The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-16 00:00:00

PROVINOIAL SHARE Kimura.

LmcarooL. APRIL 15.—eRles today :—Oral Waters, 62 I
—Lancaehire and Yockahlre, 1061—Landon and North-Western,
971 B —London and South Western, 1011a—Metropoiltan, It 1146
—North Esalere. Benriek capital stock, Pi—South Is=
5--gowth Eastern Reeding 4, per Cent., 1666, Pi—
beak ilegaM and Lake Homo, 5-lUlnola Osman!, 444—dlito.
pdd up, 46c.—Dutc5 Rhenish 1 1-16 p.—Cireat Laxembourg,
4.16
, 4-11ambre and Manse, 11 616—British end American Ea
sbanz..Esinking Company, 51 p.—Mereantile and E.
Marriage. d.
—N Pink of Liverpool, 44 9.16 7-16
iffail.,p.—British an .l Foreign Marine, az new, 56.—Uulau
1 Mil p.—Llverpool Exchange, 9 d.
1111KINGRAX, APRIL 16.—The following were samont the
closing serous today :—.Blrellagla•. Wolveraull4o6. 664 Moor
- —darn or 1,-.

Valleadbatibo 111-Oirast Southeni and Western or are-iind, 144
iNeaerditgre.lol, siglere-Dinninghein Canal,
buyeni-Biratagbant Bank, tei to V -Oloncretar W 11 -
wn-lietropolitian Wages, 1# to It Se. ed. pen.--and airmini
bent Wanerweete /17, baleen Bailees' wrier.
114.11gersa. Mink 16.-Market qulet, and prices steady.
lank at lAreneheetar. 4 4111 p.-Great Eastern, 61i-Oreat Ship,
@a-Great Western, 661-14etropolltan, 12 11.16 - -North
British. 401- 90•111 laatern, 926 - Birkenhead. 884 - Greet
Northern A. 110 6 6-Dublin and Belfast Junction, 406-Oreat
Beaten A. 4111-Whitelirren and Furness, 15$ - Great Eastern
6 per cent.. 106-11ereantile Bank, # 0.-Birmingham. Waiver-
latapion, and Stour Valley, I.

Coaasca♦Tlolr or ♦ Nsw Bor♦lt C♦THOLIC
CH 01011.--ITHIS DA T. )—This morning at eleven o'clock,
Cardinal Wiseman solemnly opeoed and corserated the
Roams Catholic Church which has for stews bate past been
in erne et erection in Hattori-wall. The cherub. which is
a handsome and convenieut structure, is dedicated to St.
Peter. The cardinal was received by several Whops, and
• large Dumber of priests ; sod a quartos was fumed
which moved towards the alter. Pontifical high mins was
celebrated by Dr. Morris, Bishop of Troy, the sermon being
preached b► Dr. Gillis, Bishop of Limps, Vier Apostolic
of the Brien Divisioa of Soothed. Baydo's No. 3 was
pernineed with full orchestral accompaeiments. After the
owner • congenial was made in aid of the filed, for carry-
his oat the 11111180iell work in the district. At 7 o'clock
there will he wapers and benedictions, with a sermon by :
the Verb Bev. Canon Oakley, M. A- , formerly Fellow of
Oxford.
A IdTIRAL N T ERNI ISTATION. —At a recent
mouths on the subject of the clerical subseriptiee, or of
the speakers illustrated the need of relaxation by en
•seedote. la the earth of Ireland the hour for morning
service was frequently 12 at nor, sod a clergyman: whom
the speaker knew felt • scruple in using the words of the
Collect, " who has wifely brought us to the beginning of
this day." Be bad been accustomed to alter the word to
"middle." 'ad the bishop made no objection, but in the
laps of time the bishop's Goo, • stickler for rubrical
strictness, called attention to the matter, sad the result
was an admonition to discoatious the variation, and to '
keep to the Aria letter of the Liturgy. The issue was that .
the verealille clergyman wee compelled. set of • mall
bom. to keep • mate to reed memos payer.—Record.

MONEY MAR ET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocw.

