The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-30 00:00:00

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

Lennon. Dec. 29.-Itie nuked was quiet, bet steady to toss,
clang ith a dull aspect. Blackburn, 71.165. rd.-East Innombire,
11114 -Great Western, efts-London and North.Weoters, PM' I '-
Midland, 9211 4-North Britlah, 10-Sou,h-Fastern, 224 4.
NAMCIIIOTIII. Dar. 39.-Tbs market was steady up to the alit-
soon. but closed rather weaker. A lair bunter was doss, about
equally divided between the pretest and the neat account.
24 -Leeds. El al-Ditto VOL peel.), 121-Ditto (M.
pro.), 4p- East Laacashira, 12t-Great West= od Ganda, 24-
Midlands, $24.
Buatseaaa, Dec. 29.- Quotation : Great Western Birmiashma
Guaranteed, 73 to 71-Great Western Sinai/seam Preference, 104
to let-Birmingham linking Company, 33 to 834. Other loch
stocks about the soar uon eaturday. No renal trainman,/ was
sostio:d.

THE RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN.—The expense to this
rosette on .ce,unt of the harm* aed pink mg fflad of the
%intim IlsetCh Lose, for the year ondsti Iht 31st Marsh
sat, was 85,6574

MONEY MARIBT.-TlllO D.Ar

Two o'CLoc.7.

The foods are very quiet to-day, but more firm,
nem is apparent, and prices have recovered I per
cent. The share settlement still engages chief at•
Maio°.

Consols are steady at 94 to 1 ex div. for the
Bth of January. The Three per Cents. Reduced
have been dealt in at 94 to 1 ; the New Three
per Cents., at 941 to i; Exchequer Bills at par
to 2s. prem.; Exchequer Bonds at 981 to 99; and
India Bonds at Is. dis.

Very little business has been done in the foreign
stock market, owing to the settlement. Turkish Six
per Cents., however, have rallied to 95 to g for
mosey. The Guaranteed Four per Cents. are
quoted 1021 to 3 for cash. The other sales are
United to Mexican Bonds at 911; Spanish Old
Three per Cents. at 42 to 421; do. Deterred Three
per Cents. at 241; and Venezuela Active Bonds, for
the 16th January, at 37.
Considering the tendency of the recent returns,
many parties are of opinion that the Bank of England
mut add to their stock of government securities by
purchases in the open market.

The exchange at New York on London being some-
what lower, the amount of specie brought by the
Arabia is only about 62,8001. This supply will, of
course, be sant away.
The Nue has brought in 37,8221. in specie from
the Peninsula, whilst the Madrid has taken out
6,6004 to the same quarter.
In addition to the 36,0001. taken out on Saturday,
10,0001. in gold was yesterday withdrawn from the
Bank for the Continent, in payment for silver.
According to reliable private telegraphic despatches
received in anticipation of the Overland Mail, the
exchange on London was quoted :—At Bombay,
l& 2141.; at Calcutta, 2s. 21d.; at Canton, 4s. 71d. ;
and at Shanghai, Ti. 6d. Ths rates at Bombay
and Shanghai are the same as previously reported,
whilst the quotation at Canton is ld. lower, and
that at Calcutta id. higher. These quotations war-
mat • belief that the shipments of silver to India will
matinee large. Yesterday the demand for that greeter
was good, not exactly in consequent* of the advance
la the Meat Calcutta, but because remitters of silver
to India usually make a practice of operating
eastionsly until after the arrival of the fortnightly
overland despatches. As regards China, it is reason-
able to infer that the dulness of the exchanges,
coupled with the stoppage put to trade at Canton by
the bombardment, may check the shipments of silver.
It is evident that the drain is for the moment chiefly
to India. To supply the demand for that market
farther masses of silver will doubtless be drawn from
the Continent.

