The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-06 00:00:00

TO TES EDITOR Or TES EXPRESS.

Sot, —I beg to state, for the information of the creditors
of Messrs. Pereira and Grant, that the stock of wines
having been taken at cost, and the major part of the
debtors being good, there is every prospect of realising
under judicima management 12s. in the pound. —I am, kc.,
F It. ML LLALY Accountant to the Estate.

1, ChurcLcoTiit,Cle;;;Jilinie, ---
In the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday there was •
dividend meeting under the bankruptcy of Messrs.
Lesley, Alexander, and Co. corn merchants and
factors, of Old Broad-street, who failed in 1848
with abilities amounting to 573,0001., and assets
to 113,0001. Dividends hare already been paid to
the extent of 4s. or ss. in the pound. The official
assignee has now in hand sufficient to pay another
and final dividend of 6d. to those creditors who
have proved their claims.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 5,9291. ; the
South Eastern an increase of 1,1091. ; the Great
No there au increase of 3,9831. ; the Great
Western an increase of 2,6941. • and the London
and South Western an increase of 1,4691.
The following circular has been addressed to the
shareholders in the Danube and Black Sea
Railway and Kustendjie Harbour Company
(Limited).
Offices, 21, Abingdonetreet, London, S.W.,
Sept. 4, Is6o.
Sir,—l have the pleasure to inform you that n telegram
received from Kustendlie announces that the lite, which
ha. been laid throughout, was on the 31st ultimo inspected
by the Ottoman commissioner, and that his report to the
imperial government would be entirely satidactory. The
rolling stock lately denotcned from thus country will in
due course arrive at liustencijie in a few tiara from this '
time, and there is no mason to doubt that the
ments for the conduct of any traffic which it w'cifirdane
reasonable to expect this year, will be complete by the early
part of next month.—l am. Lc.,
FRANCIS J. PARKER, Secretary.

The fifth call of 11. 10s. is to be paid on the
shares iu the Bahia and San Francisco Railway
Company by the Bth Oct.
Holders of shares in the Rock Life Office may
receive on the lath October a dividend of 2s. 6d.
per share for the half-year, and a bonus of 2s. per
share for the year ending the 28th August.
The half-yearly interest is advertised on the
bowls of the Melbourne and Suburban (Victoria)
Railway Company.
The half-yearly meeting of the British Gas Com-
pany is convened for the 26th instant to declare a
dividend.
Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
dock, gas, and other shares, as given in the last
Stock Exchange list :
Insursisce—Affiance, British and Foreign, 16j ; Atlas,
14
FAigw Lifie,e7,47:6G; aardiLi4os:l3al n;ll2Londpo'nt'7 Firellanns'and•
Life, 81; London and Provincial Law, 31 ; Marine, 104 ;
Ocean Marine, 7a ; Thames and Mersey Marine, ; OM-
venal Marine. 2f.
Docks—End and West India, 120, 1; Bt. Katharine, 701.
Gas—lmperial, 82.
Bridge—Vanzhall,
Waterworks—Chelsea, new guaranteed, 24.
With reference to the market for American secu-
rities, Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports as :
We have had, during the past week, a very active market
in London and American securities, the demand having
extended to moat of the shares and bonds quoted on the
Stork official list. Illinois shares Love again
further advanced, touching at one time 121 discount, from
that point they hove receded 2 per mut, closing steady at
141 to 14 discount Considerahle purchases have been
made in Erie shares, from 29 to :10 per rent We note a
continuance°, the demand fur New York Central Seven per
Cent. Bonds, which has now forced their. to such a premium
as to make them yield a smaller rate of interc than in-
vestors in American railroad bonds expect to obtain.

Tenders will be received at the India office on
the 17th inst. for the supply of 6,000 tons of coals,
for steam navigation, to be delivered at Madras.
Mr. J. 8. Garrett was yesterday appointed agent
for Lloyd's at Hamilton, Canada West.
The following monthly report on the lather
market is from Messrs. T. J. and T. Powell :

The leather trade of the past month has begs cousides.
Ade : nut any very exteusive axles have lawn made, but •
full average inquiry for all descriptions of goods for ems.
gumption, with an i.:creased export demand, has existed;
adequate, iu Minuet all maw, to maintain the reduced rates
I pow.' in our last price current. rionie exueptional a5l
have perhaps bees made where there has been a particulas
motive for realising, but we believe it is certain that the
stock of the bankrupt houses are not ea large as to piednee
any general or permanent impression on the market. We
therefore deem the position the trade, under the dream.
stamen of 'oven) trial it has experienced, to he satisfactory.
The favor ruble change in the weather will, doubtless, sti-
mulate the home demand., and we are of opinion that, with
the reduced operations of manufacturers, and the caution
that dealers have c•.ercised in purchasing, a steady end
healthy trale may henceforth be expected. In raw go,rts
en incree.sed Winne., ha, been done, of which a considerable
proportion bail been for e•portatlon, with very little clumge
in pricer.. The import of South American hides has been
large, lint the demand at existing rates has been limited.
Australian hides have been the meet saleable article; the
stock of which, with a small import during the month, has
been greatly reduced. At Lc:Median on Monday not muck
busier,. was done. The occurrence of Bristol fair often
diverts buyers from tlic London market, but what had mese
influence yesterday was the offering of stuck by the enigmas
of one of the bankrupt firma on private terms.

