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

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1864.

SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.)

Two &Qom

The dealings in the railway market continue
upon a restricted scale, and prices inmost instances
are quoted the same as on Saturday. London and
North Western stock has risen per cent., while Great
Northern has receded 1. Metropolitan continues
strong. London and North Western stock is now
quoted 1091 to 110 ; Great Western, 64 to 651, ex
dir. ; Midland, 128 to I; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1091 to 1 ; Caledonian, 118 to 119 ; South
Eastern, out to 9114 ; Great Eastern, 471 to 1 ;
Great Northern, 128 to 129 ; London and South
Western, 971 to 981; and Metropolitan, 1151
to 1161.
Bahia, Great Luxembourg, Namur and Liege,
Pernambuco, San Paulo, West Flanders, and
Western of France shares are in demand, and ex-
hibit an upward tendency. Indian and Canadian
lines are steady.

100 Agra and L. her. Num . 56
60,000 160 AllianceLon.drUverpool 15
10000 100 Do. New l5
100,000 00 Anglo Atuarlan

29,000 5) 'Anglo It'll as Llmlttd)•
12ASOu 40 Atm:slam& all

7, a 1 40 Do. New
10,006 25 Rank of Egypt
6.0)0 100 Bank of Imnion
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25.000 20 Bank of Otago Limited: 9
10,000 100 Bank of Queenaland (1 , tO
20,0)0 60 Bank ofkictoria Austria. 25
6.000 100 Book of Wales (IAuL) • • 20
50,0.10 10 !rank of New Zealand I
60.070 20 MranilandtPortugue•e'L S
15.0.0 60 Omit. & American FEW 15
20,000 60 British & Californian :L S
20.0.0 60 tritisli N. Amalie* . all
12,540 20 liar•BlL Brit. Columbia. 10
32.400 20 C. Bk. holm Ana, China all
7,600 20 , New
20,900 25 C"Artrd. St. of India, Sc all
9.000 103 jCit 2

20:000 100 '&l.cnial . 26 I
200,000 10 Consolidated Bank (L; 4
6,000100 (Continental
12,000 10 Mist Loudon Limited, 6 1
10,000 100 English and Irish LInL, 15
25,000 2t iEng.icoL&Ausi•Chaftd.! all
40,.00 60 English Vol Swed.sh (L. 10
44,000 .5) )European Bank'Llmited 10
10,000100 ,HindusmChitia&Jap.(L
10,000 100 " Do. Sew l 8
10,000 100 timperlal Bank, Limited' 20
135,000 20 Imperial Ottoman lO
100,000 20 'Land Mort. Bk. India(l 2
10,000 100 London Bank of Scat. (I: IS
10,006 100 'London and BraziLlau
6,000 10) Loa.B.Arres&E.Plate L 40
20,000 25 • Do. do. Slew 2i
bAo 100 Lon., Bin. &S. Staff. 'L ;
60,00 20 Lon. Ch. Bank of Austri. all '
10,00 u 100 London and Colonial (L 15
110,000 60 iL adou and Cdonty 2O
6,000 100 'Lon. ilambg.Con•Es.7 l3
00,000 60 London Joint Stock... 10 '
10,0e0 100 Xon. and Northern 16
20,000 20 !London& South African all
6,000 20 Do. Do. yew ! all
10,000 100 'toned= &8. American LI 7
6,000 100 iLon..t S. Western Lim 2O
60,00010' fun. & Westminster
10,000 100 Merchant Bank. U=4 Th.
20,000 60 Mercantile & Eachan 10
10.000 100 )Metro. & Prow. bank (L 20
10.000 SO Mexican Lim I I 6
6,000 100 "Midland Rank Lint.) -I 16
10,000 100 rational of Liverpool ;L. 10
20,000 20 N. Pro. of England, New 8
15,000 20 New South Wales I all I
6,000'100 New Zealand ,Limltedl 10
50,400 25 Oriental Bank Corpora. MI
20,000,100 Proving of Ireland •
25,0001 20 !Bcinde, Punt, tt NEM (LI
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12,500 20 New
16,000 25 South Do.
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10,000 100 Stand. of B. 8. Attica II7
4,450 100 Do. do.
60,000 25 Colon of Australia I sal
10,000 100 ,Ilnlon of Ireland (Lim r 22
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derate to freak

