The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-18 00:00:00

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MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two dom.

The speech of the new American President has
had no effect whatever upon the funds, which are
quoted precisely the same as on Saturday afternoon.
Dullness prevails in every department of the
Stock Exchange. British railway stocks in most
instances have experienced a decline varying from
Ito it per cent. Speculation in public securities
is quite dormant, except as regards some kind% of
foreign bonds.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter'a
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted
68fr. 42c., showing an improvement of about 1-16
per cent. since Saturday.

Consols are officially marked 911 and 92, for
money, and 92k for the account. The present
quotationsare 911 to 92 for caah, and 92k to k for the
10th of April. The official business re-
port is as follows:—lndia Five per Cent.
Stock, 100 k, k ; ditto Four per Cent. De-
bentures, 1868, 951 ; Five per Cent. " enlaced"
rupee paper, 94k, 94 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per
Cent., 100 k ; Exchequer Bills, June, 6s. dis. ;
ditto, March, Is., 65., prem.:

There is an active demand to-day for Turkish
Bonds. The Loan of 1854 has risen no leS3 than
14 per cent., being now quoted 741 to 751. The
Loan of 1858 is firm, at 55 to 4, showing an
advance of 4to 1. Mexican Bonds are steady.
Sales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Old Five
per Cents., 1014 ; Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., 90,
881 ; ditto Deferred, 274 ; Chili.= Six per Cents.
102 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 81 ;
Mexican Three per Cents., for account, 244, 4, ;
Portuguese Three per Cents., 1853, for account,
481 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1859, 814;
Spanish Three per Cents., for account, 484 ;
Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, for account, 754,
741, 754 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1858, for account,
544, 554, 55 ex div.

About 68,000/. in gold was purchased by the
Bank on Saturday, making 250,000/. since the date of
the return just published. The steamer La Plata
has arrived from the West Indies with 237,0001. in
silver and 18,0001. in gold.
The amount of specie shipped on Saturday for
New York by the Africa was 83,846!., making
4,549,0001. aince the 28th November.

The Liverpool cotton market on Saturday was
active, the sales reaching 25,000 bales. Prices
ruled id. higher than on Friday.
At the adjourned meeting of the creditors of
Messrs. Benyou and Co., flax spinners, of Leeds, it
was resolved to agree to the proposal of the family
to give a sum of 10,00 W., which will increase the
assets to 27,0711., against 52,2651. of liabilities,
thereby allowing the payment of a dividend of 10s.
in the £. The estate is to be liquidated under in-
spection.

• The directors of the Great Ship Company have
determined upon despatching the Great Eastern to
New York on the Ist of May next. She will be
commanded on this cocasion by Captain the Hon.
S. T. Carnegie, R.N., one of the directors. The
engagement with Captain Hall terminated with the
last voyage of the great ship, and has not been re-
newed.

The following is the report which will be pre-
sented at the annual meeting of shareholders in the
Ottoman Bank on the 27th instant :

The directors beg to submit to the shareholders the ac-
count, of the beak for the half-year ending the 31st Dec.,
1860, duly examined and certified to by the auditors.
After making the necessary deductions for expenses of
management, and provision for bad and doubtful debts,
these account, show a net profit for the half•year, of
21,8421. 3e. 4d. The amount brought forward from the
30th June last is 10,1541. A. Bd. From this has to be de-
ducted a sum of 2501. subsequently subscribed to the Syrian
Relief Fund, leaviog 9,9041. Os. Bd.' which, added to the
foregoing profit, makes a total of 31,746/. 4s. disposable
on the present occasion. The directors recommend that
the usual dividend shall be paid at the rate of 8 per cent.
per annum, free of income tax ; and that an addition of
5,000[. be made to the reserve fund (raising
it to 68,1961. 12s. 9d.) leaving 5,8361. 2s. 3d.
to be carried forward to the next account In
the conduct of the business at the various branches of
the bank during the
.past half•year' the directors have
especially enjoined their managers to restrict their opera-
tion. to the utmost, and they are gratified to be enabled
to state that the losses by the troubles in Syria have proved
much less than they could have anticipated. A sudden
calamity at Galata, caused by the overflow of the Danube
and the lake Bratisch, has induced the directors a second
time to talks the Initiative in a matter which properly be-
longs to the shareholders, and to make a donation, on their
behalf, of 2501. in aid of the fund for relieving the victims
of the catastrophe. The following directors go out by ro-
tation, and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election :
Austen H. Layard, Faq., M.P. ; and H. Austin Bruce,
lifaq., M.P. The auditors, Messrs. J. E Coleman and H.
Tindal Atkinson, retire in accordance with the deed of set-
tlement, and are eligible for re-electioe.
The directors of the New York Central Rail-
way Company have declared a half-yearly dividend
of 3 per cent.
A meeting of the holders of New Granadian
Bonds is convened for the 20th instant, when the
committee will lay before them the particulars of
the agreement recently concluded with the govern-
ment.
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Meats. Baring Brothers and Co. have adver-
tised the dividends on the Chilian loans, as well of
the particulars of the application of the sinking
fund.

