The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocz.

The funds to-day are dull, at the closing quo-
tations of yesterday, with little business. In
the other departments of the Stock Exchange the
transactions have likewise been on a limited scale.
Two or three of the principal English railway
stocks are a trifle lower. Foreign securities of
nearly all kinds are well supported. _ . •

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
70fr. 30c., showing a fresh decline off per cent.
Consols are now quoted 931 to 4, rum div.,
for money, and 92 to 4, ex div., for the account.
The official business report is as follows :-Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 934, 1, cunt div. ;
ditto for account (Dec. 4), 924, ex div. ; Three
per Cent. Reduced, 92, 911, b ; New Three per
Cents., 911, 4 ; Thirty Years' Annuities, 1880,
121 ; Bank Stock, 238, 236, 238 ; India Stock,
230, 228 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock,
1094, 3 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1864,
1001, ; ditto Bonds, 31s. prem. ; Exchequer Bills,
June, 11a, 13e. prem. ; ditto March, 10s. 13e. prem.
Anglo-Turkish Bonds are firm, the Loan of
1854 being quoted 831 to ; that of 1868, 644
to 4 ; that of 1862, 684 to 69, and the scrip
to I premium. The Conaolidds are
rather lower, at 374 to 4. Venezuelan
scrip is quoted 11 to lf dia., ex div. ; Portu-
guese, 21 to 34 prem. ; and Peruvian, 11 to
14 dia. ; Mexican Bonds and New Granada
Land Warrants have improved. Greek
Bonds continue to meet with attention.
Transactions are recorded as follows :-Equador
New Consolidated, 174, ex div. ; Greek, 161, 174,
161 ; ditto Coupons, 71, 1, ; Mexican, for ac-
count, 334, ; New Granada Land Warrants,
44, ; ditto ex overdue Coupons and Hectares,
121 ; Peruvian scrip, 14, If die. ; Portuguese, 1862,
464, 47 ; ditto scrip, 24 prem. ; Russian Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 1860, 934 ; ditto Three per
Cents., 1859, 604, ex div. ; ditto Five per Cents.
scrip, 4 dia., ex div. ; ditto, paid up, 934, 93,
ex div.; Spanish New Deferred, 464 ; ditto Passive,
234, 23 ; Turkish, 1858, for account, 694 ; ditto,
1862, paid-up scrip, 69, 681; Venezuela scrip, 14,
1, 4 dia., ex div.

HALF-Pen Two o'CLociL

Consols are without change, at 94 to }, cum
div., for money, and 92 to it, ex div., for the ac-
count

