The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

Livisrvg.. JAN. 11,-ales' today: Great Eastern, 331 I
4; 4—Grant Western, 501—Lancashire and York-
shire, 132 I—London, Brighton, and south Coast, 91—London
and North Western, 1242 .Ic. Ic. 1 14 1 /4 5
7, 1 I—Manches-
ter. Sheffield. and lineoinchire, 554 1 4 4.1 ll 5 -Metropoli-
tan. -Midland, I'2o—North British 401 e .oath Eastern,
73 1 3 li—London and North Western Merthyr, Trent and
1074—Grind Think of luawla, 214—American and Great
Western 7 per cent. Consiriklateil Bonds. 30 al—Great Luxem-
bourg Shares. 121 Bank. I,ndou and Liverpool
(Limited', a; .t—tuitlsh and Foreign Marine :1 hefted , 740 p.—
Maritime Insurance Limited . 1 13461 1 it -Thames and Mer-
cantile Marine (Limited', 37-10 p.—African Merchants, 316 c. p.
Paelik Steam, 1004.
811111ING8611, JAN. 14.—Business done :—Birmingham Bank-
ing Company Shares :Limited , at 11 prem.. Birmingham Old
Intim Mill shares. at 6: and Dimwit:ham Wagon Preference
shares, at 310ths ‘lls. Pinning prices :—Wellington and Severn
Junction Railway Shares, at tit to 10: Great Western Birming-
ham Guarantesit nee cent.. at 701 to 701 : Birmingham Joint
Stock Bank Limited'. at 31 to 35: British and Foreign Railway
Plant Shares. at to to el dis. ; and Munts's Metal Sham kLimited),
at 11 to 11 dbl.

THE WAGES QUESTION IN THE IRON Timm. —A
meeting of representatives of ironworkers, held yesterday,
at Brierley Hill, resolved unanimously to resist the notice
for a reduction of wages.

M. Horn has been appointed to the chair of Poli-
tical Economy just founded by the Paris Chamber of Com-
merce, in the college established in 1:43, Avenue Trip
dalne.

THE IMPERIAL BANK (LIMITED).—(THIS DAY.)
—The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders
of this hank was held at the London Tavern,
this day Mr. Alderman Lusk, M.P., in the chair. The re-
port, which recommended a dividend at the rate of 8 per
cent. per annum, was agreed to unanimously.
A MAN FROZEN TO DEATH NEAR Dr nnertsrleLn.
—Yesterday a lodging-house keeper at Meltham, near Hud-
dersfield, died from errosnre to the cold. The deceased,
whose name is John Hirst, went with James Armitage to
the Harden Moss Inn on Sunday afternoon, about two
and a half miles from Meltham, and there had four pints
of ale each. They left between 5 and 6 o'clock, and
when they had gone to Pricker-lane, about two miles
from Melthaut, Hint fell, and his companion was too
tipsy to assist him home, and left him there. He called
at the man's house and told his wife. She says he only
told her that he left her husband in the lane, without
stating his condition. The man did not come home ; and
yesterday Armitage and soother men went to look for
him, and found huti stiff and insensible a few yards from
where be had fallen. They took him home, but he died in
about an hour. Deceased was 63 years of age.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Urn O'CLuCK.

In the Stock Exchange to-day the dealers are
almost exclusively engaged in the settlement of the
fortnightly account, and little other busi-
ness is going forward. ♦ few purchases
have been made in anticipation of a reduc-
tion in the Bank rate on Thursday next to 3
per cent., but at the moment there is no general
desire to enter into fresh transactions. Never-
theless, the tendency is rather favourable, espe-
cially as regards some of the British railway stocks
and foreign securities, which have improved. The
funds are steady, at the closing prices of yesterday.
The announcement made this morning with re-
spect to the affairs of Messrs. Dent and Co., of
China, has been received with much satisfaction in
mercantile circles, particularly in the neighbour-
hood of Mincing-lane.

There is a fair demand for money to-day, but
bills are taken at Ito per cent. below the Bank
of England taillitiothi. The charge in the Stock
Exchange for advances from day to day, on
English government securities, is 11 to 2 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 904 to 91, for money,
and 91 for the 7th of February.
Foreign stockieare inquired for. Turkish Bonds
of 1862 are iu chief request, and have risen per
cent. • Italian of 1861 have also advanced 0, and
Turkish of 1865 Spanish Passive and
Mexican are firm. Turkish Bonds of 1862
are quoted 54 to 541, ex div. ; ditto of 1865, 29il
'too, ex div. ; Greek, 14!, to ; Spanish Passive,
224 tog ; ditto Certificates, 14i to 1; Italian of
1861, 531 to cx div. ; Mexican, 184 to 4 ; and
Russian Scrip, 12 to 7, prom.

United States 5-20 bonds have receded 1 per
cent., viz., to 72;1 to F, ; but Erie and Illinois Cen-
tral railway shares are unchanged at 451 to and
811 to 821, respectively.

International Financial shares are quoted 21
to 21 dia. ; London Financial, 14 to 1 dia. ;
General Credit, 17. to 1 j dis. ; Credit Fonder,
bt to 4& dis. ; National Discount, 911 to prem. ;
and Hudson's Bay, 161 to;, ex div.

HALF-PAST THREE O'CLO4 •

Consols are fractionally better, at 91 for money,
and 91 to A for the aca t.

