The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-17 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

MARK-LANE.--(THIS DAY.)

Coastwise, as well as by rail, the receipts el home-
grown wheat were trifling. For both red and white
there was a moderate demand, and Monday's quo-
lotion parcelsti o-
ms were supported.
Full average supplied of foreign wheat were on the
elands. The demand was in retail, at the rates previ-
ously current.
Floating cargoes of wheat moved off slowly. For other
descriptions of produce afloat, the inquiry was limited.
The show of barley, which was moderate, wasalmost
entirely composed of foreign produce. Bales programed
slowly at the late decline.
Malt was dull, at previous quotations.
Fine oats were in fair request at full prices ; otherwise,
the market was heavy.
Beans were dull of sale, and there was very little anima-
tion in the demand for peas.
Flour moved off slowly. Country marks were unaltered.
Town made qualities were 4e. per 280Iba. lower than last
week, the top price being 60s. per 2801 be.
Seeds and cakes were dull and unaltered.

lIINCIIKI-LANE.--(THIS DAY.)
SVGAIL—The market continues dull, and at • deenne of
ed.per wt there is only a moderate business doing.
Dried goods being scarce, are without change ;
pieces dull of sale, and rather lower.
Goma—There Is • steady market for &Motion
Nylon at
gabreout the valuation. Good ordinary to low
g
,dUng y, to 68e. 6d. ; middhng and
middlin, 695. to69s. 795.; good, 80e. to 82e. ; other kinds afi
re
dull of sale.

Eoou.t.-7-The market continues dun, and prioes of an
*kinds are lower. Trinidad grey and mixed, 46a. to 6k. ;
good red, 674 6d. to 62a. ; Grenada, 443 a. ed. to 47a.
TU. —The public sake of China are wvreeing flatly;
Conran at id. to id. per lb. decline ; other kinds at
about the previous value.
Rtur.—The market is steady, but quiet.
Rica continual dull of sale.
FILMS. —1,400 bags Penang mold, price not reported.
Corrox.—Ther• is an improved demand at firmer
prices.
Butrearax.-200 begs Bengal sold at 19s. 9d. for refine.
tion

TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
The market is firm for Jima, but quiet for forward de-
livery. Town tallow, 41s. 3d. ; Psibarg Y.C., on the
spot, 455. ; June, 465. ; October to Dammam, 435. 9d. to
445. ; December, 445. to 3d.

BOROUGH HOP lIARIEHT.—(THIS DAY.)
Mesas. Pattenden and Smith report • dull trade, with
declining prices. The accounts from the plantations, with
but few eaoeptions, are very favourable.

COAL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Walls End Gostotitt, 16e. 6d.; Walls End 17s. 6d.;
WallsEndWltarnclide, 15e. 6d.; Holywell,l6s. • W 16w;
Walls End Teen 16s. ; Walls End HsUon, lie. ;aW
End Haswell, 18e. ; Walls End 'Nadal% 16e. 6d. ; Walk
End Rollos, lie. 6L; Walls End It nseo 140. 3d.;
Walla End East Hartlepool, 19s. ; Walls filitrtlepool,
17a. 6d. ; West Hartley, 16e. 9d. ; Hastinp darn, 16s. 9d.
—Ships at mad, 66; at so, 26.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

ONE CLOCK.
The rcarketa for public securities are dull to-day,
and the variations in prices, though not numerous,
are mostly in an unfavourable direction.
Consols are still offered, and have experienoed a
fresh decline of 1-16 per cent. The recent im-
portant rise has led to many sales on tho part
of bankers and others, who made purchases
months ago at much lower quotations. As a
natural consequence, the supply of stock amongst
the dealers has largely increased. Railway stools
have given way in several instances. The changes
in foreign bonds are about evenly balanced.
An increased demand for money is apparent,
and the rate for choice bills is firm, at 11
per cent.

