The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-22 00:00:00

MONEY MABILIM-(71115 DAL)

Two o'Cumw.

The stock and share markets are rather firm
to-day, although there is not much business.
Consols have risen ito per cent., and finance
and bank shares are strong. The principal English
railway stocks are unchanged, with the exception of
• further slight rise in Great Western. Foreign
securities are exceptionally dull, but no important
decline has occurred in prices. Confederate Bonds
are somewhat better.

At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rentee opened at
64fr. 92c., showing no variation of importance.
The discount market is quiet to-day, with a large
supply of money. The rate for good three months'
bills is 9 per cent. In the Stock Exchange short
loans are obtainable at 2 to 3 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 88/ to 89 for money,
and 89 to it for the account (November 10).
The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
89, 881 ; ditto, for account, 89, ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 87, f; New Three per
Ceuta., 87, ; Bank Stock, 238 ; India Five per
Cent. Stock, 104 f, ; ditto Four per Cent. De-
bentures, 1866, 97} ; ditto Bonds, 10s., Bs. die. ;
Exchequer Bills, March, 65., 10a. dia. ; ditto June,
125., Bs. die.

The foreign stock market is rather dull. Greek and
Spanish Passive Bonds have declined 1 per cent.,
and Mexican and the Committee's Certifi-
cates 1. On the other hand, Confederate are
in request, and have advanced 1 per cent.
Some of the present quotations are annexed,
viz.:—Greek, 21 to 22 ; Mexican, 261 to 2 ;
Confederate, 641 to 651 ; Spanish Passive, 291
to ; the Certificates, 131 to f ; Turkish, 1862
Bonds, 70 to ; and the Consolidda, 491 to 1.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Egyptian,
951 ; ditto 100/. Bonds, 96 ; Greek, for account,
211, 22 ; ditto Coupons, for account, 82 ; Italian
(Maremmana Railway), 71 ; Mexican, for account,
261, 2, 1 ; ditto 1864, 251, 242; Peruvian, 1862, for
account. 80 ; Portuguese, 1856, &c., 461 ; ditto for
account, 461, 1 ; Russian, 1859, 53 ; ditto 1862,
871, ; ditto 1864, scrip, 1 prem.; Sardinian, for
account, 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, for account
41} ; ditto Passive, for account, 291,
Turkish, 1858, for amount, 681, 68 ; ditto 100 L
Bonds, 72 ; ditto, 1862, for account, 701, 70-;
ditto, 100/. Bonds, 701 ; Venezuela, for account,
21; ditto, 1862, for account, 551, 2 ; ditto, 1864,
431, 43.

International Financial shares are now quoted
Ito * prem. ; London Financial, 6 to
prem. ; General Credit, n to prem. ;
Imperial and Mercantile Credit, 11 to * prem. ;
Hudson's Bay, 15 to ; Ottoman Societd G6n6-
rale, to 1 prem. ; and Anglo-Egyptian Bank, 2
to 1* dis. _

HALT-rssr TWO o'CLoot.
Consols are I per cent. lower, at est to 3 for
money, and 88/ to 80 for the account.
About 104,0001. in refined gold was sent into the
Bank yesterday, but 50,000 sovereigns were with-
drawn for transmission to Brazil by the French
packet.
On Change yesterday afternoon there was more
willingness to transact business in foreign bills,
which, under the circumstances, may be regarded
as a satisfactory feature. The tendency of the
rates, however, in some cases was rather less favour.
able to this country. The list is annexed :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.21 to 1 ; ditto, 3 days,
11.18 to 19 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 12.21 to e ; Ant-
werp, 3 months, 25.80 to 85; Hamburg, mi. b 114200. 3
months, 13.10 to 1 ; Paris, 3 days, 25.271 to 371 ; ditto. 3
months, 25.80 to 85 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months,
121 to 1 ; St. Petersburg (per rouble). 3 months, 29 to 1 ;
Wienna, if. do.. 3 soostha, 12.20 to 23 ; Trieste. if. So,
3 months, 12.20 to 25 ; Madrid, 3 months, 461 to ;
Oaths, 3 months, 47 to 4 ; Leghorn, 3 months, 26.5 to
15; Oencs, 3 months, 26.5 to 15 ; Milan, 3 mouths, 26.5
to 15; Naples, 3 months, 26.5 to 15 ; Palermo, 3 months,
26.5 to 15 ; Messina, 3 months, 26.5 to 15 ; Lisbon, 90
days, 514 to I ; Oporto, 90 days, 511 toe.
The weekly return of the Bank of France shows
the following changes :
Coin and bullion
Bills discounted
Goverumeet deposits lncrease 50,000
Notes in circulation lncrease 270,000
Private deposits
This return completely disproves the unfavourable
reports lately circulated. It will be seen that the
coin and bullion have increased.

