The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-16 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

Th. river glove Greenwich a much covered with ire:
the navigation is completely stopped. The muter of the
vessels fronts up in the time, between the Custoss4teses
. . .

and the Pool, are adopting every precaution, in laying out
extra mooring chains, in ease of the is, breaking away the
corporation unorintehaiss. In many parts of the river
below bridge the ice has set in so firm between the shore
and the vessels moored near mid-stream, that the arm
walk to and from their umbels to the shore. All the la-
bouren aloaphore are thrown oat of employment, and great
distress prevails.
Southampton Water:was yesterday almost coveted with
floating ice. ♦ brig, in comint down from Elias, at the
top of Southampton Water, bad a hole knocked in her
while ploughing through the masses of is, and was in
danger of sinking. The boats in the stream had to be
guarded from the ice by hurdles placed at the bows. In
Southampton Docks, yesterday, sorsa of mullet were
caught with the band and in band nets.' They floated
about by hundreds on the surface alive, but perfectly help-
lees, being benumbed by the intense cold.

in Paris, at midnight (13th and 14th) the ther-
mometer of 11. Chemliter stood at 8 degrees below sero Cen-
tigrade (211 Fahrenheit) ; at 8 o'clock 14th, it was at 7 deg.
2-10th. Cent. (19 F.) ; and at noon, at 6 4-10th Cent.
(22 1.3 F.). At 3 o'clock the snow was falling steadily, and
with every prospect of continuing.
A few days ago, as some pig dealer' of the department of
the Charente lolerieme, were conveying several carte fall
of pigs (200 in all) to the fair of Chef-Bontene (Dens Sines),
they found the road so completely blocked up with snow li
that they were compelled to stop and pass the night where
they were. Ia the morning they procured assistance and
got into shelter bat the cold had killed 91 of the animals. I
The loss Is 'Winded at nearly 3,000 f.
8o large a number of wild geese," says the Pays de
Casa of the 12th, have alighted within the last few days
on the country between Augiens and Jalon (Beine-Inf4.
risme) that the fields were absolutely covered with them.
The cola crops have suffered coadderably in that neigh-
bourhood tros their devastation."

TROSIDAY sv>•rmd.
The English stock market again showed flatness
today, but a slight further decline, which was at
one tame established, was subsequently recovered, and
the closing quotations were not lower than those of
yesterday. The announcement that the army esti-
mates for the new financial year have been raised to
13,721,158. has created dulness, and the continued
fall at Paris also re-acts here. Business in the Stock
Exchange continues very stagnant.
The money market to day was easy. Calls to the
aggregate amount of 725,0001. fell payable to-day on
the new shares of the Fast Indian and Madras Rail-
way Companies, but produced little effect on the
market, having been in a great manure met in
advance.

At Paris to-day the French funds closed at a fur-
ther fall of about 1 per cent. The letters from that
city state that the heaviness of that bourse is chiefly
prompted by a report that the French Emperor pro-
poise to gout person to the Crimea ; but it is believed
that sales are also Induced in anticipation of the
accruing instalments on the French loan. It will be
remembered that the small subscribers by whom the
whole of the loan was taken up hive the Rrivilige of
paying up their instalments by anticipation, by
which arrangement the amount of stock afloat in the
market may perhaps be considerably increased. The
Vienna bourse continues flat, and the Austrian fonds
are declining. The other continental stock markets
are quiet.
Consols for the Bth of March were dealt in at
901 to 1, and closed at 90! to 1. For money
the closing quotation was 901 to 1. The
calla business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 901,./, 1,4; ditto, for
account, Bth March, 901, 4,4, 4; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 91, 901; New Three per Cents., 914,1, ;
Long Annuities, expiring in 1860, 4 5-16, 41; India
Stock, 224; Bank Stock, 214, 215; Three.and-a-
Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in
1859, 991, 1.
Exchequer Bills remain quoted 6s. to 9s. prem.;
and India Bonds, 12s. to 15s. prem.
Foreign stocks were doll, but the decline seemed
to be confined to Turkish, which was sold cv
low as 731, and closed at 751 to 1.
The demand for gold for exportation is not active,
but the remainder of that brought in by the Tagus
has been sent away.
The dollars ex the Solent were sold to-day at
fts. Olrtarureirnce, being an advance of Id. on the
. .
realised for those by the previous packet. The
price
silver by the same ship has been sold at ss. 11d.
per ouncestandard, showing a decline of id. per
ounce. The whole of these supplies was taken for
India and Chins.

