The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARIBT.-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoox.

The ftmds opened steadily this morning, but have
since receded / per cent. The decline seems mainly
due to the settlement. In the other markets quietude
prevails.
Consols opened at 931 to for money and Wed-
nesday, and are now quoted 934 to 1. For the 7th
of May the present price is 931 to 1. The Three
per Cents. Reduced have been dealt in at
92 to 921 ex div. ; the New Three per Cents. at 921
to ex div.; Bank Stock at 2164 to 2184 ex div.;
India Stock 2224 ; Exchequer Bills, March, at Is.
dis. to 3s. prem. ; do, June, at 2a. die. ; and India
Bonds, at Is. dis. to Is. prem.

Turkish Six per Cents. show steadiness, and
are quoted 971 to 1. Other foreign stocks
are quiet. The sales include Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 851 (exch., 126.); Mexican for
account 17th April, at 231, and 23;; Peruvian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for account, 78; ditto,
Three per Cents for account, at 541 ex div.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 1833, at 451 and 441 ;
Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., at 96 ; and
Spanish Old Three per Cents., at 41.
. .

The Orwell has arrived from Melbourne with
upwards of 200,0001. in gold. The Simla, it ap-
pears, has only 8.5,0001. instead of 85,000 ounces of
gold, the telegraph having been in error.
An official circular, just issued from the Sound
custom-house, details the new regulations which
are to be observed by vessels passing through the
Sound.

Intelligence was received on Saturday of the arrival
off Liverpool of the Marco Polo, from Melbourne ; but
the quantity of gold on freight was reported in the
telegraphic despatch at only 15,000 ounces, or
60,000!. It is presumed that the smallness of this
remittance is occasioned by the desire of shippers
to avail themselves of the departing steamers.
The sum brought by the Austral is 6,393
ounces and 30,000 sovereigns, worth in all
about 65,6601. But although the remittances
actually to hand thus reach only about
115,6001., it is known that the steamer Royal
Charter, which left Port Phillip Heeds at the
same time as the Marco Polo, has on freight '
full
half a million sterling in gold, viz., 123,0000 z. and
13,4001. in specie. The Marco Polo, it is stated,
spoke with the Royal Charter at sea in February,
and the latter must now be near at hand. By tele-
graph we also learn that the steamer Simla arrived
at Suez on the 26th of March with 85,000 oz., or
340,0001. in gold on freight. This large remittance
will doubtless come to hand in a few days. Nothing
has yet been heard of the steamer Oneida, which
left Xing George's Sound on the 3rd February with
10,000 oz., or 40,0001. in gold.
Summarising the actual imports of the week, we
arrive at a total of about 604,0001., including the
sums per the Marco Polo and Austral, as above
mentioned; about 11,0001. by the Sultan, from the
Peninsula; 20,000 ounces of gold by the White Star,
from Melbourne ; about 336,0001., chiefly in silver,
by the La Plata, from the West Indies and Mexico;
400 ounces of gold by the Orient, from Adelaide ;
and 61,0001., chiefly on continental account, by the
Persia, from New York.
Amongst the imports of silver direct into London
from the Continent we also notice 32 boxes by the
Rhine (in two trips) and 44 cases by the Seine, all
from Boulogne ; also 42 cases by the Dolphin, and
66 cases by the Baron Osy, both from Antwerp.
The shipments have been extraordinarily heavy.
The Custom-house statement of the exports of the
precious metals direct from London during the week
includes 27,570 ounces of gold and 200 ounces of
silver, representing a total value of about 107,0001.
These supplies were despatched chiefly to Boulogne
and Hamburg. The particulars are as follows, viz.:
—Gold coin : To Boulogne, 16,070 ounces ; to Bel-
gium, 1,000 ounces; to Hamburg, 6,000 ounces.
Gold bars : To Boulogne, 4,500 ounces. Silver coin :
To Boulogne, 200 ounces.
The other shipments have comprised 100,0001. in
specie by the steamer James Hartley, for the Cape;
about 90,0001., chiefly in gold, by the Orinoco, for
the West Indies, &c. ; 68,0001. in gold by the Ten-
tonia, for Itio Janeiro; and 788,6841. (of which
780,684 U. is in silver, and only 7,9981. in gold) by
the Colombo, for Alexandria and the East.

