The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-18 00:00:00

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ley yeetsiday. The Hes. F. Mosley. X.P., end lob.
CatboatMs* are stay* at ZnoWeby wt& IN gad.
and winstess. Whew lis Sere el Osaseer oiparsiod,
at belf-past °Week leaf night, no Wages.
had bees raesimsd there bees Knowsley. sod mos bad
been stieived at the honey; bat a detateh wbdd
arrived in town at twelve &drab eastyed the thews*a
that a favourable drags bad takes plea. lobed, when
tha telegram we, seat at, lord Derby was Arida( gash
progress that all sane, fur naeeelneeo was eassidered to be
disappearing. - .

TEI UMW.

LIVERPOOL. TUMMY. 2 P.M.

latelligluee fro. =as.dq state; flat the- Prosier.
though vary mash preelreled, bad elebdsed Do farther
Mapes, and Tes pregreselag as favourably as mold be
expected.

MARBIAOI IN HIGH LITZ.-(THIS DAT.)

This morning was celebrated at St. George's
Chum Hwy-saw, the marriage of Prederiok
de* Earl Deasebsesp, mad Lady Mary Staahope,
only daughter el the Merl and Omahas Stushops. •
annoorms eengregatien Mesemied at the shank as spew
team en the heserilies sensien. The noble babe-
-1 poem, amentrand by Lard Mot, 31. P., arrived
at the eirma at half-pad eleven o'clock, by
whisk time the whale a/ the wedding party had asses-
bled. The belies sums with her mother, Ms Oconless
Stanhope, aai, was rewired at the esteem* of the
church by the Eml embers ad the tanneries
youthful ladies, who eilkilated as bridesmaids:—
lady Label Cecil, Hoe. Kin Prisarese, lies. Mies
Henniker, Hoe. Mho Hanbery, Miss Bread, sod
Mies Peter by ; and preemehd along the centre
Male to the altar, before which her numerous relatives
and Mends had _nestled. The Right Rev. the Lad
Biebsp el azfeed perfoneed the religious aremeny ambled
by the Bin. G. S. Main, rester of Madreefield.
Among the roembees of both families Area were the
Dashers of Cleveland. Lard and Lady Henniker and ace.
Mils liermiker, Lard and Lady Baimaen, Has, and Rev.
Mr. end Lady Lenin Peariaby, Hes. Gerald and lady
Mae la Ponsenley, Has. Major Heauiker. M.P., and Lady
Arse Hasusikee, Vitestat Mahea, Hoe. Edward Stanhope,
Ben Philip Snabsva, Lord !Malan, Dossier Countess
c/ Lsegford. Hen. Hwy Slanhope, &a.
At the meelesien et the eereencey the bride and bride-
groom and trim& west to the vestry, where the marriage
was registered, ride- leaving the ohnroh the wedding party
adjeursed to the maidenee of the Berl and Countess Stea-
ler, is Gresvener.plant, where a sumptuous breakfast was
presided foe 150 memo. At half-put 10 o'clock the
newly-wedded couple left by special train from the Great
Western Railway for Madnalield Court, the Earl Bina-
slump's seat, near Great Malvern.

Avaarßit—rwirrm Y.

On Man.

oramegnemas ef the mom Einem of L;ed
Iheby sad the emfaveurable character of the
abides from the United States with respect
to the Alamos °lame, the markets for
public securities remain flat, and prices
in many oases have experienced $ fresh re-
duction. Consols have declined k per cent. and
show a further drooping tendeney. A similar
movement has ooeurred in the New Three per
Cent& and Three per Cents. Reduced. With
regard to foreign bonds, the principal feature is a
fall of about 1 per cent. in Egyptian, in anticipa-
tion of the issue of the new loan. Russian
securities are dull, upon sales by parties
who propose subscribing for the Otel-Vitebsk
Railway loan, owing to its relative cheapness.
Railwaystocks present no movement of importance,
speculators being disposed to await the decision of
the Lord Chancellor to-morrow in the cue of the
Metropolitan line.

The demand for money is rather good, and the
rat i for the beet paper are firm, at 1# to # per
omit.

Consols are quoted 921 to I for money and
the account (March 5), and the Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93 to 1.
The railway market is quiet, and prices gene-
rally present no change. Brighton stock has de-
clined 1 per cent., viz., to 451 to 461, while
Great Northern A has improved to the same
extent, the present price being 1091 to 110.
Caledonian is at 78f to 79, being firm ;
London and North Western, 1181 to 119 ;
Great Western, 46 to ; Midand, 1071 to ;
London and South Western, 85 to 87 ; Great
Eastern, 291 to 301; South Eastern, 73 to 1 ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 191 to f ; and
Great Northern, 1071 to 108.
The foreign stock market still shows de-
pression. Egyptian of 1864 and the Peebles
Loan have declined about 1 per cent., the
present prices being 87 to and 731 to 741, respec-
tively. Turkish Five per Cents. of 1866 are quoted
32f to f, showing a reduction of / per cent. ; ditto
Six per Cents., 531 to I, being lower; ditto of
1858, 621 to 631; ditto of 1862, 61 to 62 ; Brazilian
of 1865, 74 to 3 ; Chilian of 1867, 871 to 88 ;
Italian of 1861, 433 to 44 ; Mexican, 15f to 16;
Peruvian of 1865, 75 to f ; Russian of 1866, 89 to
90 ; Spanish New Three per Ceuta., 36 to ; and
Portuguese Scrip, to 11 prem.

