The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-04 00:00:00

iIIDAT EVIININS.

Commie, which closed yesterdayst 911 "buyers,"
both for money and neat Tuesday's settlenwiest,
opened this morning at ail to 92, and closed at
92/ to 1. The Three per Conte. Rednoed and
New Three per Cents. were quoted st 3 o'clock
91 to 92. The official business report is is
Mows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 91
2, 11, 2/, er div.; ditto, for account, 911, 2, ,
ex div.; Three per Cents. Rednoed, 911, ;
New Three per Cents., 911, 1, 2 ; Annuities, 1
121,1 ; India Stock, shut ; ditto Five per Cent.,
11 , 111, 11, 1, ex div. ; ditto Four per Cent.,
11, 100 ; ditto Five per Cent. "enfaoed
rapes paper, 103/, ; ditto Bonds, 358., 338.,

prem.
Indian government securities were steady, ex-
cept India Bonds, which are still offered, and weee
dealt in at the reduced quotation of 33e. to Us.

prem.
Exchequer Bills were dull, at 225. to 265. prea.
There was a slightly increased demand fat
foreign stocks. Chilian of 1867 improved 1 psi
cent. ; Turkish of 1868, ; Greek Coupons sad
Portuguese, ; and Spanish New Three per Cents.
and Mexican, g. On the other hand, ltalisa
(Maremmana Railway) declined 1 per cent. ; the
Five per Cents of 1861, ; and the Viceroy d
Bits Loan,
Egyptian Nine per Cent. Scrip was last
quoted to
it prem. ; Portuguese Scrip, to f
prem.; and the Honduras Government Railway
Loan, to 1 prem., ex coupon.
Bank shares were unaltered, with the exceptica
of a rise of 11. in London and Westminster.

MINDI3.-(71118 DAY.)

On o'CLooi.

British mining shares are in request to-day, and
prices have improved in several cases. Annexed
are the quotations : -West Chiverton, 664 to 674
West Great Work, 3} to ;Now Lovell, 7s. 6d. to
10s. ; West Drakewalls, is. to 9s. ; Chiverton
Moor, 5} to f ; East Basset, 114 to 124 ; Prince
of Wales, 545. to 565. ; Draltowalls, 10s. to 12s. 6d.
Clifford, 54 to 6h ; West Caradon, 10 to # ; and
North Downs, 16e. to 17s.
St. John del Rey shares are in demand, and
have improved 11., viz., to 57 to 59, but Don
Pedro have declined 55., the present price being
24 to 2} prem. Anglo-Brazilian are at par to
prem. ; Pestarena, dis. to prem. ; Chontales,
If to 1 dis. ; Rossa Grande, to ft ;
par to f prom. ; United Mexican, If to 1
Frontino and Bolivia, to 4; Port Phillip,
to 14; Central American, f du. to par ;
Anglo-Argentine, fto prem.
The subjoined report on the metal !market is
from the circular of Messrs. Von Dadelszen and
North :
We have no change to report in any of our markets
during the past week ; in fact, business has been to a great
extent suspended. Iron : Welsh iron is unaltered in v.ilne.
Pending the quarterly meeting of the Staffordshire iron-
masters few orders have been given out. Scotch pig Iron
has recovered to 525. Cal. cash. Copper : The market for
this metal is very dull, and there seems little prospect at
present of an improvement. Prices of foreign are quite
nominal. Chili offered at 671., and Lots ingots at 721.
Tin: An average amount of business has been done in
Straits, from 87/. to 87/. 10s., according to quality. Hance
is neglected. In Holland the market is inactive at about
5.1 f. English tin dull. Tin plates are irregular and very
dull. Lead Ii dull at IW. for good English pig. Spelter
Very little busioeu reported. Prices of Silesian ale quite
nominal-2W. to 25/. ; and B. 19/. 17s. lid. to 201.; lleb
• 19/.