The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-25 00:00:00

NEGRO EMANCIPATION MEETING AT YORE.

On Monday evening a numerously attended
public meeting, called by the Lord Mayor, in answer to •
requisition, was held at York, for the purpose of giving the
citizens an " opportunity of expressing their conviction that
noninterveution in American affairs should continue to be
the policy of this country, and of declaring the impossibi-
lity of sympathising with any state which makes slavery the
fundamental principle of he censtitntion." The was
called for the Guildhall, but to accommodate the Ltge
umber preeent, adjourned to the Festival Concert-room.
The Loan Karon occupied the ohair. One of the resolutions
adopted warn :—" That this meeting is decidedly of opinion
that the conflict now ngiog between the two sections of the
North American Republic had he origin is the question of
slavery ; sod that as the object of the Southern section is,
by the evidence of their owe of document, to establish
• grit slave-holding Confederacy, the teseling, entertain
that unmitigated aversion to slavery which has ohernefeisd
Englishmen and fatalism's, desires to repudiate all sympa-
thy with • State which so avowedly nukes slavery the fun-
damental principle aid earusentoste of its oonetitutioa, and,
at the some tints, to ammo its hearty aftweolatke of every
honest sad tame effect as *Anwar% of Northern statesmen
or citineas to free theseseivee firm the shame and guilt of
the system"

ANOTHER FRENCH RIDDLL —Whitt ill the (lit-
forms boleros Father Fob:, the Lest primate, sod N.
Fool° INV tombs poor reserrortir, et Notre ooevorlit
poor W.

26, 1863.

MONEY MARKB7:-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Cloci.

The stook markets retain a dull appearance. In
no departmtat of the Sock Exchange have the move-
meats to-day been of special importance. The
funds are quoted at the reduction which took place
yesterday afternoon. At one period of the morn-
ing a fresh decline of I per tent. was temporarily
quoted. English railways and foreign stocks are
pretty well sgpportpd.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr, Renter's
telegram, the• Three per Cent. Routes were quoted
64fr. 10c., being per cent. better than yesterday.

Consols are tio;rqiieted 924 to 1 both for mosey
and the account (March 5). The official bu-
siness report is as follows :-Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 92}, f ; ditto, for ac-
count, 921, 1 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
921 ; New Three per Cents., 92}, ; Thirty Years'
Annuities, 1886, 151 ; India Five per Cent. Stock,
1084, 108 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 100} ;
Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper, 112 ; and
Exchequer Bills, la. din, 3s. prem.
The foreign stock market is steady to-day. The
Turkish Loan of 1862 and Consolid6s have im-
proved } to } per cent, being quoted 66} to 69,
and 40} to 1 respectively. The Loan of 1854
is without change at 89 to 90, and that
of 1858 at 71} to 72. Greek Bonds have been
dealt in as low as 181, but have since advanced,
and are last matted 191, being about the
same as yesterday. New Grenadian securi-
ties are firm, and Egyptian, Mexican,
Peruvian of 1862, Russian, and Spanish stooks
are steady. Transactions are recorded as fol-
lows :--Equador, 184 ; Egyptian, 991 ; ditto,
second issue, 94} ; Greek, 194, 184, 191 ; ditto
Coupons, 73, 8} ; Italian, 681, 69 ; Mexican,
32} ; Moorish, 93} ; New. Granada, 144, 3 ;
ditto Two per Ceuta., 33}, 33, 11; ditto De-
ferred, 74, 4 ; ditto Land Warrants (Hec-
tares), 61, 7 ; Peruvian, 1862, 874 ; Portu-
guese, 1856, 1867, 4859 and 1860, 46} ; ditto,
1862, 461, ; Russian, 1822, 964 ; ditto
1862, 93} ; Spanish New Deterred, 46} ;
ditto Passive 951, 3 ; ditto Certificates,
91, 4 ; Turkish, 1854, 89} ; ditto, 1868,
72, 714 ; ditto, 1862, 684, 4 ; Venezuela, 234 ; ditto,
1862, 59}, 59.

Forz o'CLocx.

Consols are firmer at 92a to *, both for money
and the amount. There is generally a better feel-
ing prowling in the stook and share markets.

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The True Briton has arrived from Melbourne
with 49,5001, in gold.
' The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
perienced no alteration of importance. The ten-
dency, however, was not in favour of this country.
The rates for bills on Austria were somewhat
higher. Subjoined is our usual list :
Amsterdam, 3 masa; 11.17 g to ; ditto, 3 days
ILIS to 16 • Rottordsm; 3 mouths, 1L174 to 18; Antwerp,
3 in0ntha,428.424 to 74 ; Hamburg, ma. besot; three useeths,
13.7 to 4 ; Paris, 3 day; 25.15 to 22g ; ditto, 3 months,
25.474 to 62); Freakfort-cs-therMairte, 3 mouths, 1114 to
; Petersburg (per rouble), 3 months, 35 to g ; Vienne,
10., 3 months, 11.90 to 12 ; Trieste, M., 3 months;
11.90 to 12 ; Mednii, 3 mouths, 49 to g ; Oadia, 3 !noel
484 to 49 ; Leghorn, 13 meths, 25.50 to 66 ;
months, 25.30 to 55 ; mosile, 216.60GTomii8 ;
Naples, 3 mouths, 25.55 is ; Memo, 3 Meatits,
to 60; Messina, 3 mouths, 25.66 to 80; Lisboa, 90 days, 524
to f 1 ; Oporto, 90 days, 524 to 63.
The directors of the Agra and United Service
Bank (Limited) have declared a dividend at the
rate of 10 per cent, per annum for the half-year
ended the 31st December last, together wit*. bonus
of It. per share, making a total distribution of 12
per oent. for the past year.
The proposed dividend on Rdinburgh and Glas-
gow Railway stock is at the rate of 3 per cent. per
annum, against for the corresponding period of
1861. _ _ _