The market for American securities is rather
inactive. The 5-20 Bonds are unaltered, at 711 to
1. Erie Railway shares are called 491 to 501,
showing a rise of per cent. ; and Illinois Central,
881 to 89, being steady.
Indian Government stooks have been bought at
steady quotations. The Five per Cents. are at
1111 to 1121; the Four, 1011 to ; the Deben-
tures, 106 to 1 ; and the Bonds 361. to 40s. prem.
Exchequer Bills remain fiat, at 15e. to 20s. prem.
Bank Stock, 248 to 260.
There is a moderate inquiry for bank shares.
Anglo-Austrian are at 31 to 4} prem. ; Imperial
Ottoman, to 1 dis. ; an l Consolidated, 1 to 1
prem.

The shares of the financial companies are quoted
as follows :—General Credit, n to 1 dis. ; Credit
Fonder, 7 to 61 dia. ; International Financial,
2 to 11 ills. ; and London, 24 to 22 dis.
Miscellaneous shares are quiet. National Dis-
count, 6to 1 prem. ; Hudson's Bay, to to ft ;
Egyptian Trading, 41 to 1 dis. ; Telegraph Con-
I Etruction, 121 to Ist ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference, 6 to 1 ; and Anglo-
American, 191 to 1.
The scrip of the new Orel-Vitebsk Railway loan
is called 1 to 1 prem.

HALF-PAST ONE OVIAN K.

The English funds exhibit a fresh reduc-1
tion of I per cent., the present price being '
921 to #. Great Western, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, South Eastern, Great Eastern,
and Great Northern A stocks are 4 to
per cent. worse, but Caledonian has
improved The Viceroy of Egypt's loan has
declined to 721 to 73 ; and Peruvian Five per
Cents. are I lower, at 741 to 75.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
Cormla are j per cent. better, at 921 to 1, for
money and the account.
Foreign stooks remain heavy, especially Egyp-
tian. The Nine per Cents. have declined to 871
to 881, and the Viceroy's loan to 721 to 1. Spa-
nish New Three per Cents. are at 351 to 36.
Railway stooks are dull, owing to a prepon-
derance of sales. South Eastern has fallen 1 per
cent., viz, to 711 to 72, upon the announcement
of the fire at the Charing-cross station. Caledonian
is at 791 to 80 ; Metropolitan, looi to not ;
Brighton, 46 to 1; Midland, 107} to 1 ; London
and North Western, 1181 to f ; and Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1271 to fj.
About 74,0001. in gold has been taken from the
Bank for exportation.
The Lord Chancellor's decision on the Metro-
politan Railway one is awaited with great interest,
and pending these lengthened legal proceedings,
the dealers still decline to transact business in the
stock ex the dividend, though the price is quoted
ex div. in the official list, and the money has ac-
tually been paid.
In completion of the Orel-Vitebsk Railway Loan
of 4,500,0001., Mews. Thomson, Boner and
Co. have just issued a prospectus inviting ap-
plications for the remaining amount—i.e., for
2,500,0001. stock at 75 per cent. This is a% per
cent. loan, with the interest payable half-yeirly on
the 17th April and 17th October, either in Lon-
don, Berlin, Frankfort, or Amsterdam, and there
is "an annual sinking fund of 1-12 per cent. of the
entire nominal amount to be applied by annual
drawings at par, which are to begin not later than
is 187 L" Interest commences on the 17th April
next. A deposit of 4 per cant. is to precede every
application. The requisite forms can be obtained
of kisses. Thomson, Boner and Co., Mama. P.
Casenove end Co., and Mears. J. Hutchinson and
Son. It is a distinctive feature of this railway
lons,rhat it pommies the absolute and unoondi-
Vaal guarantee of the Imperial Rani= Govern-
* as unequivocally expressed in the subjoined
AIM declaration : _ _ _

tc Immix GOVOCIMIMS brrity hods sod
naVgasholookirrisisr4. and
=iely, woke gegemed el. ties obey.
bgagreat en vermsas se tbs reigoetive Forbids;
sad in warm abarremalhard, and the repayment
=shern, liarreigati :IS ilat' biankanlVLE
with mow, arsifel brads hr Ile
aforesaid.
St, Petersburg, 27 Dmembee, 0.5., Jan. 8, 1888.
IA Midden dm lbsains, Searitaini Mat,
Pmsmad ,
Signature of Egsmial Isegesial
Government el Bern.
(Signed) C. DB Sidssmu.
It has always struck us se owe of the engirding et
the stark markets that this Meek, lb Iselmod,
.bud Mead at a price so muck below pot the
other itturian Government loam.
About 66,0001. in bar gold me taken haw the
Bela yesterday for the Continent.
Thq Australian has arrived from Melbourne with,
104,5001. in gold, the J. M. Jahn. With 21,6000,
and the Lightning with 18,6001. The steamer Ler
Plata, from the West India, bas also brought
124,0001., of which 102,0001 Is silver and 22,0001.