The total S exports of the week, as officially re-
ported, are thus raised to the enormous sum of
1,153,700/. • but of this, 780,6861. was exclasively
in silver, which has been drawn principally from the
Continent. The private shipments of gold have
comprised, in addition, the 80,0001. ex the White
Star, the 61,0001. ex the Persia, and at least
220,000!. taken from the Bank.
The Flask has arrived from Adelaide, but is
believed to have no gold ox freight.
As regards the exchanges, the principal feature in
the continental advises now to hand consists of a con-
siderable advance in the rate at Hamburg on London.
At Amsterdam also a slight improvement is obser-
vable, but at Paris the rate remains dull at the re-
duction recently established.
The Geelong has arrived from Shanghai, with
390,1001 b. of tea and 1,267 bales of silk on freight.
A meeting of the holders of Westminster Improve-
ment Bonds is called by the commissioners for the
14th inst.

The adjourned special meeting of the Submarine
Telegraph Comiginy is to be held on the 15th inst.
The Stock Exchange Committee have recently
adopted the following resolution relative to the
stock of the Preston and Wyre Railway : " That
the Original 251. Shares, the MITI:a A, Consolidated
Halves It, and Sixth Shares be taken and delivered
indiscriminately whole shares for the corresponding
fractions, and those fractions for whole shares."
The Bank of New South Wake will pay the
half-yearly interest falling due on the Town of Gee-
long 4,oan.

SATIIRDAT ET)YINO•

The funds opened flatly thin morning, owing to
the unfavourable Bank return, which has destroyed
for the timo all hope of an easier money market.
After declining k per cent., however, prices subse-
quently returned to the closing quotations of yester-
day, a favourable impression being produced by the
prospect of immediate and considerable supplies of
gold from Australia. The appearance of the market
at the close was &rm. In the leading English rail-
way stocks an improvement of 1 to Z per cent. was
established. French shares retain great strength.
To-day being the 4th of the month, the demand
for money was active. The bills now arriving at ma-
turity appear to have Lien well met, adequate prepa-
ration having been made in all quarters. The de-
mand for money latterly has been increased by pay-
ments of duties in anticipation of the reduction of the
rate upon tea,which takes place on Monday. On that
day the requirements for this purpose will also, in
all likelihood, be considerable.
The monthly settlement in Consols has commenced.
The rate charged for carrying over the accounts of
speculative holders to the 7th May is fully 1 per
cent., or equal to 61 per cent. per annum.
Consols opened this morning at 031 to for
money and the Bth April, declined to 931 to 1, and
closed at 931 to a, }or the 7th May the last price
was 93/ to 1. The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 93},
931 ; ditto, for account, Bth April, 931, 931, 931;
India Stock, 2221; Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Ex-
chequer Bonds, falling payable in 1859, 981;
India Bonds, par.
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted per to
3s. prem. ; the June Bills, Ba. to 2s. die.; and
Exchequer Bonds 981 to 99.
Turkish Six per Cents. were pressed for sale as
low as 961 in the morning, but had rallied at the
close to 971 to I, being only 1 per cent. lower than
yesterday. The Guaranteed Four per Colts. left off the
same as yesterday, at 100; to 1011.
The Admiralty will receive tender! on the 9th
inst. for the hire of a ship not exceeding 800 tons,
to convey convicts, passengers, and stores between
Englanst and Gibraltar.
the nominal elating quotations for the newly pro.
*tad railways are subjoined, via.: Punsubltaxlway,