The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVERING, TFSBRUARY 'lBlB

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DAY.) MONEY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
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' The mining market is rather more active to-day, Public moralities are in request to-day, and ex-
but prices present few changes. West Chiverton
hibit an upward tendency. The advioes from
shares are quoted 66 to 68; Great Vor, 184 to n-s ;
the United States are regarded as more
Wheal Seton, 86 to 90 ; Wert beton, 191.1 to 20U ;
Prince of Wales, 551. to 57a. 6d. • East Lovell, 8 , encouraging, while the absence of any
to ; New Lovell, 10a. to 15s. ; West Drakewalls, withdrawal of gold from the Bank yester-
- 12s. to 14s. ; North Treskerby, 275. 6d. to 28e. 6d. •
the Continent has diminished. It is stated, • day heated to a belief that the demand for
East Condon, 44 to L; and West Kitty, 13s. to los:
John del Rey shams remain very heavy,
however, that the inquiry for bullion for exports-
, owing to the announcement that the lom at their .
still active, and that further amounts
mines on the operations of December amounted to is Lion
3,1331. ; the present price is 174 to 184 ; Don Pedro are likely to be token from the Bank, in
are at 11 to 2 prem.; Anglo-Brazilian, par tol prem. ; the absence of supplies from Australia
Pestarena, * to dia. ; Chontales, 2to 11die. ; and o ther quarters. Console are firm, at the in-
tode, par to Mexican, Anglo-Italian, par provement of yesterday. In the railway market,
prem. ; United 1 to ; Frontano has . .
and Bolivia, 11-16 to 13-16 ; Port Phillip, 11 to ; "`"risen per cent. upon the
and Central American, 4 die. to pm satisfactory result of the proceedings at yesterday's
We are requested to state that the subscription meeting of the proprietors. A similar movement
list of the Australian United Gold Mining Com- has occurred in Metropolitan, a further large
piny will be closed on Saturday, the 29th inst. amount of stock having been bought to close
The Boma Grande Gold Mining Company (limited) have
ign speculative accounts. The advance in fore received the Wolfing report for December from Mx.
Erne,t Hileke :—" The gold return for the month amounts bonds amounts to Ito 4.
litre. 3 os. 2 dwta., equal to 1,692 otter's. Geoeral The applications for discount are upon a limited
Reinarks.—Maving taken charge of the Roue Grande pro-
perty on the lfith instant, I have since this examined it as scale, while the supply of money is very large.
closely as possible in this short mime of time, and hays Choice bills, however, are not taken below 11 to
now the pleasure to band you my
and full-
reportfirstort thereon.
List before I can send you a general
of the per cent. The charge for short advances in the
prop:ety I must have more experience here. ILe pummt Stock Exchange is 1 per cent.
one
formation , therefore
first wiwoll,
rkings.— I hope,
An truffladit has been driven 76
for ths this. Uppe6 r
Consols are quoted 921 to 93 for money and
fathom, south in the mountain, and Las intersected the the account (March 5), and the Three per Cents.
lode, and a level is extended outward thereon 22 fathoms. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 934 to 1.
At the end of this level scopes have been opened and cool.
municated to old workings. The length of these stops. Railway stocks are firm, with a good amount of
is '22 feet, and to the old workings ri feet. The lode in business, consisting chiefly of purchases. Midland,
this place is composed of clayey matter Intermixed with
and Metropolitan have risen 1 per cent. ; Caledo-
stone, containing quarts, iron, Oaths, and lead. The size
of these atones varies from that of • pea to 3to 4 fect,and ratan, ; South Eastern, 4 ; and London and
where there large stones are found the lode is richer, but North-Western and London, Chatham and
the man stones and clayey matter are also very suriferona.
Daring December, 137 tons have been extracted and Dover, 1. The prices are as follows :
treated from this place , and yielded 14 lbs. 11 os. 5 dwts. Great Western, 45* to .4 ; London and North
of gold. equal to 11.349 okay's per ton."
The Anglo-Bruilian Gold Company (limited) bus re- Western, 1184 to 4 ; Midland, 1064 to 1074;
mind the following mort for December from Captain Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1274 to i ; Caledonian,
Thomas Treloar :—" The produce amounts to 2,72 i
atones (314 as. troy) of gold. General Itersarks.—The 824 to/ ; South Eastern, 721 to 1 ; Great Eastern,
operations have been carried on in the usual manner 294 to 1 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto, A,
during the month, notwithstanding the Christmas holt- 108 to ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 19/ to
days ; the attendance has been a fair one, the number of
elek less then for seine thee past ; p has been North British, 344 to $5l ; Brighton, 46 to ;
made in Dawson's south towards unwatering old workings, Berwick, 106 to 4 ; York and North Midland,
but no change has yet taken plane in aurif?rous quality
of the stone from the Burma Soma and "laymen's. The 984 to 99 ; and London and South Western, 85
produce for present month is in excess of that for Novena- to 87.
bet. The We ill FC'eter.l.particularly in shaft, is looking The foreign stock market is firm, and several of
very well, and we are e that it will turn out to be
n Canoe, and on that will give good returns. This sad the speculative kinds have risen to 4 per cent.
Dampens South is kept fully manned." 1 Subjoined are the prices :—Brazilian, 1865, 75 to 4;
Chilian, 1867, 87 to 88 Egyptian, 1864, 864
to 874 ; Italian, 1861, 441 to 4 ; Mexican,
151 to 16 ; Peruvian, 1865, 75 to 1 ; Russian,
1866, 881 to 891; Spanish New Three per Cents.
364 to 1 ; Turkish, 1858, 62 to 63 ; ditto, 1862, 60),
to 614 ; ditto, 1863, 321 to f ; Greek, 121 to 13 ;
Portuguese, 4to 11 prem. ; and the Viceroy cf
Egypt's Loan, 744 to 1.
Indian Government Stocks are in moderate
demand for investment. The Five Per
Cents. are at 1111 to 1121; the Four,
1011 to 102 ; the debentures, 103 to ; and the
bonds, 35e. to 40s. prom. Exchequer Bills are
flat, at 12s. to 17s. prem. Bank Stock, 218 to 250.
Indian railway stocks are quiet. East Indian
and Great Indian Peninsula are called 1091 to 110.
The market for American securities shows
firmness. The 5-20 Bonds are 4 better, at
721 to 1.

