The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

The total amount called in all 1833 is 11,238,273 L,
!against 8,043,004/. in 1832, showing an incrose of
3,213,269/.

Subjoined is a duly authenticated letter from a
shareholder of the Frankfort,Wiesbuden, and Cologne
Railway :

TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY NEWS.
Sir.—Referring to the letters in your valuable journal
respecting the Wiesbaden Railway, the views expressed by
" A Shareholdior " are quite in accordance with my own,
and the reply that his letter elicited from the secretary of
the company is satisfactory as far as it goes. On one point,
however, the latter gentleman is not so clear as I could
wish. Am Ito understand that en payment of the addi-
tional 31. per share to complete the line to Rudesheim m
liability is to cease—that is to say, leaving it optional with
myself to make further advances or not, as I may see fit, to
finish the line as originally projected ? It is in this view
that I—and I imagine the shareholder who first addressed
yoa—would willingly pay the call made on the shares, leav-
tag it for us to decide from the traffic results of the cons-
; pleted portion of the line, and the condition of the money
' market at the time, whetker we should advance the further
amount necessary to carry out the original plan, or remain
content with the completed portion only.—l am, sir, your
obliged servant, ANOTHER SHAREHOLDER.
London, Dec. 10, 1363.
Some of the Australian Land shares tatty were
weaker, especially Australian Agricultural and
Peel River; but in the afternoon, and after
official hours, the tendency was in the direc-
tion of a rally. Peel River shares fell at
one time to prem., on some vague and un-
authenticated statements received by the Victoria
steamer, to the effect that this company's operations
have not been attended with success. We under-
stand no advices of any such tenor have been re-
ceived by the company, which at present, as is well
known, is only engaged in the preliminary arrange-
ments for the development of its large property.
Bank stocks were steady, and Bank of Australasia
advanced 1/. per share. Crystal Palace shares were
firm. The shares of the Australasian Pacific Mail
Steam Company (14/. paid) have been dealt in at 8 ;
and Peninsular and Oriental Steam at 72 to 73. The
Submarine Telegraph Company's shares have im-
proved to 3 to t prem.

The subjoined calculations show the rate per cent.
per annum yielded by our government stocks at pre-
sent prices. To render the results strictly accurate,
tho proportion of interest which may have accrued
since last dividend period should in each case be
taken into account.

Int. per cent.
Price. per annum.
Three per Cent. Consols (shut) 951 ex div.£3 29i
Three pm. Cent. Reduced 931 3 2 91
Bank Stock (div. at the rate
of S per cent. per annum) 221 3 12 4;
India Stock (die. toi per
cent. per annum)
Exchequer Bil!s (interest
22. per rent. per day) Bs. prem 3 0 7
Annexed is a statement (extracted from the Liver-
pool lreekly Share Lid) showing the rates yielded
by ordinary railway stocks at present prices:

Intper et. per annum at
the rate of dividend paid
Pree. Price. R•ILWAT. LOA 5 year. Last year
131 Kendal and Whidere.ers
36y Midland, Birmingham, and Derby
01 Midland Stock.
181 csaith I,:iistern •.
16 Liverpool, Crosby. sad Southport
33 Yalinburgli and Glasgow
63 Limaaiiiiire and Yorkshire Stock
83 Great Western
It Lond.m and North Western Fifths
77 London and South Western 4 I 101 4 17 41
471 A1i.11..1111 GB at Western—lnland 5 0 3 0 0
'..li York and North Midland
161 East Lanes-hire
173 Lond.in ,nd :teeth Western Stock
06 Itridul and Eider
161 York. Nescastle, and Berwick, 4 1 101 4 Id 101
48 Dublin and Belfast
131 Braude Counties
22 Scottish Central
97 London, Itrigidon, and South Omit ... 3 1 21 410 51
s 0 Lancaster dud Carlisle 1 101 4 8 101
964 Caletloniln
18 Gt. Southern and Western—lre:and
93 Newcadle and Carlisle
BA Lsneaster and Preston
60 Ulster
_ . ... ... .. ... . 4 8 4 3 0
. .

6 i Gilargo. and Knuth Wenern 4 12 21 4 4 74
11 Soon ieh Midland
19Cheater and Birkenhead
214 Great Nor:hern

Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses, as received by Mr. Renter's express :
Amsterdam, Saturday, closing prices:—Dutch Four
per Cents., 93k; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
61 13-16. Spanish Deferred Three per Cents.,
21 15-16; the Old Three per Cent., Foreign,
43 11-16 ; the Coupons, 51 9-16. Austrian Five
per Cent. Metallics, 76.1. Portuguese New, 3615-16.
Mexican New, 23 ex div. Granada Active, 211 to
Peruvian New, 68. Most of these prices are rather
better. Paris—closing prices of this day: Three per
Cent. Rentes, 73.90; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 102.30; Bank shares, 2,930. The Three per
Cents. show an improvement of 15c., and the Four-
and-a-Half per Cents, of 45c., compared with the
reduced closing rates of Saturday.