The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-29 00:00:00

LONEY MARKET,—(2IIiIB DAY,) I
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The transactions in the stock market& to-day are
not numerous, the dealers being mostly occupied
with the settlement of the fortnightly account.
Nevertheless, the general tendency of quotations is
still favourable. Consols are unchanged, but English
railway securities and foreign bonds have improved
in several cases. Spanish Passive and Certificates
are in especial request. Financial shares are steady.
There is little business in the discount market
to-day, and transactions continue to be effected in
the best paper at 3f per cent. or below the bank
minimum. The charge for short loans in the Stock
Exchange, on English Government securities, is 2
to per cent.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Routes opened at
67fr. 30c., showing no movement of importance.
Console are now quoted 91 to f, with div., for
money, and 891 to f ex div., for the account
(June 8). The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 91, 4;
ditto for account, 894 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
891, 89 ; New Three per Cents., 89f, 89 ; Annui-
ties, 1885, 144 ; Bank Stock, 240} ; India Five per
Cent. Stook, 104 ; and Exchequer Bills, 2a. poem.
In the foreign stock market the principal feature
is a strong demand for Spanish Passive Bonds and
Certificates, which have risen / and 4 per
cent, respectively. Turkish of 1862, and
Confederate hare also improved 4. Mexi-
can are flat, and have declined 4.
Some of the present quotations are annexed,
viz. :—Greek Bonds, 20 to } ; Mexican, 244
to 4 ; Confederate, 8 to 10 ; Spanish Pas-
sive, 314 to f ; the Certificates, 16/ to
; Turkish Bonds of 1858, 71} to 72} ; ditto,
1882, 734 to 74} ; ditto, Consolidds, 484 t 049, ex div.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Dutch
Certificates, 974 ; Egyptian, 1864, 934 ; ditto
100). bonds, 93 ; Greek, 204 ; ditto for ac-
count, 20} ; Mexican, 25, 244 ; ditto
1864, 231 ; Russian, 1822, 911 ; ditto 1850, 89} ;
ditto, 1862, 901, 4 ; ditto, 1864, 934 ; Spanish New
Deferred, for account, 401 ; ditto, Passive, for
account, 314, 4, 4 ; ditto Certificates, 16f, 1
Turkish, 1854, 91* ; ditto 1858, 711 ; ditto for
account, 72 ; ditto, 1862, for account, 74 ;
ditto 1001. bonds, 744, 73} ; Venezuela, 1862,
37 ; ditto, 1864, 39.
The scrip of the Ottoman Loan has improved
per oent., the present quotation being 2 to 14
discount.
International Financial shares are now quoted
1 1-6 to 3-16 prem. ; General Credit, 14 to f
prem.; London Financial, 64 to 7 prem.; Imperial
Mercantile, 14 to 4 prem. ; Credit Foncier and
Mobilier of England, 3 to 4 prem., ex div. ;
Ottoman SociEtii Gdodrale, 24 to 3 prem. ; and
Egyptian Trading, 11 to 01 die.
The quotations for the shares of some of the new
companies are subjoined :—Metropolitan District
Railways, 10 to 11 prem. ; Moscow Gas, 1} to 1
dia. ; Russian Iron Works, 7 to 8 prem. ;
Anglo-Egyptian Navigation, 4} to 5 prem. ;
Varna Railway, 94 to 10} prem. ; Ottoman Com-1
pony, 1 to 11 prem.; Lion Brewery, 34 to it Prom.;
Northern Assam Tea, old sham, } to 1 prem. ;1
ditto New or B, to 4 prem. ; Peruvian Railways,
2 to } prem. ; and Dublin Trunk Connecting Rail-
way, 3to } prem.
The A. stock of the Metropolitan Extension
Railways of the Loudon, Chatham, and Dover
Company is quoted 34 to 41 prem., and the fully
paid, 44 to 54 prem.
The half-yearly dividend of 10s. per cent., due
the Ist November, 1863, on Ecuador Bonds, is now
announced.
Messrs. Dent, Palmer, and Co., have announced
the payment, in due course, of the dividend due
the Ist of June, on the Swedish Provincial Mort-
gage Loan.
The amount of gold sent in to the Bank on
Saturday was 11,0061., making a. total of 214,0001.
since the last return.
Messrs. Woodhouse, Kerrich, and Co., mar-
-1 chants and agents to the East Indian Underwriters'
Association, have stopped payment, and have for-
warded the subjoined circular to their creditors.
The liabilities are estimated at about 160,0004,
chiefly against produce, and it is believed that •
satisfactory dividend will be realised, although
considerable losses have been made in cotton. The
house has been established in the East India trade
upwards of 50 years.
Abohurch-elembers, Lapdog, Hay 28.
Gentlemen,—We regret to inform you that, in emus-
queues of an unfavourable telegram from Bombay. we
have been compelled to seamed psyment. Oar books have
been placed In the bands of Messrs. Hart Brothers and
Co., of Hoorgatewtrest, who will prepare a statement of
our affairs, to be laid before you as early as possible. In
the meantime, making your forbearance, wears, gentlemen,
your obedient servants,
WOODHOUB7, BERZICH, AND Co.
Letters from Bristol announce the suspension
of Messrs. Ivens and Chessell, shipbrokers and
general merchants, with liabilities reported at
about 100,0001.
Subjoined is a statement (from Mr. Slaughter's
Weakly List) of the railway calls falling due in the
month of June. The total is below the average :
Amount per Share.
Dos arreatty Numbs,
Due in June. Date. Paid. OalL of &area/mount
Ilammersmith and City
Prcferen.n 7 842 0 0 0,000 A 12,000
Indian d' raceway 1 - 110 0 60,000 76,000
Midland H.
slam, 18% .18 4 10 0 128,000 128,000
Do. a slam, do.
Do. New 180. Peet 60 4 20 0 114,712 8211,644
[Salsbury and Durbin
Junction
[Solway Junction

