The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

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Manehiatar, Sheffield. mai Lk-
cabialtire
Great Northam
North Eastern 810.694
Caledonian
Lanorhire sad Iradoidis 212,214

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100,200
211,908
326,339
83,686
240,618

On the 27th inst. am allotment of new capital in
the Great Southern and Western Railway Company
of Ireland is to be proceeded with. The issue price
ia par.
An lean of 2,126 obligations of the Belgian
Eastern Junction Railway Company is about to take
place. These bonds, of 201. each, are offered at the
price of 81., and are to be repaid at their fall nominal
amount by yearly drawings, terminating in the year
1946, a somewhat distant date. They bear a yearly
interest of 12a. One bond may be received for every
20 shares now held. _ _

The annual meeting of the Carmeaux and Toulouse
Coal and Railway Company is called for the 31st
inst., at Paris.

Advice' from Pans state that the government en-
gineers had gone down to inspect the works of the
Eerier, Railway, prior to its being opened for public
traffic.

On Wednesday next Vice-Chancellor Wood will
proceed with the settlement of the list of contribu-
tories of the London and Eastern Banking Corpora-
tion.
The following resolutimu have lately been adopted
by the Committee of the Stock Exchange :
not the railway secretary abA es Yong or
the
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the
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That the ezharisa dorm dr mom Railway—Nos. I,
3, sad 4, tally peldop—be tam end reedeed indiecriminately,
provided they carry the hill &A IM,
The Admiralty invite tendon for the conveyance
of stores free the Thanes to Alava Bay, Auckland,

the Bahamas, Demerara, Jamaica, Newfoundland,
Point de Halle, St. Helena, and St. Lucia.
The East India Company have ' notified that
the authorities at the Cape of Hood Hope have in-
structions to purchase 1,000 cavalry horses, provided
tonnage can be found for their conveyance to India.
Vessels suitable for the purpose may consequently
find employment at the Cape.

SATURDAY !Maximo.

On the eve of the issue of the Indian Loan of eight
millions, business in the Stock Exchange is naturally
inanimate. The funds to-day, however, were firmer,
owing partly to the favourable Bank return. The
market closed about i per cent, higher than yester-
day.

The market for English railway stocks, which has
been characterised this week by such severe depres-
sion, presented to-day a more favourable appearance.
The passenger traffic of some of the southern lines is
said to exhibit some indications of mire!, now that
the weather has become more genial ; and hopes are
entertained that a partial compensation may thus be
gained for the decrease occasioned in the goods
traffic by the dulness of trade.

Consols, which closed yesterday y at 964, rather
" sellers," for the account, were last quoted to-day
984 for money, and 964 to 97 for the Bth April.
From these prices there was scarcely any variation
throughout the day.—The official business report it
am follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
96t, 964; ditto, for account (Bth April), 96j;
India stock, 220 ; Bank stock, for account, 227.

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Exchequer Bills present a further reduction of Is.,
being quoted 36a. to 395. prem. The Exchequer
Bonds falling payable in May next were officially
marked 99/ and 100.
Foreign stocks were very quiet. Turkish were
quoted the same u yesterday, the Six per Cents.
closing at 101# to i, and the Guaranteed Four per
Cents. at 103 f to 1041. Portuguese and Peruvian
Bonds were inquired for.
Bank shares to-day were quiet, at former prices.
Western Bank of London were marked 31f and 30#
(601. paid). In other miscellaneous securities the
transactions were upon too limited a scale to occa-
sion any change in. prices. The shares of the
London General Omnibus Company, however,
showed increased heaviness, and have receded to 31
to 7-16 per 41. share, upon a statement that the
forthcoming dividend will not exceed 2s. 6d. per
share, in consequence of the serious competition to
which the company has been subjected.