The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

Bank (Limited) have intimated that the allotment
will take place in the course of a few days.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return *bows
this week an increase of 3,0011.• over last year,
and the London, Brighton, and South Coast, aa
increase of 3,3961.
The receipts of the Great Western Railway ot
Canada, for the week ending the 27th February.
were 14,0661. sterling, being 4,6831. more than hi
the corresponding week of last year.
The directors of the New York Central Railway
Company have declared a half-yearly dividend fli
3} per cunt.
The first annual meeting of the Mwyudy bun
Ore Company (Limited) ia to be held on the 30th
inst.
The official liquidator of the National Credit and
Exchange Company (Limited) is to be appointed by
the Court of Chancery on the 23rd inst.
In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday the bankrupt
Davidson, of the notorious firm of Davidson and
Gordon, colonial brokers, of Mincing-lane, wile
failed upwards of seven years ago, has taken advan-
tage of the Act of 1881, and has applied for hi
certificate. An application to a similar effect ma
wholly refused some time back when made imme-
diately after the expiration of the four years' ill.,
prisonmeut to which the bankrupts were sentenced
by the Central Criminal Court. The commisnoner
has postponed his decision until next Monday, with
a view to refresh his memory as to the facts of the
Oise.

Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have announced
the half-yearly dividends on Chilian Bonds. The
particulars of the progress of the sinking fund an
at the same time published.
The dividend is announced on Anglo-Peruviaw
Unconverted Three per Cent. Bonds.
The Art Union has arrived from China, will
969,242 lbs. of tea, and the Chryseis with
648,871 lbs. of tea and 98 bales of silk.

MONDAY Symms.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 9"4 to
4 for the Bth of April, were marked to-day 92‘
and closed at 92k, buyers." For money the
last price was 92# to #. The offices/
business report is as follows :.—Three per Cent
Consols, for money, 924, ; ditto, for account.
921 ; Three per Canto. Reduced 901 ; Neer
Three per Cents., 901, I ; Red Sea Te-
legraph, 214 ; India Stock, 230, 229 ; ditto Flee
per Cent stock, 1084, >f ; ditto Four per Cemt
Debentures, 100 ; Five per Cent. "enlaced" rupee
paper, 105 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent, 112.
Exchequer Bills were dull at 4s. dia. to per.
In the foreign stock market the principal halve
was a fresh rise of # to 3 per pent. in Turkish
Consolidis, consequent upon purchases based apes
the belief that a determined attempt is being made
to induce the Turkish government to make the
coupons payable in Paris and London, as well as at
Constantinople.
In the market for bank shares there was an im-
provement in London and South African and Otto-
man, but a reduction in London and County,
Alliance, and Standard Bank of Africa. British
American Land shares show a partial relapse, sad
East India Irrigation were Sat, on the call ; belt
Electric Telegraph, South Australian Land, VOA
Diemen's Land, and Natal Land, have slightly im-
proved.
The shares of the Imperial Bank of Turkey wee*
quoted 81_to 8# prem.
Ocean Marine shams closed to-day st 7 tit:Lyre:l
Universal Marine, 1# to 1 tbs. ;
Mersey, 213.16 to 15-16 prem.; North British and
Mercantile, 174 to 18 ; Commercial Union, t°l
prem. ; Oriental and General Marine, # to 1}
prem. ; and London and Provincial Marine, pee
Ito 1 prem.
The closing quotations for shares in new under.
takings were as follows :—British and Foreige
Marine, 11 to 2 prem. ; Camiee Hotel, 1# to 2# press.-
City of London Fire and Life, 34 to 4 prem. • P.:
troleum Trading, 4 to 1_ prem. ; Union M;ries.
2to 24 prem. ; Empire Marine, to pram.;
Continental Bank, Ito dia. • Ineiroolonial Bask
of Australia and New Zeal Lid, to 1 prem.;
London and South American Beak, 4 to 1 ;
Bank of Wales. Ito 0# dia.; Bank of Gi=l;
and Malta, 4to 1# prem.; and National Bank ed
Liverpool, 5 to 6 prem.
The Italian Irrigation Company's Loan has de-
dined to 4 die, to 3 prem.

MINES.-(THIS DAY)

Two o'Cwow.

Apart from Cie fortnightly settlement, which will
be concluded to-day, there is little business chink
the mining market Tincroft shares are in demand,
and have improved It , the present quotation being
21 to East Caradon are also rather firmer at
43} to 44, and there are inquiries for Illogan el
30e. to 32a. Id. North Roekear old shares are
quoted 51 to 52 ; ditto new, 10 to ; and Greed
Fortune, 37 to 38. In the 'Stock Exchange, Itai
and

Cam Brea have been dealt in at
Ludoott at 71.
Foreign and oolooial mining shires are inactive.
Fortuna are officially marked 51 ; United Mexican.
6i ; and Yudanamutana, 4} and 4.
The Harm& filioing COMEAU, bays remised advises b
Jan. 26. The quantity of ore raised in November on wet&
and assay amounteo to 105 toes, of 15 per mut. &MOP
madam, equal to 471 tone pure copper, and the
raised in December was estimated at about 250 tons. Ors
the date of the lest advise 16 toes copper bad been shipped
per Murray to London. Freisbt for a further shipmeet si
from 50 to 60 tops of copper had bees missed by the Vern
km, but an accident in the refinery hod mused a trainman-
delay is the melt*operatics.

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