The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-05 00:00:00

MONEY 11ARKBT.-(THIS DAT.)

Two o'CLous.

The funds to-day are firmer, and an ituprove-
meet of 1-16 to i per cent, has taken place I.
Consols. This is the monthly settling day. The
railway market remains dull, with little change is
prices. The foreign stock market is quieter thaa
for some time past, and the only feature of import-
ance is a froth fall in Mexican. •

At Paris this morning, secording to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Mentes opened M
70fr. 20c., showing no alteration. _ . .

The rani) of the new Daniell Loan is quoted
11 to 11 prem. .

Consols are now quoted 924 to far mosey, and
923 to for the new account (April 8). The
official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 924, 4, i ;
ditto, for account, 921 ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 91, 4, ex div. ; New Three per Cents.,
91, 4, ex div. ; India Five per Cent. %tuck, 1081,
; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1004, ; and
Exchequer Bills, Is. prem., Is., 2s. die.
Mexican Bonds have again declined, owing
to the alleged check to the French army.
The last transactions recorded are at 314

and 311. Spanish Passive Bonds and Cer-
tificates are firm, owing to the hope that
Senor Mon will enter the Ministry of Finance.
Turkish stocks are also firm, and some classes
have improved. The following are some of the
present quotations :—Turkish 1854 Loan, 90
to 91 ; ditto 1858, 69 to ex div. ;
ditto, 1862, 69* to 70 ; the Consolid6s, 411 to ;
the New Venezuelan Loan, 591 to 60 ; and
Greek Bonds, 191 to Transactions are recorded
as follows :—Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
641, 1 ; Mexican, for account, 31i, ;
New Granada Deferred, 7} ; Portuguese, 1853,
for account, 47} ; ditto, 1862, 471 ; Russian,
1862, %I, I ; Spanish, for account, 53} ; ditto,
Passive, 271, ; the Committees' Certificates,
101 ; Turkish, 1854, for account, 94 ;
ditto, 1858, for account, 691, ex div. ; ditto 1001.
Bonds, 73, ex div. ; ditto, 1862, 69* ; ditto, far ac.
count, 691, I ; Venezuela, for account, %I.
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The announcement of the new Italian Loan is
awaited with growing interest.
No bullion transactions took place at the Bank
yesterday. There is no general demand for gold
for the continent, and only a limited inquiry for
Spain.
The Europa, from Boston, has brought 55,0001.
in specie.
The American advicee have attracted a good deal
of attention, owing to the strong evidence which
they afford of the unchecked upward tendency
in the quotations of gold and exchange. Gold,
which was previously at about 53 per cent, prem.,
has now reached 63 prem., while the exchange has
advanced to 180 to 181, being likewise about 10 per
cent. above the rate previously reported. As long
as the government issue of paper continues the rise
will probably go on, though occasional oscillation
may be experienced.
The biddinge for 60,00,000 rupees in bills on
India took place yesterday at the Bank of Elnd.
The proportions allotted were to Calcutta 34, 000
rupees ; to Bombay, 24,00,000 rupees ; to
Madras, 1,40,000 rupees. The declared minimum
price was as before, vis., 1.. ll jd per rupee on
Calcutta, and 2s. on Bombay and Madras. The
application. within the limits were for about 140
lace. Tenders on Calcutta at la. llid. will receive
about 63 per cent. • on Bombay at 2s. about 26
per
cent. ; and all 'above these prices in full; on
at 2s. will receive in full.
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Telegrams received yesterday announce a rise of
2 per cent, in the rate of discount at Bombay, and
state that the event was disturbing trade.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have
appointed Monday, the 9th March, a special
settling day in the shares of the Continental Bank
Corporation (Limited), which are to be marked is
the official list., the directors having withdrawn an
objectionable clause in the articles of association.
The Great Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 1,5951., and the Loadoa
and North Western an increase of 5,8131.

