The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-28 00:00:00

A CLEAR COURSE FOR THE UNIVERSITY

BOAT RACE.

There appears to be this year a fair prospect of a
clear coulee, as the following notice has bees vetted by
the Thames Conservancy Board —" 1. Bargee sad buoys
will be placed in position above Putney-bridge, at which
all steam-vessels and tugs are to make fast, under
the harbour-master's directions. 2. No steam-veseel
or tug shall pass up the river beyond she said
roooriep until after the racing boats have fairly started.
3. A special positiou will be meigned to the steammesel
earrying the umpire. 4. Vessels on the river between
Putney-bridge and Ifertlake shall anchor in such positions
as the harbour-master and police shall direct. No vessel
except sow-boata shall navigate the river between Putney-
bridge and Mortlake from 10 30 a.m. until after the mos.
5. All steam vessels sad tugs shall keep well esteem
of the racing boats. And nodes is hereby gives
that it is provided by the Thames Conservancy
Act, 1867, section 11 :—' If . any captain or other wr-
son in charge of any steamer or other vessel or boat
disobeys any constable engaged in keeping order en such
occesions as aforesaid, he shall, is cam of a steamer, vow
eel, or boat propelled otherwise than by oars, be liable to a
penalty not exceeding 20f., and, in cam of a vessel or boat
propelled by can, to a penalty of not exceeding N. Any
superintendent, inspeetor, or sergsaat a pollee may enter
on any steamer, vessel. or other boat,' the eePtete
person in charge of which refusing to amply with
any orders given, in pursuance of this seaties, fee the pur-
pose of taking such measures as may be wresseszy for
• Into effect the thirsts of the emirs, m order
t oder; and any person obstructing the miry
of any superintendent, inspector, or sergeant, in pursuance
of the section, or impeding the efforts to carry the mine
into effect, shall for each offence be liable to at=yrynot
exceeding 201. " B. Bunerac,
" Thames Coneervancy-slice."
It is the interstice of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales te be present on board the Therm Oeseervancy
steamer. In censeciesses of the depth of the vessel out of
the water, it will be memory to effete a Mart at 11 'Weir,
in order that she may get miser Baanimenith-bridge.
The Atka of to-day says:—' The rival crews frees
Oxford and Cambridge are diligently acquiring the know-
ledge of the London water requisite for a creditable display
upon Saturday week. So far as the of of duds-
tereseed bystanders may be takes as a enteric., the
'even year's victors have little eases to fear Ate yam will
see a reversal of the tide el fortune. Certain would-
be aquatic critics are in lush dodgem that the
Cantas should have preferred the eoaesel el a veteran
oarsman who doerished before Clasper dowsed upon the
Southron world with hie outrigger beats to one of the
scientific luminaries of modem data. I would net,' aye
Shylock, ' have lost my rise fora wllidentem el meslm'
By a why of computation on. alight bombs aseertaiaMw
many modern rowing mentors would mike a Tens Igen.
Perhaps light-blue gallantry may be I. vale' the
Cambridge mew may have the cesnakelea of knowing
that they have takes the wisest and the best souse
in their tidies's enterprise. One weed to our
irrepressible friend the British public, which delights
se much in decking itself in purple or Ilgist
and in getting up a enticeMeent for
Oxford or Cambridge The normal Ushreeetty man is
not the Yahoo who
wbo e to be tempted by a ball at St.
James's Hall, with stipendiary partners decked is asap
ribbons, or attracted by a Mini et UMW= to the save
of harmony. He is at his pest le mehilain the lame et
his Alma Yates, and not to be treated like &Sir
who rides ix stone and smokes cigars el to
jockey
It the race le really once more 'sa ba-
ths,' we must hope that mibite °piston will act as a
cosier 111101.40."

, 1868.

MARSET.-(THIS DAY.)

ONK O'CLOCK.
In the Stook %change to-day attention is
pertly directed to die KO/sigh* settlement,
which has just cesnmenesd, and will be awn-
plahod on Tuesday. Neverthelese there is
a fair amount of fresh business, sad the
tat rent of quotations is favourable. Console
and most of the railway stocks are un-
advised, but foreign bonds are better is several
OMB. Italian of 1861 are in especial request,
and exhibit • fresh advance of per cent.. in re-
sponse to a similar movement upon the Paris
bourse. The advice. from Florence, both with
respect to the position of the ministry and the pro-
posed financial arrangement of the government,
are considered satisfactory.

The applications for disOonnt are to a fair extent,
at 2 per oent. for the best three months' bills.

Consols are quoted 93 to both for money and
the account (April 2), and Three per Cults. Re-
duced and New Three per Cents., 911 to 92.
Railway stocks are quiet. Great Western
has improved per cent., viz., to 481 to
1, while Great Eastern has declined 1,
the present price being 321 to 33. Sub-
joined are the prices:—Caledonian, 751 to 1
London and North Western, 1141 to ;
1061 to ; London and South Western, 85
to 88 ; Brighton, 4.91 to 50 ; South Eastern, 721 to
1; Metropolitan 1131 to 1141 ; Greet Northern A,
98 to ; and Landon, Chatham, and Dover, 181
to 1.

