The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-22 00:00:00

LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.

The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors
of this compsey was held at Lancaster, on Wednesday,
Sept. 12, R. W. Haste, Req., in the clear. The following
an extracts from the report :
The annexed etatemeat of traffic account, including the
elan of 2061. 18.. 3d. brought forward Item last half-year,
shows • balance of 77,3731.75. lid. ; out of which the
directors recommend a dividend to be paid at the
rate of 7 per cent. per swim, which, with the pro-
portion payable to the Likewise sod Prestos Rail-
way Comcacy, and the interest on loans, will re-
quire 76,8571. 181. 5d., leaving a Milano of 6161. 9s. Bd.
The gross receipts for trams are about 3,0001. less thus
them of the corresponding period of lest year ; tbe balance
then brought forward being 4,9001., whilst now it is only
2001. This falling off of about 2 per cent. in the gross
receipt' is owing in some degree to the disputes bete** the
Caledonian and Edinburgh sad Glasgow Companies,
which have led to the diversion from the west coast lines of
traffic heretofore enjoyed, but mainly to the depression of
trade, the severity of the winter, the war, sad lameased
taxation, which have produced the same injurious effect on
other lies.. It may be observed that, though the
dividend now proposed is only at the rate of 7 per cent., it
would have been above 7} per cent. bat for the recent
caOtalisation of the oompany's debt.
The report having been read, it was resolved—That the
common seal of the companybe affized to the register of
proprieton. The chairman then moved, secoaded by the
deputy *legman, That a dividend, u recommended by the
directors in their report now read, be declared and paid
accordingly; that a committee of shareholders be now
appointed to report their opinion as to the management,
;elation, sad relatioas ef the comp* ;• that such report be
Masted as early as may be to the , and be by them
circulated among the shareholders, so as to be considered
with the directors' report at an adjourameat of this meeting,
to be held at this places ea Wednesday the 7th of November
next, at 12 o'clock ; and that * a meeting do now proceed
to the election of members of such committee; and that
after such elsetios, this meeting stands adjourned to the
above place and time.

THE PUBLIC LIBRAIIIII ACT AT CHELTENHAM:
At a pablie moods; os Thanday evades s mottos was
made, sad aeseeded by the Rev. Meows. Breathy and Dob-
son. that the Public Libraries Ad of last esesion should be
adopted Is the borough. °semi Laurie proposed, as as
ausesdnient, that the numb= be postposerl lentil the ete.
elides of the war. This wee seSonded by Mt. R. 11.
Dogwood. After cossblerable duessolon the gumlike
was pat, sad the original remedial/la was declared to be lost,
two-thirds of the roomers sot voting in its favour, as re.
gaited by the act. Tluoeghoat the whole proseedings as
eatreardiaery eoafasion prevailed, the vetoes of many ot
the speakers being lost in the din of 'bows end counts.-
cheers, hisses, sad other ebullition's of strati hellos es the
subject. A great number of those present were sot rats-
' pay -IC

MONEY MARKET-THIS DAY.

Oxa ✓Cwoa.

The English funds opened more flatly, but are
now quoted the manse as yesterday afternoon. Con-
sols stand at 90 to k for money, and cook to I for
the 12th October.

Turkish stooks are again rather weaker, the Six
per Cents. being quoted 901 to 91, and the New Four
per Cent. Loan I die to par.
The corn market yesterday sou quiet, at Monday's
prices. The arrivals of foreign breadstuff@ into Lon-
don continue small, amounting this week to 5,450
quarters of wheat, 530 of barley, 3,320 of oats, and
810 sacks of flour. Flour continues in demand for
France, and the price of Spanish has advanced to
66g. per 28011. Rye is also inquired for on conti-
nental account, but not a single cargo is on sale. It
is a significant fact that the price of flour at Paris
has risen to 118 fr. per 157 kilos., or say 76e. 9d. per
-2801bs. The price of similar flour in London is now
about 66e. Several thousand sacks are now in course
of shipment to France.
The demand for gold for exportation continued yes-
terday, and all the available imports are expected to be
at once absorbed.
On 'Change yeserday the recent improvement in the
foreign exchangeswas generally maintained, but it was
noticed that bills on most places were in more request
than of late, and thus the tendency of the rates was
rather less favourable. The current rates are annexed,
via.:—On Paris, at short, 25.25 to 30 ; ditto, three
months, 25.55 to 60 ; Amsterdam, short, 11.17 to ;
ditto, three months, 11.191 to ; Hamburg, 13.81 to
; Frankfort, 119 ; Vienna, 11.28 to 32 ; and Trieste,
11.30 to 34. .

