The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

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The stock markets retain a tendency to improve-
=ant. The funds opened this morning at an ad-
velum of $ per cent., bat have since relapsed to the
Anal quotations of yesterday. British railway
stocks experienced a decided improvement in the
morning, but also present a partial reaction. Upon
the whole, the feeling in the Stock Exchange to-day
is more hopeful ; bat the uncertainty with regard to
the approaching budget operates ma a cheek.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter were quoted
67.60, showing a decline of / per cent. since yester-
day.
The scrip of the hew Canadian Five per Cent.
Loan his improved to 2$ to 21 prem. The Indian
Firs per Cent. Stook of 1869 is quoted 103/ to 1.
The Indian Five per Cent. enticed rupee paper is
rather better, at 971 to 98, and the Five-and-a-Half
per Cent., at 103/ is 104. Exchequer Bills show a
reeovery.

Colloids are officially marked 941 and 1 for
money, and 941 and for the account. The
present quotations are 941 to 1 for money
and the Bth instant, and 94/ to 1
for the Bth March. Bank Stock has been dealt is
at 229 and 2301; the Three:per Cents. Reduced, at
Di/ and ; the New Three per Cents., at
94/ mad 4 ; the Now Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
at 79; India Stock, at 218, 219, and 218; the New
Indian Five per Cent. Loan, at 1031, 1031,
and 103}) the Indian Five per Cent.
enfacied rupee paper, at 971 and 98;
ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., at 1031, 1031,
and 104; the Indian Four per Cent. Debentures,
of 1868, at 971; ditto, 1869, at (971 aid 1; India
Bonds, at 4s. dis. to 2e. prem. ; and Exchequer
Bills, at 17s. and 21s. prem.

The Turkish Biz per Cent. Loan of 1868 ex-
hibits an unfavourable reaction, being now quoted
Got to f, after being marked 661. The Loan of 1854,
after being purchased at 781, has relapsed to 781
to f. Then are a few more inquiries for Mexican
Bonds. Sales are recorded as follows:—Brazilian
Four-and-a-Halt per Cents., 1852, 94; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 6.51 (exchange 128.) ; ditto
Four per Cent. Certificates, 102, 1011; Mexican
Three per Cents., for account, 211, 211; Peruvian
Uribarren Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 811; Russian
Three per Cents., 1859, 661; Turkish Six per Cents.,
1864, for account, 781, 78$; ditto Six per Cents.,
1868, 66, 661, 655, 86, 661.
The amount of gold withdrawn from the Bank
yesterday for exportation wu only 12,0001., making a
total of about 636,0001. since the date of the last
return. The difficulty of obtaining money, occasioned
by the dislocation of the discount market, contributes
to check the drain of bullion.

In the Stock Exchange the rate for loans on go-
vernment securities, which on Wednesday was as
high as 5 per oent., was yeeterda3 only 2 to 3 per
cent.

Aa bearing upon the forthcoming Budget, some
attention wu directed list evening to the fact, stated
in a parliamentary paper just issued, that the excess
of the national expenditure over the imams for the
year ending the 21st Dec. lam was 2,019,6831.
At Amsterdam yesterday Austrian securities opened
at a fresh decline of per cent., which, however,
was fully recovered at the close. The letters inti-
mate that the discussion of the great railway bill
would commence yesterday in the First Chamber, and
is likely to hut for several weeks. The mercantile
community at Amsterdam continue strenuously to
oppose the project, as tending to divert the coarse of
trade.

At Vienna on Wednesday the Austrian Metalline
experienced a recovery of per cent.
The exact amount of specie to be taken for the
East by the steamer Indus, which will sail to-mor-
row, is 268,6191., of which 26,0861. is gold and the
rest silver. The whole is on private account. Sub-
joined are the particulars :—For Calcutta, silver,
106,020!., and gold, 6,1001.; Haag Hong, silver,
73,698!., and gold, 6,8701. ; 'banshee, silver, 63,9601. ;
Alexandria, gold, 7,9601.; Madras, gold, 3,9661.;
Ceylon, gold, 1,2001.; and for Foo-ohoo-foo, silver,
9631.