The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-08 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS

THIS DAY.

The unfavourable state of the weather imparted more
firemen to the wheat trade this morning, awl the Erglimb
supply remaining over from last muket d.y, was disposed
of at prices which could not thee be obtained.
Foreign wheat and Blur were held rather more money.
Barley, beans, and peu underwent no change, and
Oats sold slowly at the decline noted last market day.
ARRIVALS 114 TO LONDON FROM ALTO 4..70 AUG.

Entlira. Beata & hialu
ICAO
9160
810 1 600
" Flour, 3210 make, ... barrel.

Barley

Voiew
5790
210
1450

MINCING-LANE.THIS DAY.

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SUOAR —The market has a quiet appearance, the public
gales of Cuba and Pero went off at prices which did not alter
general quotations 650 boxes white Havanna were offered,
and bought in. The refined market steady ; l ruin lumps,
475. 64.; grocery, 48e. to 535.; 'nohow, Cabs, of good
quality, sold in public sale at 17a. 6d. ; inferior, 16,. 6d.
Corrits.-150 casks plantation Ceylon sold without spirit,
closing at previous meg ; inferior at a shade decline.
Tu.—The tone of the market has rather improved, with
a ►imited business done.
SALTPETRE.—Retraction 6 sold in a small public sale,
348. to 345. 6d. ; refraction 91, bought in at 31s , and the
market has a dull an• earance. . .

h rca.—A very lame amount of geoeral business was
dons yesterday at 3d. advance ; Bengal chiefly at 14a. 6d. to
16s It
Ron —Fine Demerara sold at 2s. 7d. proof.
Brion are without alteratioa.
In other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The market is steady to•day, at the following quotation.:
Townt
Talow, Ur nettPettshurg Y. C. on the
spoOctober to December, 65rr. 3d.
65..;

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Wars. Pattenden and Smith report that there is no alte-
ration in the hop market. Many think dm continuance
of rain mach against the coming crop. Daty 260,0001.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Wes Maki, 225. Gd. ; Walls Bad Barton, 2h.-68 (►wb
ships at market.

The project of playing the Duke of Saxe-Coburg's
open, Santa-Chisra, before the Queen at Paris, has been
abandoned. The sotertainments on the occasion of her
_ _ .

Majesty's visit to the theatre in the Rue Lnrelletier, will
omelet of the ballet of La Fonti, and a comet, in which
all the most eminent performers will appear. The Queen
bee selected Heyde* out of the list presented her from the
ee'perfoire of the Opera Comities.
The performance at Drury-lane Theatre to-morrow
evening, for the benefit of the French Charitable Anode. I
tiros, is under the patronage of her Majesty. Mdlle. Rachel '1
hes kindly consented to appear, for the last time Drier to
her departure for America, in the second act of Raeine's
" Athena," containing the Vision of Athalie and the Inter-
rogatory of Zoas. This will be preceded by Moliire's
comedy, "Le Depit Amoureas," supported by the mem-
bers of the French company, under the direction of Mr.
Raphael Felix. A Musical Interlude will be given by Miss
Bamford, Signor Berdini, Mr. Ascher, pianist to her Ma-
jesty the Empress of tte French, and Mr. Blendelet, in the
character of a Zouave. The performance will conclude with
the first act of Wallace's opera " Maritime."
The Municipal Commission of Lyons, in its loot'
sitting, voted a sum of 10,000 fr. for the soldiers and sailors
wounded in the Crimea.
On Monday night, Mr. Ches. Mathews coot-
mewed en engagement of six nights at the Theatre Royal,
Manchester.
A Paris oorreepondent of the bedipendance Belge
says that, as the moment of Queen Victoria's visit to Pars
draws near, crowds of English from all parte et the globe
are pouring into Paris. " The streets, gardens, cafes,
squares, museums, are thronged with Englishmen. Eng-
lishmen take possession of the orchestra stalls end the me
taarents, and it is almost impossible to find any one you can
speak to in the midst of this frightful dash of Eoglish,
Scotch, and Irish patois; the jargon of the Welsh mining
with the broken gibberish of the people from Loudon.
Upon the walls you see nothing but English bills posted
up. 'English spoken here;' there's not a shop where you
don't read this charitable notice. You enter, sad fad
that they speak English by signs I London is no longer in
Hyde-part, in Regent-erect, in Selgrava-square, nor
Greenwich, but at the Tuileries, upon the boulevards, and
at the Champs Elysess."
Said Pachs, the head of Omer Pasha's staff, has
arrived in Paris on leave of absence.
Prince Coastantine Cantacusene, Lieutenant Hos.
pods' is 184 a, hes arrived to Paris.

3,

MONEY MARKET-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLooi.

