The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-07 00:00:00

A general meeting of tLe uhareboldern of thee
City Bank is called for the 19th instant.

the half-yearly meeting of the AustraliLn Trost
Company is convened for the 29th inst.
The Great Western Railway Company of Canada
have intimated that " the loss on exchange by the
conversion of American money received for tie car-
riage of through traffic from the commencement of
the current half-year to Dec. 19,18(3, aircanted
to the sum of 26,9591. 19s. 4d. •, and at :bat date
there was a further sum of American feuds still
remaining to be converted of 24,196 dole.
We are requested to state that the shar, list of
the British Nation Fire Insurance Compar:, will be
closed on Tuesday next, the 12th inst., fur Loidon,
and on Thursday, the 14th. for the c"untrl.

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With reference to the suirket for American secu-
rities Mr. E. F. Satterthweite reports as P.P.ows :
We have to report a vary dull market in Lotemn for
American securities during the part week. The lee official
quotations are a sufficient indication of the &tees:* vf busi-
ness. Illinois and Erie, are Mat quoted at a &rime from
last week's prices of from 1 dol. to 2 dole. For :Sec.-count
on the 15th, Atlantic and Great Western Ponds is lower,
but for delivery on or before the 11th instant there are
offers at higher rates for the Pennsylvania Section Heeds
from parties wishing to take advantage of the Ire wing IS
the 12th.

WEDNESDAY EVEN. 1. :1116.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 991 to 91, ex
dir., both for money and to-morrow's se:tit-monk
opened this morning at the same quotation, and
closed at 91 to I. For the 4th February the last
price was 91g to A. The "4:Until:dation*
was slightly easier, at 5-16 to g per cent.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 91:4, j, '
501 ;
ditto, for account, 90;„ 91, Three per Cents.
Reduced, 901, g ; New Three per Cents., "ill, 91,
901 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 106,5, g ; ditto
Four per Cent., 100 ; ditto Four per t'vi.t. De-
bentures 1666, 99; ; ditto Ikaids, 3s. ; Bank
Stock, 234, 236.

The India Fire per Cent. stock was ,tea Then
was a rise of 21. in Exchequer Bills, domed
at dia. to par.
Ureek Bonds have advanced per cent.
Spanish Passive 4,, the Certificates 1, aml .rktak
Consulide per e.ent. ; but, with these exL,,
the foreign stock market was dull.

In the for Bank shares an iinfir,.:ement
took place to-day in Bank of London. 1....nk of
Australasia New, Bank of New Zealand. Chartered
Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, City,
London and County, London Joint Stock, Lon-
don and Northern, and Mercantile and Exchanre ;
while Alliance, Bank of Egypt, Imperial Ottoman,
London and Buenos Ayres and East Lomb,- Bank
were rather flatter. Joint Stock Discount Na-
tional Steam shares were more offered. linental
Commercial have again improved. Loud,. Dock
stock ruse 1 per cent.
International Financial shares were again -tightly
flatter, at 4 11-16 to 41 prem., and Genera- Crolit,
at 2 7-16 to 9-16 prem.; but London Financial were
again ss. higher, at 9' to n prem. Mercantile
Credit closed at 4k to 5 prem. Hudson's Bay were
again 2s. 6d. lower, at 17k to j, ex div.
The letters of allotment of the Mouriti•is Land
Credit and Agency Company (Limited) wen:, issued
this morning. The shares, after receding to /to 1
prem., under the intinence of realisati.ais by
allottees, came into demand in the afternoon, and
rose to 1/ to 2 prem., the closing price.
Ocean Marine shares were last quoted today
14k to 15 prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine, 5
to 51 prem. ; Universal Marine, f to .1 prem. ;
Commercial Union Assurance, 34 to 4 prem. ;
North British and Mercantile Insurance, 1t to/.
English and Swedish Bank shares were last quoted
1 to 2 prem. ; Laud Mortgage Bank of India,
2; to p prem. ; West India and Pacific Steam,
12 to 21 prem. ; Contract Corporation, 3 to 3i prem.,
being higher ; Merchant Bank, 4 to kprem. ; Dis-
count Corporation, 4k to prem. ; Consi lidated
Discount, / to lk prem. ; British and Fizeiga
Contract, 1 to 2 prem. ; and Gloucestershire
Smelting, 1/ to 21 prem.