The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-TlllB DAY

Two o'CLocw.

The proolamation of peace caused a rise of 1 to 11
per cent in the funds this morning, but this bas not I
been fully supported. Present quotations are Ito 1
per cent. better than the final rates of yesterday.
The market is firm, but attention is chiefly directed
to shares and foreign stocks.
Consols, after being marked 931, have receded to
93 for the 10th of April. For money the pries is
921. The March Exchequer Bills sr* marked 2s. to
4s. prem.; the June Bills, le. dia. to ls. prem.; Ex-
chequer Bonds, 911; Coosol Scrip, 3 to 31 prem.;
and India Bonds, 11 dia.
Turkish docks have spin risen, the Six per
Cents. being marked 99/ to 100; and the Four per
Cents. 102 to 1. Spanish Stocks arebetter. Spanish
Old Three per Cents. have been dealt in at 401;
ditto, Deferred, at 261 to / ; the Passive Bonds
at 71 to 1; the Committee's Certificates for
the Unfunded Coupons at 61 per cent. ; Belgian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 96 (exchange 25fr.);
Sardinian at 941; Portuguese Four per Cents. at
491; Equador New Consolidated at 141; Mexi-
can at 201 to 1: and Peruvian Four-and-a-HaLf per
Cents. at 79 ex div. _

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The imports of the precious metals last week were
considerable. Our list includes: 31,000 ounces of
gold by the Admiral, and 41,000 :ounces by the
Emma, both from Melbourne; 66,0001. by the Arnu
rift, and 54,7001. by the Baltic+, both from New York;
1,6361. by the Tagus, from the Peninsula ; and 5,0001.
by the Alma, from Alexandria.
The total :talus of these arrivals I. about 415,0001.
Small parcels of gold, and considerable quantities of
silver, also continue to be received from the

Contiiient.
The exports have been small, comprising, accord-
ing to the official returns, only about 62,0001.—viz.,
3,0001. in gold coin, for the Mauritius; and 69,6841.
by the Madrid, for Lisbon and Cadiz. Daring the
lut few weeks, however, remittances have been
regularly made on account of the Turkish loan.
It 1• an important fact that the whole of the gold
brought in from Australia by the Lightning, Admi-
ral, and Emma— representing an aggregate of
333,0001.--h.. this week been sent into the Bank, the
demand for account of the Bank of France having
subsided.
Phe demand for silver for the But continuing, the
shipments by the steamer of the 4th prox. for Alex-
andria are expected to be very heavy.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on Tuesday
next for the conveyance of stores from the River
Thames to Gibraltar, Bt. Helena, Hong-Kong, Hon-
duras, Bermuda, the Bahama", Barbados', and

Demerara.
A fifth all of is tobe paid on the stares of the
Asylum Life Assurance Company by the let of May.
In answer to inquiries from the Liverpool Stock
Exchange, the secretary of the Dutch Rhenish Rail-
way Company states that the new shares are only
substitutes for certain old shares forfeited to the corn-
Fy, and will be in every respect similar and sub-
tto the same conditions the shares they are
tended to replace, and as such entitled to dividend,
to be declared in June next.
A special general meeting of the Glob: Insurance
Company is called for the 10th of April, for the our-
pose of electing a director in the room of Mr. John
Hodgeon, who has resigned.

SATURDAY Bvmusl.

The immediate signature of the Treaty of Pesos
being now considered certain, the various Stock Ex-
change markets today maintained a very firm ap-
pearance. The transactions in the English finis
were limited, and the further advance established in
quotations amounted to scarcely 4 per cent. In the
share and foreign stock markets, however, some mi-
-1
station prevailed, prices showing a decidedly upward
tendency.
The demand for money to meet today's instalment
of 2,160,0001. on the new loan was active, but there
was no particular pressure.
Consols stood during the greater pilot the day at
yesterday's final quotations of 924 to a for the 10.11
of April, and closed at 921. For money the last
price was 924. The official business report is
limited to the following, via.:—Three per Out.
Consols, for money, 921, 4, ; ditto, for account,
10th April, 92/, 921; New Three-and-a-Half per
Cent., 991 • Exchequer Scrip, 2/ prem.
The Con;o1 Scrip of the new loan closed at 2/ to
21 prem., and the Exchequer Scrip at 2/ to 21 prem.
The March Exchequer Bills remain quoted 2s. to
6s. prem.; the June Bills, ls. dis. to Is. prem.; and
Exchequer Bonds, 984 to 4.
In the foreign stock market the chief feature wee
a derided ruts in Turkish stocks. The Six per Cents.
for account ranged between 981 and 994, and elated
at 99 to /. The Guaranteed Four per Cents. have
risen to 101 to 3. In other stocks there was no im-
portant advance, bat the general tendency of
moss in this department was favourable.
Bank of Egypt shares advanced this afternoon,
closing at 1/ to If prem. Ottoman Bank shares have
also improved to 1/ to If prem. The National Dis-
count Company's shares were quoted /to 1 dim., and
Western Bank of London, 34 to 24 die. London and
County Bank shares were again freely offered, and
closed at 29 to 30. Bank of Australasia stock rose
14 Land shares were steady. London Dock stock
was dealt in at 100.

LONDON AND COUNTY BANK.

TO TIM =ITO' OP TEI =PURL
811.—Am a general rule, any reference to the psi.
Lion and internal management of joint.stock hulls
and similar andertakinp of punitive public credit,
is neither useful nor desirable, except the data are
ofileial; bet the extraordinary mania to sell the
shares of the London and County Bank which hu set
in within the lest few days induces me to suggest to
my fellow-proprietors the wiser course et eacertaining
the y vadat of their property before parting with it,
under the Wham of groundless apprehension.
Hula( made myself acquainted with the follow-
ing tuts, permit me through your columns to lay
them before those shareholders at a distance who are
unable to obtain the information direct by personal

a
Artet notoriety attached to Mr. Saki?a name
rendered the retirement from the board of those di.
NOW. "beware is any way personally connected with
him imperative; and the first steps taken by their
sessesson was the appointment of a committee to in-
=to, eosjobitly with Messrs. Freshfield, the
and pad management of the bank. Al-
=Sthe result of that investigation has netted.
te resignation of one of the principal officers,
it bas at the same time established the fact,
that the position of the bank is perfectly
mad, and that its resources are unimpaired
by Mr
oofii case adtaatiliies alarm merathluteMer lanarfrquirPais "thi:
order of the day. The timid, following the current,
esil their shares, and so foster distrust among the
wedistors, who can easily satisfy themselves, as I
have dope, that all this panic is wholly without dal
basis. By this injudicious soarsthe Interest of the
whole body, whether proprietors or customers, is seri-
ously prejudiced. All evil d this kind is acetegious;
and being interested in the prosperity of these under-
takings, from experience of their steady and legiti-
mate growth, I write these lines of plain common
sense, in the hops that them under appre-
hension win adopt the easy amuse of satisfying them-
selves by personal application at the bank, before
sacrificing their property, and promoting a wholly
mammary disk- --I am, Am
A 'SHAREHOLDER.
London, March 29.

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