The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKEY.-THIS DAY.

Two °Time& ,
l'.lllloittirls remain Inanimate, but very firm.
,Pdese hue not varied from the claming quotations of
Bat**. Console are quoted 911 to 1 both foe
smog sad Thursday next. The Three per Cents.
Redaesd have lmen dealt in at 961 to 1 t the New
I, Tine per Conti. at 961 to 1; Cooed Scrip at 41
pour; Ilmalocaar Bills at lbs. to 19s. prom.; Ex-
am* Dark it 1001 to 1; and India Bonds at
Id& le Illbanus.
I. dm Ind. *Mb market the *id feature is
Id lespenalent in Spanish. The complete list of
tin *raises sales is subjoined, cis., Hatch Two•
inclinaelf per Cents.. oso (exchange 126.)1
alga , Fear per Cent. Certificates, 971
If rid^ for the 16th Instant, 231 to 23};
lindinin, 92 to 921; Spanish New Polefind Thus
lie, Gents, for the 16th instant. 24 1, 1.
/ink* Six per Cents. for account. 1041; ditto
Four per Cents., 1041 ex div. Turkish Six per
Conte. are now quoted 101 to 1; and the Guranteid
Boar per Cents., 1041 to 1 ex die.
The imports of the precious metals last week
were very large. Our llat includes 1,283,377 dole.
(of which mon than half menu of silver), by
.the
Magdalena, from the West Indies and Mextee ;
468,291 dole— by the Baltic, and 788,8364 by the
Canada, both from New York ; about 6,0001. in gold,
by, the Niger, from Africa; and 60,000 os. of gold,
by the New Great Brits* from Melbourne.
The total value of these supplies is about 748.0001.
Amongst the"arrleals of silver from the Continent
we also notice 90 Ingots by the Baron Osy, 31 pack-
ages by the Hanover, and 23 packages by the Ravens-
bourne—all three from Antwerp.
The Leedom Custom House statement of the ex•
rts of the precious metals during the week ending'
Thursday last includes 2,800 ounces and 1941. in oil-1
vet, despatched chief] to Boulogne, and 10,686
lasers of gold, principally sent to Belgium. The
value of these npplies is computed at about 42,0001.
The details arenbjoised, visevailver coin : to Rot-
bretes, 200 emcees ;to Boulogne, 2,600 ounces. Sit-1
eft bare :to Hamburg, 1941.; gold coin :to Rotter-
dam, 70 ounces ;to Hamburg, 866 Goners ; to Bou-
logne, 160 ounce.; gold bus : to Belgium, 10,000
ousels.
The exact meant of specie and bullion shipped on
board the An, which left Southampton for Alex-
andria today, is 676,3921., of which 12,3491.
is geld, and 663,0481. silver. The destination of these
smisSriaskm follows Foe Alexandria, gold, 601.;
far bay, silver, 89,73 U. ; for Ceylon, gold, 871.;
hit gold, 401., and silver, 2,0001. ; for Cat
eathkeiber, 103,9061, and gold, 821.; for Penang,
. silver, 1 01. ; for Singapore, silver, 70,6871., and
gold, 31404; for Hoeg Hui, gold. 8,8601., and
silver, 242,8701.; for Cantu, silver, 41,7141.; sad
for Shaegbai, silver, 162,1851. It will be noticed
that no lase than 436,7691. in sliver, besides 8,8601. in
gold, goes to the thin Chinese ports, owing to the
ties in the em bus@ en that side.
The aggregate isssrtained exports of the week are
thus relied to 717,400 d; but the bilk of thie nes, as
already shows, osin of silver, which has been in
coarse of gradual eine le departure of the
lest Alexandria esseaser, and part ,of which has been
drawn from the finest. Privably the whole of
the spede—smasuMW to close upon a quarter of a
million--en *p Dads and Goads ham also been sent
to the Coating*. The 240,0001. in gold brought by
the New Gent Debate is sot yet in hand, whilst the
specie ex the Magdalena is expected to be delivered
to-morrow. or Wednesday. The whole of the
weekb supplies are thus accounted for, sad, so far,
have ocoubmed so addition to the Baak's metallic
steak.
The half-yearly dividend el the Beat Laneeshire
Railway Company has hen of dally unwound at
21. per 1001. stook, or at the rate of 4 per• cent. per
annum. The dividend for the corresponding half-
year of 1666 was IL 161. per 1001. stock.
Tomorrow is flied for the tuning of the Cater-
ham Railway far public traffic, in conjunction with
the LoadoseadErighton and South Eastern Railway
Computes.
The half-yearly meeting of the General Steam
Navigation eempray is salted for the 26th inst.
The Admiralty will receive tenders tomorrow
fer tbeenveyance of stores (combustibles, &el from
the steer Thames to Newfottedlsed, Jamaica, Natal,
And Alerglay; and on the 7th bet. for the hire of
a ebb sham 400 to NO ter min., to many con-
victs aid done teem IsgiamiltHibraltar.

