The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-06 00:00:00

either have dealt with the whole or that the
directors off this bank would have been esabld, in some
kW*, to strange for the remainder of the acceptances ; and
they think the yetis will agree with them
that this antichiation was not unmeaosable, seeing
that the total amount of acceptances, not' pro-
tected by short bills, barely exceeded 400,000 i.
The directors do not wish to evade the responsibility
resting upon them for having permitted the management
to enter into transactions whit h hays proved so (Heart:cm,
and from which they are amongst the principal uniforms ;
but their efforts for months past have been unceasingly
directed to retrieve the position of the bank. In this they
had to some extent succeeded, and they believe that, but
for the suddenness and violence of the panic, baffling all
their calculations, their exertions would have resulted
satisfactorily.' W. 0. Aummr.a, Secretary.
June 5, 1866.
It is understood that the liquidator of the Bank
' of London has enough money in hand to pay all
the creditors 10s. in the pound, and it is hoped that
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a distribution will be merle at once.
Crcditorsof Barned's BankingCompany(Limi‘d)
are required to send the particulars of their claims
to the official liquidators by the 22nd inst.,the
Master of the Rolls having appointed the 3rd of
July for adjudicating upon them.
Notice is given that a petition for the winding
up of the London, Bombay, and Mediterranean
Bank (Limited) is to be heard before the Master of

the Ras on the 23rd inst.
The Master of the Rolla has appointed Mr. L.H.
Evans official liquidator of the Financial Corpora-
tion (Limited).
The meeting of the Bank of British North Ame-
rica was held yesterday. The report stated that the
net profit for the year amounted to 77,877/. 6s. 3d.,
which enabled the directors to pay, in addition to
the usual half-yearly dividend at the rate of Bper
cent. per annum, a bonus of 1 per cent. Thisleft
the stun of 7,877/. 13e. 3d. to be carried to the rest.
The report referred in satisfactory terms to the pro-
gress of the business.
The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
traffic return shows this week a decrease of
12,0101. (the corresponding return of last year having
included the traffic of Epsom races) ; the South
Eastern a decrease of 3971. • the Glasgow Ind
South Western an increase of 1,044/. ; and the
Metropolitan an increase of 1,043/. •
The half-yearly meeting of the Bombay, Baroda,
and Central India Railway Company is called for
the 29th of June. The arrangements are notified
in connexion with the payment of the half-yearly
interest on tho shares of this company, as well as
on those of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway
Company.
A call of 2/. (making 18/. paid) is to be paid. on
the shares of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway
Company by the 27th inst. The option of paying
in full upon the shares is continued.
A general meeting of the Channel Islands Tele-
graph Company (Limited) will be held on the 29th
instant.
The annual meeting of the South Australian
Banking Company will be held on the 19th inst.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and other shares, as given in the Stock Ex-
change list of last evening :
Insurance.—Alliance Marine, 314. Commercial Union,
51, ;l 1 ; Bugle, 61, ; Indemnity Marine, 125,126 ; Lon-
don 46; London and Provincial Marine, 21, 1 ; Royal
Insurance, :11 ; Rock Life, 71; Thames and Mersey Marine
(Limited), GI, 1,1,
Gaslight and Coke.—Bombay (Limited), 41., 1, ex div. ;
European, New, 61 ; Gnat Central,ll2l, ex die.; Imperial,
75 ; Imperial Coinjtiental, 94 ; Surrey Consumers, la,
; Westminster Chartered, 64.
Waterworks.—Berlin, 91, 8, 1 ; Chelsea, 29 ; Grand
Junction, 78), 79.
Docks—Suney Commercial, 1081,
Canada —Regent's (or London),

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Consols, which closed yesterday at 85} to /,
ex div., both for money and to-morrow's settle—
ment, opened this morning at the same quotation,
and closed at 85} to g. For the July account the
last price was 86 to A. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 851, /, /, A ; ditto, for account, 85/,'ll ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 84k, I, 5, 4,1; New
Three per Cents., 84/, ' 5, 41, 51, 4A, 5; An-
' nuities, 1885, 130 ; Bank Stock, 249, 7, 50 ; India
Stock, 214 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 103 A, 4.;
ditto Five per Cent. enfaced " rupee paper,
100 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 106/, .6 ;
ditto Four per Cent., Debentures, 100 ; ditto
Bonds, par.
The dealings in foreign stocks were limited, but
a fresh fall took place in some cases. Egyptian
Bonds were extremely heavy, and fell 2 to 3 per
cent. Italian of 1861 and Chili= scrip also de-
dined 1 per cent. ; Turkish of 1858 and 1862, as
well as Brazilian scrip, ; and Turkish of 1865 and
Spanish I'assive, A. Spanish Three per Cents.
and Certificates, however, were inquired for, and
improved 1 and A per cent. respectively. Brazilian
of 1852, 1858, and 1860 also met with some demand.