The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-23 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OV THE E PRDII4.

Si your paper of this evening you ante,
odder the head "Nantioti•honae," that Mr. Starling, a
sworn broker in the City, waited yesterday on the Loud
Mayor, for the piireote of making a statement with regard
to some Labouring men whom be saw going about different
Forts of the City hogging. Haring been put to some in.
onivenience on the subject, and as in the published bat of
11111. ell broker, in the City of London I believe the only
Leg
to he found of that name are myself and my non, I
beg to state that neither of es waited upon the Lord Mayor
ow that us.vasion. I ani,

JOSEPH STARLING,
12, Copthall-court, Thr.gnic.S.n.aireet, Jat.

NATIONAL DISCOUNT COMPANY (LIMITED)
(TIIIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the sharehollims was
held at neon, at the London Tavern ; Mr. F. W. itcssei.L,
M.P., in the chair. . .

The report sod belsoce.sheet reed by the SECRET tla
(Mr. Richard Price) were as follows :
. .

'• The account. which the directors now have the pleasure
to plate before the shareholder* •how, that for the half-
year ending 314 ultimo, the grass profit amount,. to
loie. 9.1., and that after pliymeut of the correct
expenditure, writing otf the usual proportion of
the preliminary and building expense', and reserv-
ing 1:i,0471. tie. 10d. for relate of intereet 00 bills die-
counted, not yet due, there remains, including the sum of
brought forward from the but account, as
available balance of la, lOU. 4s. Vil. Of thie sun, the di-
rectors mores to appropriate 9,651/. Els. lid. to the pay-
ment of is dividend st the rate of 5 per tent. per annum,
free of income tax, sad to carry the surplus, rt,514/. 12s. 3d.,
to the credit of the Reserved Fund, which will
then amount to 34,5031. 3a. id. The directors
regret that this fund will bare to be debited with
the sum of 25,N361., to meet the losses arising
from the failures in the leather trade, to which reference
was male in their last report, and as the several estates
have now been thoroughly investigated, and the probobi-
lilies of their liquidation more accurately ascertained, they
feel confident that this amount of km will sot be exceeded.
The directors who retire upon this omission are M. H. Chay-
tor. Es q.. T. W. L. Mackean, Fag., .1: It. Thomson, Esq.,
sod T. W. Watson, EN., all ni whom being eligible otter
theinselvea for reelection. l'he shareholder' will have to
elect auditors for the ensuing year.

" Dr.: Tofal called up, viz., V. per sharo on 77,069
shares, 366,247 d. ; to amount due by the company ou loans,
deposits, ate., 3,185,6311. 13e. 2d. ; to premises redemption
fund, 312/. 3is. 2d. ; to reserve fund, 2.t,UIW. lls. Id. ;
to amount at credit of profit and loss account, as shown
114,145 t. 4.. 9d. ; total, 3,61:r.42.W. 12s. 2d.
Cr.: By cash at bankers, '2.878/. Is. Id. ; I.y bills die.
exacted, government and other securitice, , 3,546,3041.
Ns. 2d. • by preliminary expenses, 1,111.10/. ; by premises in
44.243/. 2s. 11d. ; total, 3,615,425/. 12s. 24.1.
"Profit and Loss Account. —Dr. : To current expenses,
directors' and auditors' rentuorratiou, and income tax,
4,272/. Ms. amount written off preliminary ex-
penses, 500/. ; to premises redemption fund : intered to
bite, at 4 per cent., W. 3s. 2d. • amount now re.
served, 1001. - 11941. 3.. 21 ; to rebate of interest on
bills sot due, carried to new aceesat, 15,0471. 6s. 10d. ;
to dividend at the nee of 1., per oust. per annum, 9,6331.
lb. rid. ; to oddities to moons food, 8,514/. 12s. 3d.-
111,149‘. b. 9d. ; total. :91.0761. 4s. 11d. Cr.—By balsam
from !anthill f•yest, 14,0471. DM SI. ; deduct dividend
de-
clased at Met half.yearly meeting, 9,6311. 12.. 6d.- 5,0141.
fie. 211. • by gross profits during the bedtime, 54061/.
Ifis. ; total, 38,0761. 4s. Ild.
" Having compared the foregoing acconots with the
books and mothers, we fisd the mass correct. —(Signed) J.
Monies Bail. and J. It. Mumma, auditors."
The CIIOUINAN said the report costained nearly all that it
emeatial /or the shareholders to know. At the last
half-yearly meeting being premed to give an e.timate of the
vubisbie los. from the future of Messy. tereatfeild sad
Laurence be said be believed it would not exceed 21,000/.
.tt that time, however, the directors were not aware
what extraordinary smodling lied been practised, bents the
nal loss tamed out to be somewhat inure, viz., 26,000/.
That amount would uu doubt be amply sufficient, and the
company would so doubt soon be in position to add to
that reserve fund, the value of which had of late
bees so clearly demonstreted. (Hear, hear.) He concluded
by moving the adoption of the report and the amounts.
The motion having been amended, in the discussion
which eased

