The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-17 00:00:00

11113 DAY.) i The third drawing on account of the issue of
1864 of 500,0001. Five per Cent. Debentures of the
Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited), redeem-
able at par within thirty years by half-yearly
&taw**, will take place on the 23rd inst.
The London Stock and Share Company (Limited)
have announced the bat of securities to be offered
at their third public sale, at the Baltic Sale Rooms,
Threadneedle-street, on Tuesday next, at 1 o'clock.
The securities are, as usual, of a very miscellaneous
character, comprising home and foreign railways,
mines, miscellaneous shares, bank shares, railway
dbbenture stocks, United States 5-20 Bonds, &c. ;
and it is intimated that a large number of these
will be sold without reserve. It is further notified
that, " At the conclusion of the auction there will
be a public emption (or purchasing) of stocks and
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shares, when the company will seek to buy of
those who offer at the lowest price (provided it
clues not exceed the limit of instructions received)
shares in certain specified undertakings."

FRIDAY EVE/17140.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 884 to 4, ex
div., for the 6th December, opened and closed
to-day at the same quotation. For money the last
price was 004 to 4, showing a fresh rise of 4.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Conan* for money, 90, 4 ; ditto, for
account, 884, 4 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, MI.
4 ; New Three per Cents., 874, 4, j, i ; ditto Two-
' and-a-Half per Cents., 714 ; Bank Stock, 240,
2484, 250 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 106 k, 4,
6,4, 6, 4 ; ditto Five per Cent. "enlaced" rupee
paper, 101; ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent.,
107; ditto tour per Cent. Bonds, 25a. prem.
The India Five per Cent. stock was in demand.
Exchequer Bills were steady, at la. to sa. prem.
In the market for foreign securities the principal
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feature was a strong demand for Danubian Bonds,
which attained a fresh rise of 3 per cent. Italian
of 1865 and Sardinian, as well as some of the
Egyptian Bonds, also rose 1 per cent. ; Equador,
; ; and Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 4. Turk-
fib
' Iwere flat, and declined 1 and 4 per cent. reaper,-
tively

MINES -(THIS DAT.)

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There is little business in the mining market to-
day, and prices generally are quoted the same as
yesterday. Prince of Wales shares are called 265.
to 275. 6d. ' • Great Vor, 17 to ; Chiverton, 7}
to 8 ; Fest Lovell, 11 to ; East Grenville, 375. 6d.
to 40s. • Caldbeck Fells, 20s. to 225. 61.; Wheal
Scion, 140 to 145 ; North Crofty, 2 to 21 ; and West
Caradon, 15 to 16.
The subjoined report on the metal market is
from the circular of Messrs. von Dadelszen and
North :
The position of the metal market has undergone no
change of importance; prices are not so firm, and lees busi-
ness has been tranaseted than in the vious week. Iron.
—The demand for Welsh and Staff • is of an average
character, at previous quotations • Scotch pig iron has
been steady at 535. 60. cash. Copper.—The market is
dull, and it is impossible to effect sales in English, unless
at a considerable reduction upon the smelters quotations.
Little business reported in foreign ; Burrs and Wallarooi
85/. ; Chili bars, in Liverpool. 74/. 10a. to 75/. Tin in good
demand. The price for Straits is 811. 10s. oath, and about
831. with full prompt; Rance, EV. The Dutch market
is firm at 47i. Engin& tin is much firmer. Tin Plates.—
Demand slack, and prices about L. lower. Lead is in good
demand for home use, and prices rather stiffer ; good soft
English. M. ss. Spelter. —Very little done, but quota-
tions maintained for parcels on the spot here, 21/. ss. paid
in small quantities. Specials in outporta, 211. les.
From Val Sasaam limes, Captain Thomas Rickard
writes (November) :—" As we have already arranged with
you, the works at Tospino miss are now closed for the
winter months, everything being prepared there for stoping
the ore ground on a large scale as soon as the winter
breaks up. Unfortunately the severe frusta which have
already set in have stopped our supply of water for
dressing. What we had already drmed—about twelve
tons—we have now sold to the Stolberg Smelting Com-
ny, and are sending it away to them. At Urgers. the
wworks will be continued on about the same wale as at pre-
sent throughout the winter. There is no change worthy
' of mention in the mine since the last report. Hero the
el,vatiou being much less than at Tospino the frosts are
less severe, and we hope to be able to go on Ilrea.ing for
wine time longer, if not all through the winter. We have
t this week sent off about six tons of argentiferous copper
ore."