The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-10 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARI MARKETS.

LIVIRPOOL, 042. 9.—Sales: Caledonian, 104 1 id.-Great
Esstern, 321 ll—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271—London. Brigh-
ton, and South Coast, 54—London and North western, 1131 141
1 111 I—Mancbester, PiseSeld, and Lincolnshire, 50—Midland,
1201—Ditto, 22 convertible. Irp.—Lancaster.and Carbide. 206
Don Pedro North Del Rey, 2 246 p,—Buffalo and Like Huron.
3 13.16 I—Grand Trunk of Canada, 191 I—Great Western of
Canada, 16 716—Dutch Rhenish, 4 p.—Maritime Insurance
(Limited,, 1-16 d. —Liverpool United Gas, new £25 shares, 51 p.
—National Steam Ship Company (Limited), 61—Steam Tug. 51—
ditto, new. issued at 1 dig., 21.
MageniS7lll. OCT. 9.—C. Carmel] and Co. (Molted), 37
Ea
Great stern 32 I
Trunk of Caisadta!l9l IP-T(11ot Western orittad9si, t6l 7-16
—Lancashire and Yorks ire, 1271 I—London, Brighton, and
South Coast, 5I London and North Western, 114—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 50—Metropoiltan,124—Midland, 1201
1 1 4 1 I—North British, 231—North Eastern .Berwilt , 103—
South Eastern. 481 e #—Thamea and Mersey Marine Insurance
(Limited,. 3 9-16 p.—United States 5-20 Years' Bonds, .1465)
491—Union Bank, 21 p.
BinstrionaM, OCT. 9.—Buidness done Birmingham Banking
Company shares ;Limited!, at 11 pm. Birmingham Gas, New
Ordinary. 1866, at 41 pm. ; Birmingham New Union Mill, at
31.16 ; Metropolitan Railway Caninge and Wagon (Limited'.
at 101; ditto, second lame at par ; and Patent Nut and Bolt
'limited., at 31 dia. Mooing prices: Atratford.upon-Avon
Railway shares, burns, at 16: Midland Bank (Limited, par,
netters : Birmingham Gas, Class B, sellers, at 121 ; and Muntis
Meal Limited, sellers, at 21 dts.
Bynum, Oct. K.—Three per Cent. Consols, 921—New Three
per Cent. Stock, 021 I—Ditto, for new account, 7th Nov., 92111
—lndia rive per Cent. Stock 'transferable at the Bank of Ire-
land). 11:41-1ktnk of Ireland i £lOO paid Vet—Hibernian Bank-
ina Company I a:, paid', 40 391—National Bank t. 30 paid', 611—
National of Hennaed :Limited' '615 pail., for account, 13
Union Bank ,Limited' ,5:22 paid„ 14—ficitast and Northern
Counties 'all paid'. for account, 454—Great Southern and West-
ern (ClOO paid), 951

Hoon'g Yourarot DAYS. —A long time ago
while veritable fields still separated London from Isling-
ton and "omnibus and rail" were alike unknown ; when
winter visitors, thankful for the exchange from the blink.
log oil lamps of the past to the brighter gas, picked their
way along muddy paths, or hailed the stage, that, with six
insides, jolted leisurely along from Highbury to the Royal
Exchange at the rite of three miles an hour ; a number
of friends, chiefly young people, were accustomed to meet
at each other's houses, for conversation and discussion on
various subjects. These were pleasant meetings—so
thoroughly social : there was far more sociality among ac-
quaintances some forty years ago than now ; so, in no
elaborate full-dress, or prepared to meet a full-dressed
party with " Jeames tae nnonnce the names," but as •
weekly gathering of friends who all felt themselves at
home, we met, taking tea together, and enjoying some
three hours' conversation on a subject previously arranged,
and sometimes introduced by a short essay. It was in
the spring of 1820, at one of those meetings, at the house
of an Islington friend, that a very young man, apparently
in delicate health, first appeared among us. He was •
neighbour, we were told, and very partial to lite-
rary pursuits ; but although he seemed to take a
quiet interest in the discussion, he never joined in
it ; indeed, we think he was silent the whole
evening. When the notice of the next meeting was given
the new visitor was invited to join it ; and very goon after,
as • regular member. Thomas flood took his place among
us. "Thomas Hood" -that pale, solemn, earnest-looking
young man, so quiet, so reticent—we bad almost said so
shy—whoever could dream that the author of the "Comic
Annual," of the world-famed " Song of the Shirt," of
that unrivalled " Eugene Aram's Dream," was there
among vs.—British Quarterly Retitle, new number.

