The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-17 00:00:00

TR&FFIC RETURNS.

Miles Pas- Mer- Total, Total,
ZAILWATO. opea. mangers. ebandins. 1666. 1566.
Week ending June 9. g & g &
Great Southern of India 79 891 851 742 663
Week ending July 26.
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 11,165 14,412 26,671 24,138
Week ending July 2.1.
S. AustriaulAnnbardy&C.l.
(South Austrian Line 1316 39.429 24,272 63,701 43,128
Lombardo & Cant Italy 479 12,554 6,328 17,882 11,633
Lines of the Piedmont 649 7,766 6,913 13,649 19,210
Week ending August 11
North British
North Eastern . _ 13071 32,146 44.200 76,365 76,016

Week ending August 12
Belfast and County Down
Bristol and Exeter
Great Zagora

441 537 234 773 718
.121 e 5,529 3,131 8,720 8,267
7099 23,961 14,194 38,177 38,117

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LtaastrooL. Avarice 16.—fiales to-day :—Great Eastern. 274 }—
Gordon and North Western. 1174 I—Manchester. Sheffield. and
Lincolnshire. 57—Midland, llei lel—North Eastern Berated(
Capital Stock. 103 id—South Eastern. U'44 s—Buffalo and Lake
Huron. 4 5 16 I 5-16—Grand Trunk of Canada 211 411
—United States 5-20 Bonds, 6111 lc. I ie.—Dutch-Rhenish *d-
ap, 23—Great Luxembourg shares, 13 I—National Bank of
Liverpool LimittBl , 2 p.—British and Foreign Marine !Lhnitedl,
9-16 9.16 p.—Anglo American Telegraph, 12 11-10--Atlantle
Telegraph 8 per cent .111-16 Birkenhead Amalgamated Brewery
Limited', 14 d.—Liverpool Exchange, 28—National Steam
Limited, 144 d.—Turkish Five per Cent., 20/

_ . . .
KAKCIIISTIII, AOGr4I.I6.—A large hilliness Was done, het at
a marked decline in prices. consequent on the alteration of the
Bank rate. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 7 per cent. pref., 52 e.,
cum all—Ditto ditto, redeemable. 4 c.—Consolidated Bank
Limited*. 2 13-16 ip. —Erica. s 2 Gat Eastern, 274 22 I 1 +1—
(treat Luxembourg, 122 13 1.16 I- -Creat Northern A. 126 }47
a 2 4 7--Crand Trunk of Canada, 211 2 12 t —Great Western of
Canada. 141 11.14 I—Great Western, 54 34 i
2—Lancashire In-
surance. 2 p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 121 1 4 I—London and
North Western. P 8 172 I 4—Manchester and County Bank
Limited„ 2 p. - Manchester, Sheftleld. and Lincolnshire. 57 q
72 t 7( 7 2 2-Metropolitan, 1274-511.11 and, 1192—north
British, :.02 ii 1 1 I—South Eastern. I'M 040 I i 5 4/Thames
and Mersey Marine Insurance 'Limited'. 44 11.16 2 p—tinited
States 526 Years' Bonds.. 644—London. chatham. and Dover, 19
. ....

. _
—London, Brighton, and South Coat, 841—idinhurgh and
Glasgow. tai - Anglo-American Telegraph, 122—Sambre and
Meuse. 7—South Austrian. 151.
bIRMINOII A 11, A rout*s 16 —Businma done:—Birmlnithant Bank-
ing t'.‘mpany shares Limited ,at 11 prem. aid Metropolitan
Railway carriage and WIgf(011 rLiMitetE , second issue, at 1 dia.
Closing prices: London and North Western Railway. 110. buyers
—.Severn Valley Railway, 161, tellers—South Statfontabire
b:3l,litocra—Birmingham Canal. 871, lniyen—Metropotitan
Railway Carriage and Wagon :Limited:, 91 to 10—South Stat.
fordshfre Waterworks, 61 tor—Bunten Metal ;Limited', 2 to 11
(Ps —Patent Shaft and Arletree 'Limited'. 51 to 6 pm. ex &v.—
and Staffordshire Wheel and Axle 'Limited', f dia., sellers.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

0t o'CLotnt.

