The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-20 00:00:00

TO THII ZDITOZ OP TEI ZIPRIAOI.

The Bankers' Charing-bonne, Loutherd4treet,
Feb. 19th, 1868.
beg to hand you herewith the reply of Sir Jobs
Lubbock to the memorialist. on the 'abject of opening the
London bank@ at 10 o'clock instead of 9. Although the
efforts that have been made have not been attended with
sitcoms, the beaker.' clerks are not the leu indebted to the
public and the prom for all that has been done and urge&
in their favour. —I ma, air, your obedient servant,
0.0. DEIRTENTIZ.

London, Feb. 17,1868.
Gentleman,—l have received the memorial which yak
have presented to me in favour of opening banks at tem
o'clock instead of nine, as at present, and have brought it
bears the committee. lam instructed to thank the
memorialiate for their readiness to acquiesce in such •
change, and their very just praise of the industry And high
character of the general body of bankers' clerks. The
hour from nine to ten, however, not being occupied by
(saunter work, the mere opening of the doors an hoar late.
would make very little ditierence, cad the committee does
not think it very desirable to throw back the general work
of the day.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,.
(Signed) lowa LUBDOCL
G. Derbyshire, req., F. Kemble, Esq., and
G. Outram, Fag.

WEDNESDAY EVENTNG.

Comiols,which closed yesterday at 923 to 1, both!
for money and the 3th of March, opened this
morning at the same quotation, and closed at 921,
to 93. The Three per Cents. Iteducedand New Three
per Cents. were quoted at 4 o'clock 931 to
The official business report is as
Three per Cont. Consols, for money, 923,1,1 ; ditto'
for account,924, 1; Three per Cents. Reduced, 921,,
4, 3 ; New Three per Cents, 93, 23, 31, 3, ;
ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 74} ; In
stock, 217,15 ; ditto, Five per Cent., fin, 111,,
121 ; ditto Four per Oent., 102, 11, 21; ditto,
Four per Cent. " enfaced" rtipee.paper, 871 ; ditto,
Five per Cents., 1031 ; ditto, Five per Cent. De-,
bentures, 1051 ; ditto, Bonds, 38s. to 40e. prem.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was firm, and al
further advance occurred in the Four per Cent.,,
which was last marked 1021.
Exchequer Bills showed a further decline ofi
23. to 3e., closing at 12s. to 17s. prem.

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Foreign stock; were in demand to-day, and a,
recovery occurred in many instances. The Vice-
' roy of Egypt's Loan was in good request, and rosei
11 per cent. The Nine per Cents. and Railway;
Debentures improved 1, and the Bonds of 1864, 4.
Brazilian of 1860 and 1866, as well as Italian of,
1865, advanced 1 ; Peruvian of 1866, ; Russian.
of 1859, ; Greek and Spanish New Three per
Cents., t ; Turkish of 1865, ; and Italian of
11861, 1-IG. On the other hand, Russian of 1864
and 1866 declined 1 per cent. ; Turkish of 1862'
and Spanish Throe per Cents., 4 ; and Mexican, 1.
The dealings in bank shares were upon a rather
limited scale. Bank of British Columbia and Lon-
don and Brazilian were offered, and fell IL Bank
of South Australia, and English Bank of Rio de
Janeiro also declined 10a., while Albion and Lon-
don' and County improved to the same extent.
Imperial Ottoman were unchanged, at 0 to $ die.
Anglo-Hungarian Bank shares were quoted 0 to
pram.
With the exception of a decline of 2s. (Id. in
General Credit, there was no change in financial
shares. Prices c!o,ed as fellows :—luternational
Financial, 2to 14 dia., ex drv. ; General Credit,,
20 to dis. ex div. • Credit Fonder, 7to 611
du. ; and London, Financial, 24 to 22 dia.

Atlantic Cable shares were without change of
importance. Anglo-American were quoted It ri to
f ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference,
03-18 to 5-16, being dull ; ditto Ten per cent., par
to k prem. ; and Telegraph Construction, 14
to 13k.

Hudson's Bay shares closed at 141 to }, and
National Discount at 6to I prem. htincellaneous
darts were quiet and unaltered, apart from a rise
of lOs. to 1/. in National btearn and North British
Australasian.

In the market for Colonial Government deben-
tures some of the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon,
and Victorian rose 1 per cent.
A fair amount of business was reported in Arm-
rican securities. The 5-20 Bonds were in demand,
and advanced Ito 1 per cent. The 10-40 rose 14.
while United States Five per Cents. fell and
Atlantic and Great Western Debentures and
Consolidated Mortgage Bonds to 4. Prices
closed u follows:-5-20 Bonds, 1882, 72 to }t
ditto, 1885, 71 to ; ditto 10-40, 66 to *
ox div. ; Brie Railway shares, 491 to 1; Illinois
Central, 884 to 89 ; AtLintie and Great Western
Railway Debentures, 264 to 271; and Conaoli-
dated Mortgage Bonds, 2e} to 1.

SUICIDE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. —A seelna
add& has occurred at the Crystal Palace. On Tuesday
evening a youth, unknown to the people about the Palms,
paid to ascend the northern tower. He was awn in Haw
gallery reading a book, and shortly afterwards his body
was seen to fall, striking the ground near the blacksmith's
shop, and only a few feet distant from the base of the
tower. A " Church Service " was found in one of the
youth's pockets, and an inscription was writted in it to the
effect that it was the gift of some person, whose Noma
could not be easily deciphered, to Thomas Lee. Thomas
Lee is, in all probability, the name of the deosuod.
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.— The half-yearly meet-
ing of the shareholders of the Midland Railway yesterday
at Derby possessed more slim usual interest, arising from
the discussion expected on the report of ass committee of
°mediation. Mr. Balms, M.P., in presenting the report..
read the correspondence that had taken place between,
the ossamittes and the directors of the London and
North-Western Company, on the subject of mutual.
working arrangements between the two compaaiss.
The substance of the terms wee that the London an&
North Western agreed, on condition that the Midland
Company guaranteed an annual minimum payment of
50,000 i. for net toll, for the use of the line between Ingle-
tan and Carlisle, to give to the Midland Company run-
nine powers, or to make them joint owners with joint
management, with power in either cabs to fix their
own sates and fares. The London and North Wests
I also wipeout to a revision of the &wink and Seetehl
Week . agreement, on the hash of
Midland route 'rid Ingleton end el owingnirldleU
Ito share in the Scotch treilk. The earunilatiee mon
*Mee asked the London and North Western board if
they would keep the offer open for three or four
email the Money Bill of the Midland C
is had been considered, sad this tltymPaa
cemented to do. The report of the directors was adopted,.
and the memiestioa committee was re-appointed for dm
months, with the view of assisting the directors in ems-
the negotiations with the London and New*
Oteepsay. - _ _

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