The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoci.

The fund. to-day are firmer, and an improve-
ment of rto I per tent. has taken place, owing
chiefly to a more hopeful interpretation of the pro-
specta of the money market. The improvement ex-
tends to most other department. of the Stock
Ilehange, Prioes being generally quoted rather
higher than on Saturday. This is settling day in
the Aare market.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Beiges opened at
70fr. 30c., being se. better than on tiaturday.
The New Victmris Six per Cent. Debentures, are
Sneer, at 10a1 t.,

Console are officially marked 941 and for money,
and 942, ,and forthe account. The present quota-
tions are 941 toe for cash, and 94 11-16 to 13-16, or
94.1 for the 9th of May. Bank Stock has been dealt
in at 223 and 224 ; the Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 93, 931, and 931 ; the New Three
per Cents., at 99 and 931 ; the Indian Five
per Cent. stock of 1869, at 1051 ; the Five-
and-a-Half per Cent. enfaoel rupee paper, at 103 i
to 3 ; the Indian Four per Cent. Debentures, of
1869, at 962 and e ; awl Exchequer Bills, at 100.
prem.
The foreign stock market is firm. Turkish Bonds
have risen 1 to 1 percent., the lean of 1854 being now
quoted 76,1 to I, ex div., and that of 1866, 61i to 62.
Sales are recorded as follows :—Buenos Ayres Six
per Cents., 86 ; ditto Deferred, 2k ; Chilian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 861 ; Dutch Twe.add.
a-Half Pei& ifla
thy;
ooi pner er Uelit. Certificates, 100, ex . ;
Rtuudan Three per Cents., 1859, 641, 65 ; Sardinian
Five per Cents., 84 ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
for account, 47, 46/ ; ditto Pensive, 141.
The scrip of the New Brazilian Loan remains
dull, at 1 die to par.
Advice. from Caracas to the Bth ult. state that
the extraordinary council has authorised the
government of Venezuela to negotiate a loan for
five millions of dollars, intended for the London
and continental market..
The Suffolk has arrived from Melbourne with
129,0001. in gold.
The discount market on Saturday was not quite so
tight as of late, good bills with two months to run
being taken more freely at 5 to per cent.
At the Bank the applications were to only a mode-
rate extent.

The Ethiupe, from the West Coaat of Africa,
has brought 11,0001. in specie. The 86,0001. by the
Tasmania was delivered on Saturday, but has yet to
be dealt with.

The other imports of the precious metali an-
nounced last week were limited to about
116,0001., including 65,0001. from the West Indies
and Isthmus, and 42,0001. from New York.

An advertisement, expiatory of the provisions
of the New Stamp Act, and just issued from the
Inland Revenue-office, states as follows :

Even• person do vi cheques payable to himself only,
and every• person requig his banker by letter, or by any
written ,ntler, Ito send hum a remittance, or to make any
payments or investments, or other appropriation of money,
must take care to tax to his cheque, letter, or order, an
adhesive Id. draft stamp, and to cancel it as in the case of
an ordinary cheque. Any neglect of this regulation will
subject hint to a penalty.
- - - - - • •

The Financial Commissioner of Equador gives
notice that the sum available for the dividend due
on the bonds on the Ist proximo is only 1,5801.,
instead of 9,120 i. No distribution will therefore
be made for the present.
The annual meeting of the Demerara Railway
Company is called for the 28th inst., at Liverpool,
and will be made apecial, to consider "any propo-
sition that may he brought forward in reference to
the extension of the line to Maliaica, or the means
of effecting the same."
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 26th
instant for the supply of 300 tons of sugar, 150
tons of cocoa, and 20,000 gallons of vinegar.

