The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-25 00:00:00

Governbient debt 411,01.14100
Other securities 1,11116.90 u
Gold cola and bal
boa
Barer bullion

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SAXES= DWAIMEMirr.
=dale Caged 4110611.410 I Government Beet-
S.ris.sn titles Ouellette.
Public DePegte Ob. I Dead Weight Am-
@ladies Itzeheq., tufty) 610.70=.390
bar. Dank" Coro- I Other 60661Mts
Ws. el Dattcsal /totes 6.616345
Debt, sad Div. Geld sal Mem
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Other 0wen,.... 12.711.6371
lam dayaMilhar
basal. 611.614

/08.143,100

144b3.118
Dee. 24. 1861 ll

441.383.638
MAESEIALL. Chief Coattier.

THURSDAY E!INIP.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 919-18 to 4 ex
div., for the 7th Jan., rose this morning to 91g to
I. and closed at 91} to g. For money the last price
was 914 to 4. The oScial business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 914,
; ditto, for account, 911, 1, • Three per
bents. Reduced, 914, ; New Three' per Cents.,
914, g ; Years Annuities, 1886, 141, 4 ; Bank
Stock, 285 ; India Stock, 218, ex div. fur open-
ing; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 106 i ; ditto
Four per Cent. Debentures, 1864, g ; ditto
Bonds, par.
, The India Five per Cent. stock remains steady.
Exchequer Bills were unaltered at 9s. to as. dig.
The foreign stock market was buoyant during the
gowter part of the day, but a rather decided re-
lapse took place inthe afternoon, in sympathy with
that in other securities. Nevertheless the final quo-
tations in moat instances were somewhat above
those of yesterday.
In the market tor bank shares the tendency of
prices was again decidedly upwards, and an advance
varying from ss. to li. per share took place in many
descriptions. Londonandßraziliau Bankabares were
particularly buoyant. London and South African
Bank have receded. Joint-Stock Discount and
National Discount shares were inquired for.
International Financial shares eve better at
41 to 4/ prem. ; General slightly lower at 24 to
1 prem. ; London Financial firm, at 84 to 9 prem. ;
and Mercantile Credit considerably higher, at 6 to
64 prem. Hudson's Bay shares were steadyi at 24
to 24 die. ; and Egyptian Trading 2s. 61. higher,
at 14 to 2 Deem.
Ocean Marine shares were last quoted to-day
141 tolsl prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine, 41
to 5 prem. ; Universal Marine, f to 4 prem. ;
Commercial Union Assurance, 34 to prem. ;
North British and Mercantile Insurance, 18 to 4.
English and Swedish Bank shares were last quoted
21 to 1 prem. ; Land Mortgage Bank of lodia,
2g to 2} prem. ; West India and Pacific Steam,
1 to lf prem. ; Contract Corporation, 44 to 44 prem. ;
Merchant Bank, 34 to 41 prem. ; Discount Corpo-
reticle, 31 so 44 prem. ; llifunta's Metal Company,
Ito dia.; Littlehampton Steam, sto 5f prem. ;
Consolidated Discount, If to 2 prem. ; Floating
Dock Company, 1 to lf prem. ; and Gloucester-
shire Smelting, 11 to 21 prem.
Contract Corporation shares have risen to 4g to
44 prem.

THE SHALIePON IN TADOCIA. This dreadful
disease, after prossissisg. foe several mooch& in Panarne,
hes at lest niched the native village. of Tahoge. In the
Resting-us, consisting of wend huts and some Num or
foot bloodied people, the deaths have been am in thy
five of the estimated population. In the priseipil va-
in, there ham been several deaths. The epidemic sp
plan there to be of a less malignant form. The Restiagos
is viteateil oo a slowly flat ; the houses mall, crowded, sad
filthy.—Panassa Star.