The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-15 00:00:00

.4KONEY MARKET.-THIN DAI.
Two O'CLOCK.

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The intelligence Are ve
the threatening attitude of Austria towards th
national movement in Italy caused a fresh fall
fully 1 per cent, in the English funds this morning.:
The market is now rather firmer than at en earlier
period of the day, but Consols are still quoted 1 to L.
per cent, lower than yesterday afternoon. The rail-
way share market, in which the settlement is in full
progress, is likewise weaker in sympathy.
Consols are officially marked 93, 921, 931,
and 94 for money, and 9n and 93 for
the account. The present quotations are
94 to 93 for money, and 93 to 1 for the
6th of September. The official business
report is as follows : Bank Stock, 232 ;
I Three per Cents. Reduced, 93j, 1 ; New
Three per Cents, 931, 1, 1 ; India Stock,
217, 9181, 217 ; ditto Five per Cent.
Stock, 1859, 104, 1031; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1858, 961 ; ditto Bonds, 45., 88., die. •
Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 3s. prem.
The foreign stock market is dull. Turkish
bonds remain flat : the issue of 1854
is quoted 751 to 1, and that of 1838,
64 to 1. As regards other descriptions there is
little change in price. Sales are recorded as follows :
—Portuguese Three per Cents., 1853, 441 ; Russian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 941 ; Sardinian
Five per Cents., 83 ; ditto for account, 831 ;
Spanish Three per Ceuta., 481; the Com-
mittee's Certificates, 51 ; Turkish Six per
Cents., 1858, 601, ; ditto Guaranteed Four
per Cents., 101 ex div.

It appears from the statements made in the House
of Commons on Monday night by Sir C. Wood that
the immediate deficiency in the Indian treasury is
to be met by means of the current balances and by
payments on account of the capital of the railway
companies. The Indian Secretary, therefore, takes
power to raise a loan of 3,000,0001., "merely by
way of precaution," lest he should run short during
the recess. Apart, however, from the question of
the error involved in the custom of diverting the
payments on account of Indian railway capital
from their legitimate object, it is perceived that the
effect upon the money market here must be precisely
the same whether the sum required be raised
by means of guaranteed railway debentures or by
a distinct loan.
The discount market yesterday was less easy. The
rates in the open market may be considered equal
to those of the Bank. Much caution is displayed,
particularly as regards long engagements, owing
partly to the weather. The business at the Bank
was to a fair extent.
The 84,0001. in gold by the Africa, and the
30,0001. by the Seine, will be sent abroad. The
Gibraltar will take to-day about 60,000 e. for Cadiz.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
generally firm. The only alteration worthy of
notice was a decided movement against Austria.
The rates are shown below :

imsteedam, 3 months, 11.16) to ; ditto, short,
u. 11.14)1
to 151 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, i6i to 17 ; Antwerp, 3'
month, 25.30 to 5 ; Hamburg him haw* 3 months.
13.6 to 1 ; Paris, 3 days, 25.10 to 171 • ditto, 3 months,
'25.36 to 40; Prankfort-on-theMaine 3 'months, 117) to ;
Petersburg (per rouble), 3 months, Ste 35 ; Vienna (att.
So.), 3 months, 13.25 to 30; Trieste ditto, 3 mouths, 13.23
to 30 ; Madrid, 3 months, 49) to ) ; Cadir., 3 month,
494 to j ; Leghorn, 3 months, 25.40 to 2i ; Genoa, 3
swaths, 25.40 to 2) " • Naples, 3 months, &O) to g ; Lis-
bon, 90 days, 52g to 53 ; Oporto, 90 days, 53 to ).
At Liverpool yesterday the sales of cotton
amounted to 10,000 bales. The market is described
as "very firm."
The accounts just received from Point de Galle
by the Peninsular and Oriental Company state that
altopther79oboxes of specie,worth about 205,00(1.,
had been raised from the wreck of the Malabar.
The next mail is expected to bring intelligence of
the recovery. of the residue-77,0001.
Failures in the leather trade continue to take
place. The suspension was announced yesterday of
Messrs. Poole and Co., boot and shoe manufac-
turers, of Northampton, with liabilities to the
amount of about 20,0001. The accountants em-
ployed are Messrs. Quitter, Ball, Jay, and Co.
_ _ _ _

A meeting was held yesterday of the creditors of Mr.
E. H. Strange,. of Ampthill. The liabilities amount
to 15,1201., and the assets to 4,7961. Mr. Strange
was formerly agent of Messrs. Sharpies and Co.,
bankers, of Hitchen, and has carried on business
for years as a grocer and draper, at the same time
combining the functions of a banker, by receiving
deposits, varying from 51. to 9001. Amongst these
depositors are servants, governesses, Arc. The cre-
ditors on deposit accounts now claim 11,879/. Mr.
Strange has really been insolvent for years, and
his books have been badly kept. The funds
placed at his disposal, however, enabled him to
go on until the beginning of the present month.
It was resolved that the estate shall be wound up
under a deed of assignment. Mr. Strange was also
treasurer of the Ampthill Savings Bank, but the
deposits are guaranteed by two trustees, one of
whom, however, died last week.
The proposed dividend on the stock of the Cale-
donian Railway Company is officially announced
at the rate of 4} per sent per annum, with
a surplus of about 7,0001.,' against 3/ per cent, per
annum at the corresponding period of 1859.
The directors of the Agra Bank have announced
a dividend of 21. 10s. per share for the six months
ending the 30th June, ou amount of profits of the
current year.
At the adjourned meeting of the East Anglian
Railways Company yesterday, the motion for •
committee of investigation, which was submitted at
the special meeting on the 9th inst., was negatived
by a narrow majority of votes. The following
shows the result of the poll, both personal and by
proxy. It will be seen that a majority of the pro-
prietors who took an active part in the question,
particularly of those interested in the ordinary
I stock, were in favour of the appointment of a
committee.
Against the appointment of a Committee.