The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-20 00:00:00

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MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAL)

Mar *Mum.

Extreme dulness continues to prevail in the
Stock Exchange. In the Ammo, of berissie2 there
,is no variation of importance in prim*: I'b, tiands
are quoted exactly the sane an yeeterdisysiftersoon.
In some of the principal English railway stocks
there is a fractional improvement.
The weeldy court at the Bank of England has
broken up without altering the rate of dieconitt.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Raster's
tBllBlllln, the Three per Cent. Rated opdh4i at
67fr. soe., ex die., being the same as yardmen/.
Consols are decially marked at ; ez
&T., for money, and 904, ex div., fan Aim
The present quotations see 8/11: M Ir for
money, and 904 to for the 10th of July.
The °Ede bunion:a report is all fellows :
Bank Stock, 250, 4 ; Three per Cent. Ea=
891, ; New Three per Ceuta., 894. list 1 •
I Five per Cant Stock, 984, 4,4, es arty, ; :ditto
I Bonds, 18.. die. ; Exchequer Bills, Amen 3s.
pram. ; Five per. Cent. " mimed" rupee paper,
964 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1001.
The foreign stock market remains dull, with
little inquiry, and scarcely any change in price..
The Turkish Loan of 1864 is 'climbed
72 to 4, and that of 1868, 54
Sales are recorded 'as follows :—Mexican Thrawper
Cent., for amount, 224, ; Peruvian Fonr-and-a-
Half per Cents., for accotmt, fltf ; Pledinontese Five
per Cents., 731 (elebange, MO; Russian Five
perCenta, 103; Turkish Six pee Cent., 1864,
for account, 724 ; ditto Six per Oente.. 1868,
1001. Bonds, 584 ; ditto Guaranteed Pour per
Coate., for account; 1004.
The demand for discount yesterday at Shoat:of
England was slack. In Lombard-street a
amount of business was done, and mearrionally at
rates • fraction below the Bank asinimemn.
In the Stock Exchange the rate for kilns on
government securities was 6 to 6 per cent,
About 61,0001. ha gold was bought by tke dank
yesterday, while 20,M0 sovereigns were withdrawn
for exportation. Sine* the date of the last return
396,C301. has been sent in, against the witharkwals
for America.
The EWA, which left yesterday far New York,
took 236,1191. in specie.
The Liverpool cotton market yesterday was dull,
with sales to the extent of 10 000baies.
The London and North Wasters Railway traffic
return shows this weeks decrease of 1,9 w.•• the
Gres* Northern a degrease of LOOSt and the
Great Western an increase of 2,7811. It a mortad
that the forthcoming return of the Lancardure and
Yorkshire Company will show an inettam of
1,6001,
The Canadian Now states that at a meriting of
the board of directors of the eread Trunk Railway,
held in Montreal on the 30th tilt, all the Canadian
directors determined to and their resigns-
, tion. were forwarded bland by tha Let
steamer. The ream memos which have lid to
this step have not yet been made public.
The twenty-fifth annualMesbing of the Northam
Assurance Company was bed on the 14th instant,
when a favourable report was peemstad. It stated
the net amount of the finegremituns fort the year
at 121,4361., being 21,0841. more than in the pre-
vious year. The total claims Wass 68,1111. The
amount at credit of ff.e rederve fund, after pay-
ment of dividend and bona', it 47,2311. In the
life department the toed net revenue was
•81,2281., and the claims 29,2791. The assets
of the company on the Slat .of January
last amounted to 564,9981, and relit an *swage
rate of interest of 41. 9a. lOd. per cant. per wpm.
The investments and other funds of the company
ham on th• present occasion been brought under
the special review of a committee el direetors, who
found it necemory to write off, to profit and loss,
only the small sum of 981. 13a. 3.d. in addition to
the ordinary dividend of 74 per cant...a bonne of
per cent was deemed upon the paid-up capital,
making the total distribution among the share-
holders for the year, 124 per cent. As a result of
the fourth investigation into the participation life
branch, the bonus declared upon all 'policies in this
branch current en 31st January LA, was at the
former rate of 11 Is. 6d. per mot per ammo:
A meeting of the Royal Rxehringe
Corporation will be held on the 15111 bart.Al,Pirensilon-
firm by ballot the propoaal agreed to at a general
cor-t yesterday, for a half-yearly diwhinad set 181.
per cent
Subjoined are the latest quotations aPiereartinee,
pa dock, and other shares, as given in the last
Sack Exchange list :
Insumaos. —Arhus* British and 16, 151;
Atlas, 134 , ; 28 • CW4m4 Weikel, sad
Graiesd Life, 241 ; 7 ; turd Berdish law
Life, 4 ; Globe, 1 • Indemnity Barbs, 140 ;• Legal
sad Gemmel We, 61; doe, 421, 43 ; Landes aid Pre-
vir dal liaise, 11 ; Oman Werias, 81, j ; Maimed Maria%
hIQ li•
m sad Ooke.—kraut
lOs 111; 831; Lan-
-74
don,i 68; Snag Clansemses,l4tsal, ; Westurinster Chartered.
Dadra—Fast sod West India, 1189 ; Leaden, 524 ; 84.
Katharine, 61, 62.
Waterworks. —East Landau, 128, 121; Onad Justice.
72Latled, KU.
—Waterloo, Old Anna of 81., 321; Iterixh lL a
201A,ddit &T.
Csad—Xestist sad Area, 69.
With regard to the market for American securi-
tionr4oglr. I. F. Satterthwaite reports' as follows :
has been eery little dein in Amatna ssearitim
dada. tbe past week. We ads mom lambi ter Unreel
Itralis and Virginia Beads. Thee elen su Lad bonds, as
New Yeah Osairal, IBehipe
_dated, now* Oialrel,_ art
=LIZBomb are freely taiga, Ammer ofteerel.
sad Ws Shareware wiliest dears New
Veer Cleated shares an more pastel

