The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1868.

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(ist...memponArs.)
ABINODON MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)

SILVER TANKARD.
Void.
STAND PLATE.

ZiAca
Slim Franci.
Lady Chilton ..
15 ran.

4 to I ag.t Formosa (t)
5 to -- The Earl (of)
a to Viscount (t)
7to K iftg Alfred (t)
16 to See Sew (t)
20 to Moreury (t)
20 to Typhoeus (t)
6to 4 The Earl starting (os►

ABINGDON STAKES. Three quarters of a mile. 2.30.
Arlington, AthoLdane, Young Penton, Toby, and
Winifred are Dore.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Three quarters of a
mile. 3.

MtlAll, Lupus, Diamond, `Slander, Harrogitti, Queen of
Darkness, Picnic, Seaman, Sundew, Arm Valentine,
Fanciful c, Congratulator, and Turnover are ere.
NURSERY PLATE. Three quarters of a mile. 3.45.
Fortress, Lambton f, Jolly Tar, Esher, Pbotogram,
Aroncourt, Congratulator, Birdaeye, and Chaperon c,
are here.

(-ITT OFFICES COMPANY (UNITED).
(THIS DA r.)

An extraordinary genoisi meeting of the mom-
ben of this company was held this afternoon in their new
building at the corner of Lombard-street and Grace-
chturh-stmet, for the purport!) of considering the expe-
diency of converting part of the building unto an ex-
change and news-room for merchants, shipowners, ship-
brokera.and others. _ _ .

Mr. Alderman Marx, who presided, moved a resolution
for carrying out the above object, and stated that similar
undertakings had been serried out in Liverpool, Man-
chester, Binninghem, and Glasgow with complete success.
It was ealenlated that the part of the building which
would be devoted to the exchange and news-room
would produce a rental of 12,0001., which was 4,0001.
above the original estimate, and that it would facilitate
the letting of the surrounding offices.
After some discussion the resolution was agreed to, and
other resolutions reducing the number of directors and
limiting their power wore also passed.

RAILWAY, MINING, AND OTHER
SHARE.9.-(THIS DAY.)

(Cloidni prices to 1 p.m.l

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

The circumstance that the Stock Exchange will
be closed to-morrow tends to restrict fresh busi-
ness in public securities. Nevertheless, the trans-
actions consist mostly of purchases, and
the tone of the markets is firm. Console
are inquired for, and exhibit a rise of 1-16 per
cent., both for money and the now account. The
Ihree Far Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Cent,, are better. The variations in railway
stocks are nearly all favourable. Metropolitan
is in chief request, and has improved a per cent.
Foreign bonds show an upward tendency, but
most of them are unchanged, in the absence of
dealings. Banking and financial shares are in-
active.

Notwithstanding the arrival at maturity to-day
of a considerable amount of bills, as usual on the
4th, the discount market is inactive, and transac-
tions have occurred at 1g per cent. The charge
for loans in the Stock Exchange is 1 to li per
cent.

Consols are quoted 94 to k, both for money
and next Tuesday's settlement, and 94/ to I for
the now account (October). The Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents. are at 92}
to j, ex div.

The railway market is firm, owing to a prepon-
derance of purchases. Metropolitan stook is in
prominent request, and has risen 1 per cent., viz.,
to 107/ to 108. Caledonian, Great Western,
Brighton, and Lancashire and Yorkshire have
improved I to I, but Midland has de-
clined I. Prices are quoted as follows :
Caledonian, 761 to ; London and North
Western, 1121 to 1134, ex div. ; Great Western,
491 to 1 ; Midland, 1061 to 1071; Lon-
don and South Western, 87 to 89 ; Great
Eastern, 371 to 38 ; Brighton, 511 to 52; South
Eastern, 741 to 73 ; Metropolitan, 1061 to 107;
Great Northern, 105} to 1; ditto A, 1061 to ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 18} to 1; and
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 127 to

