The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-03 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SNARE MARKETS.

Livinfool., MAT 2.-Bales to-day : - Great Weems. 741-
Lmcashiro and Yorkshire, 1221 1-Lond and North Weston.
=ll S 1 S .1 1 1 -Manchester, sheneld, and Llneolashtre6=
metropolitan Txteon. 11 p.-North 'astern Berwick
dock. 1101-Buffalo and Lake Homo, 41 6-16-Great Western of
Canada, 101-Krie, be 1 1 1 601 1 50-111 Mots Central, 7711
Dutch BMuish, 6 1216 1 Great Lexemboarg area.
p.-
7-161- thsunah Certificates, 161-4.2antederate Loan, 11-11
/States 5-20 Bond; 65 6 61-11ereantila and &change Bank
Limited'. 2
ueDlre 1 1216 d. - British and foreign Marina, 2 u4sp.—
Insurance 11.16 D. -Queen Insurance, 1 p.-Union
Manna (United), 1# WI and Irish Inwe Tale.
115-British mans, II d. - Lisarpod licitaaga,
National Staem ( tad). 611 1 1 d.-711ntahire 011,2 4.
MAT 2.-Dhere w a good business. but
prices closed not quite so snoop. BelekowMhan, and Ce.
Irate
a 9.—c. cumen and co. Cuomo/ 1 P.-0511f54*-
rata loan. 111 It 1-Coneolitated Bank ( .111 4_o-I= k
'mambos= 6411 Tnmk of Quads, 111(
Western of 1 Welitar., la i--Otnetai Credit
United), 2 p.- Cranial, rri 41 i i ilzaiatila Brown
and Co. (Ilsolead), 12 p.-Lsaea• and 7 11511 1-
Leedom and North Western, 1221-Manehaster, and
upooleddrs. eV b-Ditto 6 per ant. Preference,
1 111 li 71 1-Ditto New Externion. 1112167;
1..1.6.1.16- ew York and Ida, 011 SIGO 1 1110 150 ill
491-N Kestent. Berwick', 11 Ditto Torts, 1011-Boath
Banat, Bt-Thumsa and Hersey Yonne Insasees (Undted),
6 n. v.-United Malls 6.16 Tears' Boob, is i 0 4 i 1--Navetry
g Newiltss=mbrien, flawesta, lint, thl-Dninet Bank,
Intlwap Meal Nail Mani, to 9.-Mantikenee
toonty Bank 1112111•0,4 p,... •

Two o'Czocz.
The revival in the demand for money has to-day
caused a fresh decline in the stock markets. The
funds have fallen 4 to 1 per cent., and the reduction
extends to foreign stocks (especially Turkish Con-
solidis) and home ra'lways.
There is a good demand for money to-day, and
the lowest rate for the best bills is 4 per cent.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter'a
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
67fr. 35c., showing a decline of sc.
Consols are now quoted 904 to 4 for money, and
904 for the account (May 9). The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Console,
for money, 901, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 884,
#, ; New Three per Cents., 884, 1, 4 ; Bank
Stock, 240 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 107 ;
and Exchequer Bills, 7s. prem.
The speculative foreign stocks are generally
lower. TurkishConsolides have declined 4 per oent.,
Mexican 4, and many other stocks 4 to 4.
Some of the present quotations are annexed,
viz.:—Greek Bonds, 204 to 21 ; Mexican, 26 to
4 ; Confederate, 12 to 13 ; Spanish Passive,
304 to 4 ; the Certificates, 164 to
; and Turkish Consolidds, 521 to 53.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Chilian
Six per Cents., 102 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 621 ; Danubian, 82, g ; Egyptian, 96 ;
ditto, second issue, 96 ; ditto, 1001.
Bonds, 97, 4 ; ditto, 1864, 931, 1;
Italian. 644, 4 ; Mexican, for account,
264, 26 ; dittolB64, 254 ; Moorish, 964 ; Portuguese,
1856, &c., for account, 481 ; Russian 1822, 911 ;
ditto 1850, 88,1; ditto 1862, 901,1, ex div. ; Spanish
Passive, 304 ; ditto Certificates, for account, 161, 4,
; Turkish, 1854, for account, 901, 1 ; ditto 1858,
for account, 70 ; ditto 1862, 734 ; ditto, foe ac-
count, 72, 711; ditto 1001. Bonds, 724 ; Venezuela,
for account, 184 ; ditto 1862, for account, 40, ex
div. ; ditto One-and-a-Half per Cent., 9.
The scrip of the New Ottoman Loan is quoted 1
to lf prem.
American securities are lower, the advices just
received from New York showing that prices were
below those current here ; 5-20 Bonds are now
quoted 64 to 4 ; Illinois Railway shares, 75 to 76 ;
and Erie, 50.
International Financial shares are now quoted
1 to A prem. ; General Credit, 14 to 2 prem. ;
London Financial, 7 to 4 prem. ; Imperial
Mercantile, 1 to 4 prem.; Credit Foncier and
Mobilier of England (both old and new), 31 to
prem., ex div. ; Hudson's Bay, 154 to 4 ; and
Egyptian Trading, 1 to 01 ffis.
The quotations for the shares of some of the new
companies are subjoined :—Metropolitan District
Railways, 9 to 10 prem. ; Varna Railway, 8 to
prem. ; Millwall Freehold Land and Docks, 2 to 1
die. ;Moecow Gas, 4 to# prem.; Russian Iron Worka,
2 to 4 prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian Navigation, 34 to 1
prem. ; Plymouth Shipbuilding, 14 to 2 prem. ;
Ottoman Company, 1 to 14 prem. ; and Lion
Brewery, 14 to 2 prem.
The Oneida, front Brazil, has brought 43,9521. is
specie ; and the Wave of Life, from Port Phillip,
13,0001. _

