The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-03 00:00:00

The directors of the Thames Haven Dock and
Railway Company have informed their shareholders,
that the agreement entered into with Mr. Peto has
been finally completed.
Land shares remain dull, but were scarcely lower
to-day. North British Australasian ruled at k du. to
par. Crystal Palace shares closed at 11 to 1
prem., and. the uew is ue 14 to 1; prem. Australian
Bank shares are fiat, and Union of Australia showed
especial heaviness. Royal Mail Steam mark 721.
Shares of the &rode and Central India Railway are
nominally quoted at par to a prem. ; the two French
Water Companies, dia. to prem.; Oriental Gas,
die. to par.; Aberdeen North American Land, ss.
to 10s. per share; Australasian Mint, par to k- prem.
Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses, as received by Mr. Reutees express:—
Amsterdam, Thursday, closing prices:—Dutch Four
per Cents., 95 7.16 ; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
63! ; Spanish Defer cd ;Three per Cents., 23
1.16; the Coupons, ; Austrian Fire per Cent.
Metallic., 824 ; Mexican New, 2.5 11.16 ; Granada
Deferred, 9 11-10; ditto Active, 21 13-16; Greek
(Blue), 64 ; Portuguese New,4o 1-16.
Paris closing prices of this day :—Four-and-a-Half
per Cent. Renter, 105 ; ditto Three per Cents.,
79 ; Bank Shares, 2,800. These prices are little
changed from those of yesterday. Vienna, Thurs-
day ; Austrian Five per Cent. Metallics, 0.1 1-16.
Exchange on London, i 0.374. Bank shares, 1.393 ;
Gold, 141 per cent. preen.
The account of the position of the Bank of Eng-
land for the week carding Saturday, the 27th August,
is as follows

BANK OF ENQLAND.—ea mire for the week endlog Aug. 27, iga.

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Dit.44Pi L'3C,:41,•::,0 UtAllistrua nt C11.0)1 .V.l)
Other tieelo .2.444,.01)
0.44 Co'n w .

11;:716Zi7. -

1.-mai,o3) 43.'.631.,50
eignilf, I,IPARTIIVIT.
PM,'lietOrs. 'aphtl ,g. 4.4.3; .`.. I time:mutest oc/rut:Use
a«.
rabtle I),p:wt./fir-In I Aratulty) . ... ..... .. 113,027,682
11/11.e9., bas. Panks utile? teeurilits ...,.. 13 10/.835
COM, is. J: I.;&' l cal No4o. ... .. ... .. 7.7,5,34.3
Dolsps ~ IST. Amts.)
MUM I Hold osl SIRor Oil;.. 43l.tkis
Omer U,noeiti
.evun-1.-., aadothos eas 1.44;..5111 1
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1.33.1:45034.1 136.045.030
Setv.c.nber 10813. M. MARSHALL, Chief Mohler.
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This return, whrn compared with the previous
week's balance sheet, shows the following results:
Circulation issue
Circulation active 22,7713,305 Decrease 226,505
Public deposits 4.601 64.4 Increase Ci 35,639
Other depisits
Government securities in

banking department. 13,027,682 Without alteration
Other ticeurities in banking
department
Coin and bullion in both

departments
Seven day and ether bills 1,465..:19 Decrease 16,489
The Rest

The Iteserve
180)1J Increaac 17..6.3J

The item of the balance-sheet that now attracts
chief atteutioa is that of coin and bullion, and the
continued decrease ranee exhibited must be charac-
terised as a very unfavourable feature, inasmuch as,
in the week embraced, upwards of three quarters of
a million sterling in Australian geld was delivered
in London. The Bank account exhibiting, notwith-
standing, a decline of upwards of 200,0004 in this
item, an idea is afforded of the extent of the drain of
the precious metals to which we have made an espe-
cial point fur some time past of drawing attention.
The results of this movement are beginning now to
be more clearly seen, and, it we are not mistaken,
the future course of thi, item of the Bank account
will have a yet more marked iofluence, in an unfa-
vourable sense, on the money and stock markets.
Dining the week now drawing to a close,
the drain cf the precious metals to various
points of the continent has been still more decided,
and there is every reason to apprehend that the re-
turn next issued by the Bank will, in this respect, be
of a decidedly unfavourable character. An interest-
ing feature of the account now before us is the disap
peamnce of the sum of 19,151,., which for many
months has stood without variation under the head
of " silver bullion" in the issue department. The
present great demand for silver will account for this.
It is a remarkable fact that the Bank now holds no
silver bullion. The decrease in the " other," or pri-
vate securities, though trifling in amount, is a varia-
tion that could scarcely have been anticipated.
There was, however, no especial pressure for money
during the week in question, and the current de-
mand was probably met at lower rates out of doors.
The decrease in the "other" departs, however, is con-
siderable.