The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-16 00:00:00

PROTINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.-Sales Bristol and Exeter, 81-Cale-
douian -0 80 794 80 794--Great Eastern, 301 1 1 30411
t-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 122 14-London and North
Western, 1134 41-Manchester, Sheffield, and Uncolnshire,
471-Midland, 1164 }-South Eastern. co) 4-Great Eastern 6
per cent. 1862, 50-Great Western of Canada, 16 9.15 4-United
States 5-20 Bonds, 1862, 704-Great Luxembourg shares, 9 3-16
-Sembee and Meuse, 6 9-16-British sod Foreign Marine,
Queen Insurance. I d . -Anglo- American Telegraph, 181--A ntic
Telegraph, Et per cent., 4-British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph,
A. 100 I--British Shipowners, 14 d.-National Steam Ship Com-
pany [butted , 7.
MAllolll3rgn. NOV. 15.-Market flat a fair amount of bust.
ness doing. Anglo-American Telegraph Limited), 185.16-
Atlantic Telegraph Pre:erence Eight per Cents., 85-Caledonian,
804 79) 80 79: /80 79: 4-District Beak, 164 p.-
Ertel. 47 I-Great Eastern, 301 I I 4-Great Luxembourg,
94 3-16-Great Northern A, 1114 4 4-Great Western of Canada,
1611-111 4 7.16 5-16 I-Great Western, 46) I j-Minols, 844 6-
John Brown and Co. (Limited', 20 -Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1114:} 4 2 14 1-Ditto, 44 per cent. (1870) preference, 104-Lou-
en% Brighton, and South Coast, 5214 4-London and North
Western, 1134-Manchester, Mafia & and Linoolnaldre.47l I 4
-Ditto, 36 preference. 63-16 -Metropolitan, 12141 }}--Midland,
1184rth # -Ditto, new ail shares, 13.16 p.-North &KM, 33-
No Eastern, " Berwick," 109-Ditto, " Yorks," 891 - South
Eastern, 453 4 I-Sheepbridge. 25 d.-Bristol and Exeter, 814.
RIXXINGHAII, Nov. 15.-The ales to-day were In Imperial
Continental Gas shares, at 96-and Wolverhampton Waterworks
shares. at 84 per share. Clodng prices: Great Western Railway
Stour Valley Guaranteed Brock, at 70 to 71--Rtourbridge Rail-
way, buyer*, at 54-Loyd's Bank (Limited), sellers, at %Prem.
--Staffordshire Financial shams, buyers, at 24 dia -Bine gbarn
and Staffordshire Goa C 25 shares, at 484 to 40-Britannia Mills
at 14 to 1 din- and Patent Shaft and Axletree shares, second
Issue, at 21 to 24 prem.

NONE Y MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

On o'Osacs.

In the Stock Exchange to-day the principal
feature is a further important fall in British rail-
way securities, owing to additional large specu-
lative operations. Caledonian has been forced
for sale, and was dealt in at one period as
low as 752. A partial reaction has since occurred,
yet the present quotation is 1 per cent. worse
than yesterday. The total reduction in this
stock during the present week amounts to
fully 10 per cent. Consols and some
of the foreign bonds, however, are inquired for,
and have risen 1-16 to ;. per cent. Banking,
financial, and miscellaneous shares remain dull.
The Indian Five per Cent. stock is still in demand,
notwithstanding the recent important advance.
The applications for discount to-day are not very
numerous, but thereto for the best three months'
bills is fractionally higher, at 11 to 11 per cent.
Consols are quoted 944 to q, with div., for money,
and 93 to 1, ex div., for the account (Decem-
ber 5). The Three per Cents. Reduced and New
Three per Cents. are at 921 to I.
British railway stocks have again given way,
Caledonian has been freely offered, and the pre-
sent price, though not the worst of the day, is 1
per cent. lower than yesterday. Midland, Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, and Great Northern have de-
clinedl, and the other lines to 1. Annexed are
the quotations :—Metropolitan, 1201 to ; Great
Western, 44} to 451 ; London and North Western,
1121 to 113 ; Midland, 115 k to ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1201 to f ; Caledonian, 77 to 1 ; South
Eastern, 63} to 1 ; Great Eastern, 30 to} ; Great
Northern, 1071 to 1081 ; ditto A, 1101 to 1 ; Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to ; North
British, 32:i to 331 ; and Brighton, 511 to 52.
Turkish Bonds of 1802 are in request, and} per
cent. better, at G 2 to Spanish Passive and Cer-
tificates have also improved 1, viz., to 20, to 1 and
171 to 2, respectively. Turkish of 1865 are at 32
tot ; Greek, 111 to 121 ; Italian of 1861, 451 to 1 ;
Egyptian of 1864, 84 to 85 ; and Mexican, 141
to 15.

