The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-09 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(sauna's TILIGIAMB.)
DEATH OF QUEEN MARIE THERESE OF

NAPLES.

ROME, Amon 9.
Queen Marie Therese of Naples died yesterday.
ITALY.
FLORENCE, Atom 9.
Baron do Malaret, the French ambassador, left
this morning for Paris.
Chevalier di Nigra, the Italian ambassador at
the court of the Tuileries, leaves to-day for Venice.
He will return to Florence to receive instructions
from his government before resuming his post.

ALARMING AND FATAL RAILWAY ACCI-
DENT IN IRELAND.-(THIS DAY.)

(BY rzugalara.)
(Peon ems own commarownawr.)
DUBLIN, FRIDAY.
The 9 o'clock train from Wicklow to Dublin ran
off the line this morning when rounding Bray Head, at
a bridge, the sea being at one side and high rocks at the
other. The engine and one third-claas carriage were pre-
cipitated into the chasm, fortunately on the land side,
which prevented other carriages from falling in. Three
persons were killed on the spot ; three are not expected to
recover ; and several are greatly bruised.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

OWI O'CLOCK.

The dealings in public securities consist almost
exclusively of purchases, and the markets accord-
ingly remain very firm. The transactions are
mostly intended to cover recent speculative sales,
but it is satisfactory to notice an increased number
of bond fide investments, partly induced by the
fine weather and the low rates of interest now
allowed by the joint stock banks and discount
establishments. Consols have advanced per
cent., and some of the British railway stocks y to
I. The dividends lately declared by most of the
principal lines are not considered unsatisfactory,
bearing in mind the extreme dulness of trade
during the present year. In addition the traffic
returns this week show a considerable increase
compared with the corresponding period of 1866.
Most of the foreign bonds are unaltered.
Consols are quoted 944 to for money
and 94 to for the account (Sept. 10), and the
Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Cents., 94} to 4. The Indian Five per Cent. stock
is firm at 1124 to 113.

The railway market continues firm, and Midland,
Great Eastern, and Great Northern A stocks exhibit
a fresh rise of to 1 per cent. The present prices
are as follows : Metropolitan, 1251 to # ; Great
Western, 431 to 4 ; London and North Western,
1121 to 113 ; Midland, 1161 to 117 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1271 to 1281 ; Caledonian, 110 to
111 ; South Eastern, 641 to 651 ; Great Eastern,
271 to 281 ; Great Northern, 111 to 112 ; ditto A,
112 to 1 ; London, Chatham. and Dover, 161 to
17 ; North British, 304 to 314 ; Brighton, 501 to
1 ; ditto New, 3 to / prem.
The discount market is still very quiet, and the
rates for the best bills are unchanged. Short
loans on English government securities are
ofiered in the Stock Exchange at 14 per cent.
The amount of business in foreign stocks is rather
limited, but Turkish of 1865 and Spanish Certifi-
cates have improved 1 per cent., the present prices
being 301 to 31 and 164 to 1 respectively. The
other descriptions are steady. Turkish of 1862,
are quoted 56 to 57 ; Greek, at 134 to 1; Spanish
Passive, 211 to ; Italian of 1861, 481 to 1 ; and
Mexican, i.bg to g.
Bank shares were quiet, and prices without varia-
tion of importance. Imperial Ottoman, however,
are inquired for, at 11 to 11 dia. London and
Westminster are quoted 88 to 90, being flat ;
Alliance, 121 to 111 dis. ; Union of London, 39 to
40 ; Chartered Mercantile of India, 26 to 28 ; and
London and County, 544 to 554.

Financial shares show no movement. Annexed
are the quotations :—lnternational Financial, 2*
to 21 dis. ; London, 24 to 23 dis. ; General Cre-
dit, 2g to 2* dim. ; and Credit Foncier, sif to
5 dis.
In the market for American securities, the 5-20
Bonds are still in request, and have further im-
proved * per cent., viz., to 731 to 74. Erie Rail-
way shares, however, are pressed for sale, and have
fallen 2* per cent., the present price being 44 to
45. Illinois Central are unchanged, at 77i to 78.
Atlantic cable shares are steady, Anglo-American
at 171 to Hi, and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent.
preference at 3* to I.
Subjoined is an extract from the report of the
directors of the North Australian Company
(Limited), issued in anticipation of the meeting
convened for the 21st. inst. :
It is obvious, however, that now, after such repeated
failures, • settlement in the northern territory has bet
the remotest chance of encores ; and consequently, an
well as on account of the great delay which has taken place,
and of the wholly unproductive expenditure of the land
fund, which was to be devoted to the government and on.
provement of the settlement, land order holders cannot
now be placed in the position which the contract led them
to expect, and that they have therefore • right
to treat that contract as incapable of performance by
the government. Your chairman has addressed
a letter urging these views, in reply to that received
from the Agent-General, and has requested him to Corn'
municate the same to his government ; and your directors
will take such other steps as they may be advised, to
obtain a return of the purchase monies ; and they trust
that the government will admit the justice of the claims
preferred, and will provide for their speedy satisfaction.

