The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-01 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

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dam. mega lo we loolodol in commie:o.llu period.

PEGIPOIED WIDENING 07 011 HAT TURN/TILE.--The
Biwa of Weeks for the Holborn theiriet ham adopted a
nemesia to the Netropoliss Bowl of Wanks, urging,
swag shoe improvements is Nils district, that the hems
es ate tide II Great Tansies be takes dews, and a am
ties, read seeds from Bribers late Liseolale-iarliebia.
lb. R. B. Seeley, the amber for the &Mist, hs gives
seas of hie Walks to bass the shier Mien the socks
of the Metropelitaa Beard of Works at theft seat sestet.
Ma Muumuu liteas.—LftztrooL, WIDNES-
DAT.—The UMW Beats sail eteueship Atha*, Cap-
teis James West, sad hes the Ilessey eh shown for
Now York. with Ike meet be-weekly mollo floe the Vatted
Silts sad Cassis, thirty presagery es t she nese of
sershesibbe es IssiSiose to bet lOW nems.
see moilleatly el Meese is bawd the Atlantic
capitulate mhos isembe jeelealsof tide date,
for the mess and pubes isteseeme et the testers testi-
seat. Thet men dissiby ham, OsEhis G
will sail ea ft
b.
rocs
for New York, with the
trailed &else mit sad p .ettagett
PROMISE 07 GREECIL—The Malt publishes
4131111 acmes supplied by the Mad of a oseaterehl his at
lbessilles a peels: destribed by est comessisetwy beset
aegaalrtel lb.. y oats with the fess," is order to 11110 W
what premise armee has made duties the twisty-lbe man
that ham Mayes' slam Mr et pasties free Thriargierlet
miteg to this authority, is tras year 1031 Me
mom, the esettosetal torritsay ale tho Mee sew um-
who Os jEtoloa of there% -slaw*eel.
taiga; to 11th lb. amber *es Ifital. The befeeier
eettimilos ait tho lest dale was 2,3lll,olllstrommais (bill et
bllle mon yob) air at tie oared 3,010,100 otassum.
TM SINS ;IKON hikesetrot I is
1164. 9,110,00. kilesetree. Cattle have immeoad is the
ease paled hem 21.700 to 311,700 yokes.

M 02617 .114#FI:F--THM DAY.

1 •,-- - A. -'
Two WOW&
lib 1144 iii it tie itis tor the strain 4 the
Italfieuty Wises at the Bank of Zegisod, the
treasist elllese we shot, and the Stook Rcehasp is
AU demi. isessillag to metals.
. _ .

A (titbit 1110=16.1able quantity of gold was yaw
terday seat into the Bank. Of the late strives, the
portion bought for amount of the Bank of Francs is
comparatively smalL
Advice§ from Mexico mention that a eauksera was
to leave that city on the 2nd of April, fbr Vas Qs"
with a large amount of specie.
The corn market yesterd, though quiet, wee firm,
at Monday's rates. Moot tithe country markets are
firmer, and in some ceases alight advance hoe been
established. Very few floating cargoes have strived
off the coast lately. The arrivals of foreign grain
linto London are moderate. The French awn mar-
kets are reported less animated, after the late rise.
The committee of the Stook Exchange have emu
to the resolution to postpone the appointment of a
Isettlessint in the securities of the Royal Swedish
Railway until after the meeting which to to be held
in Gothenburg on the 17th .of May, when the ar-
rangements for the reoonatitation of the company
will be legalised.
To-morrow has been fixed for the Stook Exchange
leettleineat in the shoes of the National Discount
Company, which are now placed oa the official list.
The directors of the Bank of Egypt have made a
call of 71.100. per share, payable on the 81st of May.
The return of 21. per share out of the capital of
the General Screw Steam Shipping Company is to
be payable to the Illizeholders oa the 7th of May.
A call of 61.1mskiag 201. paid)is to be paid cm the
shares of the Peetedurn sad Dougannon Railway
by the 22ni of May.
We are requited to Aide that the share list of the
Geelong and Melbourne Railway Is now finally closed,
all the remaining shares having been taken up.
The twenty-first annual meeting of the proprietary
of the National Bank (formerly known as the
National Bank of Ireland) I. called for the 28th of
May, and that of the lonian Bank proprietary for the
29th of May.
The forty-second annual court of the Scottish
Widows' Fund sad Life Assurance Society is called
for the 23rd of May, at Edinburgh.
The dividend on the shares of the Northern Rail-
way of France was fixed at the general meeting,
which was held in Paris on Monday last, at 48f per
share, in addition to the 16f. paid in January.

The annual dividend of 178 f. 70e. is to be paid
upon the 500 f. shares of the Credit Mobilise Society
in Paris on the let of July. Including the interest
of 25f. per share which was paid on the let of January
last, the total distribution for the year is raised to
2031.700. The aggregate profits of the institution
for the year 1855 are officially stated at no less than
28 millions of francs, or 1,120,0001.
The Imperial Paris Cab Company has recently de-
clared a dividend of if. 65c. per share of 100 L, for the
Itint four months of its operations.

