The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1864.

THE GREAT :IRE AT DOCIIHEAD.

LAT'DST PAIITIOULARI3.—(THIS DAY.)
A week, with the exception of a few hours, has
now elapsed duce this lire commenced, and even now the
Hams are not entirely extingoished. The stun Boat and
some of Shand and Mason's land steuners are obliged to be
kept in active operation. The dredgermen have succeeded
in getting out of St Saviour's Dock 28 tons of seed and 30
toes of jute. A great many begs of sugar have also been
got out of the same dock. Thu auger was is cos of the
bonded warehouses of the wharf, and of enures paid duty
when it was removed. Up to this morning 75 stacks of jute,
each weighing about 2 tons, have been taken out of the
ruins. About 40 tons of rapeseed, and about 20 tens
of various seeds have also been got out. An immense quoin.
tity of timber and iron work and several millions of bricks
have been carted away.

SHARE LIST&-(?EIS DAY.)

Two °Twos.

The railway market is firmer to-day, and the
variations in prices are chiefly in a favourable
direction. Metropolitan stock is in chief request and
has risen 14 per cent. London and South Western
and Lancashire and Yorkshire have also improved
; and London and North Western and Midland,
On the other hand, Caledonian lima re-
ceded 1 per cent, and Great Northern, 4.
London and North Viastern stock is now quoted
1181 to I ; Great Western, 78 to ; Midland,
137 to ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1154 to
116 ; Caledonian, 131 to 132; South Eastern, 854
to 86 ; Great Eastern, 48 to ; Great Northern,
132 to 133 ; London and South Western, 98 to
99 ; and Metropolitan, 1214 to 122.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, Dutch Rhenish, and
Great Luxembourg shares are firm, while the secu-
rities of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada ex-
hibit dulness. India lines are quiet.

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PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Northern 5 per cent, redeem., at 5 pr. et. pm., 105.
North Eastern York, H. and S. Parch., 10,!.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10.
Dutch Rhenish (161. paid), 211, 2.
Ditto OiE
Greet Luxembourg. l2.

PROVINCIAL SHARI MAREAT3.

Die I.—Great E. Anglian Nn. 7!, B—Lancashire
and lorkstire, 11511—Loudon an.l Berth %Achim, 1171 ;
u—Nlauchester. nhenield, and Lincolnshire. etii—North East.
ern Bern ick capital stock,, 114g—Gmat Nester.[ ,Chester gua-
ranteed , lad p.—G rest Webb:in of Canada, 1—
Illinois Central. 51}—Dutch Rhenish, 5; R. —Great Luxem-
bourg sham, 111—Opaulhh P4uiree, 21i—Eestem Ruining.)
Bank Limitel..,-16 d —Liverpool Finance !Limited!, 11-16
d.—Mercantile and Exchange Beak limited, 1 1346
National llialik of Liverpool I..lizhilett. hl p.—Alhion Marine
.L—Brittili and Foreign Manus (Limited), it p.—
Empire Marine 'Balkan, 1 1.16 1 p.—ipeen Insurance, g
Marini p —Brutal and Irish Marine Tele-
graph A, ''.3-7,:htionhl Steam .Limited;, g d.—West
Indian anl "team, 9.

transactions reported bare to-day
Included hirnOuglasun Joist Stock Bank. at 37: Bermingham and
Stadordatare tias, at 93 ; and British and Foreign Railway Plant,
at prem. Birnduithana Plnaacial clued at 1.1 prem. :
Mintz, Megal. It t, 1 din. ; Pateut Nut and Bolt, to 2i
prow. Mat kot steady.

MINER-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocr..

There is little business doing in the mining
market to-day, and prices generally are un-
changed. East Grenville shares are quoted
5 to ; East Lovell, 151 to f, being
flatter ; and Great Vor, 34 to 33. The only trans-
action officially recorded in the Stock Exchantis
Downs,in Nort which have been dealt is at .
Port Phillip shares continue in request, and ve
further advanced ; transactions have taken place at
1/, and 2. St. John Del Rey are also inquired
fur.

