The Express.
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The operations in the stock and share markets
to-day are upon a restricted scale, and prices in
most instances are quoted the same as yesterday.
Coned', however, are rather better, and • slight
improvement has also occurred in a few foreign
bonds and British lines. Financial shares exhibit
a slight reduction.
The discount market is quieter, the payments
in connexion with to-day, the 4th, having
been anticipated. The rate for the best
bills, however, is maintained at 4k to 5 per cent.
The charge for short loans in the Stock Exchange
on English government securities is 4 to 4 per
cent.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr.iltenter's tale-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rent's opened at
67fr. 15c., showing no variation.
Consols are now quoted 898 to 4, both for mossy
and the present settlement (Feb. 9). The official
business report is as follows : —Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 898, ; Etna,
foe account, 894, 4 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
88}, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 881, # ; India Five
pee Cent. Stock, 1034, I ; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1886, 98} ; ditto Bonds., 10a, 15s.
prem. ; and Exchequer Bills, par, 4s. prem.
In the foreign stock market the variations com-
prise a rise in Spanish Passive and Confederate
Bonds, and a decline in Greek and Mexican.
The movements, however, are not very important.
Rome of the present quotations for the new account
are annexed, via. :—Greek Bonds, 281 to ;
Mexican, 274 to 28} ; Confederate, 55 to 56 ;
Spanish Passive, 324 to 4 ; the Certificates, 144
to 4 ; Turkish,of 1868, 72} to 73 ; ditto 1862, 70}
to 4 ; and the Consolidds, 52} to 4.
Transactions were recorded as follows :—Egyp-
tian Seven per Cents., 1864, 96 ; Greek Five per
Ceuta., for account, 234 ; Italian Five per (Cents.
(Maremmana Railway), 89 ; Mexican Three per
Cents., 274 ; dittofor aocount,2B} ; ditto 1864, ;
ditto Anglo-French Six per Cents., 564 ; Portu-
guese Three per Cents., for account, 474, 4 ; Rus-
sian Three per Ceuta, 1859, 534 ; ditto 1862, 894 ;
Spanish New Deferred, for account, 391 ; ditto Pas-
sive, for account, 32}, 4; the Committee's Certificates,
for account, 14} ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1868,
for account, 724 ; ditto, 1862, for account, 704, ;
ditto 1001. Bonds, 704, 71, 70}.
Egypt Loau scrip is now quoted If to 21
prem. ; Monte Videan, 44 to 5} prem. ; Italian,
par to } prem. ; and Atlantic and Great Western
Railway Certificates of Debenture, 14 to 2} prem.
International Fioancial shares are now quoted 24
to } prem. , ex div.; General Credit, 2 15-16 to 3 1-16
prem. ; London Financial, 7} to 8 prem., ex div. ;
llmperial Mercantile, 2} to 4 prem., ex div.; Hud-
son's Bay, 151 to 16} ; Anglo-Egyptian Bank, 4 tn 1
prem. ; Ottoman Sockt4 Gclocirale, 24 to # prem.;
ex div. ; City of Milan Improvementa, 34 to 4
prem.

