Stock, 264.
Exchequer Bills are steady, at 495. to 525. rem.,
with little doing. There is not the kust inquiry for
India Bonds. _ _ _

The market for foreign bonds is way steady, though
with a limited range of business. The only stock to
which any amount of attention has been directed, is
Peruvian, the active portion of which debt has im-
proved from 83 to 84, whilst the Deferred Bonds
have risen to 38t. Spanish are steady. The
prices realised up to the present hour are :
Buenos Ayres Six per Cent. Bonds, 541,
I. Danish Five per Cents., 101 ex div. Two-and-
a-Half per Cent. Dutch, 581; ditto Four per Cent.
Certificates, 911, a. Mexican Bonds for the 14th
of March, 34a, a. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1819, WO, 83. 84; ditto Deferred, 371, 38!.
Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cente.,9ll, a. Spanish
Active Five per Cents., 191 ; ditto fur account, 191.
Venezuela Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 311.
The following are the rates of exchange this day
lime. Moos orgottotio
?moo To
Iltt. Instr. ... 116. telotv.
ilia t 1',i4... Illi 17 pg..
111. 17 at.. ... lilt. 17 -tr.
11E. 170 tr. ... 110. 17 Av.
Meek 7tochl. 13fato. jack.
1111111. ... E.
1211. 37kr. ... 115.
1211. MIL ... lii.
Urn. I.3cts. ... 25free.. 30.4.
tio.rre. tads.— 25:rca. 30cts.
ntre•.274cts... 251,er. 324 e to.
25frot. Leto— Ittrot. 74ets.
tlifrektlteto .. 231tr0..:7; eso.
„ 1131reo 33 a... moire. 300 t..
2.3fr0..23 as .. 71.51irce. 3, eta.

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2ifte".23 2Stece. 30eV.
~ 2SfroP.:s eta... &Ude. res.
231 r. de.... 251 r. 30da.

pee dont „ 411 penoe 414 penes
Pre ounoe
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121' penes
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Madrid ........ duller'„ 494 pence ... 491 p. nee
.. 5. i

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49i I ence . 49/ puce
5:;,1 pence . SS( pence
3.3 i pence ... P 34 pence
pence ...

The amount of bills drawn by the East India Com-
pany on the respective Presidencies of India from the
previous date to the 6th instant, is us follows :
Rah: of Exchange.
Tiengal £21,925 4 8).
CuMadras
Bombay
Total

The total amount drawn in the two months of the I
present year (from the 7th of January to the 6th in-
stant) is 327,140/. Ss. Id.
'there is now a yet stronger desire manifested
among the Spanish bondholders fur the mission of a
political agent to Madrid. The apology put forward
for the committee is that they have no funds, and
that they are not strongly supported by the bond-
holders. What this has to do with the case we do
not well sec. The committee are not expected to
put their hands in their pockets, but it may be possi-
ble for them to devise or approve a scheme for rais-
ing the necessary funds by the issue of debentures or
otherwise.

Last week the Daily News made some comments
on the new scale for foreign office passports, which
have attracted the attention of our commercial men,
who moat seriously desire some relief. Gentlemen
from Scotland who have the benefit of the passports
of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, have urged that
the local authorities here should issue passports. The
Lord Provosts, we believe, began the issue of these
passports as Vice Admirals of Leith and the Narrow
Sells, and have continued the practice to the great
benefit of the commercial community. We are in-
debted to the courtesy of the Right Hon. William
Johnston, the Lord Provost, for the accompanying in-
formation of the present practice:

Sir,—ln reply to your note, I beg to state that I and my
predecessors in office have long tamed passports, and that
they are found to be fully as useful as those of the Foreign-
office. They arc issued to any oue on application, on
payment of u fee of ;is. to the clerk. No previous notice is
required, and it is not necessary to give any description of
person or persons using my passports.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed)
W. JOHNSTON, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
Feb.' 28, 18.51.

The Lord Mayor of London is in the habit of giv-
ing his scal of attestation to documents, which is re-
ceived with the greatest respect on the continent,
and there can be no doubt a passport from him will
be equally well received. Nous, Henri, Vicomte
Palmerston, Baron Temple," &c., &c., with a coat-of-
arms, looks very imposing, but a Lord Mayor's style
and titles will do quite as well. Yankee vice-consuls
know well enough that a great seal has much effect
among petty officials abroad. The Lord Provost of
Edinburgh gives his passport without exposing the
applicants to unnecessary trouble, and for a fee more
moderate than that of Lord Palmerston. If the City
records were examined many precedents would be
found for the Lord Mayor granting his passport to
his fellow-citizens.

_
The traffic returns for the past week on the under-
mentioned English lines of railway, as made up to
this day, are as follows:

1851. 1850.
London and North Western £41,069 £40,201
Great We tern

Midland
.... 20,504
London and South Western 8,707 .... 8,088
Lancashire and Yorkshire 11,501 .... 12,090
London and Brighton
South Eastern
.
...-

York, Newcastle' and Berwick 13,143 .... 11,949
York and North Midland 6,761 .... 6,400
North Staffordshire

Manchester, South Junction,
and Altrincham 4lO ....
Shrewsbury and Chester 1,384 ....
Bolton, Blackburn. Clitheme,
and West Yorkshire 412
South Devon l,Ol .... 1,484
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 650 .... 376
Eastern Counties and Norfolk 12,638 .... 14,208
Total £161,014 £166,929

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The total receipts on the above lines being
153,9291., in 1830, and 161,014'. in 1851, it follows
that there is an increase of 5,0851., or 3 per cent.
The number of miles in 1830 was 3,3201, and in 1831
3.498 showing an increase 0f172 t miles, or 4 i per
cent. The return per mile per week was, in 18.30,
461. 17s. 6;d., and in 1831, 461. Os. 51d.
KNOLINII 1,1:511tc..-1141e bar.
Pk flirt& 2146 1,4 r per Ct. lam Am., 93 9
3Pe Ci. 5.4. •una. 974 9 nvo Lt.. 9X6 9
3 per CL Cos. Ansa. 944 1 Exchequer htlic.496. to 62*.
re itionN VON lin.
5 per Ot. AmKtiaa MM..— 1 per et. Orlon& LLD.. 174 163
41 per l.'s. 14.16.80ra, 91 3 •resoot• Permed 80, 4 3
. tar Cola.. 5 Ins et St
et. Bap. 1%1 4 _
a 'tar Ct. Brazilian Ma.. P 3 4 •''' '4 pet itt.Prouea , Box 894 3
Pato New. 913 lot ufitea Conrertad 336.44
6 per el Butane Afrea.l3 4 6 pia C.Kim. II u.... 10 la
s9r (11. Chaim H. 1,.. 816 2 ..tilto Souieb id,. 191 i
limo Cahoot, Ont. 11.1.., 3 tor C. Shush.% HU.. .:71 $
Colombian Bocaloe lido.. 3/ 4 11, De,,,,d 54.,
3 per C. barna. 134. 78 90 I Biwa Pawnee 116..49 i
21 Per ta. Dutch Wis.. 546 9 1 per C. Versusla 1... 313 2
4 per Ci. Data Cam.. 116 2 ifeaexieela Behornal ZOIIJs. 111 121