The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARK ST,-(THIS DAL)

Two o'Osooo.

The tendency of the stock and share markets is
rather better to-day, yet prices in most
instances are quoted the same as yesterday
in the absence of business. Consols are un-
altered ; and only a few variations have oc-
curred in British railway stocks and foreign
securities, including a rather important reduction
in Confederate Bonds. Bank and finance shares
are somewhat firmer in tone.

There is a good demand for money to-day,
and the lowest rate for the best three months
bills is 9 per cent. The supply of money has
somewhat diminished. The charge for short loans
in the Stock Exchange is 8 per oent., being higher.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rentals opened at
65fr. 55c., being / per oent. lower than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 88 to / both for money
and the 11th inst., and 881 to a for the new ac-
count (November). The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 881, 88; ditto, for account, 881, 88;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 881, 4 ; New Three
per Cents., 881, ; Bank Stock, for account,
2384; India Stock, 214, 212 ; ditto Five per
Cent. Stock, 1034, 1, 1044 ; ditto Bonds, ss. dia. ;
Exchequer Bills, March, 55., 7s. die. ; ditto June,
20s.

The foreign stock market is inactive. Confederate
Bonds are heavy, and have declined 14 per cent.
Mexican have also receded },while Turkish of 1862
have improved totbe like extent. Some of the presen t
quotations are subjoined :—Turkish, 1858, 684 to 1 ;
ditto 1862, 70 to 4 ; Consolid4s, 491 to ; Greek,
224 to ; Spanish Passive, 301 to 1 ; ditto Certi-
ficatee, 134 to' ; Confederate, 56 to 58 ; and Mexican,
264 to 4. Transactions are recorded as follows :
Egyptian, 97, 961; Greek, foracoount, 221, 4; Italian,
for account, 654 ; Mexican, for account, 264, 1, 1 ;
ditto 1864, 244, 4 ; Portuguese, 1853, for account,
464 ; ditto 1856, &c., for account, 464, 1 ; Russian,
1862, 864, 1 ; ditto 1864, 864, ex div. ; ditto
scrip, 34 prem., ex div. ; Spanish Passive,
for account, 304, 1 ; Turkish, 1858, for account,
684 ; ditto 1862, fer account, 704, 70 ; ditto, 1001.
Bonds, 704, 1 ; Venezuela, 1862, for account,
55, 544 ; ditto 1864, 431, 43, 44.
International Financial shares are now quoted
14 to 1 prem. ; London Financial, 64 to
prem. ; General Credit, 24 to 1 prem. ;
Imperial and Mercantile Credit, 11 to 1 prem. ;
Hudson's Bay, 15 to 1; Ottoman Socielti G6n6-
rale, 1 to 4 prem. ; and Anglo-Egyptian Bank,
dis. to par.

HALT-Jun Two o'CLocx.

Consols are fractionally lower, at E 474 to 88,
both for money and the 11th inst., and 88j to j
for the new account (November).

About 50,0001. in gold was sent into the Bank
yesterday, and 210,000 sovereigns were withdraws
for Portugal.
The arrival of 175,000/. in gold from New York
was announced yesterday, the whole of which is
expected to be taken to the Bank to-day or on
Monday, there being no demand for the Continent.
The City of Manchester has brought 99,0001. ; the
Pennsylvania, 46,0001. ; and the America, 30,0001.
The bar silver by the last Mexican packet was
sold yesterday—partly for the East and partly for
the Continent—at 55. Id. per ounce, being Id.
below the price obtained for the previous remittance.
In the interval there has been no business, in the
absence of demand for India.

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
all firm, owing to the tightness of our money market.
The rates were as follows :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.29 to 1 ; ditto, 3 days,
11.19 to 12 ; Rotterdam, 3 meths, 12.21 to 3 ; An •
warp, 3 months. 25.771 to 821; Hamburg, ma. tenon, 3
mouths, 13.71 told !sap, 3 days,
.2tsao so 40
Mains, 1 dittod, 3
1211t8125. .2t.ePetessit..(per ronhlo), 3 maths. Zito ;
Vienna, ;ff. So.. 3 mon 12.10 to 20 ; Trieste, rd. So
3 months, 12.10 to 20; Madrid, 3 months, 471 to 1 ;
OarliA. 3 months, ta to 1 ; Leghorn, 3 month; 25.95
to 26 ; Genoa, 3 months, 25.95 to 26 ; Milan, 3 months, 11
25.96 to 26 ; .Naples, S months, 25.95 to 26 ; Palermo,
3 months, 25.95 to 26 ; Messina, 3 mouths, 25.95 to 26 ;
Lisbon. 90 days, 511 to 1 ; Oporto, 90 days, 611 to 1.
The rates of discount now current on the conti-
nent are as follows :—Paris and Vienna, 61 per
cent. • Hamburg, Brussels, and St. Petersburg, 6 ;
Amsterdam; and Berlin, 6} • Turin, 7} ; and
Frankfort, 5 per cent. In all these markets the
value of money is considerably lower than here.
It is satisfactory to learn that the Metropolitan
and Provincial Bank has sustained no loss what-
ever from the stoppage of the Leeds Banking Com-
pany, with which it had, indeed, no transactions
whatever ; neither has it been affected by any of the
other failures lately announced. We are further
assured that this bank has no liability whatever
upon any cotton bills.
The half-yearly report of the directors of the
Sambre and Manse Railway Company recommends
a payment of 4s. per share. This is the last occa-
sion on which the directors will have to submit to
the proprietors the result of working the railway as
an independent company.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 1,9251. over last year.
The directors of the Turin and Savona Railway
Company have announced the sth, 6th, 7th, Bth,
9th, and 10th calls of 21. each, making 201. paid ;
they are payable, respectively, on the Ist November
next, Ist December, Ist April, 1865, Ist August,
Lit December, and Ist Ap.i 1866.
A third call of 21. is to be paid on the shares of
the Copenhagen Railway Company (Limited) by
the 21st inst. A special meeting is called for the
18th.
With reference to the Mediterranean Hotel
Company (Limited) we learn that the poll de-
manded by Mrs. Parr on the question as
to the passing of the accounts of the late direc-
tors took place yesterday, when there were recorded
in favour of the resolution that these amounts be
passed 616 votes, and in favour of Mrs. Parr's
amendment 33 votes. The accounts were, there-
fore, passed by a majority of 583 votes.
The following, on the silk market, is from the
circular issued yesterday by Messrs. Durant and
Co. :

