The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-13 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL BEARS NARK=

LIVERPOOL. JUNE 12.—Sslaa to-day: Caledonian, new account,
1131—Great Eastern, 341 ; ditto new account, 341 1 1 Great
Weittrn, 471: ditto new account, 471 I—Lancashire and York-
shire, 130 29/ ; ditto new account. 1391 It I—London, Brtithtoth
antitiouth Coast, new account, 66—London and North Western,
11741 : ditto new account. 1171 18 171 Is 17: 11 18 Manchester,
Shetlield, and Lincolnshire, new account. 491 1 11—Metro
politest, 129; ditto new accurst, 1281 V Midland, now ac-
count, 118 I'l 18—North British, new account, 351—South
Eastern, 1301 1 70 1 : ditto new account, 70 1 70 17011 4
Losition and North Western, Chester and Holyhead, 110—Don
Pedro North del Rey, 34---4 rand Think of Canada, 171—Great
Western of Canada, new account, Hl—Crest Luxembourg
shares, 11 13-19; ditto new account, in 13-16—Conin.ercial
ELI cited , 17)—Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent., 41-11 udautia
Bay. 164 Paige Stram. 90.
It ISVltlesrest, tux it 12.—A fair business wax done, though the
Stock Exchange closed at one o'clock. Market very strong.
C.msolidated Bank i Limited., 1110 p.—District Bank, 171 p. --
Great Eastern, It 1 ; next account. 341 4—ttleat Luxembourg,
11 15-16; next account, 11 15-1.;--Great Northern A, 1174—Wand
Trunk of Canada, next account, 18—Great Western of Canada,
15—Great Western, 471 : next account, 471 - IBlnols, 79—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire nett account, 130—London and North
western, 1171: next account, 1172 4 11—Manchester. Ithelbeld,
and lJneollishire, 491; next amount, 414 11 I—Metropolitan,
129; next account, 139 1 n 81 9 8) Slklland, 1171: next account,
118 171 4 18—North MUNI, next account, 35—South Eastern,
691, next account, Rd 1--Thames and Mersey Marine Mau:once
:Limited', next account, 31 p.—Lomion and Brighton, 081; next
accssant, 601—Glasgow and South Western, lit

BIRMINGHAM, Jess It —nosing prices: London and North
Western Railway stock buyers, at 'ill; Staffordshire and Wor-
cestershire Canale, buyers, at I_lxs; Nottingham Joint Stock
Bank. 31 to 3 dis. Birmingham Financial, 11 to 11 dls. Bir-
mingham Can (new ordinary', sellers, at 511: Birmiughani MU-
*nee Fire Insurance shares, sellers. at par ; Britannia If HI shares,
sellers, at 11 to 1 din. ; Midland Wagon, new shares, sellers, at
to pram; Birmingham Waterworks shares, sellers, at 311.
WWI. and Foreign Railway Plant shares, 101 to 9 die.

DUBLIN, JUNE ll.—Three per Cent. Consols, P44--New Three
per Cent. stock, 93) 11, 93 9St Ditto, for account, 10111 July.
931, 1.--Bank of Ireland !IMO paid;,239-31 winter Bank Limited.,
( paid 4—National ,t3O paid , eel I—Koyal Bank' paid ,
324—Union Limited 'g92 paid„ Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion (glen paid,, 73—Dublin sod Drogheda !ace paid;, 85
Great Southern and Western (all paid;, Oa)—Midland Great
Western .ZlOO paid;, 40—Belfast and Northern Counties, 4 per
rent perpetual all pail;. 90) --Orest Southern and Western, 4
per cent perpetual (ClOO pH), 97.—Dublin, and Kingstown, 98
—Great Southern and Western, b years unexpired, 4g per cent.,
tOOl.

REPRESENTATION OT HUDDERSFIELD. —The Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer has replied, through his secretary,
to the memorial, asking for an additional representative
for Huddersfield, and the extension of the borough boun-
daries, so as to include a population of 60,000, to the
effect that the memorial shall be duly considered by the
government.
REPRESENTATION OF ABERDEEN. —A meeting
called by the Lord Provost and held in Aberdeen on
Monday evening, adopted the following resolution :
" The citizens of Aberdeen hereby express their decided
opinion that any mere extension of the suffrage would
prove unsatisfactory in its results, unless accompanied
by an addition to the number of the repiasentalaves to
be in future returned by Scotland to the House of Com-
MORS, based on its increased population and its omatribu-
Cons to the national exchequer; and that this city, from
its large and intelligent population, its wealth, and the
extent and variety of its commercial, manufacturing, and
shipping interests, possesses irresistible china to an addi-
tional member to represent it in parliament." Ameamittce
was appointed to embody the resolution iw a petition to
parliament, endto take steps to enforce the elaim of the

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

(astrrea's TILIGW.)

