The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-25 00:00:00

MONEY SARE7I7-(THI6 DA.T4

Christmas-day being a dose holiday, we into an
report to make tiger this head.
The conmacrefal demand for money has increased,
owing partly to the approach of two or three Week
days as regards business, combined with the tempo-
rary disturbance incidental to a season when nest
persons endeavour to make the balances at their
bankers as large as posaible. In Lombard-Mama
the rates yesterday for good bills were 24 to'3 per
cent. At the Bank of England the amount of
businers was considerable.
About 8,0001. in gold was bought by the Bank
yesterda.
• The Loyndon and North Western Railway tradie
return shows this week an increase of 1,1591.
It is announced that the marine department of
the Commercial Union Assurance Company will
commence operations on the Ist of January.
The interest at the rake of 6 per cent per annum
on the shares of the Ottoman Railway Company is
advertised for payment in due course.
With reference to the market for American serer
rides Mr. E. F. Battarthwaite reports as follows :
There bas bum a 'Seedy mortal is Leaden for Megrims
essurities during the past week, and quotatioes nimain
almost unaltered. We have had more inquiry for WM'
common sad pawed (hares, from the apart whisk Yr
obtained circulation that a dividend will be declared at tile,
end of this year en the pegerred. The Peesglvania beer
of Atlantic and Great Welders hoods are at 71, re a=,
par east premium ea the pries el iamb, taking the
on paying up in fall ieto emalmatios. The bon& as the
Now York sectioa are aria at 74, carrying the Jemmy
maims, which are advertied to be paid by Messrs. Hey.
wood, Benemds, lied 00.. at 4a. per dollar, is accordance
with spiniest to that (bet
From Mr. James Low's Indian circular we ex-
tract the following, which show the exports el
specie to the East from Great Britain for 12 yam%
and from the Mediterranean ports fur 10 years :
From Great Britain for 12 years : 1851, gold. 102,2044
aim, 1,716,1001. ; 1852, gold, 921,7391. ; silver, 2,630,2391.;
1853, gold, 880,202/. ; silver. 4,710.6654 ,
_• 1864, 11.
11,174,2991. • silver. 3,132,0034 ; 1856. gold. *KIM;
silver, 6,404886 i. ; 1856, gold, 404,7491. ; silver, 12.118,9861.
1867, gold, 269,275/. ; silver, 16,795,232/. ; 18l$, gag.
168,3051. ; silver. 4,781,9231. •18•59, gold, 788,26 W. ; silver.
14,828,5211. ; 1860„ 1,669,746/. ; silver, 8,C0,9,27111.
1861, gold, 783, • silver, 6,838.2921. ; 1862, 014
1,631,n31. ; giber, 9,864,0561. Total geld, 9,742,4121. ;
total silver, 91,864,1801.
From the Mediterranean ports for 10 years : 1853, gold,
93,5261. ; silver, 848,362/. ; 1854, gold, 48,456/. • silver,
1,451,0141. ; 1856, gold, 243,2397. ; silver, 1.524,3406.;
IMB, gold, 74,0391. • silver, 1,11410,9161. ; 1857, gold,.
259,9861. ; giver, 3,35(),6891. ; 1868. gold, 165,1101. ; elver.
[ 911.0431 ; 1860, gold, 142,1441. ; diver, 1,521,9701. • 1864,
gold, 765,1381. ; silver, 2,764,05 g ; 1861, gold, 64,i,9341. ;„
silver, 2,021,0601. ; 1862, gold (including shipments per Mar
serge, [min.:riga de France), 1,488,920/. ; silver ilooladn
, ins shipments per Yeseageries Imphiales de Feracel,
i 4,173,6761. Toed geld, 3,925,6141. ; total silver, 20,556,024 d,

WZDNESDAT EMTigG.

Consols, which closed yesterday siiiii to ez
div, both for money and the Bth January, opened
and closed to-day at 924 to f . The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Console, for
money, 924, , ex div. ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
92f, # ; New Three per Cents., 9'4, 1, d ; Bank
Stock, 2321 ; India stock, 2254, ex div. for open-
ing ; ditto Five per Cent. eloek, 1084 ; ditto
Bonds, 265., 295. r.;ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1001, #, ; Four per Cent. enfacee
rupee paper, 95 ;di Five per Cent., 1064, t, ;
ditto Fiie-and-a-Half per Cent., 1124.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was quoted
108 to 4, ex div., India Bonds 265. to 29e. prem.,
and Exchequer Bills, 9s. to 13s. prem., being Is.
lower than yesterday.
Foreign stocks were firm, with a favourable ten-
dency.
The shares of the Bank of London were again in
demand today, and were officially marked 100, or
100 per cent. premium on the amount paid. The
demand extended to the shares of the Alliance
Bank and Imperial Bank, but Bank of Australasia,
Bank of'Hindustan, and London Joint Stock Bank
were quoted rather lower. Crystal Palace and Rio
Improvements shares were firm, while Netherlands
land and Royal Mail Steam showed heaviness.
Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at 61 to #
prem. • Thames and Mersey, 2 9-16 to 11-16 prem.;
Universal, 1* to Wis. • North British and Mercan-
tile, 15 to 4 ; Commercial Union, to *prem. ;
and London and Provincial Marine,4dis. to par.
The closing quotat;ons for shares in new under-
takings were as follows :—London and Northern
Bank, par to pm. ; English and Iris)) Bank, dia.
to par; Bank of !kinds, Panisub, and Delhi, per
toprem. ; Bristol and South Wales Zinc Smelt-
ing, to 1 prem. ; &cif ti Financiers of Egypt, ito
# prem. ; London, Birmingham, and South SS&
fordshire Bank, # to # prem. ; and Oil Wells d
Canada, 4 to 1 prem.
Queensland Government Bonds were rather morn
offered. Maryland Five per Cent.. were inquired for.