The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

git 92; Thirty Years Annuities, 1885, 14 15-16 ;
Bank Stock, 236 • India Five per Cent. Stock,
1884, 1611! ;dittoditt4)Bo' 1 Four CrtoCreit. Deben•lrol'
per nt. " enfaced" rupee paper, 97iTecrlItt'a Five
per Cent., 1061, 1; ditto Five-an -a-Half per
Cent., 115.
The India Five per Cent stock was firm. India
Bonds were quoted 12s. to 16s. prem. ; and Ex-
chequer Bills, 4s. dia. to par.
The foreign stock market was less active than of
late, and the tendency of prices was decidedly down-
ward!, particularly as regards the more speculative
descriptions.
The directors of the Credit Metropolitan
(Limited) have issucd a notification, in which they
state that "important overtures having been made
by influential parties on the continent for com-
bining their interests with those of this company,
by which a re-arrangement of the basis of the com-
pany in some important particulars becomes neces-
sary, no further applications for shares will be
received pending such negotiations."
The shares of the International Financial Society
were in demand this afternoon, and 'have risen to
51 to 6 prem. There appears to be an increasing
disposition on the part of the public to invest in
these shares, occasioned partly, no doubt, by the
favour with which the new Hudson's Bay project is
looked fur, and by the knowledge that a large profit
will accrue through it to the International Society.
Apart, however, from this transaction, confidence
is inspired by the remarkably power.ul character of
the combination presented by the International
board. General Credit were rather better at 1} to
11 prom. ; and London Financial steady at 11 to 2
preen.
In the market fur bank shares the transactions
were much below the avenge. There was a re-
lapse in Agra 'lank shares. London and Brazilian
Bank were also rather fist. On the other band,
Bank of Queensland, Chartered Bank of India,
Australia, and China, and Imperial Bank, were
quoted slightly better. Royal Mail Steam shares
oontinue to improve. There were also inquiries for
Crystal Palace, English and Australian Copper,
and Joint Stock Discount. Bombay Gas shares
were fiat.

Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at 9 to 94
prem. ; Universal Marine, 1 to 1 dis. ; Thames
and Mersey, 21 to 3 prem. ; Commercial Union,
14 to 24 prem. ; North British and Mercantile In-
surance, 16j to 171 ; British and Foreign Marine,
Ito 1 prem. ; and London and Provincial Marine,
1 dia. to prem.
The closing quotations for shares in new
undertakings to-day were as follows :--Cenues
Hotel, 7$ to 84 prem. ; Mediterranean Hotel, If to
prem. ; Copenhagen Railway,' to 11 prem. ; London
and Paris Hotel, 1 to 1 prem. ; London and
Hamburg Bank, par to 1 prem. ; Adelaide Port
and Railway, to 1 prem.; Buenos Ayres Northern
Railway Deferred Preference shares, j to 1 prem. ;
Mauritius Gas, 1 to 14 prem. ' • Egyptian Trading,
Ito 11 prem.; Continental this, par tot prem.;
Bank of Westminster, par to 1 prem. ; an Portu-
guese and Brazilian Bank, j to 11 prem.
United States Five per Cents. were quoted rather
lower.

The ships Sydenham, Surrey, and AlumbagL,
have been taken up to carry 1,160 troops from
Kingstown, Ireland, to Masulipatam.
Two ships belonging to the late Mr. Duncan
Dunbar were sold at Lloyd's to-day. The Nile
realised 3,2601., and the Bayswater 4,7751.