Messrs. Rothschild announce the dividends on
Danish Three per Cents, and Brazilian Five per
Cents. ; Messrs. Alexander, Fletcher and
those ou the Brazilian Five per Cent. Lain of 1824 ;
and Mews. Gibbs and Sons Owe on Peruvian
Three per Cents.
A general meeting of the Calcutta and Burmab
Steam Navigation Company is to be held on the
26th instant.

—A
meeting of the Belgian Eastern Junction
Railway Company is called for the 28th instant in
London. _ _

An extraordinary meeting of the Kent Mutual
Assurance Society is called for the 27th instant to
consider a recommendation of the directors for the
dissolution of the society, in accordance with an
agreement entered into with the Albert and Medical
Life Assurance Company.
An extraordinary general meeting of the London
and Provincial Discount Company (limited) is called
for the 3rd of April, to alter the articles of associa-
tion.

The scrip of the Onde Railway Company is
called in for examination, preparatory to the
return of ss. per share, decided upon at the recent
meeting. -

SATORDAT_/STII9IO.

Consols, which closed yesterday it to for
the 10th of April, opened and closed to-day at the
same quotation Fur money the last price was
911 to 92/. The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 921,
914 ; ditto, for account (April 10), 92/, # ; India
Five per, Cent. Stock, 100 f, ; ditto Scrip, 1004 ;
ditto Four per Cent, Debentures, 1868, 954 ;
Five per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 944,
94 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1004, 4, 4.
Bank stock was quoted 229 to 231 ex div., or
qual to 234 to 230 cum div.
The scrip oi the New Indian Loan was quoted
.001 to 4 ; the Five per Cent. rupeo paper, 94/
to ; the Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 100/ to I
the March Exchequer Bills, 2s. to 6s. prem. ; and
the June, 6s. to le. die.
Turkish Bonds were very firm to-day. The Loan
of 1854 closed at 734 to 2, being I per cent. higher
than yesterday, and that of 1868 at 544 to 4.
There was, however, a relapse of 4 per cent. in
Mexican, in _ consequence of some realisations ;
the final quotation was 244 to 4. The transactions
in this stock during the last two or three days
have been upon an unusually extensive scale.

Tai COAL DIIITIOL —The bill prepared by the
Home Secretary in reference to the coal duties levied in
London is merely a continuance measure. It propoacw.to
levy these duties for ten years longer, and to limit their in-
cidence to the metropolitan police district, instead of a circle
of 20 miles round the Revel Exchange. These duties are to
be subject to the future disposition of parliament, and to be
applied to improvements within the whole district from
which they are oollected.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Clocat.

The mining market is quiet to-day. There is
little variation in prices. In the Stock Exchange
Alfred Consul. shares are officially marked 3,
and East Wheal Russell, 6. The other
transactions have been chiefly in shares
in Ringston Downs, Treloweth, Wheal Ludoott,
Great Retallack, Stray Park, and East Alfred
Consols.

St. John del Rey Mining shares are rather more
inquired for, and have been dealt in at 30} and
WI. The principal business in the foreign depart-
ment, however, has been in United Mexican ahares,
which continue in active demand, and are marked
4}, 4/, and 4a Colonial mining shares are quiet.
The Lalf•yearly meeting of the UMW.. Lead Mining
Company is called for the 28th instant, and that of the
Fortuna Mining Company for the same day.
With regent to Fowey and Par United Mines, a report
from Captains W. Pascoe and John Tredinnick, published
in the weekly Mining Circular of Messrs. Webb and Gawk,
has the following : • It is scarcely possible tolled a piece et
ground of greater promise ; and if it be vigorously worked,
we have no doubt but that successful regalia will be rea-
lised."

At North Roskesr Mine meeting on the 12th inst., the ac-
counts showed a debit balance of 345/. 3s. ed.

The Clarke Valley Nine accounts presented at the 'met-
ing on the 14th inst. showed a credit balance of 4,7721. 9a.
A dividend of ss. per share (2,25014 was declared.
At Cargoll Mine meeting on the 12th inst. the accounts
showed a credit balance of 676/. 16e. Id.
At Fowey and Par United Mines meeting on the 13th
inst. the accounts showed a credit balance of 2,0401. 7s.
The North Wheal Exmouth sold, on the 11th instant, 4
tons of lead ore, at 101. per ton.