The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-05 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(DT TELEGRAPH.)
BEDFORD GRAND NATIONAL HUNT
MEETING. -(THIS DAY.)

STEWARDS' PLATE. Three miles.

ratianciiili s;7Fairy land, list 1316 ; Triumpher,
list 101 b ; Gorsehawk, list 91b ; Acrobat, list 916 ; -Har-
court, list alb; Violet, list 41b ; Drama, list; Clarice,
list; Alpaca, lid; Topthorn, lOst 131 b; Greeda, lOst
121 b ; Marmon, lOst 7113 ; Savannah, lust nb. All here.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Owl o'Cwoz.

In the Stock Exchange to-day the Budget is
regarded as satisfactory ; but most of the securities
which are usually dealt in are lower, owing to the
prospect of a rupture of our relations with Spain.
Consols opened at the closing prices of yesterday,
but have since experienced a reduction of per
cent. The decline in most of the British railways
ranges from to; per cent. , but Brighton stock
has fallen as much as 5, in consequence of some
explanations which are stated to have been made
with regard to the affairs of the company at a
private meeting of the shareholders, held yesterday.
As regards foreign bonds, Spanish Passive and
Italian of 1861 have given way. The latter have
been unfavourably affected by the resignation of
the ministry.

The applications for discount to-day are to a
good extent, and the charge for choice paper is
firm, at 21 per cent. Short. [loans on English
government securities are offered in the Stock
Exchange at 2i per cent.
Consols are now quoted 90i to 91 both for money
and the 10th inst., and 91 to for the May ac-
count. The Three per Cents. Reduced and New
Three per Cents. are lower, at esi to 89, ox

Spanish Passive Bonds, the Committee's Certi-
ficates, Italian of 1861, and Mexican Bonds are
tlat, and have declined ti to 4 per cent. Turkish
of 1865 are quoted 281 to 291 ; Greek,
145 to ; Spanish Passive, 214 to 1 ; ditto
Certificates, 131 to 145 ; Italian of 1861, 525 to ;
Mexican, 164 to ; Russian Scrip, 2to 4 prem. ;
Chili= Scrip, 3to 24 dia. ; and Danubian Scrip,
34 to 24 dia.
United, States r 5-20 Bondslare:inquired for, and
have improved 4 per cent., viz., to 754 to 4. Erie
Railway shares arc quoted 37+ to 38, and Illinois
Central 784 to;, being steady.
Atlantic Cablelshares show no change. Anglo-
American are quoted 16 to t ; and Atlantic Tele-
graph Eight per Cent. Preference, 34 to I.
International Financial shares are quoted
24 to dia. ; London Financial, 19 to 18
dig. ; General Credit, 34 to 3 dis. ; Credit Fonder,
64 to A dim. ; National Discount, 71. to b prem. ;
and Hudson's Bay, 165 to f.
The annual meeting of the London and South
African Bank will be held on the 2nd of May,
when the accounts to the 31st of December last
will be submitted and a dividend recommended.

The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the Mutual
Tontine (Westminster Chambers) Association
(Limited) is convened for the 23rd inst., to receive
the report of the directors and to declare a divi-
dend.

The City of Baltimore, from New York, has
brought only 3,0001. in apecie,while the Allemania,
for that port, has taken out from Southampton
22,0001. in gold coin. The Calabar has arrived
from the West Coast of Africa with about 10,0001.
in gold dust and specie, and the Shannon, from
Brazil, with 10,9981.

It is understood that the number of messages
sent through the Atlantic cables continues to in-
crease, and that the receipts now average about
1,150/. per day.

The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Monday next a special settling day in the
shares of Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
(Limited), which, however, are not to be marked
in the official list.

The Great Western Railway traffic return shows
this week a decrease of 1,3901., compared with the
corresponding period of last year (Good Friday
week); the Great Northern, an increase of 1,61X11. ;
the Great Eastern, a decrease of 5,019/. ; the Lon-
don and South Western, a decrease of 4931. ; the
Lancashire and Yorkshire, • decrease of 3,5841. ;
the North Eastern a decrease of 2,0461. ; the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, a decrease
of 1,8141. ; the North British, an increase of 134/. ;
the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the
Metropolitan Extension and branches, a decrease
of 1,4471. ; and the Metropolitan Extension, a de-
crease of 503/.

