The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

TO TER EDITOR OP TIM EXPEM.

46, parliament-attests Westminster, S.W., Sept. 15.
Sts,-1b following telegrams. referred to in our letter of
yesterday's date, was signed by hie Excellency Baron
Brentano, and addressed from " K. K. linage Kinisterium,"
Vises*. _ _

"Win, 14ten September, 1863. —llRioa Bankliss no spe-
cial privileges or arrangements with government"
We should Dot, of course, have requested you to insert a
telegram of this importance without haviog every certainty
of its antheetteity.—We ramie, &c.,
lituteauf; DALITNFLIL, DRAXI, AND WARD,
Solicitors to the proposed Anglo-Austrian Bank.

The sham of the Imperial Royal Privileged
Union Bank of Austria are quoted to-day fto i
prem., being lower.

There was a fair demand for money yesterday,
both at the Bank of England and in the open
market, and the rate in the latter quarter for
choice bills remained at to 4 per cent.
With reference to the debt of Venezuela the
following was posted up yesterday in the Stock Ex-
cha n:
" Messrs. Baring Brothers and Cu's agents in
Venezuela, under date 22nd August, advise having
received from the Custom-house of L Guayra for
55 per cent. of the import duties for two weeks,
40,075 &dz. 66c. From Puerto Cabello no further
collections are advised, no duties having been pro-
duced there of either import or export."
The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit-
tance of 8201. 6e. 7d. on account of the dividend on
the debt of Ecuador.

It is understood that M. Fould, the French
Minister of Finance, has under consideration some
important financial operations. The Paris house
of Messrs. Erlanger will, it is stated, take part in
the New Mexican Loan.

The fortnightly settlement in stocks and shares
was commenced yesterday, and will be completed
to-morrow. The settlement in foreign stocks will
be the largest one known for a long time past, yet
the rates of " continuation " are not more than
from 5 to 7 per cent., many large supplies of stock
having been taken off the market, while in other
GAM the ease of the money market, combined with
the respectability of the parties carrying over stock
to the new account, has checked any teuden .7 to
high charges. The rates for British railway stocks
also ranged from 5 to 7 per cent.
The steamer La Plata, from the West India',
has brought 271,5001 of which 142,5001. is gold
and 129,0001 silver. Included in the latter amount
is 26,00 W. in Mexican dollars, which were brought
to Panama by her Majesty's steamer Mutine. The
Tartar was daily expected at Panama with •
further sum of 180,0001. in the same coin, which
will probably be brought forward to Southampton
by the packet due about the 29th inst.
About 612,0001. in gold is now on the road from
Melbourne to England. The Anglesea, with
145,0001., has been at sea 97 days ; the Roxburgh
Castle, with 174,0001., 79 days ; the Wave of Life,
with 162,0001., 70 days • and the Wellesley, with
131,0001., 60 days. 319,0001 is about due.
Compared with the same timelast year, the South
Eastern Railway traffic return shows this week a
decrease of 6801., and the London, Brighton, and
South Coast a decrease of 3,4321.
At the meeting of the proprietors of the Union
Bank of England and France a resolution was
in favour of an amalgamation with the
mi
English, Belgian, and Netherlands Bank.
The share list of the Imperial Royal Privileged
Union Bank of Austria will be closed to-morrow.
The Great Western Railway of Canada announce
that " the loss on through traffic collected and con-
verted, ascertained up to 29th August, amounted
to the sum of 4,970 duls. (1,0211. 4s. 81.), and there
remained • further sum of American funds for con-
version at that date of 8,046.42 dole. In addition to
which there are balances in account with connecting
railways still unadjusted."
The report of the directors of the Telegraph to
India Company, to be presented at the meeting
on the 18th inst., recommends a dividend at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax.
A call of 51. per share is payable on the new
shares in the English, Scottish, and Australian
Chartered Bank ou the Ist of October.

A half-yearly dividend of sit per cent. will be
payable to the London stockholders of the New
York Central Railroad Company on the 21st inst.
A special general meeting of the Great Ship
Company is convened for the 2nd of October.
The commercial treaty between France and the
republic of Uruguay expired in July last, but by
special arrangement it is to ba renewed for two
year, in order to give time for certain alterations
to be made in accordance with the most modern
treaties.

It appears that the present mail from India has
brought large orders for a miscellaneous !ist of
goods.
From Australia we learn that the stacks of goods
there are still very considerably in excess of the
demand, and earnest remonstrances are made
against any heavy shipments from England.
The following is extracted from the Annual Trade
Circular of Messrs. Woo:1°ton and Sou :

