The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-25 00:00:00

At Paris this day, according to Mr. Resttes's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were officially
quoted at the opening of the Bourse 61fr. 35c. for
the account, being 3 per cent. lower than the last
price of yesterday.
Consols have been dealt in at 911 to 92, and are
now quoted 911 to 92 both for money and the
7th of June. Bank Stock has been dealt in at

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290 to 2211 I the Three per Cents. Reduced, at
901 to 91; the New Three per Cents., at 901 to
91; the New Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at
76 ; India Stock, at 218 ; the Indian Four
per Cent. Debentures of last year, at 93f ; the scrip
of the New Indian Loan, at 921 to 93 ; and Ex-
chequer Bills, at 18s. to 235. prem.
Foreign stocks are likewise firm, and in several
instances, including Peruvian Bonds, higher prices
have been established. The principal demand
I. still for Turkish stocks, which continue to rise. The
old loan is now quoted 631 to 641, and the new, 53
to 64. Sales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 1858, 90! ; Dutch
Four per Cent. Certificates, 911 ; New Grenada
Active Bond., 16; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., for account, 821, 831; ditto Uribarren
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 781; Spanish
Three per Cents., 391; ditto New Deferred Three
per Cents., 271; Turkish Six per Cents., 1864,
for account, 63, 64; ditto Guaranteed Four per
Cents., 100!, 1001, 1011.
The discount market becomes more easy from day
to day. First-clue bills are freely taken at 31 to 31
per cent., and a vast mass of money is lying idle.
The applications at the Bank of England to-day
were very limited. The principal difficulty attaches
to the position of those joint-stock banks which are
now oppressed under the weight of the money called
hastily in, at the cost of • panic in the Stock Ex-
change, upon the fabr:cated rumour of a Rano-
French coalition.
The next instalment of 25 per cent. falls due on
the Indian Loan on the 14th of Juae, and will require
about 1,250,0001., minas such proportion as may have
been paid in advance. The balance remaining to
be paid will then be 60 per cent.
Of the 329,8001. in gold by the steamer Africa,
from New York, about 250,0001. yesterday reached
London, of which the larger portion was taken by
continental buyers. The inquiry for the Continent,
however, was less active, and it is not improbable
that some portion of the late supplies may be retained
here. No bullion was withdrawn yesterday from
the Bank, but 38,000 sovereigns, from Constanti-
nople were sent into tha, establishment, and another
parcel of 17,000 will be taken there to-day. Is
addition, 90,000 are expected shortly to arrive.
The shipments of silver to India on ordinary mer-
cantile account have now dwindled to a small
amount, but government continue their remittances,
having engaged about 150,0001. by the Bombay
. steamer of the 27th inst. If a similar sum be sent
by the following Calcutta vessel, the 3,000,0001. pro-
mised will have been completed.
The Calcutta and China mails retched Suez on the
17th inst., and the light portion, rig Marseilles, is
expected to be distributed in London about Friday
next.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon expe-
rienced little alteration. The rates on Holland were I
quoted a trifle more favourably for this country,
whilst u regards St. Petersburg and Naples the
tendency was in the opposite direction. The rates
are shown below
Amsterdam three months, 11.15 to 1; ditto .short,
11.12 to 13, Rotterdam, three months, 11.15 to 1 ;
Antwerp, three months, 26.00 to 25.06; Eamb marks
team, three months, 13.3 to ; Paris. three days t, 26.21
to 121; ditto, three mouths, 26.32/ to 71 ; Frees ort-on-
the-Maine, three months, 1161 to 116; Patasharg, par
rouble, three 'booths, 32 to -1 ; Vinous, elf flo.. three
months, 14.60 to 15.00 ; Trieste, Mao, three months, 14.60
to 15,00; Madrid, three months, 481 to 49; Cadiz, three
months, 49 to 1; Leghorn, three months, 81.10 to 30 ;
Gavot, three months, 26.70 to 80 ; Naples, three month',
39 to 1; Palermo, three months. 117 t.) 1 ; Messina, three
mouths, 117 to 1; Lisbon, 90 days, 611 to 1 ; Oporto, 90
days, 611 to 1.

The sugar market retains a dropping tendency.

hiessrs7Pietmed and Draper hive receive( the
following intimation from the Foreign-office that the
prohibitions contained in her Majesty's proclamation
extend to commercial intercourse with Tuscany :
Fureigmoilloe, May 23, 1869.
Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Karl of Malmesbtu7 to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst
requesting to be informed whether her Majesty's proclama-
tion extends to commercial intercourse with Tuscany; and I
am to state to you in reply, that the Tuscan provisional
government having sent its army to Join the French mid
Ilardinian forme engaged in war with Lust,* and Leghorn
hming gine been occupied by French troops, it cannot be
doubted that, under such circumettnore Tuscany must be
I considered a belligerent country, and MA neutrals carrying
contraband of war to Tuscan porte ere liable to the risks
pointed out in her Majesty's proclamation.—l em, gentle-
I men, your most obedient humble servant,
H. HAMMOND.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Atlantic
Telegraph Company is called for the Bth June, to
approve the beads of a provisional arrangement en-
tered into with government. Authority will be
asked for the creation of new capital to the extent
of 800,0001., in preference shares of 61. each. The
board is to be entirely reconstituted, and reduced in
number.
Theordinary meeting of shareholders in the London
Chartered Bank of Australia is called for June 3.
The result of the past year's operations is described
in the directors' report as satisfactory. Reference is
made to the part taken by the corporation in the
negotiation of the Victoria government railway loan.
A half-yearly dividend of three per cent. is recom-
mended, making six per cent. for the year 1856, and
a sum of 5,0001. is to be added to the reserve fund,
which will then amount to 15,0001. Tho balance
of undivided profits to be carried forward will
be 7,8101.
A general meeting of the Commercial Dock COCI.
ploy is called for the 10th Jane, to declare a half-
yearly dividend ; and the annual meeting of the
African Steam Ship Company
.for the Bth of Jane.
We understand that opposition is likely to be
raised to the large vote of remuneration to the com-
mittee which it is proposed to bring forward at the
meeting of Venezuelan bondholders, on Friday next.
The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
Railway of Canada, just received, shows a decrease
of I,B39l:sterling.
It appears that the steamer Sir Henry Lawrence,
recently lost on the River lodas, was the property
of the Government, not of the Indus Seem Flotilla
Company. The Chairman of this company, in •
letter addressed to the Stock Exchange, states that :
" Six steamers and thirty barges are now in course
0r shipment, and seven steamers with ten barges
are under contract to be shipped in October next."
The interest due the Ist proximo on the State of
Alabama Six per Cent. Honda is to be paid by the
Union Bank of London.
An official intimation was received to-day at
Lloyd's that the Admiralty have sent orders to
Deem:Tort for her Majesty's ship Caracas to proceed
to the Chops of the Channel to relieve the homeward
bound trade.
It is understood that the steamer Argo, of 2,316
tons register and 600 horse-power, has been char-
tered by Mr. Lever for the line between Galway and
New York.
Relative to the partial reaction in the freight
market, the fortnightly circular of Messrs. Sharer,
Lamb, and Co., has the following :
The sogreensatk• to freighta to which we adverted on the
9th inet. was too sudden to last. The fall, however. ie nth
equal to the rise, cad we WO left with a firmer millet sod
better Wes then riled ft month Competently hit's
business has been dune during the fortnighr. Owners ars
holding off, and hams transecticas Menem MOTs will likely