The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

TALLOW BIARRET.-THIS DAT.

The mesh,' is ewe ly to.dsy, with a 'Hight Improvement
ie Vt. demand from the 'in te. Town tallow is gamed
61.. ; Petershing Y.C.. en ,he spot 69.. 64. ; February
to Kush, 695. 64. to 91.; Marsh to April, 665.

SMITHFIELD HAY MAHKET.—THIS DAY.
Kr. E.l. D►ef4 reports the supply Aorta,. Trod. with-
out sloratioe. Prime rueodow hay, 100.. to 10k. ; sup-
rim, 110.. to 1164.; inferior. 70.. to 834. ; rows, 704. le
900.; clover, 1004. to 1305.; seeoad sin. 1008. to 120 e.
draw, 23•. to 28s.

GENERAL WoL7L—There is now lying In Mows.
Wilmott's dry decks, NalepArt (rn undergo a few alight
repairs), that liae old ship the Williams Fame, whish, wally
a handiest years see, hoe* this eislebrated Wolf. fro. Esp.
land to Qasbee.—Frtat► "Notes ail Qmsria."

MONEY MABIBT.-2HIB DAY.

Two oVioctx.

The funds are flatter to-day. Prices have declined
1 per amt. The market is in a state of suspense,
until the loan arrangements be finally effected.
Consols for the 11th March have been dealt in from
90} to 911, and are now quoted 901 to 91. For
money, the price is poi to t. The Three per Cents.
Reduced mark 901 to 911; the New Three per Cents.
911 to 1; India Stock, 225; Bank Stock, at 2131;
tke New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 74 ; Exchequer

Bills, 6a dis. to par; Eishequer Bonds, 971; and
India Bonds, 2s. dig.

Turkish Six per Coots. menthe, BMW, at 93 j to
I, and the Four per Cents. at 99/ to 100. In other
foreign securities business is almost suspended.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been dealt
in at 86 (exchange 25f.); and Dutch Four per Cent.
Certifs. at 95i to I.

The smallness of the loan has evidently pro-
duced a very favourable impression, being inter-
preted in many quarters as indicating that confidence
is felt by ministers in the speedy restoration of peace.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, it will be noticed,
very properly declined to give a pledge that no fresh
loan will be applied for by government this year.
His assurance that no new loan will be raised until
this 5,000,0001. bo fully paid up, does not signify
much, since, owing to the magnitude of the instal-
ments and to the rapidity with which they accrue, the
entire 6,000,0001. will be paid up in little more than
two months. But few people believe that this loan will
suffice for the government requirements of the whole
year, even it peace be made. An impression has
thus been created that ministers, though compelled
to oome to the market for means to meet the imme-
diate claims upon the Treasury, have purposely fix, d
the amount es low u possible, with a view to secure
to the nation in respect of any further loan more
favourable terms when pesos is made. Bat, apart
from these speculations, it is evident that the finan-
cial operation now officially announced cannot consti-
tute any serious bnrthen upon the market. The pre-
sent government demand for funds is limited to five
millions, spread over two months; for the ex-
change of three millions of Exchequer Bills
into Consols clearly involves no fresh call upon
the money market. The ability of the Consol market
to bear the new stock will be increased by the large
sales which have been made in preparation for the
loan during the last two or three days. It is believed
that some of these realisations were prompted by the
belief, now provei erroneous, that the loan contem-
plated by government was a heavy one. It must also
be remembered that, pending the payments upon this
loan, the recent extensive sales of stock on govern-
ment account will be discontinued.

A tendency towards a revival of the influx of
specie from the United States is favourably viewed.
The corn market yesterday was quiet, but firmer.
Wheat was generally quoted Is. to 2r. per quarter
higher than on lut Monday. Flour wu dull of sale,
owing to a 'ergo supply
.from the country and to
heavy arrivals of American. The imports into
London lut week comprised as much u 25,147
quarters of wheat, 4,265 quarters of oats, and 25,179
barrels and 250 sacks of flour. Business in floating
is almost suspended, and prices rendered
eltrdreuensiore than nominal, owing to the extensive
foreign arrivals at port of calL On Saturday 25
cargoes were reported, via., 20 of wheat aid 5 of
Indian corn. Yesterday no lesithan 35 have reached
oar ousts, of which 22 consist of wheat and 13 of
Indian corn. Inclusive of 4 cargous of beans, a total
is here shown of 64 cargoes, comprising probably
about 100,000 quarters of wheat, Indian corn, and
beans. Twenty-seven of there vessels are from Alex-
andria. The wind having now veered to the east-
ward, the influx will be checked.
The subjoined memorandum has been handed to
as by the Mexican financial agent :
Meaieu Debt.—By the Royal Mail steamer Magdalena2l,Bo6 dole. bays been recdeed from Mszailan tin Par ass,
for the Mesican divldends. Betide the shies seal,
11,417/. 9s. are already deposited in Vl° Eaak of England.
(S.paed) F. Facto.
The Admiralty will receive tenders to-day
for the conveyance of stores from the River
Thames toMestern Australia, Sydney, Bermuda,
Jamaica, Bubadoes, Sierra Leone, Cape Town, Malta,
and Corfu.