SATURDAY VECING.
Consols, which were quoted at 4 o'clock yester-
day 94a to' for the 9th of May (subsequently
improvnq t 0940), opened this morning at 941 to
2, advanced to 94; to I, and closed at 94a,
" sellers." For money the last price was 941 to }.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 94, a, a ; ditto
for account (9th May), 94a ;Th The per Ceut.
Reduced, 93, 921, 93! ; New Three per Cents., 93,
92&, 99A ; New Two-azd-a-Half per Cents., 78 ;
Bank Stock, 226 ; India Stook, 2191 ; the Indian
Five per Cent. Stock, 1869, 1061, 193, 105 a ; the
Five per Cent. enfaced " rupee paper, 971 • ditto
Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1034, 1 ; India Bonds,
Is. die. _ _

The Indian rupee paper was rather flat, the Five
per Cent. being last quoted 971 to 98a, and the
Five-and-a-Half per Cent. 1031 to I. The Indian
Five per Cent. Stock of 1869 was steady, at 1054
to g. Exchequer Bills Lave sustained a fresh fall
of 2a, closing at 6a. to 10a. prem.
Foreiv stocks present scarcely any change in
price. The Turkish Loan of 1854 remains quoted
76 to 1 ex div., and that of 1858 at 61 to 1.
Sales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Old' Five
per Ceuta., 100 ex div. ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1868, 90/ ; Chilian Six per Ceuta., 1021
ex div. ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 1863, 43,
42}, 4211 ; ditto, for account (April 30), 42} ; Rus-
sian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.. 97 ; ditto Three
per Ceuta , 1859, 65 ; Spanish Three per Ceuta.,
for account, vig, 461 ; ditto New Deferred Three
per Cents., 35 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, 76,
761 ex div. ; ditto Six per Cents., 1858, 611 ;
Venezuela Three per Cents., 26;i.
There was no variation of importance in the
market for bank, land, steam' and miscellaneous
*Marts. London and County Bank were inquired
for. Ottoman Bank shares were heavy, owing to
a supply of shells held " in pawn:"
The quotations for the shares in new under-
takings were as follow :—Ocean Marine Insurance,
211 to 22 harem • Universal Marine, I prem. ;
London and Provincial Marine, to g prem. ; anal
Great Northern Palace, a to g prem.
The new Victoria Government Bonds were last
quoted 105 to Q.

MINES.-7HIS DAY.

Two o'Ciocw.

The mining market this morning has been steady,
with a fair amount of business. In the
Stock Exchange Wheal Clifford shares are
marked 305 ; East
Wheal Russell, and
Ilf ; Hero,lsfoot, M ; and Providence, 40. Shares
in Stray Park, Treloweth, Lady Bertha, Wheal
Margaret, and Tiu Croft mines have also met with
attention.
There are inquiries for St. John del Rey shares,
which are marked 231 and 23}, and for Copiapo,
which have been dealt in at II! and ilk. Colonial
descriptions are quiet.
South Wheal &toil, on the Stir inst., made a call of 31
per share.
The Wheal Retie Silver Lead and Iron Company, on the
10th inst., made aa& of 11. per share. It was agreed to
increase the shares from 600 to 1,000.
The Wheal Seto. aoommta, pmental at the meeting oil
the 9th instant, showed • balance in favour of the mine of
8101. 4a. Id.

A SHEEP DzersoyED BY A RAI/W.—A pAir
myna. have ',opt they neat on the west cliff of Ramegoe.
on the island oflleesea. The hen is ;lifting. On Thur..o
day evening last a ewe, large with lamb, belonging to
Christina Roberta:ea, was tethered Rear her cottage.
Mrs. Robertson halloocesioe to go to a neighbour's, And
on her return she found that one of the ravens had nearly
destroyed the peer eye, end, as it was I. ranch mutilated,
it bad to be destroyed: It is a very hanl mar indeed for
this poor woman, wh6tree alone, awl by her own industry
aupports herself. Ad Amer was the only one which she
had, and with it she supplied herself with wool for knitting.
Altlo the inhaletallta .4 the island have before lost a
great number of fowls and chickens in that way, this is the
find instance of a raven having attacked their sheep.—John
o'Urost Immo!.