FEDERAILS AND 00117201111.114 IN BitteroL—.4l.
meeting was convened at Broadmead-rooms, Bristol, yester-
day, to adopt an address from Bristol expressive of gra-
thication at the re-election of President Lincoln, and the
consequent coetinuence and extsosion of the antiolavaay
policy which the Federal goverement hut inaugurated
under his administration; 61. and 2d. were charged foe
admission. The rooms were crowded to excess. Mr.
Powell, • working man, in dumb show, moved that
Mr. Warren, town councillor, should act as chairman.
Mr. NVarree was unable to get a bearing, the audience
singing "We won't ro home till morning," "John Brown,"
and other *ones. Cheers were given for Jeff. Davie and
Leon and groan+ for Grant, Butler, and Lincoln. At hat
• rush was made on the platform, and Meson. Handel,
Cceshain, and other inhaling speakers were driven off.
Some Northern sympathisers remaining, another charge
was made. The chairman's table was wreorbed in pieces,
and the platform left is possession of the friends of the
South. After the lapse of about an hour the gas wea
lowered, sod the police cleared the room,

DEATH o l'irsa ve, THE M'SSIAN Asritososult.
—The celebrated Ituaman astronomer, Frederick Struve,
who's name is misolatted with all the great works of Irian.
gulatiou sad geodesy carried out in Russia sad Eastern
Europe, died on the 23rd ult. at St. Petersburg. He was
born ►t Alton' in April, 1793, sad studied philology, tad
afterwards marouomy, in the Uaivereity of I)orpat, in the
government of Livonia. h 1813 he was attached to the
observatory of that town, becoming its director four years
afterwards. In 1839 he removed to Pulkovo, and wan
appointed director of the magnificeot observatory which the
Russian government had established there, which poet he
retained till his death. H. Struve undertook and carried
out various important works and scientifiz expeditions. by •
description of which scientific libraries ore mach enriched.
His son, M. Otho Struve, studied under his accomplished
father, sod obtained the poet of se:ond astronomer of the
Pulipwa observatory. . .

HERRING lethu-si:Y.—Several large catches of
herrings, for the mod pad of exoellont nudity. have beea
taken on the west of Devon daring the past few days. The
boats were out oa Tuesday, and some of them caught be-
tween 3,0.10 and 4.0n0 fish, sod one boot over 5,000. These
was ready We for the fish at from ..te. Cid. to 3s. 9d. per
sir score.

THE BRITIAII INTEReOLONIAL TILLEGRAPIL—Dr.
Rae had reached Victoria, V.I. overland from Canada, on
the mission of • transcontinental telegraph. He is the
surveyor of the route, and cousiden that the connecting of
Canada with Vancouver Island by telegraph direct is but
the work of two years. Already 1,200 miles of wire had
arrived east of the rocky Mountains, and COO more at pre-
sent on its war to Vancouver Waled, making in all I,soo
stiles—the distance from Red River to Victoria—Canadease
papa..
ILLEcols CorroN.—lllinois will yet talk of the
"snows of her cotton fields" without being suspected of
poetic extravagance. A friend handed us this morning •
sample of beautiful unginsed cotton, pecked on an old
plantation" of our own State, in Alexander county. There
are 290 acres, and the average yield is • bale MD pounds)j
per acre. The successful esperimest has demoostratod
that the ant of cultivating cotton does not exceed that of
corn. Taking tattoo at 50 cents • pound and corn at a
dollar a bubo!, • little cheap arithmetic will show a
balance in favour of eottoo of net leo than 154:, dole. per
acre.—Darvit Fret Praia

MONEY MARKET.-(TELS DAY.)

Two &Moos.

