The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-04 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS.
(THIS DAY.)
(st tu.saitAra.)

OWN 0011 OWN COINNS?ONDXIrr.)

COTTON.—Tbe market continues to improve, and Ame-
rican staples are fully id. per lb. dearer. Sales ..bout
15,(00 Wes. . . .

Corot.—The market moderately attended. Wheat in
limited demand. Although the market opened with a
steady tone, towards the close it assumed an easier
aspect, and wheat was quiet at a decline of 3d. to 4d.
per rental ; flour Is. per sack cheaper, and little business
doing. Beans and peas lid. per qr. lower. Oats and oat-
meal quiet, without quotable change in v.due. Indian
corn—The business passing is but retail, at Is. per qr. de-
cline ; new mixed 385., old 395.

LEEDS CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
(PT nuourn.)

(not[ OUR OWN COI

Wheat held firmly for late rates, and very little busi.
new done in consequence. Spring corn fully as dear.

MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DAY.)

Sun.te..—The market has opened firmly at the full prices
of last week. The private sales included Tobago, at 31s. ;
Cubs muscovado, 31s. to 325. ; Native Madras, 265. 6d. ;
brown Mauritius, 275. 6d. to 30s. Gd. • grainy, 345. Gd. to
365. (id. Refined continues in fair demand at fully ket
week's currency.
COPPER.—For both plantation and native Ceylon busi-
ness has been done at the full currency of last week.
COCOA.—About 600 bags have been sold. Trinidad, &,s.
to 545. ; Granada, 50e ; Guraquil, 65e.
Ten.—The market continues quiet : the public sales are
going off steadily.
RUN. Rice, and SALTPETRE. —No sales reported.
Corros.—There are buyers at previous prices, but few
sellers.

Jurc-6,000 bales sold at former prices, including
cutting, at 9/. Se. to 91. 10s.
Herr.—St. Petersburg clean, 311. to 35/. 10e.

TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 41s. 9d. ;
Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 43.. tid. ; June, 43e. Gd. ;
October to December, 445. 3d.; December, 44e. lid. to
Us. 9d.

HAY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade slow at last
day's prices, viz. :—Prime clover, from 100 s. to 110.. ; in-
ferior ditto, 80s. to 905.; prime second cut, 90a. to 100 a ;
inferior ditto, 365. to 60s. ; prime meadow bay, 80s. to
Kw. ; interim ditto. 60.. to 70s. ; straw, 40.. to 465.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

TUESDAY. JUNE 4. 8 A.ll.

MONEY MARKET.-(71116 DAY.)

Ups o'OLuat.

The markets for public securities are decidelly
firm to-day, owing to the drooping tendency of •he
rates of discount and the improvement in the weather.
The amount of business is large, and comprises
many purchases for investment, chiefly on ordc.fis
from the country. Consols, in which preparations
for the monthly settlement on Thursday have
commenced, are in active demand, and have ex-
perienced a fresh rise of per cent. The Three }fir
Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. me II
higher, compared with the official closing prices of
yesterday. British railways and banking, finan-
cial, and miscellaneous shares are also in request,
at better prices in many cases, but foreign bones
are slightly dull.
The demand for money is very moderate, aad
the supply large. The rate for the beat paper is
24 per cent., with occasional transactions at 21.
The charge fur short loans in the Stock Exchanke
on English. government securities is 2 to ?! per
cent.

Consols are now quoted 941 to ei div., both
for money and to-morrow's settlement, and the
Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Cents., 94} to g.

In the foreign stock market the only chauFe
in the speculative descriptions is a decline of
to per cent. in Turkish of 1866, and halls&
of 1861. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted 60 to
61 ; ditto Five per Cents. :of 1865, 333 to ; Greet,
1611 tog ; Spanish Paaaire, 241 to 1; ditto Certifi-
cates, 15j to ; Italian of 1861, 521 to 1)3; and
Mexican, 171 to 1.
Financial share's are in request, at an inipeosie•
ment. London Financial are 21. better, at 18 to
16 dia. International Financial are quoted ltio
11 dis. ; General Credit, 11 to 1/ die. ; Credit
Foncier, 4.4 to 4} dia. Hudson's Bay are firm, at
161 to 17 ; and National Discount steady at si to
prem.
The dealings in bank shares are numerous, and
the market is firm. London and County are
quoted 61 to 63 ; London and Westminster, 107 to
110 ; Alliance, Bto 6 dia. ; Imperial Ottoman, pas
to prem : and Union of London, 44 to 46.
. .