The half-yearly report of the directors of the
Stockport, Daley, and Whaley Bridge Railway
Company recommends a dividend on the ordinary
capital at the rate of 21. 7s. 6d. per cent. per
annum, leaving 721. to be carried forward.
The traffic of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway continues to increase. The receipts in the
month of January were 52,416 dollars, against
50,794 dollars in December, and 43,588 dollars in
November. Daring theme three months the number
of miles open has been 127.
An extraordinary meeting of the London and
Provincial Marine Insurance Company will be held
on the 4th March, to confirm the special resolution
passed at the meeting on the 11th February.
The annual meeting of the Canadian Land and
Emigration Company (Limited) is called for the
4th of March.

The meeting of the North British Australasian
Company took place yesterday, when the directors'
report was adopted after considerable discussion
with referenoe to the prospects of the undertaking.
The report recommended that the small amount of
profit (4,4031.) be retained in hand.
The half-yearly meeting of the General Steam
Navigation Company took place yesterday. Sub-
joined is an official account of the proceedings,
reporters for the press not being admitted :
The seventy-sixth half -yearly meeting of the shareholders
in this company was held this day, at their aloes, 71,
Lombard-street; John Wilkin, Req., in the chair. The
report of the directors and a statement of the accounts for
the year eliding 31st Dec. last were read to the meeting.
The report was highly satisfectory, and unanimously received
and adopted by the proprietors. The customary dividend
of 14s. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum, and the usual bonts of 2s. 6d. per share, were de-
clared. The cordial thanks of the proprietors were then
voted to the chairman and directors for their able and
maws services in the management of the company's affairs,
and the prooesdinp terminated.
A call of if. is to be paid on the shares in the
Malta and Mediterranean Gas Company (Limited)
by the 25th March.
The Ottoman Gas Company are inviting tenders
for the construction of gas works at Smyrna.

TUESDAY Evrarso.

Consols, which closed yesterdajai4i# " buyers,"
for the sth of March, were first marked this morn-
ing 92}, and closed at 921 to 5-16. For money the
last price was 921 to 0. The official business
report is as follows:—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 921, 1,1, ; ditto, for account, 921,
# ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92i, I, 4, ;
New Three per Cents., 921, 1,1, , 1 •
Thirty Years Annuities, 1885, 15 ; 'Red
8m Telegraph, 21 7-16; Bank Stock, for ac-
count, 239 ; India Five per Cent. Stook, 1081, 108 ;
ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 100, 1001 ditto
Bonpeds, 16s. prem. ; Five per Cent. "enlaced"
ru paper, 1051.
The India Five per Cent. stock remains at 108 to
1, Exchequer Bills were quoted is. to 4s. prem.
There were some purchases of India Bonds at 16s.
prem.
The foreign stock market, like the other depart-
ments of the Stock Exchange, was firmer in the
morning, but receded in the afternoon.
There were more inquiries to-day for the fully
paid-up shares of the Northern Railway of Buenos
Ayres.
Ottoman Bank shares were depressed, owing to
the issue of the circular given above. The old
shares closed at 40 to 4, being 1/. 10s. lower than
yesterday ; the new at 71 to 8 prem. ; and Im-
perial Bank of Turkey at 71 to 8 prem. Impe-
rial Bank (of London) and London and Colonial
Bank shares were inquired for, but with these ex-
ceptions the tendency of prices in this department
was lees favourable. A slight reduction occurred
in Alliance Bank, Anglo-Portuguese, English and
Irish, Union Bank of Ireland, and Union Bank of
England and France. In miscellaneous shares
there was no alteration worthy of notice, with the
exception of an improvement in London Dock
stock.

-Cieean Marine shame closed to-day at 7* to
prem. ; Thames and Mersey, 21 to 31 prom. ;
Universal, 11 to 1 dn.; North British and Mer-
cantile, 18 to 1 ; Commercial Union, to 1
prem. ; and London and Provincial Marine, par.
The closing quotations for shares in new =dd.,.

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takings were as follows :—British and Foreign
Marine, 21 to 3 prem. ; Cannes Hotel. 14 to 2
prem. ; Anglo-Parisian Brewery, to 1 prem. ;
Oil Wells of Canada, 21 to 31 Peon. • Bank of
premWalea'. tigniot Marm4 Pr'eme, 2fEmtopifre*m-Marine; Marine,,
London Fire and Life {the allosM letten of which
were simt out this evening) 306.4LFre0• ;City
Disoonnt, to 1 prem. ; Joint Mock miscount, Ito
'Pram ; South Kensington Hotel, Ito 1 prem. •
Continental Bank, die. to prem. ; Petroleum;
Trading, to # prem. ; and "Bristol and South
Wales Zinc, # to 1i prem.