The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1861.

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MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoci.

The wet boisterous weather is not without in.
fluence to-day upon the stock markets, which are
depressed. The funds show a fresh decline of i
per cent. The chief. fall is in English rail-
way stocks, particularly those of the manufacturing
lines. Operations for a fall are entered into, from
a belief that the bad weather will affect passenger
traffic.

At Paris thia morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Renton opened at
68fr. 20e., being sc. lower than yesterday.
Congola are officially marked 93, 1, awl 921,
for money, and 931 and 93 for the account.
The present quotation is 921 to 93, both
for money and Thursday's settlement. The
official business report is as follows :—Bank
Stock, 229, 230 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914,
4 ; New Three per Cents., 914, 4 ; India Stock,
225 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1054, 1041,
105/ ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1863.
961 ; ditto, 1864, 981 ; Five-and-a-Half per
Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper, 1044 ; Exchequer
Bills, June, 175., 16s. prem.
Turkish Bonds have declined 4 per cent. to-day ;
tke loan of 1854 is quoted 794 to f, and that of 1858,
874 to I. Buenos Ayres Six per Cents. are marked
904, being still in demand. Yesterday's rise in
Venezuela Bonds is not fully supported. Mexican
are rather firmer than at the close
yesterday, being last marked 274. Sales
are recorded as follows :—Buenos Ayres Six per
Cents., for account, 901; Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 971! (exchange 25fr.) ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 641 ex div.
(exchange 128.) ; Mexican Three per Cents.,
271 ; ditto, for account, 271, 4 ; New Granada
Two per Cents., 201 ; Portuguese Three per
Cents., 1853, for account, 471; Russian Four-
aud-a-Half per Cents., 921 ; ditto Three per
Conte., 1859, 594, ex div. ; Spanish Three per
Cents., for account, 504, ; ditto Passive, 17 ;
the Committee's Certificates, 6, 1 ; Turkish Six per
Cents., 1854, for account, 794 ; ditto Six per
Cents., 1868, for account, 671, 4, 4 ; Venezuela
Three per Ceuta., for account, 224, 22.
Yesterday being the 4th of the month, there was a
good deal of business in the discount market. The
&UMW; both in Lombard-street and at the Bank
of England, was to a fair extent. The best bills
continue to be taken at 21 to 21 per cent., or 4 to
, 1 below the Bank rate.

In the Consol market the rate for loans was
about 2 per cent.
The 82,0001. in gold by the Mexican packet
is expected to be taken to the Bank after being
refined.

The bar silver and Mexican dollar's by the last
packet were sold yesterday—the former at be. Old.
per ounce, and the latter at 4s. no., showing a
rise of id in each case. The advance is caused by
the increased demand for Bombay, whither the
present supplies will be sent. The dollars will be
melted into bars.
The Liverpool cotton market yesterday was
dull with sales limited to 4,000 bales.
The directors of the Bank of Turkey have
given notice that they are now ready to return
the SI. per share " to such shareholders as are un-
willing to wait the result of negotiations." The
success of the agitation for the return of the de-
posit is thus complete.
By advises received by this mail from India it
appears that the Oriental Inland Steam Company's
new steamer Indus had just been launched at Kur-
rachee, and by the departure of next mail was ex-
pected to be plying on the Indus. It is anticipated
that this vessel will have a speed of 20 miles an hour.
Another steamer belonging to the same company,
and of equal speed, has arrived safely in Calcutta,
and is expected to be plying on the Ganges by the
end of the year. The steamer Jumna has also ar-
rived in Calcutta. This is by far the must powerful
steamer ever constructed to navigate the Indian
rivers, except her consort the Ganges, belonging to
the same company, the arrival of which in Calcutta
was daily expected. The train of barges which will
be towed by the Jumna will accommodate 3,000
measurement tons of cargo under hatches, and such
vessels will consequently be able to carry cotton
and other bulky goods with profit at a low rate of
freight.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week a decrease of 2,2941., which is probably
owing, in no small degree, to the reduced scale of
fares ; and the Brighton a decrease of 4471.
Complaints are made of the extraordinary delay in
the announcement of a settling day in the shares of
the Oriental and General Marine Insurance Com-
pany. The oompany has commenced business, yet
no settlement has yet taken place in its shares.
Mr. J. H. Mackenzie, of Beddington, Surrey, and
the Temple, has been added to the direction of the
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company.
The half-yearly meeting of the Madras Railway
Company is called for the 22nd inst.
A general meeting of the Eastern Bengal Rail-
way Company is called for the 29th instant, when
it will be proposed to consolidate the paid-up
shares into stock.

