The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-07 00:00:00

Exchange. The funds showed unmitigated heaviness
up to the close of business, and left off at
the lowest point of the day, and li per cent.
worse than on Saturday. The reduction in
the funds is promoted by the monthly settlement
' now pending, which indicates a considerable supine
of floating stock, arising chiefly from the lust loan.
The railway share market is steadier than consols,
but in many of the leading stocks an average fall of
about 1 per cent. was finally established. We may
point oat that the prices of the funds and of many
other classes of sound securities are now approaching
a point at which the public are usually found eager
to invest. The quarterly dividends will also be pay-
able on the 15th inst., or in little more than a week
henee.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 921 to j for
money and Wednesday's settlement, opened this
morning at 92 to j, advanced to 921 to 1, fell gra-
dually, on the Bank measure, to 91a to and closed
heavily at 91 to t. The " continuation "to the 6th
Nov. has advanced to 7.16 to j per cent., being at
the rate of more than 6j per cent. per an-
num. The official business report is as follows:
Three per Cent. Console, for money, 92t, 91a, 911,
911, 911; ditto, for amount. Bth Oot., 921, 911, 91/.
Three-and.a-Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling
payable is 1868 and 1859, 991.
Exchequer Bills have fallen le. to 25., closing at
51. to 10s. prem. Exchequer Bonds were a little
flatter, at 99 to 1. India Bonds were dealt in at 9..
to 13e. prem.
In the foreign stock market general flatness pre-
vailed, but the fall was principally observable in
Turkish Six per Cents., in which it amounted to 1/
per cent. Bargains are marked from 99/ to 971, and
the four o'clock quotation was 98 to j. The Goa-
ranteed Four per Cents. have fallen nearly 1 per
cont., cloeing at 991 to 100. Budinian bonds were
more pressed for sale. At four o'clock, Russian
Five per Cents. were quoted 108 to 108; ditto
Four-and-a-Half per Cent." 98 to 98. Dutch
Four per Cents., 95 to 97 ex div.; ditto Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 64 to 66. Spanish De-
ferred Three per Cents., 241 to 1; Mexican Bonds,
211 to 221; and Peruvian Four-and -a-Half per
Cents., 77 to 79.
Ottoman Bank and Bank of Egypt shares closed
to-day at 3to 2t die. ; National Discount at jto
prem.; London Discount at 1 to I die.; and Ge-
neral Bank of Switzerland at (nominally) 1/ die.
The old hark stocks were dull, but scarcely lower.
City Bank improved 11. Peninsular and Oriental
Royal Mail Steam and Crystal Pesos shares were
lower.

The nominal quotations for the newly projected
railways are subjoined, via.: Eastern Bengal
Railway, to prem.; Ceylon Railway, jto lf
prem.; Calcutta and Booth Eastern Railway, par
to 1.18 prem.; Riga and Dunaburg Railway,
to 1 prem.; New Brunswick and Canada Railway
and Land A shares, par to prem. ; ditto, B shares,
1 to 01 dis.; Metropolitan Railway Guaranteed
shares, # to_ die. ; Copiapo Railway, dl.. to
prem. ; Italian Junction Railways, 2to 1* die.;
Euphrates Valley Railway, 3-16 to 6.16 prem.
The nominal quotations for some other new pro-
jects are as follow :—European and Indian Junction
Telegraph Company, die. to par; Bernard's Patent
Machine Boot and Shoe Company, dia. to par;
West Ham Distillery Company, dim. to prem.