The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-22 00:00:00

MIiCELLANIOOB.

No. 81. Coutama.
10,000! II tAsalo-llaalcau Mint • all
00,000 10 I Atlaatic IU. Ball St (L) all
10,008 25 Australian Agrieul lO
47,000' 10 BeriloWaterworks (L)• all,
10,000: 6 • Bombay Gas (Limited 4
0.0001 66 'British Am'riran Land 40
614,72)4. 80. B. t I. Slag. Tel (L) P 0 I
12,5001 10 ,British Indian lea (Li. 2
90,001 20 :British Iron
400100. 2: 'Canada Agency As. (Li, Se
$,0151 32('Cunada Lan•l )
23,0001 10 'Ceylon Company
40,0001 10 'Con of Aftifsiffier.(L' 2
12,000 9i 'C0p.61.231.2.,Pref.np.c. all
10029051 sc. ;Crystal Palace 'loo
100,8101.1 St'Do. Preference lOO
277,0001.' St Do. 6p. et. Perp. Deb lOO I
1,,000100 DiseounteorporatioseL
moo *0 IL India Irrig. a Natal 6
. ' 20 :IlayptiseCom.ft 17441.
1379;9761 St. • nectric Telegraph 'loo
70,000 Bog and An.. Copper 1 all
125,000' SO '0 Co edit& II n.of Lon.(L 4
20.0001 15 Clan. Steam Navigation 14 I
330,000 1 !Great Ship, L.) 17, p.c.p. I all
100,000 -20 Badman's Bay , 16 I
150,000 20 'lnternat. linan.Soc. (L); 6 ,
1.0.,0^ 20 /Italian brig.
:Can. ) I •
10000001 2)0. c War len( all
40,00 26 lointStockDisooantlL)'
4-,000 25 I Do. New 1
20,000 25 'load, African Trading 0
12,000 5 Lood.Distriot TelealL, all
10,000' 60 Loud. Sayan. Asia AL: 16
175,000' 4 Load. G. Omnibus C. (L , all ,
00,000 20 , Madras !reign. & Canal' 1 '
12,0 0 10 '10412. Zahn. Tel. (L), all
20 000' 60 Berean.CreditAmo.fLp 3
22,100 10 NatelLandaikk G. 0L), I
80,000 21 National DD. Co.. IL),
6,000 20 'NerlaldaCoal 1 (L)'
6,000 10 Do. New
20,000 16 I N.ZealandT.tt LeanlL)l 1 -
188,676' 1 N. knish Australs (L) all
10,000 20 ,OrientalCommerelahL I 7
100 000 1 Oriental Gas (Limited) all ,
60,000 1 • Do. New
40,000 10 OfienLlnlan4StealnlL)l
10,000 6 Ottoman Gas (1/ns,ted,, 3 1
000,0001 St.. PeellUv.Landallia.(l.) 100 I
10,000 60 ,Peninenlar B G. Stew all I
90,000 60 , Do. New lO ;
17,000 10 'QuebrodaL I
R.,401.(L
10,000 60 Ithymney Iron all
10,000 16 Do. New ' all I
4,260 26 tuo J. city Imre.. (1 )' an
29.760 24 I Ditto dftto 4
16,000 Ka !Royal Lnli Slum , 00
170,0001. St. Scottish Aird. Inv. (L )-100
10,000 60 S. AMC. M. &
14.200 21 Ifieuth Australian Isistal all
280,0001 SR ifishmerine Tellegispa lOO
1 • Do. scrip all
12,500 10 •TrnattAaseepefAns. L • 1
60,000 10 ,T. LOa of Canada,
110,000 6 ,DititedlL ?slag Co. (LI 3 I
10,000 20 Tan Diemen's Land.. •• ,
_ PREFERENCE SHARES.

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Greet Western, origioal 5 per cent. redeem. pref., 103.
Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire 6 per cest.,l27.
North Eastern, Stocktoneod lairlingtoe,AJ per eent.,2Ba.
South &store (Reading Ann., 11. OIL 61), Z 3.

'MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Cuxim

The stock markets to-dayare dui], business being
very inactive, owing to the approach of the
holidays. The funds are quoted per
cent. lower than they closed yesterday.
There is little change in foreign stock,,
but the market is dull in character. Home railway
securities exhibit a slight tendency to improve-
ment.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter opened at
Mr. 40c., being sc. better than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 911 to 1, ea div., for
money, and 911 to 11, ex div., for the account
(Jan. 7). The official business report is u fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 911,
; ditto, for account, 91/ ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 911, 1,1 ; New Three per Cents., 911,
1 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1061, ; ditto
Four pertent. Debentures. 1864 or 1866, 99g, 1 ;
Five per Cent. " enlaced" rupee paper, 1031 ;
ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1131 ; and
Exchequer Bills, 44., 9s. dia.

