The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-24 00:00:00

to call up 10/. per share. The object is mainly to
effect a reconstitution of the Discount Corporation
on terms that will reduoe the heavyliability to whisk
the proprietors of the lattercompany are now subject.
A resolution to that effect was passed at the last
-eetini/. Reliance is also placed upon the " gene-
ral ...ling of the London and country banking and
mercantile communities that an addition 'to the
capital now employed in discount businers is a
necessity of the time."
The following h respecting the overdue
dividend on the Turkish Geneva Debt ('Jonverted
Internal) is from the Levant Herald. The state-
ment that 150,0001. of the Egyptian tribute has
been received to meet the above payment is hardly
consistent with the fact that the revenue in question
is primarily mortgaged to the holders of the 1854
Anglo-Turkish Loan, and that any surplus, after
satisfying this claim, is also pledged to other foreign
stocks

.ks the deferred data for the ppaayment of the general
debt coupon is rapidly approaebMng, the government is
making every exertion to meet the neceseery disburse-
ment withor . relying on the doubtful result of another ap-
peal to the money-lenders. The Alexendria steamerGharbielt
brought up 150,000 i. of the Egyptian tribute during the
week, the whole of which was taken direct to the Bank,
without being even temporarily entrusted to the dangerous
custody of the Mulish. A notification was to have been
issued to-day by the Minister of Finance as to the other
soma in course of special appropriation for this October
payment, brat this notice has not yet appeared.

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Subjoined is a copy of a private telegram from
China, just received :—Latest dates :—Hong
song, 29th July, 1866 ; Shanghai, 21st July
Foo Chow Foo, 21st July. Export of tea for the
fortnight, 12,000,0001b'. Fair demand. Exchange
in Hong Kong, 4s. tall.,

At a meeting yesterday of Halcombe and Co., sack
contractors (Limited), a dividend of six per cent.
for the half-year was declared, making, with the
interim distribution at the same rate in February,
12 per cent. for the year.
The Australian mail has arrived at Point de
Galle, and is due in London on the 13th of
September.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 6,4391., com-
pared with the corresponding period of 1865 ; the
Great Northern, an increase of 3,8071. ; the
Great Western, an increase of 5,2061.; the Mid-
land, an increase of 3,7591.; the London and South
Western, an increase of 2631. • the Great Eastern,
an increase of 4821. ; the Lancashire and, York-
shire, an increase of 3,854/. ' • the North Eastern,
an increase of 2.1211.; the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, an increase of 7671, ; the North
British, an increase of 16141.; the London, Chat-
ham, and Dover (including the Metropolitan Ex-
tension and branches), a decrease of 174/. ; the
Metropolitan Extension, an increase of 3061. ; and
the Kent Coast, a decrease of 1001. _ .

A general meeting of the Merchant Banking
Company of London klimited) will be held. on the
7th proximo.
Vice-Chancellor Stuart has appointed ,Memarc
H. Strong and A. Barker official liquidator. of the
Gelynog Idantwit Colliery Company (Limited).

The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, August 22, compared with that
for the previous week, shows the following changes:
Circulation issue 028,699,635 Increase ei39,040
Cireultithin active 24,182,113 Deems, 357,976
Public deposits 3,411,639 Increase 58,114
Other deposits
Government securities in
banking department
()thew securities hi banking
department
Coin and bullion in both
departments
Seven day and other bills
The Rest
Notes in reserve . .
Total reserve (notes k ooin)
in banking department... 5,590,105 Increase 979,259
The above return is again exceedingly favour-
able. The of other deposits, and running
off of the ether securities, have caused an addition
of nearly a million to the reserve. The augmen-
tation in the bullion closely corresponds to the sum
known to have hem sent to the Bank from abroad
during the week, coin being apparently still re-
quired in the provinces fur the harvest.

10,711,725 No change.

14,772,220 Increase 621,264
615,613 Decrease 78,326
3,846,260 Increase 25,096
4,608,520 Increase 897,016

BANK OF :
An Account pursn.int t the Act
week ending on Wednesday,

MUM PIN
Notes bawd 4.28,t610,63.5

1CM.13%,,1n5

DAME IMO II
Proprietors' Capital C.13,5:3,000
Rest ....... 6,646,2b0
Public Deposits (is
cludiag Iseheq ,
Say. Ranks, Cur,
mis. of Nation. 4
Debt, sad Dir.
Aueoitsta) ...... . . 3 .411 .639
Other Deposits 16,763,474
Servo day and other
Bilis

£41,1E19,986

August 23, 1866.