The seventh ordinary meeting of the Star and
Garter Hotel Company (Limited) will be held on
the 14th inst.

The annual meeting of Halcomb and Co., Sack
Contractors(Limited), will be held on the 22nd inst.
The fifth general meeting of the Varna Railway
Company is called for the sth of Sept.
The half-yearly meeting of the Mid-Wales Rail-
way Company is convened for tho 27th inst.
The half-yearly meeting of the London, Tilbury,
and Southend Railway Company is called for the
27th inst.

The half-yearly meeting of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway Company will be held on the 28th
inst.

The quarterly meeting of the National Freehold
Land Society is convened for the 30th inst.

HALF-PAST THRZE O'CLOCK.

The stock markets are all rather flatter, upon
speculative realisations. Consols are quoted 941
for money, and 94a forthe account, beingabout
per cent. lower than at 1 o'clock. The reaction
in some of the British railway stocks ranges from
to 1 per cent.

- About 95,0001. in bar gold has been sent into the
Bank.

At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rentee
opened at 69fr. 35c., showing a decline of i per
cent.

The rest of the Mexican dollars by the steamer
Pantheon, from New Orleans, was sold yesterday at
4s. llid. per ounce, showing a decline of id., com-
pared with the recent quotation. The reduction is
owing to the extent of the supply offering, and the

very moderate demand for China. The firmness
of the foreign exchanges has also caused additional
flatness in the market for bar silver.

The dividend on Bristol and Exeter Railway
Stock was officially announced yesterday at the rate
of 4 per cent. per annum, against 4i for the corres-
ponding period of 1866.
The advices from Wolverhampton announce the
failure of Meters. Joseph Whitehouse and Sons, of
West Bromwich. It is also mentioned that Messrs.
R. L. Jones and Son, engineers and ironfounders,
had arranged to pay their creditors 10s. in the
pound, in instalments extending over 18 months.
The Great Western Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 4551., compared with the
corresponding period of 186 : the London and
South-Western, an increase of 2,2921. the Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire an increase of 2,5411. ; the
North-Eastern, an increase of 5,864/. ; the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, an increase
of 2,3381. ; the North British, an increase of 6061.;
the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the
Metropolitan Extension and branches, an increase
of 2,7901. ; and the Metropolitan Extension,
separately, an Increase of 130/.

At the meeting yesterday of the Irrigation Com-
pany of France, satisfactory explanations were
afforded with respect to the works of the under-
taking, and it was mentioned that the subventions
granted by the French Government have been paid
in the most satisfactory manner.

The third ordinary general meeting of the North
Australian Company (Limited) will be held on the
21st inst., to receive the report of the directors and
statement of accounts for the year ending the 30th
of June last.

The half-yearly meeting of the Titanic Steel and
Iron Company (Limited) will be held on the 22nd
inst. at Worcester.
An extraordinary meeting of the Buxton Hotel
Company (Limited) is convened for the 19th inst.,
" for the purpose of taking into consideration
the present position and future prospects of the
company."

The annual meeting of the Nottingham Manu-
facturing Company (Limited) is called for the lath
inst., when a dividend will be declared.
On the application of Mr. Lovelock, the official
liquidator, Mr. Hawkins, the chief clerk, has di-
rected payment in full to the creditors of the
Kumaon and Oude Plantation Company (Li-
mited).

The subjoined report upon the silk market is
from the circular of Messrs. Durant and Co.,
dated yesterday:
We have still only a quiet market in silk. The first
arrival of new silk was landed on the sth instant. Thus
far comparatively little has been done ; in fact, there has
not been sufficient time for clearing sample bales and ena-
bling buyers at a distance to judge of the quality and
size. Some few parcels "best thirds" Tsatlee have been
taken at 29a., but beyond this the prices of the little that
has been sold—say in all about 500 bales—have been
more or less irregular, and only moderate in proportion.
The latest accounts from China by telegram speak less
hopefully as to supply. They now look upon 40,000 bales
as probable export of China silk, which will in some mea-
sure account for their high quotations, as also for 295. hav-
ing been paid here. The deliveries of the month were vesy
small. In Bengal silk we have nothing new.
Annexed is tho return of paid clearing for the
week ending August 7 :
Thursda Ist
Friday, 2nd
Saturday, 3rd
Monday, sth
Toes& ,y ith
Wednesday, 7th

