The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

MONBY MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Two O'CLOCK.
111 e funds were rather dull during the earlier
part of the day, but have since become
firma, and now i•tand at an advance of
per cent. English railway shares were rather more
offered in the morning, but retain considerable

steadiness.
Consols, after receding to 931 to 5-16 for
money and the 7th inst., arc now quoted 931,
"buyers." For the 4th of June the price is now
931 to 94. The Three per Cents. Reduced have
beau dealt in at 92 to 1 ; the New
Three per Cents. at 921 to 1; Bank Stock at 213 ;
Exchequer Bills, March, at 2s. dia. to par; ditto,
June, at ss. to 2s. dis.; Exchequer Bonds, 1849, at
981; : and India Bonds, at 4s. die.
Turkish Six per Cents. have improved to 931 to
The Guaranteed Four per Cents. remain quoted 1001
to f. Other foreign stocks are steady. Brazilian
Old Five per Cents. arc marked 1001 and 100;
ditto, Five per Cent., 1829 and 1839,
1001; Danish Three per Cents., 8:71 ; Dutch
Four per Cents., 971 ; Granada Active, 231;
Mexican, for 14th May, 23; ; Russian Five per
Cents., 105 ; ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cent,.., 96 ;
Spanish Old Three per Cents., 411; ditto, Deferred,
for account, 25Z.
The Thames has arrived off Scilly, from Geelong,
with 4,780 ounces of gold on freight, worth about ,
19.000/. The dates by this vessel arc old.
The favourable movement of the continental ex-
changes is viewed with satisfaction, as tending to pro-
mote the retention here of at least a portion of the
expected supplies of gold. Notwithstanding the
maintenance of a high rate of interest on Console at
the settlement now in progress, purchases continue
to be effected in anticipation of the deduction of the
half-yearly dividend, which will take place imme-
diately after the June settlement.
We may repeat that on Saturday next an
an instalment of 375,000/. falls payable on the Ex-
tension E capital of the East Indian Railway Com-
pany. Next Monday, also, a call on the shares of
the Pernambuco Railway will require 120,000!.
At Paris yesterday the Three per Cent. Rentes ex-
perienced an improvement of 30c., or upwards of per
cent., closing at 69.10 for money, and 69.40 for the
end of May. The improvement is doubtless pro-
moted by the more favourable character of the finan-
cial adisces from London. Bank of France shares,
however, have fallen from 4,373 to 4,300. It is
stated that the government has intimated its inten-
tion of reconsidering the proposition for the increase
in the capital of the Bank of France ; and the specu-
lators are again gathering hopes that some plan cal-
culated to relieve the Bourse of the surplus of float-
ing stock will yet be devised.
Die 196,0001. in gold ex the Anglesea was at
length delivered yesterday. It is believed that the
bulk of this supply will be sent into the Bank to-day.
Of the 116,200/. in specie brought from New
York by the steamer Niagara, about 56,000!. reached
London yesterday, the greater portion of which con-
sist., of Mexican dollars.
The specie and bullion ex the steamer Magdalena
will probably be delivered to-morrow.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
generally quoted higher, especially as regards France,
Holland, and Belgium. }Nen at the advanced quo-
tations there was little disposition to buy bills. fits
current quotations are subjoined, :
Amsterdam, three months, 11.191 tot ; ditto, abort, 11.161
is 171; Rotterdam, throe months, 11.191 to 12 ; Antwerp,
and Brume's, three months, 25..4 to 5 ; homburg, three
month", 13.81 to 1; Park, three menthe, 23.671 to 721; ditto,
abort, 23.23 to 30 • Marseilles, three months, 25.70 to 6 ;
Frankfort-on-the-Maine, three months, 1191 to 1 ; Peters-
burg, three months, 37 to 1 ; Vienna, three month', 10.52
to 4; 'Celeste, three m0nthe,30.33 to 6; Repko., three months,
421 to y ; (lenoa, three niontha, 23.70 to 5 ; Leghorn,
duce months, 29.60 to 6; Palermo, three months, 1301 to
1.4 1; eIWiIIN three months, 1301 to ; Oporto, three mouths,
62) to ; Lisbon, three months, 52 to y..
The sugar market was rather excited yesterday.
The demand was very active, and resulted in an ave-
rage advance of no less than 2s. per cwt. Tea is also
firmer, and more difficult to buy ; and a large busi-
ness was done in rice at full prices.
The number of chests of indigo declared for tho
quarterly sale which will commence on the 12th
instant, is 10,300.
A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg an-
nounces the arrival of a steamer at Cronstadt on
the 3rd.
'l'he shares in the Ittuislan railways, the subscrip-
tion li-t to which was definitively closed yesterday,
were nominally quoted 1 to 1 prem.
The shares of the Grand Trunk Railway Company
of Canada attained a further advance yesterday. The
shareholders are watching with interest the progress
of the bill which is now pending in the Canadian
Legislature.
A special meeting of the I.ondsn Armoury Com-
pany is called for the 15th inst.
Bubjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
sans), sod other miscellaneous ahares, as given in
the last Stock Exchange List :
In Sharec—Allea,l9l, 1; Alliance Marine, 41;
Church of Englarcl, 31; City of London, 21; Eagle, 7/, I;
Eoglblc and Brattish law Ilk, 41; Equity end Law, 51;
Snroprun Life, 18; Globe, 071; Guardian, 021, 32; General,
81; Indemnity Marine, 114; binomial Life, 201; ditto Fire,
*0; Loudon, 321, ec div and bins ; Legal and Gemmel
Lite, ; Law Fire, 31 ; Law Life, 62 en div. ; Medical,
mad General Ilk, 31 • Marine. 731; Monarch, It;
Rock Life, 81; United Kingdom 41 • Union, 3415; Victoria
Ge• and Can Coupanita, 117-ighton, ; British
rA P• 1114 61. 234 ; EquitaUe, 41 ; European, 13 ; Greet Cen-
trod, 12; • * Imperial Continental, 49; Plitenie, 49; United
Genera, 211; West niineter °untold (Wmtern A), 8.
Canal num :—llinreingluon, 91 ; and Avon,
61,) Leeds and Liverpool, 490; Rem nee, 16; Werwirk
and Biuniughara, 23; Worcester and Birmingham, 161;
Wilts ant Berk., 41.
Wstera orke Stock. ; Best Landon. 107
din.. 4 per met. Preferenm, 231 ; Gland Juni tiou, 73; ditto
Es. . .11 : Kent, 80; Lambeth, 96.

