The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-02 00:00:00

below, viz. :

Amsisrdsm, three swaths, 11.171 to 18 ; do., shot:,
11.16 to 1 ; Rented's', three months, 11.171 to 181
Aitiresp, three months, 26.321 to 7i ; Homburg, marks
beam, three months, 13.6 to j ; Paris, three days sight,
23.6 to 121; dluo, three months, 25.321 to 71; Frankton-on-
the-Maine, three months, 1181 to 1; Petersburg. pe
rouble, three mor tbs, 341 to 61; Vienna, oft. mont,

10.31 'to 4 ; Tri-e'ste7 do., th. ••1 months, 10.32 to 6:
Madrid, three months, 48} to : t:aella, three months, 491
to limn, three months, . to 5 ; Game three
months, • .52i to 571 ; Naples, three months, 41a to ;
Palermo. three months, 1241 to 6; Messina, three months,
126 to y ; Lisbon, 90 days, 61: to f ; Oporto, 90 days,
611 to }.

The amount of bills drawn on India by the East
India Company, from the 26th to the 31st of March,
is 6,968 L 6s. Bd.—all on Bengal. _
The public markets for colonial produce closed
yesterday, and will re-open on Wednesday next.
The ships Pruth, Mencius, and Testimonial have
arrived from China, with 1,302,4001b5. of tea and
313 bales of silk.

Rumours were circulated yesterday afternoon that
Mr. E. Denison, of the Great Northern Railway,
and Captain Huish, of the London and North We
Railway, had severally resigned their posts.
Owing, apparently, to an idea that the existing
reckless competition may. be drawing to a close, the
shares of both companies improved in the afternoon.
The following communication her been received
at the Stock Exchange :

Groat Nortiarn Rarch ailway, 'lea's Craw Station,
M3l, 18611.

Sir,-1 am authorised by the Board of Directors to com-
municate to you that Mr. Abel Lewis Jenkins, the acting
secretary, is empowered for the present to sign stock and
bander certificates homed by this company, in lien of Mr.
J. R. Mowatt, the latter gentleman having ceased to fill the
OW of Secretary.
Mr. Jenkine's sii,Jartwe L subjoined.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) G. H. Pacx r, Vice Chairman.
Whlll Slaughter, Bea. Secretary Railways
Department, 'Exchange.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway traffic re-
turn presents this week a decrease of 1,3411. ; the
London and South Western an increase of 1,1311. ;
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, a de-
crease of 1881. ; the North Eastern a decrees. of
8221. ; the Eastern Counties an increase of 1,0121.;
and the Midland an increase of 6491. In several
cases an improvement is presented.
At a general meeting of the London Armoury
Company (Limited), held on the 30th March, a dim '
dend of five per cent. was declared, leaving 4611. to
be carried to the reserved fund.

With reference to the market for American rail-
road securities, Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports as
follows :

The market for American iscnrittes in London has been
dell during the peg week, especially for the 'scarifies of the
New York and Erie and Illinois Central Railroads. New
York Central and Michigan Central remain firm, at ore last
quotations. Illinois Central shares have been dealt In
some extent, at 8 discount, and close buyers so.
The following quotations are 4s. fid. to the dollar

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BM. Anted.
United Bata 6 per Cent.. 1663 ........ .•..103 106
Belvidere Delaware. 6 per rent., let .0N644; Coo.
vertible 1677. guaranteed by Camden and Amboy _ t. &la
Ilamillon. and Martell. 7 Per
idertgege, leo) 10 t lat.
Detroit Yd Yllw.okee. 7 par amt.. 161 Nerigege
Oeavertibls Hoods, 1676 . 63 60
Detroit mad Itllwaelice.
arrangement It 06
IMAM. Centnd. T per act.. Consumable. 79 111
Pitto. 6 pee NM, Oortrocaloo, payable la Lemke.
et M. par Mir lll le icon
Ditto. 1 pm cesa., Iraired 1660. 05th egUao—Tll pay
toot. OWN ....... • • •• • • ............... •• • " n
Ditto. 100 dollar shemet, 40 dollars paid dip
Joliet and Northern Deem Seer seat. let
ftt: (Ivirrivi 86 Maki= Omani me
. IS
blietilgan Central. 11 peg wit:: iiii 86 ea
Etto, nee— ...... ...... ......
I akieg .
tee &area 100 401 Mos . 861
Mao Smarms . 6i61.
Oinking /Ltd. 1516
Mao ditto thins. 100 dollen . 36
74 3
M 0
Nee Tort ead eiat.,7164 366.1.44Wa i I
DIM% T psi oat. I'm& MU— .. . 10 60
Mts. T mat.
ata Ma Dad% B6 68
Mtge an a
36 36
Bee Tort T pf east.. esemill816
M., 6 per era. Ntly /and, 10Y . 6$ 14
Dim. 7 per oast. Maine, Tend. 11178
Obio ollera Neil.'
Penaminala. 6pc mat..le4 Berl. emmatible 1010 R
Ditto. lad lgeel~. Sterna& connellblel676 e eeap
Ditto Mame SO kr. . .44 II

