The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-31 00:00:00

JULY 31, 1860.

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MONEY MARKET.-2 HIS DAY.

Two o'CLaa.

The binds to-day are again better, owing chiefly
to some considerable purchases for account of the
Court of Chancery. The pacific:assurances once
more put forward by the Emperor of
the French have also • certain effect. Consols
have risen per cent. Several of the principal
British railway stooks likewise exhibit a fresh im-
provement. To-day is " settling day "in this de-
partment. Generally an improved feeling prevails
in the Stock Exchange.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr.
Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes
were quoted 681 r. 400., being about i per cent.
better than yesterday.

Consols are officially marked 934 and for money,
and 94, 4, and for the account. The present
quotations are 934, " sellers," for money, and
934 to 4 for the 9th August. The official business
report is as follows Bank Stock, 2284 ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 934, 4,4, ;
New Three per Cents., 934, 4, 4 ; Indian Five
per Cent. Stock, 1859. 1044 ; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1858, 964 ; ditto 1859, 97, 964 ; ditto
Bonds, 7s. dia. ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent. "en-
faced " rupee paper, 1024 ; Exchequer Bills, ss.
prem.

The foreign stock market is quiet. The Turkish
Loan of 1868 presents a fresh improvement of }
per cent., being quoted 60} to f. The loan
of 1854 is steady, at 76} to 761. Mexican
Bonds are more inquired for. Russian
scrip is firm, and is marked 1 premium.
Sales are recorded as follows : —Brazilian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1868, 88; ditto Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 1860, 88 ; Buenos Ayres
Deferred, 26}; Chilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
s2}; Mexican Three per Cents, 21} ; ditto for account,
214, I ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Ceuta., 1860
(scrip), 1 prem. ; Sardinian Five per Cents., for
account, 84 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, 75},
764 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1868, 60}, 4.
At • meeting to-day of the creditors of Mr.
A. Waring, it the leather trade, who failed on the
2nd instant, the balance-sheet showed liabilities
amounting to 56,3611., and assets to 19,3661.
It was resolved to accept Cs. 6d. in the pound,
payable in instalments extending over a year.

The Kent hae arrived off Falmouth from Mel-
bourne with 236,000 i. in gold.

Foos o'CLocw.
Owing to a large sale, Consols have declined,
being quoted 9311 to for money, and for the
account.

Little business was done yesterday at the discount-
office at the Bank. In the general market the de-
mand was only moderate. Good short bills were
taken at 31 to 4 per oent. The mercantile engage-
ments of the 4th of July are not expected to occa-
sion any pressure.
In the Stock Exchange money continues abun-
dant, and the rate for loans on English government
securities does not exceed 2 to 2} per cent.
No gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday,
the 90,0001. by the Persia supplying the immediate
wants of exporters to the Continent. The Etna
has arrived from New York with 43,000 i. in specie
for England, and the Bavaria with 20,0001. The
advices state that the supplies of Mexican dollars
in that city are exhausted.
The stoppage is announced of Messrs. Daunt,
Wilson, and Co., bill brokers, of Old Broad-street.
The amount of their liabilities is believed to be
rather limited.
The number of small failures in the hide and
leather trade reported from day to day in London
and the provinces is very lar.
At a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Mr. John
Morris, tanner, of Bermondsey, it was resolved to
accept a composition of 9s. In the pound, payable
at four, eight, and twelve months, all secured. Mr.
Jay, the accountant, computes the liabilities at
8,3351., and assets at 4,6651.
At the Bankruptcy Conti, yesterday, adjudication
was made, on the petition of the London Joint-
Stock Bank, against James Herbert Smith, tanner,
of Wyld's-rents, Bermondsey. The case will be con-
ducted in the court of Mr. Commissioner Fane.
The Calcutta and China mails were due at Mar-
seilles on the 25th inst., but have not yet arrived
there. They reached Aden on the 9th, on board
the Simla, and it is thought that some accident has
befallen either this vessel or the one coming from
Alexandria to Marseilles.