The Express. — London, England, 1866-09-28 00:00:00

MAU.RITIUS LAND CREDIT AND AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.) The third ordinary general meeting of the morn ben of this company was held to-day at their offices, 23, Fenchurch-street ; Major-General H. P. Bum:4 in the The report, which waa taken as read,st a t e d th e ne t pro fit f or the year ending June 30 last at 4,1011. 13a. 10cL, or up wards of 16 per cent. on the paid-up capital. The interim dividend of five per oent. declared in February haying ab sorbed 1,2501., and • sum of 6001, baying been set rude out of t h e profits of the year to be added to the reserve fund, there remained a balance of 2,3511. 13s. 10d. which the directors recommended should be appropriated es follows:-1,2501. to the payment (free of tnoome tax) of a dividend of 2s, per share, making sv:th the interim dividend 10 per cent, for the year, and 1,000/. to the reduction of preliminary expenses, leaving 1011. 133. 10d. to be carried to the next account. The propt:eton would have thus received 20 per cent by way of dividend since the formation of the corn- Den y, whilst the preliminaty expenses would have been reduced by upwards of 2,2001 . end 1,0001. ; art side as a reserve fund to meet contingencies —a moat antis factory result, when it was borne in mind that the earliest i nv estment of the company in Maritins, dated from July pm. The mortgage investment during the year showed en increase of only 20,4811. 13s. 4d., the state of the money market during the greater pal:, of the year not having permitted the company to hot row to any extent with • view to re-invest in Mauritius. _ The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, end in doing so courstulatedthe shareholders upon them/ lath- WWI position the company had attained. During a very toying year at home and abroad thei.• investments bad all proved unexceptionable, and not only had they paid all they owed on the 30th of June, but they tad received exerything due to them up to that data No further call would be made ter the present, the company preferring to cant on their business es far as possible with borrowed money, and as their basinest was confined to advances upon real property of the &et order, it was so free from risk that there was no cause for any apprehension on the part of the shareholders. They allowed 7 pee cent. for payment of calls in advance, and many shareholders had taken advantage of the arrange ment. The capital, however, was very small for the ex tent of their business, and for his own part he should be glad to see it doubled, which would be the belt and surest mode of raising the market value of their shares. The report was adopted, the dividend was declared pay able on and after the 13th of October, and the eustomali compliment to the chairman and directors closed the pro ceedings. LONDON. CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. MEETING OF DEBENTURE HOLDERS.-(THIS DAY.) A numerously attended meeting of th;debenture holders of this railway, convened by a committ -e appointed at a preliminary meeting held on the 19th instant, wee held at the London Tavern this day ; Mr. B. HODOSON occu pied the chair. The CHAIM/LH, in opening the proceedings, said the present meeting was convened in no hostile sp . rit to the company. Towards the end of the half-year the deben ture holders found themselves h a novel position. They found themselves in possession of the line, but without the orp r 4 sation which is usual in railway compar=es. The debentures represented a debt of 4,492,0001., the average holding not being 5001. for each de benture holder. Ats" , ust this there was a share capital of 12 millions and a half, but one-sixth of this was held in few hands, one Larson holding 1,073,000 f., another 590,000/., and another 70,000/. Airead7 a report had been circulated In mone tary circles that the debenture holders were to be offered a 4 per cent. stock, end 10 4 1 the ordinary stock of Shia company. Da-ing the last session of parliament an attempt was made to put another mil ion of stock over the heads of the debenture holders, which would have been equal to a fu...her charge of 50,000/. a year, but this had been defeated by Lord Hales dale. The holders of the ordnary stock did not come before them as having paid 20e. in the pound, for a great portion of the stock was issued at an enormous dscornt, the 1,500,0001. issued in 1854 being issued at a discount of no less than 8M the rebate on the Issue being no less than 1,306,500/. Shareholders who had obtained their stock en such terms were not entitled to much consideration. At present the debenture holders were praoticallytheowners of the Fne, but they could not carry on the business of the company in the ordinary way that shareholders did. In order to protect the rights and intereate of the debenture holders he moved that n committee he appointed, consisting of Messrs. Pell, Harrison, J. Broomhall, Price, and Hodg e= Mr. WADI seconded. [The meeting was proceeding when orr report left]. SCINDE RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) This aftet.loon the twenty-first half-yearly general meeting of proprietors of the Sende Railway (Indus Steam Floti'la, Ponjaub, and Delhi Railway) Com pany was held at the London Tavern, Mr. W. P. AN DREW presiding. The report, of which an abstract has already appeared in the Expreu, was taken ris read. Theemaistaian said the first accounts which were re ceived of the accident to the Sc"sde Railway were very mach exaggerated. A telegram just received stated that the line was open throughout, and that other railways had suffered more from the unprecedented rain. The averar,e rain fall of London in a year fell in Seinde in twelve hours. The accident to the two vessels of the flotilla arose from snags in the bed of the river, and could not bare been avoided, but this event afforded additional reason for the substitution of a railway for the steam boats. In both these cases the conduct of the offi cers of the company was deserving of all praise. He had good ground for concluding that the delay in the construction of the missiurg link of railway from Lame to Mooltan would be of vet) , ghost duration. The line from Lahore to Peshawur was a very difficult work, hot it was a nece , airy one, as it would connect Delhi with the sea, and enable the strength of the army to be materially reduced. Before the expiration of the year Messrs. Brassey, the contractors, would have 51 miles of the Delhi Railway in working ' order, which was most creditable, considering the dis tance of the work hum the sea, end it was expected that thirty miles more wor'il be opened in the course of the spring. The