The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

MONZY MADIBT.-THIS DAY.

Two o'Cioal.
Notwithstanding the announcement made by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night, that
Parliament may be called upon to render some
" temporary assistance" to the Indian Treasury,
the funds to-day have shown increase
buoyancy, owing to the improvement in
the position of the Bank, coupled with the arrival
of the Essex with a very large remount of gold.
Prices are now quoted $ per cent. higher than at
four o'clock yesterday.
Consols for the Bth of January were first marked
911 and 91/, and are now quoted 911 to 1 ex div. ;
The Three per Cent. Reduced have been dealt in
at 91 to 911 ; the New Three per Cents., at 901 to
91$ ; Bank Stock at 217 to 217/ ; India /Rock
at 219; Exchequer Bills, at 2s. discount to 2a.
prom ; Exchequer Bonds, 1868, at 981 to 991; ditto,
1869, at 98 and 971.
Turkish Six per Cents. were first marked 92, and
have since risen to 921 to 921. Turkish Guaranteed
Four per Cents. continue in demand. Other foreign
stocks have met with scarcely any business.
Bales are recorded as follows :—Brarilian Old Five
per Cents., at 98; Portuguese Three per Cents.,
1863, at 44; Turkish Six per Cents., for account
(lab Deo.), at 92; ditto Guaranteed Four per Cents.,
at 991.

The Elm= has arrived in the Downs from Mel-
hewn., with 106,255 minces of gold on freight,
worth 421,0001. Her dates are old.

At the Bank of England yesterday the demand for
money was to a his extent, but not active. In the
open market Ilret-class short bills are readily dis-
counted at 91 per cent. In the House of Commons on
Tuesday night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer men-
tioned that the reserve of notes and coin in the
banking department, which was stated in the last re-
turn (extending toWedneedaylast week) at 2,729,0371.,
had increased on Monday evening to 3 millions and a
half. Consequently after making allowance for the
two millions Willed beyond the statutory limit, the
Bank's real reserve was then about a million and a
half. The resources of the institution continue to
increase daily. The movement of the coin and
bullion is also known to be satidaotory, for since
yesterday week, when the total was 7,358,4671., the
amount of newly imported gold bought by the Bank
is fully half a million. Nevertheless, no immediate
reduction in the rate of discount is expected.

The amount of gold bought by the flank yesterday
was about 28,0001.

Advice. from Paris state that the stock of bullion
in the Bank of France is still increasing, and has
now reached 9,200,00 W. The next return of this
institution will be published tomorrow morning.

The steamer Tamar bee arrived at Southampton
from Alexandria with the 506,7891. in gold which
was conveyed to Suez by the Simla. This remit-
tance is expected to come to band to-morrow, and
will probably be sent at once into the Bank.
The Ariel is expected to mire at Southampton in
a day or two from New York. The Niagara will be
due at Liverpool on the 14th, and the Atlantic on
the 17th. These vessels are expected to bring a
large amount of specie.
At Amsterdam and Paris the exchanges on
London are rather less favourable. At Parts on
Tuesday the exchange on London was quoted 25.35
to 40 for short, and 24.70 to 76 for three months'
pa pse • at Amsterdam, 11.86 (offered) for short ; and
at!erlin, 6.17.

The advice, of nine days' later date from Calcutta
report a decided improvement in the position of the
Bank of Bengal, and in the money-market gene-
rally, but no advance in government securities.
Exchange on London was quoted 2s. 2,1 d. for first
class bills at six months' sight. This is a trifle more
favourable, the previous quotation having. been
2s. 21d.
Theo= market yesterday was fiat. Sales of wheat
could not be effected anima at a farther reduction
from last Monday's rates. The number of floating
cli of grain arrived at porta of call since last
Fridays
is no less than 64. Numerous cargoes are
now on sale. The country markets are generally
reported 2e. to 3s. per qr. lower for wheat.
The interest is advertised in due °ours' on the
Preference Bonds and Debentures of the Grand
Trunk Railway of Canada. The half yearly interest
at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum is also adver-
tised on the consolidated stock, bat is to be paid in
the 7 per cent. debentutes of the company, having
15 years to ran, and bearing interest from the Ist
January next.
The decrease shown in the weekly
.return of the
Loudon and North-Western Railway is as much as
6,2431., and in that of the Great Northern Railway
1,4621.

The amount of bills drawn by the East India Com-
pany on their respective presidencies, from the 26th
alt. to the oth inst. (yesterday), is as follows :
Rata of Exchange.
Bengal £1,922 10 8 1-
cc
262 7 4 74 per Co.'a rupee.
Madras
Bombay
Total 1'2,184 18 0
.

