The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-71118 DAY.

Two o'CLooi.

The funds are slightly flatter to-day, and a re-
duction of about per cent. has taken place. Little
business is going forward. The share markets are
likewise Inanimate, but in most instances the im-
proved quotations lately established are fairly sup-
ported. Indian and Lombardo-Venetian Railway
shares are still inquired for.

The New In dial; Five per Cent. Loan is steady, at
1081 to;.

The opening price of the Three per Cent. Rentes
at Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, was 70fr. 36c., ex div., being 1 per cent.
lower than yesterday.
Consols are officially marked 974 and 97 for
money, and 961 and 4exdi v. for theitecount. The
present quotation is 964 to 1 ex div., for
the 10th Jan. Bank Stock has been dealt in at 227
and 228 ; the Three per Cents. Reduced at 961
and 4; the New Three per Cents., at 961
and 4 ; the New Indian Loan, at 1061, 4, and 4 ;
the Four per Cent. Debentures of 1868, at 97 and
971; ditto 1869, at 964 to 97 ; India Bonds, at 3s.
prem. ; and Exchequer Bills, at 275. to 30s. prem.
The transactions in the foreign stock market have
been rather limited. The Old Turkish Six per Cents.
remain quoted 771 to 78, and the Loan of
last year 66 to 67. Mexican Bonds are still
offered. Other foreign stocks are quiet. Sales
are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Old Five per
Cents., 103; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
991; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 66 (exchange
128.) ; Mexican Three per Cents., for acct., 221, 221 ;
Portuguese Three per Cen•a., 1863, for account, 464 ;
Russian Three per Cents., 1869, 661: Sardinian Five
per Cents., for account, 861; Turkish Six per Cents.,
1864, for account, 78, 771 ; ditto Six per Cents.
1868, 664 ; ditto, for account, 664, 661. 66; ditto,
Guaranteed Four per Cents., for account, 1041, 1041.
. _

The shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance Com-
pany are quoted to prem.

HALF-PAST TWO o'CLoci.
Consols closed without change, at 95 to ex
die., for the 10th of January.

In the Stock Exchange loans on Consols are freely
offered at 2 per cent.
A meeting of holders of Equador Bonds is con-
vened by the Commission for Wednesday next.
The steamer Pera, which will sail on Monda, will
take 91,6271. in silver, and 44,0901. in gold for
Bombay, besides 1,0001 in gold and 8001. in silver
for Alexandria, making a total of 137,6171. The
whole is on private amount.
Theoperations for the recovery of the treasure sunk
in the Royal Charter were suspended on Thursday
owing to boisterous weather.
On'Change yesterday afternoon, bills on St. Peters-
burg were inquired for, and higher. The rates on
Austria and Hamburg were rather lower. The
other exchanges were steady. The quotations are
shown below :

Amsterdam, three months, 1136 to i ; short, 11.13 to i ;
three months, ILl6$ $; Antwerp, three
months, .25 to 30; flatuturp, marks MOOG, three months,
18.6 to Par* three days alight, 26.7$ to lb ; ditto,
three months, 26.30 to 5 ; Fienkites-ea-the-Mains, three
months, 117 to I, Petersburg, par ranble, three mouths,
34i to ; ienna, ed. do., three months, 12.00 to 70 ;
Mesta, dittoV, three mouths, 12.66 to 76; Madrid, three
months, 4dt to I; Cadiz, three months, 49$ to 60; Leg-
horn, three months, 80.20 to 80; Canoe, three months,
26.371 to 42i ; Naples, three months, 40$ to i ; Palermo,
three months, 121 to i ; Monism, three months, 121$ to $;
Lisbon, 90 days, 52i to i; Oporto, 90 days, 62} to I.
In connexion with the rise in the St. Petersburg
exchange a rumour is circulated that Messrs. Roth..
child have purchased from the Russian government
the St. Petersburg and Moecow Railway. If so, it
is to be maimed that the government ham submitted
to a very large deduction from the oast price. Of
the jobbery and corruption which attended the con-
striction of this railway many stories have been
told.

Advicee from Marseilles mention the stoppage of
the Franco-Belgian Sugar Refinery Company. The
liabilities of this undertaking are said to be heavy, and
are estimated in some quarters at as much as
400,0001. or 600,0001.
We understand that the directors of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, at their
board meeting yesterday, accepted the principle of a
lease of the undertaking to the South Eastern ; but
the Important question of terms has yet to be ar-
ranged.
The directors of the Great Ship Company have
formally notified the postponement of the special
meeting until the 11th January, "for the purpose of
laying before the shareholders the whole filmiest
position of the company, of taking into considera-
tion the raising of farther capital by preference
shares or otherwise, the borrowing money upon mort-
gage or otherwise, and any proposals that may be
made for chartering or purchasing the ship." Their
ostensible motive for the postponement has reference
to the questions pending between the contractor and
the company, and now under arbitration. We are
informed that they have made arrangements to borrow
40,0001. for six months, on mortgage of the Great
Eastern, in order to meet pressing claims.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 1,6161.

The =tenthly return of the Bank of France, as made
up to Thursday lut, the Bth of December, shows the
following result. (the exchange taken at 25f. to the
wand):

Cain and baton

BM, discounted

Notes in drank*. peeves, 1,110,000

Treasury deposits lemmas 1660,000
Private deposits
Advances on public asoarriits
- - - - - -

This return affords no indication of any improve-
ment in trade. The decrease in the discounts does
not accord with expectation. The coin and bullion
now stand at 23,170,0001.—an extraordinarily large
amount.

The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, Deo. 7, compared with the pre-
vious weekly return, shows the following results:
Circulation wine
Circulation active
Pulicdspoeits
Other deposits
°Tawniest:t securities in

—bilk ingdeparteneii..: 10,926,157 No change.
Other secenuee in healing
depart cent 19,350,811 Nara 25,618
Coin and bullion In both

6spmetznents
Bova day endear bWs 792,422 NORMS 29,689
ne Rat
Wass la reserve .. . ... 9,693,410 Incase 13,255
Total rmerve(notssfr conk)
in tanking dapettinsat 10,261,410 biasses 12,528
The Iterations are devoid of importance.
The Gazette statement of the movement of the
precious metals for the week ending Wednesday
last gives the following totals, viz.:—lmports of
gold, 72,8041.1 exports of gold, 178,2831. • imports
of silver, 233,8841. ; exports of silver, 111;380/.

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FRIDAT
Consols, which closed yesterday at 971 to for
the 10th January (.-qual to 95; to 96, ex div.),
opened this morning at 95; to 96. ex div., touched
96, " buyers," and closed at 951, " buyers." A
few transactions are recorded for money, although
the transfer books are now shut. The official bust-
nee report la as follows —Three per Cent. Con-
sols, for money (shut), 971, I; ditto, for account
1(10th January), 96, 931, ex diy. ; Three per Cents.