The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-{THIS DAY.)

ON2 Moat.

The markets for public securities are quiet to-
day, with very few transactions, and the variations
in prices are few and unimportant. The attendance
of members in the Stock Exchange is small, and
the disinclination to enter into freak operations on
a Saturday appears to be increasing. Consols ex_
hibit no change, but the Three per Cents. Reduced
and New Three per Cents. have risen it per cent.
Most of the British railways and foreign stocks
are unaltered. Spanish Passive Bonds and Cer-
tificates, however, are still inquired for, upon the
prospect of a settlement of these debts. Banking,
financial, and miscellaneous shares are inactive.
United States 5-20 bonds exhibit firmness.

Tho discount market is quiet. The general
rate for good bills is 21 to per cent., being }to
# below the Bank minimum. The charge for short
loans in the Stock Exchange is 1} per cent.
Consols are now qunted 93:!, to I, with div.,
for money, and 91;?. to }, ex div., for the ac-
count (June 6), and the Three per Ceuta. Reduced
and New Three per Cents., 91} to L
The foreign stock market is inactive, and the
only movement in the speculative descriptions is a
rise of } per cent. in Greek. Spanish Passive Bonds
and Certificates, however, show a favourable
tendency. Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865 are
quoted 32} to } ; Greek, 14# to ; Spanish
Passive, 23} to }; ditto Certificates, 15 to ;
Italian of 1861, 511 to ; Mexican, 17 to 1.
United States 5-20 Bonds and Illinois Central
Railway shares have improved } per cent., viz., to
72} to } and 76 to }, respectively, but Erie are I
lower, at 38} to 39}.

Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per
cent. preference shares are steady, at 17a to and
41 to I respectively.

Financial and miscellaneous shares are neglected.
International are quoted 2I to 11 dia. ; General
Credit, 2k to 11 die. ; Credit Foncier, 6 to 6I
die ; London Financial, 22 to 21 dis. ; Hudson's
Bay, 14 to ; and National Discount, 7k to prem.
. .

Bank shares have been dealt in to a moderate
extent. Union of London are 10s. higher, at 40}
to 414, and Imperial Ottoman exhibit firmness at i
to i dis. Alliance are quoted 94 to 84 dis., being
steady. ._

Two o'CLocx.

Consols have declined i per cent., namely, to
93 to 1,, with div., for money, and 91i to a, ex
div., for the account.

The failure of a dealer in the Stock Exchange
was announced yesterday, with liabilities for a
rather considerable amount. He was a speculator
for a fall in railway and other securities, which of
late have risen.

About i5,000f. in bar gold, forming a por-
tion of the recent arrivals, was sent into the Bank
yesterday, in addition to 10,000 sovereigns from
Constantinople. The influx will continue upon a
large scale.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
firm, at the late improvement. The rates for bills on
Italy and for three months' drafts on Paris were
quoted rather better for this country. The usual
list is subjoined :

Ameterdant, 3 months, 12.0 to 12.04 ; ditto, short,
11.18 to 1L19; Rotterdam, 3 months, 12.0 to 12.0};
Antwerp, 3 months, 25.40 to 23.45 ; Brussels, 3 months,
25.40 to 25.45; Hamburg and Altera, 3 months, 13.94 to
13.10; Berlin, Cologne, Jr., 3 months, 6.26 to 6.261;
St. Petersburg, 3 mouths, 311 to 314 ; Paris, short, 25.15
to 25.25 ; ditto, 3 months, 25.374 to 25.424 ; Marseilles,
3 months, Z. 374 to 25.424 ; orlon-on-the-Maine,
3 months, 120 to 1204 ; Vienna, 3 months, 12.90 to
13.0 ; Trieste, 3 months, 12.90 to 13.0; Madrid, 3
months, 48} to 484 ; Santander, 3 months, 481 to 48f ; Cadiz,
3 months, 491 to 49: Seville, 3 months, 494 to 49; Malaga,
3 months, 48i to 484; Valencia, 3 months, 481 to 484 ; Br.
oelona, 3 months, 49 to 481 ; Bilbao, 3 months, 484 to
484 ; itsragossa, 3 months 484 to 484 ; Leghorn, 3
months, 27.25 to 27.35; Genoa, 3 months, 27.25 to
27.33 Napkin, 3 mouths, 27.25 to 27.35 ; Palermo, 3
months, 27.25 to 27.35 ; Marina, 3 months, 27.25 to
27.35; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 524 to 52 ; Oporto, 90 days'
date, 524 to 52.