HIGH Bmurr or SorruwAas. —This office,
which is ie the gift of the Court of Commou Council, and
to which they elect annuallr, has agaiu bees eoeferred upon
Mr. William Gresham, of Etasingballstrest, who has held
it for some years.

THE SHEFFIELD IYrNnarins.—The melancholy
scene of the late inundation continue. to be visited by
hundreds of persons daily, the greater number from dis.
tent parte of the reentry. On visiting Malin Bridge,
Owlertoo, and Fiillsbre on Friday, we found a
few parties of men engaged in the work of repair.
ing buildings that bad hese pertly washed down ; but
the attempts at re-construction have been, so far, very
limited and partial. Lowerdown the river, and in Sheffield
itself, more activity is observable, and several of the forges
and manufactories have recommenced work, as fu as
hes been practicable. Tbe mete of desolation at
Neepseod and flillfoot is even more distrewring than
it wun shortly after the flood, from the dreary gaited.
that reigns in h'calities that were formerly busy
and animated. From calculations that have been
made, ft would seem that the flood reached, sad injured
more or less seriously, not fewer than 4,000 houses. In tbe
district of Neepseed .lone, out of 000 houses, 400 are now
empty. The total damage to property, from the seem of
the accident to a point below the borough of Sheffield.
where the destructive power of the flood may be said to
bare social, is calculated at 250,0001. ; sad this, of
is exclusive of termite' and proprietors' elaieos, which
amount Wen enormous sum. The relief fund now amount.
to about 36,000/. —Ma nchtstrr Guardian.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Cloci.

The stock markets to-day are decidedly firm.
Consols and home railway stocks are well sup-
ported at Saturday's 'prices. One or
two of the more speculative 'foreign stocks
show /dulness. An extraordinarily large
business has again been done in banking and finan-
cial shares, and the course of prices is still up-
wards. Some descriptions have risen considerably.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted
66fr. 10c., being sc. better than on Saturday.
Consols are now quoted 91! to; both for money
and the account (April 8). The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 91k, ; ditto, for account, 9l ; Throe per
Cents. Reduced, 891, ; New Three per Cents.,
89t, ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1041, ; ditto
Bonds, Ss., Bs. dis. ; and Exchequer Bills, 75., 2s.
die.

Mexican Bonds are f per cent. higher, at 451 to
f ; Greek, f lower, at 241 to 25 ; and Passive, 1, to}
lower, at 351 to f. Turkish Bonds of 1858
are slightly lower, at 691 to 701, and
the Consolid4s steady, at 531 to 1 ; Ve-
nezuela Bonds of 1862, are inquired for.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian
Old Five per Cents., 1011, ex div. ; ditto 1852,
1868, 1860, 91, 903 ; ditto 1863, 88k, EL9/, ex div. ;
Equador, 14 ; Egyptian, 1003 ; Greek, for account,
25/, 241, I ; Italian (Maremmana Railway), 74/ ;
Mexican, for account, 45/, 1, 1 ; New Granada, 14 ;
Portuguese, 1856, kc., oi ; Russian, '1822, 901 ;
ditto, 1850, 88/ ; ditto, 1862, 91 ; Spanish
New Deferred, for account, 461 ; ditto Passive,
353 ; Turkish, 1854, for account, 94 ; ditto
1858, for account, 70, 691 ; ditto 1001.
Bonds, 731 ; ditto 1862, for account, 711, 721 ;
ditto Guaranteed, 100 , Venezuela, 1862, for ac-
count, 61, 1, 601, 61f.
The scrip of the New Venezuela. Loan opened at
2 to 1 prem., and is.now quoted 13 to 2 prem.
International Financial shares ar now quoted 7
to f prem., ex div.; General Credit, 61 to f prem. ;
London Financial, 121 to 131, ex div. and ex new ;
Mercantile Credit, 9} to 14 prem. ; Hudson's
Bay, 14 to 191 ; Egyptian Trading, 3# to
prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 4 to f prem.; Imperial
Financial, 54 to 6/ prem. ; Credit Foncier
(Great Britain and Ireland), 51 to 6 prem. ;
City Offices Company, 31 to 41 prem. ;
Smith, Knight, and Co., 23 to 31 prem. ; Queens-
land Sheep, dis to par. ; European Railway,
to If prem.; and Fore-street Warehouse, 41 to 51
prem.