The firmness of the Portuguese Loan Scrip is ex-
plained by the fact that the large amount of
770,0001. of this loan has already been conveited
into Portuguese Internal Stock, having been pur-
chased out of the proceeds of the sales of the
church property. These funds must by law be in-
vested in government stock, and as the new loan,
besides being relatively cheap, has the privilege of
conversion at any time into the Internal Debt, it is
peculiarly eligible for the
It appears from the advicesPurrosien.Pern that the
question of the loan remains precisely as last de-
scribed. The new President would be installed in
about a fortnight after the departure of the p-esent
advises. Until that event and the accompanying
festivities are over, no official decision could pos-
sibly be arrived at. There is now lying in Peru
untouched by the government 700,0001.. of the pro-
ceeds of theloan, and alike sum has been placed to
their credit here. Meanwhile, pending the settle-
meat of the loan question, the present wants of the
government were being provided for by parties in
Lima connected with the London house of Thom
see, Bond, and Co.
The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit-
tance of 761/. 16e. on account of the dividends on
the debt of Ecuador.
' About 70,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from
the Bank yesterday for exportation, principally to
the Continent, to pay for silver. The 81,0001. by
the Aloe, from Melbourne, will also be sent abroad.
The steamer Seine, from the West Indies, has
brought 109,0001. in silver and 34,0001. in gold.
The amount by the Borussia from New York is
280001.
The steamer Great Britain, with 400,0001. in
gold, and the Wellesley,with 136,5001.,ara the only
gold vessels known to be now at sea from
Australia. The former has been out 58 days, and
the latter 85.
The Australian mail steamer Northam brought
352,735/. in gold to Point de Gallo, of which, how-
ever only 4,9281. was for London, the rest being
forlndia and China.
The shipments of specie for Calcutttrand China
by the Mooltan on the 20th instant will show an
increase, compared with the amount taken by the
corresponding vessel of the 4th, but will of course
be much below the enormous sum just despatched
to Bombay, the chief cotton port of the East. Some
large amounts of silver have already been insured
for transmission to Bombay by the steamer of the
27th inst.
The Mexican dollars by the steamer La Plata
were sold yesterday for China at be. lid. per ounce.
There is an active inquiry for silver for Bombay, to
meet which large supplies are being imported from
the Continent. The quotation for bars remains
at ss. 2d.
There was no alteration of importance yesterday
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Subjoined is our usual list :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.161 to 1 ; iitto, 3 days,
11.13 to 14 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11.161 to 1 ; Ant-
werp, 3 mouths, 26.35 to 40 ; Hamburg, ma. beano, three
moths, 13.61 to 1 ; Paris, 3 days, 25.15 to 20; ditto,
3 months, 25.40 to 21 ; Frankfort.on•theMatre, 3 months,
1181 to 119 ; Petersburg (per rouble), 3 months, 341 to 35 ;
Vienna, eft do., 3 months, 12.45 to 50 ; Trieste, etl. 80.
3 mouths, 12.45 to 50 ; Madrid, 3 months, 491 to 1; Cubs,
3 months, 49 to A ; Leghorn, 3 months, 25.521 to 71 ;
Genoa, 3 month', 23.521 to 71 ; Milan, 3 months, 25.521
to 71 ; Naples, 3 months, 391 to 1 ; Palermo 3 months,
1191 to 1; Messina, 3 months, 119; to 1; llsbon, 90 days,
521 to 1; Oporto, 90 days, 521 to 1.
The monthly return of the Bank of France, as
made up to Thursday, the 13th November, shows
the following results (the exchange taken at 25f.
to the pound)

. -
Coin and bullion
Bills discounted iswiert 4446,000
Notes in circulation
Private depocta . .......... Inman 460,000
Treasury deposit' . ........ . Damage 284,000
Advancer on publis aeouriiies Inman 730,000

The great increase in the discounts and decrease
in the coin and bullion are serious features' the
more especially as the decline in the latter has been
going on for some months past. The change in
the previous return was to the extent of 1,186,0001.
The total held is now below 12,000,000/.
The Great Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week a decrease of 174/., and the Caledonian
au increase of 3141.

A meeting of policy-holders in the Argue Life
office was held yesterday at the Guildhall Coffee-
house.
It was convened by Mr. Lewis, of the
firm of Harrison and Lewis, and the disposition
evinoci was to resist the proposed amalgamation ;
with the Eagle. It was mentioned that with this
view au injunction in Chancery has been filed by
one of the policy-holders. The result of the meet- I
ing was the appointment of a committee to confer
with the directors.
We understand that branches of the London and
South African Bank will be immediately opened at
Graaf Reinet, King William's Town, and Pieter-
maritzburg, and that preparations are being made
for the establishment of further branches in the
Western Province.
The directors of the Canadian Native Oil Com-
pany, the chairman of which is Mr. J. A. Roe-
buck, M.P., have just issued a report of progress.
It describes the steps which have been taken to
secure on advantageous terms freehold premises
below Gravesend for refining operations and the
storage of oil. This situation is considered
to be particularly eligible. The report of the
special commissioners ou the oil springs generally
shows that there can be no doubt whatever as to
the magnitude of the supply, while the company's