The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-13 00:00:00

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Owing to sane mitteidsmbl• Iwiso ea*
stated to be disk manumit of bankers, the
English tends as Sat *kir. Consols lam
doolined per mat. a$ tie Three per Cents.
Reduced sad Now Them per Oents., j. On, the
other ban4'isliway steaks are still in demand;
and exhibit bash rise in several oases. &nth
Eastern haw% boa bought to a large extent.
London 411 nbeth Western and Midland are
also in !doer, upon, the announeamont that
these eampowlis lime entered into an agree-
ment for the joint use of the Lemma*
and Carlisle Railway, thus relieving the
latter undertaking from malting the Settle and,
Cadisli line. This statement, however, requires
oral confirmation. The armistice &reign bends

U. hotter. Bank shares meet with ingati7. The
fortnightly settlansent will be finished this afhw-

The diaeouat market is guider. while a large
amount of money is seeking employment. Never-
theless, there is no disposition to take the best
paper below 11 to 2 por oent. _ _ _

- boned & are at 94/ to foe :nosey and
the account (Deo. 1); and the Three per Osists.
Reamed and Mw Three pee Gesta., 923 to 1.
The railway market is Ina, and, with the ex-
ception of a decline of 1 to # per cent. in Great
Western and itifteptitas stooks, the changes in
prices are favourable. South Eastern is in es-
picial request, end has risen per oent. London
and North Western has improved 1; Midland,
; and Great Eastern, 1 to 1. The quo-
tations are as follows :—London and North
Western, 113 to 1; Great Western, 501
to 4; Midland, 1134 to 1; London and
South Western, 871 to 881; Great Eastern,
44 to 1 ; Brighton, 501 to 1; South Eastern,
791 to I ; Metropolitan, 1061 to 1 ; Great
Northern, 103 to 1 ; ditto A, 1011 to 1 ;
Caledonian, 741 to 1; Lancashire and York-
shire, 128 to ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 17 to ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 471 to 481.
In the foreign stock mark. 4 Egyptian of 1868,
Italian of 1861, Peruvian of 188.5, and Spanish of
1867 have advanced to 4 per cent. Annexed are
the prices . Braxiliansof 1865, 771 to 1 ; Chalon of
1867, 941 to 95; Egyptian of 1864, 81 to
82; ditto of 1868, 741 to ; Italian of 1861,
56 to 1 ; ditto Telmooo Loa:, 21 to 31 prem. ;
Mexican, 14 to 16 ; Peruvian of 186.5, 811
to 1; Russian of 1866, 901 to ; ditto Nioolai
Railway Lose, 651 to 3 ; ditto Orel, 811 to
1; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 821 to 1 ; Spanish
of 1867, 341 to f; Turkish of 1858, 69 to
70 ; ditto of lan, OR to 70; and ditto of 1865,
42# to 1.
The Indian Ten-and-a-Half per Cents. are
quoted 215 to 217 ; the Five, 1144 to 1151 ; the
Four,'lo2l to 103 ; the Bonds, 12s. to 17s. prem. ;
the Debentures, 1061 to ; and Exchequer Bills,
16s. to 20s._ prem. Bank Stock, 244 to 248.

The market for bank shares shows a favourable
tendency. London and Westminster are inquired
for, and hem changed hands at 83j. City, 111
to 12 ; London Joint Stock, 331 to ; London
and County, 481 to 49/ ; Union of London, 341
to 1; Anglo-Austrien, 7 to 1 prem. ; Imperial
Ottoman, 11 to 2 prem. ; and Consolidated, 1
to prem.

ifficallesnons shares are unaltered. National
Discount, 111 to 121; General Credit, 21 to 2f
disc; Internedotal, 1 3-16 to 1 1-16 dia.;
Budeon's Bay, 144 to ; Telegraph Constraction,
1111 to 1; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent.
Preference, 3.1 to 4 ; and Anglo-Anierioan, 211
to 22.

Americus securities have not been much dealt
in, but the 8-20 Bonds are * to 1 per cent. better,
at :14* to 11. Brie Railway shares 25 to i ;
Illinois Central, 98 to I; Atlantic and Great
Western Debentures, 371 to 38; and the Con-
solidated Mortgage Bonds, 39 to I.

The scrip of the Charkof-Azofßailway Loan is
steady at le to If prem.
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce announces
the suspension of Messrs. David Robertson and
Co., timber-merchants, of Grangemouth, with
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liabilities amounting to upwards of 50,000 i.
The joint traffic return of the Caledonian and
North British Railways shows this week an in-
crease of 1,1941. over last year.
The half-yearly meeting of the Buenos Ayres
Great Southern Railway Company (Limited) will
be held on the 27th inst., when the directors will
ask for authority to purchase, on behalf of the
company, all or any of the special shares issued to
Sir Morton Peto and Mr. Bette, the contractors
for the undertaking.
A petition for the winding up of the Oxfordshire
and Berkshire Aerated Bread Company (Limited)
is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Giffard on
the 21st inst.

TWO O'CLOCK.

In the railway market Great Western and
Metropolitan stocks have risen to 1 per cent.,
while Great Eastern, Brighton, Mouth Eastern,
and Caledonian have declined to the hie extent.
The only additional change in foreign bonds is an
advance of ,1 per cent. in Egyptian of 1868. Tho
government funds remain dull.
There were no transactions in bullion at the
Bank yesterday.
The Atrato, from the West Indies, has brought
107,0001. in ; the City of Boston, from New
York, 25,0001. ; and the France, from New York,
9,000/. Of the 37,0001. in Mexican dollars by the
French mail packet from Vera Crus, 10,0001, is on
English account.
Bills of exchange on the government of Ceylon
for 250,000 rupees were this day disposed of by
tender at the aloes of the crown agents for the
colonies. The etioissum was fixed at is. 11,1 d. per
rupee, at and above which rate the whole amount
was taken.

The London and South Western Railway traffic
returnshows this week =increase of 1281.,00mpared
with the corresponding period of last year ; the
London, Chatham, and Dover, including the Me-
tropolitan Extension and branches, a decrease of
24/. ; the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an
increase of 321/. ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire an
increase of 2,6681. ; the North Eastern, an increase
of 8071. • and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, an increase of 5911.
The directors of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern
Railway Compry (Limited) have lensed emir half-
rflrert, in anticipation of the intratitorylled
tle 27th inst. It is of a very
character, the net profit of the half-year having
been 24,0261., whist 19,4241. in the corresponding
half of 1867.
The letters of allotment of the Brazilian Street
Railway Company (Limited) were loused yester-
day.
At the meeting yesterday of the Tower Subway
Company the directors' report was adopted. It
stated that the whole of the shares have been sub-
scribed for; that the costa of the act were very
moderate, the total liabilities incurred, including
parliamentary, engineering, and ell preliminary
expenses, not exceeding 1,6001. ; while the total
expenses have been 2,0001.
The half-yearly coupons of the Egyptian Nine
per Cent. Loan, due on the 9122e1 inst., and also
the Bonds drawn in Outober for redemption on
the 22nd inst., will be paid at par on that date
at the London agency of the Imperial Ottoman
Beak.