The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-11 00:00:00

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40 ;Brit. Col. Bank& Loan Co
SO British North American
25 :Chartered Bank of Asks
20 ,Chart. Bonk of India, Am
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100 ,Colonial ........
100 'Commercial of London ;
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20 .l. ea. Chart. Bank of Aust.
60 {London and County
60 ILondon Joint Stook
100 London and Weettninvtcr
100 National Pro'. of England
50 National et Ireland
26 Oriental Bank l'orporsion
100 PrmineW of Ireland
6 Roandyal
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' 25 ,South Australia ..........
25 'Colon of Australia
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SATURDAY EVINING.
The English stock market was again better to-day,
and showed much-firmness to the close. Business in
each department of the Stock Exchange was limited,
and the attendance of members thla, but the improv-
ing tendency was general. Of reports connected
with the present political crisis there were Mw, and
the telegraphic advices received from Paris reported
no marked change on that Bourse.
Consols are marked 98 to 981 for money, and were
at one time as good as 981 to 7, for the 19th instant,
for which the closing quotation was 981 to 1. The
official business report includes : —Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 981, 98, 1, ex div. ; ditto for
the opening, 19th July, 981, -,-, ex div.; Three per
Cent. Reduced, 981, 99 ; Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents., 1011. 2. India Stock, 257, 258.
Exchequer Bills were again a shade flatter. Sellers
in most cases realised Is. prem., but the closing quo-
tation was par to 48. prem. India Bonds mark 245.

to 30s. prem.
The foreign stock market generally maintained the
improved feeling of yesterday, but business was very
quiet. Equador Bonds were better, and the Swedish
Loan firm. At 3 o'clock, Mexican Bonds were
quoted 261 [to 27 ; Peruvian Deferred, 58 to GO;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Scrip, 2 die. to par ;
Granada Active, 21i to 221; ditto Deferred, 9 to
a. Sales are thus marked : Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cent. Bonds, 98, 97 (exchange, 25f.) Dutch
Four per Cent. Certifs., 961, 96. Ecuador Bonds, 51.
French Three per Cent. ltentea, 761. 25c. (exchange,
25f. 10c.) Granada Deferred Bonds, 91. Mexican
Three per Cents., 27. Portuguese Four per Cents.,
411; ditto for account (15th July), 41; ditto, ex all
overdue coupons, 381. Russian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents.,
_lOOl ex div. Swedish Four per Cent.
Provincial Mortgage Loan ,1 prem.
Money continues easy, but there is a good demand
for accommodation. In Lombard-street the leading
II houses adhere to a minimum discount rate of 31 per
cent (or a quarter per cent. below the Bank of Eng-
land rate), and are understood to be doing a most
extensive business, owing to the bulk of these trans-
actions being altogether diverted from the Bank, in
consequence of the higher rate fixed by that Wah-
-1 lishment. Amongst other dealers in money, whose
operations are upon a more restricted scale, discounts
are occasionally effected below 31 per cent.
There is still not the slightest disposition on ths
I part of stockholders' tol accept the new securities
offered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
We are glad to see that the Stock Exchange Com-
mittee are vigorously putting in force their resolution
of yesterday for refusing admission into the house
after a stated hour. This being Saturday, no person
was allowed to enter after three o'clock. It is obvious
that nothing but a little firmness is required to
assure the success of this rule which continues very
popular amongst the generality of the members.
Such of the dealers as choose to stay in the house
later to balance their booke are at liberty to do so,
bat any fluctuation that may result from this is quite
lindependent of the real business of the market.
The Portuguese financial agent in London pub-
lishes the annexed details of the progress of the con-
version lately. decreed by the government, and now
in operation, viz.:
Sums received for Conversion from 6th June tom h July.
Three per Cent. Bonds of 1835
Debentures
289,350 0 0
Five per Cent. Bonds of 1841
Four per Cent. Bonds of 1845
Three per Cent. Bonds of 1848
Certificates of capitalisation
-
Total received £919,033 18 5
Against which the following new Three per Cent.
Bonds and Certificates were issued, viz.:
Bonds £923,200 0 0
Certificates of active stock
Certificates of deferred stock 36,989 14 9

Total issued £970,459 0 11
Certificates of capitalisation issued up to
Gth inst. £250,602 15 11
In referring to this statement, it may be useful
to call attention again to the notice put forth
by the Committee of Portuguese Bondholders, who
earnestly warn their constituents not to convert,
as the new bonds issued by the Portuguese govern-
ment under this arbitrary and unjust conversion
decree will not be recognised by the London Stock
Exchange.
After the late heavy imports of the precious metals
the sums received this week have been small. Al-
though vessels continue to drop in from Australia,
the amount of gold brought in by each of them is
still in most cases trifling. Our list of arrivals in-
cludes the undermentioned sums, viz.:-402 ounces
of gold, by the Elizabeth Buckham, from Geelong;
3,000 ounces, by the Templar, from Sydney ; 120
ounces, by the Sarah Ann, from Launceston ;
544,000 dole. by the Canada, and 138,936 dols. by
the Arctic, both from New York ; 2,5911. in gold
dust, by the Indus, from Alexandria; 1,0621., by
the Tagus, from Portugal; and 50,000 half-imperials,
by the Lion steamer, which arrived at Hull yester-
day from St. Petersburg. The total value of these
imports is about 200,000 sterling.
The Custom-house statement of the shipments of
the precious metals direct from London for the week
ending Thursday last is as follows :—Gold coin : To
Hamburg, 1,277 ounces; to Port Philip, 3,9351.
Gold bars : To Belgium, 1,680 ounces ; to Hamburg,
1,500 ounces ;to Boulogne, 80 ounces. Silver coin :
To Boulogne, 450 ounces; to Dunkirk, 804 ounces.
Silver ban: To Boulogne, 850 ounces. This gives
a total of 4,537 ounces, and 3,938/. in gold, and
2,104 ounces of silver, of the aggregate value of only
about 22,0001.
The shipments of specie by the Parana for the
West Indies were only 1,4001. The only other ship-
ment reported to us is 4,6001. in coin by the
Northumberland for Port Philip. So far as returns
can be obtained, therefore, it would appear that the
total shipments of the week were under 30,0001.,
a against 200,0001. imported ; but information derived
- from other sources prevents our adopting this
favourable view of the _object. In the
London Custom -house return, as is well
known, cognisance is not always taken of all sums
exported; and besides this deficiency no returns are
obtainable of the large sums in gold that have been
despatched from London by rail, and shipped for the
continent, chiefly for France, from the Kentish ports.
During the last fortnight we have repeatedly drawn
attention to the heavy demand for gold for that
quarter, to which the bulk of the late Australian
supplies has been diverted. This, in fact, forms the
main feature of the bullion movement of the period,
but it is impossible to arrive at an estimate of the
amounts so despatched, as these operations a, c usually
carried on privately.
AllqtraliSll Agricultural and Peel Ricer shares
were firm, at the alight improvement of 3 e=teiy
afternoon. Other Laud shakes were also well su
ported. p-
British American Laud cloecd 67 to
prem.; 7an 0 ;
North British Australasian, 1. to 7, d
Scottish Australian Investment,
.11 to 2 prem.;