The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-31 00:00:00

The annual meeting of the North Britishquadrat-
Asian Compftny (Limited) is timid for the 14th
January, when • dividend sto b declared.

A general meeiiii4 of the Westminster Brewery
Company (Limited) is called for the 11th January,
" to elect directors and an auditor, and generally
to transact such other business as may be brought
before the netting." .

During the year now closing there have been
only three changes in the Bank rate of discount ;
there were thirtt.en in 1866 ; sixteen in 1865 ; and
fifteen in 1864. Changes in Bank rate for 1847 :
January 3rd, ;.:1 cent. ; February, 3 per cent. ;
May 30th, 21t per cent. ; July 25th, 2 per cent.
This is the aluar,est number of changes that have
occurred since 1554.

The Produe, .31.•e1.,•te Review gives the following
comparison of ti.o present position of the Hank,
and the price of Consols for the week ending Satur-
day, December 26, IN', with the corresponding
periods of the two previous years

Bask Million

Kama a mote. ..
Nunes to eirailatit.ss
Hate of dbcouut
t...Alsola for ruuu4

1317.
11 .•141.1147 e 19,147,889
11,V4.516
.1.5,3012..5ta 21,u7.1,366
p,r grout. .. 31 per cent.
.. 901

lent
£13.403.111
4677.1N0
90.461,636
7 per tent

MONDAY EVItt!TNO.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 921 to fl
ex div., for the 7th January, opened this morning
at 924, and closed at 92 to 1, which was likewise
the final quotation for money. After the recog-
nised hours the price descended to 91i to 92. The
Three per Cent,. I:educed and New Three per
Cents. were qu.,ted at 3 o'clock 911 to f'2. The
official business report is as follows:—Three per
Cent. Consols, for mousy, 924, 2, er div. ; ditto,
for account, 92.... 4, ex div. ' • Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 92L 4, IL n • New Three per Cents., 921,
14; Bank Stock, 23'9, 404 ; India Stock, shut ;
ditto Four per Cent., 1001, ; ditto Four per Cent.
"enfaced " rupee paper, 87 •, ditto Five-and-a-
Half per Cent., 108, 4 ; ditto Five per Cent.
Rupee Debentures, 1877, 1034 ; ditto Bonds, 40s.
prem.
Indian goveniment securities were quiet.
Exchequer Bills were fiat, on sales, and were
quoted 23e. to 283. prem.
The foreign stick market showed increased de-
press;on, and the general course of prose was un-
favourable owing to a vague feeling of distrust
with respect to Continental politics. Spanish Passive
and Deferred Three per Cents. declined 4 per cent.;
the Now Three per Cents., as well as Portuguese
and Greek, ; Radian of 1861, ; Peruvian of
1865, 14 ; Turkish of 1862, 1863, and 1865 (Six
per Cents.), 1 ; and Brazilian of 1865, Chili= of
1867, the Viceroy of Egypt's Loan, and Russian of
1&,9, 4.
The Egyptian Nine per Cent. Scrip was last
quoted Ito 1 prem. ; .Portuguese Scrip, to
prem. ; and the Honuras Government Railway
Loan, 14 to 1 prem.
Very few dealings were recorded in financial
shares, and prices were unchanged, dosing as fol-
lows :—lnternational Financial, 24 to 2 dia. ;
General Credit, 2i to 24 dis. ; London Financial,
23 to 22 dia. ; and Credit Foncier, 64 to 60 dia.
Atlantic Cable shares were in good demand, at
an improvement. Anglo-American closed at In to
to 4, showing a rise of 10a. ; Atlantic Telegraph
Eight per Cent. Preference, at 4# to 4, being 3a.
better ; and Telegraph Construction, at 144 to f—
an advance of 103.

Hudson's Bay shares closed at 141 to ex
div., and National Discount at ok to prem.
Few changes occurred in miscellaneous shares.
United Kingdom Preference improved : Egyp-
tian Trading and London District Preference,
2s. Gd. ; and London General Omnibus, is. Sd. ;
while Upper Asnen Tea declined 10s., and New
Quebrada, is. 6d.
In the market for colonial government debem-
tures, some of the New South Wales and New
Zealand rose i per cent., while Queensland and
Canadian of 1877-S4 declined 4.

MINES.--(THIS DAY.)

Oia o'CLoot.

The mining market is quiet to-day, hut shares
in the following mules are inquired for at the prices
given, viz. :—West Chiverton, 65 to 67 ;
ton Moor, 5? to I ; Wheal Beton, 85 to 9(1 ; Prince
of Wales, 495. to 51s. ; East Lovell, 8} to J;
Caen Brea, 22 to 24 ; Wheal Grenville, 27a. 6d. to
30s. ; East Caradon, 41 toy ; West Caradon, 10 to
11 ; and North Chivertoo, 4 to 4.
Very few transactions have been recorded in
foreign and colonial mining shares, but Chontales
are 2s. ca. better, idle to dia. St. John del Rey are
quoted 57 to 59 ; Don Pedro, 2i to 34 prcm.; Anglo-
ilrazilian, par to prem. ; Pestarena, dis. to par ;
Roasa Grande, # to ; Anglo-ltahan, toit
prem. ; United Mexican, 3 to 14 ; Frontino and
Bolivia, 16s. to 18s. ; Port Phillip, 14 :
Argentine, # to 4r prem.
The Mining Exchange, as well as the Stock
Exchange, will be closed to-morrow (New Year