The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET -THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoaz.

The English funds continue to show a drooping
tendency. Prime have declined about 1 per cent sine*
Saturday afternoon. Consols have ranged between
901 and 91, and are now quoted 901 exactly, for
money and the 6th instant. The Three per
Cents. Reduced have been dealt in at 911
to 911'; the New Three per Cents. at 921 to 1;
the New 30 years Annuities at 161 to 17 ; Exche-
quer Bonds at 1601; Exchequer Bills, June, at lls.
to 16e. prem.; and India Bonds at 30s. prem.
The foreign stock market is dull, with little move-
ment. Turkish Six per Cents. are quoted 931 to 1;
ditto Four per Cent. Scrip, 11 to 11 prem. Mexican
211 to 22; and Spanish Deferred Three per Cents.,
181 to 191. French scrip has been dealt in at 21
prem.; and: Spanish Passive Bonds at 42. Other
stooks have met with no business.

'rho imports of the precious metals last week have
again been limited. Our list includes 15,000 oz. of
gold and 30,0001. in sovereigns by the Ocean Chief,
from Sydney ; 825,179 dok by the Asia, from New
York ; and about 2,000 oz. of gold by the Candace,
from Africa.

The total value of these arrivals is about 283,0001.
Silver also continues to be drawn from the continent
to meet the Indian demand. The Custom-house
returns record the arrival of 8 eases of bullion by the
Baron Osy, and 16 oases of bullion by the Riven.-
bourne, both from Antwerp; 1 box of specie by the
Matra, from Oporto; and 2 cases and 1 package of
gold and 3 bags of silver by the Herman, from La Paz.
The shipments have been more considerable. The
Cutom-house statement of the exports direct from
London during last week includes 16,292 ounces of
gold, and 9,535 ounces of silver, representing an
aggregate value of about 66,0001. An increase in the
shipments of gold to Hamburg forms a feature. The
i destination of these supplies s shown below, viz.:
—Gold coin: to Hamburg, 12,377 oz.; to Boulogne,
140 oz. Gold bars : to Hamburg, 2,275 oz. • to Bel-
gium, 1,500 oz. Silver coin : to Rotterdam, 17350 z.;
to Dunkirk, 3,200 oz. • to Boulogne 1,800 oz. Silver
bars :to Hamburg, 1,200 oz.; to Belgium, 1,600 oz.
The only other shipment officially reported consists
of 28,1031. by the Tagus, for the Peninsula, by which
the ascertained exports of last week WO raised to
' 93,0001. It is known, however, that the supplies ex
the Asia and Ocean Chief, besides other sums, :have
been taken for private remittance to the Continent.
At Amsterdam on Friday the exchange en
London was quoted 11.75, at short; at Hamburg,
13.4/ ' • and at Vienna, 11.14.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 4th Sep-
tember for the conveyance, from Dublin, of 196 tons
' of peat charcoal to Scutari, and 294 tons to Balsklus.
The vessel must be ready to proceed to Dublin imme-
diately, and commence loading on arrival.
The Admiralty have ordered the ships Doke of
Roxburgh, Henry Ellis, and Alert, to be surveyed;
and have engaged the Rebrides for the conveyance of
stores to Constantinople or the Crimes.
The Emigration Commissioners will receive ten-
ders on the 6th inst. for the hire of a ship, to convey
emigrants to Adelaide, and to be ready for passengers
between the 22nd and 29th October.

We recapitulate some of the railway half-yearly
dividends which have been announced in the course
of last week :

Eastern Counties-4s. 61. per 201. stock, being at the rate
of 21 per cent. per annum.
Lancaster and Carlisle-11. 16s. per 501. share, being at
the rata of 7 per cent. per annum.
Glasgow and South-Western—lL 17s. 6d. per 100/ stock,
being at the rate of 31 per cant. per annum ; balance carried
forward, 2,6831.
At a special meeting of the South Staffordshire
Railway Company, held on Monday last, and under
powers of the act of last session for making the
Darlaston, Tipton, and Prince's-end branches, 12,7001
shares of 101. each were created and allotted to the
present holders of old shares, in the proportion of one
new 101. for every entire number of seven old 121.
shares. The 27th of September next is the period
fixed for accepting the shares so tendered, and any
shares not then applied for will be available to each
of the proprietors as may desire more than the above
proportion, provided application be made for them
prior to the 27th of October next In accordance
with the terms arranged with Mr. M'Clean, the lessee,
dividends of 6 per cent will be paid os the new shares
from the opening of such branches.
From a list drawn up by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusa-
lem Coffee-house, containing particulars of the res-
eals which are preparing to enter outwards from
Gravesend for Australia during the month of Sep-
tember, we compile the annexed particulars:
No. of Vessels. Tonnage
For Victoria

