The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-30 00:00:00

.Y 30, 1858.

MONEY MARKE2-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoes.

The funds to-day remain quite without variation
in price. The other departments of the Stock
Exchange are likewise unmarked by fluctuation
the current business being upon a limited scale.
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Consols are quoted 951 to 1 for money and the
4th of February. The Three per Cent. Reduced
have been dealt in at 961 to 1; the 'New Three
per Cents. at 961 to I ; Bank Stock, at 226 to 226/
Exchequer Bill., at 22a. to 44e. prem., and Ex-
chequer Bonds, 1868, at 100.

Turkish Six per Cents. are firm, at 981 to 99 for
the account. The Guaranteed Four per Cents., as
well as Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, and Huai=
Bonds, are inquired for. Sales are recorded as follows :
—Brazilian Five per Cents., 1829 and 1839, at 1011;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 86 to 66/
(exch. 126.) ; ditto, Four per Cent. Certificates,
at 100 and 991 ; Equador New Consoli-
dated Bonds, at 131 ; the Provisional Land
Warrants, at 3 ; Granada Active Bonds, at 191 ;
ditto Deferred, at 6}; Mexican Bondi, for account
(12th Feb.), at 201; Portuguese Three per Cents.,
1863, at 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., at 110/ ; ditto
Four-and-a-Half per Cents, at 100; Spanish Old
Three per Cents., at 42; Turkish Six per Cents., at
981; ditto, for account (12th February), at 981;
ditto', Guaranteed Four per Cents., at 1061 ;
Venezuela Active Bonds, at 311; ditto Deferred,
at 121.
At Hamburg yesterday the rate of discount was
2 per cent.

In the discount market good bills are negotiated
readily at 3 per cent. (or one per cent, below the
Bank minimum). In exceptional cases t2LlllllOiOl2l
take place as low as 2/ to 2/ per cent. At the Bank
of England yesterday the applications were rather
more numerous, but still altogether inconsiderable.
In the Stock Exchange it was scarcely possible to
lead money on English government securities at any
rate, however low.