As the result of an examination into the accounts
of the firm of Mews. C. J. Mare and Co., the emi-
nent shipbuilders, of Blackwell, made by Messrs.
Quilter and Bell, the accountants, it is recommended
that the affairs of the firm shall be wound up under
the Private Arrangement Act.
Further advice. from Odessa make additional men-
tion of the ravages of the locusts in the south of
Ramie. The swarms of these destructive insects are
described u incredible, and a dreadful picture is
drawn of the sufferings of the population.
Bt. Petersburg letters of the 13th inst. report a
fall in the exchange on London, which was quoted
at 36 to 364 d. Eight hundred casks of tallow had
been taken for transport overland at 111 to 1091 ro.
The cost of carriage continued high.
The Emigration Commissioners will receive tenders
on the 27th inst. for the hire of a ship, to proceed to
Adelaide, and to be ready for passengers between the
13th and 23rd of November.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the Ist
Oct. for the supply of 150 tons of white and 130 ton■
of brown mustard seed.
The directors of the lonian Bank have declared a
half-yearly dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, payable on the 10th October.
A call of 2/. is to be paid on the shares of the
Eastern Steam Navigation Company by the 13th
October.
The half-yearly meeting of the London Gas Com-
pany is called for the 10th October.
The remarkable rise in the Canada Land Com-
pany's stock continues. Other land, and also bank
shares were quiet. Crystal Palace shares closed
rather more firmly, at 2 3-16 to 2 5-16. Southampton
Dock shares were dealt in at 36 to 4; British
American Land, at 59 to 60; General Iron Screw
Collier, at 41 (51. paid); Peninsular and Oriental
Steam, at 671 to 681; ditto, new shares, at 4 to 41

prem.
The following weekly summary of the produce
market is extracted front the circular of Mears. W.
L and 11. Thompson :
In the colonial markets a good business has been trans-
anted, and generally at high rates. The public sales of auger
have gone off steadily, but without much alteration in
prices. The Dutch Trading Company's sales, comprising
89,886 baskets Java, commenced on the 20th at Rotterdam ;
the low and middling kind. went off well at higher prices,
but the good and fine sold rather below the valuations. The
native kinds of Ceylon coffee have again been in demand,
and a further Aloof 64. has been established, while the Co-
vent* in the plantation sort* has been maintained. The
rice market was quiet for a time, and sales were made on
lower terms. but a large business has since been done, and
at fall quotations. Saltpetre has been in demand, and full
prime now rule. Some Singapore white percer has been
sold at an advance of lit per lb. Tea continues steady at
last week's currencies.
The return of the Bank of England for the wetk
ending Saturday, Sept. 15, when compared with the
previous return, show the following results :
Circulation hens
Circulation active 19,713,470 D. cream 428,636
Public deposits 7,838,631 Increase 247.191
Other deposits
Government securities in
banking department ... 12,799,368 Decrease 231,720
Other 'amities in banking
department
Coin and bullion in both
departments
Seven day and ether bills 990,140 Decrease 1,416
The Rest
The Reserve (tria., notes
and coin in banking
department)
The subjoined exhibits the extent of the week's
variations at one view :
Public deposits lecreese.. £247,194
Other deposits increase 176,409
Notes and bills in circulation
decrease

Best increase.. 7,364
On the other side of the account :
Government securities decrease .. 231,720
Other securities increase ..
Cots and bullion decrease .. 518,921

L 430,051

751,657

Total
The changes here exhibited are of the most im-
portant character, including more especially the
further increase of no less than three-quarters of a
million in the private securities, and the decline of
upwards of half a million in the bullion. The de-
crease of 231,7201. in the government securities may
be interpreted as indicating sales of stock by the
Bank.

BANK 07 NOLAND.—e
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mos DIP
Not Wald Z17,110470

427,110,r0.

=Won' Onoltal
3.444,704
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Debtb=v. Me lo.) M 421
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count. pursuant to the net 7th and
dirt on Saturtia). Sept. 15.1666.
PLSTN/LIT.
Government Peet..... A11.075.1M
Other becuritio . . 2.944.7100
Sold Coin and Bullion 11110,270
Oliver Bullion ........ —

£38.173,137
Sept. W. lth&

ilia7Mlirt. _
GovanMeat Peenrltins
(hided. Dead Weight
Other tioeuritlee
Note, .......
lOold and Silver Cote 368,185

108.173,137
111. 11ASSIIALL, Chief tkrur.

FRIDAY EVENING.

