The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET--(THIS DAL)

Two o'CLom

There is not much activity in the stock and share
markets to-day, but firmness prevails. Consols are
quoted precisely the same as yesterday, but a few
of the principal railway stocks show an
advanoe, u well as Turkish Bonds. The publica-
tion of a private telegram to the effect that the
Confederates are surrounded by the Federal. has
not had any important infineooe.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened
at 70fr. 30e., being I per cent. lower than
yesterday.

Turkiiih Loan fierip is quoted 24 to 1 prom ;
loptian, 15 to 11 prem. ; and Russian, 5 to
1•
Consols are officially marked 93j and 5 CMS
div., for money, and 921, ex div., for the
amount. The present quotations are 935 to
essi div., for cash, and 921 to 1, ex div., for
the 10th of June. The official business report is
as follows:—Three per Cents. Reduced, 914 ; New
Times per Ceuta., 911, 5 ; India Five per Cent.
Stock, 1091, ; ditto Bonds, Ws. prem. ; Ave
per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 1031, 1021 ;
Exchequer Bills, 145., 10s. prem.

The foreign stock market is quiet, but prices
are firm. Turkish Bonds have improved" f to
per cent., the loan of 1864 being quoted
84 to 81, and that of 1868, 701 to 1. Mexican
I Bonds and the Spanish Committee's Cer-
tificates have also slightly advanced. Trans-
actions are recorded as follows ..—Bras Sian
Old Five per Omits., 1011 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half
per Centel., 1852, 1858, 1860, 93 ; Egyptian Seven
per Cents. (scrip), 11 prem. ; Mexican Three
per Cents., for account, 311, 32; Portuguese Three
per Cents., 1853, for account, 44 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 1856, 1857, 1859, and 1880, 46 ; Rus-
sian Five per Cents., 971 ; ditto Three per
Cents., 1859, 591, ex div. ; ditto Five per
Cents., 1862 (scrip), 1 prem. ; Spanish
Three per Ceuta, 541 ; ditto New De-
ferred Three per Cents., 44 ; ditto Passive, 14;
the Committee's Certificates, 9,1, 1 ; Turkish Six
per Dente., 1854, for account, 81 ; ditto Six per
Cents., 1862 (scrip), 21,prem. ; ditto paid up
arril;

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HAIJ-PAT Two o'CLocs.

Consols are now quoted 934 to I, cum div., for
money, and 9211 for the account, showing a frac-
tional decline in the latter instance sine two
o'clock.

