The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 18114:

THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SCHEMES AND
THE BUSINESS OP THE OITY.-(THIS DAY.)

This afternoon at 1 o'clock, a meeting of some
of the leading merchants of the Olty was held at the
Loodou Tavern, haring been °Pursued by circular, to con-
sider in what manner the metropolis may be best protected
against the disturbanoe to Imbues threatened by railway
schemes now before parliament.

The CHAIIIMLN (Kr. R. W. Crawford, M.P.), its
opening the proceedings referred to what had been
done recently in parliament with Waren°, to roetropolinn
railway schemes, and more particularly to the report of the
joint committee of the two house. He was not satisfied,
he said, with that report ; but he could not blame the com-
mittee, whose inquiry was of • very limited character, being
confined to the question what bills should and what should
not be proceeded with. The whole question was far more
interesting to the City than to the suburbs, and it was im-
portant for the meeting to consider what was likely to be
the effect of the threatened railways on the trade and com-
merce of the centre of the metropolis. There was, in his opi.
Moo, no necessity for improving the railway amen to the City,
while the multiplication of lines and stations would greatly
interfere with the course of business. The chairman of the
North London Railway said that that company had
purchased 800 houses. What was that but interferon'
with the business and Interest' of 800 families ! What was
now being done at the Metropolitan Railway Extension
strikingly showed how terrible such an sell was. The
projected railway by way of Blackfriare, Cannon
and the Tower was fraught with mischief, and he ;LIZ
to find the attention of the corporation of London was
being closely directed to that subject. He should be glad to
see the whole of the schemes postponed—eepecially as they
were in reality in the hands of those who might be termed
speonlators—(Cheers)—and no great lon to any one could
arise from their withdrawal.

Mr. S. MOUSY proposed the fallowing resolution :
"That in the opinion of this meeting, the limited area of
the City of London, the seat of an immense and rapidly
expand* trade, should be protected against the intrusion
of any railway which is not absolutely requisite for the coo-
venience of the public ; it insiste on the right of the public
to be beard in such matters, and protests against the doc-
trine that only parties whose property is to be taken
by the railway companies should have a voice on the sub-
ject." He expressed his strong conviction that even in the
mitigated form in which the metropolitan schemes would
now come before parliament th involved an immense
amount of on outlay, and • most inconvenient oc-
cupation of space. ( sera) H. added that he hoped •
good committee would be formed to protect the public in-
tweets.

---lir:—WALcrs seconded the resolution, which was sup-
ported by Mr. Deputy Lott, who remarked that on the pre-
vious day a committee of the corporation was appointed
to give its atteetion to the subject. The various railway
schemes affected, he added, no lees than 164 streets.
The resolution was adopted, and was followed by other
in furtherance of the object of the meeting.

THE. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

(THIS DAY.)

This afternoon at the ordinary half-yearly meet-
iog of the above company, held at the London Tavern, Sir
J. CARMICHAEL in the chair, the report, recommending a
dividend at the rate of four per cent. per annum, payable on
and after the 12th instant, was agreed to.
The Right Hon. Stuart Wortley and Mr. H. Moor, M.P.,
WWII elected directors, and a resolution agreed to increasing
the remuneration of the directors from 500/. to 1,000/.
a year.

--
THREATENED OPPOSITION TO MR. COBDEN.

For some months past rumours have been in the
wind of the inteetioe of the comet-retire party of Rochdale
to oppose Mr. Cobden's return for the borough of Rochdale
at the next election, when it does take place. The
main ground for this opposition appears to be on as
• of Mr. Cobden's sympathy with the 00-operative
movement. Several names have been mentioned as suit-
able candidates in the tory interest, particularly the name
of Mr. J. R. Hutchinson, of Blackburn, but presiding at
an annual meeting of ► co-operative store at &plate, Mr.
Hutchinson so noequivocally expressed his admiration of
the principles of cooperation, that he has given greet dis-
satisfaction to his supporters. Accordingly, • private
meeting of the coeservatives wee convened by Mr. J. S.
Entwistle, and held last night at the warehouse of
Mears. Stott, YiUing, sod Co., Cheetham.stivet, "to
take into consideration," in the words of Mr. Entwistle's
circular, "the propriety of contesting the borough at
the next election." Mr. J. S. Entwistle occupied the
chair. There were preempt sheet 300 penow. Amongst
these were Messrs. J. Butterworth, J. Y. ; J. Holt, J.P. ;
J. Pilling, Joseph Brierley, Joe. Brierley, John Brierley,
Hanley, S.*.c. A schoolmaster, named Pickles, in his
address intimated that Mr. Cobden had given offence to
the shopkeepers by eayiug what he had in favour of oo-
operatioe. He cosicluded by proposing • resolution, to
the effect th►t • committee be formed to ascertain the real
strength of the conservatives in the borough of Rochdale.
Mr. J. Holt thought that they ought not to be too
✓avine, and advised them to coesider the matter well
before they took any step. Several other speakers followed
in the um* strain, but the resoltitios was carried.

