The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1864.

me jury found him °naiw and recommended him to
.-- - -

St;.Payne, in passing sentence, said it appeared that
drink Will at the root at it all ; aid so it wsia with ninety-
nine cues out of a hundred. The sentence upon the prisoner
WAS that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six
months ; and it was lucky for him that the blow aimed at
the prceecutor did not take effect, else he might have had to
answer a charge of murder before another tribunal.
Caroline Edwards was charged with stealing the sum of
fkl. from the person of John Allfort. It appeared that she
was lying on a door step, and when the prosecutor went to
prop her up she picked his pocket. The jury found her
(:silty, and she being an old offender, was sentenced to
eighteen mouths' imprisonment..

SHARE LIB7S-(THIS DAY.)

Two olhoot.

The railway market is inactive to-day, and
prices generally exhibit no alteration, compared
with those last quoted yesterday. Metropoli-
tan stock, however, is heavy, and has declined
per cent. Great Eastern has also receded
London and North Western stock is now
quoted 110 to ; Great Western, 641 to 65 ;
1301 to 4 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1114 to 112 ;
Caledonian, 120 to 121 ; South Eastern, 96 to 4 ;
Great Eastern, 481 to 49 ; Great Northern, 129 to
130 ; London and South Western, 994 to 1004 ;
and Metropolitan, 1074 to 108.
Indian Railway stocks are steady, and Great
Western of Canada shares dull. Foreign lines are
without change.
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016INA1Y SEAMS AND STOCK.

131 all Blrea.,Wot& Sur VaL If 4
84. 100 Blythand Tyne to
10 all Botion,Slealtd..t Mal.C Bl 9
84. 100 Bristol and Exeter B6 87
U. 100 Caledonian l2Ol :211
60 all Cork and Bandon —
SO all Cornwall 4 71
10 all Do. Al A nodiv. until 6
10 all Do. Btp c. lipoid to B.
60 all Dublin and Belfast June ST 39
IS all DunderePartlykAbd.Jo 16 17
lit.. 100 Edinburgh and Glasgow 011 95/
St. 100 Glasgow and S. Western 106 100
Mt 100 Gress Eastern Ord. 84.1 481 401
St. 100 Do. A Stock 47 49
St. 100 Do. I. Ang. Stk., No.2' 7 8
St. 100 Great North of Scotland
Bt. 100 Great Northern lln 130
St. MO Do.A 1 A rec. no dlr. on 136 137
84. $OO Do.Bltll6pc. la paldS 184 126
• 100 04 South & West
Se 100 Great Weslaco
St. 100 Do. Stour raLOna.Mk
dl. 100 Do. South Wads.
di. 100 Do. W. 111d.—Oxford 38 60
St. 100 Do. Do. Newport 32 37
St 100 Do. Do. Hereford 102 104
84. 100 lencuhlr• & Yorkshire 1111 112
66. 100 1.011400 and Blackwell 72 74
St. 100 L0n..8 btu. & S.Coest 104 106 Id
St. 100 London. &Dor 29 41
St. 100 Londoo4liNorth Warta. 110 1101
St. 100 LoodondonthWestern 991 1001 ad
84. 100 Man ,Shef.,& Llncolnah 52 43
60 all Mar) port and Cartile
121 all Do. Do. 1 Shensi
• 100 Metropolitan lO9 110
10 11 Do. New ' par 1 Pis
St. 100 Midland l3Ol 1300
Mar all Do. New ' 11 11 pm)
M. .100 Do Elem. & Derby . 99 101
W all Mid. Gt. Wo. aro)._
2S all Do. 1 Shams ..
26 all Mid Kest
10 all 1101 Kent !Cray
84. 100 North British
St. 100 Do &lin ,Perth,Dttnd IA
' 84 10
It 109 N. Lateen—Berwick
16 14. • Do. G. N. I. Pare— •
▪ 100 Do. Leeds
94 100 Do. York
84 100 Do. Carlisle
26 , all Do. Stock&Darling
it 17 Do. do. 1866-58 '
16 10 Do. do. 126041.
64. 100 North London
10 6 Do. New
Bt 107 North Stafforisidre
10 all N. & S. Western Jano 1
St. 100 Scottish Central
64. 100 'Scottish N.K. Aber. Stk
St. 100 Seottlah Mldlaod
10 all Shrewahtup & WelekpL
K. 100 'Shropshire Union
Mt 109 Meath Devon
84 .100 loath &Morn
St. 100 S. Yorkalt. & Elver Duo.
80 all %does, W okinghat, &e. I
84. 100 Taff Vale
111 s II Do. B
If/ C
I* I all Ulster
26_ 20 Do.

