The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-18 00:00:00

Stock Exchange money wee also easier, the dealers
having apparently oversupplied themselves for the
moment; but the rates for short loans on Consols
were still es high la 61 to 6 per cent.
Consols, which were quoted yesterday at 4 o'clock
91/ to 1 for the 6th Nov., opened this morning at
914 to L and gradually advanced, closing at 911 to 1.
For money the list price was 911 to 1. The official
business report is as follows :—Tbres per Cent. Coo.
cols, for money, 91, 901, 911, 901, 911, 911 ; ditto,
for account, 6th Nov., 911, 1,1, 1,1, 1. Three per
Centa. Reduced, 891, 904, 891, 901, 901. New Three
per Cants., 90, 901, 90, 901, 90 Long Anna., ex-
piring in Jan., 1860, 2 16.16, 2 18-16. Thirty Yearn
Anne., Oct., 1859, 2 11-16. Thirty Years Ann&,
Jan., 1860, 3 1.16. Thirty Years Ans., April, 1885,
171. Bank Stock, 212, 210, 213. Thres-ancl-a-
Hf per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable is
1858 and 1859, 981 98. India Bonds, Ba. prem.
Sales of Exchequer Bills are reported as low as Ia
discount, and the closing prim) was par to 4s. preen.,
showing a further decline of la. to 2s. since yesterday.
Realisations of then securities are naturally caused
by the stringency of the money market. Exchequer
Bonds have declined about 1 per cent , being lest
quoted 98 to 1.
In the foreign stock market attention is still chiefly
directed to Turkish securities, especially to the Six
per Cents. The fluctuations in this stock were len
violent to-day, but the market is still far from settled,
owing to the varying movements of the speculators.
The price, which closed yesterday at 871 to
88 ex div., was marked this morning as low as
871, but thence attained an advance of nearly los
omit., owing to the influx of buyers; the casing
quotation was 881 to 4 ex div. The
Four per Cents. ranged between 98 and and
were last quoted 981 to /. Peruvian Four-and &-
Half per Cants. show a fresh fall of 1 per cent.
Mexican Bonds and Spanish Old Three par Cents.
were also weaker. For other &uses of foreign secu-
rities there is very little inquiry at present.
Bank of Egypt shares cloud to-day at 4to 31
di., being rather lower; Ottoman Bank at 34 to 31
dia.; National Discount at 7.16 to 9.16 pram. ;
London Discount at 4 to 1 dia. ; and General Bank
of Switzerland at 11 to 1 die. Western Bank of
London shares have fallen to 10 to 5 dia. South
Australian Bank stock receded 11. Other bank stocks
were dull, meeting with little inquiry. Land shares
exhibit no change of moment. Canada Land are
marked 116 and 118. General Screw Steam and
London General Omnibus shares were rather firmer.
The nominal closing quotations for the newly pro-
jected railways are nbjoined, viz.: Eastern Bengal
Railway, / to 1 prem.; Ceylon Railway, Ito 11
prem.; Calmtta and South 'Eastern Railway, par
to 1.16 prem.; Riga and Dunaburg Railway,
to
_pram.; New Brunswick and Canada Railway
and Land A shares, par to 1 prem. ; ditto, B shares,
1 to 01 dia.; Metropolitan Railway Guaranteed
shares, 1 to 1 di.. ; Coplapo Railway, / die. to
prem. ; Italian Junction Railways, 11 to 1 dia.;
Euphrates Valley Railway, 1 to 1 prem.
The nominal quotations for some other new pro-
jects are as follow :—European and Indian Junction
Telegraph Company, 1 di.. to par; Bernard's Patent
Machine Boot quad Shoe Company, 1 die. to par;
West Ham Distillery Company, 1 dk. to par.