directors looked forward with confi dence to the whole 310 aril-s beinrr finished before the ex piration of the contracted time of three years. A most in correct and absurd statement had appeared in the Indian papers that Messrs. Brassey obt.Oned the contract by par- Yamentary influence. The fact was that they offered to do the work at a cheaper ra'ee than any one else, having adequate resources. He concluded by moving the adoption al the report. Sir H. MADDOCK seconded the motion. A SHAREHHIDER asked whether it was trae that the harbour of Kurrach-e wa- siltin. up so rapidly, as to gain upon the efforts of the contractors in cicuing it. The CHAIRMAN said only one half of Mr. Walker's plan had been adopted, and the old gap had b - ...en filling up, but at the same time a new gap was bung formed is a central position. lifr.irirrtx and several other shareholders expressed the opinion that if the Peahairur line were taken up the mintsl should be quice distinct from that of this company. After some further discussion the report was adopted, and the resolutions were passed for increasing the capital. SWEARING IN OF THF. SHERIFFS.--(THI8 DAY.) — This morning Mr. Alderman Waterlow and Mr. Francis Lycett, the newly elected sheriffs of London and Mid dlesex, were sworn in at the Guildhall before the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and other members of the coi,xoration. AldennanWaterlow wesattended bv Mr. DeputyDeJersey, his under sheriff, and the Rev. Allen T. Edwards, M.A., incumbent of St. Philip's, Lambeth. his chaplain. Mr. Lycett was attended by Mr. Charles Crossley, his under sheriff, and the Rev. G. T. Perks, a Wesleyan minister. whom he has appointed as his chaplain. The first official duty of the new sheriffs will be to preside at the election of a Lord Mayor, which will take place to-morrow. THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.—Accounts from Never, of the 26th state that no diminution in the rise of the Loire has yet taken place. At 6in the evening the waters bad attained the height of 22 feet, and according to the news received from the upper part of the river, they were not expected to have reached their maximum. The old emhankment on the left side had been carried away for a distance of 80 yards, and the valley of the Loire was submerged iu some places to a depth of 20 feet. The streets of Nevers were filled with cattle and carta laden with furniture from the localities evacuated by the inhabitants ; the number of persons who have taken refuge there amounts already to more than 600. The workMg of the forges at Fourchambault bad to be irespended The communication on the railway between Severs and Saincaize—the point of junction of the lines to Spurges, Moulins, and St. Germain des Foss Us—were sus pended, the permanent way being very seriously menaced M several places. On the Allier a suspension bridge at ehazenil hail been swept away. Considerable damage bad been done at Moulins, and at Gicn a pm Jen of the town was under water. The Loire at Digoin bad attained the same height as in 1846, that is, ZI feet. At Sens there was three feet of water in the streets, and many of the old houses hail been evacuated. The country for a mile around Joigny was submerged. The rise of the Tarn may be considered to have termi nated. The Dordogne has mimed some damage in the de -I,drtment of the Correze. The Garonne exceeded 23 feet daring the night of the 2.lth, and continued rising, and the circulation was interrupted on several points in the Lot-et-Garonne. No accident bad, however, recurred, and the rain ceased on the morning of the 26th. The Rhine and Gard are still rising, but accounts from Savoy are more favourable, and no farther damage is feared. The railway between St. Jean de-Maurienne and St. Michel will however require consi derable repairs, and the former place will for a time again become the extreme point of the traffic and the starting place for the diligences over Mount Cenis. The telegraph u still interrupted between those two towns. The Em peror. on hearing of the above mentioned disasters, for %Med through the Minister of the Interior a first amis. 411 ce to the localities which have most suffered. The formation of the sea defences at Worthing, ilk Sussex, has commenced. EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1866. SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.) ONI O'CLOCK. There is an increased demand to-day for Britiah railway securities, and the tone of the market is stronger. Midland, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Eastern, and South Eastern stocks are in chief request, and have improved to per cent. Great Western and London, Chatham , and Dover, however, are flat, and have declined Metrolitan stock is now quoted 128 to ; Great Western, 644 to ; London and North Western, 1174 to • Midland, 121 to 4 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 123 toil ; Caledonian, 128 to 129 ; South Eastern, 674 to 68; Great North ern, 117 to 118 ; ditto A, 1274 to 128 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 20 to ; and Great Eastern, 281 to 294. East Indian Railway stock is per cent. better, at 102 to 103 ; but Grand Trunk of Canada re mains flat, at 191 to 204. Lombardo-Venetian shares are unchanged, at 16e to e. i)EDINAft.Y SHARM AND STOCKS. DyllaatiColni.6p.ct.,seas Do. 1826 Can. Gov. 6 p. 0., 1877-81 Do. Spann, Teb.dAus. Do.6peret, Mar..tSep. Do. 6peret..TanAJa/y Do. Sweet. Int Stock Calmar Q Hope6per.lB73 Do. do.lBllo - do. 18804/0 Do. do. 189041 226,000, D0.ip.e.14.&0et.1 100,000 Caylon,Nov. 158 8,6 p. 260,0001 Do. 1878. do.. 1,000,0001 Do. lan Gto.. 200,000 Mauritius 6 per et., 187 : 3 200, 0 07 0 1 Do. 1878 200,000 Do. 1232 600, Do. 1826 166,600 Natal. Gov. 6par cent.. 166,000; New BrunaGov.6parct. 1,17 1 ,803 New South Wales Om. 6 p. 0ent.,1871 to 1876 3,671,800 Do. 6p. c. 1688 to 12513 160,000, New Zealand G per cent. 1,000,0001 Do. 6 per cent 250,000' Nova Scotia 6 p. e., 1876 1,854,n01 Queensland Goy. 6 p. et. •. • S.AustOov. 6p. c.,67-77 751,600, Jo. 1878 and upwda.l 633,000 Vle.Gov.6p. e. Jan. July 7,000,000, Do. 6p. et..inriliOc. OOLONLiL GO' 1164000 i 100,000 Ujii o 6 185,808 200,0001 DEBENTURE ai 90 92 90 92 76 77 76 77 102 104 106 108 108 106 102 104 88 90 102 104 106 107 103 106 102 104 102 106 106 107 1011 106 98 100 ft 96 ro. I ft. 01 161 86 i 86 i 96 96 79 81 96 06 89 91 101 107 100 nil Cl.prices. 92,023. St. Ot.Eitn 4 p.c. Mar. •100 5088310 St. G.Nthn.4 p.c. Jan.&J 100 510,000, St. O. Watu.—W. 31.-ox., I p. ct., Jan. & July .... ;100 519,000 St. Lanc.&Yle.4p.c.Jan.k..7ly 100 130,000 St I Lon.Brigh.4p.c.Jan.ctJly 100 3024233 St. L.&.N.W.4p.c.Jan.& July 100 212,330 St. Do. Sip.c. Jan.