The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

MELLANZOIJS.

No. ISh

0011PANIIIII.

Pd 1 CL prime. I dales.

110,000 i 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all
193,000,, 6 Atlantic Tel.gua. Bp.et aII
10,000' 25 Australian Urinal
40,000 25 Australlan &VIA IL 6I
10,000' 10 BaugparahTea EstateaL
67,000 10 Oberlin Viaterworks , L
15,000 100 illokkow Vaughan 17}i
30,000: 6 Bombay Gas (Limited', all
10,000 6 De 3rd issue I 4 •
10,000' 'Do New 2 ,
0,000 60 British
lAmericanft Land' 44 I
634,780, Rt. flt. I. OO
1%500 30 'British latt Tea ;L.) 1
161
8,915 32; Canada Company all
60,000: 10 CanadianLeand lt.r,L.2e:
25,000 10 Ceylon Company
12,000 20 Ditto A shares 2
17,000 20 .Cbinsl4. Ship& L Coal L , 11 :
20,0091 26 CityofLoadona. l'ro. S
16,041! 30 'City of Milan linpro.lL lO
4,968, 30 Do

20,080
80,000
100,000
60,000
40,000
160,0001
300,000:
_ .

so:000,

4000000
90,000'
4.0001

60,000
12,000
60,000
148,65
6,000
10,000
6.0001
64,6001

ii;o66

10,000
12.500
12.000
10,000
t.. 000
40,000
22,500
120,000
40,020
20,000

11/.000
10,000
100,000
W.,500
10,214
Aeoo,ooo
$O,OOO
20,000
17.000
10,000
10,000
16,609
17,231

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15.0001
6300,000
40.000
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20.000

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37,500
100,000
7,5001

67,500
60,000
100,000
110,000
60,100
36,000
16,000
10,000
101100_0!

City of Moscow Gas ,
City Offices I Use.' l2
Colonial (Limited: I 10
.oommerelal Union'ins., 6 '
Gram. of African.sl er.. LII 3
,ConsoUdated Dia. L.; , 121
,Coutinental Un.ilas L ' 10
Contract Corporntion,L 10
'Cop. AI. Eng. , Pref p.c ' all -
C. Pone. it Mob. of Ene. 6 I
Do.of Mauritius '; lO
Crystal Palace IIOO.
Do. Preference llOO
Do. 6p. et. Perk. Deb 100
Darjeeling r Limited) 11
• DiseunatCorpor.ttion' 20
Eastern Assam Tea 'L." 41,
IndialendC..t. Fitr,L
E. India Drip. 43 Casa' 13
Ebbw Vale
EoptianCom&Tra 9
F:leetric Telegraph lOO
Lug. et na.Copper Urn
• Eng. and Foreign Credit] 71
Eng.& Scottish M aria. (
.Vairbairnfingineeting 1 6
.Fore-et k Warehouse ,L 10
Gelllvara (Limited, ... I 20
0 Cred it& Fin o f 6
'Oen. Steam Navigation' 14
lUome*Cuhmlala. LEI 5
IlongEong China Um' all
.Iludson's Bay I all

60 Illumber Iron Works ;L. • 20
20 Itn.l.andCo.Marscides L. 71
60 Imp lier.Olt.Aas. L;; 10
2 'lndian Carrying :Lim.,
60 InternatlenalUontract .' 10
20 • Internat. letnan.Sue.LL.); 6
Internat.LandCredlt,L.. 6
60 Italian Land I 5
_ -

Irrlg. (Can.Cay.l', all
Do. 0 p. e. Bde r. 18:9, all
Lanel Sectuitiesk Lira. )..1 6
Atrls•aa Trading.. 10

Lon &. Calsdon. it iL is 5 I
iLon.CountyLand&BjL;. 2 I
;Loud Districtreleg.fL .I all
Loud. Man. AAP.. ~'L' • 20
'Lond. 0. Omnibus c. L ' all
Lond.&olaag. lina.Co. II: 20
!Land.. Italian, etc. Sim.; 17e
.LoixL Mar. Diaenliut IL.' 10
Loud. Provincial Marine 2
Madras Irrigir.&(.*.inal l6
Do,
Marine Investment 'L ' ell
'lf anritinaLand, &e. (L ) 2
Me.lit. Erten Tel. L.) all
Merchant Shipping . L . 15 I
51ilirrall F.Lit&Grick,L,' 15
MillwaillronWorks..
NaLM land it Col.C. '.L Sri
,National Dia. Corn. 'L ' 5 ,
Do.New.ha.lo.3:loriepri 14i
National Prov.Marine,L 2.
N ational Steam Nay.il 3O
'NerhuddaCoaktironsl 6
Do. New
N.2ealand LAM U., L ' si
N.Zealand T.& I,an -, L 4 2
Northern Arum Tta :L ; 2
Doll ' 7
N. liris.Anatralasinn L , 100
N.Brit.&Merean. In. I 64
• Nowgong Tea' Limited:: S
Ocean Marine ,11.mra. -. 6
Orientalliaanelal L4m.'. 11
OrientalOas( Limited). : • all
Do. New 1
Orient. Inland Steam. L all
Otago & Sthiand Invest 2
Ottoman Comix.ny.L
lOttommilinannal L ) 1 20 1
Ottoman Oki ;Limited all'
Overend.Gurney.Co. L • I.:
'Panama P. M. Steam L all
Do do.
iPeelltiv. Land& M , 100
!Peninsular & o.Steam
Do. do. New '4n '
IQuenrada L, R., M. (L ; all
IKhyraney Iron '
I Do. New i all
rßioJ.City Improv. J. ) : all
Do. do l6
o Janeim Gas ,Um ). all
Royal Mali Steam ' 00 '
-
'scot Airitra 101,1:41. IL. 100
;Smith, KnighLiirCe.lL 4
Soc. Finan. illggypte(L:!
M. African M. & 111. .1..) ,
iSouthAuatmlian Land ,
linbmarine Telegraph !
I Do Scrip I
TeLConstrac.&llain,L ,
Do. Do
Thames& Manny la..J )
IT
Trinidad Petroleum ;L.'
Trust&Ageneyoi Ansa,
. & L. Co. of U. Canada
Ce Marine of Liver. (L.
thilte.i K. Tales. 00. (L
Univers. Marine Ins.(L

