The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

881 to 89 for money mid the 10th May. The t.
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Co.
sole for money, 89, 881, 891, 89, 88/, 881; ditto for
account, 10th May, 881, 891, 881. Three per Cents.
Reduced, 87/, I. New Three per Cents., 881, 1, h
f, /. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in 1858,
991, 1; ditto, 1859, 991, 1. India Bonds, 12s.
maim.
Business is also recorded in the newly-created
Thirty Years' Annuities at 16 3-16 per 11.; and in
the Omoinm at to 1 premium, which was also the
closing quotation.
Exchequer Bills were quoted 4s. to 7s. prem.
The foreign stock market was very inanimate, and
presented scarcely any change in price.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the Bth
May for the supply of 50,000 gallons e rum.
The Admiralty have ordered the sailing ship In-
linder 26 be surveyed, for the conveyance of troops to
Ceylon, and thence to Hong-Kong.
The imports of the precious metals this week have
been unusually small, owing to the continuance of
easterly winds. The only arrivals reported to us are
710,549 dole. by the Asia, from New York ; and
178 ounces of gold and 5001. in specie by the Vimeira
from Sydney. The value of these two arrivals is
about 147,0001. The Lady Ann has also arrived
from Sydney, but it is not yet known if she has any
gold on freight.
Silver has been despatched in considerable quanti-
ties to the continent, chiefly to Hamburg, but the
shipments of gold have been upon a very restricted
scale, owing to the high range of the foreign ex-
changes. The London Custom-house statement of
the exports during the week represents a total of
about 87,0001. sterling, including 336,498 ounces of
silver. Tile particulars are annexed, viz.:—Gold I
ban: to Hamburg, 800 oz. ; to Boulogne, 60 oz. I
Silver coin : to Hamburg, 119,000 oz. ;to Bel-
gium, 10,400 oz.; to Boulogne, 700 oz. Silver
bars : to Hamburg, 197,678 oz.; to Rotterdam,
4,920 oz.; to Boulogne, 1,800 oz. No other ship-
meets are officially reported.
At Amsterdam yesterday (Friday) the exchange on
London was quoted 11.90, at short; and at Ham-
burg, 13.61.
Hamburg letters report a rise of Is. to 2s. per qr.
in wheat. The weather was cold and unseasonable.
The exchange on London was flat, with bills at 13.41
to 41. Discount was less easy, at 21 per cent., not-
withstanding further arrivals of silver.
At a meeting of the London committee of deputies
from the joint-stock banks of England, Wales, and
Ireland, held at the London Tavern yesterday, reso-
lutions were passed strongly condemnato-y of the
proposed penny stamp on bankers' cheques.
We annex a table, showing—lit, the payments to
be made on 1,0001. of the New Loan ; 2nd, the
amounts of Three per Cent. Consols and of Annuities
for 30 years, to be issued from time to time to the
subscribers : and 3rd, the dividends due thereon :
Payment% due 1855. Coned' issued. Annuities issued.
£lOO .... April 24 .... none .... none
160 .... ]day 22 .... 150 .... £1 1 9
100 .... June 19 .... 100 .... 014 6
160 .... July 17 .... 150 .... 1 1 9
100 .... Aug. 21 .... 100 .... 014 8
100 .... Sept. 18 .... 100 .... 014 6
100 .... Oct. 16 .... 100 .... 014 6
100 .... Nov. 20 .... 100 .... 014 6
100 .... Dec. 18 .... 200 .... 1 9 0

£l,OOO £l,OOO £7 6 0
Dividends. Due. Amount.
On £260 Consols for 6 montlus 3uly 6 ..L3 16 0
£4 7s. Annuity Oct. 10 .. 2 3 6
1856.
£250 Consols fur 6 months—Jan. 6 .. 3 16 0
£760 do. 1 year „ ..22 10 0
Li 7e. Annuity 6 months—April 6 2 3 6
£2 18s. do. 1 year .. ~.. 218 0
Land and bank shares remain generally steady, but
Bank of Australasia shares sere quoted rather lower
to-day. Peninsular and Oriental shares showed
some tendency towards reaction after their late rise,
but the stock of the Electric Telegraph Company was
firmer. Following the announcement of his resigna-
tion made by Mr. Francis Fuller, Crystal Palace
shares have declined to 3,1 to 31. London Dock
stock has been dealt in at 100; Victoria Dock, New
shares, at 9 (101. paid); the new shares of the Penin-
sular and Oriental -Jompsny at I k prem. (101. paid) ;
and Illinois Central Railway, 7 per cent. Bonds, re-
deemable in 1875, at 681 (exch. 4s. 6d.)
The following weekly 'summary of the produce
markets is extracted from the circular of Messrs. W.
J. and H. Thompson :
The transactions in the colonial markets have been to a
fair estent, and for some kinds of produce full to advanced
rates have been paid. There has been a good business done
in sugar. The increase in duty has been about divided
between the buyer and teller; the duty, however, on nearly
all parcels offered this week bad been paid prior to the
alteration. A brisk demand has been experienced for rice,
end large sales have occurred chii fly in floating parcels, at
a rise of 34. to 61. per cwt. The public sales of plantation
Ceylon coffee have gone off with spirit at high quotations,
but of native only small sales have been made at former
rates; the increase in the duty, therefore, has at present had
no effect. Some sales of saltpetre have been made at about
3d. to 6d. per cwt. advance. Cassia lignea has declined
about 10.. per cwt. The quarterly sales of cinnamon com-
mence on Monday next; they comprise 100 bales Ceylon.
Tea.—Many parcels, taken in at public sale, were subse-
quently placed. The market, although flat in t• e early
put of the week, has closed with tome animation.

THIS DAY.—Two
The English funds have exhibited decided de-
pression to-day, owing mainly to the prevalence of
a gloomy view with reference to the operations before
Sebastopol. After a tall of per cent., however, a
rally set in, and the present quotations are d to 1
per cent. lower than the final range of Saturday.
expesols were first marked 88,1, fell to 88}, and are now
quoted 88 7.16 to 9-16 for money and the 10th May.
The Three per Cent. Reduced have been dealt to
at 871 down to 861; the New Three per Cents. at
88 to 871; Bank Stock, at 210 ; the newly-created
30 years Annuities at 16 3-16; Exchequer Band.,
1859, at 991 to t ; Exchequer Bills, at 4s. to 7s.
prem.
The omnium has been dealt in at 1 die. to / prem.,
and is now quoted par exactly.
The foreign stock market is dull and rather fist.
Turkish his declined to 72 to 73. Mexican is quoted
20/ to 21; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents.,
17f to 181 ; and Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100.
Tle Spanish Committee's Certificates, after marking
5 per cent., fell to 31 per oent., owing to an
adverse decision in the Spanish Cortes, and are now
croted 4to 41 per cent. Hessian Four•and-aHalf
per Ceuta. have been dealt in at 881; and French
Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Renton at 93 (exchange
25f. 15c,). Ic other stocks an business is recorded.
The Stook Exchange will be shut to-morrow (the
lot of May) wading to cram