Foreign stocks are quiet. The chief business has
been in Mexican Bonds, which, after being dealt in
between 351 and 36k, are now quoted the same
as yesterday afternoon—at 36 to 1. Greek
Bonds are 1 lower, at 241 to 25 ; Turkish Con-
solidds, 1 better, at 461 to 1 ; and Spanish
Passive steady, at 33 to 1. Venezuela
Six per Cents. remain heavy. Transactions
are recorded as follows :—Buenos Ayres,
for account, 93 ; Dutch Certificates, 1001 ;
Egyptian, 991; Greek, for account, 2g, 1, 25 ; ditto
Coupons, for account, 111 ; Mexican, fur account,
38, 351, 361, 36, k ; Portuguese, 1856, &c., for ac-
count, 481; ditto scrip, 1 prem. ; Russian, 1850,
8841 ; Spanish, for account, 54 ; Turkish, 1854,
for account, 884 ; ditto 1858, for account, 691,1;
ditto 1001. Bonds, 72 ; ditto 1862, for account, 701,
71 ; Venezuela, for account, 23g, ; ; ditto, 1862, for
account, 544, 54.

International Financial shares are quoted 44
to 4 prem. ; General Credit, 2} to prem. ; Lon-
don Financial, 9 to 4 pram. ; Mercantile
Credit, to 5} prem. ; Hudson's Bay,
n to 2} die. ; Egyptian Trading, 1} to 11
prem. ; Merchant Banking, n to 44 prem. ;
Land Mortgage Bank of India, 2} to 2} prem.;
English and Swedish Bank, 2 to 4 prem. ;
East London Bank, 2 to i pram. ; Discount Cor-
poration, 31 to 4} prem. ; Floating Dock, 1 to 11
prom. ; Contract Corporation, n to n prom. ; and
Consolidated Discount Company, 2 to 1 prem.
In Mexican Bonds speculative purchases are
being encouraged by the belief that the French
will steadily crush out the opposition party, while
the continued collection of the bondholders' pro-
portion of the customs duties and their transmis-
sion to the proper quarter prove that the foreign
assignments are duly respected. Those holden
who sold their Mexican Bonds a few months ago
when the price was nearly 48, now evince a dis-
position to pick them up again.
At the Bank of England yesterday the demand
was very moderate, and in the general market
the terms for choice paper did not exceed 74 to 73
per cent. The fact is that, under the influence of
the disquietude which lately prevailed, the com-
mercial public have supplied themselves with a
much larger amount of money than they are usually
in possession of at this period of the year, while at
the same time the high rates ()tiered for capital have
the natural effect of bringing iu a supply from every
available quarter.
About 140,0001. in bar gold was bought by the
Bank yesterday, and there were no withdrawals.
Some parcels of sovereigns, however, are expected
to be taken in a day or two, for transmission to
Brazil by the steamer which will leave Marseilles
on the 25th lost.

The Arabia, from Boston, has brought 6,0001. in
specie.
The drain of bullion from France to the East
and to Egypt continues. The Messageries Imp&
riales steamer Moeris, which left Marseilles on the
19th inst., took 100,8991. in specie for India and
China, and 102,4201. for Alexandria.
The amount of bills on India for which tenders
will be received at the Bank of England on the Gth
January will be rupees 50,00,000 (500,000 L)
The Stock Exchange will be closed on Saturday
next, the 26th inst., by order of the committee.
The great ma)ority of the chief commercial esta-
blishments will also be shut on that day, which is
expected to be observed as an almost universal
holiday.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have
appointed Wednesday next a special settling day in
the shares of the National Steam Navigation Com-
pany (Limited), which are to be officially qnoted.
The committee have also ordered the shares of the
Upper Assam Tea Company to be marked in the
official list. _ _