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Van Dienten's Land....
Vicereyot Egypt' II L 'Ln
Warrant Finance (Lim.),
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FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Ottoman 'Smyrna to Aiding,
Paris and Orleans, 35.
Recife and San Francisco (Lim.) gas. 7 per cent., 10g.
San Paulo (Limited) guaranteed 7 per Gent. 14 ex war.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 1b 15.
WWII/ Fisaders,l7lFEßEN
P CE SHARES.
Oreat Northers, 5 per cent., 110.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

On o'CLoac.

The stock markets are firm to-day, and prices
are again better in many cases. The funds, in
which the monthly settlement is now in ootuse d
completion, have experienced a fresh advance of
per cent. both for money and the new account.
Some of the foreign securities and British railways
have also improved, and banking and financial
shares show a favourable tendency. The news
from abroad is considered encouraging, while the
weather is very favourable for the crops.
The supply of money in the discount market
to-day is very large, owing to the payment of the
dividends, and good three months' bills are freely
taken at 9 per cent., or 1 per cent. below the Bank
rate.

Consols are now quoted 871 ex div.,
for money and 88i to for the new account
(August).

There is a good amount of business in foreign
stocks, and prices are firm. Spanish Passive Bonds,
the Committee's Certificates,and Mexican have risen
k per cent., while Turkish of 1865 have declined
4. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are now quoted 54 to 56,
ex div. ; ditto of 1865, 28 to ; Greek, llf to 124 ;
Spanish Passive, 19i to 20/ ; ditto Certificates, 16
to ; Italian, 1861, 531 to 544 ; Brazilian scrip, 3}
to 3 dia.; and Mexican, 16 to 4.
American securities have improved to per
cent. 5-20 Bonds are quoted 67} to ; Erie
Railway shares, 394 to I ; and Illinois Central,
76} to}.

International Financial shares are now quoted
to 13 dig. ; London Financial, 12 to 11 dia. ;
General Credit, to 1$ dis. ; Credit Foncier,
1,1 to Ot die. ; and National Discount, 7/ to 81
prem.

HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols have declined per cent. since 1 o'clock,
owing chiefly to a large withdrawal of gold from
the Bank. The present quotations are 8711 to ff, ox
div., for money, and B'n to 88 for the account.
The gold operations at the Bank to-day comprise
the influx of 23,000/. and the withdrawal of
203,0001, The latter amount is in bars, and is
understood to be for Paris.

At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 68.45, showing a define of per cent.
The half-monthly settlement in shares and
foreign stocks will begin to-morrow (" continua-
tion " day), and end on Friday.
The amount of government bills on India for
which tenders will be received at the Bank of Eng-
land on the 18th instant will be 35,00,000 rupees
(350,0001.)

Subjoined is a copy of a private telegram just
received from China :—" Latest dates :—Hong-
kong, 13th June, 1866 ; Shanghai, 6th ; Foe Chow
Foo, 7th. Export of tea for the fortnight
13,000,000 lbs. Exchange in Hong Kong 4s. 6d.
Freight at Whampoa 70s. per ton."
An extraordinary general meeting of the Egyp-
tian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited)
was held yesterday, when, after a long and rather
noisy discussion, a committee of five gentlemen
was appointed to consult and advise with the
directors, with the view of enabling the company
to meet its current engagements. The committee
will report to another meeting, to be held at the
earliest possible opportunity.

The directors of the Lion Brewery Company
(Limited) have resolved to pay an interim dividend
at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the ordinary
shares, and 6 per cent. per annum on the prefer-
ence shares, payable on the Ist August. The an-
nual meetings of this company take place in
February.
Notice is given of the closing of the transfer
books of the City of Milan Improvements Com-
pany (Limited) from the 14th to the 21st inst., pre-
paratory to payment of interest at the rate of 7 per
cent. per annum fur the half-year ending the 15th
instant.

