The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-01 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARI

10,0001 00

LMMIMOOL, MAY 40.—Salse today:
shire, 111—London sad North Western, 1051.
Butnatittaiclbla2 30.—Buslneas was dull in this market to-day,
but prima were Arm. Shrewsbury and Hereford shares ware
dealt to at 161—Midland stock closed (sellers)) at 130—South Staf-
ford., at 101—Birmingham Canals, at say—BlrmlogWm Banking
Company shares, at 27 to 271.
LEEDS. MAT la—,
Doyen,tak Hi --LoodonLee& Banks, 60—Great !astern
A. afit I—Midland i, 1011
Dulnin, MAT 30.—New Three per Cent Stock, 911
live pe Cent Stock, 10111—Bank of Ireland, 100 L paid, 220—Nn
tlooal Bank of Ireland, MI paid, Wil—Procbmiai Bank OIL paid.
201—Athenry sad 'hue, la paid, 3—Cork, Blackrock, and
50L paid t fl—Dublin and Kingatown, 1001 paid 206 y
Midland Western and ILL Canal, sOL paid, 6l Midland
Great Western, half shares, 261 paid. 261 11—Patadown, Dun-
gannon, dc., 6 per cent, 461. paid, 27.

ARRIVAL OF A Thom. Sam.—The ship Copen-
hagen, from Calcutta, with troops, passed up off Plymouth
yesterday romping ea route for Portsmouth.
DUTCH RRIII4IBII RAILWAY.—The receipts for
the fortnight ending May 15, 1863, amounted to 7,7431.
se. 144., sod for the corresponding period of lest year to
7.65 W. 4s. 3ict, showing an increase of 871.65. 10d. in favour
of the peanut year. The working expenses for the fortnight
amounted to 3,1811. Is. 3d., or 41.08 per cent. of the
receipts, sod for the oorreeponding period of last year to
3,1571. 14s. 7d., or 41.23 per cent., showing an Moreno of
expenses amounting to 231. Be. Bd. against the present
yyeaarr. The working expenses for the year 1862.1863 were
38.81 per cent. of the receipts.
Auviurrrious Caseate.—The rude wits of so-
ciety delighted in attacking those adventitious charma—un-
coma:sous, probably, that in this es in many other things,
the Greek epigrsnumatists had been long before them. Hese
is one a/ the best ansoopt may—anonymous„ so fat IA we
know, which we mks in Kr. Booth's volume :
Coamella's charm Inspire my lays,
Who, fair In Dottrel' morn.
Moms In the winter of her days,
Like Olastaehary thorn.
If e'er, to miss the tempting bliss,
Upon her lips yon
The plalstored fete returns the kin,
Lea Thisbe, Won& a wall
—Bindweed's Megatisse, tor Jam.

MONEY MARKET.-(T EIS DAY.)

Two o'OLocic.

The stock markets to-day are quiet. Home
securities, including the funds and railway stocks,
remain at Saturday's quotations, with little business.
The inquiries for foreign stocks have revived, and
the tendency of prices in this department is up-
wards. Venezuelan securities have shown especial
buovan•.. •-•

auoyancy. One of the principal features of busi-
ness in the Stock Exchange to-day, however, has
been an active demand for, and a considerable rise
in, the shares of the new financial companies.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
69fr. 22c., being 1-16 to 4 per cent, lower than on
Saturday.
Confederate Loan scrip is quoted 4 to 2 die. ;
Turkish, If to If prem. ; and Italian, 24 to 28
prem.
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Consols are now quoted 934 to f, cunt div., for
money, and 92k to 1, ex div. for the account
(June 9). The official business report is as follows :
-Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 934, 4, 4
ditto, for account, 921 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
911, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 914, 4 ; Thirty
Years' Annuities, 1885, 14 15-16 ; India Five per
Cent. Stock, 1101, 110; ditto Bonds, 14a, 10s.
prem. ; Five per Cent., " enfaoed" rupee paper,
1064 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 115 ; and
Exchequer Bills, 4s. dia., par.
An improvement has taken place to-day in
Equador Bonds, Portuguese of 1862, the Marem-
mans Railway Loan and Spanish Passive. Mex-
ican Bonds and Italian Five per Cents. are
likewise inquired for. The principal demand, how-
ever, has been for Venezuelan Bonds. The Six
per Cents. have risen II per cent., being now
quoted 59 to}, while the Old Bonds are last marked
264. Greek Bonds are per cent. better than on
Saturday, at 331 to 4. Turkish securities
have scarcely varied, the Loan of 1854 being
quoted 894 to 901 ; that of 1858, 704 to 1 ; that of
1862, 72 to 1 ; and the Consolidds, 511 to IT, showing
in the latter instance an improvement of about 4.
Transactions are recorded as follows :-Brazilian,
1852, 1858, 1860, 93, 92, ex div. ; Chilian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 84, ex div. ; Dutch Two-
and-a-lialf per Ceuta., 651 ; Equador New Con-
solidated, 171, 181 ; ditto Provisional Land
Warrants, 94, 10 ; Egyptian, 100 ; ditto second
issue, 100 ; Greek, 33, 4, 1 ; ditto Coupons, 151,
15 ; Italian, for account, 72, 4 ; ditto Maremmana
Railway, 81, 801, 811 ; Mexican, for account, 351 ;
New Granada, 161 ; Peruvian, 1862, for ac-
count, 90 ; Portuguese, 1853, for account, 491,
; ditto, 1856, 1857, 1859, 1860, and 1862,
for account, 50, 4, 493, 501 ; Rnasian,
1850, 901 ; Spanish Passive, for account, 34, 334 ;
ditto Certificates, 121 ; Turkish, 1858, 701 ; ditto
for account, 704, 4 ; ditto, 1862, for account,
721, 72, ; Venezuela, for account, 251, 261 ;
ditto, 1862, 591, 681, 594, 1, 1.
The shares of the new financial undertakings
are all higher. International Financial are quoted
61 to 7 prem. ; General Credit and Finance, 34
to 4 prem. on the allotment ; and London Finan-
cial, 2 to 21 prem.
The Essex has arrived from Melbourne, with
147,000/. in gold ; the Sussex, with 116,500/. ; the
Teuton* from New York, with 40,500/. ; and the
Oneida, from Brazil, with 1,4981. The total is
305,498/.
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An instalment of 10 per cent. falls due to-
day, June 1, on the Confederate Loan, and one of
15 per cent. on the Italian Irrigation Company's
Loan. To-morrow 4 per cent. has to be paid
on the Portuguese Loan. The present instal-
ment on the Confederate Loan will make 35 per
cent, paid, and will leave 55 per cent. to be met.
The final instalment falls due on the Ist of October.