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The position of the silk market is thus noticed by
Messrs. H. Waithman and Co.:

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We have had another lawilmata month In ant. The treat
show no confidence, and are very reluctant buyers, barely
supplying thedr Immediate requirements; tranrotions have
consequently been one very limited Me, and prime pit
have in moat instances been decidedly lower thendeess the
previous month. Some business hr been does he low Tay-
I rams for export. The deliveries errs 6,088 bales, being 140

bake more than those of the same month lest year. The
hot letters from China report • settlement of 3,500 bales for
the month, the silk dealers having submitted to a further de-
cline of 16 to 20Ts. The quantity now actually exported is
48,260, and 2,010 bales on board ship., nicking a total of
50,300 bales, being a &center on last year of 19000 bales.
The stock of unsold silk at Shanghai was 4,000 bales. In
Bengal oilk we have nothing to notice. In Italian silk a few
thrown. have been sold at some reduction in prices.

TitukaoAy Ilvirrnia.

The funds have been for tome days checked by a
fear that the Indian loan would not be wholly taken
up. Now that the uncertainty in this respect has
been satisfactorily solved, the market exhibits no
improvement. In the morning a recovery of about
I per cent. was temporarily attained, but the closing
quotations were the same as those of yesterday.
The fall on the Paris Bourse, where the settlement
is in progress, exercised a prejudicial influence.
With two or three holidays in prospect, speculators
evinced little disposition to operate.

Console, which closed yesterday at 961, " sellers,"
for money and the Bth of April, opened this
morning at 961 to 97, advanced to 97, "buyers,"
and closed at 96; to 1. For the 6th of May the
last price was 97 to 1. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
961, 97i ditto, for account (Bth April), 961, 97, 961,
961. Bank Stock, for account, 2251. Three-and-a-
Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable
in May, 1858, 991, 100.
Exchequer Bills were list quoted 35e. to 39a.
prem.
The announcement of the terms on which the
Indian loan has been taken has occasioned a further
fall in India Bonds, which were to-day dealt in at
12s. to 17e. prem.
Turkish Six per Cents. were rather firmer this
afternoon, closing at 1011 to The Guaranteed
' Four per Cents, remain quoted 1031 to 41. In
other foreign stocks the variations were also unim-
portant.
In the market for bank shares to-day the principal
, features were a decline of 11. in Bank of London
and an improvement in South Australian Bank.
Australian Agricultural and Royal Mail Steam have
advanced, whilst Eastern Steam showed flatness.
Crystal Palace shares were inquired for. East and
West India Dock stock was officially marked 119}
and 1181 ; and London Dock, 1041 to t.
We hear of a transaction in Alliance Marine
shares at 45,1..

The nominal closing quotations for the shares in
some undertakings or recent formation are as fol-
lows, viz. :—Oude Railway, par ; Central Gads Rail-
way, par ; Great Southern of India Railway, par to
1-18 prem. ; Bahia and San Francisco Railway, 1-16
to 3-16 prem. ; North of India Tramroad, par to 1-16
prem.; Grand Trunk of Canada Railway New Six
per Cent. Preferential Bonds, I dia. to I prem. •
Riga and Dunaburg Railway, to prem.; 1/icto;
Emmanuel Railway Bonds, dis. to par.