The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-28 00:00:00

MONEY MARILET.-(71118 DAY.)

Two o'CLocm.

There is little business in the stock markets to-
day, yd the tendency of prices is rather favourable-
Consols are unaltered, but foreign stocks and
British lines have improved in some instances.
Financial shares are quiet.
The discount market is quiet to-day, with very
little business, and there isroore disposition to take
good three months' bills at 4} per cent. In the
Stock Exchange the rate for loans from day to
day on English government securities is 3} to 4
per Gent., and the supply of money is large.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rents; opened at
67fr. 20c., being the same as yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 894 to 1 for money,
and 891 to for the moonlit (February 9). The
official business report is as follows :—Three per
per Cent. Consols, for money, 894, 4 ; ditto, for
amount, 893, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 884 ;
New Three per Cents., 89, 884 ; Bank Stock, 244 ;
India Stook, 216 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 104,
1031 ; and Exchequer Bills, par.
Consolidds, Spanish Passive Bonds and Certi-
ficates, Italian, and Mexican are in request, and
have experienced a ripe ranging from to
4 per cent. The Confederate Loan remains
firm, at the improvement of yesterday.
Some of the present quotations are annexed,
viz. :--Greek Bonds, 23} to 4 ; Mexican, 28
to ; Confederate, 57 to 59 ; Spanish Pas-
sive, 324 to ; the Certificates, 144 to 4 ;
Turkish, of 1868, 72 to } ; ditto 1862, 701
to 4, ex div. ; and the Omahas, 511 to 4.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Egyptian,
1864, 954, 96 ; ditto Scrip, 14 pram. ; Greek, 231,
; Italian, for account, 64},1, ex div.; Peruvian,
1862, for account, 83, ex die. ; Portuguese, 1866,
dm, 47, ex div. ; Russian, 1860, FM it ex div. ;
ditto, 1862, 89}, 3 ; Spanish, 471 ; Turkish, 1862,
1001- Bonds, 70}, ex div.
Egyptian Loan scrip is now quoted 1} to 1 prem.;
Danubian, Ito 0} dis. ; Monte Videan, 54 to I
prem. ; Italian, 4to 1 prem. ; and Atlantic and
Great Western Railway Certificates of Debenture,
2 to 4 prem.
International Financial shares are now quoted
2to prem. ; General Credit, 3 to
prem. ; London Financial, 84 to 4 prem. ;
Imperial Mercantile, 21 to S prem. ; Hudson's
Bay, 154 to 164 ; Anglo-Egeptian Bank, to
prem. ; Ottomau Socicitei Gdndrale, 14 to 21
prem., ex div. ; City of Milan Improvements, 34
to prem. ; and Darjeeling Company, 4 to 1
preen,

gars-PART Two o'Ciocs.
Console are quoted 891 to f for money, and
80 13-16 to 15-16 or 89i, for the account, being
rather firmer in the latter instance compared with
the quotation current at 2 o'clock.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon showed
a slight unfavourable tendency, owing, no doubt,
to the decline which has taken place in the value of
money in this market. The present quotations
however, are not materially below those of lasi
Tuesday, being as follows :
Amsterdam, 3 usoutba, 11174 to • ditto, 3 days',
11.14 to 15 ; Rotterdam, 3 swath& 11..174 to ; Ant-
werp, II months. 25.45 to 60; Hamburg. me. beam. 3
13.7 to ; Paris, 3 days, 25.15 to 20
maths, 26.45 to 50 ; Frankfort•oo.the•Maise, 3
mouths. 1194 to 4; St. Petersburg (per rouble), 3 mouths,
304 ; Vienna, eff. 50.. 3 mouths. 11.75 to 80 ; Trieste,
off. So.. 3 months, 11.75 to 80 ; Madrid, 3 mouths,
44 to 4 ; (ladle, S mouths. 47 to 4 ; logborn,3 mouths,
25.74 to 824 ; Genoa 3 mouths, 25.574 to 62; ; Mika 3
mouths, 25.574 to 824 ; Naples, 3 mould, 25.574 to 824 ;
Palermo, 3 mouths, 15.574 to 624 ; Menisa, 3 mouths,
25.574 to 624 ; Lisboa 10 days, 514 ; Oporto, 90 days,
514 to 1.
The value of money in several of the continental
cities is still below that current here, notwithstaed-
lug the fresh reduction iu the Bank of England
minimum. At Anis and Amsterdam the rate in
the open market is 4} per cent. ; Hamburg and
Brussels, 4 ; Vienna, 6 ; Turin, 54 ; Frankfort,
; Berlin, 5 ; and St. Petersburg, 7 per cent.
At a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Messrs.
Hill and Weguelin, Russia merchants, of Alder-
man's-walk, the liabilities were stated by Messrs.
Cooper Brothers and Co., the accountants, at
29,5471., and assets at 22,5201., showingadeficiency
of 7,0271. A committee of investigation was
appointed, to report to a future meeting.
The meeting of Cramer and CO. (Limited) was
held yesterday. The recommended dividend wee at
the rate of 10 per cent per annum, which was