The Admiralty will receive tenders to-morrow for
the conveyance to the Crimea of 500 tons of army
provisions from Gosport, and 500 from Plymouth.
Government have taken up the ship Neptune for the
conveyance of convicts to Freemantle, Western
Australia.

The East India Company will receive tenders on
the 21st instant, for the conveyance of stores from 1
England to Bombay.
It is satisfactory to learn that the Admiralty have
ordered her Majesty's ships Exmouth and Fill to
proceed to the chops of the Channel to afford relief
to the homeward bound vessels detained by the con-
tinued easterly winds.
The new committee of Anglo-Peruvian bondholders
had today an interview with the committee of the
Stock Exchange, to support their application for the
admission into the house of the new bonds created by
a conversion of the home debt of Peru. The bond-
holders' committee were prevented at the outset,
however, from going into the matter, owing to the
committee of the Stock Exchange having previously
resolved that the question must be decided upon the
merits—the legality or illegality of the new bonds—
totally apart from the offer of an increased sinking
fund made to the old bondholders by the Peruvian gc-
vernment. Under these circumstances, it was agreed
that another interview shall take place, on the basis
proposed, on Monday next. Four of the members
of the old Anglo-Peruvian committee (who were
removed from office at the last meeting of the bond-
holders) were present on this occasion,
The dividend falling due the let of March on the
Anglo-Peruvian Four and-a-Half per Cent. Loan,
converted in 1813, is advertised for payment in due
course by Maws. C. de Murrieta and CO. ; and that
on the Danish Five per Cent. Loan by Messrs. C. J.
Hambro and Son. The particulars are at the same
time published of a number of bonds of this last
named loan which are to be paid off on the Ist
March.
The first series of colonial wool sales commenced
this evening. There was an average attendance of
buyers, both from the continent and our own manu-
facturing districts. Good Port Phillip wools maintain
the prices at which they closed at the November
sales. Cape wools went a little in favour of the
buyer, and Sydney wool may be quoted about a
penny per lb. lower. There was a considerable quan-
tity bought for export, principally Cape and Port
Phillip descriptions.
The market for American securities, Messrs. D.
Bell, Son, and Co. report, continues active, and prices
have generally improved.
Land and Bank shares to-day were quiet. The
stock of the Union Bank of Australia declined 11.
Crystal Palace closed at 3 to ak "ex new." The
Australian Royal Mail Steam Company's shares have
been dealt in at 4 to 4,1 (101. paid) ; General Screw
Steam Shipping at 161 to 1; Peninsular and Oriental
at 531 ; and the Canada Company's stock at 120.
The New Seven per Cent. Preference Shares of
the Crystal Palace Company are quoted 3.16 to 5.16
prem. The deposit of 31. per share is to be paid on
the 19th inst.

The report of to-day's indigo sale is annexed:
'The sale has gone off with more spirit to-day, and prices
are decidedly firmer. The greater portion offered today
consisted of desirable qualities of Bengal, a large quantity
of which sold. 1,446 chests have passed toelay, of which
600 were withdrawn, 173 bought in, leaving 672 mid ; total
passed, 4,244 chests.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocz.

The t little movement.
Fria shares are quoted to ; Nouveau
Dade,
M to I ; Colonial Gold, to a ; and Great
Nugget Vein, to 2—all per share.
Australian Agricultural shares are quoted 30 to
31; Peel River, 22 to 2!, being lower; North
British Australasian, k dia. to par.; and Scottish
Australian Investment, to prem.
Cohn Copper shares have been dealt in at 47.
Other mining stocks are quiet.