The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-01 00:00:00

T !Si

MONEY MARKET.-(T518 DAY.)

Two &Qom

The stock markets are all materially worse to-day,
in consequence of the apparent imminence of hos-
tilities in 13Ieswig. The funds have fallen I per oent.,
the chief home railway stocks *to ; and tbe spe-
culative foreign bonds *to 1 per cent. The fall is
general, and has become more decided during the
last hour.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter were quoted
66fr. 35c., being sc. lower than on Saturday.
Consols are now quoted 90 to 4 both for money
snd the present account (Feb. 4.) The official
business report is as follows:—Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 94, 5, 4 ; ditto
for account, 905, 5 ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 905, 4, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 905,
5 ; India Stock, 237 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock,
1044, 104 ; and Exchequer Bills, 45., 10s. die.
Foreign stocks present a general fall, especially
the speculative descriptions. Turkish Consolid6s
are 5 worse than yesterday, at 46 to 4 ; Greek,4 worse,
at 21 to I ; Mexican, 1 per cent. worse,
at 35 to 4 ; and Spanish Passive also 1 per
cent. worse, at 324 to 4. Transactions are
recorded as follows :—Brazilian, 1852, 1858, 1860,
864 ; Italian, for account, 67; ; Greek, for ac-
count, 21, 4, 5 ; Mexican, 354, 4 ; ditto for ac-
count, 354, 4, ; New Granada Deferred, 8 ;
Portuguese, 1856, ttc., for account, 475 ; Rus-
sian, 1822, 92 ; 1860, 87i, 88, 875 ; Sar-
dinian, for account, 82} ; Spanish New
Deferred, for account, 454 ; ditto Passive,
for account, 324, 5 ; ditto Certificates, for account,
13, 4, 4 ; Turkish, 1858, for account, 70 ; ditto
1001. bonds, 75 ; Venezuela, 1862, for account,
674, 665.

International Financial shares are quoted 6}
to 1 prem. ; General Credit, 21 to 3 prem.; Lon-
don Financial, 94 to 10 preen.; Egyptian
Trading, 2} to a prem.; Consolidated Dis-
count Company, di%. to par ; Mauritius
Land Credit and Mortgage, to 1 prem. ;
Disonunt Corporation, 31 to prem. ; Austra-
lian and Eastern Steam, 4to prem. ; Land
Securities, la to la prem. ; Mercantile Credit,
41 to 54 prem. ; East London Bank, 2f, 1 prem. ;
Anglo-Italian Bank, Ito prem. ; Contract Cor-
poration, 2} to 3 prem. ; and Adriatic Steam, dia.
to prem.

The official report of the subscriptions for the
new French Loan shows that after providing for
the allotments to the smallest class of applicants,
the distribution to the general body of subscribers
will scarcely reach 51 per cent of the amount
written for.

The following notifications, relating respectively
to the debts of New Granada, Mexico, and Vene-
zuela, were forwarded on Saturday to the Stock Ex-
change by Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. :
New Granada.

Xmas. Baring Brothers and Co. have reoeived by this
mail, on account of New Granada dividends—from Cuetom-
house, Santa Marta, 9791. la. 31.: from ditto. Cartagena,
400/.: from ditto. Seilmoilla, 2211. 7s. 10d.; total, 1,6(M. 9s.
Mexican dividmads. The Mexican mail, just arrived, does
not bring any remittance on bondholders' account. The
amount io deposit in Vera Crux a now Z 3,492 dollars. sad a
fenher distribution of duties which has been in course of
collodion for some time past was shortly expected. The
imports at VMS Crux are conaiderable, and a fair amount of
import duties nay be expected.
January 30.

Venesuebt.

Nowns. Bering Brothers and Co.'s agents in VeSi;ivals,
order date Bth inst., advise having collected for 53 per
amt. of the import duties for one week--From Custom.
home of le Gasps, 18,647 dole. 43c. ; from ditto, Puerto
Cabello, 1,268 dole. Abu. ; total, 19,916 dole. 31c. There is
• heavy ansonat of import duties still pending at the Cos.
toe-boar whiob have not been liquidated, owing to the
holidays attending the scum of the year.
Jaanary 30.