• -Iti:-pssiod -machierlier thee usual, the market is Awe-
dewily supplied with wow hop. The Loslisb prowen,relieved

at their own urgent solieitations frame:dm inqvnit, sad lbw
rally repaid fur production by planet qeotatines,are eager to
„in their lame, leat, as MI recast aweellswit
should cause the home growth isr he dispaed el
at greatly reduoed prime. DerliAr the macaw a partial
attack of vermin in North and West Lent, and to • tow
country Farnham parishes, has tamed se mime as in-
jury that in those districts scarcely say bops are grown.
From the rest of the plantations the crop Is abandomih
and the quality and condition generally ezaelleet. The
stock of 1862.. is extremely limited. loedratbipo ha
iromwsds
of consomme will probably cause all good op to
I saleable at prim, Dot perhaps NMI to Waal.
bat little below the value of the sew pew*. Biro
1859 there has been no inducement for brewers
to be large holders of hops, sad It Is doubtful
whether they will readily booms epesalaten, with the great
amectelaty that must exit, seder freebies of trade, es te
the exteet of imports from Recaps and America The
favourable quality of the English growth sad tie pramt
prim are not calculated to encourage foreign seiwaiiseln to
make rash caprigninente to this meek, bat It is logis'
potable that, at one period or another, Vie imperlaat we-
igi!tlrood their home necessities eat be tiered as the
market. In Bavaria and Bohemia Use mop is about
her the large produce of 1862 An Immense imp Is pews
I this year in the district of Baden and the adjessat parte d
Oermay, labelOC• are iwported laterite. and weak begs
too often wired and sold as "c
lad class Bavariman* la
Aimee the crop is very large, but the as egad.aserrediuy. The Loinine plantations are &vowed.
both as to quality sod abundance. la Belgium there it 1110
largest and best crop knows for yews. sad a narked im-
provemest is *towable in cultivation and wing. Animism
reports are con/incite, but we are assured the probes in
greatly in exam of the local requirement& In each el the
above districts of production the great and steady Mama,
of hop plantations is calculated to have a penman/et in-
&moo. on the trade.

NONDAT_ETMCONI.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at to gar
the Bth of October, opened and closed to-day at
the same quotations. For money the last pries
was 931 to *. The official business report rse
follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 931,
*, f • ditto for account, 933!; Three per Cents.
Rednoed, 92, ; New Three per Cents., 92, 1;
Thirty Years Annuities, 1888, ; India Five
Cent. Stock, 1081, ft, I, ft ; Five per Cent
enfaced" rupee paper, 108 ; ditto Five-and-a-
Half per Cent., 1161.
The India Five per Cent. stock was stesdy,
at 1081 to ft. India Bonds were last quoted 18a. to
19s. prem. ; and Exchequer Bills, par tc 3s.
prem.
There was a good, but by no means very ani-
mated, business transacted in the foreign securities,
yet the market was generally strong, and a further
rise was established in some instances.

The Liverpool cotton market was very active
to-day, and the males reached 30,000 bales. Com-
pared with Friday Wit, prices showed an advance
of to Id. per lb.
A large amount of businees was transacted in
bank shares, but the tendency of prices was sot
altogether favourable. Bank of Egypt, Bank of
Queensland, Bank of Wales, City, Continental,
English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, Lon-
don and Brazilian, and London and Colonial
improved ; while Agra, Alliance of London and
Liverpool, Brazilian and Portuguese, Colonial,
Imperial Ottoman, Metropolitan and Provincial,
and Union of England and France declined.
Australian Agricultural, Berlin Waterworks, and
Joint Stock Discount were inquired for, while
Crystal Palace, Great Ship Seventeen-and-a-Half
per Cent. Preference, and United Kingdom showed
flatness.

Colonial government securities showed no varia-
tion.

The share/ of the financial companies were steady,
at about previous quotations. International Finaa-
cial were quoted 61 to 51 prem. General Credit
and Finance, 2to 21 prem. and London Financial,
21, to 34 prem. Hudson's Bay left off at to
and Egyptian Trading at 11 to 11 prem., bin
rather lower.
Ocean Marine shares were last quoted 13 to
prem. ; Thames and ?denser, 3 to 1 prem.
Universal, 1 to ; North British and
Wel
r 1771 to 181;
and Commercial Union, 4 to
41
Oriental Hotel shares were nominally quoted 1.
to f prem. ; Marine Investment, to 1 prem. •
Buxton Hotel, to prem. ; and Star and Gads;
Hotel, to 1 prem.

MINES.-{THIS DAYJ

Two &Owoi.

Apart from the fortnightly settlement, which will
be concluded to-morrow, there is little humane's
doing in the mining market. North Crofty sad
West Chiverton shares are rather firmer. Nome
of the present quotations are as follows :—Cara
Brea, 70 to 72 ; Cbiverton, 7 to 4 ; Drakewalls,
to 2 ; Rost Cern Brea, 71 tog ; Fast Caradon, 28 to
Vbeing2lniet ; Great Fortune, 29 to 30 ; Marko
alley, 6 to ; North Crofty, 4to I ; Tiucroft,
194 to ; West Chwerton, 32 to 33 ; Wheal
Crofty, 3 to 4 ; Wheal Ludoott, 24 to 3 ; sad
Wheal Beton. 216 to 220. _ _ _

Copiapo Mining shares have improved. Other
foreign u well as colonial mines are quiet.
The Directors of the St John del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received—by telegram,
from Lisbon—the following report, dated Morra
Velho, August :—Produce for July, 40,017
oitsvaa ; cost for July, 9,9L01. ; profit for July,
5,4781. Produoe ten days of August, 11,467
oitavas ; yield, 6.292 oitavas per too.
The committee of the Stock Exchange has ap-
pointed Friday next a special settling day in the
shares of the Great Devon and Bedford (Col.:bat-
ten) Copper Mining Company (Limited), which,
however, are not to be marked.

The half-yearly general meeting of the Linares
Lead Mining Company will be held on the 24th
but., when it will be proposed to register the
undertaking under the Limited Liability Act.