The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-08 00:00:00

The directors of the Brazilian and River Plate
Gas Company (Limited) have returned the 4eposith
in full, the applications for shares not having bead
in their opinion sufficient to justify them in at
present proceeding with the scheme.
A memorandum hem the Seat India Irrigation
and Canal Company, intimates that a telegram has
been received from the meager and the chief
engineer stating that labour had become mug
abundant, and the works are therefore being
poshed on with extra vigour. The Governor,
General aad the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal had
promised, and were expected, to visit the
hsai
works and canals duriag the present month. The
works were also progressing very satisfactorily. .
The hall-yearly meeting of the London and
North-Western Railway Company is called for the
23rd instant.
The half-yearly meeting of the Mineral' Freehold
Land and Docks Company, now known as the
Mineral Canal Company, will be held on the 27th
instant. • resolution will be submitted to autho-
rise the di.ectors to raise money by loan, on most.
gage or debenture.
The half-yearly meeting of the Vale of Nola
Railway Company is tailed for the 28th instant..
The half-yearly meeting of the Southampton
Dock Company is called for the 27th inst.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, Las,
dock, and other shares, as given in the Stook /814-
change list of yesterday evening : •
Insarasoa.—Allissioe British sad Fondle; 14
to
Argus Life, 31 ; llailish sad &Milk Merino (Limi
3to 2/ ; Guardian, 48 to 7} ; Mire,96o ;
Lite, 20/ to f ; Law Lis. in to ; on, 471 to;
London mad Caledonian Maria* ; London sad
Provincial Mariam. 94; Nardi British sadßoreattile, 194;
Naval Exeisaave, 3116. av div.; Maass sad Mane, Mram
(lAssited),7l; Colon Marine (Limited), 34; Univonal Neer
(Lionted), 31.
Gaslight sod Colts.—Bombay (Limited). 54; ditto, 3sl
if ; ditto, New,oy ; Coatissabil Thum (Limited).
9/ ; European, New, sa div. ; Gress Coates'. 191 M
14 ; 74/ to ;Imperial Osollasutal, 961106:
Lsodon, 72i to 3; Phoenix, New, 15 ex die. ; South meter
politic, 804 ; Westminster Chartered, 06 az div. ; ditto,
New, 45 ex div. ; Western, 151.
Watorworke.—lterlia, 111 to 11; Ckdrw 284; Lambeth,
U 0 ; West Middlesex, 111.
Docks.—Eset sod West India. 1301 to 30 ; London and
ft. Katharine, 734 to 3 ex div.

Weetrinnar fivelmlo.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 864 to 4,
both for money and to-morrow's settlement, opened
and closed to-day at the same quotation. For tin
Bth of March the last price war 87 3-16 to 5-16.
The official business report is as follows :—Thre•
per Oast. Consols, for money, 861, I. 4 ; ditto, for
account, 864 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 86f, ;
New Three per Cents., 864, 4,4; ditto Two-and-
a-Ralf per Cents., 69 ; Bank Stock, 247 ; India
Stock, 208; ditto Five per Cent., 1024 ; ditto
Four per Cent. Bonds, 15e. prem.
In the foreign stock market the chief feature was
a strong demand for Spanish Passive Bonds and
Certificates, which advanced 4 and 14 per cent.
respectively. Colombian and Danubian also roes 1
per cent., and Greek, f. On the other hand,
Turkish of 1862 declined 2 per amt., Egyptian et
1884, 4, and Turkish of 1866, f. Italian of 1861
showed dulness.
There was little business in bank shares, but
rices were firm. London and County, London
Joint Stock, London and South Western, and
Union of Australis improved ; and New Zealand
Corporation and Union of London showed an
uorard tendency. Commercial Corporation of
India and the East, on the other hand, declined.
The shares of the fiunnoial companies were firm,
and a rise of 1-16 to 4 took place in International
Financial, General Credit, and Credit Foncier and
Mobilier. London Financial, however, experienced&
fresh decline of *. The last prices were as follows :
International Financial, to prem., ex div. ;
General Credit, 1 5-16 to 7-16 prem.; London
Financial, lf to 14 dim., ex div. ; Imperial Met-
candle Credit, 1 to 14 prem., ex div.; Credit
Foncier and Mobilier, 34 to 4 prem.
National Discount shares were last quoted 10* to
prem., showing a fresh rise of In 6d ; Joint Stoat
Dispount, 51 to 5 die.; Overend, Gurney. and Co.,
44 to prem., being 2s. Bd. lower; General Ot-
toman, 3* to 4 prem.; and Hudson's Bay, 161 to 4.
Miscellaneous shares were fiat, and a reduction
occurred in several cases. London, Italian, and
Adriatic Steam showed heaviness, and fell 11. 10a.
Bangparsh Tea, Consolidated Discount, Millwall
Ironworks, Natal Land, South African Mortgage,
Thames and Mersey Marine, and West India and
Pacific Steam also gave way. Discount Corpora-
tion, Egyptian Commercial and Trading, and
Oriental Gas, however, improved.
The shares of the London Steam Towing COar
pany were nominally quoted 14 to 2 prem.; Charles
Laffitte and Co., 3to prem.; and London,
Asiatic, and American Company, 1 to 2 prem.
United States 5.20 Bonds voided per cent,
and Atlantic and Great Western Railway deben-
tures 4. Erie and Illinois Central Railway shares
showed no change of importance. The last prices
were as follows :-5.20 Bonds, 674 to 4 ; Erie
Railway shares, 534 to 1, ex div. • Central,
754 to 4 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Debentures, 82 to 83 ; ditto small, 88 to 84 ;
ditto Consolidated Sterling Mortgage Bonds, paid
up, 784 to 794, ex oonpon ; ditto scrip, par to

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There is no new feature to report in the mining
market the amount of business being still very
small, and the variations in prices quite unimpor-
tant. The transactions are chiefly confined to
Ohiverton Moor, Clifford Amalgamated, East Bas-
set, East Grenville, North Treakerby, Tinoroft, and
Wheal Grenville shares.