The stock markets to-day are generally steady.
The funds remain at yesterday afternoon's quo-
tations. Consols are now quoted ex dividend for
money, as well as for the account. In foreign
bonds the chief change is a fall in Turkish COD'
solidds. Home railway stocks, in some cases, are
better, especially Metropolitan.
There is a good demand for money to-day, chiefly
in preparation for the 4th of the month, and no
disposition is shown to take the beet three months'
bills below 6} to 7 per cent.
At Paris to-day, wording to Mr. Reuter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted
65fr. 45c., being sc. lower than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 89} to 1., ex div., for
money, and 891 to ft, ex div., for the account (Dec.
8). The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 891,
ft, ft, ft, ex div.; ditto, for account,
891, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, sq,
New Three per Cents., 88j, ft, d ; India Five per
Cent. Stock, 1031, ft ; ditto Four per Cent. Deben-
tures, 1866, 971 ; ditto Bonds, 6a. prem. ; Five-
and-a-half per Cent. " enfaoed" rupee paper, 108 ft ;
and Exchequer Bills, June, de. die.
Spanish Passive Bonds and Certificates, after
slightly receding, have returned to the closing quo-
tations of yesterday. Greek Bonds have improved
per cent., while Turkish Consolidde have ,
fallen I. Other foreign stocks are quiet.
Some of the present quotations are as follows,
viz.:—Greek, 23 to 1 ; Mexican, 29} to g ;
Confederate, 59 to 61 ; Spanish Passive, 323
to 33 ; the Certificates, 15 to 1 ; Turkish
Bonds of 1858, 71} to 72 ; ditto 1862, 71
to ft ; and the Consolidds, 461 to ft, ex div.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian,
1863, 83ft ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
97 ; Egyptian, 951 ; ditto, second issue,
1001. Bonds, 95} ; Greek, for account,
222, 23} ; Italian, for account, G 43; Mexican, for ac-
count, 2911, 1 ; New Granada, 12} ; ditto Deferred,
61; Portuguese, 1856, &c., 471 ; ditto, for account,
473 ; Russian, 1862, 862 ; Spanish Passive, for ac-
count, 322, ft, 33; ditto Certificates, for account,
151, ; Turkish, 1854, for account, 88 ; ditto,
1862, for account, 713 ; ditto, 1001. Bonds, 711 ;
Venezuela, 1864, 411, 403.
Egyptian Loan scrip is quoted to it prem. ;
Danubian, 1 to 1 prom ; and Atlantic and Great
Western Railway Debentures, ft to 1} prem.
International Financial stares are now quoted
2ft to ft prem. ; London Financial, 9} to 10
prem. ; General Credit, 21 to aft premium ;
Imperial and Mercantile Coedit, to ft prem. ;
Hudson's Bay, 161 to j; Ottoman Socidt4
Gemirale, 21 to 2 prem. ; and Anglo-Egyptian
Bank, ft to 1 die.

Fors o'Csors.

Consols are dull, at 89k to 1, ex div., both for
money and the account. No bullion operations
are reported at the Bank.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have issued
a notice, reminding the holders of Mexican Bonds
who have not yet presented the overdue coupons
of and from July 1, 1854, to July 1, 1863, for
conversion into New Mexican Three per Cent. Bonds,
that the conversion will close iu London on the 31st
instant, as stated iu Messrs. Baring's Circular,
dated 27th June last, and that after that period the
holders of coupons which have not been converted
must address themselves to the Mexican Financial
Commission in Paris.

It was mentioned in our impression of the 30th
November that the last packet has brought to
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., on account of
the divideude on New Granada Bonds, a sum
of 1,0401., of which 700!. was received from the
Custom-house of Santa Marta. The smallness of
the amount from this port is explained by the fact
that at the latest date a very large amount of cus-
toms duties remained outstanding, although the
chief collmtor was using his best endeavours to get
them in. It is hoped that an increased amount
will come forward by the next packet.
The following is a translation of a letter from the
government of the United States of Colombia (New
Granada) addressed to the Chairman of the Commit-
tee of Spanish American Bondholders.
. .