A meeting of shareholders of the Berlin Water-
works Company was held yesterday. The report of Sir
Wm. Cabitt states thst the construction of the works
hui progressed satisfactorily. The financial state-
ment showed that the total expenditure to the 31st
Deo., 1855, was 328,1751 18s. 6d., and the balance in
hand 20,7671. 19s. Id.
The ball-yearly meeting of the General Screw
Steam Shipping Company will be held to-morrow.
The balm( 2-sheet shows that on the 31st De-
cember last the company was indebted to capital
and debentures 692,0601.; to sundry creditors,
45,5941. The ships were valued at 813,4661.; and
there was in hand, in cash and bills, 101,8391.; and
due from the government, dm., 202,6231. The reve-
nue account shows a net profit on the half-year'.
working of 105,9391, and to this must be added, u
reserved for deterioration 19,9951. The insurance
fend has also been increased by 9,0004 The reserve
fund amounted to 139,6001., the insurance fund to
45,7631., and the balance of profit and loss was
27,0001. It is understood that, from the reserve
fund and other surplus monies, the directors will
propose to pay a return of 31 per share, and a divi-
dend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum from the
balance of profit and loss, making together about
31.105. per share.
The half-yearly meeting of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company is called for the sth of
March, at Manchester.

The following meetings are newly announced, viz.,
Canada Company for the 20th Marob, for the election
of a governor and three other directors; Chartered
Malik of India, Australia, end China proprietary, for
the 29th last, at whkh it Rill be prat. os:d to apply
for a supplemental charter; London Aesarance Cor-
p*ratioa for the 12th March ; Wimbledon and Croy-
don Railway Company for the 28th inst. ; and
Belgian Eastern Junction Railway Company for the
11th March (instead of the 7th, as previously fixed),
in London.

NODS of the monied firms here yet invited public
subscriptions to the new loan, bet Messrs. N. M.
Rothschild and Bons will open a list today. The
deposit is no lege than 20 per cent., and the application.
will probably, as usual, be far in exam of the amount
required. This temporary locking-up of funds may
perhaps cause some stringency in the money marked
'Yesterday, however, there was no pressure, although
in all quarters preparations are being made. The
present loan is to be raised in Consols alone, and the
bidding. are to be made in that security. As a
matter of course, therefore, the stock wi:l be issued at
a discount. The 16,000,0001. lean of last year wet
planned differently, Consols being issued at par, and
the bidding, turning upon the amount of Terminable
Annuities which were required to be thrown into the
bargain.

MONniT Evwxnro.

Daring the whole of the morning Stock Exchange
buskins was much impeded by uncertainty which
was felt as regards the amount of the new loan.
Nevertheless, the funds showed great steadiness,
despite several large isles, including one of 200,0001.
Consols by a leading broker. Just prior to the authentic
announoement of the amount of the government finan-
cial operation,priere were quoted i to; per cent. higher
than they clued on Saturday. The news that the
loan will be for only fire millions (thus confirming
the anticipation expressed in our impression of
Saturday), in toidition to a funding of 9,000,0001. Ex
chequer Bills, canard an immediate rise of nearly t per
amt. There wassuberquently a partial resotion,but the
closing qaotatioes were still i to i per cent. above those
of Saturday.

Console, Which closed yesterday at 901 for the 11th
March, Waft quoted daring the greater part of the
monis; at 901 to {,-. taw to 91i to 1, upon

the publication of the amount of the loan.
and closed at 91k to 1. For money the
Bial quotation was 903 to 91. The of&
cial business report is as follows : Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 903, 1. 1,1, I, 911
ditto, for account, 11th March, 901, a, a, 01is
911, 911; Three per Cent. Reduced, 901,
.1.; New
Three per Cents., 911, , ,2 ; Long Annulus', x-
piring in Jan., 1860, 311 •1 Thirty Years Annuitiees,
April, 1885 (loan of 16,000,0600, 16 11-16; India
Stock, 225,226, 223 ; Bank Stock, 2131; Three-and-
a-Ralf per Cent. Excluquerßonds, falling payable
in 1859, 971, 98.
Exchequer Bills, which were quoted this morning
at ss. to 2s. dim., improved in the afternoon to 2.. dis.
to par. Exchequer Bonds remain steady, at 971
to 98.

In the foreign stock market the chief feature was
• further rue of a per cent. in Turkish Six per Cents.,
which were marked as high as 94, and were last
quoted 931 to .1. The New Four per Cent.
Loath after touching 1004, closed at 100 to
1. Venezuela Active Bonds met with BO=
business. Other stocks were quiet and steady.
A onions fall took place this morning in Royal
Swedish Railway shares, in consequence of the
melancholy death of Mr. Sadleir, the chairman of
the company. The price at one moment declined to
11. for the 51. share, fully paid up; but a partial
recovery ensued in the afternoon, and the (dosing
quotation was 11 to 11.
Bank of Egypt shares were quoted this afternoon
11 to 2 prem. ; Ottoman Back, 11 to 11 prem.;
Western Bank of London, 1 to 11 prem.; National
' Discount Company, to 1 prem.; and Alliance Bank,
par to prem.
Land shares and those of the old established banks
were to-day steady. London Dock stock was dealt in
at 100 to 4 ; St. Katharine Dock at 84; Southampton
Dock at 371; General Iron Screw Collier at 41; Ge-
neral Screw Steam at 171 to ; and North of Europe
Steam at 15 to 151.