The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKET°.

(THIS BAY.)
(a TELL/KANO
(nom OUR owir 0011.11211PONDINT.)

CorroN.-: The market quiet ; pales about 8,000 bales.
Coax.—The attendance at market was good. Wheat in
limited demand, and prices in some cases Id. to 2d. per
oental decline. Flour dull and nominally unaltered.
Beaus a shade easier on spot. Oats Id. per bushel lower,
with a retail demand. Oatmeal supporta Tuesday's rates.
Indian corn without change.

LEEDS CORN MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
(BY TILIGIUMi. )

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The trade is very quiet for all descriptions of grain.
Wheat rather lower to sell Spring corn unaltered in
value.

MINCING-LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
Srcan.—The market has opened with a brisk demand,
and at firmer prices. The sales included St. Vincent,
Me. to 345. 6d. ; Antigua, 245. to 375. ; St. Kitt's, 345. to
355. ; crystillised Demerara, 395. ; Jaggery Madras com-
mon, 27e. 6d. ; clued Manilla, 31s. 6d. Refined continues
in request and prices are again firmer ; low lump., 45a.
COFFEE. —The demand for colonial continues steady
with more inquiry for native Ceylon ; about 1,000 bags
sold at 50a. tai. to GO,. for good ordinary to fine.
Tx.i.—Commou Congou continues to be in request at
firm rates.

Itt 1I and SALTPETRE.— So salsa reported.
Rtes. —A paroel of fine Rangoon sold at 13s. Gd.
COTTON. —The market is leas active, but the late adv►nce
is about maintained.
°MINI ca. littaillela has been done at 1i a. Gd.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is quiet. Town tallow, 41s. 9d. ;
burg Y.C. on the spot, 445. 3d.; April to June, 445. 3d.;
October to December, 445. 6d. ; December, 445. 9d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET. —(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Bestow reports trade sa follows:
First cot clovers and good meadow hay in demand. Infe-
rior fodder slow trade. Prime meadow hay, 80a. to 88s. ;
inferior ditto, 635. to 75e. ; clover, old 90s. to 105 s. ;
second cut, 70s, to 90s. ; straw. 30.. to 3tis.

THE ATTIMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE
or ErmweolioN.—A lent in Newtown=
writes :—" I am informed Dr. Watson, who
in extracting the bullet from the Duke of Edinburgh, is
son of the late Mr. John Watson, Keeholl, near Castle.
rook, in this county. Mr. John Watson was a martyr to
tenant-right, and widespread sympathy we. entertained
for him in eonsequenee."—Northers Whig.
Horniman's tea is sold Bd. w pound cheaper an
the duty Is Muted. This tntenst Tut will, whim filly
known, este further Increase the demand for them choke tine
Emmintan's are not sold loose, but only In rockets, signed " Bu-
nkum and Co., Original Importer; of the Pare Tea."—i Advertise

