The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAL)

Two o'Cwoz.

The funds remain dull, at yesterday's closing
quotations, with little business. In the other
markets the transactions have been upon
an exceedingly limited scale, and the only feature
of interest is a fall of 4 per cent. in South Eastern
Railway stock. On the whole, perhape, sellers
rather predominate to-day.
The scrip of the Moorish Loan remains firm, at
500 1 Pram
At Paris this morning, aooording to Mr. Ren-
ter's telegram, the Three per Coat. Routes opened
at 70fr. 10c., showing a fresh advance of about k
per cent. since yesterday.
Consols are officially marked 921, 1, and 1 for
money, and 924 and 4 for the account. The present
quotation is 921 to 1 both for cash and the 6th Feb.
The official business report is as follows :
Bank Stock, 2404, 942 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
924, 1, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 924, 4,4;
New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 771 ; Thlrl7
Veers' Annuities, 1886, 15 9-16 ; India Stock,
224 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 105/, 4,1 ;
ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1863, 991 ;
ditto, 1864, 991, 1 ; ditto, 1864 or 1866, 991, 4 ;
ditto Bonds, 235. prem.; Five per Cent. " enf wed
rupee paper, 1004 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent.,
1064, 4, 1 ; Exchequer Bills, March, small,
18s. prem. ; ditto June, 205., 23e. prem.
The foreign stock market is less active than of
late. The Turkish Loan of 1864 is steady, at 83 to
4, and that of 1868 rather flatter, at 734 to
4. Mexican Bonds are steady. Venezuela are
marked 24. Sales are recorded as follows :
Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., 894, ex
div. ; ditto Deferred One per Cents., 31/ ex div. ;
Chili= Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 864 ; Dutch
Four per Cent. Certificates, 102 ; Italian
Five per Cents., 634, 1, ex div. (exchange
25fr.) ; Mexican Three per Cents., 281 ;
ditto for account, 29 ; Russian Fivef per Cents.,
for account, 984, 4 ; Spanish Three per
Cents., 524 ex div. ; ditto New De-
ferred Three per Cents., for account, 421,
ex div.; the Committee's Certificates, 81 ;
Turkish Six per Cents., 1864, for amount,
83 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1858, for account, 731, 1,
73 ; ditto 1001. Bonds, 76 ; Venezuela Three per
'Cents., for account, 24.

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Consols have improved * per cent. since 2 o'clock,
the present quotation being 921 to 93, both for

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money and the account.
About 30,0001. in bar gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday, while 7,5001. in French coin was
withdrawn for exportation. The former sum is
out of the 77,0001. by the Edinburgh, from New
York ; the residue of the gold by this vessel, con-
, noting of American eagles, has been taken for the
Continent The 62,5001. by the Niagara, from
Boston, has yet to come to hand.
The Australian mail steamer brought 224,9071.
in gold toPoint de Galle for India, and only 6,2531.
for England. The latter sum will reach Southamp-
ton by the Indus.
The silver by the West India packet has not yet
been sold, the delivery of the letters from Bombay
being awaited. Owing to the firmness of the de-
mand for Bombay, a good price is expected to be
obtained. Mexican dollars are without change at
ss. per ounce.
The Confederate steamer Sumter continues to
destroy mercantile vessels belonging to the
North. She reached Gibraltar on the 19th inst.
after burning at sea the Neapolitan, barque, of
Kingston, Captain Burnett, bound from Messina to
Boston, with fruit. The Investigator, barque, of
Searsport, Captain Carver, from aarrucha to New-
port, with ore, was allowed, however, to proceed,
doubtless owing to the fact of her having English
property on board.
Subjoined is an extract of a letter received by the
Royal Mail Steanepacket Company from the cap-
tain of the steamer Magdalena, dated Halifax, N. 8.,
Jan. 8 :
R. M. steamer Parana is at present at Sydney (C. 8.),
coaling, wham she arrived on the 6th had, baring got within
40 miles of Bie Island. in the Sr. Lowmuses. From Sydney
she will promedtolit. John's, N. 8., to land her troops.
It appears that information has reached London
respecting the cause of the detention of the Ade-
laide mail, which was missing at King George's
Sound when the steamer left for India. A pis-
manger from Melbourne states that a telegram reached
that city to the effect that the interoolonial steamer
Wonga Wonga, from 'Adelaide, had broken down,
after being absent 48 hours; that inquiries were
made for another steamer, without sabot ; and that
although at King George's Sound • detention of 37
hours took place, no letters or mail came from
Adelaide. There is little or no chance of the
missing letters reaching London before the middle
of February, by the ordinary Indian route.
From our usual sources we have derived the fol-
lowing estimates of the dividends which will pro-
bably be declared by some of the railway com-
panies for the latter half of the past year :
Midland
London and North Western 4 to 5 per amt. per annum
11y051051,
London and Smith Western about 5 per mut, per annum.
Caledonian
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Groat Northern 6i to 7 per sent. per salaam.
The speculation for a fall in Lencashire and
Yorkshire ,Railway stock is perseveringly oon-
tinned, particularly in the provincial markets,
owing to a rumour that the directors may think fit,
in consideration of the present condition and pros-
pects of the cotton trade, to divide loss than 5 per
cent. per annum. Premiums have been paid for
some time past for the loan of stock in this com-
pany, in order to enable these speculations to be
continued. Holders, however, exhibit a remark-
able indisposition to sell, entertaining apparently
undiminished confidence in the soundness of their
property, the intrinsic merits of which, apart from
the present exceptional depression in the manu-
facturing districts, are unquestionably great.
The Stook Exchange Committee have appointed
Thursday next a special settling day in the shares of
the Indian Carrying Company (Limited), which axe
to be officially marked.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an Mamma of 2,3281., and the South Eastern
an increase of 1601.
The half-yearly meeting of the Mediterranean
Extension Telegraph Company is called for the
7th Feb.
A special meeting (supplemental to the ono held
on the 30th Dec.) of the London and Mediurranean
Steam Navigation Company is called for the
22nd Jan.
The settlement of the list of contributories of the
Mitre General Life Assurance and Family Endow-
ment Association is to be proceeded with before the
Master of the Rolls on the 4th Feb.
The twelfth dividend on Guatemala Bonds is
advertised.

MONDAY Evans°,

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 93 to 4,
for the 6th Feb., opened this morning at 93,
"sellers," and closed at 924 to 4. For money,
the last price was 921 to 4, and for the March
settlement 924 to 93. The official business re-
port is as follows :—Three per Cent. Console, for
money, 93, 921, 93, 924 ; ditto, for account
(Feb. 8), 994, 93, 921, ; Bask Stock, 241, 242 ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 923, 4; New Three
per Cents., 924, 4, ; New Two-and-s-Half per
Cents., 781 ; India Stook, 2% ; ditto Five per
Cent. stock, 108, 1054 ; ditto Four per dent. De-
bentures, 1888, 994, I ; ditto, 18844 991 ; Five
per Oak " enlaced" rupee paper, 994, 100, ; ditto
Fiewand-a-Half per Cent., 106, 1063
Thir India Five per Cent. stook declined to
per cent., closing at 1081 to 4.