Foreign stocks are inactive, with few dealings.
Italian bonda of 1861 have improved 1 per cent.,
the present price being 52/ to 1, while the Orel-
Vitebsk Railway Loan has declined 1, viz., to 831
to /. Brazilian of 1865, 752 to 76; Milian of
1267, 94 to ; Egyptian of 1864, 86 to 87;
Mexican, 151 to ; Peruvian of 1865, 771 to 781 ;
Russian of 1866, 921 to 931; Spanish of 1867, 34}
to ; Turkish of 1858, 64 to 6.5, ex div. ; ditto
of 1862, 68 to 1 ; and ditto of 1865, 39 to 1.
The Indian Five per Dente. are quoted 1141
to 115 ; tho Four, 1021 to 1031, ex div.; the
Bonds, 208. to 258. prem. ; and the Debentures,
105 to 1. Bank Stock, 245 to 247 ; and Exchequer
Bills, 15s. to 20s. prem.

Bank shares are inactive at yesterday's
prices. London and Westminster, 65; to 661;
London and County, 491 to 501 ; Union of Lon-
don, 341 to 351; Anglo-Austrian, 61 to 7 prem. ;
London and Brazilian, 28 to 28 dis.; Imperial
Ottoman, to 1 prem. ; and Consolidated, Ito
i Prem.
There is a moderate inquiry for some of the
miscellaneous shares, but quotations are unaltered.
National Discount, 111 to 1. General Credit, 2/
to dia. ; Credit Poncier, 21 to 1 per share ;
International Financial, 11 to 1/ dia. ; London,
24 to 23 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 13 to 1; Tele-
graph Construction, 161 to 1; Atlantic Telegraph
Eight per Cent. Preference, 31 to 1; and Anglo-
American, 201 to 1.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 1 per oent. higher,
at 711 to 721 ; Atlantic and Great Western Rail-
way Debentures are quoted 371 to 1; and the Con-
solidated Mortgage Bonds, 38 to 1.
The scrip of the new Rusian Loan is quoted
31 to 1 prom.

The Council of India will receive tenders on
the 16th inst. for bills on Calcutta and Madras to
the amount of 200,000/.
The joint traffic return of the Caledonian and
North British Railways shows this week an in-
crease of 984/. over last year.
An extraordinary meeting of Price's Patent
Cundlo Company (Limited) will be held on the
sth of October, when a dividend will be declared
on the preference shares.

TWO O'CLOCK.
The government funds are steady, at the above-
mentioned prices.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

The government funds are steady, at 94 to 1
both for money and next Tuesday's settlement,
and 941 to for the new account.
In the railway market, Caledonian stock has
declined per cent., the present price being 701 to Z.
The other lines are without change of importance.
Brighton, 51; to 52; Metropolitan, 106; to 107 ;
South Eastern, 74: to 751; Lancashire and York-
shire, 127 to it ; London and North Western, 1121
to 1131 ; and Great Western, 49 to 1.
Foreign bonds are inactive. Italian of 1861,
52: to / ; Orel, 831 to ; Nieholai, 661 to I ;
Spanish of 1867, 34 tow ; and Turkish of 1865,
391 to 1.
The amount of gold sent into the }Ludt to-day is
36,0001.

At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Routes
opened at 70fr. 95c. for the account, being the
same as yesterday.
The scrip of the Moscow Jaroslaw Railway Loan
is quoted 3 top prem.
The Stock Exchange will be closed to-mor-
row, by order of the committee. The establish-
ment is also expected to be shut on the following
Saturday, when the repairs will be completed.

The Bieck Exchange Committee have appointed
Wednesday the 9th instant a special settling day
in the now shares of the Illinois Central Railway
Company. Fractions of new shares are to be
settled at 201. ss. per new share.
The Russian government has just granted the
concession of a railway between Rylinsk and
Osnetchenokais, on the Nicholai Railway, to a
society of which the hoed is 11. Kireiew, colonel
of the guard. The society engage in their quality
as concessionaires to organize a company of
shareholders within the space of six months, and
to open the line for traffic at the end of two years
and a half, the whole to be fully completed in
three years and a half. The capital is fixed at
16,560,000 metallic roubles, or about two millions
and a half sterling.

