The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-12 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL WARR

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LWWOOL, Agin IL—Banta 20-day :--Caledonian, 1101—Lan-
.... neater and Carlisle, 200—London and North Weaken,
.. 92! 2i—South Eastern, 23.—(r00t Luxembourg, 131-IRllnola
Central, d e6—Sambre and Meuse, 9f—Hank of Liverpool, 26 Si.
BULIMIOIII.II, APRIL 11.—London and North Western Bteek
wu quoted to-d+y 93, buyers—Birmingham Guaranteed. 171,
buyers—South &affords, 102 to toi—Birmingluun Canal, N to
...* iiii—BlrmingbamßanlduCompany shares, 20, buyers—Binning.—
ham Joint-Stock Beak (Limited), 4 pm., buyers—Glouoseter
.w Waggon shares sold at SA Mt 3d. pm.—and New 1; ulna /2111 at
... Of. -Market steady.

THE CUPOLA Vassal..—The tender of Messrs.
Sammie Brothers, of the Isle of Dap, for the **traction
of Captain Coles's cupola vessel having been found to be
the lowest, it wee on Monday last asoepted by the Admi.
risky. Mears. Formals have bound themselves, under •
penalty of 4,0001. (which will be rigidly enforced in the
event of any Itches on their part), to launch the ship on
the 10th of February, 1863. The prim* which the con-
tract, vie., 441.15 e., is taken is regarded as very low, saddle
gentlemen who have undertaken it will, if they sormed in
complying with its terms, deserve peat praise for their se-
terpries and easegy. The ship, for which 180,0001. has
been taken in the estimates, is to be 280 feet keg,
nearly 2,800 tree, will draw about 90 feet, and will have
engines of 000-bores pow*. She will, awarding to present
in, have six cupolas, sack armed with two 100.
Amerces gens.—drat/ and Nary Gazette.
thrivaaarrr Rama Marcals. —Yesterday, at
the Prioos's Club, was played the annual doable match
between Oxford end Oaanbridge, the players beteg the Name
es bat year,Walker, of &asesose, and Mr. 0.
Esonard, of University, repressatleg O ad, and Mr.
A. Aitelie, of Pembroke, aad Mr. B. Sainsbury, of Trinity,
representing Cembridga, The first pine was woe by Ox-
ford, the nut four by °Ambridge, and the latter having
thus won four eat of seven gums were, as list -
*rifts. The lints stake will be played onMonday
Wilma MOM Walker sad Mulls.

MO BY MARKET.-(THIS DA].)

Two o'Cwcir.

The funds to-day are very quiet, and prices are
quoted the same as at the close yesterday. The
chief business has consisted of preparations for
Monday's settlement in shares and foreign stocks.
English railway stocks are stronger, and in some
instances the rise amounts to per cent.

The scrip of the new Turkish Loan is steady,
at 2} to 21 prem., and that of the Egyptian Loan,
at 14 to 14 prem. •
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
70fr. 05c:., being fractionally lower than yesterday.
Consols are officially ;narked 93/ and 94 for
money, and 94 for the account. The
present quotations are 931 to I for cash,
and 934 to 94 for the Bth of May.
The official business report is as follows :—Bank
Stock, 237, 238} ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 921,
; New Three per Cents., 92/, }, ; Thirty Years
Annuities, 1885, 15} ; India Stock, 229 ;
ditto Five per Cent, stook, 108}, 1, ; ditto Four
per Cent. Debentures, 1864 or 1866, 100} ; ditto
Bonds, 30a. prem.; Four per Cent. " edema
rupee paper, 92 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per
Cent, 1084, ; Exchequer Bills, 18s., 21s. prem.
Mexican Bonds remain dull, and are last marked
324 for money. The Spanish Certificates and Passive
Bonds continue in demand. The Turkish Loan of
1854, after being marked 81, ex div., is now quoted
80} to 4. The loan of 1858 remains
at 70} to 71. Sales are recorded as follows :
Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, 99}, ex div. ;
Mexican Three per Cents., 33, 324, 334,
324 ; ditto for asicount, 33} ; Moorish Scrip,
911 ; New Granada ex overdue Coupons and Hec-
tares, 10 ; Russian Five per Cents., 094 ; ditto for
amount, 100 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 53} ;
ditto Passive, 191 ; the Committee's Certificates,
8, }, } ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1864, 89}, 81, 801,
ex div. ; ditto 1001. Bonds, 72} ; ditto Guaranteed
Four per Cents, 103.
The Alfred has arrived off the Start from Port
Philip, with 103,5001. in gold.
Harr-rain Two o'CLocx.
Consols are still quoted 931 to } for money, and
_ _

