The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-19 00:00:00

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72/. 17s. Gd.
The failure to pay all the instalments forfeits all pre-
vious payments.
Subscribers may pay up all or any of the instalments
wider discount of the respective maturities at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum.
Scrip receipts will be delivered with as little delay as
possible, on production of the bankers' receipt of pa) meat
of the instalment, and the bonds will be issued with the
least possible delay.
Applications may be made according to the annexed
form, but none will be received after Friday evening the
73rd inst.
The ;allotment of the loan will be made as early as pos.
Bible after the close of the subscription list, :.red in cases
where no answer to applications is returned, it will he un-
derstood that it has not been practicable to make any
allotment.
London, 12th November, 1856.
The upward tendency of the share markets has
been partly checked by the issue of the prospectus
of the new Russian loan. Nevertheless, Consols
are maintained at Saturday's rifle, and a fresh
advance is observable in several of the foreign
securities, the most important upward movement
being in Turkish of 1862 and 1865. British railway
I stocks, however, are rather dull, and lower in some
cases. London, Chatham, and Dover e::hibits
' chief heaviness, owing to the opposition oflered by
the debenture holders to the reconstruction scheme
just put forward by the directors.
The supply of money in the discount market to-
day has somewhat diminished, owing principally
Ito the withdrawals by the liquidators of failed
companies. Nevertheless, good bills are freely
taken at 31 per cent., and in some cases at 3.
The rate for short loans in the Stock Exchange is
3 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 90k to g, arm div., for
money, and 881 to 89, ex div., for the account (6th
December).
Turkish bonds of 1802 and 1865 are in request,
and have risen 1 and # per cent. respectively. Ita-
lian of 1861 have also improved 1, and Spanish
Certificates 1. Passive and Mexican are steady.
Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted GO to 61 ; ditto,
1865, 341 to 1; 'Greek, 131 to 141; Spanish Pas-
sive, 21# to ; ditto Certificates, 14k to ; Italian
of 1861, 54# to 1 ; Mexican, 17# to /.
It is understood that a considerable amount of
gold will be sent into the Bank this afternoon, out
of the Australian supply by the Ripon.
American securities are in demand, at an im-
provement. The 5-20 Bonds have advanced ? per
cent. ; Erie Railway shares, k ; and Illinois Cen-
tral, 1. Subjoined are the present prices:-
5-20 Bonds, 701 to g ; Erie Railway shares, 492 to
501 ; and Illinois Central, 78 to;.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares aro quoted
141 to 1, and Atlantic Telegraph, 31 to 4,
showing no variation of importance in either case.
International Financial shares are quoted 2
to II dis. ; London Financial, 167# to IE4 die. ;
General Credit, 2to 11 dig. ; Credit Foncier,
5 to 41 dig. ; National Discount, og to 10 prem. ;
and Hudson's Bay, 16/ to 17#.
The steamer Ripon, with the heavy portion of
the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails, has ,
brought 469,3231. in gold, of which 352,070/. is
I from Melbourne, 116,5071. from Sydney, 4161. from
Alexandria, and 330/. from Gibraltar.
Lady Herbert of Lea, one of the largest land- I
About 43,000 sovereigns from Australia were
owners in the neighbourhood of Maltuesbury. at her rent
audit last week (says the Salisbury Journal) generously supply by the Ripon is expected to be taken thither
gave back the Misses Woody, of Cleverton, the whole of next week, the demand for the Continent being
their rent, they having lost nearly the whole of their stock sent into the Bank on Saturday. The bulk of the
very slight.
by the cattle plague.
The liquidators of the Imperial Mercantile Credit
Three persons were committed for trial from Association have declared a first dividend of 2s. 6d.
Huddersfield on Saturday fora series of robberies of a most in the pound on all claims admitted, reserving for
extensive kind. One of the prisoners was a warehouse carter, those to come in, or which are not adjusted. The
another, a dyer in the same employ, anti the third liquidators have determined to pay all claims on
a publican. Amongst them they had managed to purloin open accounts not exceeding 500/. in full IMMO-
an enormous amount of property—wool, waste, and yarn— &lately. The dividend will be payable on Tuesday,
of which the police seized no less than four wagon-loads. the 20th
by the present payment will be
inst., and the three following days. The
INCORPORATION OF DARLINGTON.—Upwards of absorbe.
2,000 signatures have been appended to a petition of nearly 300,0001.
total
householders for the Incorporation of Darlington.—Dar-; With reference to the reconstruction scheme
ringtort Times. ' just put forward by the directors of the London,
A GLORIOUS BILL OP FARE. —The following is the
bill of fare at a banquet given by the inhabitants of Saar- Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, Mr. R.
Hodgson, chairman of the debenture holders' corn-
brach and Saint-Jean to the Prussian troops on their re- -„__
turn home :—Potage anx berbes de la victoire, caviar 1211"4"71 issued a notice, in which he states as
d'Angnotenhowg, sardines d Phuile de pair, anchois de follows :
lanciera, watchmen' 41a Cartonche, asuman sauce d'sn- The circular issued by the directors of the London,
flexion, filet de twee ala requisition, choucrute Rhenane Chatham, and Dover Railway proposing a scheme
et Methane, pieds de cuchon truffes &la Bohemienne, tete for postponing the claims of the debenture holdsm
de Tem en confederation, chevrenil same poivrade en and creating a debt in priority over their debentures, con-
grenade, pottlardes de ornerre naties, bomards cuirasses en tains • proposition so fraught with danger that this tom-
Mayonnaise, pouting Frinois au Alum Prussian, gnaw mittee advise all debenture holders to withhold their
de noisettes de Nikolaboaro, gateau Viennois, fruits els assent thereto. During the last session of parliament •
Wows, dewed de Frsackfcrt." somewhat similar scheme was brought before the legisla-

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Stock on hand this day.. casksil 70,416 61,C38 145,739 39,C79
Delivery Inzt week ' 1,178 2,917 2..51 2,252
Ditto from ist June 32,705 40.444 , 54.039 48,070
Arrival last week 4,448 5,4'.5 2.427 440
Ditto trout Ist Jun* 65,444 157,061 68.095 57,424
e. d. a. d. d.C. d. a d. d.
PrioeY.C. on spot this day 43 0 41 6 9 49 950 44 0
Ditto Town last Friday
Arrival for the week ending 27th Nov. last year 2,789 caske-;
and .lelivery, 2.403 casks. The arrival last week comprise,' 400
casks from PeteNbarg, and 40 from other places. Total, 440
casks, _ .

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
We have not quite so many bc.tsts as on Monday last,
and the demand is good, consequently prices are rather
better for all kinds. The supply of sheep is short ; the
tr.de, however, is not brisk, yet for choicest qualities
prices are better. Choice calves are also selling at more
money. Our foreign supply consists of 1,Vf.0 beasts, 5,220
sheep, 110 calves, and 130 pigs. From Scotland there are
20 boasts Ireland, 240 ; and 2,210 from the Northern and
Midland Counties.
Per stone of Ohn a. d. ad. I Per stone of Mbs. B. d. d.
Best Scots, Herefda 6 4 5 6 Best Dos& Ht-bdsbh 0 0 0
Best Short-horns 5 0 5 • Best Long-w 0015.... 6 4
5. and qual. beads 38 4 s Do. do. Shorn.... 0 0
C.,tves
Pigs
Best DnsitHlf.breds 6 0 6 4 LATIII4
Beasts at market. 4,330: sheep and lambs, 17,820; cares. 120
pigs 540.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
Meters. Pattenden and Smith report that the demand
for all description, coat nnes steady at last week's priors.
Choice sample/ are getting extremely scarce.