To the Pinskkat of the Committee of the Spanish American

naaia~e~

Sir,—The executive power has seas with eatiefactiou your
note, dated the nth August last, according to which the
committee accepts, in all it■ parts, the code of customs as tar
as relates to them. The executive power, on its part, will
actively exert itself in order that all measures which con-
cern the interests of the creditors sh►ll he strictly carried
out. The executive power also takes note of the nomina-
tions of agents which the committee have made at the cus-
toms of Catajensi, Santa Marta, and &handle, and at the
general Treasury of the Union. 1 make this communication
to you, thereby answering your above-named note of the
Bth of August last. (Signed) THOMAS klcitsca.
Bogota, Oct. 17, 1364.
The steamer Tasmanian will take to-day for
the West Indies 10,0961. in gold and ti,3lv/. in
silver.

The bar silver by the West India packet was
sold yesterday for Bombay at se. lad. per ounce,
being d. above the price obtained for the previous
arrival, but about the same as that current during
the last few Jays. The rise is caused by the strong
demand for the East. The market for Mexican
dollars is flat, at sa. ld. to ss. 14.1. per ounce,
with no transactions.

At a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Messrs.
John M'Call and Co.' preserved provision mer-
chant*, who failed on the 15th ult., it was decided
that Mr. M'Call shall aign a deed of arrangement,
and pay a composition of 10.1. in the pound, in equal
instalments at one, four, eight, and twelve mouths.
Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., the
accountants, compute the liabilities at 31,7641.,
and assets at 15,4d6. net.
A meeting of the creditors of Mr. Charles Wilson,
importer of silks, of St. Paul's-churchyard, was
also held yesterday, when a balance-sheet was pre-
liented by Messrs. Lovetiug and Minton, account-
ants, showing liabilities to the extent of 25,249/.
and assets 21,6601., or 175. 2d. in the pound. An
offer of a composition of 11a. tid., payable at once
in cash, was agreed to.
N The orth Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 6,347/. over last year ;
the Laucashire and Yorkshire a decrease of 1,0771.;
'the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineoluahire, au in-
crease of 4977.; the Midland, an increase of 2,818/. ;
the Great Eastern, an increase of 1,4441.; and the
London and South Western, au increase of 545/.
The report of the directors of the Afncau Steam
Ship Company, to be submitted at the half-yearly
meting on the 7th inst., recommends the usual
dividend of Bs. per share, free of income-tax, leav-
ing 3281. to be carried forward.

The following is the report to be presented to the
shareholders of the Ceylon Company (Limited) at
the half-yearly meeting on the 14th December. It
recommends a dividend and bonus equal together
to 15 per cent. :
The direetore are again able to congratulate the sham
holders on the success which has attended the operations of
the company during the six months previous to the 110ili
September. The bushiest of the company continues to
increase, and the reports received from the managers in
Ceylon and Mauritius are very satisfactory. The moocoals
show that the profit resulting from the otaraticas of the
ball year may be justly estimated at 14.510/., out of which
the directors recommend that as interim dividend at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and a boons of 2i roe oink
on the capital paid.up on the 10th September, amounting
together to 10s. tit per share, be declared, and made pay-
able free from become tax, on the 17th instant. The pro-
, posed payments will absorb 9,8701.. sad leave a balance of
profit masculine to 4,3301. unappropriated. The :were.
fund has been credited with interest at 5 per sent, sad
when the premiums on the new shares allotted is India are
added, will llallOtlni to 22,001. The above profit result has
been submitted to, and is °palmed by Mr. Ball, the auditor
of the oompaay.
The second ordinary meeting of the shareholders
of the London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate
Bank (Limited) is called for the 16th inst., to declare
a dividend, and will be made extraordinary, to

confirm a resolution of the directors empowering
the board to increase the company's capital " by
an amount not exceeding 1,000,0001. sterling, at
such times, in such manner, and upon such condi-
tions, as the board may from time to time deem
expedient."
With reference to the meeting of the Loudon and
South African Bank, it appears that an interim
dividend of 311 per sent on account of the half
yearly divide's' has been paid to the shareholders.
A fourth call of a is to be paid on the shares of
the National Steam Navigation Company (Limited)
by the sth January.
The following memorandum is from the Madras
Railway Company :
The Cradle readopt' on the Madras Railway Company's
South West line for the quarter eliding 30th September
last have amounted. no 463 miles open, to 71,33'./., or
ISt/. 10.. 7d. per mile, against 5.1,67e1. on 407 miles open, or
1314 Rs. per mile for the corresponding period of last year.
On the oompsny's North West line, 41 miles in length, the
receipts for the three months have been 5.1191., or 1?A1.
17s. ld. per mile, against 3,410/.., or 92/. 13s. 6d. per mils,
oomlarsd with the game period of the previous year.
Anoiher section of miles of this line, from Triputty to
Reddyputty was opened for traffic our the 14 October last.

