The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-17 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARI MARKETS.

LIAICRPOOL. JAN. 16.-Balle to-day: Great Eastern, 33
/4/ ±7 ; 1/ 3 I ;`, a—Great Western. 55/ I—Lanca-
shire and Yornshlre, 132—London, Chatham, and Doer, 16 13-16
London and North Western, 124} I$ 6 I I—Manchester, Shef-
field. and Lincolnshire, IV, 41 6 5415 4/ 1 {-11etropolltan.
132 ll—South Eastern, 731 I 6 snuth }:aln 4/ per cent„
92—Rhicenhead, Ss ad.—dread Trunk of Canada, 214—North
Neaten Beak, 1/ #—Brlttah and trceelan Marino./ P.—Maratiabe
Insurance, d.—Royal Insurance, 3 7-16 p.—Lfterpool Edged
Gas, 403—Runcorn Soap and Alkaline. 3 p.
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MANCHIPTIR, JAN. id—The market opened beer, bat rob
atonality recovered, and closed steady. Buffalo and Lake
Huron, 4 9 lO—Great Phodern, 3.31 3fIII 14 e I kits! fif
I 4 4 I 4—Great Luxembourg 11—Orand Trunk of fl
Ditto Flat Bonds Prof , 64—Oreat Westien of Canada. 1
Great Western, 66! f f 16—Laacrabiro Inausnoe, fp , cum .
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 132—Louden mad North Western,
Me a f—Manchester, Sheikeid, an I Lincoln, 54, f f feLtiltut,
Viatl I—Metropolitan, In} i 11—Midliubd, 111 If
,MI 1 I ft! I 1 f—nammi and Hersey Marine
Inutranne (Limited l, 31 p —United States 610 Years' Bonds,
74f—Arrican Merchants, 1-16 c. p.--Great Eastern Five per Cent.
111M70.

The demand for money is moderate, but an in-
creased inquiry will probably prevail later in the
day, bills having been kept back to
sonic extent on the prospect of a change
in the Bank rate. The charge for choice paper is
3 per cent. Loans are obtainable in the Stock
Exchange at 1 per cent.

Consols are now quoted 90,? to I, ex div., both
for money and the account (February 7).
In the foreign stock market a decline of to to
percent. is observable in Turkish of 1865, Italian of
1861, Russian Scrip, and Mexican. Turkish
Bonds of 1862 are quoted 54 to 55, ex div.;
ditto of 1865, 29 to 1, ex div.; Greek, 141,
to f ; Spanish Passive, 21; to / ; ditto Certifi-
cates, 14,1 ; Italian of 1861, 53} to f, ex div. ;
Mexican, lif to 18 ; and Russian Scrip, 11 to
prem.

The scrip of the new Chili= Loan opened firmly
at VI to 11 prem., but is now slightly lower, at 10
to I r prem., upon speculative sales.
United States 5-20 Bonds have receded per
cent., Erie Railway shares It, and Illinois Central
The present quotations are :—The 5-20 Bonds,
72g to 4 ; Erie Railway shares, 431 to 1 ; and
Illinois Central, soi to 81.

International Financial shares are quoted 22
to 24 dis. ; London Financial, 19 to 18 dia. ;
General Credit, 2 to 11 din. ; Credit Foncier,
61 to 5 die. ; National Discount, 91 to preen. ;
and Hudson's Hay, 16} to I, ex div.
The fifth ordinary general meeting of the Mill-
wall Freehold Land and Docks Company is called
for the sth of February, to receive the directors
report and statement of accounts. A resolution
will also be submitted to the shareholders to con-
vert paid up shares of the undertaking into capital
stock.

HLLIF-PAST THRZE O'CLOCK,

Consols are quoted 90i to f for money, and 901
for the account, being slightly better in the former
case compared with the price current at 1 o'clock.
About 41,000!. in gold has been withdrawn
from the Bank for the Continent.

At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 69fr. 45c., being sc. lower than yes.
terday.

The prospectus of the expected Chilian Six per
Cent. Sterling Government Loan was issued late
last evening. The nominal amount is 2,000,000/.
The loan is authorised by act of Congress, and is
brought out by Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co.
The price of issue is 855 per 100!. Bond, or
811. 10s. if the subscribers avail themselves of the
option which is given them of paying up in full on
allotment. The payment of the instalments
extends up to the 15th Nov. next. The security
for the loan, as regards both interest and sinking
fund, is a special hypothecation of the customs
dues of Chili, which, according to the last annual
report of the Minister of Finance to the Congress,
are equal to 1,000,0001. per annum, or 840,0001.
more than sufficient to provide the annuity of
160,000/. required to provide for the ir.terest and
sinking fund of this loan. Taking the loan at
811.10 s. per 1001., with the advantage of the sinking
fund of 2 per cent. (by means of which the loan
will be repaid in 23 years), the return to the in-
vestor is equal to about 9 per cent. per annum.
The annual drawings are to commence on the Ist
January next. It appears that the government of
Chili engages that a sufficient amount of the pro-
ceeds of the customs dues shall be remitted to
London, to Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., " so as
to be in their hands at least one month previous
to the periods respectively fixed for the payment
of interest, and drawing and payment off of bonds."
A portion of the present loan will be applied in
paying off the Chilian Six per Cent. Government
Loan for 450,000/. sterling issued in London in
1866 ; and bonds of that loan which fall due in
March next will be received (with the half-year's
interest coupon detached) in payment, at 1001.
cash per 100/. bond, for the three first instalments
of the present loan. No applications will be re-
ceived after 4 p.m. on Monday, the 21st inst.

