The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-05 00:00:00

MONEY smaxsz-(Tztre DAY.)

Two OVUM.
There is still no revival d bushman in the Stock
Exchange, more especially as lb, weekly court at
the Bank of England has made no reduction in the
rate of discount ; yet the price of public securities
are mostly Arco. Consols have &gabs improved
1-16 to 11.; per cent. Foreign stocks are strong, and
home railways and most other securities unaltered.
Alliance Bank shares are firmer.

The demand for money to-day is only moderato,
and the supply large. The general rate for &st-
olen paper is 5 per cent., with exceptional
transactions at sj. The charge for abort loans in
the Stook Exchange is 5 to 5e per oast.

At Paris to-day, according-b; Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Relates were quoted
67.20, showings fresh rise of nearly; per tent.
Consols are now quoted 89/ to div., for
money, and 89/, or 89 13.16 to 15-16, ex dir., for
the account (January 10). The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 89/, I ; ditto, for account,
891 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 881, 89 ; New
Three per Cents., 89, 881, 89 ; Bank Stock, 239,
238 ; India Stock, shut ; ditto Five per Cent.
Stook, 103/, ; and Exchequer Bills, Is. to ss.
prem. . . .

Foreign stocks are steady. The only change
worth mentioning is an improvement of 1 per eent.
in Greek Bonds and Turkish Comolid4s,
and in the Turkish Loan of 1858.
Some of the present quotations are annexed,
viz.:—Greek Bonds, 24 to ; Mexican, 28
to 1, ex div. ; Confederate, 54 to 68 ; Spanish
Passive, 321 to ; the Certificates, 141 to 1 ;
Turkish, of 1858, 701 to 71} ; ditto 1862, 691
Ito 70, ex div. ; and the Consolidiis, 481 to 49.
_ _

TrUnasactions are recorded as follows:—Brazi-
lian, 1863, 84, 831; Chilian Six per Cents., 1014 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 624,
ex div. ; Danubian scrip, 4,4, dis. ;

Egyptian, 96j; ditto, 1864, -95}, ; Greek,
231 ; ditto for account, 231 ; Mexican, for account,
281, f, ex div. ; Portuguese, 1856, he., for
account, 461, 47h ; Russian, 1822, 891, 89 ; ditto,
1850, 86f, ex div.; ditto, 1862, 881 ; ditto,'lB64, 89f,
Sardinian for account, 801 ; Turkish, 1858, for
account, 71, ; ditto, 1001. Bonds, 75 ; ditto 1862,
691, ex div. ; ditto for account, 691, f, 1, ex div. ;
ditto 1001. Bonds, 691, 701, ex div. ; Venezuela,
1862, for account, 48 ; ditto 1864, 42.
Egyptian Loan scrip is now quoted Ito prem. ;
Danubian, to dia. ; Monte Videan, 24 to 1
prem. ; and Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Certificates of Debenture, 1 to If prem.
International Financial shares are now quoted
2} to f Fem. ; General Credit, 31 to 1
prem. • London Financial, 84 to prem. ;
Imperial Mercantile, 31 to f prem. ; Hudson's
Bay, 164 to ; and Ottoman Socidtd Gdnirale, 21
to 1 prem.
It appears that the news just received from Vene-
zuela has led to a movement amongst a number of
the holders of the bonds of 1862, with a view to
urge upon our government the violation of the rights
of the creditors now committed by that state. The
official statement published this morning implies
that the cause of the withholding of the 55 per cent.
of customs duties pledged to this loan is that several
holders of the interior Public Debt have put forl
ward a preferential claim to those revenues. It is
difficult, however, to understand these pretensions
in face of the following paragraph, which formed
part of the original prospectus of this loan, it being
understood that not until the doubts therein re-
ferred to had been fully settled were the proceeds
of the 1862 loan placed by Messrs. Baring. at the
disposal of the Venezuelan government :
It is wider/toed that no part of the proceeds of this km
will become payable to the government of Venerusla until
her Majesty's Consul-Geoeral, if he consists to ad, sad
the sgst of Messrs. Baring Brothers sad 00., shall have
satisfied theumailves of the validity of the proposed mort-
gage or 56 per rent. of the customs revenues of In Gasps
sad Puerto Cabello ; and that the money to be mad fee the
purposes of the sevenunciat will be auflicient to effect the
*sets for which the loan is mimed ; sad ahoukl, me mead-
ratios, their decision be unfavourable in these riupects, all
argegssuents with regard to this loss will be cannoned, aril
all wales paid is by submiribers as instalment will be re-
paid to them without say deduction, sod without any fur-
ther liability on the part of Mama. Bluing Brothers sod Co.
The numbers are published of various bonds of
both issues of the Egyptian 1862 loan, which were
drawn at the Bank of England on Tuesday, and
are to be paid off at par on the Ist of March.
About 56,0001. in gold was sent into the Bank
yesterday ; but 90,000 sovereigns were withdrawn
for Alexandria. Including yesterday's operations,
88,0001. of newly-imported gold has been purchased
by the Bank during the week, and 90,0001. taken
out for exportation.
The bidding. for 30,00,000 rupees (300,0000 in
bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of
England. The proportions allotted were :—to Cal-
cutta, 17,33,000 rupees ; to Bombay, 12,00,000
rupees ; and to Madras, 67,000 rupees. The mini-
mum price was, as before, viz. : Is.llld. on Calcutta
and Madras, and ls. 111 d. on Bombay. The ap-
plications within the limita amounted to 71 lac.
(710,0001.) Tenders on Calcutta and Madras, at
Is. 111 d., will receive about 7 per cent., and on
Bombay, at 25., about 76 per cent, ; above these
prices, in full.
On the last occasion the applications within the
limits amounted to 650,0001.
The small amount of bar silver by the Mexican
packet was sold yesterday morning at ss. 11d. per
ounce, showing • rise of Id., compared with the
price current during the last few days. The market
yesterday afternoon, however, was flatter, the re-
sult of the tenders for the government bills on
India indicating an absence of active demand for
remittance to that quarter, and to effect fresh sales
lower prices would have to be submitted to. There
is no business doing in Mexican dollars, in the ab-
sence of enquiry for China : the present quotation
is ss. Old. per ounce.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 6,5581. over
last year ; the Great Western an increase of 1421. •
the Great Eastern an increase of 4,7001. ; the Great
Northern an increase of 9161. ; and the London
and South Western a decrease of 1,567/.
The receipts of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway for the month of November were 381,810
dollars, against 396,847 dollars in October.
The first financial year of the Socidtd Gintirale
de l'Euipire Ottoman ends on the 31st December,
1865, but the directors have decided to distribute
out of profits already realised, and on account of
the interest of six per cent. per annum
authorised by the statutes, the sum of 4s.
9d. per share. This distribution will be mada
in London at the agency of the Imperial Ottoman
Bank on and after the 15th instants on the
provisional share certificates being deposited eight
days beforehand to have the payment marked
thereon.
The fourth call of 21. 10s. is to be paid on the
251, shares of the London, Buenos Ayres, and
River Plate Bank (Limited) by the 26th instant.
The Opinion, Bogota journal (United States of
Colombia), of the 4th Nov., refers in congratulatory
terms to the opening in that city of a branch of the
London Bank of Mexico and South America as a
bank of issue, deposit and discount. The Opinion
speaks highly of the field open to the new estab-
lishment.

