The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-19 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

Dossar, Due 17.—These per Cent. COMM!, 91—New Three per
Cent. sleek, 901—Ribernian flanking Company (sal paid), mm
xd.—National Bank (SOL paid , `el—National Bank of Liverpool
(*Limited) (la paid), for aocouni, 174—Ditto, New, 81--al
hank (104. paid, lo—Cork and Bandon, for account (all paid),
141—Dublin, Wlcklow,and Wexford all paid), 91—Greet South.
em and Western (100 L d', o.ll—Ditto, for account, 9n4—illd.
land Great Wmtem and Royal tknal (all paid), 48.
nce.l4 —llaies to-day: laaarahlre and Yorkshtre,
1091 44 London and North Western, 1071 - London and Routh
Western,lo:l—hlancliester, !Sheffield, and IJacolnahlre. 481 '—
South %astern, 161 —Great Eastern, EC., 44 per cent., 99
Birkenhead, 511—London and North Wootern, Chester, and
Molt head, 1141—Dutch P.benish. 14 rd ix—Great Luxembourg
shares, 114 MereantiM and Exchange. Bank (Limited), 41 8.16
4 3.16 t p. lona Bonk of Liverpool (Linalted‘, yf p.—Rrttish
and YoreMn Marine (Limitod), x 13-16 p.—Ympire Marine
Limited), 11 p.— louden and Lancashire lasuranee, l p.—Royal
Insurance, 41 p.—tiulon Moline ,Linilted), 21 p.—Pgc
Steam, TS. . . . . .

DSc. 18.—In local stocks were sold, Birmingham
and Staffordshire Gas R2O shares, £3O Ba. ; Birmingham Old
Milt 71 ; and Metropolitan Wagon, New, 1140 prom. In rail-
ways. Stour Valley marked tellers at 9, Birmingham Guaranteed,
at 771, ; and Loudon and North We.tern, at 107 ; South &affords
closed, 11 to 111,; and West Midland (Mord Ist Guaranteed
1?8t.o IV. _ .

IlAacn Walt, DEC. 13.—We hate Tad a good market, and
prices have been grin. Great Eastern, 48* tireist Northern
A, 13 i—Great Western, t3)—Lacaah•re and Yorkshire, 100/
110 I I—Laudon and North Western, 107 I—Manchester,
geld, sad Lincolnshire. 4.1 -Metropolitan, 1111—Merkiane,
331 4l—North itrithl, 62 2—North Eastern, Berwick., 102—
Smith Eastern. V6l 1 I—Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance,
411-16 p.—Leadon and Caledonian Marine, f p.—Great Ship
Preference, 44 rel —Whitehaven and Furness, 25—National
Steam. 2* I p.—Past ►encashire, Sit per Ont., 1381—Fast
Anglian, No. 1, 1011).—Lauca.tUre lusuratios, p.—Confederate
Loan, Si

DEATH Or THE Rau. JOAIAH FORSHALL, M.A.
F.R.& —Tbe death is manouseed the Rey. Josiahßushed.
M.L. F.R.S.. some time fellow sod tutor of Exeter Col-
lege, Oxford, sod euberqueotly keeper of MSS. sod also
secretery of the lintisti.3!umum.

Tug CAna or AKEFIELD V. CRAWLLY."—
Lieutenant-Camel Crawley is go plead to-day in the above
action, whirl" promises to be exceedingly iaterestiag and
important. His Royal Highness the Find-Marshal Coen-
roaodiatio-Chief has bees subpoenaed by tits plaintiff, sad
• requisition has been made to the Hone Guards for t►e
depositions of the three sergeant-majors taken previous
to the Mhow court martial. The depositions of Seriteaat-
Major Wakefield have, we understood, been furnished, but
the authorities have deck:lel to give those of the two other
sergetot.majors. United Service Gazette.
ADMIRAL MILNE.—A letter from Halifax re-
ports that Hr Alex. Mike, naval commander-in-chief oa
that station, having been sucmoded in the command by'
Rear-Admiral Sir James Hope, sailed for England via •
Bermuda. He was touch esteemed, and the merchants of
Halifax presented an address to him before his departure.
In replying to this address be paid a high tribute to the naval
commanders and the 01,4 autborites and government of
the United States for the uniform kindness and courtesy
manifested towards himself and the officers under him in alt
their intercourse. He also stated that the government of
that country acted honourably and promptly with regard to
every communication mot to it by him. This reply is very
distasteful to the rebel sympathisers in Halifax.—/rotiosal
ligellitscacer.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Ciocz.