At Bann the exchange on London hu declined
to 41.171.
The advioss from Switzerland state that a project
for a Swiss loan of 30,000,000 f., or 1,200,0001., is on
the tap's. The object of this proposed operation is
to provide means for repelling the attack threatened
by Prussia. In the event of the loan being finally
determined upon, we believe it is not improbable
that
market. subscriptions for a portion will be solicited in
1 this

The soennts from Ireland indicate that the gold
meetly withdrawn in a panic from the branches of
the National Bank is now flowing back. Perhaps,
within a week or two hence, there may be some re-
mittanoes of sovereigns back to London.
The seen market yesterday wu firmer, a better de-
nand being experienced. For some descriptions of
wheat an advance of Is. to 2e. per quarter over last
Monday's rata was obtained. Most of the country
markets are reported rather higher. Scarcely a
dm& grain laden yawl hu arrived at port of call
oboe yearlyhelf "

meeting of the London and Green-
wich Railway Company is called for the 13th Jan.,
when a dividend of 6s. 2d. per share, clear of income
tax, will be recommended on the old or unprivileged
&area.

The half-yearly meeting of the East and West
India Dock Company Is called for the Bth January.
Yesterday was"makinrup day"in the railway share
market. The floating account is far from extensive,l
but exhibits a decided preponderance of speculation
for the rise, operations in this direction being stamp
Wed by the hope of an easier money market and of
favourable half.yearly statements. The rates of in.
Wrest exacted from these operators for carrying over
their purchases until the 16th January have been
very onerous, averaging on the chief British railway
stocks 14 to 16 per ant. per annum. On London
and South Western stock terms equal to 17 per cent.
per annum were paid. On London and North
Western the rate was lighter this afternoon, some
considerable investments having been recently made
in this stock. Subjoined is our usual statement of
the terms current at the close:

LAO= sad North Wrat0rk........ 4to 1 cootinostloa.
Groot Wader'
alidload
Loasultirt sad Yorkahlro
Donn to
to 4 per than ditto.
Great Northam ........ shoat LIG ditto.
Cabodosiaas B.lll to 4 ditto.
York NM North hlidlaods. .....
Beelike* .—.. .
._„.„ Ito 1.1: ditto.
Load= mad &oath Waters ....... ditto.
.......„ *slam& ....... „...
_441 b- '

Gnat Wanes el Canada ....... 1.16 to e ditto.
Northam et Pranae.. 9 per cent. per ann.
Totem dimes .—... 9 per cent. pee inn.
Pads old .„ Ito &II cont.
Laalleils=2.. .. ....... ...... 9to 10 per coat per am.
_ _

The rates paid co Paris and Lyons Railway shares
were equal to Bto 10 per cent. per annum • on other
Preach descriptions 9 per cent. and upwards ; and on
Osatral of Fraeoe shares, as much as 16 percent. Owing
to recent purchases on English account in Paris, the
floating supply of French shares in this market ap-
pears to have become more liberal.
The scrip otrtitleates for shares in the Levant
Mineral Company are to be ready for delivery on
Thursday next. The company announce that they
are prepared to maks sales and enter into contracts
for the future delivery of Naxos and Turkish emery
stone, of which they are now the sole importers.
Subjoined is a statement (extracted from the Liver-
pool Weekly Share list) showing the rst.w. of interest
yielded by railway stooks at present prices. The
calculation is based on the dividends paid for the
half-year ending the 90th of lone, 1858, and for the
year ending with the same date:

