The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, lartaiSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER St, 1865.

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ted) was held yesterday at the *oflicee in Pall-inalf,,
Mr. Win. Edgcumbe Rendle in the chair, when
dividends of .7i and 6 per cent. were declared pay-
able on the preferential capital of the company.
The seventh t..linary general meeting of the
Alliance Bank will be held on Thursday, the 18tk
January.
The Malta and Mediterranean Gas Company
have made a call o: 11. per share, payable by the
20th January.
With reference to the market for American
securities, Mesirs. E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.
report as follows :
Since oar last a very large amount of business has beet
transacted in the I radon market in United Slates s.ent's
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Bonds, at considerably enhanced quotations,
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message giviag repave.' confidence. On the week en ad-
vance of quite 3 per cent, has been established. the final
quotation being Cc,! to !. Illinois and Erie shuns
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have
also advanced about 2 dots., the former cloning 82 to 6,
the latter 58i to 5'... The dealings in these securities have
been somewhat limited, owing to the difficulty that pur-
chasers of shares insv have in obtaining the forthcoming
dividends, unless tbey are transmitted to New York for
registration.
The dividends due the let prom. on the Michigan
Central Railway 6 per cent. sterling bonds will be
paid by the London Joint Stock Bank.
Notice has been given of 255 bonds of the Sar-
dinian Five per Ceut. Loan of 1851, amounting to
36,0001., having been cancelled and deposited in
the Bank of England.

ZONZSDAY Bynum.
Consols, which closed yesterday a 871 to ex
div., for the 9:h January, opened this morning
at the same quotation, and closed firmly at 874 W
4. For money the last price was 874 to 4.
The official busines+ report as as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 874, 4, 87, 1 ; ditto,
for account, 8;1. 4 ; Three per Cents. P.educed,
864, 87 •, New Three per Cents., 861, 87 ; Bank
Stock, 246 •, India Stock (shut) • ditto Five per
Cent.
Cent. Stock, 1024, 4, ; ditto hond 145., 18e.
prem. ; Five per Cent. "aniseed" rupee paper, 102.
Indian government securities were well sup-
ported. Exchequer Bills were quoted 6s. to 24.

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In the foreign stock market there was an im-
proveineut of 1 per cent. iu Chilian Four-and-a-
Half per Cent.., Buenos Ayres, and Sardinian ;
1 in Mexican Old Bonds, and I in Portuguese and
Spanish Certificates ; but Italian stocks, New Gre-
nadian, Spanish Deferred, and Turkish of 1858 and
1865, declined + to 4 per cent.
In Alliance Bank shares a considerable amount of
business was transacted, and a partial recovery was
established. In other bank shares, the dealings were
limited, but the market was firm. Bank of Aus-
tralasia, English Joint Stock, Imperial, National,
and Agra and Masterman's Bank have improved.
The new shares of the Imperial Ottoman Bank were
quoted 2f to f prem.
The shares of the financial companies were
quiet, but steady. Credit Foncier and Mobilier,
however, were a little more offered. The closing
quotations were as follows :—lnternational Finan-
cial, 1/ to 11 prem.; General Credit, 21 to I prem.;
London Financial, 55 to 6 prem. ; Imperial
Mercantile Credit, 2f to prem. ; Credit Fonder
and Mobilier, 31 to 4 prem., ex div. and new ;
and ditto new, 3/ to f prem.
National Di,,,zouLt sharea were last quoted 12 to
prem. ; Joint Stock Dist..onnt, 1/ to If dia.;
Hudson's Bay, 14 to 17/, showing a relapse of
ss. to 78. 6d. ; and Ottoman Socitit4 Gtinerale, 34
to 44 prem. In the shares of Overend, Gurney,
and Co. the trAnsactions were large, and some
excitement prevailed. The price rose from 64 to
7] prem., and close; at 64 to 74 prem., being
12s. 6d. higher than yesterday. International
Land Credit, and Quebrada Land and Mining
shares were flatter, while East India Land, Credit
and Finance, Fairbairn Engineering, and Union
Marine Insurance of Liverpool met with inquiry.
Peel River Land stock rote about 2 per cent. The
shares of Hewett and Co. (Limited) ware quoted 1
to lf prem.
The shares of the City Discount Company
(Limited), an undertaking formed out of the Finan-
cial Discount Company, were dealt in to-day at
par. These are 101. shares, with 21. paid.
The closing (but in some cases nominal) quota-
tions for shares in new undertakings were as follow:
Colonial Company, 1 to 14 prem.; London Steam
Towing, 1 to 2 prem. ; Charles Laffitte and Ca,
1/ to 24 prem. ; Anglo-Romano Water, 2to 3
prem. ; English and American Bank, 2 to 24
prem. ; and Railway Finance, 14 to 2/ prem.
Mauritius Government Debentures were more
offered.
United States 5.20 Bonds were again in active
demand, and experienced a fresh rise of 1 per cent.
Illinois Central Railway shares advanced 4, and
other American securities were firm. The folowing
were the latest price., viz. :-5.20 Bonds, 664 to 1 -
Erie Railway sharps, 581 to 4 ; Illinois Central,
821 to 4 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Debentures, 84 to 83 ; ditto small, 85 to BS ;
ditto, Mortgage Bonds, scrip, 1 to 1/ prem.
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