The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-30 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MONEY MARKET.

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoaz.
The market for the home funds is quiet to-day, the
attsetios of the habitues of the stock exchange being
mainly directed to the settlement of the fortnight's
account in the foreign stock and share mar-
kets, the heavy fluctuations of prices, and the
large amount of hoodlum which has been tranuated
in the latter market more especially, having, as was
anticipated, led to large " differerars." The English
fonds Sc. now weaker than they opened. Business
in Camels we. first marked at 964, but the market
soon beams flatter, and sales were made at 9434.
the present quotation being 96j to j ex div., for the
opening of the lfith January.
The Reduced Three per Cents. have been dealt in
at 974, 4, and 97 ; the New Threteand-a-Quarter
pee Cents., at 984, 4, and 4. Bank Stock, at 2131
and 213.

Thireare still a good many sellers of the unfunded
seeerithm, and prices show no signs of a rally.
Exchequer Bills of all sizes have met with bail.-
nese at 82s. and 58s. prem.; India Bonds, under
1,0001, at 735. prem.
In the foreign stock market the dealers are busied
with the adjostment of their aceounte, and cane-
=ely the real business is on a very small wale. The
is prices is confined to an improvement in
=stacks, and some little flatness in Mexican
Bands, which have been done as low as 35. The
sales reported in the official list are at the following
rates: Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 59; ditto
Font per Cent. Certificates, 91. 90j. Belgian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 901. Mexican Bonds, 35, ;
ditto for the 15th Jan., 351. Russian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 981, Spanish Active Five
per Cants., 171; ditto Three per Cents., 391. Ve-
nezoek Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 31; ditto
Deferred, 11, 1.
M. 31ount, of the house of Laffitte, Blount, and
Co., of Paris, and M. Pinard, director of the Comptoir
National D'Esoompte, arrived here on Friday on •
mission to obtain enbenriptions for 600,0001. towards
the tender for Renter to be adjudicated on the 31st
at Paris. These gentlemen, in conjunction with
Messrs. Devaux, Usielli and Co., have in two days
succeeded in completing their lists :
The proposals uoutd by Messrs. Devanx were as
follows :

Mewls. D snd Co., beg to Inform Mears. Match-
less* and Bon, that they will receive applications for the new
French loon of 493,000 lessee Resta Three per Cent. Stock,
sad 1,648,400 francs Mentes Five per Cent. stock, through
them (tempera's desirous of being isterested therein. The
Compote Nationale d'Esostrapte of Paris his received sub-
scriptions fir two thirds of this amount, end the remainder
Nail to abiut 600,0001., they propose to receive applications
ior in England. A commis/ion off per ant. will he charged
by Mears. Devanz and Cs., in oddities to the l per cent
charged in Faris by WI above inetithtion. First payment,
20 per cent, eight daps after the adjudicuion; second, 20
per cent., 25th January 1851 ; third, 20 per cent., 25th
February 1851; fourth, 20 per cent., 26th Much 1651 ;
filth, 20 per coo'., 264 April 1851. Those gentlemen desi-
rous of subscribing for the above loon will have the goodness
to send letters of applicatith to Messrs. Hutctsieson acid
Spa forthwith, as the saittdisatios will take place on Tues-
day neat in Par-ie.—London, 27th Der. 11350.
The following are the calculations on which the
oprrations are bawd:
£lOO,OOO nominal capital wanted to be subscribed in Eng-
land of French recites, vin.:

£450,000 Five per Cents.
£150,000 Three per Cents.
Already subscribed in Paris £1,400,000

Present price Five per Cant. ex dividend is
Three 57.70
.1
£2,000,, 000 has been tendered for,ll at Five per
Cants.
Three per Cents 64.601
The minister has reinsed to accept the above, requiring
93 50 for Five per Cents., and 68 25 foe Throe p.r Cents.,
payable after adjudication, of which the first Instalment of
20 per cent. i. only payable in eight days after the loan is
taken.
_. _

Present prim Five per Cents
Minister's prim
Interest ma late instalment

95.65
92.85

Difference lower than the present price.

Present pries These per Cents.
Minster
's • -

67.70

s price
85.60
interest on late ine:alatents.... 65 J
D.ffetesee lower then the present price. 2.10
If French restos fall helote the edjudiestioa on the 31st
inst., it is espcseed the minister will lower his limits.