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10,000 100 Built of Queensland 16
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6,000 100 Bank of Wales ,16m.)
60,000 10 Bank of New Zralaad 2 .
50.000 20 Brazilian& Portntwilit(L
12,000 60 Brit. h American F.A..(L. 16
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FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and S. Franc. Lim., guar. 7 per amt., (all paid), 171.
Great Luxembourg, (all paid) 10)).
San Paulo Lim., guaranteed 7 per cent. (84 paid), Bi,
Ditto, ditto (all paid), 211, I.

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Iranian OOBO 1370 .. 7230 1920
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LIVERPOOL COTTON & CORN MARKETS,

(ram DAY.)
(sr ELICTII2O AND IXTTRNATION/L Tll2Ol
(raom oca owx conitzsroxporr.)

Corroy.—Tha market noclusged. Sala probably 5,000

Coati.—The market moderately attended. Wheat inac-
tive, at Id. to 2d. decline per ceataL Flour dull at
easier rates. Indian corn 3d. loam. Egyptian beam steady.
Oats and oatmeal dull.

MINCING LANE.-(THIS DAY.)

81:can.—There is still a strong demand at full to rather
dearer rates, but the sales are lees extensive owing to the
reduced qualities offering. Madras common Jaggery, cold
at 35e. 6d. ; Cuba Muscovado, middling brown to good
yellow, 41s. 6d. to 41s. 6d. ; refined continues firm, at 545.
for common lumps and other quotations in proportion.
COTELS. —The small parcels of plantation Ceylon brought
to public sale have sold at firm rates, low to good middling,
76e. 6d. to 680. ; peabarry, 91L
TU.—The public sales have concluded without further
change is value.
Aux.—The market continues inactive.
BAOO.-200 boxes of large pearl sold at 221. ; and 300
bags of flour, at 15s. each.
FIWIT.—The market continues quiet for all descriptions.
COTTON.—The demands still dull, and prices have a
downward tendency.
JCTE.—No male. of importance reported.
Harr.—Manilla has sold for arrival at 36f.
SALTPITRL —A small parcel sold at 3.55.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is steady.. Toon tallow is quoted, 40s. Bd. ;
Pstareberg Y.O. oo tie spot, 40a. 9d. ; March, 40e. 9a. ;
April to June. 41a. 3d. ; October to December, 44e.

HIDE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

LILUDENHALL. —Hides : Pries: 66165. to 641 W, 21d.
to 3d. ; 6416. to 721bs, 3d. tool; 721bs. to 8011 w.,
3d. to ; 8011 a. to BOlbs., 3 to ad. ; Mts. to
96113 a., 3id. to d 96lba. to I , 4d. to 4ld. Homo
Lids, 94. 6d. idle. Calf airing, light, 2s. 6d. to la. ;
MI, 7s.
BLIIIONDerf. --Slump skins, polled, lla. to lis. ; half.
brads, 100. to IU. ; downs, Ba. to 9.. 9d. ; ohs/Arlin', la. Bd.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Main. Patteaden and Smith report the demand for
consumption oontinuee steady, without any alteration in
prim.

THE BRAZIL MAIL& —SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.--..
Tbe Chaeids, with the Breen and River Plate wails, weed
Übe Needles this morning.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Ouxu.

