The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-28 00:00:00

the half-yearly dividend, due the 10th of April, on
the Tericish Loan of 1864.
Nooses. T. Wiggin and Co. have announced the
dividends due the Lt of April on the Sterling Brads
of the Pennsylvania, Central, and Philadelphia, and
Brie Railways.
A =went& letter, dated Patras, the 11th iede
contains the subjoined statement with reference le
the Greek goveru anent and the currant duties :
The Dowd of Trade of this town hare sent a politico to
the Greek government, muslin the haw to umeeleto
with the embassy of England in order to Indus the Emile.
government to take off itetirely the deity en sensate,
whereas Greece would diminish the duty en Ugh& Baum
factored glee& Ws impress telegram have been seat to
England in couesquwoe of this step. Our *aim is, Mom
seer, that scalier positive hem bees hitherto decided Cill the
subject.
The colonial wool sales terminated yesterday.
The following report is from Messrs. R. Dutton and
8011
The fint works of colonial wool sales of the present year
examseeed ea the 2ad inst. and tormimaUd ter day. The
wools eatalagsed were 84,665 Ulm, as per spseideetioa at
fool, the arrivals being 73,069 helm. the armee arras frau
former imports held over, sad neeed.lasad wools ; also
about 3,9110 balls. ex Istamilsoul. hem Port Phillip. whisk
rules to their bag mostly damaged, sad Maly to bemuse
further deteriorated, Wet, nudge the circumstances, allowed
to be sold, the rule of the 'trade, ezelndieg all wools arriving
' after the coeumesoemeet of the males lisboffered b VW
isms series, was, is this impious, waived. The Weeds's,
of both home and foreing buyers erse ger.sarkallirlY
IYe
the latter, who we estimate have tikes y half cd
total Twenty.

Rams Emma
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 89f
to J for the 6th of April, opened and closed
to-&sy at the same quotation, tem poranly
receding in the interval to 894 to 4. Fee
money the last price was 894 to 4. The
vial business business report is as follows :--Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 894, 4, 89, 4, ; ditto, far
account, 89}, 1 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 871;
New Three per Cents., 874. ' • India Five par
Cent. Stook, 1051, 104, 105 ; ditto Bonds, 11e.
prem.
The government broker did not make nay pur-
chase to-day for the sinking fund.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was steady.
India Bonds were marked 11s. pram. Exchequer
Bills remain at 3s. to 6s. prem.
In the foreign stock market the principal feature
was a fall of 2 per cent. in the Confederate Loan.
There was also a reduction of in Venezuela Bonds
of 1862, in Spanish Certificates, and in the Pas-
sive Debt and Mexican Bonds. Egyptian scrip was
rather fiat, but the bonds of the first loan were is-
quired for. Montevidean scrip and Turkish
Bonds of 1868 and ?862 improved about }percent.
Italian stock was well supported.
Bank shares were rather quiet, and the transac-
tions were not of much importance. An improve-
ment was quoted in Chartered Mercantile Bank et
India, London and China, Continental, English,
Scottish and Australian Chartered, &hide, Faa-
b Delhi, and Anglo-Egyptian Bank ; the
laltter were largely dealt in, and touched 1 to 14
prem. lonian Bank, London, Hamburg and Con-
tinental Exchange Bank, and British and Osi.
foruian Bankshares, however, were flat.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted tor-day
154 to 4, being again rather better • Egypt
Trading, to prem. ; National Discount, 94 to
} prem., being firm • Joint Stock Discount, 24 to
14 dia. ; Ottoman SOditi Giodrale, 24 to prem. ;
and City of Milan Improvements, a} to prem.,
showing n rise of be. Bombay Gee, Fore-street
Warehouse, Smith, Knight, and Co., and Minivan
Ironworks shares were rather better. Eastern
Assam and Northern Amass Tea were fist.
No change of importance took place in the
shares of the financial companies. The
quotations are annexed, : Inter
Financial, 14 to 1} prem. ; General Coedit, 24
to } peas. ; London Financial, 54 to 64 prem. ;
Imperial Mercantile Credit, 14 to 14 pram. ; and
Credit Fonder and Mobilier (old shares), 6 to
54 prem.
The closing (but in some cases nominal) quota-
tines for shares in new undertakings are subjoined:
—Metropolitan District Railways, 9 to 10 prem.;
Varna Rtoailwal4 y
p,
rem. ; 5 to
Sout 54 prem.; Rio de Janeiro
Gas, 1 h African Land and
Finance, to 1 prem. ; Rhea Ball Iron, 14 to If
prem. ; and Financial Insurance, 1 to 14 prem.
Metropolitan District Railway thane seem to be
scarce in the market, and a " backwardation" is
expected to prevail at the settlement to-morrow.
While Confederate Bonds, as already mentioned.
have fallen, United States 5.20 Bonds were is
great demand to-day, upon the American advice',
and rose as much as 3 per cent., closing at 564 to
4. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debase-
ture scrip was quoted 8 to 9 prem.