The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-04 00:00:00

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
quoted about the same as on Tuesday. Subjoined
is our usual list :
Amsteedass. 3 months, 12.01 to 1201 ; (tit* 3 days,
ILI6I to 171 • Rotterdam, S menthe, 12.01 to 12.1 ; Ant-
werp, 3 .cstha. 25.62/ to 271; Hamburg, ma bum, 3
moths, 13.81 to f ; Paris, 3 days, 15.221 to 321; ditto, 3
montbst 115.621 to 671 ; Frankfortmt.thraleina 3montha,
120 to ; fit. ?Malabar, (per rouble), 3 mouths, 321 to 1;
Visor, ME 60., S moeths, ILB2I to 71; Triode, le. flo., 3
mouths, 11.821 to 71 ; Madrid, 3 months, 48 to 481 ; °adjs. 3
mouths, 48 to 426 ; leithorla 3 menthe. 25.75 to 80 ;
Genoa, 3 mouth., 25.75 to 80 ; Milan, 3 menthe,
31,75 to 80 ; Naples. S months, 25.75 to 80; Palermo,
3 mouths. 25.75 to 80 ; Mersina 3 meth; 83.75 to 80.;
Llama 90 dues, 511 10 62; OW* 90 data NI to 52.
At Paris the rate of discount in the open market
is now 5} per cent. ; at Amsterdam, Brussels, and
St. Petersburg, 5 ; at Vienna, 6 ; at Hamburg, 3
at Turin, 7 ; at Frankfort, 3 ; and at Berlin,
per cent
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Tuesday next a special settling day in the
, shares of the Oriental Financial Corporation
(Limited) and the United Merthyr Collieries Com-
pany (Limited). The former are to be officially
, marked, but not the latter.
' Extraordinary meetings of the Mercantile Credit
and Imperial Financial Companies took *es yester-
day, when the resolutions previously passed in
favour of the amalgamation of the two undertakings
were confirmed. The recommendation of the di-
rectors in each case that the shares in the amalga-
mated company should be issued without • call of
11. per share was also agreed to. It was mentioned
that the beardin each came bad looked into the as-
sets and liabilities of the respective undertakings,
and that they had found them to be of a perfectly
good and substantial character. In answer to
questions, the chairman of the Mercantile
Credit stated that the accounts will be com-
pleted in a few days, when the amount for
distribution will be known, while the chairman of
the Imperial Financial mentioned that after all the
preliminary expenses have been paid they will cer-
tainly have more than 20s. in the pound.
Mr. A. G. White, in consequence of ill health,
will retire from the management of the City Bank
on the 30th inst., when he will take his seat at the
board as a director, and from that date the manage-
ment will be confided to Mr. J. W. Duncan, the
present sub-manager, conjointly with Mr. Alfred
G. Kennedy, from the London Joint Stock Bank,
as join' t manager.
The books of the Hudson's Bay Company will be
closed for the dividend on the 18th inst. All holders
of scrip who have not yet forwarded it for registra-
tion must do so in time to admit of their being re-
gistered on or before the 18th, as otherwise they
will be excluded from the dividend.

The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 1,81)31. over last year.
Notice is given, that the subscription list of the
Italian Land Company will be closed to London
applicants on Monday next.
It is intimated that the allotment of the shares in
the Cadiz, Oporto, and Light Wine Association
(Limited) has been completed, and that the letters
will go out on Monday. The total number of
shares applied for was 18,098, and the number
allotted 15,000.
The mails from Calcutta, China, and Australia
are expected to be distributed in London about the
13th inst.

FRIDAY Enema.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 94 "buyers,"
ex d iv. , for next Wednesday's settlement, opened and
closed to-day at 90/ to I, ex div., both for money
and the account The official business report is as
follows ;--Thres per Cent. Consols, for money, 901,
; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891, 90, 1 ; New
Three per Cents., 09, ; Red Sea 'Telegraph, ;
' Bank Stock, 239 • India Stock, 217, 218 k; ditto
Five per Cent. Stock, 1031, ; ditto Bonds, 20s.
die. • Four per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 94.
The India Five per Cent stock was quiet. India
Bonds were dealt in at 204. die. The March Exche-
quer Bills were quoted 12s. to 7s. dis., and the
June 6e. to ls. dis., showing no alteration.
In the foreign stock market to-day the principal
feature was a fall of per cent. in Spanish Passim
Bonds and Certificates, it being feared that the
financial arrangements which are now being made
at Madrid by the government will cause the consi-
deration of the claims of the creditors to be still
further postponed. This department of the Stock
Exchange generally was fiat.
In the market for bank shared a reduction was
quoted in Colonial, London and Brazilian, London
and Colonial, London and South Western, Oriental,
and Standard Bank of Africa. Union Bank of Ire-
land were firmer. Imperial Ottoman Bank reco-
vered 2s. 6d., closing at 91 to 10 prom., in sympathy
with the improvement on the Faris Bourse.
International Financial and General Credit