The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-06 00:00:00

POZIION ZAIL JI A'

. I Pd. I Ren.were. I Ong prlose I Sebes.
10 i all Antwerp & nottordem 01 61 9
10 ' all Bable&S.Prit (L)g.7p.e. 18 14 -
5 I W'Belgian 11. J met on ll 2 -
f 0 all 8.Ayree,G.114.79 at.(L) 141 14 -
10 all jCentral Argentine ne 131 -
100 I all Coplapo - - -.
Id all Do. Extandon , - -pm
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100 90 Dinaburg & Wltpk (L.) 16 10 die -
20 16 Dutch nealsh .._
10 all Do. -
18 all Eastern of Franco . -
10 19 Ihiropean Central (4 l6 11 Ns -
f 0 all }Great Luxembourg - , ICI 101 -
10 alllLontwg-Clernowits(L) lq 1
M 1 all Mattoon (1)
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10 al 'Do
pc. Pr!. Bela. woe 18 181 -
16 an Northern of doe -
10 all N.Ratl.ll.lyres (7.p.0 2 6 -
10 all Do. Deferred - •-•-
t 0 all Norwegian Trunk Prof - - -
10 all Ottoman (Smyrna Aldln 21 11 -
16 all Paris, Lyoas,and Nedit. 161 It -
M an !Perla and Orkwas . 36 67 -
10 an Noe& & S.FranolelL.l 91 101 -
16 10 Inoral Ssrdudan - - - -
9an loyal Swedish i
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6 an Do. 7 per cool _
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10 an I Do. t 1 per cent.Prei 9 -
16 ell lla& Pattlo(L) 9.7 per et 16 16 -
10 an .11.AnstALom.Fenetian 151 161 161 #
OD 16 nonth Mak of Portugal - - dls -
10 all ,Soothens of Fnume ll 12 -.
all Turin and Savona - - 1 2 -
!1 all Ilteet Flanders .. .
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10 I all Do. 61 par Not. iniff 9 et
10 all I Wes{ & N.W. of brawl II 13 ....
001,0141.11 L GOVINNMENT INCITIUTIIIII.
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600,000 8414155e0068. 19.04.1071 100 -.•- -
100.000 Do. IN6 100 - -
~,_ Oaa. Gov.' p. 0., 1877.04. 100 1021 1021 1031 21
..... Do.flperokleb.&Aug. 100 100 102 1001
Do.6peret.lfar.3 100 100 102 ad - Id
.41-4,108 Do. 6peroilan.&J 100 86 01 00 891
666.80 V Do. Sparc. Ina. 100 Of 90 -
100,000' Catoola noose 94..1873 100 11(3 1, 5 -
- - Do. 6618004900 100 107 IN 1074
_ _ Do. do. 194.)-20 100 b. 4 U 8 -
.. - Do. do. 1090-91 100 106 107 -
904, D0.6#1.649.1100.1900 100 94 96 -
106 Orrlon,Nov. IRIS, 0 pot 100 103 166 -
1183 Do. 1979, do lOO 119 111 1101 1
1,000, Do. 1871 do.- 106 106 167 -
PO, Ilaurlthis 6 per .1,1971 100 IN 104 -
100, Do. 1870 100 101 100 -
fOO, Do. 11111 100 146 107 -
000, Do. UN 100 104 ire -
tee, boo Natikl(lov.6p.a.ApAtOc. 1100 101 101 -
106,000 New BranaGor.Operol 100 101 103 -
1,136,100 0•w South Wales Gov.,
6p. 0,03,1071 80 1878 100 06 IN -
6,671,800 Do. 6p. a. left to 1806! 1011 act 1141 911 41
864,000 D0.V.c.r,1867 to 103 I 100 11S4 694 -
1/10.000 Now Zealand epee awl I 100 - - -
1.000,000 Do. Ipso amt. 100 941 961 -
10,000 Do. 0 per coot. 10011 190 109 110 -.
114,000, Do.de.lo9lJone&Dor 100 1074 1081 -.
2191,0001 Nova Ikons 6p, a., 1876 : 100 101 103 -.
I.4o.loolQuewealaied Goy. bp eh I 1110 19 100 -
1,177,{60, Do. Do. 1801
filatiati S.AuelGor. 6p 0,0147 160 - - -
Do. 1072 and upwds. 100 16 107 -
860,0001FlaGoe.6p.o.lan. July 1111 ilin MI 111
7.040,000' Do. 11 p. et Apr' At 1 . lift 1111

