The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

CORK BUTT= MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
(aT TZLZORAFTI. )

(rum mix ow onassieszpzirr.)
Ordinary, 1345., 1295, 1215., If6s., 111 s., 100 s. ; 710
firkins. Mild cured, 146 e., 1335., 1245., 24 firkins.

MINCING-LANIC.—(THD3 DAT.)
SCOAR.—The market continues quiet; only a small
War brown Mauritius sold at about previous prices.
dull of sale, but as the supply is moderate pro.
viola prices are supported.
Coma is dull of sale.
TEL.—The market is steady, but quiet.
Rica AND RCN.—No sales to report.
Pars.—The demand for white continues very active ;
about 2,000 bags Singapore sold at 511, one mouth ;
9-16 d. cash; and 51d. for arrival.
Corm continues dull of sale; prices are per lb.
lower.
In other articles no change.

TALLOW MARKET.-(TIID3 DAY.)
The market im steady. Town tallow, 48a. 98. • Paters.
burg T.C. en the spot, 61a. ; December, 64a. Yd. ;
January, 61s. 3d. to 6d. ; March. 61s. 9d. to 625.
PAITICULABB' OF TALLOW.

1M66.

1804. 1817.

Block co head this day-iambi bl." 1 47,618 96,414 I *765
Id
Delivery
fres lwa week 1.714 1 9,9311 1.107 1.11/3
Ditto Jaw ) 02,196 641309 42,160 93,736
Arrival laid week 1 4,361 443 616 1 3,461
Ditto hoot Ist June ... ! emes 71,913 00,043 63413
'ad. a d. a. d.s.d. a d.ad. c d. e.
Rice T.C. oa Spa this day 49 90 9 440 oio lit 0
Ditto Town last Friday At 0,439 144 9 111 S

Arrival tar the week ending Dee. 16 net year, 5,171 nuke and
delivery, 9,otre casks. The arrtvel lart week comprised 1,1,76 casks
tram dt. Petersburg ; 810 casks trete Odesue ; int make (mm
Anetralia ; 412 clerks turn South Aratetea—total, 3,431 cask.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
The supply of beasts is smaller than on Monday lad
eo also is the demand. Trade is very dull and our top
quotations are with difficulty realised for choicest
qualities. Sheep are more plentiful, and the
demand is very limited. Priam on the average are
lower, and a clearance cannot be effected. Calves
are rather lower. Our foreign supply connate of
360 beasts and 64 calves. From Scotland there are 330
beasts ; Ireland, 460 ; Norfolk, 40 ; and 2,390 from the
Midland and Home Counties.

Perils= of Ma s. d. s. d. Per stops of alto. s. a.. d.
Dolt Iso6s, Nand& . 6 0 6 4 DestDsitillf-tadssh o 0 0 0
Bast ... 4 8 6 0 Dort Loag-wools 4 4 4 3
Boxed qua Masts 80 4 0 Do., do., Rama 0 00 0
Dam 9 8 5 8 Byes& assoadqua 3 4 4 0
POOL 3 4 4 8 Do. do. Oboes 0 0 0 0
DiatDest MI-brads 4 8 6 0 Lambs 0 0 0 0
Daub at market, 3,580 ; Aso sad Webs, 18.440 ; salvor. 7; ;
PIM 130.

BOROUGH HOP MARKIIT.--(THIS DAY.)
Meows. Pattenden and Smith mpert a steady retail de-
mand for all descriptions, at last week's rates.

COAL NARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Walls End Hetton, 19s. 6d.; Walls End Lnnabton,
19s. ; Walls End Haswell, 19e. 6d.; Walls End
195.; Will. End End Tunstall, 16s. 6d. ; Walls End
Hetton Lyons, 16s. 6d.; Hot well, 16s. 6d.; Cowpen
Hartley, gm. 6d.; Baas@ Harltey, 164. 6d.; Hastings
Hartley, IGa. 6d.—Ship at market, 25; at sea, 75.

Auriza-crsla DAY.)

ONB O'CLOCK.