The scrip of the new Honduras Loan is flat at
par to 1 prem.

American securities show firmness. The 5-20
Bonds are quoted 701 to being per cent. higher;
Erie Railway shares, 474 to 48, showing no
variation ; and Illinois Central, 85 to 4—a rise of
I per cent.

- Anglo-American Telegraph shares aro firm, at
181 to and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent.
Preference have improved 2s. Gd., viz., to 31 to 4.
Bank shares are dull, with few dealings. Lon-
don and Westminster are at 70 to 72 ; Union of
London, 34 to 36 ; Alliance, 12 to 11 dia. ; Im-
perial Ottoman, 1 to oi die. ; Chartered Mercantile
of India, 20 to 27 ; and London and County,
50 to 51.

Financialsharesare without alteration, at the fol-
lowing prices : International Financial, 2i to
21 dis. ; London, 24 to 23 dia. ; General Credit,
21 to 2 dia. ; and Credit Foncier, 6g to 6A dis.
A long report has been issued by the liquidators
of the London and Mediterranean Bank, in which
they describe fully the present disastrous posi-
tion of that undertaking. It is stated, how-
ever, that a plan is under consideration for a
compromise of the questions with the Continental
Bank Corporation and the London and Bombay
Bank, and General Financial and Insurance
Agency Corporation, and that the same will be
shortly submitted for the joint decision of
the liquidators of the three banks. Whether this
effort will be successful depends in a great mea-
sure, it is mentioned, upon the course taken by the
London and County Bank, as the principal admitted
creditor of the Continental Bank Corporation.
A special meeting of the Australian Trust Com-
pany is called for the 28th inst., "to consider the
expediency or inexpediency of discontinuing the
business of the company."

An extraordinary meeting of the Dublin Trunk
Connecting Railway Company will be held on the
3rd of December, " to receive and consider a state-
ment of accounts and report on the finances and
affairs of the company, prepared since the special
meeting on the sth of September last."

Two O'CLOCK.

