The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-14 00:00:00

The railway market is firm, and a fresh rise of
to per cent. has taken place in most of the
leading lines. Annexed are the quotations :
Metropolitan, 1254 to 1264 ; Great Western, 484
to 4, ex div. ; London and North Western, 1144
to 4, ex div. ; Midland, 12la to div. ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1274 to 4, ex div. ;
Caledonian, losi to no} ; South Eastern, 694 to
; Great Eastern, 31 to ; Great Northern,
112 to 113 ; ditto A, 1194 to ; London, Chat-
ham, and Dover, 18k to ; North British, 334
to 4 ; and Brighton, 524 to 4.

Turkish bonda of 1865 have improved per
cent., viz., to 311 to 321, while; Italian of
1861 are lower, at 49 to .1. Turkish of
1862 are quoted 591 to 601 ; Greek, 14 to ;
Spanish Passive, 201 to ; ditto Certificates,
161 to 1, ; Chili= scrip, Ito 01 dis. ; Egyptian
of 1864, 861 to ; and Mexican, 151 to 1.
United States 5-20 bonds have improved 1 per
cent., viz., to 731 to ; but Erie Railway shares
have declined 1, the present price being 441 to 1.
Illinois Central are steady, at 761 to 771.
Atlantic Telegraph shares are unaltered—Anglo-
Amerimn at 161 to 171, and Atlantic Telegraph
Eight per Cent. Preference at 31 to 1, ex div.
Financial shares are dull, and International
Financial and General Credit exhibit a relapse of
2s. 6d., vu., to 21 to 11 dia. ; London are called
23 to 22 dia., and Credit Foncier, sit to 51 dim.
The dealings in Bank shares exhibit a prepon-
derance of sales, but prices generally are unchanged.
Alliance are at 11l to 91 dis ; London and County,
54 to 56 ; Union of London, 36 to 37 ; Imperial
Ottoman, 11 to 01 die. ; Chartered Mercantile of
India, 30 to 31 ; and London and Westminster, 68
to 70.

The ordinary general meeting of the Bahia and
San Francisco Railway Company will be held on
the 10th of October, for the declaration of a
dividend.

Two o'Ctocx.
Consols are unchanged, at 94g tot for money,
and 94g to 1 for the account.
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The steamer La Plata, from the West Indies,
has brought 159,0001. in specie.
At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 70fr. 02c., being sc. lower.
At Paris and Hamburg the rate of discount in
the open market is l per cent. ;at Frankfort,
; at Brussels, 2 ; at Amsterdam and Berlin, 2i;
at Vienna, 4; at Turin, ; and at St. Petersburg,
74. per cent., showing a very low average at most
points.

About 50,000 sovereigns from Egypt and 44,0001.
in bar gold were sent into the Bank yesterday.
The Scotia, from New York, has brought 23,0001.
in specie.
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On Change yesterday afternoon the rates for bills
on Hamburg and Italy were again slightly better
for this country. The other exchanges were firm.
The usual list is subjoined :

Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.01 to 12.1 ; ditto, short,
11.19 to 11.191 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 12.01 to 12.1 ;
Antwerp, 3 months, 25.40 to 25.45 ; Brussels, 3 months,
25.40 to 25.45 ; Hamburg and Altana, 3 months, 13.101
13.101 ; Berlin, Cologne, Aro., 3 months, 6.261 to 6.271;
St. Petersburg, 3 months, 321 to 321 . • Paris, short, 25.171
to 25.25 ; ditto, 3 months, 25.35 to 25.40 ; Marseilles,
3 months, 25.35 to 25.40 ; Prankfort-on.the-Maine,
3 months, 1201 to 1201 ; Vienna, 3 months, 12.60 to
12.65 • Trieste, 3 months, 12.60 to 12.63 ; Madrid, 3
month, 491 to 49; Santander, 3 months, 491 to 49; Cadiz,
3 months, 491 to 49 ; Seville, 3 months, 491 to 49 ; Malaga,
3 months, 491 to 49 ; Valencia, 3 months, 491 to 49 ; Bar.
colons, 3 months, 491 to 494 ; Bilbao, 3 months 49 to
481; Saragossa, 3 months 49 to 481 ; Leghorn,
months, 27.45 to 27.55 ,• Genoa, S months, 27.45 to
27.55 ; Naples, 3 months, 27.45 to 27.55 ; Palermo, 3
months, 27.45 to 27.55 ,• Messina, 3 months 27.45 to
27.55; Lisboa, 90 days' date, 511 to 511 ; Oporto, 90 days'
date, 511 to 511.

We are informed that the East London Railway
Company is about to raise a sum of 466,000/. in
order to enable it to complete the undertaking
and bring it into working order.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 1,4081. over last year.
The report of the directors of the Melbourne and
Hobson's Bay United Railway Company, issued. in
anticipation of the meeting to be held at Mel-
bourne on August Gth, states, with regard to the
dividend, as follows, viz :
The net profits, after deduction of interest and working
expenses, amount to 19,398 f. 15s. 7d. ; which has been
apportioned as follows, viz.:—For dividend at the rate of
7 per cent., 18,7141. 10s. ; leaving a balance of 6841.5 a 7d.
With regard to the
_proposed liquidation of the
British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company,
as referred to yesterday, we are requested to
state that this in simply a legal measure, and is
adopted in order to allow the company to insure
hulls of ships, in addition to freight and cargo.

. .
Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Mains his ap-
pointed Mr. George T. Hart (of Hart Brothers
and Co.) the official liquidator to the East India
Cotton Agency (Limited).
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas
dock, waterworks, and canal shares, as given in
the Stock Exchange list of last evening :

Insurance—Alliance British and Foreign, 131 ; Universal
Marine (Limited), 31, 4. 1
Gaslight and Co&—Bornbay (Limited). 4 i Brighton,
18 ; Great Central, 12j ; Imperial, 65; Westminster Char-
tered, 55; Western B, 7 ex div.
Docks—London and St. Katharine, 56j, 7.
Waterworks—Berlin, 12j; Bast London, 110; West
Middlesex, 107, 61.
Canals—Regents (or London), V 4, 3j.
The Emigration Commissioners will receive
tenders on the 19th inst. for the hire of a ship
to take passengers to Melbourne.
With reference to the wool market the annexed
is from Mr. Helmuth Schwartze's wool price cur-
rent, dated London, Sept. 12 :
The following quantities have up to date been sold in
our sales of colonial wool :—Sydney, 25,088 bales ; Port
Phillip, 29,10.1; Van Diemen's Land, 4,125; Adelaide,
5,040; New Zealand, 28,619; Swan River, 456 ; Cape,
16,567 ; sundries, 1,882; total, 111,f470 bales ; leaving
abont3o,ooo bales, still to& disposed of. There is no change
in the tone of the sales, which, for the bulk of the wools
(both Australian and Cape), is exceedingly dull. Inferior
descriptions especially suffer from the stagnant state of
the trade, and as they form the great majority of the wools
on the market they can only be cleared with difficulty,
and of en at heavy sacrifices in price. The only exception
from this depression ia the very best class of Australian
wools, which meet with very spirited competition and
command high rates, the reason teeing, that very little of
such wool is in the market, and that beyond this little or
nothing of the kind will be forthcoming until the arrival
of the new clip in the spring.