The various Stock Exchange markets to-day were
characterited by some renewal of flatness. The Eng-
lia funds were dull, at a decline of 1 per cent. from
the closing nage of yesterday. The disposition to
purchase is evidently checked by the present higher
value of money, and by the apprehension that the
influences lately operating in the direction of strin-
gency have not yet been altogether removed. To-
day, however, the money market wu sensibly easier.
Notwithstandingsorne considerable deliveries of the
stock recently sold on banking account, money com-
manded in the Stock Exchange not more than 3 to
31 per cent. on government securities. In the dis-
count market, also, accommodation was more readily
obtainable, the supply of money seeking employment
being more liberal.
Yesterday's report that the Bank of France had
raised its rate of discount to 5 per cent. was, it ap-
pears, founded upon a mistake.
At Paris to-day the French funds sustained a far-
ther fall of 1 per cent., following the announcement
of the measure adopted by the Bank of France. At
Vienna there is some reaction from the late improve-
ment in the money market, and the exchange on
London has advanced to llti. to 11.3.
Consols scarcely varied throughout the day from
their closing quotation of 90 to 1 for money and 901
to for the 12th Oct. Business was limited. The
official report of the day's transactions is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 901,
90, 90}; ditto, for account, 12th October, 901, 1, 1.
Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling
payable in 1858, 991, 1001; ditto, in 1859, 991,
1001. India Bonds, 15s. prem.
Exchequer Bills remain quoted par to U. prem.
The foreign stock market also showed dulness.

Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. experienced s
further fall of 1 per cent. Turkish securities were
weaker, the Six per Cents. closing at 911; to 914, er
per cent. lower than yesterday, and the 'clip of the
new guaranteed Four per Cent. loan at dia. to par.
French loan scrip was last quoted 14 to 2,1 prem.

LONDON COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-$zP?. 21.
Bine and M. Mena,.
Time. Primes, negotiated this day.
Amsterdam per f 3 Months 116. 19stv. ... 116. POWs.
Ditto
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Drawls
~ ~
Hamburg and Alton& „ „ limes. 81101 a: 11mas. illeta.
St. Petersburg por ruble ~ 331 ... 35
Paris per £ Short 2510. 214 e. ... 25fr. 30e.
DUO ,, 3 Months 5310. 55e. ... 2510. 60e.
Mansilles
Frankfort.on.the.Mahie per £lO. 11916 kr. ... 1190. kr.
Vienna (ellestive) per £ „ 111. 253 r. ... 115. Mk,.
Trieste 9, ~ 1111. 25kr. ... 110. tOkr.
Medrid
esfliz
„ ~ 501 peace ... 50 pence
60 pence ... 49 woe
„ 50 pewee ... 4 pence
„ 60t peace ... 56 peons
„ 50 pima .., 49 pewee
IP .. 50 pesos ... 49 pesos
Leghorn „ ~ 391 r. 050. ... 30. r. 10c.
Genoa „ 551 r. 60e. ... 151 c. 65c.
N 91693 per cincet ~ 44 plow ... 431 peon
Pakeme per ounce „ 1321 mew ... 134 peon
11erina.
-....rift milt* 90 dap date WI geese . 53. pence
53 r

Biroslowa
If

Opor .44 *Ka
New York
Rio Jassizo GO deli sight 96* pease

• N h Ones
• 471 plow
... SO paw

MINER.

Annexed is the Mining Exchange official list of
yesterday's sales :
Alfred Console, 161, 16; Cargoll, 161; Colleeombe, 40.
42; Freak Mills, 21; Greet Baddsro, 10r.; Great &midge,
lls. ; Ivybridge, 28.., 29.., 28,.; Lady Bertha, 295, 311.,
27e. 61 , 6d.; North Basset, 291; Rosesiune, 240;
South Zion, 1,1; Stray Park. 101, 10. 10 Sortridge Con-
sols, 71.16, 3 16. 616 16, 71. Is. 61., 7,6 i; Tinerott, 3j;
Trewetbs, ; Vale of Towy, 20... 21s.;West Colleemabe,
10s.; West &ton, 450 ; Wheal Arthur, 14; WhealWrsy, 81 ;
Wheal Grenville, 3 ; Wheal Trefoils, 91; Wheal Zion, 2.
Foreign: St. Juhn Del Rey, 27, 271.
Out of doors sundry bargains are reported to us,
including the following :—North Basset, 291; Alfred
Consols, 161; Sort ridge Console, 7; Tamar Consols,
23, ; Tincroft, 33.
In addition the following transactions have taken
place in the Stock Exchange, viz.:
Devon Great COGRIIin, 415; Alfred Console, 16, 1, 16;
Surtridge Consols, 61, 74, 7, 71; Great Polgooth, 21 ; Lady
Berths, 13, 9.16, 1.