The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.--(THIS DAY.) "ted maw frelta, aenieeLaa The bated he
Is
;den have also bees ,edited and sedified to be maw*
The subjoined is from the report of the directors
Public securities are quiet to-day, and prices of the Submarine Telegraph Oostpeay to be sub-
generally without variation. Most of the markets, milted to the meeting of the proprietors to be heid
however, are rather dull, notwithstanding the astir on the 25th but. :
factory character of the news from the continent and The annexed easolusta hr the half/ear ending 31st
absence of withdrawal' of gold from the Bank for rhermbemr;==e6 Thelarcreicia titt I:deer
exportation. Console show flatness, at the dosing bet not to that aged is whirl the diseeless boked far-
prices of Saturday. The variations in railway "tidal ib° tbeimpti., wing to&
and foreign stocks are about evenly balanced. result, however, seabisetliedireseceeleadi feeeet.lBl. ed.
United States 5-20 Bonds have given way, to the reserve feed: AV eg debenture beam to tb•
upon the advices from Washington. Colonial can
it t leool.per ;to red
aaam:Tar aa &Tidied, at the rata;
government debentures, as well as banking, finan- 6111. 18. s. 108. The resin.; fend new animate to 30,5861.
cial, and miscellaneous shares, are inactive. 711. 6d., being 6,4304 12s. 108. mere then the seat to the
credit of this wooed on the 111a6 Dessider, 1866. The
The rates for discounts and advances in the directors Dave mach pleasure in that the new
Stock Exchange are unchanged. Belgian cable was micesednily down in November.
Consols are quoted 93 to for money and rz,,thittylrinothln .theTl,7l6:thgarigho Bgeatibu:i h
through
as been
the account (March 5), and the Three per Cents. Prussia and Belgium will be weasel sticetle, when no
Reduced and New Three per Cents., 931 to 4. doubt a still larger incomes in the trail°
larger will occur.g e directors ve also erected id wine of a auge
The variations in the railway market are confined Ththan h. ordinarhaily mod for land lines with the latest
to a few stocks. South Eastern and Great Eastern improved insulation, ranenion with the Diens digs.
both from London Winch, Head and from Pny,tne land-
have improved /to par cent., while Metropolitan ing placedthe calla an the Roof& wank to Dieppe ; the
and London, Chatham, and Dover have declined French administration has likewise ended wires and toma-
to the same extent. Caledonian is quoted 84 to 4 ; t's Havre.l'4l4 itiletrnagnare al
ora :aderadc.al=at; Pat and
London and North Western, 1181 to 119 ; Great brokers on.the Parii Bonne and the Stock Exchange of
Western, 46 to 4 ; Midland, 1074 to South London, and to firms intended in the trade with Havre, a
Western, 85 to 87 ; Great Eastern, 301 to ; reanizfbma quie
additly %ma
onal aralitinitaao, that2l44Bren in set an than d
Brighton, 46 to ; South Eastern, 731 to ; Metro- (?Fgwesther these wires can he always relied upon.
politan, 1111 to 1 ; Great Northern A, 1084 to 1 ; i onwires a:thing:hi:Wl well: °tire oditeb?g
London, Chatham, and Dover, 181 Uri ; Luca- intended for the correspondence between this country and
shire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 128; York and North Hamburg sad Berlin. „ '
Midland, 98 to 99 ; Berwick, 1091 to 1064 ; and A communication from the directors of
the
North British, 35 tot. Anglo-Argentino Company (Limited) announces
. that they " have made arrangements with Mr. Bar-
Foreign stocks exhibit few changes Egyptian of nard, formerly connected with the works, to pro-
-1864 and Turkish of 1862 have im- coed to Hilario and take • legal transfer of the
proved 4 per cent., viz., to 874 to 884 worke, &c. Mr. Barnard has selected the requi-
and 611 to 621, respectively. Brazilian of 1865 site stores, which will be shipped without delay.
are at 74 to 75, being 4 lower ; Chilisn of 1867, on 6th d leaves by the steamer from Bordeaux
871 to 881; Italian of 1861, 451 to 1, showing a A petition for the winding up of the " Tamar
decline ofl ; Mexican, 151 to 16 ; Peruvian of 1865, Bank Granite Company (Limited)" is to be heard
76 to 1, a rise of 4 per cent. ; Russian of before Vice-Chancellor Malin' on the 28th inst.
1866, 88 to 89 ; Spanish New Three per Cents, Creditors of the Penonia Leather Cloth Com-
-36/ to 4 ; Turkish of 1858, 62/ to 631 ; and ditto parry (Limited) are receured to send the particu-
lars of their claims to 3lr. Donald Fraser, the aux-
of 1865, 321 to 4, being worse. viving liquidator, by the 9th of March, the 23rd of
Indian securities are without change. The Five March having been appointed for adjudicating
per Cent'. are quoted 1111 to 1121 ; the Four, upon them.
1014 to 1021 ; the bonda, 35e. to 40e. prem. ;
and the debentures, 105 to 4. Bank Stock, 248
! to 250 ; and Exchequer Bills, 12s. to 17s. prem.

