The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

MONEY MAREBT.-THIS DAY.

Tyro o'CLocK.

The funds opened steadily this morning, but have
since become flatter, and now exhibit a decline of
about 1-16 per cent. In some of the other Stock
Exchange markets a little flatness also prevails.
Consols were first marked 931 for the Bth April,
and are now quoted 93Z. Fur money, the present
price is 93Z. The June Exchequer Bills have been
dealt in at ss. dis. to par ; Exchequer Bonds, 18.39,
at 984 ; and India Bonds at par.
Mexican Bonds are flutter, being marked 221 for
money, and 22l and 224 for the account. Other
foreign descriptions are quiet and steady in
price. Buenos Ayres Bonds have been dealt
in at 851 for the account ; Sardinian Five per Cents.
at 901; Spanish Old Three per Cents., for account,
at 411; the Passive Bonds, at 61; Turkish Six per
Cents., at 981; ditto, for 31st March, at 981
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The amount of gold taken from the Bank yesterday
was as much as 85,0001. Of this sum, 3.5,0001. is
destined for Cadii, and the rest for the Continent, in
payment for silver. As we have before remarked,
however, account must be taken of the steady influx
of coin into the Bank from the provinces, Scotland,
and Ireland, this movement having of late almost
entirely counteracted the foreign drain. The ship-
ments of gold abroad arc publicly recorded, but the
flow of sovereigns into the Bank is a silent process.
A telegraphic message from St. Petersburg quotes
the exchange on London at 37 15-16 d., and the price
of tallow at 153 ro., " buyers," for August delivery.
The Jeremiah Garnett has arrived from Hong
Kong, with 4-14,200 lbs. of .tea on freight.
The exports recorded in the Board of Trade re-
turns show an increase of 20 per cent, compared
with the corresponding period of last year, and an
increase of no less than 85 per cent., compared
with 1855. This extraordinary extension of com-
mercial operations assists in explaining the strin-
gency of the money market.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have now
been elected; and, with one exception, the list is
the same as that of last year. The names arc as
follows, viz. :—Benjamin Baines, Robert Barnett,
George Bayley, C. J. Brown, Samuel H. De Zocte,
Matthew Flower, Thomas Gibbes, Frederick Harri-
son, Edward Heseltine, Charles Hitchcock, S. C.
Hope, James Hutchinson, Thomas 11. Longden,
Horatio Love, Henry It. Mark, W. B. Marshall, Wil-
liam Mello, R. W. Moore, C. S. Mortimer, John
Norbury, Robert Prance, S. H. Pulley, J. Sember,
Louis Samson, William Scott, L. M. Simon, Frede-
rick L. Slow., W. A. Thomas, William White,
and Charles Wood. Mr. Frederick Harrison is the
new member, and takes the place of Mr. Bilke, who
'has retired. _ . _

The first general meeting of the shareholders of
the Ottoman Bank was held yesterday. The proceed-
ings were chiefly of a congratulatory character. The
recommendation of the directors to declare a dividend
of I,ls. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum, and leaving a large surplus to be carried
forward, was unanimously adopted. Mr. Layard,
the chairman, referred in terms of satisfaction to the
successful establishment of the bank and its branches,
and expressed an opinion that the proposed Bank
of Turkey, should it be established, will benefit the
interests f the Ottoman Bank, by placing the
general currency of the empire upon a more satisfac-
tory and reliable footing. A cordial vote of thanks
was passed to the directors. A more detailed
report of the proceedings will be found in another
column. _ . _

It stated that at the meeting of the Paris and
Orleans Railway Company, which will be held in
Paris on Monday, a dividend of 841. per share will
be declared. . _