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911 14

88 39
9 19 pus
129 130
774 74 id
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123 126
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66 100

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36 3j
96 9:0,
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St. 100 irk-W[IIISM & Pladieol
SI 100 Waterford & Elltenaj.,
100 West Cornwall I 12 14
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12S 140
21y '=Sven
21y 224pra
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41 43
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4ipm 191
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No. I nil. I 809140. I P,l I
20.000 100 Agra and U. her. Bank . 60
20,000 100 AlhanceLou.,tLivermal 25
10,000 100 Do. New lO •
100,000 20 Anglo Austrian
22.400 40 Australsala all
7,54.07 40 1.0, New 2O
10000 25 Bank of lisupt
6.000 100 Ilank of London 5O
26,400 20 Bank of tkago limited 3
10,000 100 Bank of Qum-inland L 16
10,000 50 Bwkotliictoria,Auilrla 25
6,000 100 Bank of Wake ;Lam)
50,000 10 Bank of New Zealand
60.000 20 Krazillan&Portutnicse'L 5
15,010 60 Brit. it American 1.0.;L IS
MOW 60 British N. Amery .. all
12,500 701 Char. Bk. Brit Colorobls 10
82.240 20 C. ilk. ludia,Aus., LIMN all _
7.800 20' Do. New -
10,000 25 Chrtrd. M. of India, &e. all er 70
8,000 100 City •5O 116 119
20,000 100 'Colcolal
100,000 10 Consolidated Bank (L ' 4 81 8141,10 -
0.000 100 Continental 'l.) lO 1 054is' Si
12.000 60 Vast London 'Limited! 6 2 Sipm -
10,000 100 &Wish and Irish • Lim.;; 14 1 25 1; -
26.000 21 Lug.ncoLSAnsi.Chart.t. all. 211 2,5 -
40,, 00 SO English and Swedish 5 15 21pin 7
NOW id) European Bulk, Limited 10 11 ,•5.110
10,000 100 Hinduan.Chlits&Jap ,L:' 25 6 6pm 805
10,000 100 Impetod Bank, Limited 20
19,1 101 pm -
pe 135.000 20 Imrial ottoman lO 9 pm 185
100,000 20 Laud MorLßk. India ,L. 2 1 litun -
10,000 100 Loudon Bank of Acot. IL 13 15 08110 -
10,000 100 London and Braallian
6,000 100 Loo.B.Ayrel&B.Plate L 40 9 11 pm 615 1
20.000 24 Do. do. New -
6,0 0 100 Loo., Mr.. &S. Mak. L l7 5 11 dis -
60,000 20 Lon. Ch. Bank of Amtrt all ti 261 261
10.000 100 'London and Coloaial (L. 10 3. 25dic 71
80.000 50 Loudon and County 20 68 tO cdtkm .595 zattak
6,000100 Lon. liamikt.Con.Ex.X' 8 par spm -
00,000 50 London Joint Stock lO 57 39 -
moo) 100 Lnn. an,l Northern 'L II 5,110 poi -
17,000 20 London& South African all 27 >0 , -
5,000 SO Do. Dn. New all 26 NI -
10.0 u/ 100 London& S.American L 7 15 21pm -
6,000 100 Lou. &S. Western LW. 15 15 0011 -
60,000 100 Lon. 1 Westminster
10,080 100 Merchant Bank Lim.) 75 SI 4pm -
20,000 60 Mercantile & Eichan L. 10 61 61pat -
10.000 PM Metm.k Prov. Bank iL. 20 4 6 pm; -
COW 100 Midland Bank (Lim) -
10,000 100 National of Liverpool ;Li 10 7 Bpm -
16,000 20 N.Pro.ol England, New 12 - - -
10,000. 10' Do. do
NOW 60 National Bank 'Bo - - -
26,000 111 New Booth Wales all I 50 62 .
-
6,600100 New Zealand ;Limited( 10 2 1 Ms. -
50,f00 26 'Oriental Bank tkeporn. ail , 63 65 I -
20,000 100 Provinc. of Ireland 25 1N 92 -2,5,00 C 20 Pend., Pant, & DOM (1. 11 21pin
75
16,2030 10 . Do. New - - ' -
10,000 25 South Australia all l 10 41 !
10,000 100 Stand. of B. S. Atrios 17 101 1110011 28 1
&MO 100 Do. do. -
00,008 25 Union of Aurtrala alll 64 68 64
10,000 25 Do. New - -
10,000 100 Union of Ireland (Lim ) 22 $ 2 dis
00,000, 60 Union of London