& July 100 59,730 St. L&B.W.4p.c. Jan.& July 100 I U. Nfidland,4p.c.Jan.& July 100 .... St. N. Britt* E. P. & D. 8.,• p. et., Feb. & Aug. .. 100 St. N.Batrn.,4p.e Jan.&July 100 St. Sost.N.L,44.c.Ap.drOct. 100 92 St 9811 - U 919 9595 9596 9194 9396 Kb -. mai: ....1 gOr Po. i loi* Coitecgrzs. 92 94 LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (a: =craw TILEORAPH.) NEWMARKET MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) SWEEPSTAKES, Won by half & length. FORLORN STAIMS. Drarn ••• Lady Heater ... Perdition ... ... - Won easy. SWEEPSTAKES OF 300 SOTS. Half of Ab.M. Problem, Sunflower f, Sour de Cbarite, and Cellina are here. MAIDEN PLATE. Bretby Stakes Course. natty, Blanche f, Captain, Amanda c, Dutch Admiral, Escort, Dnnrobin, Trombone, Foresight, Cesar, Little. port, Vandyke, Prairie Flower, Signal f, Mary f, Lady fldaa, and Q.C. are here. OCTOBER HANDICAP. A.F. Ostreger, ifixonci;l7a;r,73;;;;lllTiene, -- kaglana King Charming, Palatinet Nu, Leybourne, Brahma, Mount , Musketeer, Loveapple, Camilla, Split the D'fferenoe, La Favorite, Lightning, Duke of York, Guinivere, Glendale, Miss Harriette, A.ctses, Cas tanet, Plulus, Di am, Lively, Hawkawell, Bopley, Jollity, Sit. to ?dude, and Proserpine are here. PAID FORFlLlT.—Scamander, Monitress, Lady Tredegar, Treasure Trove, Regalia, Caithness, Pam:eller, Aldcroft, El Cid, Auguste, Moulsey, Deerfoot, Dean Swift, If'sto i'n, Scarborough, Scheldt, and Cranford. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.O. Ostreger,Bst 1011, ; Out and Outer, bet 101 b ; Trouble some, Net 41b ; Volunteer, Tat 12Ib ; Whitby, 7st blb ; Vespasian, 7st Mb ; Vixen, Tat 4lb ; 7a Mochsate, 7st ; Bigots), Est 12Tb ; Musiem2, bat 2lb ; Barlequ'ns., bat 71b. All are here. SWEEPSTAKES OF 30 BOYS. T.Y.O. Csateen f, Midwife, Little Princess, Lady Hester, Stelea Kisses, La Maudite, and Catherine are here. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. T.Y.C. Wu Fenny, Br nkhoove, Soiled Dove, Bonne Fortune, 16111 Sorrentina, sad Promised Land e are here. EDINBURGH MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) EDINBURGH HANDICAP. Once round. P:mpress of India, Sundaelah, Morris Dancer, Ter m., Stabber, Tyke Fitzroy, Sabrina, Prince of Dr -k -ings, Hopvine, and Prenez Garde are here. VOLUNTEERS' PLATE. One mile. Morris Drn;;r - ,.ilone4y,giff,FacCination; Three per Cent., Sabrina, Camperdown, Chessman, Prince of Dark ness, Dark Agnes, Shamrock. King of t he Fairies, Merry Hart, Admiral, Doralice f, Errant, Feemy, Fair Wind, and Rhymer are here. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE Two miles and a half. .... Three per Cent., Hopvine, Dart, Lady Vane, blonitrem, Czar, Sundeelah, Honesty, Terror, Stabber, Fitzroy, Jura, Soda Water, Helen, War Dance, Empress of India, and Souverain are here, BUCCLEUCH HANDICAP. One mile and a half. Morris Dancer, Nothing More, Arbutus, Stiff, Emperor, Dermot Astore, New York, Dart, Lapidist, Wagtail, Fase'nation, and Camperdown are here. FAREWELL PLATE. three quarters of a mile. 'Lime per Cent., Miss Shafto, War Dance, Risk, Con trast, Mountain Ruck, Sabrina, Firat Rater, Prince of Darkness, Reparation, Soda Water, Dark A gnes, Press: Garde, wid Fair Wind are here. LONDON BETTING.-{THIS DAY.) Two O'CLOCK P.M. to limited attendance, and but little doing, Split the Difference in great force for the (October, Handicap, and several other bores backed for good money. For the Cesarewitch Bradamante is favourite ; Chepstow not q uite so firm. No Cambridgeshire betting. - - MOSER HANDICAP. 1 eget Split Difference (t) 1 Breadalbene (off) 1 Leybourne (t) 8 Brahma (off) 7 Guinivera (off) 1 Lively (t) 3 Hawkswell (t) CESAREWITCH.I 9 to 1 apt Br.ulamante (off, tloto 1) 11 to 1 Chepstow (o) 100 to 9 Lothario (o) 100 to 7 Potomac (t) 25 to 1 Jollity (t) 25 to 1 Dubiety (t) 3 to 7 to 10 to 100 to 100 to 20 to 100 to MINES.-(THIS DAY.) Oxs o'CLooK. This being settling day, the transactions in British mining shares are very moderate, but there is a demand for West Caradon, Wheal Buller, East Russe", and Prince of Wales. Subjoined are some of the present quotations :—West Caradon, 10/ to 1 • Wheal Buller, 25 to 27 ; East Russell, 3A to ; ' East Lovell, 101 to 11/ ' • Great Vor, 22 to 23 ; Chiverton Moor, 6# to j, ; Tresavean, 6 to ; Chontales ' 3to ; and Frontino and Bolivia, its. Gd. to 12s. Gd. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MARK-LANE.-(THIS DAY.) Our market to-day, was scantily supplied with English wheat, and most V.A. moved off steadqv, at prices equal to Monday. The samples wera mostly in fair condition. There was a fair, but by no means active, inquiry for foreign wheat, the supply of which was tolerably exten sive, at full quotations. Floating cargoes of L.-min were very 6.. n in price. There was a good demand for barley, and, i i some ',- stances the quotations had an upward tendency. The malt trade was f rm, on higher terms. Oats commanded 6d. per qr. more money, with a good demand. _ _ _ Both beans and peas were quite as dearu lut week. The flour trade was vex/ 6rm. Seals and allies moved off slowly, but at full curreneba ARRIVALS OF GRAIN, &c, INTO LONDON, BY WAFER CARRIAGE, FROM SEPT •"d I'O SEPT 27. INCLINIVE eh. I Pd. I Batman I Cl"tndAn 7 tes I 341011 to -14 .7 to 1 = St. 100 i ßriatol and Exeter B7 89 - 8t 100 Caledonian - St 100 Cambrian 0 all (Cork and Bandon 10 all Cornwall 4 8 - SL 100 IDablinandßelfaatJanc 85 63 - Bt. 100 Dwidee, Yerth.,6Abd.7 70 72 - 100 all East London Scrip Cart 70 80 - et 100 . Do - as .. St. 100 'Glasgow and S. Western 11 6 153 - 1 5. 100 Great Eastern Ord. St. 24 294 21 1 1 St. 100 I Do. E. A. Stk., N 0.2 6 6 - 8t 100 Great North °Moo - - [money. St. 100 Oreat Northern 16. 100 'Do.A 1 Arse. no dlr. an- 1274 1284 1274 1 86 100 ' Do. B - I tll6p. c. is paldß - - - Ift. 100 I Do. New Ise a. 35 pm. -•-• - St. 100 'Do. Ord. Def. Div. Stock -•-. - 8i 100 ifla South& West. (Ire.) 91 93 - et 100 cheat Western 1 44 664 14 1 1 1 4 1 4 St. 100 Do.StourVal.Onank - - - St. 100 1 Do. South Wales .. - 56 60 - U. 100 Do. W. MU --Oxf port ord 38 38 .. St. 100 Do. Do. New 33 35 Si 100 Lancashire &Yorkshire IE4 124 1221 - St. 100 , Lon. ,Brightn, 63. Cosa 83 85 -• St. 100 London,Chathaus,&Dor 20 21 201 4 St. 100 1 Do. Met Exten.A6p.c. 20 25 - Si 100 !London &North Weida 1174 118 1171 17 St. 100 :London&SouthWestern 82 84 - 8t 100 ;Ohm. She.. &Lineolnah 66 67 11 1 Si 100 illetropolitan 1274 114 1284 71 10 84 Do. New 2 24 pm - 10 all Do. Extensioa - - 100 all lietropoUtan MMUS- 92 94 - 100 10 Do. do. do. - - pm - 10 all Do. &St. Johtee-wood - - [tor money. 81. 