The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-26 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET.-{THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoci.

The stook markets opened flatly this morning,
owing to the critical appearance of the Danish
question, but are now firmer. The funds show
no recovery from the fall, which took place yes-
terday afternoon, but home railway stocks and
some of the speculative foreign bonds have ex-
perienced a fractional improvement.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Routes were quoted
061 r. 30c., being sc. lower than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 904 to 4, for money, and
901 to 1 for the account (Feb. 4). The official
business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 904, 1 ; ditto
for account, 901, ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
904, ; New Three per Cents., 904, ; Annuities,
1886, 141; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1044,
105 ; ditto for account, 1064 ; ditto Four per
Cent. Debentures, 1866, 981; ditto Bonds, ss. die,
par ; Five per Cent. " aniseed " rupee paper, 103 ;
ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1114 ; and Ex-
chequer Bills, 45., 54., 10s. die.
Foreign bonds, after opening with a fiat appear
saes, are now firmer, and several of the principal spe-
culative stocks are quoted 4 tot per cent better than
they closed yesterday. Greek Bonds are quoted kl 4
to 221 ; Mexican, 354 to 1 ; Spanish Passive, 33 W
; Turkish Bonds of 1862, 661 to 67 ; and the
Consolidds, 46 to 4. The Confederate Loan is
about 1 per cent higher, at 47 to 49.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Dutch Two-
anda,-Half per Ceuta, 64/ ; ditto Certificates, 1014 ;
Egyptian, 1014 ; ditto second issue, 100 ; Greek, for
account, 214,1; Italiantior account, 674,1; Mexican,
for account, 35/, 1; Moorish, 95 ; New Granada
2 per Cents., 281, 28 ; Portuguese, 1856, elm, for
sec., 474; Russian, 1862, 884, 88,4, 874; Spanish, for
account, 521 ; ditto New Deferred, for account, 464,
454 ; ditto Passive, for account, 33, 324,334 ; ditto
Certificates, for account, 131, ; Turkish, 1854, for
account, 881 ; ditto 1858, for account, 694, 4 ; ditto
100 i. bonds, 75 ; ditto, 1862, for account, 67, 661,
674 ; ditto 100/. Bonds, 674, 4 ; Veneruela,lB62,

foe account, 544, I.
International Financial shares are quoted 61
to 7 prem. ; General Credit, 24 to 1 prem.; Lon-
don Financial, 101 to 111 prem.; Fogyptien Trading,
11 to 2 prem.; Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11 to
24 pron.; English and Swedish Bank, to 11 prem. ;
Consolidated Discount Company, par to prem. ;
West India and Pacific Steam, to 11 prem. ; Mau-
ritius Land Credit and Mortgage, 1 to 11 prem. ;
Discount Corporation, 31 to 4 prem. ; Contract
Corporation, 21 to prem. ; Australian and
Eastern Steam, 21 to 31 prem. ; Lund Securities
to 14 prem. ; Mercantile Credit, 31 to 41 prem. ;
London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 1 to 1/
prem.; and East London Bank, 21 to 1 prem.
About 134,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from
the Bank yesterday for Alexandria. They will be
despatched by the steamer which will leave South-
ampton on the 27th inst.
The fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign
stocks will commence to-morrow (" continuation
day") and terminate on Friday.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Friday next a special settling day in the scrip of
the Minis]) Government Five per Cent. Loan of
1864, wh;ch is to be officially quoted. The day for
the settlement in the shares of the Consolidated
Discount Company will probably be decided upon
on Thursday next.
Mr. A. P. Petrocochino, of the firm of Bodo-
eanae.hi, Sons, and Co., of Finsbury-circus • Mr.
P. 0. Ralli, of Bloomfield-street ; and. Mr.
Antonio A. Ralli, of the firm of Antonio Balli and ,
Co., of Gracechnrch-street, are about to join the
board of the Imperial Bank.
The applications for the shares of the Land Se-
cloaks Company (Limited) have amounted to
nearly four times the number (via, 20,000 shares)
to be allotted.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week a decrease of 851/. compared with last year,
and the South Eastern an increase of 410/.
The receipts of the Great Western Railway of
Canada for the week ending the Bth January were
8,6411.. being 4,5937. less than in the corresponding
week of last year. The decrease is owing to the
extremely severe weather, and the interruption of
the traffic by snow. This oompany have intimated that
" the lose on exchange by the conversion of Ameri-
can money received for the carriage of through
traffic from the commencement of the current half-
year to Jan. 9, 1864, amounted to the sum of
29,4604 13s. 6.1., and at that date there was a
further sum of American funds still remaining so
be converted of 110,510.53 dolt"
The Contract Corporation (Limited) have issued
their business card, notifying that they are " now
prepared to entertain applications for contracts."
The half-yearly meeting of the London and Black-
wall Railway Company is convened for the 16th
February, and will be made spacial, to sanction the
transfer of the Haydon-square Railway to the
London 'and North-Western Company.
The half-yearly meeting of the Danube and Black!
Sas Railway and Kuatendjie Harbour Company
(Limited) is called for the 9th of February, and
will be made special, " for the purpose of consider-
ing the mode of raising the necessary funds for
erecting the warehouses and extending the harbour
accommodation, as recommended in the engineer's
report of Bth August, 1863."
The half-yearly meeting. of the Mediterranean
Extension Telegraph ...company (limited) will be
held on the sth February.
The annual meeting of the shareholders of that
socoessful undertaking, the Great Western Royal
Hotel, is convened for the 22nd of February.
A call of 27. is to be paid on the shares in the
Bedford Hotel Company (Limited) of Brighton, by
the 15th of February.
The half-yearly dividend due tho Ist February
on Louisiana State Bonds, issued in favour of the
Citizens' Bank of New Orleans, is announced for
payment by Messrs. F. de Licardi and Co.