The Nest India mail fully confirms the news of
the success of General Mosque's in Ecuador ; and
the advices are of such a character as to encourage
a hope that the next mail may bring news of the
re-establishment of peace, which, it may be observed,
was only broken through the treachery of the
government of Ecuador. In Colombia no new
events of importance had occurred.
A further sum of 20,0001. in gold was bought by
the Bank on Satorday.
The following are the principal passages of the
report of the directors of the Bank of Egypt, to be
I submitted at the annual meeting on the 12th
February :
The directors of the Bank of Egypt have the pleasure, at
this, their eighth anginal general meeting, to lay before the
shareholders the annexed statement of amounts for the
half-year which elided on the 31st December, 1863. The
net predts, including a belaties of 5,145/. 9a. Id. brought for-
ward from the previous half•year, amount to 15,9701.00 2d.;
which enables the directors to reoommead the usual divi.
dead at the rate of 7 per cent, per mama for the half-year
0,75014, free of income tax, leaving 7,220/. Oa. 2d. to be
carried forward to the next account. The directors have to
minimums that, in coneequeeos of Mr. Charles Thurburn's
inteuded n turn to England, he has been obliged to resign
the collies of local director is Pavia. While reveals/ the
low of his valuable services, the dire4ors have the 'static-
tem to state that they have arranged with Mr. Christian
(far some time an taw of tbs bank, and afterwards a
manager is Alexandria) to mamas the peition held by Mr.
Charles rharburn.

In forwarding to the shareholders of the Bahia
and San Francisco Railway Company the warrants
for guaracteed interest calculated to Slat December
last the secretary makes the following statement :
From the let January ha this year, the workiog of the
limo will be °Deducted by the company, and I am iestructed
to inform you that all future half-yearly payments to share-
holders will be dividends, end not isterest ors capital sub-
scribed sad that dividends can only be declared (in accord-
ance with the 103rd clause is the articles of sesociatkm) at
the ordinary veersl meetings of the company to be held In
April and October. . . .

general meeting of the San Paulo (Brazilian)
Railway Company will be held on the 24th Feb.
The half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern
Railway Company is convened for the 20th Feb. 1
The annual meeting of the Lands Improvement
Company is convened for the 12th Feb., when a
half-yearly dividend is to be declared. The meeting I
will be made special to authorise the directors to
enter into the proposed agreement with the Land
Securities Company (Limited).
Creditors of the United Kingdom Ship-owning'
Company (Limited) are required to send their
',Jaime to the official liquidator by the 24th Feb., I
the 15th March having been appointed by the Mas-
ter of the Rolls for adjudicating upon them.
The receipts of the Great Western Railway of
Canada for the week ending the 15th January
were 2,8961., being 728/. less than in the corre-
sponding week of last year.
We are requested to state that the interest on
the funded coupons of the first mortgage of the ;
Ohio and Mississippi (Eastern Division) Railroad
Company will be paid this day at the office of Mr.
William Evans, 102, Gresham house.
The seeped call of 51.. making 121. paid, is to be
paid on the shares in the London and Paris Hotel
Company (Limited) by the 12th Feb.
A call of 51. is to be paid on the shares in the
Bank of Queensland (Limited) by the 24th Feb.
Notice is given of the chasing of the transfer
books of the Universal Marine Insurance Company
from the Ist to the 11th Feb.
Application has been made to the Stock Ex-
change Committee to appoint a settling day in the
shares of the Mauritius Laud Credit and Agency
Company (Limited). The share certificates of this
company will be ready for delivery to-morrow
next, in exchange fur the letters of allotment and
bankers' receipts.
The share certificates of the Consolidated Dis-
count Company (Limited) are now randy for deii-
very in exchange for the bankers' receipts.
the "letters of regret" of the London Mercan-
tile Discount Company were issued on Saturday,
and it is expected that the letters of allotment will
be ready to-morrow.
We notice that the mercantile community of Ja-
maica are about to be furnished with sooommoda-
tion of • class which has long bees wanted, a local
company having arranged to work aline of steamers
which shall ply completely round the island.