Contrary to general expectation, the weekly
court at the Bank of England has broirenup without
making any reduction in the rate discount, which
remains at 4 per cent., though the charges for good
bills in the general market are not more than 4 to
31. As the impression remains that a reduction is
merely postponed for a few days, the funds are
firm, and Consols are quoted at a urther improve-
ment of about 1-16 to 1 per cent. English railway
stooks are quiet, at, in most cases, former prices.
In the foreign stock market the tendency of
quotations is still upwards, particularly as regards
Spanish Pensive Bonds.
The scrip of the Confederate Loan is quiet, at
to 14 prem. ; and that of the Italian Loan, at 21
to 21 prem.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rents, were quoted
69fr. 90c., being sc. lower than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 94 to 93 for money, and
924 to 931 for the account (May 7). The official
business report is as follows :-Three per Cent. Con-1
sole, for money, 921, 93 ; ditto, for account, 98;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 914, ; New Three per
Cents., 914, 1 ; Thirty Years Annuities, 1885,
144 ; Bank Stook, 234, 236 ; India Five per Cent.
Stock, 104, 1, ; ditto Four per Cent. Deben-
tures, 1001, ; ditto Bonds, 155., 17s. prem. ;
and Exchequer Bills, par, 3s. die.
There is a fresh rise in Spanish Passive Bonds,
which are last marked 301 ; Spanish Certificates,
Egyptian, and Peruvian Bonds of 1862, are all bet-
ter; Greek Bonds have advanced 1 per cent.,
and Turkish Consolides, 1. Some of the present quo-
tions are annexed. Turkish, 1854, Loss, 87 to
88, ex div. ; ditto, 1858, 64 to ; ditto,
1862, 704 to 71, being firm ; the Consolidis,
481 to I ; Greek, 284 to ; and Venezuelan
Six per Cents., 60 to 4, being well supported.
Transactions are recorded as follows :-Chi lan
Four-and-a Half per Cents., 854, 3 ; Egyptian,
98, 1 ; Greek, 284, 1,4, ; ditto Cou-
pons, 131 ; Italian, for account, 711, 1 ;
ditto Maremmana Railway, 751, 75; Mexican,
for account, 3.14, ; New Granada Two per Cents.,
154 ; ditto Deferred, 81 ; Peruvian, 1862, for
account, 884, 89 ; Portuguese, 1862, 48 ; Russian,
1862, 961, 4 ; Spanish Pesaro, 301, 4,1,
; the Committee's Certificates, 11, 101, 111 ;
Turkish, 1854, 874, ex div. ; ditto, 1862, for
account, 704, 4,1, 71 ; Venezuela, 1862, 60, fr.

The iharee of the Westminster and Southwark
Bank are quoted to-day to 1 prem.

Fogs o'CLoor.

Console are quoted gn to 93 for money, and 93,
"sellers," for the account, being rather less firm.
The biddings for 45,00,000 rupees in bills on
India took place yesterday at the Bank of England.
The amount allotted was 31,40,000 rupees, in the
followingproportions, viz :—To Calcutta, 14,20,000
rupees ; to Bombay, 16,00,000 rupees ; and to
Madras, 1,90,000 rupees. The declared minimum
price was le. 110. per rupee on Calcutta, and
is. 111 d. on Bombay and Madre, being Id. lower
than the minimum rates for some months past.
The applications within the limits were for about
57 lam. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras will re-
ceive in full ; those on Bombay at 25., will receive
about 43 per cent., and all above that price in fulL
The railway traffic returns now in course of publi-
cation include the traffic of Easter week, which last
year did not fall until fully a fortnight later. The
London and North Western return shows an
increase of 7,9781. over last year ; the Great
Eastern an increase of 1,7991. ; and the London
and South Western an increamot 3.0611. _ _