The suspension is 'announced of Messrs. Holland
and Co., of Cheapside, in the Manchester trade,
with liabilities estimated at 30,0001. or 40,0001.
Yesterday we mentioned the suspension of the
firm of Messrs. H. Pontoppidan and Co., of Ham-
burg, at the same time remarking that it would
probably be merely temporary. A telegram re-
ceived in London announces that the firm have been
assisted by their friends, and have already resumed
payment and business as usual.
The meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Hoare,
Buxton, and Co. fixed for the 11th inst., is post-
rued until Monday, the 14th inst., at ten o'clock,
in consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Coleman,
the accountant who has charge of the matter.
A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Rehder and
Boldemann (who failed on the 23th ult.) is called
for the 21st inst., and of the creditors of Messrs. E.
Sieveking and Son (who stopped on the 18th ult.)
for the 23rd inst.
At a meeting held yesterday of the creditors of
Messrs. Bardgett and Picard, corn factors, who
stopped payment on the 14th ult., a committee of
three gentlemen was appointed to investigate the
affairs of the house, and will report the result at a
meeting to be held on the 17th inst. The subjoined
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Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
canal, and other miscellaneous shares, as given in the
last Stock Exchange List:
lamimace nazis :—Atlsa, 161;i1d , 16i ; Albioa. 96 ;
Mina Saida and Foreign, 1 • lai ; Enna
and Se3ttisb Law Lits, 4 • Globs, • 0 ' niankm:
pedal Pins, SOO; ImgaLit...e, lket I
30 ; Law Lih, 611; • a 75 ; Lila 71.
Canal Slimas:—E 88{ ; Coventry, 190• Grand
Janallany 49i; Yuma and Ana, di ; Lao and Lilver-

peel, 601; Leicester and Northampton, 13 ; Oxford, 108;
Rochdale, 80 ; Regent's, 16 ,• Werwick and Napo; 9 ;
Warwick and Birmingham, 24; Worcester and Birming-
ham, 161.
Om and Coke Companies .--Cireat Central, 111; Imperial,
70; ditto Denestares, 200; Leaden Parliamentary Prefer-
ence,c 47 ; South Metropolitan, 341, 34;
Westrainater Chartered, 60.
Waterworks Stooks:—Berlin, 4; Lambeth, 96; But
London, 100; ditto 4 per cent. preferesoe, 23 ; ditto 6 par
cent. peallweica, 26; Southwark sad Vauxhall, 89 ; Met
Middlesex, 99.
Bridges :—Hungerford, 61 ; Vauxhall, 171.
Docks:-st. Katharine, 89; VlOlOl9l. 91.

WZDTIVIDAY ZYINIXII.

The funds opened this morning with increased
buoyancy, owing chiefly to the large influx of bul-
lion into the Bank. At one period a total rise of
to per cent. was attained, but at this point sellers
came forward, the position of General Havelock at
Lucknow being regarded with some anxiety. After
several fluctuations, the market closed about 1 per
cent. higher than at 4 o'clock yesterday. The books
fide transactions of the public being, for the time,
brought to a close by the shutting of the transfer
books, the market is now the more likely to be in-
fluenced by merely speculative operations. In all
the other departments of the Stock Exchange busi-
ness was very quiet.
Consols for the Bth Jan., which were quoted at
four o'clock yesterday 92h, "sellers," cum div., or
equal to 91 " sellers,' ex div., opened this morn-
ing about 91 ex div., roes to 911, and closed
at 911 to f ex div. (or equal to 92} to I
aim die.). Although the transfer books are
now shut, there were a few transactions in Console

for money. Bank Stock was inquired for. The
official business report is as follows :—Three pre
Cent. Consols, for money (shut), 911, 92k cum di..;
ditto, for account (Bth January), 911, 91,911,911
ex die. ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 901, 901, 911,
91, 91/ ; New Three per Cents., 901, 901, 911.91,
911; 30 Years Annuities, expiring in April, 1886,
171 ; Bank Stock, 218, 2161, 218; Three-and-a-Half
per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in
1838, 99, 991; ditto 1859, 981, 97; ; India Bonds,

Exchequer Bills show a fresh rise of Is., and have
now fairly reached par ; the closing quotation was
2s. dis. to 2s. prem.
Turkish Six per Cents. were dull, but closed the
same ma yesterday, at 92 to 4. The Guaranteed Four
per Cents. were firm, at 994 to t. Mexican Bonds
are still offered. Spanish were more inquired for.
The produce markets to-day were very dull. The
sales of sugar and coffee went off heavily.
American railway securities were dull to-day.
During the greater part of the period over which
the American panic extended, the prices for these
securities in London were considerably above those
current in New York ; now, the reverse is the case.
Canadian Government Six per Cent. Bonds at-
tained a further advance of 4 per cent. to-day.
City Bank shares experienced a considerable de-
dine to-day, and some other bank stocks were flatter,
including Bank of Australasia, which closed at 79 to
81. Union Bank of London were last quoted 214 to
22 ; and London and Westminster Bank, 464 to 484.
Canada Land shares have declined. Peninsular and
Oriental Steam continue in request, and Royal.
Mail Steam were quoted 11. higher.

Y1N8.9.-THIS DAT.

Two o'CLoox.

The market for home mining stocks to-day is
steady, with no important change in price. Great
Wheal Vor shares have been dealt in in the
Stock Exchange at ; North Basset at 12;
Sortridge Consols at 1 f, and Wheal Edward at 7.
In foreign mining share* there is no movement.
English and Austral= Copper shares are marked,
li,leing firm.
The only quotations recorded in the official list of
the Mining Exchange yesterday are the following,
viz.: East Russell, at 21. 16s. 3d. to 21. 18e. 9d. ;
and West Grenville, at 4s. 6d. to 3e.

Mr. R. P. Harding wan yesterday appointed °Erie' manager
of dm Mexican and South American Company, now wind-
tag up.

WEDNIWIDAT ZWANTIFO.
The fall in copper just announced does not appear
to have caused any farther depression in the shares
of copper mines. This is partly owing to the Set
that the recent decline in the standard for ores had
caused a reduction in the price of the manufactured
article to be looked for. Home mining stocks to-
day were dull, with little business. Sortridge Con-
sols shares were more offered.