A meeting of the shareholders of the Agra and
Masterman's Bank (Limited) will be held on the
16th April, " for the purpose of receiving the
report of the committee appointed at the meeting
held in October last, and of passing such resolu-
tions as to adopting the same and giving conse-
quential directions on the subject as in the opinion
of the meeting shall be proper." Immediatly after
the termination of the above, the ordinary general
meeting of the members of the "Agra Bank"
(Limited) will take place.
The report of the directors of the Pernambuco
Railway Company (Limited), to be presented at
the half-yearly meeting on the 10th inst., states
that the Brazilian Chambers will not meet until
June, when the board hope that the company's
claims will be dealt with fairly. The company's
representative will be the Baron de MauL. Conse-
quently it is proposed that the meeting on the 10th
inst. shall be adjourned, after the ordinary business
has been disposed of. Out of the available balance
the directors recommend a half-yearly dividend at
the rate of 31 per cent per annum. The govern-
ment have intimated their willingness to guarantee
a further supply of rolling stock, and have sug-
gested the desirability of an extension of the line
from Cinco Pontes into Recife, and, as soon as
the question of the guarantee is concluded,
the directors have stated their willingness to
treat in respect of these and other works. On
or before the 31st July next 186,1501. of deben-
tures fall due, and the holders of 142800/. of this
amount have lodged notices to be paid off. These
debentures are secured upon the company's rid
guarantee of 56,0001. a year.
The half-yearly meeting of the East London Water-
works Company took place yesterday, when the
directors' report was considered very satisfactory.
A dividend of 3 per cent. was declared on the com-
pany's stock, together with a bonus of 1 per cent.,
thus making 4 per cent. for the half-year, after
providing for the claims of the preference shares,
4} per cent, stock, and debentures. All these pay-
ments are free of income tax, and are to be re-
ceived by the proprietors in July next. A sum of
5001. remains to be carried forward to the next ac-
count. _

We are informed that the petition lately pre-
sented to the Court of Chancery for the winding
up of the Leeswood Main Coal and Cannel Com-
pany (Limited) has been withdrawn.
Creditors of the Glamorgan Iron and Coal Com-
pany (Limited), now in liquidation, are required
to send the particulars of their claims to Mr. M.
L. Levey, the liquidator, by the 2nd of May.
The weekly return of the Bank of France shows
the following changes :
Coin and bullion
Bills discounted
Government deposits Decrease 520,000
Notes in circulation
Private deposits
Advances
The tendency of the accounts of the Bank of France
is still in the same direction as for a long time past,
the demand for money presenting no revival, while
the coin and bullion, with the addition of 294,0001.
now shown, has reached no leas than 31,251,0001.
The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, April 3, compared with that for
the previous week, shows the following changes :
Circulation issue 133,474,265 Decrease £109,915
Circulation active 25,217,380 Increase 879145
Public deposits 8,619,061 Decrease 704,505
Other deposits
Government securities in
banking department 13,110,975 Decrease 393
Other securities in banking
department 20,751,596 Increase 733,607
Coin and bullion in both
departments
Seven day and other bills 438,390 Decrease 51,624
The Best 3,872,288 Decrease 9,904

Notes In reserve
Total reeseve (notes is coin)
is holds* deparlaseat 11,291,558 Decrease 997,959
This return is influenced by the heavy government
and other payments at the end of the quarter.
The government deposits have declined 701,60584
and Clough 501,2881. of this has been made up Id
the Bank by an influx of 501,2881. of private dew
posits, the advance of 733,8071. on other" et
private securities has caused the reserve to be
trenched upon to the extent of nearly a million.
During the week, on balance, the Bank received
about `-'89,000/. of gold from abroad, but, owing to
the temporary demand for coin at this season, the
whole of this has disappeared, in addition to it
further sum of 118,2947.

BANK OF 1
Az Aceosot pursuant to the Act
week encLuyiuu Wertoeedny,

New; lamed . £.13,474,%3

F 32.474,263
RANK MO DI
Proprietors' Cepitel
Rest
Public Deposits (In-
cluding Kr, ael.
8.,. Beaks, t.:,,r0 -
Ws or Dathatal
Debt, and Div
Ace:suits) 4AD,OLI
Other Deposits 17,671,100
bevels der and other
DWs

/LUAU*
April 4. 1967.

