The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-06 00:00:00

departments. The particulars are as follows :

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Ne. of Bondi to Price of
be lamed. lane.
Radon Railway Company 77,000 .... 273 f. 760.
Perla. Lyons, and kteditoranden
Padua 64,000 .... 273 f. 76c.
Western 73,000 .... 273 f. 760.
Orleans
Total 271,000

These bonds are to bear an annual interest of 13f.
each, and will be redeemable at 500 f. each. Of the
instalment' about 31. (seventy francs odd) per bond
will be payable on the 28th lust, 41. (100 f.) on the
With September next, and 41. on the 23th November.
The subscription opened yesterday (Monday) and will
be closed on the 10th inst. Each application is to
be acoompanied by a deposit of 11. per bond. Should
the applications exceed the amount to be issued,
a pro said distribution will be made; brit imbecrip-
flow, not exceeding 100 bonds of each of
+he companies, will not be subjected to reduction
nukes they exceed the entire amount of the issue.
Subscribers who may wish to pay up in fall may do
so, and receive 31 per cent discount.
To all intents and purposes, this is a national
railway loan of three millions sterling. Probably
the subscription will meet with "access, but the new
issue must draw money from the Renter and from
other investments, and the periodical instalments
will still be felt on the Bourse. A more substantial
gain is involved in the statement, that, from the let
January, 1859, to the ensuing Ist of July, the Bank
of France will place at the disposal of the railway
companies a credit of three millions sterling. If
this arrangement be adhered to, no fresh issues of
bonds will come on the market until twelve months
hence. - _

We remark with satisfaction, u an indication of
reviving trade, a statement that the bills discounted
by the Bank of France have experienced an increase
of 800,0001. sterling during the last week.
The corn market yenerday was firm, with a brisk
business. Wheat was quoted fully 2a. per quarter
higher than on the previous Monday. Flour and oats
exhibit a proportionate advance.
A further dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound bas just
been declared on the estate of Messrs. Sanderson,
Bandsman, and Co., bill discounters, who failed during
the late crisis; and a first dividend of 6s. Bd. in the
pound on the estate of Messrs. Maitland, Ewing, and
Co., China merchants, who suspended payment in
April lark
Me Master in Chancery charged with the wind-
ing up of the London, Birmingham, and Booking-

hamihire Railway Company proposes, on the 12th
inst., to make two calls on the contributories, one of
which is to be for 2931. 3s. each, and the other for
1011. Is.
The half-yearly meeting of the North Stafford-
shire Railway Company is called for the 28th inst.,
at Stoke-upon-Trent.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 2,11131. compared with that for
the corresponding week of last year.
The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
Railway of Canada presents a decrease of 1,4081.
sterling.

MONDAT
A decided tendency towards improvement was
shown this afternoon in the stock markets. During
part of the morning the funds exhibited dulness, and
at one period a further decline of nearly per cent.
was quoted ; but the final quotation of Console was
/ per cent, better than that of Saturday, and the
market at the close were an improved appearance.
Consols for the Bth July, which closed on
Saturday at 951, "buyers," opened this morning
about 951, receded to 951, " sellers," advanced to
95 5-18 to 1, and closed at 961 to 1. The rate of
" continuation" to the 6th of August is equal to 21
to 3 per cent, per annum, and the last price of Con-
sols for that date was 951, " sellers," ex div. fhe
official business report is u follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for account (Bth July), 95/, 951,
96, 951, ex dim.; Three per Cents. Reduced, 961,
951 ; New Three per Cents.. 951, 1,1 ; Bank Stock,
222, 2201; India Loan Debentures, 991; India
Stock, for account, 218, ex div. ; Three-and-a-Half
per Cent. Exchequer Bond., falling payable in May,
1859, 1001, 101.
Exchequer Bills were more inquired for, and ad-
vanced Is., the March Bills closing at 31s. to 35a.
prem., and the June at 17s. to 21s. prem. India
Bonds were dealt in at les. to 20s. prem.
Turkish Six per Cents. advanced 1 per eent. to-
day, closing at 96/ to 1. The Guaranteed Four per
Cents. were quoted 104 to 1. The scrip of the new
Brazilian loan was dull, at 11 to 11 die. Spanish,
I Dach,andseveral other descriptions were in demand.
Bank shares to-day were steady. Those of the
Ottoman Bank exhibits slight improvement. Aus-
tralian Agricultural shares were rather flat, upon
the publication of the directors' report. The Eight
per Cent. Preference shares of the Netherlands'
Land Enclosure Company present a further decline.
Thus 61. shares, fully paid, can now be purchased
at rather lees than 21. London Dock stock was
officially marked 107.