The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-18 00:00:00

lIONBY MAREBT,,(TIIIB DAY.)

Two o'Ciocz.
The stock and share markets continue firm, and
the variations which have occurred in prices to-
day are again in • favourable direction. Consols
are quoted about the same as yesterday, but Eng-
lish rail ray stocks and foreign securities are better
in several instances. Financial shares exhibit
firmness, and those of most of the new undertakings
les I are maintained in value.

The supply of mosey seeking employment in the
discount market to-day is larger, and the demand
rather moderate, although a large number of Aus-
tralian bills have arrived at maturity. The rate for

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the best paper is 4} par ' cent- In the Stook Ex-
change short loans are obtainable at the reduced

charge of 3 to 31 per cent.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
671 r. 25c., being 1 per cent. higher than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 891 to 1 for money,
and 891 to 1 for the account (April 6). The
official business report is as follows ..-Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 891, 4, 1 ; ditto
for account, 894, 1, # ; Three per Cleats. Reduced,
874, 3 ; New Three per Cents., 871, 4 ; India
' Five per Cent. Stock, 1041, 3 ; ditto, for account,
105 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1866, 99 ;
and Exchequer Bills, 6s. prem.
Turkish securities continue in demand, and the
loans of 1858 and 1862 have experienced a fresh
rise of 1 per cent. Consolid6s are firm, at the
closing quotation of yesterday. Confederate Bonds
are per cent. better. On the other hand
Spanish Passive and Mexican have declined 1.
Some of the present quotations are annexed, viz.:-
Greek Bonds, 211 to 1; Mexican, 26 to 1 ;
Confederate, 36 to 37 ; Spanish Passive, 33 to 1 ;
the Certificates, 171 to ; Turkish, of 1858. 704 to 1,
ex div.; ditto 1862, 73 to 4 ; and the Consolidiis,
52/ to 531. Transactions are recorded as follows :-
Dutch Certificates, 981; Egyptian, 1864, 951, 1,
95,1 ;ditto scrip, 11 prem. ; Greek, for account, 211;
ditto Coupons, for acct., 9, 83 , I; Italian, foe acct.,74;
ditto 1865, scrip, 31, die. ; Mexican, for account,
264, 1; ditto, 1864, 251 ; ditto Anglo-French, 521;
Monte Videan scrip, 9, 81 prem.; Peruvian, 1862,
for account, 81, 1 ; Russian, 1859, 541 ; ditto
1862, 89, 1; ditto 1864, 911 ; Spanish for account,
331, 1 ; ditto Certificates, for accnnnt, 171, 17 ;
Turk ish,lBsB, for account, 704,1, ex div. ; ditto 1001.
bonds,7s ; ditto 1862, for acoount,73l, 1 ; ditto 1001.
bonds, 731, 3 ; ditto guaranteed, 99 ; Venezuela,
for account, 181, ; ditto 1862, for account, 42 ;
ditto 1864, 411, I.
International Financial shares are now quoted
14 to / prem., ex div. ; General Credit,
24 to 1 prem., ex div.; London Financial, 64 to
prem., ex div. ; Imperial Mercantile, 14 to 2
prem., ex div. ; Hudson's Bay, 151 to 1 ; Otto-
man Soci4t6 Clinirale, 2/ to 1 prem.