No bullion openitions have occurred at the Bank.
►t Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Renter
opened at 69fr. u7c., showing no change of im-
portance.

The accounts of the International Financial
Society for the year 1866 show that the prutit of
30,693'., brought forward from the last account,
has been absorbed, and a loss of 23,934/. incurred.
As a matter of course, no dividend is to be declared
at thu meeting to be held on the 25th inst.

It is stated that the negotiation for a new Egyp-
tian Loan has led to no result, the terms offered by
the party proposing the luau being, as we antici-
pated would be the case, far below those which the
Viceroy, with due regard to his credit, could alone
accept. This statement cannot fail to be satisfac-
tory to the holders of existing Egyptian securities,
all of which were issued at prima far above those
now current in the market.

About 14,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from
the Bank yesterday for Alexandria.
The Helvetia, from New York, has brought
only about 2,0001. in specie.
Telegrams received yesterday from China, dated
the 15th ult., make no reference to the prevalence
of a mercantile panic, as was rumoured in London
a few days ago, but contain the satisfactory infor-
mation that Messrs. Dent and Co. were prepared
to take up the bills, amounting to about 30,0001.,
which were refused acceptance in November last by
their London agents, Messrs. Dent, Palmer, and
Co.

Below is the ninth report of the directors of the
Alliance Bank (Limited), to be presented at the
general meeting on the 17th inst. :

- The directors liars to report that the net quilts of the
bank for the last half-year lifter making the necessary
deductions for interest on current and deposit accounts,
current expenses, bad debts, and rebate on bills not yet
due)emountto Zi,b9d4 1:e. 2d. which, with 1,012/.175.9.1.,
balance from the previous half-year, makes a total of
24,7111. 11cf. now to be disposed of. The directors,
therefore, recommend that a dividend for the last six
months of 10s. per share, or V. per cent. per annum, free
of income tax, be rr,w declared, which will absorb
19,7941. 10e. ; that 6601. 4s. Kt. be written off preliminary
expenses account, and 1,500/. from building and furniture
accounts ; leaving 2,7101. les. 3d. to be carried forward to
profit and lose new account.

-
The fourth ordinary general meeting of the
National Bank of Liverpool will be held on the
30th inst., at Liverpool, to receive the report of the
directors.

Travers Circular gives the subjoined comparison
of the present position of the Rank and the price
of Consuls for the week ending January 12th, 1867,
with the corresponding periods of the two previous
years :
1967. 1866. 1865.
Bank Bullion £19,499.85.1 £12,987,826 .. C 14.007.399
Bank RA,CINC 10.197,575 .. 5,2711,245 7,576,2,5
Notcsintlrculation Z,31.i.510 .. 21.44005 110.4b2,5
Rate of Disconnt Si per cent. .. 8 per rent. . 5, per mot
Consols for Money 911 per cent... S 7 per cent. . 110 per cent.

The Oriente/ Omuta?, published by Messrs.
Rees, Ghunnorf, and Co., on the 10th inst., con-
tains some useful tables, giving a full analysis of
the weekly returns of the Bank of England for
the year 1866, and illustrating the bearing of the
several items of the account upon each other.

MONDAY EVENING.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 91 to
for the 7th February, opened this morning at
901 to 91, and closed at 9015-16 to 91. For money
the last price was 90: to 91. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 90L 1, 901, /1, 91g ; ditto, fur ac-
count, 91, 90; ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 90i,
!, 90, ; New Three per Cents., 901, 90, 1 ; Bank
Stock, 250, 45; India Stock, 215, ex div. ; ditto
Five per Cents., 107, ; ditto Four per Cent.
" enlaced ' rupee paper, 84 ; ditto Five per Cents.,
1011 ; ditto Debentures, 1021. ; ditto Bonds, 305.,
prem.
Indian' overnment semrities were rather dull.
Exchequer Bills remain at Bs. to 12s. prem.

MDTES.-(TIIIS DAY.)

this o'CLooK.

This being settling day, there is little business
in British mining shares, but prices are firm.
Prince of Wales are in demand, at an ad-
vance, being now quoted 345. 6d. to 35a.; West
Chiverton are called 716 to 57; Prosper United, 31' to
4 ; Great Betellack, 34a. to 365.; North Crotty, 4.;
to ; Drakewalls, 165. to 18e. ; East Lovell,
10, to : and l'albeek Fells, 14s. to 16s.
At South Wheal Frances meeting, held on the
7th lust., the accounts showed a balance of proat
on the two months' operations of 2061. 19s. 3d.

An account is even by Archdeacon (loold in the
frisk papers of • scene of au unusual character, in which
he was chief actor, at Athea, a village upon his property,
in the county of Limerick. A misunderstanding having
arisen between the archdeacon awl the Roman catholic
priest of the place, the Rev. Martin Ryan, to which the
latter had made reference from the altar some days before.
the archdeacon walked from the protestant parish church ou
Sunday after service into the chapel, and the service there
having just concluded, be advanced to the altar rails and
begged
Mr. Ryan's leave to make an explanation, adding
on his honour " as • clergyman awl a gentleman, that
be would not utter one word direapectful to Mr. Ryan per-
sonally, or a syllable unsuited to the sacred character of
the building." Mr. Ryan reminded him that it wuelti
unusual proceeding, but having suffered him to
Archdeacon Geoid nude his explanation ant apology
the intrusion and retired. The people, his own tenantry.
listened respectfully, and priest and parson separated
good friends.