The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-19 00:00:00

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The rush to subscribe for the capital of the British
and American Exchange Banking Company (Limi-
ted), baa been quite extraordinary. The list was
closed on Saturday afternoon, and the full
figures have not yet been made up, but it is known
that up to Saturday the applications in London
alone amounted to 69,000 shares, and it is believed
that an equal number has been subscribed for at
Liverpool and Manchester. In the former town
the project has been received with especial favour.
As the entire amount of the first issue will be only
10,000 shares, it is quite clear that the distribution
will be of merely a tractional character, and a large
number of applicants will, doubtless, be entirely
disappointed.
The results of the subscription for the capital of
the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Com-
pany (Limited) have likewise been very remark-
able. The first issue consists of 25,000 shares of
M. each, and the number already applied for in
London is 50,000, while in Liverpool, where the
project has been very eagerly entertained, no less
than 90,000 are said to have been written for. The
list of this undertaking will be closed to-day,
The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western
Railway Company is convened for the 13th of
February.
An extraordinary meeting of the Zealand Rail-
way Company is convened for the 19th February,
"in order to come to a decision respecting the
erection of a new terminus, and the reconstruc-
tion of a part of the line, and also to discuss the
best way of obtaining the neoesaary funds for carry-
ing out the said object."
A meeting of the Australian Agricultural Com-
pany will be held on the lied Feb.

SATVSDAT EVIIII3O.
e which closed yesterday at 92f to j for
the 6th opened and closed to-clay at 925
to f. For money the last
.price was 924 to 5.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Console, for money, 92f, j; ditto
for account, 925, ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
921, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 925, f, ; Bank
Stock, 235 ; India Stock, 229, 227 ; ditto Ilve per
Cent. Stock, 1084, 4 ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 100 f, f ; Five per Cent. enlaced '•
rupee paper, 106 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per
Cent., 113.
The India Five per Cent. Stock has again
declined 4 per cent., closing at 1084 to 4. Exchequer
Bills remain dull at 6s. to 10s. prem.
The foreign stock market was quiet.
The shares of the London Joint-Stock Bank were
quoted slightly lower. London and Westminster
Bank were in demand. In miscellaneous shares,
Australian Agricultural and Canada Land have
receded. _ _

Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at ri to 1
prem. ; Thames and Mersey, 2} to p prem.
Universal, 1 to al dis. ; North British and
Mercantile, 16 to ; Commercial Union, par
to prem. ex div.; and London and Provincial
Marine, * dia. to par.
The closing quotations for shares in new under.
takings were as follows and Irish
dis. to par ; Bank of Scinde, Ptuijanb,Baat
Delhi, I du. to par ; Bristol and South Wales
Zinc Smelting, jto 1 prem. ; Cannes Hotel, 1 to
I.} prem. ; Britaah and Foreign Marine Insurance,
1 to 1 prem. ; Continental Bank Corporation,
to 1 prem. ; Soci6td Tinancilre of Egypt to 4
prem. ; and City of London Fire and Life In-
surance, / to 1 prem.