The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-09 00:00:00

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THEE/DAY EVENING.
The improvement noticed in the home mining
stock market has not been maintained. Business is
at preser.t dull. The inquiries to-day have been
chiefly for shares in South Wheal Frances, South
Tamar, Wheal Wrey, Wheal Trefusis, Trewctia, and
Gsambler and St. Aubyn Shares in Sortridge Consols
are flat.
The gold mining and other foreign and colonial
stocks continue quiet, but Linares shares were

firmer.
A call of 2s. Gd. is to be paid on the shares of the
Duston Iron Ore Company by the 2nd April.
At a meeting of adventurers in Wheal Tremayne
held on the 28th ult., the accounts showed a balance
against the mine to the end of October last of
bit. 16s. Bd. . _ . . .

We notice that the lease of the Britannia mine
(North 111olion, Devon) together with the plant, ma,
chieery, B:c., is advertised M be sold by private
contract.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocw.

The gold mining shares continue out of favour.
Nouveau Moode are quoted to 3-16; Colonial
Gold, Ito ; and Great Nugget Vein, a to
per share; and Agua Fria, to 1 die.
Australian Agricultural shares are quoted 30 to
31 ; Peel River, 21 to 21 ; North British Aus-
tralasian, i dim. to par; and Scottish Australian
Investment, tto prem.
St. John Del Rey shares have been dealt in at 30/ ;
and United Mexican, at 3; to 31.

MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA, &C.—The Blanchmore, a'
Liverpool clipper vessel, will be despatched for Melbourne
to-morrow. Letters will be in time to be despatched by
her if posted in London up to this evening. The Ballarat,
a Load. a clipper, will be despatched from hence on Sunday
or Monday, and letters will be in time to be forwarded by
her if posted in London up to the evening of to-morrow.
Tun Duna GOVERNMENT has just published a
return relative to the receipt of the taxes in 1864, conspired
with that of 1853. There was an intrude of about 106,000
florins in the direct taxes, of 1,226,000 florins in the indirect
taus, of 66,500 florins in the post-office, and of 18,600
flwins in the tax on jewellery ; and a diminution of about
235.050 florins in the customs, owing to the modifications in
the tariff; and a further one of 10,000 florins in thy land
tu. On the whole, the receipts were greater than the ex-
penses, and the surplus was employed in diminishing the
public debt
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS AND CANDIDATES FOR TILE
CIVIL SZDVICI OF TUE EAST INDIA CONPANT.—A paper,
ordered by the House of Lords, has just been issued, con-
taining copies of reports dated lls 13th January last, on the
examination of candidates for the appointment of Resistant-
surgeons in the service of the East India Company ; also
reports dated November last, on the examination of candi-
dates for the civil service of the company, and likewise a
letter respecting the company's college at Haileybury. In
January lest 28 candidates were examined for the appoint-
ment of assistant-surgeons, and 22 passed examination. It
appears to be the intention of government to introduce a bill
into parliament for the purpose of relieving the gut India
Company from the obligation under which they. are to
maintain the college of liaileybury, and due provision, it is
stated, will be made for the officers of the establishment who
remain upon it at the time of the closing of the college u
have a claim for provision.
DUDLEY ELECTION.—The nomination of candidates
for this borough took place yesterday. It had been gene-
rally believed since Saturday last that Sir Stafford North-
cote, a " liberal conservative," would be returned without
opposition ; but at the hustinge, yesterday, Mr. Alderman
Baldwin, an sdvaneed liberal, was nominated, and obtained
• majority on a show of hand,. It is understood that the
nomination has taken place without Alderman Baldwin'.
content, and that his friends have made no preparations for
a serious contest. The Corm of voting will, nevertheless, be
observed to-day, Sir Stafford Northeast having demanded a
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