The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKEZ.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLove.

The funds to-lay are firmer. An improvement
of per cont. has taken place. British railway
stock. 4 are likes- the rather stronger. In every de-
partment of the Stock Exchange business is very
inactive.

The scrip of the New Indian Loan is steady :
trail/actions are recorded at 1001 to
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Router's
telegra,n, the Three per Cent. Routes opened
at 68fr., showing a fall of k per cent. since yes-
terday.

Consols are officially marked 911 and 1 for
money, and 92 for the account. The present ;nota-
tions are 9I: to ; for cash, and 92 to 1 for the 7th of
March. The official business report is as follows :
—Bank Stook, 240, 2381 ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 911, ; ; New Three per Cents., 911, 1 ;
30 years' Annuities, expiring in April, 1885, 161;
India Stock, 221 ; ditto, Five per Cent. Stock,
1001, 100 ; ditto Scrip, 1001, I ; ditto, Four per
Cent. Debentires, 1859, 94 ; ditto Bonds, 1.5 e.
die. ; Five-and-a-Half-per Cent. " eiffaced" rupee
paper, 101 ; Exchequer Bills, 9s. to 4s. die.
Mexican Benda have declined, having been
dealt iu at 231 to 1. The Turkish loan
of 1834 is quiet, at 691 to 70, whilst
that of 1833 has declined 1 per cent.,
being quoted 55 to 1. Sales are recorded
as follows :—Brazilian Old Five per Cents. 991;
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 98 (exchange
Mfr.); Mexican Three per Cents., foraccount, 23/, I,
1,1; Piedwoutue Five per Cents., 76, 1 (ex-
change 251 r.) ; Portugueserl'hree per Cents., 1853,
45/, 461, 46 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per
Ceuta., 91, 92; ditto Three per Cents., 1859,
611 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 481, ; ditto
New Deferred Three per Cents., for account,
401 ; the Committee's Certificates, ; Turkish
Six per Ceuta., 1858, 551, 55; ditto for account,
55, 1; ditto 100!.. Bonds, 58.
The discount market yesterday was rather quiet,
but no business was done below 72 per cent., and
8 per cent and upwards was asked in most quarters.
At the Bank a moderate demand was experienced.
In the Stock Exchange the supply of money was
considerable, and luaus were obtainable on Consols
at 5 per ceut. for short periods.
The Anigo, from New York, has brcught the
trifling sum of 213/. in specie for England.
Only a trifling amount of silver has yet been
purchased for transmission to Bombay by the
steamer of the 27th inst., exporters awaiting the
delivery of the letters from that place, which are
I expected in London in two or three days. They
reached Malta ea Saturday.
The Pera, which will sail to-morrow, will
take only 71,940!. iu specie for the East, of which
14,992.. is gold and the residue silver. The amount
for Alexandria is 2,000/. ; Ceylon, 4,0001. ; Madras,
29,114:.; Calcutta, 20,0001.; Hong Kong, 5,3701. ;
Foo-choo-foo, 2501. ; and for Shanghae, 11,2331.
The tendency of the Liverpool cotton market is
not such as to encourage speculative purchases of
the article in 1, reign markets ; and the check to
the consumption occasioned by the weavers' strike
points in the same direction. The market yester-
day was very dull, and Id. per lb. lower than on
Friday.

Iu the wheat market yesterday there was little
variation from last Monday's prices, except where
the bad condition of the English wheat on over
rendered a reduction necessary.
. . . .

A few small failures are announced at Marseilles
in ommexiou with the Greek houses.

