The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-09 00:00:00

IVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1868.

Tito I:( eve (le Pnehe gi;oti the following at the
tern P of the contract by which Ilyaointh haw let hi.' oele-
lush(' nose to GU-Pi in x :

"It I. agreed between the undersigned Hyacinthe, dra-
matic mike and proprietor at Montmartre, of the oue part,
and Gil-Peres, o'so an artist and proprietor of a small
pail of the Isle of Beauty, at Nogent, on the other part.
" 1. M. Hyacinthe lets out and cedes his now to M. Oil-
Pere? for the whole term of his engagement to be em-
ployed as emblem, talisman, &c., and fur all the roquire-
me tits of the rewriters.
" 2. The aforesaid nose is to be placed unreservedly at
the disposition of M. Gil.Peres, beginning with the
general rehearsale, in order that he may bemiao quite or
fait in the handling of the cartilage.
" 3. At the close of each evening the nose in question is'
to he carefully plead in a violin ease.
" 4. Gil-Peres is 'sprawly prohibited from making use
of the nom at Ws rimispuls, or as an extinguisher.
" 7. la case the company should proceed to Baden, or
elsewhere, M. Peres is to convey the nose at his own ex-
pense. It will be competent to him to make use of it as a
foot warmer during the journey.
" 10. In case of an erne, tr. the said nose must not, under
any pretext, be employed as a barricade."
With them reservations, Gil-Peres may employ the
nose for all the rquirements of his art. He may flatten
it, cock it, lengthen it, fix rings in it, give it snuff, and if
necessary sit upon it, without giving M. Hyaointhe a right
to complain of these charming frolics.

MOSEY MARIET.-(THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

A slightly bett, r tone 'a apparent in the stock
31 arkets to-day, though thoamount of business is
still extremely small. Home railway stocks
are inquired for, and have improved in
about half-a-clown oases, the inerea,e in
the traffic having induced purchases. Mid-
land is e per cent. bettor, the return
of this line for the week ending the 6th inst.
showing an increase of 6,8901. compared with the
corresponding period of last year. Some of the
foreign bonds have also advanced, partly in
response to the receipt of higher prices from the
Paris Bourse. The English funds present no
variation.
In the discount market transactions are re-
ported in the beet bills at le to le per cent., being
eto below the Bank of England minimann. The
demand at that establishment is oonsequently
very moderate. Loans are offered in the Stook
Exchange st 1 to le per omit.

Consols are quoted 931 to 94 for money, and
94 to for the account (Ootober 6), and the
Three per Cents. Reduced and Now Three per
Cents. 921 to 1, ex div.
The railway market is firm, and the changes in
prices are mostly favourable. Midland stock has
Unproved per cent. ; Caledonian, ; South
Eastern, 1; and Great Eastern, Brighton, and
Metropolitan, 4. London and North Western, how-
ever, has declined 4. Prices are quoted as follows:
Caledonian, 761 to 1 ; London and North
Western, 1121 to 1, ex div.; Great Western, 491
to ; Midland, 1071 to 4; London and South
Western, 86 to 88 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 4 ;
Brighton, 521 to # ; Routh Eastern, 731 to 76 ;
Metropolitan, 1061 to 1 ; Great Northern, 1051
to 106 ; ditto A, 1061 to 1071 ; London, Chat-
ham, and Dover, 184 to 19 ; and Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 127 to 1.
The foreign stock market is rather firm, and a
rise of Ito per eent. has occurred in Italian of
1861, Turkish of 1865, and the Orel Vitebsk R
ul-
way Loan. Subjoined aro the quotations :
Brazilian of 1866, 751 to 761 ; Chilian of 1867,
94 to i ; Egyptian of 1864, 861 to 87 ; Italian of
1861, 511 to 32; Mexican, 13 to 1 ; Peruvian of
1863, 771 to 784 ; Russian of 1866, 921 to 931 ;
Orel, 834 to 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 311 to u ;
Turkish of 1838, 64 to 65, ox div.; ditto of
1862, 66 to 3 ; and ditto of 1865, 391 to 1.
Indian securities are inactive. The Five per
Cents. are at 1141 to 113; the Four, 1021 to 1034,
ox div. ; the Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. ; awl th"
Debentures, 105 to 3. Bank Stock, 215 to 247;
and Exchequer Bills, 16s. to 20a. prem.
Bank hhures show a somewhat better tendency.
Anglo-Austrian, 61 to # prem. ; Imperial Otto-
man, 1 to 1 prom. ; Consolidated, 1 to 4. prem. ;
London and Westminster, 631 to 661; London
and County. 491 to 301 ; and Union of London,
341 to 333.
Misor•llaneous shares exhibit no variation. Na-
tional Discount, 114 to ; General Credit, '2/ to
dis. ; Credit Fonder, 21 to 3 per share; Inter-
national Financial, 11 to 11 dia. ; London, :21 to
23 dia.; Hudson's Bay, 143 to 151; Telegraph
Consto uction, 161 to 1; Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference, 31 to 4 ; and Anglo-Ame-
rican, 201 to;.