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.
The marketa for public securities are rather firm
to-day, and prices have improved in some cases
Consols, in which the monthly settlement will be
completed this afternoon, are inquired for, and
have risen 1-16 to 5 per cent. A similar move-
ment is apparent in three or four of the speculative
foreign bonds. The changes in railway stocks are
about evenly balanced. Colonial government secu-
rities show firmness, owing to the satisfactory re-
suit of the tenders yesterday for the New Zealand
debentures. Bank shares are also inquired for, I
especially Anglo-Austrian.
The discount market is firm, and the rate for
the beat three months' bills is 21 to 25 per cent.
Tho charge for short loans in the Stock Exchange
is 15 to 2 per cent.
Console are quoted 934 to 94 for money, and
94 to 5 for the new account (June 4), and the
Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Cents., 9.3,1 to Vii.
In the railway market, London and North West-
ern, Midland, and Great Northern A stocks have
improved to 1 per cent., while Caledonian,
Brighton, and Metropolitan have declined to the
same extent. The quotations are as follows :
Caledonian, 755 to 2 ; London and North Western,
1154 to 1165 ; Great Western, 545 to i; Midland,
1074 to 5 ; London and South Western, 90 to 92 ;
Great Eastern, 34 to ; Brighton, 53# to 5 ; South''
Eastern, 74# to 5 ; Metropolitan, 1124 to 4 ;
Great Northern, 1024 to 1034 ; ditto A, 971 to 984 ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 18# to ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 4 ; York and
North Midland, 944 to 95 ; Berwick, 103 to 4 ; and
North British, 335 to 34.
Foreign securities are rather firm, and a rise of
per cent, has occurred in some of the speculative
descriptions. Egyptian of 1864, however, are
lower, at 785 to 794. Brazilian of 1865, 754 to
; Chilian of 1867, 961 to 974 ; Italian of 1861,
484 to ; Mexican, 152 to 16 ; Peruvian of 1865,
835 to 84 ; Russian of 1865, 8134 to 1 ;
Orel Vitebsk, 794 to 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 35/
tog ; Turkish of 1858, 594 to 604 ; ditto of
1862, 631 to 3 ; and ditto of 1865, 342 to 35.
The only movement in Indian stocks is a recovery
of 4 per cent. in the Four per Cents., viz., 1014
to 102. The Five per Cents. are at 116 to 4 ; the
Bondi, 22a. to 275. prem. ; and the Five per Cent.
Debentures, 105 to 5 ; Bank Stock, 243 to 245 ;
and Exchequer Bills, 12s. to 17s. prem.
Bank shares exhibit a favourable tendency.
London and Westminster, 681 to 3 ; Union of
London, 321 to 334 ; Anglo-Austrian, 44 to
prem. ; London and Brazilian, 30 to 25 Jis. ;
Imperial Ottoman, 3 to 4 prem. ; and Consoli-
dated, 4 to f prem.
Very little business is going forward in miscel-
laneous shares, but Telegraph Construction and
Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Preference
are in request at 141 to and 5/ to 4,
respectively. National Discount, 55 to 1 prem. ;
General Credit, 25 to 4 dis. ; Credit Foncier, 75 to
7 dia.; International Financial, 2 to 11 die. ; Lon-
don, 23 to 21 dia. ; Hudson's Bay, 14/ to 15;
Egyptian Trading, 5 to 44 dis. ; and Anglo-1
American, 234 to 4.
United States 5-20 Bonds and Illinois Central
railway shares are unaltered, at 704 to ,; and 95
to 5, respectively, but Erie have advanced 4 per
cent., the present price being 464 to /. Atlantic
and Great Western Debentures, 295 to 30, and
the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 334 to 34.
The Spanish Colonial Eight per Cent. Loan,
fully paid up, is at 91 to 915, and the Scrip, 2 to 14
die.

A special meeting of the Lancashire and York-
shire Railway Company will be held on the 20th
inst., for the purpose of considering and,
if so determined, of approving of the under-
mentioned bills now pending in parliament, viz.:-
1. Bill to extend the time for the purchase of
lands and for the construction of the railways autho
riaed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
(Ripponden and Stainland branches, tic.) Act, 1865 ;
to empower the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Company to subscribe to the Hull Docks and for
other purposes. 2. A Bill to confer further
powers on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Company and on the Lancashire Union Railways
Company with respect to certain railways in
Lancashire authorised to be constructed by them
severally or jointly.
An extraordinary meeting of the Great Northern
Railway Company is convened for the 19th
inst., for the purpose of approving or otherwise
the following bills now pending in parliament,
viz. :-1. A bill to provide for a new road in the
town of Leeds, and for other purposes. 2. A bill
to repeal "The West Riding and Grimsby Railway
(Extension) Act, 1865." •

HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

The English funds are steady, at the above-
mentioned prices, but railway stocks have declined
to per cent. The variations in foreign bonds
comprise a rise of / to /in Italian of 1861 and
Spanish of 1867, and a relapse of S in Turkish
of 1865.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
The English funds are steady, at 94 to 1, both
for money and the account.
Some of the railway stocks are 4 to 2 per cent.
higher than at half-past 1 o'clock. London and
North Western, 1151 to 116 ; Midland, 107/ to 1 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1272 to 128/ ; Caledo-
nian, 75/ to 761 ; Metropolitan, 112/ to ; Great'
Western, 541 to 1 ; South Eastern, 74-1 to 1 ;
and Brighton, 531 to 54.
Foreign bonds are rather dull. Orel Vitebsk,
791 to 1 ; Turkish of 1865, 341 to 35 ; Italian of
1861, 48} to ; and Spanish of 1867, 35/ to I.
No bullion operations have occurred at the Bank
to-day.
At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 69fr. 32c. for the account, showing no
change.
The Weser, from New York, has broughtB3,sool.
in specie ; the Tanjore, from Alexandria, 2,8001;
and the Etna, from Halifax, 1,3191. On the other
hand, the steamer La Plata, for the West Indies,
has taken out 19,1501.

Telegrams from New York, dated May 2, state
that 180,000 i. in gold had been shipped for Europe.

The New Zealand Government Five per Cent.
Debentures to the amount of 1,114,000/., for which
subscriptions were invited on Friday last by the
crown agents for the colonies at 97, ware all taken
up at 10 o'clock yesterday. The total amount ap-
plied for at that hour was 2,260,7001., and a pro rata
allotment was made of 411. 17s. 4d. per cent. A
new feature has been introduced into this loan, of
paying the interest quarterly instead of half-yearly,
which will doubtless prove convenient to the
majority of investors, and add to the popularity of
the securities.

