The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

Thishas been an extraordinarily buoyant day in It
the Stock Exchange. Speculation always runs far ti
in advance of changes in the money market ; and a.
now that a steady improvement in the position of re
the Bank of England, and a reduction in the rate of es.
discount are considered to be coming fairly into
view, the rush of the speculators has commenced. At tq
the same time, the movement is greatly promoted a.
by the recent operations of the public, who, as is it;
well known, instead of selling, have absorbed securi-
ties of all deem iptions at the low prices lately a.
current. The: funds to-day rose fully 1 per cent., Si
but the advance extended to every department of
the Stock Exchange, and all classed, of securities left a.
off at the highest point of the day. In the leading 14
British railway stocks an average advance of 1 per 11;
cent was established. The improvement in these In
securities is satiated by the purchases of parties who re
i had effected speculative sake upon the prospect of a 0
diminution in the traffic. The expectation of a very
favourable Bank return, and the satisfactory Intel- 7,.
ligence from India, may be enumerated 'menet the et.
considerations which helped to drive up prices of
stocks and shares to-day.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 90j, " buyers,"
for the 7th December, opened this morning at 94:11
to 91, and steadily advanced, closing at 911 to 1. /1..
For money the last price was 911, and for the new r;
account, terminating on the Bth of Jan., 91/ to 92, or es
equal to 901 to 1 ex div. The " continuation "to
January may be quoted Ito t per cent, inclusive of se
income tax. After four o'clock the market was very I!
firm, and prices were even quoted rather higher. re,
The official business report is as follows : —Three
per Cent. Console, for money, 91, 901, 91, 911, 91 ;
ditto, for accent (7th December), 91, 901, 911, 91, a.
911. Three per Cent Reduced, 90, 891, 801, 90,901. t
New Three per Cents., 89!, 891, 90, 901. Thirty sus
Annuities, expiring in April, 1883, 171,171. 12.0
Bank Stock, 2151, 216. India Stock, 217, 2151. ;
Three-and.a.Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, fall- et
ing payable in 1838, 98 ; ditto, 1859, 971, 98. India
Bonds, 355. dia. is
The foreign stock market was generally firmer, wt,
but the advance in prices was chiefly apparent in
Turkish securities. The Six per Cents. rote
about g per cent., closing at 881 to 1 for money, S
and 89 to 1 for the 16th December. The "con-
tinuation" on this stock was 1 to 1 per cent. The
Guaranteed Four per Cents. have risen to 981 to 3.
In the share market to-day the rates of continua-
tion were heavy on London and North Western at
stock, 1 per cent. being paid in the morning, and /
per cent. in the afternoon. On Great Western 1-16
continuation was given in the morning, but a slight et
backwardation " was subsequently paid. On Lan- r.
cashier end Yorkshire 1 continuation wes paid, and et
on Midland 9-16 ; but the rates afterwards became ie.,.
lighter. On most other English railway stocks the WI,
rates were moderate, considering the high value of st.et.
money in the open market. si.
The inquiry for bank shares continued to-day, and
in many cases still higher prices were paid. Bank
of Australasia rose 21.; Union of Australia, 11.; se
Bank of Egypt, 10s. per share, &e. Union Bank et
of London shares have advanced to 22 to 23; Otto-
man Bank to 17 to 1; and Bank of Egypt to 6 die- u.
count. The shares of the two discount companies
also met with some inquiries. Electric Telegraph is
stock advanced D. St. Katharine Dock stock was IL
officially marked 87. 111
Annexed are the latest reports from the to
ets ,

