The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-07 00:00:00

41f02ILT MARKET-{THIS DAL)

Two o'Cborw.

The funds to-day are very steady, at the closing
quotations of yesterday. The ,principal business
liar, muenster,' of the arrangement of the account,
this being settling day. In the other
departments of the Stock Exchange there is no va-
riation, with the exoeption of a fresh fall of 1 to 1
per cent. in the principal British railway stocks.
At Parii to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele-
I gram, the Three per Cent. Rentea opened " very
firm" at 68fr. 30e., being Sc. better than yesterday.
In another column will be found a report of the
proceedings at the special court of proprietors of
the Bank of England, held this day.
The Indian Five per Cent. Stock is steady, at
901 to ?,.

Consols an officially marked 911 and / for money,
and 92/ and for the new account (March 7).
The present quotationsare9ll to 1 for cash, and 921,
" buyers," for the 7th March. The official
business report is as follows :—Bank Stock, 233 ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 911, ; Now Three per
Ceuta., 91,L ; New Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
761 ; Thirty Years Annuities, expiring in
April, 1885, 16k, 16 ; India Stock 217/;
ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 991, I ;
ditto, for account, 98k, 99/, 1 ; ditto Bonds, 204.
dis ; Five-awl-a-Half per Cent. " enfaced" rupee
paper, 1061, ; Exchequer Bills, 75., 35., 35., Is.,
dia.

The for...ign stock market is very quiet, and
there is no alteration in prices. The Turkish Loan of
1854 is quoted 701 to ; and that of 1858,
561 to j. Sales are recorded as follows :
Mexican Three per Cents., 23,f ; ditto for ac-
count, 234 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 1866,
1857, and 1859, 464, 4 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 911 ; ditto Throe per Cents., 1859,
614 ; Spanish New Deferred Three per Cents.,
for account, 401 ; ditto Passive, 18 ; Turkish Six
per Cents., 1858, for account, 564.
The steamer Canadian has brought &deices
from New York to the 26th of January.
Stocks were rather flatter, Illinois Central shares
being last quoted 80 ; New York and Erio, 364 ;
and New York Central, 794. The exchange on
London, however, was again better, at 1061 to
107. The quantity of sovereigns in Now York is
so large, and the difficulty of getting gold recoined
so great, that some of the advices express a belief
that, should the exchange recover to 107 i, or a little
higher, sovereigns will begin to be sent back to
England in lieu of bills.

It may be useful to repeat that tho latest period
allowed for lodging tenders forthenew Indian Loan
is one o'clock to-morrow.

The letters from Havana state that the aggre-
gate liabilities of Messrs. Sthainer and Co. are no
less than 600,000/. of which about 70,0001. is in
connexion with firms here. They also contain the
extraordinary statement that there is little or
nothing in the shape of assets. Heavy losses on
the exportation of sugar are assigned as the cause
of the strangely disastrous position of the estate,
but it is probable that more has yet to be told.
The advises from Constantinople received yes-
terday affirm that there is now no doubt of the
bills which are falling upon Messrs. T. N. Black
and Co. being provided for there.
It is reported that the Stock Exchange Com-
mittee Lave passed a resolution for the expulsion
of a broker who has been found guilty of having
sold stock on his own account to a client whilst
profesiog to have bought it, in the usual course,
of a dealer. The resolution stands for confirmation
at another meeting. The case may therefore be
said to be still sub judiee.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 2,774/. ; the
Great Western an increase of 2,674/. ; the Great
Northern an increase of 1,084/. ; and the London
and South Western an increase of 9911. It is said
that the increase in the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Company's return will be 1,6001.
The traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada, for the week ending January 12, were
12,3031. sterling, being 1,549/. more than in the
corresponding week of last year.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway
of Canada, for the week ending Jan. 18, were
B,PM/. sterling, being 2,368/. more than iu the
corresponding week of last year.
At the twentieth annual meeting of the Provi-
dent Clerks' Life Office, held yesterday, it appeared
from the balance-sheet that the annual income was
41,221/. Os. lid. ; the balance onthe year, after pay-
ment of all claims and expenses, 21,9211. 12t. Bd.;
and the total invested assets, 146,000/. lls. 101.
The new business effected during the year was
1,000 policies for 185,868/., producing in new an-
nual premiums 5,500/. per annum.
The half-yearly meeting. of the Salisbury and
Yeovil Railway Company is called fur the 28th in-
stant, and will be made special, to authorise the
consolidation of the shares into stock.

A special general meeting of the Law Life Assur-
ance Society is convened for the 15th inst., to con-
firm the resolution passed at the meeting on the
2nd inst., for altering the deed of settlement.
The seventh annual meeting of the Great Win-
tern Hotel Company is called for the 22nd inst.
and the third annual meeting of the Grosvenor and
West End Railway Terminus Hotel Company for
the 19th inst. The latter will be made special, to
authorise the raising of additional capital.
The half-yearly meeting of the General Land
Drainage and Improvement Company is called for
the 19th inst. ; and the fifth annual meeting of the
British Land Company for the 22nd inst.
A petition for the winding up of the British
Provident Life and Fire Assurance Society is to be
heard before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley on the
15th inst.

Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
and other shares, as given in the last Stock
Exchange list :
Insurance—Alliance Marine, 60 ; Atlas,l3l ; Globe, 1001;
Guardian, 51 ,• Law Fire, 41 ; Liverpool and London Fire
and Life, 9 ; London, 47 ; London awl Provincial Marine,
21 ; Marine, 95. Ocean Marion, Bg, g , ; The mid
Money Marine, 31, 1,3; Universal .Mann, 31.
Ga—European, 111 ; Great Central, 101 ; Imperial New,
531 ; London, 60; Western, 16, 1.
Waterworks—Berlin, 41 ; Grand Junction, 72 ex all.
Duck—l'ictoria, 94, 99.
Canal—Grand Junction, 60.
Messra. J. W. Pim and Sons were yesterday ap-
pointed agents for Lloyd's at Youghal, Mr. W.
Berry agent at Castletown (Isle of Man), Mr. it. U.
Clipperton agent at Theodosia, and Mr. H.
Houghton agent at Grand Canary.

WEDNIMDAY ETZ2IIAO.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 912 to 1 for
money and to-morrow's settlement, receded.
this morning to 91a to I, and closed at 911
to ;. For the 7th of March the price opened
at 911 to 92, and closed at 92). After the
close of the Stock Exchange that fraction
was bid. The "continuation" was 5-16 tog per
cent. The official bw,iness report is as follows
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 911, ;
ditto
Reduced,tutforaccount r ,
1; New per
elb .7), ; Th.reecentiLpe:
91i, f, ;, ; Thirty Years Annuities, exirtrixong
in
April, 1885, 16k, ; Sauk Stock, 231, 232 ; India
Steak, 2181 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1 ,
99, g ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures,
951 ; Five per Cent. " enfaced rupee paper, 94 ;
ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 904, 1001.
Pending the explanations to be given at the
meeting of proprietors of the Bank of England to-
morrow, Bank Stock is steady at 231 to 233.
The Five per Cent. rupee paper was quoted 93}
to 941 ; the Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 991 to
1001 ; the Indian Five per Cent. Stock, 99 to 1 ;
asdExcpequer Bills, Oa to 3s. dia.

The foreign stock market was dull, with little
businee. Mexican Bonds have receded to 214 to
The Turkish Loan of 1864 was last quoted 70k
to;, whilst that of 1868 was flat at 56k to