The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-15 00:00:00

MONEY AIABEZ7-11146

Two o' Loo=.

The funds to-day are steady, at yesterday's closing
quotations, wit'i little basinese. The government
broker has taken another parcel of Reduced
Three per Cent. stock. The continued demand
for, and steady rise in, British railway shares, and in
the stock of the East Indian Railway Company, form
the principal feature of interest in the Stock
Exchange to-day. The stttlement in shares and
foreign stocks is this day completed.

Consols are quoted 97} to / ex div for the 11th of
January. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been
dealt in at 97} to 3 ; the New Three per Cents.
at 97k to -I; the Indian Four per Cent. Deben-
tares, of the first issue, at 99} ; India Bonds, at 13s.
to 16s. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, March, at 345. to
38s. prem. ; ditto, June, at 344. prem.; and Exche-
quer Bonds falling payable in May next, at 1001.
Very little business has been done in the foreign
stock market, apart from the settlement. The new
Chilian Loan is firm, and officially marked
to premium. The new Turkish Loan remain
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dull, With little business. The Turkish Six
per Cents., of 1854, are steady, at
93 to 4. Sales are recorded u follows :
Chilian Foor-and-a-Half per Cents., 1858 (scrip),
4, prem. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Ralf per Cents., 884
(exchange 126.) ditto Four per Cent. Certificates,
100/ ; Russian Five per Cents., 1131 ; Spanish
Three per Cents., 47; ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1868
(scrip of the first series), f dis.

At Paris to-day (Wednesday), according to Mr.
Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Ruh*
opened at 73 for the end of December, showing a
further decline of nearly i per cent. compared with
the lut price of yesterday.
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Advice" have been received to-day of the loss of
the ship Lady Hodgkinaon, Captain Young, on the
coast of Malabar, while on her voyage from London
to Bombay. The crew and passengers were saved.
It appears that the terms intended to be submitted
at the approaching meeting of the London and
North Western Railway Company are to the effect
that all the interest on loans and preference charges
on the Chester and Holyhead Railway are to be
undertaken and paid by the London and North-
Western Company ; but the ordinary shareholder,
of the Chester and Holyhead Company are to re-
ceive no dividend until after the expiration of
two years. In the year 1861 they are to
receive a dividend at the rate of 1 per cent. on the
ordinary capital, in 1882 a dividend of 2 per cent.,
and 1863 and afterwards a guaranteed dividend at
the rate of 21 per cent. per annum.

The demand for money has increased, and the rate
for the best paper yesterday afternoon was 2i per cent.
At the Bank • considerable amount of businer was
done, partly for account of customers who had
deserted the establishment fur months.

The Bank of Prussia, which a month or two ago
raised its rate of discount to 6 per cent., on Monday
lowered it to 4 per cent.
The 11,9001. in gold by the Canada, from Boston,
was yesterday taken for the Continent.
A telegram from St. Petersburg reports the ex.
change as rather less adverse to Russia, the quota-
tion being 361 d. _ _

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
firm. Tne exception was ta bills on Austria, which
were again in demand, the rates still showing a down-
ward tendency. The St. Petersburg exchange was
slightly higher. The quotations are shown below.

inest-eadai. three month; 11.171 to f ; ditto, short
11.16 to 1 ; Rotterdam, three months, 11.171 to 18;
Antwerp, three months, 25.30 to 6 ; Ramberg, marks
basso, three months, 13.7 to 1 ; Paris, three de
t0=26.71 121; ditto, three months, 2.5.32 i to 71;
on-&e-Maine, three months, 11M to 119 ; Petesibtuz, per
rouble, three mamba, 36 to ; Vienne, et io.,
three month; 10.38 to 42 ; Trieste, ditto. three
menthe, 10.40 to 3; Madrid, three menthe, 491 to 1;
Cadiz, three neamthe, 491 to I ; Leghorn, three menthe,
29.60 to 66 ; Gatos. three mouths, 26.45 to 60;
Naples„ three 'months, 401 to 411 ; Palermo, three matt*
1221 to! ; Marina, three months, 1221 to 123; Lieber,
oo daya, in to i; Oporto. 90 days, fah to i•

