The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

MONEY MiRKET.—Aue._29,

Exchangea—On London At 6 months' sight, per Rs.
2a. lid. for document bills ; 6 months' sight, per Rs. 25.10..
fee credit bills. On Calcutta : At 60 days' eight, Rs. ;
30 days' tight, Rs. 991; at sight, lie. 90 9.16. On Madras :
At 30 days sight, 1001 100} ; at fright, 104. On China:
At 60 days' sight, 100 dots.—. Res. 245 nominal.
Bank and other Shares.—Bank of Bombay, Rs. 1,000
seek, 33 sales; Oriental Bank Corporation, Es. 260 each,
92 93; Commercial Bank, Re. 1,000 each, 25 per cent. prem.
SOW; Beat, Re. 500 each, 45 per cent. prem. ex div. ;
Beak of Madras, 5.a. 1,000 each, 1,000, 19} per cent. prem. ;
=Prase Company, Rs. 12,600 each, 12,000, WOO.
Preis Company, Rs. 5,750; Colaba Land Company, I
Rs. 10,000 each, 7,400; Bombay Steam Navigation Com-
ray, Rs. 610 each, 400, 65 per cent. ; Great
Indian Pesiasula Railway Company, Rs. 60 each, 19 Rs.
prem. sash share.
Governmeat Bscuritim.—Fin per cent. transfer loan,
I re. 12 per 100 does; five par ant. loan, 1829 26, n. 106 per
100 siona ; five per cent. loan, 1829.30, n.106} per 100 alma ;
five per cent. loan, 1841-42, n. 104} per 100 Co.'s; four per
rent. loan, 1832-33, is. 1061 per 100 shwa; four per cent.
loan, 1835.36, rs. 991 per 100 Co.'s; four per cent., 1942-43,
n. 991 per 100 Co.'s.
Prices of Balboa—Sovereigns, each, rs. 10} nominal;
Bank of England notes, is. 10 per Loom.; Spanish dollars,
n. 247 per 100 ; Republican dollars, re. 245 to 246 per 100 ;
German crowns, is. 20 per 100 ; Byres silver, n. 104} to
186 per 1001.1 s.; gold loaf (range of quality), is. lel per
tola geld ingots, according to touch for 97 touch, rs. 151
per tola.
Freights.—To London, 31. 2s. 6d. per ton ; to Liverpool,
31. 6,1. per tea; to Calcutta, nominal, per ram; to China,
re. 16} per ready.

CALCUTTA. Aro. 19.
The steamer Bombay was *mamboed an the 11th instant,
and cams up on the 12th, bringing Loadt.a dates to the
Bth July. The position of trade at holm was good, although
business bad been checked by the uncertain state of the
Turkish question, parties in consequence only buying for
immediate wants. _ .

The reports from the indigo districts are still unsatisfac-
tory, and aeseeding to reeent appearances the crop, if it
exceeds in qmatity that M last year, can only do so by a
few thominal rule. The shipments of indigo up to date
emeennt b AM mintaining Fy. mds. 100,297. Shell
lee awl lee dye rem in unchanged. An average business
ham bees dean in hides, both for England and the United
States. Limed has continued in &mire demand for Great
Britain and America, at an advanced rate, say 2.9 a 2.12
per md. The inquiry for rapeseed bas been lees active,
and its value has consequently declined • little. Jute
of good quality is very scarce, and this, added to high rats
401 freight, has caused • further decline in prices. the
shipments of rice to Great Britain have been moderate, not
eneneding nide. 18,629 since the first of the month ; the de-
amilfor Rangoon has subsided. Saltpetre has continued
is Illaite_general demand, with free supplies, and former
prim Transactions in safflower have decreased, and that
asMile is obtainable at rather easier rates. The business
dam k sugar for shipment to Great Britain his been very
limilisddaring the past fortnight, not exceeding 600 tons ;
vim however, are dm, and about 2e. to be. per cwt. above
Uwe quotations.
The business dons in cotton place goods has been compa-
ratively limited. not from any nalavourabla alteration in
rya peMes of the market, which is healthy and good, but
*s illieulty of obtaining steam water carriage to the
Upper Provinces. For some years past this carriage was
supplied by the government, the Ganges and the India Ge-
neral Steam Companies. The exigencies of the Burmese war
compelled government to withdraw its boats from the line. A
dispute has recently arisen between the India General and
their native supporters, in consequence of whichthe traniport
of cotton goods by that channel is in a great degree been
withdrawn and suspended. The only available boats there-
fore are those belonging to the popular Ganges Campeau,
but they are too few In number to satisfy the wants of the