The annual meeting of the Graissessae and Be-
siers Railway Company is called for the 27th April,
at Pare; and a meeting of the Italian Junction
Railways Company for the 29th April, also at Paris.
The latter will be made extraordinary, when " rem-
lotions referring to a concession of a line of railway
uniting the Italian line with the Lyons and Geneva
line, and also for a railway from Arona to Novara,
will be submitted for the consideration and approval
of the meeting."
A meeting of the Commercial Gas Company is
called for the 17th April, when a dividend is to be
declared.
Formal notice is given that application has been
made to government for an act incorporating the
Agra and United Service Bank for the term of
twenty years "for the purpose of carrying on the
business of bankers in England or elsewhere.'
Baron Goldamid and Mr. J. Horsley Palmer ad-
vertise the half-yearly dividend, due on too 10th
April, on the Turkish Six per Cent. Loan.
The Master in Chancery, charged with the wind-
ing up of the Metropolitan Carriage Company, pro-
poses, on the 16th April, to make a call of 15.. per
share on the contributories.
The letters of allotment, for shares in the North
of India Tramroad Company, limited, were issued
on the 25th instant.
With reference to the market for American stocks
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report as follows :
The market for American securities daring the put arctic
has been unusually inactive ; and prices in most instances
are nominal.

Tift-RSDAT EVT.NING.

The funds to-day showed increased firmness, and
a rise of 1 per cent. was established. The other
departments of the Stock Exchange exhibited great
strength, especially in the earlier part of the day.
The demand for money was to-day steady, and
full rates were exacted, but no pressure was ob-
servable. The value of money in the Stock Exchange
is maintained at 6 per cent.
Consols opened this morning at 931 to for the
Bth April, but soon improved. to 931 to 1, and so
closed. For money, the last. price was 93; to 1.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 931, 1, ; ditto, for
account, Bth April, 931, 931. The New Three-and-
a-Half per Cents., 98. The New Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 761. The Five per Cents., 1131, 1141.
India Stock, 2231.
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted par to
4s. prem. • the June Bills, 4s. to Is. dia.; Exchequer
Bonds, 981 to 99; and India Bonds, 51. to Is. dis.
Turkish Six per Cents. show a rise of 1 per cent.,
closing at 981 to 1. The Guaranteed Four per
Cents. were last quoted 101 to 1, being / better
than yesterday. Mexican Bonds were again
rather flatter, at 221 to 231. At 4 o'clock
Russian Five per Cents. were quoted 107 to
9; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 97 to 99;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 641 to 651;
ditto, Four per Cents., 981 to 991; Spanish De-
ferred Three per Cents., 25 to 1; the Old Three
per Cents., 41 to 42 ; and Peruvian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 77 to 79.
Ottoman Bank shares closed to-day at 1/ to 11
prem., being rather offered. Bank of London de-
clined 11., and some other bank stocks were also
flatter, the discreditable disclosurtre relative to the
position of the London and Eastern Banking Cor
poration having apparently a somewhat pry: judicial
influence upon this class of property. Canada Land
shares were better. North of Europe Steam showed
flatness, being marked 141 and 131.
The shares of the Bank of Switzerland were
quoted 2 to I die.
The nominal closing quotations for the newly pro-
jected railways are subjoined, viz.: Punjaub Railway,
to 1 prem. ; Oude Railway,l-16 dis. to 1.16 prem. •
Northern Bengal Railway, par to prem. ; Central
Oude Railway, 1-16 to 1 prem. ; Eastern Bengal
Railway, 3-16 to 5-16 prem. ; Calcutta and South
Eastern Railway, par to 1-16 prem. ; Euphrates Val-
ley Railway, 1-16 to 3-16 prem.; Riga Railway, 11
to 11 prem.; Italian Junction Railways, 11 to 1
dia.; North of India Tramroad, 1-16 to prem. ; and
Trinidad Railway, 1 to 1 prem.

DISASTER TO THE AMMAN MAIL STEAMER.—
LIVIRPOOL, THOILSDLY.-11101 royal Mail UMW steam ship
Gambia, Captain Roit, sailed from the Mersey, yesterday
afternoon, to embark at l'itinouth the mails for the West
Coast of Africa. She returned this morning. havMg, after
leaving port, come into collision with the ship Scotland, from
Savannah, inward bound. The Gambia !sustained consider-
able damage, and the Scotland lost her bowaprit. cutwater,
tec. Fortunately, no lives were lost on the erasion.