The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

MONEY MAIIKET.-(TEIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocz.

There is little business in the stock markets to-
day apart from that connected with the settlement,
and the tone generally is rather dull. Some
anxiety prevails respecting the increased demand
for silver for the East. Console are quoted the
mine as yesterday, but foreign stocks have receded
in a few instances.

The discount market is still very quiet, with a
moderate demand for money and a large supply. '
The rate for good three months' bills is 71 per cent.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
661 r. 50c., being sc. better than on Saturday.
Consols are now quoted 894 to 1 for money,
and 894 to 1 for the account (September).
The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 894, 1, i;
ditto, for account, 891, 4 ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 881, 4 ; New Three per Conte., 881, ;
Five per Cent. Anna., 1873, 104 ; Anne., 1885,
14 9-16, 11-16 ; Bank Stock, 244, 2421 ; India
Five per Cent. Stock, 1031, 1041 ; ditto Four per
Cent., 991 ; ditto Certificates, 99 ; Four per Cent.
" enfaced" rupee paper, 94 ; Exchequer Bills,
March, 245., 15e. die. ; ditto June, 24a. din.
The foreign stock market is dull, and Greek,
Spanish Passive, and Mexican Bonds have
receded 4 per cent. Confederate, however,
remain firm, at the rise of yesterday. Some
of the present quotations are subjoined
Turkish, 1858, 711 to 724 ; ditto, 1862, 691 to 701 ;
Consolid6s, 504 to 3 ; Greek, 231 to 1; Spanish
Passive, 301 to 3 ; Confederate, 77 to 79 ; and
Mexican, 281 to 294. Transactions are recorded as
follows :—Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 62, 4 ;
ditto Certificates, 98/ ; Egyptian, 1011 ; Greek,
231 ; ditto, for account, 24 ; Italian (Maremmana
Railway), 734 ; Mexican, for account, 294,
281 ; ditto, 1864, 261, 26 ; Portuguese,
1856, kc., 474, 3 ; ditto, for account,
474 ; Russian, 1862, 871, 88 ; Spanish Certificates,
for account, 121, 3 ; Turkish, .1862, for account,
70 ; Venezuela, 1862, for account, 571.
International Financial shares are now quoted
41 to 1 pram ; General Credit, 3 to * prem. ;
London Financial, 10 to 4 prem.; Imperial Mer-
cantile, 31 to 1 prem. ; Hudson'sßay, 161 to 17 ;
and Anglo-Egyptian Bank, 21 to 3 prem.
About 101,0001. in American eagles, forming a
' portion of the gold brought by the steamer Seine,
from the West Indies, was sent into the Bank yes-
terday. The rest of the supply of gold (about
244,0001.) by the same arrival will be refined, and
' may then be taken to the Bank.
The bar silver by the steamer Seine was sold yester-
day for India at ss. 11d. per ounce, being the same
rate as that obtained for the supply by the previ-
ous packet In the interim, however, transactions
have occurred at ss. 1 1-16 d. The rise in the
Bombay exchange has imparted firmness to this
market, and a considerable total will probably he
sent by the next outward steamer.
About 342,500/. in Australian gold is now known
to be on the way to England. The True Briton
has been at sea 100 days with 103,0001. ; the
Wellesley, 82 days, with 95,0001. ; the Norfolk, 65
days, with 31,601!.; and the Gerrawalt, 55 days,
with 113,0001. The first named vessel is overdue.
The Europa, from Boston, has brought 3,100/.
in specie.
It appears that some difficulty has arisen with
regard to the last Venezuelan loan. The agent of
the General Credit Company through whom the
operation was conducted has bad all the export
duties provided in the contract made over to
him, and a large amount of bills have conse-
quently been drawn by the Venezuelan government
on their fiscal agent here, but it is understood that
on their presentation for acceptance at the consu-
late yesterday, the following answer was given :
" General Guzman Blanco, the fiscal agent for
Venezuela, has applied to the General Credit Com-
pany to put the proceeds of the loan at his dis-
posal, and when they have done so, he will com-
municate with the holders of the bills presented
for acceptance."
Molars. J. H. Schroder and Co. have announced
payment of the half-yearly dividend due the let
September next, on the Confederate Seven per
Cent. Cotton Loan. It is at the same time notified
that the second half-yearly drawing for the redemp-
tion of an amount equal to 21 per cent. of the
amount of the loan then unredeemed by cotton will
take place in London on the same day.

