The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-04 00:00:00

MONET MARKEZ-(THIS DAY.)

Two dams.

The stock markets opened this morning with
much firmness, and many securities soon attained
a further improvement. A partial reaction ha
since taken place, the rise having led to
sales, hut the present quotations are still
in many cases slightly above those of yesterday
afternoon. Consols exhibit an advance of i per
oent. in the price for money, while the price for the
account is unaltered.

Although this is the 4th of the month, the dis-
count market is quiet, and there seems to
be an inoreased willingness to transact busi-
ness below 9 per cent., the Bank minimum.
The 4th appears to be passing off very satisfac-
torily, there being thus far no announcement of any
mercantile failures.

At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rentee opened at
65fr. 90c., being oc. better than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 881 to for money,
and 88k "seller," for the account (October 11).
The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 881, 1, k ;
ditto, for amount, 88k ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 861, k ; New Three per
Cents., 861, 1, k ; Red Sea Telegraph, 191 ;
India Five per Coat. stock, 103 k, 1 ; ditto,
Bonds, 205., 10s., 12s. dia., and Exchequer Bills,
June, 15s. dia.

Foreign stooks are firm. Mexican Bonds and
Spanish Passive and Certificates have risen
1 or 1 per cent. Turkish Consolidie, how-
ever, are rather fiat. Some of the pre-
sent quotations are subjoined :—viz., Greek,
231 to ; Mexican, 271 to ; Spanish Passive, 34
to 1 ; the Certificat..., 14 to ; Confederate, 65 to
67 ; Turkish Bonds of 1858, 681 to 69 ; ditto 1862,
70 to 1; and the Consolides, 501 to 1.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian,
1863, 831, ex div. ; Chilian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 811 ; Egyptian, second issue, 961 ; Italian,
for account, 661; Mexican, for account, 271 ;
Peruvian, 1862, for account, 774 ; Portuguese,
1856, ka, 461, ; Russian, 1822, 881; ditto 1862,
871 ; Spanish Passive, for account, 311, 3 ;
ditto Certificates, for account, 141, 14 ; Turkish,
1854, for account, 90/, 911 ; ditto, 1862, 70 ;
ditto, for account, 70, ; Venezuela, 1862, for
account, 551 ; ditto, 1864, 444.
International Financial shares are now quoted
11 to 1 prem. ; General Credit, 21 to / prem. ;
London Financial, 7 to 4 prem. ; Imperial Mer-
cantile, 21 to 1 prem. ; Hudson's Bay, 151 to 1 ;
Ottoman Societe Generale, 1 to 3 prem. ; Anglo-
Egyptian Bank, 3 dia. to prem. ; and Imperial
Mexican Railway, 1 dis. to par.

Foos o'CLocx.

Consols are again fractionally better, at 84 to f,
both for money and the present account. 75,000!.
in gold has been taken to the Bank.
The Bombay exchange shows a alight movement
(ed.) against this country, while that at Calcutta is
unaltered.

The Bombay telegram reports money easy, and
states that " great speculation has taken place in
Bank shares."

The Mexican dollars by the last packet were sold
yesterday at be. per ounce, showing a decline of id.
The fall is owing to the absence of demand for
China.

A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Lewine and
Morris, in the American trade, who failed on the
12th ult., was held yesterday, when an approximate
balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Harding, Mul-
lein, Whinney and Hibbous, the accountants, was
presented, 'bowing liabilities for 50,7741., with
assets eAimated at 32,2261. After some discussion,
the meeting, taking into oonsideration the extremely
uncertain character of the assets, agreed to accept
• composition of five shillings in the pound.
The Stock Exchange Committee have ap-
pointed Thursday next a special settling-day iu the
shares of the Sociad Agricola et Industrielle COM.
pagnie Anouyme Egyptienne (Limited), for bargains
entered into on and after July 16. These shares,
however, are not to be marked at present.

The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 1,0531. over last year, and the
South Eastern an increase of 1,5901.
A call of 51 is to be paid on the shares of the
Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) by the
27th inst.

- - The 10th dividend, being 6 per cent for the year
ending the tat ult., is announced on Norwegian
Trunk Railway preference shares.
A general meeting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company is convened for the 26th inst.
The meeting of the shareholders of the Turin and
Savona Railway Company, called for the 6th
at Turin, has been adjourned to the 16th of No-
vember, in consequence of a sufficient number of
shareholders not having signified their intention of
being present on the former occasion.
The mails rid Marseilles from Calcutta and
Chins by the French steamer are expected to be
distributed in Loudon about the 7th inst.