100 Kkltand l2l 1211 1214 24 6124 9 7 Do. L 9 Shares -. pm - St. 100 Do. Blrm. & Ikrby K. 9 0 92 11 - 22 all 'did Kent - - St. 100 North British St. 100 Do. Min ,Perth,Dand. ]7 10 - It. 1100 N. Eastern-Berwick - 102 104 1034 3 116 181 Do. O. N. li. Pura - - - - 81.106 De. Leeds - IL 100 Do. York lOO 102 - Si 100 Do. Carlisle - U , all Do. Stock- &DarUng. 144 24 - IS '2O Do. do., 186051 - 81 104 pm - St. 100 North London - 10 171 Do. do.. 1864-6 110 1 2 , Do. do., 1866 - -pm - St 100 'North Staffordahlre 7l 73 - 8t 100 N. 6 & Western Jana 114 US - St. 1100 Scottish Central - 160 1611 - Si 100 .Scottish N. E. Aber. Sit - - - BL ' 100 :Scottish Itidlaud - - - St. 100 !Shropshire Colon - - - St 100 'South Devon 42 44 - Si :100 ,South Eastern l7l 1 1 1 El all StalnemWoMmthunote 6 8 07 9 4 - St. 100 Taff Vale - 10 I 3 , Do. C - 3t 100 Vale of Neath - - - St 1 100 !Waterford & Kilkenny - - .. 10 1 0 , Waterloo & Whitehall - - - St 100 ,Wed Cornwall 6l 63 -. BRITISH RAILWAYS. 100 all Atlantic &St. Lawrence ! St !100 illona Bar. &C. In. gsp.e. 20 , 8 Do. F Shares 204 all Buffalo & Luke Huron 10 all 1 Do. Preference 100 100 .Buff.,Brant.,&Goderieh 6 per Lent 1672-3-4 3t. 1100 .Cal. &S. Kaaternsp. e.g St. 110 C 'Cape T.& Dock p. c. g 100 I all Dernerare,7p.c. perpred St .100 East Beugal gu. 6do SI. 100 East Indian go. sdo at 100 Grand Think of Canada 100. all Do. Equip. M.8.13p.M. 100: all Do. lat pref. Bonds 100 all i Do. do. deferred 100 all ! Do. tad pref. Bonds. 100 all De. do. deferred 100 ell Do. Sad pref. Stock 100 all ; Do. do. deferred LW alt Uo. 4th prof. Stook. 100 all . Do. do. deterred 1 100 Great Indian Penh:ends 20 18 Do. gua. 6 per cent. 90 Do. New do 20 ! 2 Do. New it. 100 Pt A. of India. g. 6p. et it. 100 Do ti per cent. it. all Do. 204 all Gt. Western of Canada 204 all ; Do. New 100 all , Do.it B hds.pay.lB73 100 all D 0.5 do. do. 1877-8. 10 • 3 Indian eh:Limited) it. 100 Madras guar. sp. cent St. 100 Do. do. 4 do IL 100 ; Do. do. 44 do 20 15 I Do. Fifth Extension' it 100 Melb. Corp. 0 per c. BtLI 60 all Melb. and llobson's Bay 100 all Do. 6p. et., pay.lBBo' 100 all I Do. sp.et , pay. 18861 3.. 100 IN. It of Can. Op e. latp. it. 100 -Sciude, gua. 5 per Neg. it. 100 1 1 Do. Delhi do 20 5 Do. do. do. . . dt 100 I Do. Punjoub do. ....I it. . 100 I Do. Indus St riot. do. SESSION& Mang prima I 56 59 99 100}4 par 66 66 1014 1064 99 100 101 19 } 106} } 88 91 60 64 GO 65 SS 42 24 26 1061 1 ! pm 1 pm 1 pro 95 100 91 93 In 14 7 6441 s 95 97 84 87 If I 014 98 90 90 95 86 90 61 63 100 102 82 89 92 86 VT} 994 oo" I •44"1 &Yea 99 1u29 9 209 WI On i 1 loei 7 6f 7 JOINT STOCK BANKS. - 13 CM% -I NI I a. MI 891 14 I 9S I- 60,000 50 Agra. Maatennaa's (4,1 16 - - die' - 10,000. 50 Albion IIO 10 8 dial - die 40,000 100 , AllianceLon.ALlverpool! 26 61 4l tie, 20 100,000 20 .l Pn nglo Austrian , 6 Idis fpm - 40,000. 60' Anglo ) ptlan 'Urn.). 1 20 12 10 dia. - 20,000 50 : Anglo Italian (Llroited'. I .20 I S 0 Es' 121 11,300 20 Anati,. Bank Cor.new sh 10 , 1 3 - 30,000 40 I Audralasia ' all 64 lid - 12,u00 20 . Bonito( BritlshColumbla° all ! 14 16 - 12,500' 20 Do. New, Issued 2 pm. 6 - - - O's 10,000 25 'Bank of Egypt - 40,000' 20 Rank of London - - dis - dla 25,000 20 • Bank of Otago !Limited)' 10 6 3 dis - 10,000 100 ; Bank of Queensland , L.% 26 21 18 dis - 20,006 50 liauket Victoria,Austral 26 39 41 - 60,0u0' 10 • Bank of New Zealand :10 I 6 Bpm - (0,060' 50 ' flarued': Bank .Limitetl, 10 1 20 10 ois - dig 60,000 20 Brarilian&Portuguese'L' 10 2 1 dis - 20,000, 50 , BritishSCalifuruian,L) 711 3 1 dla - 10,000'. 50 ' British N. America . - /5,5001 20 1 Charlesfelltteet Co. fiL)° 6 I - - - 10,000, 20 C. Bk. India, Ana., China all. 16 18 - 30,000 ; 25 . Chart. Mar. of LudLa, &a . all 1 36 37 - 50,000 20 ', City llojl6 17 16 21,000 , 00 Colonial - 40.000 20;,' Corn. Bank of Canada ! all I - - - 40,000. 25 ' Coin. Bank of India, he all 1 - - - 150,000 10 . Consolidated Bank (L ) 4 I 1 lipm 11 10,000. 50 I Delhi and London ,25 21 23 - 20.000: 50 . East. London (Limited) 6 I 21 11.81 - 60,000 20 , Eastern ExchangaLint.), 5 3 1 dls - 30,000' 30 , English and American - 00,000 25 English Joint Stork ',L ) . 10 - - die - 30.000 20 1 Eng.Bcot. & AnsL Charlet all 17 18 1 - 20,000 601 Englishand Swedish (I 25 13 II dm! - 46,000 50 ' European Bank Limited 16 13 11 dial - 40,000 100 Ilindusii.ChinatJsp.(l4 25 1 3 121 20.000 10J , Imperial Bank, Limited; 20 3 6 pro - 201,500, 20 Imperial Ottoman 6,000° 25 ' lonian , all 13 25 I -- 6,000 25 ° Do. New 1 6 3 1 414 - 100,000 93 Land Mort. Bk. Inella(L) 1 4 11 0111 s: 31 600,000 100 ° Do.fm.e. Deb.. 1884, 33yrs all 82 85 - 10,000 54 i Lon.BaMMexico,l“.(L)i 20 8 4 dial -ad 13.000,100' Loudon and Brazilian 46 0 7 dis - 2 2 ,000, 20 Do. New - 5.000 100 1 London& RlverPlatel,)' 40 6 10pm, - 20.000 25' Do. New, lea at 11Pm 10 2 3 pm: - 20.000' 25 1 Do. do. do ' 5 1 2 pm: - 60,000 20 . Lon. Ch. Bank of Austrl all I 211 211 - 37,500. 50 London and County.. l2O 63 44 - 73,000, 50 ; London Joint Stock ! , 15 1 4'2 44 - 25,000 20 London ,t Solith African, all , 13 15 - 10,000'100 ' Lon /t S. Western 'Lim!, 20 ' 3 3 die. - &,090 60 London k VenezueleiLi° 124, 8 6 its ' - 60,000 100 . London & ‘restmineter. l 10 I 91 03 I - 10,600.100 1 Merchant Bank (Um.) .• 25 I 14 19 • -ad 6,000 100 I Do. New llO . 9 7 die, - 60.000 50 , Mercantile,tF.xchan;L , 121 9 7 dis . - 17.150 100 Metro. & Prov.Bank;L) 20 ' 10 8 dla - 5,000 100 Midland Bank (Lim.) 20,0001 6 !National of Anatmlaala 4 , 1 2pm - 20.000'100 National of Liverpool lO 1 2 4pm - 10,400,100 N. Pro. of England - - i - 55,000 20 . Do. 2nd k 3rd Issue l2 ' - - ' , - 40,000 60 National Bank - 17,500 20 New South Wales all 43 46 I - 60,0001 10 New Zealand (Limited). 1 Idia par. - 50.000'' 20 North Western - 60,0001 25 ' Oriental Bank Corpora all • 44 44 411 20.000 20 OrientCom.B.Llateo.C. 7 • --Ma • - 25,000. 20 , Do. do. lataN.P. 4 . - - dia. - 21,000 1 20 Do. do. later.C. 4 - - dis - 37,215 1 50 1 Provln.Bankingeorp.(L) 10 6 6 ills - 20,000 1 100 Provinc. et Ireland - . 25 79 81 1 - 27,5e0! 20 Eicinde,Punj.,& Delhi (L) 10 - - dis - 12,5001 20 Do. leaned at 2pm 6 -- Ws - 20,000 25 South Australia all , litt 29 - 17,061 100 Stand_ of B. S. Africa - 10,000100 • Do. do. ma at 0 pm. 10 7 6Ws i - 40,000! 25 1 Union of Australia 10,000 100. Anion of Ireland (that) 22 6 6 4141 - 30.010 1 60 i Union of London l5 44 46 -- DOCILE. No. I ilh. I DOCKS. I I'd l CL prices. I Salem 2,065,088' St. ,East and Wed India .1100 123 1.0 , z , IEOOO, I 10 General Floating Dock 5 - - mum St 'lon lon &It. Kathartn.:loo 66 68 - 1,002.640100 Do. Deb. 8t 4p. cant all - - - , 2110,866 St. Southampton - - - I 167,074 St ;11ornsy Commentel ..100 -.- Wheat Barley. Mali. mit& an. qrs. qrs. qn. bria. wks Fnclish and 34,046 1330 590 1900 1490 Irish Foreign 1-- - - Total 15840 I 3610 I 1960 ! 