The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-09 00:00:00

ever, been Bea, sad is peeral late rates have bees teethed.
The chief boein-as has been transacted by the tenni:ads.
only 'limited &mead having prevailed for export. Hides—
Ox sad Cow—death Anteriese—Solder are irm
and lets rates ace maim& Australian have in mem
instances sold at lather eager rates, but holders are Bern.
Cape have r.ali•ed lively late rates. HOMO Hides—Salted
have met with as *dire denied. Best ladle Hire—
Although the ham trade have bought to a fair extent ter
export, them bee been only a limited demand, and pries
may be quoted Id. ter lb. lower. English market Wes
have receded in value. but the supply lately is reported to
ha short. The Les:her Market—A. steady demand hes
wielded to within the past fortnight ; but since thee thp
logetry has sot been so active. North aid [South Amer'
Fors end Skins—The 'usual sales in January of Bear*
sod Musquash took Oace as usual; the supply of beaver was
larger, but Iltrquash lees than last year ; the demand was
good, pertieularly for the latter. Fur seal sold firmly at
higher rate+, a few Guatemala deer mold at rather improve'
prices. Salted hair seal met with a good demand, sod the
larger clews sold rather higher. The sprits fur sales will
iceman. with that by the Madam's Bay Company, on
the 12th March. Ours will begin oa the 21st.

TIIIIIIIIDAT Damao.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 871 for
the Bth March, opened this morning at 87/,
" buyers," and clozed at 871, " sellers." Foe
money the last price was 861 to /. The official
business report is as follows :—Thres per Cent.
Consols, for money, 86f, f, 1 ; ditto, for account,
87*, f, ; Three per Cents. educed, 861 ; New
Three par Cents., 861, L i; India Stock, 211;
ditto Ave per Cent., 1021, 1,1.; ditto Four per
Cent., 961, 7i•
Indian government securities were dull. Ex-
chequer Bills were quoted 7s. to 2s. die.
As regards the foreign stock market there was a
considerable amount of business in some of the
speculative description& Spanish Passive Bonds
were in strong demand at one period, and were
marked 27 ; the closing quotation, however, was
only f better than yesterday, while the Certificates
left off at a reduction of I to 1. Turkish Bonds
0f1854 and Russian of 1864 rose 1 per cent.:
Mexi-
can and Greek, fto ; and Tnrkush of 1865 sad
Egyptian scrip, 1. Turkish Bonds of 1863 were
quoted 2 per oent. lower.
Financial shares were extremely heavy to-day,
and were largely pressed for sale, owing to the air-
; cnlation of rumours that another silway contractor
had stopped payment, with extensive lisbilities.
No confirmation of this statement, however, could

be obtained. London Financial ibexes were espe-
cially depressed, and were officially marked as low
as 31 discount. The closing quotation showed a
alight reaction, yet was N. 'is. 6d. lower than
3'0043141ff. Imperial Mercantile also declined 10s;
Credit Fonder and Mobilier, 7a. 6d. ; International
Financial, 2s. 6d. ; and General Credit, Is. 3d.
The last prices were as follows :—lnternations/
Financial, Ito prem., ex div. ; General Credit,
11 to 1 prem.l London Financial, 31 to 3 die.,
ex div. ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, '7-16 to 9-16
prem., ex div.; Credit Fonder and Mobilier, 21
to 3 prem.
National Discount shares were last quoted 101 to
prem. ; Joint Stock Discount, 51 to 51 dig., being
2a. 6d. lower ; Overend, Gurney, and Co., 41 to
prem., showing a decline of ss. ; General Otto-
man, 3i to 1 prem.. and Hudson's Bay, 161 to 1--
a rise of 7s. 6d. Elcatric Telegraph Stock was in
demand, and rose 1 per cent. Company of Afri-
can Merchants, Royal Mail Steam, and Union
Marine, were also firmer. Van Diemen'a Land,
however, gave way.
The shares of the London Steam Towing Com-
pany were nominally quoted 11 to 2 prem. ; Charles
Laffitte and Co., 3to prem.; and London,
Asiatic' and American Company, 1 to 11 prem.
Crnited States 5.20 Bonds were steady, but
Erie and Illinois Central Railway shares declined
to 1 per cent. respectively. Atlantic and
Great Western Railway Mortgage Bonds and
scrip also gave way. The last prices were as
follows :-5.20 Bonds, 671 to fl • Erie Rail-
waieshares, 521 to 531, ex div. ; Central,
74 to 75 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway
' De ntnres, 82 to 83 •, ditto small, 83 to 84 •
ditto Consolidated Sterling Mortgage Bonds, paid
np, 78 to 79, ex coupon ; ditto scrip, i dig. to

Par-
Canadian Five per Cent. inscribed stock, and
Cape of Good Hope 8i: per Cent. Debentures of
1890.91 advanced 1 per cent. to-day.

MINER.-(THIS DAY.)

Ows o'Ctocir.;
The mining market is steady to-day. but trans-
actions continue limitel. East Grenville, North
Treskerby, Clifford Amalgamated, and Hollybash
Colliery shares are, however, inquired for. East
Grenville are now quoted 3} to j ; North Treskerby,
3k to ; Clifford Amalgamated, 14 to 15 ; Wheal
Grenville, 311 to }; East Lovell, 111 to 12i, and
Great Lazey, 20 to }.
Chontales Gold shares are firm, at 3} to prem.,
and Frontino and Bolivia at I to 4 prem.