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The annual m,.•t'ng of the Chileml Floating
Dock Company (Limits l) is convened for the 12th
instant.

With referemm to the market for American se-
curities Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports as f. (lows :

We have to report, since our last, an active inarket in
London for American securities, at fluctuating rates. ac-
cording to the premium on 4old repotted from New York.
Iluiteil States 0.20 bonds decdoed at one time to 40!
and Illinois shares to 50 sellers, but afterwards improved
to 421 and 51 respectively, at which rates they close firm,
the demand having been better since the reduction of the
rate of discount by the Bank of Holland from 7 to G 1 per
cent. There is also an improved inquiry for First Stores
gags Bonds, both of New York and Pennsylvania sections,
Atlantic and Great Western, and the potations have ad-
vanced one per cent. The proposed tame( certificates of
debenture (sterling) by the Atlantic lied Great Western has
been received with much favour, and considerable transac-
tions Lave taken place in them on the Stock Exchange ; the
fact of both principal and interest being pir.ble in star.
ling appears to commend them to a large elan of investors
who seek a certain fixed income not subject t. the finctua•
time of exchange. The subscription list closes on Satur-
day, the 3rd December.

Subjoined is Messrs. Culverwell, Brooks, and
Co.'s report of last day's hide -ales .

At the twenty•first aeries of hide sales for the year. there
was a fair demand at previous prices. East I °dia. - )x and
Cow.—Calcutta were in steady ropiest, and realised late
rake, both the home trade and exporters operatiog to a fair
extent. Madras realised full prices. The analysis of the
sales is 60,317 Oilcans, new parcels. 17,546 brought for-
ward from former sales, and 1,574 Madras ; in all, /10,317
hides, of which 43,700 were sold. East India.—Buffalo
brought fair prices. Leather. —East Indian brought full
prices ; Australian was dull of sale. Salted Hides.—Aus-
tralian.—Those sold realised full price• ; Cape. the few
offered brought late rates. South American were mostly
bought in. Kew Orleans all passed. West Indian. only
part sold. Dry and Drysalted Hides.—South American all
bought in. Persian brought fair prices. German bought
in. Hone Hides.--Soutli American. —All passed. German
realised late rates. Bark.—Mimosa wee dull of sale.

The light portiou of the mails from Calcutta,
China, and Australia is expected to be distributed
in Loudon about the 13th inst.

The emigration commissioners have taken up the
ship Clara for the :onveyance of passengers to
Adelaide,
The return of the Bank of England for tLe week
ending Wednesday, N0v.30, compared with that for
the previous week, shows the following changes :

Circalgloo issue
Circulstiost active 19,823,100 lucr.sise 258,245
Public deposits... 6,301,203 lucre...se 782.342
Other deposits
tikrrerumeat sororities in

bsaing depart;iest 10,474,542 Increa►e 100,000
Otharsecurities to bunking
depsrinicut
Coin and bullion in both
departments 13,99,924 Decrease 141.170
Seven day and other bills 507.031 Decarosss 47,737
The Nest 3.236411 Declass, 31.1,84
Notes in reserve
Total Terry° (notes & coin

in banking department) . 8,816,824 Decrees. 399.415
We see by this return that the revival in the gene-
ral commercial demand for money, by causing a
heavy draught upon the private deposits, has pro-
duced some effect upon the Bank's resources. The
reserve has declined 399,4151., notwithstanding the
considerable compensation which the Bank has
derived from the influx of government deposits.
The private securities have not yet experienced any
increase. The diminution iu the coin and bullion
is of little importance, but, judging from the indi-
cations presented by the foreign exchanges and by
the foreign demand for bullion, it would appear
that this item is likely to decline rather than
increase.