The stock markets to-day are generally am,
although business is inactive. The funds show a
recovery of 1 per cent, and an advance of about
4 has taken place in several of the speculative
foreign stocks. Home railway securities have expe-
rienced scarcely any movement.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentea were quoted
66fr. 35c., being sc. better than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 91 to i for money, and
911 to 4 for the account (March 8). The
official business report is as follows : Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 91, it, 901, 911 ;
ditto, for amount, 911, 1 ; Three per Cents. Re-1
dueled, 894, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 894, 1, 1 ;
Five per Cent. " enlaced" rupee paper, 106 ;
ditto Five-and-a Half per Cent., 1134, 115 ; and
Exchequer Bills, be. die.
There is an average improvement of about 4 per
cent. in several of the principal speculative foreign
stocks, including Mexican, Turkish, and Spanish
Paanve. Some of the present quotations are
annexed :—Turkish 1858 Loan, 68 to ft, ez div. ; ditto
1862, 69 to 4; the Consolidda, 501 to 4 ; Mexican,
434 to 4 ; Passive, 35 to 1 ; Greek, 224 to 23,
being steady; and Confederate, 44 to 47, "ex
all," showing an advance of about 2 per cent.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian,
1863, 861 ; ditto "scrip, 4 dis.; Chilian Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 84 ; Egyptian, 991, 100,
ex div. ; Greek, for account, 221 ; Italian,
651 ; ditto for account, 66, 4 ; ditto Marem-
mans Railway, 73, 4, 1 ; Mexican, for ac-
count, 434, 43, 4 ; Portuguese, 1853, 471 ; Rus-
sian, 1850, 874 ; ditto 1862, 881 ; Sardinian,
for account, 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, for
account, 46 ; ditto Passive, for account, 351,
341, 354 ; ditto Certificates, for account,
131 ; Turkish, 1862, 69 ; ditto, 1001. Bonds, 694 ;
ditto Guaranteed, 101 ; Venezuela, 1862, for ac-
count, 591.
International Financial shares are now quoted 74
to 4 prem.; General Credit, 34' to 4 prem. :
London Financial, 104 to 4, ex div. and ex new ;
Mercantile Credit, 8 to 9 prem. ; Hudson's Bay,
171 to 18/ ; Egyptian Trading, 21 to 1 prem. ; and
Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding, 2 to 24
prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 24 to I prem. ; Imperial
Financial, 31 to 4 prem. ; Financial Corporation,
2 to 4 prem. ; Credit Fonder, 21 to 4 prem. ;
Queensland Sheep Investment, 11 to 11 prem. ;
Land Securities, 1/ to 14 prem. ; Australian. and
Eastern Navigation, 74 to 84 prem. ; Ottoman
Financial, 4 dis. toper ; and Mexican Bank, 4 to
i Prem.
At the Bank discount office the demand yesterday
was again very brisk. The general market was
likewise active, and few transactions occurred
below 6 per cent. In the Stock Exchange there is
lat present little demand : the rate for loans on go-
vernment securities from day to day is 4 to 5 per
cent

The Mexican dollars by the steamer Shannon were
sold yesterday for shipment to China at ss. 44d.
per ounce. The latest advioes from Mexico
announce that a CORGII&Cid was about to leave that
city with upwards of 300,0001. in specie, which in
all probability would arrive at Vera Cruz in time
for shipment by the French mail steamer, due at
Nazaire in the middle of the present month.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have
commenced the investigation into the case of
the Australian and Eastern Navigation Com-
pany, upon the application of that company for a
settlement. The whole of the directors have been
in attendance, and the matter altogether has occa-
sioned great excitement. It is understood that
thus far the committee have been chiefly occupied
with hearing the evidence adduced by the oppo-
nents of the settlement, whose efforts have been
principally directed to prove that many of the al-
lotments were made subject to the condition that
the allottees should not sell until after the lapse of
a certain period, and it is said that the testimony
on this point is of a weighty character. There
is an impression that the oommittee's decision will
not be arrived at before Monday.
The Midland Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 4,414!. over last year • the
North Eastern an increase of 3,273/. ; the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire an increase of 3,7501. ; and the
London and South Welters a decrease of 9421.
. _ _

A special general meeting of the Interoolonial Royal
Mail Steam Packet Company took place yesterday,
when it was resolved to alter the title of the
oompan7 to that of the Panama, New Zealand, and
Australian Royal Mail Company, and also to alter
the articles of association, so M to bring them into
harmony with recent legislation. The power
granted to the directors of raising the 375,000/. ad-
ditional capital, so as to enable them to carry out
the new postal contract,lwas confirmed, as was also
the election of three new directors. . . _

The number of shares applied for in the Im-
perial Financial Company is about 150,000, while
the first issue consists of only 20,000 shares. It is
notified that the directors will "make the allot-
ment with as much expedition as the numerous
applications will permit."
The annual meeting of the North British Austra-
lasia° Company is called for the 22nd inst., when
a dividend is to be declared. It will also be pro-
posed to convert the shares into stock.
A second special meeting of the British Land
Company (Limited) is called for the 18th inst., to
confirm the resolution authorising the directors to
issue 10,000 additional shares.
The annual meeting of the Van Dienten's Land
Company is called for the 17th inst.
The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, March 2, compared with that for
the previous week, shows the following changes :

Gurtilation issue
Circulation active._ ...
Public depends 7,893833 Decrease 239,968
Other deposits
Government securities in
banking department 11,174,584 No change
Other securit les in banking
department
Coin and bullion in both
departments
Been day and other bills 567.474 Increase 24,518
The Ron 3.778,873 Increase 242,779
Notes in reserve
Total reserve (notes k coin
in banking &penmen%) . 8,440,822 Decrease 353,675

The reserve has experienced • decrease of
353,6754., owing to the heavy increase of 1,475,6094
in the private securities ; a change which shows bow
active has been the demand for money at the Bank
at the reduced rate lately fixed. The addition of
as much as 1,114,6054 to the private deposits, how-
ever, while it explains the smallness of the decrease
in the reserve, also indicates that the demand was
in great measure of a precautionary rather than a
necessitous character. Preparations for the bills
maturing to-morrow (the 4th) may have had some
effect. The coin and bullion again present a satis-
factory increase, and the total is now upwards of
fourteen millions.

