The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-21 00:00:00

The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland

announce a ha:f-yearly dividend of 4 per cent., and
also an " extraordinary dividend" of 11. 10s. per
100/. share, and 129. per 101. share, payable on the
15th of In:y.
The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the
London Joint-Stock Bank is called for the 21st of
July.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
weak an increase of 3,0341.

The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
Railway of Canada, Just received, shows a decrease
of 9831. sterling.
Messrs. Bating Brothers and Co. adver.ise the
Aividbnd falling due the let of July on the new
Venesaela Bonds, an announcement which tarnishes
a practical and gratifying proof of the honesty of
purpose of the new government of that republic.
The same firm notifies the half-yearly dividends on
the undermentioned securities, viz. :—Russian Stee-
ling Four-and-a-Half per Cents., Canada Sterling
Debentures, Nova Scotia Six per Cant. Sterling
Bonds, New Brunswick Six per Cent. Sterling
Bonds, Virginia State Sterling Five per Cent. Bonds,
South Carolina State Sterling Five per Cant. Bonds,
Boston City Sterling Foar-and-a-Half per Cent.
Butes, Norwegian Sterling Seven per Cent. Bonds.

MONDAY EVENING.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 921, "rather
sellers," ex div., for the Bth of July, opened this
morning at 921 to 1, and gradually fell, closing at
92, "buyers." The official business report is as fol-
lows:—'three pee Cent. Consols, for account (Bth
July), 921, 1,1, /, 1, ex dia.; Three per Cents. Its
duced, 93, 921, 921 ; New Three per Cents., 931, 1,
921; Thirty Years Annuities, expiring in April,
1868, 171, 171; Bank Stock, 219, 220; Indian Four
pa Cent. Debentures, issued in 1858, 941, 941 ; the
ectip of the New Loan, 91, 931; India Bonds,
Bs. din.

Exchequer Bills remain quoted 23e. to 26... prem.
A few sates of India Bonds were effected et 81. dm.

The scrip of the New Indian Loan was quoted 93j
to 94, and the Four per Cent. Debentures tuned tart
year 941 to 93.
In the foreign stock market the featare of absorb-
ing interest war the fall in Turkish. The Old Loan
war first marked 76, and, after being pressed for
sale as low as 711, left eff at 711 to 721, being no
less than 41 per cent. worse than on Saturday. The
New Loan fell 4 per cent., being first dealt in at 64,
end closing at 68 to 69. The depression in this de-
partment was almost general, extending, amongst
others, to Spanish, Sardinian, Russian, and Mexi-
can Bonds ; the latter closed at 171 to 161.
Bank shares to-day were dull. Bank of Egypt•
English. Scottish, and Austtaliso Chartered, and
London Chartered Bonk of Australia, were quoted
rather lower. National Discount Ibsen were flit.
London Dock stock was officially marked 80. Vie-
tot Dick war inquired for.

MtNlll-THIS DAY.

Two o'Cwcx.

Transactions in the home mining share market
today toe again upon a limited scale, with no
important variation in prices. But Wheal Russell
'hetes arc officially marked 7}, and there have
been inquiries for shares in West Caradon, tiered.-
foot, Alfred Consols, Bailer and Basset, and Tretoil
and Messer.
The only business officially recorded in Colonial
shares is in Scottish Australian Mince, at and
English and Australian Copper, at 15s. ; Foreign
descriptions are equally quiet.
At the Gorreg Mine meeting held yeererfav the amounts
aboard a Winne egain-t the mine of 1391. 13.. 11.1. A call
of 2s. p.r share wa mode. The egoot royerted chit &meg
the pest two months the 20 fathom heel he. to a driven 7
fathoms, the lode for the whole distance yielding a treed win-
lure if hail ore, sad btiog at pre eat worth from 4 to scv is.
of ore per fathinn. The winos is bottom of MU level it dean
9 felb:.rus ; lode 4 feet wide, sad north 3 i.wm. of ore ler
'elbow. In the western mud of the wince there ie .1
brooch of ore for 2 fathom. high, worth 10 owls. of peer or
fathom. A email pare.' of ore is being prepind for sale on
14th July. sod the silent htstre tint tbe wrap, teuf the tome
have Improved daring
etimur.iging.
the pest tso ineetaa,at.l are 115 V, Very

A lady in Bt. Louie (liroonri) bee bad darters
to the etoottot of 100,000 d Hue awarded her spinet a
N.1.1.es 'wank of 00 3ene, who would not merry her, aver
haeng horse himetle es her guitar. The jary w. re guided.
it shon:d rem, the moonlit...is of his se9ith rather than
by the .eatV of Mr injuries., be being loot th" a con° •of
nell.ete. Thiel le believed to be the =oft " cue of le
brettli- known to the ausalt et hoe. Tbe geart loan de-
etzee to pay r yet.