An extraordinary meeting of the "Land and
House Property Investment Company (Limited)"
is called for the 11th inst., to consider a resolution
for • " voluntary winding up."
The creditors and shareholders of the concern
known as the "Alliance (France and England)
Bank" are required to send in their claims to the
liquidators in Paris.
The statement from Toronto, respecting the appli-
cation made to the courts for the appointment of a
receiver and manager of the Grand Trunk Railway,
has not had any effect upon the price of this com-
pany's securities.
With regard to the commercial condition of the
country generally, we find the following remarks
in the circular of Messrs. Joseph Travers and Sons

Experienced merchanta supreme great confidence in the
commercial sounders of the country at the present moment.
The belief that the exists ng stock of cotton—coupled with
the quantity that may yet Fe expected from India, and the
numerous small parcels that seem likely to arrive from
hitherto unlooked-for quarters, will suffice to keep the
Lancashire population in moderate employment—steadily
increases, while there is every sign that the demand for
fabrics composed of other staples, such as wool, flax, hair,
jute, Ice. will cause great activity in those branches of
manufacture at moat remunerative tonne. The latest sta-
tistical retirees seem also to establish that the country is
rich in nearly all kinds of imported produce. This is partly
shoes by the above account of the steam held in the Cus-
toms bonded warehouses of the United Kingdom ; and such
further figures as sea be obtained prove that we hold like-
wise a highly satidactory amount of those various &Weiss
which are sot liable to duty, and of which, therefore, the
Customs take no account. Although the consumption has
bees comparatively large, the importations throughout the
whole of the current year have, in a majority of tustanoes,
been of still greater comparative magnitude. This has been
the ease especially in timber, guano, hemp, jute, hair, tar,
copper, and other metals, quicksilver, salted provisions, rice,
silk mannfacturse, some kinds of leather manufactures, and
a variety of other articles ; and SS the past month has wit-
nessed a rather general rise of prices, the position of holders I
must to favourable.

MONDAY Evwxu.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 934,
"sellers," for money and next Thursday's settle-
ment, opened this morning at 934 to and closed
flat at 93 to 4. For the sth Dec. the last price was
93 3-16 to 5-16. The official business report is as
follows :—Thres per Cent. Consols, for
nmoneyih9:e4,e
1, 93, 4, 93 ; ditto for account (Nov. , 936 93
Three per Cents. Reduced, 91k, j, ; New
per Cents., 914, 4, ; Thirty Years Annuities,
1885, 15 9.16 ; Bank Stock, 228; India Stock,
2264, 227 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1051,
105, ; ditto Scrip, 1054 ; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1863, 984 ; ditto 1859, 984 ; ditto
Bonds, 15.., 12s. prern. ; Ave per Cent. "en-
faced" rupee paper, 98, 4 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half
per Cent., 1064, 105.
The India Five per Ceuta. closed at 105 to 4,
showing still great steadiness.
The rupee paper was more offered, and fell

I per cent. The Five per Cent. closed at MI to
and the Fite-and-a-Ralf per Cent. at 04
to 105.

The March Exchequer Bills were firm at ss.
to 88. prem., and the June at He. to 17e. prem.,
showing, in the latter instance, a fresh improvement
of is. India Bowls were dealt in at 12s. to 15s.
pram.

.
The transactions in foreign stocks were rather
numerous. The principal feature was a fall of I
per cent. in Mexican Bonds, owing to some large
realisations.

In the market for bank shares the principal
inquiries were for Bank of London and Bank of
Turkey. London and Westminster Bank were
apoted rather lower. Ottoman Bank were also
flat. Royal Mail Steam were somewhat cheaper,
whilst Oriental Usu.' Steam were inquired for.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-day were as follows :—Ocean Marine
Insurance, 42 to 5 prem. ; Thames and Mer.ey
Marine, 1 1-16 to 1 3.16 prem. ; Universal Marine
Insurance, 14 to 14 dia. ; London and Provincial
Marine, 4to die. ; Commercial Union Fire,
die. to par ; Mercantile Fire, 5-16 to prem.
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance, -4 to
prem. ; Asphaltum Company, to prem. ; Bahia
Steam, to 4 prem. ; and Roodee Shipbuilding,
to 4 prem.