The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-04 00:00:00

MONRY MARKET.-(THIS DAL)

Two co'Cuten.
The funds to-day are firmer. Consols have ad-
vanoed 1-16 to # per cent. English railway stocks'
on the other hand, in several instances exhibit an
unfavourable reaction. The only other movement
is a further considerable rise in Turkish Bonds,
which are in speculative favour.
At Paris this morning, aocording to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
671 r. 70c., showing no change.
Consols are officially marked 894 and 4, ex
div., for money, and 89/, ex div., for the account
(July 10). The present quotations ate 891 to
4 for money, and 894 for the 10th el
July. The official business report is as follows :—.
Bank Stock, 230 ; Throe per Cents. Reduced, 884„
4, 1 ; New Three per Cents., 881, 4, 4 ; India
Five per Cent. Stock, 981,, 4,4, ex div. ; ditto
for amount, 984, 4, ex div. ; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1863, 96/, 96; ditto, 1864, 951 ; ditto
Bonds, 18s. die. ; Exchequer Bills, March, 11 s. die.;
ditto June, 13a., ls. din
The market for Turkish Bonds is very animated.
A fresh rise of Ito 11 per oent. has taken plane.
The loan of 1864 is now quoted 741 to 751,
and that of 1858, 60 to 1. There is as
other feature of interest in this department.
Sales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Four-
and-a-Half per Ceuta., 1860, 864 ; Dutels
Four per Cent. Certificates, 1004; Mexican Three per
Ceuta., for account, 221; New Granada Active, 151;
ditto Deferred, 51 ; Portuguese Three per Centers
1853, 461, ex div. ; Spanish New Deferred Thre•
per Cents., for account, 414, ex air. ; Turkish Sin
per Cents., 1864, for account, 751, 744, 751; ditto
Six per Ceuta, 1858, for account, 594, 601, 59
604, 4 ; Venezuela Three per Cents., 18.

The tendency to dulness of basin ess being it-
creased whilst the Indian Loan is pending, regiet
expressed that Monday next was not fixed fog the
reception of the tenders. There was so need of
delaying the affair until the Llth, unless it be that
Sir Charles Wood wished to see what the dividends
would do for him.

There were no gold transactions at the Bank yes-
terday. The Oneida, from Brasil, has reached
Southampton, with 31,8961. in specie.
The amount of specie taken to New York ymter-
day by the City of Washington wasM, 183?. , The
Atrato, which sailed yesterday for the West Indies,
had 14k0611. in specie ou board, of which 96,186 L
was on English and the rest on Preach account.
At an adjourned meeting yesterday of the creditors
of Messrs. Mackay and Rend, commission merchants
and insurance brokers, it was resolved to accept a
composition of tia. iu the pound, payable in instal-
ments at 6, 10, and 14 months, the last secured.
A resort to bankruptcy proceedings was deprecated,
on account of the expense, which would greatly re-
duce the dividend.

The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week a deprave of 3,0061. • the
Great Western a decrease of 1,153 L ; the area*
Northern a decrease of 1,7'981.; and the Loadom
and South Western an iucreaso of 2,9421. It is said
that the forthcoming return of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Company will exhibit a decrease of SOOL
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending Julio 21, were 665211.
sterling, being 5481. more than in the oorresponding
week of last year.

The traffic on the 1,004 miles of the South Aus-
trian line of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway
Company for the week ending June 24, was
43,1261., being 14,209 f. more than in the corre-
sponding week of 1860 ou 687 niil w ; and that os
the Loinhardo-Venetian line 5,0371, showing a*
increase of 925/.

At the annual meeting of shareholders is the
Dutch Rhenish Railway Company, just hold at
Amsterdam, the direction was empowered to die-
tribute a dividend of Gs. 101. per share.
A call of 41. is to be paid on the shares in the
Sevenoaks Railway Company by the let August.
The letters of allotment of the Commercial
Copper Smelting Company will be isvued on Fiiday.
Subjoined are the latest quotations of insuranoN
gas and coke, dock, and other shares, as given In
the last Stock Exchange list :
Insursoce.—Alliance, British and Foreign, 15LBadeung/a/
64, 7 . ; Equity and Law, 81 ; Blobs., 99 ex die.;
Marine, 143; Law Life, 801 ; Loam' and Prowineil
Marine, lj ; Minerva, 8,4; Bock Life, 811; Universal
Marire, 11.
Cre.—Commercial, 373, 333; ilreat Central, 177; for-
don Parliamentary, 207.
Docks.—Londoo, Al, 601.
Bridges.—Waterloo, Anne. of 81., 321 ;
20i ex div.
Waterworks.—Lambeth, 103.

