The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-09 00:00:00

THIS DAY.

Two O'CLOCK.
The stock markets are decidedly good to-day, with
a sensible upward tendency of prune. A pod many
purcliabes have been made in nearly all the Eughsh
sovernment securities, as is penal previous to the
closing of the transfer books of Consols for the ap-
proaching dividend, which takes place on the 12th
lest, and the arrangements in anticipation of the set-
tlement of the account are also exercising a benefi- ,
ow, influence. Consols opened this morning at the
:srarred rate of 971 to toe money and Wednesday,
edfly went up to 971. The market is at pro-
sest iron, at 97} to I for cash, and 98 to for the
hammy account.
Is the other home stock. there have been rather
=tansies t' buyiegs," and the improvement in prices
is more considerable. The Reduced Three per Ce,ita.
were first marked 981, and then went up to 971;
whilst the New Tnree-sed-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been dealt in at 971 and I. Bent Stock, at 213.
In Exchequer Rile there has been a fair amount of
transactions at Saturday's rates, 87e. and ets. prem.
India Bonds, large and small, have been sold at 83e.
There is a slight increase of movement in the foredo
stock market, bat it is chiefly limited to Mexican
Bomb, in which rather more disposition to operate
is shrove, the price at the same time looking up. There is
elm= improvement in the prices of Danish and Dutch
securities, whilst Spanish Artie' s have undergone a
slight decline. Thu rates at which salty have
been effected this morning are as follows :—Erazil.an
Old Bond., small, at 86. Danish Five per Ceuta.,
1001 and 101. Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Dutch,
671 and ; ditto Four per Cont. Certificates, for the
17th inst., 881. Mexican Five per Cents., for the
mount, 32k, and /. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 1849, 80. Portuguese Four per Cents.,
341. Russian Four-and-a-Half per C-rats.. 961 and
1. Spanish Active Five per Cents., 171; ditto Three
per C• rate., for account, 391.
A morning paper has " good grou3d fur believing
that the Portuguese govere went con ttmplatee the
raising of a loon to the 'went of ab iut two millions
sterling, bearing an interest of three per cent., to be
guaranteed upon the sinking fund, which at present
yields 400 cantos of reis per ansum, a conto being
equivalent to 2601. sterling. The sinking fund, there-
, fere, producing an annual amount of 100,0001.,
and the interest on the proposed loan taking
from this a sum of 80,0001., it seems highly
probable, according to arithmetic as under-
stood in England, that only 40,0001. will remain
annually applicable to the gradual absorption of the
already existing public debt of Portugat. If we be
correct in this little calculation. we cannot persuade
ourselves that English capitalists will easily overlook
the facts from which we have drawn our inference.
In our country, at least, a proceeding similar to the
one contemplated by the Portuguese government
would not be held likely to fortify the national credit,
or to add to the security of the tuitional creditor."
ENGLISH etiNtta—Tins Mt.
wink Peak Ni 13 apw Ct. Con Ate.. Mt i
opera. AMME,; T Inve+ol.9l4l
OLOSOLet.emet..mtN steettort mush He to eh.

Immo:

I"I V U

rpe t IX. ad& Bleb. 90
Fir
any
1 per Sin, Of
Uhm Yew. el I
11 rftwello=o4 Ox
Trtils C•1=41.. ad. Mr,
Ocksabir Iligmber /344.. 3# #
far IX. Drib 74
34 Ins it Thad 1744..
4 per Ot. DU& GUM. TN el

ire ni
Geer& Mr 1
{pr t. 4
.
I ist 01.• 114..., • TN 110 i
arelitah.7ol9
=.otMlik .L.. 11414
Ditao Pantie
Por vermils N. 1011
Unmade Mend 114044. la 111

RA-CAPIIII4 OP • GONTICT AT WOOLWICH.—
gdwarrl Ora he, who steeped hoes Woolwich Drekrard,
co the 16th of July last, It woo supposed by having put on
a portion of one of the shipwright's nurse nverian when
at work near the Royal Albert, and by that Room ant out at
the south-west gate whoa the woikmes went to breather,
boo been appreheuded at Liverpool and committed for trial.
No luminance ha as let bins rreeisql of either of We three
ClDATieti who esesped from the WSZIIOI' is OM early part of
Lear week.