The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-05 00:00:00

NONE! MARKET.-(THIS DAI)

011 o'Oson.

The markets for public securities are firm to-day,
with a fair amount of business, consisting mostly of
purchases. Owing to the large supplies in the
Bank very little attention is paid to the
steady demand for gold for exportation.
C 011460111 opened this morning at the closing prices
of yesterday, but have since improved
k per cent. The dealers are partly engaged
with the monthly settlement in the English
funds, which will be completed this afternoon.
Railways are inquired for, partly in expectation of
a large amount of stock being " bought in " to-
morrow against recent speculative sellers. Foreign
stocks exhibit a slight reduction in a few cases.

in the discount market the lowest rate for bills
is per cent., though the demand is not active.
The charge in the Stock Exchange for loans
for a few days, on English government securities,
is 1 to I*. per cent.
Consols are quoted 94 to I, ex div., for money
and 931 to 3, ex div., for the new account (January
7). The New Three per Cents. and Three per
Cents. Reduced are * per cent. better, at 93 to 94.
The railway market is firm, and a rise of *
per cent. has occurred in Lancashire and York-
shire, Caledonian, and Great Northern stocks.

Annexed are the quotations :—Metropolitan,
1174 to g ; Great Western, 444 to t ; Lon-
don and North Western, 1144 to fi ; Mid-
land, 1121 to ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1234 to I ; Caledonian, 764 to ; South
Eastern, 674 to a ; Great Eastern, 30'1 to 4;
Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 1104 to
; London, Chatham, and Dover, 18.1. to 4 ;
North British, 334 to 2 ; Brighton, 52 to ;
Berwick, 994 to 1004 ; and York and North
Midland, 94 to 95.
Foreign stocks are less firm, in consequence of
some speculative realisations. Spanish Passive
Bonds and New Tluee per Cents. have declined
to per cent., the present prices being 25k to
and 351 to 36 respectively. Italian of 1861 have
receded .1„ viz., to 454 to 464. Turkish of 1862 are
at 62 to 63 ; ditto of 1865, 333 to Egyptian
of 1864, 854 to 864 ; Greek, 13 to 4 ; and Mexican,
1151 to 164.

American securities have been dealt in to a
moderate extent. The 5-20 Bonds are quoted
to being steady ; Erie Railway shares, 471 to
481, showing a rise of I per cent. ; and Illinois
Central, 891 to 901--a reduction of

Atlantic Cable -shares are unaltered. Anglo-
American 18k to i, and Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference 4 to 41.
A few dealings have been recorded in financial
shares, at yesterday's quotations :—General Credit,
21 to 21 dis. ; International Financial, 21 to 21
die. ; London, 24 to 23 die. ; and Credit Foncier,
61 to 61 dia.

Bank shares show firmness. London and County
are in demand, and have improved 1/., viz., to 54
to 551,. London and Westminster are called 69
to 701 ; Union of London, 36 to 37 ; Alliance, 11
to 10 die. ; Imperial Ottoman, to dis. ; and
Oriental Corporation, 42i to 431, being 1/. lower.
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

Consols in request, at the quotations current at
1 o'clock, and a few of the English railway stocks
have experienced a fresh rise of to per cent.
Metropolitan is now at 117 i to 114 ; London and
North Western, Il4} to g ; Caledonian, 75i to
; London, Chatham, and Dover, 14 to 191 ;
and Brighton, 521 to q ; Spanish Passive bonds
have receded to 25g to g ; and Mexican to 151 to
16, but Italian of 1861 are slightly better at 46
to I.

HALF-PAST Ttf HEE O'CLOCK.

The stock markets are generally flatter, owing to
a preponderance of sales. Console have receded
per cent, the present prices being 93 to it, ex div.,
for money, and 93!, ex div., for the account.
About 124,000/. in gold has been taken from the
Bank for exportation, while 8,009/. from Lisbon
has been sent in.

A Nova Scotian Six per Cent. Loan for 225,0001.,
authorised by an act of the Legislature of that
province, introduced by Messrs. Baring Brothers
and Co. this morning, has already been subscribed.
At PSIS this morning the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 69.25 for the account, showing a decline
of k per cent.

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The amount of bar gold withdrawn from the
Bank yesterday for the Continent was 100,0001.,
making a total of 442,0001. since the date of the
last return, while only 48,0001. has been sent in.
The Tamar, from the West Indies, has brought
340,0001. in specie ; the Shannon, from Brazil,
6,460/. ; the Sumatra, from Alexandria, 4,5401. ;
and the Hammonia, from New York, 2,3301.
About 736,0001. in Australian gold
bis now on the
way to England, of which 211,0W1. y the Angle-
sea and 57,0001. by the Rifleman may be expected
to arrive shortly.
The bidding@ for bills on India were held yester-
, day at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted
were :—To Calcutta, 18,05,000 rs., and to Madras
1,95,000 rs. The minimum price was fixed at
Is. Ild. per rupee on Calcutta and Madras. Ten-
dere on these presidencies at Is. Hid. will receive
about 89 per cent. ; those above that price will be
allotted in full. No tenders on Bombay were
in-
•
• vited These results indicate a further diminution
in the demand for the means of remittance to India,
but though the government have reduced their
minimum since the last occasion by d. per rupee,
or about I per cent., the rates paid by merchants
are nearly the same as on the 22nd ult.
The suspension is announced of Messrs. W.
Ritter and Co., timber merchants, of Fenchurch-
street, but their liabilities are understood to be
very small.
The London and North Western traffic return
shows this week an increase of 4,4161. over last
year.
Mr. Charles F. Kemp, of Walbrook, and Mr.
George E. Swithinbank, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, the
liquidators of the Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Com-
pany (Limited) have made a call of 251. per share,
payable by the 16th inst.
An eighth call of 100 florins per share is to be
paid on the shares of the Netherlands India Rail-
way Company by the 2nd January.
The annual drawing for the reimbursement of
the Great Luxembourg Company's obligations is to
take place at Brussels on the 11th inst.
Creditozs of the Hydraulic Tube Drawing and
Steel Ordnance Company (Limited) are required to
send the particulars of their claims to the voluntary
liquidators by the 15th Jan.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 93i, ez div.,
both for money and to-morrow's settlement, opened
this morning at 93, and closed at 93 to. For
the 7th January the last price was 931 to 11.
The
Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock 921 to /. The
official business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 93, 1,2/, 3, 21, ex div. ;
ditto for account, 93, 1, ex div. ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 921, 4,1; New Three per Cents., 921, 4,
1,4, ; Bank Stock, 2441 ; India Stock, 225 ;
ditto Five per Cent., 1123, 1, cx div. ; ditto Four
per Cent., 1001 ; ditto Certificates, 100 ; ditto
Five per Cent. " enfaoed " rupee paper, 1044
ditto Five per Cent. rupee debentures, 1877, 1031 ;
ditto 1882, 104 ; ditto Bonds, 55e. prem.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was rather flat,
being last marked 1121, ex div.
Exchequer Bills remain at 28s. to 31s. prem.