The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-21 00:00:00

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Nairn . 50r,
Aberdeen 49./24_!)
Leith 9O-34"
Ardroma 396607
Gromsatki u.39r55
yawn's • 119.71r.41
Cape clear ie.asefo'
Roche
Limped WM 41
lielynead teller 42
148'167 Zrillilt i
iLiient . .., OAm O
lt,,chetort .. Weer 63
Plymouth . . 1,12. 4r .
WernonilL239.77 7r 4
Portarnoeth 29.71 r Sti
London ....138.727 36
Yarmouth— 29.711134
icarborungh 26 69C33
Aielis 2.6er 34
Helder —99 65 .
Brussels 29.76 38
Paris 59.84
Strasbourg : 39
Lyons 28.92 ,46
Heart's Con. 30 031

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Barometer corrected and ;duced to 112 deg. at ma level. The
letters r (ding`, f (falling). s (steady). indicate direction of
motionot the mercury within last 14 hour.. Thermometer exposed
In shade. Extreme force, with itsdirection during hut 24 hours.
7..—calm. Weather: bblue
say— c. —clouds (detached
fog . h.—hall : I.—lightning ; .misty (May, ; o.—osercast
Ault, ; r —rain ; IL-400W ;
hone—dr lain-fall, mow or
ball ,melted!, during last 24 Bea digurbance.
REM ARILS.
The Increase In barometrical pressure shown by yeeterday
afternomis report as its progress, has dime been general at all
anat.... the very large difference of more tbsa &laths of an
lush is reissrust from stations on the west coast
of France.re PIM
in tiee illsentiel. There is much greater unifordty in preemie
over the British Islands than has existed for several days past.
The docrears• ill temperature In Scotland has continued billal
)estenlay there has been • slight diminution generally. A
strong tmrtherly wind blew yesterday at plum in tbs south-mkt
of England. and In the west of Ireland. Winds are now light In
the north, non our other coasts. with direction
from westumtb to math-west. Rain has fallen In south and
init. .mm•=..,..10mm.........'

921 to 93. The Three per Cants. Reduced and
New Three per Cents. were quoted at three
o'clock 93 to a. The official business report is
M fellows :—Thres per Cent. Consols, far hirliff,
92ii 1,14. 34. ditto, for moolinre 921; Thretr,
Cents. Reduced, 93 ; New Three per Oenin.. irAte
; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 103 ; Beak Stock,
242, 3 ; India Five per Cent. Stock: 1111, L 12
ditto Four' per Cent', 100;1, j, - ditto Four_per
Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 87ki7al ditto Five
per Cent., 103 ; ditto Five-and-a- per Cent.,
108*.
The India Five per Cent. stock was in renewed
demand and advanced, being last marked 112.
Exchequer Bills were quoted 225. to 26e. prem.
A considerable amount of business was done in
foreign stocks, at better quotations. Peruvian
bonds of 1882 and 1865 were in active request, and
rose Ito 2 per cent. Egyptian advanced* to Li,
the chief movement being in the Viceroy's loan.
Argentine and Danubian, 1 ; Brazilian of 1863 and
1865, Chilian of 1867, and Rumian of 1860 and
1860, * ; Portuguese scrip, Spanish New Three
per Cents., Italian of 1861, and Turkish of 1866, I;
said Mexican, Spanish New Three per Cents., and
Portuguese bonds, f. Greek bonds were excep-
tionally flat, and declined *. Egyptian Nine per
Cent. Bonds closed at 90 to 9L
Hudson's Bay shares closed at 14* to Ll*, and
National Discount at n to 6* prem., showing
a rise of 2s. Ga. in each case. Miscellaneous shares
were inquired for. Crystal Palace Preference im-
proved 11. 10s. ; East India Irrigation and Electric
Telegraph (new), 108. ; Anglo:Mexican Mint and
New Consolidated Discount, 6s. ; and London
District Telegraph Preference, ?s. 6d. On thd
e
other hand, City of London Real Property declie
55., and Thames and Mersey Insurance and Unitedn
Kingdom Telegraph Preference, 2s. 6d. London
and St. Katharine Dock Stock was 1 per cent.

lower.
In the market for American securities. the prin-
cipal feature was a strong demand for Atlantic and
Great Western Railway Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds, which were dealt in in the morning as high
as 26, or 14 per cent. better. Sales, h
was owever,
were afterwards made, and the last price the
same as on Saturday. The debentures left off
1 per cent. higher ; Erie and Illinois Central Rail-
way shares, i ; and Virginia Six per Cents. 1.
The 5-20 Bonds were unaltered. Prices closed as
follows :-5-20 Bonds, 1882, 71i to 72i • Erie
Railway shares, 484 to 49; Illinois Central, 86i
to t, ex. div. ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Debentures, 24 to 25 ; and Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds, 24 to 25.

MINES.-MlllB DAY.)

Otra o'CioM
The mining market is firm to-day, with a good
amount of business. Great Vor and Prince of
Wales shares are in chief request, at 184 to 194 and
3to 4, respectively. North Chiverton are quoted
44 to ; Cern Brea, 24 to 26 ; West Drakewalls,
Bs. to Ws. ; West Chiverton, 67 to 69 ; Chiverton
Moor, 6 to 65 ; New Lovell, 7s. 6d. to 10s. ;
East Lovell, 84 to : and Great Retsllack, 3to 1.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are rather
firm. St. John del Rey have improved 11.,
to 344 to 354, and Chontalea are 2s. 6d. better,
at to 4, die. Don Pedro are 3to 5 prem. ;
Anglo-13razilian, Pardo prem. ; Pestarena, 5
to par ; Roma Grande, par to t prem. ;
Italian, to 4 prem. ; United Mexican, 11 to 4, ;
andbolivia, 15-16 to 11-16 ; Port Phillip,
Prentino
to ; Central American, 5 dia. to par ; and
AWo-Argentine, to prem.
With reference to the reoent fire in the mine be-
longing to the St. John del Rey Company it ap-
pears, from advices just received from Mr. Gor-
don, the itt.tu3ger, that the mine up to the 17th
December had nut been explored to a deerr
level than 1.14/. 4 stall in the Rahn Mine
(about 76 fathoms perpendicular), and No. 10 stull
in the Cachoeira Mine (about 74 fathoms perpen-
dicular), and that therefore no conclusion could be
arrived at as to the extent of the damage done.
The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received the follg re-
port, dated Morro Vent°, 17th Dec., 1867 owin
;—Pro-
duce for November, 36,328 cotavas ; from 5,523
tons ore yield 6.149 &Was per ton ; cost for Nov.,
,8411. ; profit for Nov., 5,235/. ; produce 10 days
8
of Dec., 2,440 oitavas ; yield 1•214 (dumps per
ten.