Notwithstanding the renewed applications of the
merchants to the tireeham Committee, no answer has
yet been received with regard to the covering-in of
the area. The merchants have waited patiently, and
shown every deference to the Gresham Committee;
they have even gone the length of sacrificing their
own comfort, by &laying to go to the Hall of Com-
merce, so that they might not appear to show want
of confidence in the desire of the Gresham Committee
to fulfil their trust and do justice to the mercantile
community. It lies now with the merchants to de-
cide whether they will or will not submit to such
unworthy treatment.
In the discount market the step taken by the
Bank of England in raising their rates to 3 per cent,
has been followed by the private dealers, and there
is no want of bills, as at the present season the holders
have no choice in getting accommodation. Bills like-
wise are pressed on this market from abroad, but
though the total amount offered is large, and larger
indeed than at this season last year, it does not seem to
be more than the natural expansion of business which
has taken place would necessarily produce.
Meters ()versed and Gurney have advansed the
rate for money on call to 2i per cent., and the joint
stock banks have raised their rates.

Foreign rates of discount may be quoted u follows:
—Adelaide, 25 per cent.; Amsterdam, 2k per cent.;
Antwerp, 2 to 4 per oent.; Bourbon, 6 per cent. ;
Brussels, 4 per cent.; Copenhagen, 5 per cent. ;
Frankfort, 3 per oent.; Hamburg h, 4 per cent.;
'snub, 8 to 9 per cent ; Madrid, 6 per cent. ; New
York, 6 to 7 per oent.; Peru, 24 per cent.; Phila.
delphia, 5 to 6 per cent. ; Rio Janeiro, 7 per nat.; San
Francisco, 8 to 10 per cent.; Trieste, 5 to 51 per
cent.; Vienna, 5 per cent. ; Valparaiso, 12 per cent.
The Bank of England returns for the week ending
2let of December 'hew a considerable decrease of
bullion, partly accounted for by the exportations to
Paris and the Warner in the stock of the Bank of
France. There is likewise an increase of discounts
to the extent of a million, which has been the induce-
ment for the Bank to rain it. rates. The other items
require no comment.
'foe accounts of the Bank of France for the week
ending Thursday, December 26, show the following
results (23 frame he El):
Bellies
Bellies es area 196,603
° 701
weeklies lOO6
~
Peelle deseile
Private
B.lla dimming 6, 830,070
Glivameskeessieles
As onapand with the previous week, the return
shows:
lame@ et balks £523,47.7
Damn of bellies os deposit: 49.349
Imams of eireulatios 333,613
Deer use of public deposit. 181,616
lacunas of private deposit.
„ bill distousted
goverareest seesuittee
The noticeable features are the dentate of public
deposits and increase dein:dation consequent on the
Payment of the Three per Cent Benne, due on the
22nd ; the increase of bullion and decrease of bullionl
on deposit, arising from the pressure to get gold
coined at the French mint, and the large importation
of sovereigns from England and 10 florin pieces from
Holland. Next week a further operation on the
public del: its, eireilstion, and, probablr, the bullion
will be shown under the progress of paying the divi-
dends, and an increase of amounts for the monthly
bills
The bullion market la London has received large,
supplies, but the demeads upon it an and as
we reported yesterday, an advance of has taken
place on bar 'du: and dollars. A we have to
reports huhu in the pries of gold et Hatabargb,

and of gold coin at Paris, Frankfort, Berlin, Ant-
werp, and Brussels. There is no report as yet to be
made as to changes in silver abroad, which will in
all likelihood now rally, although it was lately
41110Piage
Au snalysis of the railway traffic returns for
the lest week (already published in the
Express) shows, u compared with the cor-
responding week of 1849, an inert us of 17,3151.
in the gross receipts, and an increase in the
mileage of 711 miles, accompanied with a dr
cresse of 21. ss. in the amount received per mile per
week. The receipts on 6,144 miles were 242,2481., or
at the rate of 391. 6s. per mile per week ; whilst for
the corresponding period of last year they were
244,9331. on 5,433 miles, or at the rate of 411. 10e.
per mile per week.
Tne amount of the precious metals exported from
the port of London danng the week cedilla Thursday
last as returned from official sources, was 2,800 ounces
of gold coin, and 1451b5. of gold duet, and 401,693
ounces of silver shipped u follows :—Gold coin: To
Belgium, 2,800 ounces. Gold dust: To Rotterdam,
73 lbs.; to Amsterdam, 72 lbs. Silver coin: To
Rotterdam, 101,000 ounces; to Hamburg, 142,000
ounces ;to Belgium, 20,000 ounces. Silver bars : To
Rotterdam, 12,000 ounces ; to Hamburg, 77,000
ounces; to Dunkirk, 10,000 ounces • to Calcutta,
39,693 ounces. The total value of thew exports is
about 118,0001.