The receipts of the Great Western Railway of
Canada for the week ending the 13th Feb. were
13,9851. sterling, being 2,6031. more than in the
corresponding weak of last year.
The second .n.ll of 101., making 20/. paid, is to
be paid on the shares in the London, Buenos
Ayres, and River Plate Bank, by the 25th inst.
Shareholders will be permitted to make payments
in anticipation of calls up to 501. per share.
The half-yearly meeting of the Railway Passen-
gers Assurance Company took place yesterday. The
income from premiums for the six months ending
December last, was 26,6321, against 23,3101. for
the corresponding period.of 1861. The balance was
stated at 17,8141., out of which interest at the rate
of 4 per cent per annum and a bonus of ls. per
share were declared. Satisfaction was expressed at
the steady increase in the company's businevi.
The half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Rail-
way Company will be held on the 17th lost. at
Glasgow.
The annual meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company is convened for the 19th inst., and that
of the Canada (Land) Company for the 31st inst.
We have received a copy of the prospectus of the
Bank of Gibraltar and Malta (Limited). The capi-
tal of this undertaking is to be 250,0001, in 2,500
shares of 1001. each. The object is to increase
the banking facilities of the trade between London
and those dependencies. Irrespective of the in-
creasing import and export trade, it is urged that
" Gibraltar rs a market for bills drawn against
shipments to England by Spanish wine and fruit
houses both to the west and east ; and moreover,
the commissariat department cash their bills on
the Treasury monthly. There is also a consider-
able amount of military bills which woald find
their way to a bank." The chief management is
to be in London, with offices at Gibraltar and
Valetta, and powers are to be taken to extend
operations to other places in the Mediterranean and
the Levant, should it be deemed desirable to do so.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and other shares, as given in the last Stock
Exchange list :

Insurance.—Alliance British and Foreign, 154 to 4
ditto Marine, 35 ; Atlas, 114 ; Commercial Unicin,l
64; Imperial Fire, 351 ; lmpesial Lite, 214 to
Fps.
tnity Marine, 1574, ex die. • London and Prom
Law, 34 to 4 ; London and Provindal Marino, I j ; Marine,
100 ; Minerva, ; North !Wittekind Mercantile, 184 t0.18.i
Oriental sod Gauen' Marine, 34 ; Rock Life, 8 to 4;
Exchange, ; Thames and Mum Marine, 54 to 5 ;Tot
venial Marine. 34 to 4 to 34.
Gaslight and Coke.—Cmital Pa seo District, 18 • Biwa
peon, 141 ; ditto New, 54 ; Great Central, 1711;abelna-
postal, 87, *a div. • New ditto, 71, ex die. ; ditto a-
ttires, 2034 ; Imperial Colitisestal, 664 to to to 4 ; United
General. 301 ; Westminster Chartered, New, 41, ox di..
Waterworks.—Berlin, 7 ; Foot Leedom, 121 to C.
Docks.—St. Katharine, 56 to 7 to 61 to 4.

The numbers are published of 1,096 bonds of the
Greek Loan, of the series guaranteed respectively
by Great Britain, France, and Russia, which were
drawn on the 3rd ult., and are now payable.

WIWI:WAY Evxnnui.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 92eto 3, both
for money and to-morrow's settlement, closed to-day
at 921 to h. Fur the April settlement the last
price was 92# to h. The "continuation" was hto
5-16 per cent. The official business report is as /01-
lows : —Three per Cent. Cousols, for money, U2ll, fr ;
ditto, for account, 924; Three per Cents. Reduced,
9th, I, 91, ex div. ; New Three per Cents., 91k,
91, I, 91, ex div. ; Thirty Years Annuities,
1885, 14 11-16 ; Red Sea Telegraph, 21 7.16;
India Stock, 227 ; Jitto Five per Cent. Stock,
104 I, h ; ditto Four per Cent. Debenture%
100 h, 100 ; Five per Cent. `"enlaced " rupee paper,
105, h, h.
The India Five per Cent stock was quoted
1081 to #, and Exchequer Bills 2/ die, to 2L
prem.
The transactions in foreign stocks were xamerous.