The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAL)

Two O'CLocz.

The Stock Exchange remains very quiet, but
prices are firm, this being a fine day. The funds
are very steady, at the slight improvement which
took place on Saturday. In the share markets, in
which preparations for the settlement have com-
menced to-day, scarcely the slightest variation has
occurred in prices.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter'sl
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
67fr. 85c., being sc. better than on Saturday.
The scrip of the new India Loan is firm, at 100
to 4, and the Five per Cent. Stock at 99/ to 4.
Consols are officially marked 90 and 4, for
money, and 901 and 90 for the account. The
present quotations are 90, " buyers," for money,
and 90 to 4 for the 7th of August. The
official business report is as follows :—Bank
Stock, 232 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891,
4, 90, 891 ; New Three per Cents., 894, I, 90 ;
India Stock, 221 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock,
994, 4 ; ditto Bonds, 65., 10s. dis. ; ditto Five-
and-a-Half per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper,
1014 ; Exchequer Bills, March, 12a., 7s. die.
Foreign stocks are steady. Mexican allows
chief dulness. The Turkish loan of 1854 is firm,
at 781 to 79, and that of 1868 at 67 to 4, showing in
the former instance an improvement of about
per cent. compared with the closing quotation of
Saturday. Sake are recorded as follows :—Mex-
loan Three per Cents., 224 ; Portuguese Three
per Cents., 1853, 484, 4, ex div. ; Spanish
New Deferred Three per Cents., 414, ex div. ;
the Spanish Committee's Certificates, CC Turkish
Six per Cents., 1858, 674, 4 ; ditto Guaranteed
Four per Cents., 1011 ; Venezuela One-and-a-Half
per Cents., 9.

The Lawrence Brown has arrived from Mel-
bourne. Owing to her long passage, some anxiety
has prevailed respecting her safety, and increased
rates of insurance have been paid at Lloyds'.
The Tasmanian, from the West Indies, Las
brought 245,5001. in specie.

The fortnightly- settlement in "hares and foreign
stocks will commence to-day and terminate or.
Wednesday.
About 95,000/. in gold, mostly Australian was
bought by the Bank on Saturday, making 394101.
since the date of the last return.

The Europa, for Boston on Saturday, took only
39,978/. in specie.
Subjoined is a statement (from Mr. Slaughter's
Weekly List) of the railway calls falling due in the
month of August. The total is considerable, but
accrues chiefly on Indian lines, the calm on which
are usually paid to some eueut in advance

Amount per Shim
Due. Already Nailer
Due In Aug., 1861. Ditto Paid. Can. of Marla Amount.
Danube and Black Sea 1 RIO 0 0 2,679 620,720
Beat Indian S per Cent.
Debenture, 1661....... 31 25 p c 25 0 0 p et. 260,000
(treat India% Peninsula

-1134;r;74 ---
14 10 2 0 0 165.000
HicPsnd Ca 4s. abases 20 24e. 110 0 160,000
RecifeandSao Francisco 16 17 2 0 0 60,000
Serenoidoi 1 4 0 0 0,000
Shrewsbury and Here-
ford New Shares
Vale of Heath LID Prof 1 12 2 0 0 7,500

310.000
225,0011
lto,ooo
24,41011
47.070
15.000

Total in August

Total called In eight months of 1861 C 9.11.8,501
_ _

The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western
Railway Company is called for the 16th August,
and that of the Charing-cross Railway Company for
the 7th August.
The half•yearly meeting of the London and South
Western Railway Company is called for the 16th
August, when it will be proposed to confirm the
purchase of the Bpsom and Leatherhead Railway.
An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in
the London Joint Stock Bank will be held on the
sth Sept., to elect a director in the place of Mr.
Ambrose Moore.

The Morayshire has arrived from Chins with
952,6001bn. of tea, and the Bacchante with
648,90011ia. and 1,983 bales.

SATURDAY EVIITING.

The discount market was quiet. Choice bills
were taken at 5 to 5# per cent.
At Vienna yesterday there was a slight improve-
ment on the Bourse.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 90 "sellers,"
for the 7th of August, were to-day alternately
" buyers " and "sellers "at 90. At the close
there were buyers at that price. For money the
final quotation was 891 to 90. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 90, 891, 90; ditto, for account, 90 ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 892, 1 ; New Three
per Cents., 891, # ; India Five per Cent. Stock,
0911,# ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1859,
96 ; ditto Bonds, 6s. dia.
The India Loan scrip was rather firmer at 991 to
100#. The Five per Ceot. stock closed at 991. to 1.
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted Ile. to
7s. die. ; and the June Ss., dis. to par.
The foreign stock market was quiet. In the
&benne of business there was a reaction of
per cent. in Turkish Bonds ; the Loan of 1854
closed at 78k to I, and that of 1858 at 67 to #.
There W&M no alteration worthy of notice in the
market for bank, land, steam, or miscellaneous
shares.

The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-dai were as follows :—Ocean Marine
Insurance, 4 to 5 prem. ; Thames and Mersey
Marine, 11-1 to 13-16 prem.; Universal Marine
Insurance, I to I dia. ; London and Provincial
Marine, par ; Chum Marine, and Japan Steam, par ; Com-
mercial Copper, par to * prem. ; Natal Land, *
tot die.: Compressed Coal, t to * prom. ; Orien-
tal and General Marine, to prem. ; and City
of London Fire Insurance, to 1 prem.
Victoria Government Debentures were rather
more inquired for to-day, the new loan being now
off the market, and were marked 1051 to f.