foreign
markets, as received per the continental telegraph :
Parts Friday (closing prices) Three per Cont. R.
is
Rents., for money, 67.20; ditto, for eccoant, 67.10; Four- lito
end-a-Half per Cents.. 90.80; Bank of France skarn, 3000.
Vienna—Thursday: Austrian Five per Cent. Metallic*, 'L.
801; Netionnl Loaa, 831 , Bank Mane, 972; Exchange ih
on Landon, 10.33.
Anisterdam—Thureday (dosing pica) : Dutch Four pee 6
Cents., 961; ditto, Two-end-a-Ualf per Cents., 621;
gpanish New Deferred Three per Centel.. 24 11-16; the
Three per Cent. Exterior, 111, Anaheim Five per Cent. Z.
Metallks, 71 1-16; Portuguese, 431 ; Mexican, 17 1.16;
Grenada Active, 16 9-16 ; Portuguese New, 42 13.10;
Rusetan Fear-and-r-Half per Cents., ; Grenada De-
ferred, 6). Illinois Bonds, 791; ditto shares, M. Dutch to
storks are lower.
Berlin—Thunder: Rumba Five per Cents., 103; Es- LL
change on London, 6.191. li
Frankfart—Tbursday • AILII4IIII Five per Cent. Metal- M I
lice, 731; Spanish New Ileforred Three per Cents., 24 9-10. se
Hamburg--Thunday Russian Five per Cents., 991. 19

MINIIa-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocfl. K.
Business in British mining stocks to-day is limited. rj.
Beveridge Consols shares are still offered, and are le•
marked l j Wheal Edward shares have been dealt z.
in at 71. Other descriptions are inanimate. es
Cubes Copper shares retain a drooping tendency,
and are marked 384. Marignita lave been dealt in sa.
at to 1.
Annexed is the official list of closing prices in
the Mining Exchange yesterday
East Rummell, 21, I ; Lady Berths, 22e, 22e. 6d. • Rose- 1:
warns limited, 221, 231 ; &Midge Console, It Rio. 3d., •
IL 17s. ed., It 1, 11. 14e., 11 ; Wed Omtrills, Se., 4a. 3d., N
31., 3s. eat.; Wheal Edward,-7, 71 ; Wheal Wrey.l4, 1, 1. I
United Mexican and Imperial Brazilian sham I.
showed flatness.
Subjoined is our usual weekly report of the metal N
market:
to
W. hare had during the week a similar slate of affairs to so
that notioad In our lug, namelr, an shame total absence of N
operations, but it would appear from inquiries for foreign to
copper end some oiler meals that a batter slats of things
may be at hand, as erect inquiries were for some time ens- ;
wended. Quotations of pi es env noramarily in many In rN
-
stance. merely nominal, but copper, speller, and tin plates ea
have found a kw buyers.

FRIDAY ET ORD..

The market for British mining stocks to-day was
dull, and still
i dedepressed in character. In some cases, 5,
including shares n Sortridgc. Consols, rather lower is
prices wets quoted. The inquiries continue very as
limited. is

A gentleman intimately acquainted with the sta-
tistice of the sewed muslin tree in Belfast, and of the other
breaches of industry immediately connected with It, state.
that at present there cannot be fewer than 2,000 needle-
women. recently toning a comfortable subsistence by work-
ing tor the twosome, wholly unemployed in Belfast. The
kcal paper., referring to this statement, complain that no
movement bee been yet made to ameliorate the ocaditiou of
these poor women.
LITERARY Rantrtes.—Unlikely things are some-
times found in out-of-tbst-way placee. A copy of the fine
folio of fthakapeare's plays (1623.) has been met with in a
earposter's shop near Maidenhead, and in now In proper
beads. It memo that it was sold at a country anotion many
yens age, and bought, with souse atbee books., for a few
shtitiags by the premed owner. A copy of Spanner's Works,
idle, 1013 which /rarely wee the property of one of our
greatme pans of that day, has sloe tufted op In the mine
neighbourhood, together with the second edition of the note-
Anus pradootka of Philip Stubbed, "The Anatomy of
Abeam." At Raiding, only a few weeks ago, a gentleman
pareheeed three of the tracte of the celebrated Robert Grease,
published between 1689 and 1617, including " The Greats-
worth of Wit," in which athwart is designated ea "the
rely ellabencene in a canntry." It seems not at all impro-
bable that as.., if not most, of than rarities, originally be-
longed to the mane old library at ti Rua Court, Dear New-
bury, eat of which Mr. Parse Collier's corrected folio Rink-
spears of 103 is reasonably supposed to hare amen—Lt e-
nom