The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-30 00:00:00

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coming session of parliament. The objeet 4Or
bill is to enable the directors, with the assent alio
shareholders, "from time to time to transfer ea
much as they think expedient of the guarantee fund
from that fund to the account of the paid-up cepa&
of the bank, and to the credit of the sharehoihat
of the bank in proportion to their respective Ames
in the capital of the bank"
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ',-
pointed Friday next a special settling day is the
shares of Muntz's Metal Company (Limited), which
are to be marked in the twice a week official lixt.
A circular announces an increase of the capital
of the East Loudon Bank (Limited) from 600,000 L
to 1,000,000/. by the issue of 81000 additioall
shares, at a premium of 1/. 10s. per share.
The annexed memorandum relates to the dims
lut,ion of the Oil Wells Company of Canada
The Directors of the Oil Wells Company of Canada. sate-
bed by the personal visit of one of their board, sad by the
repasts of their special commissioner sent out from Ballast
le Canada, that it would not be for the interest of the share-
holders to acquire posimeloa of the oil wells and Lad (2,%111
acres) in Western Cease* for the purchase of which at
25,0001. they land provisionally contracted, andtirubeecisent/y
learning from their local agents that matey of the meat
productive wells in Oil Spriegedirtrict had ceased yieldiagiey
supply except by the expensive promss of pumping, have
recommended in a circular recently issued the return to the
shareholders of the amount of subscribed capital withoutasy
deduction and the dissolution of the company. Tits dope.
sits are now in course of repayment.
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The Mercantile and Exchange Bank at present
occupying temporary offices at 41, Mincing-lane,
have purchased thebanking.house, No. 4, Lombard-
street, where their business will be carried on so
soon as the neon sary alterations are completed.
A call of ba is to be paid on the class A, or pea-
ference abases of the East Indian Iron Company by
the 20th January.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., and Messrs.
Glyn and Co., have announced the interest due the
bit January on the Canadian Consolidated Five per
Cent. Stock.
We understand that the capital of the Consoli-
dated Discount Company (Limited) has been fully
subscribed for, with a large excess.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and other shares, as given in the Stook Ex-
change list of last evening :
Insomnoa. —Albert Medical Life and Family Eadeemset.
ni Alliance British and Foreign 15) ; Atlas, 13j ; Britt&
sad Foreign Marine (LimitedL, ; Commercial ITaise.
to 1 Empire Marina (Limited), 3.( to ;
51 to a• • Imperial Fire, 380; Indemnity Marine, 144 ; Lew
The. 41; Ueda°, 48 ; London and Lancashire Fire, 3to ;
Marine, 98p. North British and Mercantile (Limited), 17 ;
Ocean Marine, 20' Thomix, 151 to ; Kock Life, 131 ;
Universal Marine (Limited), 5 to j.
Docks.—London, 70 to 1; 84 Katharine, 69a, 701, to 691.
Gaslight and coke.—Great Gears]. 171 ; Imperial Ose.
Borstal. PA) to 9. ax dir. ; Laedoo, 86 ; Malta and Mai -
terransan (Limited). 41 ; Surrey Consumers, 19 to 4, az sE;
Westminster Chartered, 87+; ditto New, 48; to : ; Wasters.
16a to a.
Waterworks—Eurt London. 133.

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The subjoined notice has just bees issued by
Messrs. Harkey and Co., the nkers :

7. Feachorehntreet, Dos. 28.
Mews. Hackey beg to inform their fries& that on awl
after lot January next their Manlove will be conducted
under the title of " The Ommobdated Bank," but that di
cheques drawn on MassaHankey. or bills payable at
their house, may be pared u usual, aid will be paid to
heretofore.

TM:DAT Emma
Consols, which closed yesterday at 911 to I, ex
div., for the 7th January, were first marked to-
day 911, and closed at 911 to 1. For money the
last price was 911 to 1, and for the next sa-
-1 count, which is fixed for the 3rd February, 9t to
4. The "continuation" to February was * pee
cent., which is at the rate of about 51 per omit.
per annum. The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money %iv
4,1, 1 ; ditto, for account, 914, 9 ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 914, f ; New Three per Cents., 914, 4.
; Bank Stock, 234 ; India Stock, shut ; ditto
Five per Cent. Stock, 1061, 1; ditto Bonds, par.
6s. die. ; Four per Cent. " enlaced" rupee paper, 95.
The India Five per Cent. stock was quiet.
India Bonds were dealt in at 6s. die. to par, and
Exchequer Bills at 63. to 4s. die., showing ne
alteration.

The foroign stock market was heavy, especially in
the afternoon, wl.en a fall took place in the princi-
pal speculative stocks.
The shares of the financial companies were
firmer. International closed at 41 to 5 prem., and
General Credit at 21 to 21 prem. while Loadea
Financial were se. higher, at 81 to 1:0;, prem.
Hudson's Bay were again 2e. Si. worse, at 21 t.
24. dia. ; and Egyptian Trading steady, at 11 to
IPrem.
Some supply of shares having come on the mar-
ket, the shares of the Mercantile Credit Association
have relapsed to 51 to 61 prcin. for money, sad 5
to 54 prem. for the account.
Ocean Marine shares were last quoted to-day
141 to 151 prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine, 5
to 51 prem. ; Universal Marine, fr to 11 prem. ;
Commercial Union Assurance, 34 to 4 prem. ;
North British and Mercantile Insurance, 18 to 4.
English and Swedish Bank shares were last quoted
11 to 24 prem. ; Land Mortgage Bank of India,
2t to 24 prem. ; West India and Pacific Steam,
to 1 prem. ; Contract Corporation, 31 to 4 prem. ;
Merchant Bank, 4to 44 prem. ; Discount Corpo-
ration, 31 to 41 prem. ; -Littlehampton Steam, 5 to
54 prem. ; Coosolidated Discount, 1 to 11 prem. ;
Gloucestershire Smelting, 11 to 21 prem. ; Ne :-
atadt Charcoal Iron, 1 to 11 prom. ; and Naiad's!
Provincial Aerated Bread, 11 to 11 prem.