The market for bank share. is inanimate, and
prices unchanged, with the exception of a rise of
10s. in Union of London—viz., to 34 to 35. Anglo-
Austrian are quoted nto 4} prem. ; London and
Westminster, 07} to GS} ; and Imperial Ottoman,
Ito dia.

Miscellaneous shares are inactive, with few
dealings. National Discount, 6to prem. ; Hud-
son's Bay, 141 to it ; Egyptian Trading, 42 to 4
dia. ; Telegraph Construction, 12i to 131 ;
Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 51
to ; sad Anglo-American, 19$ to I.
Financial shares are unaltered. General Credit,
24 to $ die. ; Credit Foncier, 7 to 0/ die. ;
International Financial, 2 to 11 die. ; and Lon-
don, 24 to 23 dia.
With reference to the Cape Railway Company,
it is notified that a requisition having been re-
ceived from a sufficient number of proprietors re-
questing the directors to summon a meeting to
consider the report presented by the committee ap-
pointed at the meeting of proprietors held on Fri-
day, the 26th April, 1867, "to consult with the
directors as to the best steps to be taken to induce the
Cape government to extend the railway system into
the interior of the colony," an extraordinary general
meeting will be held on the 3rd of March next.
An extraordinary meeting of the York-street
Flax Company is convened for the 9th of March,
when a resolution will be proposed in favour of
reducing the capital from 500,0001. to 250,0001., to
be divided into 10,000 shares of 251. each.

HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
The stook markets are again better. Consols
have risen t per cent., the present price
being 93 to I. Caledonian Railway stock is in
very active demand, and has advanced 2
per cent., viz., to 84* to I. Most of the other
principal lines have also improved Ito 1. Foreign
stocks still meet with inquiry.
No gold was taken from the Bank yesterday for
export, the recent arrivals, chiefly from Australia,
being sufficient to meet the immediate demand for
the Continent.