The English funds tc-day have declined f to 1
per cent., owing chit fir to the progress of the set-
tling in Consols, which tend. to show a more liberal
supply of stock than had been expected. Consols
for the new account of the 6th September were main-
tained during a purlka of the morning at 91 to k,
and are now quwed 901 to 91. For money
the price has reek& d to 901 to 3, the " contango"
being fully 1 per cent. The Three per Cents. Reduced
have been deet in at 911 to 1; the New Three per
Cent., at 921 to ; Back Stock, at 214 ; the New
30 Years' Annuitits, at 161 to 16 1516; Exchequer
Bonds at 100; to 1; Exchequer Bills, March, at
21s. to 245. prem.; ditto, June, at 19s. to 225. prem.
Omnium is quated 11 to 41 prem.
In the foreign stuck market the chief movement
is in Turkish, which has risen to 92k to 3. Mexican
is quoted 211 to 22; Spanish Deterred Three per
Cents., 18; to 19; ; Russian Five per Cents., 100
to 102; and the New French Loan, 21 to 31 prem.
Sardinian Bonds have been dealt in at 861; Spanish
Old Three per Cents. at 371; Peruvian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 811; Equador at 41 ; Oranada
Deterred at 71; Brscilian Old Five per Cents. (small
bond), at 1011; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at
941. . _

The Turkish Loan Bill having passed its third
reading yesterday evening, the announcement of the
loan will probably take place immediately. Monday
next is mentioned as the probable day for the issuing
of the terms. This, it will be remembered, is not
strictly a Briti.h government loan, although Great
Britain and France are jointly and severally respon-
sible for the due payment of the interest. Under
these circumstances the Chancellor of the Exchequer
will probably abstain from any public personal inter-
(emcee in this financial operation, nor will the
Treasury be the scene of the biddings. It is believed
'that the tenders will be received at the Bank of
England.
The bar silver brought in by the Tyne has been
sold for India at ss. lid. per oz. standard, being
an advance of dd. per oz on the price realised at the
last sale. The dollars by this vessel remain still on
hand.
At the meeting of Peruvian Bondholders, which
was held yesterday on the invitation of the recently
elected committee, resolutions were passed express-
ing satisfaction r.t the concession made by the
Peruvian Government in raising the anneal sinking
fund on the Foneand-a-Half per Cents. to Five per
Cent., and on the 'Three per Cents. to Three per
Cent., the increase to take effect on the payment of
the next dividends, due on the Ist of September and
let of October next, respectively. The Committee,
having placed their resignation to the hands of the
, meeting, were unacimourly re-elected, and a resolu-
tion was passed condemning the members of the old
committee for attempting to interfere with the man-
agement of the bondhulders' affairs since the appoint-
ment of the new committee.
At the meeting of the. General Iron Screw Collier
Company yesterday, a dividend at the rate of 61 per
Mat. was declared for the half-year ending the 30th
tune, making, with the 31 per cent. dividend paid at
Christmas last, an aggregate of 10 per cent. per an-
num, being the largest division of profits allowed by
the deed of settlement.
Monday next, the 13th Aug., has been appointed
special settling day for the shares of the Lierre and
Turnhout Railway, and of the Metropolitan Rail-
wa_y, with leave in each case to be officially marked.
The following half-yearly meetings are newly an-
nounced, viz.— Newry and Enniskillen Railway
Company for the 28th inst.; Irish Land Company
(annual), tor the lb h inst., at Manchester; We at End
llof London and Crystal Palace Railway Company, for
the 24th inst. ; Eeuit Kent Railway Company, for the
31st inst. The meeting of the last-named company
lis afterwards to be made special, to authorise the
directors to issue 20,000 new shares of 261. each,
bearing a preferential dividend of 5 per cent.

TUESDAY EVENING.

The English stock market remains steady, with
only a very quiet business. Prices closed much the
same as yesterday. The progress of the settlement
of the monthly account in Console shows, on balance,
a moderate outstanding speculation for higher prices,
and thus the " contango" to the September account
was to-day rather higher, at 1 to 3-10 per cent.
The operations of the public continue limited, but the
market is steady in character, and quickly re3ponds
to any favourable it fluence.
Consols ranged between 401 and 911 for money
and to.morrow, and were last quoted 90/ to 91.
The official business report is as follows : Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 91, 901, 91k, 91; ditto,
for account, Bth of August, 901, 91. Three per
Cent. Reduced, 91'4. 91'. New Three per Cents.,
92/. 1, 1. Lon.. Aonui:ies, expiring in January,
1860, 4, 4 1-16. litrUa Stock, 231. Bank Stock,
214, 215. The March Exchequer Bills were quoted
21e. to 245. prem., and the June bills, 19s. to 225.
pram.
Tbe foreign stock market was quiet The chief
feature was rn increased inquiry this afternoon for
Turkish stock, which closed firmly at 911 to I. or
I per cent. higher than yesterday. The renewed
disposition to purchase this stock is stimulated by
the near approach of the new loan, speculators an-
ticipating that a singularly favourable recep-
tion will be given to the new issue, and will
redound greatly to tho advantage of the existing
stock, which, rs regards the annual return to an in-
vestor, will possess advantages considerably superior
to the new guaranteed stock, whilst its position is
regarded as greatly improved by the arrangements
entered into by the British and French governments
is respects the Egyptian tribute money. Equador,
Grenadian, and Peruvian Bonds continue to meet
with a certain degree of favour.