The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-30 00:00:00

1869.

toxin- KARR-mg.—(Toil Dar.)
•

WE O'CLOCK.
Tn the market for public securities to-day the
principal feature is an active demand for foreign
bonds, which have been bought to a largo
extent at a fresh advance. The transact:ons
include many purchases for investment, owing
to the high rates of interest attached to
most of flees securities, and to the satisfactory
tenor of the amounts front abroad. Peruvian,
Spanish, and Turkish are in especial request. The
English funds are also inquired for, and have risen
1-16 to percent. With the exception of Caledonian,
which is again better, railway stooks show dulness.
The :eduction in prices, however, is neither gene-
ral nor important. The fortnightly settlement
will be completed this afternoon.
The demand for money has somewhat increased,
and the lowest rata for bills is 11 to 1$ per cent.
Advances on stock are not obtainable under 1 to
1k per cent.

Consols are quoted 94. toe for money and the
account (November 6) ; and the Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93 to 3.
The railway market is dull, and a decline of 3 to
3 per cent. has occurred in Midland, South Eastern,
and Metropolitan stocks. Caledonian, however,
is better. Priam are quoted as follows :
London and North Western, 1113 to 1123 ; Great
Western, 483 to 3; Midland, 1123 to 3; Lon-
don and South Western, 873 to 881 ; Great
Eastern, 42 to 3 ; Brighton, 603 to ; South
Eastern, 78 to 3 ; Metropolitan, 1051 to 3 ;
Great Northern, 104 to 105 ; ditto A, 104 3 to
1053; Caledonian, 72 to j, ex div. ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1285 to 1 ; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 17 to I ; and Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire. 471 to I.
A large amount of business is going forward in
foreign securities, and the general tendency of
prices is upwards. Turkish Bonds of 1858 have
improved 3 per cent.; ditto of 1862, 3; ditto of
1865, 3 ; Spanish of 1867, 3 ; Peruvian of 1865, ;
and Egyptian of 1868, 3. The Orel Vitebsk Rail-
way Loan is exceptionally flat, and has declined
j, in anticipation of the newissue. Subjoinedaro the
quotations :—Brazilian of 1866 are at 781 to 793;
Chilian of 1867, 941 to 5; Egyptian of 1864, 813
to 82, ex div.; ditto of 1868, 733 to 1; Italian of
1861, 643 to 3 ; Mexican, 16 to 3 ; Peruvian of
1865, 823 to 83 ; Russian of 1866, 901 to 91 ; ditto,
Nicolai Railway Loan, 673 to 683 ; ditto Orel,
813 to 82, ex div. ; ditto Moscow4aroslaw,
823 to 833 ; Spanish of 1867, 31 to 3 ; Turkish
of 1868, 68 to 69 ; ditto of 1862, 703 to ; and
ditto of 1865, 413 to 423.

Indian stocks are without alteration. Thn Ten-
and-s-Half per Ceuta. are at 214 to 217; the
Five, 1144 to 115; the Four, 1021 to 1W31; the
Bonds, 16s. to 20s. prem. ; and the Debentures,
1051 to 108. Bank Stock, 244 to 216 ; and Ex-
chequer Bills, 17s. to 21s. prom.
Bank shares are suAdy. London and West-
minster, 631 to it4l Timi"anti County, 4$
to 491; 17nion of London, 33/ to 341;
Austrian, 51 to 7 prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, 1/ to
11 prem. ; and Consolidated, 1 toy prem.
there is no change in miscellaneous shares.
National Discount, 111 to 121; General Crelit,
24 to 1 dia.; Hudson's Bay, 141 to i ; Interna-
tional Financial, 11 to 11 dia. ; Telegraph Con-
struction 154 to 1 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per
Cent. Preference, 3/ to 4 ; and Anglo-American,
211 to 22.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 1 per cent.
better, at 73/ to 1 ; Erie Railway shares, 27/ to
28, showing a decline of 11 ; Illinois Central, 961
to 971; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures,
38/ to 371; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds,
381 to 39/.
The scrip of the Italian Tobacco Loan is steady,
at 21 to 1 prom.
An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders
of the Italian Irrigation Canal Company will be
held on the 30th of November, at Turin, for the
purpose of deliberating on the following cam-
sures, viz.:

1. Draft of composition to be proposed to the creditors,
who will be called together for that purpose by the Tri-
bunal of Commerce. 2. Appointment of a committee to
represent the company in the said composition, and make
such stipulations as may be necessary for the execution of
the said draft ; and also to represent the company in the
convention to be stipulated with the government in con-
formity with the various provisions of the composition
above mentioned.

The joint traffic return of the Caledonian and
North British railways shows this week an in-
crease of 3,1421. over last year.

TWO O'CLOCIC.

The government stocks remain steady, at the
above-mentioned prices. As regards railway
stocks, Great Western, Great Northern A, and
London, Chatham, and Dover have declined I to
per cent., while Great Eastern has improved I.
The variations in foreign bonds comprise a rise of
I in Italian of 1861, and a reduction of I in
Turkish of 180.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
Consols are e per cent. lower, at 941 to I, both
for money and the account.
In the railway market Caledonian stock is in
good demand, and r per cent. better, at 721 to 73.
ex div.; Brighton, aki to ill ; Metropolitan, 10,
to 106; South Eastern, 78 to ; Midland, 1121 to
; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1231 to 1; London
and North Western, 1111 to 1121 ; and Great
Western, 48 to g.

Foreign securities are firm, with the exception
of the Russian railway loans, which are again
lower. Orel, 811 to ; Nieholai, 673 to ;
641 to ; Turkish of 1866, 411 to 42 ; Spanish of
1867, 341 to I ; and Sardinian, 73 to 74.
The amount of gold withdrawn from the Bank
for exportation is 81,000/.
At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Routes
opened at 70fr. 63e. fur the account, showing a
fresh rise of j per cent.
A meeting was held yesterday of the Queens-
land Sheep Investment Company. (Limited),
when a resolution was passed refusing the offer
made for the purchase of the Rawbelle station.
Any fresh offer is to be submitted to an extraor-
dinary general meeting of the shareholders.
At the meeting of the South African Mortgage
and Investment Company (Limited), held ye ter-
day, it was announced that the liabilities and ex-
penses are being steadily reduced, and that a re-
turn of 31. per share is likely to be made eventually.
The amount of the coupons of the Lemberg-
Czernowita Railway Company that will be pay-
able on the Ist November at the Anglo-Austrian
Bank here is 14s. instead of 10s. per are.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Elbe
Colliery Company (Limited), is called for the 10th
Nov., "for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the claim of the bank, and adopting measures
to liquidate the same."
The annual meeting of the Liquid Meter Com-
pany (Limited) was held yesterday. The report
stated that the meter meets with the unqualified
approbation of several eminent hydraulic engi-
neers, and that in a short time the company will
be in a position to manufacture the meter on a
large scale.
At the annual meeting of the Gas Meter Com-
pany (Limited), held yesterday, • dividend at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared. The
directors' report stated that the business is in-
creasing, having recovered from the depression of
last year.