The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-05 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY

MONEY MARKET.

101111X0.
The Board of Trade returns publisheFßlDAYd to-day, were
favourably construed, and assisted the upward ten-
dency of the English funds. Consols were first done
at 97, and advanced to 971, the highest point at-
tained. At this period the speculator for a rise
began to realise profits, which brought the price down
to 961, the lowest point, from which, however, they
partially rallied, and were afterwards done at 971,
then again at 961, and lest at 97, closing at 97 to 1.
A good deal was also done in the Three per Cents.
It.dueed at 97 to 97Z being last marked 974. The
New Torte-and-s-Quarter per Cents. were exterminly
negotiated at 981 toe, the first and closing price
being 984.
' Fjchequer Bills have advanced another Is. to-day ;
they were done to some extent in all grades at 59e.
and 625. pm. Long Annuities, 8 9-16 and 1 ; ditto
30 years, 8 5-16 and Bank Bock, 2034 and 2044
In the foreign house a good deal of business was
done in Peruvian Bonds, which, after twirling 64,
declined to 614, and were last done at 614 for ac-
count. Buenos Ayres Bonds underwent a
sommiderslale sclvaticb ; they left off at 491.
Manything was done in Mexican or
The business reputed consists of :
Ayres Bonds at pine varying frentlitokBe,
the latter figure denoting the last transactinn.
Danish Torre per Cents., 1825, at 731. Equador
at 31. Grenada at 164 ; ditto Deterred at 3/.
Mexican, for account. at 294 atd 4. Peruvian Four
per Cents., 1849, at 621 and 631 for money, and from
611 to 64 for secant; ditto, Deferred, at 211. Por-
tuguese Four par Cents., at 361 for money, and 37, 4,
and 381, for account. Five per Cent. Spanish
Actives at 194 for money, and 191 for account ; the
Three per Cents., for account, at 37/. Veni ruela
at 29 1; ditto Deferred at 94. Two-aud-a-Half per
Dutch at 634 and 1; the Four per Cent. Certificates
at 86 for mom y, and 854 for the 16th inst.
Tree course of excLange has gone lower for this
mail for bills on France, Vienna, Trieste, and on all
Dalian places; whilst on Madrid they were negotiated
a shads higher. The fixed exchanges were :
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The premium on gold yesterday at Paris was 13
per mille, which, at the English mint price of
31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives sn
exchange of 23.47; ; and the exchange at Paris on
London at short being 25 45, it follows that gold is
0.09 per cent. dearer is l'aris than in London.
By last mail the price of gold in Hamburg was
4361 per mark, which, at the English mint p-:ce of
Si. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13.101; and the exchange at Hamburg
on London at short being 13.9;' it folio",. that gold
is 0.46 per tent. dearer in Hamburg than in London.
By last advice, the course of exchange at Noir
York on London tor bills at 60 days' sight is 1081 per
cent.; and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the
exchange is nominally 1.33 per cent. against Eng-
land. But, after making allowance fur diffirecce of
interest and charges of transport, the present rate
does not admit of gild being exported to the United
States.

The following quarantine notice was posted at
Lloyd's to-day :

Labon, Dec. 29.—Sir,—The Board of Health has issued
the following order, dated the 24th instant, in the " Diem
de Governo" of the 26th, declaring the port of London
suspected ' from the Bth instant, thus altering the order of
the 6th instant, and ' fret from contagion,' all the ports of
Holland, from the 23g d instant, thus revoking the order of
toe 12th instant. —1 remain, .ir, your mNet obedient servant,
Cr•ttt.as JAVNCIY.—To Captain Halsted, 8.N., Lloyd's.
Letters from Leipzig of the 31st of December men-
tion that the new year's fair had commenced as usual
on the third holiday of Christmas wt ek. Many
German, as well as Greek, Polish, and Russian mer-
chants, bad previously arrived, and business in the
two leadirg articles, leather and woollen cloth, had
already been done to a considerable trent. The
supplies of leather falling short, bad created some'
excitement amongst the buyers, and before the end of
the second day the entire stock offered for sale of
upper and sole leather had been cleared off. The
print paid were about the same as at the kl,chaelmas
fair. 't he demand for woollen cloths was else active,
and many parcels had been taken at good prices. Tice
fair was not so well attended sensual by the clothiers,
and therefore the supplies were moderate, which con-
tributed to keep op prces, whilst the business was
less extensive. Of other articles little could be said,
as the business in German products is of less import-
ance at this than at the other faire held at Leipzig in
the spring and autumn.
The returns just issued of the number and tonnage
of the vessels composing the Belgian mercantile
navy, show that a very slight increase has taken place
dunng the past year. On the 31st December, 1848,
the number of Belgian vessels wee 151: to this figure
must be added seven vessels, which were hunched
during the year, and five which have become na-
tionahsed; making a total of 163 vessels. On de-
ducting eight vessels which have been lost at ace,
end three which have been broken up, condemned,
&c., we find that the Belgian mercantile marine con-
sisted, on the 31st December, 1849, of 151 vessels,
varying in tonnage from 42, the lowest, to 852 tons,
the highest figure. During the past year the tonnage
has increased by 2,200. On the 31st December, 1848,
there were in course of construction four vessels, re-
presenting a tonnage of about 1,170; whilst at the
same date in 1849, the number of vessels building
was nine, amounting to 3,100 tons.
The aggregate traffics receipts on all the Belgian
railways during the year 1849 exhibit as increase of
;eight per cent. over those of the previous year.
The total receipts of the Northern of France Rail-
way from the Ist January to the 25th December,
1849, were 18,916,771 francs, against 16,058,002
francs during the same period of 1848, being an
increase during the last year of twenty-five per cent.
From the general review of the trade of Amster-
dam during 1849 we extract some of the most
interesting particulars. The most important product
in that market is coffee, the price of which has risen
from 18 cents, at which it stood at the commencement
of the year, to 33 cents per / kil. for low ordinary
Java, at which it was quoted on the let inst. All
other coffees followed the same course. The supplies
of West India descriptions at Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam have been of more important* than during
former years, owing to the blockade of the Elbe.
Several lots of Brazil were also imported from Ant-
werp through the canals, but sines they cannot be
ascertained with accuracy, they are not comprised in
the estimates of import and stock. The total im-
ports into Amsterdam alone were, in 1849, 537660
bags 811 barrels, against 406,613 bap 471 binds in
1848. The stock on the 31st DecemWr was 184,813
bags 131 barrels, against 178,857 bags 234 barrels in
1848, at same date. The total quantity sold in the
different Dutch ports by the Trading Company was,
in 1849, 902,000 bags, and in 1848 799,000 bags.
The total stock in the Dutch ports on the 24th De-
cember is estimated thus :

Begs
Held by the canipny
Jars codhe, on receipt notes
Other deeertptkee, is fret heads end in entreplot
Total bogs 633,000
Against 821,000 bags at cams period 1848. Sugar,
from January to Marcb, experienced an advance of
4f. to Of., but, from that date to tho present, prima