The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-29 00:00:00

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

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IR SCHOOL OF ART.

Thu annual meeting took plam at the Royal
Imaitetisa, Maasheeter, yesterday. The emulates im-
ported that they still eentinised to receive about the mass
manse of goverameet grant (111101.), with this small snow-
men (61.) for pupil Umbers, but bad to record their *Fisica
stile matianed Sigh dueling sad utility as a praatical
salmi of art. They were nadeavouriag to 'Mead the
benefits et the steam by the estsbilabemat of a elms Is,
artistes, sod by Owls; isstruction in various public schools,
both at a very low rate of charge. The mom or other-
wise 'width might attired these of would he more fully
expialeed in • future report. The COGIMine• bad still to
regret the ezbtame of tbe debt referred to to their
last report, sad a slight Masan theree4 mod
would recommend to their sIiSONIOVG MIAMI re-
do:time in espeases, and thee soma to the publie for
doetations le dear off lumen. Mr. ilimmeadey, the head
muter, read a mpict rsferriag w th satisfaction to the pro-
bof the ?spite, as shows fa the sham of mime take.
them at lb. Makibidos is Loads. Mr. Edinaad Pot-
ter, ashram of tbe asestisg, szpimod regret that the
salmi was aot better supported by the pmbNe, and soprano,
a hope that the 'overawe of ,tits Royal Instituthat would
yet gambit more sympathy to their behalf by relinersiskieg
W wboie of that pat of the 2001. per attain iiMegaite tits
school for rent to that hulloing. Mr. Rlllll5/aigpstiod
that Mere might possibly be room enough in Yi sow
Mookaake Irate*en few the sabool, ad that It might be
Masked at a lower not. He had lately be through the
Potteries, and visited the works of Crpeland, Minton, ad
MlkMg a, when the perms a siga bad made aa
advisee, tad the way is which the malls par-
alleled the produstions of them works he Ought @bowed
OM they bad a full appreolatiee at the beautiful in design
M est now that they were le be obleined.—Mr Batley and
Mr. Merge addeemed rha meatlng, and 'moieties■ were
palled re-sambas' Pio esonalline and saint 01110111, and
MAW thee* elf the gist pow and dm awns (Kenn.
Iwawawisy now/ Ow lboir swilsor.

110107 AVARIET.-THIS DAY.

Two o•Crmoo.

The funds to-day have been quieter. Priors are
now quoted :} per cent. above the roar o'clock range
of yesterday, bat per oent, below the improved
prices which were established after regular hours
yesterday afternoon. Consols for the 9th of
May have ranged between 92 and 921, and are now
quoted 92} to 1. For money the price is 92 to 1.
The Three per Cent. Reduced have been dealt in
at 901 to 91; the New Three per Cents. at 911
to 1; Bank Stock at 2121; India stock at
227; Exchequer Bonds at 99}; Exchequer Bills,
March, at 21. dim., to 2s. prem.; ditto, June, at
2s. to fe. die.

The, foreign stook market is very quiet, with no I
striking change in prior. The sales include Dutch
Four per Cent. Certifs., at 931 ex div.; Mexican, at
214 to 1; Remise Five per Cents., at 1041
to 1; Spanish Old Three per Cents. at 431; ditto.
Deferred, at 231; Turkish Six per Cents. for
money, at 94 ; ditto for account 16th May at 961 to
96; ditto Guaranteed Four per Cents. at 1001 to 5.
By way of Singapore advice' have been renived
from Melbourne extending to the 14th of February,
being a fortnight later than these previously to hand.
They mention the clearance from Melbow co of the
Indemnity on the Bth, and the Steboeheath on the
14th of February, for London; and the Sultans,
with the firovernment mails, on the 11th, for Liver-
pool. The aggregate amount of gold shipped on
board thee' vessels is probably considerable.
The wheat market yesterday was firmer, but an ad-
vance of Is. to 2s. per qr. over the rates of Monday
week, though asked, was not generally paid, and a
considerable quantity remained unsold at the close.
Only three floating cargoes have arrived off the coast
since last Friday. Most of the French corn markets
report a further advance.
The &deices from China announce the failure of
Messrs. Nye, Brothers and Co., of Canton, with
liabilities estimated at about 300,000 i.
The report of the Sambre and Meuse Railway
Company is limed prior to the half. yearly meeting
to be held on the Ist of May. A dividend of 3e. 6d.
per share is recommended. With reference to the
recent negotiations, the directors state that only one
offer from a principal has been made, whiclt was quite
inadmissible. The other offers, emanating from
" unaccredited agents of unknown parties," could not,
they say, be entertained.
vire understand that the Bank of Egypt hes et •
cured the services as manager in this country of Mr.
Robert Giggles, late of the firm of Leach, Diggles,
and Co., of Calcutta, a gentleman who has had a
lengthened and practical experience in Eastern coin.

