The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-17 00:00:00

MONEY MA Rir R - THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocri.
The funds to-day are rather firmer, an improve-
ment of 1 per cent. having been established. The
other markets, though still inactive, are likewise
stronger. The principal business has been In French
railway charm, and East Indian Railway atock,Which
have risen.

Consols are quoted 98, " buyers," for money, and
981 to for the 7th Deoamber. The Three per.
Cents. Redooed have been dealt in at 961
to t ; the New Three per Cents., at 961
to t ; Bank Stook, at 226 to 226 ; India
Stock at 2271 ; Indian Four per Cent. Debentures, of
the first issue at 99}; India Bonds, at 12s. to 14s.
prem.; Exchequer Bills, March, at 365. prem. ; ditto
June, at 28s. to 295. prem.; and Exchequer Bonds,
1839, at 1001.

Business in the foreign stock market has not
been active, but prices in all cases are very
firm. There is still a strong demand for Permian
Uribarren Bonds, which exhibit a further con-
siderable advance, being last marked 88. The
Dollar Bonds are likewise better. The scrip
of the first series of the Turkish Loan
has risen to par to prem., and that of the second
series to Ito 1$ prem. The Biz per Cents,
of 1854, have also advanced to 92$ to $
Bales are recorded as follows :--Austaian Five
per Cents., 84 (exchange, 10fi.); Buenos Ayres Six"'
per Cents., 84$; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents,,
NI (exch., 128.) ; ditto Four pee Cent. Certificatsa.
1004; Equador Provisional Land Warrants, 4f;
French Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rentes,96fr. 87$o.
(exc. 26fr) ; Peruvian Four-and.a-Half per Cents. for
account, 91$; ditto Uribarren Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 87, 88; ditto Three per Cents., for account,
73! ; Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Dollar Bonds, 831
(exch. 45.); Sardinian Five per Cents., 941, 941, 945;
Turkish Six per Cents., 1864, fee account (Nov. 30),
921 ; ditto, Six per Cents., 1858 (scrip of the.
first series), for account, $ dii., /prem.
The supply of money in the discount market con-
tinues large, but first.clawe bills are not taken below
2$ per cent. For choice six months paper 3$ to 4
per cent. may be considered the terms generally cur-c
rent. The Bank of England are now getting a
I moderate number of bills.

In the Stock Exchange yesterday money was rather
more wanted, in connexion with the settlement, and
the rate for loans on English government securities
was 2 per cent.
Of the gold by the Lincolnshire left unsold from
Monday, about 88,0001. was yesterday sent into the
Bank. The rest has been purchased for exporta-
tion to the Continent,

The silver shipments bid fair to be less than was
at one time anticipated. Since the receipt of the
last China mail a number of the orders have been
countermanded. It appears also that a portion of
the silver already purchased will be held over for
the Bombay packet of next week. It is oonsequently
expected that the Pent, which will leave on the 20th
inst. with the Calcutta and China mails, will take
only about 200,0001. The market for bar silver is
flatter; transactions took place yesterday at 6e. lid.
per oz. standard, showing a reduction of ed.
According to a telegram which has come to hand
the exchange at Bombay on London has experienced
rather decided movement in favour of this country.
This announcement, if confirmed, will be of impor-
tance.

The Europa, being from Boston, his brought only
1,0004 in specie.
The Dolphio, from Antwerp, bu brought 23,0001.
in silver.

The Agincourt has now been at sea 115 days from
Melbourne, with 283,1001. in gold ; ht no anxiety
is felt, since a large fleet of vessels are now overdue,
owing to the strong easterly winds. In shipping
circles a hope is expressed that the Admiralty will
send immediately one or two steamers to the Chops of
the Channel to relieve the homeward boned.

