The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-25 00:00:00

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MONEI itAKET-THIS DAY.

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Two o'CLocc.

The fends Assqley are better. An improve-
ment of } to'} per cent. has taken place
in Consols. The upward movement is
lean observable in the other departments
of the Stock Exchange, business exhibiting little
revival. Turkish Bonds, however, have risen, and
the stocks of two or three of the home railways are
rather better. The securities of the Grand Trunk
Railway of Canada show increased depreesion.
The weekly court at the Bank has broken up
without altering the rate of discount.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
teLigmn, the Three per Cent. Rented; opened at
681 r. 90c., being sc. better than yesterday.
Consols are officially marked 921 and 931
for money, and 93 and 931 for the ac-
count. The present quotations are 93 to
} for cash and 94 " buyers" for the Bth
November. The official business report is as
follows :—Bank Stock, 229}, 231 ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 91}, ; New Three
per Cents., 911, 4,4; India Stock, 221; ditto Five
per Cent. Stock, 1869, 103, }, 1021; ditto Four per
Cent. Debentures, 1858, 964; ditto Bonds, 65., 3e.,
dis ; Five per Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper, 96,
95} ; Exchequer Bills, 25., Is. prem., le. dis.
A rise of to 1 per cent. has taken place in
Turkish Bonds ; the Loan of 1864 is quoted
701 to 71, and that of 1858, 55} to 56. Other foreign
stocks are firm. dales are recorded as fol-
lows :—Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 98} ;
Dutch Four per Cents., 100 ; Portuguese
Three per Cents., 1853, 44} ; ditto Three per
Cents., 1856, 1857, and 1859, 444 ; Russian Five
per Cents., 101; ditto Three per Cents., 1859, 641,
; Sardinian Five per Cents., 86, ; Spanish
Three per Cents., for account, 49 ; ditto New
Deferred Three per Cents., for account, 40 ; the
Committee's Certificates, 6f ; Turkish Six per
Cents., 1854, for account, 70 ; ditto Six per
Ceuta., 1858, for account, 55 ; ditto Guaranteed
Four per Cents., fur account, 1014.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Globe Insurance Company was held at the offices
of the company to-day (William Chapman, Esq.,
in the chair),when the usual dividend at the rate of
5 per cent. per annum (free of income-tax) was de-
clared.

FOLYI O'CLOCK.

Consols have receded i per cent. since 2 o'clock,
the present quotations being 92} to 93 for money,
and 93 to for the account.

The supply of money in the discount market eon-
. tinues ample, but few transactions take place below
the Bank minimum, it being believed that the Con-
tinental demand for bullion is only satisfied for the
time. The applioations at the discount office at the
Bank yesteday were upon a moderate scale.
On the Vienna Bourse on Tuesday there was a
sudden return of distrust, and • fall of to per
cent. took place in the Austrian funds.
The shipments of specie by the outgoing Bombay
steamer will be of tritting amount
It is believed that the next homeward Mexican
packet will bring a large amount of silver.
The following announcement relating to the con-
version of the Canadian debt has been posted up
in the Stock Exchange :