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WON 10 Anglo-1101de* NW , all ' lll 19 ! -
20,000 25 Australian Age**. ,19 ( 19 20 ull .-
20,000 26 AustralisnM.Laris.(4l 2 j tar MI -
47,000 10 BertinWitterworks (L) all 1 --
20,000 6 Bombay Gam (Limited, 4 par INsil ,
Y
6,000 60 Britlah American Land' 40 -
884,7801. St. B. &I. Slag. Tel. (7..) 11110 67 fil -
12,600 * Briti* Indan Tea (Li. 5 ' 1 4
9011 a -
8,915 824 Canada Company all 75 I -
60,000 10 CanadianLoanitinC,L4 , 241 Oa IP* -
26,000 20 Ceylon ! 7 3 apos -
46,000 10 Coin. otCZlPanilcan er.;L) 2 ldis par ! -
60,000 50 CommerclalUnlonilna, 6 44 6 pm. 10 94
20,000 60 Consolidated Dia.... (L) 3I - - I ~
40900 100 ContractCorporatlon.L ' 2 - .- I-•
12000 25 Cop.* taLref.7lp.e.• all 12 14 1
10019064 fit. Crystal
160,8201. It. Do. Preference lOO ll2 116 . -
277,0004 Bt. Do. 6 p et. Perp. Deb lOO ; 112 116
10.000 100 Dlecountforporatiou L 71 2 Ifpni 101
60.000 20 E. India Orig. & Canal 6 • 14
100.600 10 Egyptian Coin.& frd.(L ' I 24 UP* 41 i
879,9761. St. Llectrio Telegraph - sd
70,000 6 Fog. and Aus. Copper all 14,2
124,000 20 GASedlt&Pin.olLoa.iL 4' SC ad
20,000 16 Gen. Steam Navigation 14 07 19 i
100,060 20 Hudson's Bay all i 184 19
166,000 in Internet. ttnan.suc. (1 , 1 ' 2i TIM
60,000 20 Itahanitrig. (Cam Cm, 8I 11 Alai
10000001 1.00 lb. ap. c. &la. r 1070 all I 90 11 I
40,000 26 Joint Stock Dlacount(L) 6 1 II 1113*/
LS Lo 20,000 tid.amiCaledon.N.iL 3 1144)
12.000 6 Lood.Dlatrict Teleg.(L' all ' 1 2 '
20,000 50 Load. non. Aro. (,I ` 16 111 1119rosd
176,000 4 Lond.G.Cloutilisall(L' all 21 21
60.000 10 Lon.LProvincialMarine 2 1 1 Ipro sd
50,000 20 Madre 'Trigs. & Canal 1 1 2pm
12,600 10 Mauritius Laisdoto.)Li 2 1 falv !
12,0,u 10 iledlt. Erten. Tel. ,'1 ; all 34 ai
20.000 60 Mercan.CraditAaeo.(L, 5 6 7pm
*MO 10 NatalLand&CoL C. ,L, 6 1 fpm
80,000 25 National Dia Coro. (I„ 6 61 71pin xn,
20,000 100 National Steam Nay.,L, 6 par r
6,000 2.1 Nerbudda Cos] &L.,1 , 6 4 1 pin
6,000 9) Do. New 1 1 I pop,
14 ,270 IN. RettlahAutrala. (L, di 4 8 I
40,000 2 N.Brit.AMerean. lo.(L 61: 10 * (
40.000 25 Ocean Marine Imam.) 6 14 Itpen sd
10,000 10 OrientalConualleraliL 1 7 ' 2 4 pml
100 000 1 Defeat* Gm (Limited)! AU 11 IL,
60,000 1 Do. New I i Pm
40,000 10 Orlentioland SteamiL: all ' 1 2
10.000 6 Ottoman Gee (Limited; , 6' 4
600,*0/ St. Peelgly.Land& 1110. il.) 100 44 47
20,000 60 Peninsular &O. Steam' all 77 79
10.000 60 Do. New 180 ! 17 *gm
10,000 50 &hymnal Iron
10,000 16 Do. New
4.260 25 'kJ. City !osprey. (I ) all SI 274
29.750 26 Ditto ditto 4 4 Ipm
16,000 108 Royal Kalifltaans 6O , 84 86
200,0001. St. Scottish Aust. Inv. J lOO. 118 142 1.1 -30,0 et 20 Sac .Fitiao.d'EaU a, L ) S I 14 Ofdla -
10,000 50 8. Africa* M. 314. I ' 6 ! 1 If pea, -
14,200 25 South Australian land all . 31 33 ad -
*0,0604 St.
Scri 1 Do Submarine Telegraph lall 00 ! 46 46 i -
.... . p ( !
106.090 20 Thansee&Meney lo.(L) I 44 6 pay 7
13,500 10 Trust &AgencycdAva. I.: • Pal -
60,000 20 T. &I. CO. of B. Canada
*OOO 6 United IL Tele& Co. (L ) i rot I -
60,000 20 Univers. Marline lea '1 ) ,
{Ala par -
5.03 LI timer AmansTestlAui
id 1 4Pm =
10.000 Ito Van Diemen's land 2Bl 10 11 -
30,000 60 Weatlndia&raciflel I ' - - ( -