Consols are quoted 941 to 1, ex div., for money,
and 941 to 1, ex div., for the account (July 9), and
the Throe per Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Cents., 941 to 1.
The railway market is dull. Metropolitan stock
has declined 1 per omit., London, Chatham, and
Dover 1, and London and North Western 1,
but South Eastern has improved 1. Annexed
are the prices :—Caledonian, 731 to 1; Lon-
don and North Western, 116; to 1; Great Western,
531 to 1; Midland, 1661 to # ; London and
South Western, 92 to 93 ; Great Eastern, 361 to
371; Brighton, 52 to ; South Eastern, 751 to
; Metropolitan, I 1 1 ; to 1; Great Northern, 103
to 1; Ditto A, 961 to 971; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 201 to 1; Lancashire and York-
shire, 129 to 1; York and North Midland, 931
to 941; Berwick, 1031 to 1; and North British,
331 to 341.
In the foreign stock market the Orel Vitebsk
Railway Loan and Chili= Six per Cents. have
improved 1 per cent., the present prices being 801
to 811 and 951 to 961 respectively. Peruvian of
1865 are quoted 871 to 881, being 1 better ;
Mexican, 16 to 1, showing a rise of 1; Turkish of
1868, 62/ to 631—a reduction of 1; Italian of 1861,
521 to 4--s decline of ; Spanish of 1867, 371 to
1--a fall of 1; Brazilian of 1885, 76; to 1; Egyp-
tian of 1864, 811 to 82/ ; Russian of 1866, 891 to
90; Turkish of 1882, 64 to 63 ; and ditto of 1865,
381 to 1.
Indian securities are without change. The hive
per Cents. are at 114; to 115; ; the Pour, 1041 to
1051 ; the Bonds, 30s. to 355. prem.; and the
Debentures, 105; to 1. Bank Stock, 246 to 248,
and Exchequer Bills, 14s. to 18s. prem.

The =rid for bank shares is inactive. London
and Westminster, 713 to 3; London and County,
49r, to 501 ; Union of London, 343 to 3 ;
Anglo-Austrian, 51 to 3 prem. ; London and
Brazilian, 30 to 25 die, ; Ottoman, 11
prem.; and Consolidated, i to 13 pram.
Misivillaneous shares are unchanged. National
Discount, 63 to 3 prem.; General &edit, 23 to
2 dis. ; Credit Fonder, 33 to 3 per share ;
International Financial, 13 to 13 dis.; London,
22 to 20 elis. ; Hudson's Bay, 161 to 1 ; Egyp-
tian Trading, 5 to 41 dis. ; Telegraph Construc-
tion, 133 to 143; Atlantic) Telegraph Eight per
Cont. Preference, 5 to 3 ; and Anglo-American,
223 to 1.

The United States 5-20 Bonds have declined
1 per cent., viz., to 721 to 73 ; Erie Railway shares,
are at 45/ to 46 ; Illinois Central, 99k to 100,
being 1 per cent. lower ; Atlantic and Great West-
ern Debentures, 29} to 30; and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds, 34 to 1.

The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland
notify that a dividend for the half-year ending
Midsummer next, at the rate of 4 per cent. on the
paid-up stock ; and also an extraordinary dividend
of 30s. on each 1001. share, and 12s. on each 101.
share, will be paid to the proprietors on the lath
of July next.
The Australian mail has reached Point de Chile,
and is duo in London on the 12th of July.

HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

The English funds remain dull, at the above-
mentioned prices. Railway stocks are fiat, and
a decline of ; to i per cent. has occurred
in Midland, Great Eastern, Brighton, and Great
Northern A. The only fresh change in foreign
bonds is a reduction of i in Spanish of 1867.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
The English funds are without change, at 941
to 1 for money, and 941 to I for the account.
Railway stocks have declined per cent. in
some oases. Caledonian, 731 to I ; Midland, 1111
to ; Brighton, 61/ to 521 ; South Eastern, 751
to t ; Midland, 1031 to 1081; London and North
Western, 1161 to 3 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
129 to 1; and Great Western, 531 to 1.
In the foreign stock market the Orel Vitebek
Railway Loan has receded 1 per cent., viz., to
801 to /. Italian of 1881, 621 to 1; Nicholai,
641 to 1 ; New Spanish, 373 to 38 ; and Turkish
of 1866, 381 to 1.
About 126,0001. in bar gold has been sent into
the Bank.

