The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 185 T.

CANADA CW1PA.147.-ITHI3 DAY)

This afternoon the mat half-yearly meeting of
the Camas Company w held et the Canada House, St.
tielmerpleee , Mr. Clan= FRMIL MM AM, gOT, 112 the
disk.

Thip report states that the latest dykes remit to the
87th et., to which die 48,01 s acre hem hum and sad
Meal dere. this nee, at an avenge peke gee eme of
60a. 44., being an Magee of 33,029 acne es sengemil with
1866, the average etabei also 6a. a per alle Wier.
Prem the detailed a which have bra nand up to
the Mat of October, it appears that of the 44,470 acres di-
rest! of to that date, 8,856 acres pekoe on avenge
lb. Id. in were, and 35,614 acres Ma. 31. as OCT. ; the end-
tried value of the former, in 1854, Igoe Si 3d. an ion
at7i of the latter, 20a. 9d. se en • showing is
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east. Of the abovommikant ba 39,331 me
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by anforeess demo, and the win why the evict g/ dizences
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The railway share market this morning exhibited
continued buoyancy, but sines the breaking up of a.
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anyl alteration in the rats of discount, .1c
the feeling has been rather lees confident. The pre-
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those current at 4 o'clock yesterday-. London and vt.
North Western stock is quoted 9i3 to 99; Great lII,*
Western, 64} to 33 ; Midland, 911 to 92 ; London a.
and South Western, 491 to f per share; and Great r.
Northern, 241 to 1, being a little flatter.
Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Western of Canada,
Great Luxembourg, Dutch lthenish, Lombardo-
Venetian, and Southern of France shares, all exhibit le
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MONEY MAREET-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoot.
The weekly Court at the Bank of England has
broken up without altering the rate of discount,
which remains at 8 per cent. The impression is

strong and general that a considerable reduction
will take place next month. Meanwhile the stock
markets, which opened with buoyancy, have become
somewhat flatter. Consols are now quoted 1 to ;
per cent. lower than they closed yesterday.
Consols opened at 93; to 94 ex div. for
the Bth of January, and are now quoted
93g. The Three per Cents. Reduced are
marked 93; to 941 ; the New Three per Cents.,
93; to 941; Bank Stock, 217; Exchequer Bills,
par to 4s. pram., being dearer; Exchequer Bonds,
_ __ . _

1859, 981; and India Bonds, 15a. dis.
Turkish Six per Cents. have receded to 97 to 97k,
after having been marked 981 (for the 15th January).
The Guaranteed Four per Cents. continue in
request; Spanish, Mexican, and some other
foreign descriptions are also inquired for.
Sales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Old Five
per Cents., at 981; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents, at 651 (exchange, 12A.) ; Mexican Bonds,
at 201; ditto for account (15th January), at
201 to 201 ; Spanish Old Three per
Cents., at 42 ; ditto, New Deferred Three per Cents.,
for account, at 281; the Coupon Certificates, at 61;
Turkish Six per Cents., for account (15th Jan.), at
981 to 971; ditto, Guaranteed Four per Cents., for
account, at 1021.
At Paris, to-day (Thursday), according to Mr.
Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 08fr. 75c. for the account, and at half-
past one o'clock were quoted at the same price,
showing a farther improvement of nearly 1 per
cent.

In the share markets considerable activity prevailed
yesterday, in connexion with the settlement of the
fortnightly account. Very high rates were paid for
carrying over the purchases of speculative holders to
the lath Jan. In some extreme cases terms equal to
upwards of 20 per cent. per annum were given on
some English railway stocks.
In the discount market yesterday the demand for
money was scarcely more active than of late, not-
withstanding the disposition of business men to have
a good balance at their bankers' on the last day of
the year. Good bills are freely discounted at 7i and 7
per cent. The applications at the Bank are conse-
quently upon a very moderate scale, and considerably
less than the repayments there. At the same time,
the bullion movement continues most satisfactory,
The Bank of England purchased yesterday 72,0001.
in newly imported gold, in addition to 25,000 sove-
reigns received from Ireland. The total metallic
stock of the Bank must now be approaching eleven
and a half millions. Taking into account the
450,0001. in Australian gold which is now off the
coast, on board the Suffolk, it is certain that the
bullion in the Bank will be speedily raised to twelve
millions. The next great demand upon the Bank
will be in connexion with the payment of
the dividends, which will tako place in the
second week in January. On the other hand,
in that month the Bank's resources will

be augmented by the maturing of the large
mass of bills which were discounted during the
crisis in November.

