The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-17 00:00:00

Consols are now quoted 93 to 1 for money,
and 931 to for the account (Nov. 5). The
official business report is as follows :-Three per
Cent. Console, for money, 93, 1 ; ditto
for account, 93} ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
911 ; New Three per Cents., 911, ; Bank
Stock, 235 ; India Stock, 226 ; ditto Five per
Cent. Stock, 1094, 109; ditto Four per Cent. De-
bentures, 1864 or 1866, 1001 ; Five per Cent. "en-
ticed " rupee paper, 11:171 ; and Exchequer Bills,
2e. die., la prem. •
Greek Bonds are severely depressed, having
to-day sustained a fresh fall of 3 per cent.
Turkish Consolidis have declined 1 per
cent., while Anglo-Turkish Bonds are firm.
Spanish Passive have risen 1, and the
improvement extends to the Certificates. Mexican
and other foreign stocks are steady. Rome of
the present quotations are annexed :-Turkish
1854 Loan, 92 to ; ditto, 1858, 701 to
71; ditto, 1862, 71} to i ; the Consolidis,
53} to 4 ; Mexican, 42 to 1 ; Greek, 291 to ;
and Spanish Passive, 36 to } ; Transactions
ate recorded as follows :-Brazilian, 991, ex
I div. ; ditto, 1839 and 1859, 100, ex div. ; Chi-
lien Six per Cents., 101, ex div. ; ditto Three per
Cents., 774; Colombian scrip, 16; Greek,for account,
30, }, 291, 30 ; ditto Coupons, for account, 144,
14, 4, 131, 14} ; Italian, for account, 721 ; ditto
Maremmana Railway, 811 ; Mexican, for ac-
count, 424, 4, 42, 11 ; New Granada Deferred, 94
ex div. ; Portuguese, 1856, 1857, 1839, 1860, and
1862, for account, 491, 14 ; Russian, 1822, 941 ;
ditto, 1850, 901 ; ditto, 1862, 931, ; Sardinian.
894 ; Spanish Passive Bonds,for account, 36, 4, 351,
361, } ; the Certificates, for account, 141, 4, 1 ;
Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, for account, 92,
ex div. ; ditto, 1862, for account, 711, 4, 1.
The Confederate Loan has risen to 65 to 67 upon
to-day's news from America. The Brazilian Loan
is quoted 1 to 1} prem. ; and the Colombian, 1 die.
to prem.
International Financial shares are now quoted 5
to 5} prem.; London Financial, 41 to prem. ;
General Credit and Finance, 21 to 31 prem. ; Hud-
son's Bay, 14 to 14 die.; Egyptian Trading, to 21
prem. ; A nglo-Austrian Bank, Ito / prem. ; Discount
Corporation, 91 to 10 prem. ; Privileged Bank of
Austria, par to 1 prem. ; and Mortgage Bank of
India, 31 to 1 prem.

liaLe-rase Two o'CLoCK.
Consols remain quoted 93 to tor money, and
94 to for the account. _ _

A fair demand was experienced yesterday at the
Bank of England discount office, but the general
market was, perhaps, slightly easier, owing to the
diffusion of the dividend money. The terms for
good hills, however, remain at 4 per oent.
The fall in Greek Bonds yesterday is said to have
been aggravated by the failure of a large speculator
for the rise outside of the Stook Exchange.

A meeting of the holders of Peruvian Dollar
Bonds is called for Wednesday next, to consider
what steps should be taken to obtain payment of
their bonds and coupons in hard dollars, instead of
iu the depreciated American paper now illegally
tendered.