There is a rather good inquiry to-day for shares
in several mines, including most of the following
at the prices given, vis.:—Weet Chiverton,69 to 80,
ex div.; Prince of Wales, 355. to 375. ed. ; New
Lovell, 30s, to 33a. ; Chiverton .14 to 64 ;
Providence, 30 to 32 ; Wheal Basset, 00 to 06 ;
Tincroft, 144 to 15} ; Bedford United, 325. Od. to
375. 6d.; Frank Mills, 34 to 1; Bast Grenville, 34
to I ; Groat Vor, 104 to 11 ; Wheal &ton, 67k to
624 ; North Crafty, 2.55. to 30s.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are quoted
as follows John del Ito ,18 to 174 ; Don
Pedro, 3 to 4 prem.; Anglo-Braxilian, par to 1-10
prom.; Pentanes, 1k to die.; Chontales, 24 to I ;
Roma Grande, Ito prem.; Auglo-Italian, par to
k pron. ; United Mexioan, 2k to 4 ; Frontino and
Baivis, 9s. to 1 la.; Port Phillip, 1 16-10 to 2 1-10;
and Central American. dia. to par.

NONNI MARIIIE—mars DA T. .
ONE O'CLOCK.
• much steadier tone is apparent in the stooki
markets to-day, and a recovery has occurred in
many securities. Turkish bonds, however, remain
mey sensitive, in oonsequenoe of the proved of a
-nurture between that country and Grans. The
Five per Cents. of 1888 opened this mernkig
at the closing official prices of Saturday,
but have since declined 1 per cent. Trans-.
odious have been officially recorded as low as
39. The loan of 1858 is 1 worm. Italian of 1861
were first quoted 861 to 47, and, although a par-
tial relapse has since taken plaoe, the present quo-
tation is 1 higher than on Saturday. Several other
foreign bonds also exhibit an improvement, as
well as some of the railway stooks. Indian securi-
ties have receded, sales having been made by per-
sons who proposed tendering for the new issue of
Great Indian Peninsula Railway stock. The go-
vernment funds are steady.
The applications for din:vent are upon a mode-
rate scale, but there is no disposition to take the
best bills below 21 to 3 per cent.
The English funds are at 921 to 1, ex div., for
money, and 92j, ex div., for the account (Jan. 5),
and the Three per Cents. Reduced and. New
Three par Canto., 921 to 3.
In the railway market, London and North
Western, Midland, Great Eastern, and Metropoli-
tan stocks have improved 1 to 1 per cent. Sub-
joined are the prices :—London and North West-
ern, 1121 to 1121; Great Western, 481 to 49;
Midland, 1111 to 1121; London and South
Western, 871 to 881 ; Great Eastern, 421 to 3 ;
Brighton, 471 to 1; South Eastern, 791 to ; Me-
tropolitan, 1031 to 1; Great Northern, 1061 to
107 ;A, 108 to ; Celsdosian, 741 to 75; and
London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to 171.
Foreign stooks are firmer. Italian of 1881,
and Turkish of 1882, have advanced per cent. ;
Egyptian of 1888, ; Brazilian of 1885, Peruvian
of 1865, the Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan, 1; and
Mexican, 1. Turkish of 1858 and 186.5, however,
are lower. Prices are quoted as follow :
Bresalian of 1888, 773 to 781; ChM= of 1887,
98 to 1; Egyptian of 1864, 83 to 1 ; ditto of
1888, 741 to 1 ; Italian of 1881, 661 to 3; ditto
Tobacco Loan, 3 to } prem. ; Mexican, 153 to 3 ;
Peruvian of 1866, 811 to 1; Russian of 1866,
891 to 901 ; ditto Nicola', 853 to j ; ditto Orel,
801 to 1 ; ditto Moscow-jaroslaw, 78/ to 79, ex
div. ; Spanish of 1867, 331 to 1 ; Turkish of 1858,
81 to 62 ; ditto of 1862, 62 to 63; and ditto of
1888,_39 to 1.

Indian securities are flat. The Ten-and-a-Half
per Cents. are at 217 to 219, showing a decline
of 1 per cent. ; the Five, 1121 to 1, a fall of ;
the Four, 1021 to 103 ; the Bonds, 3s. to 10s.
prem., being 2s. lower ; and the Debentures, 103
to 1, a reduction of 1. Bank Stock, 242 to 244;
and Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 12s. prem.
No movement is apparent in Bank shares.
London and Westminster, 871 to 681; London
and County, 611 to ; Union of London, 371 to
381 ; City, 11/ to 121 ; Imperial, 17: to 181;
London Joint Stock, 351 to 1 ; Anglo-Austrian,
71 to 8 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 11 to 11
. . _