We understand that several of the leading joint
stock banks contemplate at once reducing their al-
lowance on deposits to five per cent., owing to the
difficulty of finding employment for money.
The stock of bullion in the Bank of Fiance is
still lamming, and is stated to have now reached
11,200,0001.
In the Stack Exchange yesterday the rate for loans
on English government securities was not more than
4 to 41 per cent.
A telegram from St. Petersburg announces that
the exchange on London has risen to 33 to
331 d., the government having arranged to send to
this side a further sum of 76,000 half imperials, or
about 60,0001.
On the Continent the exchanges on London con-
tinue to exhibit in some cases a drooping tendency.
At Paris on Tuesday the exchange on London
was quoted 23.25 to 271 for short, and 24.70 to
721 for three months bills ; at Amsterdam, 11.76 for
short; at Hamburg, 13.31 for short, and 13.01 for
three months; at Berlin, 6.18; and at Vienna, 10.18.
The oorn market yesterday was quiet, but last
Monday's quotations were supported. The number of
floating cargoes of grain arrived at ports of call since
last Friday is only nine. The country markets are
reported irm, but those in France are still very dull.
The produce markets maintain a firmer appear
once. Sugar and tea exhibit an upward tendency
Scotch pig iron is also looking up.
The Abeona hasarrivedfroniChinawith2o3,6oolbs.
of tea.
Yesterday was held a meeting of the creditors of
Messrs. Svendsen and Johnson, Swedish merchants,
whose stoppage was announced on the 18th of No-
vember. -The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs.
Quitter, Bell, and Co., states the liabilities at 93,0251.,
and the assets at 12,1631. It was resolved to wind
up the estate, Mr. Wm. Oeipel, of Newcastio-upon-
Tyne, and Mr. Wm. Quitter, the accountant, being
appointed inspectors. Subjoined is the balance-
sheet:

.... /ALTO 14 7

To creditors unsemovd. r pse
To creditors secured—tailcoats.* value ot
securities
Amount of chime. LW

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To ItabllllW on neceotanom.. PT 114. 72.22N.1k.44.,
of whleb to expectel re, 141.11 she on ............ NMI 2 4
To liabilities on 44111 re:44l.We. an per 114, 74,36111.k.a.
of K otirnstaal lOU prove elalan• OM thin
entate.. .......... ...... .............. 40.20.1 14

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By debtors. se per Wt. erebiered . CAM 4
Coaeldered dagebtf4l. 6.7481. 10e. 10te
e4irnye4 101 8
Considered bad.. 1.1374 1114 101 ........ 0 0 0
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P. 3, Man of &fp. attest. I value
By merchandise .ad monk. co Mad. onlantal .
By mynas ...onto he hinds of organs.

Notice is given of the closing of the transfer books
of the Bombay, Barode, and Central India Railway
Company, " for the purpose of preparing the list of
shareholders who are entitled to allotments out of
the extension capital of 1,000,000/. about to be raised
under a guarantee of 6 per cent. per annum from the
Hon. East India Company."
The decrease shown in the weekly traffic retarn of
the London and North Western Railway is 3,9371.
That of the Great Northern presents an increase of
3161., and the Great Western an increase of 1,8981.
The half-yearly dividends are advertised on the
following bonds, vie.: South Carolina Bonds, by
Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, Dent and Co. ; Alabama
State Bonds, by the Union Bank of London; and
South Australian Government Bonds, by the South
Australian Bank.

The half-yearly interest is adrertiaed on the
shares (with 61. paid) of the Italian Junction Rail-
ways Company.

WIDNIADAT IT=

The funds to-day were again very sensitive, owing I
almost solely to the uncertainty of the dealers as to
the real position of the account of the speculative
member who has just failed. Such of them as have
transactions open with the defaulter are naturally
anxious to adjust their accounts as far as possible.
The extreme fluctuation in the funds to-day was I
per cent., but the tendency was decidedly in the di-
rection of a rally. The market finally closed with
firmness at the best point of the day, and I to } per
cent, higher than yesterday. Yesterday's sudden
fall is thus fully recovered.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 931 ex div.
for the Bth Jan., opened this morning at 931 to t,
advanced to 931 to 1, fell rapidly to 931 to and
were quoted at 4 o'clock, 931 to 1. At half-pact
four, to which hour the Stock Exchange was kept
open to-day, the quotation had advanced to 931 to
94. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for account (Jan. 8), 931,
931, 931, 931, 93a cx div.; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 933, 931, 94, 931 ; Now Three peE Cents.,
931, 91, 934. Long Annuities, expiring in Jan.,
1860, 2. Bank Stock, 217, 219. Three-and-a-Half
per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in
18.58, 993, 991; ditto, 18.59, 981. India Bonds, 20s.
discount.
Exchequer Bills were steady, at par 3s. prem.
Exchequer Bonds met with more inquiry.
Turkish Six per Cents. attained a further consi-
derable rise, being quoted at 4 o'clock 971 to 983,
and at a later hour 98 to 1 for the new account. The
Guaranteed Four per Cents. have risen to 1021 to /
for the 15th Jan. -Mexican Bonds were less buoyant,
but Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. were in-
(prized for. In other foreign stocks the transactions
were not extensive.
Illinois Central Railway shares were in good de-
mand to-day, and scarce in the market : the closing
quotation was 10 to 8 dia.
Bank shares to-day were quiet, but steady in
price. Oriental Bank, however, were quoted 11.
lower. London Discount and National Discount
exhibit a rise of se. per share. Canada Land were
firm, but Australian Agricultural declined 10s.
Crystal Palace shares, both original and preference,
were firmer ; the former closed at 13 to 11.

