The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET-THIS DAY.

Two o'Cloci.
Great firmness continues to prevail in the Stock
Exchange. The funds show a further improvement
of about per cent. Turkish Bonds and various
claws of English and French railway shares are

also rather better.
Consols arc steady at 94 to 1 for the sth March,
and 931 to 1 for cash. The Three per Cent. Reduced
have been dealt in at 94th 1; the New Three per
Cents. at 941 to 1; Bank Stock, at 219 ; Exchequer
Bills at Is. prem. ; and India Bonds at 2 dis.
Turkish Six per Cents have risen to 951 to 1 ; and
the Guaranteed Four per Cents. to 1011 to 2. Rus-
sian Five per Cents. are in demand, and are marked
110. Other foreign stocks are firm. The sales com-
prise Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 99 (exch.
25fr.); Dutch Four per Cent. Certifs. at 981 ;
Mexican Three per Cents. at 221 ; Peruvian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., for the 27th inst., at so! ;
Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 97
and 971 ; Spanish Old Three per Cents.
for account, at 401; ditto, New Deferred Three per
Cents., at 24, and 1 ; and the Committee's Certifi-

sates at 61 and 61 per cent.
The French Emperor's speech is favourably re-
garded, as breathing a spirit of peace, and indicating
that no state loan will be required. The appearance at
• decree, however, raising the authorised issue of
French Treasury Bonds to 330,000,000 f., or
14,000,00 W. sterling, has excited some discussion,
and has revived the idea that the Bank of France
will be permitted to increase its capital, investing
the new funds in the national unfunded debt.
Further orders having come in, it is now esti-
mated that the remittances of specie and bullion by
the Colombo on the 20th inst. will exceed 600,0001.
This is an unusually large sum, considering that the
Colombo takes no mail for China.
On 'Change yesterday afternoon, the rates for bills
on Amsterdam and Antwerp showed an improvement.
The quotations on lismburg,. Paris, and Frankfurt
were firm. Short paper on Paris ruled rather higher.
The current rater are subjoined, viz.:
Amsterdam, three months, 11.181 tot ; ditto, short, 11.15
sn,• Rotterdam, thee months, in% to I , Antwerp
Brume* three months, 25.37} to 42} ; lismWrg, three
months,
_13.7 to } ; Pa* three months, 25.62} to 6 ; ditto,
short, 25.22} to -7*; Marseilles, three months, 25.62} to
7} ; nenit-on-the-Mains, three months, 119 to I;
Pitrg, three months, 37} ; Vienna, three months, 10.27
to 9 ; Woes, three months, 10.28 to 31 ; Naples, three
mouths, 43j to I ; Genoa, three menthe, 26.66 to 70 ;
Leghorn, three months, 19.40 to 42}; Palermo, three
months, 129 to } ; Massiaa, three months, 129} to 130 ;
Oporto, three months, 611 to ; Liston, three months, 611
to }.
We understand that the half-yearly dividend of
the Caledonian Railway Company will be 175.6 d.
per .bare, or at the rate of 31 per cent per annum,
with a surplus of about 6,000/.
It is officially announced that the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company will carry forward a surplus
of between 6,0001. and 7,0001., after paying a half-
yearly dividend of be. per share, as was mentioned
yesterday.
It is stated in Paris that the dividend to be de-
clared at the forthcoming meeting of the Western of
France Railway Company will not exceed 22f. 50c.
per share, making, with the interest already paid, a
total distribution of 40f. for the year 1856.
The traffic of the Great Western Railway of
Canada shows a decrease, owing to the roads east
and west being blocked up with snow.
The bill of the European and Indian Junction
Telegraph Company was presented to the House of
Common' on the 16th inst.
A special general meeting of the Namur and
Liege and Mons and Manage Railway Company is
called for the 24th Met in London, and for the -7th
March at Brussels, to ratify an
.agreement entered
into for the transfer to the Belgian government of
the lease of the Mons and Manage Railway, as lately
agreed upon between this company and the Northern
Railway Company of France.
The half-yearly meeting of the Submarine Tele-
graph Company re called for the 25th inst., when a
dividend is to be declared. The meeting will then
be made special, to consider the expediency of ex-
tending the lines, and of increasing the capital by
the issue of new shares.
The seventh half-yearly divind o
the 20th March,
f 4 per cent. is
advertised as payable in Loo on on
on the stock of the New York Central Railroad Cora-
The report of yesterday's indigo sale is subjoined :
The sale has goes rather better to-day, proprietors giving
strong Rupert by withdrawing largely. Madras =dm. 3..
has sold with more spirit, and • small parcel of Bimkpatam
sold with animation at an advance of 4d. to 6d. per lb. upon
October lutes. About 1,700 chests remain to pass, and the
sale is method to finish either to-morrow or early on Thum-
day rooming.

TtEmoAT Enna.

The hinds to-day were firmer. In the morning
the market was checked by a sale for money for a
considerable amount, but the tendency in the after-
noon was favourable. The closing quotations were
Ito 1 per cent. better than those of yesterday. In
the other departments of the Stock Exchange gene-
ral firmness also prevailed.
the discount market to-day the demand for
money was good, but the sapply is more liberal. In
exceptional cues this morning transactions took
place in good paper a fraction below the Bank
minimum.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 931, " buyers,"
fin the sth of March, opened this morning at 935,
and were alternately " buyers" and " sellers" at that
figure daring the rest of the day. The closing
quotation was a little firmer, viz., 94 exactly. For
seam the last price was 931 to 1. The offi-
eiel bashes's report is as follows:—Three per
Cant. Oseaelikfor money, 931, 4, f, 1, ; ditto for
=Oh Ydarrh, 93i, t_ Three per Cents.
93/, 94, 931. view Three per Cents., 94,
941, fig. Long Annuities, expiring in Jan., 1860,
21. Thirty Years Annuities, April, 1885, 18 15-16.
Bank Stock, 218, 2161. India Stock, 220, 221.
Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling
pa le in 1859, 98/, 1.
Exchequer Bills were quoted par to 3s. prem.,
and Exchequer Bonds, 981 to 1.
Turkish Six per Cents. advanced about 4 per
cent, closing at 951 to 1. The Guaranteed Four
per Cents. improved 1 to 1 per cent., being quoted at
4 o'clock 1011 to 1. Mexican Bonds were
'somewhat firmer, and other foreign securities
steady. At 4 o'clock Russian Five per Cents.
were quoted 108 to 110; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 96 to 98; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
64 to 88 ; ditto Four per Cents., 97 to 99
t; Spanish
Deferred Three per Cents., 241 to 1 ld Three
per Cents., 40 to 41 ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 79 to 81; and Mexican Bonds, 22 to 1.

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