The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1863.

ahem' the meeting on the subject of the report, and slid
that he had gone over the secolieta for the last seven mouths,
and could assure them that every farthing Glistered, rent, km.,
payable or accruing, bad been charged sided the account.
There was some itneatudactioo amongst the South Wales
shareholders at the reduction of their dividend from 31
to 3 per cent, but be explained bow that occurred.
In conclusion the chairman said that the board bad been
reconstructed and new members had been placed upon it.
That was not done without a diminution of the authority
of the board. Now if they wished to have their burden
properly conducted they must give 000fidenoe to the board
and strengthen their bands when it was necessary. (Hear.)
The motioa haw* been wooded,
Mr. Aware addreseed the meeting, sad said that he be-
hoved the directors of the Great Waders section of the
board were not legally elected as the votes had not been
counted, and only two of the scrutineers had sigsed the re
cult. He mite a protest against the whole board and
should try the Ineetioo. (Laughter.)
[The proceedings were going on when we went to prem.]

LONDON AND NORTH WRSTERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

mina roa £2,197,666 ramasacz Broca.
At noon to-day the board of directors of this
oompaoy met at Easton Station for the purpose of opening
the tenders for 2,197,6661. preference stock; Mr. RICHAIU)
Moots in the chair.

The CaLutuair said they had met to-day for the board to
declare the minimum price of the stock of the company, for
which they had lovited tenders. They had considered the
matter very caret ally, and had come to the conclusion that
their stock was well worth 115!., and they had accordingly
flied that as their minimum.
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was that 161,5364 wen tam up at as following istsa :-
89,3004, at 115/. ; 20,0001., at 1151. Is. ; 2,4001., at 1151.
2s. ed. ; 10,C301., at 1151. 56. ; 10.004, at 1151. 7s. 6d. ;
A MN., at 1151. 10a ; 1,5001.. at 1161. ; 5,009/.. at 1161 5a.;
1,0004, at 1161. 106. ; 1,3364, at 1171. ; and 17,0001.,
at 1171. 12s. _ _ _ .

—Alarge amount was tendered for at prices ranging from
1101. to 1141., and 1141. 10s. There was also a number of
tenders at par, of which some were for large emanate.
These was one tender at M. and another 991., but their
amounts were not stated._ . .

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for their attendanos, and the procesdinp tenninatat

SHARE LIBTS.-(THIS DAY.)

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The railway market is rather dull to-day, with
little business. Prices, on the whole, exhibit an
unfavourable tendency. Great Eastern and London
and South Westernstocks have declined } per cent.,
and London and North Western and South Eastern, }.
London and North Western stock is now quoted
101 l to 1021, ex div. ; Great Western, 66} to 67 ;
MUland, 127 to }, ex div. ; Lancashire and York-
shire, 112} to 113}, ex div. ; Great Eastern, 51} to
kienlecrliiiv.; Caledonian, 120} to 121, ex div.; South
, 95} to }, ex div.; Great Northern, 125
to 196, ex div. ; and London and South Western,
100} to 1011.
' Indian and Canadian railway securities are with-
out alteration of importance. East Indian stock is
inquired for, while Punjaub and Indus Steam
Flotilla are tether dull. Lombardo-Venetian and
Bahia shares are firm.

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Great Northern 5 per cent.
prem., 1071 7.
Great Western 41 percent., 1011.
Loathe, Chatham, and Dover 5 per mot. preference, 1001.
Wait Midland—Oxford let guaranteed stock, 134.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 911 e.
Babe and S. Fele. Lim., guar. 7 per cent, 21.
Belgian Fasten Amelia', 1/.
Great Luxembourg. 14] ] e.
Ottoman (Smyrna to Ade), 14.
Recife and Sao Francisco (Pernambuco) Guaranteed 7
per cent. (Limited), 191 ] 19.
San Paulo Lim., guaranteed 7 per mt., 91.
Ditto (all psid), 221.
South Austrian and Lomberdo•Venstian, 221 I.
Turin and Savona, 3 1.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DA Y.)

Two cr'Ovxm.

