The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-20 00:00:00

f dia. to par ; Oust Western and City Junction
Railway, f to f press.; Orleans and Epernay Rail-
way, par to f prem. ; Tynemouth Docks and Rail-
way, par to I prem.; Great North of Scotland Pre-
ference, par to pram.; Bank of Asia, to prem.;
London Bank of Australia and India, 1 ;
Ebro Canal, If to 21 prem. • Isle of Wight Railway,
dis. to par.; Magdakna iteam, par to prem.
The prospectus of the Chartered Australian Land,
Mining, Importing and Relining Company was issued
to-day, with a proposed capitol of half a million ster-
ling. Au improved method for reducing the gold
ore has been adopted by Mr. Charles Watt, the com-
pany's swayer and chemist. An agreement has also
been concluded for the purchase in a well known
auriferous district of a lime freehold estate, situate
in county of Argyle, New South Wales. The con-
sideration to be paid for this is, it is stated, remark-
ably small, and will consist of paid up shares of the
company. This undertaking, it will be seen, comes
upon the market at a time when it is peculiarly:
ready to receive it.

Our list of the imports of the precious metals this
week comprise, the undermentioned sums—viz., by
the Asia, from New York, 225,000 dollars; by the
Teviot, from the Brazils, 31 lbs. 2 oz. of gold dust,
and one package of British coin ; by the Queen of the
South, from Caleetta, 100,000 rupees; by the Iberia,
from Wig and Lieb09,11.0001.; and by the Gni-
we, from Sydney, 827 ounces of gold. 'The total
value of these Imports is only about 63,0001.
On the other hand the shipments have been very
heavy, large sums both in gold and silver having
been despatched to the East, Australia, and the
continent. The Custom-house amounts of the ex-
ports of the precious metals for tke week ending
Thursday is as follows:—Gold coin : To Hamburg,
18,822 ounces; to Belgium, 5,350 ounces; to Syd-
ney, 25,0001.; to Ascension, 2,030 ounces and
4,3061.• to Adelaide, &c., 4,000 oz. ; and 33,3001.
Gold bars: to Belgium, 2,000 oz. ; to Hamburg,
1,100 oz. Silver coin : to Hamburg, 49,200 oz.; to
Ascension, &c , 8,000 os ; to Adelaide, &c., 486 oz.
Silver ba: to Hamburg, 100 oz. ; to Ascension, &c.,
27,080 oz. We have here a total of 33,122 oz., and
62,6061. in gold, and 84,866 oz. of silver, representing
an aggregate value of about 212,0001.
The other shipments include 45,0001. by the Elira
Hunter, for Sydney; 70,0001. by the W. S. Lindsay,
for Port Philip; 5001. by the Mahomed Shah, for
New Zealand; and 9,2001. by La Plata, for the
West Indies. The shipments of specie by the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, which
will leave Southampton for Alexandria on the 20th,
amount to no less than 467,5331., of which 48,7581. is
in gold, and 418,7751. in silver, destined fur the
undermentioned ports—viz., for Ceylon, 9301. in gold,
and 147,0451. in silver; for Madras, 4,0701. in silver;
for Calcutta, 263,66.51. in silver; for Penang, 2,5001.
in silver : for Hong Kong, 1,0251. in silver ; for Sin-
gapore, 2001. in gold; for Canton, 4701. in silver ; and
for Alexandria, 47,6281. in gold. The total ship-
ments from the kingdom for the week are thus
raised to full 800,0001.; and there is consequently a
balance against imports of nearly 740,0001. This
result, which will be regarded as of some interest at
the present time, is mainly due to the partial cessa-
tion of the imports from Australia and other quar-
ters. The Lady Flora must be close at hand, with
77,500 ounces of Australian gold ; H.M.S. Plumper
is bringing over a further sum of 8,000 oz. ' • H. M. S.
Swift is also on her way home with 800,000 dollars
from the Pacific; and the Australian steamer is daily
expected w:th a cargo of the precious metal, the'
amount of which is exaggerated by common report
to an almost fabulous sum.