PREFERENCE SHARES.
(treat Western original peeler. 4i per mot.. 98.
North Eastern 4i vs, wet. redeemable, 103.

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FOREIGN ItAILWAYS.
Belgian Eastern Jnuctiou, 1.
Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidio), 111,
Sim Paulo Lim., guaranteed 7 per cent. ($l. paid), N.
Ditto, ditto (all pad), 21, 20i.

MINE&-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoqw.

The transactions in the mining market continue
upon a rather extensive scale. Great Fortune
shares are very flat at 14 to 15, being 3/. lower than
yesterday. Clifford Amalgamated are also
flatter at 35 to 36. On the other hand,
East Caradon have advanced to 294 to 30 ; Gone-
mena to 31 to 4} ; and Great Vor to 224 to 25 ;
Grenville shares are officially marked 54 ; and
Wheal Sefton, 181, ex div.
United Mexican Mining shares are firm, and
Linares and St. John del Rey dull. Other foreign
and colonial mines are without change.
The Vigra and Clogan Mining Company have
received 162 ounces, 16 data, and 12 grains of gold
for the week ending the 20th inst., being the pro-
duoe from 9 cwt. and 3 qrs. of ore.
The Welsh Gold Mining Company—an under-
taking which was formed privately about twelve
mouths ago—are now also beginning to receive
gold. The quantity received this week is 20 oz.
(lids., derived from 22 tons of quartz.
Numerous transactions have taken place during
the last few days in North Shepherds shares. This
sett adjoins the celebrated Old Shepherd and East
Wheal Ruse mines, in Cornwall.