The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week a decrease of 1,2171. compared with last year ;
and the South Eastern an increase of 1,3181.
Some dissatisfaction is expressed by the parties
interested at learning that the payment just an-
nounced on Ottoman Bank shares is not to take
place until the 15th January. It is urged that the
money might easily be disbursed during the course
of the present year, to which the payment properly
belongs. This representation seems the more rea-
sonable because a long interval has now elapsed
since the winding-up of the Ottoman Bauk, or
rather its merging into the Imperial Ottoman
Bank, was decided upon, and it has always been
understood that the reserve fund seas chiefly in-
vested in Consols, than which no stock is more
readily convertible.
The Consolidated Discount Company (Limited)
is announced, with a proposed capital of
1,000,0001., in 20,000 shares of 60/. each, of which
10,000 shares are to be issued at present. The board
of direction comprises Mr. George W. Constable,
of Messrs. Henderson and Oonstible ; Mr. George
Denny, of Messrs. George Denuy and Co. ; Mr.
William Little, late a director of the Bank of Eug-
land ; Mr. F. J. Sargood, of Messrs. Sargood,
King, and Sargood ; Mr. Thomas S. Richardson ;
Mr. James Thompson, of Messrs. Le Gras Thomp-
son and Co. ; and three members of the firm of
Messrs. Sandeman and Co., of Abchurch-lane, viz.,
Mr. Hugh Fraser &Indocile°, Mr. Richard M. San-
derson, and Mr. Samuel Baker. It is upon the
purchase of the business of this firm and upon the
co-operatiou of its members that the project is
based. It is stated that there is no promotion
money, and that " The terms on which the busi-
ness of Messrs. Sandeman and Co. has been pur-
chased enable the directors to offer an immediate
and secure dividend of at least 10 per cent." The
company's business will commence on the lit of
January.
The West India and Pacific Steam-ship Company
have purchased the fleet of steamers and interest
of Mr. Alfred Holt, in the West India trade. Mr.
Holt was the pioneer in this trade, and has been
engaged in it—we are assured, successfully—for the
last eight years. The directors have also retained
Mr. Holt's co-operation in the management of the
company. The first steamer under this new ar-
rangement will sail on the sth Jan.
The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada for the week ending the 2:4th November
were 22,1071. sterling, being 1,035/. less than in the
corresponding week of last year.
The receipts of the Great Western Railway of
Canada for the week ending the 4th December
were 12,0751., being 1011. more than in the corre-
sponding week of last year.
The Groat Western Railway Company of Canada
have intimated that " the loss on exchange by the
conversion of American money received for the
carriage of through traffic from the commencement
of the current half-year to sth December, 1863,
amounted to the sum of 22,239/. lls. &1., and at

that date there was a further sum of Ameri-
can funds still remaining to be converted of
69,628.52 dole."
The share certificates of the East London Bank
are now ready for delivery, in exchange for the
bankers' receipts, and on signature of the articles
of association.
A call of 3/. is to be paid on the shares in the
British Indian Tea Company by the 12th January.

MONDAY Emma.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 910 to
div., for the 7th January, were first marked to-day
91i, and closed at 91i to 9.16. For money the last
price was 911 to ex div. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 911, 1, I ; ditto for account, 91i, + ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 911, ; New 'Area
per Cents., 911, 1, ; India Five per Cent. Stock,
1061, i; ditto Four per Cent., 100 f ; ditto Bonds,
The India Five per Cent. Stock was firm. Ex-
chequer Bills remain at 9s. to 4s. dia.
With the exception of Greek Bonds, which were
decidedly heavy, and fell o per cent, foreign stocks
were firmer. _ .

A general meeting of the Commercial Dock Com-
pany is convened for the Bth January, when a half-
yearly dividend is to be declared.
A fair amount of business was done in bank
shares. London and County, Union Bank of Aus-
tralia, English and Swedish, and &lade and Pun-
janto Bank were inquired for, and firm ; while
European Bank, London and Buenos Ayres, and
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank have receded.
Bank of Hindustan continue in demand, and closed
firmly at 6 to GI prem. London Dock stock im-
proved 1 per cent. National Discount and Joint
Stock Discount sham continue in request, and the
inquiries extended to General Steam and Trost and
Agency of Australasia ; but Crystal Palate and
Nerbudda Coal and Iron showed heaviness.

Aoglo-Austrian Bank shares were firm, at 4 to

11 prem.
The shares of the Financial Companies showed
an upward tendency. International closed at 4k to
f prem. ; London, at 9 to 9k prem. ; General, as
2 11-16 to 13-16 prem. ; and Mercantile, at
to si prem. for the account. Hudson's Ba shares
were 15e. better, at 21 to 21 die. ; and
Trading steady, at 11 to 11 prem.
Ocean Marine shares were last quoted to-day
141 to 15k prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine,
to 5 prem. ; Universal Marine, par to k prem. ;
Commercial Union Assurance, 31 to prem. ;
North British and Mercantile Insurance, 171 to
18k ; and Oriental and General Marine, 11 to n
English and Swedish Bank shares were Lest quoted
2to 2k prem. ; Land Mortgage Bank of India,
2k to 2i prem. • Contract Corporation, 21.
to 3k prem. ; Constantinople au.l Alexandria
Hotels, 1 to 2 prem. ; West India and Pacific
Steam, 21 to 21 prem. ; National Steam, 2 to 21
prem. • Merchant Bank, 4 to 41 prem. • ' Discount
Corporation, 31 to 41 prem. ; Muntz's Metal
Company, 1 to 1 die. ; lattlehampton Steam, 41 to
5 prem.; Floating Dock Company, lk to If
prem. ; and Gloucestershire Smelting, 2k to 3
prem.
Virginia Six per Cents. have declinod. Victoria
Government Debentures were inquired for.