The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-01 00:00:00

which was passed at a previous meeting., 1? as con-
firmed.

The meeting of the Eastern District Freehold
Estates Company (Limited) was held yesterday,
when a dividend was declared of Gs. per share,
being equal to 23 per cent, per annum, free d
income tax.

With reference to the proposed committee of in-
vestigation of the Atlantic and Great Western
I:ailway, a notification has been issued requiring
the holders of consoLdated and divisional bonds
and certificates ei debentures issued by this com-
pany forthwith to communicate their names and
iuldiesscs, with the numbers, descriptions, and
amounts of the respective securities held by them,
to Messrs. l:.«ter, Rose, Norton, and Co., or
Messrs. Paine arid Layton.
Formal notice is given that the Crystal Palace
Company inteL i to per:thui the House of Com-
mons as early as possible in the coming session with
a view to obtain a bill authorising the company to
raise additional capital to the amount of 100,000 f.
by the issue of i.arh or stock bearing a preferential
' dividend. The pi niey is of course be applied to
the rebuilding 7 the tr department.

Creditors of the Finance Company (Limited)
are required to the particulars of their claims
to Mr. George Se..tt, of 2, Bond-court, Walbrook,
the official by the Ist March, the 11th
Mrrch haciu, Lora appointed for adjudicating
upon them.
Messrs. J. Schroder and Co. have an-
nounced the di:iden.l on the Bay of Havana and
Matanzas (Cuba) Railroad Seven per Cent. Loan of
1863.
At a meetity, of the creditors of Messrs. Ben-
jamin Brothers, Manchester, and William Ben-
jamin, of Montrv.i!, merchants, held at the United
Mercantile Agency Rooms yesterday the balance-
sheets prepared by the accountants, Messrs. Honey
and Humphries, showed, in the former estate,
liabilities 50,351,.. and assets 19,584/. ; and in the
latter, h.:.052;., and assets 28,1421. In
consequence of very heavy cash claims by members
of the same family and the relationship of the two
estates, and the complication arising therefrom, it
-vas resolved that a conunittee of five trade credi-
tors be appointed to investigate, and report the
result at a future meeting.

Subjoined is Mears. Culverwell, Brooks, and
Co.'s report of yesterday's hide sales :

At the second 'series of hide sales for the year a good
demand was experienced,the greater portion of the quer
tiSy uttered (erhich was small) being sold at fall to ad-
vanced prices. East. India. —Calcutta were wellaompeted
for, a large proportion of the quantity submitted being
sold at extreme rates to an advance of id. per lb. The
analysis of the sales L 3 1; load Calcutta new parcels, 20,132
brought forward fzuut former sales, 458 Madras, Lc., in
all 5ti,475 hides...." which 74,3 W were sold. East India.—
Buffalo were all ho ,;ht in. buyers not being disposed to
give late rates. f...otliur. —Both Fast Indian and An4rs-
lianrealized extreme rices. Salted Ifides.—AuAralian :
For light hides and second clam there was good comp*.
tiCon, at fully List aalva prices;; first heavy were, however,
du'! of sale, and La ,stly bought in. Cape sold well at
rather advanced p! izea. Horse hides.—Salted River Plate :
all bought in. Dry and Drysalted Hides.—Roth West
Coast and 11la,r,tuls were all sold at full to slightly ad-
vanced rates. B.unk.—Sii:uoia wax well competed for, and
a few parcel, oft rime realized a slight advance.

The weekly return of the Bank of France shows
the following changes : _ _

Coin and binion lncrease £3 30,000
lA'. I
l.,,vernment o
:Notes in circulation
Private depoeits
Advances .............
The demand fur niuney has increased, as appears
iro a the muveinent in the discounts and circula-
tion, but the con ani bullion continue to rise.
The return the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday. Jan. 30, compared with that for
the previous week, shows the following changes
Circulation issue L32,917,120 Increase ki.1,246
Circulation active 2'2,807,265 Decrease 111,600
raidic deposits 6,161,542 Increase 862,813
Other deposits 18,114:1,42.9 Decrease 1r4,417
Government securities in

banking department
Other securities ha banking
department . ....... 19,199,38:i Decrease 221,190
Coin :and bullion :a both

13,111,068 No change.

department + . 18,090,422 Decrease 1,131
Seven day att.., °tie : 496,V5 Increase 5,4 Q
The Rest 3 530 382 Increase 15,251

Notes in reserve
10,109,113 s Increase 146,925
Total reserve (notes & coin)
in lambing deice-ter 11,01t1,137 'betimes 110054
The private deposits continue to decline, but the
draught on the Bank's resources under this head
has been almost entirely made up by the influx of
IGovernment deposits, and as, in addition, the
maintenance of the Bank's charge at 3i per oent.
has caused a further amount of loans to be repaid
to it, the reserve shows an increase of 110,8541.
The decrease, in the coin and bullion is
unexpectedly small, since 138,01101. in gold is
known to have been withdrawn from the Bank foe
exportation during the week. It is thus evident
that there is a strung reflux of ouin from the in-
ternal circulation.