8 P,
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dividend in July lid, and the. Airedales now reaw
mod that • further sum et. OWL, or 1 per cent.,
free of income tax, be &elated* a second dividend
on the stook of the ootapenippayable on the 244
inst.
The first ordinary general meeting of the War-
rant Finance Company will be bold on the 24th
instant. The transfer books will be closed from the
ea to the 24th.

The transfer books of the English and Foreign
Credit Company will be closed from the 16th to 31st
instant, preparatory to the general meeting. • *
The mood manual drawing ci 4 per cent. of the
pow amount of the First Mortgage Bonds of the
Pennsylvania section of the Atlantis and Great
Western Railway will take place at the office of
Mr. E. F. fiatterthwaite, in the presence of the
proper notarial officer, on the 19th inst.
Viee-Chaneelloe Wood proposes on the 23rd inst.
to make a call of 2s. (id. per share on the contribu-
tories of the Athentenni We Assurance Society.
A petition for the winding-up of the Universal
Mercantile Association (Limited) is to be heard
before Vice.Chansellor Kindereley on the 13th inst.
The Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance
Company have issued their annual prospectus or
almanac for 1865. Apart from the matter suited
for reference, usually given in publications of this
class, the work chiefly comprises an account of the
resources and business of this office, which, possess-
ing more than 1,000 proprietors, has 3,050,0001
of invested funds, 950,0001 of revenue, and
581,7341. derived from tire premiums.

WIDNIIIIDAT EVUDIG.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 291 ex
die. for next Tuesday's settlement, were first
marked this morning 891, and closed at 891 to
For money the last price was 891 to and for
the February settlement, 901 to 1. The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
I Console, for money, 89#, ;ditto for account,
891, I ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 88#, IL;
New Three per Cents., 881, 3.89 ; Annuities, 188,
14 7-16, ;is India Ave per Cent. Stock, 102 j,
103/, 1 ; ditto Bonds, 121. prem.
The In • Five per Cent. Stock remains steady.
India Bonds were marked 12s. prem. Exchequer
Bills were firm at ls. to ss. prem.
In the foreign stock market the principal feature
was a recovery of 2 per cent. in the Confederate
Loan. Russian Three per Ceuta. improved # per
cent ; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents., Vene-
zuela of 1864, and Turkish of 1862, 1 ; and Mexi-
can of 1864, and Spanish Certificates, 1 per cent.
Turkish Oonsolides, on the other hand, declined
per oent., and a reduction of to 1 took place is
Spanish Passive Bonds and Certificates.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 16# to I,
being rather firmer ; Egyptian Trading, 11 to 1#
prem. ; National Discount, 111 to 11# rem.,
being dull ; and Joint Stock Discount, t}to 1 dies,
being firm. City Offices, Continental Union Gas,
National Provincial Marine Insurance, Universal
Marine Insurance, and Oriental Commercial shares
were all inquired for. Ottoman Sociati6 Ganirals
were quoted 2# to prem.
The shares of the financial companies were rather
flatter, and declined in some cases 1-16 to per
share. The closing quotations are annexed,
viz. :—lnternational, 2# to # prem. ; General
Credit, 3 3-16 to 5-16 prem. ; London Financial,
81 to 1 prem. ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, to
prem. ; and Credit Fonder and Mobilier, 31 to 3#

prem.
United States 5.20 bonds were quoted 45 to i.

MINEB.-(THIS DATJ

Two o'CLoci.

The mining market is dull today, and prices
in a few instances have receded. East Grenville
shares, however, continue in request, and
bare improved to to 5. Great Vor are
quoted 324 to ; East Lovell, 12 to 13 ; Frank
Mills, 6to ; East Caradon, 15 to ; and East
Russell, 5 to 4. Wheal Beton shares have bees
dealt in in the Stock Exchange at 9024.
Foreign and colonial mining shares show no alto.
ration.
A meeting of the adventurers in Illogan Mines
was held on the 28th ult., when the accounts showed
a balance in favour of the undertaking of 711.191.
A call of la. per share was made.