The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARIEHZ-(TBIS DIY•)

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The operations in the stock markets continue
upon a very restricted scale, and the variations in
prices to-day are few and unimportant. Consols
and most of the foreign securities and financial
shares are quoted exactly the same as on Saturday.
British lines are rather dull, but the reduction in

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per cent.
The discount market continues quiet, with few
transactions. Nevertheless, the general rate for
the best bills is still 3} per cent. In the Stock
Exchange there is rather more demand for loans
from day to day on English government securities,
and the charge has advanced to 2 per cent. The
supply of money, however, is ample.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Renter opened at
67fr. 50c., being about the same as on Saturday.
Consols are now quoted bOk to a., both for

money and the account (August 8). The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Con-
sols, for money, 901, ; ditto, for account, 901;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 89/, ; New Three
per Ceuta., 891, 90 ; India Stock, 217 ; ditto Five
per Cent. Stook, 1041, ; ditto Four per Cents.,
991 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1866,
1 100 ; and Exchequer Bills, par.

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In the foreign stock market there is a slight de-
mand for Spanish Certificates, Mexican, and
Turkish of 1862, which have improved } to }
per cent. Other foreign bonds are unaltered.
Some of the present quotations are sub-
joined, viz.:—Greek, 201 to 21} ; Turkish, 1858,
73} to 74} ; ditto 1862, 73 to } ; ditto Con
solid6s, 491 to 1 ; Spanish Passive, 281 to
29} ; ditto Certificates, 131 to 14i. Con-
federate, 7} to 8} ; and Mexican, 23/ to 1 ;
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Dutch Two-
And-a-Half per Cents., 62} ; ditto Certificates,
98} ; Egyptian, 97} ; ditto second issue, 971 ; ditto
1864, 94} ; ditto 1001. bonds, 941 ; Greek,
for account, 21 ; Italian, for account, 64} ; ditto
1865, 77, } ; ditto Maremmana Railway, 70} ;
Peruvian, 1862, 78 ; Portuguese, 1856, &c.
for account, 47} ; Russian, 1862, 92, i;
Spanish New Deferred, for account, 39/ ; Turkish,
1858, for account, 74} ; ditto 1001. bonds, 78 ;
ditto, 1862, 1001. bonds, 731, }, 74 ; ditto 1865,
441 ; ditto scrip, 5} dia.
International Financial shares are now quoted 1 to
1 pm. ; General Credit,l 9-16 to 11-16 prem. ; London
Financial, 6to } prem., ex div. ; Imperial Mer-
cantile, 1} to prem. ; Credit Foncier and
Mobilier of England, 3} to } prem. ; Ottoman
Socidt4 Gdndrale, 21 to 1 prem. ; Hudson's Bay,
15} to }.
The nominal quotations for the shares of some
of the new companies are subjoined :—Atlantie
Telegraph preference, } dia. to } prem. being lower ;
Hodges' Distillery, 1} to 2 prem. ; Anglo-Greek
Steam, 2 to } prem. ; General Exchange Bank, 2}
to 1 prem.; Massa-Carrara Marble, 2 to } prem.;
and Marseilles Extension Railway, 2to } prem.
The letters of " regret" in " Overend, Gurney,

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and Co. (limited)"were issued this morning, and the
shares have risen to 3 to h prem.. some large
purchases having been made to cover previous sales.
The annexed notification, from Messrs. Baring
Brothers and Co., announces the receipt of a sa-
tisfactory remittance on account of the New Gra-
nada dividends:

Nrw OILLNADI Dam—Been& Baring Brothers and Co,
have moire& by this mail, on account of New Granada
diwideuds, remittancoa u follows : From Custom-house of
Santa Marta, 6,8981. sa. 14. ; from Cmwm•houas of Cmrta.
ilea, T 261. ; from Custom-house of Sabsuilla, 3312. lla. 74. ;
total, 7,3831. 16s. ad.—London, July 29, 1465.
With reference to the Venezuela Loan of 1864,
the following notice has been received from the
General Credit Company :
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VairmormA Biz Pea Ciorr. LOAN, 1864.—The General
Credit and Fiaaaoe Company of Loudon (Limited) are in
receipt of advise from their seats, Meson. H. L. Bathers ,
and 00., dated IA Guaira, Bth July, 1865, of duties cool•
tweed as follows oa amount of the above loon Per state-
meet No. 37, from La Guaira, 13.543.17 dots. ; per state-
ment No. 38, from La Guaira, 6,692 29 dole. ; per state-
ment No. 48, from Poerto Cabello. 5,466 40 dole ; per state- I
meat No. 49, from Puerto Cabello, 20,110.33 dots. ; total,
45,812.19 dole.
About 14,000 sovereigns from Portugal were sent
into the Bank on Saturday.
Of the 265,5001. by the steamer Shannon, from
the West Indies, 163,0001. is gold and 102,5001. ,
silver.
The subjoined memorandum is from the Central
Railway Company of Venezuela (Limited) :
The Centel Railway Company of Versesu•La (Limited)
have received 'deices by this mail from their agent, of the
receipt from the government of the 9 per rent guaranteed
interest for the six months ending the 24th June.
The Central Argentine Railway Company have
made a call of 21. per share, making 81. 10a. called
up, payable by the 29th August.
The adjourned annual meeting of the Mediter-
ranean Submarine Telegraph Company. is fixed to
take place on the 17th of August at Paris.
The half-yearly meeting of the Midland Rail-
way Company will take place on the 16th August,
Ist Derby, and will be made special, to create and
issue new shares under the provisions of various
acts of parliament.
The fifth and final instalment of 25 per cant. on
the price of the stock is to be paid on the new ordi-
nary stock of the Great Northern Railway Company
by the 15th August.
The second call of 11. 10s., making Si. 105.
called, is to be paid on the 91. shares of the Midland
Railway Company by the 31st August.
The half-yearly meeting of the Lands Improve-
ment Company is convened for the 11th of August,
when an ad interim half-yearly dividend is to be
declared.
An amended prospectus of the London, Windsor,
and Greenwich Hotels Company (Limited) ha. been
issued. The capital has been reduced by one-half,
the proposed purchase of the St. James's Hall and
Restaurant having been omitted from the project.
The businesses to be acquired are the following,
viz. :—The Trafalgar Tavern, the Ship Tavern, and
the Yacht Tavern, at Greenwich ; the Castle Hotel,
and the White Hart Hotel, at Windsor ; and Rad-
ley's Hotel, in Bridge-street, Blackfriars. The
capital is fixed at 250,0001., in 10,000 shares of
251. each, with 11. payable on application and 41.
on allotment.
At the fifth half-yearly meeting of the United
Kingdom Railway Rolling Stock Company
(Limited) held on Friday, Mr. John Biddulph in
the chair, a dividend at the rate of seven per
cent, per annum was declared, free of income tax,
carrying over a balance of 2991. 28. 3d. to the next
half-year.
We are assured that the whole of the shares of
the Marseilles Extension Railway and Land Com-
: I pany have already been applied for.
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