The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-06 00:00:00

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yby a majority die38 in a boon el 186 members. It will,
therefore now be cussed in committee, but fram various
signs tbeis is reason to believe it will meet with many
culties, and that the compulsory thine% which renders it
penal after three years to employ asy of old weights or
measures, will probably be modified in an important degree.
The quinine is one on which it is extremely easy to moves
the ignorant self-will of a large multitude of and
unless the end is approached in the mot eel so can.
titan manner, it ia certain to be put down by clamour. The
unsuccessful attempts hitherto made to decimalise our cur-
rency appear to have greatly strengthened the power of all
oppouente of reforms of this nature. Many think that if,
Bastard of lured/nog with the penny, the advocates of de-
cimal coinage bad simply proposed the creation of a freak
plens of 10d., a Grin of Is. Bd., a three-franc piece of 246 d.
(our old halt crown), and a dollar of *Ye franca, or 4s. 2d.,
we should then have brought our currimey into perfect rela-
tion, not only with that of the 0011fibelat of Berope, bat
also of the Untied States and Canada, and everyone would
have bees at liberty to keep his books us dollen or in pounds
sterling, as heretofore.

BAlvanAT !tvizn.(9.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 92} tot, ex
for the 9th of July, opened this morning at the
same quotation, and closed at 92k, " sellers." For
money the last price was 9211 to }. The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 921, ex div. ; ditto for
account, 921, ex div. ; Three pew Ceuta. Reduced,
92, 91i, 92} ; New Three per Cents., 911, 92} ;
Rank Stock, 236 ; Thirty Years Annuities, 1885,
15 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1080, ; ditto
Four per Cent. Debentures, 1864 or 1864 i, 1004 ;
ditto Bonds, lie. prem.

The India Five per Cent. stock was slightly better,
at 108* to ex div. There were some purchases of
India Bonds at prem. Exchequer Bills were
inquired fur, and rose Is. to 26., closing at 2s. dis.
to Is. prem.
The foreign stock market was firmer, particu-
larly in the afternoon, when a renewed demand was
experienced fur several of the more speculative
stocks.

International Financial shares were again lower
at 51 to 1, pretn.; General Credit steady at 14 to
it prem.; and Laudon Financial dull, at 1; to I
prem. Egyptian Trading have risen to 1 to I
prem.
The shares of the Hudson's Bay Company, after
being offered at 14 prem., closed the same as yes-
terday, at IR to It prem.
Agra Bank and l nion Bank of Australia share,
were quoted lower, while Provincial Bank of Ire-
land have improved. Other bank shares were
steady. Peel River Land stock row about 2 per
cent. National Discount, and Joint Stock Discount
shares, and the shares and bonds of the Italian
Irrigation Company, met with inquiry.
The closing quotations for shares in new
undertakings to-day were as follows :—Cannes
Hotel, 7} to si prem. ; Mediterranean Hotel,
1 to 2 prem. ; Copenhagen Railway, t to I
prem. ; London and Paris Hotel, to 1 prem. ;
London and Hamburg Bank, par to 1 prem. ;
Adelaide Port and Railway, to 1 prem.; Rich-
mond Hill Hotel, 4 to t prem.; Torquay Motel, 1
to 14 prem.; and fttienog Ayres Northern Railway
Deferred Preference snares, 1 to 11 prem.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocc.

The mining market is quiet to-day. East Basset
and Wheal Seton shares are lower—the former
at 77 to 79, and the latter at 222 to 225.
East Caradon are rather better, at 27j to 28. East
Cam Brea are quoted Bto ; Drakewalls, to 2 ;
Chiverton, 7 to I ; West Chiverton, 25i to 26 ;
Tincruft, 21 to k ; Great Fortune, 36 to 37 ; Kitty
St. Agnes, 7 to ; and Wheal Crebor, 11 to 2.
Val lan zasca Gold sh ares have risen, and Alamillos,
Capula Silver, Kapunda, and Montes Aureoe are
inquired for.
The half-yearly meeting of the Cobre Mining
Association is called for the 28th inst.
Meet of the Australian mining companies have
received advices by the steamer Great Britain.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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