The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-19 00:00:00

MONEY NABIBT—Ew:s DA Y.

Two o'ULOCI.
The stock markets to-day again present some ex-
citement, notwithstanding the absence of defi-
nite intelligence of importance. Much support is

derived from continued purchases by influential opera,-
tors. The funds are quoted 1-16 to 1 per cent. above
the highest point of yesterday afternoon. English
railway stocks are very strong, with a continued
tendency to improvement. French and Lombardo-
Venetian railway shares have again risen. A rise
which took place yesterday in the Austrian funds
at Vienna has excited considerable attention.
Consols were first marked 96 for the 7th of April,
and are now quoted 96 3-16 to 6-16, or 961
exactly. For money the present price is 961 to 1.
The Indian Four per Cent. Debentures have been
dealt in at 981; India Bonds, at 14s. preen ; and
Exchequer Bills, at 335. to 38s. prem.
Turkish securities present a fresh rise, the
Old filx per Cents. having been quoted 93
to /, and the New Lean, 791 to 1. Chili=
scrip Is marked 11 dia. Russian and Spanish
Bonds meet with more inquiry. Bales are
recorded as follows :—Brazilian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 1868, 94/, 941; ChiWn
Six per Cents., 103; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1868 (scrip), 11 die.; New Granada
Deferred Bonds, 61; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., for account, 911; Bunion Five per Cents.,
for account, 111; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
101; Spanish New Deferred Three par Cents.,
for account, 301; Turkish Six per Cents.,
1864, for account, 93, 931; ditto, Six per Cents.,
1868, 79; ditto, for account, 791, 791, 791; Vene-
zuela Deferred Two per Cents., 171.
The opening price of the Paris Bourse has not
yet come to hand.
The Sir William Eyre has arrived from Port
Philip with dates to Jan. 1, bat the amount of gold
(if any) by this vessel has yet to be ascertained.
Increased activity prevailed yesterday in the dis-
count market, and little or no business took place be-
low 21 per cent. At the Bank the transactions were
likewise large. The demand is increased through the
large business now going forward in the transmission
of gold and silver to and from the Continent.
About 40,0001. in her gold was yesterday with-
drawn from the Bank for transmission to the Con-
tinent, in payment for silver. Further withdrawals
are probable.
The Morning Light has arrived from Melbourne
with 64,8001. in gold. The only gold vessel now
actually known to be at sea is the Tornado, which
has been out 94 days, with 116,6001.; bat the Aus-
tralian mail, now overdue, will doubtless announce
some further considerable remittances. The Fulton,
from New York, has brought 107,0001. in specie, of
which only 16,0001. is for England, the rest being
for France.
It is officially announced that the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Indus will take for the
_ East to-morrow the very large aunt of 660,8301.,
all silver, except 3,0291. in gold for Ceylon and
Madras. The silver shipped by government for
Calcutta amounts to 360,0001. The following are
the particulars:—For Ca1cutta,603,2751.; for Madras,
26,3751. ; for Hong Kong, 16,9161. ; far Bhanghae,
2,3601. ; for Ceylon, 1,6641. ; for Manilla, 7601.; and
for Penang, 4401. 7,1201. in gold L also engaged
for Gibraltar.
Nearly 60,0001. in silver arrived in the Thames
on Thursday. from Antwerp.
A fresh rise has taken plans in the price of bar
silver, transactions having taken place yesterday at
6s. 2141 per ounce standard. Government are
already effecting purchases for the steamer of the
27th inst.

The exchanges are affected by the withdrawals of
silver from the Continent. Bills on Holland, Bel-
gium, and Hamburg were inquired for yesterday
afternoon, and the tendency was rather unfavourable.
The Austrian exchanges, however, were quoted
somewhat above the high point lately touched. The
quotations are shown below :
assessuara, three mantas, 11.17 to 3 ; ditto, short,
11.16 to ; lionordam, throe months, 11.17 is 3;
Antwerp, three months, 26.273 to 823 ; Hamburg, =sin
bongo, three ..oaths, 13.83 to 6; Paris, throe days tight,
36.7 e la 123; ditto, throe math% 26.30 to 6 ; Trait
oa-**-11alits, three months, 117, to 1181; Patinbing, per
rouble, than months, 393 Is I ; Vienna, at So., thaw
months, 11.36 to 45 ; Trios* ditto, this, months, 11.36
to 60; Madrid, Oros stm&s, 491 to 3; Cadiz, three
sawaths, 493 to ; Lsgbma, Arse months, 29.76 to 86;
Chaos, throe months, 26.473 to 621 ; Nooks, three
numbs, 401 to 3, Palmas, thins incatha, 120 to I ;
throe ionathn, Ifo3 b f ; 1/sMo, 99 dap, 623 to f; Oporto,
90 days, 63 to I.
The committee of the Stook Exchange will elect a
new chairman on Friday next, in the place of Mr.
resignati
Hutchinson, whose on has already been
noticed. Mr. Norbury (of the firm of James Copal
and Co.), the present deputy-chairmen, will probably
be elected; and it is believed that Mr. F. L. Sloes,
a member of the committee, will become deputy-
chairman.
We are informed that it is the intention of the
directors of the Great Ship Company to entrust the
finishing of the Great Eastern to Mr. John Scott
Rinsch; acd it is said that Mr. Yates, the secretary
and liquidator of the late company, will take part in
the arrangement. The poop and forecastle decks,
which would increase the height of the ship about
4 feet, are not to be added. Stowage room for 300
passengers will thus be lost.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Great
Northern Railway Company is called for the let of
April, to approve several bills now before parliament.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 2681.
A special general meeting of the Great Western
Railway Company is called for the 31st inst., to
approve a number of bills now pending in parlia-
ment. Amongst these is one authorising " the con-
struction of a railway from Huogerford to Devizes,
to be called the Berke and Hants Extension Rail-
way." Another authorises the Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Company to make a line from
Hooton to Helaby ; another has reference to raising
funds for the completion of the Bridport Railway,
which is to be leased to the Great Western; another
authorises a lease of the Great Western and Brent-
ford Railway and Docks ; another is for the con-
stniotirm of "the Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea,
and Milford Haven Junction Railway ;" another
authorises a railway from Ruabon to Llangollen ;
soother authorises railways to connect the London
and North Western and' Great Western with the
Victoria station (Pimlico). The meeting will like-
wise be required to consider a resolution, authorising
all the future baltyearly meetings to be held in
Loudon; also to confirm agreements with the Strat-
ford-upon-Avon and East Somerset Railway Com- I
panics.
The Warrior Queen has arrived from China with
1,196,000 lbs. of tea.
The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, March 16, compared with the pre-
vious weekly return, shows the followusg results :
C{,onyionia
Circulation motive 20.331,265 Desert 104,766
Publio deposits
Othir deposits
(;smart ssoaritisa is
Wilda( 10,696,147 No &sags
Other stourid=l"banking
Seurinssat 18,703,612 Isms., 228,862
Coia sad bullion la both
downswing
1101111 day sad other bins 784,996 Demme 11,706
The Bast
Notes la mum
Total rossrut(zionsk coin)
In bashing 48945154119 i 14,066,477 Immo. 76,466
The Bank's discount business has increased, bates
a considerable addition has been made to the
deposits, the unemployed resources of the establish-
ment remain as large as ever.
The Gazette Mamma of the movement of tie
Pprecious metals fbr the week ending Wednesday
est gives the thllowlag totals, viz. :—lmperts of
gold, 268,1671.; exports of gold, 160,4461.; imports
of silver, 219,9441.; exports at silver, 431,8601.