€2,14!,000

. ,
10,601,000
12,510,000
9,416,000
9,&24,000
9,410,000

Total t 60,302,000
GEORGE DERBYSHIRE, Chief Inspector.
Bankers' Clearing-house.
The weekly return of the Bank of France shows
the following change.:
Coin and bWlion
Bills discounted No change
Notes in circulation
Private deposits lncrease 40,000
Advances _ _ - Increase '1 000
.___

Government deposits Decrease 2,000
The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, August 7, compared with that for
the previous week, shows the following changes :
Circulation inns £37,042,835 Increase £317,570
Circulation active 24,343,480 Increase 160,520
Pultlic deposits 5,189,684 Increase 291,533
Other deposits
Government monritias is

banking department 12,812,373 Decrease 18,400
Other securit es in banking
department 14,763,303 Decrease 559,134
Coin and bullion in both

departmiats 23,255,564 Increase 329,111
Seven day and other bills 488,689 Decrease 1,490
The Rest 3,399,435 Increase 37,579
Notes in reserve
Total reserve (notes & coin)
in banking department 13,912,08-1 Increase 168,591
Although the private deposits have 'experienced
a rather large decrease, it is more than compen-
sated by the augmentation in the public balance
and the decline in the other securities. Hence the
reserve shows a moderate increase. The addition
to the bunion corresponds almost exactly aith the
amount of gold from abroad sent into the Bank
during the week.

BANK OF 1
An Account pursuant to the Act
week eliding on Wednesday, i

ENGLAND.
7th end Bth Vie., e. S 7. f<,. the
the 7th day d Augwrt, lad?.
,ARTlttar.
Goverunient debt C 11.015,100
Other seetuities
Gold cola and bul-
lion 42,042,535
Silver bullion

ISSUE DEP/
Notes Issued 1.37,048351

07.042.835
immune DI
Proprietors' Capital L 14,553.000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Ruing.,
Bar. Danko, Com-
mis. of National

11X,0i2,k46

PIXTKINT.

64;terariceut Sent-
titles Z 12.811.373
Other Securtties 16,703,30 e
Notes
Gold sod Misr
Oats 1.212,729

Debt. and Div
Acelents) 5,1P9.684
Other Deposita
Seven day and other
BfOa

443,487,700
August 8, MIT.

£4 3.4.1,7.760
T. MAY, Deputy Ca'ler.

THUESDAT ETLVDTG.

Consols, which dosed yesterday at 3411 to 1 for
the 10th of September, opened this morning at tho
same price, and closed at' 4 9-16 to 11-16, or 94,;!.
For money the last price was 94g. The Three per
Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. were
quoted at 3 o'clock 941. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 944, 4, ; ditto, for account, 941, 1 ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 94, 34, 4 ; New Three
per Cents., 934, 4I 4 ; Bank Stock, 262, 60 ;
India Stock, 222, ; ditto Five per Cent., 1124,
4, 13; ditto Four per Cent. " enfaced" rupee
paper, 864 ; ditto Fi‘e per Cent., 1024, 3; ditto
Rupee Debentures, 1014 ; ditto Five per Cent.,
1882, 102.
The Indian Five per Cent. Stock was very firm,
and dealings took place as high as 113. Exchequer
Bills were again slightly better, at 245. to 28s.
prem.
Foreign stocks were rather firmer, and a rise of
to per cent. was observable in Spanish Pas-
sive, Creek (including the coupons), Mexican, and
Turkish of 1865. Some of the Egyptian Bonds
were to 1 better ; while Russian of 1804 and
Brazilian of 1865 declined to the like extent.

MINER.-(TRIS DAY.)

0141 o'CLoos.

fn the mining market to-day Prince of Wales
and North Crofty shares are inquired for, at 565.
to 58s. and 31 to I, respectively, but other mines
have been little dealt in, and prices present no
variation. West Chiverton are quoted 63 to 65 ;
Great Vor, 162 to 2 ; Bryn Gwiog, Vs. 61. to
275. 6d. ; Chiverton Moor, 41 to 5 • Chiverton,
6} to 7 ; Clifford, 6to ; and East Lovell, 64 to 7.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are inactive.
Subjoined are the present quotations :—St. John
del Rev, 56 to 58 ; Don Pedro, 11 to 10 prem. ;
Anglo-Brazilian, par to k prem. ; Chuntales.
to 1 prem. • Pestarena to prem. ; Frontinu
and 'Bolivia:l to ; 114lia'Grande, Ito 4 ; United
Mexican, It to 2 ; I tcl prem. :
and Port Phillip, 1 to 11.

[For to-day's Share Liit see page 4.1