Canada Boods.—Masan. Baring Brothers and Co. and
Glyn, Mills, and Co. are instructed by the government of
Canada to continue the conversion of the Sterling Deben-
tures of the Province into Canadian Consolidated Five per
Oats., at the rate* stated in Mr. Galt's circular of 31st of
December, 1855. The option of converting is limited to
thirty days—from Ist to 30th November ischteive.
London, Oct. 24, 120.1.
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The committee of the Stook Exchange have
appointed Wednesday, the 14th of November,
settling day in the shares of the South Austrian
and Lombardo-Venetian Railway Company, instead
of the 15th, owing to the call of 21. per share
falling due on the latter day.
The representatives in London of the Grand
Trunk Railway Company of Canada date that the
company's accounts hats just been received from
Canada, and will be issued in a day or two, to-
gether with a report from the board of directors.
The London and North•Westarn Railway traffic
return shows this week a decrease of 2,7951.
Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
gas, dock, and other shares, as given m the
last Stock Exchange het :
Insurance—Alliance, British and Foreign, 161, j, ex die.;
Atlas, 131; Globe, 991, 99 ; Guardian, 531, j ; Impend
Are, 350, 351 ; Indemnity Marine, 130 ; Ocoee Marine,
7,11.; Pbomix, 168 ; Beek Life, 84 ; Thames and Mersey
Manna, 21 • Univeesal Marine, 21.
thia—Cainmereial, 29 ex div. • European, 11 ; Great
Central, 91 ; Imperial, 84j ; ditto New 59j; London, 344.
56, ea div. ; South Metropolitan, 50 ex div. ; Surrey
Consumers, 114 ex dir. ; United General, 211 ex div.
Docks—Oonuriereial, 1044 • East and West Lad* 1201,
; London, 01, 64 ; Victeri;i, 100.
Waterworlu—Chebres, New Guaranteed, 24 ; East Lon-
don, 1251; Lambeth, 9110; West Middlesex, 11:02.
Bridge—Waterloo, 21.
Canal Regent's, Z.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday did nut
exceed 8,000 bales, but the market is described as
firm.

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Our produce market report contains a notice of a
sale to-day of Japan vegetable wax, of which
11.2_9130 boxes were offered.
The following is a weekly report on the market
for hides and leather :
At this season of the year there is generally • consider-
able buoyancy in the leather trade to report. The prtpara-
tions for the winter used to produce large transaction in
goods suited to the stoma, but this year the regular chan-
cels of supply lure been so deranged by the forced dales of
hankrupte' stocks, that our deteriptioa of the market corgi-
sues to be dull and unvszord. It is true that those stoke
' are much diminished, and as very mach leis raw goods has
been put in process of manufacture, we may hope 14000 to be
able to announce en improvement. Not any public sale of
' foreign raw hides 1111$ held last week, but there worn sold by
private eoatniet I,4re salted Buenos Ayres bides heavy
714., ; 20.) heavy Rio Grande at ; 4110 Atm-
' tranan heavy 50., light 40.
The Zanzibar and Westward Ho ! have been
taken up to carry government stores to Bombay
and Kurrachee respectively. The Emigration Com-
missioners require a ship
.to take passengers to
Table Bay.
With reference to the market for American se-
curities, Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports as follows:
There has been but little animation dam; the week in
the market in Loudon for American wand's, and prices
remain very nearly without alteration from last week's
pistatioas.

WIDNIIISAT E• 11111110..
Consols, which closed yesterday at 921 to 93
for the Bth Nur., opened and closed to-play at
the same quotation. For money the last price
was 921. The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent Consols, for money,
921, 93, 92k, 93, 92j ditto for account (Nov. 8),
93; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914, g ; Now
Three per Cents., 91f, ; Thirty Yeas Annui-
ties, expiring in April, 1885, lck ; Bank Stock,
231, 229; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1859, 1031 ;
ditto, fur amount, 104 ; ditto Bonds, 58., lie., 45.,
35., die. ; Four per. Cent. " eufaced " rupee paper,
79 ; ditto Fire per Cent., 96.
Owing partly to the rumours that the Indian Luau
will not be long delayed, Indian government securi-
ties were fiat.

The foreign stock market was inanimate.
Bank shares were steady. Oriental Bank were
frm., at the late rise. There were a few inquiries
for London Discount. Canada Land hare &Ben.
Great Ship were quoted be. to Se. 6d. General
Steam Navigation were marked 254.
.The new shares of the Midland Railway Com-
pany were quoted 1 to 2 prem. and Illinois Cen-
tral Railway Optional Rights Scrip, 4 to 44.

TN. Encnip,: FROM TEE EULL GAOL --George
Smith, one of the men who recently escaped from ‘l4Ol,
was reespttuld in Leeds (when be was knowe) on Monday
M •pobee-esrgeatit. He was brought to Bun on the Vol.
lowing day and lodged in the Hell gaol.—Sastera Counties
Herald.