7 he CHAIRMAN INTTMAIRQ that be reAlly could Da MIMI
the lope from the failure of Menem Amadeil.l and Co. as a
commercial loam ; the vale was altogether an exmptioual
oae.

A trtanot.rira wished to learn whether the director.
inteuded to institute -ay I.esl proceeding* no account of
this fraud!

Another tteansmotata thought that, considering that
v yes a yang one, they had Vea•011 to congra-
tulate that the low was .1,/ small. The loss sue-
Wised by the Landes Joiut.Stnck Bank was much larger.
the CluaLium said the -tricteat inquiries were toad.
with regard to rltreathsild sod Co.'s bills beton they were
combed. Byes the Hauls of England had boeu deceived.
(Hat, hear.)
Mr. Baca, 111. P.. eceeblered it a moat astonishing thing
that Illifet-yllirteis .4 a nankin should hays bees mewed in
pays mid renewed from time to time, and that nose of
the gnat illiseeeetine hooves should bare easpeeled the wed
.6o* of thiegs. (Haar. hear.) He had goal nerves to
believe that a. Lite sa the early part of taut year the dhow
ton of the Hank of lathed +veered persona who were
interested in the matter, that they consalemel the haws of
tersiticild and t'u. oar of the highest teistilile respoe‘
Whey. (liar, hear.) He then cutnpLined wstise
of the tuonopoly of the Bank of England rn ie,,,ardel
discounting.
Mr. Cam's!' (deputy chairman) said althoughoueetevy
leas bed been incurred. it was not through say or
teak= cueduct. When the bask was alerted lb* board
asked ritreatfethl and Company to do bashers with them,
and the. propued w.O ameuted to. la 1867 the account
wee very much reduced. In ISO, is cearegnence of
the advance. being still restricted, Mr. Laurette prevailed
aka him (Mr. Chatter) to accompany him to the premises
el the tiros, where he .hewed him various title deeds, hoods,
and so on, which appeared very satisfactory. The answer
to inquiries in.ale I e the board of various boasts in the
leather trade waa tb.e the honer 'rasa cal a elmincter that
it wins hardly powsitile the a ab.nld be auv great has. These
remark. would show that the ulveoces were not made with-
out due ....elation.

CHAIRIIAN, in reply to a question given above, said
nothing wan yet decided upon as reganled the prosecution of
Streathrhl and Co.
Aft.•r some foither diwu...ion the report we. adopted, and
a dividend in accord lice ith it declared. Thank. were
afterwanla ...tell to the directors and the officers for Cie
wanner in which they bed parfonarl their dw.te4.

