The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-08 00:00:00

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Southern State of America has certainly existed. but the
pest scarcity of suitable craft for that quarter as one hand.
sad the high pries asked by existing owners as the other
band, effeckelly operated against the desired tressactioes.
ring
has been far from active ; several etraesere, bow-
-1 eetr. bays been placed ou time charters at nelerate rates.
Tie Baltic trade con ti aum without any animation, low n lee el
freight Feminine, which may be partially attributed to the
depressed state of the corn trade end Sheath:factory repeat
of our own harvest. Black Sea and Yediterranese freights
still milieus low ; for those ontwerds slightly better tents
are offering, but homeward charters are with diSeulty
obtained.

Moaner Immo.
Consols, which closed on Friday at 94 to I, both
fur money and the 9th ind., opened and closed to-
day at the mine quotation. For the new account
(Oct.) the price is 93 to 94, the " oontango"
being per cent. The official business report is as
follows : Three per Cent. Consols, for moos:,
94, ; ditto, for account, 931, j ; Three per o=
Reduced, 924, ; New Three per Cents., 21, ; •
Thirty Years Annuities, 1886,141; Bank Stock, 240,
239 ; India Stock, 226 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock,
108 i, j, j ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1001 ;
ditto Bmda, Itta prem.
The India Five per Cent stock was steady at
108} to I. India Bonds were last voted 165. to
19e. prem. ; and Exchequerßills, Is. dm. tc 2s. prem.
The market for the scrip of the Confederate Loan
was very heavy, on the sew, from America re-
garding the prospect e 4 the fall of Charleston. The
quotation at one time was as low as 40 dia., but at
the close it stood at 30 to 28 discount.
Owing to the tenor of the news from America
considerable excitement prevailed in the Liverpool
cotton marker to-day, and the sales reached 25,000
bales. Prices generally advanced jd. to Id. per lb.
Considerable animation prevailed in the market
for bank shares, • large amount of business was
transacted, and prices generally showed an upward
tendency. Alliance of London and Liverpool,
Australasia, Bank of Queensland, Brazilian and
Portuguese, Chartered of India, Australia, and
China, Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and
China, Oity, Hindustan, China, and Japan, London
sad Brazilian, London Chartered of Australia,
Midland, and New South Wales, were all better. In
the miscellaneous share market there was a rise in
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Italian Irrigation and C.eal (including the Bonds).
Natal Land and Colonisation, Royal Mail Steam,
and National Discount, while Oriental Inland
Steam declined.
Canada Six per Cents. were lower, while the
The per Cents. and Victoria Six per Coats. were
rather better,
International Financial shares were without

alteration, at b~ to 6 prem., and General Credit and
Finance at 21 to 24 prem. London Financial im-
proved 55., being last quoted 21 to 3k prem.
Hudson's Bay were steady, at 4to dis., and
Egyptian Trading at 11 to 14 prem.
Ocean Marine shares were last quoted 13 to 131
prem. ; Thames and Mersey. 21 to 34 orals. ; -
Universal, 4 to 4 die. ; North British and Mercian.
tile, 174 to 18 ; and Comnseruial Union, 21 to 31
prem.
The nominal closing quotations for Aires in
new undertakings to-day were as follows :
Oriental Hotels, k tot prem.; Marine Investment,
4to 1 prem.; and British and Foreign India-rubber
mPaph Prem.