The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-15 00:00:00

FAVOURABLE REACTION ON THE BOURSE

PARIS, FRIDAY EVINING.
On the opening of the Bourse to-day, the same
urgency of holders to realise which characterised the
operations of yesterday, again became manifest, and
numerous transactions were effected at the previous
closing quotations. At about half-put 1, however.
it became known that some rather extensive pur-
chases for the account had been made on behalf of
one of the wealthiest firms in Europe, which had the
effect of partially imparting confidence. This being
succeeded by similar investments, or guaranteeson a
smaller scale, conducted by leading agents:da change,
produced before the closing of business a recovery of
the decline noted yesterday in the prices of the
Rentes.

An improvement, as compared with yesterday,
likewise took place in the quotations of Bank of
France stock, which, however, did not attain the
figure marked on Wednesday, nor did any of the
railway shares or other obligations, some of which
have latterly suffered extraordinary depression.
The official report of the closing of business this
afternoon leaves the quotations, both of the Threes
and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., nearly at the
rates of Wednesday—namely, 80f. lOc. for the

former, and 103 E 20c. for the 'latter, both for the
account; for cash operations on the Bourse are
almost unknown in ordinary times.
The official returns of the Bank of France, pub-
lished to-day to the 13th instant, give the following
statement :

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Coined money and ingots 898,375,066 francs.
Ditto, in the branches
Advances on public funds
Ditto, by the branches 13,847,750 ~
Ditto, on railway stock 63;993,100 „
Ditto, ditto, by the branches
Advances to the State (by the
Treaty of June,lB4B)
Amount of Bank Bills in tercula-
ti in
Ditto in the branches
The latest quotations of the other Continental
Bourses reported in Paris to-day are aa follows:
Beaux: New Four-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,

1021.
Baussets.—Five per Cents., An.
FBANKFORT.—Five per Cents., 88Z.
VIENNA.—Five per Cents., AG.
AM3TEIWAIL—Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 66 ;
Three per Cents., 78 7-16; Four per Cents., 961.
ANTWERP.—Five per Cents., WJ!..
The Corps of Comptroller of the Navy is dis-
solved and re-constituted in a more efficient manner,
under the title of Corps of Naval Inspection.
The Moniteur contains a decree creating a corps of
inspectors of marine ports, in lieu of the present body
of comptrollers of the navy. M. Duces, the Mi-
nister of Marine, in a long report to the Emperor,
describes the new institution as a revival of a system
initiated by Colbert, and perfected by the first Con-
sul. Colbert felt that the innumerable operations
connected with the construction, rigging, and
arming of vessels, and the keeping up the ne-
cessary pereunnel and material in the marine
ports, required constant supervision, to insure
a due observance of regulations, and to enable the
Minister of Marine to take a comprehensive view of
all the elements belonging to his department. Ho
created the comptrollers of the navy. His
work, modified by his successors, maintained
by the National Assembly, and by the de-
cree of 2 Brumaire, year 4, was compelled by a
celebrated decree of the first consul, dated 7 Flores!,
year 8. That decree ereated the maritime prefects,
and at the same time adopted Colbert's superintend-
ing body, bat he made it, under the name of a corps
of inspection, not as it had formerly been auxiliary
to the acting authoi ides. but independent without
administrative responsibility, and subject only to