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About 198,000 T. in gold was sent into the Bank
yesterday, and 8,000/. Russian was withdrawn fur
exportation.
The Bavaria bas brought 11,000/. in specie from
New York for England.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
generally quoted about the same as on Tuesday,
but the tendency was not particularly favourable.
The rates were as follows :
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Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.19} to ; ditto, 3 dam
1117 to }; liottardew. moathe. 11.19} to ; Antwerp,
3 mouths, 25.:55 to 60; Hamburg, me. hence, tome months,
13.8} to 4 ; Yana, 3 dAye, 21.20 to 30 ; ditto. 3 months
25.55 to 60 ; Frankfort-on-the-Yams, 3 months, 1194
; Petemburg (per rouble). 3 months, 36} to 3 ;
eff. flo., 3 monthe,ll.4l to 10 ; Trieste, elf. do., 3 month.,
11.41 to 50; Madrid, 3 mooths, 483 to i; Oaths, 3 months,
484 to 4 ; Leghorn, 3 moth% 25.65 os 70 ; Geoos, 3
mootha 25.6:3 to 70 ; Yilam, 3 months, 21.63 to 70 ;
Naples, 3 months, 25.G1 to 70; Palermo, 3 months, 25.64
to 70; Masens, 3 mouths, 25.65 to 70; Lisbon, 90 days.
523 to 53 ; Oporto, 90 dam, 5.24 to 63.
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The rates of discount now current in the prin-
cipal continental cities (in the open market) are
as follows :—Pans. 4} per cent. ; Vienna and
Turin, u~ • Hamburg and Berlin, 4 ; Amster-
dam, 3 ; Brussels, ; and St. Peeraburg, 6 per
cent. _ . .

We are informed that the applications for the
shares of the British Indian Tea Conipaxy have
already reached inure than the whole amount of
capital required.
Au extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of
the Loudon, BUOILLS Ayres, and River Plate Bank
is convened for the 2nd November, to confirm re-
solutions passed by the directors on the 13th inst.,
" for iucreasiug the existing capital of the company
from 500,0001. to one million pounds sterling, by
the creation of 20,000 new shares of 2bl. each, said
shares to be offenal at a premium of 30s. each to
the holders of the existing shares of the company
who may be on the register ou the 4th day of No-
vember, 1863."
The half-yearly meeting of the Cape Town Rail-
way and Dock Company is called for the 30th inst.,
when "it will be proposed to authorise the direc-
tors, with the consent of the colonial government,
to conclude with the Wynberg Railway Company
an arrangement fur working the branch fine of
railway belaying to that company from Salt
River to Wynberg, and for that purpose authority
will glso be as►-d to ranee any sum of money, out
exceeding acoutx., in such manner and fur such
periods as may be determined upon at the
meetiug." . .

The Caledonian Railway traffic return shoe's this
week an increase of 708/. over last year.
The foliowlng, on the coming Turkish budget, is
finer the Lerma Herald of the 7th inst. :

The hsolgat i. at last positively on the eve of publication.
Oa Sunday it was submitted to a special council of all the
ministers. Lad to-day or to-morrow the Ira& authorising its
communication to the public will most probahly issue.
Local rumours cooflict greatly as to the cardinal point of a
surplus or • deficit, wens affirming confidently that the te-
tanus will be 1.900,0011. egoist the llslieh, and others that
it will be 3110,103/. to its credit. We have reason to
lishevii that the document will be a very voluminous
one, and that the following will be found an approxi-
mate statement of its figures Receipts, 3.010,539
pluses, 33.1 pea ; expenditure, 2,969,004 panes, 492 pins.,
of —a surplus of 41,5.14 pumas, 343 pies. (1914,175/. 17s. 3d.1
The value of such • balance-abut as a guide to the financial
state of the country will iif coarse de cad on the souudneas
of the arithmetical reasoning by which this result has been
arrived at; but thouth we are in a position to foreshadow
even this, it might be unsatisfactory to attempt within the
compass of a parepapb coy summary of the able combine-
tito facts sad ii6nres by which the oatinul amount is
thus favourably *viand. Next week, however, we Lope
to be able to du the in a Olanilef which will do ju.tics to the
doevinsent itself and to the legitimate curiosity of our
readers.
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The subjoined memorandum relative to Spanish
Passive Bonds is from a correspondent.
The taiegram from 31edrid yesterdey steno that the moused
of ministers met on Thursday, and were ontivicel with the
question of the finances ; tad it is addod that it hoped to
overcome all difficult.s affecting public credit. This will be
cheeriug news to the public creditors of Soon. The presort
Position tat the Poisne debt, to which the greatest interest
w directed, stands thus. Spanish Panive koreiga or Ex-
tonal amounte to 5,000,000; , on which tlisproperty hypo-
thecated is payment ~f iu,erest la 45,000 r. per annum ;
Illpanhil. Passive florae or IntersoPlooond clam asuman to