PARIS, Aim 13.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-day shows the following changes as com-
pared with the previous account :

lieczaAsz.

Notes fr 7,250,000
Cash
Treasury balsam . .
Dsclutssa

Current accounts
Commercial bills
Advances . . .

. 6,900,000
666,000
100,000

&lONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Ois &Owen.

In the Stock Exchange to-day attention is chiefly
directed to the settlement of the fortnightly account,
and few fresh transactions have taken place. The
funds are flat, upon a continuance of bria-ji./c sales
by the public, combined with the closing of some
speculative operations for a rise. The reduction
in G nsols amounts to , per cent. Foreign bonds
are dull, owing to the anticipated introduction of
new loans. Spanish Passive and Certificates are
especially flat, the proposed arrangements, with
regard to the settlement of the former being re-
garded with marked disfavour. English railway stocks
have declined in sympathy with other securities,
notwithstanding the favourable traffic returns just
issued by most of the principal companies. The
traffic statements for next week are expected to be
still more satisfactory, owing to the tine weather.
The directors of the Bank of England have made
no change to-day in the rate of discount. There
was no general expectation that an alteration
would be announced, but it is quite likely that the
minimum will be reduced from 21 to 2 percere. within
the next few weeks. The discount market is very quiet
to-day, with little business. The general quota.
tion for the best bills is 2} per cent., but excep
tional transactions are reported at 21. Short loans
on English government securities are obtainable in
the Stuck Exchange at 2 per cent.
Consuls are now quoted 94 to „, ex div., for
money, and 94,1 to 2, ex div., fur the account
(July 10); and the Three per Cents. Reduced and
New Three per Cents., 93:, to I.
The government broker has bought to-day
13,0001. new Three per Cents. on account of the
sinking fund, at 93/.
Spanish Passive !fonds are freely offered, and
have fallen 3 per cent. The Certificates have
receded 1, and Turkish of 1865, Italian of 1801,
and Me:dcan, !. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are
quoted 39} to 601 ; ditto Five per Cents. of
1865, 311 to 1 ; Greek, 15i; to I ; Spanish Pas-
sive, 24 to 1; ditto Certificates, 14!, to ; Italian
of 1861, 521 to 1; and Mexican, 17 to 1.

United States 5-20 Bonds aro slightly lower, at
722 to 73, but Erie and Illinois Central railway
shares are unaltered, at 40 to and 78/ to 79/
respectively. _

Atlantic Cable share, show no variation of im-
portance. Anglo-American are quoted 181 to i, and
Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. preference, 4g to 4.
Bank shares are steady. London and West-
minster are quoted 106 to 108 ; Union of London,
44 to 45 ; Imperial Ottoman,l to 1 dia. ; and Al-
liance, 7 to% dis.
Financial shares are without change, with the
exception of an advance of 10s. in London Finan-
cial, viz., to 19 to 18 dis. International Financial
are quoted lg to 11 dis. ; General Credit, 1} to 11
dis. ; and Credit Foncior 5g to 5, dis.
The advice' from New York announce the ship-
ment of a further sum of 200,0001. in gold for
Europe. The accounts from Melbourne also
report the departure for England of the Wel-
lesley with 90,0001. in gold, the Omar Pacha, with
120,0001. ; and the Dover Castle, with 132,0001.
The total of the above-mentioned sums is
542,000/.
The Holmsdale has arrived from Melbourne with
63,500/. in gold.
The twenty-fourth ordinary general meeting of
the Crystal Palace Company is called for the 28th
inst., for the purpose of receiving a report from the
directors.

HALF-PART ONE o'CLocx.
Consols exhibit a recovery of i per cent., the
present prices being 94,i to /, ex div., for money,
and 94/ to 11, ex div., for the account.

HALF-PAST THREE o'CLOCK.
Consols are again fractionally lower, at 94g to 4,
ex div., for money, and 94} to A, ex div., for the
accmunt.

