The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-21 00:00:00

to the present disastrous position of the under-
taking, and it was stated that if the whole of the
remaining authorised capital be called up—viz..
401. per share—it will give only 41. to se. in the
pound to the creditors. A committee of three share-
holders was appointed to confer with the creditors. -
and effects compromise, if possible.
At a meeting, at the London Tavern, yesterday,
of proprietors of the Northern Railway of Buenos
Ayres, called by Messrs. Eiigelbach and. Salomona, .
at the request of several shareholders, Mr. W.
Hartridge in the chair, a friendly spirit prevailed,
and it was ultimately ;greed that five of the share-
holders shall confer with the directors on the
present financial position of the company and its
requirements, and report progress to a future
meeting.
It is notified that the annual instalment el
principal due on the debenture bonds of the
Russian (V)•ksounaky) Iron Works Company
(Limited) will be paid on and after the 31st inst.
The accounts from Russia with regard to the opera-
tions of this undertaking are stated to be very
satisfactory.
An ordinary general meeting of the Egyptian
Commercial and Trading Company (Limited), will
be held on the 30th inst.

Annexed are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, waterworks, and canal shares, as given in
the Stock Exchange list of last evening :

Ineurance—Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 7 ;
London and Provincial Marine, 11. Ocean Marine, 204;
Thames and Mersey Marine (Limited), 41, 4, 4 ; Uni. ,
venal Marine (Limited), 4 1-16, 4,4, 1-16.
Gaslight and Coke—Bombay (Limited), 44 • City et
Moscow Gas, 11 Continental Union (Limited), 134;
Great Central, 12!, t ; Imperial Continental, 931, 24, ea •
div. ; London Parliamentary, 63; Phoenix, 254,4 ; Surrey
Consumers, 12$, 4.
Docks—Loon and St. Katherine, 514 ; ditto, Deben-
ture Stock, 88 ; Surrey Commercial, 110.
Water Works—Berlin, lei, 13-16 ; Southwark and Van:-
hall, 116.
Canals—Regent's (or London), 211, en div.

FRIDAY ErvaxG.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 924, " buy-
ers," ex div., for the 7th January, opened this
morning at 924 to 1-, and closed at 92it, to 4. For
money the last price was 924 to 4. The Three
per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents.
were quoted at 3 o'clock 924 to it. The official
business report is as follows :—Tfiree per Cent.
Consols, for money, 924, 4,4, 4,4, ex div.; ditto,
for account, 924, 4,4, ex div.; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 921, 4, ; New Three per Cents., 921,
4 a, ; Bank Stock, 240 ; India Stock, shut ;
i dtto Five per Cent., 1114, 124, ex div. ; ditto
Four per Cent., 1005, 4 ; ditto Four per Cent.
" enfaced " rupee pal-per, 874 ; ditto Five per
Cent., 1034, 4, : ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent.,
1084 ; ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 1051, 5 ;
ditto Bonds, 575. preni.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was in better
demand this afternoon, and recovered, being teat
marked 1124.
Exchequer bills remain dull at 255. to 28a. prem.
The foreign stock market was inactive, and,
with the exception of a rise of per cent. in
Italian of 1861, Greek, and Mexican, and a decline
of 4 to 4 in Portuguese and Spanish New Three
per Cents., prices closed the same as yesterday.
The Egyptian Nine per Cent. Loan was last
quoted I to 14 prem., and the Honduras Government
Railway Loan, in which this was settling day, 14
to 2 prem.
The transactions in American securities were
upon a very limited scale, but Atlantic and Greet
Western Railway Debentures and Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds rose 7 to 1 per cent. Prices
closed as follows :--5-20 Bonds, 1882, 711 to 724
Erie Railway shares, 494 to 4 ; Illinois Central,
894 to 4 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Debentures, 22 to 24 ; and Consolidated Mort,
gage Bonds, 19 to 20.
Nova Scotian Six per Cents. of 1866 fell 1 per
cent., but other colonial government securities
were quoted the same as yesterday.

MINES.-(111113 DAY.)

ONs o'Cwoz.

There is very little business in British mating
shares to-day, and quotations present no move-
ment of importance. Wheal Seton are quoted 80
to 85 ; Prince of Wales, 484. to 50s. ; North
Treskerby, 301 to 325. 6d. ' • Chiverton Moor, 5+ to
; East Lovell, 81 to I ; Wheal Trelawney, G to
' 7 • Clifford, 5 to 6 ; and West Caradon, 10 to 11.
In the market for foreign and colonial mining
shares Cliontales and Dou Pedro are inquired for,
at 1 to oi dis. and 2k to f prem., respectively.
St. John del Rey are at 57 to 58 ;
par to it prem. ; Pestarena, dis. to par ; Rossa
Grande, to„ ; Anglo-Italian, par to I prem. ;
United Mexican, 1 to ; Frontino and Bolivia,
13-16 to 15-16 ; Port Phillip, 1 5-16 to 1 7.16;
and Anglo-Argentine, to prem.
The subjoined report on the metal market is
from the circular of Messrs. von Dadelazen and
North:

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Continued dulness prevails in the metal market ; in fact
business is becoming more and more restricted, and in
several articles a further reduction in price has been
established. Iron.—The position of Welsh and Stafford-
shire remains unchanged. Makers are unwilling to lot
orders pass them in spite of unretuunerative prices. Scotch
pig iron has kept its position pretty well, the last quota-
tions being 535. cash. Copper.—The market has again a
dull appearance, and the late large sales of bars and pro-
duce have been without any beneficial result. In fact,
since the arrival of the West Coast mail, advising freak
charters for about 1,600 tons copper produce, bars have
been done at 914 again in Liverpool. English
raw and manufactured is dull at last week's quota-
tions. No business in Australian. Tin.—The market
has been very irregular and depressed ; Straits
has declined to bit. 10a. cash sellers, and this price
has also been accepted for parcels to arrive. Excepttonal
forced sales have been made at $7l. Rance nominally 931.
English tin dull. In Holland the price of banns has de-
clined to rt.t. Tin plates.—Very low prices have been ac-
cepted for both coke and charcoaL There is no appearance
of an improved detuaud at present. Lead. —Still very dull;
19/. for good soft English pig. Speller has further dr
alined. The last sale of Silesian on the spot here was at
AM. 7s. 6d. per ton. Specials in outposts quite nominal,
about 201. I rs. ; V. and S., 20/. to 201... ;
191. 15.1. to 201.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(et TELsoaarii.)
fritolt OUR OWN cosatsrolermrr.l
The market eonsiouet quiet and in favour of purchascra
files about 8,000 baits.