17590 .. Is7o WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) (ET ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) (PROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Wheat, di/. barley, beans, and oats sell freely at ls. to 2a. more money ; damp barley almost unsaleable. MINCING-L.kNE -(THIS DAY.) Syr: %P..—The market is still quiet, but there is rather more business doing in West India descriptions. Prices are in some cases rather easier, they range from 275. for low Trinidad to 31s. for Jamaica. A parcel of 700 boxes of Havana has been sold at Us. Refined continues '1 limited request. Coeur.—The parcels of Plantation Ceylon brought to public sale has gone off steadily without further change in value ; fine fine ordinary to low middling sold at 775. to 795.; middling, 795. Gd. to Sts. Gd. TEA.—The business in new season Kaisows has become limited ; new tensor* Canton scented teas have been placed on the market hut no sales repot :ed. }try and SALTPFTRE are inactive. RICE.—The market has become quiet ; a parcel of white Bengal sold at 16s. to les. 3d. FRUIT.--tommon qualities of Valencia raisins are again easier ; fine in good request. Currents continue quiet. Covrox.—The market continues excited. Prices show a further advance of Id. per lb. TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) The market is quiet :—Town tallow is quoted 455. 3d. net cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot. old. 445. 9d. ; new, 455. 3d.; October to December, 445. 9d. ; December, 455. 6d.; January, 465. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Messrs. Tattenden aid Smith report an actire demand for all descriptions of the new growth, at firm prices. The leaders of the liberal party in Derby have resolved to invite Mr. Robertson Gladstone to become • candidate for that borough at the next election. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OP A Co:vvrer.—As a party of convicts were being brought yesterday from Exeter to London by railway, one of them, named George Lee, made a rather daring attempt to escape. Whilst the train was passing through Gillingham tunnel, be stepped from the carriage to the footboard. and was walking along it, when a railway eonstabiw who chanced to be in one of the carriages heard him. He gave an alarm, and the speed of the train was slackened. The convict leaped down from where be stood and made off from the line, end ' the constable followed him. A somewhat exciting chase I followed, and it was not until about two miles of ground had been traversed. and after swimming across a river, that the convict was caught. He was brought into Lon don by the constable in the express train, and. being handed over to a warder, was conveyed to Pentonville. 60,0001 10 20,000 10 000,000 St. 20,0001 25 40,000 25 10,600 l 10 41,000, 10 16,000 100 30,000 6 10,000 6 10,000 6 0,000 60 634,760 St. 23,615 02.1 tAnglo.AinericanTel. (L.); Anglo-Mexican Mint 1 Atlantic Tel. 8 p.ct. (L ` 1 lAustralian Agncul Australlan M. Larrn.(L 1 IBankparahTea EatateaL' Berlin Waterworks (L. Bolckow Vaughan (L !Bombe" Gas (Malted)! Do Md lases Do New British American Land 111. & I. Mag. Tel. (L.) Canada Company I iCanadianLoaatt Inv(L) I Ceylon Company . , _Ditto A altar's 60,000 10 25,000 20 12,000 20 27,000 20 30,000 10 29,000 25 15,001 30 4,259 SO 15,000 25 20,000 50 30.000 60 60,000 50 40,000 10 20,000 60 17,500 20 IChinaiit.Ship&L.CoelL.l City Discount, Limited. ICityolLondonit.Pro.(L)l i City of Milan Impro.(l.). I fio. City of Moscow Gaa (L.) City Office/ , Lim. Colonial (I.imitek; 'Commonlal Colon' boll •Cora. of AfricanMer.(L. Consolidated Lea.(L ) , Continental Un.Gas :Contract CorperathunL, Cop.ll.l.og,Pref.7. p.c. ;C. Pone. of Ragland J )' Do.ol Mauritius (L Crystal Palace i/o. Preference Do. If p. et. Perp. Deb Darjeelffig :Limited) I thseouutOorporatton'L' Eastern Assam Tea fi 1 h.lndialand.C.& Fin; 'E. India Irrig. & Canal 'Ebbw Vale EgyptianCoinATrd.;L ) I:lett/lc Telegraph :: 1 20:000 100 12,000 . 25 200,000 1 , 10 10:000 60 10014/251 St. £160,820, St. £277,000 St. 7,500: 20 10,0081•100 18,000' 10 20,000 60 60,000 20 ao:000 160 113,813! 20 £8710,075, 81. 70,0001 2 20,0001 60 10,000 .00 25,0001 10 30,000 1 20 10,000 ao 460,000! 20 20,000; 15 20,0001 50 6,0)01 10 100,000 20 20.000 1 50 80,000' 20 100,000 j 50 /50,003' 2 40,000 1 50 160,000 20 200,000 20 30,000 60 60,000 20 1,000000 100 20,000 60 6,000 25 20,000 25 60,009 10 12,000' 6 .Fri..lina:Goppe - r Eng. and Foreurn Credit Eng.& ScotttahNtaria(L .FairbairnEngiucering Mere-st Warehouse (1) pelUvara (Limitedl . o.Credi a Fin. of Lon. (L. Gen. Steam Navigation !Tome & Colonial Is.!L. B ` 1 onglEong & China Glaa Hudson', Bay. Ilambor Iron Works ; L '1 ,Im.LandCo. Marseilles I ! lier.Cdt.Asa. L!I (Indian Carrying (Lim ) ternationul Contract Internet. Fin an. Soc..( L ; Internat.Land CreditkL l 'ltalian Land Italian [nig. lean. Cay. )1 • Do. ap. c. adv. r. 'Land Secnri ties Lim. ) 1 LoinLAI rim n Trading • Lon. St. Cale-dun. M. (L ), Lon CotuityLasel &B.(L): loud. DistrictTeleg.(L.'.' Lon 4. Flnan. A sso. IL.) .z.oid. V. Onsui I .us ,L. 3 1 ,Loud.dGlass.ling.Co.( 1.: ( Lend.. Italian, tic. Stm.l JLoud.3l er. Discount L.; 'Land. Provincial Marine; Madras Irrtga.&Canal 1 Marine Investment I L )1 M 'maim Land, S:c. (4), 'Mcdit. Exten. Tel. • L. ) 1 Merchant Shipping L .j Mlllwall F.LI A - DuckL), Iron Works 'Natal Land dr Col.C. IL ) 1 . National Dia. Corn. . L.) .Do.New,iss National Prov National Steam INerl,n,ldaC'oal&lrmi ‘ L ). Do. New 40,600 60 xte,aas 6,000. 60 10,000 60 6,000 60 64,500 20 60,000 20 20 10,000 2 12,500 20 12,(4)0 10 10,000 60 25,000 20 40,000 50 22,500 10 120,000 25 60,000 26 60,0;0 25 20,000 100 6,000 20 6,000 20 20,000 25 20,000 26 10,000 10 IN.Zealand L .N.ZealandT k Loan (L.) Northern Assam Tea •__ Do, B 25,000 10 £187,176 St. 110,000. 60 18,000 14 40,000 25 10,000 60 20,000 6 50,000' 6 60,000 10 25,0,0 10 12,500' 20 ,N. Bris. Australasian (L.), N. Brit. &Ifercan. In. Nnw i mng LI nil ted, (Wean Marine Inaura. , l .Oriental Financial Llm.)l OrientalGas'Limitad) 1 Do. New Orient. Inland Steam 4) Otago & ..qllland Invest i Ottoman Comm.ny,L ) • ittnmnriFinrincial• L. : : 'Ottoman Oaa , Limited OvereuttOuruvy,4.:o..L Panama B. )L J44llllll'L Do. do. Peel Itiv. land& )fin.',4 ). Peninsular & o.Steam ! ii'ooo so •___ 10.000 6 100.000 60 62,600 10 16;21t 6 4660,04 St. 20,000 50 20,000 60 11,000 10 10,000 60 10.00) 16 12.034 25 15,00; 25 110,000 '.20 Lb do. New Quebrada L. S, M. (L r lillymney Iron lio. New I Rio J.Clty Improv.(L J Do. do Rio .lanetrn Gas (Lim Iteyal Mull Steam Scot. Austra. Invest. Smith, Sue. Yiwui. irligypte S. African M. & lit uouthAnstraliau Land Submarine Telegraph Do Scrip Teleoristrac.ct Ilain;L 15,010 100 8800.000 St. 40.u00. 