At the tenth annual inflating of the Perpetual In-
vestment, Land, and Building Society, held yesterday
evening, the directors' repot "dive:wed the progees
of the society as very satisfactory. The receipts
front all sources in the year amounted to 117,29 a,
making an aggregate of 915012?. since the forme-
tiyu of the undertaking. The sum of 34,1t10!. has
been advanced during the year upon the mortgage
of freehold, cupyhold, and leasehold properties.
Thu report observes,:
The directors have added to the subscription shares a
bonus equal to 4 per cent. on shares upon which twelve
months' subscriptions or more have been part Tho bongs
bail been carried to the credit of thy several shareh,oltlent
soconate, which, for the pest year, all be equal torsion,
the interest on subscription shares of twelve years sail a
half to 81 per ceut., and on sill veription shares of seven
and a gunner and tee years to 8 per cent.
A general meeting of Ni.lareholders in the Royal
Portuguese Railway Oompany is convened fur the
2nd September a: Lisbon. English shareaoldees
who wish to attend must deposit their shares at the
office of Messrs. G. E. &Herm and Go.
With reference to the market for American wen-
riling% Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports us fulrows
The same dulness we noted last week continues to charm•
tense the market in London for American securities, ea*
the disposLion to sell United 6t stns and Virginia Londe ise.
creases. Railroad bonds and shares are thinly imutitainea,
but without much Improvement in quotations. •
A public meeting of 5hip0W11.37.4 awl others will
be held on the 9th inst. at the London Tavern,
Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M.P., in the chair, to consider
the regulations i.sued by the government, under
which masers and notes of merchant vessels may
be enrolled as officers of the Royal Naval Reserve.
The Admir..lty will :waive tenders on the 17th
inst. for the supply of 3,000 ,its. of wheat, 1.:10 tone
of cocoa, and 2U9 tons of str.;ar.
The Rougumunt, Statesman, and Swithandely
have been engaged for the conveyance of govern-
ment stores to Calcutta, Madras, and Kurrachos,
respectively.
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The second of the monthly sales of cochineal took
phew. yesterday. Subjoined is a report : •
1,117 logs were offered, consisting of 1,081 bags Honda's.
147 bags leneriffe, and 1861 bags Mexican. About 1,000 hey
were sold at as advenee of ltt. to 3d. per lb. for Headwall
wirer, and Id. on Teueritte grata, upou the unit June sake;
other sorts were neglecited, and prioes were without idles:
tiou. This satisfactory result argues well for the successful
working of these periodical sales, instead of those held ender
tke old system ►sad we bope that importers will aili,re to
the muothly ss:les, which, so far, Lore proved highly satis-
factory to both foreign and home buyers.

WEDNIESDAT
_Cvi2mca.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 13971t7i,en
div., for tue 10th of July, opened this morning at
8 It, " buyers," and closed at 891 to Fur 'noway
the last price was 891 to f. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 891, 1, f, ex div. ; ditto for account (.lu/ar
10), 89f, it, es div. ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
88f, C ; New Three per Cents., 88f, ff, 1 ; Now
Three-and:a-Half per Cents., 95 ; Bank Stock,
2281, 229 ; India Five per Cent. stock, 98k, 1, es
div. • Five per Cent. " enfaesd" rape° paper, 94.

The India Five per Cent. stock wit; rather limey
closing at 98i to cex div. The March Exchequer
Bills were flat, at 123. to 7s. die., and the .1 IUIU an
es. to 2s. die.
The trausactione in Tur Bonds were to a fair
extent, and prices continue to rise. The advance
amounted to-day to per cent., the Loan of MI
closing at 731 to 74, and th•tt of 1868 at 4.-Sdi
49. Moak-lei Bonds were dull, a22to L.