The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-02 00:00:00

MONEY NARMRA-(TWIfi DAY)

Two o'thocw.

The stock markets to-day are firm, with a
favourable tendency, although business has not
revived. Console have risen ito per oent., aad
an improvement has taken plus in several of the
Lome] railways and in a few of the speculative
foreign stooks. The Confederate Loan continues
to show exceptional depression.
The quarter having expired, the money market
is quieter to-day, with a larger supply, yet the rate
for the bast bills is maintained at 6 per cent. The
charge for short loans in the Stock Exchange is
per cent.

At Paris to-day, awarding to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Oent. Mentes were quoted
613 fr. 40a., being fully per cent. better than on
Saturday.

Console are now quoted 89i to 8, ez div., for
money, and 891 to I, ex div., for the account
(January 10). The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 891,
1; dittofor account, 891 tot ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 883, i ; New Three per Cents., 881, f, i ; India
Stock, shut; ditto, for account, 212, 214; ditto
Five per Cent. Stook, 1021, 108 ; ditto Four per
Cant., 98, / ; ditto Bonds, Be. prem. ; and Ex-
chequer Bills, par.

The Confederate LAD has spin fallen 34 per
cent. Other foreign stocks are firm, and several of
the more speculative descriptions have risen 4 to
par cant. Some of the present quotations are annexed,
viz. :—Greek Bonds, 231 to 7 ; Mexican, 284
to f, ex div. ; Confederate, 524 to 534 ; Spanish
Passive, 321 to f ; the Certificates, 141 to 4 ;
Turkish, of 1858, 70 to 71 ; ditto 1862, 694
to 1, ex div. ; and the Consolidds, 481 to 4.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian,
1863, 834 ; Egyptian, 964 ; ditto, 1864, 944, 4, 95 ;
ditto scrip, 1 prem. ; Greek, for account, 231;
Mexican, for account, 284, 28, ex div. ;
ditto, 1864, 284, ex div.; Peruvian, 1862,
for account, 814 ; Portsguese, 1853, 47,
ex div. ; ditto 1856, ike., 464, ex div. ; Russian,
1822,881; ditto, 1850, 864, ex div. ; ditto 1862, 884 ;
ditto 1864, 894 ; Sardinian, for sooonnt,9ol;fipanish
Passive, for amount, 321, 4 ; Turkish, 1858, for
amount, 71 ; ditto, 1862, 694, ex div. ; ditto for
amount, 694, ex div. ; Venezuela, for account, 624,
53 ; ditto, 1884, 43. _ _ _

Egyptian Loan scrip is now quoted / to 1. prem. ;
Danubian, i dia. to par ; and Monte Videan, 4
to S pram.

International Financial shares are now quoted
2} to prem. ; General Credit, 3k to
prem. ; London Financial, 9 to } prem. ;
Imperial Mercantile, 31 tog prem. ; Hudson's
Bay, 16 to k ; Anglo-Egyptian Bank, } dia. to
par ; and Ottoman Socultd 036w4rale, 2k to f prem.

The steamer Shannon has brought 506,0004 in
specie from the West Indies.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mann. Grund-
ler, Ormond, and 00., merchants, held on Friday,
it was resolved to wind up the estate under a dad
of assignment.

We are authorised to state that there is no truth in
the report that the Land Mortgage Bank of India
is to be amalgamated with another Indian financial
company. It is further intimated that the Land
Mortgage Bank has all its paid-up capital (400,0001.)
securely invested in India, and has 250,0001., raised
by debentures, in course of transmission to that
country, with the same object.
A special meeting of the London and South
Western Railway Company is called for the 12th
Jan., to consider the proposed amalgamations of
the ater and Exmouth, and Thames Valley Rail-
ways with this company ; also to consider " Ar-
rangements for the use in perpetuity by this com-
pany of portions of the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway Company's metropolitan lines and
City undertaking, connecting this company's rail-
ways with Ludgate-hill and other stations on those
lines."

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The transfer books of the International Finan-
cial Society will be closed from the 9th to the 21st
January inclusive, preparatory to the general
meeting.
The following is the return of the Imperial Otto-
man Bank for the month ending the 31st October :

Capital not raid up P. 148,500,000
, isatoc:onstantinople
`"""' in the branches 20,660,692 18
Bala ' oted, and °dim esaurkiss .
Current and drawing misomats of the Im-
perial Treasury
Carrent and drawieg amounts—debtors
Advances on public /securities and mar-
okandise 37,343,894 34
Bank premiersand furniture 816,480 —Bundrws 5,766.111 10

P. 664273,213 1

P. 297,000,000
Bulk maga is okudukui at Constantinople 590,600
lin the branches 590,000
Bills payable .
Current sad drawing accoante of the Im-
perial Trearnryco
Drawing sad met acconnte—creditora 76,994,445 20
Deposits tor fixed terms
Dividend, payable 4,517,230
Ream

Sundries

90,49-8;284 19

P. 563,273,213 1
Certified es egredirg with the scesetets,
Marquis de Purim
E. OILBEITBO3.

It is notified that the abate list of the Auction
Mart Company (Limited) will be closed on Wednes-
day next for London, and on the following Saturday
for the country. _

We are requested to mention that on and from
January 2 the business of the Credit Foncier and
Whiner of England (Limited) will be removed to
their new offices, 17 and 18, Cornhill.
It is notified that ou and after to-day, the god
of January, the London goods and merchandise
traffic of the Midland Railway Company, which has
hitherto been conducted at the station of the Great
Northern Company, at King's-cross, will be re-
moved to the Midland Company's new station, at
St. Pancras.

It is universally admitted that the machinery for
the enactment of a public holiday is at present very
clumsy and inefficient in so far as its action upon
the business world is conoerned. The following
letter from the Secretary of the Early Closing
Association shows what it behoves merchants to do
if they wish the law to be improved. Without a
clear expression of the wishes of the mercantile
*lasses in this matter, it can hardly be expected that
the House of Commons will move.

TO THII =lron o 1 VIM /MISS.
Sir,—The omeiderstion of your readers is seeded upon
roe of the details of the proposed measure for the regulation
of public holidays. Will you kindly lay the matter before
them
Is contemplation of any additional legalised holiday, pro-
vision has to be m►de for bills gad sone falling doe on sea
day. A. (*amnion has necerarily to be made by the
acceptor or by the holder of bells, sad this oonoession must
Ant be agreed apes by the mercantile clones.
The proposal already noticed in your columns 4 in favour
of defined paymenti oo these extra consioes. It is felt
that the altercation erratnement would ungeoerouely plash
those smaller traders who form an ineressieg item in bolding
business. But whilst this view Is well reeeived, it is nal
to be supposed that the bankers an do other than wail far
the intim of their essionters. A memento eanidreatia
of the question is now all that is wanted to determine the
immediate games of the undertaking. Wlll yea kindly
examead the spatter to year readers is their earaelty as
holders of bills, with a view to their &dada twos the roes-
sure which awaits their support !—I am, he.,
Taz Sammy or rag EARLS CLoessa
Anocurzoi.
36. toi.61•41111. 314 DN.

With 7reterenOe to. the stocks of produce in the
.bolia stehouses, the circular of Messrs. Joseph
Tteei=a Lions contains the following :
ii es sessess et the questiliss et lii=
1
ilipli sethies al Osperial smasisione eshjest to
duties risesieies is tibilesaid wareSeeses et the flailed
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