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

LICK ET.

Two o'Cimmt.
The market fur the home funds is only moderately
active, but the business is of a steady character,iiii
and includes the usual purchase on public)
account. From Paris prices come reported at an im-
provement, consequent upon the more pacific ten-I
dency of the President's speech at Poitiers. The pro-
spects of the market continue favourable, and prices
are steadily maintained. ,
Consols have not varied from their yesterday's
quotation of 97 to div., for the 17th inst. The
official report of transactions includes :—Three per,
Cent. Consols, for the opening, 97, ; Three per
Cent. Reduced, 971, i; New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 981, 1 ; Long Annuities, 1860, 71 7-16, ;
ditto 30 years, 1859, 7; 3-16.
The unfunded securities remain firm. Exchequer
Bills for 1,0001., mark 495. and 465. prem. India
Bonds, under 1,0001., 595. prem.
The foreign stock market is very quiet to day, and
there is little change in price to notice. Spanish is
dull, pending the proceedings at the meeting. Yes-
terday afternoon the movement which has of
late been noticed from tium to time in
the market for Peruvian, was renewed, and
the price run up to 911, closing, however, rather
weaker; to-day the stock is quieter, marking 90 and
901. The following is the list of the bargains as yet ,
concluded : Brazilian New Five per Cents., 1829 and
39, 89. Dutch Two-and•a-llulf per Cents., 59,1.
Mexican Bonds, 34Z ; ditto for account, 16th July,
341. Peruvian Five per Cents., 1849, for account,
90, ,1; ditto Deferred, 43, A. Portuguese Five per
Cent. •11razil guaranteed), 861 ex div. ; ditto Four
per Cents., 311 1. Spanish Active Five per Cents.,
211. Venezueia. Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 33.
r
fhe traffic returns for the last week on most of the
English lines of railway are now known, and gene-
rally present a most brilliant comparison with those ,
fur the corresponding period of last year. The London
and Nort h-Western shows an extraordinary expansion,
the amount being 65.387/. against 49.0771. in 1850,
showing an increase of no less than 16,3101. The Great •
Western is also very good, being 6,3391. more; the
receipts are 25,2341. against 18,895/. The Lanes-
shire and Yorkshire is 1,095/. more, being 17,1701.
against 16,075/.; the London and South Western
3.083!. more, being 16,398/. against 13,315/.; the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 1452/. more, being 17,0181.
against 15,766/. ; the York mid North Midland, 131.
more, being 8.279/. against 8,266'.; the Manchester,
Sheffield, anti Lincolnshire, 1,006/. more, being
7,421/. against 6,3251.; the North Staffordshire,
1,361/. more, being 6,0081. against 4,644/. • the Bris-
tol and Exeter 539/. more, being 5,20;5/. against
4,669/.

Tills DAY.

Next week the money market will be consider-
ably affected by the payment of the half-yearly divi-
dends on the home stuck falling due on the sth in-
stant. The amount coming forward from this quar-
ter alone is nearly six millions and a half, distributed
on the respective stocks in round numbers w
follows

Three is•r Cent. Consols £5,490,000
Fire per Cent. Annuities
Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726
Annuities ending 1560 440,000
India Stock
South Sea Stuck
Ditto, New Annuities 33,000
Ditto, Three per Cent., 1751

£6,171,001)
Dividends are also fulling duo on various foreign
stocks, of which the following may be taken as an
estimate :

Due July 1. Dutch Two-and-it-Half per Cents. £8.".0,00n
„ • I. Mexican Bonds 153,600
„ 1. l'ortuguese Five per Cents., Cony 71,000
„ 1. Ditto, Four per Cents.
„ 1. Ditto, Three per Cents., 1848 5,000
„ I. ItussiunFour-und-u-Ilalf per Cents. 12.3,000
▪ 1. Spanish Three per Cents.
„ 1. Belgian Two-and a half per Cents 220,000

Total 401,649,600
It must, however, be noted that only a portion of
the Dutch and Belgian dividends will be paid in this
country.

In addition to the large amounts above specified,
the dividends on the French Three per Cent. Itentes
arc in course of payment at l'uris, and those on the
various United States federal loans, and other state
stocks, including those of Maryland and Ohio, arc all
due; the aggregate amount coming to this country
from these sources will not be inconsiderable, as

certain of these investments have been in much
favour in the London niarket at various periods.
Finally must be taken into account a mass of divi-
dends payable in June and July, but the amount of
which it is not easy to define, arising out of the
following stocks and shares, viz. :—ltailway shares
and debentures, English sad foreign; canal shares
and debentures, insurance shares, dock shares and
debentures, gas companies and waterworks shares
and debentures, bank shares, mines, &e.
' Business in Bank Shares this week has been al-
most at a stand still, the entire sales being restricted
to lhitish North American (50/. paid) at 46 ; Provin-
cial of Ireland (251. paid), 423 ex div. ; Union of Aus-
tralia (2.W. paid), :36.
Dock Shares are unchanged in value. Commer-
cial stock is quoted t 34 ; East and West India, 144 ;
London, 113 to 3 ; St. Katharine, 77 ; Southamp-
ton, 15. _ _ _

'the market fur insurance Nharets is firm ; anti where
any difference in price is to be noticed, as has been the
case for some time past, it is in an upward sense.
Plnenix shares are quoted 156 ex div. ; Royal Ex-
change stock, 221 ; County, 80 cx div. ; Globe, 136;
Guardian, 561 ; Indemnity Marine, 501; Law
Life, 46. _ .

Miscellaneous shares arc quoted as follows in the
official list—viz.: Assam Tea Company, 8; Austra-
lian Aoricultural, 15; Australian Trust, 20; Anglo-
Mexican Mint, 20; Canada. Company, 47, 4s, 49;
ditto Five per Cent. Bonds, WI; Hudson's Bay
Stock, 205; Price's Patent Candle Cotnpuny, 24;
South Australian, 241 ; Van Diemen's Laud, 1.

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