A COUNTERFEIT Pstvo•mov OF WALE.I.—A rather
animals( incident occurred at Wisdaor Castle on Tuesday
mor•ier, during the temporary absence of her Majesty while
on a visit to the metropolis. On the morning in question •
well-dressed young woman arrived at the tradesmen's en-
trance of the Cutle with a letter which she desired to be
delivered to Sir Charles Phipps. She was shown Mt* the
waiting-room while her letter was taken in. The mower to
this epistle, whatever its contents may have been, moo•
came ; it was an intimation to the effect that she was to be
immediately shown from the precincts of the Castle, she
having asserted that she was the Peonies of Wake. The
poor deluded creature declared th►t she had bees married
to the Prince of Wales b► Cordial"' NV isemaa, and made
othermost inoonsisteot assertions. She, however, strenuoualy
refused to leave for some time, and eras 'finally, it is under-
stood, removed to the union, to be wall cared for until she
woe restored to her friends.

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PROVIDENT CLERKS' DENZVOLVITT
evening the twenty-third annual meeting al the mem-
bers sad friends of this fund wsa held at the LoodooTavera,
Biabomgate-street. The meeting was presided over by Mr.
John Abel Smith, M.P., the treasurer of the fund. Mr.
W. T. Ledford, the secretary, read the report of the board
' of management for the peat year, which stated that the
income during that period had been—from annual subscrip-
Moss, 6971. 4a. ; life subscriptioss, 211. ; annual sabre:rip-
Lions of sa. and upwards from members Wog clerks,
8171. 811. • donations, 3901. ; making a total from that source
of 1,9254 17s. 6d. Interest, dividends. 1,0611. 16e. 4d.
in the Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance, being
the proportion of bonus to the 31st of December last. 2,0491.,
and making a total income of 5,066/. 12a. 10.1. Pursuant
to the resolution of the last annual general meeting
an election of annuitants took place on the 28th of May
hist, when one clerk was elected to an annuity of 251., one
to an annuity of 301., four widows to annuities of 201. each,
and two to annuities of 151. each, making a total of 1751.
per annum. Five annuitants had died during the year,
namely, four clerks and one widow, while one annuity bad
been relinquished by a widow, whose circumstances no
longer required it. There were on the fund as the 31st of
December List, 6.5 anouitaota who were receiving collie,
tively 1,1951. per annum, and the board recommended that
12 additional annuitants, namely, four clerks and eight
widows of clerks be elected during the present year. The
report having been cordially adopted, Sir. Jones mos d a
resolution to the effect, " That on the 96th of May next,
or met' other day as the hoard might appoint, 12 additional
annititimM be elected on the fund, and the mooing*e
having been seconded, was unanimously adopted.
DEPARTURE UP DR. NORMAN NULEOD FOR PALES-
rum. —no Rev. Dr. Norman M'Leod, and his brother,
the Rev. Doesid M'Leod, of Liolithgow, accompanied by
Mr. Strahan, the publisher of awd Wont., were amongthe
message's who left Southampton oo Friday in the Pepin-
solar and Oriental Company's steamship Ellen, for Alex-
andria. We undertand that they are to make a tour of
the holy Lmil, which they will probably occupy two or
three mouths..—EdinhurthWienras.

Tae Dar:lmi 801.nieas' Ft n.—The Danish
Soldiers' Relief Fund is being taken in hand with spirit at
Newcastle-ou-Tyne. Upwards of :4001. has already bens
subscribed, sad several leading Eeglish merchants are omi-
tributing. It has already been reported that Austrian and
Prussian vessels have kept in the Tvne since the out-
break of hostilities with Denmark. Orders have now come
front mat of the minor German stater that vessels baking-
nig to them countries had better remain when they are at
peewit.
Two sailors were remanded from the Liverpool
Polioe-court, yesterday, after being charged with piracy.
The case is a singular one, sad some part of it will probably
be fresh in the reconeetios of our readers. The °otiose-
lades whimper L. Gorily, beloaging to New York, was
seized between that port and Bateman*, in November last,
by men purporting to be Coufederates. She was takes to
Belies, and there sold. But the dispossessed contain fol-
lowed two of the "pirates" to England, had them cap-
tured, and charged with the offence. The cam was ma-
nmade& . _

