The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-20 00:00:00

Console are quoted 971 to 1 for money, sad
971 to for the 12th October. The New
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been dealt in at
82 and 81; India Stock, at 216/ and 218 ; the
Indian Foar Cent. Debentures of the second issue, at
98/; Exchequer Bills, March (small bills), at 364.
to 375. prem. ; ditto, June, at 245. to 265. prem. ;
and Exchequer Bonds, 1869, at 1001.
The scrip of the New Turkish Loan, after beisg
marked par, hu receded to / die to par. The Six per
Cents of 1864 are also rather flatter at 981 to /.
Spanish Deferred Three per Cents. are rather better;
and the Anglo-Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
and Three per Cents. continue in good demand.
Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1862, 981
Beams Ayres Six per Cents., for acct. (29th Sept.),
78 ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., for acct.,
911, 92; ditto Three per Cents., for account, 72;
Portuguese Three per Cents., 1863, for account, 461.
Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 ; Spanish
New Deferred Three per Cents., 291, 29/, 291
Turkish Six: per Cents., (scrip of the new lean),
par, 1 dis. ; ditto Guaranteed Four per Cents., 1041,
ditto, for account, 1041 ; Venezuela Active Bonds,

40i.
At Paris to-day (Monday) according to Mr.
Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter
opened at 73tr. 20c. for the end of September,
showing a fresh improvement of nearly per cent.
Further arrivals of Australian gold are shortly
expected. The Sultana, with 162,0001., has been 86
days at sea ; the Suffolk, with 320,0001., 77 days; and
the Ocean Chief, with 190,4001., 67 days.
The imports of the precious metals last week
were rather limited. Our list includes 67,9001. by
the Arabia, and 37,4001. by the Ariel, both from New
York; 149,9001. by the Magdalena, from the West
Indies; 1,2701. by the Alhambra, from the Penin-
sula; about 26,0001 in gold coin, from Russia; and
three boxes of bullion by the Albanian, from Gib-
raltar.

The value of these arrivals is about 272,0001.
Very large quantities of Auatralian gold, however,
which arrived off the oast the week before last, did
not come to hand until last week : hence the great
addition to the bullion in the Bank.

The Custom-hot= weekly statement of the exports
of the precious metals direct from London includes
only 86 oz. of gold and 87,688 oz. of silver, repre-
senting a total value of about 22,0001. Of the silver,
22,100 oz. were despatched to Rotterdam, and
86,678 oz. to Hamburg.
The Alhambra hu taken out 2,7001. in specie for
the Peninsula; the Atrato, 2001. for the West Indies;
and the Indus, 27,1791., nearly all silver, for the
East

The total shipments of the week, u officially re-
ported, are thus raised to only about 62,0001.
A meeting of the creditors of Mr. Thome. Roberta,
mahogany broker, of Billiter-street, is called for
to-morrow. _ _

The holders of Anglo-Peruvian Fonrand-a-Ralf
per Cent. Bonds are looking with a good deal of in-
tenet to the halfyearly investments now in progress
on account of the sinking fund. We believe that
the sum to be invested during the present and next
month is as much u 120,0001. It is believed that
thus far only a small portion of the stock has been
obtained ; for the agents of the Peruvian govern-
ment are pursuing the policy which excited so much
animadversion upon former occasions—i. e., they
abstain from coming forward openly in the market.
but are buyers through several different
brokers, at a price below the present market
value. It is believed that by the adoption
of this plan the Peruvian government has been
compelled ere now to pay even a higher
price than would otherwise have been required. The
entire debt being very small, and diminishing every
half-year, it is evident that the Peruvian agents will
experience a constantly increasing difficulty in pro-
curing the requisite amount of stock, and this diffi-
culty will certainly not be lessened by the plan now
pursued. Many of the holders are confident that
they will ere long obtain a price closely approxi-
mating to par for their stock, and are content to
wait. The rise in the Four-and-a-Half per Cent.
debt would probably have been still more
rapid were it not for the disposition evinced
by some of the holders to exchange into the Three
per Cents , the sinking fund of which, though less
than that applicable to the Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., is still very large—viz., 4 per cent. per an-
num—and constantly. accumulating.
Advises from Paris allege that the negotiations
for a fusion of the Francis Joseph Railway Company
with the Lombardo-Venetian have been completed,
and that the shareholders in the former will receive
two obligations from the latter for each share, upon
condition of the Francis Joseph shares being paid
up in frill.
Advice. by the Arid mention that the traffic of
the Illinois! Central Railway Company for the whole
month of August amounted to 196,500 doh., being
an increase of 50,000 dolls., compared with the pre-
vions month.

The Caledonian Railway traffic return chows this
week a decrease of %U.

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In the Express of Friday we referred to the
project for organising a "Great Steam Ship Com-
pany, Limited,' for purchasing and completing the
Great Eastern. A table has been compiled, under
official sanction, showing "the relative position of
those who invest in the proposed new company their
present stake in the Eastern Steam Navigation
Company, also of those who contribute towards
finishing the ship." Let us take the case of a holder
of fifty shares, and the result is thns stated :

A proprietor in the Emirs Steam Nariastka Company
to the extent of 60 Shalal On the old company),
Hee an intend i■ the rued as she now Itio esoombered
with debt, and in an unfinished date, of 1-660th part of the

▪ To free her from debt, fit her for sea. mid to provide work-
ing capital would require about 200,0001., of which his pro-
rate subscription would be 4001., or 81. per share.
If he wished to retain the isms proportionate Interest in the
vessel (when flaished by the new company), he would have
to take 600 shares in the new oompeny.
On which, being delivered, with 6s. paid, there would be a
further liability of 3761., being 81 par cent. lees then would
be required to effect the same object by the old company.
If be wiabed to retain half his proportionate intermit in the
veered (when finished by the new company), he would have
to take 260 shares in the new company.
On which, being delivered, with 10s. paid, there would be
• further liability of 1261.
And he would thea bold 1.1320 th part of the ship 03011.•
phonily fitted for sea.
U be wished to retain me-fourth his proportionate interest
in the wink whoa fobbed by the new company, he would
have to take 126 shares.
Oa which (being delivered ea paid up in fall), there would
be no foram liability and be would then hold 1-2610th
pot of the ship, or his formic proportion.
The shares of the old company are thus valued at
21. 10e. per share, and it is proposed to exchange
them thus :—For every two shares in the old com-
pany, five shares in the new company, fully paid up;
or ten shares, with 10s. per share paid up ; or twenty
shares with 6s. per share paid up ; or in any other
proportion required.
The third ordinary general meeting of the Calcutta
and Barmah Steam Navigation Company is called
for the 28th inst., when a dividend will be declared.
The steamer Hydaspea has arrived in the Channel
from Bengal, whence she sailed on the let of Jane.
The gamer Wye, with the London mail of the
16th inst. for Australia, left Marseilles on Saturday
morning at 9 a.m.

MINES.-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocz.

There are still no transactions of importance going
forward in the mining market, the general appear-
ance of which is very dull. The only business
officially reported in the Btock Exchange this more-
ing is in Great Wheal Alfred shares, which are
marked 41.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are also quiet.
Pontgibaad shame have been dealt in at 6, and
Bon Accord Copper at prem.