The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Friday, the 19th instant, a special settling-
day in the shares of the Great Eastern Steamship
Company (Limited), which are to be marked in the
twice-a-week lists.

rhe letter from Hobart Town refer to the stop-
page of Messrs. T. D. Chapman and Co., a well
known and highly respectable house, but their
liabilities are not stated. Owing to this failure a
run upon the Savings Rank subsequently com-
menced, but it soon ceased, on its being shown that
the bank was thoroughly solvent.
The following is from the Madras Railway
Company :

Tint Muir reoeipts oe this oorepaay's flonte-Wast Liar,
406 miler in length, amounted to 133,0911. for the six
swaths ceding 30th Joss last, agaiest 100.738/. for the coy.
respoodiag period of 1863, showing ea ineresse of V. 353/.,
or 324 per cent. over last year. Oa the North-West Line,
41 miss open, the receipts for the six months medic as
above have bees 7,23 W. against 5,6291. for the ing
period of last year, showing an Mariam of 1,6011., or N;
per oast The aggregate receipts have hummed by
23,9541., equal to 3l par met., while the mileage open of
both Uses hes remained the aline as last year.

A meeting of the Ottoman Financial Association
iscalled for the 30th inst., to confirm the resolutions
respecting the proposed increase of the capital
pawed at the meeting on Saturday last.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Melbourne sod
Hobson's Bay Railway Company, held at Melbourne
on the 7th of June, a dividend was declared at the
rate of 10 per cent per annum.
The dividends are advertised on the Danish
Four per Cent. Stock of 186041.

MONDAY MYINING.
Consols opened for thesocount at 891 to 1, or the
same as on Uturday, and returned to that price
after having been for a short time quoted a fraction
higher. For money the latest transactions were
at 84 to 1. The official business report use fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 891, 1 •
ditto, for account, 891, 1 ; Three per Cents. Re'.
duced, 881, ; New Three per Cents., 881, 1, Q
India Stock, 211 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock,;
1041, 104.
The price of India Five per Cents. remains without
alteration at 104 to 1041. Exchequer Bills marked
255. and 15s, discount. There were no transactions
in India Bonds.

In the discount market there has again been a
very moderate demand, and short paper was readily
taken at 3 per cent. Many bills, however, are at
present kept back in anticipation of an early reduc-
tion in the Bank rate. The charge for six months'
paper is nominally 8 per cent., with a very small
supply offering.
A better demand has prevailed for the shares of
the financial companies, and in most instances an
improvement has occurred. International Financial
closed at 41 to prem. • General Credit, 3 to I
prem. ; London Einem:ill, 10 to prem. ; and
Imperial Mercantile Credit, 31} to prem.
The transactions in joint stock banks have been
rather below the average, but the changes were
comparatively numerous. An advance baa taken
place in European Bank, Imperial, London and
Colonial, London and County, London Joint Stock,
London and South Western and Union of London,
and a decline in Agra, London, Birmingham and
South Staffordshire, Merchantßank,NorthWestern,
Standard of South Africa, and Union of Ireland.
Imperial Ottoman shares were firm at 17 to t.
The miscellaneous share market has been quiet
but steady. Australian MnrtgageLand and Finance,
and Royal Mail Steam have Improved, while Na-

tional Steam were quoted lower. Hudson's Boy
left off at 16i to j, and Egyptian Trading at lk tot
Fem., showing a slight advance.
The closing (but In some eases merely eosins/
quotations for shares in new undertakings an
subjoined, viz. :—Anglo-Egyptian Bank, 21 to 3
prem. ; Ebbw Vale Comy, par to k prem. ;
and Humber Ironworks, 20 1* die.
Colonial Government debentures were the sane
as on Saturday. A fall has occurred in Virginia
Six per Cents.

MINE&-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Crock.

The mining market is quiet to-day, owing partly
to the settlement, and very few movements have
occtirred in quotations. Wheal Grenville
shares are in exceptional demand, and have
advanced to is to East Granville are
' d 61 to 1 ; Fast Lovell, 111 to 1 • Wheal
Satan, 200 to 210 ; and Hallenbeagle, 31 to 4.
In the Stock Exchange, Devoe Great Consols
have been dealt in at 485 ; Great South Tolgusi
at 2/; and West Seton, at 2281.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are nominally
quoted the same as yesterday in the absence at
business.