The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-17 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LrrziroOL, Jutr 16.—Sales to-day : Great Eastern, WI I
30 i SO—Lancashire and Yorkshire. odd lot, 1231—Great Lux-
embourg shares, 12 11-In—Albin 14 nine, I; d.—Atlantic Tele-
graph 8 per cent., 31 f —National Steam, 131 I 1 d.
KAMCIIINTIM, JULY It —A good deal of business was done in
Great Eastern. at declining priors. but on the whole prices were
steady and the market quiet. hank ,litnite.P, d.—
Consolidatedßank Limited% 1 p- SO
Bank, 18 p.—Ertea.
41 I—Great Eastern, Nolte* 1 30 / 30 1 / 3u 214 1--Great
Northern, 121—Ditto A, I°.o--(lrand Trunk of Canada 181—
Great Western of Canada, 11 1 16—(beat Western, 521--Illinols,
764—Lantstshire and Yorkshire. 123—Manchester and County
Bank ,Limited., i p.—Manchester. Shefdekl, and Lincolns
584 I—Soutb Eastern, 601-Inited States 6.20 Years Bonds, 6711.
BIRXINGIIAX, JULY lg.—arming prices: London and North
Western Railway, 1171, buyers: Wellington and Severn Junction
Railway, 101, sellers Birmingham Canal, 87. buyers : Birming-
ham Joint Stock Bank (Led:, St sellers : Birmingham Town
and District Bank. 14. sellers: Lloyd's Bank ,Limitedl,=,
*ellen, Staffordshire Joint Stock Rank Limited ~ 8. pm. ,
Birmingham Alliance Fire Insurance , i dis. .• Bir-
mingham Wagon ;Limited', 101, buyers: and Sunten Metal
;Malted:, 11 dis., sellers.

A supposed murder of a very revolting descrip-
tion wen committed on Sunday morning in itoee-streeti
Edinburgh. The wife of a pensioner named James Boyd
wee found murdered in bed ; and a number of auspicious
circumstances apparently pointing to her husband as
the criminal, he has been. apprehended on a charge of

murder.
Socrn Kansincrron Muntit. —Visitors during
the week ending 14th July, 1866: On licmday, Tuesday,
and Saturday, free, from
,and Friday
to 10 p.m., 9,522 ; cm
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admission 6d.) from
10 a-rm. to 6 p.m., 1,636 ; ?rational Portrait Sxhibition
by payment, I,BBs—total, 13,043. Average of correspond-
ing week in former years, 10,881. Total from the opening
of the museam, 6,163,134.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Oars o'Cluat.

The stock and share markets are rather inactive
to-day, but prices generally are steady. There is
a moderate demand for the funds, and the ink
provement of yesterday is fully maintained.
British railways are unaltered, with the exceptioei
of a reduction in Great Eastern. Foreign bonds,
and banking and tinanoiaLshares exhibit no varia-
tion of importance. Business is checked by the
absence of any important news from the Continent.
In. the discount market to-day the supply et
money has increased, while the demand is moderate.
The rate for best paper is 9 to sq per cent.
Consols are now quoted 871 to 1 for money',
and 88 to I for the account (August 9).
The foreign stock market is inactive, and prices
generally are without change. There is a slight
demand for Turkish of 1865, Spanish Passive, and
the Committee's Certificates, which have risen
per cent. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are now quoted
60 to 52, ex div. ; ditto of 1865, 261 to Greek, 11
to ; Spanish Passive, 19i to ft ; ditto Certificates,
15} to a ; Italian, 1861, 511 to 521, ex div. ; Brazi-
lian scrip, 3} to 3 dis. ; and Mexican, 15i to 11. •

United States 5-20 bonds and Illinois Central
Railway shares are fractionally better at 88 to
and 761 to respectively. Erie are quoted 41 to
4, being steady.
International Financial shares are now quoted
2 toll dia. ; London Financial, 12 to 11 dia..;
General Credit, 24 to 2 dia. ; Credit Fonder,
1 to ot dia. ; and National Discount, 7} to 8}

prem.
About 55,000/. in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank yesterday for the Continent, but it is satis-
factory to remark' that some considerable arrivals
have taken place, and will help to meet the imme-
diate demand. The Tarifa, from New York, has
brought 129,000/. in specie; the Essex, from Mel-
bourne, 125,5001. ; and the Wellesley, from the
same port, 44,000/. The total by the three vessels
is 298,500/.
The steamer Great Britain sailed from Mel-
bourne for Liverpool, on the 15th of May, with
401,000/. in gold, and is daily expected to arrive.
The Lincolnshire is also at sea from Australia, with
101,5001. ; the General Grant, with 10,5001. ; and
the Transatlantic, with 28,0001. ; making a total oi
541,0001.
The market for bar silver and Mexican dollen/
was excecdin"ly dull yesterda, and sales of bar
silver took place under ss. lid. per ounce, the
nominal price being bs. 10. to ss. lid. Mexican
dollars were quoted about ss.
Advices from Vienna state that the mode of re-
treat adopted by the Austrian army in Venetia
was that of tearing up the line and blowing up the
bridges of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway.
At a general meeting of the Mediterranean Hotel
Company (Limited), held yesterday, the report of
the directors on the working of the " Hotel des
Anglais," at Nice, was received and adopted, and
a dividend of 6 per cent. declared, payable on the
18th instant.
Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood has ap-
pointed M. George Scott, of Bond-court, Wal-
brook, (Alicia' liquidator for winding up the West
Surrey Tanning Company (Limited).
The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
i traffic return shows this week an increase of 473/.

MONDAY !gyms°.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 87/ for the
9th of August, opened this morning at sci to
and closed at 88,1, to For money the last rice
was 872 to 1. The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Console, for money,
87g, 4, g ; ditto, for account, 87f, ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 86i, 0, 4 ; Bank Stock, 245,
and India Five per Cent. etock, 103, 22, 3g.
The India Five per Cent. stock was rather
more offered. The March Exchequer Bills were
quoted 6s. dim. to par ; and the June, 2s. dis. to
ss. prem.
Foreign stocks were dull, with little business,
but the reduction in prices was not general. Egyp-
tian bonds declined 1 per cent. ; Italian of 1861, 2;
Greek Honda and Coupons, to ; Turkish of
1865, g ; and Spanish Passive and Certificates,