The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

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LA E.O , Dec. 28.

am desired to intimate to you, that tho directors
have resolved upon the following scale of interest, to be
allowed on deposits, from and after the first day of January,
1858, subject to seven days' notice of withdrawal; sad that
the interest on your deposit will be calculated at such rates
from that date t—When the minimum rate of discount of the
Ilank of England does not exceed 8 per cent., the rate
allowed on deisits will be 1 per cent. below such rate.
Whet it shall exceed G per cent., end not exceed 7 per cent.,
at 6 per cent. When it shall exceed 7 per cent., and not
exceed 8 per cent., at 8 par ant.—l ate, sir, y• ur obedient
servant, W. W. ISmintozoon, General Manager.
Notice is given that a petition for the winding up
of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank-
ing Company by the Court of Chancery is expected

to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley on
the 13th of January.
The fourth ordinary general meeting of the share-
holders in the City Bank is called for the 19th of
January.
The dividend, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum,
for the half year ending tho 31st inst., on the capital
stock of the Commercial Bank of Canada, will be
paid by the London Joint-Stock Bank.
Tho Cape Town Railway and Dock Company have
received intelligence of the arrival of their engineer,
Mr. W. C. Brounger, at the Cape, on Oct. 28th, by
the mail steamer Dane. _ _ .

Yesterday was "making-up day" in the share mar.
ket. The rates charged for carrying over the sccoants
of speculative holders were in many cases heavy, yid
an undiminished disposition is shown to operate for
still higher prices. On London and North IVeaters,
Midland, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Caledonian,
Berwick, and York and North Midland, the rates of
" continuation " were the heaviest. Subjoined is
our usual statement of the terms generally current:
Landon and North Western from / tog per cent. con.
tfonation.

Cheat Western ,, 1-16
_to ..1 ditto

Midland „
, to Mito.
Lancashire end Yeskaltk•
South Easterns
Great Northern -16 to 6-16 ditto
Caledonians -16 to }ditto
York end North Midland
i ditto
London end South-Western „ to i ditto
Great Western at Canada
Northern of France lO to 12 par cent. per annual
Eastern of France
Parle and L °woos a
Southern of

Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
canal, and other miscellaneous shares, as given in the
last Stock Exchange list :
Tantrum Shares:—Atlas, 161; Albion, 96; Allinson
British end Foreign, 161; Crowaol.lidt;., English and
Scottish Law Lite, 4 ; 49, 481, 499 ;
Imperial Fire, 385; Int= 11, 15 • Indemnity Martha,
120; London and Provincial Law, '24 ; Law Life, 63;
ditto Fire, 31, ; Phcenix, 164 ; reliant, 60 ; Royal
Exchange, 277; Rock Life, 73.
Canal Shares :—Birmingham, 881; Coventry, 190; Grand
Junction, 47 ex die.; Kennetand Avon, 68; Leeds and Liver-
pool 601; Leicester and Northampton, 13 ; Oxford, 106;
Rochdale, 80; Regent's, 16; 'Warwick and Napton, 9;
Warwick and Birmingham, 24; Worcester end Birming-
ham, 164.
Ote and Coke Companies :—Great Central, 111, Ire
1001. Debentures, 200; Independent, 60; London Pada-
=eatery Preference, 271, Phoenix, 47; South Metropolitan,
341, 34; United General, 191, 20 ; Westminster Chartered,
60; ditto Western B, 3.
_ _ _

-W;terworks Stocks:—Berlin, 4, f • Grand Junction, 661
es div. ; Lambeth, 95; West Middlesex, 99 ex div.
Docks:—Landon. 991; Southampton, 70; Victor* 1301,
61 ; ditto, New, 10f, 10.
Bridges :—Hungerford, Of ; Vauban, 171.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 6th of
January for the hire of ships to convey convicts,
passengers, and stores to Bermuda, and Freemantle,
Western Australia; also for the conveyance of stores
to Auckland, Honduras, Malts, Mauritius, Trinco-
malee, and Trinidad.