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AN ABOLITION REGIMENT. —The Eighth Illinois
Voluntary Infantry, known es the " Big Abolition," has
been M service two years sod a ball, and during this time
has killed, where they aloes were aimed. :t3O rebels,
wounded I. It% and captured I,3i2—total 2,807. This is
the result of more than 80 engagements, lons7l. and =eat-
ing expeditious, to indict which cost the Bth Illinois nearly
000 men, who MI in battle or were lost to the regiment by
disease. —lllinois paper.
UNITED A Nctitir ORDER OE DRUIDS. —The
fiftieth sonivenaty of the "Amity Lodge" of this society
was celebrated last night at the Chown and Can, fit. John-
street, Clerkenwell ; dlr. Soottea, the treasurer of the
order' in the chair. The secretary, in acknowledging the
toast of " Continued Prosperity to the Lode.," stated that
by an alteration made in the general rules of the order, at
Birmingham, MK it was madeimperative to establish sick
and funeral fund, and this had bees highly prosperous, the
balance in favour of the lodge at the present time bong
401. 3s. 9d. to meet payment' for sickseas. The femoral
fund with which the lodge was connected amounted to
286!. Bs. Id., and the peasion fund to 5631. 14. 7d.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY)

REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE OF
DISCOUNT.

Tw•o o'CLocw.

The Directors of the Bank of England, at their
weekly court to-day, have reduced the minimum
rate of discount from 7 to 6 per cent.
In the absence of any further foreign news of
importance, the Bank movement, having been
fully anticipated, has not had any good effect
on the prices of public securities. On
the contrary, the funds have declined f, per cent.
Foreigu stocks and home railway securities are dull,
but there is little reaction front the late improve-
ment.

Consols are now quoted 911 to 1 for money, and
911 to 4 for the account (March 8). The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Consols for money, 91, 4,4, 4, ; ditto for account,
914, h ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914, 4 ; New
Three per Cents., 914, 1 ; New Five per Cents.,
1064 ; Bank Stock, 239 ; India Five per Cent.
stock, 1044, ; ditto Bonds, par, is. din.; Four
per Cent. " enfaoed " rupee paper, 944 ; ditto
Five per Cent , 1044 ; and Exchequer Bills, 3s.
dis., par.
The foreign stock market is quiet, and prices
generally are fairly supported, though the tone is
rather dull. The Confederate Loan is 1 per cent.
lower than yesterday, at 51 to 53, and Turkish
Consolide's 4 lower, at 504 to 4, while
Greek Bonds are 1 better at 221 to 3 ;Mexican steady
at 431 to k ; and Spanish Passive steady at 341 toil,.
Transactions are recorded as follows:—Brazilian,
1839 and 1859, 1001 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 641 ; Egyptian, 103 ; ditto second issue,
1024, 1031; Greek, for account, 224, 4,1; ditto
Coupons, for account, 104; Mexican, for account,
431, 1,4, 44, 434 ; Moorish, 95, ex div. ; Portu-
guese, 1856, &e., for account, 48 ; Russian, 1862,
89 ; Spanish, for account, 52 ; ditto New
Deferred, for account, 454 ; ditto, Passive, for
amount, 34, 4 ; ditto Certificates, 131 ; Turkish,
1864. for account, 914 ; ditto 1858, for account,
71, 701 ; ditto 1862, for account, 691, 69 ; Vene-
zuela, 1862, for account, 59.
International Financial shares are now quoted 71
to 4 prem.; General Credit, 34 to 4 prem.
London Financial, 11 to 4, ex div. and ex new ;
Mercantile Credit, 6 to 7 prem. ; Hudson's Bay,
18} to 1 ; Egyptian Trading, 24 to 4 prem. ; Land
Securities, 14 to 14 pram. ; Credit Fonder of Mau-
ritius, 1 to 4 prem. ; Credit Foncier of Great
Britain and Ireland, 14 to 11 prew. ; Austra-
lian and Eastern Steam, 81 to 94 pram. ;
Ottoman Financial, par to 4 prem. ; Mexican
Bank, 1 to 4 prem. ; South Eastern Bank, 1 to
11 prem. ; London Gas Meter, 4 to 14 prem. ;
and Imperial Financial, 14 to 2 prem.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