With reference to the cotton trade, the following
is from the monthly circular of Messrs. Truman
and Rouse, dated the Ist inst. :
The Liverpool market has been in a very unsettled eon-
dittos throughout the month, sad the teeleney of prices
has bees almost constantly downwards, the quotatioes of
yesterday showing a decline of 41. cm American, 40. to
150. on East India (the greatest fall being on Bengal and
Swede), and 41d. to sd. par lb. on China and Japan. This
great reduction has been brought about by the combined in.
euences of rumour. of peace in America, a stringent mosey
market, and an influx of yearly 200,000 bales in • fortnight;
but the peace rumours are now dying out, sod the quantity
of cotton to come forward will be much curtailed by the fall
io priors, so that within the past few days more coefidence
has been shown, and prices are becoming steadier. The re.
duction in the value of goods and yarn in litambeeter has
been proportionate to that of the raw material, sad the
amount of business transacted has been limited to
pressing wants. The deliveries of cotton to the
trade from Liverpool exhibit a falling off, averaging 31,140
per week for the nine mouths, against 33,120 to the end of
August, and 25,030 for the whole of 1863. The export also
shows lees exam over that of last year thee it did a month
since, being from Liverpool, Hull, and the outman 420,000
bales against 346,416, and from London 149,200 bales rimiest
156,800 is the corresponding period last year. The stook in
Liverpool is 412,430 bales against 192,940. The quantity oa
the w.y from the East Indies is 271,800 bales against
280,620, and from China and Japan 135,000 pieuls against
40,000 last year. This market has followed the warm of
Liverpool ; there has been the lame difficulty in effecting
sales, and the current qualities of floret show a decline of
4d. to Id. per lb., China and Japan 41d., sad Bengal sad
Scrods sd. per lb. Cotton stied has been almost noseleable;
the only transaction reported dunng the put week being cue
of fair new Western Madras, at 160. per lb. The quantity
now on the way from all the Indian ports is 334,550 bales
against 324.000 last year, 'while to continental poets there
are 21,560 against 10,060. Prom China and Japan the
quantity afloat i. 176,000 picula against about 60,000 Let
year.
The following are the returns of the Irish banks
of issue for the four weeks ending the 17th ult. :

The large sum of 142,0001., mutating of Aar.
titan eagles, by the Scotia, and refined'gold, was mall
into the Bank miler& ; there were no with-
drawals. The total paeohaasd by the Bank aisle
the date of the last return ix 269,0001., while only
10,0001. has been withdrawn for export.

MONDAY EVIIIIINI.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 881 to
for the 11th October, opened this morning at the
same quotation, and closed at 881 to $. For
money the last prioe was NI to
The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 881, k, 1;
ditto for account, Mt, g, k ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 861 ; New Three per Cents., 861, i, 1;
Bank Stock, 2381 ; India Stock, 211 ; ditto Five
per Cent. Stock, 103 i, >f ; ditto Bonds, 16e., 255.,
113 s. die.

Indian government securities were quiet. India
Bonds were marked 255. to 16e. die. The Mara
Exchequer Bills were quoted Ils. to 41. dia., awl
the June 235. to 136. dia.

The foreign stock market was rather firmer, and
a number of the stocks currently dealt in closed at
a slight improvement. Confederate, Venezuela
Old Bonds, and Turkish of 1854, advanced per
eent ; Russian Bondb of 1852, Turkish of 1862, sad
Spanish Deferred, I: and Mexican and Spanish
Passive Bonds and Certificates, it.
Hudson's Bay shares recovered 55., closing at
151 to I. Egyptian Trading have risen to I to
prem. National Discount, Joint Stock Discount,
Universal Marine Insurance, West India and Pa-
cific Steam, City Offiore,iind Fore-street Warehouse
bbares were all quoted better. London Mercantile
Discount, North British and Mercantile Insurance,
Nova Scotia Land and Gold, and Telegraph Con-
struction were weaker.

There was a decided revival of the demand foe
the shares of the financial companies, and a
general improvement took place in prices. Lon-
don Financial rose it. ss. ; Imperial Mercantile,
17a. 6d ; Credit Mobilier and Credit Foocier, 10e. ;
and General Credit, sa. to 78. Gd. International
Financial shares showed a tendency to fluctuation,
rising to 1/ to 2 prem., but closing scarcely better
than on Saturday. The closing quotations are an-
nexed, viz.:—international, 18 to 1 prem. ;
General Credit, 2( to / prom.; London inancial,
n to 71 prem.; Imperial Mercantile Credit (amal-
gamated), 1/ to 21 prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 21
to 1 prem. ex div. and new shares ; and Credit
Fourier, 2/ to 2} prem. ex div. and new shame.
Anglo-Egyptian Bank shares were quoted to
die., and Ottoman Societe Generale, 1 to 1.1 prem.