The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-11 00:00:00

Standard Bank of British South Africa (Limited)
will be held on the 30th inst.
The half-yearly meeting of the Bahia Gas Com-
pany (Limited) is convened for the 24th inst.
The following is from the report of the directors
of the Metropolitan Railway Warehousing Com-
pany (Limited), to be presented at the first half-
yearly meeting yesterday (Wednesday) :
The statement of accounts appended to this report
shows that 15,101 shares have been subscribed for, and the
deposit of 2/. per share paid thereon. This amount of
capital being considered sufficient for the immediate pro-
secution of the undertaking, the Metropolitan Railway
Company were requested to take the necessary measures to
obtain posseuion of the land required for the erection of
their station, which is to form the basement of the ware-
houses, and your directors have reason to hope that within
a short period they will be in a position to commence
building. In the meanwhile the attention of the engineer
1 has been devoted to the preparation of the, phi* for the
I warehouses.
The directors of the Freehold Land and Brick
Making Company (Limited) have announced a
dividend of 15 per cent., as now payable for the
last quarter.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and other shares, as given in the Stock
Exchange list of last evening :
Insuranoe.—Alliance British and Foreign, 141, 1 ; ditto
Marine, 321 ; Commercial Union, 61 ; Guardimg, 481, i
Imperial Life, 201 ; Indemnity Marine, 12t, 3 ; Liverpoo;
and London and Globe (11. annuit.), 204, A ; lAverpoo
and London Fire and Life, 94 ; London and Caledonian
Marine (Limited), 3); Ocean Marine, 21 ; Sun Life, 63 ;
Union Marine Liverpool (Limited), 3, t, 4.
Gaslight and Coke.—Continental Union (Limited), 9;
European, 121, 4 ; Ditto New, 64 ; Great Central, 13, t ;
elm ria.1,74, 4 ; Imperial Continental, 964, 74, 7 ; Phenix.
23 f 7 ; Surrey Consumers, 141 ; Westminster Chartered,
43 ; Ditto New, 1.5, 144.
Vaterworks.—Berlin, 101, 1, 10 ; Chelsea, 284, 9 ; Ewa
London, 1251, 4 ; West Middlesex, 111.
Docks—East and West India, 131 ; London and St.
Katherine, 731.

TUESDAY Eyrwca:

Consols, which closed yesterday at to g for
the 9th of May, opened this morning at 80, and
after rising to 86i to 7-S, closed at 86;2, or 86 9-16
to 11-16. For money the last price was 864
to The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 86 3-8, 4,
; ditto, for account, 80, 7-8. ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 641, /, 3-8 ; New Three per Cents.,
841, 4, 3-8, I ; Annuities, 1885, 13 3-8; India Five
per Cent., 101, ,/, 7-8; ditto Five per Cent.
" enfaced" rupee paper, 1021.
Foreign stocks were better in some cask in the
earlier part of the day, but a reaction occurred
towards the close. Compared with yesterday's
prices, New Granada Deferred Bonds show a fall
of 1 per cent. ; Brazilian of 1865 and Turkish of
185 S, I ; Greek Bonds and Coupons, 1 to 4 ; and
Turkish of 1865, 1. Brazilian Scrip was also flat,
but Turkish Bonds of 1862 and Spanish Certificates
were firm, and the latter rose e to 1 per cent.
Bank shares continue heavy, and the variations
in prices to-day, although not numerous, were
again mostly unfavourable. Anglo-Austrian, Char-
tered Mercantile of India, London and China,
European, London Bank of Mexico, and London
Joint Stock declined, but English and Scottish,
and Australian Chartered were inquired for. Al-
liance closed at 1 to 21 prem. ; Anglo-Austrian,
at / dis. to I prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, at 1
to 14 prem.
The shares of the financial companies were rather
firmer in the morning, and transactions took place
in London Financial at 3} dis., in Imperial Mer-
cantile at 2 dis., and in Credit Foncicr and Mo-
biller at 2 3-8 prem. The market, however, after-
wards became flatter, in sympathy with the other
departments of the Stock Exchange, and the last
quotations, compared with those of yesterday,
show a reduction ranging from Is. 3d. to 55., in
International Financial, General Credit, Imperial
Mercantile, and London Financial. Prices closed
as follows: --International Financial, / to 3-8 dis. ;
General Credit, 3-1 G to 5-16 preni. Lond.ai Fi-
nancial, 4/ to :3 7-8 die. ; Imperial Mercantile
Credit, 2 5-16 to 3-113 dis. ; Credit Foncier and
Mobilier, 2 3-16 to 5-16 prem.
National Discount shares were last quoted 8/
to 3-8 prem., being ss. lower ; Overend, Gurney,
and Co., 1 3-16 to 5-16 prem., being steady; Gene-
ral Ottoman, 3i to 4 prem. ; and Hudson's Bay,
16 3-8 to ;4,. In the miscellaneous market the chief
change was a reduction of 8 to 10 per cent. in North
British Austrahusian stock. Atlantic Telegraph,
City of Milan improvements, Italian irrigation
(Bonds), National Steam, Ottoman, Thames and
Mersey Marine Insurance, and Union M:irine In-
! surunce of Liverpool shares also gave way, while
Peninsular and Oriental improved. Marseilles
Land shares were quoted lip to 11 dis.
American securities closed firmly, withstand-
ing the depression of most other seciii ities. The
5-'2O Bonds improved / per cent., and Erie Railway
shares 4. There was also an advance in Illinois
Central Bonds, and in those of the Panama Rail-
way ; but Virginia Six per Cents. declined I per
cent. The last prices are subjoined :--5.20 Bonds,
j 71 7-8 to 72/ ; Erie Railway shares, &Li to 5.54;
Illinois Central, 804 to 81: Atlantic and Great
Western Debentures, large, 77 to 78 ; ditto 1001.
Bonds, 79 to 80 ; ditto Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds, 68 to 70.