In the course of his adhlress to his ~.onstituents,
on Monday evening. Mr. Edwin James intimated that if the
Queen', speech made no reference to the introduction of
MI V Reform RAI this insane, he shou!d more an amend.
meat to the whims&

On and from the lat proximo the mail coirimrni-
cation between England and the Channel Islsmls will only
be three time', a week. instead of four times, es st preeent.
The packet dare will be !Imlay,. Wesieseds)e, and iri-
iLiys, Loth fur the vstw..al And toraral

Two o'Clocw.
The railway share market to-day is firm,
at yesterday's improvement. There is a
fresh :ulvance of per cent. iu Lancashire
and Yorkshire stock, and I per cent. iu
South Eastern. Loudon and North Western
stock is now quoted 981 to 99/ ; Great Western, 74
to 71 ; mmiand,l3ll to 4; Lancashire and York-
shire, 114 to !I ; Caledonian, 95 to ; and South
Eastern, 844 to
Lanbardo-Venetian Railway shares are steady,
at l to 14 dis. Gnusl Trunk of Canada Railway
stock is dull.

N. lea I unman I Clan* pima IWm Soslay
i yesterday. 1 lel pis.
110 all MINIM MN lawns* T 2 76
is
IL 116 N left
Do. do. Ns. IC.
8.La5.19.6. Id ft 1024
. 2 11 ills
Ili all Boffalo*lskalitweall 61 5
10 all Do. Preform* 6 7
100 IN Baff.,Drank.atioiloricb
llgo.c. Edo, 6,6.1,1072
oultirsodbyßuff.dlH. 75 I*
145 100 Do. Julyl,lB7l. di**. IT 11
100 100 Do. J one 1, 1874. Nita 0 70
' 6 all Calcutta* S. Laden_ 6Ms par
60 6 Cape TADockilp.c.gas. 11 14 dis
SO 71 Wyllie. 6 cent. 1 01 dla
* 10 Ihsters ll 11 dls 13
St 100 Lit Indian
10 all Do. Jabbulpore —
aOO all Do. 41 p. ci. DONA— VT 08
105 all Do. 6p. ct. do ON 1001
100 all Do. do. do. 150640 16 01 Ma 99
00 all Geelong* Melbourne —.—
5L 100 Grand Trunk of Canada 11 22 21}
100 all Do. 6 par ot. PreL
108 all Do.sec.Prettlpst.Sc 6O *
105 all Do. 6 per ed. DONS os 47 45 6
100 all Do. 7 per el 1061. 60 65
IM all Do. do. UN.
110 all Do. do. 1171 4O 46
16 8
IL 100 Great Do. Indian Paatalola 1
on 066 91
New 141
N. 100 Ot 8. of Indlag.ll p. et
10 18 Do. Do. 2} 14 dB 18
1101 all Cit West Quiada.ll6ares 101 101 101
206 18 Do. New .
101 10} N. 7}}
Zukt
100 all Do.Bds,pay7ll INN 90 95 zd
100 all Do. do. 'll till 07 92 94
100 all Do. do. 72 93 96
100 all Do.6lp.ctlida,pay. 88 92
BL 100 Madras Guar. 46 par et. 95 56
Bt 100 Do. do. 1 par ot. 92 93 98
M. 100 Do. 4} per et. .16. SS 87
10 16 Do. 4th Kilos. do.
5L 100 Melb.Corp.lp. &Beads
15 all N. Brunswick* Csoada
$ lam • cap.*.
--
10 all Do. do. load do. 7
se all Do. da. 1 cap. do. 6 7
6) all
Dada Do. do. Led do. II 7
W 6a. (1.1691064 —
BL 100 &gado 961 0U 961
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IL 100 D 0.7.61.111.71004. Swot. 91 04
10 1 IrtasdadAmlled.6Boo 6 I AB

No. 18h. I Do= lrd
100,410, I. oomurda MO
164,0001 R. Ds. 4p. et. Pref., 11114[100
2.064,435; St. Neat and West India 100
1,618,810, St. London 100
:1
1.149. IN. 80. Katharine lOO
100,866 St. Southampton 140
038, 81. Victoria
6,000 SI Do. New

le 101
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Coo.Gow.Op.e..Jea.e.hg
Do. • per oast, 11711 I
Do. • per ord. IsBl
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Do. 41por et. Moo.obliep.
Do. I pow nob
Do. 40. Iketp..
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New Draisow.Gov.l pot.
N. N. Websily. Sp. e. We;
Do. Sp. a. WI IST.
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lUUTIIIII MINI

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Beaten opened at
67fr. 50c., and improved to Wife. 55c., being sc.
better than yesterday.

