The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARZET.-THIS DAY.

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The funds rentals very firm. Consols =Sleds
liaturdey's closing quotation of 941 to 1 for snow,
and 944 to ifor this 4th of hoe. The scrip of the
new loan is quoted 21 to 21 per oast. prem.
Foreign stocks are also firm. Turkish securities
sapped the adeanoed quotation* of yesterday, Gm
Six per Cents. being quoted 98i to 99k, and Go
Guarenteed Fair pee Cents. 1031 to I.

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The funds tatintain great firmness, and are at
present quoted / per cent. higher than they closed
yesterday. Condole for the 4th of hoe have ranged
betwees 941 and 95, and are now quoted 941 to
95. Per money the price is 941 to 1.
The Three per Cents. Reduced have been dealt in at
931 to 93/; the New Three per Cents. at 94/ to
941 ; Bank Stock at 216 to 217 ; Exchequer
Bills, March, at Js. to 41. prem.; ditto, June,
at 36. db. to par; India Bonds at 4e. din. to part
Exchequer Bonds, 1868, at 981 to 1.
The scrip of the new loan stands at 21 to
prem.
Foreign stocks are also firm. Turkish securities
support yesterday's improvement, the Six per Cents,
being quoted 981 to 991, and the Guaranteed Fear
per Cents., 1031 to 1. The other sales reported are
as follow :—Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 991
ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 981 ; Mexiaas,
231; Russian Five per Cents., 108 ; ditto, Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 98 ; Sardinian, 941 to 961 sad
Spanish New Deferred Three per Cents., 261.
The whole of the bar gold brought in by the
Persia from New York, as well as the 29,4001. by the
Indemnity, has been purchased by the Bank. The
248,0001. ez the Stebouheatb, from Port Philip, wee
in hand yesterday, and also gore into the Bank.
The bar silver ex the steamer Parana was sold yes-
terday at 6.. Id. per ounce standard, being a decline of
/8., compared with the price realised for the reel.
ens arrival.
The corn market yesterday was fiat, especially for
inferior wheat, which was difficult of sale at a decline
of Is. to 2.. per quarter from last Monday's rates.
The foreign arrivals in London are small. The
number of floating ("err...arrived off the °oast sines
last Friday is ten, of which five are wheat.
The Admiralty have issued notice that they will
receive tenders on the 12th of June " for the monthly
conveyance, each way by steam vessels, of her
Majesty's mails between Sues and Australia."
The 2nd of June is fixed for the Stock Exchange
settlement in the shares of the Carmeanz Coal Minas
and Railway Company.
In the Stock Exchange list a special heading b
now maligned to " Foreign Railway Obligations."
According to adviese from Canada, the
meet is about to propose a measure to the
in connexion with the position of the GribiWseit
Railway Company. It is hoped by the shasslioldos
that the provisions of this bill will teed to their relief.
Special meetings of the Norfolk Railway Company
and of the Wells and Fakenhant Railway Company.
are called for the 11th of Jane, to consider a bill nom
before parliament, authorising the former to ado-
scribe to the latter company.
The first annual meeting of the Bombay, Bared",
and Central India Railway Company is called fee
the 16:h of Jane.
The following meetings are also announced,
Grand Junction Canal proprietors, for the 3rd of
June ; Regent's Canal Company, for the 4th of June'
Kilkenny and Great Southern and Western Railway
Company, for the 31st init. 8 Grand Junction Water-
works Company, for the 12th of June; Grand Union
Canal proprietors, for the god or June; Gesell
Cemetery Company, for the 13th of June.
Holders of the East Indian Railway Compare 'a tJ
Extensive shares are required to register the
receipts and sign the deed of settlement by the 10tb
of June.
Telegraphic intelligence from St. Petersburg, dated
Saturday last, reports the exchange on London at
371 d.

MONDAY Eraante.
The tendency of the various Stock Exchaage
markets continues decidedly favourable. The floes
are especially strong. Consols have to-day touched
96; and, though a slight reaction was observable
towards the close, the final quotations were still
per cent. above those of Saturday. Purchases kr
the Scotch banks, the approaching deduction of the
dividend, the steady influx of specie, the improved
appearance of the money market, and the hope that
lower rates of discount will gradually be established
combine to stimulate the upward tendency of the
Cooed market.
There was a good demand for money in com-
mercial channels today, but the current rates me-
rinse below those of the Bank. In the Stock Bap
change the supply is very abundant, and short Ism
upon government securities could be obtained to-day
at the unusually low rate of 21 per cent.
Consols foe the 4th of June ranged between 9q
to I, Lad 941 to 95, and closed at 94/ to For
1.
mosey the final quotation was 941 to f. Foe the
next amount, terminating in the middle of July, the
"coatango" is f per cent (inclusive of income tax),
or at the rate of about 61 per cent. per annum. The
official business report is u follows:—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 941. a, I, 1, I ; ditto, for
account, 4th Jane, 94/, 1,1, 96. Three per the&
Reduced, NI, 1. 1. 1. New Three per Canty
931,94, 941. Bank Stock, 2161, 216. Long An-
nuities expiring in Jan., 1860, 3 3-16. Thirty
Years Annuities, April. 1865. 17.116. India Stoat.
233, 236. Thremand4-Half per bent.
Bonds, falling payable in 1868 and 18519:1V
Congo! Scrip (New Loan). 21, 21 prem.
The scrip of the new loan cased at 21 to 21 per
cent. prem.
The March Exchequer Bills were grain Whew
firmer, at par to 44. prem. The June bile were Twill
3s. die. to par, and Exchequer Bonds 981 to e.
Foreign stocks of all descriptions were firm. Turk.
lab Six per Cent.. closed I to 1 per oent higher them
on Saturday, at 981 to 99/. The Guaranteed Feet
per Cents. rose 1 per cent., leaving off at 1031 to
Spanish securities retain an improving tendency,
especially the Bondholders' Committee's Certificate*
which are marked as high me 61 per cent.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares closed today
at 61 to 61 prem.; Ries and Dnnabnrg Railway at
11 to 11 prem.; and General Bank of Switzerland at
11 to ll perm.
Ottoman Bank shares were weaker to-day, closing
at to prem. Bank of Egypt have also receded he
Ito prem. The National Discount Company's
shares were quoted Ito 1 din London and C.oent.
i Bank stock s marked 321 to 331. Australian Agri.
cultural and Peninsular and Oriental Steam shares
rem 11. The shares of the London General Omnibus
Company continue to show an upward tendency.
London Dock stock was dealt in at 101; St. Katha.
rise Dock at 84; and New South Wales Fire per
Cents. at 97.