SATURDAY EVENING.
Consols, which oozed yesterday at 93 to I, both
for money and the 6th of March, opened this
morning at 93* to 1., and closed at 93 to *. The
Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Cents, left off at 93* to to , showing a rise of * per
cent.; Bank Stock, 248 to 250 ; Exchequer Bills,
12s. to 17s. prem. ; India Five per Cents., 1111
to 1121 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1011 to 1021 ;
ditto Bonds, 355. to 40s. prem. ; and ditto Five
per Cent. Debentures, 105 to *. The official busi-
ness report is as follows —Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 931, 3 ; Three pea Cents. Reduced, 93*,
*; New Three per Cents., 930, ; India Five
per Cent. Stock, 1121 ; ditto Four per Cent., 102*.
With regard to foreign stocks, the principal
feature was a very active demand for Italian of
1861, in response to much better prices from Paris.
Transactions took place in the morning as high as
461, and, though a reaction afterwards occurred,
the closing price was 14 per cent. above that
current yesterday. The Bonds of 1866 and of the
Maremmana Railway rose 1 ; Russian of 1822 and
1859, * ; and Spanish New Three per Cents. and
Turkish of 1865, g. Egyptian of 1864 and the
Railway Debentures, as well as Portuguese, were
flat, and declined 1 per cent. Austrian Five per
Cents. of 1859 were again actively dealt in on
foreign orders, and the price, after touching 67,
" buyers," closed at C6* to 1.

Bank shores are inactive. London and West-
minster, 68 to 69 ; Union of London, 34 to 35 ;
Anglo-Awitrian, 21 to 41 prem. ; and Imperial
Ottoman, kto dis.
Financial shares are rather dull, but prices
exhibit no movement. General Credit, 24 to 4
dis. ; Credit Fourier, 21 to 31; International
Financial, 2k to 11 ; and London, 24 to 23
dis.

Miscellaneous shares are unchanged, with
few dealings National Discount, 6 to *
preen ; Hudson's Bay, 14* to * ; Egyptian
Trading, 4; to ; Telegraph Construction, 12*
to 13* ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Pre-
ference, 5 to if ; and_Anglo-American,l9/ to I.

Indian and Canadian lines show steadiness.
East Indian, 104 to 110 ; Great Indian Penin-
sula, 109 to ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 151 to
16 ; and Great Western, 15f to
The directors of the Great Indian Peninsula
Railway Company have made a call of 2/. per
share upon the shares with 61. and 21. respectively,
called up, payable by the 28th of March.
The annual meeting of the proprietors of the
Bank of Australasia will be held on the 23rd of
March.

MINES.—(TIiIa DAL)

ONE O'CLOCK.

The ordinary general meeting of the Leasehold
Investment Company (Limited) is convened for
the 27th inst.

The transactions in the mining market to-day are
upon a somewhat increased scale Shares in the
following mines are in chief request at the
quotations given, viz. :—North Roskear, Bto 9 ;
Wheal Seton, 82} to 874 • West Chiverton, 66 to
67 ; Grambler and St. -Aubyn 3to 4 , Prince of
Wales, 3 to 31 ; Cern Brea 21 to 23 ;
North Wheal Chiverton, 41 to I ; Wheal Grenville,
275. 6d. to 32e. 6d. ; East Cain Brea 13 to 2 ;
West Drakewalbi, 9s. to lls.; New Lovell, 10s.
to 12s. 61. ; and Great Vor, 181 to 19.
In the market for foreign and colonial mining
shares, Chontalca have declined 2s. 6d., viz., to
If to 1 dis., owing to the official announce-
ment of a call of 10s. per share Pestarens,
however, aro 2s. lid. better, at to du., the
advices from the company's mines being considered
very satisfactory. St. John del Rey are at 171 tole.* ;
Don Pedro, 2to pram. ; Anglo-Brazilian, par
to prem. ; Roma Grande, par to prem. ; Anglo-
Italian, par to I prem. ; United Mexican, 11 to
2; Frontino and Bolivia, 11-16 to 13.16; Port
Phillip, 15-16 to 13-16 ; and Central American,
du. to par.

