The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET-21

its DAY

Two o'CLocc.

The funds opened at yesterday's quotations, but
renewed heaviness has since been manifested, and
prices are now quoted at a reduction of about
per cent. The continued fall on the Paris .Bourse
naturally attracts attention ; and the political in-
telligence from the Continent presents *Lily ad-
verse features. The share markets are likewise
drooping ; and, with the exception of a few sales
by discourapd speculators for the rise, there is a
general indisposition to transact business in the
Stock Exchange.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Routes were
quoted 69fr. 25c., showing a fresh reduction of I
per cent., compared with the last price of yesterday.
Consols are officially marked 95, 94i, and
941 for money, and 90 for the account. The
present quotations aro 941 to It for cash, and
94 15-16 to 95 1-16 or 95 exactly for the 6th of
June. The official business report is as
follows :—Bank Stock, 226, 2271 ; Three
per Cents. Reduced, 934, 1 ; New Three
per Cents., 931, { , 1 ; Thirty Years Annuities,
expiring in April, 1885, 17 7-16 ; Indian Five per
Cent. Stock,lBs9, 1061; Five per Cent. " enlaced"
rupee paper, 98; India Bonds, 135., Bs., 125., dia ;
Exchequer Bills, 35., 6s , 4s. prom.
The inquiries for foreign stocks are very limited,
and the market is dull, scarcely any busi-
ness having taken place to-day. Prices in most
instances are therefore nominally unaltered.
The Turkish loan of 1854 is quoted 75 to
76, and that of 1858, 591 to 60. Sales are recorded
as follows : Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1868, 901 ; Buenos Ayres Six per
Cents., 851 ; Peruvian Uribairren Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 83 ; Turkish Six per Ceuta., 1854, 75i;
ditto for account, 751 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1868,
591; ditto for account, 591.

The shares of the Thames and Mersey Marine
Insurance Company are tpioted Iff to 11 prem.,
and those of the London and South African Bank,
Par•

- The Jessie Boyle has arrived from Melbourne
with 33,0001 in gold. . •

Yesterday was the day fixed for the payment of the
call of 21. on Lombardo-Venetisa Railway.shares.
This call represents a total of no less than 1,600,000 f.,
but the shares are spread over all the markets of
Europe, and most of the payments had been met
in advance.

An instalment of 8 per cent. falls due to-day
on the Canada Loan of 2,800,0001.
The daily fall in the Austrian funds at Vienna
continues. The reduction on Monday was to
per cent.
5,0001. in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday.
The HAMMOI2IIII from New York has brought
41,0001. in specie, a portion of which consists of
Mexican dollars. Nearly the whole of the 82,5001.
by the Norwood and White Star has been taken for
abroad. The 38,0001. in gold by the West India
steamer is being refined. The indications of a
revival in the demand for gold for the Continent
I will not escape notice.
The amount of Australian gold still at sea is
360,0001., of which a considerable portion may
arrive within a fortnight. The Jessie Boyle has
been out 82 days, with 33,0001. ; the Result 79 days,
with 163,0001. ; the Omar Pacha 72 days, with
61,0001. • the Southampton 68 days, with 77,0001. ;
and the Dream 63 days, with 26,6001.
The bar silver by the West India packet was sold
yesterday :or China, at ss. lid. per ounce, there being
scarcely any demand for India.. This price shows a
rise of id compared with that obtained for the pre-
' ;owl supply, although transactions have occurred
within the last few days at the present rate. •
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
steady. The rates for bills on St. Petersburg and
Vienna were quoted less favourably for the
foreigner. The quotations are shown below.;
Amsterdam, 3 mouths, 11161 to j ; ditto, shod, 11.14
to 15; Rotten:lank, 3 mouths, 11.161 to 17; Antwerp,
months, 25.30 to 5 ; Hamburg (ms. banco), 3. months,
13.56 to t; Paris, 3 days, 25.121 to 171 ; ditto, 3 months,
25.321 to 71; Frankfort-on-the-Mains, 3 months, 1171 to ;
Petersburg (per rouble), 3 months, 341 to 1 ; Vienna (ed
do.), 3 months, 13.60 to 70; Trieste ditto, 3 months,
13.65 to 70; Madrid, 3 months, 491 to ; Cadis, 3 mouths,
491 to 1 ; Leghorn, 3 months, 30.40 to 5; Genoa, 3
months, 25.40 to 5 ; Naples, 3 months, 40j to I ;
Lisbon, 90 days, 521 to 1: Oporto, 90 days, 521 to I,
The annual meeting of proprietors of the
National Bank is called for the 22nd inst.