Subjoined is a list of the rates of discount now
current on the continent, viz.:—Paris, 74 per cent.;
Vietuu
Brussels, and St. Petersburg, 6 • Ham-
burg, ; Turin, 84 ; Frankfort, 6 ; Amsterdam,
7 ; and Berlin, 64 per cent. The English money
market is at present dearer than any other.
The bills have been returned of Messrs. Simpson
and Co., merchants and insurance brokers, but
their liabilities are understood to be small.

The half-yearly meeting of the East Indian Rail-
way Company is called for the 31st inst., and will
be made special, to authorise the directors to " raise
further capital, not exceeding 1,200,0001., by the
issue of shares, stock, or debentures ; and, if
deemed advisable, partly in one and partly in
another or other such ways."
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase 2,744/. over last year.
Notice is given of the closing of the transfer
books of the Buenos Ayres Cheat Southern Rail-
way Company from the 25th to the 31st inst., for
the purpose of preparing the half-yearly warrants
for the guaranteed 6 per cent. interest.
The Ouvah Coffee Company (Limited) is the
title of a new undertaking, just formed, with a
proposed capital of 1C.1,000/., in 10,000 shares of
101. each. It is intended to purchase and work five
coffee estates, situated in the Ouvah district of
Ceylon. The expenditure upon machinery, build-
ings, and working plant for these estates has
reached between 8,0001. and 9,000/., and it is esti-
mated that the produce in the year 184;6-67 will be
at least 16,000 cwta. for an expenditure of 26,500/.
This, it is mentioned, would enable the directors
to pay a dividend of over 30 per cent. per annum
upor 100,0001., the amount of the nominal capital
of the company. By an arrangement with the
vendor, Messrs. Hallett, Ominanney, and Co., the
bankers, will guarantee to the shareholders a mini-
mum dividend of 10 per wilt, per annum during
the three years next after the allotment. More
than 6,000 of the 10,069 shares have been applied
for.

It is notified that no applications for the Second
Mortgage Bonds of the Atlantic and Groat
Western Railway will be received after the 31st inst.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have an-
nounced the dividend due the lst November on
the Venezuela Six per Cent. Loan, negotiated
through them. Notice is also given that the sum
of 11,0441., set apart in May last for the Third
Redemption of euezuela Six per Ceut. Bonds of
the loan of 1862, has been employed in the pur-
chase of bonds amounting to 19,8001., which will
be cancelled and deposited in the Bank of England
shortly.
Messrs. Baring. have also advertised the divi-
dends due the Ist pros. on Quebec City Sterling
Six per Cent. Bonds, and on Louisiana State Ster-
ling Five per Cent. Bonds, issued in favour of the '
Second Municipality of New Orleans.
The following remarks on the position of the
Philadelphia and Reading and Atlantic and Great
Western Railway Companies are from Mr. Satter-
thwaite's circular :

The monthly statement for August of the Philadelphia
and Reeding Itailroed will, we think, fully =Arm theopinion
which we have so frequently expressed of the value of Ameri-
can nuiroad bonds and sinuressa a permanent investment.
For the year ending 30th November. 1863, the set earninp
of the road were 2,649,306 dole., which wee sufficient to
have paid a dividend of 20 per cent. on the share capital,
after providing interest on the mortgage debt of the com-
pany. It will be seen that the return for the fint nine
months of the fiscal year shows • very large increase,
the amount being more than the net eerninp of the

entire previous year. Scald the badness of the road
contras m the emit sear for the reraiatag three
months the net profits will amount to nearly 4,000,000
dollar, whilst less than 700,000 dollars is required to mast
istemet on the beaded debt. It will be remembered that
this is arudielly a " coal liae." the reeeipte fo=rs
being small r compared with there for coal
dlas ; so that, judging hem the successful operatics of this
mad, as well r other nada:tithing of a shaker character, it
may be assumed that sa soon as the Atlantic and Great
Werra in in a positioa to tap the arterive cog fields of
Ohio. and supply the great derred both outward aid west-
ward, as well as in Canada, a very per additioa will
leann to its already large earnings, reed thus plasm this com-
pany mooned the most successful railroad undertakioge in
the world.

