The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-15 00:00:00

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The directors of the Magdalena Steam Navigation
Company have issued a notice that the payment of
the 2nd call on the shares, due on the 15th inst., will
not be required to be made till the 13th'of April. A
notice has been issued to the shareholders of the
Grand Junction Railway of France, reminding them
that, according to the resolution passed on the 30th
October last, another call of 73 francs (31.) per share
is payable between the 20th inst., and the 3th
February.
The market for saver is dull, and the supplies by
the Magdalena have not yet been sold.
At the meeting of the Commercial Dock Com-
pany, held to-day, the directors recommended that a
dividend for the half-year of two pounds per cent.,
free from income-tax, be declared upon the capital
stock of the company, and that the same, together':
with a like dividend upon the two calla paid up
upon the new preference stock, and interest on any
calls paid in advance since the last payment of divi-
dend and interest, be payable at the office of the
company, on and after Monday, the 24th instant.
This is the usual rate of dividend.
The half-yearly general meeting of the East and
West India Dock , Company was als i held to-day,
but on application at the offices of the company, in
Billiter-square, it was stated by the officials that the
meetings arc always kept private, and that no infor-
mation could consequently be furnished to the press.
Attention has on previous occasions been drawn to
the foolish anomaly of a public company haying its
stock quoted in the Exchange, refusing to give the
public information as to the progress of its affairs.
The proprietors themselves, however, are the parties
chiefly prejudiced by this system of exclusion, and it
rests with them to move in the matter. It is obvious
that the public will never have confidence in any
stock the affairs of which are managed in this hole-
and-corner way. Wo learn that the dividend de-
clared was at the rate of 31. Us. per cent. for the half-
year, being the same as that declared at the last
half-yearly meeting.
The prices of Australian land and other securities
continue to droop. AustralienAgricultural were quoted
253 to 2G5. The settlement of the account in these
shares has been postponed till the Ist February, the
day when the transfer books will be reopened. This
derision of the committee is of course prompted by
the peculiar position of these shares. Bezices and
Grtussessac Rsilway shares are quoted dis.to „t prem.;
Royal Swedish Railway, to 1 dis.; Zealand
Railway, 1 toe dis. ; Chiriqui Road, Ito 1 prem. ;
North British Australasian, = to 11 prem. ; French
South Eastern Railway, 1 dis. to 1 prem. Dealings
are also reported as follows :-Bank of British North
America, tiOt ex div.; Oriental Bank Corporation,
44 ; General Steam Navigation, 281 ; General
Screw Steam Shipping, 52; British American Land,
561 ; Royal Mail Steam, 811 ; Crystal Palace of
France (21. paid), 21.
Amongst the railways to be brought forward this
session, for which the plans have been deposited, the
Tyneinouth Duck and Morpeth and Shields Direct
Railway stands nearly first on the list of petitions.
The necessary deposit of money has, it is stated, been
made for the undertaking with the Accountant-
General.
Hamburg letters of the 11th, notice a rise of one
mark in the price of gold, notwithstanding the con-
tinued arrivals by each steamer from England. Ex-
charge on London was 1 Schilling higher. Discount
ruled at only 24 per cent. All funds and shares
were in demand. Grain for spring delivery was neg-
lected, whilst upland; wheats on the spot were in
demand at a slight advance ; and attention was
turned to immediate shipments of barley from Hol-
stein and Denmark to Ire!and. The weather was
mild and damp.
'the quotations of stocks at Amsterdam on Thurs-
day are thus reported by telegraphic express :-
1 Dutch Four per Cents., 93c; ditto, Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., GG; :Spanish Deferred Three per Cents.,
123 11-16 ; Mexican New, 241; Portuguese New,
; Austrian Five per Cent. Metallies, 811. At
Vienna, on Thursday, the Five per Cent. Nit:tallies
were quoted 95; and the Exchange oa London,
10.33.
There was only a limited business in the market
for foreign exchanges to-day. The tone of the
market was better, however, an improvement being
noticed in the rates on Amsterdam, Hamburg, and
Frankfort, owing to an increased supply of bills.
Paris was scarcely changed. For Vienna and Trieste
higher rates were asked at the beginning of 'Change,
but they closed about the same as last past. An-
nexed is our usual list of the prices negotiated :-
Time. Pt kw,. as neg.tiateu this day.
Mils and M. Money.
Ameterclana pert Short 112.16 ate. 1111.
Ditto
Rotterdam
Antwerp .....
lirussel4
Maintoug and Altona „ „ if ecbt. 13tnes. nett St. Petersburg per rush „ 361 cen4e 251 penes
Paris „. per E Short 2Yr. ee. 2.11 r. 74c.
Ditto
Marseilles. 0 22fr. 21c. ... 25tr. Us.
FrafsfOrt„mane.Mainerer El( „ 11515 t,kr. ... 1191. Okr
Vann& (cd,ctire) pert 101. 44cr. 154. ' 2sr.
Trieste
Madrid per done 301 penm Imes
radio 0 Pence ••• pence
bilbso - pence ... 4''4 ;area
Sucelens „ 501 ponce ... 30 rem,
Malaga - penes 491 ;.race
&Title - pence 44 pe:.en
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Gibraltar „ - pence ... 49.1 tenor
Leghorn
Naples per dilest „ ~,
411 pence 41 pence
Pakrrne per ounce „ 121 i pence ... 121 penes
?detains
Lisbon ...... --per mitre. 90 days data - pence . , ;me
Oforto , - pence ... 2.4 Deltas
The price of gold yesterday at Paris was about