No gold has been sent into the Bank.
At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 70fr. &2c., being sc. lower than yester-
day.
The following is a copy of a communication
which the Committee of Spanish Certificate Holders
have just received from the Spanish ambassa-
dor by :he hands of the Spanish consul :
David Robertson, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Committee
of Spanish Certificate Holders.
Sir,—By order of his excellency the Spanish minister at
this court I beg to band to you, encled, a transience of
en official telegram which his excellency received last night
from Madrid.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
JUAN GAVAMON, If. C. M.'s Consul-Genera
11, Jeffery-square, June 12, 180.
Madrid, June 11, lila.
The Spanish government has this day preemted to the
Cortes a bill for the conversion into a consolidated fund of
the Passive Debts, also of the Deferred of 1631. In the
preamble to the bill the government sets forth that the
law of 30th June lest recognises is fact the claims arising
from the third clause of article 2 of tie law of Augur: Id,
1851, acknowledging at the MUM time that it is expedient
and indispensable to settle those claims, to which effect
the government declare that they will present a bill at the
opening of the next session.
Hereupon the following letter has been addressed
to the Minister of Finance of Spain :
Committee of Spanish Certificate Holders,
June 12, 1807.
Excellent Sir,—The Committee of Spanish Certificate
Holders have had the honour to receive from hie excellency
the Spanish ambassador at this court the copy of a tele-
gram, dated Madrid, the 11th inst. The committee re-
quest permission to state to your excellency that this tom-
municatiou has been received in this city with profound
disappointment by the parties interested therein. All the
official proceedings connected with the affairs of finance
which have recently taken place in the Spanish Cortes hail
led to the conclusion that measures were immediately
about to be taken to liquidate the debt therein referred to. I
A further delay of several months they were wholly un- •
prepared to expect. The committee take leave respectfully
to recall to your excellency's attention the fact that on the
:10th June of last year a law was passed in the Cortes au-
thorising the settlement of this debt. This law is in
abeyance because it was not acted epos previous
to the assembling of the Cortes. The committee submit
that all that is necessary at the present time is, that tho
Spanish government should obtain from the Cortes during
its present session, an authorisation to act upon the afore-
said law of :10th June, eontaining as it does the elements
out of which a settlement of this debt may he effected.
without the proposed further delay, which while it operates
so injuriously on the interests of the parties concerned,
produces no advantage to Spain. On the contrary. the
conanittee cannot but express their belief that the &uncial
interests of Spain would be largely benefited by the effects
that would follow from this settlement. English capital
is quite ready to occupy itself with Spanish enteeprise as
soon as the eirculaties of Spanish securities shall be re-
stored.-1 have the honour to be, excelleot air, your faith-
ful servant, J. D. Pownea, Deputy Chairman.
No transactions in bullion were reported at the
Bank yesterday. Since the date of the lair return.
60,0001. in newly-imported gold has been sent in,
while there havj 'Non no witharewtis for exports-
Lisp,

The London and ltorth-Wealktrn itAtearefiraffle
return shows this week an-Increase of 4,3:121. over
last year, and the Midland an inenealie.Of 6,74&1.
Front the report of the directors of the Ceylon
Company (Limited), to be presented at the annual
meeting on the 18th inst., wo take the following :

The directors have pleasure in submitting to the share-
holders the annexed general statement of the company's
affairs and lailimeeitheet for the year ending on the :ay,
March, 1867 :—The net profit, including the sum brought
forward from the last year's account, after defraying all
cuireut eNpemeo, amounts to Gl,aOil. be., and the direc-
tors propose tbst a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum on the capital paid up on the 31st March,
amounting to 10a. un each original, and 24. on each A
share, be declared and made payable, free train income
tat, on the 20th instant ; this, with the interim dividend
paid in December, the amount appropriated for interest
on debentures, and that 'written off in Mauritius,
&boort, V. 12s. Id., and leave a balance of 3,510!.
Pd. to be carried forward.

The directors the South Australian Company
have issued their thirty-first annual report, to be
presented at the general meeting on the 19th inst.
the following is an extract :
. . .

The income the year, including profit on sales of land,
app,ara after ileiluswou of home and colonial charges, to
be 30,1701. 17s. 2d. From this sum the directors recom-
mend that a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum, free of
income tax, ho declared payable on 15th July and 15th
January next. They also recommend that a bonus of
2 per c.ht., or 10s. per share, be paid to the proprietors oft
the 1:1th July. Thai bonus is derived from the surplus
profit+ of the years laret and 1865, which the directors did
not feel justified in dividing until they were satisfied that
the income of the company would probably be
maintained.

Notice is given of the closing of the transfer books
of the London and River Plate Bank (Limited),
from the 14th to the 20th inst., inclusive.
The preparations yesterday for to-morrow's set-
tlement in the railway market showed generally *
limited supply of stock, especially as regards Great
Western, Grad Northern " A," Lancashire and
Yorkshire, South Eastern, and Brighton. A
" baokwardation " or bonus of 10s. per cent. was
given in the afternoon for the loan of the latter
stock for a fortnight. The following shows the
terms generally current

!rest ?astern.

CONTAS6OB.
UPsahlf,
.. 1.3! to 3-32 .. 1-32 to Snit

°mat WeAtvrn

even to

N..rtpern

to back
5-16 to 7-18
1-3°. t 3-4

.. own tot
.. 1-16 to 3-16
.. to
1 to
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