Although business in the stock markets is de-
cidedly limited, as usual at the approach of
the Christmas holidays, the ten4ency of prices
continues to be in the direction of improvement.
The funds have fully maintained yesterday's
advance. Home railway stocks in several instances
are better, and the same remark applies to some of
the speculative foreign stocks. In the latter de-
partment, Mexican Bonds are in chief request.
Consols are now quoted 911 to 1, ex div., for
money, and 914 to 4, ex div. for the account
(January 7). The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 914, 1;
ditto, for account, 914, 4 ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 91, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 914, 91,
; Bank Stock, 234 ; India Five per Cent. Stock,
1064 ; Flve per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper,
1034 ; and Exchequer Bills, 4a., dia.
Mesh= Bonds are in request to-day, and have
risen} to per cent. There is also an improvement
of 4to in Spanish Passive and 4to in
Greek. Other foreign stocks are generally
steady. Some of the present quotations are
annexed :—Turkish 1854 Loan, 884 to 894 ; ditto,
1858, 694 to 1 ; ditto, 1862, 70/ to 1; the Conso-
lidis, 461 to 4 ; Greek, 254 to 26 ; Mexi-
can, 3.5/ to 4 ; Spanish Passive, 33 to
; and Brazilian scrip, 14 to II dia.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian,
1862, 1858, 1860, 86, 1,4, ex div. ; Egyptian, 99 ;
ditto, second issue, 991, 981 ; Greek, for ac-
count, 254 ; Italian, for account, 704, 4 ;
Mexican, 35; ditto, foe account, 344, 364; Peruvian,
1862. for account, 87, 861, 87 ; Portuguese, 1853,
for account, 484 ; Russian, 1862, 884, 3 ; Spanish
Passive, fur account, 334 ; ditto Certificates, for
account, 134 ; Turkish, 1854, for account, 881 ;
ditto 1858, for account, 691, 3 ; ditto 1862, for
account, 704, 4 ; Venezuela, 1862, for account, 544.
International Financial shares are quoted 41
to 4 prem. ; General Credit, 24 to prem. ; Lon-
don Financial, 84 to 9 prem. ; Mercantile
Credit, 44 to 5 prem. ; Hudson's Bay,
3 to 21 dis. ; Egyptian Trading, 14 to 11
prem. ; Merchant Banking, 31 to 41 prem. ;
Land Mortgage Bank of India, 21 to 4 prem. ;
West India and Pacific Steam, 1 to 14 prem.;
English and Swedish Bank, 11 to 21 prem. ; East
London Bank, 24 to 3 prem. ; Discount Corpora-
tion, 3/ to 4} prem. ; Floating Dock, 1 to 14
prem. ; National Steam, 2 to 24 prem. ; and Con-
tract Corporation, 3 to 4 prem.

Hms-roar Two o'Ctocw.
Consols remain firm at 91i to I for money, and
MI to } for the account.

