The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-30 00:00:00

210 0 24,130

210 0 35,000
2 0 0 11,430

03,375

87,600
11.000

Teta In Jan.
A special meeting of the Great Western Railway
Company is called for the 16th January, to con-
sider the provisional arrangement for a lease of
thciSouth Wales Railway to the Great Woitern, and
for the ultimate amalgamation of those companies
and the West Midland Railway Company.
A meeting of proprietors of the Union Bank of
Australia is convened for the 13th January to de-
clare a dividend. _ _

---Ai;peci;.lll;itting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company will be held on the 29th January,
to elect a director.

A special meeting of the Van Diemen's land
Company is called fur the 16th Jan., pursuant to a
requisition signed by twelve shareholders, to eon-
alder the expediency of reducing the company's
capital.
The liquidators of the London Discount Com-
pany (Limited) have called an extraordinay meeting
of the shareholders for the Bth Jan., to receive a
report and statement of accounts.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the Bth
January for the supply of 300 tons of soap, 5 tons
of pepper, 500 gallons of sherry, GOO qrs. of split
peas, and 250 tons of cocoa.

SATUIDAY ETINDIG.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 904 "buyers,"
ex div., for the 9th Jan., opened this morning at
904 to and cloned at 904 to 2. For money the
last price was likewise 994 to j The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Consols, for :looney, 904, I, 4, ex div.; ditto, for ac-
count V 1 an. 9), 901, , 4, ex div. ; Bank Stock,
236 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 90/, 90 ; New
Three per Cents., 90k, 90, 4,
dil ; India Five per
Cent. Stock, 104, 1031, ex v. ; ditto, for ac-
count, 103 i, ex div. ; ditto Four per Ceut. Deben-
tures, 1859, 984.
The India Five per Cent. stock was steady at
103 l to 104, ex div.
Exchequer Bills were dull, the March at 7s. to
10s. prem., and the June at 9s. to 12s. prem.
Foreign stocks were dull, with little inquiry.
Turkish showed flatness, the Loan of 1864 being
last quoted 77 to 4, and flirt of 1858, 67 to 68.
Mexican left off a trifle cheaper than yesterday, at
264 to 27/. Transactions are recorded as follows
Equador. New Consolidated, 154 ; Italian Five per
Cents., 844 (exchange 25fr.); Mexican Three per
Cents. 27, 4, 264 ; ditto for account, 27 ; New
GranalNewla Two per Cents., 191 ; the Spanish Com-
mittee's Certificates, 51 ; Turkish Six per Ceuta,
1854, 762, 77 ; ditto Six per Cents. 1858, 67/,
67 ; Venezuela Three per Cents., 21, 4.
Bank shares were quiet at former prices. In the
miscellaneous share market the only alteration was
a decline in Canada Land.

The closing quotations for shoes in new under-
takings to-day were as follows :—Ooeaa Marine
Insurance, ill to prem. ; Thames and Mersey
Marine, 1k to II prem.; Universal Marine Insur-
ance, to 1j dis. ; Loudon and Provincial Ma-
rine, I to i dia. ; Mercantile Fire, lto prem. ;
and Commercial Union Fire, to dia.
New Brunswick Government Bonds were lather
weak= to-day.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoci.

The mining market continues inanimate. No
transactions are reported in the Stock Exchange
official list. Cooke Kitchen shares are quoted
29 to 90 ; East Carn Brea 282 to 29 ;
Marks Valley, 92 to 10 ; Wheal Beton, 122 to
124 ; South Caradon, 310 to 315 ; East Cant Brea,
91 to 10A ; and Wheal Grenville, 355. to 375. &L
Preparations for to-morrow settlement engage
chief atteution. . _ .

There is no movement in foreign or colonial
mining shares. United Mexican are officially
marked 81 for money.