the ewes Amite of easy espissatiea. The wetlay heennal
la the exhales of the oe abet the WWI= al thie
ewe Wide*, has eallrely Wrested She 111•19=0.11
4189118. go that any t~way look-sp el verway w weal
wee is the amuse el- emme fele epee
lad* 6"1"
areeesta the dietrutisa el them in the mutest ef
deeds. Os the 311 ot ib d
Demseher leek the is Lesion
I. mei mid bills, was 13e. 6d., while the
einimat of Redistributed profit ea the 30IhilE
1864, aaoseded 12,5001. ; which sum, after
far haat" deabtful debts, we outfit soar, bat the VW
saw wesped, to be in a pastille to dederavallablefer dret-
dead. Our maimse being thee reetsieted, we ma may se-
esmaiewl you to declare a divedend el 5R per aka" whiek
way be made payable at hof Mowry mat.
The subjoined is from a ripest Mined by the
directors of the Marine Investment Company
(Limited), and to be submitted at the first awing
meeting on the 6th February :
The directors have the satisfaction to state that the caw
piny have not made one knows bad debt up to this data.
There an two caws being tie remit el whisk,
the directors anticipate, will be !avowable to the
commay. At the extraordisery
held ia Jam lam, your direction Cial warreausetert
a payment of 5 per ant ea the capital sob-
el.Whadlitarieg the first aix magas el the eimpen_ y's Wet-
was, aad the mouses sent herewith show meats te time
eniiiest of 7,2861. 15s. 4d. over sad dime the divide"! of
5 per amt. thee paid. The directors de set thiakiwkik=
disei to nomusiond division of the while nett
being of *pinkie that the most rudest memo he te
pay a dividend of 10 per oast. tree of Wane lax,
ties to the 5 per amt. already paid. This payment win
mike • noel
of sear of 15 per asiskitailinsaiis from
the slimmest of shares, ea the Illed 1818, hI6
preekiwilly for twelve mouths, es the wwweal wet MO-
memo Weiner till 11th December, 1811& - This wM admit
of a net of 2,3001. being plead W the men, had b>eest
cost' • sad of the resider el 1,0171 Us. M. his
. ear forward I. the asst newient.
The directors of the London and Glasgow im-
gineeriag and Iron and Ship-building Compels,
(limited) have issued their interim report, Comte
be
presented at the first ordinary meeting on the Met
It states as follows :
The direelen haw eow the plasma to report iii• Mal
a the eperstioes of the from the
el halms my to 31st Deei Treats Te=
ei susests sow submitted, it will be sma that atter per
el theatre's% expanse, Wallah( interest due ea the
betimes of purchsee•mosig, main as allowance of 3,7861.
fee depreciation of buiWWip,maotissry, he.. tad IMAM
el! MX from preliminary expeness. there remiss a sal
balance of profit amounting to 3,8/81. 12a. 6d. This balsam
the directors recommend should be appropriated as
lows i—Divideed at the rate at six shallop sad sizpenee
par sbare. Wag equal to 6 per owl
of
the tree
ei
60omstax, en said up eepitel the
1,560/. 19s. 6d.: income-tax, 381. Oa. 6d. ; balsas, el
arried fawned, 1,9781. 12e. 6d, ; total, On& 12•
The shares of " Hopkins, Gilkes, and C.
(Limited)" are to be allotted nest week. The ap-
plications we are informed are very numerous.
and the vendors have claimed the 8,000 shares re-
served for themselves and friends, as stated in the
prospectus. The vendors thus become proprietors
of 24,000 shares, or more than one-half the satire
capital of the company.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Manchester Warehouse and Office Company
will be closed on Tuesday next, the 31st inst.. foe
London, and on Wednesday for the country.
The in-coming Calcutta mail shows that book
shares continue to maintain high values in that
city. Agra and Ideate:ma's Bank shares com-
mand a premium of 901 to 951. at Calcutta and
Bombay; and Bank of Hindustan, China, mai
Japan (Limited), a premium of 101. to 101. 10e. at
Calcutta ; and 141. premium at Bombay. Other
bank shares approach nearer to Zaglish quotations.