American stocks are unaltered. The 3-20
Bonds are at 711 to 79 ; Erie Railway Shares
30 to ; Illinois Central, 91 to i; Atlantic and
(treat Western Debentures, 371 to 3.41 ; and the
Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 381 to :in
The scrip of the Moseow-Jarnslaw Riilw.iy
Company is quoted 2 to 3 prem., showing a re-
covery of 1 to 1 per cent.
An extraordinary meeting of the British and
Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company (Limited) will
be held on the lath inst., when the following reso-
lution will be proposed :—" That the company
shall sell anal convey their whole undertaking, and
shall in manner required by the Telegraph Act,
lat 34, snake demand of the Posturistur-Oeuer,sl t 3
purchase the seine on the tenus in the said a"t
militia. no (1."

TWO O'CLOCK.

'l•Le Engli..h funds remain inactive. In tle..
ruilw•ay market, Caledonian stock lrea been
pressed for sale, anal lass fallen 11 per
mut.. viz., to 7l; to 75. Great Eastern
awl South Easter► have decline," !, while
London and North 'Western, Midland, anal Lanes-
shire and Yorkshire Luse improved to 1. The
only fin•-h movement iu foreign bonds is as rise of
.t ui Spailiqh of 1867.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
The government f 14 are unaltei•tsl, at 93; to
94 for money, and 91 to for the lasi:omit.
As regards railway stocks, Metropolitan and
South Faudern have declined to per cent., vie..
to 11151 to 100 and 751 to I. respeetively.
but Caledonian is better, at 741 to 75i.
Brighton, 52 to ; Midland. 1071 to ;
Laneashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 128 ; London
and North Western. 113 to u ; and Great Western.
49.2 to Z.
in the foreign stuck market Italian of 1861,
and Turkish of IFIOS, have receded per cent.;
the former are quoted 51;1 to f„ and the
hitter. 39 to 1. Onl, 83: to 1: Nieholui , to
; and Spanish of 1:407. 341 to 3.
The • of 37,000 f. in gold has been sent into
the Bunk to-day.
At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rentei
opened ut 70fr. 50e. for the account, being se.
lower than yesterday.

The stecuner Oneida will take to-day 107,16 q.
in goldand:9,ooo/. in silver for Brasil.
_ . _ _

The directors of the Delhi and London 8.1.ak
have duelured an interim dividend ut the rate of
five per cent. per annum.
Annexed are the quotation+ of itt%uruntx.,
go., dock. and waterworks shares, us given in thu
Stuck Exchange list of IttAt evening :
Ineuranie.—Conanorrial Palau, df ; Eagle, 6j, :
ticar-
dian. ;4; Marine, U.S, t ; flock Life, Si.
GBI, Light and Coke: --City of London A. 23: ditto it,
C. ex dit.; Continental Union (Limited). Fit ;
linrelial Continental. W: WeAuttu.ter elsartre..l„
nay. 481.

I.malon and St.
Wat. mot k?. Lon.lon, Ilk►' Jtsuci
11•! : Went Middloci. 113.