The amount of gold sent into the Bank yesterday
wu 88,0001., chiefly ex the Baltic, from 'New York.
A further portion of the remittance by this vessel
will probably be sent in to-day. The only sum
taken for the continent is 10,0001. in American
eagles. The total amount of gold known to have
been purchased by the Bank mince the date to which
the return, given below, is made up, is 110,0001.
The rise in Exchequer Bills would be more de-
cided but for an impression that, as the period
for their renewal approaches, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer may endeavour to extract some advan-
tage out of the easy state of the money market, by
reducing the rate of interest.
The directors of the London and County Bank
have decided to take in no fresh deposits at a higher
rate than 2 per cent. The Union Bank of Lou-
don, according to a resolution adopted yesterday,
allow 3 per cent. on old deposits, and 2i per cent.
on new, but, dating from seven days hence, 23 will
be the allowance on both classes of deposits.
The steamer expected to arrive at Liverpool from
New York on Monday is the Africa. She will pro-
bably bring a considerable amount of spore.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon pre-
,
anted no alteration of importance, but where any
change was presented, it was rather adverse to this
country. Bills on Holland and Austria were quoted
slightly lower, and on St. Petersburg higher. The
current rates are shown below, viz.:
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Amsterdam, three mmthe, 11.171
•to 1 ; do., short,
11.131 to 14 ; Rotterdam, three months, 11.171 to 1 ;
Aat arp, three month; 25.35 to 40; Hamburgienniars
beam, three month; 13.61 to 1 ; Paris, three des t,
35.121 to 221 ; ditto, three months, 26.60 to 66;
ea-the-Maine, three months, 1181 to 119 ; Petersburg, per
rouble, throe moat* 341 to 61 - Vienna, it So., three
months, 10.36 to 38 ; Trieste, do., hum months, 10.38 to 40;
66.
Madrid, throe months, 4 teel ; Cadiz, three months, 491
toad i latiketu, three mon 1.96 to 30.06 ; Genoa, three
=coda, 26.66 to 70 ; N throe months, 401 to 41 ;
Perm three months. 1 to 123 ; Maeda; throe month
1221 to 123; Lisbon, 90 days, 611 to 1; Oporto, 90 days,
621_te 1.
The dates fixed in February for the departure of
the steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company, from Southampton to Alex-
andria, are the 4th, 11th, 20th, and 24th. The
packets of the 4th and 20th will take passengers,
goods, and specie for Calcutta, Manilla, the Straits,
and China; and those of the 11th and 24th, will
take passengers, goods, and specie for Bombay. In
March the arrangements, it is understood, will be
the same, except that the last packet of the month
will leave on the 27th.
Proprietors of Second Extension shares (101. paid)
in the Madras RailwaCompany are required to pay
a call of 61. per share the 24th of Feb
The dividend declared yesterday, at thehalf-yearly
meeting of the Scottish Australian Investment Com-
pany, was at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum,
instead of 8 per cent., as recommended in the
directors' report.
A half-yearly meeting of the European Gas Com-
pany is called for the 17th Feb. A dividend of 10s.
per share is to be payable on the Ist Feb.
There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors of
Mr. Smith, woolstapier, of BerMondoey, to receive
the report of the committee of investigation. Mr.
Cyrus Legg, who took the chair, expreleed his regret
at the unsatisfactory nature of the report, from the
irregular state of the accounts, and the absence of
those books which are generally kept in commercial
houses. Mr. Valiance read the report of the com-
mittee, from which it appeared that several meetings
have been held. There was no ash-book to guide
the committee, but only the materials from which
one might be made up. The bill payable and re-
ceivable were found generally to agree with the
statement, but there was a deficiency of 47,0001., of
which it was said 15,0001. had been deposited u
security, but no entries were found of such deposits.
The committee looked upon the commission mounts
with Mews. Cheeseborough, Haigh, Moore. mid
Hubbard, as of a very unsatisfactory nature. It was
found that in the year 1867 there had been paid for
discount 19,9561. The committee thought the assets
could only be taken at 26,6391. ; which would then
leave the debts and liabilities at 185,2491. The
estate would thus show about 2s. 10d. in the pound.
Mr. Smith had proposed 3s. under • guarantee, but,
no name having yet been given in, the committee
left the course to be pursued to the creditors.
It was finally agreed that the affairs should be
wound up under inspection. Mr. Valiance proposed
a resolution for that purpose, and the committee re-
tired to choose four i three for the trade
and one for the moneys interest. The chairman
remarked that the system of telegraphing to and
from the north, and speculating by means of a mass
of accommodation bills, had been most disgraceful
on the part of the insolvent and the commission
houses, and had brought ten times more injury on
the trade than the loss incurred by Mr. Smith's in-
solvency. A vote of thanks was passed to the chair-
man and committee for their report.
At the adjourned meeting, held yesterday, of the
creditors of Messrs. William Dray and CO., two
offers were made on behalf of the firm—one to pay
10a. in the pound in instalments at 4,8, 12, and 18
months, without security, and the other to
pay Bs. 6d., at 3,6, 9, and 12 maths,
with security. Under the circumstances, the latter
ear was considered preferable, and • resolu-
tion to this effect was adopted. An amended
atatement of the liabilities and assets, presented on
this occasion, estimates the former at 64,1901., and
the latter at 27,8401. It was mentioned that the
capital of Mr. Dray in 1864 was 6,9001.
The sabitimpi weekly umnary of the produce
market, dated lot evening, is from /deems. W. .1
and H. Thergeen :
The cabala markets have been rather quiet this
weak, bulb Wailes prices remain steady, sad tram-
sakes la 0 bare lama plate. Notwith-
olle of trimpir=rBr,
tsrili
Imalla a el dd. to lid,
Lmaasrßt are firm. Te-day mare Isqeiry
anyalistikillet triellies. &mat floating anus an re-
parted eild bad* **week. Floatation Ceylon WIN Memel
a ready whet rattier higher rates for calory kW& Ilaperfor
astin is eke dearer. Coon sells more readily at about 30a.
vadat the la is 1084 point 01 the what la rite stem