The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-01 00:00:00

The third drawing for the redemption of the
bonds of the Four-aud-a-Half per Cent. Swedish
Government lA= of 1864 took place at Stockholna
on the 2nd January, when bonds amounting is
10,700/. were drawn.
The Scottish Commercial Insurance Company
have opened a London branch at 60, Graceolturch-
street.
Messrs. J. H. Schroder and Co. have announced t'ne
half-yearly interest on the Bay of Havana and
Matanzas Railroad Seven per Cent. Loan of 1863.
We learn from a memorandum which has been
forwarded to us that a public meeting of capitalists
interested in the establishment of direct telegraphic
communication with America, the continent of
Europe, and the colonies, will take place to-morrow.
the 2nd instant, at the London Tavern, at 1
o'clock. Admiral the Right Hon. the FAA of
Shrewsbury and Talbot is to take the chair.
Subjoined is au extract of a private letter front
Santa Marta (sew Granada), dated January 3 :
We received on the 31st ultimo the satisfactory WWl-
game of the complete termination of the revolatioomw
inovemeate in this ti rate. sad it may be confidently expected
that the next remittsoce front theOwease-bense on account
of the hoodnolders will show a considerable increase over
the two lad.

WIDIIIIIDAY Evwxa.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 864 to 87
for the Bth February, opened this morning at the
same quotation, and closed at 861 to 1. For
money the last price was 861 to 1, and for the Bth
of March, 871 to 1. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
864, 1,1; ditto, for account, 84, 7,6 f ; Three
per Cents. Reduced, 861, 1; New Three per Cents.,
861, 4, 1 ; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 69 ;
ditto Five pee Cents., 103 ; Bank Stock, 247
India Five per Cent. Stock, 1021, f ; ditto Five
per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 101.
Indian Government securities were quiet.
Exchequer Bills were quoted 7s. to 2a. die.
The foreign stock market was depressed. Mexi-
can of 1864 and Spanish Passive Bonds bowed
chief depression, and fell f and per cent. respec-
tively. Turkish of 1865 also declined ; Mexican
Old Bonds and Greek, to ; and Italian of 1861,
4. Venezuelan Bonds of 1864, however, improved
1 per cent. ; and Russian of 1862,the 1.
In the market for bank shares chief feature
was a rise of 21. in London and County. Bank of
Australasia also met with inquiry, while London
Bank of Mexico and South America and National
Bank gave way. Alliance Bank shares closed at 1/
to 11 prem., ex div. ; Imperial Ottoman, at 3 to 3/
prem. ; and Anglo-Austrian Bank, at 1 to 14irem.
The shares of the financial companies were fiat,
and prices experienced a further decline of 1-16 to
1, The last prices were as follows :---International
Financial, par to 4 prem. ex div.; General Credit,ll
to 4 prem.; London Financial, II to 1 prem. ex div.;
Imperial Mercantile Credit, 11 to prem., ex div.;
Credit Foncier and Mobilier, 34 to prem.
National Discount shares were last quoted 104
to 11 prom. ; Joint Stock Discount, 54 to 44 dia.,
showing a recovery of 2a. 6d. ; Overend, Gurney,
and Co., 31 to prem., being 7s. 6d. lower ; Gene-
ral Ottoman, 34 to 4 prem.; and Hudson's Bay, 16
to 1. At one period of the mornieg Joint Stock
Discount shares were as low as 51 dia. In the
market for miscellaneous shares the principal fea-
ture was a fall of 11. lOs. in National Steam. Ebbw
Vale, International Contract, and London and
Glasgow Engineering also declined, but Stillwell
Ironworks and West India and Pacific Steam im-
proved. Lion Brewery shares were quoted 11 to
2 pretn.
The shares of the English and American Bank
were nominally quoted 1 to 11 prem. ; London
Steam Towing, 11 to 2 prem. ; Charles Laffitte and
Co., 2/ to 1 prem. ; Hercules Insurance. par to
prom. ; and Loudon, Asiatic, and American Com-
pany, 14 to 21 prem.
United States 5.20 Bonds were firm, and im-
proved 1 per cent., but Illinois Central Railway
shares declined 1. The following were the
latest prices, viz.:-6.20 Bonds, 661 to ; Erie
Railway shares, 531 to 4, ex div. ; Illinois °antral,
744 to 754, ex div. ; Atlantic and Great Western
Railway Debentures, 831 to 841 ; ditto small,
844 to 851 ; ditto Consolidated Sterling Mortgage
Bonds, paid up, 781 to 794, ex coupon ; ditto
scrip, to 1 prem.
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MINES.-(THIS DAYJ

thcz o'CLooz.

There is no new feature in the mining market,
the amount of business being still very small.
Prices, in most instanoes, are nominally quoted the
same as yesterday.