The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocw.

The funds tod iy are very dull, and the market
is rather flat in character. The reduction in Con-
sols, however, scarcely exceeds 1-16 per cent. In-
activity prevails in the other markets, but prices
continue to be well supported.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
68fr. 10c., being per cent. lower than yesterday.
Consols are officially marked 91/ and 92 for
money, and 92t for the account. The present
quotations are 911 to 92 for cash, and 92 3-16
to 2 for the 10th of April. The official business
report is as follows :—lndia Stock, TM ;
ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1002, ;
ditto scrip, 1002 ; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1858, 95a ; ditto Bonds, 255. diet. ;
Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper,
.932 ;
ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 100 ; Exche-
quer Bills, March, 45., ls. prem. ; ditto, June,
Bs., dia.
Turkish Bonds are firm, at the late improve-
ment ; the Loan of 1864 is now quoted 75 to
2, and that of 1858, 552 to 2. There are
rather more inquiries for Mexican Bonds, which
are last marked 242. Sales are recorded as follows :
Chili= Six per Cents., 103 ; ditto Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 822 ; Equador New Consolidated,
122 ; Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates,
1002 ; Mexican Three per Cents., for ac-
count, 24i, ; New Grenada Deferred, 6 ;
Portuguese Three per Cents, 1853, 462 ; ditto
for account, 46/ ; Russian Three per Cents.,
1859, 61; Spanish Three per Cents., for account,
49 ; ditto Passive, 18 ; Turkish Six per Cents.,
1854, for account, 75, 2 2.

The steamer Borussia has taken to-day only
10,0001. in specie for New York, while the New
York has taken none on English account.
Owing to the general impression that the Bank
rate is about to be lowered t•, 7 per cent., the
charge for the best bills in the open market has
fallen to 7to 7k. The demand was slack, many
persons deferring supplying themselves until
Thursday.
In the Stock Exchange the rate for loans on
English Government securities continues at 6 per
cent.

Only 8,000/. in gold was bought by the Bank yes-
terday. The shipments of specie 61-day for New
York by the steamers New York and Kangaroo will
probably be very moderate.
Subjoinod is a list of the ships known to be oa
the way to this country, with a total of 574,0001. in
gold, viz.:

Days at Gold on boned.
Name. Sailed Sea. Ounces. Value.
Monarch
Hooria Mooria
Result ..
Calliance
Lightning
Southampton .

2143,643 r£674,000
On 'Change yesterday afternoon there was a fair
demand for bills on the Continent, and the tendency
was not favourable, bat scarcely any alteration oc-
curred in the rates. Subjoined is our usual list :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.1 to t ; ditto 3 days, 11.19 to
12.00; Rotterdam, 3 months, 12.1 to t ; Antwerp, 3 months,
25.65 to 70 ; Hamburg, ms. limo, 3 months, 13.91 toi;
Paris, 3 days, 23.40 to 5 ; ditto, 3 months, 25.721 to 71 •
Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months, 1191 to I ; Petersburg
(per routie), 3 months, 33i w ; Vienna, eff. eo., 3 mouth',
15.40 to 50 ; Triode, ed. So., 3 month', 15.40 to 50;
Madrid, 3 months, 481 to ; adia, 3 months, 48i to I ;
Leghorn, 3 months, 25.95 to 2&05 ; Genoa, 3 months, 25.
to 90 ; Milan, 3 months, 25.80 to 90 ; Naples, 3 months,
39 to Palermo, 3 months, 117 to) ; Mamma, 3 months,
117 to) Lisbon, 90 days, 521 to ; Oporto, 90 days,
521 to .
The telegrams received a day or two ago
alluded to a decrease of 3,500,000 dohs. (00,0001.)
in the specie in the New York banks. The state-
ment proves to be an error, as was anticipated.
An increase to that large extent has occurred.
The Exchequer Bills Bill passed the second read-
ing in the Commons on Monday night.
Considerable activity continues to prevail in the
Liverpool cotton market. The sales yesterday
reached 15,000 bales.
A great desire is reasonably expressed by many
holders of Mexican Bonds that a general meeting
should be called, in order that they may consult
with the committee on the course of action to be
adopted with regard to the new government in
Mexico. T.se whole position of affairs being now
altered, and the prospects of the bondholders being
proportionately improved, it is urged that no step
should be omitted likely to strengthen the hands of
the committee. It is recognised with great satis-
faction that the British government are heartily
disposed to forward the cause of the creditors to
the utmost of their power.
A special meeting of the South Eastern Railway
Company is called for the 4th of April, to sanction a
proposed agreement with the Charing-crcse Rail-
way Company for the working of that line by the
South Eastern, and to consider two bills now pend-
ing in parliament. Ono of these is to enable the
South Eastern " to raise a further sum of money,
and to increase their subscription to the Charing-
cross Railway Company," whilst the second autho-
rises the Charing-cross Company "to make a line
of railway from their authorised line into the City
of London, with an additional line in Southwark,
and to raise further moneys," Ste.
In "A Handy Book of Patent and Copy Right
Law," both English and foreign (Sampson Low,
Son, and Co.), Mr. James Fraser furnishes in a
condensed form a variety of information likely to be
of much use to inventors, patentees, authors, and
publishers. The work embraces the law and prao-
tick of patents, as well as the law of copyright of
designs and literary copyright.
The Lauderdale has arrived from China with
1,167,000 lbs. of tea.

MOAT Emma.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 921 to
for the 10th of April, opened and closed today at
the same quotation. For money the last price
was 911 to 92. The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 91/,
92, 911, 4 ; ditto, for account (April 10), 921, 1;
India Stock, 220 ; ilitto Five per Cent. Stock, 1001
; dittu Four per Cent. Debentures, 1858, 954 ;
ditto 1859, 951, 4 ; ditto Bonds 25e. dia.; Five-
and-a-Half per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper,
1001, 100.
The scrip of the New Indian Loan was quoted
1001 to 1 ; the Five per Cent. rupee paper, 94
to 95 ; the Five-and-a-Half per Cent, 100 to 10L
There were some sales of India Bonds at 265. die.
Exchequer Bills were rather fiat : the March issue
was quoted par to 4s. prem. ; and the June, Ts.
to ls. dis.

i Mexican Bonds were flat in the morning, and
were marked 231, but a recovery occurred iu the
afternoon to 241 to 1, being slightly above the
closing price of yesterday. The bulk of the recent
sales of this stock appear to have been of a specula-
; five character. A further improvement of about *
per oeut. was attained in Turkish Bona.. : the closing
quotations were 75 to 1 fur the Luau of 1854, and
551 to 1, ex div., for that of 1858. Other foreigs
stocks were steady.
I The Algerian railways are now quoted in the
Stock Exchange official list.
I No alteration worthy of notice occurred in the
market for bank, laud, steam, or miscellaneous
shares.
I The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-day were as follows :--Ocean Marine In-
surance, 2} to prem. ; Thames and Mersey
Marine, 15-16 to 1 1-16 prem. ; Universal Marine in-
surance, 1 to 1/ prem. ; London and Provincial
Marine, par to 11 prem. ; Rest India Irrigation,
to ; East India and London Shippin,;,
rI prem. ; and Central American Piers, 1 to
Royal Danish Railway shares were officially
marked It

There was a decline of k per cent. in Cape of
Qood Hope Bonds. Victoria Government Debe:'
tures-were again heavy.