There is not much business in the stock markets
to-day. The occurrence of a holiday to-morrow bag
some tendency to restrict transactions. The
funds remain at yesterday's quotations, with an
unusually limited range of dealings. Rome railway
stocks are dull, and the immediate tendency of
prices does not appear to be very favour- I
able. The only animation in the Stock Exchange
has been in foreign securities, which continue to
attract much attention and are still rising. Meal-
can Bonds and Turkish Consolid4s are in especial •
request to-day, and have advanced considerably.
The usual telegrams from the Paris Bourse have
not yet arrived.
Consols are now quoted 931 to 1 for money,
and 931 to 1 for the account (October 8). The
official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 931, ;
ditto, for account, 931# ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 92, 1 ; New Three per Cents., 94 ;1
India Stock, 226 ; ditto, Five per Cent. Stock,
108/, 4 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 100} ;
Five per Cent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 1971 ;
Bank Stock, for account, 240 ; and Exchequer
Bills, par, 3s. prem.
Mexican Bonds are in renewed demand, and
have again risen per cent., being quoted 461
to 46. There is also a fresh rise of in Turkish
Conaolid4s, which have now reached 541 to I.
The Anglo-Turkish Loans are steady, the
1864 at 96 to 96 ; 1868 at 704 to ;
and 1862, at 711 to I. Spanish Passive Bonds are 1
better, at 37 to 4, and the Certificates steady,
with numerous transactions. Greek Bonds are
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supported at yesterday's quotations of 381 to
1. Italian Five per Cents. have improved, and there
are inquiries for New Granada Two per Cents.
Transactions are recorded as follows :-Brazilian
1832, 1858, 1860, 90, 1; Buenos Ayres Ooe per
Ceuta., 33 ; Chilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
87; Equador New Consolidated, 161 ; ditto Provi-
sional Laud Warrants, 9 ; Egyptian, seoond issue,
101/, ex div. ; Greek, for account, 371, I, 381
ditto Coupons, for account, 18i; Italian, for aocou ut,
73, 1 ; ditto, Maremmana Railway, 81 ; Mexican,
for account, 451, 4b, 1,1, 46, 451 ; New Granada,
161, 17 ; ditto Two per Cents., 33; ditto De-
ferred, 10 ; ditto Land Warrants (Hectares), 71
Portuguese, 1856, 1867, 1859, 1860, and 1862, for
account, 491 ; Russian, 1822, 941, ex div. ;
Spanish, for account, 55 ; ditto New Deferred,
for account, 481 ; ditto Passive, for account, 37,
361, 371, 37 ; ditto Certificates, for account, 141,
1,1, g ; Turkish, 1854, 951 ; ditto 1856, for ac-
count, 701, 5, ex div. ; ditto 1862, for account, 71i,
5,5; Venezuela, 1862, for account, 60.
The Confederate Loan is quiet, at 26 to 24
discount. . _

There is still a strong demand for London
Financial shares, which show a further rise
of 12s. 6d., being quoted 4f to 4f
prem. International Financial are also firmer,
at 54 to 61 prem., and General Credit and
Finance, 21 to 21 prem. Hudson's Bay are rather
better, at f dia. to par ; and Egyptian Trading

lower, at 14 to 14 prem.
There was a rather strong demsed for money yes-
terday in the open market, and the rate was fully
4 per cent. At the Bank of England, however,
there was less inquiry.
About 90,0001. in gold was sent into the Bank
yesterday, and 48,000 sovereigns were withdrawn
for Mauritius.
The Anglesia, from Melbourne, has brought
146,000/. in gold.
The Stock Exchange will be closed to-morrow,
by order of the committee, the building being still
under repair.
Compared with the same period last year, the
Midland Railway traffic return shows this week an
increase of 1,2081. ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire
an increase of 1,2101. • the Great Eastern a
decrease of 271. ; the North Eastern an increase
of 3,0801 ; the anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire an increase of 1,2281. ; and the North British
an increase of 822/.
At the adjourned meeting yesterday of the Oriental
Inland Steam Navigation Company, the chairman,
Colonel Grimes, entered into some full explanations
with regard to the management of the company's
affairs by the managing director, Mr. Bourne,
whom be charged with general incompetence and
with having squandered the monies of the 001:12-
pixy. After s long discussion, Mr. Bourne' in
compliance with the wishes of the meeting, agreed
to resign, provided the chairman and board of
directors withdrew the charges which had been
made against his ability and character. The board
having acquiesced in this course, Mr. Bourne re-
signed his office.
The annexed communication is from the solicitors
of the Imperial Royal Privileged Union Bank of
Austria :