Foos O'CLOC'E.

Consols are unaltered, at 91,i, to I, both for
money and the amount. 60,000 sovereigns have
been withdrawn from the Bank for Alexandria.

The rise in bank shares, which isinow witnessed,
is the more remarkable in face of the large addi-
tion which has beenimade within the last two years
to the number of these establishments ; but
while the recent amalgamation is quoted as a
powerful testimony to the soundness of the joint-
stock principle in banking, the reports pre-
sented from time to time by the older insti-
tutions are referred to as being of a nature to
confirm the public in their appreciation of this
class of investmenta. The movement now exhibits
some* of the characteristics of a mania, and it is
to be expected that the activity of promoters in
organising fresh projects will receive a proportionate
stimulus. It is understood that the number of
new schemes of various kinds in course of prepara-
tion is larger than ban been known at any former
period for many years past, and large scope will be
given for the exercise of judgment and discrimi-
nation.

At the Bank of England Discount-office on
Saturday the general market was quieter than it
has been of late,l yet a good demand was experi-
enced, and 6 per cent. was asked on choice bills.
In the Stock Exchange there was a moderate
inquiry for loans at 5 per cent. on English govern-
ment securities.

The meeting of Mexican Bondholders, invited
by Mr. James Capel for to-day. the 4th inst., has
been further adjourned until Monday, the 11th.
The delay arises from the circumstance that until
the Archduke Maximilian formally accepts the
Crown--an event which will probably take place in
the course of the next few days—there is really no
authority competent to make an offer to the bond-
holden.

The prospectus of the expected Venezuela go-
vernment Loan has just been issued through the
General Credit Company, who act in this matter as
agents for the government of Venezuela. The nomi-
nal capital of the loan is 1,500,00 W., in 6 per cent.
bonds of 5001., 2001., and 1001. each. The price of
issue is OW. per 1001. stock, and payment will be
required as follows :-151. on application ; 101. on
allotment, less 31. half-year's interest accrued ; 15/.
on Ist June ; 151. on lit August ; and 151. on Ist
September, less 3!. half-year's interest accrued, due
Ist October. Discount at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum will be allowed on pre-payments in full.
Reckoning the full interest accruing from the Ist
of October last, and the other allowances,
the price of issue is reduced to only
55 per cent.—certainly a low rate for a 6 per cent.
stock. The object of the loan is stated to be—
" to effect a settlement of the general financial
condition of the country, to assist in making
roads and improved communications, inland and
coastwise, to pay off some existing claims, and
generally to develop the agricultural resources and
industry of the country." The special security
*reigned is the hypothecation of the whole of the
export duties leviable at the ports of the republic,
La Guayra, Puerto Cabello, Maracaibo, and Cuidad
Bolivar. These are warranted by the government
as wholly uncharged, and the produce last year is
stated to have been 221,5001., the sum required for
the interest of the present loan being 90,000/.
annually, and for the sinking fund 30,000.
The application of this sinking fund
commences with the Ist of October next.
It appears that "the consent of Earl Rumen has
been obtained for the collection of the duties so
hl pothecated by her Majesty's consuls at the seve-
ral ports, associated with the company's agents,
and the requisite amount will be transmitted twice
a month to the General Credit and Finance Com-
pany of London." Lists are opened at Cologne and
Amsterdam as well as in London.