„ New South Wales l4 .
11,182
„ Hobart Town 5 2,083
Launceston 3 1,105
„ Adelaid e
~ New Zealand
„ Swan River 2 823

Total vassals

This statement indicates a maintenance of the in-
creased rate of movement lately noticed in the ship-
ping trade with Australia. The increase, however,
is moderate. The corresponding statement for the
previous month (August) included 63 vessels, repre-
senting 41,387 tons; for July, i 9 vessels, or 39,761
tons; for June, 53 vessels, or 37,911 tons; for May,
45 vessels, or 29,908 tons; for April, 41 vessels, or
28,308 tons; for March, 44 vessels, or 28,453 tons;
for February, 49 vessels, or 30,143 tons; for J y,
66 vessels, or 33,708 tons ; for Deoember (1864), 67
vessels, or 46,404 tons ; for November, 81 vessels, or
60,179 tons ; and for October, 97 vessels, or 63,800 tons.
The transactions in Land and Bank shares were
on Saturday scanty. The Canada Land Company's
shares continue in demand, with an upward tendency
Australian Royal Mail Steam shares were dealt in
lat it to 4h.

.BA.TORDAT ETENINO•

The English funds showed renewed flame's to-day,
bat the decline scaroely amounted to per cent. The
farther decrease of 570,9911. in the Bank's stock of
bullion has exercised an unfavourable influence,
coupled with symptoms of greater stringency in the
money market. In Lombard-street to-day a very
brisk demand for accommodation was experienced, but

may be partly attributed to the approach of the 4th.
At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Renter closed
at a further decline of 1 to 1 per cent.
Consols were dealt in at 90 to 911, and were
quoted at the close 91 exactly, both for money and
the 6th inst. The operations were extremely
restricted. The official business report is u follows,
viz. :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 91/, 901;
ditto, for account, 6th Sept., 91. Three per Cent.
Reduced, 914,91'1. New Three per Cents., 921, 1,
Long Annuities, expiring in Jan., 1860, 4. Bank
Stock, 2161; Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Exchequer
Bonds, falling payable in 1858, 1001, 1001. India
Bonds, 30s. prem.
The new Thirty Years Annuities, expiring in
1885, were dealt in at 17, being firm. Omni= was
last quoted 41 to 41 prem., and Exchequer Bonds,
1001 to 100 i.
Exchequer Bilis were again offered, and about ls.
lower, the March Bills ruling at 12s. to 16s. prem.,
and the June at 115. to 15s. prem.
In the foreign stock market Turkish securities
showed more firmness. The Six per Cent. Stock
closed at 93; to 94, whilst the scrip of the New Four
per Cent. Guaranteed Loan, after being sold as low
as 11 prem., had rallied at the close to 11 to 14 prem.
The scrip of the new French loan was quoted 2 to 21
prem. Russian and Danish Five per Cents. and
Peruvian Four-and-a-Ralf per Cants. are now quoted
MOM the half-yearly dividend.

The Right Hon. the Lord and Lady Douglas, the
Right Hon. the Earl and Countess of Beets, the Lady Adele
Cape!, the Dowager Lady Rutbven, the Very Rev. the
Dean of Elphiz, Major-General 0011:01), Rev. G. C. Gar-
don, Lieutenant-Colonel Hilton Ford, Rev. G. Ripe. Rev.
T. Prickett, Lieutenant-Celonal Gcrdon,Lientenen--0 tenet
Kyle, Major Warnn, Rev. P. and Mrs. Norris, the Mire{
Norris, W. Waken's, Bag., M.P., Rev. H. H. Pearson,
tirklingon Saul, Beq., lady and family, Dr. Shaw, Colonel
sad Mn. Richardson, Charles Doyne, Est, and lady, Cep
tale Middleton, Mrs. Colonel Dickensoo, Mrs. ftehluf, W.
Erodes, Beg., Charles Fez, Beg , B. Cheshire, E.q , Mew
Many, &v., are amongst the fashionable arrivals at the
Graatry Hetet, Harrogate.
CRTBTAL PALACE.—FIea 5K11.1.1110
I.—Adaaeloas oa payraest. E 53; ditto by season tickets,
1,674; total, 2,027.—Corresponding day last year, 1,746.