About 10,0001. in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank on Saturday for exportation.
The Agincourt has arrived from Melbourne with
100,0001. in gold. The Australasian, from New
York, has brought 29,0001.
The Board of Trade returns for the month of
April are unusually interesting and important,
because they afford evidence of a decided
recovery in the export trade. The ship-
ments of home productions for the month'
amounted to 11,897,1771., being larger by
2,074,2891., or 21 per cent, than in April, 1862,
and larger by 991,9641., or 9 per cent., than in
April, 1861. The increase is spread over nearly
every article in the export list, and has even ex-
tended to cotton yarn and goods, the prices of
which it must, however, be borne in mind, are now
materially enhanced. The feature has been at the
same time presented of a decided diminution in our
imports and consumption of foreign grain and flour.
At a meeting of the shareholders of the London
and South Western Bank (Limited), held on the
30th instant, the resolution passed at the meeting
on the 14th instant, substituting in lieu of the
6th clause in the articles of association the fol-
lowing—" The business of the company shall be
carried on at such place or places as the board
may deem advisable"—was confirmed.
At the meeting on Saturday of the East India Irri-
gation and Canal Company the directors' report was
adopted. It stated that the operations since the
last meeting had been very favourable, and that
the confidence of the directors in the success and
value of the undertaking has received continued
confirmation.
The letters of allotment and of " regret" of the
General Credit and Finance Company of London
were posted on Saturday evening.
It appears that the settlement in Royal Sardinian
Railway shares is not likely to take place until
some weeks hence, it being necessary to wait until
the statutes are formally approved by the Italian
government. This operation takes time, although
tt is understood that the whole affair is perfectly in
order.

A new undertaking called the Photogenic Gas
Company (Limited, is announced. The object
of this project is to introduce the photo-
genic light, which is e pally obtainable from
ordinary gas or atmospheric air by Mon-
gruel's " Patent Cold Generator." This light
is described as being at once cheap, powerful, and
healthy, and has been exhibited in London for some
months past. It is now on view at the
company's offices, in Bishopegate-street With-
in. It is affirmed that ordinary gas, if made,
as it leaves the meter, to pass through M.
Mongruel's generator to the burners, acquires
an increased illuminating power of 150 to 400 per
cent. ; while the consumption of the gas itself is
diminished by at least one fourth. It is thus
believed that the invention is susceptible of most
extensive and profitable application. The capital
proposed is 200,0001., in 10,000 shares of 201.
each, but the first issue is to be limited to 5,000
shares. The company purchases the patent and
rights for a sum equal to one-fourth of the capital,
but the inventor gives evidence of his confidence
by agreeing to take the whole of the purchase
money, with the exception of 5,0001., in paid up
'shares.

SkruanAT Eynon.

Consols opened and closed at yesterday's quota-
tions, viz., 931 to 1, with div., for money, and
921 to 1, ex div., for the 9th of June.
The official business report is as follows ;
—Three per Cent. Console, for money,
Nat 1 cum div. ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
91 New Three per Cents., 911, 1 ;
ia 'ye per Cent. Stock, 110, 1 ; ditto, Four per
Cent. Debentures, 1001, 1 ; ditto Bonds, lls.,
15s. prem.
The India Five per Cent. stock was quoted 110
to 1, being steady ; India Bonds, lls. to 15s.
prem. ; sad Exchequer Bills, 44. to la. die.