The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-03 00:00:00

Wog Wheal Beton 6 0
0 0 0
Wheal Wrey
Prorkleeee Mines
Wheal Arthur 0 10 614 0
Wheal Charlotte 0 10 512 0
Levant
- ... 3/0 0
.......

iitieriowtes

S 10 0

iii) 0 0

Total £13,041 1 0

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoci.

The gold mining share market is still quiet,
but rather firmer. Agua Fria shares are quoted
to dia. ; Nouveau Monde, to 3-16 ; Colonial
Gold, a, to 3; and Great Nugget Vein, 4 to 4
all three per share.
Australian Agricultural shares are quoted 30 to
31 ; Peel River, 21 to 21; North British Aus-
tralasian, / die. to par; and Scottish Australian
Investment, 2to prem.
Bleneavon Iron shares have been dealt in at 6 to
54 ; Imperial Brazilian at 21 ; Cubre at 48 ; English
aid Australian Copper at 14; and United Mexican
at 24 to 24.

POLICE FOR AusTRALts.—A body Of 20 police
constables and one sergeant, who have volunteered for
service at Sydney, from the Manct.eeter Constabulary,
were reviewed at the 'Pown•hall, Manchester, yesterday
morning, by Captain Hampton.
It blew a hurricane yesterday at Southampton
from the W.S.W., which prevented the Royal West India
mail ate Amer La Plata from leaving her anchorage in South-
ampton Water with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican
mails until five p m.
,THE CITY OF MANCHESTER (screw etc
',lived at Marseilles on the l‘t of March, from the Downs,
in nine days. She has been engaged by the French govern-
ment to convey cavalry and stores from that port to the
Crimea.

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PURCHASE OP THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—We
believe we may state with confidence that the long talked-if
parchaee of the Birkenhead Docks, by the Liverpool autho-
rities, is on the point of completion. Almost the whole of
the maritime property on the opposite shore has become con-
centrated in the hands of ',London capitalist of great wealth
and resources, aid, in all such cases, it is found easier to ar-
range terms with one than with many persons. We are not
at liberty to state the exact conditions on which the pro-
perty will be secured, but this we can assert, without VHS-
promising confidence, that the purchase will considerably
exceed the 50 per cent. on the originsl outlay as stated by a
contemporary. It will be li:tied, we believe, that the
maMrgy. r
iehigauaagt ehmaHiml
I,3ioroununhatyn,wdimlal
rqi.alivisnelitiveleirs tn.", ti„co,..i.:,vit fpr .
Thorns Bold,
ore,leditt
and Mr. J. B. Lloyd have been in L ii .Itt, hegotiating with
the capitalist referred to, and they returned, after
veering all but put the finishing stronJ :o the engagement.
Mr. Robertson Gladstone ores solicited to join the depute-
•ion. hot was urerrnrorl by e-comstonces which he could
not erstroL—Lieerywol aworsfole.
SYttoun.—Thti writ tor the election for thin
hor,ingb, constquent on Mr. Horstrian accepting the Irish
Secretaryship, came down to B:roud yesterday, and the
diction is fixed for Tuesday next. Mr. lionmen has
issued an address to the electors, in which he expresses a
hues " that neither by the nurse which I have pursued as
an independent member of perlisment, nor by the gap by
which I have now entered into the service of the crown,
shall I be found to have forfeited that rrsfidenee which yea
were pleased sv generously to bestow." He also expresses
himself ready to render " any explanation, either as to his
own position as their representative, or the general con-
sinks of public Wake.