It is stated that the Egyptian Commercial and
Trailing Company have received advices from Alex-
andria, by which it would appear that preliminary
arraugementa have (subject to the approval of the
shareholders) been wade for the amalgamation of
that company with the Egyptian Navigation Com-
pany, with the combined capital of four millions,
as it at present stands, and on which the govern-
ment, with the sanction of the Porte, has agreed to
guarantee 7 per cent. per annum for 00 years, and
to accord to the amalgamated company special privi-
leges connected with the navigation of the Red Sea
and Nile. We also learn that the Egyptian Com-
mercial and Trading Company have nearly com-
pleted arrangements for the establishment of the
Anglo-Egyptian Navigation Company, with a line
of steamers between London, Liverpool, and Alex-
andria, touching at Havre, Marseilles, &c., the
prospectus of which will be issued in a few days.
Notice is given that application has been made
to the Stock Exchange Committee to appoint a
settling day in the shares of the undermentioned
companies, viz. :—Otesi Copper Mining, South
Eastern Bank, Imperial Financial, and Financial
Discount.

A second call of 51. is to be paid on the shares of

the National Steam Navigation Company (Limited)
by the 9th of May, and a second call of 51. on those
of the Discount Corporation (limited) by the
30th inst.

A call of 21. is to be paid on the shares iu the
Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited) by the
26th inst.
The share certificates of the South Eastern Bank-
ing Company are ready for delivery in exchange for
the bankers' receipts.
The certificates of shares in the Credit Mobilier
Company will be ready for delivery on Friday next.
The National Bank of Australasia, whose chief
offices are at Melbourne and Adelaide, have taken
premises in London, at No. 10, Cornhilf, where busi-
ness has commenced under the management of Mr.
Frederick Wright, recently arrived from the colony.
The explanation of the relapse on Saturday in the
price of the shares of the London and Westminster
Bank, and of the simultaneous rise in those of
the Imperial Bank, appears to consist in the
circumstance of the latter bank having so
promptly secured the servicesof Mr. G. Kerby, many
years manager of the business of Messrs. Junes
Loyd and Co., it being believed that this arrange-
ment will be attended with no inconsiderable acces-
sion of custom to the Imperial Bank. Some sur-
prise is expressed that Mr. Kerby was not engaged
by the Loudon and Westminster.
It is understood that at the coming special meeting
of the General Credit Company, to be convened in
connection with the grant of a concession to the allied
French Company, it will be proposed to issue new
shares amongst the existing proprietary of the
General Credit Company, in the proportion of two
new shares for every three now held. These new
shares will probably be uttered at a premium
of 1/. 6s. per share, the large sum proceeding from
which will be carried to the reserve fund.

It is notified that the subscription list of the
newly announced Home and Colonial Assurance
Company will be closed to London applicants ou
Wednesday, and to those from the country on
Thursday next. Shares hare been applied for to
the extent of double the number to be allotted.
There is a rumour of an important amalgamation
with this company.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the British Columbia and Vancouver Island Invest-
ment Company will be closed on Thursday next.
We are also requested to mention that the share
list of the Loudon Commercial Hotel Company will
be closed this day for London, and to-morrow for
the country.

A general meeting of the Bombay Gas Company
(Limited) is called for the 26th inst.
The half-yearly meeting of the Cape Town Rail-
way and Dock Company will be held ou the 15th
instant.