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BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Bombay, Bar. and Cent. Ind. gua. 5 per cent., 1034.
East Indian Guaranteed 5 per cent., 1104, 10.
Great Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per oent. , 110 i , 4,11.
Ditto, new guar. 5 per cent., 74.
Madras guaranteed 5 per cent., 104, 4.
Scinde, Delhi guaranted 5 per cent., 1014, 4.
Ditto, Punjaub guaranteed 5 per cent., 1011, 1.

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Eastern, E. Anglian C 7 per cent., 114 id.
Midland Consolidated 41 per cent. redeem., 911 ad.
North ?Astern 41 per cent., re teem., 921 ad.
North Eastern, a N. E. 4 per cent., tell xd.
North Eastern, York, H. and S. Purchase, 10 ad.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-American Tel (Lim.), 161.
Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent., ,
Berlin Waterworks(Liniited), 13, zd.
Credit Foncier of England (Limited), 31.
English and Foreign Credit, 3, ad.
Hudson's Bay, 10, 15.
London General Omnibus Comp. (Um.). 2 9.16.
New Consolidated Discount (Limited), 2.
Oriental Gas (Limited), 5 7.10,
Ditto New, 1 3-16.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 44.
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements (Limited), 21.
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 701),

We (Birmingham Pint) are informed that the
Reform League intend to invite Mr. Bright and other
leading members of the liberal party in the House of Com-
mons to a soiree in the Town-hall, in the latter part of this
month or early in the next, and a renewal of the political
exertions of the League in this town and district is expected
to date from that event.

THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING MEN'S CONGRESS.
—The International Working Men'sCongresiwas opened 'on
Monday last, at Laumanne. The first congress was held
last year in Geneve. The report from the central counoil
in London was read. It stated that the French government
had in every way thrown obstacles in the way of the cir-
culation of the report of last year's proceedings, but that
the association had nevertheless made great progress in
Frazee, branch associations having been formed in Paris,
Lyons, Bordeaux, Rouen, Auch, Orleans, Nantes, Mar-
seilles, Caen, Havre, &c., and even in Algeria and Gu►de-
loupe; the association madeprogress also in Belgium ,Switzer-
land, Italy, and Germany. The trades unions of Illinois
and New Jersey were in communication with the central
council. Much indignation was excited in the congress
when it was announced that an English court of law de-
cided that stealing from the funds of a trades' union was
not an offence punishable by the law of England.

PROPOSED DINNER TO MR. DISRAELL—We are
glad to hear that a movement Ia in progress to entertain
the Chancellor of the Exchequer at a public dinner in
Edinburgh towards the end of October. The proposal, we
believe, meets with very general support throughout the
country.—Edinburgh Courant.
THE REPRESENTATION OF BELFANT. —A CANDI-
DATE CONNITTLT) FoR TRIAL.—The report that Mr. Win.
Johnston, of Ballylrilbeg, intended to become • can-
didate for the representation of Belfast (says the
Northern Whin) turns out to be trite. The new can-
didate for the honour of representing the borough
is extremely indignant with the present government, and
decla.es himself not more the upholder of protestantisin
than the champion of freedom. Mr.'Johnstone, as we
learn from the same paper, was on Wednesday, with Z 3
other persons, committed for trial at the Down assizes
on a charge of having been concerned in an
Orange demonstration at Bangor on the 12th of July.
When Mr. Johnston left the court, • large number of
persons met him outside, and lustily cheered him. He
was accompanied to the railway station by • large
crowd, and on the route several orange handkerchiefs
were displayed. At the railway station cheers were given
for Mr. Johnston, " the future member for Belfast," and
epithets of a very uncomplimentary character were used
respecting the magistrates who had officiated at the
investigation.

