The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-18 00:00:00

Indian Five per Cents. are quiet, at 106 to

At Paris This morning, according to Mr.
Reuter's telegram, the Throe per Cent. lteutes
opened at 70fr. 96c., but receded to 701 r. 75c.,
being about I per cent. lower than yesterday.
Consols are officially marked 92/ and 93 for
money, and 93 for the account. The present quota-
tion is 921 to 93 both for cash and the
6th of March. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Reduced, 94 A ;
New Three per Cents., 93/, ; Thirty Years' An-
nuities, 1886, 15 5-16, 9-16 ; India Five per Cent.
Stock, 106/, ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures,
1863, 100 ; ditto, 1864 or 1866, 993; ditto Bonds,
275. prem. ; Five•and-a-lialf per Cent. " enfaced"
rupee paper, 107/, ; Exchequer Bills, March,
16e., 13s. prem.
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iu foreign stocks have been
rather numerous, but previous quotations have
not been altogether maintained. Spanish Passive
and Mexican are especially lower. Turkish Six
per Cents. are the same as yesterday, at 844 to 85
the 1854 Loan, and 75 to for that of 1858.
Sales are recorded as follows ;--Brazilian Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 1858, 92 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 1880, 92, 911 ; Equation New Consoli-
dated, 19, ; French Four-and-a-Half per Cent.
Rentes, 100 f r. (exchange 25fr.) ; Greek, 82 ;
Italian Five per Ceuta., 681, (exchange
25fr.) ; Moorish Scrip, 5,4, 4 prem. ; Mexican
Three per Cents., for account, 344, 4, ;
Portuguese Three per Cents., 1853, for account,
47 ; Russian Five per Cents., 1011 ; ditto, for ac-
count, 102 ; Sardinian Five per Cents., for account,
801 ; Spanish Three per Cents., for account,
531 ; ditto Passive, 201, 191; the Com-
mittee's Certificates, 74, 4 ; Turkish Six
per Cent& , 1854, for account, 841, 1 ; ditto
Six per Cents., 1858, for account, 751, 75 ; ditto
1001. Bonds, 761 ; Venezuela Three per Cents.,
254 ; ditto, for account, 26. _

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FOUR O'CLOC.R.
Consols are still quoted 92/ to 93, both for money
and the account.

The withdrawals of gold from the Bank continue.
The amount taken yesterday was 74,0001., mostly in
French coin. . .

The Australian mail steamer Salsette brought
234,5221. in gold to Point de Galle, of which
223,395/. was for India and China (mostly for the
former country), and 11,1271. for England.
Telegrams from Shaughae quote the exchange
6s. Ad., and from Hong Kong, 4a. 60., showing
a favourable movement in each case. A telegram,
dated Houg Kong, Jau. 15, says :—" Tea, prices
higher ; 10 vessels left ; total, 60. Silk, 10 to 15
dearer ; settled, 3,000 ; total, 44. Manufactures—
Value improving. Latest from England, Nov. 18.
No political news of importance. Mr. Parkes a
passenger by this mail."
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 7121., and the South Eastern
a decrease of 4901.

The half-yearly meeting of the South Eastern
Railway Company is called for the 6th March.
The colonial wool sales are fixed to commence on
Thursday, the 27th instant. The fresh importa-
tions up to the present date, since the beginning of
last sales, comprise 35,398 bales, vie.:—Sydney,
3,306 bales ; Victoria, 7,170 ; Van Diemen's Land,
469 ; Adelaide, 6,210 ; New Zealand, 109 ; Cape of
Good Hope, 19,134 ; total, 35,398 bales ; in addi-
tion to which there are about 5,000 bales, sundry
descriptions, hied over from former sales. From
the last advice* front the colonies of vessels which
had sailed, further arrivals are already due, parti-
cularly from Melbourne.
The Ocean Mail has arrived from China with
760,100 lbs. of tea, and the Southern Cross with
787,500 lbs.
A half-yearly dividend, at the rate of 10 per
cent per annum is now payable to the share-
holders in the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Rail-
way who are on the London register. Annexed
are the traffic returns of this undertaking fur the
four weeks ending the 19th of December : For the
week ending Nov. 28, 1861, 1,1961. ; corresponding
week, 1860, 1,5161. Week ending Dec. 6, 1861,
1,9821. ; corresponding week, 1860, 2,1381. Week
ending Dec 12, 1861, 1,4281. ; corresponding week,
1860, 1,0641. Week ending Dec. 19, 1861, 1,399/. ;
corresponding week, 1800,1:4161.
The half-yearly dividend is advertised on Anglo-
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds.
The interest is likewise advertised on the Danish
Four per Cent. Loan of 185040.

MONDAY Emma.
Console, which closed on Saturday at 93 to /
for the 6th of March, opened and closed to-day at
92 to 93. For money the last price was likewise
92 to 93. The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Console, for money, 93,
92/ ; ditto for account (March 6), 93 ; Bank Stock,
241, 243 ; Three per Ceuta. Reduced, 94, ; New
Three per Cents., 94, t ; New Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 77/ ; Thirty Years Annuities, 1885,
15 9-16 ; India Stook, 224, 226 ; ditto Five per
Cent. Stock, 106/ ; ditto Four per Cent. Deben-
tures, 1863 or 1864, 906 ; ditto Bonds, 27e. prem. ;
Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper, 102 ;
ditto Five-autl-a-Half per Cont., 1071.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was steady,
at 1061 to /. The rupee paper was firmer, the
Five per Cent. being quoted 101/ to 102 ; and the
Five-and-a-Ralf, 107 to I.
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted 13s. to
16s. prem., being a trifle lower ; and the June 15e.
India
to 19s. prem. There were some purchases of
Bonds at 275. prem.
I A fresh rise of about 31. took place to-day in
City Bank shares. Ottoman Bank have improved
to 21 to /. Other bank shares were generally firm.
An improvement took place in Canada Laud, At-
lantic ]Loyal Mail Steam, and Crystal Palace De-
benture Stock, and the inquiries extended to
National Discount, Oriental inland Steam, Scot-
tish Australian Investment, Madras Irrigation, and
Electric Telegraph stocks.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings were as follows :—Ocean Marine, 7to 711
prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine, 2 to 2k
prem. ; Universal Marine? to 11 dia. ; Lon-
don and Provincial Marine, 1-16 dis. to 1-16
gram ; Mercantile rue, / to 1 prem.; Commer-
cial Union, 1-16 dia. to 1-16 prem. ; and City of
Rio Improvements Company, /to prem.
The new Victoria Loan was steady at 104 to I.
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada Six per
Ceuta, were in demand.