The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-21 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, January 20.

STOCK SZCIIANGII.—This market opened heavy, but was
rather firmer at the close, except as regards Shrewebury
and Birminehams, which were still pressed on the market
in considerable number. The A's were done at 7 dis.; and
South &affords at 31 dis.

MILITIA FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES.—TILe
enrolled militia of the United States reaches the number of
2,000,001, a tolerably large army. Pennsylvania has a
greets, number of enrolled militia than any other state,
which shows that, as the above number is, all those capable
of bearing arms are not returned by the different states
The returns from offilial sources are as followc—Maine,
41,660; 'New Hampshire, 27,967; Massachusatts, 101.789 ;
Vermont. 23,915; Ronde Island, 13,658; Connecticut,
57,719; New York, 261,452; New Jersey, 39,179; Pennsyl-
vania, 276,070 ; D •laware, 9,229; Maryland, 48,864; Vire
vinia. 124,202; N rill Carolina, 79,443 ; South Carolina,
65.209; Georgia, 67.312; Alabama, 4,331; Ltuisians,
436.318; Miudielppl, 45,335 : Tennessee, 74,252; Nosy ueky,
88.6:9; Ohio, 178,466; Indians, 63 918 ; Illinois, 129,219 ;
Missouri, 61,000; Ark sneer, 17137; Michigan, 60,017;
Florida, 12,122; Term. 10,776; Wisconsin, 32,203; District
of Colombia, I,249.—New.York Tribtrut.

MONEY MARKET.
THIS DAY.
Two ()Timm.
At the commencement of bueiness to-day a renewal
of the purchases of Consols and the Reduced Three
per Cents. made by the government broker, tended to
maintain the stock market at the improved rates of

yesterday afternoon, and • further rise.of was estab-
lished ; but with the cmirple• ion of these transactions,
some rather considerable sales, understood to be on
speculative account, and based upon the unsettled
appearance of French politics, quickly caused a re-
action, and prices are now quoted 1 lower than they
opened, and 1 worse than they left off yesterday.
Consols were first called 961 to 1 for money, acd
961 to 1 for the account of the 12th February, and
they have clone declined to their present quotation,
which is 96 to and 964 to 1 respectively. The
prices of actual bargains officially marked are : Three
per Cent. Console, 961, 1.„ 96 ; ditto for account, 961„
I. Three per Cents., It duced, 961, 97, 961; New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 98Z, 1. Annuities,
30 years, 1860, 7 7-16; India Stock, 2671, 267.
Exchequer Bills are steady, at 631. to tiffs. prem.
for all siz,a. In India Bonds, nothing is doing.
. .

Foreign stocks generally are rather firmer,r, though
business is very quiet. In Mexican there have been
a few traneactions, and the small bonds have im-

proved to 33 ex div. The sales reported up to the
prteent hour consist of: Brerlian Oid Five per
Cent. Bonds, at 891. Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
Dutch, 671; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 90.
Five per Cents., French Rentee, 95E. 60c.; exchange,
24f 95c. Mexican small Bonds, 321,1, 33 ex div.
Peruvian Deferred Bonds, 33;,. Portuguese Five per
Cents., 86; ditto Five per Cent.., Converted, 1841,
_ _

36. Hessian Five per 'Cents , 11.2 ; ditto Four-and-
a-Halt per Cents., 964.
A special general meeting rf the proprietors in the
Union Bank of Australia was held yest. rday, when a
half-yearly dividend at the usual rate of 6 per cent. per
annum was declared, together with a bonus of 10s.
per share on the 32,000 paid-np shares, and a like
proportion of bonus oo the 21.10.. paid-up on the
8,000 shares of the third series, payable in London,
free of income-tax, on the 4th of February next, and
in the colonies, with the addition, of course, of 7d. in
the pound, immediately on receipt of advice. from this
s'de. The course of the business of the bank is re-

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presented to have been moat favourable, arising from
the continued prosperity of the colonies producing an
extension of trade. .

