The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-16 00:00:00

'THIS DAY.

Two o'Ouxa.

The funds to-day exhibit increased depression,
owing to the disquieting tenor of the in-
telligence from Italy. The downward ten-
dency has been confirmed within the last
hour by the receipt of lower prices from the Paris
Bourse. In meet of the other departments of the
Stook Exchange prices have also given way.
British railway stooks are decidedly heavy.
At Paris to-day (Thursday), according to Mr.
Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 67.90, and quickly receded to 67.80,
showing a fall of I per cent, compared with the
closing prioes of Tuesday. The Bourse is described
as "very flat."

Consols are officially marked 92/, 94, and
921 for money, and 94 and 921 for
the account. The present quotations are
921, to / for cash, and 921, " sellers," for
the 6th of September. The Now Three per
Conte. have bean dealt in at 931, 931, and 93 ; the
Three per Cents. Reduced, at 931, 93, and 931 ; the
Indian Five per Cent. Stock of 1859, at 1031,
104, 108, and 1031 ; the Five per Cent.
" enlaced " rupee paper at 961 ; the Indian
Four per Cent. Debentures, 1858, at 961 ; ditto
1859, at 961 ; India Bonds, at 43. die. ; and Exche-
quer Bills, at 2s. to es. prem.

Very little business has been done in the foreign
stock market, which is generally flat in eke-
rooter. The Turkish loan of 1854 has fallen
no less than 11 per cent.; and that of
1858, 1 per cent ; the present quotations are
reepoctively 94 to 94, and 591 to 1.
Sales are recorded as follows :—Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 65 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per
Cent. Scrip, 1880, prem. ; ditto Three per
Cents., 1859, 64 ; Sardinian Fire per Cents., 83 ;
Spanish Old Three per Cents., 48; the Coupon-
Certificates, 4, ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1864,
for account, 74} ; ditto Six pee Cents., 1868, 598,
59 ; ditto, for account, 591, 591. .

The discount market has become rather tight.
Four per cent. is generally demanded upon the Mgt
bills ; and in all other owe the rates are consider-
ably higher. A fair amount of business continues
to be done at the Bank of England.
An instalment of 10 per cont., making 35 per
cent. paid, fell due yesterday on the Russian Loan
of June bud.

The half-yearly dividend is adverLised on Anglo-
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cert. Bonds.
Four thousand pounds in gold was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday for exportation. The
Teutonia 'hna arrived from New York with 34,0001.
in spec: e.
The Agincourt, with 174,500!. in Australian gold,
boa now been at sea 98 days ; the British Trident,
with 110,0301., 89 days ; the Leaping Water, with
153,5031., 88 days ; the Yorkshire, with 169,0001.,
84 days ; the Maidstone. with 196,0001., 67 days ;
end the Blue Jacket, with 125,5001., 59 days. The
three first-mentioned vessels, which have a total of
443.0331., are now due.
The limited amount of Mexican dollars by the
Seine was sold yesterday for China at Be. qd. per
*saw, showing a rise of id. compared with the
price obtained for the supply by the last Mexican
woke:,
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 8,4071. ; the
Great Northern, an increase of 6981. ; and the
Lonion and South Western an increase of 2,3661.
The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canute for the week ending July 28 were 11,1921.
sterling, showing an increase of 2,0761., compared
with the corresponding week of last year.
The traffic on the 687 miles of the South Austrian
line of the Lombardo-Venetiaa Railway Company
for the week ending August 4 was 28,6321., being
25,5371 less than in the earresponding week of 1859
on the same number of miles ; and that on the
Lombardo-Venetian line 4,448/, showing a de-
crease of 1,0621.
The General Steam Printing and Publishing
Company (L;mited) has just been constituted. The
capital la to 1)3 53,0001., in 51 shares. The direc-
tion is composed for the most part of persons prac-
tically conversant with the class of business pro-
posed to be undertaken, and comprises, in addition
to :4/13 well-known contributors to periodical lite-
rature, the senior partner in the firm of Richard-
son awl Sons, of Paternoater4oll. Reference is
male to the vast results which have yet to
be produced by the application of steam power
to the purposes of printing, and it is pointed
out that this is the fort company that has been
launched " for the purpose of combining on a corn-
plea wale the genimne pursuits of printing and
publishing." The printing department is to be on
such a scale as to embrace books of every description,
and newspapers or ev:ry size and form, and the pub-
lishing department is to be equally comprehensive.
The purchase of copyrights a " ascertained value
and popularity " likewise enters into the coin-
-16,19' I Progranure. As a nucleus of the under-
taking, arrangements have been made for the pur-
chase of a well-established business. A deposit of
11. 10.. per share is estimated to furnish ample
mans tor the commencement of the company's
operations.