There being no demand for the East, the bar silver
by the Mexican packet was sold yesterday for Hol-
land at ss. old. per ounce, showing no alteration
compared with the recent quotations. The dollars
by the same vessel were disposed of, chiefly for the
same quarter, at 4e. 114 d., being likewise unal-
tered. There is only • limited inquiry for the
latter for China. The remittances for Holland are
understood to be chiefly in payment for American
securities sold here.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon pre-
sented no alteration. The list is subjoined :
Amsterdam, 3 moths, 11.19 to ditto, 3 days,
11.16 to 17 ; Rotterdam, 3 mouths, 11.19 to 4 ; Ant.
weep, 3 months, 25.421 to 71; Hamburg, ma. Munn. 3
months, 13.81 to 91 ; Pans, 3 days, Z. 121 to 171 ;
ditto, S mouths, 25.374 to 421 ; Pranktort-00-the.liaine, 3
moetba, 1201 to 4 ; St. Petersburg (per rouble). 3months,
304 to 31 ; Vienna, off. dn., 3 mouths, 11.71 to 121; Trieste,
eff. So.. 3 months, 1L74 to 121 ; Madrid, 3 months,
471 to 1 ; Cuba, 3 months. 48 W 1 ; Leghorn, 3 months,
25.56 so 60 ; Nadi. 9 mouth., 25.55 to 60 ; Milan, 3
months, 25.55 to 60 ; Naples, 3 months, 25.56 to
60 ; Palermo, 3 mouths, 25.56 to 60 ; Ifeewne, 3
mouths, 25.55 to 60 ; Lisbon, 90 days, 511 to ; Oporto,
90 days, 511 to 1.
The failure is announced of the old and respect-
able house of Messrs. de Mottos and Godefroi,
foreign merchants, of Copthall-court. Nothing
definite has transpired with regard to the liabilities,
but they are understood to be rather considerable.
The liquidation is expected to show satisfactory
results. According to some statements there will
be 20s. in the pound. The stoppage is stated to
have been caused by the difficulties of two other
firms—one in Egypt and the other in the north of
England.
The crown agents for the colonies have invited
tenders for a small loan of 30,0001, for the govern-
ment of Antigua, on Six per Cent. Debentures
having twenty years to run. The money is re-
quired to construct works for supplying the prin-
cipal town of the island with pure water. The secu-
rities offered are two—first, the water rates and
plant, (be. ; and, secondly, the general revenue of
the colony, which is stated to have been in excess
of the expenditure during the last eight years. The
present debt of the colony is but 15,0001. This sum
is due to the home government, on account of an
advance of 100,0001. made to the colony in 1844,
under what was termed " The Earthquake Lo-ui,"
which has all been paid off except this small
balance, and this will disappear, according to the
t rate of rement, &mug the next three years,
en whthe 30,000pay1. now required will become a pre-
ferential charge on the revenue.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have
appointed Friday next • special settling day in
the shares of the following companies :—Reuter's
Telegram (Limited), to be marked in the twioe-it-
week list ; West London Docks Warehouses Com-
pany, to be marked ; Trinidad Petroleum
(Limited), not to be marked, " the mode of issue
and allotment being unsatisfactory and irregular."
The directors of the London and Brazilian Bank
(Limited) have issued their report, to be presented
at the extraordinary general meeting on the 11th
inst. The object of this meeting is to communicate
the details of the arrangement which the board have
made with Messrs. Mani and Co., and to advise
with the proprietors as to the mode of raising
the additional capital. It was originally proposed
that the immediate payment on the new shares
should be 101., but it has since been arranged to
reduce this sum to 71. 10e. Notwithstanding the
recent crisis in the Brazilian trade, which has rem-
dared it necessary to write off 16,5751. for losses,
the net profit for the half-year ended 31st December
last, amounted to 28,052/. This will enable the
directors, in July next, to declare an interim divi-
dend of 11. Ns. per share, being at the rate of 7}
per cent per annum, and to carry forward 8,5521.
Another new undertaking is the Chichester and
Midhurst Railway and Extension to Haldeman.
The proposed line will commune by • junction
with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail-
way, at Chichester, and will form junctions at
Midhurst with the Lines of the Mid Sussex and
Midhurst Junction and South Western Companies,
and with the Portsmouth Direct Line at Basle-
mere. The railway will be • little over twenty
miles in length. The works have been let to and
already commenced by contractors, who are to com-
plete the line within two years from the date of
commencement. During construction 6 per sent.
interest is to be paid, and 7 per cent, upon shares
fully paid up. The capital is 370,000 L, 37/000
shares of 101. each, with • first issue of 19,000

