The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAL)

Two o'CLoci.

The stock and share markets are generally rather
depressed to-day, and prices are mostly lower.
Consols show a decline of per cent. Most of the
principal British railway shares have also receded
in value, as well as Turkish, Mexican, and Spanish
securities.

At Paris the morning, according to Mr.
iteuter'e telegram, the Three per Cent. Rents,
opened at 69fr. 66c., but improved to 69fr. 75c.,
being rather more than it per oent. better than on
Saturday.

Consols are officially marked 931, and A for
money, and 931 and 1 for the account. The
present quotation is 93} to both for cash and the
6th instant. Tho official business report is as
follows :—Bank Stock, 242, 243 ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 92*, 92 ; New Three per
Cents., 92, k, 911 ; Five per Cent. Annui-
ties, 1101 ; India Stock, 224 ; ditto Five
per Cent. stock, 107, 1061, 1071, 1061 ;
ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1863, 1001 ;
ditto, 1864 or 1866, 100 ; Five per Cent. " enlaced"
rupee paper, 102, k ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per
Cent., 108 ; Exchequer Bills, June, 205., 225., 19s,
prem.

There is less activity in the foreign stock market
to day, and prices have receded in several instances.
Turkish stocks have fallen about per
cent., the Loan of 1854 being quoted 841
to 851, and that of 1858, 72 to 4, ex
div. Mexican and Spanish Bonds are also lower.
Sales were recorded as follows :—Buenoe Ayres
Six per Cents., 93; Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates,
1021; French Fourend-a-Half per Cant. Relates,
98fr. (exch. , 25fr. ) ; Italian Five perCents.,67, 4, 661,
674 ; Mexican Three per Cents., for account, 351,
341 ; Piedmontese Five per Cents., 671 (ex-
change 25fr.) ; Portuguese Three per Cents.,
1856, 1857, 1859, and 1860, 46 ; Russian
Five per Cents., 994 ex div. ; ditto Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 941 ; Sardinian Five per Cents.,
for account, 801 ; Spanish New Deferred Three per
Cents., 431 ; ditto Passive, 194 ; the Committee"
Certificates, 61, 7 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1858,
for account, 72f, 4 ; ditto 1001. Bonds, 731;
ditto Guaranteed Four per Cents., 1024.
The Shannon, from the West Indies, bag brought
413,000/. in specie. The Oneida, from Brazil, has
arrived at Lisbon, with 53,6011.
About 40,0001. in gold, chiefly French coin, was
withdrawn from the Bank on Saturday for the
continent.

The Atrato will tate 5,6221. in gold and 1,9171.
in silver for the West Indies.

The Ceylon will take, to-morrow, 94,0281. in
specie for the East, of which 17,6211. is gold and
the rest silver. Subjoined are the particulars,
viz. :—For Alexandria, 1,6001. ; Ceylon, 3,0001. ;
Madras, 12,3811. ' Calcutta, 42,1401. ; Hong Kong,
3,4821. ;j Foo-choo foo, 5001. ; and for Shanghae,
30,2251.
The Liverpool cotton market on Saturday was
firm but the sales were limited to 7,000 bales.
We have received a oopy of the prospectus of the
South Essex Waterworks Company. The object is
to utilise a large supply of water, of very pure
quality, opened at Grays, in Essex. The present
powers of the company enable it to distribute
water to Brentwood, Bamford, Ilford, Barking, and
other places in the neighbourhood, but it is con-
templated eventually to make the yield available to
improve and increase the metropolitan supply.
Various privileges are, to the extent of two-thirds,
to be represented and satisfied by an allotment of
shares. Five years are allowed by the company's
act for the completion of the works. The capital
is 80,0001., in shares of 101 each.
The sth annual meeting of the County and
and General Gas Consumers' Company was held
on Thursday, Mr. E. H. J. Craufurd, M.P., pre-
siding. The directors' report alluded in terms of
congratulation to the prosperous condition of the
company, and recommended the declaration of a
half-yearly dividend at tae rate of 6 per cent. per
annum. It was mentioned that the gas rental is
steadily increasing. The present is the third divi-
dend of 6 per con.. The report and accounts were
adopted unanimously, and thanks were voted to
the chairman and directors.

The 7th annual meeting of the proprietors of
the Scinde Railway Company is called for the 28th
inst.

The annual court of the Canada Company is
called for the 26th March. _ _ _

The half-yearly report of the directors of the
Cry..tal Palace Distect Gas Company recommends
a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum on
the ordinary capital, together with a bonus of 1 per
cent. per annum.
A call of 31. is to be paid on the Right per Cent.
Preference shares of the Danube and Black Sea
Railway Company by the 18th March.
The annual meeting of Price's Patent Candle
Company is called for the 27th inst., when a divi-
dend is to be declared.

--TheE;itiinCounties Railway Company invite
tenders ":or the construction of railways in the
counties of Cambridge, Suffolk, and Essex."
Mr. W. H. M'Crerght has been appointed by the
Court of Chancery official manager of the State
Fire Insurance Company.
The subscription of the capital of the London
India-rubber Company has progreesed satisfac-
torily. The directors will close the list so soon as
they are satisfied that the applications received are
thoroughly in accordance with the bond fide objects
of this strictly commercial undertaking.

SAtUBDAT EVICIIING.

Consols opened and closed the same as yester-
day at 931 to both for money and the 6th of
March. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 931, 1 ;
ditto for account (March 6), 931 • Bank
Stock, 2421 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
93L I ; New Three per Cents., 93j, ;
Stock, 2241 ; ditto Five per Cent. stock,
1071, 1004 • ditto Four par Cent. Debentures,
1863, 100 ; ditto 1864, 100 ;Five per Cent. "enfaced"
rupee paper, 1021, 1.
The India Five per Cent. stock was steady at
1064 to 1071. The rupee paper continues in
demand.

The March Exchequer Bills were quoted 17s. to
20s. prem., and the June 18s. to 225. prem.
A considerable amount of business was done in
foreign stocks.
Bank shares to-day were firm. Union Bank of
Australia and English, Scottish, and Australian
Chartered Bank, were quoted better. In the mis-
uellaneous share market uo change occurred.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings were as follows :—Ocean Marine, 7* to 8
prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine, lj to 2
prem. ex int. ; Universal Marine, 1i to It dia. ;
London and Provincial Marino, 1-16 dia. to
1-16 prem. ; Mercantile Fire, 1 to 11 prem. ;
Commercial Union, 1 dim. to par ; City of Rio
Improvements Company, 3-16 to 5-16 prem. ; Lon-
don India Rubber Company, 1 to 1 prem. ; and
Westminster Brewery, toff prem.
The new Victoria Loan remains steady at 1041
to 1.