The annual meeting of shareholders in the Anglo-
Mexican Mint Company will be held to-morrow.
The Cmiunissioner in Bankruptcy proposes on
the 15th instant to make a call of st. per share on
the contributories of the Moseley Green Coal and
Coke Company (Limited).
A petition for the winding up of the British Zinc
Rolling Company (Limited) is to be heard before
the Master of the Rolls on the 16th inst.

SATURDAY EVIRLNO.
Consols, which awed yesterday at 914 to i; for
money, and 91;1 to for the Bth instant, opened
and closed to-day at the same quotation. For the
May settlement the last price was 91i to 92. The
official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Console, for money, 911, ; ditto,
for account, 911 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
; New Three per Cents., 891 ; Bank Stock,
2364, 238, ex div. ; lndia Five ;?er Cent. Stock,
104 f, ; ditto Bonds, Si., 38. die.
The India Five per Cent. Mock was steady. Ex-
chequer Bills remain at Bs. to 3s. die.
. . .

The excitement in the market for bank shares
to-day was very great, and the transactions were
upon a most extensive scale. London and
Westminster Bank shares have experienced a
relapse of about 101. from the late important
advance, and Land Mortgage Bank of India
shares were rather dull at 2 to 2r prem.,
upon the announcement of the call, but as regards
nearly all other bank sLares much buoyancy pre-
vailed, and iu many instances the advance in prices
was important. Imperial Bank shares have risen 54
to Ct., closing (after the regular hours) at 25 to 26.
Alliance Bank have risen 41. •, London Joint-Stock
and London and County, 31. ; London Bank of
Scotland, 21. 10s. • Agra, Bank of Egypt, and
onion Bank of Lndon, 11. 10s. ; Continental,
London and Buenos Ayres, Merchant, Metropoli-
tan and Provincial, and Mexican Bank shares, It. ;
and many other descriptions, ss. to 15s. per share.
The quotation of to 1 prem. sent out in the
official list as the closing price of Mexican Bank
shares is erroneous : 2 to 2} prem. may be consi-
dered the real quotation.
Hudson's Bry shares were steady at Big to 19k,
and Egyptian Trading at 31 to 3} prem. Joint
Stock Discount shares have advanced. Electric
Telegraph, Berlin Waterworks, and Panama Royal
Mail Steam were rather flatter.

London Financial, Imperial Financial, and Credit
Mobilier shares have also risen to-day 10s. to The.
per share, with large transactions, and Mercantile
Credit 10s. International Financial shares are
unaltered in price. The closing quotations are an-
nexed, viz.:—International, 6i to 7 prem., ex
div. ; General Credit, b to 6 prem. ; London
Financial, 125 to 13 prem. ; Imperial Financial,
5f to 6 prem. ; Mercantile Credit, 10 to 4 prem. ;
Credit 31obilier, 4f to 45 prem. ; Credit Foncier,
51 to 55 prem.; and Financial Corporation, 3f to
3/ prem.
The closing (but in some cases merely nominal)
quotations for shares in new undertakings are
subjoined, viz.:—Land Securities, 11 to 2 prem.;
Consolidated Discount, 1 dia. to par ; Fore-street
Warehouse, 4/ to 5f prem. ; Smith, Knight, and Co.,
3 to 3i prew. ; Queensland Sheep, 1 die. to
par ; Gellivara, par to 5 prem.; City Offices,
3/ to 4 prem. ; Bonelli's Telegraph, sto 15 prem.;
European Central Railway, 4 to 15 prem. ; Port
Am/I,sta (South Australia) Railway, to 1 prem. ;
Ottoman Financial, to 1 prem. ; National
Financial, 15 to 2 prem. ; Silver's Indiarubber,
5 to 15 prem. ; Home and Colonial Assurance, 2 to
3 prem. ; Oriental Financial, 2 to 3 prem. ; and
Financial Discount, 15 to 2 prem.
The shares of the Clyde Engineering and Iron
Shipbuilding Company were quoted 24 to 3i prem.
We are informed that the application, tor the
shares are very numerous.