We have still a comparatively quiet market In silk.
Repeated small settlements in China, light arrivals sod
small stooks give a buoyancy to prices, and came the
unloadings as they come forward to be watched with a
degree of interest end eageroess quite beyond what the
demand for manufactured goods would warrant, and threaten

consumert with a meet difllicult time. At one Moment prices
were slightly leas ',florin,. boa we are maim at the highest
range. The deliveries keep fairly up to the staodard of late
months, just a little In lames of present supply. Two
small parcels of Japan have arrived, sod been sold at fuR
rates. Bengal silk has shared to the general quiet, but the
deliveries mark that consumption continues upon this dam
at the fortunately improved rate of the last few mooths.
The DOSS periodical public sales are fixed for the 26th inst.

Famar Eviorura.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 881, "buyers,"
both for money and next Tuesday's settlement,
opened this morning at 884 to 1, and closed at 88
to 1. For the November settlement the last price
was 884 to 1, the " oontinuation " being 1 to 9-16
per cent. 'The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols. for money, 88,
; ditto, for account, 881, 4 ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 861, ; New Three per Cents., 861, 1, 1 ;
Annuities, 1885, 14 5-16 ; India Five per Cent.
stock, 104, 4 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures,
1866, 971, 97 ; Five per Cent. " aniseed rupee
paper, 101
The India Five per Cent. Stock was inquired
for. The March Exchequer Bills were quoted 81.
to 3s. dia., and the June 20s. to 10s. die.
The foreign stock market participated in the ge-
neral depression. Confederate Bonds fell 1 to 2
per cent. ; Spanish Passive, 4; Mexican and Turkish
Consolid6a, ; Italian and Greek Bonds, ; and
Greek Coupons, Spanish Certificates, and Turkish
Bonds of 1862, f.
Much depression prevailed in the market for

bank *hares. Alliance Bank fell 31. to 4/., closing
at 13 to 14 prem. International Bank decliesd
V. 10s., London and South African 2L and most
other banks 10a. to 1/. The Aare* of the Char-
tered Mercantile Bank of India. London, and
China have exceptionably advanced.
Hudson's Bay shares were sa. lower, closing
at 15 to ; National Discount 10a. lower, at 74 to
7} prem.; Joint Stock Discount, 58. to 71. 6d.
lower, at par to prem.; and Egyptian Commer-
cial, 2s. 6d. worse, at to I prem. Discount Cor-
poration shares have also fallen ; Ocean Marine
Insurance and Nova Scotia Land and Gold have
improved. Ottoman Societ4 Gdn6rale shares were
quoted Ito 14 prem., and Anglo-Egyptian Bank I
din. to par.

The shares of the financial companies were pressed
for sale, and showed decided heaviness this after-
noon. Imperial Mercantile fell 12s. lid. and tie
other companies about se. per share. The closing
quotations are annexed, viz.:—International, 1
3-16 to If prem.: General Credit, 2 3-16 to 21.
prem. ,• London Financial, 6} to prem. • Im-
perial Mercantile Credit (amalgamated), lite 14
prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 2f to f prem. ex diy.
and new shares ; and Credit Foncier, 2g to f prem.
ex div. and new shares.

MINES.-(71118 DAY.)

Two o'CLocw.

There is no new feature in the mining market,
which remains dull, with very little business. East
Grenville and Great Vor shares are rather flat ; the
former are now quoted to and the latter, 29}
to 29k. Clifford Amalgamated shares are officially
marked 301 ; Fast Russell, ; and North Downs, L
Foreign and Colonial mining shares are inactive.
The subjoined weekly summary of the metal
market is extracted from the circular of Menus.
Von Dadelszen and North •
The metal market has been much depressed during tie
last week, and very little badness reported, prices geseraßy
Seeding downwards. Iron.—Welsh bars are in good de-
mand owing to the continued strike in Staffordshire, stn.
ss. to 71. 10e., free on board, Males. Rails, fell sp.
Staffordshire iron—Production much restricted, sad prints
stiff. Scotch pigs have suffered a heavy fall. and elms at
52e. 9d. cash ; and 541. 3d. epee. Copper.— Very fist, mai
little doing. Manufactured, 101 s. ; tough cakes and
9:18. Foreign, quite nominal, and no business reported.
Tin.—Prices fairly maintained, but demand slack. Straits
sells at 985.; Basca,99s. ; English, stead,. Lead.—Desideilly
firmer is price, and is good demand. Speiser.— Very dull;
nominally 7.31.105. ; but buyers very shy. Hull parcels,
17s. 6d.