The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-27 00:00:00

aIatEEPENCE.

Ltestmuss.
Pald-up espial—
Laudon stook £460000 0 0 ,
Dual stook
471,197 10 0
Caubalsa
Duhe by the bunk ou deposit receipts, CAW-
16 0
Yen 11000Sati, to 1,188,793 14 9
Feud for doubtful debts 6,386 11 $
lasuraaos fluid ... 6,494 18 A
Reserve Arad

£2,308,433 6 0
The transactions in bank shares, this week, 11l
again been both numerous and important, an
though the upward movenient of quotations has no
been so marked, better pion have been realised for
many descriptions, including Colonial, Union of Lon=
don, and National of Ireland shares. Other stocks firm;
Elves are recorded as follows : Australasia (401. pain),
461, 47, 464 ; Colonial (251. paid), 141, 14, 1 ; Lon.
don Joint Stock (101. paid), 181,4, 1; London and
Westminster
(201. psis), 293, I. 4. I. 4, 4 ; Na.
tional Provincial of England (351. paid), 421 1 ;
National of Ireland (221. 10s. paid), 191 ; OrientaT
Bank Corporation (251. paid), 36 ; Provuicial of Ire!
land (251. paid), 451, 1, i i Union of Australia (254
paid), 43,42; ditto (21. 10a. paid), 41; Union of Lon-
don (101. paid), 161.
Holders of Hock stacks is some instances standouts
and thus business is restrict*
stoat, weviff, has been freely dealt in 4
Idle improved Aviv of 1281 to 4. Southampton
.112 ear
'Doak shores have risen to 27. Commercial Stock is,
firm at 904.
Steam boat shwas are well supported, with more
business doing. Peninsular and Oriental are still,
looking up, the Old shares markinifol, 821, and 83,
and the New, 36, 341, and 35. al Mail Steam,
are good, with transactions at 771, 78, 771, 4,
and 1. General Steam Navigation are quoted
283. The General Screw Steam Shipping
Company's shares have been freely dealt in on.
the Stock Exchange, and are now officially marked.:
Transactions were at first effected in these shares, on
which 501. has been paid, at 49 and 481, but thet
price has since risen to 51, or 1 prem. Australian Royal
Mail Steam shares have been done at 21., or par.
Insurance shares are firm, with the exception of
Provident Life which have fallen to 36. The latest
quotations of the market are as follows : Albion, 86;
Alliance, 22 ; ditto, Marine, 411 ; Atlas, 181 ; British,
Commercial, 61; Church of England, 34 ; Clerical,.
Medical, and General, 19, 4 ex bonus ; County,:
101; Crown, 161; Eagle, 71; Equity and Law.
Life, sk; English and ScotchLaw-Life, 31 • Euro=
peen Life, 12; General, 5/ ; Globe, 141; Giiardia4
66; Imperial Fire, 256 ; ditto, Life, 191 ; Indemnity
Marine, 60 ; Law Fire, 4 ; Law Life, 464; Legsk
and General Life, 61 ; London Fire, 25 ; Marine, 161;
Medical, Invalid, and General, 24 ; Monarch, 1 L
National Loan Fund, 21; Palladium Life, 2 ;
Pelican, 45 ; Phoenix, 160 ex div. and bonus • Pro-
fessional Life, 4; Provident Life, 36 ; Bock Life,
71, #; Royal Exchange, 2263 ; Sun Fire, 213 ; ditto
Life, 56; United Kingdom, 41; Universal Life, 41,}
Victoria Life, 6, 51. .
The General Reversionary and Investment Society'
shares are quoted 941; Reversionary Interest Society,
106; Equitable Reversionary, 117; ditto New, 10;
London Reversionary, 15.
Miscellaneous ;hares are quoted as follows in the
official list :—Assarn Tea Company, 10 ; Australian
Agricultural, 161; Australian Trust, 211; British
American Land, 25 ex dia. ; Canada Companz, 50;
Hudson's Bay Stock, 206; Price's Patent Candle
Company, 224; South Australian, 24. .
THIS DAY.
Two o'Ci.ocz.
A decided increase of firmness is perceptible in th 4
stock market_ to-day, a - demand foe
freely
`ni fur

Eogltsh iy, . good
stock being experienced. Consols hays been
dealt in at par, and are now quoted 991 to 100 y.
money and account, and 1001 to 1 for delivery i*
lady. The These per Cents. Reduced mark 99 tp
9911 the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
101 to 1011. Long Annuities, 61. March Fachil-
quer Bills, 735. to 78.. prem.; ditto Inns, 68s. to 71a.
prem. India Bond., 83a. prem.
In the foreign stock market the settling chiefly
engages attention. Granaclian and Peruvian
a, iz2
are weaker, but generally prices are little
Buenos Ayrean mark 73 to
.1. Equador. 4to 1.
Granada Deferred, 81. Mexican New Three per
Cents., 241, 23. Peruvian Deferred Three per
Cents., 60 to 62. Portuguese Fours, 36a. Vent
Kneen Actives' 371 to 381. Spanish Old Threes,
47 ditto New Deferred, 201.
LATEST FOREIGN Fs'

:CHANGES.