MONEY MARSET.-(THIS DAY.)

On oViaca.

The accounts from abroad continue favourable,
and an increased amount of speculative business
at firm quotations is reported in Mincing-lane, yet
the stock markets are without the slightest ten-
dency towards animation. There is, in fact,
an almost entire absence of transactions,
and prices generally are quoted the fume
as yesterday. It is thought, however, that
rather more activity will be apparent later
in the day, upon the receipt of quotations from the
Paris Bourse. Consols, and nearly all the foreign
bonds and home railway stocks, are without altera-
tion, but the latter are slightly firmer. Some of
the colonial government securities, including
Queensland, meet with inquiry, as well as Z-20
Bonds.

Good paper is still taken in the discount market
at If to le per cent., andloans on English Govern-
ment securities are übta,nable in the Stock Ex-
change at I.

Consols are quoted 941 to 2 for money and 94
to 1 for the account (Nov. 7). The Three per
Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. are
unaltered, at 92 to 12, ex div.
Very few transactions have been recorded in
British railway stocks, but prices are rather firm.
London and North Western is in request, and has
risen per cent., viz., to 114 to 4. Metropolitan
and Brighton are better, at 1231 to 1241 and
531 to respectively. Great Western is quoted
474 to I; Midland, 120 to ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 127 to 4 ; Caledonian, 1044 to ; South
Eastern, 681 to 2 ; Great Eastern, 322 to d ; Great
Northern, 1091 i to 1104 ; ditto A,1167 to 117 ; Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover, 191 to ; and North
British, 33 to 4.

As regards foreign stocks, Spanish Passive and
Mexican are I per cent. lower, at 19k to / and 15
to I, respectively, but the other descriptions are
unchanged. Turkish cf 1862 are at 62 to 63 ; ditto,
1865, 31f to ; Greek, 13f to I ; Spanish Certifi-
cates, 16f to ; Italian, 1861, 46f to f ; Chilian
scrip, / dis. to / prem. ; and Egyptian, 1864, 82/
to 83i.
American securities aro in request, at an ad-
vance. The 5-20 Bonds aro called 71/ to 72/,
showing a rise off per cent. ; Erie Railway shares,
43/ to 44, being f higher ; and Illinois Central, 77/
to 78—an improvement of f.

Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference shares are steady—the former
at 17R to and the latter at 3} to I.
Bank shares are steady, with a moderate
amount of business. London and Westminster are
quoted 68i to 69 ; Union of London, 37 to 38 ;
Imperial Ottoman, II to 11 dia. ; Alliance, 1011 to
9} die. ; Oriental Corporation, 44} to ; and
London and County, 55 to 56.

Financial shares are without change, apart from
a slight rise in General Credit, viz., to 2 3-16 to
2 1-16 dis. International Financial are 2k to 21
dis. ; London Financial, 22.1 to 21 dis. ; and Credit
Foncier, 52 to 5 dis.

The half-yearly meeting of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway Company will be held on the
let of November, when the directors will ask for
authority to convert into debenture stock as they
fall due bonds and debentures of any portion of the
borrowed capital of 4,000,0001., issued with the
sanction of the council of India, and bearing a
fixed half-yearly interest of five per cent. per
annum. It will also he proposed that the board
shall raise from time to time additional moneys by
the issue of debenture stock.