At Paris the rate of discount in the open market
ut n per cent.; at Hamburg, Frankfort, and
Brussels, ;at Berlin, 2; ;at Amsterdam, 3; at
Vienna and Turin, 5; and at St. Petersburg, 8
per cent.
A large meeting of the creditors of the London,
Bombay, and Mediterranean Bank, which was or-
dered to be round up last year, was held on Thurs-
day, to receive a report and statement of accounts
from the official liquidators, Sir Thomas Parkyns,
Bart., and Mr. James Cooper (of the firm of John-
stone, Cooper, Wintle, and Evans), as to the com-
plicated questions arising out of the amalgamations
between this bank, the Continental Banking Cor-
poration, and the London and Mediterranean Bank.
After a lengthy discussion as to the course to be
pursued to avoid the evil consequences likely to
ensue from the continuance of the three separate
liquidations, a committee was appointed to concert
steps for some combined scheme of liquidation.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and waterwork shares, as given in the Stock
Exchange list of last evening :
Insurance—lndemnity Merin*, 1121 ; London and Pro-
vincial Marine, 11 to 1 ; North British end Mercantile,
131, 1, 4 ; Ocean Marine, 19 ; Universal Marine (Limited),
81, 8.
GM Light and Coke—Bombay (Limited), 41; City of
Moscow Gee, 164 1 ; Continental Union (Limited), 91
Imperial Continental, 96, 7 ; Phoinix, New, 241 ; Surrey
Consumers, 121, 1, ; Western, B, 61 ; Ditto, 0, 54.
Docks—Bast and West India, 1281. 4 ; London and St.
Katherine, 58, 1 ; Surrey Commermal, 104.
Waterworks—Grand Junction, 73, 2.

FRIDAY ZYMMIG.

Consols, which dosed yeeterdair
div., for the 6th of June, opened this morning at
911, and closed at 913 to 1. For money the last
price was 931 to 4, with div. The Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents. were quoted at
3 o'clock 911 to 4. The official business report is
as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
931, k, 3,4, with div. ; ditto, for account, 911, 4,1,
ex div. • Three per Cents. Reduced, 911, ;
New Three'
per Cents., 911, A ; ditto Two-and-
Half per Cents., 74, 5 ; Bank Stock, for account,
253 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1111, 1121.
ditto Five per Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper, 1031
;
ditto Bonds, 55e., 585., 1565. prem.
The India Five per Cent. stock was steady, as
were also Exchequer Bills, which were quoted 21s.
to 26a. prem.
There was an increased demand for foreign
stocks, and the market was firmer than yesterday.
Spanish Passive Honda and Certificates were in re-
quest, and improved 1 and per cent. respectively.
C'hilisn Scrip rose 4 ; Turkish of 1865, • and
Danubian, Peruvian of 1865, Turkish of 1865 (6
per cents.), Brazilian of 1863, and Venezuelan of
1862, 1. Italian of 1861, however, declined i ;
Greek and the Viceroy of is Loan, ; and
Brazilian of 1852, Ac.? and Mlian B, 1.
There was less inquiry for financial shares, and
International and General Credit showed a trifling
reaction. Priam closed as follows :—lnternational
Financial, 2 1-16 to 1 15-16 dia. ; General
Credit, 21-16 to 1 15-16 dis. ; London Financial,
22 to 21 dis. ; and Credit Foncier of England, 6
to 51 dia.
Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference shares showed no variation of
importance, closing at 171 to / and 41 to re-
spectively, but Telegraph Construction rose 7a. 6d.,
viz., to 21 to 11 dia. Atlantic Telegraph Old Stock
was steady, at 46 to 50.
Hudson's Bay shares were lastquoted 161 to 1,
and National Discount, 70 to / prem., being 2s. fid.
higher. In the market for miscellaneous shares
the principal feature was a fresh fall of 41. 10s. in
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, owing to the an-
nouncement that the usual ad interim dividend
will not be declared next month. Royal Mail
Steam declined 10a., while Ebbw Vale and South
African Mortgage rose to the same extent.
The dealings in American securities were upon
a limited scale, but the 5-20 Bonds, as well as
those of 1885, rose per cent. Atlantic and Great
Western Railway Consolidated Mortgage Bonds