_ ...
ittivoihr,„Tar.
Igoe. Ma. 1412,W604 Lot 6 year. Lost year.
92 11118141402 Easter
174 atbsteirad.Lia44s atee. 1211'si; 310 66 6 4
31 Osislowia „ 1 11 8 7 74
426 Was rel Wiest
91 MuleasOnstlee
117 Ne6l6NN■dre
22 itlikve. sal Olawiew 3II 86 5
11 12 el
94
Oluallsew 054 N NI Soak W
4 iden
195 14 70/
29 elhan 2 0
63 OR beets 111 Waimea—hetaad 5 9 1 0 0
69 lieeme Waimea 3 12 7 II 7
71 Itesialual Illeinises
73 lasserear NA ONEmis
79 Lareaftrial PreeNe.. 5 1 104 II 7
91 Idorides NI br156144 Nook
11 Ueda% EiliNas. Se INN Oran 4 9 114 16 6
1036 Leak* mat EN* *Mora Mock 414 94 17 11
107 lapin NE eraliNalen. I 2 96 S 114
61 Mimi Ored Wales 416 04 16 04
82 MINN link 417 66 14 6
55 =6.,lllssit%"—NrlDerby 417 24 II 7
21 Nock
30 Nora Nola Tat eNock
14 ENO ONllitablre 5O 0 7 5
2 11
64411186 OMNI
194 INN& 11111 r 16d
4 964 If 16
9
12 INNEENIera
5117A1NETEED DIVIDENDS.
N 11601diplemikeeliedh4 psi Nat. £4 74
4 MN lasimalcs pd. is 6 per amt.
66 NM Lice pot In reset pa mt.
12 Emden Osman pre deers 6 per NO. I 0
111 NANNY—Emensek 5 per 40914 Midi
1111 COM Nerdres svs alat. go*
N Nut Waimea 44 per NEL 4 1 9
17 Oa. Web= NenveNsitpariCheeter 8 percent 4 1 If
20 Ot.WeiNialkeeme. ad Muir 34 per amt.., 4 7 4
74 Ot. W4d4tl 1111rowase6 lieu. 4 per et. moot 4 1 7
104 Dallied lay
14 Leasaldr• mad Tarkehlre pate per cent. 4 86
144 10L *Wan Ind 94 WM pref. 6 per cent.
151 1111164611 pp nat. 4 114
100 NNW 4 per eat. preference etc.* .....
238 Nllll2l !Jake 10 per cent..
14 Meth Weetun 5 per cent. pref. shares 6 II
41 Prolog liki Wjfey gr.7/.l7s.td. rer mt.
120 et. Helms 4 par out. prek•repro stock
104 Bt. Heim 6 per rent. stock
242 14-alto.d, It. W. H. sod Goole, North DI! 4 94
101 '000:c Eagan 46 per cent. prerrepre 4 96
13 South Euttro, Herding Annuities.
4 York and North blalkunll4 pet. pref.

MONTAT EVPNINO.

The funds showed steadiness in the morning, but
afterwards became wcsker, and closed per cm%
ower than on Saturday. There wits a disposit'on to

lattribute Site reductkvt to the ktellitteem tics
China, coupled with the Swim dillesitY- Some
oho* however, it usually imposed Wm the bade
by the exceptional pressure for money incidental to
il the elan of the year. The demand in the Stook
Exchange to-day was very motive, in connexion with
the settlement of the fortnightly account in shares
and foreign stocks. In those depertmen:e of the house
I very onerous rates of interest prevailed. In the disoount
whet also a brisk demand was noticed, end is
expected to continue, with perhaps occasional pause.,
until the 4th of January, when a large mass of bill.
have to be met. Preparation will then be made for
the requirements connoted with the monthly settle.
moot in Consols, fixed for the Bth ; but a counter-
acting influence will doubtless be exercised by the
near approach of the dividend period.
_

Console were supported during the greater part of
the day at Saturday's closing quotation of 94/ to 3
ex div. for the Bth Jan., but gave way towards the
close, and left off at 94 "sellers." The official basi-
-1 new report is as follows: Three per Cent. Consols,
for account, Bth Jan., 941, 943, 94 ex div. Three
per Cent. Reduced, 943, /. New Three per Cents.,
941, 3. Long At:ultimo, expiring in Jan.. 1860, 23.
Three-and-a-Halt per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling
payable in 1858 and 1869, 981, 99. India Bonds,
2a. prem.
Exchequer Bills remain quoted Is. die. to 2s.
prem. Exchequer Bonds advanced 3 per oent., closing
98/ to 99.
Turkish stooks declined 3 to 3 per cent. upon the
arrangements for the settlement. The Sir
_per Cents.
closed at 943 to 95, and the Guaranteed Pour per
Cents. at 1023 to 103—in each case for money. The
"continuation" on these stocks ruled at 3 to 3 per
Gent. Peruvian Bonds were more inquired for, and
firmer. Other foreign securities remain steady.
The news from China received by telegraph today
caused the important advance of ljd.gra per lb. in
tea, common Congon having been bought freely at
le. per lb.