MONDAY Emma.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 904 for
the 4th February, were first marked to-day 91,
and closed flatly at 90 11.16 to 13-16, or 901,
" sellers." Foe money the last price was 904 to
The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Console, for money, 909,
Lest 4, ; ditto for account, 91, 909 ;
per Cents. Reduced, 901, ; New Three
per Cents., 909, „1, ; Bank Stock, 236, 237 ;
India Five per Cent Stock, 106, 1044 ; ditto
, for amount, 106.1 ; ditto Bonds, par ; Five per
Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper, 1034, 103, 4 ;
ditto Five-and-a-Half per °ant., 112.
The India Five per Cent. Stock does not recover.
The rupee paper shows a drooping tendency, in
consequence of the fall in the Indian markets.
India Bonds have been dealt in at par. Exche-
quer Bills were dull, at 10s. to fis. die.
The foreign stock
teas'ket was very buoyant in
the morning, owing the favourable view taken
of foreign politics, and prices generally advanced.
Mexican Bonds were in especial request, and were
marked as high as 364. Greek were purchased at
299, and Spanish Peasive at 339. A general fall
followed in the afternoon, sad most of the space: I
Wive stocks closed lower than on Saturday.
In the market for bank shares there were a good
number of transactions, and prices generally were
steady. Alliance Bank, Bank of Egypt, Chartered
Bank of India, Australia, sad China, and British
and American Exchange Bank, have improved,'
while London Joint Stock Bank, Union Bank of
Ireland, and London and South African Bank new
shares have receded. National Discount and
Grimed Inland Steam shares were rather more
offered. Ocean Marine and Copper Miners of
EittPreference mat with inq.
was a very active dema this morning
for International irinancial shares, which rose to

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7 prem., "buyers." A relapse followed, in sym-
pathy with that in other securities, but the closing
quotation was above that of Saturday, being 111 to
prem. General Credit shares remain at 24 to
21 prem. ; while. London Financial left od ss,
lower, at 104 to 11l prem.
The shares of the Land Securities Company were
last quoted to 1} prem. ; Mauritius Land Credit,
to 14 prem.; West India and Pacific Steam, 14 to 2
prem. ; Anglo-Italian Bank, to 14 prem. ; -ff-
cantile Credit, 4 to 5 prem. ; Australian and
Modern Navigation, 24 to 3 prem.; Contract Cor-
poration, 24 to 3 prem. ; Consolidated Discount,
par to prem. ; London Mercantile DisCOUll
2to 24 prem. ; Financial Corporation, to 4
prom. ; London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam,
to 14 prem. ; International Racecourse, 14 to 2
p em. iLittlehampton Steam, 5 to 54 prem. ; and
London Chemical Company, 4 to 14 prem.