The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

The funds were almost stationary. in price through-
out the day, and retain much steach Tress of character,
but the closing quotations were about 1 per cent.
below those of yesterday. The traasactions in this
and every other department of the Stock Exchange
were upon a quiet scale.
Consols for the 10th November, which closed •
yesterday at 89, " rather sellers," stood during the
greater part of this day at 88/ to r. At one time
the price was 88:, bnyet.i," but at the close of the
Stock Exchstige stock was again offered at that
figure. For money the last quotation was 881,
' sellers." The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 88/,
881, 881 ; ditto, for account (10th Nov.), 8811, 88/ ;
Three per Cent. Reduced, 87/, 871 ; New Three
per Cents., 871, 880 Long Annuities, expiring
rn Jen., 1660, 2; Thirty Years. Annuities, Octo-
ber, 1869, 1 13 16 ; Bank Stack, 210 ; Three-and-
s-Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable
in 1839, 971, 97}.
Exchequer Bills remain du'l, at 16s. to 10s. dis.
In foreign stocks scarcely tiny alteration occurred.
Turkish Six per Cents. closed at 87! to 1, and the
Guaranteed Four per Cents. at 97/ to 98. Sales are
recorded as follows :—Buena Ayres Bonds, for
account (30th Oct.), 81. Dutch Four per Cent.
Certificates, 97/, 971. Mexican Three per Cents.,
for account, 191. Russian Five per Cents., 106;
ditto, Four-en a-Half per Cents., 97. Turkish
Six per Cents., 88; ditto, for account (30th Oct.),
87/, 88, K account, ditto Guaranteed Four per Cents., 98;
ditto, for 971. Venezuela Active Bonds,
for account, 29 ; ditto, Deferred, 11 .
Guatemala Five per Cent. Bonds were also officially
marked 53.
The winding up of the Royal British Bank has
entered upon a new phase. The assignees, who have
been constituted by act of parliament the represent-
atives of the creditors, have issued a circular to the
shareholders, in which they complain bitterly of the
neglect or refusal of the shareholders to do their
part towards the carrying out of the compromise.
It will be recollected that the proposal to pay to all
the creditors a composition of 61.6 d. in the pound, in
addition to the dividend to be realised from the
estate, was stamped by the assignees and by the com-
mittee of shareholders as fair and reasonable. It was
accordingly understood that the 12.000 f. deposited
towards the agreed guarantee of 20,0001. should,
within a reasonable period, be increased by the con-
tributions of the shareholders to the sum required
for the completion of the agreement. This has not
been done ; no addition has been made to the fund.
The assignees draw attention to the fact that they
are empowered by the act to give shareholder* 2
discharge from all liability if they will come for-
ward with their quota of contribution. If they wilt
not, the assignees declare that the compromise will
fall to the ground, and in this ease they threaten
to put in force an organised plan which shall reach
all shareholders, both past and present, as well as
those who have left the country. As a last resource,
the circular is accompanied by a notification, signed
by Meows. Linklater and Hackwood, the solicitors
fOr the assignees, ar d by Mr. R. P. Harding, the
official manager, inviting a meeting of the whole
body of the shareholders for the 11th of November,
at half-past 6 p.m., at the Guildhall Coffee-house,
with a view to make the requisite arrangements for
duly carrying out the compromise.