The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.
THIS DAY. _

Two o'CLoez,

The transfer books of Consols shut to-day for the
dividend, and the operations which are consequently
brought forward have caused a variation of in the
cash price beyond the "turn" of the market, but
otherwise the market has been steadily maintained,
and the price for the opening in July has remained
at yesterday's rise. The operations include the usual
purchase
, of Reduced Threes by the government

Consols have been transacted at 98 to 4 for cash,
whilst for the 17th July they are called 98! to 4.
The official business list is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, 981 98; ditto for the opening, 17th
July, 984, ; ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 971. 4,1;
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 98;,, 4 ; Long An-
nuities, 1860, 7 5-16 ; ditto 30 years, 1860, 7 9-16 ;
Bank Stock remains good; it has been transacted at
2124 and 211,1
Exchequer Bills continue steady, but India Bonds
ars asareely so firm. Exchequer Bella, 1,0001., have
buss Negotiated at 465. and 435. ; ditto small,
4.1 a. and 475. India Bonds, 1000 L, at 535. and 525.
premium.
The settlement of the account has been in progress
la the foreign stock market, but has not engaged
any large share of attention. Prices are quoted
with scarcely the least change. Peruvian Bonds
maintain their recent rise. Mexican, on the other
bead remain depressed. Business has been concluded
is the undermentioned stocks this morning, viz.

Austrian Five per Cents. Bonds, 741; exchinge fixed
at 10 guilders per £. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 92, 91/. Mexican Bonds 341. Peruvian
Five per Cents., 1849, 871, 8. Portuguese Four per
Cents., 321. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
1021. Spanish Active Five per Cents., zol, I;
ditto Three per Cents., 401, 1, 1. Venezuela Two-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 321.
The traffic returns on all the chief lines for the
last week are now known, and fully bear out the
anticipations indulged in by us. The London and
North-Western return is no less than 10,1781. more
than last year, the amount being 58,4551., against
48,2771.; whilst the Great Western shows an in-
crease of 7,992'., the receipts being 25,1831. against
17,1911. The London and South Western return is
4,3511. more, being 15,4141., against 11,0681. in 1850;
the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2031. less, being
14,3311., against 14,534/. ; the York and North Midland-,
271. more, ;being 7,201!. against 7,194!.; the North
Staffordshire 6521. more, being 4,9741. against
4,3221.; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
7571. more, being 6,4471. against 5,7201. The Mid-
land forms the chief exception, the traffic being still
depressed. The amount is 21,2551. against 21,4841.,
showing a de-crease of 229/.
The arrangements for closing the railway share
account now pending were likewise in progress yester-
day. Many old transactions hang over the market,
but little anxiety is felt, as the weight of the old
accounts has been so much reduced, and the opera-
tions of this account, which are chiefly small bear
ones, have been much interfered with by race-days
and holidays. The next account is expected to be a
busier one, as the public and the frequenters of the
Stock Exchange will resume business, and no holi-
days intervene, while the growth of the Exhibition
and excursion traffic is likely to stimulate specu-
lators. The result, too, of a rise in prices will be to
bring the public in as investors, though many will
hold back till after the dividends are paid on the
government stocks.
The rates of continuation yesterday ruled generally
much lighter than on the occasion of the last settle-
ment. 'rho following are some of the rates paid per
share :

Birminkisaass
Great Walnut
South Winkstan
Midlands
Lancashire and Yorkshire
York and North Midlands
Berwick. l-16
Eastern Counties -32
Brightens -16 3-16
Doyen l-16 3-16
Yorks -16 II
Caledonians -32 3-32
Blackwell. -16
Oxford and Warsaw, -16
North S.affords l-16
Shrewsbury' -16
Aberdeen. -16
Ambergates -32 3-32
Northern of France l-16
Boulogne and Amiens l-16
Business in Bank shares is upon a rather quiet
scale. The transactions of the week past comprise :
British North American (50/. paid), 441 ; Commer-
cial of London (201. paid), 18 ; Provincial of Ireland,
(251. paid), 431, 44, 431; ditto New (101. paid), 15 ;
Union of Australia (251. paid), 35; ditto (21. 10s.
paid), 31; Union of London (10/. paid), 121.
In dock shares East and West India mark V.
lower, but other descriptions are unaltered as follows:
Commercial Stock, 84; East and West India, 144;
London, 113 1; St. Katherine, 771; Southampton 15.
Steamboat shares do not attract quite the Usual
share of attention, but prices are fairly maintained.
General Steam Navigation shares marked 281, 1.
Peninsular and Oriental, 71, 70 ; ditto New (51. paid),
10; Royal Mail Steam, 761, 76.
Miscellaneous shares are quoted as follows in the
official list—viz.: Assam Tea Company, 9; Austra-
lian Agricultural, 15; Australian Trust, 20; Anglo
Mexican Mint, 25 ; Canada Cmpany, 47; ditto Five
per Cent. Bonds, 93/ ; Hudson's Bay Stock, 205;
Price's Patent Candle Company, 231 ; South Austra-
lian, 241 ; Van Diemen's Land, 1.
There is no particular movement in the market for
insurance shares, and prices are unaltered, being
I quoted as under :—Albion, 86 ; Alliance, British and
Foreign, 211 ; ditto Marine, 361 ; Anchor, 11 ;
Atlas, 17; ; British Commercial, 7 ; hurch of Eng-
land, 2/, 3 ; Clerical, Medical, and General Life, 20;
County, 80 ex div. ; Crown, 15 ; Eagle, 64 ; Equity
and Law, 5 ; English and Scottish Law Life, 21 ;
European Life, 12 • General, 51 ; Globe, 136 ; Guar-
dian, 561 ; Imperial Fire, 245 ; Imperial Life, 181 ;
Indemnity Marine, 60 ; Law Fire, 21 ; Law Life,
451, 46 ; Legal and General Life, 41 ; London Fire,
19 ; London Ship, 19 ; Marine, 151 • Medical In-
valid and General Ll°, 21 ; Monarch,i lex div. ;
National Loan Fund, 21 ; Palladium Life, 21.;
Phoenix, 156 ex div. ; Professional Life, 19s. ; Provi-
dent Life, 30; Rock Life, 6); Royal Exchange, 221;
Sun Fire, 209 ; ditto Life, 48 ; United Kingdom, 4 ;
Victoria Life, 5, 51.

Shares in the oeneral Reversionary and Invest-
ment Society are quoted 91 to 92 ; Equitable Rever-
sionary, 1091 ; Reversionary Interest Society, 100.
The last quotations of exchange on LOndon at
foreign places are as follows:
Previous Latest
Quotations. Quotations.

Alexandria 971 . '
61p
98 ---i.. p.
ti
Bremen, 2 months 6 61
Copenhagen, short
Ditto, 90 days
Constantinople, 3 months 1121 1121
Genoa, 3 months
Hamburg, short
Ditto, 3 months
'broils
66
Randy, 6 months OEI 1 6
Idadnd
Rome
Rigs, 3 months
St. Petersburg,3months 37 11-16 d. 13-16 d. 3713-16 d.
Stockholm, short
Ditto, 8 moths. 11.37 11.38 37
Sidosiss. $ mantas
89T6 28.70 28.76 80
SWIM H Ip. 1111 p.
Trigs.*
Venial 291. 12 291.08
Zants

In our impression of yesterday we gave an
estimate of the transactions of the various London
fire usurance companies, as calculated from the offi-
cial returns of the duties collected in 1850, and we
have now carried on our calculation to the country
offices. None of these equal the largest town offices
in the magnitude of their transactions, but the btu&
nem of many is neverthekas of great extent. The