The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-13 00:00:00

MONEY MAltii.E2.-2BIS LA I,

Two o'CLOat.
The funds opened this morning with extraordinary
buoyancy, at a fresh advance of 1 per cent., in con-
sequence of the confirmation of yesterday's news of
the conclusion of peace. A number of tuna fide
sales, however, followed, and prices gave way to a
point 1 per cent. below the closing point of yester-
day. The market is now firmer again, bat Consols
are not quoted higher than they closed yesterday.
In every other department of the Stock Ex-
change, however, great animation prevail.. All
classes of securities, including, more especially,
foreign bonds and railway shares, particularly Lom-
bardo-Venetiao, exhibit a further important rise.
No telegrams have yet been received from the
Paris Bourse. The Three per Cent. Rentes closed
yesterday afternoon at 69.90 for the amount, show-
ing a rise of It per cent. compared with the closing
quotations of Monday, and being only a trifle
below the highest point reached yesterday.
Consols are officially marked 96/, 961, 961,
and 951 for money; and 961 and 96 for
the 9th of August. The opening price was
964 " buyere," and the lowest point of the
morning 951 to 96. The present quotation is 96 to
1 for money and the mount. Bank Stock has
been dealt in at 222 ; the Three per Cents.
Reduced, at 961 to ; the New Three per
Cents., at 961 to ; the India Four per
Cent. Debentures of last year, at 951 to 1; the
scrip of the New Indian Loan, at 95 to 951;
India Bond., at 2.. to 7s. die.; and Exchequer
Bill., at 265. to 29e. prem.
The foreign stock market is very active, a strong
demand being experienced for most descriptions of
stock. In all instances prices have advanced.
The rise in the Turkish loans amounts
to 21 per cent., the Old Six per Cents.
being now quoted 834 to 841, and the New
711 to 721. Transactions have taken place as high
as 85 in the former, and 73 in the latter. The ex-
tent of the advance in other descriptions may be
gathered from the official list of sales given below
Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1868, 931•
Dutch Twoand-a-Half per Cents., 651, 66,ex div.
(exchange 126.); ditto Four per Cent. Certificates,
for account, 1091; French Three per Cent. Rentes,
69fr. 250. (exchange 25fr.); Mexican Three per
Cents., 191, 19, 191 ; New Granada Deferred
Bonds, 61 ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents,
901, 90, 91 ; Portuguese Three per Cents.,
1853, 43$ ex div. ; Russian Four-and-a-Half
Gents., 97, 971, ex div. ; Sardinian Five per Cents.,
86, 88 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 43, 434, 431,
ex dix. ; ditto New Deferred Three per Cents., 321,
32, ex die.; Turkish Six per Cents., 1864, 84, 831, 85,
841; ditto Six per Cents. 1858, 72, 71, 73, 711,
721; ditto Guaranteed Four per Cents., 1044, 1041;
Venezuela New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 281, 29,
ex &T.; ditto New 1 per Cents., 151, ex die.
It is understood that some considerable pircela of
sovereigns have already been withdrawn from the
Bank for harvest purposes ; and the movement will
doubtless continue. This drain, however, being
domestic and not foreign, has little real importance,
as the reflux of the coin at a later period is almost a
matter of certainty.
The steamers Edward Hawkins and Russian have
arrived from St. Petersburg, with about 172,0001. in
gold. The Adonis, from Oporto, has also brought
14,0001. in specie, and the Sultan, from Lisbon, 6,5341. ,
There were no bullion operations of importance at the
Bank yesterday. The purchases for the Continent
amounted to the large sum of 340,0001., viz., 132,0002.
hy the Monica, from Melbourne; 86,000/. by the
Europa, from Boston; 92,000/. by the Edward Haw-
kins, from St. Petersburg ; 21,0001. by the Nimroud,
from Melbourne; and 10,0001. by the Athenian,
from the West Coast of Africa. It is expected that
the residue of the Russian gold will also be sent
away.
It appears from the New York advice, that the
steamers Ocean Queen and Kangaroo were about to
leave for Europe with 300,0001. in specie. The
fiaxonia had sailed with 20,000/.
