The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKEL-2111S DAY.

Two o'CLoci.
The funds to-day have shown increased firmness.
At one period a fresh advance of about per cent.
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was attained. In consequence of news of •
fresh decline on Paris Bourse, a relapse
has since taken plane, and Consols are now
quoted the same as at 4 o'clock yesterday.
Business in this, la in every other department of the
Stock Exchange, is very languid. The share mar-
kets have exhibited firmness, and some clams of
British railway stocks are rather dearer.
The Three per Cent. Butes were quoted at Paris
this morning, on the opening of the Bourse
(according to Mr. Renter's telegram) 62.6, ex div.,l
for the account, but quickly receded to 61.96, being
about per cent. lower than stile last price of
yesterday.

Consols are officially marked 621, 921, and 92/,

ex div., for the Bth July. The highest point of the
morning was 921, "buyer.," and the present quota-
tion is 92 tol. Bank Stock has been dealt in
at 219 to 220. The Three per Cents. Reduced at
931 to ; the New Three per Cents., at 93 to
931 ; the Indian Four per Cent. Debentures of
last year, at ttok to 1; India Bonds, at sa. dis.
and Exchequer Bills, at 23e. to 265. prem.
Foreign stocks are steady, with limited tram's&
actions. The Old Turkish Six per Cents. are firm,
at 73 to 74, and the New Loan, at 59 to 61. As re-
gards other descriptions the alteration in prices is
unimportant. Sales are recorded as follows :
Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 101 ; Bunion Ayres
Deferred Bonds, 171; Mexican Three per Cents ,18 ;
ditto, for account, 18,18}; New Granada Deferred
Bonds, 4; ; Sardinian Five per Cents., for acoouot,
811; Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, for account,
731, 74 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1858, 601; ditto
for account, 593, 60 ; ditto, Guaranteed Four per
Cents., for account, 103.

FIVE Mntons PAST Two o'CLocx.
Consols are rather weaker at 925," buyers" ex
div., for the account.
The arrival is announced of the Suffolk, from
Melbourne, with 192,0001. in gold.
Amongst the investments yesterday was another to
the extent of 20,0001. New Three per Cent. stock.

The Bank's discount business dose not revive, and
in the general market the demand yesterday was
moderate, at a reduction u regards the beet bills of
about I per cent, from the Bank minimum.
A fresh fall of about 1 per cent, took place in
Austrian stock at Vienna on Monday, owing to the
pecuniary embarrassments of the government.

At Amsterdam the rate of discount remains 3 per

cent., and at Hamburg 2.
About 25,0001. in Russian gold was yesterday sent
into the Bank. The demand for gold for the Conti
sent, however, continues active, the sum purchased ea-
terday being 300,0001., including 220,0001. Amerman
by the Asia, and 80,0001. Russian, which came to
hand yesterday, per the cleanser Zebra. The 120,0001.
in gold ex La Plata will likewise be sent away.
The 227,000/. in Australian gold ex the Monarch
and Essex will be delivered to-day.
The steamer New York, which is on the way
hither from the United States, has about 80,000/. in
specie.
The bar silver by the West India steamer was
sold yesterday at 62d. per ounce standard,showing no
alteration. At the present quotation moderate par-
cels are taken from day to day on continental ac-
occult. The Mexican dollars have been placed at
601 d. per ounoe, being Id. less than the price realised
for the supply by the ?Nylons packet. The decline
iu the latter article is due to the magnitude of the
remittance by the steamer La Plata.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon pre-
sented little alteration. Bills on Holland and Naples
were inquired for. The rates are shown below :
Amsterdam, three mouthy, 11.141 to 161; ditto abort,
11.12 to 1; Rotterdam, three months, 11.141 to 161,
Antwerp, three months, 26.10 to 20; Harnhurr, marts
bane*, tare. months, 13.31 to 41; Paris, threadssyss right, 1:5.6
to 10; ditto, three months, 16.30 to 21 ; -oa-
ths-110ns, three months, 1161 to 116; Petemberg, per
rouble, three mouths, 63 to 1; Vienna, of do., three
months, 14.60 to 14.80 ; Trieste, ditto, three mouths, 14.00
to 14.80 ; Madrid, three months, 49 to 1; Cadiz, three
months, 491 to 1; Leghorn, three months, 29.90 to 30.00 ,
Genoa, three months, 26.70 to 80; Naples, three months,
401 to 411; Palermo, three month., 1211 to 122; Meador,
three:months, 1211 to 122; Lisbon, 90 days, 611 to 1 ;
Oporto, 90 days, 611 to
The steamer F.llora is expected at Marseilles on
Friday next, with the light portion of the Calcutta
and China mail, which will probably be delivered in
London on Monday.
The advice, from New York—communicating the
termination of the ruinous competition between the
New York Central, New York and Erie, and other
Western railway companies, together with a rise of
21 percent. in the first-meationed company's shares—
have induced more firmness in the market for Ameri.
can railway securities here. The improvement yes-
terday extended to the shares of the Great Western
Railway Company of Canada, whose interests are
likewise to some extent affected.
At the meeting of the shareholders in the Western
Bank of London, held yesterday, the resolutions pre-
viously adopted for the transfer of the business of
the establishment to the London and County Bank,
and for the payment of a sum of 1,0001. to the direc-
tors, were confitated. A proposal for the appoint-
ment of a committee to inquire into the charges of
mismanagement adduced by the auditors was over-
ruled. The shareholders appear to have resigned
themselves to the ill-success and winding up of their

