The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

re. 1a

PROVINCIAL REARS MARKETS.

Livaapooi., Y&-Gales to-day :.--Great Eastern, xd, 49
--Great Western, 67—lancaahlre and Yorkshire, 109—Londo I
and North Western, 991 I—Metropolitan, 143.16-South Eastern,
944 I 11—Great Luxembourg, 16 11-16—British and Foreign
Marine, p. 21.
BramEinnum. FM,. 28 —London and North Western quoted
991, buyers, vat sellers, en div.—Manchester, Buxton. and Mat-
lock. 4, buyers—Midland New, le pm, buyers—Birmingham
Canal. 92, Si dlr., buyers Wolverhampton and Staffordshire
Back. 91 to 10-Ifetropoli4n Wagon, Y pm, buyers, ex die.—
Wof9a. 12 to 1, ex dlr. —South Staffordshire Water-
works, 61 to 1. markets steady.
Mmitlfffferga, Y. 26.—There was a steady market, with a
good business. Great Eastern, 49i—Orest Ship, 6a. 9dL —Great
Western of Canada, 151—Lancashlre and Yorkshire, 106 i .1 9
London and North Western, 961 I—Manchester and County Bank,
11 p.—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, 461—Ditto Six
per Cent. Pref., 1261—North British, 631-Booth Eastern, 94 4
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance, si p. Metropolitan,
14 1.16 14—Ditto New, 216-16 p.—Bank of j .nehester, p.—
East Anglian, 14—Lancashire Insurance, p.
Immxt, Fla 26. —Leeds Banks, 44—Gunton and Liverpool Ex-
tension, 913.16—Midland, 126—London, 100—Sheffield, 46 6-16.
Dummy, Pia 28.—Three per Cent. Consols, 911 f—Nevr Three
per Gent, Reek, 94—ditto for account, 11th Match, 94 2
Ditto for New Account, 9th April, 911 1 —National Bank of Ireland
301. paid„ 771—Union Bank (Limited) (12L paid), 92—Midland
Great Western half shard ffif. paid , I—Ditto, for account,
2611—Great Southern and Western Your per Cent. Perp. (1001(paid, 981 a d.

Tag GALLwaY SUBSIDY.—It ban been announced
by Lord Palmerston that her Majesty's government have
speed to renew the subsidy for the lined Atlantic steamers
from Galway, and the directors have consented to send their
ships to such ports as the government may determine. In
consequence of this announcement a number of gentlemen
connected with or interested in Canada are taking active
measures to induce the government to fix upon a Canadian
port on the other side of the Atlantic in preference to New
York or Boston, and will submit to the noble lord a very
strong case in f►vour of this selection, mainly on the ground
of the injurious competition which, supported by Imperial
subsidy, will be set up as against lines of steamers esta-
blished betweek England and Canada and the British North
American provinces.—Obeerrer.

AN EOCZXTRIC OLD kAN.—AN eccentric old
roan, well known by omnibus conductors, has just died
suddeoly in an eating-house at Paris. This man, who was
• native of Lyons, had his brain turned by receiving an
unexpected legacy. His folly consisted in • passion for
riding about, which the low price of omnibus locomotion
enabled him to indulge in at a small expense. He knew
which line of those vehicles began to run the earliest in the
morning, and yea always at the starting place to take his
place on the Orst journey. Excepting the short intervals
occupied in taking his meals, his whole time, until the re-
turn of the last omnibus to the yard at night, was spent in
riding about. He always took the plain next the conductor,
on the right-hand side, and was much annoyed if he found it
already oecepied —Gefignani.
Mine Whateley, the author of "Ragged Life in
Eppt," has returned to Cairo, and reopened the school for
girls, which bed been closed during the summer. Elie was
welcomed back by her old fr»uds and mils, with the
demonstrations of joy and affection.—The Englash-

roman's JoariuU.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAP.)

Two o'CLocw.

The funds to-day are firmer, and an advance of
per cent: has occurred in Consols. The railway
market is dull, with a slight reduction in
South Eastern and Midland. Little busi-
ness is going forward in this depart-
ment. As regards foreign stocks the chief
movement is a fall in Mexican Bonds. Business in
foreign securities has not revived.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Ranks opened at
70fr. bc., being rather more than per cent. better
than on Saturday. The quotation for the end of
March is 70fr. 32c.

The scrip of the new Danish Loan is rather
firmer, at 2 to 21 prem.

Consols are now quoted 924 to ft both for money
and the account (March 5). The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 92f, f, ; ditto, for account, 92f, I ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 92f, f ; New Threeper Cents., 92f,
; New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 75J ; India Five
per Cent. Stock, 1081; ditto Four per Cent. De-
bentures, 1001 ; Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee
paper, 105 ; and Exchequer Bills, 2s. prem.
Mexican Bonds have fallen considerably, being
last marked 32. Greek have declined f per
cent. Italian Five per Cents. are also fiat. Spanish
Passive Bonds and Certificates continue in demand,
with an upward tendency. Turkish securities
are firm. Some of the present quota-
tions are annexed :—Turkish 1854 Loan, 90 to
f ; ditto, 1858, 691 to I, ex div. ; ditto, 1862, 69}
to 70 ; the Consolidia, 41 to f ; Greek Bondi', 19}
to ; Venezuelan Six per Cents., 59} to 1 ; the
n New Portuguse Loan, 462 to 4 ; and
the New Peruvian Loan, 88 to f.
Transactions are recorded as follows
Egyptian, 96f, ex div. ; Greek, 19} ;
ditto Coupons, 81 ; Italian, 681 ; Mex-
ican, for account, 32f, 32 ; Moorish, 931 ;
New Granada, 14} ; ditto Land Warrants (Hee-
tares), 7 ; Portuguese, 1862, 471, 47 ; Sardinian,
84 ; Spanish Passive, 261, 27 ; ditto
Certificates, 10, ; Turkish, 1854, for account,
901 ; ditto, 1858, for account, 69f, 69, I, 1,3, ex
div.; ditto 1001. bonds, 73, ex div. ; ditto 1862, for
account, 69f, I ; Venezuela, 1862, 591.

