The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

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The heavy fall on the Paris Bourse yestardiy
afternoon, and the accounts of the eneeses of ,
Garibaldi's expedition, have caused increased
heaviness in the stock markets. Consuls exhibit
a fresh decline of }to per cent., compared with
the quotations current at 4 o'clock yesterday. The
fall extends to every other department of the
Stook Exchange. British railway stocks, in most
instances, have fallen 4 to 1 per cent. ; Turkish
stooks Ito 2 per cent. ; and Lombardo-Venetian
Railway shares se. to 10e. per share.
To-day, being Ascension-day, is kept as a holi-
day on the Paris Bourse.
Consols are officially marked 944, I, and
for money, and 941 and 4 for the account.
The present quotations are 94} for cash, and
944 to } for the 6th of June. The official busi-
ness report is as follows :—Beink Stock, 2274 ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 93, 924; New Three per
Cents, 921, 93, 92}, 93 ; New Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 78} ; India Stook, 219 ; Indian Five
per Cent. Stock, 1859, 1084, 4 ; India
Four per Cent. Debentures, 1868, 964 ; India
Bonds, 7e. Os., and 12s. dia. ; Exchequer Bills, 75.,
55., and 4e. prem.
The foreign stock market is likewise decidedly
heavy, and prices are quoted lower in
most instances, including Mexican, Portuguese,
Spanish, and Turkish. The reduction in the
Turkish Loan of 1864 is 1 per oent., and
in that of 1858, 14 to 2 per cent., the quotations
being, respectively, 74 to 4, and 57 to 58.
Sales are recorded as follows : Brazilian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1858, 901 ; Mexican
Three per Cents., for account, 204, 214, 20i, 21 ;
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Dollar Bonds,
81} (exchange 4a.) ; Portuguese Three per Cents.,
1863, 441, 4 ; Sardinian Five per Cents., 854 ;
Spanish Three per Cents., 474, 47 ; ditto New De-
ferred Three per Cents., for account, 361, 4, ;
Turkish Six per Cents., 1864, for account, 74}, 4 ;
ditto Six per Cents., 1858, for account, 584, 69, fit
The shares of the 'I hames and Mersey Marine
Insurance Company are well supported at 14 to 1}
premium. London and South African Bank
shares are quoted par.
The progress of Garibaldi's expedition is now
watched with absorbing interest, not from any
doubt of his success, since it is foreseen that with
the connivance and even secret support of France
and Sardinia fresh levies of volunteers will soon
find their way to his assistance, but because the
overthrow of the existing government, first in
Sicily and next in Naples itself, will probably
bring to light further ambitions projects on the
part of France likely to produce a powerful effect in
Europe. The unanimity with which the Prussian
Chamber of Deputies has sanctioned the placing of
the army upon a war footing indicates that the
designs of France, against which alone these pre-
parations are directed, are fully appreciated.

An instalment of 8 per cent. fell due yesterday on
the Canada Loan of 2,800,0001. The next payment
is of like amount, and due the 16th proximo,
making 50 per cent. paid.
The following important privileges have been
granted by an imperial ukase promulgated on the
Bth inst., to the bondholders of the Three per
Cent. Russian Sterling Loan of 1859, negotiated by
Mesas. Magnus and Thomson, Boner and Co.,
via. :-1. The bonds of the said loan are to be
accepted by all departments of state as securities
for contracts and supplies at the rate of 420 silver
roubles for every 1001. of stock (equivalent to about
631. per cent.) 2. The Imperial Commercial Bank
and its branches are to accept the said bonds on
discount, advancing at the rate of 340 silver roubles
for every 1001. of stock to the holders (equivalent to
about 511. per cent.)
A sum of 12,0001. in golds not being of a descrip-
tion suitable for exportation, was sent into the
Bank yesterday. The Result and Jessie Boyle have
arrived from Melbourne with 196,0001. in gold ;
the former has made the passage in 80, and the
latter in 83 days. The Vanderbilt, from New
York, bas brought as much as 308,000/. in specie,
the bulk of which however, is believed to be for
France. The steamer for the West Indies will
take to-day only 5,3201. in specie.
Only 164,5001. in Australian gold is known to
be now on the way to England, on board the Omar
Pacha, Southampton, and Dream.
About 200,000/. in silver is known to have been
already purchased for exportation to China by the
steamer of the 20th inat. The amount for India by
this opportunity will probably be very limited. The
packet of the 4th inst. took 113,4181. for China.
Reference having been made by a contemporary
to the stoppage at Sydney of Mews. David Jones
and Co. and Thompson, Symonds, and Co., we
are requested to state that the liabilities in Eng-
land are understood to be less than 10,0001., and
those in the colony about 120,0001. It is alleged
that the meta are of nearly equal amount. The
two firms are identified with each other, and have
been established in the colony for 25 years. The
cause of the stoppage is stated to be the specula-
tions of a junior partner.
According to the last advices received''by the
Red Sea Company, telegraphic communication be-
tween Suez and Aden remained suspended. Opera-
tions for the repair of the cable were in
Meanwhile messages are not taken by treNr e
Sub-
marine Telegraph Company to go beyond Alex-
andria.

Telegrams can now be sent by the Submarine
Telegraph Company's new line from Jersey to Con-
temns, and thence to all parts of Europe.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 7,7171. ; the
London and South Western, an increase of 1,13171. ;
the Great Western, an increase of 1,1731. ; and the
Great Northern, an increase of 1,0251.
The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
Railway of Canada, just received, shows an increase
of 1,1421. sterling.
A special meeting of the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway Company is called for the
31st inst., to approve a number of bills now before
parliament. One of these enables the company to
make certain alterations in their coast lines. An-
other is for • railway from Croydou to the West-
end and Crystal Palace line, near Balham-hill ;
another is for the construction of the Horsham and

Guildford Direct Railwa&d:znictitng the Mid-
Sussex Railway with the • branch of the
London and South Western ; whilst another bill
refers to a railway for manacling Ryde with Vent-
nor, and the East Coast of the Isle of Wight. At
another special meeting on the same day the pur-
chase by the Brighton Company of the Lewes and
Ucklield and Mid-Sussex Railways is to be sanc-
tioned.

The Shrewsbury and Welahpool Railway Com-
pany are borrowers of money on debentures at 5
per oent. These loans form • first charge an the
railway, and the interest is to be paid before say
deduction is made for expenses. The line is work-
ing in arrangement with the Loudon and North
Western Company.
An extraordinary meeting of the London Joint
Stock Brewery Company is called for the 31st inst.,
to authorise the directors to au the company's
seal to an assignment in favour of Mr. J. S. Gar-
rett, pursuant to a decree of the Court of Chancery,
as well aa to sell the company's property, and dis-
solve the undertaking.
A general meeting of the Commercial Dock Com-
pany is called for the 28th of June, to declare a
dividend ; and • general meeting of the Grand
Junction Canal Company for the sth of Juno.
The half-yearly dividend is advertised on the
Chilian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan.
Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
dock, canal, and miscellaneous shares, as given in
the last Stock Exchange list :
Ineurance.—Allienoe, British and Foreign, 163 ; ditto