The sixth call of 2i. 10s. is to be paid on the
shares in the Dublin and Meath Railway Cowl:any
by the sth of June ; and the sixth and last call of
Si. on the shares in the Severn Valley Railway
Company by the 18th of June.
Vice-Chancellor Wood proposes on the 21st inst.
to appoint an official manager of the Trevalga Slate
Company. Creditors are required to prove their
claims.

Messrs. Rothschild announoe the half-yearly di-
vidends due the Ist prox. on the Brazilian Loans of
1843, 1862-1858, and 1880 (the paid up portion).
The drawing for the sinking fund of the Loan of
1843 will take place on the Ist of July.
It has been determined that the next ship of the
Anglo-Luso-Brazilian Steam Navigation Company
shall be despatched from Liverpool, in comtlutnee
with the request of influential merchants in the
Brasil trade, Milford Haven having been found
inconvenient to shippers. _ _ _

In the Bankruptcy Court, a dividend sitting is
fixed for the 28th inst. in the case of the European
and American Steam Shipping Company (Limited).
A dividend of 10s. in the pound has already been
paid. On the 30th inst. the settlement of 'the list
of oontributorios of the Little Down and Ebbe?
Rocks Mining Company will be proceeded with.

The Dutch Trading Company's sale of sugar at
Amsterdam yesterday went off at prices equivalent
to about 9d. per cwt. better than was expected. The
quantity announced for sale was 83,711 baskets,
and 583 bags Java.
The Admiralty will receive tenders to-num.-ow
for the conveyance of about 586 tons (dead weight)
of compressed forage from the Thames to China.
The notification provides that "the vessel is to
deliver the cargo at such port on the coast d China
as far north as Shanghai or Chilean as may be
ordered at Singapore, where she is to call for in-
structions."

TUNIDAT Enema.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 95 to for
the Bth of June, opened this morning at the suns
quotation, fell to 941 to 93, and closed at 9511,
" sellers." For money the last price was 941 to 95.
The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Cousols, for moneL 941,9 Vi
1 ; ditto for amount (June 6), 95 , 96, 95 ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, NI, I, ; New tee
par Cents., 931, 93, ; Bank Stock, 227 c 226,
2274 ; Indian Five per Cent. Stock, 1859, 106 f,
1; Five per Cent. 'enfaoed" rupee paper,
§4 . ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent, 104 ; Radian
Four per Cent. Debentures, 1858, 981,.1; ditto,
1859, 98f ; India Bonds, 125., se. dia.
The New Two-and-a per Cents. were able
officially marked 784.
The Indian rupee paper was steady. The Indian
Five per Cent. stock of 1859 was quoted 108itoi ;
India Wads, 10a. to sa. dis. ; and Exchequer bills,
Se. to 7s. prem., being still flat.
The foreign stock market was inactive, and de-
void of improvement. Russian Three per Cents.
have declined. Turkish bonds were dull, at the
late fall, the loan of 1804 closing at 75} to 78, and
that of 1858 at 594 to 4. The scrip of the Brazilian
Loan was marked dia.
An advance of about 21: occurred to-day in the
shares of the City Bank. tither bank shares were
steady. Bank of New South Wales were marked
41, and National Provincial Bank of England New,
28 (101. paid). Madras Irrigation shares expe-
rienced a partialreeovery. Red Sea Telegraph were
flatter. Oriental Inland Salem A shares were
marked 21, (6/. paid).