FRIDAY VTIMIL
Consols, which closed yesterday at 881,to 1 for the
10th Nov., touched to-day 89, "buyen, ' and closed
at esi to 89. For money the last price was 88f
to 1. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 881, J, •
ditto for account, 84, 89 ; Three per Cents:
Reduced, 861, ; New Three per Cents., 861,
87, 861, 87; Bank Stock 237, 236 ; India Five per
Cent. Stock, 1041, # ; lilve per Cent. "enlaced"
rupee paper, 100, 101, 100 ; India Bonds, Be. dis.
The India Five per Cent. stock was firm. India
Bonds were marked Bs. die. The March Exche-
quer Bills were quoted 10s. to 6s. die., and the
June 20s. to 12s. dia.

In the foreign stock m!rket the course of prices
was likewise n 'vile. Mexican Bonds rose per
cent. ; Greek, tian, and Russian of 1862, ;
Portuguese, Turkis of 1862, the Consolides, and
Spanish Passive, I ; and Spanish Certificates and
Italian stock, per cent.
Bank shares were generally better. Alliance
Bank were in active demand, and after touching 10
to 12 prem. closed at 9 to 10 prem., being 21. to 31.
higher than yesterday. London and Brazilian Bank
shares closed slightly better, at 1 to 2 prem. British
and Californian Bank, Imperial, Standard Bank of
Africa, English, Scottish, and Australian Char-
tered, European, Bank of flindintan, Imperial
Ottoman, and London Bank of Mexico and South
America, were all higher. On the other hand, Bank
of London, Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China, Mercantile and Exchange, and Union
Bank of Ireland shares have receded.

Hudson's Bay shares were rather better, closin
at 15 to I ; Egyptian Trading steady, at I to
prem. ; Joint Stock Discount 2s. Gd. higher, at
dis. to par ; and National Discount firm, at 74 to
pram. There were inquiries for Australian Mort-
gage, National Financial, and Ocean Marine
Insurance shares. Consolidated discount have
fallen, and Royal Mail Steam were heavy.
The shares of the financial companies were
in better demand, and rose in most cases 2s. 6d.
to ss. per share. London Financial ad-
vanced 7s. Gd. The closing quotations are
annexed, viz.:—International, A to rem. ;
' General Credit, 2 to 21 prem. • London
Financial, 6 to 6} prem. ; Imperial Mercantile
Credit (amalgamated), I to 1 prem. ; and
Credit Fourier and Mobilier of England (amal-
gamated), 1f to 2 prem.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Ciwoi.

The mining market remains quiet. East Lovell
shares, however, continue in demand, and exhibit an
upward tendency • the present quotation is 12 to f.
On the other hand, Great Vor are flatter, at 291
to 301. East Grenville are quoted 7to ; North
Chiverton, 2to •, Chiverton, 51 to 6# ; and Frank
Mills, 41i to 5. North Roskear shares are officially
marked 18 ; and North Basset, 1?.
Tudanamutaus shares are in demand, at an ad-
vance ; transactions are recorded iu the Stock Ex-
change at and 2. Other colonial as well as foreign
mines are unaltered.

The subjoined weekly summary of the metal
market is from the circular of Mesars.von Dadelaren
and North :
We have almost come to a nawletill in all branches of the
metal trade. Salve cannot be effected withont great sacri-
fices. Iron—Wesh bars, although steady at 71. in Wales.
are in lees demand. Staffordshire descriptions have not
undergone any change, bat few orders are given out. Scotch
pig iron, under procure of sales, has declined to 50s. Id.
cash. and 51s. 9d. open. Copper—Hardly any bullpen r••
=lf sales are made they are kept quiet ; prioea are
; for foreign copper it is difficult to give an exact
quotation. Tin is extremely dull. Straits is offered at
961., but no buyers. Banes has been said at 971. &gbh
is dull, and obtainable under oiScial prices. Tin plans teed
in favour of buyers ; deemed limited. Lead steady, bat
little doing. Smelter has declined to 224 at whisk then are
now sellers ; buyen do not cores forward. Hull swig
brands, 221.55. to 711. 10‘