The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-23 00:00:00

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L 17.106.365
1•111111. Dl
Proprietors' Capital L 14.661,000
Bast
Public Depaalts in- 4229,
cluding &gap.,
bay. Hanka, Luni-
ng.. of National
Debt. and Div.
Accts.;
Other Depodts 14,1116.111
Moen day sod abet
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LIMB ,913
Jan. 22, Mt

Consols, which closed yesterday at 924 to 4 far
money, and 924 to I for the sth February, opened
and closed to-day at the same quotations. The
official business report is as follows ,—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 924, 4 ; ditto for amount.
924 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92j, 5, I ; New
Three per Cents, 921, 1,1 ; Thirt Years Annui-
ties, 1855, 15 3-16 ; Red Sea Telegraph, 21tem,eit
div. ; Bank Stock, 235 ; India Five per
Stock, 1081, 1, 5 ; ditto Four per Cent. De-
bentures, 1864, 1004, 4 ; ditto Bonds, 225.,
prem. ; Four per Cent. "enfaced " rupee paper,
954; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 1124.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was quoted
1085 to ; India Bonds, 18s. to 225. prem. ; and
Exchequer Bills, 44. to Ba. prem.
The foreign stock market was not active. There
was, however, a good demand for Egyptian Bonds,
the speech just delivered by the new Viceroy at
Alexandria indicating that retrenchment of ex-
penditure, the strengthening of the finances,
the encouragement of trade, and the gene-
ral development of the resources of Egypt,
will be the earnest objects of the government.
The satisfactory state and prospects of the traffic
of the Metropolitan Railway continue to tell upon
the price of the shares, which rose this afternoon,
after the recognised hours, to 101 to 4, or 9 to
prem.
Nova Scotia Government Bonds and Virginia
Five per Cents. were inquired for, while United
States Five per Cents. fell 11 per cent.
A fresh rise of about 21. took place to-day in the
shares of the Agra Bank, which are now approach-
ing a premium of 100 per cent. on the amount paid.
City Bank shares, on the other hand, have again
fallen 21. Bank of Hindustan were inquired for.
Victoria Dock stook receded 1 per oent., and Na-
tional Discount shares were rather more offered.
Royal Mail Steam have improved.
Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at 5i to 64
prem. ; Thames and Mersey, 211-16 to 1346 prom. ;
Universal, 11 to 1 dis. ; North British and Mer-
cantile, 16 to 4 ; Commercial Union, 4 dis. to 1
prem. ex div. ; and London and Provincial Marine,
dia. to par.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings were as follows .—British and American
Exchange Bank, 64 to 7 prem., showing a con-
siderable rise ; Bank of :S. dude, Punjanb, sad
Delhi, to din ; Bristol and South Wales
Zinc Smelting, to 1 prem. ; Cannes Hotel, 11
to 2 prem. ; British and Foreign Marine In-
surance, 14 to 14 prem. ; Continental Bank Cor-
poration, 4to 4 prem. ; City of London Fire and
Life, 4to 5 prem. ; Union Marine Insurance, If
to 34 prem. ; Anglo-Parisian Brewery, 4to I
prem. ; Loan, Trait, and Agency of South Africa,
to 4 prem. ; Natal Cotton Plantation, 5 to 1
prem. ; Oil Wells of Canada, l j to 14 prem. ; sad
Societe Financihre of Egypt, dis to par.
The shares of the newly announced Bank of Wales
(Limited) closed to-day at 11 to 24 prem.
The Maori has been engaged for the conveyance
of passengers to Melbourne.