60 80,0u0 20 scoot) 50 14.700' Li 8280,000 1 St. 27 .... 500 . 100,000 2O 7,5001 20 litarTo;thlfereeiln.tL) 'Pt-Miami Petroleum (L) Truet&Azency of Ault'L T. & L. Co, of LT. Canada 27:600 1 10 50,0001 20 100,0001 60 30,000 6 60,000 20 25,000. 10 26,000 10 Un.ilarine of Liver. 1...)1 United K. Telese Co. ( L. Univers. ltariae las.. L. t: peer AMITE% Tea :Urn., Van Dlernen's Land '.L.) Vicereyof Egy•pt!Mor.l.. Warrant Finance Limo)! `Westloilia&Pacific L' i5:56; ;13 16936001 100 10.000 60 8.00060 FOREIGN RAILWA' South Austrian an.l Lombardo-Vene Satyr Ettrick Cl_ prima. I Balm 101 161 164 16 17 110 115 1071 21 18_ r 4 —id; pa 4141 r' 11 14 I Vila par 90 2111 U h l ---- 95 90 —eels I 1 dta 1 dim par, 1 9 dla pa 8 <WI I 1 d 1& - 6 6d4. a4l dls, S I 61 lob 9 7 di* ! die path Mai 6 10 I 3 1 3 11 411 i 31 21 dts 87 SIP 10d 109 106 109 6 4 Mal 11 ds T 8 5 d4i 11 4 3 _ _ 11 to dl 6} 4141 132 137 4 d adb Idls par 1 poll di& 2 1101. 1 25 11 is par IG 171 25 20 6 i 414 16 14 a I s 1 6 6 ao 6 E 6 7 6 ctl i • 2 die — 1 14 1 1 131 El 2l xi 17 16 (1141 20 18 d 11 9dls Par tPrai • atta 18 19 4 416 1 02412 2 9 7 die 111 1014114 10 8 dia • 21.114 8 a r m, 2 Sipm' 2 11dIsi 14 12 dial 1 die par t 11 014116 i I 1 i Pall 1 44141 o.cl-L -38 41 16 11 13 13g m ai 10 8 0101 6 fi W. Paz' W. I I idle pail 16 IS dli 2 4 I 25 20 dli - $1 -481 88 42 61 68 6 Bpm If 2 24 26 7 8 19 21 6 641. 1 2pm 112 115 120125 21 18 8 d 6 4 (Us' 28 85 46 65 I f 1 2 pm' di ♦lpvm ♦ 2 die 6 Ipm 1 JOis 11 thorn ♦ 1 dill i im. 7 5Ws X _5 9 11 die i 10 :ii;a, 16i. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 27.-Sales to-day:-Great Eutern, 29 81 1 1-Great Western, 55}--Lancashire and Yorkshire. Irs -London and North Western, 1181 1 18 171 1 1-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 561 1-North British, 42 1-North Eastern, Berwick capital stock. 1041-Sonth Eastern, frlzialli 7 1- Lanasster and Carlhil-. 24 4 1c.-Buffalo and Lake Baron, 41 5-16 -Gnat Western of Canada„ 131—Erie, 47j-Great Luxembourg share.. 121-Alliance Busk, London and Liverpool Minitel'', 5 4.-hank of Liverpool. 26}-Maritime Insurance .Limited., d. -Anzio-American Telegraph, 181 13-16-Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent, 5j 13-18 1 11-16 13.18 1 1-National Steam .Limited), 111 d.-Paelfic Steam, 95. fstaulsousn, SEPT. 27.-Business done : Midland Financial 'Limited'. at 2 dis.•-Birminzhain Gas, New Ordinary, 1888. at 31 pm.-Birmi natant Wagon Limited', Second Dame at dia Closing prices :-Birmingham Canal, 101 to 881 - Dudley and West bromnich Bank, 11 to 111-Staffordshire Joint-Stock Bank 'Limited . 3 to 31 pin-Birmingham Financial •Linsited , , 11 to 01 din-Gloucester Waggon Limited., II 9-18 to 12-Mantes Metal ;Limited . 1; to II dis.-Patent File Limited;, 5 dis., sellers. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 27.-A pretty good business was done, Prices being generally rather lower. Angio.American Telegraph ,Ltmited 1-Atlantic Telegraph Preference 8 per cent., 115 12-Buffalo and Lake Huron. 41 -Great Eastern, 281 1 n. -Great Luxembourg. 121-Great Northern A, 128 71 8-Grand Trunk of Canada, 29--Great Western of Canada, 131-Great Western. 55 sit 41514f}4}15 41 -Illinois, 771- Lancashire and Yorkshire. 124-London and North Western, 11s 171-Mauchester and County Bank (Limited., 21 n. p. -511n cheater, Sheftleld, and Lincolnshire, SITS 1 1 11 1 1 1-Ditto, 8 per rent. pref., 1211 1 -Metropolitan, 128 3 1 / 4 8 1 7 1 8-KfdlAnd. 1211 4-North British, 34 940 391 148 40 391 401 11 1 -South F.asterts,l2Sl 81 7i 1 1-Thames and . army Marine In swan°, Limited., 4f p.-t nit4A States 6-20 Bonds, 711-London, Chatham, and Dover. 64. Dcnun, SKr?. 26.-New Three per Cent. Stock, 87-Ditto for new account, 971-India Five per Cent. Stock • transferable at I the Bank of Ireland:, 104-National Bank 14.30 paidi, for ac count, 701-National of Livery of 'Limited' '4lO paid), 14-- 1 Provincial Rank ~E 2.5 paid , 791 -Raja' Bank (ElO paid , 3211 e -Dublin and Drogheda 1 4100 paid), 82-Great Southern and Western f,LIOO paidl, 914. ARRITLL OF THE GA_MBODGE.--SUEZ, SEPT. 26. The Messager:es Imperials, steamer Oars Dodge arrived here to-day. She brings 3,300 balm of silk. MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DA!.) Oprz o'Curcz. There is a slight increase of business in the Stock Exchange to-day, and the tendency gene rally is somewhat better. The Bank of England return is regarded as very satisfactory. About 650,0001. in gold and silver has just arrived from the West Indies and Australia. The settle ment will be complet' l this afternoon, when there will probably be more disposition to enter into fresh speculative transactions. There is a moderate demand for the ;ones, which are steady. English railways and foreign stocks are inquired for, and show an advance in some eases. There is a strong demand for money to-day, as usual at the end of the quarter, and the quotation for good three months' bills is firm, at 41 to 4 per oent. In the Stock Exchange the charge for short advances on Consols is 4 to 44 per cent. The Bank of Franco retui.i shows this week a decrease of 20,0001. in the coin and bullion, and of 360,0001. in the bills discounted. Consols are now quoted 89} to for money, and 891 to for the 9th October. The foreign stock market is steady, with transac tions to a fair extent. Spanish Certificates and Mexican Bonds are inquired for, and have risen 1 per cent. The other speculative descriptions are unchanged. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted 54 to 56 ; ditto, 1865, 311 to 1 ; Greek, 151 to ; Spanish Passive, 221 to / ; ditto Certificates, 14 to I ; Italian of 1361, 361 to 571 ; and 'Mex ican, 161 to 1. The steamer Seine has arrived from the West Indies, a:th 479,00/. in specie, find the Dover Castle, from Melboinie, a:th 177,000/. The Douro, from Bre?il, which hies reached Lisbon, has also 44519/. on freii;ht. Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph share, have declined 2s. 6d. to 55., being now quoted 161 to and 5 to I respectively. United States 5-20 Bonds have receded 1 per cent., viz., 71 to f. Erie Railway shares are quoted 474 to 1, and Illinois Central, 77i to 1, showing no movement in either case. International Financial shares are quoted 14 to 14 dis. ; London Financial, 14 to 13 dis.; general Credit, 2to 11 dis. ; Credit Fonder, 3} to 31 dia. ; and National Discount, 8! to h prem. The reduction of the minimum rate of discount from 5 per cent., at which it was fixed on the Gth instant, to 4i, had been fully expected, and is amply explained by the position of the Bank accounts, as shown in the return pub lished last evening, and analysed below, In deed, the accumulation, both of bullion and of reserve, in the Bank would warrant the adoption of a still lower rate of discount, though the directors, having regard to the uncertainties of the harvest, and of the corn and cotton markets, apparently prefer to make the transition from a panic rate to an ordinary rate of money as gradual as possible. With a policy of caution the mercantile community, after their recent sufferings, are not likely to find fault, but it may be pointed out that a low value of money seems likely to last the longer by reason of the needless prolongation of the 10 per oent. charge during the extraordi nary space of fourteen weeks. Looking to the steadiness of the exchanges, and to the actual and prospective influx of gold from many foreign quar ters, it would be very rash to pronounce that the fall in the value of money has reached its lowest point. While speculation has been completely crushed, legitimate trade, both at home and abroad, has been severely repressed ; the ereatinn of mer cantile bills has been proportionately checked ; and, as distrust has been sown broadcast, remit- tances of specie to this country from even the most distant points of the globle, have taken the place of those now discredited mercantile instruments by which international transactions, under ordinary circumstances, are settled. Accordingly, under the rigid operation of the Act of 1844, the Bank of England is once more piling up a vast and practi cally useless store of bullion, and is beginning to groan under the weight of an enormous banking reserve, the exhaustion of which caused the mer cantile community such intense suffering only two or three months ago. It is evident that recent announcements have excited a wide-spread feeling of distrust with regard to British railway property, the effects of which, though likely to be partially counteracted by the improvement in the money market, may yet make themselves manifest as debentures fall due. The radical defects of the railway debenture system are now being keenly impressed up,n this great interest. They were unfelt as long as railway credit was unimpeached, and the renewal of deben tures was effected with facility, but our railway companies awake now to find themselves tram melled with a very inconvenient floating debt—a form of liability which has been long eschewed by the great governments of the world, even by those which have hitherto been the largest and most systematic borrowers. It is evident that the time is approaching when our railway companies will be obliged to consider the expediency either of fund ing permanently, and upon a large scale, their pre sent floating debenture debts, or—what is perhaps a still better plan—of issuing debentures for a lung series of years, accompanied by a sinking fund, something after the French system. The amount of gold sent into the Bank yester day was 109,000/., viz., 72,0001. in bars, and 37,000 sovereigns from the East. The steamer China is expected to arrive at Southampton on the 4th of October with 283,000/. in specie from the East, and the Massilia on the 20th item with about 400,000/. from Australia, in addition probably to a large amount from India. The silver market was quiet yesterday, and prices showed no change. It is anticipated, however, that the demand for the East will soon begin to revive. It is intimated that the improvement committee of the Corporation of London are proceeding with all possible despatch to clear the ground, erect the proposed viaduct, and complete the Holborn valley improvements, and that they find it desirable to anticipate the sales of surplus property by a loan, for temporary purposes, of 400.000/. The City - Chamberlain is accordingly authorised by the Finance Committee of the Corporation to negotiate the disposal of City Debenture Bonds to that amount. The Bonds are to be issued for such periodsas may' be arranged, not less than five, nor more than seven years, and bearing interest, payable half-yearly by means of coupons at the Bank of England, at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum. Applications are also invited for the third and last issue of 100,000!. of the City Debenture Bonds Loan of 600,000/. i The rate of interest in this case is likewise 41 per ce it. per annum, but the bonds are for not less than 13 years, nor more than 16 years. The shareholders in Pile, Spence, and Co. (Li mited), which recently failed, have determined to forma Defence Association, with a view to take counsel's opinion with respect to their present po aition, and thus ascertain at once the course they I should adopt under existing circumstances. The application with reference to the croweex amination of the directors of Overend. Gurney, and Co. (Limited), was heard yesterday in Vice-Chancel lor Stuart's Chambers, when the chief clerk, Mr. Peake, ordered that the case should be adjourned till November. The application by the liquidators that an order should be drawn up to enforce pay ment of the call forthwith was also heard, and the chief clerk suspended the drawing up of any order for a week, with a view to giving the shareholders represented by Mr. Frederick Dundee and Mr. William Peek an opportunity of asking the judge to appoint a day for hearing the arguments. The Great Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 1,2151. over the corre sponding period of last year ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an increase of 2,149/. ; the North Eastern, an increase of 3,6231. ; the Great Eastern, an in crease of 181/. ; the Great Northern, an increase of 1,9471. ; the Mancheste-, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, an increase o: W.; the London and South Western, an increase of 7521. ; the North British, an increase of 1,6801.; the London, Chatham; and Dover, including the Metropolitan Extension and branches, a decease of 5391.; the Metropolitan Extension, a decrease of 296/. ; and the Kent Coast, a decrease of 7101. At the meeting yesterday of the shareholders in the English and Swedish Bank (Limited), the follow ing resolution was adopted after some discussion " That so much of the report be withdrawn as re lates to the reduction of the working capital of the bank by writing off 51. per share from the t3l. now called up, thus reducing the paid up capital from 251. to 201. per share, and as relates to the reduo ing the nominal value of the shares, and that, subject thereto, the report and accounts be re ceived and adopted." The Chairman explained that negotiations are in progress for an amalgama tion with another bank in Sweden, and that the directors anticipate being able to call the pro prietors together to submit a proposal to them. ' A meeting of the shareholders of the West London Wharves and