The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET-THIS DAY.

Two o'Crocz.
Ths funds remain steady, although prices are now
quoted a shade below the final rates of Saturday.
OMNI, for the Bth of May stood cluing the greater
pan d the morning at 931 to , and are now
gusted 931 exactly. For money the price is 93.
The Thus per Cents. Reduced have been dealt in
at 911 to 92; the New Three per Cents. at 92/ to
93; Bank:Stock, at 2121 to 2131; India Stock, at
229; Exchequer Bills, March, at 4s. prem. ; ditto,
June, at 3s. to is. di.; and Exchequer Bonds,
at 981 to 1.
Turkish Six per Cents. have risen consider.
ably, marking 981 to 991 for motet', and 99 to 991
for the 30111 April. The Guaranteed Four per Cents.
have met with business at 1011 to 102 for cub,
and 1021 for the end of the month. Mexican
Bonds have been more inquired for at 221
to 1 for money. Equador New Consolidated Bonds
have been sold at tat and the Provisional Land
Warrants at 61. Other stocks exhibit no movement.
The imports of the precious metals were again
large last week. Oor list includes 100,688 ounces
of gold by the Red Jacket, from Melbourne;
7,986 ounces by the Dement, from Geelong;
684,796 dollars by the Persia, from New York;
36,0001. by the Arabi, from the same port ; and a
small quantity of specie by the Tay, from the Brazils.
The total value of these arrivals is about 690,0001.
Considerable quintile' of silver and small parcels of
gnooldW also amino, to be drawn from the continent.
Awarding to the Custom-house returns the Baron
Coy has Iroght in 98 cuss of bullion, and the
Ravensbourne 18 ruse, both from Antwerp.
The custom-house statement of the exports of the
precious metals direct from London during the week
includes 1,311 oz. of gold to Hamburg and Rotter-
dam, and 37,944 oz. of silver, nearly all to Hamburg.
These supplies represent a total value of about
16,00 W. The Tamar has also taken out 43,0001. for the
Breeds, and the Tagus 6,9001. for Lisbon and Cadiz.
The aggregate exports of the week, as officially re-
ported, are thus raised to scarcely 66,0001. It is
known, however, that the chief shipments for some
weeks past have been those silently effected on
Government account, and against the Turkish loan.
The remarkable defeat of the directors of the Royal
Mail Steam Packet Company, at the meeting on
Thursday last, has led to theyeeignation of the entire
board, which comprises Mews. Thos. Baring, Russell
Ellice, C. E. Mangles, John Masterman, and other
ratio= of eminence. A meeting is to be called
for the election of new directors as early as possible.
In many quarters, however, an impression prevails
in favour of the reelection of the present directors.
The half-yearly meeting of the Sambre and Maus
Railway Company is called for the Ist of May, in
Loudon. The same day is Sled for the adjourned
meeting of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway Company, after which will be held
a special meeting of the holders of the preferential
capital with reference to the bill for raising addi-
tional funds.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Chelsea
Waterworks Company is ealled for the 26th inst, to
repairs the report of the committee appointed on the
17th December. The halflearly meeting of the
West Middlesex Waterworks Company is to be held
on the 6th May; and that of the Lambeth Water-
works Company on the 28th inst.
A call of W. (making 61. paid) is to be paid on the
shares of the Boston, Siesford, and Midland Counties
Railway Company by the 22nd of May; and a call
of 128.1. M. (making 91.2 e. 6d. paid) on thou of the
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Railway Com-
pany by the 6th of
A ail of 61. is to be paid on the new shares of the
Eastern Railway of France by the 19th inst.
Tomorrow is the date fixed for payment of the
second mill of 61. on the shares of the London Char-

tared Beak of Australia.
Subjoined are the portioning of the Mine of new
Pans and Lyons Railway Bonds. On the 7th inst.
was opened at Paris a subscription for 188,000 bonds
at 3 par amt., carrying dividend from Ist of January,
1858, and of which 88,000 represent part of the pries
of the railways 'reigned by the Orleans Company to
the Societe de Bourbonnais ; these bonds are redeem-
able at 201., during 97 years, are guaranteed effectu-
ally by the three companies, via., the Lyons, Orleans,
and the Great Central, and are to be issued at the
price of 286 francs, payable as follows :
100 francs on subscription.
100 Ist July, 184 i with interest at 5 per cent.
85 Ist October, J from 151 h April.