The following are fixed al the days on which
payments in full will be received on the TuriTiik
the 27th and 28th May, the 13th, 14th,
27th, and 28th June, and the Ist July ; but in each
instance discoing will be allowed only as from the
Ist July.
An instalment of 10 per cent. falls doe on Monday
next on the Italian Maremmana Railway Loan of
1,338,0001.
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At Hamburg, Turin, and Frankfort, the rates
of discount have advanced, the reepective quota-
tions being 31, 41, and 2i per cent. At Paris the
rate is 3 (the minorities othe Bank of France re-
maining at 34) ; at Vienna, 6 ; at Amsterdam, 4 ;
and at Berlin and Brussels, 3 per cent. 411
With the etoeption of arise in the rates for bills
on Austria, the tendeney of the Continental ex-
changer yesterday attanoon was not favourable.
The rates wife quoted as follows :
Anoteedno, 3 nowthA 11.11 to t ; ditto, 3 days,
1L154 to lint ; Both/darn, 3 emostaA 11.134 >s 4;
Antwerp, 3 silty 1A44 to 30; Suallurg, as. lasoo.
three months., 13.71 to 3 ; Pans, 3 der, 26.224 to Tt ; ditto,
3 months, 25.43410 74 ; Foleenen-thrIiPAIAS
ii9i to 1 ; Petenborg Sad.ronale). 3 inn_O d.wdial t. 34;
Vionaa, eff. do., 3 moo 13.10 to 70; Tiisolo, I.
3 months, 13.60 to TO; 3 uneallo, ,M to ; Owl*
3 neastie, 49 to ; Leder% 3 amande, 96.116 eo 10 ;
Goook 3 oustherS494, 60; Men, 3 nose^ Midi.
erm4sorths. /84
mwThe,is
iteleirro3 sontro. 1134
1:0 •10 1 Orono. 90 &Mini to 4. •
he subscription was opened this afternoon for
a small Swims Railway loan, and the applications
were so large and of so bond fide a character that
notice was promptly issued by the agents, Mears.
Glyn, Mill and Cu., that the list will be closed
at S o'oloek to-day (Saturday). The new stock
consists of &Lausanne and Fribourg Railway Six
per Cent. Loan for 286,0001. sterling, to be issued
in Six per Cent. Bonds at 90 per cent, amounting
to 300,0001. stock. The loan is to be paid off in
seven years by a oinking fund and drawings,
the redemption price being 100. It is a peculiarity
of the loan that it has a double security, principal
and interest being guaranteed by the Canton of
Fribourg, while it also forms • first mortgage oa
the railway from Lausanne, rid Fribourg, to the
frontier of Berne. The amount already expended
on the line is about one million sterling, and the
sum now asked will complete and stock it. The
bonds will bear the seals both of the
canton and the railway company. The canton has
waived it. rights in regard to the railway, thus
making the present loan • first mortgage. Looking
merely to the railway, • receipt of only 5,2001. per
kilometre per annum is required to pay the interest
on the bonds, while the receipt on the Central
Railway is 16,3691. per kilometre, and oa the other
Swiss railways about 12,000 f. The agents in Paris
are Messrs. Biechoffsheim, Goldschmidt, and Co.,
and the loan is brought out here by Mr.
George E. Seymour. In the Stock Exchrioge
this evening 2 per cent premium was bad
for the bonds, which at the issue prim (95)
yield 71. 6s. per cent per annum for the whole pe-
riod of their currency.
We understand that at the meeting of the pro-
prietors of the London Chartered Bank of Aus-
tralia, to be held on the Bth of June, it lathe inten-
tion of the directors to recommend a dividend of 4
per cent, besot income tax, for the half-year
ending the 31st of December last, and to carry a
further sum of 10,0001. to the reserve fund, which
will then amount to 60,0001.
The directors of the Commercial Dock Company
have agreed to recommend the general court of
proprietors on the 13th June, to declare • dividend.
at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, together with
a bonus of 1 per amt., both free of income tax.
Mews. Froom, Brahma, of Change-alley, Corn-
hill, invite tenders for 20,0001. of New Brunswick
and Canada Railway Si: per Cont. Debentures in
sums of not lees than 1001. They are part of the
issue of 200,0001., which forms a first charge on
the property of the company, and are repayable at
par in January, 1867. The coupons are payable
half-yearly in London.
We are requested to state that no applications
for shares in the United Kingdom Shipowning
Company (Limitedi will be received after Saturday,
the 31st inst.

The Tang Yu has arrived from China with
1,436,000ib5. of tea, and the Jaanapore with
485 700Ibs. of tea and 898 bales of silk.

The Gazetk specie statement for the week ending
Wednesday last gives the following totals, viz.
Imports of gold, 317,8901. ; exporte of gold,
78‘,0831.; imports of silver, 212,4081. ; exports et
silver, 401,9 W.

FRIDAY NVIIIIIIIS.
Console, which closed yesterday at 92 to / ex
div. for the 10th of June, opened this morning at
the same quotation, and dosed at 921 to 1. Far
money the last Fire was 94 to 1, cam div.
The official human report is as follows
Three per Cent. Console, for money, 931, .
CUM div. ; ditto for account (June 10), 92, Sr
die. ; Bank Stook, 236 ; Three pee Cents.
Reduced, 911, * ; New Thins par Ceuta., 91U ;$
New Two-and-a-Half per Conte., 77f, 76i ; I
Ave per Omit. Steck, * ; ditto Four per
that. Debentures, 1864 100/, 991 ; ditto Bends,
26a., 29a. prem. ; Five par Cent. "'aimed"
rape paper, 1021 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per
Cent., 1093.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows thin
week • decrease of 4711.