The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARIBT.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoca.

The stock markets to-day are steady. The
funds are well supported at yesterday's dosing quo-
tations. Two or three of the principal English
railways are slightly better. Foreign stocks are also
very steady.
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The scrip of the new Confederate Loan is rather
lower, at 4to 44 prem. Italian scrip is quoted
to prem., while Danish, after being marked
dia., is now called # dia. to par.
1
At Paris this morning, awarding to Mr. Reuter'ib
telegram, the Three par Cent. Bente& opened/
at 69fr. 27c., showing a rise of 4 per oent., covC,J
pared with the last price of yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 924 to for money, aid
92k, "sellers," for the account (April 8). Cho
official business report is as follows :—Thteti, per
Cent. Consols, for money, 921, t ; di tS for
amount, 921, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 901
New Three per Cents., 904, 4 ; Bank Stock,'
for account, 2384, 2381 ; India Five per Cent.
stock, 1081 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debenture*, 100 ;
Five per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 105 ; and
Exchequer Bills, ls., 4a. dia.

The foreign stock market is quiet, but steady.
Turkish Consolidtis have risen * per cent.,
and Greek Bonds 4. The new Venezuelan
Loan is slightly firmer. Other foreign stocks
have varied but little. Some of the present quota-
tions are annexed :—Torkiah, 1864, Loan, 90 to 91;
ditto 1858, 671 to 684 ; ditto 1862, (69 to 4; the
Consolidis, 44# to 4 ; Venezuelan, Si: per
Cents., 59 to 4 ; Greek, 214 to 4 ;
and Italian Five per Cents., 694 to 4;

Transactiona are recorded as follows :—Braxilian,
1024 ; Dutch Certificates, 1024, 1; Danish scrip, ;
Egyptian, 964,ex div. ; dittosecond issue, 964, ex div.;
Greek, 214, ; Mexican, for account, 314, 4;

Peruvian, 1862, 861; Portuguese, 1962,47/ ;ditio
scrip, 2/ prem. ; Russian, 1862, 941, 94 ; Turkish,
1854, for amount, 901 ; ditto 1858, 1001. bonds, 71,
70, ex div. ; ditto 1862, for amount, 69k, 69 ; Ve-
nezuela, 1862, 59/.

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HALs-rssr Two o'CLomc.
Consols are quiet, at 92} to for money, and
92} to for the account.

It is already ascertained that the subscriptions
to the New Confederate Loan have reached
10,000,0001., and, considering' that the full returns
have yet to come forward from the provinces and
from Scotland, as well as the oontinent, it is
conjectured that au aggregate of 15,000,0001. to
18,000,0001. may be attained.
With regard to the New Italian Loan, although
it is believed that the 3,000,0001. sterling of cash,
I asked for from England, has not been covered, it
is said that the applications at Paris have been
considerably in excess of the 3,000,0001. (cash),
assigned to that market, while the subscriptions
in Italy, instead of stopping at the 2,840,0001.
(cash) sought, are rumoured to have reached
about three times that amount. Assuming, there-
fore, that the scheme originally put forward with
respect to the proportions to be allotted to each
market be departed from, the entire loan may be
regarded as placed.
The amount of gold taken to the Bank yester-
day was 45,000/.
The City of Glasgow has arrived from New York
with 106,0001. in specie, and the Borussia with
12,0001. for England.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
firm. The rates for bills on Holland were rather
more in favour of this country. Subjoined is our
usual list

Antatardam, 3 months, 11.18 to 1 : ditto, 3 days,
ILISI to 16 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11.18 to a ; Antwerp,
3 months, 25.45 to 50 ; Hamburg, sst hanso, throe months,
13.71 to 1 ; Park , 3 days, 25.20 to 71 ; ditto. 3 months,
25.50 to 24; Frankfort-oe-tbe-Maine. 3 months, 1191 to
; Peters (per rouble), 3 months, 35 to j ; Vi001:111,
8.0., 3 months, 1L75 to 80 ; Trieste, eft. 8o , 3 months,
11.75 to 80 ; liWrid, 3 maths, 49 to 4 ; Cadiz, 3 months,
481 to 49 ; Lashorit, 3 mons, 25.55 to 60 ; Gears, 3
months, 25.55 to 60 ; Milan, 3 months, 25.55 to 60
Naples, 3 months, 25.55 to 60 ; Palermo, 3 swaths, 25.60
to 5; Messina, 3 months, 25.60 to 5 ; Lisboa, 90 days, rat
to j ; Oporto, 90 days, 52j to 631.