Chili occupies a high position on account of the
fidelity with which she has met her financial obli-
gations, and, considering the existing plethora of
money here, no doubt can be entertained that
this loan will be quickly taken up. Our market,
however, cannot be inconvenienced by it, the in-
stalments being spread over a long term, and a
portion of the proceeds, as already stated, being
applicable to the redemption of the loan issued in
London last year.

The biddings for bills on India took place yester-
day at the Bank of England. The proportions al-
lotted were to Calcutta 19.01.348 Its. ; to Madras,
99.652 Rs.; and to Bombay, 15.00.090 Rs. The
price was fixed as before, at Is. 102 d. on
all the Presidencies. Tenders on Calcutta and
Madras at Is. 10/d. will receive about 39 per cent.,
and on Bombay at Is. 10/d. about 09 per cent.;
all above these prices will receive in full. The
terms are precisely the same as before, and it ap-
pears that, as on the last occasion, the demand for
remittance has been sufficient to absorb the whole of
the 350,000/. of bills offered.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have this
day appointed Monday, the 21st inst., a special
settling day in the following companies, viz.:—
Gas Products Utilizing Company (Limited) New
Shares, and the Royal Copper Mines of Cobre
(Limited), both of which are to be marked. The
committee have also ordered the fifth instalment
of the New Zealand Government Six per Cent.
Loan (250,000/.) to be officially quoted.
The official liquidator of the Commercial Bank
Corporation of India has announced his intention
of paying
.a dividend of Os. Bd. in the pound out of
the funds in his hands on an early date next month,
thus discharging a third of the liabilities of the
bank. It is stated that be entertains the hope of

.. The debentures are a first charge on
the property of the company. The price of issue is
par, with interest from the Ist inst. Interest and
principal—the latter due in July, 1880—are pay-
able either in London or Melbourne. The list is
to be closed at 1 p.m. on Saturday, the 20th inst.
The transfer books of the Egyptian Commercial
and Trading Company (Limited) will be closed from
the 25th to the 31st instant, both inclusive, in
order to prepare the warrants for the return of 21.
per share about to be made, in pursuance of the
resolution of the general meeting, held on the
31st ult.

The half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Austra-
lian Investment Company (Limited) is fixed for
the Ist Feb. ; that of the Electric and Interna-
tional Telegraph Company for the Gth Feb. ; the
annual meeting of the Indian Carrying Company
(Limited) for the 23rd inst. ; and a meeting of the
British Shipowners' Company (Limited) for the
24th inst.

The half-yearly meeting of the Waterloo and
Whitehall Railway Company is called for the lit
of February.
_ _

Aneril meeting of the London Tavern Com-
panyge (Limited) is called for the 4th Feb., when a
dividend is to be declared.
The liquidators of the Accidental and Marke
Insurance Corporation (Limited) prop we on toe
'..*ith inst., to make a call of N. per share on the
contributories.

Creditors of the Lisbon Oil Mills Company
(Limited) are required to send the particulars of
their claims to Mr. William Cooper, the liquida-
tor, by the 28th February.
With reference to the market for American secu-
rities, Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite and Co. report
as follows :

There has been a general inactivity in the London mar-
ket for American securities during the past week. On im-
proved quotation, from New York prices slightly strength-
ened, but have not maintained the full advance, United.
States 5.20's closing 72. to t, Illinois Central shares Ml to
both being a small advance on this day week ; but
Brigs have declined 1 per cent., the last quotation being
44 to 4:".. Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated
Bonds leave off to ex coupon, or about equivalent to
last week's quotations. The debentures are 51 to 52.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 91 to A, both
for money and the 7th February, opened this
morning at about 91, and closed at 903 The
official business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consuls, for money, 90k, 1, 903, ; ditto,
for account, 91, 901 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
901, k, A, 90 ; New Three per Cents., 90„,
k, d, 90; Bank Stock, 249 k, 50; India Stock,
2121, ex div. ; ditto Five per Cent., 107, A, 61 ;
ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 941 ; ditto De-
bentures, 102 i ; ditto Bonds, 265. prom.

MINES-(THIS DAY.)

ONI O'CLOCK.

The mining market is 6rm, with a good demand
for shares in thefollowing mines, at the quotations
given :—North Crotty, 4 to 5 ; West Chiverton,
56 to 58 ; Wheal Uny, 2 to 3 ; Crest Retallack,
38s. to 40s. ; Drakewalls 17s. 61. to 20s. ; East
Lovell, 10 to ; Tincroft, 141 to ; and Prince of
Wales, 325. Ga. to 355.