The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-13 00:00:00

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MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoac

The funds remain heavy. Consols are quoted
to-day at a fresh reduction of 1 per cent.,
sellers predominating. The Paris Bourse is
likewise drooping. The settlement in • shares
and foreign stocks has oommencel to-day. Eng-
lish railways are very steady, and very little re-
duction is observable in foreign securities.
At Paris, this morning (according to Mr. Renter's
telegram), the Three per Cent. Renter opened at
70fr. 10c., showing a fresh fall of 1 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 921 to for money, and
92{ to 93 for the account (Feb. 5). The officasil
business report is as follows : Three per Cant.
Consols, for money, 93, 92, 3 ; ditto for
account, 93, 92{ ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 9214
93 ; NewThre per Cents., 92*, 93, 921; Thirty Years
Annuities, 1885, 15 3-16, 1-16 ; Bank Stock, 236 ;
India Five per Cent. Stock, 108 i, ; ditto Four par
Cent. Debentures, 1001 ; ditto Bonds, 3011., 290..
prem. ; Four per Cent " enlaced'' rupee paper,
961 ; ditto Five per Cent., 1051, 106 ; and Ex-
chequer Bills, 14s. prem.

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Business in foreign stocks has been upon a
moderate scale. New Granadian Securities aro
firm, and Italian Five per Cents. heavy.
A further reduction of 4 per cent. his
taken place in the New Peruvian Loan, which is
quoted 88 to 4, ex div. Turkish securities are firm ;
the Loan of 1864 is quoted 85 to 4 ; that of 1858,
704 to 714 ; that of 1862, 674 to ex div. ;
the Consolid6s, 404 to 4, being 4 bet-
ter ; and Venezuelan scrip, 2 to 14 dia.
Transactions are recorded as follows :-Brazi-
lian, 1852, 1868, 1860, 934 ; Greek, Coupons, 64 ;
Italian, 694, ex dir. ; do., Maremmana Railway, 734,
4, div. ; Mexican, 314, 32 ; New Granada Land.
Warrants, 44; ditto ex overdue Coupons sod
Hectares, 124, 4 ; Peruvian, 1862, 884, 874.
88k, ex div. ; Portuguese, 1862, 47, 4,
ex div. ; ditto scrip, 34 prem., ex div. ;
Russian, 984 ; ditto, 1850, 94, 4, ex div. ; ditto.
1859, 614 ; ditto, 1862, 96, 954 ; Spanish
Passive, 244, 34 ; Turkish, 1864, 854, 4 ; ditto
1858, 714 ; ditto 1862, 674, 4,4, ex div. ;
Venezuela scrip, 14, 4 dia.
A meeting is now being held of the creditors at
Messrs. Janvrin, Grassie, and de Lisle, who recently
failed. Including 1,4911., due to creditors on the
underwriting accounts, the liabilities amount to
84,1361., sod the assets, with the addition of 16,1911.
claimed on underwriting transactions, to 38,3421.

Four. o'CLocx.
Consols are flat, at 921 to I for money, and 921
to for the account.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have announced
that the dividend warrants due on the Ist June,
1862, on the Active Bonds of New Granada at
6a. 21d. per 1001., and on the Deferred Bonds at
ls. 2a., will be paid on the 17th inst. This is of
course the minimum dividend. In regard to the..
stocks, the question of interest is not so much what
they pay now, but what they will pay hereafter. From
the proportion of dividend assigned to the two
classes of dept, as above specified, it would appear
that either the Deferred Bonds are too dear at their
present quotation of 8 to *, or the Bonds, " ex the
overdue Coupons and Hectares," are too low at
12i to I.
An instalment of 10 per cent. fell due yesterday
on the last Russian Loan.
We understand that the larger portion of the old.
Peruvian stocks has already been converted into the
new Four-and-a-Balf per Cent. Loan, and ttfat a
further considerable amount will be similarly dealt
with on the issue of the new bonds, which is ex-
pected to take place about the latter end of this
month. - .

