The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-02 00:00:00

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MONEY mArtirsr.—(fais DAY.)
aim o'ol.ook.
The steak italkste ars firm be-aey,. wait ,f rxxl
amount of business, sepecially in fensign bands,
whisk show a 441'14. Basta of WU, Brazilian
,pf 1865, the Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan,
Spanish of 1967, and Turkish of 1962 and
1665 have been bought to a towsidwahle extent
at an improvement. Egyptian, however, are flat,
the reoent hitch with regard to the payment
of the interest on the loan of 1864 having
led to numerous bona Ade sales. Railway stocks
have advanced in several instances. Cheat Western
is better inanticipatioact some satisfactory explana.
Sous being afforded at to-day's meeting in reference
11 to the financial position of the company. Console
are rather dull, but exhibit no variation.
Owing chiefly to the approach of the 4th of the
mouth, there is a fair demand for money to-day,
land the general rate for choice bills is 2 per oent.
The obese for loans in the Stook Exchange is 14,
to !per cent.

Consols are quoted 93 to 4 both for money and
the new account, and Three per Cents. Reduced
and ikon Three per Cants., 911 to 1.
The railway market is firm, and a rise of 5 to
per cent. has occurred in London and, North
Western, Great Wartime,— Midland, Great
Zintreen,band Great Ziorthena A snicks. Annexed
are. the • inlets :-41alelonten, Aro. to 71, LOW.
' iral EMIL irs U 4( to ; Great
alVkilitn; art. tr 4 nd 108 to ; London
'ant South Werni, 85 to 86; Great &stein,
331 to 344; Brighton, SO to 4 ; South Eastern,
73 to ; Metropolitan. 1124 to 1 ; Great
Horthern, 1024 to 1 ; ditto A, 97 to 4 ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 181 to 1 ; Lancashire and
I orkahire, 125} to 2 ; York and North Midland,
92 to 93 ; Berwick, 1001 to 1; and North British,
331 to 341.
Foreign stocks are in active request, and the
general tendency of prices is upwards. Italian
of 1861 are in especial demand and show a fresh
rise of 4 per cent., the present price being
491 to 50. The improvement in many other
bonds amounts to tto 5. Egyptian of 1864 and
the Viceroy Loan are exceptionally flat, and have
declined 4 per cent., viz., to 814 to 824 and 72 to 4,
respectively. Brazilian of 1865, 72 to 5 ;
Chili= of 1867, 89 to 90; Mexican, 151
to 16 ; Peruvian of 1865, 781 to 791. ; Russian of
1866, 83 to 86, ex div. ; ditto Orel Vitebsk Railway
Loan, 81 to 1 ; Spanish, new, 36 to t ; Turkish
of 1858, 594 to 60 ; ditto of 1862, 634 to 645 ;
and ditto of 1865, 341 to 1.
There is very little business in Indian stocks.
The Five per Cents. are at 1131 to 1141; the
Four, 1001 to 101, ex div. ; the Bonds, 28s. to
335. prem. ; and the Five per Cent. Debentures,
105 to 4. Exchequer Bills, to. to 10s. prem.
No movement is apparent in Bank shares.
London and Westminster, 67 to 68 ; Australasia,
55 to 57 ex div. ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; Anglo-
Austrian, 45 to 1 prem. ; London and Brazi-
lian, 34 to 32 dis. ; Imperial Ottoman, 5 to 1 prem. ;
and Consolidated, 1 to g prem.
Financial shares are still neglected. General
Credit, 25 to 1 dis. ; Credit Fonder, 74 to 74 die. ;
International Financial, 11 to 11 dia. ; and
London, 26 to co dia.
Only a few transactions have taken place in mis-
cellaneous shares. Anglo-American are quoted
221 to 4, being 2s. 6d. lower. Atlantic Telegraph
Eight par Cent. Preference, 54 to 1 ; Telegraph
Construction, 134 to 1 ; National Discount, 101 to
11 ; Hudson's Bay, 141 to ; and Egyptian
Trading, 5 to 41 dis.
The market for American securities is steady.
The 5-20 Bonds are at 725 to 1, being 5. per cent.
higher. Erie Railway shares, 484 to 49,
showing a decline of 4. Illinois Central, 894 to
90 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 264
to 274 ; and ditto Consolidated Mortgage Bonds,
304 to 31.
The New Spanish Colonial Eight per Cent. Loan
has improved to 15 to 11 prem.
The Superb has arrived from Melbourne with
72,000/. in gold.

HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

Consols are unchanged, but some of the railway
stocks have further improved. Metropolitan
and Caledonian have risen / and per cent., re.
spectirely. Peruvian of 1865 and Mexican are /
to better.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
The English funds are inactive, at 93 to I, both
for money and the account.
Railway stocks are firm, the transactions con-
sisting mostly of purchases. Caledonian has im-
proved I per cent, viz., to 711 to 721. Brighton
is quoted 501 to showing a rise of 1 ; South
Eastern, 73i to }, being } better ; Great Western,
49} to }—a relapse of ; Midland, 105 to ; Lon-
don and North Western, 114} to 1 ; and Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 125} to 126.
In the foreign stock market there is a strong de-
mand for Brazilian Bonds of 1865, which have risen
2} per cent., viz., to 72} to 75, upon a rumour that
the Allies have achieved a victory over the Para-
guayans. The Viceroy of Egypt's Loan is I better,
at 72} to 73, but some of the other foreign bonds
have declined }to } per cent. Orel Vitebsk Rail-
way Loan, 84 to 81} ; Italian of 1861, 49} to }
Spanish of 1867, 35} to 36} ; Turkish of 1865, 341
to ; and Egyptian of 1864, 81} to 82.
About 4,0001. in United States gold coin hut
been taken from the Bank to-day.
At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rental
opened at 69fr. 40c. for the account, being it per
cent. lower.

The two committees of the Venezuelan bond-
holders of the loans of 1862 and 1864 had an inter-
-1 view with Lord Stanley at the Foreign-office yes-
tecalcdanaedwhen various measures were suggested as
to bring about a satisfactory arrange-
ment of the bondholders' claims. His lordship as-
sured the deputation of his sympathy and readiness
to lend all the diplomatic assistance of the British
government in the matter.
The steamer Maria Pia, from Lisbon, has
br0n8ht46,7501. in specie ; the Hermann, from New
York,l 9,0001. ; and the City of London, also from
New York, 1,0001. The Tasmanian, for the West
1 Indies, will take to-day 34,2641. in gold, and
10,0001. in silver. -
Of the 933,0001 in Australian gold now on the
way to England, a considerable portion is about due:
Lady Melville, with 264,0001. has been out 84
days ; Kenilworth, with 37,0001. 78 days Mao-
duff, with 290,000/ , 77 days ; Mediator, with
37,0001., 76 days ; True Briton, with 115,0001.,65
days ; and the Holmedide, with 190,0001., 68 days.
The biddings for bills on Calcutta and Madras
took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The
amounts allotted were to Calcutta, 24,05,500,
and to Madre:ll24,soo. The minimum price was
ls fixed at .11 on both presidencies. Tenders
at is. 110. receive about 19 per cent. and
above willbe allotted in full. No tenders on Bom-
bay were invited. The government minimum was
fixed 1 per °ant. higher than on the last occasion,
but the terms actually obtained appear to have
bean somewhat lower than on the 18th but.

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