The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-17 00:00:00

RONNY MARKRZ-(11118 DAL)

Two dews.

Though business is quiet, the stock markets are
generally rather better to-day. Consols have
again risen 1 per cent., and an improvement
has taken place in home railways, some
of the speculative foreign stocks, and sundry
other securities. The government broker's pur-
chase for the sinking fund has consisted of 15,000/.
New Three per Cent. Stock.
The demand for money is moderate to-day, and
the supply large, yet no business is reported below
5 per cent. In the Stock Exchange loans from day
to day on English government securities are in
limited request, and the rate is lower, at to 4
per cent.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rental opened at
67fr. 35c., being Ic. better than yesterday.
Cocoas are now quoted 891 to k for money, and
891 to f for the account (March 9). The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 881, 891, ; ditto, for
account, 891 ; Three per Cents. Reduced.,
881, 1 ; New Three per Cents., 881, 1 ;
Bank Stook, 246 ; India Five per Cent.
'Stook, 1031,1; ditto Four per Coat, 981, 99 ; ditto
Four per Cent. Debenturee, 1866, 981 ; Five per
Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper, 101 ; ditto Five-and-
a-Half per Cent., 110 ; and Exchequer Bills, 4s. to
Bs. prem.
Foreign stocks are firmer. Turkish Bonds of
1862 and the Consolidds have risen 1 per east.,
and Spanish Passive Bonds and Certificates, 1.
Some of the present quotations are annexed, viz. :
Greek Bonds, 221 to f; Mexican, 271 to ; Con-
federate, 56 to 58 ; Spanish Passive, 32/ to 1 ; the
Certifieates, 141 to 1; Turkish, of 1858, 721 to 1 ;
ditto 186% 701 to 71 ; and the Consolichis, 54 to 52.
Transactions are recorded as follows ;--Egyptian,
98 ; ditto 1864, 95, 1 ; ditto scrip, for account, f
prem. ; Greek Coupons, for account, 81 ;
Italian, for account, 641, 1; ditto 1865,
scrip, 1/, din. ; Mexican, for account,
271 ; Moorish, 92, ex div. ; Portuguese, 1856,
ibc., for amount, 47k, 1; Spanish New Deferred,
for account, 391 ; ditto Passive, for account, 321 ;
Turkish, 1868, for account, 721 ; ditto 100/.
Bonds, 77 ; ditto 1862, for account, 71.
International Financial shares are now quoted
11 to 1 prem., ex div. ; General Credit, 21 to f prem.,
ex div. ; London Financial, 61 top prem., ex div. ;
Imperial Mercantile, 21 to I pram., ex div.; Hud-
son's Bay, 15 to k ; Ottoman Societ4 Gentirale,
2 to 1 prem., ex div.
The quotations for the shares of some of
the new companies are subjoined :—City of
Milan Improvements, to 4 prem. ; Regis-
tered Land, par to k prem. ; Metropolitan Dis-
trict Railways, 21 to 3 prem. ; General Irri-
gation of France, 1 to f prem. ; and China
Steamship and Labnan Coal, 11 to If prem.

The Moravian has arrived from Melbourne, with
66,0001. in specie.
Means. Thomson, Boner, and Co., the Peruvian .
financial agents, have published the numbers of
1,181 Bonds, representing 287,0001. of the Peru-
vian Four-and-a-Half per Cent Loan of 1862,
which were cancelled on Tuesday, under the opera-
tion of the half-yearly redemption fund.
The particulars are published of 1,210 Bouts of
the Guaranteed Greek Loan, which were drawn by
lot on the 26th ult., and are to be paid off at Paris
on the Ist of March.
The mail steamer for the West Indies, to sail to.
day, will take only 5,0001. in specie (silver).
Subjoined is a list of the Australian gold
ships known to be now on their way to this country,
viz. :—Tbe Moravian, with 74,0001. • Istamboul,
16,0001. ; Karoo Polo, 18,5001. ; Dover Castle,
35,0001. ; Kent, 39,001. • White Star, 16,000/. •
Scottish Chief, 19,000/. ; and Asiatic, 350001. The
total is 252,5001. of which about 74,000 L. is due.
The bar silver by the West India packet was sold
yesterday for India at be. nd. per ounce, showing
no change. The market, however, is very fiat, the
inquiry for the East being limited, while there are
large amounts of this metal still on offer, and no
demand for the Continent, except at a reduction
from the present quotation.
The dividend on South Eastern Railway 'took
for the half-year is officially announced at the rate
of Sf per cent per annum, against 5 5-6 for the corre-
sponding period of 1863.
The North Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week au increase of 1,5461 over last year ; the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Liueohishire an increase
of 841. , and the Lancashire and Yorkshire an in-
crease of 5331.
At the fifth ordinary general meeting of the
shareholders of the Thames and Mersey Marine
Insurance Company (Limited), held yesterday at
the London Tavern, Mr. W. Dent in the chair, the
report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend of
6e. per share upon the paid up capital of the com-
pany was declared, as recommended by the dine-
tors. The chairman stated that at a meeting of
directors held this morning the following resolution,
as an addendum to the report, had been unani-
mously agreed to as to be recommended for the
approval of the shareholders :—" That for the half-
year ending June 30 next the directors have power,
if they think fit, to make a payment of 4s. per
share free of income tax, being 2s. per share divi-
dend (or at the rate of leper cent. per annum) and
2s. per share bonus, making in all at the rata of
20 per cent per annum on the paid up capital of
the company." The chairman also stated that the
business is progressing most satisfactorily, and that
the future prospects of the company are still more
encouraging. The balance carried over on the 31st
December was 504,5671. DM 7d., including the
79,0001. placed to the reserve fund. With regard
to the results of the 1863 account, he remarked
that they were even better than stated in the re-
port. The election and re-election of the directors
was confirmed, and a resolution proposed by the
shareholders increasing the remuneration of each
director to 2001. per annum was unanimously I
agreed to.
The meeting of the Contract Corporation took
place yesterday, when a dividend was declared at
the rate of 10 per cent per annum, free of income
tax.
A half-yearly dividend of 21. 10s. per share, being
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, is an-
nounced as now payable on the shares of the Mel-
bourne and Hobson',. Bay Railway Company.
The second ordinary general meeting of the share-
holder' of the European Bank (Limited) is called
for the 6th of March, when a dividend is to be
declared. _

-liieiiester of the Rolls proposes on the 28th
inst. to settle the list of oontributoriel of the Agri-
culturist Cattle Insurance Company.
Creditors of the " Bank of Gibraltar and Malta
(Limited)" are required to send the particulars of
their :laims to the liquidators by the 14th March.
A petition for the winding up of the Brighton
Brewery Company (Limited) is to be heard before
the Master of the Rolls on the 23th inst.
The allotment of the shares of the Metropolitan
District Railways is expected to take place at the
end of the present or beginning of next week.
We are requested to state that the share list of
"John West and Co. (Limited)" will be closed on
Wednesday next, the 22nd instant.
With reference to the market for American
securities, and to the prospect of peace in Astoria%
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