The prospectus of the Royal Oremorne Gardens
Company (Limited) is in circulation. The proposed
capital is le ),C3O/., in 20,000 shares of N. each.
The (hrectors are Lord Henry Gordon, Sir George
Drcke3l Bart., and Messrs. Thoophilus
John Simpson, 0. L. Elliott, and Bassett Smith.
Lord Wiliam Lennox is the honorary secre-
tary. It is proposed to purchase the lease
of the gardens from Mr. Simpson, the pre-
sent proprietor, who retires, having rad-
ial an ample fortune from the profits of
this undertaking." Thu lease is for an unex-
pired term of 93 years. The purchase money "for
the lease plant, and goodwill will not exceed two
, thirds of the amount" of the company's capital.
It is further mentioned that "nearly one-half of
the capital has already been subscribed," and that
" Mr. Simpson becomes one of the largest share-
holders In the undertaking, and will accept a peat
iu the direction." The entire concern is to be re-
modelled. The shares are quoted to-day ito 1
prem.

The Secretary of the East India Irrigation and
Canal Company has sent ue the following expla-
natory statement :

East In irrigation and Canal Company,
27, Caunou.streat, KC., August 1 1860.
TO THE ILOTTOI OF THE ICIPRIJIS.

you kindly allow me a spaoe in your oolumns
to state, in answer to numernue inquiries whisk have brae
made, and for the information of the public generally, that
the following is the urdentood meaning of the terns pro-
posed by Sir Charles Wood as the basis of the rrwogosel
to be made with the government of India, vis. . That
the price to be paid by this eocup.my to the government far
be all land required is to is value at the time pommies is
taken, and not the improved value created by the works
constructed. 2. That the water is to be supplied from the
COMplarli works for all available land requiring irrigation,
and the government alone is to pay the oumpeny for that
supply. And, 3. That the prices to be chargeable to par-
tied using it (i. e., the cultivator ) for the water supplied fur
irrigation are to be fixed by the lishitive Council at Cal-
cutta, and those prices are te be charged by the govarnmeet
to such cultivator., and to be paid by tie former to the
company. I may add that the company is to be conducted
and incorporated with strict limited liability, se ix the
Madras Irrigation and Chad Company.-1 am, Ite.,
JOSS WESTWOOD, Secretary.
Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
pa, canal, and o.her Bharat, as given in the last
Stook Krchange list:
Issursace.—Alliance Marine, 64, ex div. ; County, ;
Indemnity Marine, 145, ex dn. ; Legal and General Lik,
ItilaLiverpoot sod London Fire and Life, 8 ; London, 413;
and Provincial Law, 31 ; Marine, 104 ; Ocean Ma-
rine, 7i, I ; Union, 272 ; Thames sod Mersey Marine,
11, I ; Universal Marine,2ll, I.
-Om—Great ()antral, ;Imperial, PO, Sl,' 60, ax div. ;
ditto Debentures, ; London, 40; ditto Parllamentazy,
seukWestminster Chartered, 63, ex div.
—Birmingham, 96; Grand Junction, 58; Be-
gent's, 211.
Waterworluc—Berlin, aj,
Doak.—Victoria, UT.