prem.
The amount of gold bought by the Bank yester-
day was 83,0001.
The steamer Seine, for the West Indies, will
take only 2001. in specie (silver).
The accounts from BirminAam report the sus-
pension of the Bourne Brook Mill Company,
" owing to the pressure of the times." The lia-
bilities, however, are stated to lie comparatively
small.
The following circular refers to a mercantile
failure announced on Wednesday :
Sir,—lt is with much regret we are under the necessity
of informing you that owing to the non-receipt of remit-
tances from Demerara we are unable to meet our engage-
ments. We have every reason to believe that ourestate isnot
onlysolvent but will show a considerable surplus. We shall
not, however. be M a position to submit any definite pro •
portal till the receipt of advice, from Demerara in re.ily to
the announcement of our suspension, and which cannot be
received for about eight weeks. In the meantime we Ih.ve
placed our affairs in the hands of Messrs. Coleman,
Tnrqusnd, Young, and Co., wbo will as soon as accounts
are received from Demerara convene a meeting of our
creditors. Tr dsting to your forbearance in the meantime,
we are, your obedient servants, GEO. lams and CO.
4, Cullum-street, London, August 15.
The Caledonian Railway Company announce a
proposed dividend for the half-year at the rate of
7,1 per cent. per annum, against 62 for the corres-
ponding period of 1865. In consequence of this
notice the stock has risen 2i per cent.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 3,5201., com-
pared with the correspor ding period of 1865 ; the
North Eastern an increase of 1,349/. ; the Great
Eastern an increase of 51. ; the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, an increase of 7051. ; the
North British an increase of 1,3551. ; the London,
Chatham, and Dover, including the Metropolitan
Extension and branches, an increase of 561. ; the
Metropolitan Extension an increase of 5321. ; and
the Kent Coast a decrease of 3001.
The weekly return of the Bank of France pre-
sents the following changes :
Coin and bullion
Bills discounted
Government deposits Decrease 56,000
Notes in circulation
Private deposits
Advances Demure 12,000
The annexed satisfactory communication respect-
ing the Turkish foreign secured loans is from the
Imperial Ottoman Bank. No .hing farther has
transpired with to the overdue divide.id on
the conversion regard
postponed to the 13th
October :

The mining market is firmer to-day, with a
demand for East Caradon, North Treskerby, Prince
of Wales, Clifford Amalgamated, East Lovell, and
Caldbeck Fells shares. Some of the present quotations
are as follows:—East Caradon, 6.1 to 1; Prince of
Wales, 21s. to 225. 6d. ; North Treskerby, 24. to ;
East Lovell, 5 to 1 ; Clifford Amalgamated, 71 to
8f ; Tresavean, 5 to 6 ; and Caldbeck Fells, 255. to
27a. 6d.

Remwan or THE CONVICT TUIMEIL —Yester-
day a communication war received from the Horne-office
by the governor of Armley gaol, informing him that
William John Turner, who was convicted at the recent
I eeda samisen of murdering his child, at Sheffield, had been
reprieved during her Majesty's pleasure. In accordance
with the usual practice in recent years, it is probable that
the capital sentence will be commuted to one of penal ser-
vitude for life. —Leeds Mercury.
PLYMOUTH A MAIL PACKET STATION.—At a recent
meeting of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce the
chairman stated that he had heard from Mr. Collier that
Ewing intended to bring forward a motion in the House of
Commons, with a view to obtain a western port for the
arrival and departure of the mails, and when in London a
few weeks ago he saw Mr. liforriaon, and through him had
an interview with Mr. Ewing, who had taken up the cub-
ject with warmth, and would have proceeded with his
motion bat for the ministerial changes that had taken
place. Both parties in the house were at present favour-
able to the appointment of a committee for the purpose of
inquiring into the question. Mr. Ewing, at his interview
with him, was favourable to Falmouth, and any one merely
lookbg at the map without any local knowledge, would
naturally say that Falmouth was the best port to select.
He had a short conversation with Mr. Ewing, and that
gentleman very soon saw that the claims of Plymouth were
of such a nature that they were nee only fully justified is
placing them prominently before the public, but that they
might with a very great degree of hope expect to see the
claims of Plynierith estAblisdied as superior to those cd any
ether pork
OMUTA PALAU'. 0111 Batz.z.nra DAY.—
TmumsDAT, Anarree 16.—Admierions on payment, 6,016 ;
ditto by mason tickets, 1,134. Total Tilton, 7,150.