RANX OF ENGLAND.—An
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leak.

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ISSUE. PEP
L27.6442'14

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!acting on WtoLoot.toy, Nor. AO,

.BRIXENT
Goveriunent Jett.. £11.015300
Other recuritisa 11.124.900
Gold eclu and bul-
lion
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15,205,t0i1

1t7.1165.20.1'

V27,656,titi3

DANCI\o D
Prop .leten' capital E. 14,68.1,00
Beat 3,286,211
Public Deposits
cln tin` nacbeil.,
nay. Banks. Cow.
Ws. of National
Debt, sad Div.

olfl•MittYlOrf.
Oeverunient Secu-
rities (includle(
Dead Weight .11A-
puny)
Other isauSiss latleklll3
Notes
Gold add &leer 5,1410
Cola

6.1101,t02
Other Ikposits.... =MAI
Seven Say sack:Aber
607,966

73/Alt

537.910.629
Dec. 1, 1161.

W. MILL1:11, CW Culller.

TEIVIKIDAT EVITILSCI.

Consols, which closed yosterday at 89 to k, ex die.,
for the Bth December, opened this morning at 89
to touched 891 to and closed at 891 to I. For
money the last price was 90„ to with div. The
official business report is as follows :—Thrce per
Cent. Consols, for money, 901, n, ; ditto, for
account, 891, I, 89,
'}, ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 881,i, I, ;,1 • New Three per Cents., 80,
• Annuities, 1883, 14i ; Bank Stock, 239;
India Five per Cent. Stock, 103 k, f, 106 ; ditto,
for account, 1034, ex div. ; ditto Four per Cent,
Debentures, 1866, 97/ Five-and-a-Half per
Cent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 110, 109.
The India Five per Cent. Stock wis steady.
Exchequer bills of both issues were quoted ss. du.
to par.
- - - - • -

In the foreign stock market the chief transactions
were again in Spanish Passive Bonds and Certifi-
cates, which opened firmly, but afterwards gave
way. After repeated variations, the former left
off } to I, and the latter f per cent. lower than yes-
terday. Spanish Deferred Three per Ceuta, have
at the same time declined per cent., and Greek and
Turkish of 1858 and 1882, Mexican Bonds, on
the other hand, improved } per cent.; Italian, g ;
Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, of 1850, f; and
Buenos Ayres and Chilian Six per Cents., 1 per
cent.

Bank shares in some cases were higher, and in
others lower, but business on the whole was by no
means active. Bank of Queensland, East London,
Bank of Hindustan, London and Brazilian,
Merchant, Mercantile and Exchange, and South
Eastern Bank shares were all flat ; while Bank of
Wales, British North American, English, Scottish,
and Australian Chartered, European, London
Chartered Bank of Australia, London and South
African, and National Bank of Liverpool, have
slightly improved.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 1611 to f,
being dull ; Egyptian Trading, Ito prem. ;
National Discount, 14 to 11 prem. ; and Joint
Stock Discount, to I dia. Australian Agricul-
tural, City Offices, Oriental Commercial, and Royal
Mail Steam shares, have improved. As regards
National Steam, Rhymney Iron, Smith, Knight,
and Co., and Peninsular and Oriental new shares,
heaviness prevailed. The shares of the Contract
Corporation have again advanced. Ottoman Se-
date thim4rale were last quoted 21 to * prem.
The shares of the financial companies were firm,
with rather more inquiry than yesterday. The
closing quotations are annexed, viz. :—lnternational,
21 to if prem. • General Credit, 3 to 31( prem. ;
London Financial, 94 to 10 prem. ; Imperial Mer-
cantile Credit, 3 546 to 7-16 prem. ; and Credit
Foncier and Mobilier, 31 to * prem.
The Certificates of Debenture of the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway were quoted in the morning
to prem., but had risen at the came to Ito
prem.