The dividends on Peruvian Bonds of 1562 are
advertised for payment in due course.
About 11,0001. in bargold was taken to the Bank
yesterday. There were no withdrawals. There is
now upwards of 500,000/. in American and Aus-
tralian gold to be disposed of, nearly tLe whole of
which is expected to be sent into the Bank next
week. The magnitude of the arrivals from Ame-
rica will not escape attention, the ►mount by the
City of Baltimore being 211,0001.
-• •

On 'Change yesterday afternoon there was a good
demand for bills on tho continent, and the tendency
of the rates was somewhat less favourable for this
country. The hat is subjoined :
_ _

Amsterdam, 3 months, E. to 1 : ditto, 3 days,
ILI7I to IN; Rotterdam, 3 mooths, 12.0} to 1 ; Antwerp,
3 months, 23.70 to 75 ; Hamburg, ms. baoom three mouths,
13.8 to 1: Paris, 3 days, 25.30 to 35 ; ditto. 3 mouths,
25.70 to 75 ; Prankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months, 1191 to
1: Bt. Petersburg (per rouble), 3 mouths, 321 to 33 ; View*,
eft. 80., 3 m00tb5,12.30 to 35 ; Trieste, eft. 80., 3 months,
12.30 to 35 ; Madrid, 3 mouths, 48 to 1; Cad's, 3 mouthy,
471 to 48 ; Leghorn, 3 mouths, 25.90 to 9:.; Genoa. 3
mouths, 25.90 to 95 , Mihn, 3 months, 25.90 to 95;
Naples, 3 months, 25.90 to 95; Palermo, 3 months, 25.90
to 95; Messina, 3 mouths, 15.90 to 95 ; Lisbon, 90 days,
6/21 to 1; Oporto, 90 days, 521 to 1.
At Paris the rate of discount in the open market
is now si per cent. ; Vienna, 6 ; Et. Petemburg, 8 ;
Hamburg and Amsterdam, 5; Frankfort and
Berlin, 4; ; Turiu, 81r ; and Brussels, 5i per cent.

. _
Letters from Hull announce the stoppage of
Messrs. Thomas Blaney and Co., corn factors,
with liabilities for about 20,0001. The liquidation
is expected to show unsatisfactory results. Losses
in corn appear to have caused the failure.

The meeting of the creditors of Mr. W. N. du
Mottos is not expected to be convened just yet, the
books being in arrear.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Tuesday next a special settling day in the follow-
ing securities :

Bahia Cu Conmany (Limited) Ten ITo be marked in tbe
per Cent. Preference Shares f Twice a Week List.
Scinde, Parijanb, and Delhi Bank (Limited)
New Shares To be sucked.
Louder:, Buenos Acres, and River Plate
Bank (Limited) New Sbarm
ot to be
Richmond-hill Hotel Coaspeey (Limited) ,marked.
Ottoman Railway Six per Nat. Debentures, 1 Already
1863

The following is a copy of the circular mentioned
yesterday as being on the point of issue to the
shareholders of the late Ottoman Bank :

4, Bank•buildings, Lothbury, Dee. 17.
Sir,—The directors of the late Ottomso Bank have the
satisfaction of aonouncing that they have now succeeded in
so far adjusting the assets and liabilities of the bank as to
enable them to make *distribution of the principal part of
its surplus assets. The amount which the dire-tors con-
eider themselves justified at present in dividing is 110,000!.,
representing a ponce of 'lO per cent. upon the paid-up
capital, or 4'. per share on the old, and 81. per share on the
now share'. There remain still some few further assets sod
claims in litigation, which will form the subject of a future
distribution, at as early a period as practice hie. The war-
rants for the shove named boons will in due course be issued,
payable 15th Jaonary. —I am. &a,
WILLIAM W. LANDCE, Assistant Secretary.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 1,5871. over last year.

The English and Irish Bank (Limited) have
given notice that their first ordinary general meet-
ing will be held on Friday, Jan. 8.
At a meeting of the shareholders of the General
Rolling Stool Company (Limited), held ou Tuesday
last, a divileud at the rate of 10 per cent. per an-
num was declared, payable on the 31st inst.
The West India and Pacific Steamship Company
on Thursday despatched, as their pioneer steamer, the
splendid new screw steamer Mexican, for the West
Indies and Colon. She took out a very large and
valuable cargo and a full complement of passengers
—the largest number, we believe, ever taken by
steamer from Liverpool to the West Indies. It
will thus be seen that the directors have lost no
time in commencing operations.