The prospectus of the Southampton Imperial Hotel
Company (Limited) is in circulation. This company
is formed under the beet auspices that could be
procured for a project of the sort, the board com-
prising some of the most influential names con-
nected with the trade of Southampton. A very
eligible site between the Royal Pier and the docks,
and immediately contiguous to the London and
South Western Railway station, has been obtained,
with the advantage of • line view. On this site it
is intended to erect a first-class, large, and well-
arranged hotel. An old established brewery is also
to be bought. Up to the opening of the hotel, 5
per cent interest is to be allowed. The capital is
fixed at 100,0001., in 101. shares.
A call of 51. is to be paid on the shares in the
London, Birmingham, and South Staffordshire
Bank, by the sth of May.
It is understood that the dividend to be declared
at the meeting of the Antwerp and Rotterdam
Railway Company, which is to be held at Brussels
on the ith of May, is at the increased rate of U
francs per share, or equal to 5 per cent per
annum on the present price of the shares. When
completed, the working of the new branch line
between Antwerp and Hasselt is expected to show
satisfactory results.
At an extraordinary meeting, yesterday, of the
India Freehold Land, Colonization, Trust, and
Agency Association, a resolution was Fumed, sub-
ject to confirmation on the 14th of May, in favour
of the undertaking being wound up " voluntarily."
With reference to the market for American secu-
rities, Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports as follows :
The market in London for American recuritles has bees
fairly active during the pest week, and coosidering the great
advance in exchange reported from New York, quotations
here have been well maintained. United States Bonds and
Virginian SALMI have teen in good demand. For Atlantic
and Great Western First Mortgage Bonds there has bees a
very active inquire and they clew fine at an advance of 2
per cent. Erie said d
close steady at a decline of 1i
doL per share.
Commenting upon the last advices from New
York, the same authority says :
The chief feature of the week in the stock market bad
been the largely increased demand for government stocks,
caused partly by the demand for banking purposes elder
the Bank Aot, end also by the growing coutidonce of the
public in the resources of the government. The rise esta-
blished had been about 3 per cent. State stocks, on the
other bead, showed sign of immoral weakness, and there
was but little Inquiry fur them, the public preferring the
government stocks, the interest on the latter being payable
Is gold, as well ea their being subject to only half the in.
CO6lO tax, and entirely free from all State taxes. Railroad
bonds showed a large decline, New York Central Six per
Cent. being 6 per seat., and Seven per Ceet. Sinking Fused
Bonds 4 per den lower. Erie First and Third Mortgage
wererespectively 10 and 4 per cent, below former quotations.

WEDNESDAY EVINUIG.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 921 to
for the 7th of May, opened this morning at the
same quotation, and rose late in the afternoon to
trai to 93, the quotation for money being at the
same time 92f to 1. The official business report is
as follows :—Tbree per Cent. Couloir, for money,
921 1, I, ; ditto, for account, 921 ; Three per
Ceuta. Reduced, 914, 1, ; New Three per Cents.,
911, 1, f, 1 ; New Two-and-s-Half per Ceuta., 781;
Thirty Years Annuities, 1885, 14k, f ; Bank Stock,
233, 1; India Ave per Cent. Stock,lo9l, 4, : ditto
Four per Cent. Debentures, 100, 1 • ditto Bonds,
14a. , 17s. prom. ; Five per Cent. "enticed"
rupee paper, 1081 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per
Cent, 1151:
A fresh rise of 1 per cent. has taken place in the
India Five per Cent. Stock, which has now reached
1091 to 4. The Rupee paper was likewise in re-
quest, and firm, the Five per Cent. leaving off at
1081 to 4, and the Five-and-a-Half per Cent. at
115 k to 1181. India Bonds were quoted 14i. to
17s. prem., and Exchequer Bills 3s. dia. to per.
In the foreign stock market the principal feature,
apart from the completion a the settlement, was a
fresh rise of 1 per cent. in Spanish Passive Bonds,
which were in great favour, and closed at the beat
poict of the day.
The shame of the Sochiti Financibre of Egypt,
which the day before yesterday were quoted 2-to
If die., have risen to-day to S to 1 dia.
Bank shares were steady, with a fair amount of
business. Au improvement took place in London
and South African Bank, and British and Ameri-
can Exchange Bank. Imperial Bank of Turkey
were quoted 111 to 12 prem. Berlin Waterworks

shares have advanced. Royal Mail Steam ant
National Discount were also inquired for, while
Oriental Inland Steam were fiat.
. . .

Ocean Marine shares cloned to-day at fq to
i prem. • Universal Marine, le to lf dia. ;
Thames Ind Mersey, 2 to 2} prem. ' • North
British and Mercantile, 15 to 16 ; Commercial
I Union, Ito prem. ; London and Provincial
Marine, ito dia. ; and Oriental and General
Marine, Ito 1 prem.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-day were as follows :—British and
Foreign Marine, 9-16 to 11-16 prem., ex the new
issue ; Cannes Hotel, 2 to 3 prem. ; Petroleum
Trading, ito j prem. ; Empire Marine, }to i
prem. ; National Bank of Liverpool, 41 to 5
prem.; Westminster and Southwark Bank, }
to 1 prm. ; Mercantile and Exchange Bank, 1
to 04 dm. ; Panonia Leather Cloth, I to f
prem. ; and New Theatre, } to 1.11 prem.
There were increased inquiries for New Bruns-
wick, Nova Scotia, and Natal Government Bonds.