The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-15 00:00:00

Messes. C. J. Ham bro and Son have ann calmed

the interest due the let pros. on the Sardinian
Five per Cent. Loan of 1851.
The Bank of New South Wales, the oldest of our
colonial banks, celebrated on the Bth of April its
fiftieth anniversary by a holiday at all its branches
throughout Australasia. The fifty years that have
since the Bank of New South Wales first
opened its doors hare proved fifty yews of great
aucoess, but not unmixed with care and anxiety.
The screw steamer Narva has just been char-
tered through Messrs. Wm. Rutty, Wightrnan, and
Co., to lay a telegraph cable between Florida and
Cuba. The completion of this line will open direct
communication between London and Havana. •

The quarterly sales of indigo commenced yester-
day, consisting of 7,423 chests (including 2,244
cheate of old ~noods, bought in at, or withdrawn '
from, former sales, and BEIO chests in second hands).
The annexed report is from Messrs. M. W. Jewen-
bury and Co. :
The ales opened without spirit, and the amount of
orders appeared to be but small. Fine shipping qualities of
Bengal maintained fully February rates; but other kinds
were less firm, and ruled from par to 2d. decline. Oudee s
and plant Oudes sold from 3d. to 4d. lower. Madras went
from par to 3d, higher. The only parcel of Henrik passed
to-day was withdrawn. The attendance of both borne
and foreign buyers was limited. The following are the
proportions of the different so is, :—Bengal, on•-fourth
good and fine, and three-fourths middling and ordinary. •
The Madras, one-third good and fine, and two-thirds said.
dling and ordinary. The Kurpah, chiefly middling and
onlinary. The Oudes. one-fourth good and fine, and three.
fourths middling and ordinary. The Manilla, middling
and ordinary. 1,470 cheats hare passed to-day, of which
527 were withdrawn, 236 bought in, and 707 sold.

TUESDAY EVININO.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 901, ez
div., for the 6th of June, opened this morning
at the same quotation, and closed at 901 tot.
For money the last price was 91 to 92, with div.
The Three per Cents. Reduced and New
Three per Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock
891 to 90. The official business report is am
follows :—Three per Cent. Coned', for money,9ll,
2, 11 ; ditto, for account, 90k, +, ex div. ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 891,90; New Three
per Cents., 891, 901, 891 ; Bank Stock, 253 ;
India Stock, 218 ; ditto Five per Cent,
1111, 1,11,1, 1; ditto Four per Cent., 96ex div. ;
ditto Five per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 10'4 ;
ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 108 ; ditto Bonds,
525. prem.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was again in
demand and very Arm.
Exchequer Bills were quoted 21s. to 265. prem.
The foreign stock market was hrm, and
an improvement was observable in many
instances. As regards the speculative de-
scriptions, Spanish Passive, the Commit-
tee's Certificates, Chilian Scrip, Greek, and
Turkish of 1865 (Five per Cents.) were in good
demand and rose to R per cent. Russian scrip
was 1 better, and Mexican and Italian of 1861, 1.
Most of the Egyptian bonds advanced Ito 2 ;
Turkish of 1863 and 1865 (Six per Cents.), as well
as Brazilian of 1863 and New Grenadian Three per
Cents., 1 ; Brazilian and Peruvian of 1865, the
Viceroy of Egypt's Loan, and Portuguese, ; and
New Grenadian Deferred, 1.