It is evident from these returns that the large
amounts of gold sect by private munergers to Paris
are not accounted for. Thee remittances in one
week were not less than a quarter of a million. 0...1d
dust is a novel article of export, and it is likely to in-
crease, as it is sent from New York to various
European markets. The German and East Indian
demand for silver is still ooesiderable.

The export returns have not included considerable
shipments of sovereigns to Portugal. On the 23rd
December the Betsey schooner arrived from South-
ampton with 22,000 sovereigns. It would be very
desirable to get a return from the port of Southamp-
ton, u the arrivals and shipment, of specie at that
pot; are now considerable.
The irnprts of bullion during the week have been :
By the Isabella Blyth, from St. Helena, 3,500 dole. ;
by the Madrid, Peninsular steamer, 19 begs specie
and 9 packages of bullion ; by the India, 1,0001. ;
by the Avon, from the West Indies, 201,9551., or
1,009,997 dole. (whereof 732,250 doll. silver, and
296,727 dole gold). The total value of imports is about
207,0001., but the total of exports probably reaches
500,0001. The silver by the Avon has all been sold.
Accounts from New York and California represent
those markets as well supplied with bullion.
ENGLISH IPUNDIL—Tau DAT.
,

itsel Mtock, :33 14 ci.47.71;.,9e1
I pt et 'Md. Alms. 91 ryas. 9QI i
pm CLCas. Anna, &at
/01%110.4 thrlr 111"51L
to
6216
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.
I per et Moulton Boothe: .L.:----
per 1 Ot. O? Mt. IT II
II pc, Ot. Dots. lirods.9o 2 Orme& Dektried /Mt. 31 44
Si per OW., 6 par 10. ll4i. Db. 341 6
prr et Brazilian 111.., 87 9 II per: Or. S.nita F.K.N 714 852
I DIM Derr. 66 7 Dortucuthe 0..t0r.. 34 6
I pta Cl. When. Arch 66 2 I per et I II 9...1t9 11
Ditto 0111L11. Mx, 102 5 Dttto Spat lids, 171 1
Ditto Oebuub. thi. Dd.. 3 pre et. epithet Mt. 321 424
ColtunNan Egnalur Mc. 36 1 Ito. Deferred Mc.
2
3 v os. Datarth lick. TI 8 Mho Purdy, Dlr. 31 4
4 per et Duteh Wk. fr 4 24 tut M. VIIMMOIA Ws.. n 3
4 per Cl. Dutch Cert.. 110 1 hatestuMa Dederripi Dacus. 11 13

INCING-LANE.—THIS DAY.
The holidays continue, and we have no market report of
impsrtarsee to make; the public sales will re•oommenee on
Thursday nest.
°mg.—Seal, pale. 381. to 391 ; straw, 371.; brown
sad yellow, 341. to 351 ; sperm, 841. to 881.; head-matter. 961.
to 981.; cod, 401.; South Sea, 341. to 37&. ; olive.
Galipoli, 441 to 451. ; Spanish and Sicily, 43/. ; palm, 291.
to 301.; cocoa-nut. 291. to 331.; seed, rape, pale, 371. 10a.
to 381 ; limed, 331. les.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The market is quiet to-day The delivery list wink was
stood, being 2,166 cask,. The demand is improving. Tows
Tallow is quoted at 365. 9d. ; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot,
370 ; all the sear. 36. 6d. to 9d ; Jan., Feb , and March,
364. 6d. to 9d. ; last three months of 1861.384. 6J. to 9d.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Holywell, 16e. et; Brien Main, 15e.94 ; Huddle's West
Hartley, 14,. 64 ; Wells End Haswell, 17i. 341. ; Wells Had
Laaabton. 16e. 9d.; Walls Bad Stewart's, 17e.—Sbips at
market, 36.

SOUTIIWARK POTATO MARKET.—THIS DAY
Teed* the last week has been very heavy, and, though
considerable reduction in price has been submitted to, there
have not been so many peratoes sold u we have had arrive
since our lut report, which hes been very extensive, both
by rail and cutstwise. The following are this day's quota-
tions: York Regents, 901. to 100..; Scutt!), 551. to 75.;
Caps, 60,, to 84. ; Wisher& Regents, 00s. to 80s. ; French
whites, 60s. to 70s.

MARK LANE.—THIS DAY.
The simply of English Wheat at market this morning was
very short; good dry seraphs were in request, and brought
the extreme quota:ions of Monday last ; the illeoeditioned
parcels were very difficult of disposal.
There was a retail sale for foreign Wheat, at former prime.
Tke receipts of French Flour have been large during the
week, and to make progress in sales a decline of Is. per sack
bad to be submitted to.

