The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARIBT.-THIS DAY•

Two dam:.

The funds ate flatter today, sales preponderating.
After declining 1 per cent., prime are now quoted 1
per cent. wone than on fLturclay afternnon. Con-
sols for this 10:h September receded to 951 to 1, and
are now quoted 941 to 1. For money the price
is 95 to k. The Three par Cents. Reduced have
been dealt in at 96* to 1 the New Three per
ICents. at 961 to 961; Bank Stook at 2181; Exche-
quer Bills at 10s. to 13e. prem.; and Exchequer
Bonds at 1001.
Turkish Six ver Cents. have fallen to 103 to 1.
The Guaranteed Four per Cents. are quoted 1031 to 4.
Other foreign securities are very quiet. Brazilian
Old Five per Cents. have been dealt in at 1011;
Dutch Two-and•a.Half per Cents. at 66; ditto Four
per Cent. Certificates, at 971 and 98 ; Rosman Four-
and.e-lialf per Cents., at 981 and 99; Spanish Old
Three per Cents. at 441; and the Passive Bonds
at 81.

It is stated that there is a probability of the entire
fleet of the General Screw Steam Snipping Com-
pany being purchased at once by the Russian govern-
ment.

The imports of the precious metals lest week
were extraordinarily heavy, owing to the arrival of a
steamer from Australia. Our list inoludes-181,000
os. of gold and 10,0001. in sovereigns, by the Royal
Charter, from Australis; 74,2001. by the Niagara;
and 1,034,634 dol.. by the Persia, both from New
York; about 6,0001. by the Avon, from the BraziJa ;
and 4,1801. by the flultan,from the Peninsula.

The total ;aloe of these .applies is not lees than
1,026,0001. The arrivals of silver from the Continent
are &so large, owing to the continued demand on
Indian mount. Amongst the receipt. lut week were
86 packages by the Baron Osy, 40 packages by the
Hanover, and 78 packages by the Ravensbourne—all
three from Antwerp.
The Custom-hourte statement of the exports of the
precious metals direct from London during the week
ending Thursday last includes 3,984 oz. of gold and
1,000 oz. of silver,
he representing total value of little
more than 13,0001. The particulars are subjoined,
viz.:—Gold coin, to Belgians, 2,000 oz.; to Bt.o
lope, 120 oz. dold bars, to Bt. Petersburg, 888 oz.;
to Hamburg, 878 oz. Silver coin, to Boulogne,
1,000 oz..

Including 4,0001. in spots taken oat by the Tyne,
foe the Brazils, the total shipments of the week, as
officially reported, are raised to only about 17,00 W.
It has already been mentioned, however, that the bulk
of the gold brought in by the Royal Charter and the
whole of that by the Niagara, has been taken for pri-
vate transmission to the continent.

Ten thousand ounces, or 40,00 W. worth, of the
gold ex the Royal Charter, was on Saturday sent
into the Bank, in addition to the 3,000 or. men-
tioned on Friday. Some amount remains yet on sale.
The specie ex the Penis will be in hand to-day. Itsi
destination his yet to be decided.
The half-yearly dividend is advertised on Anglo.
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Ont. Active Bonds.
The following meetings are newly announced,
via.:—Falkland Islands Company, for the 27th inst.;
(Utahans Railway Company, for the 29th inst. ; and
Submarine Telegraph Company, for the 27th inst.,
when a dividend is to be declared.
The ordinary annual meeting of the Royal Swedish
Railway Company is called for the 29th inst., at
Orebro, in Sweden. _ _ _

The following oommunication has been recently
received by the secretary of the Stock Exchange
from the secretary of the Brattish North Eastern
Railway Company:

As the Abrades& and Bratikh Midlaad Railway Com-
panies are sow antaigamated under the ti.le of " The Brat-
tish North Room Railway Company," I have to intimate
that all trawlers of stock of either of those companies will
now have to be made oat as for stork of tke new company,
the particular stock to be specified is Um body of the
transfer. The names of the various stocks of the Scottish
North Rasters Railway Compaq) are the followiap, via. :
Aberdeen Ordinary Consolidated Capital Stock ; ditto 0 mo-
naural Ma per Cost Capital Stock ; ditto Bevan p•r Coat.
Pretenses Capital Stock • ditto Three. and..-Half per
Coat. Prefereasa Capital Block; Scottish Midland Ma-
eolidated Capital Brook. To p mistakes is the
ankles out of transfers, I will be obliged by your C3lll-
- this isformation to the Stock Embargo. All
transfers of Scottish North Resters steak mast be sent to
the dam in Abrade's for registratlea.
The Admiralty will recedes tenders tc morrow
for the conveyance of stores (ammunition wag-
gons, combustibles, timber, ball cartridges, percussion
cam meets, &o.) from the river Thames to Sydney
(New South Wales), Newfoundland, Bt. Helena,
Graham's Town, Algoa Bay, Simon'. Town, Caps
Town, ani Halifax, sad also for the conveyance of
three altars and 160 men of the Royal Artillery to
Gibraltar.

The Irish Bank returns made up for the four weeks
lading Saturday, August 2,1866, are as follows: