The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-20 00:00:00

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Wisest will be made ea the Lt July ant, mg win be is
to the amount paid up ; sad that disesent se
L.Prtra?:l 6 pee met. per sauna will to allured Ilion
psysassta made is fa isusedistely spas idlotnes6 ; OMNI
two allowesees are equal to 21. 16e. per ON&
The advance in the price of Great Northern A
stock from 54 per cent. is Octoter, 1853, to its pre-
sent quotation of 144, may well cause attention to
be directed to a stock framed upon the conditions
which obtain in the present case • and the sikli-
tional fact mentioned in the prospectus that Metro-
politan Railway stook, now worth 137, was quoted
at only 54 as recently so four years ago, dence-
strates that the public are only now beginni* to
appreciate the development and remunerative &pa-
city of the traffic of this vast metropolis.
The Contract Corporation (Limited) has made a
call of Si. per share. payable in too instalments on
let July and 2nd October respectively.
The Warrant Finance Coespany will remove to
their new office.' 6Z Gresham-house, Old Broad-
street, to-day (Saturday).
A call of 21. per ~hare has been made on the
shares of the St. Thomu's Floating Dock Company,
payable on the 30th June.

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FauuT RU M&.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 894 to
for the Bth of June, opened this morning at the
same quotation, fell to 884, and closed at 89 to 4.
For money the last price was 904 to with div.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 904, I, ; ditto
for account. 894. 884, 89' Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 864, 4,4; New Three per Ceuta., 884. I
Bank 2414, 240,262 ; India Five per Cent.
Stock, 1064, ; ditto Four per Cent. Debeatareel,
1866, 99j.
The India Five per Cent:Stook was 'lady.
Exchequer Bills declined Is., closing at 2s. to 6e.

prem.
Mexican Bonds showed much heaviness, and fell
about * per cent. There was also a reduction of
#to in Spanish Passive Bonds awl Certifisates,
as well as Turkish Bonds of 1862 and the Onneo-
licloSs, 1 in Confederate, and 1 in Greek and Bali=
Scrip.
The shares of the financial companies were again
114 The closing quotations are annexed, vitt :--
International Financial, f to 1 prem. • Gemeral
Credit, n to 1, prem. • Louden Financill, 6* to
prem. ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, Ito 1 prem.;
Credit Former and Mobilise (both old and new
shares), 3 to 1 prem., ex div.
The closing (but in seine eases nominal) quota-
tions for shares in new undertakings are • sub-
joined :—Metropolitan District Railways, 64 to
10 prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gee, 1 to 14 ;Am. ;
Anglo-Egyptian Navigation, 31 to 41 prem. • Ply-
mouth Shipbuilding, 2 to 1 prem. ;
Brewery, 21 to 3 prem.; Peruvian Railways, Ito
171 prem.; Ottoman Company, 1 to 11 prom. ; Rus-
sian Iron Works, 9 to 10 prem. ; Loudon and Me-
diterranean Bank, 1 to 2 prem. • Balmgste Silk,
14 to 24 prem. ; Chichester and Midhurst Rail-
way, 1 to 11 prem. ; Estates Investment, 11l to
3* prem. ; Virginia Petroleum, it to 14 prem. and
Railway Credit, 1 to 2 prem.
The variations in bank shares were not very im-
portant. London Bank of Mexico, London and
Brazilian, and English, Scottish and Australian
Chartered, were heavy. Brazilian and Portuguese
Bank shares were quoted rather better.
Bitdeon's Bay shares ware lest quoted today 14*
to 151 ; National Discount, 101 to a prem. •, Joint
Stock Discount, 1* to 11 din' being loirer -
Egyptian Trading, 11 to 11 dia., showing a trash
decline • Ottoman Soceit4 Wawa* 2# to # poem.
and Milan Improvements, 4* to 154 prem. Royal
Mail Steam shares continue in active denstind,
and have experienced a fresh rise of 41. Financial
Discount add Northern Assam Tea were also in-
quired for. Commercial Union Insurance, Inter-
national Contract, sad Contract Corporation, have
declined.
' United States 5.20 Bonds were rather dull at 63}
r to 64.