T.'I,IMT ETtxmie.

The funds can scarcely be said to have attained a
furtliet improvement to-day, but the tendency was 1
decidedly favourable. The market closed firmly at
the full advance of yesterday. But for a eonsiderable
salt of ('onsols for money by the broker who usually
sot- for the Court of Chancery, a further improve.
meat ould probably have been established.
In the discount market today there wan a fair
demand for money. As we have already men-
titan a. the bills falling due yesterday (the 4th)
wore 111.4 so heavy as usual, but engage.
melds to some amount arrived at maturity to-day.
In the Stock Exchange this morning money was
ea'. at 6to 64 per cent. on government securities, but
in the afternoon there was a more active demand,
owing partly to the sale by the Chancery broker.
The government broker was to-day a buyer of
I.ong Annuities.
Calculs, which closed yesterday at 931 to 1 for
mom y and the 7th inst., rangt4 to-day between
that quotation and 931 "buyers," and were quoted at
4 e'elock 931, rather " sellers," the quotation for the
4th June being at the same hour exactly 931. At
half-pa.t 1 o'clock the quotation for the present set-
tlement was a shade higher, at 93 3-16 to 7-16.
The " routinuation" remains at 1 per cent., or equal
to 7 per tent. per annum. The official business re-
port no follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 831, I, (, Z ; ditto, for account, 7th May,
931, 931. Three per Cents. Reduced, 92, 92(, 92,
921. New Three per Cents., 921, 921, 92, 921.
Long Annuities, expiring in Jan., 1860, 2 7-16;
Thirty Years Annuities, Oct., 1839, 21. Bank Stock,
211. 213.
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted 2s. dim. to
2". Prcln; the June Bills, .3s. to 2s. du.; and Ex-
chequer Bonds, 901 to l.
Turkish Six per Cents. show a further improve-
mint of }to per cent., closing at 931 to a. The
• Guaranteed tour per Cents. were also rather firmer,
at 10111 to Spanish and l'ortaguese Bonds were
' more inquired for, and Dutch rather flutter. At
Four o'clock Ituasnan Five per Coats, were quoted
104 to 0 ; ditto Foorand-a-lialt per Cents., 95 to