The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-08 00:00:00

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course leads to this stock being thrown on the
market. Prices closed above the lowest point of the
day, but still j per cent. lower than on Saturday.
A tavourablo change in the weather, and consider-
able arrivals of gold, tended to check the decline,
whilst the downward tendency of the Paris bourse
operated in an adverse direction.
Console were quoted at one period of the morn-
ing 89; to 1, declined to 88j to a, rallied to
88; to I, and were last quoted 884 to 1, for
money and the 10th Mat. The rate for car-
rying over to the next account of the 30th
inst. was quoted "lenders to 1-10 contango." In
other words, the dealers were willing to lend stock
" even" for the next account, or to carry it over
at a charge of 1-16 per cent. to buyers, who do not
pay for and take it up. On the whole, stock seems
to be less scarce in tho market thou Will anticipated.
. .

It must also be borne in mind that on the 22nd inst.,
when an instalment of 15 per cent. is to be paid on
the loan, a new creation of Comas to ate amount a/
2,400,0001. wM take place. Money was rather more
wanted in the Stock Exchange, but commanded only
2to 21 per cent. on government securities. The ofß-
cial business report is as follows:—Three per Cent.
Consols for money, 891, 88,1, 89, 881, 881 ; ditto for
account, 10th May, 891, 881, 881, 88.1. Three per
Cents. Reduced, 88, 871. New Three per Cents.,
881, 88, 88t. Long Annuities, expiring in January,
1860, 31, 3 15-16. Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Ex-
chequer-Bonds, falling payable in 1859, 991. Bank
Stock, 211, 209.
Exchequer Bills were quoted ss. to Bs. prem.; and
India Bonds, 13s. to 16a. prem.
Business is also recorded in the newly-created 30
years Annuities at 161 per 11.
To-day was settling day in the omnium, which
was quoted in the morning to 1 prem., and after
being sold as low as 1 prem., closed at prem. ex-
actly. The" contango " ruled at 1-32 to 1-16 per
cent.

The foreign stock market was quiet.
The arrival was to-day announced of the following
vessels from Australia, consequent upon the change
of wind, viz.: the Anglesey, from Melbourne, with
37,121 cz. of gold; the Constance, from Melbourne,
with 17,584 oz. of gold, and 3001. in specie; het
Majesty's brig Lily, from Melbourne, with 13,000 oz.;
and the Anne Forster, from Adelaide. This last
named vessel is believed to have no gold on freight.
Including the 25,0001. brought in by the Washing-
ton, from New York, to-day's arrivals of the precious
metals represent a total of close upon 300,00 W. The
dates from the colonies are in each case old. Further
arrivals may be shortly looked for.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the Bth
inst. for tho conveyance from the River Thames of
navy provisions to Bermuda, combustible stores to
Fernando Po, ordnance stores to Sierra Leone, Ascen-
sion, the Mauritius, St. John's, N. 8., St. John's,
Newfoundland, Honduras, St. Lucia, Castries, Ber-
muda, and St. George's, and medical stores to
Jamaica ; also of stores to Gibraltar, Malta, and
Mamie.
The Admiralty have engaged the following
steamers as regalar transports, viz., the Orinoco
(No. 218), Samuel Laing (No. 219), Imperatrice (No.
220), and Dodo (221.)
St. Petersburg letters of the 28th ult. quote the
exchange on London at 35 11-16 to 30 d. No busi-
ness was going forward in Russian produce.
A meeting of the holders of bonds of the Union
Bank of Florida is to be held at the office of Messrs.
Palmer, Mackillop, Dent, and Co., on Friday next.
A call of 10s. is to be paid on the shares of the
Indurated Stone Company by the 10th inst.
Land shame to-day were steady. Van Diemen's
Land shares were firmer. Oriental Bank shares were
quoted 1/. higher, but those of the Chartered Brink of
India, Australia, and China were flatter.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocic.

The English funds continue to show flatness. After
a fall of 1 per cent., prices are now quoted , per cent.
lower than they closed yesterday. Little business is
going forward. Consols have ranged between
884 and 881 ; and are now quoted 881 to
for money and the 10th instant, and 881
to ; for the 30th inst. The Three per Cents. Reduced
have been dealt in at 871 to 871; the New Three per
Cents. at 874 to 881; the New Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., at 73; Bank Stock at 209 ; and Exchequer
Bids at ss. to Bs. prem. The omnium is quoted
to 1 prem.
Very little business has been done in foreign
bonds. Turkish is slightly flatter at 731 to 1. Rus-
sian Five per Cents. remain quoted 98 to 100.
Spanish Deferred Three per Cents., 18 to 1; and
Mexican, 201 to 21. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been dealt in at 63; French Three
per Cent. Rentes at 681 r. 75c. (exchange, 25fr. 15e.)
and the Spanish Committee's Certifs. at 4 per cent.