The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-10 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL WARR MARKETS.

LITELPOOL, Nov. 9. -Sales to-day :-Caledonlan, lEn-Great
Eastern, 474 )-Great Western, 75 1-Lanoline and Yorkshire,
Mt 4-London and North Western, llo) ) I-Manchester.
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 6611-North Fastens, Berwick capital
stock. 1111-Bouth Eastern. 80) 10-West Hartlepool, A,
61-11uff sin and Lake Huron, 64-Demerara, 7 per cent., 100 a d -
Great Luxembourg shares, 11 11.16 6-16 - Mexican 7/iree per
Cent., Ls-Confidante Loan, 60 1 604 4 60-Alliance Bank of
London and Liverpool ,Limited., 19 p.-Eastern Exchange Bank
(Limited'.3.l6 J.-Mercantile and Exchange bank 'limited 1
1.16 4 3-16 d.-North Western Hank (Limited, 44 I I 3-16 p. -
Albion Marine .Limited,, 13-16 d.-Britbh and Foreign Manna
(Limited', 2 9-10 p.-Empire Marine.; Limited!. 4 p. -Queen Insur-
ance. 16-161 ad. -loyal Insurance, 5) p.-Thames and Mersey
Marine Limited., 5 e 15-10 p -Union Marine 2) ) p.-
British Shipowners, t d.-National Stearn Navigation Company,
S 4 d. Steam, 09-West India and Pacific Steam, 2 p.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MONEY MAREET.--(T1118 DAY.)

REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE Of
DISCOUNT.
Two o'CLoot.

The directors of the Bank of Englaud, at their
weekly court to-day, have reduced the iniunne.a
rate of discount from 9 to 8 per cent.
This measure merely fulfills the general
pectation, yet has been received with 111011.. till. 1. •s
satisfaction on that account. The stock mark. ts
are firm throughout, and in a few cases plies
are slightly better, but there is no movement •f
of importance, this being the day for the itiontt.ly
settlement in Comiels, suit the fortnightly sett e-
ment in shares and foreign stocks being close .it
hand. The funds are firm, at yesterdayii prices.
There is a slight increase in the demand for
discounts to-day ; some bills which had been kept
back in expectation of a reduction in the Italic
rate having now came forward. The supply 'lf
money, however, is very lag•, and fi rit-
class three monde.' hills have been take■
at :71 per cent., being 1 below the re-
duced minimum at the Bank. In the Stock Ex-
change the inquiry for short loans has soinewhit
increased, chiefly in connexion with the Comet
settlement, and the charge is 5 per ceut.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Relates were quoted
64fr. 85c., being the same as yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 9011 for money, and 891
to 4, ex div., for the account (Dec. 8). The official
business report is as follows :-Three per Ceti
Consols, for money, 901, 1, 1 ; ditto, fur account,
891 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 884, c ; New
Three per Cents., 884, 0, ; New Five per Cents.,
1061 ; Bank Stock, 237 ; India Five per Cent.
Stock, 1061, 4, 107, 1061, ; Five per Cent. "
(aced" rupee paper, 101 ; ditto Five-mid-Half ler
Cent., 1091 ; and Exchequer Bills, June, par.
Foreign stocks are firm. Confederate Bona
have risen Ito 2 per cent. ; Turkish of 1862, 4 ;
Spanish Passive, 0 ; and the Certificates,
k. Mexican Bonds are lower. Some
of the present iitiotations are as follows,
viz. :-Greek, 224 to 1 ; Mexican 28 to 4;
Confederate, 61 to 63 ; Spanish Passive,
301 to 1 ; the Certificates, 130 to 1 ; Turkisk
Bonds of 1858, 701 to 714 ; ditto 1862, 721-
to 4 ; and the Cocsolidt,s, 501 to 11.
Transactions are recorded as follows :-Brazilian,
1852, 1858, 1860, 84/, ; Columbian Six per Cents.,
78 ; Dutch Certificates, 964, 974 ; Egyptian, 954 ;
ditto, second issue, 100!. Bonds, 96 ; Grirok, for
account, 221 ; Italian, for account, 64;
ditto Marerumana Railway, 701 ; Mexican, for
account, 28; New Granada Deferred, 61;
Peruvian, 1862, for account, 824 ; Portu-
guese, 1856, &e., for account, 47, k; Russian,
1850, 864 ; ditto, 1862, 87, ex div. ; Spanish for
account, 484, ; ditto Passive, for account, 31.1,
1 ; Turkish, 1834, for account, 904, 4, 90 ;
ditto, 1838, 714 ; ditto, 1862, for account, 724, I,
; ditto, 1001. Bonds, 724, 0, 73 ; Venezuela, 1862,
for account, 51 ; ditto, 1864, 40, 1.
International Financial shares are now quoted
21 to 0 prom. ; London Financial, 8 to
prem. ; General Credit, 2, to 4 prem. ;
Imperial and Mercantile Credit, 24 to 1 prem. ;
Hudson's Bay, 17 to 4 ; Ottoman Societe Graf-
ride, 11. to 1 prem. ; and Auglo-Egyptian Bank,
par to 4 prem.
Only 4,0001. in gold was bought by the Bank yes-
terday. During the week 178,0001. has been sent in,
and 55,0001. withdrawn for export. It is probable,
however, that some automat of sovereigns have also
found their way to the Bank from the provinces.
The amount of bills on India for which tenders
will be received at the Bank of England on the
16th inst. will be 30,00,000 rupees (300,0001.)
Telegrams iron. Paris announce the failure
of the old-established banking-house of Messrs.
Rougemont de Liwenberg and Co. Their liabili-
ties, it is thought, will reach about 600,0001.,
and the unsecured creditors are expected to receive
only a small dividend. It is said that the partners
have locked up a lane amount of capital in a
Spanish railway, and the proximate cause of the
stoppage is their inability to obtain further advances
upon the securities of the line. The position of the
firm has not been cousidered strong for some years.
The London and North Westeru Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 8.1311. over
lea. year ; the Loudon and South Westerti an
increase of 2,766/. ; the Great Northern, au increase
of 4,179/. ; the (treat Western, an increase of 6,446(.;
and the Great Eastern, an increase of 2,004/.
A memorandum from the Oriental Gas Company
(Limited) states that " the gas works of this com-
pany have sustained no serious injury from the
effects of the late hurricane at Calcutta. The
supply of gas to the city of Calcutta was only
interrupted for two nights, and the gasholders,
though in great jeopardy, wonderfully escapist."
The annual meeting of the Poutgibaud Silver
Lead Mining and Smelting Company is called for
the 3rd December at Paris.