A special meeting of the shareholders in the Lon-
don and Middlesex Bank (Limited), is called for the
28th inst., "for the purpose of approving the
auditor appointed by the board, and of submitting
a statement showing the success of the operations at
the bank during the past four mouths."
The half-yearly interest is advertised on Turin
and Savona Railway shares. It is at the same
time notified that the privilege of receiving 6 per
cent. per annum interest on payments in anticipa-
tion of calls, as well as pre-payment in full upon
the shares, will expire on the 31st inst.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Queensland Wool Company, and also that el
the Midland Counties Union Banking Company
will be closed to-day (the 13th).
The Finzel has arrived from Chka with
488,2701b5. of tea and 891 bales of silk ; and the
John Nicholson with 805,2101b5. of tea.

Mosimy Evrince.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 93 to 1 for
the sth February, opened and closed to-day at the
Isame quotation. For money the last price was 921
to 93. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 92k, 931, 93,
1 • ditto for account, 93 ; Three per Cents. Re-
du'oed, 93, 92k, 931 ; New Three per Cents., 921,
931, 92/ • Red Sea Telegraph, 22 ; Bank Stock,
235 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1081, 1, ; ditto
for account, 108/ ; ditto Four per Cent. Deben-
tures, 1001 ; ditto Bonds, 29a, 255., prem. ; Four
per Cent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 964; ditto
Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1121.
The supply of Consols for immediate delivery is
very scanty, owing to the recent absorption for ac-
count of the deposits on railway bills.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was steady at
1081# to k ; India Bonds, at 26e. to 295. prem.;
and Exchequer Bills at 14e. to 18s. prem.
The transactions in foreign stocks were to a good
extent.

Colonial Government securities remain very firm,
with a good demand. An advance has takes
place to-day iu New Zealand and Queensland.
Metropolitan Railway shares were again in
demand to-day, owing to the successful openinghis of
the line and the promise of a large traffic. T
property u still at a slight discount, the closing
quotation being 9 9-16 to 11.16, with 101. paid.
American aecurities were generally better to-day.
The advance in the Federal and Virginia State
Bonds was to 1 per cent.
Bank shares, on the whole, were rather flatter.
A decline has taken place in London and Northern
and London and Buenos Ayres Bank. Union Bank
of London were likewise more offered. City Bank
shares, however, were quoted better. Italian Irri-
gation and National Discount shares were rather flat,
while Peninsular and Oriental Steam have improved..
The closing quotations for shares in new under.
takings were as follows :—English and Irish
Bank,
par to I prem. ; Bank of Scinde, Punjaab,iij
Delhi, par to prem. ; Bristol and South Wales
Zinc Smelting, t to 1 prem. ; Socalti Financiers
of Egypt, par to prem. ; Anglo-Portuguese B
t to 1 prem. ; Midland Counties Union Bank,
to prem. ; Cannes Hotel, it to prem. ; Britis
and Foreign Marine" Insurance, t to I prem. ;
Oil Wells of Canada, t to 1 prem. ; Coutineutal
Bank Corporation, t to I prem. ; Queensland
Wool, tto prem. ; and Loan, Trust, and Agency
Company of South Africa, t to j prem.
The shares of the British and American Exchange
Banking Corporation were in demand, and closed
at If to 2 prow.

VERDICT OF WILFCL MCIDEIL —IT will be remem.
bered that a serious case of assault took place at Berwick
ou the night of the Ist November, being hiring day, when
form-servant tuned Thomas Hamilton wa■ inveigled into
heavy drinking by man of indifferent charter, named William
Deans, robbed by hin, of his watch and motley, sod kicked
so severely in the back that his spine was tract
and he died December 23. An inquest has since been bag
on the body. which, after repeated adjournments and a
minute inquiry into the facts, terminated on Friday even-
ing, when the jur►, after a quarter of an holies delilets-
tire, returned s verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Me
prisoner, William Deans. Deans will be tried at the spring
assizes for Northumberland. He has already confessed to
robbing the deceased, but denies that he assaulted Wm.
Edtuturyit Courant.