The quotations for the shares of some of
the new companies are subjoined. :—Metropoli-
tan District Railways, 81 to 91 prem. ; China
Steamship and Labuan Coal, 1 to t die. ; Rio
Janeiro Gas, Ito i prem. ; West London Docks
and Warehouses, f to i die. ; Yarns Rail-
way, 41 to 51 prem.; South African Land and
Finance, 11 to / prem. ; Atlantic Railway Deben-
ture scrip, 51 to 6i prem.
Hai.r-rasr Two o'Ctoce.
Consols are quoted 891 to 11 for money, and
89 7-16 to 9-16, or 8911, for the account, being
fractionally better in the latter instance, compared
with the quotation current at 2 o'clock.
No gold was bought by the Bank yesterday, but
some amount is expected to be sent in during the
next few days, there being no demand for abroad
in consequence of the firmness of the exchanges.
The City of Boston, from New York, has brought
only 2,06 b/. is specie.
The silver market remains very flat, with no
demand either for the East or the Continent, and
the price for bars has declined to ss. O'd. to se. ld.
per ounce. Mexican dollars are unchanged in
price, at se. per ounce.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were '
firm, at the late rise, and in some cases the ten-
dency was towards a further improvement. The
list is subjoined :
Amsterdam, 3 months, ILI9 to 1 ; ditto. 3 days,
11.16 to 17 ; Rotterdam. 3m 1L aths, 191 to 1 • Ant-
werp, 8 meths. 25.471 to 521; Hamburg, sm. arm. 3
months, 13.61 to 9 ; Paris, 3 day% 15.20 to 25 ;
ditto, 3 most* 25.45 to 50; Frankfort-on-thwilatse, 3
month'. 120 i to i ; St. Petersburg (per rouble). 3 months,
311 to 1 ; Pima, off. flo.. 3 mastits, 1L45 to 50 ; Trieste,
MI. flo.. 3 months, 11.45 to 50 ; Madrid, 3 months,
471 to 1 ; Cadiz. 3 maths. 471 to 1 : Leghorn, 3 months,
26.55 to 60; Gas" 3 itioatha„ 25.55 to 60; Milan, 3
months, 15.55 to 60 • Naples. 3 months, 25.55 to
60 ; Palermo, 3 mouths, 25.55 to 60 ; Marina, 3
mouths, 16.56 to 60 ; Lisbon. 96 days, 511 to 1 ; Oporto,
90 days, 511 to 1.
Subjoined is a list of the rates of discount now
current on the Continent :—Paris, 3 per cent. ;
Vienna, 5 ; Hamburg, 2 ; Turin, 5 ; Frankfort,
21 ; Amsterdam, 4 ; Berlin, 4 ; Brussels, 3 ; and.
St. Petersburg, 6 per cent. It will be seen that the
rates here are above the average abroad.
The subjoined circular announces the failure of
Mr. D. L. Lewis, railway contractor and financial
agent. Mr. Lewis bas carried on business in
London for some years, and his operations have
been upon a very extensive scale. Hie liabilities
are understood to represent a large total, but
nothing certain is known with respect to the assets.
The connexion of Me. Lewis with an Irish railway
is stated to be the p.'incipal cause of his present
difficulties :
11, George-yard, Loarkerdetrest, Leedom, RC.,
Mardi 15, 1865.
Sir,—l am carry to inform you that I have bees compelled
this day to obtain an adjudication of beakraptcy against
royeaU. in conasenesce of proceedinos tads lay_ creditors
whohayeobteined a judgment against me. This step became
necessary for the protectios of my mots sad myself, end
boa been taken with the cioscurrenes of my primps! meth-
ton, whom I remelted before Shag my petitioo. nave in-
structed Rams. Coleman, Terquaad, Yews, sad Co. to
prepare a sharement of my affairs, and lay the maw before
my creditors, at • meetlog which 141 be cesessed for Mat
purpose with the least peesible delay.—l remain, sir, year
obedlest sermat, D. L. Lewis.
The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Six
per Cent. Second Preference Stock, which has been
for a very long period entirely unnoticed, has lat-
terly been more inquired for, and the price bas
risen from 60, at which it stood at the beginning
of the year, to 71. to 73. As this stock ranks for
dividend next in order after the First Preference
Five per Cent., the dividends on which have been
punctually met, it is anticipated that the increased
receipts of the line will, at no distant period, admit
of at least a partial dividend on the Second Pre-
ference.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 1,0921. over last year.
The final call of N. is to be paid on the D shares,
the 4th call of 2/. 10s. on the E shares, and the Ist
call of 21. on the F shares, of the Bombay, Baroda
and Central India Railway Company, by the 19th
of April.
The following companies ere now applying to the
committee of the Stock Exchange for the appoint-
ment of special settling days in their shares, viz. :
—China Steamship and Labuan Coal Company,
1 Victoria (London) Mining Company, Albert
Insurance Company, Trinidad Petroleum Company,
1 sad General Irrigation and Water Supply Company
of France.