The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-05 00:00:00

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoot.
The English stock market is firmer to-day, and the
prices of the various stocks show a tendency towards
improvement. Console opened at yesterday's closing
price-961 to I, and have since improved, touching
97 for cash. They are at present quoted 981 to 97,
both for stony and the 14th inst.
Business hes been done in the Three per Cent.
Reduced at 971 and ; and the continued demand
that exists for the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent.
stock, of which a large amount has lately champ('
hands in numerous small parcels, added to the effect
produced upon the market by the purchases which
have been made by her Majesty's Cominireigners, have
loused a ries in the vale* of thin stock to the extent of
per cent., the price having goon up from 991, at
which the first transactions were effected, to 991.
Lung Annuities mart 8 5-18ths ; ditto 30 years,
exp. sth Jan., 1860, 8. India Bonds have been done
at 90a. prem. Exchequer Bills continue steady at
the decline of le. established on Saturday ; they mark
695. and 965. prem. for the 10001. bills.
Toe foreign Stock Market is firm for all descrip-
tions, but prices are quoted the same as on Satur-
day, the business presenting itself being of a limited
character. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been done at 96.1. The list of actual transac-
tions is as follows : Brazilian Old Bonds, at 921
and 1. Beene° Ayres, at 57. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., at 671; exchange, 12
guilders ; the Four per Cent. Certificates, at
891 and 1. Mexivin, for the 16th instant,
at 30. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents,.
1849, at 821 ; ditto Deferred, at 351. Por-
tuguese Four Per Cents., at 33; ditto small, at
34. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., at 961, 1,
and 1. Spanish Active Five per Cents., at 171.
Venezuela, at 35}.
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K\ULISII FUNDS.—Ton DAY.
Rook Stook. 211 12 per MOOS. Ace., tei 7
3 per CI. Rid. atm.. K3t
I 31 por Cu, VA 1
3 psi Ot. Dos. Ado., Wj 7FORRIO. Lootioquor DOR. Gds. to 691
FUNDS.
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SDK Ct. Augriaa Daqaar
44 per Ct. &lg. Loads, 34 2
si par Cam.
6 yet Ct. lira:Mae &la. 4I 3
Ditto New. SO S 2
6 par Ct. Buena Apts. 56
INDa Milan ats., 102 4
Ditto Culualb. Def. Man
Oolumbiaa bqua for HAL, 3i 4
3 iter Ct. 'Wash MR. TS 10
24 par Cl. Dutch Ma.
4 pot Ct Dutch Carla. VD i

1 pee llt Orem& 1115..1111 I
amble Deferred DU, 4
Der Ct. Meat Bda, 3D6
6 pm OR PNISSIMA 141.. 6316
I Portuguese Cony., 34 31
6 pot Ct. Data Htle.,lll 13
Dltto Spanalt Ws. 171 4
3 per
Do. CD efea Srred panis Ma h 11d5,374 I
t
Ditto Pusiro 11d5.,31 4
13 per Pelle:eels Wu, 34 6
Venezuela Deferred 8a5..124 131

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

The private contract market has been inactive to-day,
except fur Tee, vrhi,h is ih good demand, and wears an up-
ward appearance; but all articles appear to be steady. The
public sales declared for to morrow are large, say—Sugar :
7,000 bags Mauritius, 5,000 bags Bengal and Madras, 200
beds. Barbados., and 500 Wide. Porto Rico. Coffee: 1,400
bags native, and 150 cask. plantation Ceylon. Tea: 6,000
packages, with sundry spices.
The homeconsumotion in the United Kingdom of Sugar for
the months ending July 5, show, an increase of 3,270 tons ;
of Coffee, a deems. of 3,016,5441ba. ; of Tea, an increase of
499,058 lbs. ; Brandy, an increase of 39,780 gallons ; Rum, a
decrease of 15,568 ditto.

011.3.—SteCd7. Seal, pale, 321. 10s. to 331.; straw,
311.10 x. tu 321.; brown and yellow, 301. to 311. ; sperm, 831.
to 841. ; head.enatter, 921. to 91/. ; cod, 341. 10s. ; South
Sea, 321. to 341.; olive Oalipoli, 431.; Spanish and Sicily,
411. to 421 ; pales, 281. to 291. ; cocoa nut, 291. to 311.; seed,
rape, pale, 371. ; Linseed, 331. to 331.5 a.