The annexed official circular has been forwarded
to the shareholders of the Credit Funcier and Mu-
biller of England (Limited) :

kteferriug to the circular letter of the 3rd inst. the
directors of the Credit Foncier and Mohilier of England
(Limited), have much pleasure in reporting that the pro-
pusal for the re-construction of thecompany, with a view to
the reduction of the liability of the shareholders, has been
most favourably received, as will be apparent when it is
mentioned that out of a total of 4;46 shareholders only fif-
teen shanholdeni have dissented from the proposals put for-
ward, andeven of these some haveoulTexpressed aqualifieti
dissent. 1 act further instructed to inform you that the
directors, at a meeting of the court held this day, have
unanimously passed the following resolutions, to which
your attention is reqested :-Ist. That in accordance with
the powers granted by clause 03 of the articles of associa-
tion, interest be paid to the shareholders at the rate of
two shillings and sixpence per share (free of income-
tax), equal to 10 per cent. isir annum, being interest
from Ist April to3Oth June, lfifin, on the company's invest-
ments ; and that inkiest warrants fur the same be sent
to all shareholders registered on the books of the company
on Monday, 9th July, 1806. 2nd. That in accordance with
the powers granted by the articles of association in claim
2, of article 25, the sum of 400,000/„ or 21. per share, be,
acd is hereby transferred to the capital account of the
company, in reduction of the amount of unpaid capital on
the shares of the compsny, and that each share do hence-
forth stand in the books of the company as il. paid up.
3rd. That in accordance with the powers granted by the
articles of association, article 0, a call of 11. per
share be, and is hereby made ; the same to be payable
at 3fesirrs. Smith, Payne and Smiths, bankers, No.
1, Lombard-street, E.C. on Saturday, 21st July, IWO.
ith. That an extraordinary general meeting be hold on
Monday. the :10th July, 18.81, for the purpose of submit-
ting to the shareholders certain resolutions, having refer•
ence to the circular addressed to them, under date 2nd
July, 18011 ; formal notice, naming place and hour of such
meeting, to be duly sent to each shareholder. The direc-
tors have further the satisfaction of reporting that, owing
to the desire expressed by many of the shareholders to pay
up their shares in full as soon as the reconstruction of the
company shall be carried out, the directors are able to en•
nonce their confident belief that the call of IF. per share,
announced as payable on Ist January, 1807, will not be re.
quired.— fly order of the Court of Directors,
ALFRED Lows, Secretary.

17 and 18, Cornhill, July 9, 19139.
I'.S.—The interest warrants abd call papers are in course
of preparation, and will be issued on Tuesday, the
17th inst.

The directors of the Metropolitan and Provin-
cial Bank (Limited) have issued a report and
statement of accounts, to be presented at the
general meeting on the 12th inst. The accounts
present a feature which calls for attention. The
board state that while everything known to be
bad has been written off, among the assets they
give an item of 143,6871. styled " inoperative
accounts," and exhibiting "the amount of capital
which is unavailable at present for banking pur-
poses," in consequence of the recent crisis.
The second ordinary general meeting of the
Merchant Shipping Company (Limited) is con-
vened for the loth inst., when a dividend is to bu
declared.

A call of We. is to be paid on the shares of the
Llaubcris Slate Company (Limited) by the 6th of
August.
The adjourned meeting of the Hop and Malt
Exchange and Warehouse Company (Limited) will
take place on the 17th met., when the report of the
committee of investigation will be presented.
A petition for the winding up of the Finance
Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-
Chancellor Stuart on the 20th inst.
Travers's circular gives the following comparison
of the present position of the Bank of England, and
the price of Consols, with the corresponding date
of last year :

At present. Some date last year.
Bank coin and bullion £14,576,945 ... C 16,073,259
Bank reserve of notes 3,335,1100 ... 7,553,740
Notes in circulatico.. 25,811,865 ... 22,220,965
Rate of discount
Price of Cowls B7l ... 904

MONDAY Evairma.

Consols, which dosed on Saturday at 871 to
ex div., both for money and to-morrow's settle-
ment, opened this morning at the same quotation,
and closed at 871 Is f. Yee the August settlement

the last price was 88 to 11, the " continuation "
being j. The official busman report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money 87k,
C ; ditto, for account, 874, ; Three per Cent+.
Reduced, 864, 4 ' • New Three per Oenta., 86C 7 ;
India Five per Cent. Stock, 103 f ; ditto Four
per Cent. Bonds, vs. prem., par.
Indian government securities were very quiet.
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted Be. dies. to
par ; and the June, 3s. dia. to se. prem.
There was an increased amount of business in
foreign stocks, and prices advanced. Italian bonds
of 1861 were in strong request, and rose 2 plsr cent.
Venezuelan of 1862 also improved 2 ; Moorish,
Russian (18'22, 1862, and 1864), Turkish (1858),
Colombian, Egyptian (Railway Debentures), and
Spanish Three
per Cents., 1 ; Italian of 1865, J.;
Spanish Certificates, g ; Mexican, ; and BPsrusli
Passive, 4. &Nader bonds were exceptionally
dull, and declined 1 per cent.