BANE OP ILYOLAND.—Ai Ac
and BA Tie., 0. IA foe the week

twain mutant to the Act 7th
ending oa Wctuesclay, Match t,

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Mint MN
NOW WWII ir7,914,366 1

PABTXI2I7.

15orenhierd debt.. 111,016,100
Other securities.... /634,903
Gold cola and bal.

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13,24015
Sliver bollice • •

£17,914,306

CennvinnT.
Government Sacs-
Atte. (Mcßodin'
bead Weight AM
nutty)
Other Somultiess
Notes
Geld and alive
Cott 70.867

140,2".4.258
MAN-WALL (,ltd Cabin.

We are requested to mention that the share lit
of the Financial Discount Company (Limited) will
be closed on the 9th inst.

The first series of colonial wool sales of this year
commenced yesterday. The following quantities
were offered—viz., New South Wales and Queens-
land, 590 bales; Victoria, 363 ; South Australia, 543;
New Zealand, 161; Cape, 1,680; total, 3,327.
Messrs. Richard Dutton and Son report that there
is a large attendance of buyers, both home and
foreign, and the bidding' are spirited, the prices
paid for Sydney and Port Phillip being id. per lb.
higher than at the last sales. For Cape wool the
highest rates of last sales are fully maintained.

THURSDAY Emma.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 911 to
for the Bth March, were first marked today 91
and, after standing for some time at 914 to
closed at 91 to 4. For money the last price was
to 91. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 911, 1,
91, 4, sol ; ditto for account, 911, 91 ; Three
per Cents. Reduced, 89} 1, ; New Three per
Cents., 891, 3/4 ; India Stock, 219} ; ditto Ave per
Cent. Stock, 1041, 4.
The India Five per Cant. stock was quiet.
Exchequer Bills remain at ss. dia. to par.
The foreign stock market was comparatively
steady iu the morning, but gave way in the after-
noon, and the speculative stocks closed heavily.
The shares of the Financial Companies hale
given way. International closed at 71 to prem.
General Credit, at 3} to 1 prem., ex div. • London
Financial, at 104 to prem., •ex all ;" Mercantile
Credit, at 8 to 9_prem. ; and Imperial Financial, at
31 to 4 prem. The shares of the newly announced
Credit Mobilier (Limited) were quoted 2 to 2}
prem.
The closing (but, in some cases, merely nominal)
quotations for shares in new undertakings are
subjoined, viz. :—Credit Foliate of Mauritius, par
to prem. • Land Securities, Ito 11 prem. ;
Contract Corporation, 21 to 3 prem. ; Credit
Foncier (Great Britain), 21 to 1 prem. ; Lon-
don Mercantile Discount, 33/4 to 44 prem.; Austra-
lian and Ensteru Navigation, 8 to 9 prem. ;
'Ottoman Financial, I ilia. to prom. ; Consoli-
dated Discount, 1 dis. to par ; Mexican Bank,
} to 1 prem. ; Littlehampton Steam, 7} to
8 prem. ; Financial Corporation, 2 to 23/4 prem. ;
Gellivara Company, 14 to 2 prem. ; Loudon Gas
Meter, 1 to I prem. ; Buenos Ayres Bonded
Wharf, Ito 1 prem. ; South Eastern Bank, Ito
11 prem. ; British Colonial Steamship, to 1
prem. ; Naval and Military Bank, 1 to 2 prem. ;
Lisbon Oil Mills 1 to 1 prem. ; English, Irish,
and Foreign Rolling Stock, } to 11 prem.
International Agency, 11 to 2} prem. ; -Financial
Discount, 2 to 3 prem. ; Queensland Sheep In-
vestment, 11 toil prem. ; and Thames Iron Works,
&c., 2 to 24 prom.
The nominal quotation for Australian and East-
ern Navigation shares was 8 to 9 prem. throughout
the day, but late in the afternoon the shares were
offered at 8.

There was a demand for the shares of the Con-
tract Corporation, which have risen to 2j to 3
prem.