At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. &sites
opened at 70fr. 10c. for the account, being k per
cent. lower.

The Stock Exchange will be closed on Sattirday
next, the day fixed for the Volunteer Review at
Windsor.

It would appear that, notwithstanding the great
abundance of money, which has caused outstand-

to be carried over with unusual

fa;lity, the disposition to buy foreign stocks has
been sensibly checked through the disposition mani-
fested by Austria and Italy to tax their =e-
ditors, and through a fear that the example of
confiscation set by those States will spread. In
several instances there have been, in consequence,
bowl fide sales of foreign stocks, and exchanges
into the India Five and Pour per Cent. stocks, as
well as into the Indian guaranteed railways.
Holders of the latter do not lose sight of the fact
that at no period—not even at the height of the
Sepoy mutiny—have they ever had any ground
to feel the slightest uneannese concerning the
punctual payment of their interest.
The New Argentine Loan has been coldly
received, in spite of the satisfactory stipula-
tion, so necessary in all future contracts for
foreign loans, that it is to be exempt from all
present and future taxation. Such subscriptions
as may be sent in for it will probably be obtained
through the powerful connexions of the agents,
there beMg apparently little or no demand on the
part of fis general public for a stock, the proceeds
of whist are not to be applied to reproductive
weskit but to the purposes of net%
The City of Baltimore has aniMed from New
York with 82,0001. in specie; mid the Bremen with
40,6001.
The Mexican dollars by the French sod Eng-
lish packets were sold yesterday for the Continent
at 4a. 100. per ounce, showing no change. The bar
silver by the latter vessel was disposed of for the
same quarter at ss. Otd., being also unaltered.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon pre-
sented no general alteration. The rates watts in
favour of this country as regards bills *a EL
Petersburg, but paper on Vienna, I=l,4goareisd.
Italy was quoted somewhat better for
At the meetinf yesterday of the Ceylon Company
(Limited), a dividend was declared at the rate of B
per cent. per annum, in addition to the interim
dividend paid in December.
Via-Chancellor lialins has fixed the 23rd inst.

for tho appointment of an official liquidator of the
Imperial Steam and Howiehold Coal Company
(Limited).
Prom the report of tho directors of the Bank of
South Australia, to be anbmittod at the annual
meeting on the 23rd inst., we extract the fol-
lowing :

The past year has afforded the opportunity of tho-
roughly testing the assets of the bank, which have bee.
satisfactorily proved to be in aeound state. This has been
facilitated by the contraction of credit in Australia as is
most otherperts of the world. From the depredating,,
however, in the values of land, stock, and produce, in-
crewed caution has berm necessary in the oonduct of the
bank's operations. Under these circumstances the mutt
of director are happy to state that the year'. accounts
show an absence of loss from bad debts, and that oaw-
siderable amounts have been recovered from debts formerly
written off as doubtful. The directors are consequently
able to announce that the balance to the credit of profit
and loss warrants them in recommending • dividend at
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income taz—e
decision which has been arrived at after carefully review-
ing the condition of each account, and the general position
of the bank. There has been carried to the reserved fund
the sum of 6,89 W., being 10 per cent. off the profits of the
pest year, in conformity the clause of the new charter„
authorising the fund to be increased to 126,0001. on the
preeenteapital of the bank.
Creditors of the " Centre Rail and Locomotive
Rail Company (Limited)" are required to send
the particulars of their claims to Mr. J. W. Batten,
the liquidator, by the 10th July.

Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and waterworks shares, as given in the
Stock Exchange list of last evening:

Insurance.-COmmercial Union, 61 ; London and Pre-
vincial Marine, 11 ; Mavens! Marine (Limited), 64Lest
Gas light and Coke.-Hombay (Limited), 44 ;
Central, 13 ; Imperial, 641; Imperial Continental, 99, 6,
91, e 4, ex div. ; Phmniz, 271 ; ditto, New, 351, 61 ;
Surrey Consumers, 13; Western, 14,
Docks.-London and St. Katherine, 484, 8.
Waterworks.-Berlin, 14, 1 ; Grand Junction, 764.
Subjoined is a report of yesterday's sales at the
" Open Stock Exchange (Limited) :"
Belgian Public Works, A shares, 101. fully paid 74;
New Quebrada Company, 4!. paid, 2s. ; Poyaiaian Land
Grants Certificate for 1,000 amiss, registered, as. 6d. ;
Scottish Australian MiningCcsupany 11. fullypsid, 202.6 d.;
European Assurance Company, 21. 10s. paid, 4s. 7d.
Turkish Six per Cent. of 1865, 621 ; Yorke Peninsula
Mining Company, 11. fully paid, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 9d. ; Angle-
Austrian Bank, 61. paid, 111346 ; Tarns Railway (Rata-
chuk to Tarns), 201. ahem, 3 3-18; ditto, 204 bond;
41, 11-16; Royal Swedish Railway, 61. fully paid,
2s. 45., 2s. 6d. ; Anglo-Brazilian Mining Company, 10s.
paid, 13e. 6d. to 14e. 6d. ; Theme Insurance Company,
21. paid, 20s. 6d. ; Hodges Distillery Company, 201. paid,
51; Library Company Seven-and-a-Half per Cent. pre-
ference, U. fully paid, 3s. 6d. ; Copiapo Extension Rail-
way, 101. fully paid, 7s. ; Imperial Land Company of
Marseilles, 201. Bonds, 1873, 64; Consolidated Laud Com-
pany of Prance, 20!. bonds, 1874, 71 ; Caldbeek Falls Lead
and Copper Mine, aba paid, 81- ; City of Milan Improve-
mem* 301. fully paid, 91. ; Ranee@ Mine (cost-book),
61. ; Consolidated Land of France, 101. Shares, 18s. 64. ;
Choate/es, 395. ; Ceylon Coffee Estates Company, 101. fully
paid, 6a. 6d ; St. John del Rey, 184; United States 6-*
1384, 73.
The following are the traffic returns of the Mel-
bourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway for the
four weeks ending April 23:-For the week ending
April 2, 1868, 3,4191.; corresponding week, 186 f,
3,2991. ; April 9, 1868, 2,1131., corresponding week.
1867, 1,7321. ; April 16, 1868, 2,2431.; corresponding
week, 1867,1,7611.; and April 23, 1868,1,8331.; oor-
responding week, 1867, 2,444!.

MINE&-(THIS DAY.)

OITS O'CLOCIC.

More business is going forward in the
mining market, and the tendency is rather
better. Great Rotaflack shares are quoted 21 to 3;
Now Lovell, 20s. to 225. 6d. ; East Lovell, 7 to 8 ;
North Crofty, 2 to 21; Chive:ton Moor, 6 to 1;
North Downs, 225. 6d. to 255. ; Great la.xey, 17
to 171; West Chiverton, 611 to 621; Wheal Gren-
ville, 30s. to 355. ; and Greet For, 151 to IG.
St. John del Rey shares are in request, and ex-
hibit a fresh rise of 10e. viz., to 191 to 201.
Don Pedro are also 2s. 6d. better, at 21 to 1
prem., ex div. ; Anglo-Brazilian, 3-16 to
5-16 prem. ; Peatarena, 1 to 1 dig. ;
Cliontales, 1 to 2; Ross& Grande, 3-16 to
5-16 prem.; Anglo-Italian, par to / prem. ;
United Mexican, If to 1 ; Frontino and Bolivia.
to 1 (call paid); and Port Phillip, 11 to /.

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