The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-16 00:00:00

The Whit;t3ter sailed from Melbourne for London

onthe 31st Tagust:with 86,196 oz. of gold on
freight, worth about 340,8001., and has consequently
been 78 days at sea. She also brings 160
and 1,000 bales of wool. The Oliver LaingPl=rn
the 22nd August, and is believed to have a
_ good
quantity of gold on freight. The Kent was to follow
very shortly.
The Admiralty have accepted the ships Albion,
Mary Homes% B. B. Greene, Hero of the Nile,
Orion, and Alosets, for the conveyance of stores to
lanzaies., Halifax, Mauritius Cape of Good Hope,
Malta, and Scutari. The East India Company will
receive tenders on the 21st instant for the eon-
veyanoe of stores from England to Calcutta and
Bombay.
The 20th instant is the latest period allowed to
shareholders in the Great Luxembourg Company to
notify their intention of taking the new knee of
shares. The issue pries of the new shares is 41. (141.
paid), but similar shares could be bought in the mar-
t to-day at 31.165.
The half-yearly dividends are advertised on the
Sardinian Five per Cent. Loan (Messrs. C. J. Ham-
bro and Son), and on the Brazilian Five per Cent.
Loan of :1843 (Empire Fund), and Brazilian Four-
and-a-Mall per Cent. Loan of 1862, by Messes.Bothe-
child and Sous. _ _

Theniar bet toe American stocks this week has
been very inactive, owing to the panto reported per
the Atlantis as prevailing in New York.

Tavasnat Erman&
' The English stook market was fairly aapporled at
the commencement of business this morning, bat

subsequently showed datum% the weekly sitting of
the Director, at the Bank of England being unusually
protracted. On the breaking-up of the board without
the annottnensent of any change in the rate of die-

count, there was a little recovery, but in the after-
noon prices relapsed, and finally closed 1 per cent.
below the 4 o'clock range of yesterday. No ono-
boration has been given to the rumours of yesterday
afternoon having reference to an extension of the
Bank's lens of notes.
In the Stock Exchange money wss in more demand
at 4 per oat. and upwards on government securities.
The discount market exhibits no new feature, but the
rates are fully maintained.
The Exchequer Bill market wan again very heavy,
and the prier has fallen to 9s. to Ss. die. At 9a.
daunt some influential sales were effected. The
market for these securities is evidently in a very
an-
state, reallaatioas to any considerable
assert impracticable, even at the current de-
population. If it be true, as is reported, that
Gummiest esatemplate issuing a further amount of
bills to supply their financial requirements up to the
.=of polkaing. this state of the market be-
MOM serious. As the funding of Broke-
quo Bilis would evidently be imprudent on the eve
of the sentimation of a fresh losiiearly next year,
may et the chid holders of Exchequer Bills urge
that Cieuesasat ought at ono to adopt the other
measure of relief open to them—i. a, grant a further
rise in the rate of interest borne by these
securities, the deputation of which in the nitahastill
regarded es detrimental to the national credit.
were first quoted 881 to i foe the 6th Dee.,
needed to 881 to 1, recovered to An to 1, and closed
at 88/ " sellers" For mosey the final quotation
was 87i to 88. The diked busioese report is as
follows:—Thus per Cent Oansols, for mosey, 881,
88, 87f a ditto, for amount, Bth Dee., 881, 1, 88.
Three per Cut. Beamed, 87, 871. New Three per
Cents., 88, 871, 871. Long Annuities, expiring in
January, 1860, 111. India Stock, 226. Lida Banda,
7s. die.
The foreign stook market was dull. Russian Five
per Cents. experienced a further fall of 1 per rant.
Turkish Six per Cants., after touching 801 to ',elated
at 791 to 1, being 1 to! per sent. worse than yester-
day. The New Four per Cent. Guareeteed Loan re-
mains fist. and was finally quoted 41 to Si dis.
Other stinks were quiet.