The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-21 00:00:00

TALLOW NIARKET.-THIS DAY.

The marks t is quiet to-day, at the following quotations :
Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 560. ; Feb. and March, 555. 6d- ;
March and April, 555. 9d. ; April and May, 56a.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-THIS DAY.
Messrs. Pattendea and Suitth report that the demand Is
entirely of a retail nature, the severity of the weather op.-
satiog such against the consumption of malt liquors. the
stocks of slaw hops as well as yearlings being ♦ery limited,
prices continue tolerably firm.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Tootleld Moor Bute's, 19.. 61. ; Wall. Bad Mown, Z..;
Wale Bad &swan's, 269.; Walla Mad Ti.., 268..461
oldie of market, to be worked whew the hat pos.

TERSELY VEN ING.
The English stock market was rather E
flatter to.
day. After declining 1 per cent., prices closed k per
cent. lower than yesterday. On the whole, however,
the market may be said to retain firmness, the public
continuing to invest, on balances. The reported
assent of Prussia to enter into a fresh treaty with
theAlliedPo were exercises a reassuring influence; but,
on the otherhand, the position of the English Cabinet
does not give confidence. Divisions are said to exist
among Ministers relative to the proposed committee of
inquiry on the war, and an unsettled feeling prevails
with reference to the course of home politics. Money
was slightly more in demand in the Stock Exchange,
and command' rather above 3 per cent. on govern-
, ment securities. Throughout the Stock Exchange
little business is going forward.
The reports received to-day from the various con-
tinental bearers exhibit little variation, business being
inanimate. At Paris to-clay the French funds clotted
a shade better than yesterday, At Amsterdam
Austrian stock has fallen 1 per cent.
—Consols opened at 91: to 1 for the Bth March,
declised to 901 to 91, and closed at 91 to 8. For
money the final quotation "as 901 to 91. The llput
and call" to the end of the present account rules at
Ito I per cent. The (Alois! business report is as
follows:—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 91,
901.; ditto,', for account, Bth March, 91, 91/, 901, 91;
Three per Cent. Reduced, 911, ; New Three per
Cents., 911, 1, 1 ; Long Annuities, expiring in 1860,
4 6-16, 4: ; Thirty Years' Annuities, 1859, 4 3-16;
India Stock, 222; Bank Stock, 211; Three-and-se
Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in
1869, 991; India Bonds, 12s. prem.
Business is also recorded in the New Two-and-se
Half per Cents. at 761.
The June Exchequer Bills were quoted 6s. to 9s.
prem., and the "advertised" bills 4s. to 7s. pram.
The foreign stock market remains quiet and steady.
Spanish Bonds were rather firmer. Turkish was
firm, and closed at 75: to 2. Peruvian stocks re-
main dull. There is an impression, however, that
the overthrow of Et henique's government is calcu-
lated to prove beneficial to the bondholders' interests
rather than otherwise, provided a settled government
can be established in Peru.
The scrip of the new French loan was to-day
placed on the o vial bet, and business is marked in it
at 21 prem.
The toreign exchanges this afternoon wen quoted
much the same as on Friday, with very few drafts
offering, owing to the stoppage of the navigation.
The quotations on Vienna and Trieste indicated a
rather more favourable feeling. Bills on St. Peters-
burg were rather offered at 351 d.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 28th
inst. for the supply of 30,000 cwt. of biscuit, to be
delivered in equal proportions at Deptford, Gosport,
and Plymouth.
The Admiralty will also receive tenders on the
23rd inst. for the hire of a Jew good coppered ships,
of about 6.50 tons each, to be employed as regular
transports, for six months certain ' • likewise for the
conveyance from the Themes to Malta of 2,000 tons
of provisions, in three or four ships.
Satisfaction is expreesed at the defeat in the House
of Commons last night, by the overwhelming ma-
jority of 249 votes against 26, of the East and West
ludie. Dock Company's Bill. This result of course
necessitated the withdrawal of the London Dock
and Bt. Katharine Dock Companies Bills.
The 38th auction of the foreign redeemable debt of
Spain is to take place at Madrid on the 3rd March.
Tenders are to be received at the Financial Commis-
sion in London until the 23rd inst.
A special general meeting of the British Telegraph
Company is called tor the 2nd of March, " to receive
a report from the directors as to the rate of dividend
to be then declared, and to determine as to remune-
rating the Directors."
Land and Bank shares to-day presented no im-
portant change in price. Crystal Palace shares elosed
at 2: to 21 ex new and ex div., and the new shares
at 3-16 to 6-16 prem. East and West India Dock
stock has been dealt in at 118) ; General Screw
Steam Shipping at 15: to 16 ; Peninsular and Orien-
tal Steam at 531 to 54 ; Royal Mail Steam at 63;
and Netherlands Land at 10s. (51. paid).
The Master in Chancery charged with the winding-
up of the Amazon Life Assurance and Loan Com-
pany will proceed to settle the list of contributories
on the 6th March. Parties claiming to be creditors
of the company are to prove their debts on the fol-
lowing day.

THIS DAY—Two o'CLocx.

The English Funds have shown steadiness to-day.
Prices are now quoted the same as they closed yes.
terday. Consols have been dealt in at 901 to 911 for
account, and 901 to 911 for money, and are now quoted
91 to 1 for the Bth March, and 901 to 91 for cash.
The Three per Ceat. Reduced have met with busi-
ness at 91 to 911; the New Three per Cents. at
91f to j ; India Bonds, at 12e. prem.; and the
advertised Exchequer Bills at 4e. to 7s. pram.
Foreign stocks are well supported, but scarcely any
business is going forward in this department.
Turkish has risen to 732 to 1. Mexican is quoted
20! to 211; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents., 171
to 18; and Rubsian Five per Cents., 98 to 100.
Dutch Two-and a-Halt per Cents. have been dealt
in at 81; ; French Scrip., at 2; prem.; and Brazilian
Old Five per Cents., at 1001.