A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Byers s•d
Walker wee held yesterday, when an offer of 4e. in
the pound was submitted. After a long discussion, •
committee of tin gentlemen was appointed to in-
vestigate the affairs of the firm, and to report thereon.
The feeling wu apparently in favour of a composi-
tion:

The subjoined statistics of the imports and eon-
gumption of sugar have been compiled by a practical
authority from the government returns (molasses
reduced to sugar) :

esda for twitromaitlts Wasp April k 11154, sad Marta SI, 11156
sad MSC

IMO n mu
1134: 1833. 1856.
tom. tam tom.
law
Reload .
Kohmia 111,1173 17,314 17,171
Ul9l
MTV PAID.
Bair ......
H 9 ...., 10,137 16,584 14,781
1905949e9.. 16,483 16.326 16,711

11041
The diminution of the consumption here shown
must be attributed entirely to the late rapid and ex-
travagant rise in the price et the article. According
to the hat month's returns, the consumption is re-
turning toita usual channels.
The New York advice§ mention a fall of 2 pm
cent. in the stock of the Cleveland, Columbus, and
Cincinnati Railroad, in consequenoe of the non-pay-
ment of the coupons falling due the Ist of April on
the bonds of the Columba% Piqua, and Indians
Railroad, which were guaranteed by the Cleveland,
Colarebne, and Cincinnati Company. Upon this
subject Messrs. Ciunmann and Co. remark :
The default wu oceationed by an tojenetion obtained by
a few of the stockholders of the Cleveland, Columbus, aid
Cincinnati Railroad, ia order to test the validity of the gua-
rantee, whisk they wart was given without legal authority.
It is understood that the large majority of stockholder cos-
demn this action as an unjustifiable breach of faith to the
bondholders. The coupons due let inst. on the first mor*
gage bonds of the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad wale
as yet unprovided for.

WIDNIIIDAT BYIXIIIO.

The funds showed a decided tendency towards re-
covery to-day. Prices gradually advanced until the
terminati:m of business, finally closing 3 per sent
above the beat point of yesterday. Operations have
been entered into to some extent to cover the males.
speculative and real, which were induced during the
lut two or three days by the rumours of an ap-
proaching loan. The disposition to purchase was
stimulated thin afternoon by a rumour that thin
financial operation is postponed for the present
Mousy continued in active demand in the Stock
Exchange, however, in connexion with the settle-
moot of the account in shame and foreign stock.

Consols were quoted during part of the morning
921 to 1 for the Bth of May, but had risen at the
elate to 921 to t. For money the last quotation wen
921 to 1. The official business report is u follows:
—Throe per Cant Consols, tor money, 921, /, ;
ditto, for aooount, Bth of May, 921, 1,1, 1. Long
I Annuities, expiring in January, 1860, 3h. Thirty
Years Annuities, expiring in April, 1886 (Loan of
18,000,0001.), 17 1.18.171,17. Bank Stook, 211, 212.
The New Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were also
dealt in at 76.

•-•
' The March Exchequer Bills were quoted 2a. dia. to
2s. prem.; the June Bills, 6s. to 2s. dm. India Bondi,
Bs. to Se. die.; and Exchequer Bonds, 98 to I.
In the foreign stock market the chief feature was
a considmble rise in Turkish Six per Cents., which
are marked as high as 971 fee the 15th of May, and
closed at 971 to 1. The Guaranteed Few per Cents.
have advanced to 1011 to k. There were slam
numerous purohsees of Mexican Bond*, at an ad-
vance. Generally this department was firmer.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares were better
today, and closed at 61 to 51 prem. Those of the
Riga and Duisburg Railway have advanced to 1 to
11/ prem. Comeau: Coal Mines and Railway shuns
were quoted I prem.; Italian Junction Railways, k
to f prem.; and General Bank of Switzerland,
prem. Mr. Joseph Basile, one of the directors et
the London and Westminster Bank, was today
sleeted a director of this Swiss bank.

Ottoman Bank shares were quoted this afternoon
*to # prem., and Bank of Egypt, I to preen.
Western Bank of London shares were rather Armor.
at 6 to 4 dia. Those of the London and Paris Bank
remain at 4 to 2 dis. (101. paid). The stack of the Lan-
don and County Bank was more offered, at a decline.
being marked from 3f down to 31g. Australian
Agricultural shares roes 21., but Peel River showed
flatness. Netherlands Land shares met with soma
inquiry. Crystal Palace ordinary shares wan
firmer. London Dock stock was dealt in at 995,
and General Screw Steam at 16. _ •

Canadian Government Six per Cents. continue is
request.
At Amsterdam yesterday (Tuesday) the
on London wee quoted rather lower. at 1.1:11.87kale
abort; at Hamburg, 13.6 Z, being also rather lower
Ist Balls, 6.221; and at legmaa, 10.03.

Tni LONDON GENDRAL OMNIBUS CONPANIre-
Tullio stataateat be week *Wag April 26 :—Total auntie
W mamas at weak, 446; average samba manta; daily
thrasslaat the week 436; total reotapt, 8,7131. 20. 11L;
awns pot outtlasi ha is days, 20k la. ld.