The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-14 00:00:00

In Land shares to-day the chief feature was in I
those of the British American Land Company, which
were in marked request, and rose about 91. per share,
closing 76 to 78. Other descriptions were steady.
Bank shares were stationary. Crystal Palace shares
closed rather flatter, at 2to 21 prem. Victoria Dock
shares have been dealt in at 7; (61. paid) ; Australian
Royal Mail Steam (81. paid), at 2r ; Peninsular and
Oriental Steam at 71 to 721; and Submarine Tele-
graph shares at I prem.
The present quotations of insurance shares are sub-
joined : Albion, 93; Alliance British and Foreign, 26 ;
Atlas, 20; Church of England, 31; City of London,
21; Argus Life, 23; British Commercial, 74, ;
Clerical, Medical, and General, 20}; County, 125;
Crown, 201; Eagle, 71 ; Equity ani Law Life,
6; English and Scotch Law Life, 41 ;_ Euro-
pean Life, 201; Family Endowment, 4 ; General,
51; Guardian, 60 ; Globe, 144, 143 ; Imperial Fire,
375 ; ditto Life, 20 ; Indemnity Marine, 62 ;
Law Fire, 4'l• London, 30 ex div. ; Legal and
General Life, 61; Medical, Invalid, and General,
31; Minerva, 6; Monarch, 11; National Loan
Fund, 21; National Provincial Life, 11; ditto,
Fire, 1/ ; New Equitable, 11 ex div.; Palladium
Life, 3 ex div. ; Pelican, 45; Phoenix, 186;
Professional Life, / ; Rock Life, 81; Royal
Exchange, 240 ; Sun Life, 65 ; Union, 220; Universal
Life, 451.
Of canal shares the latest Stock Exchange quota-
tions are subjoined :—Ashton and Oldham, 168;
Brecknock and Abergavenny, 821 Birmingham
(guaranteed iveliaranternteed Iwpaeyr),cen7t..by the
91, Deerb London 6. and
eor-eNnotrrt h
200; Grand Junction, 681 ; Derby,
Grand 'Surrey, 5(3;:,
Grand Union, 12,1; Kennet and Avon, 61; Leeds and
Liverpool, 534 ; Leicester, 67; Leicester and North-
amptoni 441; Loughborough, 550; Macclesfield, 56;
Oxford, 110; Peak Forest, 97 ; Regent's, 17 ;
Rochdale. 66; Stafford sad Worcester, 410; Stour-
bridge, 290; Severn and Wye Canal and Railway,
24; -Warwick and Birmingham, 25; Warwick and
Napton, 19; Worcester and Birmingham, 301; Wilts
and Berk', 7.

Prices of Gas and Coke Companies' shares range
as follows :—British Provincial, 221; Brighton, 15 ;
City of London, 1321; Continental (Third Capital),
671 •, Equitable, 26 ex div. ; Great Central, 12 ;
Im-
perial, 851 • Independent, 46; London Parliamentary
Preference;2s ; Phomix, 271, 28 ; Ratcliff, 70; United
General, 21 ; Westminster Chartered, 381; ditto New
(10/. paid), it.
Waterworks stockiare thus marked :—Berlin, 11;
East London, 130 ; Southwark and Vauxhall, 891, t;
West Middlesex, 111, ; Grand Junction, 73.
Shares in bridge associations command the follow-
ing prices :—Hungerford,l2 ; Waterloo,sl; Vauxhall,
22.

Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses, as received by Mr. Renter's express :
Amsterdam, Monday, closing prices :—Dutch Four
per Cents., 93 3-16; ditto Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 611. Spanish Deferred Three per Cents.,
211; the Old Three per Cent., Foreign, 45 11-16 ;
the Coupons, 51. Austrian Five per Cent. Metal-
lic*, 76 13-16. Portuguese New, 361. Mexican
New, 23 1-16 ex div. Granada Active, 211;
ditto Deferred, 81; Peruvian New, 671; Equador,
31. Peruvian shows a decline, whilst other stocks
are scarcely changed. Paris—closing prices of this
day: Three per Cent. Rentes, 73.83; ditto Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 102; Bank shares, 2,950.
The Five per Cents. are only a shade lower than
they closed yesterday, but in the Four-and-a-Half
per Cents. the fall is equal to 1 per cent. Vienna—
Monday: Five per Cent. Metallics, 931; exchange
on London, 11.14; Bank shares, 1,380.

LONDON COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-Dec. 13.
Ttme. Prices as meantime* thin d ly,
Bills and M. Money.
Amstrads& pert Short 112. 131 Nev.... 112. 14stv.
Ditto
!totted=
Antwerp
Brussels
Hamburg and Alton',' „ „ 13coos. Sisk:. 13race. ilech
St. Paterslrirg per ruble 33 pence ... 373 pence
Psis per t Short 2510. 00. ... 2 ,ft. Olc.
Ditto „ 3 Months2sfr. 25c. ... Mfr. Mot.
Marseilles " 2510. 250. ... 351 r. 30c.
Frankfort-on-the. ir.4;r £lO „ 1111311.kr. ... 1191. kr
Vises (effective) per E ~ 111. 32. r. ... 11d. Sett,
biome
libiele per dollar " 503 pens ... 30 peace
Cadis „ „ 503 peon. ... 50) pesos
Bilbao
Bar ono
= 4 .... ...........
... 51°01 peace
Gibrsltar " " 30 penes ... 491 peace
Leghorn , 301 r. 200. ... 301 r. 350.
Geste
ffaplss per dust „ 42f pence ... 424 pence
Palermo per ounce „ 126, penes ... 1263 pence
Messina
Lisbon per silrei 90 dope date 53 pens .. 523 pence
Oporto... ...." .. ....... " " 531 pence ... 53 Dense
Now fork 60 dam sight 49 peace... 473 pas

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocc

The English stock market opened with further
depression to-day, but a rally has since taken place,
and prices are now } per cent. better than they
closed yesterday. Consols have been sold as low sal
941 ex div. for the 18th January, but the present
quotation is 941 to 1. The Three per Cents. Reduced
have been dealt in at 94'--, to I ; the Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents., at 96; to ; ; Exchequer Bills,
16s. to 9s. prem.; and India Bonds, 2s. to 33. prem.
In the foreign stock market business continues re-
stricted. Russian Five per Cents. opened fiat, but
have rallied, having been purchased as high
as 114. Of Spanish Deferred sales have been
pressed at 22, and the present quotation is
22} to 4. The other sales are as follows :
—Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 98; ;
Sardinian, 901, ex. div.; Spanish Old Three per
Cents., 461 to ; the Committee's Certificates, 6}
to 51 per cent. •, Peruvian Three per Cents., 69 ;
Grenada Deferred Bonds, 8 to 81 ; Chilian Six per
Cents., 103.