- 210 0 16.000 0,000
- 2 0 0 not !mown.

Toll In Jima

te09,444

Anwant called In six months of 1863
The third half-yearly meeting of the New Zea-
land Banking Corporation is called for the 6th of
June, when adividend is to be declared.
The second ordinary general meeting of the
Queensland Sheep lavestnieut Company (Limited)
ii convened for the Bth of June.
An extraordinary meeting of the Clarence Hotel
Comp-ny of Dover (Limited) is to take place on
the 2nd of June, when it will be proposed that the
company's borrowing powers be extended.
A dividend of 41. per share is announced as
Payable to the shareholders of the India Freehold
Land, Colonisation, Trust, and Agency Association
(Limited) on the 30th inst.
Creditors of the Petroleum Trading Company
(Limited) are repaired to send the particulars of
their claims to the liquidators by the 30th of June.
A petition for the winding up of the London and
Colonial Bank (Limited) is to be heard before the
Heater of the Rolls on the 3rd of June.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Hampton Hill Estate Company will be closed to-
morrow for London, and on Thurseey for the
country.

flarussur Krum. I I
Consols, whisk closed yesterday at 891," buyers," i 1
ex div., for the Bth of June, opened and (dosed 11
to-day at 891 to . For money the last prior
was 91 to f, with dividend. The official business
report is as folows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 911, 91 ; ditto, for amount, 891,
11 ; Three per Omits. Reduced, 891, 89 ; New
Three per Cents., 89,1 ; Bank Stock, 2401 ; live
per Cent. " entseed" rupee paper, 1001-, 100 ;
ditto Five and-a-Half per Cent., 1071.
Indian government securities were quiet. Ex-
chequer Bills remain at 2e. to be. prem. The
interest on the June Exchequer Bills, on their
renewal, is to be reduced from 4 to 3 per cent.
; The foreign stock market, though quMt,was firm.
Spanish Peseive Bonds and Osrfiamdes improved f