Consols are unchanged, at 94. to 2, with div.,
for money, and 93 to f , ex div,, for the account.
About 12,000 sovereigns from Lisbon were sent
into the Bank yesterday.
The China, from Boston, has brought only 1,000/.
in specie.
The only alterations in the foreign exchanges
yesterday afternoon were an improvement in the
rates on Belgium, and a trifling reduction as
regards Vienna. The list is subjoined :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.03 to 12.11 ; ditto, short,
11.181 to 11.191; Rotterdam, 3 months, 12.04 to 12.11 ;
Antwerp, 3 months, 25.35 to 25.40; Brussels, 3 months,
25.33 to 25.40 ; Hamburg and Altona, 3 months, 13.91 to
13.10 ; Berlin, Cologne, ke., 3 month% 6.261 to 6.173
St. Petersburg, 3 months,'
321 to 32 ; Paris, short, 25.10
to 26.20; ditto, 3 months, 25.30 to -.3.3.3 ; Marseilles,
3 months, 25.30 to 25.35 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine,
3 months, 1201 to 1201 ; Vienna, 3 months, 12.50 to
12.55 • Trieste, 3 months, 12.50 to 12.55 ; Madrid, 3
month's, 49 to 481 ; Sontander, 3 months, 49 to 481; Cadiz,
3 months, 491 to 494 ; Seville, 3 months,49l to 493 ; Malaga,
3 months, 481 to 481; Valencia, 3 months, 481 to 481 ; Bar.
colons., 3 months, 49 to 481 ; Billie% 3 months, 481 to
'
481 ; Saragossa, 3 months, 48,1 to 431 ; Leghorn 3
months, 28.30 to 28.45 ; Genoa, 3 months, •28.30 to
48.45 ; Napins, 3 months, 25.30 to 23.45 ; Palermo, 3
months, 28.30 to 28.43 ; Messina, 3 months, 24.30 to
28.43 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 511 to 511 ; Oporto, 90 days'
date, 511 to 51 A.
At Paris the rate of discount in the open market
is If per cent., being about the same as that cur-
rent here. At Brussels it is 21 ; at Frankfort, 2 ;
at Hamburg, 3 ; at Amsterdam and Berlin, 3. ;
at Vienna, 4 ; at Turin, 5 ; and at St. Petersburg,
8 per cent.
The Shipping Gazette announces the failure of
Messrs. W. A. 'Mite and Co., hop and seed mer-
chants, of the Borough, with liabilities amounting
to 70,000/.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 9461. over last year.
• - •

The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway for the third week in October
were 122,232 dole., against 146,104 dole, in the
corresponding period last year, showing a decrease
of 23,872 dohs.
The report of tho directors of the Hudson's Bay
Company, issued in anticipation of the general
meeting called for the 19th inst., recommends that
the usual interim dividend of Bs. per share be paid
in January.
The directors of the London and Caledonian
Marine Insurance Company (Limited) have made
a call of 21. per share, payable, one moiety on the
15th of January, and the other on the 15th of
April, 1868.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and waterworks shares, as given in the
Stock Exchange list of last evening :
Insurance—Commercial Union 4 9-16, 1, 1 ; Indem-
nity Marine, 1151; London and Provincial Marine, 1I ;
Phcenix, 106 ; Thames and Mersey Marine (Limited),
5 5.16 ; Universal Marine (Limited), 4f.
Gaslight sad Coke—Bombay (Limited), 41 ; City of
Moscow Gee, 121, A, 13 ; Equitable, ti 4 ; European (new),
71; Great Central; 121, 1 1, ex div. ; Imperial, 65, 4,
ex div. ; Imperial Continental, 97. 61 ; London, 621, 3j,
ex div. • Phoenix, 2:4 ; Ditto New, 351 ; Surrey Con-
sumers, 121 ; Ditto New, 7i ; Western, 131
Docks—London and St. Katharine, 521, ,1.
Waterworks—Berlin New, 51 ; Lambeth, 1041, 5 ;
Southwark and Vauxhall, )131,14.
Messrs. J. H. Schroder and Co. have announced
the dividend due on the Ist December on th.
bonds of the Cienfuegos and Villa Clara (Cubs)
Railroad Company.

FILIDAT EVINUMI.