mum.
Bt. Petersburg advice, of the 19th inst. quote the
exchange on London 371 to Id.
The Master in Chancery charged with the wind-
ing op of the Nelson Sea Voyagers and General Life
ASIOTSCOS and Investment Company proposes on
the 7th of May to make a call of li. 10c. per share
upon all the contributories.
The halt-yearly dividend is advertised on the
Wilmington and Raleigh (U. S.) Railroad bonds.

MONDAY Evasixe.

The funds to-day exhibited increased depression.
Some large sales being effected by influential
brokers, apparently in preparation for the new loan,
further fall of i per cent. took place in the morn-
ing. At 4 o'clock, prices were still j per out. lower
than they closed on Saturday. After the recognised
hours, however, a rally of I per cent. was quoted,
sambaed by rumour& that to-night's proceedings in
the House of Common. on the Kars question will in-
volve no peril to the Cabinet. Pending an official
announcement u to the amount of the proposed new
loan, the market continues unsettled. It is suggested
that an attempt might be ruefully made in Parlia-
ment to extract from the Chancellor of the Exch..
quer some information upon this important point.
In Lombard-street to-day the demand for money
was spin active, and the market showed some tight.
nese. In the Stock Exchange the rate for short
lune on Coe efla did not exceed 6 per cent., but a
demand will be stimulated in connexion with the fort-
nightly settlement now in progress in the share and
foreign stock markets.

Consols opened this morning at 921 to 1 for the
Bth of May, receded to 92, and were quoted at four
o'clock, 92 to 1 for amount, and 911 to 92 for money.
Subsequently a recovery took place to 921 to 1 for
"time." The " contango" for the June account
rules at about 1 per cent. This indicates
a continued outstanding speculation for higher
prices, and contributes to render the market
sensitive in face of the threatened creation of
new stock. The investments of the public,
however, are believed to proceed steadily. The offi-
cial business report is as follows i—Three per Cent.
Consols, for mousy, 921, 3. 911, 92; ditto, for w-
enn; Bth May, 921, 1 92,921. Three per Cent.
Reduced, 913, 1, 901, 91, 901. New Three per
Cents., 911, 92, 911, 1, I, 3. Thirty Years Annuities,
expiring in April, 1885 (Loan of 18,000,0001.),
17 1-18, 17. Thres-and-a-lialf per Cent. Exchequer,
Bonds, falling payable in 1858, 981, 98; ditto, in
1859, 98.

The New Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were also
dealt in at 75.

The March Exchequer Bill. IMO quoted par to 3e.
prem.; the June Buis at 4a. to le. din.; Exchequer
Bards, 98 to I; and India Bonds, 84. to 3e. dia.

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In the foreign stock market the chief feature was a
Sulker considerable decline in Turkish Six per Cents.
This stock fell below 95;, and closed at 0; to 96
ex div., being ; per cent. lower than the Stud quota.
tion of Saturday. The Guaranteed Four per Cents.
left off I per mut. lower than on Saturday, at 100;
to 101 e. For each of these stocks the quotation for
the new account of the 15th of May ruled ;to per
cent, higher. Mexican Bonds were in request,
and have recovered f per amt. Other stocks
in this department were generally dull.
Equador-Peruvian Four-and♦-Half per Cent.
Dense Bonds were also dealt in at 59.

Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares were again
better to-day, closing at 51 to 6 prem. Riga and
Donal:erg Railway shares were quoted f to 1 prem.,
and Italian Junction Railways, fto f prem. Some
transactions took place in those of the General Bank
of Switzerland at 1 to 11 prem.
Ottoman Bank and Bank of Egypt shares have
declined to I to; pram., and Weston Bank of Lon-
don to 6 to 4 die. ondon and Paris Bank were
quoted 4 to 2 dim. ; and National Discount, f dia. to 4
prem. London and County Bank stock is marked
331 to ft Australian Agricultural shares fell 11.
Those of the Victoria Docks advanced 10a. General
Screw Steam shares were dealt in at 151 to I ; Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Steam, at 86 ; Royal Mail
Steam, at 72 to 4 ; New South Wales Five per Cent.
Debentures, at 97; and Victoria Six per Conte,
at 106 f.
The directors of the Ottoman Bank call the atten-
tion of holders of scrip, who are not original sub-
scribers, to the imperative necessity of sending in an
application for registration.
At the "asking-op" in the railway share market
to-day the rates charged for carrying over purchasers'
accounts to the next amount of the 15th of May were
moderate as regards the heavier stocks, but on the
lighter shares they remain high. On balance, the
outstanding speculation is still evidently for higher
li:lsec This fact renders the market sensitive. Sah-
ined is our usual statement of the opening rates of
"oontango
Loam mad Weak Roam to ipa et tutu.
Naiad - —. to do.
issaolda Yorloal; —.. to do.
Doweri ID pot awe ditto.
Groat Naas= &a to do.
Caokator« MO to 5.10 do.
Tort tad Neat! ...... 14; to i 4°.
lionitao 1.111 to 1 do.

On French shares the rates of interest ruled gene- I
rally at about 8 per amt. per annum. In Sambre
and /dense and Great Luxembourg shares there is a
ommiderable floating speculation for the rise. High
terms were sommegnently paid by buyers for the pri-
vilege of postponing the taking up of their stook
until the 16th of May. Os the former the rate was

149 to 1-16 per share, and on the latter 142. 19i
original stock of the Great Western Beltway dab
souk carried 2s. to 31. per share a oontango."

MINES-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocn.
The transactions in foreign mining shares brow,
been more numerous in the Stock Exchange teat.
Cobre shares have been dealt in at 83 to 84; Imperial
Brazilian at 31 ; National Brazilian at 2$ to 2s;
United Mexican at 3$ to 4; and Australian Maim
at 11.
The gold mining share, remain doll.
Apnexed 11 • list of yesterday's tntusactioas is iL
Mining Exchange and Sock Exchange :
Mining Exchange official list :
gait Nose, 391, 40, 38$. 1, 40, 41; Port Boerne,
Granebler and Bt. Anbro, 100, 106 ; 1141mbirea, 364.,40e.;
Issely Bertha, 17e. 6J.; North Basset, 371, 38; Par 010.
' role, 181, 19 ; Pedniedrea. 27e. 6d. ; Rounarne IJelaadl.
85, 81, 90, 921, 87$, 90; 8 ntridge Console, 21, 13-16; Onto
ridge and Beattrd, 3t. 6d., 3e. 3d., 3..6d.; &nth To*iuk
120, 126; West Caradon, 1371, 140; Wheal Edward, M,
1; Wheal Mary Ann, 281, 29 ; Wheal Zion, 20i.
In the Stock Exchange:
West Glendon, 140 ; South Caradon, 290; Alfred Cea—
sols,l3l ; Par Comb', 19$ ; Bortridge Console, 21,1; Ter
Croft, 4 ; South Tamar, 6; Vain of T4wy, 325.; Wheal
Edward, 45,1 ; Fort Bowen, 6s 64., 61.