United States 5-20 bonds have declined per
cent., viz.. to 723 to 73 ; but Erie and Illinois
Central Railway shares are per cent. higher, at
40} to 41, and 781 to ;9, respectively.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares have improved
55., the present price being 181 to I, but Atlantic
Telegraph 8 per cent. preference are unchanged, at
ti to I.
A special meeting of the shareholders of the
London and Westminster Bank will be held on the
17th of July, when a dividend will be declared and
a resolution proposed for increasing the capital,
by creating 30,000 new shares of 1001. each.
The annual meeting of the South Australian
Company is convened for the 19th inst., to receive
a report and statement of accounts for the past
year.
The failure of another member of the Stock Ex-
change, a speculator for the fall, is announced.
About 37,0001. in oold was sent into the Rank
yesterday.
The steamer Pero will take to-day only 4,5031.
in specie for the East.
Accounts from New York announce the ship-
ment to Europe of a further sum of 100,0001. in
gold.
The Palmyra, from New York, has brought
88,0001. in specie.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
of Canada, for the week ending the 17th tilt.,
' shows an increase of 1,1071. over last year.
With reference to the San Paulo Railway, the
following is an extract from tie traffic manager's
report, dated Santos, May 5 :
I have much pleasure to inform you that the tratho of
the line is still rapidly increasing, and that in spite of the
Raster week, when there is an almost entire cessation of
business here, our receipts for the past month amount to
30 per cent. more than in March. Receipts for March,
9,8111., plus 30 per cent., gives 12,78 W. fur April, or 34.
per mile per week.
The numbers are published of 455 bonds, repre-
senting 31,0401. of the Sardinian Five per Cent.
Loan of 1831, which have just been cancelled.

MON DA I EVICTIG.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 94k ex
div., both for money and next Thursday's settle-
ment, opened this morning at the same quotation,
declined to 931 to 94, and closed at 94} to
For the 10th of July the last price was 90 to I.
The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three
per Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock 93i to a. The
official business report is as follows:—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 941, }, 31,41, ex div.;
ditto, for account, Oat, 3j, ex div. ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 931, 4 4, I ; New Three per
Cents., 933, 4, 30, }, ; Bank Stock, 252,
4, 5 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1091, 9 ; ditto
Four per Cent., 100, ex div. ; ditto Four per
Cent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 86 ; ditto, /lye
per Cent.. 103} ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent.,
108, 3 ; ditto Bonds, 575. prem.
The India Five per Cent. stock, which is now
quoted ex the dividend, was rather more offered.
The March Exchequer Bills, which bear 3 per
cent. interest, were quoted 225. to 275. prem., and
the June. which carry only 2} per cent., 20s. to
24a. prem.
The foreign stock market was dull, and prices
experienced a little reaction in some cases. Rus-
sian scrip declined k per cent. ; Spanish Passive,
the Committee's Certificates, Italian of 1861, and
Turkish of 1865 (Five per Cents.), ti ; Mexican, l;
Chilies Scrip, ; Russian of 1862 and 1866, Spanish
IThree per Cents., Egyptian of 1864, and Vane-
zuelan of 1864, 1 ; Turkish of 1862, 1 ; and Spanish
New Deferred, Venezuelan of 1862, and Egyptian
Railway Debentures, On the other hand,
Turkish of 1803 unproved 3 per cent. ; ditto, of
1865 (Six per Cents.), 2 ; Greek, 1} Buenos
Ayrean Deferred, Chillers Six Cents and B,
and Turkish G uar.inteed, 1 ; and Brazilian of 1865, 4.

YINE.S.-(THI8 DAY.)

Osni *Twat.

The mining market is firm to-dai, especially so
regards shares in tin mines, which are in request,
owing to the upward tendency of the quotations
for that metal. Great Vor shares are quoted 171
to 18 ; Wheal Seton, 120 to 125 ; Wheal Basset,
67 to 69 ; West Chiverton, 65 to en ; Wheal
Agar, 355. to 40a. ; Prosper United, 24 to 1 ;
West Kitty, 19s. to 21s. ; North Crofty, 44 to ;
and Chivertou Moor, 41 to 5.
Foreign gold mining shares are in active request,
and prices are again better in several cases. St.
John del Rey are quoted 61 to 63 ; Don Pedro,
31 to prom. ; Anglo-Brazilian, to ; prem. ; Rossa
Grande, 7-16 to 9-16 ; Pestarena, it to 1 prem. ;
to prem. ; Chontales, to /
prem. ; and Florian° and Bolivia, 7.1 G to 9-16.

RAILWAYB.-(THI8 DAY.)

Owl o'Osom

The railway market u firm and the general
course of prioes favourable. London, Enghton,
and South Coast stock has improved per cent. •
Great Western and Great Eastern, ; and Metro:
politan, London and North Western, Lancashire
and Yorkshire, and London, Chatham, and
Dover, 1.
Metropolitan stock is now quoted 1271 to 128 :
Great Western, 464 to a ; London and North
Western, 1167, to 117:, ; Midland, 115& to 116,1. ;
Lancashire and Yorksire, 129/ to 1301 ; Cale-
donian, !1.1. to 112 ; South Eastern, 69 to ;
Great Eastern, :331 to as! ; Great Northern, 117
to 118 ; ditto A, 1154 to 116 Lcndon, Chat-
ham, and Dover, 1.5; to 191 ' • Brighton 621 i
637 ; and North British, 84 to 35
[For to-da)%s Share List see page 4.1