The last quotations of exchange at foreign places
on London at the shortest dates are :
Previous
Quotations. Last.
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Berlin 6'h.184 --
Copenha,len
Fre akfort -
Genoa 2606
Gothentarg
Homburg
le i psis -
Madrid
Manilla - 6.544.
M. :leo - 464.
N is York llO4, I 1104,4
Odessa
Paris
Stockholm 11.36 11 40
Trieste
Vienna
Except Hamburg, where the decline is consider-
able and continuous, the rates are firm but low.
Antwerp letters of Saturday evening report only a
small bu4ness on the Bourse, operators being kept
back by the non-arrival of the French post. The
Spanish Domestic Three per Cents. were ii.quired for.
The prices noted are :-Belgian Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 50 ; ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89; ;
ditto, Five per Cents., 1840 42, 97: to t. Austrian
Five per Cent. Metallic:, 73i to .;. Spanish Loan of
1634, 111 ; the Home Three per Cents., 33 3-16.
Sardinian Five per Cents., 331. Itlman Five per
Cents., 76. Exchaage on London, 24.971 to 95.
At Amsterdam, on Friday, business in the stock
market was inactive, and prices experienced scarcely
any change. The last quotations of the market are :
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 56 1516 to 57 ;
ditto Three per Cent. Certificate., 66 15-16 ; ditto,
Four per Cente., 88. Belgian Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. (Rothschild), 47 3.16 to 1. French Three
per Cents., 53,1. Spanish Ardoins, 5102., 12,1 ;
I the Domestic Three per Cents., 33 :1-16 to-. Por-
tuguese Five per Cent& (London), 35 1-16; ditto,
Four per Cents.' 341 to 13-16. Russian Five per
Cents. (Hope), 1798-1816, 1051 to 1; ditto, Five
per Cents., 1828-9, 1041; ditto, Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 94; ; ditto, Four per Cents. (Hope),
87 ; ditto (Stieglitz), 861. Austrian Five per
Cent. Metreliques,_ 701; ditto New, 76; ditto
New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 37 3.16 to 1 ;
Brazilian Five per Cents., 891 • ditto Five per
Cents., 1843, 874.; ditto, 1839, 2001., 8.51. Mexican
Bonds, 34, !, 1. Venezuela Deferred, In. Grenada,
Deferred, 4,1. Ecuador, 3 1-16. Danish Five per
Cents., 981. Exchange on London was quoted 11.80
for short, and 11.721 for two months. Sptcie was
unaltered.
The appointment of Governor-General of Nether-
lands India, vacant by the death of Mr. Bruce, is not
yet filled up. Several eminent men have been spoken
of. There is some talk of sending out a Commis-
sioner-General for Netherlands India.
As a proof of the care with which boards and mi-
nistries of trade abroad keep the mercantile in'erests
informed, we may mention that the last Board of
Trade returns of imports and exports for the eleven
months of 1850 have been already distributed by the
Netherlands government to all the chambers of com-
merce and manufactures in Holland.
At Hamburg on Friday the bourse was firm.
Prices were :-Russian English Five per Cents.,
1041; ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 901. Danish
Three per Cents., 721 ; ditto, Five per Cents., 94.
Swedish Four per Cents., 961. Esst Gothland Four
per Cents., 91. Wexio, 1849, Four per Cents , 91.
Norwegian Four per Cents., 1001. Hanoverian New
Five per Cents., 104. Spanish Ardoins Five , per
Cents., 11; ditto, Three per Cents., Inland, 301,.
The exchange on London at sheet was 13 marks
21, which is lower, and at three months, 13 marks 1.
Gold per mare is 422.
The National Brazilian Mining Association have
received advice, dated Comes Mine, November 12,
1850. At Hamilton's Stops there is still a large party
employed in rising westerly in precisely the same
manner as when last reported. The lode here pre-
sents a most promising appearance, and some good
specimens hart been found during the past ten days.
Produce from Cocaes from 24th October to 131
November-Mks. 7.3.1.53.
The St. John del Rey Mining Company have re-
ceived letters dated Morro Vetto, November 18, 1860.
Gold extracted to date, 7,516 oitavas from 392 76-100
cubic feet of sand, result of ten days' stamping, yield-
ing 19 13.100 °item,. The supply of stone continues
abundant, and the quality during the fret ten days
morethan nenally good; bu' since then a change for
the worse is but too perceptible.
A report has been received to-day by the Santiago
Mining Company, dated Cobra 23rd anember, 1850.
There is no change of importance with regard to
the mines. The different levels continue to yield
from 2 to 4 tons of ore per fathom.
11413L1811 1,11241361.-Tuti Day.
, reek &net. 114 16 3 per Ct.. Con. Arc.. Feb. 11, 941 3
, 3 per et. Had. Loan, 961 7 191 Per CIA 98. 3
3 pes OLOas. Assn. 96 r
roasto.Vnir alb's"' s° as..
5 per Cl. Austrian Beale" -r i 'opera. 0r.e40
D Fida...l7 18
e 3 per Ot. Beig. • VO 3 SI 4
91 pee Cent, - 15 per Ct Ilea. Ben, :3,1 3
6 rugt.Nridgaset BSc. SS 00 1 6 pert 1.P9-sdraie ale, VI 9
6 see Ca Wen. Aire.,46 9 1 r0iv.....z1e.1t 41„
'pie Cit. tfbiltatt Me., 103 6 Su Spanish WS, 171 4
little Womb. Doi lids - y 3 pee et Braaten Bile.. 373 I
0541054i40 KS .undor F4A.13 I I bo. Peterred lade., -
3 per Ca MASS NA, 76 8 Ditto Paraire Ma, 31 1
21 per CO. Dutch Ws, 6711 113 per et. Vanesuels bale.. 30 1
,i, 4 per et. Duteb Cant... 103 i 4 enetnein Peened BMA 11 12
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11.40
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UMBRELLAS.-I have talked with ao old laly who
remembered the Brat umbrelle used in Buford, and with
!mother who described the surprise elicited by the first in
Birmingham. An lust of mine, bora 1751, email not
remember when the house was tsith.ut one, though is her
hoath they were little ta-d. May not the word umbrella
ave been applied to warioustorts of iiejaamal—Notes and
Quorum.