The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY Evziruto.
The English funds opened to-day at a slight ad-
vance over Saturday's closing rates. Consols were
first called 95 to 1 for money, and 954 for the 13th
March, at which, however, scarcely any business was
done. Early in the day extensive • bearing " opera-
tions depressed the market, and Consols fell, in con-
sequence, at once to 941, without any intermediate
fraction, which wee their lowest point ; they after-
wards partiallyi rallied, and touched 951, but again
became weaker, and closed at 95 for money, and 95 to
k for account. The Three per Cent. Reduced marked
954 and 1. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents., 971,1 and 1.
Exchequer Bills of all grades were negotiated at
54e. and 57e.; and India Bonds at Ns. and 85s. prem.
' Long Annuities marked 81 and 9.16; ditto, 30 years,
1860, 8 and 5-16. Bank Stock, 207.
The business in the frreign house was not exten-
sive, and consisted chiefly of speculations in Peruvian
boucle, which fluctuated between 811 and 781, and
left off at 80. The Four per Cent. Portuguese were
done at 311. Three per Cent. Spanish were done
at 384. Mexican at 291. The negotiations comprise :
Chilian Six per Cents. at 994 and 100. Mexican, for
account, at 294 and 1, and 291 for the small bonds.
Peruvian Four per Cents., 1849, for the 28th instant,
at 801, 811,781, 79, and 80; Ditto, Deferred, at 361,
34, 4, 351, and 344. Portuguese Four per Cents.,
for account, at 314. Russian &tip, at 11, 2,11, and 21
premium. Spanish Five per Cents. Active, at 184
and 4 ; the Three per Cents. at 384. Venezuela, at
348 and ; Ditto, Deferred, at 131 and 13. Five
per Cent. French Restos, at 96f. ; exchange, 25E
60c. ; Three per Cents. at 58E 50c. ; exchange,
25f. 45e. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 541;
the Four per Cent. Certificates, at 861 and 86.
The law regulating the amount of duty to be
levied on the importation of grain and provisions
into Belgian:, which has at length passed the Cham-
bers, remitted the royal sanction on the 22nd indent,
and cams into operation on the following day (the
23rd). The provisions of the new law are u follows :
—Article 1 fixes the import duty as under:
Import
Duty.
Wheal, meptheetre° pas; mai" pees, lentils, and bed. t. et.
est boa, per 100 klieg
=be, kida•wheat, both bear, and veleta per 100
0 70
is
▪ larg, then sad pasetre," nagroad, per 100 Wog. 0 GO
Oedema ad pal bath, pa 100 asp.
Moat that god other ftwa, bran and otter Otheathoes
eatario. lieol ea Weeks, 100 0
voisisslN. sal per 100 kik& 0
atthellreth Per 700 tht4l IS 0
La ma mat th all nth otherwise disapthelted, per
MO liar&
Wad. ma. wed theet. prz Map 0 4
Botha. ha. =der too pore old, sad WV= yelping more
Ora 30 !dap mei. per
Woe wtholdes troth= nog. eat, per bend. 0 50
Steep milisals. ple head
Hop. pa boot 2 0

Biotic& two the government is empowered to
regulate the tariff upon nos until the let Januery,
1861. Article three authorises the government arbi-
trarily to reduce all the above rates of import duty,
should circumstances require it, at a time when the
chambers are not in swims on condition that ,
ministers submit for their approval, la the first month
of their re-ausembling, all measurer which may
have been adopted.
The Ihigion Mositeur announces that the Fiume
Minister had justiamedea ceder talks Acmes chador'
requiriag them after the 14th inst. to levy upon rise
the rates of duty Axed by the tariff law of tie 21st
1811, 1844, whisk was temporarily abrogated, r oem