Bubeeriptione will bra received to the 21st
latest.
Nodes is given that appleation has been made for
a charter for the Landes and Paris Joint Stook Bank.
The Admiralty kiiiiimompted the St. Michael for
the conveyance of mew from the River Thames to
Bermuda i and the Newman Morrison for the eonvey-
SOLO of troops ham Oak to Canada.
The East ladle Omapany will receive tenders el
Wednesday for the conveyance of marine boys frig
Ragland to Bosky.
The Emigration Oamealeiseme will receive tem
dos on the 17th MM. ler the hire of two ships, to
convey emigrants respectively to Geelong and Perth
(Western Australis).
The Admiralty will also receive tender. fcAnorrow
for the couveyance of stores from the River Thames
to Halifax, Newfoundland, %lepton (Canada
West), gwbro, Montreal, Honduras, Bt. Luna, Cape
of Good Hope, and Coda.
An auction of the Foreign Redeemable Debt of
Spain is to take plata at Madrid on the 30th lost.,
for which purpose 2,260,000 reales have been as.
signed by the government. Tenders are to be re-
mind in London until the 21st inst.

BLTOZDAT Emigres.
The funds to-day were steadier. A decline of
par ant. was quoted during part of the morning, bat
the closing quotations were as good as throe of yester-
day. No further &slime has the followed the
unfavourable Bank retina. The adverse features
involved in the diminution of 392,2281. in the coin
aid bullion, and of 819,3061. in the reserve of sous,
apse: to have been generally anticipated. The par.
dram by the. Beek this week of the whole of the gold
ex the Bed Jacket most form an important set-off
wind the demands epos Its metallic stock.
There was spin a good general demand for money
today. The mammal mew in program in the Stock
llashango in shares and foreign stocks indorse some
dam mdl fee aosommoilatise, owing to the activity
wait goblet spoostions for a rise have lately bcen
passeated in mutate claws of securities.
Osessbo alter samba to 931 to 1, left off at yes-
terday's aiming gestalts of NI to 1 for the Bth of
May, far mew do kat price was 93. The
Add beim raged is as follows :—Three
per Oat. Osmosis, Ise money, 921, 931 y ditto,
fee esesent, Ith May, 931, 1,1, 1. Three per
Oasts. Esdased, 911, 92. New Three per Cents.,
921, 93, 92/. New Two-end-alialf per Cents., 77.
Lamy Almonds, expiring is January, 1860, 31,1
3 3.16. Thirty Years Annuities, October, 1869, 3.1
Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, fall.
log payable in 1868, 981, 1; ditto, 1869, 981, 1.
'IUs March Exchequer Bills were quoted is. to 4s.
prem.; and the June Bills, 3s. to le. die.; Exchequer
Bonds were slightly better, closing at 981 to 1.
Turkish Six par Cents. fell to 98 to with the
progress of the settlement, but afterwards recovered,
and closed at 981 to 1 ex div., being / per cent.
Uttar than yesterd The Guaranteed Four per
Cent,. left off at 1011 to 102. Oa both these stocks
the " restango" ruled at 5-16 to 7.16 per cent.
Mexican Bonds roes 1 pee cent. ; is this ease
the rate charged foe carrying over the so-
'counts of speculative buyers we. 1-16 to / per cent.
Other foreign securities were steady.
At Amsterdam yesterday (Friday) the exchange on
London was quoted rather lower, at 11.96 for short;
at Ramberg, 13.71 ; midst Visions, 10.03.
The share' of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway
closed at 61 to 7 prem.; Riga and Danaburg Rail-
way at 1 to 11 prem.; and Carmeaux Coal Mines and
Railway, at par
_to 1 prem.
Onetime Beak Glares were quoted this afternoon
11 to 11 prem.; Beek of Egypt, 11 to 11 prem.;
and National Diem/sat Company, 4 to 1 pew la