The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-14 00:00:00

whose names shall stand upon the register during
the shutting, will have the offer of new shares ad-
dressed to them. - _

Land shares to-day were flat, and the leading
descriptions were quoted about U. per share lower.
Bank shares were dull, and the shares of the new
Australian descriptions were more offered, at a slight I
reduction. Southampton Dock shares have been
dealt in at 331.; Berlin Waterworks (21. 10s. paid),
at 1? ; and Electric Telegraph (201. paid), at 19.
With reference to the Great Luxembourg Com-
pany, insertion may be given to the enclosed, as
Ifrom an interested party :

GREAT LeXEiLBOURG RAILWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE Llirlitl3ls.

Sin—As • strong wish is entertained by holders in tho
Great Luxembourg Company to know what is going on in
reference to this line, I beg to send you what I believe to
be a correct statement. One of the objects is to make au
arrangement with the Strasbourg line, and a negotiation is
now pending of • most advantageous nature for the Luxem-
bourg proprietary, and, when earned out (of which no
doubt exists), will be found equally good for the share-
holders in the Strasbourg company. Another project, not
yet matured, is to form so entirely new company to buy up
the Luxembourg and two other lines, and then work teem
through the agency of the Strasbourg Company, • certain
number of direeton of each of the mediatieed companies to
have seats on the Strasbourg direction. A glance at the i
map will show that The Lu241115001$ and ttritsboarg cowl
pante' must unite, it being one main integral line through
c..ntral Germany, the future travel ground Belgium to
Constantinople. Irrespective of this, the Luxembourg ;
shares are much too low, as they pay 5 per cent. on 151.,
and this not out of capital, but from the greatly increased
value of the company's landed property in the Quartierl
Leopold, "{russet', which is now worth 8 francs for every
franc originally paid for it. AN ORIGINAL HOLDER. I
Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses, as received by Mr. Renter's express :
Amsterdam, Friday, closing prices:—Dutch Four
per Cents., 921; ditto Two-and-a-Ralf per Cents.
6015-16; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents., 211;
the Coupons, 3 5-16; the Old nine per Cents.,
foreign, 441. Austrian Five per Cent. Metallics,
761-16. Peruvian New, 68t. Portuguese New,
36 9-16. Mexican New, 23t. Granada Active,
18t. Most of these prices exhibit a decline. The
exchange on London comes reported decidedly lower
at 11.63 at short.

The Irish Bank returns have been made tp fur the
onth ending October 29, and give the following
ambers :

otal
Ci ATretage ATrerage
otal
Name and Title. at:thorned. Circuit- amount
hon. of Coin.
S
The Bank of Ireland 3,738,42k 3,031,425 7311,931
The Provincial Bank of Ireland 927,667 "' 911,599 317,791
The Belfaet Banking Company
The Northam Banking Company 213,444 267,1/17 61,530
The tileter Banking Col=
The National Bank of 761,757 1,002,123 323,051
The Carrick-on-grir National
Bank of Ireland 24,014 24,497 5,164
The Clonmel National Bank o
Ireland. 66,128 50,726 9,161

Total

6,354,494

6.107,0521

4791,442

These returns show a nearer approach of the
actual to the authorised circulation than has taken
place for. many years past ; and as compared with
the returns of the preceding month indicate a com-
paratively very large increase, both unOer the head of
circulation, and that of coin held; in the former to
the amount of 736,0671., and in the latter to the
amount of 278,3491.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocx.

The funds icave shown an improving tendency to-
day, and prices now stand at an advance of 1 per
cent. on the final rates of Saturday. Business is not
active, attention being chiefly engaged by the set-
tling now in progress in the share maaket.
Consols opened 94 to for account, and are now
quoted 941 to I for money, and 9-11 to 2 for the 6th
December. The Three per Cents. Reduced have
been dealt in at 934 to 4; the Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 95} to 3 ; Bank Stock, 216; Exchequer
Bills, 2s. to 6s. prem.
Very few transactions have taken place in foreign
stocks. Spanish Deferred is quoted 212 to a. The
sales are limited to Granada Deferred, at 7f;
Mexican, 254; Sardinian, 905 to 91 ; the Spanish
Committee's Certificates, SI per coat.; and Swedish
Four per Cents., at 92.

MINES.

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SATVRTAY EVISINO.

The business transacted in the home mining stock
market has been of a very limited character, and the
only sales reported to us to-day are West Providence
at 33, 34 ; Wheal Brewer,l3, 14 ; Wheal Tremayne,
91, 10; Bell and Lanarth, 101; Bryntail, 31, 1.
The gold mining share market was a shade Hatter,
with very little business doing, and no important
change in prices. Agua Fria shares continue the
firmest stock in this department. At 3 o'clock Colo-I
Biel Gold were quoted 2to prem. ; Great Nugget,
to 1 prem. ; British Australian, 9.16 to 7-16 dis. ;
Nouveau Monde, 5-16 to 7-16 prem.; Agua Fria,
11-16 to 13-16 prem.
The shares of the Company of Copper Miners of
England were firmer to-day, as were also those of
the Rhymney Iron Company. The St. John del Rey
Company's shares continue to be freely dealt in.
West Indian descriptions remain flat. Metcalfe
closed the same as t esterday ate to prem.
Thenominal closing prices of new undertakings are
as follows :—Mizen Head, 1 to k dia.; Lewis Hill
Range, / to / dis. ; Clarendon (of Jamaica), k to
1 pm.; Britannia Gold, ato a per sh. •, L'Aigled'Or,
1, to Z is.; Mount Carbon Coal, /to 1 dia.; Kenmore,
par to 1 prem.; Lake Superior Copper, 1 die. to
par; Connemara, 1 dia. to par; Glenaulin, Z to
.1 die. • Australian Mutual,
.7, to 1 didie.; Chartered
Boistridian Land and Mining, / to 1 die.; Golden
Mountain, tol dis.; Poltimore, 1-16 to 3-16 prem.;
greet ekinnis, par to 1 pm.; Garnett and Moseley, 1
to 11 pm,; Sue River (of Jamaica), /;die. to par ; Met-
calfe fof Jamaica), par to 1 prem. ; Adelaide Land
and raeld, 11 to 01 die. ; Australasian Coal,l to
.; Lies; nes (of Jamaica), Ito Z die. ; Port Royal
(of Jamaica, `i Par to 1 pm.; British and Colonial
Smelting and Reduction, 1 dia. to Ipm ; Australian
Commis. Ito d , lie. ; Albion Gold, / to 1 die.; Lack-
amor Copper, 1 to* dis.; New Linares, k die. to par;
Obernhof, to a • p_rem. ; Knockatrellane Copper,
to 1 dis. ; Great . Hewes United Tin, die. to par ;
Gladbach Zinc, / to pm.; San Fernando Silver
Lead, / to 1 prem.