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With reference to the money market, the circular
of Dieters. Joseph Travers and Bone observes :

The discesst Wainer d the week hie bras very adios
in all departments, bat dare las not, at any time, bees
such a preeenre as to create an expectation of a farther
upward movement on the part of the Busk of England.
Judging from the temporary cessation of the gold efflux,
and the probability that the war mania in Germany win
Lead to restrict the commercial operation' of that country,
the prospect of a necessity for the adoption of higher tents
may be considered, for the mamma, to have peseeil away.

SATURDAY Evil:FEN°.

Consols, which closed yesterday at to 2 both
for money and neat Thursday's settlement, were
marked to-day 902, and closed at 902 to 1. The
official business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 901,j ; ditto, for account,
902 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 9031, j ; New
Three per Cents.' j ; India Five per Cent.
Stock, 104, j ; ditto, for account, 104.1 ; ditto
Bonds, par.
The India Five per Cent. Stock still shows little
or no recovery from the late fall. India Bonds were
dealt in at par. Exchequer Bills remain at 10s.
to 4s. die. . .

The foreign stock market was generally better,
notwithstanding the inactivity of business. Most
of the speculative stocks have improved.
In the market for bank shares there was an im-
provement in Imperial, Imperial Ottoman, London
and Buenos Ayres, London Chartered Bank of
Australia, London and County, London and South
Aineiicau, and Mercantile and Exchange Bank.
Anglo-Austrian Batik have advanced toe to g prem.
Bank of British North America, London Bank of
Scotland, and National Bank of Liverpool, have
receded. Egyptian Commercial and Trading shares
were again in influential demand, and have risen
to 24 to p, prem. Joint Stock Discount, North
British and Mercantile Insurance, and the Ceylon
Company's shares, were also better. Discount
Co.-poration shares and the Italian Irrigati‘in Com-
pany's Bonds were flatter.
The demand for International Financial -shares
continues, and a fresh rise of ss. has taken place,
the price closing at 7g to if prem. General Credit
have improved to 24 to 3 prem. London Financial
were rather lower, at 104 to 101 prem. ; and Mer-
cantile Credit in request at 41 to 51 prem.
The shares of the Land Securities Company were
last quoted 14 prem., "buyers," showing an ad-
vance ; Mauritius Land Credit, gto prem.; West
India and Pacific Steam, 1 to 11 prem. ; Anglo-
Italian Bank, to 4 prem. ; Mercantile Credit,
42 to 54 prem. ; Australian and Eastern Naviga-
tion, 3g to b prem. ; Contract Corporation, 24 to
3 prem. ; Consolidated Discount, dis. to par;
Financial Corporation, 14 to 24 prem. ; Loudon,
Italian, and Adriatic Steam, par to 1. prem.,
showing a fall ; International Racecourse, 14 to 2
prem. ; Littlehampton Steam, 54 to 4; prem. ;
London Chemical Company, 2
to 1 prem. ; and
London Mercantile Discount, to 4 prem.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLolz.

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The mining market is steady to-day, with a
fair amount of business. Chiverton shares are
in demand, and have advanced 55., the
present quotation being 114 to 12. East
Caradon are quoted 274 to 3 ; West Chiverton, 55
to 56 ; Caration Vale, to ; and Wheal Sc
102 to 164. Cambrian Gold shares are inquired
for, and have been dealt in at i 4 and j.
Dou Pedro shares exhibit an improving ten-
dency ; transactions are recorded at and ;. Cape
Copper are officially marked 84 to N.
The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received, by telegram
from Lisbon, the following report, dated Morro
Velbo, December :—Produce 10 days of De-
cember, 10,630 oitavas ; yield, 5,737 °Revs, per
ton. Hauling chains breaking twice can.el a
deficient supply of ore. Now working reg