The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocz.

There is very little movement in the stock
markets to-day. Prices have not been affected by
the remarks on foreign affairs made in parliament
last night. The funds remain at yesterday's
quotations. As regards one or two of the prin-
cipal speculative foreign stocks, especially Mexican,
the tendency of prima is favourable. In home
railways, the only feature is a rise in Great
Western.

Consols are now quoted 91 to 1 for money, and
914 to 1 for the account (April 8). The official
business report is as follows :,--Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 91, 1 ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 891, ; New Three per Cents., 891, 4 ;
Bank Stock, 2381, 240 ; India Ave per Cent. Stock,
1041, 4, ; and Exchequer Bills, ss. die.
Foreign stocks have shown much steadiness.
Mexican Bonds are 3 to 1 per cent. better, at 431
to 44, and Turkish of 1862 better, at 694 to 1,
while Turkish Bonds of 1858 are unal-
tered, at 671 to 684, ex div., and the Congo:ides
rather dull at 501 to 4. Greek Bonds are steady at
221 to 1, and Passive I lower, at 341 to 1.
Transactions are recorded as follows :---Brazilian
Old Five per Cents., 102 ; ditto 1852, 1858, 1860,
861 ; ditto 1886, 861, 871; Buenos Ayres, 1001.
Bonds, 94 ; Chilian Six per Cents., 103 ; Equador
New Consolidated, 131 ; Egyptian, second
issue, 100, ex div. ; Greek, for account, 221, 4 ;
Italian, for account, 66/ ; Mexican, for account,
433, 4, ; New Granada Two per Cents., 30 ;
1 Portuguese, 1853, for account, 48 ; ditto,
11856, Ac. for account, 481, 48 ; Russian,
1859, 56 ; 'ditto 1862, 894, 881, 89 ; Sardinian,
for account, 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, for
account, 46 ; ditto Passive, for account, 346, 1 ;
ditto Certifioates, for account, 131, ; Turkish,
1854, for account, 92 ; ditto 1858, for account,
671, ex div. ; ditto 1862, for account, 691, 1 ;
ditto 1001. Bonds, 694, ; Venezuela, 1862, for
account, 591.

International Financial shares are now quoted 71
to j prem.; General Credit, 31 to I prem.
London Financial, 91 to 10f, ex dir. and ex new ;
Mercantile Credit, 7 to 8 prem. ; Hudson's Bay,
18 to f ; and Thames Iron Works and Ship-
building, 3i to 4} prem. ; Credit Blobilier, I to
lf prem. ; Imperial Financial (New), 2j to 31 prem. ;
Financial Corporation, 2 to if prem. ; Credit
Fonder (Great Britain and Ireland), 1 to If prem.;
Queensland Sheep Investment, f to 11 prem. ;
Australian and Eastern Navigation, 5 to 6
prem. ; Ottoman Financial, f to f dia. ; and
South Eastern Bank, f to f prem.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

Consols are quiet, at 91 to i for money, and
94 tog for the account. 30,0001. in gold has
been sent into the Bank.

A private telegram from Paris states that Senor
Arrangoiz has been appointed Mexican minisser in
London, and that Colonel Facio retains his poet as
financial agent.

Some important gold operations took place at the
Bank yesterday, comprising the purchase of 85,0001.
in bars, and the withdrawal of 316,000 sovereigns
for transmission to Brazil by the Magdalena,
which will sail from Southampton to-day (Wed-
nesday). The total amount of gold to be sent
by this vessel is 324,6001., besides 20,0001. in
silver. The gold withdrawn from the Bank yester-
day is against old drafts of the Bank of Brazil, and
would have been taken before, but for the high
value of money recently prevailing here.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
quoted about the same as on Friday, except as re-
garde the rates for paper on Austria, which were
higher. Subjoined is our usual list :
Amsterdam, 3 math; 12 to ; ditto, 3 days,
1117 to 4; Rotterdam, 3 mouths, 12} to 4 ; Ant-
werp, 3 months. 25.60 to 65 ; Hamburg, ma. beam. 3
months, 13.74 to 8 ; Paris, 3 days, 25.25 to 35 ; ditto. 3
mouths, 25.70 to 72g ; Frsakforteret-the-Maine. 3 months,
114 to 4 •; St. Petenherg (per rouble), 3 months, MI to
- ;
Vienna, So.. 3 mouths, 12.40 to 50 ; Trieste, elf. 60.,3
months, 12.40 to 30 ; Madrid, 3 months, 48 to } Owns. 3
months, 47f to 48 ; Leghorn, 3 months, 25.80 to 85
Owns, 3 mouths, 25.80 to 85 ; Milan, 3 months, 25.80
to 85 ; Nep/es, 3 mouths, 25.80 to 85 ' • Palermo. 3
months. 25.80 to Ri ; Marina, 3 mouths, 25.80 to 85 ;
Lisboa, 90 days, 524 to } ; Oporto. 90 days, 521 to g.
The Board of Trade returns for the month of
January show that the remarkable expansion
of the export trade continues. The total
shipments of British and Irish produce and
manufactures for the month were valued at
10,413,5861., being larger by 2,368,431 E, or 29 per
cent, than in January last year, and larger by
1,974,5311., or 23 per cent. than in January 1862.
The increase in cotton yarn and goods continues
to form a remarkable feature. The month's ex-
ports of cotton piece goods are stated at
2,816,7781., against 1,622,6221. iu 1863, and
2,496,0721. in 1862. The increase in worsted
stuffs is likewise very large, and generally it
may be said that the activity extends through nearly
all the principal articles of export. The present
returns give the value of the principal imports for
the whole year 1863, which was 203,826,3631.,
against 184,787,507/. in 1862, and 179,248,1611. in
1861. The increased payments to the foreigner
thus necessitated help to explain the rise in the
value of money which took place in the latter half
of the past year.
A eall of 51. is to be paid on the 10,000 new
shares of the Bank of Hindustan, China, and
Japan (Limited) by the 30th inst.
A call of 51. per share on the shares of the Lon-
don, Hamburg, and Continental Exchange Bank
(Limited) is to be paid in London by the 31st inst.,
and in Hamburg by the 7th April.
The following letter relates to the contract just
concluded by the directors of the Royal Sardinian
Railway Company with Messrs. Smith and Knight,
the railway contractors. The contract provides for
the completion of the entire line of railway in ac-
cordance with the terms of the concession. De-
tailed plans for the three first series have been sub-
mitted to the government, and the proposed lines
will be finished within two years :