An exhibition of fine arts, natural history sub-
jects, curiosities, and industrial productions, was open d
on Wednesday in the Sunderland Working Men's
Club, by the Earl of Durham, lord-lieutenant of
the county. The club in question has been several
years in existence, and numbers about 1,300 members.

THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION BUILDING.—At the
adjourned meeting of the Exhibition Palace Company,
held yesterday, a report was read from the committee of
investigation appointed at a previous meeting recommend-
ing that the building be sold. An offer of 80,0001. had
been made, bet was withdrawn. After a long discussion,
it was resolved to postpone action for a month, and, if a
fair offer is not made in that interval, a general meeting
is to be called to sanction the sale of the property by
motion.

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT AT CARTLETOWN.—On
Wednesday a lamentable accident occurred at the Isle of
Man. Mr. G. Webster, registrar of births and deaths for
the Kirkdale district, Liverpool, was on a visit to the
island, with some of his family, and he went to bathe.
The sea was rough at the time, the tide running out
strongly, and the deceased, though • good swimmer, was
carried out to sea. An alarm was raised, and the life-
boat was manned, but though search was made for an
hour and a half, the body was not found. Deceased
leaves a wife and eight children.— Mande/kr Guardian.
THE PASSAGE OF BRITISH TROOPS THROUGH
Boner.—The Nil of Alexandria writes as follows respect.
ing the arrival and passage of British troops through
Egypt:—" The most contradictory statements are current
regarding the approaching arrival of English troops in this
country. It was generally understood that these troops
before leaving for their destinations, whether in England
or India, would remain for a certain period of time in
Egypt, where some said that they would put up at
certain parts of Gabari or at the hospital at Suez,
while others represented that they would encamp
under tents at Ramleh. We are enabled to state
that British troops passing through Egypt will only
land at the moment of traversing the isthmus
on their way to their destination. Five vessels have been
chosen for the transit service of the English soldiers to
and from India ; two will perform the service of the
Mediterranean, and three that of the Red Sea. The
latter vessels have already left by the way of the Cape of
Good Hope. Each of these transports is fitted up to ac-
commodate 2,000 men. Troops fresh from England on
their way out will remain on board for one or two months
in order to become acclimatised, and they will only land
for the purpose of crossing Egypt by rail, and embarking
at Suez in the transport which is to carry them to Indi.
Troops arriving from India will be treated rice tenet. It
will be seen, therefore, that there is no intention of hous-
ing them in Egypt with arms and baggage, and England
will he no better treated in this respect than France,
which keeps its troops on their way to Cochin China on
board its guardship at Alexandria."
LAUNCH OF THE " LICENSED VICTUALLER" LIFE-
BUT AT 01:NSTANTON. —Yesterday a lifeboat, the gift
of some members of the Society of Licensed Victualler,.
was launched at Hunstanton with great eclat. A
party of excursionists left London early in the morn-
ing to be present, and the procession, which was of
an imposing and interesting character, was headed
by theband of the Lioensed Vietuallers'Schoole Mr. Winter-
botham, President of the Liocused Victuallers' Association,
in an appropriate address presented the boat to Captain
Ward, as the representative of the National Lifeboat In-
stitution, Mrs. Winterbotham broke a bottle of wine
against it, with the words, " I name this boat The
Licensed Victualler ; may God prosper her." The boat
moved off to sea amid a burst of hearty cheering. She
was, with some difficulty, capsized, in order to display her
sell-righting qualities.
THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AN ABYSSINIAN CAM-
PAlGN.—Assuming that the report of the release of the
prisoners may turn out to be false, the Lancet has, under
the shore heading, a long article, from which we extract
the following :—" The meteorological phenomena of the
country present nothing in themselves to awaken any vei y
serious apprehensions. Massowah, it is true, is one of the
hottest places in the world. In July Ferret and Gslinier
found the temperature 127 deg. in the shade, and in
November it was 93 deg. at noon, and 86 deg. at 9 p.m.
The nights are cold, characterised by heavy dews, and
blankets are required. The rainy season in the highlands
lasts from May to September, and a little rain falls in
November ; the temperature is mild ; the nights are cold,
particularly at great elevations, snow existing on the tops
of the highest mountains. The diseases incidental to
Abyssinia are touched upon by various authors, but by
none are they more graphically or sagaciously described
than by Bruce himself. Mainly, they are these:—Malarial
fevers, ranging in severity from a continued to the tertian
intermittent type ; dysentery, the common con-
comitant of these fevers ; the parasitic diseases, to
which we referred last week ; and a few others—elephan-
tiasis and skin diseases among them—are mentioned by
authors, but these need not detain us. With regard to the
parasitic causes of disease, we are ignorant of the extent to
which these may prevail in the particular localities which
oar troops will traverse. There is no reason whatever to
fear any sudden breakdown from this cause, however;
besides, they are to • great extent preven'able. Rn
at we may state that a large ant is mentioned
lay some of the writers on Abyssinia as particularly
destructive to all articles of clothing and tent equipage'
and as inflicting very disagreeable stings on man himself.
The fevers are by far the most important item in the list
of diseases incidental to the climate ; but these are, after
all, mainly confined to the lowlands, and to the highlands
in certain localities and during certain seasons. The
Taeazzy, one of the principal rivers, is a large sad rapid
stream, varying, however, remarkably in these respects,
according as it is the rainy or dry season. Bruce says that,
from the falling of the first rains in Marsh till November,
it is death to sleep in the country adjoining it, both within
and without its banks." The article concludes with some
practical suggestions for the consideration of the autho-
rities.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Oyu o'Owar..