With refereuee to the v;ise disease, the eiroular
of Mr. F. W. Comae has the following :
It is calculated that tbs " Odium" do Boyd is the pre-
duo* districts peipee which weelii haw yielded wady
900.010 butts of ebony. This debilities/. tidos is con-
nexion with tbe firewood export, readered assn eery
reset des deemed I. wawa geed ariiedige et
all deowy4oo4 to be woes wed very dear 1 the
lore Leidy booed circulars Aar
lq=cesalurPr heti ; the scarcity ef Moe the
' increased wesampliom la England at the nedacadetaty are
the principal reasons gives for this step. The loped ad_
niece from Oporto invert the " °idiot" to les wry leneral
sulphur had hem 'Donny applied. sad it wee loped sour
of the crop would be med.

wicommaa Wimp.
Consols, which closed yesterday MS% to .1 ex
div., for the 10th of July, this morning
at the same quotation, decliuoolerlio 11%, "sellers,
and closed h. 901 to f . For mosey the but price
was at The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
891, 1, ex div. ; ditto for account (July 10), Me
90, 1, div. ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89,, f,
; New Throe per Cents., 89f k, g, ; Thirty
Years Annuities, 1886, 151 ;'Bank Stock, 2801.
291 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 98f ex div. ;
ditto for account, 99, 9, ex div. ; ditto Four
per Cent. Debentures, 1866, 9Q; ditto Bonds,
18s., lb., 18s. ; Five per t. "enlaced
rupee paper, 94 ; ditto Five-and-a- per Cent.,
100 f, f.
The India Five per Coot. Stock was quoted 98}
to I ; and India Bonds, 18e. to lb. din. The P 1..-
sod-a-Half per Cent. " rupee" paper was rather
more inquired for.
The March Exchequer Bills remain quoted 7h
to 3s. din., and the June parte 9s. premium.
The foreign stock market was dull. The Turinth
Lran of 1854 was last voted 721 in f, end that
of 1868, 56} to 4. Mexican Bonds were flat, at
221 to f, being again ratiser lower than yesterday.
A farther improvement occurred in Leaden and
Westminster Bank shares. Other bank shares
were steady. Oriental Gas shares were in eletenand.
There were also inquiries for Peel River Land=
The closing quotations for shares in new
takings to-day ingli as follows :--Ossan Marine
Insurance, 34 to f prem. ; Thames and Mersey
Marine, f f prem. ; Universal Maria*
t° I du. ; Lowden and Provincial
is. to par ; Natal Land, f to 1 ; Ohba.
and Japan Steam, par ; and Seend Iron, to f
prem.