Consols are officially marked 914, and 4
for money, and 91/, 4, and for the
account. The present quotations are 914
to I for cash ; and 91„ to 4 for the 7th
of February. The official business report is
as follows :—Bank Stock, 233 ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 91g, 4; New Three per
Cents., 914 4 ; India Stock, 2184 ; ditto
Five per Cent. Stock, 1859, 1004, 4 ; ditto
Bonds, 15s. dis. ; Exchequer Bills, 55., la., dis.
The transactions in the foreign stock market
have been rather more numerous, but have
not led to much change in prices. Yes-
terday's improvement in Mexican Bonds
is maintained. The Turkish Loan of 1854
ih steady, at 704 to 4, and that of 1838 at
56 to 4. Sales are recorded as follows :
Brazilian Five per Cents., 1839, and 1859, 99 ;
ditto Four.and-a-Half per Cents., 1860, 851 Chilian
Six per Ceuta., 1014 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 634, 4,4, (exchange 126.); Mexican
Three per Cents. for account, 22/, 22 ; Portu-
guese Three per Cents., 1863, 454 ; ditto
Small, 454 ; Russian Five per Cents., 1044 ;
ditto for account, 104 ; ditto Four-aud-a-Half
per Cents., 924, 4, 4 ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
for account, 474 ; ditto New Deferred Three per
Cents., for account, 404 ; Turkish Six per Cents.,
1854, for account, 704 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1858,
for account, 56/, ; ditto 1001. Bonds, 58.

There are several indications of a character tend-
ing to re-assure the financial community. It is
understood that within the last few days there Las
been a certain reflux of gold to the Bank of Frame,
and, as that establishment is reported to have
arranged for an exchange of silver against gold
with the Bank of Russia, the probability of any
further speedy pressure upon our market would ap-
pear to be much weakened. The rise in the value
of money here has put the continental exchanges
at a satisfactory leveL In America the money
market continues to move in the direction of ease.
It may be useful to repeat that the latest tele-
graphic quotation of exchange at New York is 104
for bankers' bills. A further moderate advance
would give a decided check to the shipments of
gold from this country. Meanwhile, the immediate
demand for gold bullion for exportation will be sup-
plied by the arrivals just reported from Australia ;
there is no pressure for discounts upon the Bank
of England ; and an impression prevails that that
establishment has now ceased to place stock upon
the market. Let it be placed beyond doubt that
the Banks of France and England aro in au easier
position and confidence will revive.
The supply of money in the discount market
appears to be increasing. Some of the more dis-
quieting features affecting the market having sub-
sided, a disposition is shown by holders of money
to take advantage of the high rates now current.
The best bills were taken yesterday at U to 7 per
cent. At the Bank of England there was a fair
demand.

About 40,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from
the Bank yesterday for New York. The Wellesley
has arrived from Melbourne with 32,854 ounces of
gold, worth 131,5001. This remittance will pro-
bably be taken for exportation, as well as that by
the koxburgh Castle.
The bar silver by the West India packet has been
sold for India at Be. lid. per ounce, showing no
alteration.

A telegram from Plymouth, forwarded by Mr.
Reuter, states that " a great robbery has been
committed on board" the Wellesley. The owners
in Louden, however, know nothing of any such
circumstance.