MONEY NARIET.--(THIS Ocrer&m." becuntit.
banking department io,nims Taman =AO
oils o'Owca. Other securities in banking
department 25,234,317 Diereses 1132.1*
The amount of business in the Stock Exchange Coin d hellion in both
is
of
many F 4.11: II day sad other bills
32:114 956 9
parmso 22,778aease still limited, owing to the dulness of the deettartamets
weather and the absence from the CityRest
of the chief operators. Prices generally, however, Notes in reserve
remain steady, the belief being general that the ..I.°tal mom (notes & coin)
in banking department 4 610,866 Inarems 1,030,637
turning point having at length been arrived at, the ' This is the most satisfactory return that hill
recovery in monetary affairs will be very rapid. been published for several weeks. The increase
it-
Consols have improved 1 per cent. for money, but ' in the public and other deposits, sad the running
their stock
astlothckougohf the
government Bank
are quoted the same as yesterday for the account, off of a large amount of other securities, have
Other securities, including foreign stocks, British caused an augmentation of 1,030,6371. in the "
railways, and banking and financial shares show
sere
no variation of importance. havesecaduridedties633. ,6001 The.
ire to
I crease in the bullion shows that coin must be
The demand for money to-day is rather good, coining back from the country, the actual MEW
bills which have been kept back in the expectation sent in from abroad being 381,0001.
of a reduction in the Bank minimum being now
brought forward. The general rate is 71 to 8 per
cent. The charge in the Stock Exchange for
advances till to-morrow on English government
securities is 61 to 7 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 88 to I for money,
and 881 to for the account (September 6).
The foreign stock market is inactive, and few
changes have occurred in prices. Brazilian scrip
is in demand, and has improved per cent.
Italian Bonds of 1861 have also advanced 1, while
Turkish of 1865, Spanish Certificates, and Mexican
have receded 1. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted
49 to 51 ; ditto of 1865, 26/ to 1 ; Greek, 11 to
* ; Spanish Passive, 191 to 1 ; ditto Certificates,
141 tot ; Italian of 1861, 511 to 521 ; Brazilian
scrip, 31 to 3 din. ; and Mexican, 161 to 1.
United States 5-20 Bonds have improved 1 per
cent., and Illinois Central Railway shares 1, but
Erie are unchanged. Subjoined are the present
quotations :-5-20 Bonds, 681 to 1 ; Erie Railway
shares, 421 to / ; and Illinois Central, 75 to 1.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares are quoted
showing a decline of 2s. 6d., and Atlantic
Telegraph, 31 to 0, being steady.
International Financial shares are quoted 11 to
din ; London Financial, 15 to 13 die. ;
General Credit, 2 to 11 die. ; Credit Foncier,
31 to 3 die. ; and National Discount, 71 to

BANK OF :
An Account t to the Act
week ending on Wednesda 7,

IRMA DUI
Notes trued 4.2.5,151,566

E 20.151,696
summo DI
Prnprletore Capital x 14,663,000
Rest th 21,162

Public Deposits (in.
eluding ExLhey.,
bar. Banks. Com-
mis. of Nationd
Debt. and Div.
Ar„,.ounts)
Other Deposits
Seven dap and other
Bills

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Vie.. e. 32. fcr the
the 16th day et August, 1308.

3,3.'4,625
15,125,ft)

August 16, 1866.

C 93,939

L40,144,V06

Government debt.. 111,014,100
Other iseurltio_ • MOOG
o{4d coin and Del-

Iv Wilk..,

. 13,11.1,806

PAWN:MIT
lioverareent B.c- •
analuding
Dead Weight An-
nuity; c0.711,r23
Other Securities 16,M4,317
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coln

140,50004
W. MILLEN. Cilia Cashier.

THURSDAY EVRIDNO.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 88 5-16 to
7-16, or fisg for the 6th of September, opened this
morning at 884 to /!, and left of at 881 to g. For
money the last price was 87; to 88. The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 88, it, 7e, 8, 71 ; ditto, for
account, 881, g ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 87e,
; ; New Three per Cents., 871, 1,1, L itik4
'Bank Stock, 245: India Stock, 211, 8 ; ditto
per Cent., 1034,1, '3 ; ditto Four per Cent., ;
ditto Five per Cent. "enlaced" rupee
100 ; ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 1001 lett%
Four per Cent. Bonds, 18s. prem.
Indian government securities showed no move-
ment. The March Exchequer Bills were dull, at
6s. die. topar ; and the June at par to 7s. prem.
The foreign stock market was rather dull, but the
reduction in prices was confined to a few descrip-
tions. Turkish of 1854 and 1858, as well as Peru-
vian. Mexican of 1864, and Chili= (Old) declined
1 per cent.: Italian of 1861, 1 ; and Turkish of
181)5, k. Egyptian Bonds, however, were inquired
for, and improved 1 per cent. Spanish New De-
ferred also advanced 11, and Greek and Brazilian
Scrip, 1.

OAT!. a. I.
Scotch potato
white
„ black
Mangan (111455)
Tick ...
Barrow
Pigeon.

. 41 to 66
. 41 to K.
44 to 47
.. 47 to 60
Plus.
VI to 0
40 to 0
Ile to 43
30 So 411

Grey
Maple
White
Boilers
"Lou R

Town made, per 130
la 10 fa
Household lt to 44
Country
Norfolk and Auffolk,
.:ship to 113

Per gr.

OATS .. S.
Danish sod Smolt& 2O to 27
llostlau

8it414.
313 to 43