Cnoice Barley maintained late rates; but secondary and
inierior qualities were obtainable at a reduction of Is. per
quarter.
Osta were rather easier to purchase, although the supply
was not lams.
Beans dad, and Pau to same instances Is. cheaper.

lIRMSH. Shillings per Qr.
Watma, FAN" a Kent -- .. red 39 to 41 to 44 white, 41 to 43 to 44
Norfolk and Garlbak... " 33 to Si to CI- do. 30 to 43 to 45
'Waren (isms i r Salblk) ... .. - . ....- . 46 to 44
Cambridge & LlneMared 33 to 117 to 43 . wklte, 37 to 41 to 45
Nortlituaber. &Scot.* .-to - to -... do. -to- to -
Rem new Ol to 2S - old, 24 to 24
liamsg, feeding 2l to 22-dtatllliog
Maltias ........... —...- 24 to 24.-cheralter ISM SS_ Ana 30
Irish
lim,s• Wm •a.

TRICK TV MEAT ...... .............. .............. .... — 30
Kum
OATS Etwallah, hod 17 to 19. black
Ditto Poland* ...-- . 19 to 2a. potato
Berwick Ze Scolds, bed IS to 19 potato ........ 2O to 22
Irish. feed— 25 to HI to 17...b1ack ... .....
Ditto, potato —....... IS to 20
Pus, vey ... . It to 211. maple •
blue ....... —.......... ..... 20 to 33.. imperial V to 40
White If to 26 .boi ..7i 27 to SO
Bass,. Maroon .......... .......-- 26 to 26.. list 2610 SS.. *id 23 to ao
Harrow 2S to 30 . 5wa1130t032.-old 32 to 34
TAMS, now spring ........ to --new winter 40 to 44...5id to
Rosario, new
eI...TWIZIA, per ewt. red.. .. ... 33 to 46... white SO to 30
LIMIZAD CUM, per thowand _ Z 9 to Z 9 10
_ _

Por av of 2891 b..
nova, town made, delivered 37 to 40... fine houae k hokl ... 34 to 3;,.6
Norfolk and titiftolk.. : 28 to 10...ahltes 3O to 33
POREIGII. h5lllldP Per Qr.
Wzr.4o, Dantrie and liootimbrrg if In 44.. line
Pornevaneaa. 42 to 44...110at0ek 46 to 48...Stettln 40 to 42
Ifretteb -....... SS to 41...Eratoot 42 to 44
Daniah....„............. Si to 41-11amburg l4O to 42
Ruvalan-......-.- ........ 33 to 39. .Egyptian 26 to 24
- 36 to 43
Rea- 22 to 21
damn; feeding 2l to 22. dlattlling 11 to 21
Lavertto - to - -Italia Can 271 to 33
Oa T% gamin%
Pumer.aer wad Blnyaad 7777._.„.
IT to 19
Bo adfoli and Danish - II to 19
Ftlastioad and Mat* ked
Ditto. brew. -........... IS to 241...Potanda ..... ..... 3O to 21
BM,P, tick - 24 to 16 okt ... 26 to 28
Small - .24 to 211...01d
Egyptian ....... --20 to 23...Tuvtany ... II to 20
Pout grey — 25 to 36
White: .... . .....n is T - o ss...boaers .... -...... 30 to 32
Taunt old
Lotman, Baltic and tad-
.a. - ~ 4l to 44
Mediternmemnand Odra
RAParrIlD 48 1034.. Menspreed 22 to 35
Ctovnasawn, rad--.....per owl. 36 to 41...wh1te 3O to 30
Avemutt Canna frveoldobt per ton, itl 10 to £4 15
LIMMIED CALI, Dutch and Getman ditto Z 6 nto E 7 0
Unto French and Anstmisati ditto El oto £6 0
Per Barrel of 196165.
Ewan, Amerlean 21 to 32...Cnnadian
Dentate II to is. Donators
Vrenclt, per sack of 23016 a. 26 to 33
31111T•LO INTO LONDON MOM 23rd DEC. To 28th DEC.
um E 0110.6. lieotoli. Irish. toreirb
When 3OIO
Barley 7777».
17:0
-04 a• _ -. .. . .- 604 5390 4:21 4479
Maar, 14741 awake; 1609 n.rrela. Malt, 11912 qrs.