It is notified that the November drawing for the
redemption at par of Bonds of the Turkish Loan of
1863 took place iu Paris on the 3rd instant, and
that a list of the succe:odul numbers can be seen on
application at the imperial Ottoman Back.

WEDNESDAY Erainfo.

Consols, which closed yesterday at Øui to 1, both
for money and to-morrow's settlement, opened and
closed to-day at 901 to t, temporarily advancing
in the iutervai to 9U; to Fur the Bth December
the last price WM 90,1 tot. The official busiaess
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
motley, 4.10 t, /, t, fi ; ditto, for account, 90t ;
Three per Cents. Beduced, 881, g ; New Three
per Cents., 881, L ; Annuities, 1885, 141,
ludia Stock, 214 : ditto Five per Cent. Stock,;
1001, /, 1 ; ditto per Cent. Debentures, 1866,
871 ; ditto Bonds, 4s. dis.
A fresh improvement bas taken place to-day in
the India Five per Cent. Stock. India Bonds were
marked 4s. die. Excliequer Bills, both ,Slarc:i and
June, were quoted dia, to par.
In the foreign stock market one of the chief
features was a rise of 2 per cent in the Coufedeeate
Loan, consequent n 2 on to-day's advices. Danish
Fire per Ceuta. improved 1 per cent., and 3loxican
I, and there was a better demand for the sererat
classes of Venezuela Bonds, it being hoped that the
seizure of the bondholders' funds will be soon
rectified. Turkish securities have shown increased
firmness since the announcement that the
have been provided for the accruing dividend on the
Consolidtis. Spanish Passive Bonds have fallen }
per cent., and the Certificates}, the cause of dis-
couragement consisting apparently in the news from
3fadrul that Senor Bravo blurillo, the author of
the iniquitous conversion of 1851, has just pub-
lished a pamphlet against the claims of the Passive
holders. Egyptian Bonds, and Russian of 1862,
also declined t per cent., and Greek

United Sude; 5.20 Bonds closed at 41 to 42, being
1I per ceut. lower than yesterday, and 'bowing the
oppoite movement to that experienced by Coufede-
rale Bowls.

!EVES.--r THIS DAV.)

Two o'C Lucc.

Tscre iv no new 4.•1•1re in tha nutrtet
remains ,rtio, with very te•v trurviA ion
C.radua IS to ;Grt a.
Vor, 32 to ; 1;„; to ; Rt.d &At
LoVOII. 124 to 1:;.. 11.11tqli Gtruvilld si•wrcli writ
I,•tut; tiat, 161.
St. .Tobil (lel It. continue iu re-
toiro.t. and hater t.:. 21., t 1...
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I :UV .4:1 • in•i:itred for.