shares.
A reseal meeting of the shareholders of the
Beak of Queensland (Limited) is wormed for the
I 119Itetast., when a ditidead is to be declared.

A general meeting of the Eastern Bengal Harrel
Company is called for the 26th inst.
The first ordinary general meeting of Hewett
and Co. (Limited) is called for the 10th instant,
when a dividend te to be declared. Notice is also
given that the meeting will be made extraordinary,
for the peeper's of altering the articles of aatociation,
to enable the directors to declare ad interim divi-
dends.

Sir Arthur Buller, M.P., has joined the direction
of the Library Company (Limited).
Formal notice is given that Vice-Chancellor Kin-
deraley has fixed the 9th inst. fur the appointment
of an official liquidator of the Portsmouth, Portals,
Gosport, and South Hants Banking Company.
A petition for the winding up of the European
Central Railway Company (Limited) is to be heard
before the Master of the Rolls on the 6th inst.
An order bas been made by the Master of the
Rolls for the winding up of the Joint Stock Com-
panies Association (Limited) under the supervision
of the court. Mr. Giro. Scott, of Bond-court,
Walbrook, has been appointed liquidator.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, Las,
dock, and other shares, as given in the Stock Ex-
change list of last evening :
Isaarsoos.—Allisace British and Foreign, 161 ; ditto
Marine, 38; Clerical, Medical, and General -Life, 26:
_NI*, 7 ; Guardian, 51; Imperial Fire, 350 ; Imperiel
Life, 201 ; lodeninity Marine, 126 5 ; Legal and General
Life. 71 ; Liverpool and Loudon and Globs (6 per Cast.
Annuities), 1211 3 ; Loudon, 461 es div ; and
Provincial Law, 4 ; Marine, 931 ; Oman Marisa 231
Mentz, 140; Rock Life, 71 ; Ban Fire, 20910; Universal
Marine (limited), 6j.
Gaslight and Coke.—City of London A, 30 ; Cesar
sial, 431 div. ; Equitable, New, 384, European, 141 14 ;
ditto new, 7 ; Great Contra), 17 ; Imperial Debentvem,
198: Imperial Continental, 89 to 901 ; London, 80 to 81
as div. ; Pbccoix, 104 to 901; ditto new, 14 to 15 ; United
Gmurral, BM to 4; iii astern, te, ax div.; ditto O. 44.
Docks.—Esst and West Imado• and SG. 3adiv 1391
Katherine, 64
Waterworks.—Berlia, 101; Chases, 271 ; Grand Junc-
tion. 811 to 2.
Oanals. —Birmingham (Guar. 41. per cent. London sad
North Western), 861 to 1 ; Grand Junction, 691.