MINES.-THIS DAY.

Two o'Crocz•

In the market for British mining stocks the chief
feature is a demand for Sortridge Consols shares,
which are marked 30s. to 325. lid. No other trans-
actions are officially recorded inthe Stock Exchange.
The inquiries are rather more numerous bat the
actual business continues limited.
In foreign mining shares more movement is
apparent. -United Mexican shares are in demand,
and are marked 4to 41. St. John del Rey are
also inquired for, and have been dealt in at 14 to
iti. Copiapo have been dealt in at 111; Pontgi-
band at 4} ; and Santiago at
Subjoined is the official list of closing prices in the
Mining Exchange yesterday
and Wentworth, 6 61 North Derbyshire, 205.;
South Beet, 6/, ; Wheal Granville, 275. 6d.; Wheel
Tebidy, 355.; Wheel Trelawney, 25 254; Wheal Wrey,4 /, 4.
At the Holmbush meeting, held to-day, a call of 4s. pee
share was made.
At a four-monthly meeting of adventurers in Swath Dol-
coath and Carmarthen Consols, held on the 29th instant,
call of 2s. per share was made, payab'le on the 15th January,
1658.

WSDNESDAT EVENING.
The transactions in British mining stocks to-day
were rather more numerous. Amongst others,
business took place in the following :—Wheal Ed-
ward, 7 ; East Russell, 27; to 3 ; Vale of Towy,
17s. 6d. ; 6ortridge Consols, 30s. ; Lady Bertha,
17s. 6d. to 1 tit. 6d. ; Alfred Consols, 121 ; Great
Wheal Vor, 325. 6d. to 355.; Wheal Trelawney,
25. East Basset shares were quoted rather lower.

THE EARTHQUAKE IN NAPLES.

(nom or a oWX

ICAFLIS, Dac. 23.
The earthquake is the great absorbing event,
end people who ue bearly ayiag to the ea-
OW bring with them the most awful reports.
Nonwkile mat discontent is created by the com-
pare',. indifference with which the government re•
reds these disasters. My letter of yesterday palm'
its energy, but I am toldthat it is only as peps,,
and comparisons are drawn between the activity
and des otion of Lotus Napoleon and the King el
Portuzs! in times of public distress and the
princes of the royal family of Naples. Why
has not one gone downs Why hare not
detachments of Sappers and Miners bees
mot to assist in the work of excavation, instead of
the Leartrending work !flag left to those whose
allliced minds and bodies must render them utterly
incapab!e of work On making my mead today
led that public iodination is very straw. As to its
being mid that the communal troasnriee were thrown
spa. it is looked on as a solemn Three, for it is well
known that they an always empty.
I understand that the royal- palm@ of Caserta
hos suffered 'evenly. Hem is Naples we had
smother shock at 1223 p.m. on the 22nd
instant bat we shall expect them to continuo
Ts, some time yet, mad indeed they are now perfectly
harmlcss. I nueresearday see of the towers of the
cheers story, whi& was split from top to bottom.
Maar people are mid to have left Naples or to be
thieliing of doing se. It M a great foUy to do so, for
history scarcely _records one instance in which the
espial has suffered severely. Vesuvius has been our
sakty.yalve, sad is now smoking away with im-
mense rigour. At midnight, after the great earth-
quake. an aperture was opened at the bottom of the
wee. and a torrent of stones sad other material
thrown out.

The public here are greatly disgusted with the
fulsome adulation of his Majesty which is inter-
mingled with the tragic &tub of the roast
awful disaster. So amidst the consternatios

awakened by the death of many thousands, sad al
• vast destruction of peorrty. we are told that the
eurvivon burst into exclamations of " Visa fl He'
when they hosed of " the sumac pensaisediVl
miamecent piety of our most religious ownw
succour which could newer be granted except whim
the august perm& who sits upon the throes nye-
meta. as does our adorable monarch, the Celestial
Providence." On Christmas-day a solemn Papal
benediction is to be offered in all the churches for
the great many mesedrad to the population in their
deliverance teem the distraction of the earthquake.
His Majesty 1 Isseserrtantossd has sent bo,tbn)d.
tar dr Mid of the