The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-04 00:00:00

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selves to the resossiractim sad mialahla wakiires.
ceases.-1 MN, he., W. Muse lIMIMM/Wi, Ohm
150, Leadenhellcinet, Loges, Mask 31.
The annual mobs; of the shareholding of thie
London and South Abiesa Bank is called for the
4th of May, when a divideed is to be declared.
The half-yearly meeting of the Demerara la.
way Compony will take plate at tlaeLondon Timm -
on the 18th inst.
The third call of 21. (making 71. called) is to be •
paid on the shares of the Neath and Brecon Rail-
way Company by the 25th in
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Saloon Steam Packet Company will be closed
on Thursday next, the 6th instant.
The share list of the Financial Insurance Com-
pany is to be closed on Saturday next, the Bth Mat.
The subjoined is from Messrs. Jacomb, Hogg,
and Co.'s monthly silk circular, dated April 1 :
The silk market reel:Aped mist dew* the early part of
the past mouth, but latterly there hes hem more dapraidea
to do business, sot prices ham somewhat improved. Obis
silk—The sounity of good Mahe is serioualy felt, sad ás,
silk ma hardly be met with at say pies, the Meek el las
Tereus both Bey-Ing sod deo meek rams&
Is Japan silk that. has bees eceeidastas business=
good arid hie Mibesh scarcely exists, and ors are
to osatent themselves with the mined sew effirlas.
The deliveries for the month are 2,892 of Mina, earl
1,291 balm of Japes, showing a onsidetsble larpremmeml
ea those of February. The Chios letters remedy hare m!
report total exports store Ist July, of Chits sad Jmim
silk. 32,400 against 31,700 bales at the seam pariah
1864. sad 57,500 bales is 1863. llawld stock oe the mar-
ket wee estimated at 1,000 helm, whet 5,000 balsa is
1864, sad 3,500 bales is 1863. Notwithatesding the Alas
sew year, deaden bad shown great firmness, arid suresedei
' is °Maisie, ea admix* of 5 to 10 lashis pm pied he
Teethe and Taysasm. All adviess ogres lashes that
there wen no good Tentlessls steak, end most of the Gir-
-1 calms geese nothing above Ns. 4. la Bengal silk there
, le mere busier, doing. Is Italian silk there is no sew
feature.

MOTDAT

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 90 to 1,
both for money and next Thursday's settlement,
were first marked this morning 901, and after
touching 94 to 1, closed at 901 to 1. For the May
settlement the last price was 904 to 4. Thor
nat 1
adjustment of the monthly account has engaged
some attention to-day. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Co for messy,
:4
904, 4,4, is 4 ; ditto, for account, , 4,4, LI 1 '
Three per Cents. Reduced, 884, is s 4 ; New
Three per Cents., 881, 1 ; Bank Stock, shut;
ditto, for account, 240 ; India Five per Cent. Steak,
106, 1051, 1061. 1 ; ditto, for account, 1061 ; ditto
Four per Cent. Debentures, 100 ; ditto Bonds, Via,
12s. prem. ; Five per Cent. "aniseed " rupee
paper, 1011 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent.,
1041091.
A further decided improvement has taken plane
in the India Five per Cent. Stock, which, thougli
redeemable five years hence—viz., in 1670—has
been marked as high as 1061. India 8011,111 were
dealt in at 12s. to los. prem. Exchequer Bills re-
main at 3e. to 6s. prem.
In the foreign stock market, with the exception
of Confederate Bonds, which have experienced a
fresh fall of 2 per cent., the tendency of prices was
favourable. Egyptian Bonds of the Ist IMO%
Italian, and Russian Five per Ceuta. of 1864, im proved
1 per cent, Mexican 1, Greek 1, and Montevedian
Five per Cents. Iper cent New Grenadian securities
were again in demand, and better. Turkish Con-
solid& opened at an advance of 4 per cent, owing
to the announcement in the telegram from Coo-
stantinople that " the contracts and the official
irculi relative to the conversion scheme bare been
signed between the Porte and Mr. Laing's agents,* •
and that " a special commissioner proceeds to Lon-
don to arrange with the Ottoman Bank for parti-
cipating in the operation ;" but there was after-
wards a relapse of 1 per cent. Turkish Bonds of
1858 and 1862 improved 4, but a decline of like
amount took place in Spanish Certificates. Italian
scrip, on which another instalment has now beta
paid, was quoted 41 to 4 dia. ex the dividend just
due.
Bank shares were in fair demand, and an im-
provement was quoted in Chartered Mercantile
IBank of India, London and China, Brazilian and
Portuguese, European, Imperial Ottoman, London
and County, London and South African, London
and Westminster, and Union Bank of London.
South Eastern Bank shares continue in request,
and have now reached 21 to 31 per. On the
other hand, Cotumercisl Bank of India, Bank of
Hindustan New, Chartered Bank of India, Aye-
Iltralia and China, and &jade, Punjaub and Delhi
Bank shares have declined.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted to-day
161 to 1 • Egyptian Trading, 1 to 9-16 prem. •
National 'Discount, 104 to 1 pram. • Joint-stool:
Discount, 14 to 14 dia. ; Ottoman whits; Wad-
rale, 21 to 1 prem., being better ; and Milan Im-
provements, 54 to I prem., showing a fresh rise.
Crystal Palace, Electric Telegraph, East India
Irrigation, Home and Colonial Assurance, and
Humber Ironworks shares have improved. Inter-
national Land Credit and South African Mortgage
and Investment were heavy.
The shares of the financial companies were well
supported at last week's improvement. Na-
tional Financial shame rose about 10a.
The closing quotations are annexed, via :
International Financial, 14 to 14 prem.; General
Credit, 27-16 to 9-16 prem.; London Financial, 7 to
71Iprem.; Imperial Mercantile Credit,l 7-16 to 9-111
prem. ; and Credit Fonder and 'Mobilier (old
shares), 54 to 4 prem.
The closing (but in some cases nominal) quota-
tions for shares in new undertakings are subjoined :
—Metropolitan District Railways, 74 to 84 pram:
Varna Railway, 44 to 5 prem.• Rio de Janeiro
Gsa, 1 to 11 prem. ; West Linden Docks, 1 to
01 die. ; South African Land and Finance, Ito 1
prem. ; Millwall Laud and Docks, 21 to 34 prem. ;
Anglo-Egyptian Navigation, 4 to 11 prem. ;
London and South African Steam, 1 to 14 prem.;
and Rhos Hall Iron, 11 to 14 prem.