- With the exception of a reduction of Ps. in
National Discount, viz., to 111 to miscella-
neous shares are without variat.'wn. General Cradit,
2 to li, die. ; Interne'unai Financial, 1 3-16 to
3-16 die. ; Bay, 15} to 1 ; Telegraph
C°nstniet;.:"...n, 151 to I ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight
7.47. %eat. Preference, 32 to j ; and Anglo-Ameri-
Cart, 12 to . _

The Great Britain has arrived from Melbourne
with 248,0001. in gold, and the Tanjore, from
Akmandria, with 26,5001., making a total of
274,300/.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Foreign stocks are offered, and exhibit a droop-
ina tendency Turkish a 1%3 have declined
per cent., viz., to 381 to 39. Egyp!!nnuf /80si
receded ',l„ and Italian of 1861 and Spanish of 1967,
1. Metropolitan Railway Stock is heavy, and
1 per cent. lower, at 1021 to 103. Great Eastern
is 2 worse ; South Eastern and Great Northern
A, I ; Caledonian, ; and Brighton, 1. The Eng-
lish funds are unaltered.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

The government funds are dull, at 921 to t, ex
div., for money, and 92} to ex div., for the
account.

Some of the railway stocks are to I per cent.
better than at 1 o'clock. Caledonian, 744' to 75 ;
Brighton, 471 to 1; Metropolitan, 1021 to 1031 ;
South Eastern, 791 to ; Midland, 111,1 to 1121;
London and North Western, 112 to ; and Great
Western, 481 to 49.
_ _

Turkish Bonds of 1863 have been as low as
381 to 1, but have since recovered to 38; to 39.
Italian of 1861, 381 to 1; ditto Tobacco Loan,
31 to 1 prem. ; Peruvian of 1863, 811 to 1 ;
Spanish of 1887, 321 to 331; Charkof-Azof, 1 to
die. ; and ditto Chareow-Krementschug, dis.
to ; prem.
At the Bank to-day about 140,000 sovereigns
have been withdrawn for Brazil.

The half-yearly meeting of proprietors of the
tilion Bank of London is convened for the 13th
January.
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The prospectus of the Honduras Opal Mining
Company (Limited) is issued, the object being to
work a large number of opal mines held under a
concession from the government of Honduras. Ac-
cording to the arrangement made with the vendors,
they are not to obtain any return until the holders
of the preference shares shall have first received
13 per cent. per annum. Accordingly the capital
is fixed at 60,0001., in shares of 31. each, of which
11,000. ranking as ordinary shares, are to be
assigned to the late proprietors, while the 3,000
preference shares are now offered to the public.
A fourth call of 21. is to be paid on the new
shares of the Berlin Waterworks Company (Li-
mited) by the 31st inst.
Shareholders in the Pontgibaud Silver Lead
Mining and Smelting Company may now receive
a payment of 19s. 7d. per share, loss income-tax,
being the balance of the dividen 1 for the year
1867-8.

A general meeting of the shareholders of the
Wholesale and Export Drug Company (Limited)
is called by Mr. S. L. Price, tho liquidator, for the
15th inst.

Creditors of the Tyne General Engineering
Company (Limited) are required to send the
particulars of their claims to the liquidators by
the 2let inst.

It is stated that in a very few weeks the section
of railway between Kensington and Westminster-
bridge, a portion of which belongs to the Metro-
politan Railway and the remainder to the Metro-
politan District Railway Company, will be opened
for public traffic, an official inspection having
already been made of the works, which are now
nearly completed.
The following telegram, announcing the arrival
of ships front England at Australian ports, has
been received at the Jerusalem Coffee-house :
Melbourne—Warrior, Bucton Castle. Ma►rpesia,
Mediator, Empress of the Seas, Rocklin, Mt. Kilda,
Dover Castle, Fred. Warren, and Ifolmeedale.
Sydney—Anne Richmond, James Lister, and
Ascalon. Adelaide—Darra, South Australian, and
St. Leonard.

QuElinsTOWN, DEC. 7.—Tho Onion steamship
Minnesota, from New York, arrived hem at 2 am. te-
day. with 120 passengers, some of whom she leads&
sail proceeded immediately for Liverpool

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Sommturrtor, Dar. 7.—The North Goma&
Lloyd rest Herowawa, hues New York, has whoa
here With 011posomere for this port Havre, and Bream;
37 oda et dal. CON dollars for London ; 11.0011 kialloto
for Uremia; aria 3,100 peokageo of oars*,