The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-12 00:00:00

estate." In this point such "differences" will not
stand iu an equally advantageous position with
those arising out of transactions in securities not
officially recognised in the Stock ExchangY' such as
Turkish Consolid& and Confederate Bonds, in re-
spect of both of which stocks claims against the
estates of defaulters have before now been admitted
with at least the tacit sanction of the Stock Ex-
change Committee. Members having transactions
in the shares of new companies prior to allotment
are now expressly warned that, in the event of the
failure of the member with whom they deal, they
shall have no claim whatever, or " miler any cir-
cumstances," against his estate.
The interest due the Ist January last on the first
and second preference bonds of the Grand Trunk
Railway of Canada will be payable on the 15th inst.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Millwall Iron Works, Shipbuilding, and
Graving Docks Company (Limited) will be closed
to-morrow (Wednesday), for London, and Thurs-
day, the 14th, for country applications.
The subscription list of the International Land
Credit Company was closed last evening. Appli-
cations have been received for upwards of 200,000
shares ; the number to be allotted in this country
being 50,000.
No applications for shares in the Commercial
Bank Corporation of India and the East will be
received after Thursday next, the 14th inst.
The wind having changed to the south-west, the
arrival was reported yesterday of about 35 ships
from India, China, and other Eastern porta.
The mails from Calcutta, China, and Australia,
are expected to be distributed in London this
(Tuesday) evening.
The Adria, a beautiful screw steamer belonging to
the London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam Navigation
Company, was imccesstully lannched at Middlesbro
on Saturday, from the building yard of Messrs.
/teahouse and Dixon. The Adria is of 1,200 tons
burden, and fitted with engines by Messrs.
Faucet and Hackworth of 150-horse-power, com-
bining all recent improvements.

MONDAY Ertsnro.

Consols, which closed on Saturday ii 91 to
for money and 911 to 92 for the sth of May,
opened audclosed to-day at the same quotations. The
official business report is as follows :—Tbrce per
Cent. Consols, for mouey, 911,, 1,1 ; ditto for ac-
count, 92, 911.; Three per Cents. Reduced,
89/, 1, ; New Three per Cents., 894, ;
Bank Stuck, 238, 240; India Stock, 220,-218 ;
ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1051, 1041, 1051 ; ditto,
for account, 1051 ; ditto Four per Cent., 991
ditto!Bonds, Bs. dts. ; Five per Cent. "enlaced"
rupee paper, 1041.
The India Five per Cent stock oontinues to meet
with inquiry. India Bonds were sold at Bs. dis. Ex-
chequer Bills remain at is. to N. dis.

IL; the foreign stock market the principal feature
was a rise in Greek Bonds, which were purchased as
high as 251, and closed at 251 to 4, being 1 higher
than on Saturday. Mexican Bonds were marked
as good as 46,j, but'closed at Saturday's quotation-
-464 to I—the effect of the satisfactory proceedings
at to-day's meeting being neutralised by sales to
realise profits by speculative holders. Confederate
Bonds havedeclined 1 per cent.; Venezuela of 1862,
4 ; and Turkish Consolides and Spanish Passive
Bonds and Certificates, per cent. Russian Five
per Cents. of 1862 improved 4 ; Italian stock, t ;
and Portuguese scrip, 1 per cent.
The market for the financial companies' shares
WAS rather flat. Imperial Financial have declined
7s. 6d. to 10s., Mercantile Credit, ss. ; General
Credit, 2s. 6d. ; and Financial Corporation, 10s. to
15s. On the other hand, Credit Mobilier and
Credit Foncier exhibit a further improve-
ment. The closing quotations are annexed,
viz.:—International, 6 to 71 prem., ex dir. ;
General Credit, 81 to 6 prem. ; London Financial,
124 to
_I prem. ; Imperial Financial, 61 to
prem. ; Mercantile Credit, 91 to 101 prem. ; Credit
Mobilier, 51 to 6 prem. ; Credit Fonder, 74 to I
prem. ; and Financial Corporation, 14 to It prem.
Hudson's Bay shares continue In demand, and
were firm at 191 to 1. Egyptian Trading were
2s. 6d. better, at 34 tot prem. The shares of the
Societe Financiere d'gypte were quoted rather
better.

The closing (but in some cases merely nominal)
quotations for shares in new undertakings are
subjoined, viz. :—Queenaland Sheep, 1 dia. topav
City Offices, 3to prem. ; European Central Rail-
way, Ito prem. • Home and Colonial Assurance,
% to 3 prem. ; Oriental Financial, 1 to 15 prem. ;
Clyde Engineering, 1 to 2 prem. ; National Finan-
cial_ , 1 to 14 prem. ; Lemberg and Czernowitz
Railway, Ito prem. ; Fore-street Warehouse, 4
to prem. ; Commercia Agency and Finance, 3to
I/ prem.; International Land Credit, 24 to # prem. •
Telegraph Construction, 1 to 15 prem. ; Imperial
Bank of China, 25 to 3 prem. • City of London
Real Property, 15 to 2 prem. ; and Millwall Iron
Works, 2,i to 2 prem.
The letters of allotment of " Smith, Knight and
Co. " were delivered to-day, and the price has
declined from 3 to % prem. to 21. to 21 prem.