The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-02 00:00:00

TO TN' ID/TOR OF TB! DAILY NEWF.

Sept. 30, 1861.
Sta,--We beg to inform you that we have this morning
received from the direct..ra of the Rip•Dunahurg Railway
Compaoy the following information respecting the opening
of the whole line for traffic :
" Riga, Sept. 13 (2%), 1861.
" The railway well opened yesterday for public tame, is

the presence of the florernor•General of As %An pew
slimes and the principal. authorities And shareholders.
amide: considerable euthusioro. . . _

" After a short preliminary run with the authorities aid
gamuts. the tint train left at 2 p.m., with about dOl.l pyre
passengen ; half.an-hour after which the morning trail Iran
Luneburg arrivml, bringing about 200.
"The through trains for the present leave Rigs at 2 pa.
and Luneburg at 8 a.m.
The government commissioners appointed to examine Um
line expressed their greet satisfaction at the subdue-
tial nature of the various works ; so much so, that after a
close examination and testing two of the bridges they
allowed the hue to be opened, without waiting till thaw
report had been officially made.— We are, sir, your obe-
dient servants, _ _

RuBIMION aad Conan, Agente to the Company.
With regard to the silk market, the monthly cir-
cular of Megan. H. Waithman and Co. has the
following:

The trairsactiona in an during the pact month have been
on a very limited seal'. and prices generally must be quoted
somewhat lower_ China silk.—The quality of the new crop
is unsatisfactory, but in size it certainly appears finer the*
the silk of last season. Japan silk has lately been in fair
deemed, and all the recent arrivals have found buyers. in
some instances at slightly improved ratem. The China
letters delivered on the 24th ult. report settlements for the
tint month of the new moron 9,500 bales, of which 5,000
bales had left, and 4,000 niore were on board ships in port.
block on the market, 12,000 bales. Scarcely any fine
Tintless had arrived from the interior, and anything from
No. 3 upwards was very scarce. Prices ruled extraordinarily
high, the quotation fur No. 3Teatlee being 420 task, equal
to 225. 11d. per lb. here. lii Bengal silk there bss bees
rather more business during the past month. In Italian
silk there is no alteration.

The Emigration Commissioners will receive ten-
ders on the sth instant for the hire of a ship to
take pasaeugeni to Moos Bay.

TUESDAY Kviztenra.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 93, "buyers,"
for the 10th inst., opened this morning at 93,
" sellers," and closed M 921 to 1. For money the
last price was 921 to 1. The official business re-
port is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, fee
money, 921, 93, 92#, 1, # ; ditto for account (10th
Oct.), 921, 1, • Three per Cents. Reduced, 901,
91, 901 ; New 'Three per Cents., 90, 91, 9fliafi
Thirty Years Annuities, April, 1885, 151 ;
Stock, 237, 236 ; India Stock, 2214, ; ditto,
Five per Cent. attic', 103, 1,1, 10S; ditto for so-
eouut, 1031, 1 ; ditto, Four per Cent. Debentures,
April, 1864, 98*, 1 ; ditto Bonds, 134. prem. ; Five
per Cent." enfaced " rupee paper, 94, 1.
The India Five per Cents. were heavy in the
afternoon. The stuck closed at 1021 to 103* for the
account, bring Ito lower than yesterday, and the
Scrip at BO
The March Exchequer bills remain quoted riLttto
3s. prem., and the June Os. to 9s. prem.
were some inquiries for India Bonds, which were
purchased at 13e. prem.
The foreign stock market shared this afternooe
in the general depression of the Stock Exchange.
The shares of the Bank of Londoy were quoted
rather higher to-day. A further improvement like-
wise occurred iu Oriental Bank. Miacellaneous
shares were quoted the same as yesterday.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-day were as follows :—Ocean Marine
Insurance, 4# to were
prem. ; Thames and Mersey
Marine, Ito 11-10 prem. ; Universal Marine
Insor-
auce, 11 to It dia. ; London and Provincial
Marine, die. to par ; Commercial Union Fire,
1 die. to par ; Mercantile Fire, 1 die to par ;
Oriental and General Marine, /to 1 prem. • and
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limit'ed), 1
to 1 prem.
Victoria Government Six per Cent. Debentures
were steady at 104 to ex dividend.
A fall of 1 to 2 per tent. took place to-day in tin
various climes of debentures of the Grand Trunk
Railway of Canada.