The demand for silver continues active for the Cal-
cutta and China steamer of the 20th int., and the
quotation for bars has advanced to 621 d. per ounce,
and for Mexican dollars to 800.
The tendency of the foreign exchanges yesterday
afternoon in some instances was rather adverse.
Bills on Holland and Hamburg were quoted slightly
lower. The principal demand, however, was for
paper on St. Petersburg and Austria, for which
quotations considerably less favourable for this
country were established. The rate on Vienne,
which was quoted on Friday last 13.60 to 13.75, fell
yesterday afternoon to 12.40 to 12.60. Our usual
list is given below :
Amsterdam, three month'', 11.14 to 1; ditto abort,
11.12 to 1; Rotterdam, three mouthed j. 14
Antwerp, three months, 26.71 to 16;
mssi
Memo, three monthr, 13.3 to ; Yams, throe days at, 26.71
to 121; ditto, three mouths, 26.321 so 71 ; Freukfort-oa-
the-lielne, three mouths, 116 to 1; Petersburg, per
rouble, due* months, 34 to 1 ; Vkona, ed do., three
months, 12.40 to 60 ; Trieste, ditto, three mouths, 12.40
to 60 ; Madrid, thus mouths, 49 to 1; Cadiz, three
months, 491 to i; Leghons, three mouths, 30.06 to 10 ;
Chaos, three months, 25.76 to 80; Nrs, three menthe,
401 to 411; Palermo, three mouths, 122 to 123: Mamba,
this, moaths, 122/ to 123; Lisboa, days, 611 to 1;
porto, 90 daye, 611 to 62.
A statement which obtained extensive publicity in
the journals yesterday morning, that the contract for
the conveyance of the Australian mailsvia Panama has
been awarded to Meese. Howard and Lever, M.P.,
is understood to be incorrect, or, at the least, prema-
ture. There is an impression that the government
do not exactly know their own minds on the matter,
and that they hesitate whether or not to refer the
contract to the Committee of the House of Commons
which is about to be appointed. After the formal in-
vitation of tenders, this seems rather a late
period for hesitation ; and loud complaints of the
delay are beginning to be heard in circles connected
with the colonies, the more especially as this service
is of a somewhat exceptional character, a large por-
tion of the subsidy being furnished by the colonies
themselves.
The Australian mail is now eight days overdue.
Advice's from the United States report an active
interchange of communications between the govern-
ment and Senor Matta, the minister accredited by
the Jaws party in Mexico to Washington. Some
treaty or other arrangement is said to be in course of
negotiation. There is, however, no question of any ces-
sion of Mexican territory, which by the constitution
Juarez has no power to grant. It is alleged that
Senor Matte's object is to obtain for the Juarez go-
vernment the usistance of the United States,. with a
view to bringing the present internecine strife to a
termination, and that meanwhile a number of Ame-
rican officers are about to kin the forces of the fede-
ralists in Mexico. The British eqoadron is ordered
off Vera Cruz to protect British property and to
watc
fhoovr theer thebenefit
of the conventionfulfilmentof thee
and Ep
eementlagrisly
made il
boedholdere, by which the latter are to receive 33
per cent. of the customs revenues at Vera Cruz
and Tampico in liquidation of accruing divid!nds
and arrears. As regards the 800,0001. in mlur ,
which has been stopped at Jalapa, there is an im-
pression that very little belongs to British subjects,
the British houses in the city of Mexico being
derstod to have refud to mit specie by that
toodao cta, after confersreing with O Mr. tway, the
British minister.
The work of laying the new telegraphic cable
between Weybouroe, in Norfolk, and Tuning, in
Denmark, was commenced on Monday by the steamer
William Cory. Up to 1 o'clock yesterday 100 mils
of cable was successfully paid out, It is anticipated
that the rest, making, in all, 350 miles, will be laid
to Heligoland by tonight, and that complete tele-
graphic communication with Denmark will be esta-
blished by Friday.
The indigo miler, the course of which must be a
good deal affected by the announcement of peace,