The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-09 00:00:00

I MONEY NARILET.-(771I8 DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.
The stock and share markets retain a quiet
appearance, with few transactions. Prices gene-
rally, however, show steadiness, in consequence of
the diminished demand for money and the compa-
tively mo !crate withdrawal of gold from the Balk

yesterday for Brazil. Console are unaltered, both
for money and the new account. This is the monthly

settling day. As regards British railways, the
principal feature is an important recovery in Me-
tropolitan stock. The movements in foreign bonds
are unimportant. Financial shares and those of

Orerend, Gurney, and Co. are dull, at the reduction

of yesterday. The shares of the National Discount

Company have not been affected by the announce.
ment of a proposed new issue.
The discount market is quiet to-day, and good

three months' bills are freely taken at to per cent.
below the Bauk minimum. The charge in the Stock
Exchange for short loans on English government
securities is 4 to 5 per cent.

Consols are now quoted 87 to 4, ex div., for
money, and 871 to 1, ex div., for the new account
(Feb. 8).
Foreign stocks are inactive, and little change has
taken place in prices. Turkish Bonds of 1863 and
Brazilian scrip are in demand, and have improved
4 per cent. Mexican, on the other hand, have de-
clined 1. Some of the present quotations are subjoined,
viz. :—Greek, 134 to 144 ; Turkish Five per
Ceuta. of 1866, 411 to 421 ; Spanish Passive, 261
to 3 ; ditto Certificates, 131 to t ; Confederate, 61
to 74 ; Brazilian scrip, 1 to 1 prem. ; and Mexican,
221 to 4, ex div.
Erie and Illinois Central Railway shares are
in demand, and have risen 3 per cent., the present
quotations being 50 to 1 and 764 to 1 respectively.
5-20 Bonds are slightly firmer, at 644 to 1.
International Financial shares are now quoted
13.16 to 15.16 prem. ; General Credit, 113-16 to 13-16
pram. ; London Financial, 31 to 1 prem. ; Impe-
rial Mercantile, 1 15-16 to 21-16 prem. ; Credit
Foncier and Mobilier of England, 34 to 1 prem.,
ex all; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 51 to 6
prem.
The shares of Charles Lafitte and Co. are
quoted 21 to 3 prem. ; English and American Bank,
to I t prem. ; and London Steam Towing, 11 to 2
prem.
" In accordance with instructions received from

the Ottoman government," the Imperial Ottoman 1
Bank announce that the coupons fall rag due the
13th inst. on the bonds of the Ottoman Five per
Cent. General Debt will be payable from that date,
and, after verification, at the offices of the bank at
Constantinople or its agencies.
The annexed notice has been issued by the Ge-
neral Credit Company, as agents for the contractors
of the Ottoman Five per Cent. Debt :
Holders of converted Consolides, bearing within the entry
stamp no higher list number than 1,500, or of conversion re-
ceipt of similar numbers, car. now present the same for ex-
change into the new certificates of the General Debt, with the
usual interval for examination. &c. Holders of scrip of the '
Five per Cent. 1865 Ottoman Lose are informed that the
quantity of certificates received for exchange against the I
same is for the present completely exhausted. The issue
will be resumed on the rsoeipt of a farther quantity from
the Turkish authorities.
The Fulton, from New York, has brought 36,530!.
in specie.
The expected withdrawal of gold from the Bank
for Brazil took place yesterday, and comprised
118,0001.: it would probably have been larger but
for the state of the money market.
The steamer Rhone will take to-day 130,0301.
for Brazil, of which 122,030/. is gold (including the
above-mentioned withdrawal from time Bank) and
8,0001. silver.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Friday, the 19th instant, a special settling (lay in
the new shares of the Imperial Ottoman Bank,
which are to be officially marked. The committee
have also ordered the new shares, 4th issue, of the
Bombay Gas Company to be officially quoted, and '
the shares of the Colonial Securities Company to be
quoted in the twice a week list.
The directors of the National Discount Company
have resolved to recommend at their mooting on
the 24th inst. a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent.
per annum, and an issue to the that shareholders
of 40,000 new shares at 5/. premium, thus making
the paid up capital 800,0001. with a reserve fund of
500,0001. The capital of this company consists at
present of 3,000,0001., in 120,000 shares of 251. each,
upon which 51. has ees paid. The arrangement .
now proposed involves a large bonus to the share-
holders, the present price of the shares being 111
to prem.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 2,1341. over the corresponding
week of last year, and the South Eastern an increase
of 1,4201.
At a meeting yesterday of the Ottoman Financial
Association, the resolutions previously passed fur an
amalgamation with Charles Lafiitte and Co.
(Limited) were confirmed.
The City of Milan Improvements Company
announce the closing of the transfer books from the
13th to the 22nd inst., both inclusive, preparatory
to payment of interest at the rate of 7 per cent.
per annum for the half-year ending the 15th
instant.
The third ordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of the National Bank of Liverpool will be
held at Liverpool on the 23rd inst., and will be
made " extraordinary," for the purpose of "pass-
ing a resolution repealing the 113th tm ztion of the
articles of association, and substituting in lieu
thereof another section regulating the mar-ter in
which dividends shall in future be declared."
The second ordinary general meeting of the
Warrant Finance Company will be held on Wednes-
day, the 17th instant.
The Imperial Ottoman Bank have notified that
the scrip certificates of the new shares, with the
first instalment paid, will be ready for delivery on
and after this day (Tuesday). The scrip paid in
full will be deliverable on and after the 11th inst.
The report of the directors of the Victoria Station
and Pimlico Railway Company, to be submitted at
the half -yearly meeting on the 12th inst., states as
follows :
The directors have little else to say than to congratulate
the proprietors on the stability and prosperity of the under-
taking. The purchase money of the house, No. 1, St.
George's-road, Pimlico, has been paid, with the interest
accrued and other &arias, by the London. Chatham, and
Dover Company, to this company's credit. The rent of the
line and station continues to be paid with regularity by the
three companies. The revenue account shows a balance of
8,9461. 14s. 11d. ; admitting of the same dividend as last
half /ear, viz., 31 per cent., or at the rate of 61 per cent.
per annum for the year 1865. Daring the current year the
receipts will provide a dividend of 71 per cent., and in 1867
the dividend will reach its maximum of 9 and a fraction
• per cent.
The annexed memorandum has been received
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done
for the pest year by the above office is as follows: —Number
, of policies, 3,273; amount aesusecl, 631,342/. ; new pee- I
miume, 20,4121. 3s. 61. ; annual income. 190,0001. ; accu-
mulated capital, 735,0004 from Calcutta
I light portion of the mails
China, and Australia is expected to be distributed
in London on Friday next.