Console are quoted 01,} to g for money, and 91}
to A for the account, showing uo change, com-
pared with the quotations current at 2 o'clock.
31,0001. in gold has been sent into the Bank.
Notice is given of the issue of the balance of
50,000,1100 f. (2,000,0001.) of the Ottoman Six per
Cunt. Loan of 1863, which was specially reserved
in April last. It will be remembered that this
loan was issued through the Imperial Ottoman
Bank in London, and through the Credit Mobilier
Society in Paris. The Bonds are of 500 f., or 201.
each, and the number of new bouds is 100,000.
The terms of issue are 68 per cent., with dividend
from Ist January last. The instalments are pay-
able as follows : •
Oo solooriptioe. 1001.
On 31st May, 100 f
On Ist July, 140 f., teas dividend,
.1231 4lB 10

The Imperial Ottoman Bank have accordingly
notified this evening that " holders of the Loan of
1863 wishing to claim their right to a proportional
share of this balance, viz., one bond for every three
existing bonds, must deposit the latter, together
with the amount due on subscription, between the
25th February and 3rd March." The original pros-
pectus of the loan stated that "the proceeds of
this supplementary issue will be applied, through
the Imperial Ottoman Bank, to the withdrawal of
the debased coinage now in circulation."
About 27,000'. in gold was sent into the Bank
yesterday, and 82,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for
Alexandria. The total purchased by the Bauk
during the week is 229,0001., while 94,0001. Las
been taken out. _

The following Australian gold ships are now on
the way to England :
Days Gold on board.
Name Sailed. at Sea. Ranee& Value.
Water Nymph Nov. 01 .. 96 .... 13.9.18 .. X. 541 000
Omar Pasha
Diane Causeway „ 24 .. 42 ... 5.105 .. 92.500
Result
Sussex
Donald II 'gay
Star of Peace „ 19 .. 07 . . 19,308 .. 76.000

Tole!

v 7.420

t9iNu.ooo

The amount paid on Tuesday upon the 2,000,000/.
of additional guaranteed 5 per cent. capital of the
Great Indian Peninsula railway Company was
700,000 L, which was transferred yesterday by the
Loudon and County Bank to the Bank of England.
As the deposit due on Tuesday was only 21. per 201.
share, a large number of shares have been paid in
full.

The dividend on Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way stock will be officially proposed at the rate of
4 per cent. per annum, against 3 fur the corre-
sponding period of 1862.
Notice is given of the usual application to the
Committee of the Stock Exchange to appoint a
settling day in the shares of the following com-
panies, viz :—Austraban and Eastern Steam,
London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, Land Se-
curities,_ Financial Corporation, and London Mer-
cantile Discount.
As some misconception appears to exist as to the
relative value of the old and new shares of the
London and South African Bank, it may be useful
to state that shares of the new issue, paid up in
full on the Ist July, 1863, are in precisely the same
position as old snares, and consequently of pre-
cisely the same value.
At the annual meeting of the English and
Scottish Law Life Assurance Association, held yester-
day, it was reported that thenumber of new policies
effected in 1863 was 456, insuring 378,56 a, and
yielding in premiums 13,125/. The renewal pre-
miums were stated to be 71,5971., and the assets
515,406/.
At the annual meeting of the National Life As-
surance Society yesterday, Mr. James Bogle Smith
in the chair, the report stated the amount of new
assurances in 1863 to have been 200,8551., yielding
7,8511. in premiums. The reduction in the pre-
miums of members of tire years' standing is tired
at 44 per cent. fur the year commencing on the 25th
March next.
The directors of the Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment Company announce that their organisation in
Canada is complete, and that a considerable amount
of business has been done. They also notify that
they are prepared to issue debentures at various
periods, at the rate of 5 per cent., payable in Lon-
don half yearly.
It is announced that the allotment of shares in
the Credit Foncier (Great Britain and Ireland) has
been completed, and that the letters of " regret "
will be s...ut out to-morrow, and the letters of
allotment on Saturday. The number of shares
applied for was above 53,000.
It is announced that no further applications for
shares in the South Eastern Banking Company will
be received from applicants in the London district
after Saturday, the 27th inst., and front the country
after the 29th.
The subscription !ist of the London Gas Meter
Company will be closed on Wednesday next, the
2nd March.
The directors of the Buencs Ayres Bonded Wharf
and River Transit Company (Limited) have given
notice that, " in consequence of urgent requests

