The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-02 00:00:00

.NOTEMBEIL 2, _ 1860.

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MOW MARKET-THIS DAL_

TWO o'(h.
• iiihe funds have derived no benefit from the fa-,
et,arable intelligence from China. A counteract-
,
lag effect appears to be exeruised by the Mu-
tinned withdrawals of gold from the Bank The
market to-day is dull, with little business. Caliph
are quoted the same as on Wednesday afternoon.
The improvement on the Paris Bonree has given a
alight impulse to Lombardo-Venetian Railway
shares. In other respeete the share markets are
dull, and prices in some instances exhibit a
. drooping tendency. The Canadian Railway shares
remain without recovery.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentee were quoted
69fr. 40c., showing a fresh improvement of fully
k per cent. compared with the Let price of Wed-
nesday.
Consols are officially marked 93, 92f and
93 for money, and, 921 and 93 for the ac-
count The present quotation is 921 to
93 both fur cash and next Thursday. The
official business report is as follows :—Bank Stock,
231 ; Three per Ceuta. Reduced, 91f, 1, I ;
New Three per Cents., 911, f, f ; New
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 77} ; India Stock,
220/ ; ditto Five per Cent. stock, 1859, 1031,
102 j, 103 f ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures,
1859, 981 ; ditto Bonds, 75., 3a., Bs. die. ; Ex-
chequer 13111 s, 3s. die., par, 3s. die.
The Turkish LOOM of 1858 is well supported at
the rise which took place on Wednesday, being
quoted 581 to i. The transactions in this stock to-
day have been numerous. The Loan of 1884 exhibits
an improvement of about f per cent., standing at
704 to 71*. Mexican Bonds are steady, and other
descriptions quiet. The Russian Three per Cent.
Loan is quoted ex the dividend due yesterday.
Sides are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Four-and-
a-Half per Ceuta., 1860, 881, I, 88 ; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents, 64i (exchange 1211.); Mexican
Three per Cents., for account 221 ; New Granada
Deferred, 51; Portuguese Three per Cents., 1856,
1857, and 1859, for account, 441 ; Russian Four-
and-a-Half per Centa.,94f , 96; ditto Three per Centa. ,
1859, 621 s ex die. ; Spanish Three per Cents., for
amount, 49 ; ditto New Deferred Three per Cents.,
for account, 40 ; the Committee's Certificates,
* ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1864, 71} ; ditto, for
account, 71, 701 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1838, for
account, 58,1, ism, 54, 58.

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Foul °Twee.
Commis remain dull, at 921, " buyers," both for
money and the Bth inst.
The withdrawals of gold from the Bank for the Con-
tinent continue : the amount taken yesterday was
48,0001., making a total of 250,0001. since the date
of the last return. The Atrato, for the West In-
dies, will take 6,0001. in gold and 4,4001. in silver.
In the discount market good short bills were
taken at 31 per cent For six months' paper as
much as sk is asked in many quarters. The ap-
proach of the 4th of the month has not yet had
much effect upon the market. The amount of
business at the Bank of England yesterday was
moderate. The directors, who met at half-past
eleven o'clock, sat until one, but, as was antici-
pated, did not alter their rate of discount, not-
withstanding the continued outflow of gold.
At Liverpool yesterday the sales of cotton reached
15,000 bales.
The half-yearly interest, which fell due yesterday,
on Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway Bonds was
paid in due course by the Grand Trunk Railway
Company of Canada, which leases that line. The
sum required was only 3,0001., the issue of these
bonds having been limited to 100,0001. The pay-
ment of this rent has hitherto been effected out of
the first profits of the Grand Trunk Company,
taking precedence even of the dividend on the First
Prefirenee capital,
The Eastern Counties Railway traffic return
shows this week an increase of 9291. ; the Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, an increase of 4,0321. ; the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, an in-
crease of 1,0771. ; the Midland, an increase of
2,8381. ; and the North Eastern, an increase of
1,7531.
The committee of management of the South Aus-
trian, Lomberdo-Venetian, and Central Italian
Railway Company intimate to shareholders who
have paid up their shares in full " that the interest
at 5 per cent., to which according to the notice of
the 98th March last they are entitled upon their
anticipated payments, will be paid to them on and
after the let of November. The first dividend
being thus paid, all the other coupons will be
stamped with the words ' action Liberia,' and thus
may be detached from the share."
Shareholders in the Carmeanx Coal Mines and
Railway Company are informed that after the 2nd
inst. the shares of the Soci6t4 en Commandite
will be exchanged for certificates of shares (with
coupons attached thereto) in the new SocilStii
Anonyms. This exchange will be made in the pro-
portion of one new share to five old shares. The
directors have fixed at 10f. the sum to be paid on
the new shares on account of the dividend of 1880.
From that sum the French tax of 25c. will be de-
ducted on all shares to bearer.

The fourth call on the A., B, and new issue
shares of the Oriental Inland Steam Company will
be payable on the 7th Jan.

With reference to the market for American NMl-
rities, Messrs, D. Bell, Son, and Co. report as
follows :

The market for American state securities continue' buoy-
ant ; gooks are becoming scarce, and have generally im-
proved in value. The Pins per Omit stock of the state of
New York, and the Six per Ont. stock of the stew of Ohio,
which are to be paid off on the lit January next, have been
freely offered for male ; and daring the pad week some
large purchases have bean made for the purpose of remit-
tance to New York. In railroad annuals' there has been
no change of importance.
A meeting was held yesterday of the creditors
of Messrs. Evans Brothers, builders and contrac-
tors, who recently failed. Their liabilities amount
to 41,4941., and assets to 24,911 L The amount
due to Messrs. Davies and Co., bankers, of Shore-
ditcL, for advances made, was stated at 48,8001. '
It was also explained that the firm is not in a pad-
tion to make any proposal, the assets representing
mostly balances on contracts, so that no clear idea
can be formed of the probable ultimate position of
the estate. After some discussion a committee
was appointed to examine into the affairs of the
firm, and to report to a future meeting. There is
a disposition, however, on the part of some credi-
tors to place the estate in the Court of Bankruptcy.
We take the following from the Havannah Cir-
cular of Messrs. A. Kobbe, Luling, and Co., for-
warded through Mr. G. B. Jennings :
We beg to draw the attention of our friends to a resolu.
bianti=de by the majority of our merchants, to asset is
the of box sugars, from let January next, a tare
of Me. for the box, asl2lba for nails and ludo, together
tit lbs. ; and beats' this, whatever the hooks wed for
weighing may weigh. This arras t will no doubt soon
become generaL A similarexpedient has been determined
upon at