The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

TO THZ EDITOR OF THZ man&

Sir,—ln reference to your notice ci say stepentios, and
the otexag terms you make use of in announcing the same,
I would request you and your radon to stipend year judg-
ment until the statement of my accountant—Mr. Chastens
—has been laid before the meeting of creditors. My liabi-
lities are 54,0001., and not 80,0001., of which 45,000/. ere
fully secured. The creditors for the balance will receive a
divitleed, the amount of which is soininally 5a.9d. per pound,
oubliette the realisation of the siesta. Nose of the cre-
ditors have threateeed proceedings in bankruptcy. Mr:
Chatterie, my accountant, is from home. It falls, there-
fore, upon me to ask you to give speed to the above is
your City article.—l am, he., J. Pram Mou.
P.S.—The suspeotion of Mere. Wm. Chappell sod Senor
Coventry, to which you allude as haviog been owed by
mine, has been brought about, as their circular dates, by
the unexpected insolvency of one of their largest debtor
and from a previoas accumulation of lama. I myself owe
them under 4,0001.—J. P. M.
X', Old Broadetreet, Jan 19.

TUESDAY EVIINOKL

Consols, which closed yesterday at 901 to d for
the 4th February ' were first marked to-day sol,
and closed at' 01 to 1. For money the last price
was 90} to 2. The official business report is
as follows :—Three per Cent Consols, for money,
901, 4,4, ; ditto, for Account, 94 a; Three
per Cents. Reduced, 904, 1, ; New Three per
Cents., 901, 1, ; Bank Stock, 236, 236 ; India
Stock, 218 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1051,
4, 106 ; ditto Four per Cent., 1001 ; ditto Four
per Cent. Debentures, 1866, 99; Red Sea Tele-
graph, 20 7-16, ex div. ; Five per Cent. " eni.teed "
rupee paper, 1041.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was again
rather flat. Exchequer Bills remain at 6s. to
la dis.

—The foreign stook market was heavy, and a
further reduction has taken place in most of the
speculative securities.
A call of 21. is to be paid on the shares in the
Mercantile Credit Association by the 16th Feb.
A call of 21. is to be paid on the shares of the
Richmond-hill Hotel Company (Limited) by the
18th Feb.

In the market for bank shares an improvement
occurred in Bank of British North America,
Chartered Bank of British Columbia, Midland, and
National Bank of Liverpool ; while Bank of Hin-
dustan, Imperial, Chartered Bank of India, Ana-
trellis and China, and Metropolitan and Provincial
have slightly receded. Alliance Bank shares were
rather firmer. Anglo-Austrian Bank were quiet at
it #to prem. Anglo-Italian Bank have declined to
if to prem. Hudson's Bay shares have improved
to 17 to #ex div. Commercial Union Assurance,
Joint Stock Discount. Mercantile Credit, and Lon-
don General Omnibus shares, weie all better.
National Discount, National Steam, Thames and
Mersey Marine Inanranoe, and South African
Muetgage and Investment were flat.
International Financial shares were again rather
firmer, at 54 to 54 prem. ; while General Credit
were 2s. 6d. lower, at 24 to 2f prem. London
Financial fell 15s:, closing at 104 to 11 prem.
The shares of the Land Securities Company were
last quoted 4 to 4 prem. ; Mauritius Land Credit,
ito 14 prem. ; West India and Pacific Steam, 1#
to 2 prem. ; Anglo-Italian Bank,
.k I to 4 prem.
Mercantile Credit, 3# to 44 m. ; ustralian and
Eastern Nasigation, 2 to 2 prem. • Contract Cor-
pceation, 24 to i prem. • Consolidated Discount,
per to # prem. ; Mercantile Discount, # to 1 prem. ;
Financial Corporation, 1 to 2 prem. ; Littleluimp-
ton Steam, 5 to 6 prem. ; London, Italian, and
Adriatic Steam, 1 to 14 prem. • International
Racecourse, 1# to 24 prem. ; and London Chemical
Company, # to 1# prem.