FRIDAY Emma
Consols, which closed yesterday at 891 " sellers,*
for the 9th February, opened and closed to-day
at 891 to 1. For money the last price was 891
to 1. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 891,1, 1 ; ditto
for account, 89/, 1; Three per Cents. Reduced,
89, 881 ; New Three per Cents., 881, 89, 881 ;
New Three-and-a-Hail per Cents., 931 India
Five per Cent. Stock, 104, 1031 ; ditto Four per
Cent., 981, 1 ; ditto Bonds, 15e. wan. ; Five per
Cent. " eufaced" rupee paper, 101, 102.
The India Five per Cent. Stook was steady.
India Bonds were dealt in at 160. prem. Exchequer
Bills remain at par to 4s. prem.
In the foreign stock market the chief demand
was for the Confederate Loan and Turkish Con-
solidis, the former of which rose 2, end the latter
1 per cent. There was also an improvement at #
per oent. in Italian Old Stock, 1 to 2 per oent.
Mexican scrip, in Peruvian and Russian of 1864,
and lin Spanish Passive. There were some in-
quiries for Venezuela Bonds of 1862 and 1864.
Greek, on the contrary, declined per cent.
The shares of the fivancial companies were dull,
but scarcely lower. The closing quotations are
annexed, viz. :—lnternational Financial, 2 1-16 to
3-16 prem. ; General Credit., 21 to 3 peels! • Loud=
Financial. 81 to 1 prem. Imperial Meireantik
Credit, 21 to 31 prem. ; and Credit Fonder and
Mnbilier (old shares), 31 to f prem.
Alliance Bank shares were firm at the late ad-
vance, cloning at 81 to 9 prem. Imperial Bank
were inquired for, while Bank of Qaesosland and
Union Bank of London slightly receded.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 151 te
161 ; Egyptian Trading, 11 to 1.1 prem. ;
National Discount, 101 to 1 prem. ; Joint
Stook Discount, fto dia. ; and Ottoman Sociliti
Gin•Srale, 11 to 21 preen. English and Foreign
Credit, International Land Ore Northers As-
Ottomanwn Tea, Ocean Marine Insurance, Fi-
nancial, Otago and Southland Investment, Rio
Improvements, and Sociit6 Financidre d'
shares were all rather weaker. Internationalggr
tract, after being marked 1 die., closed at 21 4,
11 die.
City of Milan Improvements shares have
risen this afternoon to 4 to 41. prem., notw
standing the usual realisations ou the issue of the
letters of allotment which took place this morning.
The distribution has been rendered the more re-
stricted owing to the fact that a large proportion of
the capital of this company has been applied for and
taken in the paid up form.
The Darjeeling Company's shares were quoted
1 to }prow. ; Metropolitan and St. John's NVood
Railway, # # prem. ; and Manchester Ware-
homes and Office, 1 to 1 prem.
The certificates of debenture of the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway were last quoted 11 to 2/
prem.
United States 15-20 Sothis were quoted at 461 to 47t,
and the new Cape Government Five per Cent.
Loan, 93 to 94.
Canada Government securities were weaker.

M1N114.--ITHIR DAY.)

Two °Vim&
The mining market is quiet tcrilay, and prices
generally are quoted the same as yesterday. Sect
Grenville shares are flatter, the present price being
3, " sellers." Groat nor are called 33 to 4, and
Zest Caradoo, 18 to 14. Wheal Trelawney are
officially marked 111.
Foreign and colonial mining shares show es
alteration. Cobra Copper have been dealt in at Slt,
being steady.
The subjoined weekly report on the metal market
is extracted from the circular of Messrs. von
Dadelasen and North :
We mance report soy improvement in the prim of
metals. The amount of basieess reported has bees of as
avenge character. Iron: The demaad for Welsh hare °Go-
nave@ sleek, sad buyers look for a coccession in prim. Ne
change is the vellum of rails. Staffordshire iron, with the
azesptloe of sea few =aka, is obtainatle coder list price.
EMMA pig tree boa undergoes so change, closing at 491.
cash and 49a. 9d. one month. Copper remoins very don.
Xbaufsettired. 911. ; tough ingot, 871.. 88/. ; beet 'shot.
891. to 901. Barra es sold at EL %%puede aid Wel-
-1 largo quits aosJwl. Tie : A fair amount of balloon was
dose ta Straits at 871. cash, at which we elope rather aellw‘
Beam WI. TIN Dutch market has ikeliasd to MIS.
Entine Cl doll and lower. Ma *Me : There is little el
imperials/a dotag ; prima unsettle/ Lead : The market is
Mindy. Speller Prices bare at last own down ; mum
e atm were .Railed at from 181. 10r. to 181. se. mak
sad 181. 191. to 181. Te. dd. for sew* thdiviny,
with
spatter
ii=cted, pries bet
too Mak sompszed

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