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HALF-PAST Two o'Czoot.
Consols are still quoted 89/ to }, both for money
and the 9th inet.
We hear from a thoroughly reliable source that the
whole of the Italian State Domain Loan has been
placed without reserve among the public. About
two and-a-half millions were allotted in this coun-
try, and the remainder on the continent, where the
advantages of the hypothecation of such valuable
lands is better understood and appreciated. The
prompt and skilful way in which an enterprise of
such magnitude has been carried out reflects great
credit on the contractors.
The scrip of the new Italian State Domain Loan
will be ready for delivery on Wednesday.
It is said that a new Peruvian loan will be brought
forward in a few days ; that it will embrace a con-
solidation of the existing Peruvian stocks, including
the Dollar Bonds, and that the amount of new
stock is to be so fixed as •to yield a sum of
'lOl about 3,000,0001. in cash to the government. A
5 per cent stock at 80 are the terms spoken of.
• The Magdalena has arrived at Lisbon from Brazil
1. with 16,8701. in specie.
The amount of specie engaged for transmission
by the steamer Peru, which will leave to-day,
11 is 90,7811., of which 1,4841. is gold and the rest
- silver. The particulars are as follows :—For Point
de Galls, 2151. ; Madras, 16,8571. • Calcutta, 491.
- Singapore, 24,6'01. ; Hong Kong, '44,620 ; and for
Shaughae, 4,4201.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon did
not vary much ; but bills on most of the continental
cities being inquired for, the tendency of the rates
was not in favour of this country. Subjoined is
xd our usual list :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.171 to 18 ; ditto, 8 days',
11.14 to 15 ; Rotterdam, 3 mouths, 11.174 to 18 ; Ant-
seers, I months, 25.45 to 471; Hamburg, ma. bane*. 3
months. 13.7 to Park. 3 days, Z. 121 so 31;
ditto. I menthe, 25.424 to 47/ ; FranUort•on-thrMaine, 3
loo•thas 64. Petersburg (per rouble). II months,
ad 30 to 146 ; Visaas, ifl. Oa. 3 month; 11.0050 65 :MN*
d. Se., 3 month, 11.60 to 65: Madrid, 3 month%
46f to 7; Gediz 3 mouths. 47 to ; Legborri, 3 months,
I" 25.55 to 60; Genoa. 3 months, 25.55 to CO ; Milan, 3
ad months, 23.55 to 60 ; Masks, 3 mouths, 26.55 to 60 ;
Palermo, 3 months, 25.55 to 60 ; Mieselna, 3 moutisa,
25.55 to ; Lithos, 90 dais, 515 to 1 ; Oporto, 90 days,
514 to 4.
The weekly return at the Bank of France shows
the following changes :
Coin sad bullion
td Bills discounted
Government deposits Donate 3
40 000
Notes le circulation Jeerers 165,000
Private deposits
Advisees
The decrease in the coin and bullion and increase
in the discounts indicate some revival in the de-
mend for money in France.
The value of money in several continental cities
is still below that current here, as will be seen by
the following :—At Paris and Hamburg the rate of
li discount is 4f per cent ; Frankfort and Brussels,
4 ; Vienna and Turin, 6 •, Amsterdam, 4i ;
; and St. Petersburg, 7 per cent.
The half-yearly meeting of the Fore-street Ware-
house Company took place yesterday. The net pro-
fits for the half-year, including 6,6111. brought for-
ward, have reached 29,8431., and a dividend was
axe declared
leaving 4,5 at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum,
31/. to be carried to the next account.
The Alliance Bank (Limited) have made a call
of Si. per share on the new shares of 1864, num-
bered 30,001 and upwards, payable by the 6th of

March.
A will of 5/. is to be paid on the shares of the
London and South Western Bank (Limited) by the
25th inst.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 1,2101. over last year. •
The subjoined memorandum la from " Haloomb
and Co. (Limited) :"—"The directors of Macomb
I having ascer-
and Co. (Limited), sack contractors,
tained the profit of the half-year ending Dee. 31,
1864, to be at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum,
, have declared an interim dividend of 6 per oent.
' for the half-year, payable on or after the 16th
February."
We are requested to mention that Mr. James
Scott, deputy-chairman of the London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway, bas joined the direction
of " Brighton Baths Company," and that the
share list will close in a few days.
No application for the new shares of the Asiatic
Banking Corporation will be received after Wednes-
- the Bth test.

FRIDAY EYEIFIRO.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 84, "sellers,"
for next Thursday's settlement, opened this morn-
ing at the same quotation, and closed at 86 6-16 to
7-16, or 89j. The price for money was almost
exactly the same as for the coming settlement The
oicial business report is as follows ;—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 691, e, ; ditto fOr
account, 891, i ; Three per Cents. Reduced, Wei