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Paris mad liausa,2•LNooes mad HINT% SO SO; Ilarsaiila
Ailess,l9l
and
Bardeen:, iiTe11farter5,134,428433.7;17". ikastiosti.
6NI 11; [Me sad Era*. 011 LS; lours and Nauss all $5; !lays.
Mg sad Tram In; Div,* arid facemp, US 78 ; Ririe owl bum;
SO; Emits= sad Testa, 133.
MADRID, MAT 21.—Three per Cents. Consols,
431; after Bobs, 431. Three per Cents. ,De-
[erred, 211. National Debt (Ist class), 81; (tad
class), 6 5.16. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 103 p. Ex-
change on London, 60.40.
BlmLni, MAT 24.—Volnntary Loan 1021; New
Lean, Fonr-and-a-Half per Cent. (1860),, 1031.; ditto
(1862),1031'; National Debt, 901 Commercial Ma-
rine Society's Premium, 1241; Bank Shares, —.
VIENNA, MAT 22. New Silver Loan, 108/.
Five per Cent. Metalliques, 961 ; Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 861. Bank Share., 1,314. Exchange on
London, 12.20.
LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL. MAT 26. —Tbe share market continues
sluggish, but it is rather better than it was at the opening
to-day. The following are the transactions : Birkens
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 10/—Ditto (late Chester
and Birkenhead), 171—Ditto shares), 51—Caledonian,
19—Eastern Coeliac', 81—East Lancashire, 161—Edin-
burgh, Perth, and Dundee 6—Lancashireand Yorkshire,
711 1— Ditto (fifth shares), 6 3-16 d.— Liverpool,
Croats', and Southport, 20 London and North Western,
122—Ditto ew shares) 41 6 p.—Ditto (fifth shares),
p.—Manchester3 , Sheffieid, end Lincoln, 32—Midland,
87 I—North British, 71—South Eastern and Dover,
20~—South Wales, 1 4.—York and North Midland, 231—
Ditto (preference)kp.
MARC/MATRA. MAT 26.—There was not a MT large
business, and prices were rather lower. Cheshire Junction,
11 d.—Caltodonian 19—Bast Lancashire, 16 13-16—Leeds
stook, 71— 671—North Stakords, 6 9-16 d.—
Domes, 201.
Biamixonam, Mac 26.—This market was Ant to-day,
and shares generally lower. Birmingham and Stour Val-
leys were done at 101, and in local shares Birmingham Fire-
odes shares at 128.
LLIDS, MAT 26.—The chief business done this morning
on 'Change has been a speculation for the account middle of
June, at slightly lower guotabons. Midlands closed at 671,
I Lancashire end Yorkshires 711, Manchester, Sheffield, and
Liecolnehire, at 32; and Northern Counties Unions at
N. Is. die. (tvgisnratiee guaranteed).
BRISTOL. !WC 26.—The share market to-day was ex-
tremely dull. Great Westerns were done at 90 to 901,
Bristol and Exeter. 951, and Bristol Waterworks at 14.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—
Return of trade for the week ending May 23, 1862 :
P , parcels, carriages, horses, and mails' ,
25,91 . 2s. lid.; merchandise, 17,7241. 4m. Od. ; cattle,
9401. 14s. Id. Total, 44,5751. Is. ed. Corresponding
week,
1861, 60,2031. 18s. 6d. Ditto, 1860 47,6171. es. 4d.
te 1860-868,3651. 94.4 d. ; 1861-884,867 i. 16s. ed.;
1862 --884,6621.6.. Id.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—TT6ffie return
for railway and canal for the week ending 16th May, 5,0141.
Corresponding week last year, 6,0362.—N0te. The above
is exelusive of the receipts available under the agreement
with the London and North Western Railway Company.
MARIA ANTONIA MAILwAT. TrtMo for the
week ending May 13, 1862, 1921. 1951, 1281.

For Assaan.
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got Oasts. ........... 70 71 1 70 75 70 73 70 65 A) DI
10er Onto 99 79 99 73 99
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Llamado on Lana t s mint, 13 474 ; 90 days, U
lista.d,3 asset 1640 100 Many Naplas hints *Msairr.
91
Do. $
nadoost 5 p.Ct. 97 .. Daum Bonds
Do. 0, 1911
Palma, MAT 26.—1 L 940 ; Versailles (elegit
bank), 155 ; ndo Llsla bon, 9n; Parts sad Orl dot, ; I.ln
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