The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-02 00:00:00

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JOINT STOCK

Closing
No. Bh. Bea. Pd.
yesPricterdsyes .
Business boo
to-day.
23,50 40 Andra Witt all 80 02
40 grit.CoLgank&Loan Co. all - -
20,000 50 British North American all - -
40,000 25 Chartered Bank or Ada 5 1 01 die 41
60,000 20 Chart. Bank of India,
Australia, and China... 2 - - dii
20,000 100 Colonial - -
25,000,101 Commercial of London SO - -
25,000 20 Eng.,Boot.,&Aust.Chart lO 3 21 die
25,000, 20 Lon.Chart.Rank of Ault 2O 214 211 111
10,000 20 Ditto New 5 - - 64
10,0001 52 London and County 2O - - 361 71
60,0001 50 London Joint Stock lO - -
60,0001100 London and Westmisrter 20 - - 401 1 a all
10,, 100 Nat. Prow. of England- 35 - -
10,, : 20 Do. New lO - -
20,0001 50 National of Ireland - -
20,0001 20 New South Wales all 34 36 ad
$11,673, 25 Orient. Bank Corporation all 37 39
20,000'100 Proeindalof Ireland 25 - -
4,000 10 Do. New
60,000 6 Royal Australian Bank.
Mg and Gold Imp. Co. 1 - -
!LOCO 25 South Australis 25 26 40
22,0 25 Union of Australia
11,00 D ... Do. New 24 7 9ad
00,000 50 Union of Lcodon
MISCELLANEOUS.
Closing
No. St .sous.Kisrall Pd. prices Business dome
yesterday. today.
171
20,000 25 Australian AeulturaL 33
12,500 20 Australalan Pacigrific Mail - 116
-
80,000 10 Australian Royal Mail... all -
35,000 10 Berlin Waterworks
60 British American lAnd... 40 - -
60.000 5 Etrit&Col.lola.&Red.C,o. 1 - -
10,000 100 Canada 321 :12 116 115
et lUo.6pered.lemandinli 100 1071 1011
200,000 5 Crystal Palm*
110,000 4 Crystal Palace of France. 4 - pm
60,000 1 Dalton Iron Ore - -
61,000 20 Postern Mass
2% 25
000 Elsetrie Telsgrah
20,000 15 °word p 2 IA
Bias. Navigation 14 - 161
-
20 GaneralS.B.Bkipping Co. all - -
6,000 20 Id& Beetrootßugar lO - -
30,000 II IllettildrandmEleet.Tel. all - -
20,000 10 Modem lk BLAmerican 9 61 61
50,000 1 National Patnt.l3Mo. Fuel all - -
40,000 In Netherlands Land. ll
76,000 2 71.8. Wales Oadle Inter.
Blom Navigation Co 1 - -
103,717 1 North Brit. Australasian all j 11 1
25,000 20 North of Europa Steam.. 121 - -
120,000 5 PeelßiverLandkNineral all 21 3
20,000 50 Peninsular &Orient.Stm. all - -
50,000 2 Portland Iron Company.. all 2 21
14,840 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 60 62
100,006 I Scottish Auer. Ineastm all 1 lad
100,000 I Do. New 1 pw
14.200 25 Booth Australian Land 25 101
15,001, 1 intonwine Teleg. Scrip all
73.000 I Do. Do. Registered all 1
25,000 20 TrustkldanOa.of UpCln 6 - -
10,000 100 can Diemsn's Land 391 111 121

Tnz FLAG OF TRUCE.—The flag of truce is mom- I
panied with a tramreter, who sounds along the path on
their way to the enemy. This is to attract the enemy's at-
tention. At the first sound of the trumpet all hands ere on
the move—cease firing is sounded. You then see men come
out of holes where you would never think of looking for
them, and the sentries of both armies pass the compliments
of the day by the Minims shouting English," followed
by a nod of the head. The English return the compliment
by saying Rush," accompanied with friendly gestures ;
and in five minutes after these sentries are firing at each
other as if they bed never seen each other, and I
have so doubt cursing each other (the latter I often
hear as I pus along the works). I am sure there
were two hundred men of both armies standing and
running about within a hundred yards, and the
moment the flag fell the whole rushed to their dens
like mice from a cat, and tried who should fire first. There
is only a turn of the trumpet to make them friends, and
another to make them bitter enemies. lam very busy in
getting up shot, shells, &c., for the great number of guns
we have for the new battery. Each gun is to have a cer-
tain number of rounds to fire, and the burst of cannon will
be two-fold greater than the first day of oar attack. There
is also a great talk of a railway being made from Balaklava
to the trenches. Such should have been done long ago, and
we would then have plenty of horses, &c. I am very hap-
py to say that I want for nothing. lam happy, and in the
but of health ; and those men who are so badly off are so
from the want of thought previously to coming to this
country. Careless men make awful wants; and you must
not pay much attention to letters you see in the newspapers,
headed, letters from soldiers in the Crimea.—Letter Irma
Sergeant of Artillery.
CASUALTY. Chronometer. (American schooner),
Harris from Mil'ord to Naplee, was abandoned 15th Jan.
in lat.'4s N. lon. 12 W. in a It
state, decks stove in,
and nothing but foremast standing; crew (sin in number)
taken off the wreck b Euroclydon, Fielder, and landed at
this port.—Gibraltar, Jan. 24.
NAVAL EXPENDITURE—On Saturday, a parliamen-
tary document was printed on naval expenditure in the
year 1864. From the government balance-sheet it appears
that in the year ended the Mit January lest the expenses
00 a9OOlllO 01 the navy asaeunWd to 12,182,1691. Ca. 104.

100,000 1 egos Fria all 1
30,004 1 +Anglo Australian Gold all
100,000 100. +Anglo Californian
10,008 10 *Australasian .......
20,000 10 +Australian
11,000 1 Australian Cordillera-. all
104,010 1 tustralisn Freehold
110,400 1 Are Maria all
2,000 50 Blseasson Iron & Coal all
200,000 1 British Australian Gold all
20,000 10 +British Iron 12.5
10,000 115 +Bras.lnip.(lea.at= 12
6,000 30 Do. Cocaes and
11,000 20 Do. Bt. Joins Dal Meg IS
210,000 1 Carson's Creek
11
80,000 1 121a.Cons.Min.Co.janz
ILOOO 40 Coke
140,006 6 tColonCffrorld ... 1
Coplapo l6
350,000 fit. +Copper Miners of F.ng. all
8,00 15 +Do. Pref. 74 per Cent. all 1
70,000 2 tling.kAustrallanOoppr all
25,000 2 +Fortuna
100,000 I Great Negget Viin Reg. It
20,040 20 +General
72,000 1 Grand Duchy of Baden all
11,000 4 Groat Polgooth all
60,000 1 Liberty
10,000 3 +Linares all
16,000 6 Lusitargan I
103015 1 +Mariquita ..... . all
60,010 1 New Granada.
60,000 1 +N.Linares Min.6m.Ci. all
200,000 1 Nouveau Monde
10,000 10 roangibiud Silver Lead all
100,00) 6 Port Philip
60,00' 1 Quartz Rock all
10,000 GO 1 ith3mney Iran
10,000 15 +Do. New
7,100 30 *landau° de Cuba lll
80,010 1 South Australian all
0,000 10 fin Croft
43,17* 20.2.81 +United Mezkan all
76,000 1 Waller
100,000 1 West Mariposa all