Suljoined im a report at yelderday'm side.: at Oa.
•• Open Stork Exchange (Limited)" :

114 t riga Land Company of 3lrmoilk.. 1376 80it41..
3-I6; Toorby .4 Englund, folly paid.
11..yn1 Swedish Ruiluny 7 per coat. preferouty sham..
New (foetus& I'..mpony. -I& 4*. paid, S. :
Vati.o flailway 20/. )suybt, 3/. I Is. Inn. of Court
Held ]lends. AV. die DMA II; Priro's l'afout
utiony. fully void, : I.,oulpany.
laid, l'oysikian 1..1111 11.1r.utts. rorfillestut of
ottl. It, to Ifs. Oa. pig. LOW Salisbury Hutol
mat talr...P. Club. folly !mid, Trost and Ageuel.
..1 Asa•tisslbi, IL Fifa, 3b..; Insuraotut euvap.uty,
2/. taid. 75.; Atlnutie awl (4n.id silway fNus-
-nlioui. a :11.ytenour Boni onnts..n. slno I Inf. LI. 1867.
, ,1144,..ff, I. I oillball Tacont Coto-
) 31: York.. ll ill odor Ifinitiq
utpity. folly 'mi.,. : Y lolanausubuul Yiuin
4 .t.11:4 "Icy, 4 ; n..r 11.4r1 I tally

I, I* EENSTI/WIC, SEPT. !.. The tilliOn e0111[1:tli
d. nituhip Manhattan anise ; her • (eon Lisarpool at pomp
t 0.41 4) . She omlwrktd iwis,nowt... and proreeiled for
NI w A ork at I I .m.
A ATI: Ril M1:.T.%11 E. "The Earl's rionttalted."
Maul to whom this remark was adtirewsl replied.
Ms) o But it wasn't. —.Pro,ch.

RAILWAY, raw°. AND OVER
.911ARR8.-(THIS DAY.)

[Closing moss tot p.m.'
COLONIAL OOVERNYENT SECUBIT/BIL
Canada, 6 per cent., lea. sad Judy, 1877 to 1884, LO6/.
New Brunswick, 6 per mat., Jan. and July, 103.
Queensland, 8 per cent., Jan. and July, VOL 101, etVictoria.
Victoria, 8 per cent., April and Oct., 1131 /, I.
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS.
Caledonian, 761, 4/, 6.
Great Eastern, 31/, f, /.
Great Northern 1061, ad.
Do. A (A receives no dividend until 6 per ask las
been paid to B), 107/, 7, / ad.
Greet Western, ordeal,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1M ad.
London, Brighton, and South Coast, mi.
London, Chatham, and Dover,
London and North Western, 114, 13, 121, ad.
London and liouth Wedeln, 87/.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Linoolnakire, 441 4.
1
KiffiltnelmittnlM 38.
80allt Esotoll4 Tel; i•
PREFERENCE SRAM AND 81'00101. •
Midland, 6 per cent., optional to convert Si ordinal"
stock, Se 1, 1869, 19, ad.
Do., Inwavertible new shares, lee, ed.

~Bar., aid Gent. India, gma. 6 1;;Ot., 104-1.
East Indian. gsa. 5 per amt., ion.
omnenvok (it Canada. 16i.
Do., Lit preimosse beads, 46.
Do., prime* beads, 37g. . •
Do., 4th pteferenee stock, 181.
Madras gun 6 per cent., 1001.
Beinds, Delhi gun. 6 per cent 103.
INDIAN RAILWAY DEBENTURES.
Great Indian Peninsula, 1671, 106.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 101, 1.
Fasten, of France, 221.
Great Luxembourg, It
Lenibass-Osernowitr, guar. 7 per cent. (WO. wt.
Sambre and Meuse, 7346.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 161.
FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS.
Orel Vitebsk, gun. by Russian Government. 6 per neat.,
84 I.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN MINES.
Chontake Gold and Silver Mining (Limited), 2 1-16.
Vancouver Coal (Limited), 71. 1.
Yudanamutana of 8. Australia (Lim.), 3 9.18,

DOCKS.
lA..nden and St. Katharine, d2}, 3j.

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Alliance (Limited), 13, 1.
City, 12.
English and Rio de Janeiro (Limited), 8.
Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited), j.
London and County, 44, 50.
London Joint Stock, 32j, It 2j.
London and South African, 12.
London and Westminster, Scrip, issued at 101. prima..
none of which has been paid, 53k.
oriental Bunk Corporation, 44.
Union of London, 34). 5.

Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited), 20f.
Berlin Waterworks (Limited), 14k, ad.
Crystal Palace, pref., 103.
Egyptian 9 per cent. Viceroy, gua. by Egyptian gams,
lent; 94, 31.
Foreign and Colonial Government Trust and Loan Sc 4,
sued at Mi., 83i.
Ocean Marine Insurance. 20.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, New, 1861% 10.
Royal Mail Steam, 63.
Universal Marine Insurance (Limited), 6 7-16.