Consols, a hicli closed yesterday at. 9;4 to 4, ex
die., for the sth December, opened this morning
at 931, and closed at 93. For money the last
price was 944, with div. The Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents. were quota
at 3 o'clock 921 to 93. The official business re-
port is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 944, f, , ; ditto, for account,
931, 3, ex div. ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
924, 3, 21 3 ; New Three per Cents., 924, 3, 21,
3 ;4, 16 ; ditto Four Bank Stock, 243 ; India Stock, 2221, 2 ;
ditto Five per Cent., 1154, per
Cent., 1001. 100 ; ditto Certificates, 100; ditto Five
per Cent. • enfacetl" rupee paper, 1031 ; ditto
Five and-a-Half per Cent., 109 ; ditto Five per
Cent. Rupee Debentures, 1872,1031 ; ditto Bonds,
&is. 58s. prem.
The India Five per Cent. stock was again in
great demand, and experienced a further decided
rise, closing at 116 to 4.
Exchequer Bills remain at 28s. to 31s. prem.
Bank of England stock was again offered, and
experienced a fresh fall of 11., the last price being
243 to 245.
The changes in foreign stocks were about evenly
balanced. New Grenadian Three per Cents. rose
1 per cent. ; Chilian of 1866, Peruvian of 1865,
and Turkish of 1858, 7 ; and Greek, 1. On the
other hand, Egyptian of 1864 declined 4 ; Spanish
Deferred and Passive, 4 ; and Italian of 1861,
Spanish Certificates, and Mexican, 1.
The list for the Honduras Government Railway
Loan was closed this afternoon, and the price,
after being supported at 3 prem., fell suddenly to
about 1 prem., at which it closed. A day or two
must elapse before the result of the continental
subscriptions will be known.

MINES.-(TELS DAY.)

Ow o'CLooz.

In the mining market to-day there is a fair
demand for blaes-v-Safn, East Caradon, Cern Brea,
Chiverton Moor, Great Retallack, and East Gun-
nislake shares. Annexed are the present quota-
tions :—Maes--Safn, 29 to 31 ; West Chiverton,
69 to 71 ; Chiverton Moor, st to 6 ; Clifford, 61
to ; East Caradon,_64 to 7 ; East Gunnisiske,
W 328. 6d. to 355. ; heal Seton, 074 to 102 ;
Wheal Basset, 90 to 95 ; Great Retallack, to ;
Cern Brea, 25 to 27; ; Wheal Grenville, 245. to
to 265. ; Prince of Wales, 525. to 545. ; and Marke
Valley, si to I.
As regards ore4Tn and colonial mining shares the
most important change is a reduction of ss. in
Chontales, viz., to 1; to 04 dis. St. John del Rey
are quoted 59 to 61 ; Don Pedro, 2 to 2; prem. ;
Anglo-Brazilian, par to prem. ; Pestarena, pas
torem. ; Roma Grande, to ! ; Anglo-Italian,
to prem.; United Mezman, 14 to 2 ; Frontino
and livia, ;; Port Phillip, 1; to 14, ex &v.;
and Central American, dia. to par.
The subjoined report on the metal market is
from the circular of Messrs. vun Dadelszen and
North :

The amount of business transacted in the metal market
has been small sium our last report ; prices have been
fairly maintained, and it seems as if they cannot well go
lower. Iron.—The reports from Staffordshire and Wales
show no signs of an improved demand ; prices for finished
iron are unaltered. A large business has been done in
Scotch pig iron, but the price has declined to 545., buyers.
Copper. —Nothing new to report ; the smelters are asking
full prices for tough and selected but are disposal to boot
orders for manufactured at • alight concession. Tough
cake and ingots nominally 77. to 6/. Foreign copper re-
mains neglected. Burrs, 83/. i Wallareo, till. Chili bars
in Liverpool have advanced to 6W. Tin has maintained
its value. Fine Straits, 801.; Banca,92Llos. to 931.; English
tin steady ; the Dutch market is first at 531. Ma plates
continue neglected, and prices irregular. Lead shows no
signs of improvement ; good soft English pig, 191. ba, to
191. 7s. lid. ; L. IL, 19!. 15e. Spelter has maintained its
position, k 0 exceptional transaction having been reported
at 211. 170. 6d., ex ship, but parcels in warehouse are ob.
tamable at 21/. ; s brands in outporta, 211.
17s. 6d. to 221. ; W. H., 224 sa. ; V. and S., 211. 13. dd.;
Belgian welter, 211. se.