The subjoined shows the rates of discount now
current in the principal continental cities, viz.
Paris, 4 per cent ; Turin and St. Petersburg, 6 ;
Amsterdam and Berlin, 3* ; Vienna, ; Hamburg
and Frankfort, 2* ; and Brussels, 3 per cent.
A very important decision, as affecting debenture
stockholders in railway and all other companies, was
yesterday coins to by the committee of the House
of Commons on the West Hartlepool Harbour and
Railway Bill. The bill was opposed by the deben-
ture stockholders because it proposed to deprive
them of the position and interest guaranteed to
them by the act under which the stook was created,
and on the faith of which they had made the invest-
ment ; but the committee nevertheless decided that
the preamble was proved.
A new project, called the London and West-
minster Wine Company (Limited), has been
formed, having a respectable direction, and there
is to be neither promotion money nor prelimi-
nary expenses. The company will import, pur-
chase, and sell every description of foreign wines,
spirits, and liqueurs, and also undertake the
agencies in England of wine growers and shippers.
It is formed upon the basis of the purchase of an
old established and profitable private business.
There is to be a special tariff for shareholders. It
is mentioned that an association established many
years back, with similar objects, is now paying a
dividend of 25 per cent. per annum. The capital
in the present instance is 50,0001., in 10,000 shares
of Si each.

;new railway, stated to be well supported by
the landowning and other local interests, has issued
its prospectus to-day. We allude to the Stafford
and llttoxeter Railway, the object of which is to
provide better railway communication between
North and South Stafford, as well as between the
Midland and Shropshire and Welsh districts. The
present communication is circuitous, difficult and
slow, while the mineral and other resources of the
district are large. The project has not been brought
forward in an incomplete condition, the company's
act having received the royal assent in July last.
The company enjoys unusually large powers as re-
gards the forwarding of traffic over neighbouring
lines. The capital is fixed at 130,0001., in 13,000
shares of 101. each.

The Caledonian Raihray traffic return shows
this week an increase of 409 f. over last year.
The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada for the week ending the 28th Feb. were
18,5371. sterling, being 8,0251. more than in the
corresponding week of last year.

FRIDAY EVININO.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 92} " sellers,"
for the Bth of April, were marked this morning
921, and closed, buyers," at that fraction. For
money the last price was 921 to 1. The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Con-
sols, for money, 921, 92} • ditto, for account, 92} ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 90} ; New Three per
Cents., 901, g ;New Two-and-a-H*f per Cents, 781;
Bank Stock, shut ; India Five per Cent. stoc,
1081, 1; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1001 ;
Five-and-a-Half per Cent. "enlaced " rupee paper,
1121.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was quoted 108}
to 11, and Exchequer Bills 4s. to ls. die.
In the foreign stock market, the principal trans-
actions were in Greek Bonds, which, after several
fluctuations, closed } per cent. better than yester-
day. Italia; improved }, while Mexican declined }.
There was a relapse of } to } per cent. in the New
Venezuelan Loan.

Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at 7j to 8 prem. ;
Universal Marine, 11- to 11 dia. ; Thames and
Mersey, 4 to n prem., ex div.; North Bntish and
Mercantile, 17 to it, ex div. ; Commercial Union,
it to I prem. ; Onsntal and General Marine, 1
to 1 prem. ; and London and Provincial Marine,
par to f prem.
The closing quotations for shared in new under.
takings were as follows :—British and Foreign