The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

The shares of the Thames and Mersey Marine
Insurance Company are rather dull, at to 1
prem. upon the allotment.

Form o'CLoar.

A decline of per cent. has taken place in Con-
sols during the last two hours, the present quota-
tions being 94 to 95 for money, and 95} to for
the account (July 10).
In the Stock Exchange the rate for short loans
on English government securities was 3it to 4 per
gout. . . . . .

The half-yearly dividend will be deducted from
the quotation of Consola on Saturday next (the
transfer books closing on Friday), and from the
price of the Three per Cent. Rentes at Paris on
Thursday next.
The Omar Pasha, with 61,0001., has now
been at sea 93 days ; the Southampton, with
77,0001., 87 days ; and the Dream, with 26,6001.,
84 days.
Owing to the limited demand for China, and to
continued arrivals from New York, the price of
Mexican dollars has declined to Be. 2d. per ounce,
being id. below that obtained for the supply by the
last packet. Bar silver remains quoted 6s.
On'Change yesterday the rates for bills on Vienna
indicated diminished distrust. The other ex-
changes were steady. The quotations are shown
below : _ _

Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.161 to 1; ditto short, 11.141
to 15; Rotterdam, 3 months, ILI6I to 17'; Antwerp, 3
months, 23.30 to 5 ; Hamburg (ma banoo), 3 months,
13.51 to ; Paris, 3 days, 25.121 to 171 ; ditto, 3 mouths,
25.321 to 71 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months, 1171 to 1 ;
Petersburg (per rouble), 3 months, 341 to 1 ; Vienna (eft.
do.), 3 months, 13.45 to 50; Trieste ditto, 3 months,
13.50 to 55 ; Madrid, 3 months, 491 to ; Cad* 3 months,
491 to 1 ; Leghorn, 3 months, 30.35 to 40 ; Genoa, 3
months, 25.40 to 5; Naples, 3 months, 391 to ; Lisbon,
90 days, 521 toji Oporto, 90 days, 52
The ennui meeting of the African Steam-ship
' Company took place yesterday ; the directors
recommending a half-yearly dividend at the
report,
of 7 per cent. per annum, was agreed to.
An extraordinary meeting of the Atlantic Royal
Mail Steam Company is called for the 20th
inst., to consider a resolution for increasing the
capital from its present nominal amount, 500,0001.,
to 750,0001., by a creation of new shares, " with or
without preference." The directors ask for power
to borrow money to an extent not exceeding
500,0001. in the aggregate. They announce that
"favourable negotiations have been entered into
for the purchase of four steam-ships, with a view of
adding them to the fleet of the company, for the
performance of the colonial as well as the imperial
contract, and generally carrying out the full deve-
lopment of the original intentions of the directors
with regard to this undertaking."
The tenth ordinary general meeting of the
Crystal Palace Company is called for the 19th inst.,
at the Palace.
A, cellof 51, per share is to be paid on the new
preference capital of 10Q,000/. in the Great Ship
Company by the 28th inst.
It is announced that a company is in course of
formation to extend the telegraphic system
" throughout the West of England and South Wales
so as to afford increased facilities for the transmis-
sion of messages to and from the metropolis, the
North of England, and the continent, at greatly
reduced charges."
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 21st
inst. for the supply of 100,000 gallons of rum.
The Myrtle and Abeona have arrived front China
with 898,2001 be. of tea.
The Warrior Queen, Canning, Holmsdale, Thomas
Campbell, Agincourt, Planet, and Eveline, have
been taken up to carry government stores to India.

TOLSDAY EVINUM,
Consols, which closed yesterday at 951 to
.4 for
money and the 6th of June, opened this morning at
the same quotation, and, after declining to 95,
" sellers," closed at exactly 96, or 94 15-16 to
961-16. For the 10th of July the last price was
95f, or equal to 93k ex div. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 95k 4, 95, k ; ditto for account (June 6),
954, ; Three per Ceuta. Reduced, 95k, ; New
Three per Cents., 93k, f, 1, f • Thirty Years
Annuities, expiring in April, 1866, 17 5-16 ; Bank
Stock, 228, 2294 ; India Stook, 222 ; ditto Five per
Cent. Stock, 1859, loot, 4, ; Five per Cent.
"aniseed " rupee paper, 98, 97f, ; ditto Five-
and-a-Half per Cent., 104_,• Indian Four per
Cent. Debentures, 1858, 961 ; ditto, 1859, oci ;
India Bonds, Be. dis.
The improvement which took place yesterday in
Turkish Bonds was not fully supported this after-
noon ; the Loan of 1854 closed at 75 to k, and that
of 1858 at 58} to 4. Other foreign stocks were
steady, with a moderate number of transactions.
The shares of the Union Bank of London were
rather firmer to-da.). Other bank shares were
steady. Electric Telegraph stock improved 1 per
cent. Red Sea Telegraph shares were fully sup-
ported, at the improvement which took place yes-
terday afternoon, being quoted dis. to par. Royal
Mail Sturm shares were firmer, and Peninsular and
Oriental flatter.
The closing quotations for the shares in new
undertakings were as follow :—Oman Marine In-
surance, 2to 24 prem. ; Thames and Mersey
Marine, 1 prem. ; Universal Marine Insurance,
Lt°
rem. ; London and Provincial Marine, f to
• • ; London and South African Bank, 4to
New South Wales Government Bondi were in
demand, and rose f per cent.
The shares "of the Buenos Ayres and San Fer-
nando Railway Company have advanced to 5 to 85
prem.

The She fold TdeprapA records a fatal accident
which oocuired on Monday to Mir Kate 3fariball, aged 17,
the daughter of Mr. R. W. Marshall, of Owlerton puper
mill. The young lady was watching the machinery in the
mill at work, when her dress—cadsed by her crinoline—
mme in contact therewith, and she was whirled round, and
killed inetanteously. The abaft was not revolving very
swiftly, and was not boxed off. The inquest was held
yesterday, when the jury returned • verdict of " Ace'.
dental death," adding a strong opinion as to the extreme
impropriety of girls wearing crinoline when working in
mills. They also censured 31r. Mills fur not having the
shaft in question protected. He promised to have a guard
at once pub up.