The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

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TUISDAY Evsimro.
Business in the several departments of the Stock
Exchange has been exceedingly dull, the present
being in many respects a partial holiday period.
The tone in the house generally has been fiat,
owing to the unsettled position of the Eastern ques-
tion, but the actual depression in prices is slight.
Consols ranged between 1001 and 1001, and finally
closed 1001 to 1, both for money and the Ist June.
In Reduced Threes there was a resumption of the
investments on account of the sinking fund. Bank
stock remains firm. The official busman report in-
eludes:--Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 1001,
f, t, ; ditto for account, 100 a. Three per Cent.
Annuities, 1726, 1001. Long Annuities, 1860, L
15-16, 51. South Sea Old Annuities, 994; ditto,
New Annuities, 100a,1, I. India Stock, 264. Bank
Stock, 230.
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Thin were again sales of Exchequer Bills, which
were depressed to 3s. die. The closing quotation
was 2s. dia. to par. India Bonds mark 255. prem.
The foreign stock market participated in the pre-
valent dulness. Peruvian stocks were again very
fiat. This market is very sensitive to any intelli-
gence adverse to the maintenance of the guano mono-
poly, and the statements received from San Francisco
relative to an alleged discovery of fresh deposits of
this manure seem to have excited some uneasiness.,
Sardinian and Dutch bonds are firm, and Spanish
steady. The list of sales is as follows :—Belgian
Four-and-a-Half per Cent, 983 ex div.; (exchange,
23f. per pound). Brazilian Old Five per Cent.,
1001, ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cent, 1852, 101.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent., 653, 66; ditto Four
per Cent. Certificates, 961, 3, 97. Equador Bonds,l
6/. Greek Bonds (Red), 10. Mexican Three per
Cents., 261. Peruvian Deferred Three per Cents.,l
64, 63. Portuguese Four per Cents., 401; ditto ex-
alt overdue coupons, 363. Sardinian Five per Cents.,
99. Spanish Old Three per Cents., 49.
Subjoined are the returns of the progress of the
conversion. It would appear that the holders of
South Sea stocks are begiumng to move, finding that
their assent to receive either of the new stocks must
be signified by the 3rd June. The demand is still
almost exclusively confined to the Two-and-a-Half
per Cent. stock (issued at 1101. percent.), the Exche-
quer Bonds being especially neglected. Holders of
Consols and Reduced Threes, who may signify their
assent any time before the 10th October, are still dis-
inclined to move. Our notice of the actual provi-
sions of the Government Conversion Act appears to
have placed the matter more clearly before the public.
It is surprising to find the ignorance prevailing on
the subject amongst parties usually well-informed on
each matters, including even many of the stock-
brokers. This effect is mainly traceable to the in-
efficiency of the means adopted for giving publicity
to all new acts of parliament, and to government
notices generally.