TIMMY EvWieo.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 90/ to 91
for the 9th inst., opened this morning at the same
quotation, and closed at son to I, both for money
and the present settlement. For the June account
the last price was 901 to 91, the " continuation"
being Ito 5-16 per cent. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols.,
for money, 91, 901, ; ditto, for account, 90/,
Li; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89, 881; New Three
per Cents., 881, 89, 881, 1,1; Annuities, 1885, 13
15-16; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1.061, 107, 1061,
107 • Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper,
102/, 102.
Indian government secnritias were steady. Ex-
chequer Bills remain at 4.. to 7s. prem.
There was an improvement of per cent. in
Italian scrip and Greek Coupons, and 1 in Spanish
Passive and Certificates, but, with these exceptions,
foreign stocks were rather fiat. Egyptian, Mexican,
New Granada Two per Cents., and Spanish
Deferred, fell I to 1 per cent., and Venezuela.
Bonds of 1862 and 1864, L There was also a reduc-
tion of to per cent. in Anglo-Turkish Bonds, as
well as the ConsolidEs.
A decided improvement took place to-day in Agra
and Masteruian's Bank shares. City Bank, English,
Scottish, and Australian Chartered, Bank of Hin-
dustan, London Joint Stock, London and Brazilian,
Merchant, and Midland Bank shares were also
better ; but Continental Bank, Imperial Ottoman,
and South Eastern Bank were weaker.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted to-day
151 to/ ; Egyptian Trading, Ito 1 dis. ; National
Discount, 10/ to prem.; Joint Stook Discount,
21 to 11 dia., being firm ; Ottoman Societoi Gin&
rale, 21 to 1 prem. ; and Milan Improvements,
31 to 41 prem. Au improvement took plate in
Credit Foncier of Mauritius, National Steam, Otago
and Southland Investment, Northern Aseam Tea,
and Royal Mail Steam shares. Ocean Marine
Insurance, Fairbairu Engineering, and Fore-street
Warehouse were rather heavy. The shares of Hewett
and Company were quoted to 3 prem. London
and St. Katharine Dock stock advanced 1 per cent.
The shares of the financial companies were quiet,
at former quotations. The closing quotations are
annexed, viz.:—lnternational Financial, 1 to l
prem. ; General Credit, 11 to 21 prem. ; London
Financial, 7 to 7/ prem. ; Imperial Mercantile
Credit, 1 to 11 prem. ; Credit Fonder and Mobilier
(both old and new shares), to prem., ex div.
The closing (but in some asses nominal) quota-
tions for shares in new undertakings are sub-
joined :—Metropolitan District Railways, 9it to
101 prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 to 11 prem. ;
South African Land and Finance, 2 to 3 prem. ;
Anglo-Egyptian Navigation, 3/ to prem. ; Ply-
mouth Shipbuilding, 1} to 2 prem. ; Lion Brewery,
lf to 11 prem. ; the Ottoman Company, 1 to
prem. ; Russian Iron Works (allotted this morn-
ing), 2to 21 prem. ; and London and Mediterra-
nean Bank, 1 to 11 prem.
Varna Railway shares have risen to ni to 81
prem., in anticipation of the settlement to-morrow.
The share list of the Lion Brewery Company
(Limited) has closed this afternoon, with applica-
tions to the extent of nearly four times the com-
pany's capital, many of alfich are of a very bong
tide character.
United States 5.20 bonds were last quoted 651
to 66, showing a fresh rise of about per cent.
Virginia Dollar Bonds improved about 2 per cent.

MINEB.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'

The mining market is steadyto day. West
Caradon shares are in good demand, and have
risen 10s., the present quotation being 9 to 10.
Tolvadden are also inquired for at Ito On the
other hand, Rest Lovell have declined to 13k to 14k.
Clifford Amalgamated are quoted 29} to 30k ; South
Darren, 2to ; Rut Russell, nto ; North
Shepherds, 6to ; Chiverton Moor, 3to k ; New
Lovell, 11 ; and Tresavean, to 7.
Yudauamutana shares have been dealt in at 11
and 11, being firm. Other colonial, as well as
foreign mines are quiet.
We have received a copy of the prospectus of the
Llanrwst Slate Slab Quarry Company (Limited).
This company proposes to raise a capital of
75,0001., in 15,000 shares of U. each, of which a
large portion are stated to have been already sub-
scribed. The estate, the lease of which is to be
purchased, is situated iu Denbighshire, within three
miles of Llanrwst, which powwows railway COMM 11,
nication. It is mentioned that the quarry has
been thoroughly proved throughout, that no levels
are required for working and draining, and that
there is no royalty and no promotion money. The
purchase money of the estate of 16 acres is 5,500/.

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