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon pre-
sented no alteration of importance. Rills on Vienna,
Trieste, and Hamburg, as well as long paper on
Paris, were, however, inquired for, and, as regards
these, the tendency of the rates was slightly un-
favourable. The current quotations are shown
below :

Amsterdam, three months, IT.Tfirto 17;- ditto, short,
11.14 to 15; Rotterdam, three months, 11.161 to 17t;
Aetweep, three month., 26.26 to 74; Hamburg, marks
boa, three maths, 13.84 is 7 ; Pans, three dm=
21.6 to 174; ditto, three months, 96.27 e lo in;
oaths-Maine, three months, 1184 so ; Petersburg, we
rouble, three mouths, $44 to I; Vilma, Id. 2c6,
three months, 10.66 to 8 ; Trieste, ditto, throe
months, 10.66 to 60; Madrid. three months, 494 to 4;
Cadiz, three manthr, 491 to 4 ; Leghorn, three maths,
29.80 to 90 ; Genoa, three months, 26.46 to 60;
Naples, three months, 414 to 4 ; Palermo, three socathe,
123 to 4 ; Messina, three menthe, 1284 to 4; Lisboa,
20 dam 624 to Oporto. 90 days, 62/ to f.
The continental advice. state that the Bank of
Vienna continue to contract their business, in order
to diminish the facilities for the exportation of
specie. They have now discontinued lending upon
overnment securities.
The meeting of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway
Company, which is to take piece at Vienna on the
18th, is looked forward to with interest, since it
will give the formal and definitive sanction to the
new railway contract, which is, undoubtedly, one of
the most important ever concluded. The event is ofad-
ditional interest sines it forms an essential prelimi-
nary to the issue of scrip for the new shares of the
company, and to the appointment of a settling day
in the Stock Exchange for the enormous transac-
tions concluded in them during the lest few weeks.
A considerable number of the sales lately effeoted
are understood to have been for account of German
houses, anxious to realise the considerable premium
current, the maintenance of which, in face of the
pressure of ellottess' sake, is explained by the in-
vestments of the public, who evidently entertain a
very favourable opinion of the prospects of the un-
dertaking. It would probably be erroneous to
measure these prospects by the results of the working
of any of the German lines of rauway. AU the ele-
ments of railwayproeperity being combined in the
presset butane', including a broad and increasing
' stream of traffic, a district of extreme fertility and
richness, experienced management, and complete
freedom from competition, it is contended that a
comparison may be more justly instituted with some
of the most successful of the French railways.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Calcutta
and South Eastern Railway Company is called for
the 24th inst. " for the purpose of considering spe-
cial resolutions intended to be proposed at such
meeting for diminishing the capital of the company
to the amount of 2.50,0001., being the amount on
which interest at 6 per cent. is to be guaranteed to
the company by the Government of India; and for
that purpose to reduce the nominal value of the
shares or the number thereof."

At a rusting, held yesterday, of thielJnion Steam-
ship Company the net profits for the put ten
months were stated at 5,9001., out of which it was
agreed that a dividend of 11. per alum shall be dis-
tributed.

At a nesting of the Maritime Passengers Amour-
anee Company, held yesterday, a resolution was passed
authorising the transfer of the business of the
undertaking to the Travellers and Marine Assurance
C°nlriny.
Suojotned are the latest quotations of insurance,_
canal, and other miseellaneom shares, as given in
the Stock Exchange list of last evening:
Insurance Shares.—Allisnos, British sad Ford", nil,
ex die. ; Antes*, Marisa, 62; Atlas, 171 ; British
Cloramminl, 81; Eagle, 7 ; Olobe, 99; Guardian, 62 ;
Oeseeral In • Imperial Life, 191 ; Law Fire, 34, 31;
; 181Whe; 971, u 7 ; Providsut Life, 38 ; Nook Lib, ;
Using, 296.
C4a 1314 Cob C=lE6lll4O :—.Great Castes!, 101 ;
Ines-
rial, 82; ditto New, Set ; ditto Continental, 50f, 61; Lon
de., 281; ditto Perileneentary, 30 ; ditto Bine Preforms,
69 ; Flsoia, 62; 151; United GeneraL 181, 18;
Weetiabmgar Chartered, 73 ; Western, 101, ex div.
Weierwarior !Nooks :—Cleshse, 11; ditto New Guaran-
teed, 341; Nast Londe, 116; ditto 4 per Cent. Pregame%
37 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Prekreste, 28 ; Gamed Junction, 1194 ;
NOLO New, 341 ; Woe likklisers. 107.
I Gild Ohms :—Coventry, 107; Grand Jew:dm, 14;