The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-09 00:00:00

The English stock market showed heaviness to.
day. After declining j per cent., prices closed about
per cent. lower than yesterday. The only feature
in the-transeetions was a renewal of sales by the
broker who acts for the Bank of England and for

government, and to these sales the decline was
chiefly attributable. Apart from the arrangements
connected with the monthly settling in the Consol
market, business throughout the Stock Exchange
was extremely languid.
Money, to-day, was in active demand in Lombard-
street, with a fair supply. The rate of money in the
Consol market was 3 per cent.
At Paris to-day the French funds closed to 1 per
cent. higher than yesterday. The other continental
ease markets remain quiet.
Console for money, after declining to 901 to 91,
closed at 91. For the new account of the Bth March
the price ranged between 91 to } and 911, and closed
at 91/ to t. The " Contango" advanced to 3-18 to
per cent. at the conclusion of the settlement. The
official business report is as follows : Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 911, ooL 91; ditto,
ter account, Bth March, 91, k, 91. Three per Cent.
Reduced, 91i, I, New Three per Cents., 91i, 92,
91f, 911. Annuities of 30 years, expiring in 1839,
41. Bank Stock, 212, 213. India Stock. 224,
221. Threeand.a- Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds,
falling: payable' in 1859, 99a. India Bonds, 12s.
prem.
Exchequer Bills maintain their improved quotation
of Bs. to 9s. prem.
The foreign stock market presented no variation
worthy of notice, the operations being scanty.
The Madrid has taken out 72,9611. in specie for
Lisbon and Cadiz.
The shares of the Ardennes Railway to-day were
quoted rather lower, at I to 1 prem.
In addition to the projected " City Bank," the pre-
liminary announcement of which was made yesterday,
we are informed that another joint stock bank scheme
for London and the provinces is on the tapie, to be
called the " Bank of London," with a capital of no
less than one million sterling. Sir John Villiers
Shelley, Bart., M.P., is to be chairman, and Mr.
Scott, who lately contested the City chamberlainship
with Bir John Key, is announced as provisional
manager.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 13th
inst., for the hire of a ship of from 850 to 700 tons,
for the conveyance of convicts from England and Ire-
land to Fremantle, Western Australis.
The Directors of the South Eastern Railway Com-
pany have reduced their charge for telegraphic mes-
sages between any two stations on that line to laper
twenty words.

The amount of bills drawn by the East ladia Com-
pany on their respective presidencies, from the 25th
alt, to the Bth inst. (this day), is as follows :
s. d. Bets of Buhaage.
Bengal .... 121,301 8 2 1
Maas.ls,ooo it 7 20. per Company's row.
Bombay.... 2s. fid. per ditto.

Total

The following meetings are newly announced,
viz.: North London Railway Company, for the 23rd
instant (to be made special to empower the directors
to raise the new capital authorised by the act of
18M) ; East Indian Railway Company, for the 20th
instant; Droit wick Patent Salt Company, for the
27th instant ; North American Colonial Association
of Ireland, for the 28th instant ; Rent Guarantee
Society, for the 22ad instant; Mutual Life Assurance
Society, for the 21st instant ; Brighton Gas Company
for the 22nd instant (at which a dividend will be de-
clared) ; Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Company, for the 27th instant ; Sambre and Meuse
Railway Company, for the Ist March.
The next half-yearly meeting of the London and
North-Western Railway Company is called for the
23rd inst.
The ballot of the shareholders of the General Screw
Steam Shipping Company is to terminate on Saturday
next, at two o'clock, and the adjourned meeting is to
be held on the 14th inst.
The sum of IL per share is to be payable on the
shares of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Naviga-
tion Company, out of the suspense account, on the let
March.
A call of 6s. is to be paid on the shares of the
Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Company, by the 6th
March. _ _ _

Australian Agricultural shares to day declined IL,
South Australian Land 10s., and Peel River were
also flat. Bank shares were quiet. The General
Screw Steam Shipping Company's shares have been
dealt in at 141.
Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses, as received by telegraphic express :
I Paris—Thursday (this day)—(Closing press): Three
'per Cent. Bente' for money, 67.86 ; for amount, 67.90 ;
ditto Four-and.a-Half per Cents., for money, 95.60;
Bank shares, 2,990. The French funds have closed Ito 1
per cent. higher then yesterday.
Vienna—Wedutaday (closiag prices) : Austrian Five per
Cent. Metallic', 821; ditto Four-and-a- Half per Cann.,72.
Bachange on London. 12.20. Gold, 311 per sent. prem. ;
silver, 271 per cent. prem. This bourse remains dull.
Amsterdam—Wednesday (casein; prim) : Dutch Two-
s:id-a-Half per Cents., 611 ; ditto Four per Cents.,
90 9.16; Spanish New Deferred Three per Cents.,
171 ; the Coupons, 41 per cent. ; the Old Three per Cents.
Eiterior, 37. Portuguese, 38 3.16. Austrian Five per
Cent. Metallic'. 62 9-16. Mellow, 201. Russian Poar-
end-a-Half per Cents., 871. Granada Deferred, 6 9.16;
ditto Aviv*, 141. These prices show little change.
Hamburg—NV ednesday: Spanish New Deferred Throb per
Cents., 161; Menioan 14 offered ; Spanish Old Three per
Cents., 293; Rumba; Five per Cents., 931 offered; Sar-
dinia*, 79'.
Frankfort—Wedcesday: Spanish New Deferred Three per
Cents., 171; ditto Old Three per Cents., 301; Austrian
Five per Cent. Metallic', 84. 'Szchange on London, 117.
Austrian stock continues heavy.
Berlin—Wednesday: Hunan Five per Cents., 963 offered.