The government of Spain is inviting tenders to
be sent into the Colonial-office, at Madrid, until
the oth December, for a steam mail service be-
tween Singapore and Manilla. The tenders are to
state specifically the amount of annual subven-
tion required from the Spanish government.
At the meeting yesterday of the United Kingdom
Telegraph Company (Limited) the directors' report
for the half-year stated the balance of net revenue
at 9,784/., as compared with 8,6311., showing an
increase of 1,1481. A dividend of 3 per cent. was
&Oared for the six months on the Ist 10 per mint.
redeemable prefenmee shares ; 3 per cent. on the
6 per cent. preference; 5 per cent. on the new 10
per mut. preference: and 2 per cent. per
on the ordinary shares. Thu sum of 1371. is left
to be' carried forward.

At the uad general meeting of the Plaint
A:wartime Corporation, held yesterday, the Asir-
mast stated that 624 new polices had liven issued,
as*uringl.l4,3:Jl.,tli pnu aa itt on which an t nun ted
te.1,1.-.V.

The followiug in the official return of the cheques

and bills charred in the Bankers' Clearing-boon far •
the week ending Wednesday, Sept. 2 :
Thuesday, August 77 £7.579.0041
Friday, August 28 16,213.000
Saturday, August W
Monday, August 31
Tuesday, Sept. 1
Wednesday, Sept. 2 9,446,000

£68,884,000
Om. Dammam, Chief Inspector.
Ranker' Charing-house. Sept. 3.
This aggri*-ate is about thirteen millions and a
quarter above that of last week. Aa there was a
settlement on the Stock Exchange during the
week, if allowance be made for this circumstanoe.
it follows that the ordinary commercial clearings
have maintained an average.
Tho weekly return of the Bank of France shows
the following changes (the exchange being takes
at 26fr. to the pound) :
Coin and bullion

Bills discounted Decrease 1,300,000
Notes in simulation lnman 762,000
Private deposits
Treasury balsam Decrease 1,300,000
Advances
The farther large falling off in the disoounts
indicates a continuance of stagnation and distrust
in the trade of France, which is lamentable, seeing
the continuous additions to the stook of bullion.
The Bank, by the present addition, holds no lees
than 32,672,000/._

The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wedneeday, tient 2, compared with
that
ach for the previous weal, shows the following
issue i2L 634,729,565 Increase IMAM
Ow:stake active
Pnbiiedaposits 3,224,416 Increase 296.005
Other deposits 19,677,730 Decrease 261,109
Government securities in

Otheri
ri - 13,790,131 No change.
seentses in bank
ing department
Coin and bullion in both

departments 20,846,663 Increase 72.661
Seven day and other bills 663,027 Increase 60,024
The Rent
..-

Note. in rescue 10,422,460 Decrease 2:115,266
Total reserve (notes & coin)
in tanking dekiartment 11,539,648 Decrease 278.923
This return indicates an improvement in the
demand for money from the falling off in the
private deposits, and tho increase in the private
securities, which will account for the variations in
the circulation and in the reserve. The addition
to the bullion is less than the amount reported to
have been sent into the Bank according to the
daily accounts. The difference probably arises
from additions to the coin circulation, owing to
harvest and other temporary demands. Only an
inconsiderable sum has been added to the publio
deposits, so that they remain at an unusually low
point for the period of the quarter. The rest
is returned at 3,611,4371. This includes two days
profits beyond those made up to the end of the
half-year on Monday night. As a dividend of
4 per cent for the past six months will require
606,2141., it is probable that this division will be
declared at the approaching meeting of the Court
of Proprietors.

rNO!.AIiD.

BANE OF
Ax Accoirwr, garment to the
toe the week ending on
11101
....124,119,566

kci ;With Wine* cap.
reloadiday, Sept. I, 1868.

Tit;;enti—iient Debt _111,015,10e
Other Securities
ooid Coin sad Bullion. i9,T39,ffi
&Ina bellies.

L 51,719,566

Z 34.79.6115

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