ENGLAND.
7th and Bch Vic., c. 34. for tha
, the 3rd day of liar( h, 1887.
URTNINT.

IficrreriseSent Jett.. 111.016,100
Other securities .. 3,1641.40
Gold cola sod bal.

—Hon-- 18.474,1*
Sher bullion —

PARIWZNT.

13.474.20

Government secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight Oc-
cult),
Other beettrities 20,;51.501 •
Notes
Odd and Slyer
Cola

C. 46.163,011
Y. MAI% Deputy &Ambler.

THURSDAY EVMD/Dl.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 91,
for next Wednesday's settlement, opened this
morning at 90i to 91, and closed at 91 to #, both
for money and the present account. For the May
settlement the last price was 911 to I. The Three
per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents.
were steady, at 89 to cx div. The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent
Consols, for money,_9oi, 1; ditto, for account, 901
1; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89, it, 81, 9, ox div. ;
New Three per Cents., 881,4#, ex div. ; Red Sea
Telegraph, 19„ ; Bauk Stock, 249, 51, ex div. for
opening ; India Stuck, 217; ditto Five per Cent.,
1092, ; ditto Four per Cent. "enlaced " rupee
paper, 851 ; ditto Five per Cent., 1033, #, ;
' ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 108# ; diAo
Bonds, 52a. prem.
The India Five per Cent. stock was rather dull,
but the rupee paper was steady. India Bonds
were firm, being purchased at 525. prem.
Exchequer Bills were well supported at 16s. to
20e. prom.
Most of the speculative foreign stocks expe-
rienced a fresh reduction to-day. Turkish of 1858,
Italian of 1865, and the Viceroy of Egypt's Loan.
declined # per cent. ; Italian of 1861 and Greek,
# ; Portuguese, Russian of 1866, and Danubian and
Chilian Scrips, # ; and Mexican, Spanish Certifi-
cates, and Russian Scrip, it. Turkish of 1863 and
1865 (Six per Cents.) closed at a recovery of 1 per
cent.

In the market for bank shares there was a rise
of 21. in lonian. London and River Plate (new)
and London Joint Stock improved 10s. ; and Con-
solidated, 2a. 6d.
Financial shares were very inactive, and prices
closed the same as yesterday, being as follows :
International Financial, 2) to g dia. ; General
Credit, 3 5-16 to 3-16 dia. ; London Financial, 19
to 18 dia. ; sad Credit Foncier of En _land, OI to
I; d m.

Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference shares were unaltered, at 16.4
to and 31 to respectively ; but Telegraph
Construction declined 55., viz., to 21 to 11 dia.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 161 to I;
N ttional Discount, 7# to prem. ; and General
o,toinan, par to 1 prem. Miscellaneous shares were
inanimate. East India Irrigation and Home and.
Colonial Assurance rose 55., while United Discount
declined 10a., and Mediterranean Extension Tele-
' graph sa.
United States 5.20 Bonds were in demand, said
improved I per cent., but Erie Railway shares de-
clined 1/, and Illinois Central 1. Other American
securities showed no variation, in the absence of
business. Prices closed as follows :-5-20 Bonds,
75 to I ; Erie Railway shares, 374 to 38 ; Illinois
Central, 784 to f, ex div. ; Atlantic and Great
Western Railway Debentures, 31 to 32 ; Con-
solidated Mortgage Bonds, 22i to 23.

MINE&-(THI8 DAY.)

Ows o'CLoos.

The mining market is inactive to-day, and prices
generally present no change. Chiverton Moor
shares aro quoted 51 to ; Clifford Amalgamated,
6/ to ; East Cm-adon, 6to ; East Lovell, 9} to
10 ; East Grenville, 21 to ; Great Laxey, 18 to
19 ; Great Vor, 19 to 20 ; Marks Valley, 4} to / ;
North Crotty, 51 to ; South Condurrow 18e. to
20s. ; West Chiverton, 70 to 72 ; and Wheal Basset,
67 to 79.

The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received, per Shannon,
the following report, dated Morro Velho, March 1 :
—Produce, second division of February, 10 days,
14,318 oitavaa ; yield, &314 oitavaa per ton.