The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-06 00:00:00

continued, but subject to the supervision of tip
Court of Chancery.
A general meeting of the • London and Lisboa
Cork Wood Comp* flied LOT Ilhe
13th instant, " for the purpose of considering a
statement of the company's affairs."
Cteditore of the Walla. ..in= Petroleum Company
(Limited) are required to send the particulars of
their claims to the li.luidators by the 7th March.
Creditors of the Igulted English and Scottish
Life Insurance Company (Limited), are required to •
send the particulars of their claims to Mr. G. A.
Cape, of the Old Jewry, by the 2nd of March. the
11th of March haring been appointed byVios-Chan-
senor Stuart tor adjudicating upon them.
The subjoined report on the market for American
securities is front Messrs. Satterthwaite and Co.: •
Bedizen in the Loadon musket for American severities •
has, mane ear last, been on a restricted scale. The us. •
oartninty as to the e ,arse Congress may take on the great
question of finance is musing an uneasy feeling, and is pre-
venting that steady absorption of United States Govern-
ment Bonds, wisiett Lid for some time past been going on.
5.20 Bonds close dull at 71/ to 72. Far Illinois shares
there oontineeti so exist sctive demand, cidefiy on
Dutch account ; they bare improved about 1 per cent. en
the week. Eriee are meeected ; they close fiat at a declirie
of 1 per cent. TI• recent demand for Atlantic and Great
Western bonds is maintained. Divisional bonds have
become scarcer and difficult to procure : Consolidated
Mortgagee are firm at in advance of 1 per cent., closing
25f to 26i, and the Debentures have improved o 20, on
some purchases to close " bear " operations, an d on the
increased market value of the Divisional Bonds lodged as
part security at the Bank of England.
The following, on the leather trade, is from a
circular issued yesterday by Messrs. T. J. and T.
Powell :

The commencement of a new year usually shows more
animation in the leatl.er market than bad prevailed &rift
the concluding mouths of the preceding year ; such has
hem the case in the past month the demand generally
has improved, while the supplies of fresh goods have been
limited and, consequently, advanced rates have been ob-
tained for the satirise that have been specially in request.
These, however, have been chiefly light Beglish and New
South Wales hosts, and the lower priced sole leather in
general. In other geo,is there is no alteration of impor-
tance, but the •...ectiz of nil goods are in small cemr..sa.
Item goods have gener.l:y shown an upward tendency. The
imports have been sere small, and, with a gala', derr.wl,
clued, from the home buyers, the stocks are greatly re-
duced, and prices of must descriptions of sole leather hides
have advanced. At Leadeahall yesterday the attendance
of buyers wee small. but the supplies of light English
butts, light shoulder. and light bellies were inadequate
to the demand, and full piece were obtained.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.
COll3Olll, which closed yesterday at 931 to t;,
both for money and to-morrow's settletnent,
opened this morning at the same quotation, and
closed at 93;5, to 4. which may also be considered the
price for the Bth of March. The Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents. were quoted at
3 o'clock 93414.. The official business report is se
fellows:—Three per Cent. Consols, fee looney, 931,
ii.tot:tto,for account. 931, g ; Three per Cents.
934. ; New Three per Cents., 93tr, ;
Bank Stock,-24:), R : India Five per Cent. Stock,
1121, 111 ; dittoFoor per Cent., 101, 1 100 L, ;
ditto Five-said-a-Ralf per Cent. " onfi:ced" rupee
paper, 1084 ; ditto Bonds, 40s. prem.
Indian government securities were steady.
Exchequer Bills retnain at 20s. to 235. prem.
Foreign stocks were offered this morning at a
fresh reduction, but in the afternoon a much better
feeling was apparent, in response to higher quo-
tations from the Continent, and a recovery took
place in many c:-x;. Compared with the last ono-
talons of yeeterliy, some of the Ettypt‘an Donis
I show a rise of 1 v.:cent. ; Turkish of 18:4,1: ditto
'of 1838, : ditto of 1865 (Five per Cents.), ;
Argentine: and Russian of 1061.4 : Italian of 1861,
and Peruvian of 1865, ; and- Mexican 1. On
the other hand, Peruvian of 1862, and Butrota
Ayres Deferred exhibit a fall of 1 per cent. ; New
Grenadian Thrce per Cents. and Russian of 1862,
; and New Oratiatlian "ex all," Brazilian of
1865, and the Viceroy of Egypt's Loan, 1. The
latter was dealt in at 74, but &Peel firmly at 74}
t°411.4) only alteration worthy of notice in financial
shares was a eieelitie of mss. 61. in International.
Prices closed as follows :—lnternational Financial,
2to 12 die., div. ; General Credit, 9 9-1(1 to
7-16 die., e:•: die. ; and Credit Fonder, Ii to
63 dice