In the Baaltraptoy Court yesterday assignees were
appointed in the came of the convict William Lemon
Oliver. There were also some farther prccesdings
in the case of the Maresfield Patent Gunpowder
Company (Limited). Mr. Joseph Blunt, described as
a senvener, of Austinfriars, pared his examination.
On Monday. pursuant to notifications issued, seve-
rally, by the Midland, Great Northern, and Man-
cheater, Sheffield, and Linoolnabire Railway Com-
panies, the passenger fares between towns in the
West Riding of Yorkshire and London were raised.
Announcements of this kind have been rather fre-
quent of late.
The Post-office authorities announce that the
next mail for Australia via Marseilles will not be
despatched from London until the evening of the
17th instant, thus allowing merchants an opportu-
nity of replying to the Australian letters which will
come to hand to-day.
A special meeting of the North British Railway
Company is called for the 17th inst. at Edinburgh.
to consider a bill which is to be submitted to parlia-
ment next session for the acquisition, by purchase
or amalgamation, of the Selkirk and Galuhials
Railway.
The Oriental Bank announos the half] early inte-
rest on New South Wales Government Debentures.

Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
canal, and other miacellaneons shares, as given in
the Stock Exchange list of last evening :
Insurance Shares :—/illismos, British sad Foreign. 181;
ditto, Marine 66; Arles, 17$,
,171'. Lye, 65; Glob%
103; Guardian, 63 ; if lndecon re Marine, 157;
Law Fire, 31, 4; Law Life, ; Marfa*, 98; Royal Ea-
change, 288 ; Rack Lila, 81.
Os. and Coke Composite :—Lnperlal, 841 ; Imperial Oar
dismal, 501.
Watenrorks Stocks:--Grand lunatics, 70; ditto Nov,
It
'nal Shares .—Birmingham, W}; Coventry, 170; Grand
lunotisi, 63; Kennet and Avow, ek, 8; Ri's, 171;
Rochdale, 84, Warwick and Napion, 9; Worcester and Bir-
mingham, 17.
Bridges ;—Waterloo, Old Annuities of 31., 30 ; ditto New
of 71., 811.
Docks :—St. Katharine., 941 ; Victoria, 1021.

The Centurion has arrived from Sydney, with no
gold, bat 428 bales of wool, 96 casks tallow, 88 oaks
sperm oil, 487 casks cocoanut oil, 4,540 hides, 5,314
horns, 692 bags gum, 500 bags copper ore, &o.

TUESDAY EVENING.

The funds to-day were firmer, and closed at s re-
covery of about I per cent., although business wu
inanimate. The government broker took another
parcel of 15,0001. Reduced Three per Cent. stock.
The principal feature in the Stock Exchange to-
day consisted of the satisfactory progress of the
settlement in English railway shares.

Consols, which cloud prierday at 974 "sellers,*
ex div., for the 11th Jan.; opened this morning at
974 "buyers," receded to 974 " sellers," and cloud
firmly at 474 to 4. The official business report is
as follows :—Three per Cent. Console, for account
(11th Jan.), 974 ex dir.; Three per Cent. Reduced,
971, 97, 971, 97; New Three per Cent.., 97. 974,
97. Long Annuities, expiring in Jan., 1880, 14;
Bank Stock, 228, 228}; Indian Four per Cent.
Debentures, of the first issue, 991; Three-ands.
Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in
May next, 1004.
Exchequer Bills, both March and June, were
steady, at 34e. to 375. prem. India Bonds were
dealt in at 12s. to 18e. prem.
In the foreign stock market business wu not
active, but steadiness prevailed.
Ottoman Bank shares were in considerable de-
mand to-day, and, after being marked 21f, left off
at 211 to 4. There were also inquiries for the
shares of the London and County, London Joint
Stock, and London aniWestminster Banks. Canada
Lead and North British Australasian shares were
firmer. St. Lathering Beek stock was officially
marked 941. Indiouml Australian Telegraph
shares were quoted prem., " buyers," and Red Sea
Telegraph Ito P.