from the province: and from the Continent, the
directors have consented to receive applications toe
shares up to Thursday, March 3."
The Lammennuir, from Shanghae to London.
with a valuable cargo of cotton on beard, AAS !Cat
in Gaspar Straits on the 31st of December.
It appears that 2,200 bales of cotton were saved
up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday from the wreck of the
Golden Age, which recently went ashore at Don-
! genet's.

WEDNESDAY EvErna.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 911 to 4
for the Bth March, opened this morning at 91,1 to 1,
touched at 912, " buyers," and closed at 91i to 1.
For money the last price was 911 to 4. The official
business& report is as follows ;—Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 91$, 1,0, ; ditto, for account,
914, 1,4, i; Three per Cents. Reduced, 915,
, g ; New Three per Cents., 91/, 1 ; An-
nuities, 1885, 14 15-16 ; Bank Stock, 2381, 239,
237; India Stock, 218 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock,
1044, 1,5; ditto Bonds, 6s. die., par., 2a. din.
T e Inia Fire per Cent. Stock show, a further
slight improvement. Exchequer Bills were tam,
at ss. die. to par.
Pits foreigu stock market opened with a very
buoyant appearance, and, though the best prices
of the day were not maintained in the afternoon,
the final quotations were still, in many instances,
decidedly above those of yesterday.
In the market for bank shares an improvement
took place in Alliance, English and Swedish, and
Imperial Ottoman, but Chartered Bank of India,
Australia, awl China, Chartered Mercantile Bank
of India, Lodon, and China, and Lon-
don and South American Bank were quoted
rather lower. Hudson's Bay shares have
risen to 18$ to 1. Egyptian Trading
were firm, at 2k to 21 prem. Bombay Gas, Anglo-
Mexialll Mint, National Discount, and Oriental
Inland Steam shams were all inquired for. °COM
Marine Insurance rose about 11. St. Katharine
Dock, Commercial Union Assurance, and East
India Irrigation shares were rather flat.
Anglo-Italiau Bank shares have risen to-day to
to prem. The settlement is to-morrow.
The shares of the financial companies continue is
request, and have again shown an upward tendency.
' International. after touching 7 9-16, "buyers,"
closed at 7 7-16 to prem. General Credit were
last quoted 35 to $ prem., ex div. ; London
Financial, 111 to 3 prem., "ex all ;" and Mercantile
Credit, 64 to 7 prem.
The shares of the Credit Foncier of Mviritius
were last quoted to f prem. ; Land Securities
Company, lf to 11 prem. • Anglo-Italian Back, 0 to
prem. ; Mercantile Credit, 65 to 7 prom. ; Con-
'tract Corporation, 11 to 24 prem. ; Credit Foncier
(Great Britain), to ; prem. ; London Mercantile
Discount, 25 to 35 prem. ; Australian and Easters
Navigation, 81 tot prem. ; Ottoman Financial
Association, f to 4 prem. ; Coosolidated Dis-
count, 1 dis. to par ; Mexican Bank, 1 to If
prem. ; Littlehampton Steam, 7 to 8 yrem. ;
Financial Corporation, 14 to 2 prom.; Lon-
don Gas Meter, to 15 prem. ; Buenos Ayres
Bonded' harf, par to * peens. • South Eastern Bank,
f to 14 prem. ; British COlonial Steam hip,
to 15 prem. ; Fairbairn Engineering, 5 to 14 prem.;
and Naval and Military Bank, 5 to 15 preui.