In the absence of any confirmation of the news
of the release of the Abyssinian captives, the
English funds are offered to-day, and have expe-
rienced a decline of kto 3-16 per cent. Prepara-
tions for the monthly settlement on the 10th
inst., which have already commenced, indicate
that some large speculative transactions are
open for a rise, and this circumstance
has contributed to the flatness of Consols.
The further increase in the resources of the Banks
of England and France has had no favourable
influence. British railway securities are without
change of importance, but foreign bonds have
further advanced. Bank of England stock is heavy,
in anticipation of the declaration of a reduced
dividend at the meeting to be held shortly-
Very few dealings have been recorded in banking
and financial shares.

There is no new feature in the money market,
and the rates for discount of bills and for ad-
vances in the Stock Exchange on English go-
vernment securities are unaltered.

The purchase to-day by the government broker
for the sinking fund comprises 21,0001. Reduced
Three per Cents., at 93k, ex div.
Consols are quoted 944 to 3 for money and
next Tuesday's settlement, and 944 for the Bth
Oct. Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three
per Cents. are called 93 to 1, ex div.
There is very little business in British railway
stocks, and the only alteration is a rise of per
cent. in South Eastern. Annexed are the prices '—
Metropolitan, 1243 to ex div. ; Great Western,
473 to ;; ; London and North Western, 1144 to
3, ex div ; Midland, 119 k to 4, ex div. ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 127 to ex div. ; Caledo-
nian, 1074 to 1084 ; South Eastern, 69 to 4, ex
; Great Eastern, 304 to 4; Great Northern,
1124 to 113 k, ex div. ; ditto A, 118 to 4, ex div. ;
London, Chatham. and Dover, 18 to ; North
British, 30, to 314 ; and Brighton, 51 to 4.
Foreign stocks are in request, and the general
course of prices is favourable. Turkish Bonds of
1862 have advanced Jr per cent. ; Chilian scrip, ;
and Turkish of 1865, Spanish Passive, the Com-
mittee's Certificates, and Mexican, 4. Subjoined are
the quotations :—Turkish of 1862, 594 to 604 ; ditto
of 1865, 314 to 32 ; Greek, 14 to ; Spanish
Passive, 20 to ; ditto Certificates, 16 to ; Italian
of 1861, 48i to 49k ; Chilian scrip, 1 took dia. ;
Egyptian of 1864, 85 to 87 ; and Mexican, 154
to 16.

United States 5-20 Bonds have declined * per
cent., the present price being 73i to I. Illinois
Central Railway shares are lower, at 77* to I,
but Erie are without variation, at 45* to f.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares are quiet, at
16} to 17, and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent.
Preference, at 311 to f.

