The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-15 00:00:00

In noticing the Bank of England return yester-
day, an error occurred. The circulation issue
should have been staled at 29,893,1751., being
205,2151. less than last week ; and the active circu-
lation at 23,472,0551., being 749,1901. less than
LA week.
The subjoined report with reference to thebullion
market, is from the circular of Messrs. Sharps and
Wilkins :

The tendency to improvement in the silver market has
continued during the pest forOnight, the increasrmg ease in
the London money market being the principal cause.
Rots :thstanding the large arrivals of both bar saver and
Mexican dollars, prices have been well sustained, and at
the close to-day, may be quoted Ea. 13-1&i. per ounce
standard, and 4% lied. per ounoe reopeetively. The In-
quiry for silver is still confined to Germany, no eastein
demand being aa yet apparent. WEIL the exception of
United Steam gold coin, there have been no purchases of
gold for export. Vet/ Urge easourts are advised from
India, Ecypt and Australia, the greater portion of which
on srrival will probably be sold to the Bank of England.
With reference to the hop trade, the circular
lamed yesterlay by Messrs. Bakers, White, and
Morgan states as follows :
In the sprin; of this year we were threatened with •
universal scarcity of hops, from the slackness of the bine
and the appearance of vermin in the plantations generally,
at home and abroad. This, however, has been happily
averted by a partial recovery of the plant, and we are
now likely to get two-thirds of • crop in England, half a
crop in Belgium, a good half-crop in Bavaria and Bo-
l.emia, and an average crop in America. Recently, the
weather in this country has been moat unfavourable for
the development and ripening of the hops, and also for the
peeking. Fine and choice samples of ;Rah will, CODS!.
quently, be scarce and dear. In Bavaria the weather has
been more favourable, and the choicer kinds of Bavarian
hops will be especially worththe attention of the consumer,
the quality being very superior. We think that the pre-
sent prices maybe regarded as reasonable, more particu-
larly when the large consumption, and the limited stocks
of yearlings and olds are taken into consideration.

FRMAT Evans°.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 89} to
for the 9th October, and 89f to for money,
opened and closed to-day at the same quotations.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 891, g, ; ditto, for
account, 89i; Three per Cents. Reduced 87, 61,
7f, ; New Three per Cents., 87, 6i ; Bank
Stock, shut ; India Five per Cent., 104/, ; ditto
Five per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 100 i ;
ditto, Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 105 i.
Indian government securities were quiet. Ex-
chequer Bills were unaltered, at 2s. die. to 3s.
prem.
Foreign stocks were firm, with a fair amount of
business. Greek and Turkish Bonds of 1863 were
in good demand, and advanced 1 per cent. Greek
Coupons, Brazilian of 1663 and 1865, and Mexican
of 1864 also rose ; Mexican old bonds and Bra-
zilian scrip, 1 ; and Turkish of 1865, K. On the
other hand, Italian of 1865, as well as Turkish of
1858 and 1862, declined 1 per cent. ; and Italian of
1861, and Spanish Passive, /.