The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-15 00:00:00

lauds are described as highly valuable, whether
regard be had to their oil-yielding capacity or to
their fitness for agricultural purposes. Measures
have been taken to forward to the company con-
tinuous supplies of oil at highly remunerative
rates. The satisfactory assurance is at the same
time given that the government of Canada are pre-
pared to give every facility to the undertaking. The
directors have accordingly resolved to offer (in the
first instance to the present shareholders) the 5,000
shares which were originally reserved for Canada.
The price asked is par, although the shares are now
at a considerable premium.
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The i:juarterly meeting of the National Freehold
Land Society, convened for the 29th instant, will
be made special in pursuance of the requisition
read at the quarterly meeting on the 29th August,
for the purpose of considering the propriety of
altering the rules of the society.
The directors of the Union Bank of Ireland
(Limited) have, we learn from the Irish journals,
determined to open a branch at Waterford.
The public sales of colonial wool commenced yes-
terday. There was a full a:Sendance of buyers,
and prices were Id. per lb. above the average of
last sales, an advance of lid. being observable in
only a few instances.
The Gazette specie statement for the week ending
Wednesday last, gives the following totals, viz, :-
Impoi'..s of gold, 379,8711. ; exports, of gold,
561,2761. ; imports of silver, 731,7681. ; jezports of
silver, 39,1261.

FRIDAY EVINTNO.
COll/10111, which closed yesterday at 92 to 1 ex div.
for the 4th December, opened this morning at the
same qvotation, and so closed, after touching in the
interval 921 to 4. For money the last price was 931
to with div. The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
1, cuss div. ; ditto for account (Deeember934l,
92/ ex di a. ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 911,
92 ; New Three per Cents., 911, 92 ; Red Se;
ITelegra&h, 214 ; Bank Stock, Z6l 235 ; India
Stock, ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1091,
ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1863 and 1864,;
no*.
The India Five per Cent. stock was quoted 1091
to 1 ; the Much Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 13s.
rem., being still heavy; and the June, 11s. to
14s. prem.
The transactions in foreign stocks were very
numerous, especially in Greek and New Grenadian.
The former closed about per cent. lower than
yesterday, while the latter has risen per oent.
Peruvian scrip and Anglo-Turkish Bonds of 1862
were inquired for, and better. There was a demand
in the afternoon for Turkish Consolides on foreign
account, and an advance of 1 per cent. was finally
established.
The shares of the Standard Bank of South
Africa, which closed yesterday at 34 to 4 prem.,
experienced a decided relapse to-day, the final price
being 21 to 34 prem. The immediate cause of the
fall was apparently a rumour that a call of 61. per
share is impending. The recent gambling move-
menia in these shares have justly excited great ani-
madversion, a bank being the last undertaking in
whose shares spccalative extravagancies ought to
hi possible.
Other bank shares were generally firm. In the
miscellaneous share market the alteration was of no
imporfanoe, with the exception of a rise of it. to 21.
in Van Diemen's Land shares.
Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at 61 to
prism.; Thames and Mersey, 24 to 21 prem.; Uni-
versal, 14 to 1 die. ; North Rntish and Itlerr.antile,
151 to 16; Commercial Onion, par to prem. ; and
London and Provincial Marine, to dis.
The closing quotations for shares m new under-
takings were as folloors :—Standard Bank of British
South Africa, 21 to 34 prem. ; Bank of Canada,
Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, to 1 prem. ;
Union Sank of England and France, 1 toll. prem.;
Nora 'Scotia Lard and Gold Crushing Company,
to prem. • English and Irish Bank, 4to
prom. ; Measpolitan Cab, to 1 prem. ; and Ca-
nadian Oil, 1 to i prem.