The first report of the directors of the Thames
and Mersey Marine Insurance Company has been
issued. Its substance is as follows :
Considering the recent formation of the company, the
shareholders will nut expect from the directors en the pre-
sent occasion a lengthened statement of their affairs. The
accounts and lxdance•sheet annexed have, in cuidonnity
with the deed of settlement, been made up to 31st Decem-
ber, VitiO. These aceounts showing the balance of pre-
!MUMs received end due to the close of the year
1860 to be 9.1,3651. your directors have (keeping
is view the pending liabilities of the company) felt
justitied in writing off the whole of the preliminary
expenses, smountang to 7,8161. ls. 3d. The wenn-
' ties held by the company have been valued at the
market price on the Slat Demmber, ma This exhibits
them wider au unfavourable aspect, inasmuch as there is an
apparent lose of 2,6541. 10,. Ad., but, being upon a valuation
merely, this: does not indicate a loss either actual or antici-
pated. The company having been Wituldisheal only six
months from the date of the accounts now rendered the
directots do not recommend the payment of say dividend.
but they are happy to be able to say that the business of
the company is steadily extending, and affords good ground
of hope that the prospects with which it started will be
amply realised.
Surprise is expressed at the silence observed in
this document with regard to the losses which are
understood to have been incurred, particularly iu
the Liverpool branch, since the date to which it is
made up. It is said that unanimity has not pre-
vailed at the board upon the question of the publi-
cation of the report in its present form. Apart
front the 7,8161. which figures as preliminary ex-
penses, exception is also taken to the heavy 811111-
11,4-AV.—which has been consumed in six months
in the coat of management, including director,' re-
muneration, at London, Liverpool, and Manchester.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week au increase of 1,2131. ; and the South Eastern
an increase of 4651.

The tr.iflic receipt. of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending Feb. 1 were 8,0701.
sterling, being 2,2621. more than in the oorrespond-
itig week of last year.
At the meeting yesterday of the Thames Haven
Dock Company, the directors' report, which stated
that they have introduced into parliament a bill to
authorise the abandonment of the undertaking and
the dissolution of the company, was agreed to.
The Lord of the Isles, Cha-Sze, Mary Ann Wil-
son, S&L►cia, and Earl of Windsor, have arrived
front China with 4487,50011 w of tea.

IiONDAT

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 911 to 92 for
the 7th of March, opened and closed to-day at the
same quotation. For money the last price was 911
to 1. The official business report is as follows:
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 911, +,
ditto for account March 7), 92, 911 ; Thrlee pet
Cents. Reduced, M , , ; New Three per Cents.,
91ft, 1, • Bank tuck, 240, 239, 241; India
Five per bent. &yell 1001, 1 ; ditto, for ac-
count, 1001, g, 100 ; ditto scrip, 1001, 1, 1 ; ditto
Four per Cent. Debentures, 1868, 951; ditto 1859,
95! ; ditto Bonds, 17s. dia.
liauk Stock continues in demand, and advar.cell
to-day to 239 to 241.
The scrip of the New Indian Loan, after being
marked 100/, cloned 1 per cout. lower than Ull
Saturday, at 1001 to The scrip was deliverable
at the Bank of England this morning. About
100,0001. of it is understood to have be, n paid up
in full to-day. Wednesday neat lias been ap-
pointed the settling day in the Stock Exchange.
The 5 per cent, rupee paper was quote,' ist) to 951:
and the 5/ per cent. 1004 to 1011]. Exchequer Bills
show a further decline Of ls. to 2a. The closing
price was 3s. to 3s. dis.
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to 1, after being marked i 6. Other foreign stock,
exhibit little change.
A reduction of 11. was quoted to-day in City
Bank shares. As regards other bank stocks, little
alteration occurred. Australian Agricultural shares
were quoted better. Those of the Trust and Loan
Company of Upper Canada were marked If preni.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-day were as follow :—Ocean Marine In-
surance, 21 to 3 prem. ex int., being higher ;
Thames and Mersey Marine, 15-16 to 1 1-10 prem.;
Universal Marine Insurance, lir to f prem. ; London
and Provincial Marine, par to prem. East
India Irrigation, # to 1 dis. ; India Cotton, par to 1-
pre:n. ; East India and London Shipping, par to
prem.