The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-12 00:00:00

Foreign stocks are in request, and a rise of 1
to 1 per cent. is observable in Turkish of
1866, Italian of 1861, Spanish Certificates,
Chilian Scrip, Mexican, and a few others.
Turkish of 1866 are quoted 26;; to 1 ; Greek,
121 to 13 ; Spanish Passive, 19# to # ; ditto
Certificates, 111 to 121 ; Italian of 1861, 471 to
481, ; Mexican, l 5 to g ; Russian Scrip, #to #
prem ; Chilian Scrio, 4 to 3 die.; and Danu-
bian Scrip, 64 to 5,1 die.

American securities are bettor. The 5-20 Bonds
arc quoted 73i to I, showing a rise of 4 per cent. ;
Erie Railway shares, 36? to 37, being higher ;
and Illinois Central, 76} to 77—showing alim an
advance of

Atlantic Cable shares are slightly lower. Anglo-
American are quoted 17 to 4, and Atlantic Tele-
graph Eight per Cent. Preference 31 to 4.
International Financial shares are quoted
21 to dis. ; London Financial, 24 to 23
dis. ; General Credit, 3,1, to 21 dis. ; Credit Foncier,
6k to k dim. ; National Discount, Gk to prem. ;
and Hudson's Bay, IN to 16k.

A special general meeting of the Dutch-Rhenish
Railway Company will be held at 'Utrecht on the
6th of May, "for the purpose of approving a
draft agreement with the Dutch government rela-
tive to the Rotterdam Junction, also the draft
conditions of a concession fur the con-
struction and working of a railway from Condo to
the Hague, and of a line from Hamden to
Brenkelen, and further to provide for the financial
requirements of the company by an extension of
the ordinary share capital and the contracting of a
loan."

An extraordinary meeting of the Empire Assu-
rance Corporation (Limited), is convened for the
18th inst., when it will be proposed that the under-
taking be wound up voluntarily.

HALF-PART THREE O'CLOCE.
COHICIII remain firm, at 904 to for money, and
901 to 3 for the acoonnt.

About 20,0001. in gold has been sent into the
Bank to-day.

At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 66fr. 50e., showing a rise of nearly per
cent.

The half-monthly settlement in shares and
foreign stocks will begin to-morrow (" continua-
tion day "), and end on Tuesday.
About 3,000/. in American eagles was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday for exportation. The de-
mand for gold for abroad continues, and about half
of the recent arrivals has been purchased for trans-
mission thither.

Owing, it ie understood, to a decline in the Bom-
bay exchange, and to the fact of orders to purchase
cotton in the East having been withdrawn in con-
sequence of the present unsettled state of political
affairs, the silver market was decidedly fatter to-
day, and the quotation for bars receded Id., viz.,
to ss. Old. per ounce.
The steamer Ceylon will take to-day only 33,0001.
in silver for Bombay.
The report of the directors of the Agra Bank
(Limited), to be presented at the annual meeting
on the 16th inst., states that the support given to
the resuscitated bank has been must encouraging.
The Edinburgh branch has been reconstituted.
Mr. M. Balfour, the general manager, has visited
India, and the various branches at Calcutta, Bom-
bay, Madras, Kurrachee, Agra, and Lahore once
more became working banks on the Ist of March.
Almost throughout India the old constituents of
the bank have hastened to its support. lit the
China branches the settlement of affairs is being
pushed forward, but the directors " have not yet
decided upon the advisability of re-opening them
for future business." The Australian branches
they have determined upon closing permanently.
With regard to the probable ultimate out-turn of
the assets of the liquidation, the board " see no
reason to apprehend that the result will fall short
of what has been anticipated." The report con-
cludes with an undertaking on the part of the
directors that the bank's operations shall bestrictly
confined to " transactions of a perfectly sound and
legitimate character." Accompanying the direc-
tors' report is a little pamphlet of 18 pages giving
an account of the proceedings of the committee of
shareholders appointed at the gonerel meeting on
the 18th October.

The Great Western Railway traffic return shows
this weak a decrease of 4,1831., compared with
the corresponding period of 1866 (Easter week)
the Great Northern, an increase of 1.1801. ; the
Great Eastern, a decrease of 273/. • the North
Eastern, an increase of 4,905 L ; the London and
South Western, a decrease of 1,3661. ; the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, an increase of 110/. ; the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, an increase
of 222/. ; the North British, an increase of 2,1351. ;
the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the
Metropolitan Extension and branches, a decrease
of 8641. ; and the Metropolitan Extension, a de-
crease of 359/.

The annexed communication is from the Great
Eastern Railway Company :

TO TEI EDITOR 01, THE =PREM.,.
Sir,—Having received numerous inquiries as to whether
the committee of preference holders, whose report ap-
peared in your impression of Tuesday, is acting in unison
with the board of directors, and whether the proposal
made by that committee meets with the approval of the
board. I am desired to risk your permission to inform the
proprietors and the public through your onlut,,us that the
committee and the board are co-operating with complete
accord in the efforts now being made to improve the com-
pany's condition ; and that the report referred to was
issued with the full concurrence of the directors.-1 am,
J. B. Owitt, Secretary. Secretary's office, Bishops.
gate terminus, April 11.
At an extraordinary general meeting yesterday of
the shareholders of the English and Swedish Bank
(Limited), it was resolved to wind up the company
voluntarily, and two directors and two shareholders
were appointed liquidators.
The prospectus of the Imperial Hotel Company
of Dover (Limited) is being privately circulated.
The object is to lease and work the large hotel re-
cently erected by the Clarence Rotel Company.
It is proposed to raise a capital of 30,000/. by the
issue of two classes of shares, called " A and
"B " shares, viz., 5,000 "A " of 11. each, fully
paid up, and 5,000 "B" of 5/. "on which the
amount required only will be called."
Subjoined is Messrs. Culverwell, Brooks, and
Co.'s report of yesterday's hide sales
At the seventh series of hide maks for the year a good