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• B•TOMDAY Itrionito.
The funds, which bare been remarkably steady for '
-some time past, showed isereeeed firmness to-day.
During the greater part of the day prices were main-
tained at in advance of per ant. on the Closing
quotations of yesterday.
Ths demand for mosey in the discount market wse
spin good today, bat Ii im hoped that after Monday
(the 4th) less pressure will be experienord. The
tightness of the market during the week is partly
explained by the heavy revenue payments which are
at this period plaosd at the disposal of government.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 955 to 5,
Wife alternately " buyers " and " sellers" at 965
throughout the day, and were last quoted 955 to 5.
both for moos. and Thursday next. The °Okla'
Wilma report is as follows:—Three per Cent. Con-
sols. foe money, 965, 5; ditto, (Reduced.p ,t 711
August, 965, 5. Three per Cent. 96. 985.
New Three per Orate. 965, 5. 5. Thirty Years'
Annuities, expiring in April, 1886, 18 618. Three-
and-a-Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling
payable in 1869, 1905,5.
The Five per Cents. Annuities are also marked 117.
Exchequer Bills TOVIlli• at their reduced quotation
of 14s. to 18e. prem., and Exchequer Bonds, 1005
Itkish stooks were a little flatter to-day, the
Six per Owes. closing at 1045 to 5, and the Guaran-
teed Fowler amts. at 1045 to f ex div. Spanish
Deferred Three per Cents. were in increased request
in the morning, but closed the same se yesterday. In'
other socks the movement wes immateriaL
Ottoman Bank shares closed at 15 to 25 prem.,
being again lower; Bank of Egypt, at 5 to 5
prem.; and General Bank of Switzerland, at die.
to par. The shares of the National Discount Com-
pany were again in strong demand : the old shares
eased at II to 15 prem. (es the new), and the new, at
1 3.16 to 1 6-16 prem. Royal British Bank shares
have fallen to 38 to 42 (601. paid), disappointment
being sapwood at the result of yesterday's meeting.
Land and steam shares were quiet. St. Katharine
Docks Meek is officially marked 881.
The aiming gestation for the newly-projected
railways are eshjoieed, viz.: Eastern Beagal Rail-
way, 7-16 to 9 16 pram.; Euphrates Valley Railway,
to prem.; Western Railway of Austria, 15 to
25 prem.; New Brunswick and Canada Railway sad
Land A shares, to 5 prem. ; Ceylon Railway,
1 7-16 to 1 9.16 prem. ; Calcutta sod South Pastern
Railway, 3.16 to 6.18 prem. ; Metropolitan Railway
Guaranteed shares, 5 to 5 prem.; Sittinghourno and
Sheerness Railway, to 5 prem.; Copiapo Exten-
sion Railway, >t to 1 prem.
The nominal quotatioes for a number of other new
projects are as follow :—European and Indian Junc-
tion Telegraph Company, I tot prem. ; London Dis-
count Company. jto 1 prem.; Marysville Gas Com-1
pony, par to 5 prem. ; London Cork Company, 5 to I
prem.; London Boot and Shoe Company, # to 15
pram.; Hungarian Land Company, sto prem.
Thames Steam Tug Company, Hultsdoef Mills Com-
pany, mid Irish Fishing Company, all nominally par
to 5 prem.

TEE DOICOVET BAEZ OF PANEL—The aroctoro of
Ms beak ham jest milihshed a moon of its optative+
daring the past year. Ties Meisel. trammeled, whist) is
the presiding rear memisted be 676.943 SOW , this gem
stake. Me mem if 7INIIIVIU4 This imam et
Stalh,427t. le me sees vim*, drs.atk get it is repeated
every year. The betel semenet of as Mamma ems
1119.M2 Mt 1 sell Ihreetillbe edemaess se petite iimaritiu
811,3111,11111. Tho paled the you no 11.409,440 E, Wag
is berime es the ermises /oar of 189 744 L Tokyo tato
sooreat 1164,61661.6101 Mr Ohs mono had. the dividasd
Me arab rirstoomourood e. 216. lye., or 11.19 per soot.
Tas WitAlllllll.--The *ammeter • ameba& Iron
170 t. 146Iathesas ea Friday sad ihrhiday fa the
b 'wheal of Plymos.b. It wee sp t• 96 is Oe ollairra
bawds ea liatesday.