The oourt has sanctioned the proposal of the
liciuidators of the English Joint Stock Bank (Li-
mited)—Nlesars. C. F. Kemp and Henry Chatteris
—to issue promissory notes payable on the 10th
July and 10th January next, in discharge of the
remaining 4 in the pound due to the creditors,
thereby saving a very large sum to the share-
holders. This arrangement may be regarded as
creditable and beneficial to all parties.

The Brighton Railwav traffic return shows this
week a decrease of 1,4181., compared with the cor-
responding week of last yPar, and the South East-
ern an increase of bBOl.

A special general meeting of the Great Western
Railway Company is convened for the 14th inst.,
to consider various bills now before parliament
The directors of the Russian (Vyksounaky) iron-
works Company (Limited) have made a call of 21.
per share payable by the 20th inst.
The annual meeting of the Trust and Loan
Company of Upper Canada is convened for the
29th inst., when a dividend is to be declared.
A general meeting of the Eastern Bengal Rail-
way Company is fixed for the 29th inst.
A general meeting of the Fairbairn Engineering
Company (Limited) is called for the 15th iket., to
confirm the resolution passed on the 30th ult.,
which provides that " the company may from time
to time, by special resolution, reduce its capital."
A general meeting of the City Terminus Hotel
Company (Limited) is called for the 13th inst., to
receive the directors' report and the accounts. •
Creditors of the " London and Westminster Co-
operative Stores (Limited)" are required to send
the particulars of their claims to the official liqui-
dator by the Ist of June, the 12th of that month
having been appointed by Vice-Chancellor Mains
for adjudicating upon them.
The numbers are published of 19 bonds, amount-
ing to 4,4007., of the Swedish Provincial Mortgage
Loan of 1852, which were drawn by lot on the 28th
ult., and are to be paid off at par on the Ist of June
next by Messrs. Dent, Palmer, and Co.
The rinses of India of the 11th ult. announces
that Mr. Mackintosh Balfour, long connected with
the Agra Bank, has been appointed secretary and
treasurer of the New Bank of Bombay, and "is
expected to take up his appointment some time
next month." The number of applications for the
appointment was 150.

MINES,-(THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

The mining market is moderately active to day,
with a demand for most of the following shares,
at the prices given, viz. :—Prince of Wales,
525. to 541. ; New Lovell, 17s. 6d. to 225. Gcl. ;
Emily Henrietta, 35 to 40; West Seton, 210
to 215 ; Chiverton Moor, 6 to 62 • Calbeck
Fells, 12s. to 14s. ; Devon Great Consols, 440 to
450 ; Great Vor, 17 to 17i ; West Chiverton,
to 642 ; and Providence, 26 to 28.
As regards foreign and colonial mining shares,
Chontales have improved :Is., viz., to 2i to 2, while
Don Pedro base declined 2a. 1'4., the present price
being 11 to 24 prem. St. John del Rey, 19 to 20;
Anglo-Brazilian, 2to preni. ; Pestarena, I din. to
par ; ltossa Grande, 1.16 to prem. ; Anglo-
Italian, par tore pm. ; United Mexican, 14 to 2 ;
Frontino and Bolivia, 7-16 to 9-16 ; and Pert
Phillip, to %.
The Pestarena United Gold Mining Company
(Limited) have received the following telegram,
dated Pallanza, May 2 :—" Peatarens United have
remitted today to office 1,025 ounces of gold.
Would have been l.irger had we nut been very
short of water. We have now a fell supply."

RAILWAY, MINING, AND OTHER
SHARES.-(THIS DAY.)
Palos today to 1 p.m.)
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT 13ECURITI.
Clam& Government, 6 r cent., J..nuary and July, 1577
to 1584, uug.
Do., 5 per cent., January and July, 904.
Cape of flood Hope, 6 per cent., December, 1873, 10%.
Natal Government, 6 per cent.. April and Oct., lfm:.
New South Wales Government, 5 per cent., IN4 t
1896, January and July, tit 44.
Do. 5 per cent., red. by ace. draws. from 1867 be
1875, lON.
New Zeeland, 5 per cent., 951.
Do., 6 per oent., 15..11, .1 one and December, 11C:,.
I Nova Scotia 6 per cent., 15,6, 1012.
Queensland, 6 per cent.. 1101, Jen. and July, 106, 3,
Victoria Government, 6 tar cete., April and Oelober„
110.:, 2. 4.