The foreign stork market is firm, owing to a pre-
ponderance of purchases. Italian of 1861 are in
prominent demand, and have risen I per cent., viz.,
to 48 to *. Peruvian of 1865 and Spanish of 1867
are higher, at 78* to 79 and 351 to I, respectively.
Mexican arequoted 15a to showing an advance of
per cent. ; Turkish of 1865, 331 to being i better;
Egyptian of 1867, 88 to 87—a reduction of * ;
Brazilian of 1865, 711 to 721 ; Chilian of 1867,
89* to ; Russian of 1866, 87 to * ; Turkish of
1858, 59* to 60 ; and ditto of 1862, 63 to 4.
Indian stocks are quiet. The Five per Cents.
are at 113 f to 1141 ; the Four, 1001 to 101; the
Bonds, 28s. to 335. prem. ; and the Five per Cent.
Debentures, 105 to *. Exchequer Bills are Is.
lower, at 7s. to 12a. prem.
The Certificates of the Foreign and Colonial
Trust are quoted f to 1 pram., and Metropolitan
District Railway Debentures, new issue, 2 to 3
prom. _ _ _

TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols and foreign bonds are steady, but sores
of the railway stocks have given way. Caledonian
has declined 11 per cent., viz., to 741 to 1, and
Midland is 1 lower, at 1041 to 1061.

A meeting of Mexican bondholders was held
yesterday, when • permanent committee was
formed in the place of the provisional committee,
with the view of taking such steps as may be
deemed moat calculated to promote the interests of
the bondholders.

About 6,0001. in foreign gold coin was taken from
the Bank yesterday for exportation.
The Ceylon, which will leave Southampton
to-day, has 120,0001. in gold for Alexandria.
but no silver for the East.

In the absence of telegrams from the Bast re-
porting any further advance in the exchanges, the
silver market was decidedly fiat yesterday, and
transactions took place in bars at ss. Old. per
ounce, showing a fresh decline of id. A similar
reduction has occurred in Mexican defiers, the pre-
sent quotation being 4a. lld.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
firm, and a movement in favour of this country
took place as regards bills on France and Italy.
The list is subjoined :

Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.191 to 12.0 f ; ditto, short
11.18 to 11.19 ; RotteMom, 3 moss 11.19 f to 12.01 ,
Laterals, 3 month, 25.35 to 95.40; 3 soothe,
16.35 to 25.40 ; Hamburg and Altana, 3 13.10 to
13.101 ; Balls, Colwell, to, 3 months, 2.261 to 6.271
et. Petersburg, 3 months, 331 to 32 ; Asia, short, 15.5
to 25.25 ; ditto, 3 mouths, 25.321 35.3711 ; Maretallos,
3 MOM 36.35 to 25.40 ; Poodsferhos-thoMalme,
3 smooths, 1201 to 1101 i, :Mama, 3 moths, 11.75 to
11.80 • Trieste,* mom 11.75 to 11.80 ; 3
month.,' 481 to 481 ; Bantam , 3 moats., 481 to 481•
3 mouths, 481 to 481; mesa., 4111 to 44 •
3 smooths, 481 to 48 ; Vales,* 3 mesa., 48f. to
Parsokom, 3 memstlie, 49 to 4/11 ; Moms mmeseA44l
to 481 • earageoso, 3 months, 481 to 48f ;
momtiw 28.80 28.85 ; Omesa, soothe, 28.80 to
18.85 ; spins, 3 mss 98. to 28.85 Thslermo,
3 month., V.BO to 18.85 ; 3 mismitam, 18.80 to
18.85 ; Woes 90 sky,' dato 511 to If ; Oporto, 90 day,'
date, MI to

At Paris the rate of discount in the open
market is now 1 per cent., or below that cur-
rent here ; at Hamburg, Frankfort, and Brussels,
2 ; at Amsterdam, 24 ; et Berlin, 3 ; at Vienna,
4 ; at Turin, 5 ; and at St. Petersburg, 8 per cent.
The joint traffic return of the Caledonian and
North British Railways shows this week an increase
of 3,631/. over last year.
A meeting of the creditors of the Zuropean Bank
(Limited) is called for the Bth of April, pursuant
to a circular from Messrs. Flux, Angles, and
Rawlins, solicitors to the creditors' representatives,
to consider a proposal from the liquidators to the
following effect, viz :

1. That a further &ridged d la. Ild. is the ppooaaad be
paid on re day. el April, aed that the eeasis• f 10a.
ladlgiteer
I,iityal with 'rem.
...orLitei:salirweesdatlN: the-
reat foot
c'etthisn: a raFb.jt.bir'eBorth redi
ler r ray re err, preetreorrosetes or. draft;
far tlie above instalment& -

A half-yearly dividend of 'll.. 15s. per share,
being at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, is now
payable on the Mock of the Melbourne and Robson's
Bay United Railway Company.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and waterworks shares, as given in the Stook
Exchange list of last evening :

Insarnie•—Allianes British sad Foreign, 13, 111 7-
mania Union, ; Liverpool sad London sad OW••
&snub. ), 201—Leedom sad Provineisl Marine, 11 ; Thames
sail Meng/ Kerins (Lolled), 41; Universal Marlon
l Obis 7814
t 4.4
iki
sad Oolos—Bareposa, 131 ; ditto New, ;
, 63, 21 ; Imperial CondansAal, 961, 7 ; Widers
Desks—London and Bt. Katherine, 49.
Waterworks—Badls, 131 ; East London, 117 j, 17 ;
Grand Junction, 77; Wont 106.