BOROUGH MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mean Pattenden and Smith report that the demand for
all tine Hops continues good, at fall prima.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.—THIS DAY.
We have a good supply of Btasti, considering it is so soon
after Christmas. Trade is generally dull, but acme of the
choicest kinds still make 4s. ; this must, bowevir, be reek •
oned an extreme qaotatim. The number ol Sheep is small;
bin the butchers, not having cleared out well, they buy very
sparingly. Only some of the small and Rood qualities are
readily disposed of. Big Sheen are a heavy trade. Choice
Calves are scarce and d . From Germany and Holland
there are 43 Beasts, 150 Sheep, and 76 Calves; Scotland,
250 BeasM; 700 from Norf.lk and Suffolk; sod 1,800 from
the Northers sad Midland Counties.

Per atone of St► a d... e. Per ftono of Blte. ad. ad.
Beet Swim. Ilerefted4.. 3 1 4 0 Wet Do.. Ilf. Ida bit 0 0 0
Best tlbort.borne ...... 3 3 II DeelLoug-eru015........ 3 6 3 1
&wad quality lIsY.. I 3 4 Do. do. Sboru ...... 0 0 0
Calves 3 4 6 To awl wcand 6604 3 2 3
Boot Du 1141f.brala 2 1 4 2 lamb. . . 0 0
Matta at sm
irk*, 3.100; lbw tad, Low; 2,660 *Oen% 127 :
303.

CEYLON Rums Rzonigsr.—lt is stated that orders
hays been issued to redacts this regiment to the extent of
400 men.

CALCUTTA.—Detacbmette of the 21tb, 03rd, and
80th Regiments-4 officers and 132 men—arrived at Cal-
cutta from Ragland on the 101 of October, on board the
Ellenborough.
CORFU. Detachments of Royal Artillery 5
officers and 100 men—arrived at Corfu on the 261 November
in the Resistance from England, and detachments, consist-
ing of 7 officen and 200 men, by the lame ship, embarked at
Malta on sth and 7th of December for Enelsnd.
CHARGE OF ILL-TREATMENT OF A PALTER
At the Croydon petty session. on Saturday last, Mary Anne
and Sarah Richmond were Aarged with haver on several
occasions violently smutted and ell used Mary Rockland, a
girl who had been taken front the Godatone Union-home
into the service of the father of the amused, about two
years beak, from the effects of ;which treatment she stated
she had bees rendered deaf. Oa one occasion it was stated
she bad roe away, but wan compelled to return, and was
locked up in a miler. The guardian of the Gudatone Union
is consequense instituted the inquiry before the megiatrates,
and the girl herself, whose appearance was healthy, and
whom age was 16, detailed the circumstances of her treat.
mint, seeming the two daughters of her muter of a variety
of assaults with a stick, boxing her ears, knocking her head
against the wall, throwing water over her head, making
bee get out of bed in the might and lie on the carpet,
and taking 21. from her, and giving her old clothes in
exchange. Mr. Richmond had threatened her with a prison
,if she ran away. She did not complain to any person of her
treatment, become she was afraid she should be beaten more
if she did so. Mr. Richards, who appeared for the defence,
said he was instructed to deny all the statements of the girl,
except that en one occasion Mies Richmond bed struck her
far a fault, and called several labourers in the employ of Mr.
Richmond, who deposed to her having never complained of
ill.treatment, and also Mr. F. Richmond, brother of the
accused, who deseribed the girl ss sulky and unwilling to
work Two other witamme, who lodged in the house, had
beard her aomplain. Theg bench, after a very long
bearing of the case, remanded the two persona accused till
Saturday next, with an intimation that they would then be
committed ter trial. Bail for their appearance was then
taken.
Tam PLYMOUTH MURDER —The examination of
witneasse beams the magistrates is the charge. against Bar-
tholomew Harrington and Timothy Donovan, of having
been soncomed in the murder of William Brown Arabrom,
en the limning of the 17th of November, in Stonehouse-lane.
was closed on Friday night. The evidence throughout is of
a circumstantial character; establishing beyond all doubt
the feet that the prisoners were at the,very spot where the
fatal blow was struck within a minute of the time that it
was struck; that one of them (Harrington) had about that
period insulted several other parties; that after the blow wee
strach the saes by whom it seat have been infieted went
into the bow of Donovan; that be (Donovan) bad, when
Ant apprebemilekdenled having on a kind older. which be
' bee dasehmaproesits have worn on the day provisoes to the
murder. mid aseaesneg that as to size and appweaea they
answer to Ms iismeiption which bad been given by Ambrose
immediately after be was struck, and also to the dewily-
tiost given Isy William Thomas who was in company with
Ambrose whoa struck, and who himself was knocked down.
The avieleass passaged their disables, but ft Is supposed
they will commit the men for