--
The ordinary general meeting of the Rent
Guarantee Society is called for the 27th inst.
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
The English funds are dull, and have de-
clined I per cent., viz., to 92} to 93.
Some of the speculative foreign bonds are also
k to * lower ; but railway stocks are in
request, at an advance. Metropolitan and Cale-
donian have risen 1 per cent., the present prices
being 1121 to fl and 85 to respectively.
A good deal of attention is directed to the cur-
rent rummus that, with a view to remove the
existing ground' for dissension, attempts are being
made to arrange an early amalgamation of the
ordinary and extension stocks of the Metropolitan
Railway Company.
The Council of India will receive tenders on the
4th prox. for bills on Calcutta and Madras to the
amount of 200,0001.
Subjoined is a statement (from Mr. Slaughter's
Weekly List) of the calls falling due on railwaysand
miscellaneousundertakings in the month of ldarch,
so far as they have yet been advertised. The
total, so far, is limited:
Amount per Share.
Due Already Number
Data Pal. as of Snaree. seioaat
and Northern Perna-
Dent Pref. Shares
„.... $1 00 20 0 0 41,075,000 215,000
Ilebt
gtl itistres
Do. do Debenture stock 11 40 20 0 0 not known.
Natal Land and Coloni-
sation (Matted) 1 7 10 0 16,500 36,500
Vel Illatamn Mkrea Pm) 11 .. 010 0 0,000 2,000

Total In March Male)
With reference to the arrangements for reducing
the capital and the denomination of the shares of
the National Bank of Liverpool (Limited), the fol-
lowing order was made on Saturday iniVice-Chan-
cellor Wood's court :
That a list of the creditors of the National Bank of
Liverpool (limited) he settled as of 13th February, 1868,
and that the time within which the creditors of the com-
pany who shall not be entered on that list are to claim to
be so entered, or are to be excluded from the right of ob-
jecting to the proposed reduction of capital as in petition
mentioned, is to be fourteen days from the date of laming
the advertisements for such creditors who shall be &nth°.
riled by the Judge. TM rest ot the petition to stand
ovr.
The directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company
have issued the following report, to be presented at
the annual meeting to-morrow :
The directors, having so recently reported to the there.
holders upon every point of interest in the company's
affairs, have little to do on the present omission, except
to lay beton the meeting the audited sosounta for the
year ending December 31st, 1867. They are glad. however,
to be able to observe that the revenue from the cables is pro-
gressing eatidaetorily and that the redaction in the rates,
whisk coomeenced on 'December let, has leaded much to
the development of lewdness. The Via Mums of tragic
made to this company sines the 27th of July, 1867, by the
Anglo-Amortran °amen, show the following daily
averages, sanely :—Front July FI, 1867, to Feb. FL, 1860,
the avenge per day has been ahmt 1,048. From Dm. 1,
1867, to Feb. 21, 1868, the average per day has been abent
1,2161. Fran Jan. 1, 1888. to Feb. 21, I.BN, the average
per day has been about 1,3001. The pass dally traffic for
the month of February has been as follows :—Feb. 1, 764 ;
2, 768. 3, 093 ; 4, 939 ; 8,1,240 ; 6, 1,386 ; 7,1,663 ;
8, 1,873 ,• 9, 131 ; 10, 1,244 ; 11, 1,767 ,• 12. 1,799 ;
13, 1,188 ; 14, 1,61%; 15,
1,470 ; 16, 768 • 17,
1,478 ; 18, 1,669 ; 19, 1,620 ; 20, 1,906 ; 21,%,254.
Looking to important changes which are on the eve of
taking plass Mee oempany's managemmt, the dheekee
denim lie peelpene for a Ikea time the nerd embalm el
retiree limbs, of the board, la order to bs ambled to log
before the imehohisrs sores proposals on this=
•sillethenamee move an adiseritswat at ths
be a AM wide will be named for the model eon-
of Se qemlials. Mr. IL W. ilmoldimm the
auditor et the sompoy, retires ea the mesa essation,
bet to agibis sad awe lessoif for rs-olesolem. Owing
to the /seam okeeseimess of His anew laths'
pea, the enemy mil simholgsre ham eititireefM it
nessmay to sleet a nosed sabre. The time hr now
antved,ilol.llll.. whom the powers of the impel obese '
be mosetiod ia thio rupee ; obey liseefore ressomased
ilia appsinetint ef some gmtiossaa hl Liam as a se.
mud saltier. seder/ ressmossa as a ememon well
mita for- eel aim W. Jeamia, who
hes bus emselled, sad is viiiing to sot if sleeted. The
aellieeseemeollbolis 114 germ= be,