The half-yearly meeting of the West Flanders
Railways Company will be held on the 31st inst.-
in London, and at Bruges on the 4th of November.
An extraordinary meeting of the London and
Mediterranean Bank (Limited), which is now being
wound up, will be held on the Ist of November, to
receive a report from the liquidators.
The demand for gold for exportation has in-
creased, and the whole of the 204,0001. Australian,
by the Moravian, has been purchased for the con-
tinent. In addition, 32,0001. in bars was with-
drawn from the Bank yesterday for the same destina-
tion, but 9,0001. was sent in. Since the date of
the last return, 135,0001. has been bought by the
Bank, while 09,000/. has been taken out fur ex-
port. At the present season a great deal of coin is
required in the provinces.
The Cape mail steamer Celt has taken out 30,000
sovereigns.
Further tenders were invited yesterday for the
New Zealand Province of Auckland Government
Loan, but the result was not announced.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 5,8021. over
:ast year, and the Midland an increase of 4,930/.
With regard to the latter line, it is officially stated
that " the additional 50 miles from Bedford to
London are at present only partially used for goods
traffic." .

The traffic return of the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 21st ult. shows
an increase of 4821. compared with the correspond-
ing period of 1866.
The annexed paragraph, relating to the San Paulo
Railway, is from a trustworthy source :
It is stated that the Brazilian government haveisrranged
with the San Paulo P.ailway Company the question as
to the funds to be provided to cover the guaranteed
interest at the rate of 7 per cent., and that the requisite
amount has already been paid. At the same time the
development of the traffic continues highly favourable,
and an effort will be made among the landed proprietors
of the locality to extend the line as aeon as possible, at
their own cost, 26 miles, to the coffee growing district of
Campinas. The Ban Paulo Railway was opened on the
loth of February, and the cash dividend to be declared
will, therefore, it is presumed extend from that date to the
30th June. _ _ _

The eighth ordinary general meeting of the Stan-
dard Bank of British South Africa (Limited) will be
held on the 25th instant, when a dividend will be
declared.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Singa-
pore Gas Company (Limited) is fixed for the 29th
inst., when a dividend is to be declared.
A general meeting of the Royal Portuguese
Railways Company is convened for the 9th Decem-
ber, at Lisbon

Creditors of the Continental Gas and Water
Company (Limited) are required to send the parti-
culars of their claims to Mr. E. P. Rowsell, of
Graceehurch-street, the liquidator, by the
20th instant.

Creditors of Gale's Protected Gunpowder Com-
pany (Limited) are required to send the particulars
of their claims to Mr. C. F. Kemp and Mr. H. W.
Petre, the liquidators, by the 31st instant.
The subjoined report with reference to the
market for American securities is from Messrs.
Satterthwaite and Co. :
Since our last the London market for United States
bonds has been entirely influenced by continental news,
and during the week in sympathy with the panic on the
Paris Bourse 5-20 Bonds were sold as low as 14, and the
1865 issue at 69k, but from this point there has been a
rally, and the market to-day is steady at quotations. The
chief feature in shares has been a rise in Erie. of 2 dole.,
while Illinois on good buying close nearly 1 dol. higher.
Sujoined is a report of yesterday's indigo sale : 1
The sale has gone unevenly to-day, and prices were not
quite so firm as yesterday for Bengal ; for Madras and
Kurh there was no change. The quantity withdrawn
was large. 1,710 chests passed to-day, of which 80$ chests
were withdrawn, 152 chests bought in, and 750 chests sold.
Total quantity passed 3,211 chests, of which 1,479 have
I been sold, 1,163 withdrawn, and 569 bought in.
The annexed is from Mr. Helmuth Schwartze's
Wool Price Current dated yesterday :
The fourth and last series of this year's Liverpool sales
of East India wool has been fled to commence on Tues-
day, the 29th instant. The present arrivals comprise
10,160 bales, which quantity will probably be further in.