The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-23 00:00:00

MONDAY EVINIso.
The English stock market maintains its aspect of
steady and gradual improvement. Purchasers to-
day came forward more freely, emboldened, in part,
by the A ustralien accounts and the influx of gold,
and the upward movement of prices was conse-
quently mere marked. Consols rose from 100) to
1011, and left off with a firm appearance at 101 to
k, both for money and the 9th December. In the
other home stocks the improvement is proportionate.
The list of sales is thus rendered :—Three per Cent.
Console for money, 1001, 101, ; ditto for account,
101, 1001, 101, 1. ;Three
,rr Cent. Reduced, 1011,
Lo
4.6., X-- - ass Goma, 103 k.
fig Annuities, 1860, 6;. Bank Stock, 2231.
Exchequer Bills were rather firmer to-day, but
theta was no rally from their late depressed quota-
tion of 695. to 725. prem. The price of the March
and June issues is identical. India Bonds were dealt
in at 80s. prem.
The transactions in the foreign market were scat-
tered user a variety of stocks, and caused li
change in prices. The scrip of the new Austrian
and Turkish loans, find Brazilian, Buenos Ayrcan,
Peruvian Deferred, and most other classes of bonds,
are thin. Bargains are marked as follows :—Aus-
trian Five per Cent. Scrip, 7 prem. Brazilian Old
Five per Cents., 102; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. (1832), 96!, 97. Buenos Ayres Six per Cents.
for account, 30th Nov., 741. Danish Five per Cents.,
1061. Dutch Two-and a-Ralf per Cents., 631; ditto
Four per Cent. Certifs., 961, 971. French Four-and-
a.liall per Cent. Reutes, 104 f. 50c. (exchange, 23f.
25c.) Granada One-and-a-Half per Cents., cx. Dee.,
1849, Coupon, 211; ditto Deterred, 101. Peruvian
Deferred Three per Cents., 62, „62, 63. Portuguese
Converted Four per Cents., 38, 37. Russian Five
per Cents., 1181; ditto Four-and-a-Ralf per Unto..
1041. Sardiuian Five per Cents., 991. Spanish Old
Three per Cents., 511, 321 ; ditto New Deferred
Three per Cents., 24), 25, 24). The Committee's
Certificates, 3) per cent. Swedish Mortgage Loan,
1/ dis. Turkish Six per Cent. Loan 2) prem.
The Miscellaneous share business to be reported
to-day is very extensive. Sales have taken place in
Bank of Australasia shares at 691 ; English,
Scottish, and Australian Bank, 41; Loudon Chartered
Bank of Australia, 4, 41, 4 ; Provincial Bulk of Ire-
land, 47 ; Royal Australian Banking and Gold Im-
porting, 1; Union Bank of Australia 391, 601;
ditto New, 7 ; Union Bank of London, 181 ;
Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland (11.
paid), 11 ; General Steam Navigation, 28; ;
General Screw Steam Shipping, Zit ; Nether-
lands Land Enclosure, 21. Shares of the Beziers
and Graissessac Railway are quoted 11 to 11 prem.;
Antwerp and Rotterdam Railway, ) to 1 prem.;
Royal Swedish Railway, Ito prem.; Western
Railway of Switzerland, 11 to 1) prem.; South
Eastern Railway of France, 1 to 1) prem.; Isle of
Wight Railway, / dis. to prem.; bank of India,
Australia, and China, d to 1 prem.; Chiriqui Road,
to prem.; National Patent Steam Fuel, to 1
prem.; Ebro Canal, 2 to 21 prem.; Bordeaux and
Cette Railway, 51 to 6 prem.; Magdalena Steam,
par to f prom.; French Crystal Palace, sto prem.
The Pelham has arrived at Gravesend from Syd-
ney with 27,761 ounces of gold. In addition to the
supplies coming forward to which we have already
made reference, the Andromache is bringing over
from Australia 42,051 ounces, the Nestor 12,293
ounces, and the Roman Emperor 6,400 ounces. We
are also advised of the sailing of her Majesty's ship
Swift from Valparaiso on the Ist October, with
1,000,000 dots. for London.
Our anticipation that foreign railway projects
would be extensively brought forward in this market,
and would experience a very favourable reception,
is being fully verified. To-day we have no leas than
three of these new projects. The most important is
the Zealand Railway, of Denmark, which is to form
an extension to l(orsoer of the railway between
Copenhagen and ltoeskilde. The capital is
fixed at 535,0004, upon which four per cent. is
guaranteed by the Danish government. This line
altogether will be 68 miles in length,and will greatly
reduce the length of passage between Sweden and
Norway and Germany, besides greatly abbreviating
the trajet between these northern countries and the
west and south of Europe. The contractors are
Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., end the under-
taking has very influential patronage in the Stock
Exchange. The Danish government has earned for
itself so distinguished a character for strict punc-
tuality in meeting every claim arising eat of its
public debt, that it deservedly possesses tho confi-
dence of capitalists.
The Lucca and Pistoja Railway Company is also
on the market to raise 150,000!. by an issue of
30,000 preference shares of 5/. each. This line,
under concession of a special decree from the go-
vernment of Tuscany, commences at Lucca and
passing through Peschis, terminates at Pistoja, being
• total length of 26 miles. The first section, from
Lucca to Peschia, or 13 miles, is now open for traffic,
and the total capital to be expended, amounting to
280,0001., enjoys a guarantee of 4 per cent. from the
Tuaaan government. The application to this market
is for the means to finish the rest of the line, and upon
this preference capital S per cent. per annum will be
the minimum guaranteed interest, secured upon the
government guarantee, and the property and reve-
nue of the railway. After the ordinary shareholders
have received 21 per cent., the preference proprie-
tors will also come in for one half of subsequent
profits, over and above the guarantee of 5 per cent.
'fho Lake Constance and Basle Railway is the
third undertaking calling for notice. This line has
strong local support of an official character, and
constitutes the first section of the Northern Railway
of Switzerland. The line will be 30 miles in length,
and is to run from Rorschach, through St. Gall, to
Wyl. The capital required i 5480,000/., of which nearly
one half has been already subscribed on the spot, and
4 per cent. interest is to be paid till the line is opened.
We have on several occasions drawn attention to
Russian railway negotiations that have been in pro-
gre,s in this market for some months back. We
understand an agent acting on behalf of tho impe-
rial government has lately left here for St. Petersburg
bearing three several tenders for a railway loan of
3,000,0001. sterling, the guaranteed interest being
fixed at 5,4, and 3 percent. respectively. The party
in question came from Odessa, and it is believed the
line of railway under contemplation is that from
Odessa to Chariot
The prices of stocks at Amsterdam on Saturday
are thus reported by Mr. Reuter'r telegraphic ex-
press :—Dutch Four per Cents., 93 5-16; ditto Two-
and-a-Ralf per Cents., 631 ; Spanish New Deferred
Three per Cents., 25; Mexican New, 25 3-16;
Portuguese New, 38; Austrian Five per Cent.
Metalliques, 77k.

THIS DAY.—Two oCLocK,

A further decided improvement has taken place in
the English stock market to-day, and the improved
feeling extend@ throughout every department of the
Stock Exchange. Console hare ranged between
101 and 101 a, and are now quoted 101 k to I for
money and the account. The Three per Cent.
Reduce,' mark 5001 to a ; three-and-a-Quarter per
Cent., 103: to t. India Stock, 273. Bauk Stock,
223 to k. Exchequer Bills, 695. to 72m. premium.
India Bonds, 83a. premium.