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
generally steady at the late improvement. The
rates on Paris, however, were slightly lower. The
exchanges on Austria centinue to move against
that empire. Subjoined is our usual list :
Anizterdsm, 3 months, 11.181 to 19; ditto 3 days, 11.16
to 1 ; Rotterdam, 3 mouths, ILIBI to 19 ; Antwerp,
3 months, 25.45 to 50 ; Hamburg, ma. banoo, 3 months,
13.71 so 8 ; Paris, 3 days sight, 25.20 to 5 ; ditto
3 mouths, 25.60 to 5 • Frankfort-on-the-Mziae, 3
months, 1181 to a ; Petersburg (per rouble), 3 months,
341 to $ • Vienna, elf. flo., 3 mouths, 15.70 to 80;
Trieste, ditto, 3 months, 15.70 to 80 ; Madrid, 3 months,
481 to $ ; Cadiz, 3 months, 481 to 494 ; Leghorn, 3 months,
25.90 to 5; Genoa, 3 months, 95.80 to 3; Milan, 3
mouths, 25.821 to 71 ; Naples, 3 months, 391 to a ;
Palermo, 3 mouths, 118 to 1 ; Messina, 3 months, 118 so
; Lisbon, 90 days, 52 to 1; Oporto, 90 days, 52g to 53.
At the adjourned meeting of the principal credi-
tors of Messrs. Francis Ede, Son, and Co., held yes-
terday, it transpired that there is no choice but to
let the affairs of the house proceed to a liquidation.
The magnitude of its engagements is, doubtless, the
principal reason. As regards the result of the
estate, a favourable impression is entertained in
several quarters. A general meeting of the credi-
tors will be convened in due course at the earliest
possible period.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway
of Canada, for the week ending Jan. 4, were
7,2421. sterling, being 1,7061. more than in the
corresponding week of hint year.
The annual uieeting of the proprietors of the
Loudon and County Bank is Galled for the 7th of
February.
The half-yearly meeting of the Eastern Counties
Railway Company is called for the 21st February,
and that of the North Staffordshire Railway Com-
pany fur the 14th February, at Stoke-upon-
'rrent.

The half-yearly meeting of the Londonderry and
Enniskillen Railway Company is convened for the
12th February.
A call of 2L is to be paid on the shares in the
Bahia Gas Company by the let of March.
The Michigan Central Railway Company have
resumed, under satisfactory circumstances, the pay-
ment of dividend on the sham capital. The dividend
just declared is at the rate of 3 per cent.
The following is a statement of the earnings of
the New York Central Railroad for the month of
December compared with those for the correspond-
ing mouth of the previous year :-18410, 522,918
dole. es",c. ; 1859, 520,396 dole. 27c.; increase, 2,522
dole. 58c.

Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
gas, dock, and other shares, as given iu the Stock
Exchange list of last evening :
Insurance—Alliance, British and Foreign, 161; ditto
Marine, 61 ex div. and bonus; Globe, 100 ex die.;
Guardian 501 • Law Fire, 41; Liverpool and London Fire
and ; Ld
on and Provincial Marine, 21„ 1 ; Marine,
94, 93 •; Ocean Marine, 91, 1 ; Thames and Money Marine,
34, f, • Universal Marine, 31, 4.
Gan and Coke—Great Central, 101 ; Imperial, 79 ex div. ;
ditto New, 811; London, 60 ; Plunnix, 711: Western, 16.
Doeks—Fast and West India, 117, UB, ex div. ; London,
36, I, 50, ex div.
Igaterworks—Bat London, 121 ex div.
The steamer Salsette sailed from Point de Gene
on the 22nd Dec., with the English mail for
Australia of November.

The Assyrian has arrived from China with
884,400 lbs. of tea and 2,310 bales of silk.

TUDIDAY Er/3100.
COIIIIOIS, which cloned yesterday et 91} to a
for the 7th February, opened this morning at the
same quotation, rose to 91i and closed at 91}
to For money the last price WWI 914. The
official business report is as font:as :—Threo