The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

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In the Stock Exchange to-day very few dealings
have been reported, and prices generally present
no variation. Apart from the semi-official an-
nouncement that the French government intend
shortly to raise a new loan, ,the advices from
the Continent are considered satisfactory, but
there is little or no disposition on the
part of speculators to enter into fresh opera-
tions at the moment. Consols and nearly all the
English railway and foreign stocks are unchanged.
Royal Mail Steam shares are in request, and have
risen 21.—viz., to 64 to GS, owing to the o*'icial
notification just issued with regard to the extent
of the company's loss by the recent hurricane in the
West Indies.

There is a good demand for discounts to-day,
and the rate for the best paper is firm, at 1i per
cunt. In the Stock Exchange the supply of money
has increased, and the charge for loans for a few
days on English government securities has declined
to 1 per cent.

Consols are quoted 94j, with div., for money,
and 93, ex div., for the account (December 5).
The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Canis. are steady at 921 to

Home railway stocks have been little dealt in
and the only change is a decline of 1 per cent. in
Caledonian, the present price being 86 to An-
nexed are the quotations :—Metropolitan, 121 tol ;
Great Western, 451 to 461, ; London and North West-
ern, 1131 to 114; Midland,ll7l to}; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1231 to 1241 ; Caledonian, 86 to
South Eastern, 66/ to ; Great Eastern, 311
to 32 ; Great Northern, 108 to 109 ; ditto
A, 1121 to 113 ; London, Chatham, and Dover,
17ft to ; North British, 331 to 2 ; and Brighton.
522 to 53.

In the foreign stock market there is a demand
for Turkish Bonds of 1862, which have risen 1 per
cent., viz., to 62i to 63i. Spanish Certificates,
however, are f lower, at 17f to Turkish of 1865
are quoted 313 to 32 ; Greek, 123 to ; Spanish
Passive, 191 to ; Italian of 1861, 451 to ;
Egyptian of 1864, 851 to 86 ; Mexican, 141 to
15f.

As regards American securities, Erie and Illinois
Central Railway shares are to per cent. higher,
at 47 to and 8n to 83, respectively. The 5-2)
Bonds are steady, 701 to 71.

Atlantic Cable shares show no change. Anglo-
American are at ni to ; and Atlantic Telegraph
Eight per Cent. Preference, to
Bank shares are without variation, with the ex-
ception of a reduction of it. in London and County,
viz., to 52 to 54. London and Westminster are quoted
72 to 73 ; Union of London, 37 to 38 ;
111 to 10} dia. ; Imperial Ottoman, 11 to 1 dia. ;
and Chartered Mercantile of India, 261 to 274.
The shares of the financial companies are neg-
lected. International Financial, 2} to 21- die. ;
London, 24 to 23 dia. ; General Credit, 21 to 2
dia. ; and Credit Fonder, 6i"; to 61 dis.
The Sir John Lawrence has arrived from Sydney
with 251,0001. in gold.

Two o'CtocK.
Consols are still quoted 94i, with div., for
money, and 93, ex div., for the account.
The adjourned meeting of the holders of Greek
bonds and coupons will be held en the 13th inst.
The Bangalore, from Alexandria, has brought
6,7411. in specie. The Seine, for Brazil, will take
to-day 68,5001. in gold and 8,0001. in silver.
As regards the foreign exchanges yesterday after-
noon, bills on Belgium and Hamburg were quoted
somewhat less favourably for this country. The
other exchanges were steady. The list is sub-
joined :

Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.0} to 12.03: ditto, short.
ILl$ to 11.191 ; RottentaTn, 3 months, 12.01 to 12.04;
Antwerp, 3 m0nth5,25.321 to 25.37 j ; Brussels, 3 mouth..
25.32 j to 25.371 ; Hamburg and Altona, 3 month., 1:1.9f to
13.10 ; Berlin, Cologne, ke., 3 months, 6.261 to 6.27.1
St. Petersburg, 3 months, to 31j ; Paris, short, 25.10
to 23.20; ditto, 3 months, 25.30 to 25.35 • Marseilles.
3 months, 26.30 to 25.35 • Frankfort-oil-the-Maine,
S months, 120; to 1203 ; Vienna, 3 months, 12.55 to
12.70 • Teste, 3 months, 12.65 to 12.70; Nubia, 3
months, 48j to 48$; Santander, 3 months, 48f to .181 ; Cadiz,
3 month% 49$ to 49} ; Seville, 3 months,49o to 49; ; Malaga,
3 months, 481 to 48j ; Valencia, 3 months, 48j to 48j ; Bar.
talons, 3 months, 49 to 481 ; Bilboa, 3 months, 48; to
48j; Barsecess, 3 months, 48j to 48„; Leghorn, 3
months, 28.15 to 28.25 ; Genoa, 3 months, 28.15 to
28.25 ; Naples, 3 mouths, 28.15 to 28.25 ; Palermo, 3
months, 28.15 to 28.25 ; Messina, 3 months, 28.15 to
28.25 ; Lisboa, 90 days' date, 51$ to 51i ; Oporto, 90 days'
date, 511 to 51i.

At Paris the rate of discount in the open mar-
iket is 14 per cent ; at Brussels, 21; at Frankfort,
12/ ' • at Vienna, 4 ; at Hamburg, 3 ; at Turin, 5 ;
at Amsterdam and Berlin, 3i ; and at St. Peters-
burg, 8 per cent.
A telegram, dated Hong Kong, Oct. 15, states as
follows:—" Tea export for the fortnight, 7,000,000
lbs. ; total export to that date, 78,000,000 lbs.
Markets quiet ; prices unchanged."
With reference to the New Zealand Government
Debenture Loan for 3,000,000/., of which
2.494,6001. have already been issued, the Crown
Agents for the Colonies invite Waders for deben-
tures representing 505,4001.—1e5s 35,400!. which
have recently been exchanged for 8 per cent. Trea-
sury Bills, this being the seventh instalment of the
above loan. The debentures, having 24 years to
rim, are to be drawn in sums of 1,000/., 500/., 2001.,
and 1001. each, and bear interest at the rate of 6
per cent. per annum from the 15th December next.
Both principal and interest will be made payable in
London. The money will be applied to the redemp-
tion of 8 per cent. Treasury Bills, falling due on the
31st December next, of which upwards of 400,000/.
are held in this country. It is mentioned that
" the loan is secured on the public revenues of
the colony, and in addition thereto, provision has
been made by an act of the colonial legislature for
the payment annually, to public trustees appointed
in this country, of a sum equal to two per cent. on
the total amount borrowed, for the formation of
an accumulating fund for the final liquidation of
the debt." Tenders will be received until one
o'clock on Tuesday, the 19th inst.
On inquiring at the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company's office we have ascertained that their
steamers Rhone, Wye, Conway, and Derwent,
lowing to the amount annually written off for de-
preciation, stand in the company's books at only
843,8351., whilst the sum at the credit of the in-
surance fund is 203,1121. The steamer Douro is
expected to reach Southampton about the 17th
inst. from St. Thomas, and will bring full particu-
lars of the damage caused by the hurricane.
The Master of the Rolls yesterday directed the
payment of a further dividend of Is. in the pound
to the creditors of the Joint Stock Discount Com-
pany (Limited), payable at the office of the official
liquidator, Mr. R. P. Harding, No. 8, Old Jewry,
E.C., bra Monday, the 18th instant.
We understand that Mr. Hugh C. E. Childers,
3LP., has been elected the chairman of the Great
Indian Peninsula Railway Company, in the place
of Mr. John Griffith Frith, who retires from ill-
health.
At an extraordinary meeting of the China Steam
Ship and Labuan Coal Company (Limited), held
yesterday, the directors were authorised, if neces-
sary, to call up the remaining unpaid capital (51.
per share).
The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr.
Arthur Cooper, of the firm of Cooper Brothers
and Co., official liquidator of the County Life
Assurance Company.
Annexed are the quotations of insurance, gas,
I dock, waterworks, and canal shares, as given in
the Stock Exchange list of last evening :
Insurance—Commercial Union, 41; Guardian, 46, 7;
Imperial Fire, 3271 ; Liverpool and London Fire and Lite,
7i; London and Provincial Marine, it 11.16 ; Oman Ma-
rine, 211, 2 ; Thames and Mersey Marine (Limited),
i 8-16, d, 5-16 ; Union Marine Liverpool (Limited), ftl ;
Universal Mariae (Limited), 41, 7-16, 5-16.