The directors of the European Cu Company have
made a call of 21. 10s. per share on their new shares,
payable by the 19th February.
The European and American Electric Telegraph
Company, which has just laid down a subterranean
line of telegraph along the high road from Cornhill
to Dover, where the wires are united to those of the
submarine telegraph in communication with Calais,
are about to raise an additional capital of 60,0001. for
the purpose of extending their subterranean system
of telegraph to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liver-
pool. These works are already in progrets. On
the line from London to Dover 50,0001. has been
expended, and it appears the cost of keeping the
line in repair is so trifling, that a contractor has
guaranteed the maintenance of the works for the
ridiculously small sum of 1001. per annum. In the
ensuing month the company intend to lay down a
submarine cable to Belgium between the North
Foreland and Middlekirk, near Ostend. This line
will also be in communication with the rest of the
company's telegraph system. The undertaking is
one of great interest to the commercial and general
public, and it is gratifying to see how rapidly all
obstacles are surmounted by private and joint stock
enterprise.
From Ilerapetles Journal we extract the follow-
ing analysis of the railway traffic returns for the-
week on all the lines in the kingdom :
Aggregate amount No. of Average metipt
received. miles opsa. per mile.
1862
1861
1850
The Railway Times estimates the gross traffic
receipts for the whole kingdom since the Ist July
as follows :
__ _

Aggregate amount No. of Average receipt
received. miles open. pper mile.
1862 £7,493,843 B,BM £lOB9 4 0
1861
1850

THIS DAY—Two o'CLocx.

The English stock market remains very firm, with
a quiet business for investment. Consols have been
strongly supported at 100/ to 1 ox div. for the 18th
January. The Three per Cents. Reduced mark 1011
to 1011; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 104/
to 1041 ; Exchequer Bills (March), 60s. to 635. prem.;
India Bonds 80s. prem. The entire attention of the
Stock Exchange is still directed to the Australian and
Californian gold mines.
There has been only a quiet business in foreign
stocks, and the only remarkable change in price is a
rise in the certificates issued by the Spanish com-
mittee, which have reached 41 per cent. Turkish
scrip is fiat, and Spanish bonds rather firmer.
Spanish Old Thnes mark 601 to ; the New De-
ferred, 24 to 1 ; Sardinian, 96/ to 96; Swedish Loan,
dis ; Turkish Scrip, 1 prem.; Mexican, 24{;
Peruvian Actives, 104; Granada Deferred, 131 to 1;
Equador, 6.

SHIPWRECK, WITH Loss or LlFE.—Portland,
Friday, The. 17.—This morning, shortly before one o'clock,
a French barque, laden with arms, ammunition, clothing,
spirits, wines, &c., struck upon the Portland beach, and in
less than twenty minutes, the whole vessel was broken into
fragments by the force of the waves. The wind had been
blowing for the previous fourteen hours a perfect hurricane
I from the 8.8. W., and the coastguard at the Langton eta-
' tion having discovered the signals of distress, were on the
spot when the struck, end were instrumental in saving
eight persona out of the fifteen who composed her crew.
The parties saved are the captain, the mate, the supereargo,
cook, and four of the seamen. From these we learn that
the barque was bound to the African coast, for the purpose
of trading with the natives. Up to four o'clock this after-
noon, none of the bodies had been recovered. A few
cases of goods hays been washed ashore, but beyond this
not a vestige of the unfortunate vessel is to be seen.
HOLYHEAD HARBOUR WORKS, FRIDAY.—In ad-
dition to the ravage* roads by the recent floods, a fearful
thunder storm raged yesterday at Holyhead, which has
caused much damage in the locality. A dreadful accident
has occurred at the old harbour, by which a man named
William Hughes has been deprived of life. He was engaged
on the landing jetty, when one of the crane', being too
heavily laden, fell with terrific violence upon the deceased,
and hurled him into the sea. Immediate help was at hand,
but though picked up in a few minutes life was 'Miner, the
heed of the unfortunate man having been nearly severed
from the body by the force of the blow. He has left a
wife and four children. At the new harbour works, on
Tuesday, two men were at work on a stage nearly thirty
feet high, when the end of one of the planks on which they
sto xl gave way, precipitating both to the ground. One
happily escaped with comparatively little injury ; but the
other, a fine young man of nineteen, named Griffith Wil-
liams, received each seriatim how, that he has eines died..
Oar eorreepondeat adds, that serious differences still Ma-
ties& to exist between the lawny= fee*, woeku mak the
ass la WI; saipley.