The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-18 00:00:00

f, and closed at 894 to f. For money the last
prim was 90f to with div. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consolkihre
money, 90f, ; ditto for amount. 891 1 f
par Cents. Reduced, 884, I, ; New Three per
Cents., 884, ; India Five per Cent. Stock,
1068 ; Five per Cent. " enlaced" rupee paper, 100.
The India Five per Cent, stock was steady.
chequer Bills remain at 38. to 8i press.
Foreign stocks we, e decidedly heavy, and closed
with an unfavourable appearance. Turkish CM.
solid& fell f per pent. ; Idexicas, to 1 • Moor-
ish, 1 • Italian stuck, ; Italian snip and Egyp-
tian Honda of 1864, 4 ; sad Greek Bonds, f per
cent. Venezuela Bonds of 1862 declined 1 per
cent., but those of 1864 improved 4. There was
also a reduction of 4 in Spanish Passive, while the
Certificates advanced 4, owing apparently to a
vague hope that some reassuring facts may tran-
spire at the meeting of the Certificate-holders con-
vend by their committee for Friday next, at the
London Tavern.
Bank shares showed increased heaviness. A de-
cline took place, amongst others, in Alliance, Asiatic,
Bank of New Zealand, Chartered Bank of India,
Australia, and China, English Joint Stock, Conti-
nental, Imperial, European, Merchant, London
and South African, Standard Bank of Africa,
Union Bank of Ireland, and Provincial Bankinyg
Corporation. As regards Bank of Queensland,
and North Western Bank shares, however, there
was an exceptional demand.
Hudson's Bay shares wets last quoted to-day 144
to 154, showing a fall of 7s. 6d. • National Dis-
count, 104 to prem. ; Joint Stock Discount, 1
to 01 die., showing a fresh improvement of 6s. ;
Egyptian Trading, if to 1 dia., being heavy ; Otto-
man Soci4t4 Grnorale, to f prem. and Mile.
Improvements, 44 to 54 pram Royal Mail Steam
shares are still rising : the advance to-day was 21.
Marine Investment and Milian Iron Works were
heavy. Hewett and Co.'s shares were quoted 4to
prem., ex div.
A general fall of 2s. fkL to ss. took place in the
shares' of the financial companies. The
elosng
quotations are annexed, :—lnternational Fi-
nancial, to 4 prem. • General Credit, 11 to 14
preen. ; famine Financial, 64 to 7 prem. • Isar-
rial Mercantile Credit, to 1 prom. ; Credit'Fonmer
and Mobilier (both old and new shares), 34 to
prem., ex div.
The closing (but in some cases nominal) quota*
dons fer shares in new undertakings are sub-
joined :—Metropolitan District Railways, 94 to
104 prom. ; Rio de Janeiro Oat, 1 to 14 press. ;.
Anglo-Egyptian Navigation,} to 4f prem. ; Ply-
oa
mouth Shipbuilding, 11 prom Li
Brewery, 24 to f prem.; Peruvian Railways, Ito
14 prem. ; Ottoman Company, to 14 prem. ; Rus-
sian Iron Works, Bto 9 prem. ; London and Me-
diterranean Bank, 1 to 2 prem. • Balmgate Silk,
14 to 24 prem. ; Chichester sad Midhurst Rail-
way, to 14 prem. ; Estates Investment, 2to
3 prem. • and Virginia Petroleum, 4 to 14 prem.
The Scottish Australian Investment Company's
new 6 per cent. Preference Stock was quoted par to
2 prem.
United States 5-20 Bonds declined per oent.,
doling at 644 to 65. There was a general advance
in the securities of the Atlantis and Great Western
Railway.