The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-19 00:00:00

per cent.

Console are now quoted 84 to ex div., for
money, and 86i t.) ; for the account (July 10).
Foreign stocks are dull, and the amount of busi-
ness is limited. Turkish Bonds of 1882 have de-

dined 1 per cent. ; Italian of 1861, ;
and Spanish Certificates and Mexican, Turkish

Bond; of 1862 are now quoted 50 to 52 ;
ditto of 1865, 254 to 264 ; Greek, 104 to 114 ;
Spanish Passive, 191 to 4 ; ditto Certificates, 144
to 4 ; Italian of 1861, 364 to 37 ; Brazilian scrip,
5 to 4 die. ; and Mexican, 141 to 15.
American sedirities are quiet, and prices without
variation. 5-20 Bonds are quoted 641 to f : Erie
Railway shares, 444 to 1, and Illinois Central, 74f
to 751.
International Financial shares are now quoted
21 to 14 dia. ; London Financial, 18 to 17 dia. ;
General Credit, 3 to 21 dis. ; Credit Fonder,
31 to 24 die.: and National Discount, 6f to
71 prem.

About 50,000(. in bar gold was sent into the
Bank yostonlay, in addition to 20,000 sovereigns
from the Medit• rranean. There was, however, s
strong demand for bullion for exportation W the
Continent. _ _

There was also a good demand for bar silver for
the Continent, sr.,' the price was firm, at ss. 2d.
per ounce. The supply here is limited. Mexican
dollars are unchanged, at ss. oga.
Owing to the coat iieucemen of war on the Con-
tinent, the transactions in wax risks at Lloyd's have
been upon an increased scale during the last few
days. Italian and Prussian vessels from the Black
1 Sea or the Mediterranean to the United Kingdom
' were done ye ;terday et 20s. war risk, and Austrian at
41. to Si. per cent. The rates will probably ad-
vance further as hostilities progress.
Paris advice.; state that the Credit Mobiller of
France have announced a call equal to 51. per share.
The Stock Exchange Committee were again oc-
cupied yesterday with deliberations upon the advi-
sability of a:terine the practice of the house with
regard to transact.ons in bank shares. Finally,
a resolution was pioisel by a majority of 15 a;ainst
12 votes, '• fr...i. it is not expedient to alter the
present ni ,le of dealing in bank shares." This
resolution stands for confirmation on Thursday
next. It is said that the Committee intend to
state publicly their reasons for coining to this
decision.
The L. eld.,a, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
traffic return shows this week an increase of
2381. over last year.
The report of the directors of the Imperial
Mexican Railway Company, to be submitted at the
general meeting on the 27th inst., calls the atten-
tion of the .slia::-..diolders to the great progress which
. has been ma to with the works of the undertaking,
and holds out the expectation of satisfactory
receipts. It appears, however, that the Mexican
government have allowed their payments to the
company to fall recently into arrear to an extent
estimated by the latest accounts at about 220,0001.
The fun is re.teired for the completion of the upper
portion of the railway must be raised immediately
by debentures!, which will necessarily bear a high
' rate of intereit, and the shareholders are therefore
urged to tale them up.
With reterol.:e to the proposed voluntary liqui-
dation of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), a
circular, of which the following is a copy, has been
forwarded for the assent of the creditors :
We beg to forw.x.l you copies of the resolutions passed
at the ex traorsbuary general meeting of Overend, Gurney,
and Company (Limittd), held on the llth inst., and as it
must be for the interest, as well of the depositors and
creditors of the company as of the shareholders, to secure
the advantages atiorded by a voluntary liquidation, we
annex a con,•at to that course being pursued, which we
shall be e16i,;,a1 by your returning signed at the earliest
>
or pertunity.— We ace, your obedient servants,
HENRY KING/400TE, Committee
11 EN NT GRINNELL, of
CHARLES OM:NW:lN,Supervision.
firt. Lon:lard-street, Landon, June 16.
With reference to the Egyptian Commercial and
Trading C,.mpany, the following official circular has
been sent to the shareholders :
Sir,-1 am instructed by the directors to inform you that
an extraordimry eeneral meeting of the shareholders will
(in accordanee with a request received by the board frees
shareholdem in tilt company) be held at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgstmstreet, on Monday, the 9th day of
JulT, 1804 at one o'clock precisely, for the purpose of
taking into eonsidenition the present condition of the
affairs of the co:my•ny, and of deciding on such steps as it
may seem expedient should be adopted for the future.—
I am, lee.. W. H. MAITLAND, Secretary.
Offices, 6, Feist India Avenue, Leedenhalbstreet,
London, E.C., June 16.
The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland
announce that a half-yearly dividend at the rate of
4 per cent.. and also an extraordinary dividend of
30s. on each 1001. share, and 12s. on each 101.
share, will be payable on the 16th July.
We are reluested to state that the business Of
the London office of the Mercantile and Exchange
Bank has been transferred to the National Provin-
cial Bank of England, to whom, on and after the
20th inst., acceptances and bills of the Mercantile
and Exchante Bank are to be referred.
A call of 2',., making 141. 1(h. per share called,
is to be paid on the shares of the Central Argentine
Railway Company (Limited), by the 16th July.
The sec,vid ordhutry general meeting of the
Palace and Burlington Hotels Company (Limited)
is called for the 27th inst., when a dividend is to
be declared.
A half-yearly dividend, at the rate of 6 per cent.
per annum, is to be payable on the shares of the
Commercial Bank of Canada on the 2nd of July.
The arrangements are notified in preparation for
the payment of the half-yearly interest
shares of the Madras and East India Irrigation Com-

panies.
The coufions of the Egyptian Government Rail-
ways Debent.ire Loan, due on the lit July, will be
paid at the office of Messrs. Fruhling and Gosdsen,
on that day, and on any Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-
day, or Friday, afterwards.

MONDAY Bronze.
Consols, which closed on Saturday 861, ex dlr.,
for the 10th of July, opened and closed to-day at
861} to I. For money the last price was 86f to 1.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 86f, 1,1, t, 1 ;
ditto, for account, 86#, ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 85i, ; New Three per Cents., 86, 51, 6 ;
Bank Stock, 249 ; India Stock, shut ; ditto Five
per Cent., 1031 ; ditto Five per Cent. " enfaced"
'rupee paper, 100.
Indian Government securities were quiet but
steady. The March Exchequer Bills remain
j quoted ns. to be. dia., and the June, 56. die. to
15s. prem.
There was only a small amount of Lusiness in
foreign stocks, and the tone generally was heavy.
• Turkish Bonds of 1854, 1868, and 1802, declined 1
per cent. ; Italian of 1861, f ; Danubian, k ; and
Brazilian scrip, Spanish Passive, and Turkish of
1865, On the otherhand, Peruvian and Russian
lof 1864 improved 1 per cent. ; Greek, ; and
Spanish Certificates, I.