operations and to consider that their moral responsi-
bility is in no way. pledged to preserve the manage-
ment from suspicion and the authority of their
auditors from contempt. What is everybody's
business is nobody's.
The annual meeting of shareholders of tke Com-
mercial Bank of London is called for the 19th July.
The position of the freight market is described as
follows by Messrs. Sharer, Lamb, and Co. :
The freight market has not been active during the last
fortnight, If we except an extensive business) in guano, char-
tering at an advance of 10a. Coal operations generally have
teen restricted, and the rates are without material alteration,
but East India quotations ate lege firm. We have a good
many openings I'm Archangel deal ships at advanced prices.
Baltic quotations for grain and stowage goods are tot
buoyant, whilst wood is steady at about our last advice. A
considerable quantity of the usual Baltic timber tonnage
was diverted to Mediterranean ports during the late high coal
rates, and this is beginning to tell. Canadian business is
improved. Odessa and Asofhave been dope at 60a. and 605.,
' and this market is not at all brisk. There is a better inquiry
for Danube ship.
The progress of the silk trade is thus noticed by
Messrs. Milsom and F. Foy, of Lyons, under date
the 18th inst. :

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Purchases of cocoons ere drawing to a close, and every-
where, in Italy as in Prance, at about 40 per ant. higher
prices than lest year. The smalltime of the mop which la
much below, that of 1886, the complete exhaustion of 01l
docks of silks, and the great demand ftr manuftctured
goods, especial!), for the United S'arld of Amerkia, fully ex-
plain the high price* paid. We elm:seem the new silk
campaign watt our manufacturers bully employtd, and most
brilla*nt frame prospects, but, unfortunately, with a very
small supply of raw material. The rise in prime since our
last respects te from 2e. 61. t's 4s. per lb , according to carte ;
but it must still further progrees to attain the cost of the thAv
Wks. 2,271 bake conditioned to da.e, 471 bales weighed.

Ty ts.,DAT EVEN NO .

Consols, which closed yesterday at 92, " buyer.,"
ex die., for the 6th of July, opened this morning
about 921, and soon advanced, clo.ing at 921 to 1.
After the close of the Stock Exchange the quotation
was a shade flatter, at 92 7-16 to 9-16. The official
business report is as follows —Three per Cent.
Lkeisools, for account (Bth Jul; ), 921, 1,1, j, ex dlr. ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 92f, 1,1, 93 ; New Three
per Cents., 921, 93, 921, 921; Indian Four per Cent.
Debentures, issued in 1868, 941 ; the scrip of the New
Loan, 93!, 931.
Exchequer Bills remain quoted 235. to 265. prem.
India Bonds were more offered, and were marked
10e. die. The scrip of the New Indian Loan was
quoted 931 to 94, and the Four per Cent. Debentures
issued last year 944 to 95.
The foreign stock market, though gnie., was like-
wise firmer. The principal transactions were in