The steamer Shannon has arrived from the
West Indies, with no less than 934,000/ in gold and
silver.

Fouz o'Cb3cc.

Consols are quoted 921 to I both for money and
the bth inst., and 94 to 93 for the new ac-
count ; being better.

The statement published on Saturday that "the
directors of the Ottoman Bank have been compelled
to give an engagement not to attempt further pro-
oeedings in their arrangement for transferring the
property of the Ottoman Bank to a foreign com-
pany until the suit has been beard on its merits,"
is entirely contrary to the fact. The only under-
taking suggested by the Vice-Chancellor to the
Ottoman Bank directors was, that they should con-
fine themselves to the mode of procedure for wind-
ing up contained in their own affidavit—an engage-
ment which of course they could have no possible
objection to take. The power to wird up under
this condition was, therefore, distinctly affirmed.
The last strange attempt to induce action on the
part of the Stock Exchange Committee, and to
assail the value of the Customs securities hypothe-
cated to the Loan of 1862, is quite of a piece with
the line of argument pursued for weeks past with
reference to this affair, and needs no comment be-
yond an expression of regret that matters of so
much public interest should be discussed in such a
partisan spirit.
The directors of the Ottoman Bank have issued
their report, for presentation at the 7th annual
meeting on the 6th of March, but this docu-
ment is very brief, and its interest has been com-
pletely anticipated by the official notification
respecting dividend and bonus published a few days

''The British and American Exchange Banking
Corporation (Limited) have appointed Mr. David
Davidson their manager in London. Mr. Davidson
was for many years manager in Canada of the
Bank of British North America, and for the last
eight years general manager in the Bank of Mon-
treal, both of which institutions have agencies in
New York.
The " Intercolonial Bank of Australia and New
Zealand " is announced, with a proposed capital of
1,500,0001., in 15,000 shares of 1001. each, of which
the first issue is to consist of one-half, but a portion
of these are to be reserved for the colonies. The
object of this undertaking is apparent from its
title. The great success which has attended bank-
ing in Australia, and the rapid growth of Austra-
lian trade, naturally suggest the formation of new
establishments. The present concern proposes to
take a wide scope, aiming not only at the business
between the colonies and the mother country, but
also at that between the colonies themselves, par-
ticularly between Australia and New Zealand.
With this view, chief offices are to be formed in
London, Sydney, Melbourne, and Queensland, as
well as at Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson, in
New Zealand, but it is also intended to open inter-
colonial ,branches or agencies at other places, as
experience may direct. The buainess to be under-
taken is of the ordinary and legitimate character,
and the direction is respectable. The preliminary,
legal, and other expensed, are to be kept within •
gross total of 5,0001.
The amount of railway calls falling due in the
month of March (as stated in Mr. Slaughter's
Weekly List) is unusually small, being as follows :
Amount per Share.

Due Already Number
Due In March. 1863. Data. Aid. Cal. of shares. Amount,
Bombay. BansLl, tc ,
D shares
Danube and Black Sea
8 Per am! Prvf 5 20 0 Not known

2
NM Kent 5 per cent.
Pref.
Moukland New 101
Vale of HeathlOßPref 1

54 1 0 0 21,419
3 1 0 0 9,000
7 1 0 0 1,142
12 2 0 0 7,040

Total in Mirth

21,419
0,000
2,142
14,090

sm,err

Total called In three months of 1963.... L 1.468,006
The Fairlight has arrived from China with
690,9371b5. of tea, and the Summer Cloud with
848,0251 be.

SAIIIRDAT Fir wlO.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 921 to
both for money and the sth of March, closed
to-day at the same quotation. The official
business report is as follows :—Tbree per Cent.
Consols, for money, 92e, 1, ; ditto, for ac-
count, 921 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 921, j ;
New Three per Cents., 921, ; Thirty Years An-
nuities, 1885, 151 ; India Stack, 229 ; ditto Five
per Cent. Stock, 108, ft • ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 100 k, 1 • ditto Bonds, 16s. prem. ;
Four per Cent. enficed" rupee paper, 941 ; ditto
Five and a Half per Cent., 1121.
The India Five per Cent. stock was Toted
1081 to fand Exchequer Bills at 21. dis. to 2s.
prem. Tliere were some purchases of India Bonds
at 16s. prem.
The foreign stock market was unusually quiet.
The receipts of the Orand Trunk Railway of
Canada, for the week ending the 7th Feb., were
16,6631. sterling, being 2091. more than in the cor-
responding week of last year.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings were as follows :—Cannes Hotel, to
2 prem.; Oil Wells of Canada, 3 to 4 prem. ; Bank
LoPdrenWncioneg'jFoiirenpraSnitiLkiifDPeis7au.unni\Celiite:o3Dil"itl7pinunrileig.,•tYt4and
London and South American Bank, if to 2 prem.
The demand for American securities continues.
A fresh rise has taken place to-day in the Federal
Five per Cents.