WED:CZ/10AT EVEISTMa.

In the Stock Exchange the supply of money is
very large, and there is uo facility for employing
it. The rate for lotus on English government se-
cllriticii is nominally 2 to 3 per cent., but on Con-
sols, a,. may be gathered from the " continuation sr
to the October settlement, it is barely 2 per cent.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 93 5-16 to k
sod money ol to-morrow's settlement, opened the
morning at the same quotation, and, after improving
931 to 4, closed at 931. to 5-16. For the llta
October the market opened at 93} to and closed
at 93 7-16 to 4. The " continuAtion" was /to k
per mut. Tho official business report is us fo
lows:—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 93k,
4, },l ; ditto for account (Sept. 6), 93i ; Throe
per Cents. Reduced, 94, 1, ; New Three per
Cents., 931 Thirty Years Annuities, expiring
in April, 145, 161, a; Beni Stork, 231 • Win
Stock, 218 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1859,
1031; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1858, 96/;
ditto Bonds, Se. di.. ; Five per Cent. "enlaced
10rupee paper, 96; ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent.,
4
Th,e inquiries for the Indian imps, paper con-
tinue, and the market is firmer. The Indian Five
per Cent. stock of 1869 was quoted 1034 tc 3, and.
Exchequer Bills, Is. to 4s. prem.
The amount of business in the foreign stock Mira
ket was moderate. Venezuela Bonds were in &t-
-umult : the Throe per Ceuta. have improved to 23
to 24. Mexican remain flat, at 214 to 4, and the
Srinish Committee's Certificates at 54 to 4.
'Darkish Bonds left off rather firmer than yesterday,
the Loan of 1854 at 73/ to 74, and that of 1858 at
57, to 1 ex div.
The shares of the Bank of Australasia were
quoted rather Letter to day. There were also in-
quiries for London and Westminster Bank. Other
bank stocks were steady. Iu the miscellaneous
share market the only variations consisted of an
improvement in Anglo-Mexican Mint, and a de-
cline in the Seventeen-and-a-Half per Cent. prefer-
ence shares of the Great Ship Company to 1 die.
This company's ordinary shares remain dull at
7a. 6d. to fis. London Duck stock was marked 641.
The " Optional Rights " of the Illinois Central
Railway Company were dealt in to-day at 4 to 4/.
Canada Government Six per Cents. were in de-
mand to-day, and better.
The closing quotations for shares in now under-
takings were as follow:—Ocean Marine Insuranee,
21 to 21 prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine, k
to a prem. ; Universal Marine Insurance, 5-16 to
7-16 prem. ; London and Provincial Marine, 1 to
dia. • ()salvers Company (Sweden), par to 1 prem.;
East India Irrigation, par ; City of London Brewery
Preference, 2 to 2/ prem.

MINES.-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocit.

In the minim; market to-day there is a good
demand for West Caradon shares, which are marked
in the Stook Exchange 68 and 69,i. East Russet have
been dealt in at 114 to 115 being likewise inquired
for. The other tmLaactioushave been chiefly in shares
in West Alfred, East Wheal Russell, East Rcne-
warne, and Great Wheal Fortune. Scarcely any
business has been done in foreign or colonial
mining securiti..,;, and prima are nominally an-

—iireTitre requested to Mate that the subscriptioa
for shares in the Cwm Amman Anthracite Coal
and Iron Company (Limited) will be closed ea
Monday next.
A rise of 21. per ton took placo yesteidsy in the
price of manufactured copper. Present quotations
are reported as follows by Messrs. Sims, Willyams,
Nevin, and Co.: Manufactured copper, llid. per
lb. ; tough cake and tile, 100!. per ton ; best
selected, 103/. per ton ; yellow metal, Slid. per lb.
Mr. Squire, melor date of Tuesday from Silver
Vein Mine, rays " I have operated on some ores
taken from the south lode, and I am happy to say
the result is overythieg I could wish. You can
hardly touch the ore with a file but the silver is
immediately seen."