93i to 94 for the aaiount. -
The Vienna Bourse continues to improve. The
exchange on London has declined to 134.70.
The tendency of the foreign exchanges yesterday
afternoon was again unfavourable. The principal
demand was for lids on Austria, St. Petersburg,
and Spain. Subjoined is our usual list :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.18/ to 4 ; ditto, 3 days,
11.17 to 4 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11.184 to 4 ;
Antwerp, 3 mouths, 25.474 te 524 ; Hamburg, ms. banco
three months, 13.8 to Pads, 3 &ye, 25.224 to 30 ; ditto,
3 months, 25.474 to 50 ; ; Frankfort-on-theabbe, 3 months,
1184 to 119 ; Petersburg (per rouble), 3 menthe, 33 to 4 ;
Vienna, eft. So, 3 months, 13.60 to 70 ;
3 months, 13.60 to 70; Madrid, 3 months, 494 to ; Cadiz,
3 months, 484 to 49 ; Loewe, 3 months, 95.47 to 524 ;
Genoa, 3 months, 23.474 to 524; Milan, 3 months. 25.474-to
524 ; Naples, 3 months, 391i,0 40 ;_
to Palermo, 3 months, 1114
to /20 ; Messina, 3 mon 119 i 120 ; Lisboa, 90
days, 524 to 53 ; Oporto, days, 53 to 4.
The rates of discount in the principal continental
cities are subjoined, viz. :—Paris, 3 per omit.
(being below the rate of the Bank of France)
Vienna, 5 ; Hamburg, 21 ; Amsterdam, ;
Berlin, 34 ; Frankfort, 2; Turin, 5 ; and Brusse
3 per cent.
The monthly return of the Bank of France, as
made up to Thursday, the 10th of April, shows
the following results (the exchange taken at 25f.
to the pound)
Coin and bullion
Bills discounted Decrease 3,000,000
Note* in circulation lnman 40,000
Private deposits
Treasury deposits Demme 1,000,000
Advance on public securitise Demers 445,000
The movement in the bullion is favourable, but
the heavy decline in the discounts indicates a de-
pressed condition of French trade.
The Liverpool cotton market yesterday was again
very firm.
The subjoined communication is from the Otto-
man Railway Company. The point which it is
desired to explain is that the bonds now offered
are offered, not by the company, but by the con-
tractor, to whom they were issued by the company
some time ago :
TO TIN IDrros OP TEX IMPSISIL
Sir,—Some misapprehension having arisen with reference
to an issue of debentures of the Ottoman Railway Company,
the directors have published the fellow* noties.—l
S. J. COOKE, Secretary.
2, St. Michael's floum Gambill, R.C.
London, April 11.
"Ottoman Railway Company.
" The attention of the directors having been called to an
advertisement offering debentures (250,000&) in the above
railway for sale, notice is hereby given, that the debentures
so offered ere the same that were alined io 1860 under the
sanction of the Imperial Government to the metractor in
payment for works done, and that no new or additional
hoe has been sanctioned, or is contemplated.*
The committee of depositors in the "Bank of
Deposit," at a meeting held on the 7th instant,
passed the following resolution :
That, inasmuch am the application of Mr. Edmunds, the
solicitor of the committee, to some of the less culpable of
the directors of this °ocean, with a view to an amicable ad-
justment of the claims upon them of the depositors his been
AWeprded, the committee are of opinion that steps should
he adopted to enforce the depositors rights ; and, with the
object of taking such steps, either esparately or jointly with
the official manager, as the committee may be advised , they
recommend each depositor to forego 3d. in the pound upon
the amount deposited, to be paid out of any dividend that
may be received, and that each depositor be invited to
sign an authority, and forward the same to the committee.
At the second ordinary general meeting yester-
day of the Nerbudds Coal and Iron Company, the
directors' report was adopted. The explanations
given with reference to the future operations of the
oompany in India were considered satisfactory.
The Gate* specie statement for the week ending
Wednesday last gives the following tota/s, viz. :
Imports of gold, 215,851/. ; exports of gold,
45,90 U. : imports of silver, 253,7784 ; exports of
silver, 98,1501.

FVDLT AilllDlo.t

Consols, which closed yesterday at 9414 for the
Bth of May, opened this morning at 94 to 4, and
closed at 93/ to 94. For money the last price was
931 to 1. The official business report is as follows ;
—Three per Cent. Console, for money, 94, 1, 931,
941, 94, 931 ; ditto for account (May 8), 94/, 94 ;
Bank Stock, 237 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
921, 1,4, 1 ; New Three per Cents., 92/, 4?
; New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 78 ; Thirty
Years' Annuities, 1886, 14 ; India Steak, 226,
228 ; ditto Five per Cent. stock, 1081, 1,1, 1, t;
ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1864, 100 ;
Five per Cent, " enlaced" rupee paper, 102 ,
103 ; ditto Five-and-a-Ralf per Cent., lost, 1.
The India Five per Cent. stock was dull, closing
at 1081 tot The rupee paper was steady. Exchequer
Bills remain quoted 184. to 21s. prem.
In the foreign stook market the principal feature
was the continued speculative demand for the
Spanish Certificates, which were dealt in as high
at 8.

There was a reduction to-day in the shares of the
Bank of Australasia, London Joint Stock Bank,
and Union Bank of London, but bank shares gene-
rally were fairly supported. In miscellaneous shares
the only variation was a decline in English and Aus-
tralian Copper.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-day were as follows :—Ocean Marine In-
surance, 6 to 'a prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine,
17-16 to 1 2-16 prem. ; Universal Marine, 3 to 21 dia. ;
London and Provincial Maxine. par
to 1 Erem- ;
Mercantile Mrs, #to prem. ; Commercial Union,
to 1 dia. ; Imperial Bank, ato 1 prem.
Indian Branch Railways, par ; Atha Bank
' nee ,
4to prem. ; Northern Counties Union Bank,
21 to 31 prem. ; Chartered Bank of British
Columbia and Vancouver's blend, 2 to *prem. ;
Italian Irrigation, to # prem. ; Metropolitan
Railway Carriage, to ir.; United Kingdom
Ship-owning Company, to prem.: and Ste-
vena's Broad Machinery, to prem.