The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAL)

Two o'CLotx.

The funds remain very dull. The ma7.liet ix
rather flat in tone, and a fresh decline of t 4 per cent.
has taken place. In the share markets business is
nearly suspended, and prices are quoted nominally
the same as on Saturday.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter opened at
68fr. 15c., being sc. lower than on Saturday.
Consols are officially marked 91/ and 1 for
money, and 92 for the account. The present quota-
tions are 913 to for cash, and 92 to k for 10th April.
The official business report is as follows :—lndia
Five per Cent. Stock, 1001; ditto, for account,
1001; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1859, 95/ ;
Five-and-a-Half per Cent. "enfaced" rupee paper,
991; Exchequer Bills, 95., fe., dia.
The foreign stock market is equally dull, and
prices are quoted the same as on Saturday. The
Turkish loan of 1854 is quoted 741 to 75, and that
of 1858, ut to 55, ex div. Mexican Bonds are
marked 241. Sales are recorded as follows :
Buenas Ayres Six per Cents., for account, 88k ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Centa., G 4 (exch. 12fl.);
Mexican Throe per Ceuta., for account, 241 ; Por-
tuguese Three per Cents., 1853, for account, 461 ;
Sardinian Five per Cents., 821; Spanish Three per
Cents., for account, 49, 1 ; Turkish Six per Cents.,
1854, for account, 741 ; ditto Six per Cents.,
1858, for account, 55, ex div.
Tho fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign
stocks will commence to-morrow " continuation
day," and terminate on Thursday.
The amount of gold purchased by the Bank on
Saturday was 39,0001., while 10,0001. was with-
drawn. The influx of gold from the Continent
continues : about 60,000/. arrived on Saturday.
The steamer America, for Bolton and Halifax,
took 86,7001. in specie from Liverpool on Saturday
morning, making the total since the end of Nov.,
4,648,000/.
The reduction in the value of money has not yet
stimulated the demand for silver for the East. On
the contrary, the market is flatter, and the quota-
tion for bars has receded to ss. 01(1. to ss. 01d per
ounce. The shipments by the Bombay steamer of
the 27th inst. will be limited.

At Liverpool on Saturday, on the arrival of the
news by the Adriatic, the sales of cotton increased
to 15,000 bales. Prices were very firm.
Messrs. J. G. Behrends and Co., East India
merchants, of St. Mary-axe, have stopped payment,
with liabilities to the amount of 40,0001., about
half of wh'cli is secured. The senior partner, Mr.
J. G. Behrends, was struck w.th paralysis in De-
cember last, and his absence from business is stated
to be the sole cause of the difficulties of the firm,
but the probable result of the liquidation is not yet
known. The circular issued is subjoined :

Gentlemen,—!fern. J. G. Behrenils and Co. having
consult xl us on the state of their affairs, we find that the
affliction to which Mr. J. G. Behreods was subjected in the
month of December last (and from which he hes only par-
tially recovered) has necessitated his almost entire absence
from business, and in consequence thereof it is imperative to
suspend for a while the payment of the liabilities of the
firm. The account. are now in course of investigation by
Messrs. Quilter, Ball, Jay, and C0.,0f Moorgate-street, ands
meeting of the creditors will be convened at the earliest
pow ble opportunity, in order to submit to the creditors a
statement of the affairs of the firm, of which meeting you
will in dee course be app_rised.—We are, &c.,
I(Signed) HOGRILS, KEARIIKT, MAMMAS,
and HUGHZI.
17, Bucklersbury, E.C., March 23.

There has been a meeting of the creditors of Mr.
Henry Le Mare, the Stock Exchange dealer, whose
failure was mentioned on Friday. His explanation
of the manner in which the numerous sums bor-
rowed by him from fellow members have been dis-
posed of, is not considered adequate. It is under-
stood that be admits having lived upon those loans
for years past. The affair, however, though it has
formed the principal topic of conversation in the
Stock Exchange during the last two days, has little
interest for the outside public, for, the defaulter
being a dealer, and not a broker, tho loss falls en-
tire'l upon the members of the establishment.
The sixth report of the directors of the Cape
Town Railway and Dock Company states that it
has been decided by the local government that the
railway shall be extended and made as a double
line from Fort Kuokke to Cape Town. Thu
government has sanctioned an addition of 20,0961.
to the amount of the original guaranteed capital of
470,C)01., this being the sum for which the con-
tractor has undertaken to execute the additional
works. The additional capital is to be raised by
the issue of fully paid up guaranteed shares of
201. The report of the progress of the works is
satisfactory. Several points are mentioned in-
dicating liberality of spirit on the pate of the
government.
An extraordinary meeting of the Great Northern
Railway Company is called for the 9th of April, to
approve several bills now pending in parliament
for metropolitan railway improvements. One of
these bills authorises the extension of the Metro-
politan Railway from Smithfield to Finsbury-
circus, and another, the construction of a railway
from Edgware through Finchley and Highgate, to
join the Great Northern Railway.
The seventh call of 21. 10s. is to be paid on the
shares in the Dublin and Meath Railway by the
22nd of April.
The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company is called for the 24th of April.
The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the East
Anglian Railways Company will be held on the sth
of April.
The directors of the United Kingdom Provident
Institution have issued a circular descriptive of 'the
progress of the establishment, and particularly re•
lating to "the superiority of the lives of total
abstainers from distilled and fermented liquors over
those of the general public." The division of profits
about to be made will give a reversionary bonus in
the Temperance Section ranging from 35 to 86 per
cent., or an average of 604 per cent., and in the
General Section from 24 to 59 per cent., or an
average of 414 per cent.
Mr. R. P. Harding has been appointed by the
Court of Chancery official manager of the British
Exchequer Life Assurance Company.
The Master of the Rolls proposes, on the 16th of
April, to make a call of 10s. per share on the con-
tributories of the Deposit and General Life
Assurance Company.
Subjoined is a statement (from Mr. Slaughter's
Weekly List) of the railway calls falling due in the
month of April. The amount is moderate.
Amount per There.
Due 'Already Number
Doe In April 1.1661. Date. Paid. Call. of Shares. Total.
Capeeri law"
and
30 8 L 2 0 0 26,000 £60,000
Danube and Black Sea . I .. 10 0 0 4.000 40,000
Oisalrow A 8. Western,
var. 10f. shares 2 n 210 0 31.211 106.627
Grand Bosnian l5 10 10 0 0 Not known.
Great Southern of India 13 18 2 0 0 25,000 50.000
Rlirs and Dilnanurg . 12 16 2 8 0 81,600 195,840
8. Durham R Lancash , n, „
Linton, original Issue j • `l, 'n "} 16,000 28,000
Ditto, ditto, 2nd issue
Routh Yorkshire SOL,
6 per cent
Yak. of Neath Prof _

201. tiaretr-- ** .. 7.1 1 $ 20 0 7,500 15,000
Whitattaven Junction,
Peet. P. 201. shares 1 15 5 0 0 2,250 11,250

Total for April

1646,817