The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

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Company to mask:act a line to be called the
"London, Blackwell, and Wet* Katmai=
Railway."
The committee of management of the South
Austrian, Lomberdo-Venenan, and Central Italian
Railway Company have decided that at the general
meeting of shareholders, as dividencp :fie
!f
which 1664 , the sum of 40 francs will be !f
which 20 franca Lays already been ' in Novem-
ber last. It is intimated, however, that " this pro-
position cannot be carried out before it is sanctioned
at the geueral meeting, which being adjourned till
the 16th May next, the balance of the dividend,
namely 20 francs per share, cannot be paid before
the 17th proximo.
Notice is given that a petition foe the winding-
up of the London and Scottish Bank (Limited) te
to be heard before the Muter of the Rolls on the
6th of May.
We are requested to slate that Mr. Henry flpioer,
a director of the Central Railway Company of
Venezuela, has joined the board of the Brighton
Arcade Company (Limited).
The preparations for the half-monthly settlement
to-morrow in shares and foreign stocks was a goad
deal interfered with yesterdayby the news from Ame-
rica, and by the cuent agitation. Generally,
the outstanding speculation for higher prices ap-
pears to be of limited amount, and the rates of
4 oontinuation "in most cases were moderate. The
following shows the terms on which the carrying
over was generally conducted:
Greet Welters lto i oat.
to
Lostlon North W 111611,11
Midlandand
to n
Oakdonian
Metropolitan
.•
heath &okra 1 to
Nails Fedora : Bernick
Ditto 'York to ..
Great Western of Osesda 6d. to L. „
Luxembourg 6d. to la. 6d. ~
General Credit 3d. to rd. .
Intenostional Fi1311600
Allknoo Bank e bank. to ma ~
Confederate Loan
Turkish Conoolidh l-16 to I ~

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WiDNIIIDAT Emma.
Consols, which dosed yesterday at 914 for tits
9th of May, opened this morning at 914 to 4,
fell, en the American news, to 904, and, after rally-
ing to 901 to I, closed at In tot For money
the last price was 904 to t The official
business report is as follows :—Thres per Cent.
Consols, for money, 91, 4, 901 ; ditto, for account,
914, 90,4 ; Three per Cents. Reduced. 894,89, 884
New Three per Cents., 894, t 89, 884 ; Red Sae
Telegraph, 20, 194; Bank Stock, 242 ;
217 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 107 ; ditto Bond%

15e. prem.
Indian Government Securities were steady.
India Bonds were dealt in at 15s. prem. Exche-
quer Bills were steady at ss. to Bs. prem.
As regards the shares of the financial companies
heaviness prevailed. The chief chan was
a fall of about 10s. in Credit Fonder andM •
shares. London Financial declined 5.., and the
other companies about 2e. 6d. The closing quota-
tions are annexed, via. :--Intarnational Financial,
to I I pram. ; General Credit, 11 to 2 ;
London Financial, 61 to 7* prem. ;Im • Mer-
cantile Credit, 1 to 14 prem. •, t Fonder
and Mobilier (old shares), 41 to prem. ;niter
New, 31 to 4 prem.
The closing (but in some eases nominal) quota-
tions for shares in new undertakings are sub-
joined :—Metropolitan District Railways, 94 to
10e prem. • Rio d. Janeiro Gas, 1 to 14 prem. ;
South African Land and Finance, 14 to 2 prem. •
Anglo-Egntian Navigation, 3to prem. ; and
Russian Iron Works, to prem.
The shares of the Plymouth Docks and Ship-
building Company were dealt in to some extent,
opening at 1 to 14 prem., and closing at 14 to 2*
prem.
The news from America caused the market for
American securities to be almost paralysed this
morning, and for some time it was difficult to effect
transactions. The first dealings officially recorded
in the 5-20 Bonds were at 64, but, in the panic
which followed, sales were pressed w
as 59, yesterday's closing quotation having
been 654 to 66. At the close of the recog-
nised hours this afternoon, the quotation
was 58e to 594 ex dir., showing a fall of nearly
7 per cent. on the day, but still later there was a
slight recovery. Virginia Dollar Bonds fell 3 per
cent. Erie Railway shares opened at 49 to 50, and
' closed at 40 to 42, while Illinois Central shares,
after being fiat quoted 77 to 78, left off at 68e to
64. Atlantic and Great Western Railway debentures
declined 1 per cent., closing at 87 to 89. Canada
government debentures also fell i to 1 per cent.,
being likewise influenced by the same cense.