Warehouses Company took place yesterday, to receive the reply of the directors to the report of the committee of investigation. A long discussion took place, and it was eventually resolved that the committee shall nominate three or more gentlemen as directors, after consultation ' with their fellow-shareholders, the present board ' undertaking to elect the three or more gentlemen, and at once resign. Another meeting will be held in a week. A general meeting of shareholders in the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China is called for the 17th Octobe r, to declare an interim dividend for the half-year ended the 30th June. A general meeting of the Bahia and San Fran cisco Railway Company is called for 18th Oct. It is notified that the half-yearly coupons for in terest on the debentures of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles (Limited), falling due on the 30th inst. ' will be paid on presentation at the National Bank, Old Broad-street. The Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company have announced thrt the coupons now due upon the bonus may be sent in for payment on or before October 1. The Ottoman government have git en notice to the bearers of bonds of the ge•-eral debt of the Ottoman empire, who intend to receive in Europe the current half-yearly interest, that they will have to dczlare such intention at the agencies of the Imperial Ottoman Bank in London or Paris, or at its corresr indents in Frankfort and Amsterdam, between the 27th of September and the fith October inclusive. Messrs. Dent, Palmer, and Co. have announced the half-yearly dividend, duo the 10th October on the Turkish Six per Cent. Loan of 1854. Advicea just received mention that the Nada, from Suez, had run down the Minna, from 80111- bay, near Shadwah, at the entrance of tho Gulf of Suez. The latter steamer had 2.200 bales of cotton and 1,600 boxes of sundries on board. Both vessels belong to the Bombay and Bengal Steam Navigation Company. The ship General Grant, with 10,500/. in gold and a general c.krgo, having been at sea 146 days from Melbourne, f orty guineas per cent. premium have been paid at Lloyd's to effect fresh in surances The return of the Bank of England for tho week ending Wednesday, Sopt. 26, compared with that for the previous week, shows the following changes: Circulation lame L30,434,110 Increaae £478,075 Circulation active 21,040,045 Decreage 267,035 Public deposits Other tlei•osita Chwer 1111 l rolt savurittes in banking department Other securities in banking department 21,751,'Xk4 Decrease j 71,600 Coin and bullion in both departments Seven day and other bills The Rest Notes in reserve Total reserve (notes k coin) in banking department... 8,679,:b7 Increase 772,781 This return shows a fixther gnat addition to the 12,219,428 Increase 507,706 .. 16,729,252 Increase 505,746 571095 Decrease 38.521. Increase 8,149 7,. - 046,145 increase 745,110 resources of the Bank. The — increase in the de- posits being 939,2581., and the advances on private securities having diminished 371,600/.,. making to- . . gether a total gain of no leas than 1,310,858 r, it is evident that the addition to the reserve would have been much larger than the important sum of 772,7811. here shown, v:ere it not that that the Bank has added 507,7051. to its stock of govern ment securities. The Bank, in fact, is too glad to find in government stocks a menus of employing the enormous sums which are accumulating so rapidly in its till, and which trade refuses to absorb. The reserve is now approaching the heavy sum of nine millions. The i . nerem: in the coin and ladhon is more than half-a-milh , m, and some what exceeds the amount known to have been sent into the Dank from abroad during the week. BANK OF ENGLAND. An A , "nunt puranant to the Art 7th and oth Vie . e !"!. few the week e:ating on Wed:lmlay. the 2 , th day of Sept , 1a69. IM4tE PEPARTMENT. 4.3.0,0A110 Government debt.. C 1,015,109 Other svenritles 3,914,1141 Onli voiu acid bul lieu ball on 15,636,110 L30.43 1 %,110 £.;1,644i,110 (I..orriment F4 , ^n- I rides Inchullnr Lknd Wright An nuih•' tu. r Nceu rifles 2:.751,4'4 Notes G.. 14 and Nllcer Cola k42...W.0,979 W. 311LLER, ( hint ~f:ahfer. THUIthDAY KVFKTNG. zd Pk _as Notes Issued BANI:ING 1.1. l'reprletnrs' Capital £14.553,000 Reit ...... 4,1 , 11i,254 Puhli..l)ei,os!t44 Y.icheq . flankk Com mis of Natio:Al n•ol °Orr Ifewmuta •.. borven day sod other 11,399.143 17,0=,&17 57(09.1 &pt. 27. 1506. Z42,630,107+) Consols, which closed yesterday at btrg to for the 9th October, opened and closed to-day at the same quotation. For money the last price was 891 to 4. The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 891, 4,4, # ; ditto, for, account, 89; ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 861 74, ; New Three per Cents., 87, 4; 64, ; iazik Stock, for account, 21011 ex div. ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1041, i; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent. " enfaccd" rupee paper, 1084 ; ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 1011 ; ditte. Bonds, 225., 205., 235. prem. Indian government securities were steady. There was no alteration in Exchequer Bills, which were quoted 2s. dis. to 3s. prem. There was very little business in the foreign stock market, and the tone was dull. E2Tptian, and Venezuelan Bonds of 1864 declined 1 per cent.; Spanish Certificates, 4 ; and Passive and Turkish of 1865, On the other hand, Mexican and Italian of 1861 improved 1. THB DEVONSHIRE NIL-MMES.—The two "Devon shire murderesses "—Charlotte Winsor and P.lizabeth Duff —have been removed this week from Exeter gaol to the Millbank Penitentiary. The third muracresa, it will be remembered, was executed a few months ago. This county, the fairest in England, out wardly SKIM to be rapidly attaining a reputation among the worst. The Totnes murder now turn' out to ham been a double crime, and wee probably preceded by another. The body of the infant whom the murdered WOlOllll had isah her when she was last seen alive has been fund in the Dart; and there is little doubt but that the mother was ravished before she was killed. At present there seems not the faintest hope of discovering the perpe trators of these atrocious deeds.— Western Morning Nesse. THe THastr.a.—The whole of the young salmon, Thames and other trout, have just, been turned out of the rearing ponds of the Thames Angling Preservation So ciety into the river at Penton Hook, Sunbury, Thames Dittos, &c., in a vary healthy state. The fact that some thousands of these fish an annually placed into the rime by this society must be attended with some good results. 04 04 a mg .4 tbc. Ors .vM boa : rt. - nY - —eke I bi P 1 E•