The annual rut;etiog of the Orientlll Inland
Steam Company (Limited) is convened for the
30th inst.

A general meeting of the National Discount
Company is called for the tlOth Ituuary.
Mr. Alfred Brett lies addrmed the annexed sug-
gestion to the directors of the Great Ship Company,
and has written in a similar sense to the directors
of the Crystal Palace Company :

Gentlemes,—Perceiving by the papers that it is the is.
testios of the directors to dispose of the Great Sbip by
lottery, to be held et Frankfort-on•thelfaitie, and that all
the shares will be held in England, I take the liberty to
that the Crystal Palace would bee far better place,
this may easily be managed by disposing of the vessel
on the came principle as the Art Gahm, be giving the par-
chaser of every ticket of one guinea • lithogrrarb of the
ship, so that it should be all prizes, and instead of dividing
of the vessel to let that he • single prize.
I would teiggeriet making the tickets a guise's, and this
would enable the directors to allow agent' all over the
country, and on the coutinent, the one shilling as com-
mission. and I haven doubt by this means and at this season
of the year. if well advertised end t.ushrd, a eery large sum
of mossy might be realised, naming heads of families would
take tickets for each of their children, as some one would
make • fortune, and then there would be a chance even yet
for the vessel t) he got such a price that empties parties
might be found to try further experhnesta with her.—l
am. hc., ALPIKD Burr.
' 150, Lesdenhaldstreet, Loodoo, LC., Dec. 15.

FRIDAY EVICCUCti

Consols, which closed yesterday at I to 4, eit
div., for the 7th January, were marked ,to-day
and 911, and were ~uo:ed at 4 o'clock 914 to 4.
For money the last price was 91 to 4. The o
cial business report is as follows: Three per Cent.
Console, for money, 901, 1, 91 • ditto for account.
911, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 991, 1, ;
New Three per Cents., 9./1, 91. 901 ; Bank Stock,
233, 235 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1064, 1;
ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1864, or 1866,
991 • dittoßonds, 2s. die. ; Five per Cent. • en-
face:l" rupee paper, 104.
Indian Government securities were steady. Ex-
chequer Bills were unaltered at 10s. to Si. di*.
The foreign stuck market was generally better,
especially in the afternoon, when an advance took
place in most of the speculative stocks, in sympathy
with the improvement in the other departments et
the Stock Exchange.
The prospectus of the New Contract Corporation
(Limited) was very favourably received to-day, and
the applications are already far in excess of the pre-
sent issue of capital. The shares opened at 3to 4
prem., rose to 4 to 5 prem.' and closed at 34 to 1
prem. The list will be closed on Wednesday next.
The shares of the Financial Companies remain
very steady. International closed at 44 to prem. ;
London at 84
_to 81 prem.; General at 24 to
prem. ; and Mercantile at 44 to 5 prem. for the
aocoant, but 61 to 7 prem. for money. Hudson's
Bay shares were firmer, at 24 to 94 dia.; and Esop-
tivi Trading 2s. 6d. lower, at 11 to 11 prem.
Ocean Marine shares were last quoted to-day
144 to 1 prem. • Thames and Mersey Marine, 41
to 1 prem. ; Universal Marine, par to 4 prep ;
Commercial Union Assurance, 34 to ;7, prem. ;
and North British and Mercantile Insurance,
171 to 184.
Euglish and Swedish Bank shares werelast quoted
11 to 21 prem. ; Land Mortgage Bank of India,
2t to 24 prem. ; Constantinople and Alexandria
Hotels, 1 to 2 prem. ; National Steam, 14 to ?,Iprem. • Merchant Bank, 34 to 44 prem. ; Diseonnt
Corporation, 34 to 44 prem. ; West India
and Pacific Steam Ito 11 prem. • Muutz's Metal
Company to 'die. ; Floating bock Company,
14 to 11 prem. ; and Gloucestershire rinieltuig.
24 to 21 prem. •
Canada and Natal Government Debentures were
inquired for to-day.