In the market for Bank shares, London and
Westminster are fiat, and have receded 10s., viz.,
to 091 to 70i. Union of London are also somewhat
lower, at 37 to 38. Alliance are quoted 12 to 11
dis. ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 01 dis. ; Chartered
Mercantile of India, 30 to 31 ; and London and
County, 56 to 57.

Financial shares are inactive, at the following
prices :—lnternational, 21 to 11 dis. ; London,
23 to 21 dis. ; General Credit, 2g to 2k dis. ; and
Credit Foncier, 5 to N dis.

The half yearly meeting of the Great Western
Railway Company of Canada will be held on the
9th of October. At a special meeting, convened
for the same day, the shareholders will be asked
to consent to an agreement entered into on the
12th June last with the Grand Trunk Railway
Company of Canada.

About 19,0001. in gold was purchased by the
Bank yesterday.
The Queen of Nations has arrived from Sydney
with 27,0001. in gold, and the Denmark, from New
York, with 17,0001.
Telegraphic advices from Calcutta state that the
directors of the National Bank of India (Limited)
have declared a dividend for the half year ending
the 30th June last, at the rate of three per cent.,
and a bonus of one per cent., making a distribution
equal to eight per cent. per annum. The reserve
fund has been increased by 8,0001., and the sum of
1,4001. has been carried forward to the next half
year's account. By the unanimous resolution of
the shareholdem it has been arranged to transfer
the direction of this bank from Calcutta to London,
and to register the'company under the English Com-
panies Act of 1862. It is said that an influential
board has already been formed in London, and
will enter upon its duties as soon as the necessary
arrangements are completed.
The Great Western Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 1,5771. over last year ;
the London and South Western an increase
of 2,0811. ; the London, Chatham, and Dove-,
including the Metropolitan Extension and branches,
an increase of 2,879/. ; the Metropolitan Exten-
sion, separately, an increase of 4101.; the Limes-
shire and Yorkshire an increase of 2,5351. ; the
North Eastern an increase of 5,1911. ; the North
British an increase of 1201. ; and the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Li-icolahire an increase of 1,5651.

At the meeting yesterday of the Merchant Bank-
ing Company of London (Limited) a dividend at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was declared for
the half-year ending the 30th of June last.
At the meeting of the general board of the Queen
Insurance Company, held on Wednesday, Mr.
Clare Sewell Read, M.P. for Norfolk, and Mr. W.
Dalglish, of the firm of James Dalglish and Co.,
merchants, of Liverpool, were elected directors.
The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway for the second week in August
amounted to 119,016 dots., against 131,088 dols.
in the corresponding period last year, showing a
decrease of 12,072 dots.

Annexed is the return of the paid clearing
cheques and bills for the week ending September 4.
The total exceeds the average, owing to the waling
day in the share and foreign markets, the payment
of the railway dividends, and the exceptional re-
quirements for the 4th of the month :

Thursday, August 29 £7,027,000
Friday, August 30
Saturday, August 31
Monday Sept. 2 9 MR9 000
a 9..

TneedaY, Sept 3 8.438.000
Wednesday, Sept. 4

1:64495.000
GEORGE Dammam, Chid Impeder.
Bankers' Clearing-house.
The weekly return of the Bank .f France shows
the following changes :

Coin and bullion
Bills discounted
Notes in circulation
Private deposits
Advances .......

Increase £500,000
Decrease 91,000
Increase 160,000
Increase 20,000
Increase 24,000

Government deposits lncrease 13,500
The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, Sept. 4, oomparedwitk that for
the previous week, shows the following changes :
Oirculation lame ....... C 37,859,110 Increase £5X1,715
Circulation active 24,082,940 Increase 3i 1,130
Pnblio deposits 7,613,107 Increase 3.22,8W9
Other deposits
Government securities in
banking department 12.645,272 Increase :32,899
Other securities in banking
department 17,456,518 Increase 479,695
Ooin and bullion in both
departments
Seven day and other bills 560.613 Increase 38,613
The Rest 3,658,068 Increase 283,294
Notes in reserve
Total reserve (notes & coin)
in banking &partment 15 009 342 Increase 123,429

The increase in the bullion is abont 136,000/. lea
than the amount of gold known to have been sent