The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-19 00:00:00

JOINT STOCK BANKS.

. Closing Rawness
No.
iglirOl DANL. hid' prices dons
1 yeatentay today
22,410' 40 tAnetralasia
40,000 . 15 IChartd. lank of Asla $ li as par 44
69,000' 20 Chart. Bank of bad*
Australia, and Cklma 1 f 11 pio 34
13.000 I 10 'palish, !sottish, and
Australian Chartered 10 14 11 201
25,0001 SO London Bank of Aus-
tralia and India
25,069 10 tendon ensnared Bank
of Australia
MOO! 15 Oriental Rank Corpora 1'22114 2.61 3/41" 551
50,000 $ Royal Autural. Bantle*
and Gold Deport. Co. 1 i dia w
8,0001 115 South Australis
wow SI Gahm of Australia
8.000 .„ Do. New........

Total
The Court of Directors of the South Sea Company
have called the adjourned meeting of the proprietary
for the 26th inst. The arrangements for the conver-
sion will of course form the subject matter of the
proceedings.
The Joshua has arrived off Plymouth from Port
Phillip, with dates to the Bth of January, and 5,733
ounces of gold, worth about 23,0001. The papers by
this opportunity will be too old to supply any news
of interest. The Sir James Ross has also come in
from Sydney, af►er a passage of 119 days, but she is
believed to have no gold on board.
Advices received to-day from New Zealand show
that considerable excitement continued to prevail re-
lative to the gold fields of that colony. Numerous
parcels of auriferous specimens were coming into
Auckland, and, from the interest felt, realised good
prices as specimens. The news from this quarter re-
quires to be watched, for there is every probability
of the discovery ere long of a large gold field, capable
of profitable working. In combination with the
gold yield of Australia and California, the conse-
quences of this discovery would be vast indeed.
We notice that the French government has evi-
dently departed from its late expressed policy of
holding in abeyance all further railway concessions.
The Cone/tube/met states that the concession of the
Besancon and Mulhansen lino, and of several small
lines connected with the Strasbourg Railway, is
decided on. This circumstance is of importance at
the present moment, when the French market is
overdone with new schemes, the calls on which must
constitute a heavy future drain.
As considerable sums are now being embarked in
Canadian railway undertakings, it may be usetul to
draw attention to the annual report, just published
by the Champlain and St. Lawrence Company. The
document is a very favourable one, and shows a
steady increase of traffic. The receipts of 1852 were
140,000 dollars., being 36,000 dollars more than in
1831, and 59 per cent. more than in 1830. The
profit is stated at 61,136 dollars, equal to about 121
per cent. on the paid-up capital. This augurs well
for the success of other Canadian lines. It is worthy
of remark that not a single accident occurred to any
of the passengers throughout the year. This com-
pany, it appears, proposes to make considerable
additions to its works.
From Nova Scotia wo are advised of the govern-
ment having determined to abandon the railway
bills. The lines proposed to be constructed are to
be entrusted to joint-stock enterprise, the govern-
ment affording considerable assistance in the shape
of loans, &c. It appears 320 miles of railway are
contemplated, involving an estimated capital of
7,000,000 dole. We thus see a prospect of a further
considerable demand on our money market for this
quarter. Joint-stock enterprise is at present very
rite, and a favourable turn of our money market
would inevitably kad to a flood of new under-
takings.
As an illustration of the speculative tendency of
the period, reference may be made to the announce-
ment of a novelty, in the shape of a Great Central

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steamert h theE AfricanoAnl
Monday, together with the Governor of Sene-
gal, left Southampton, yesterday, in the South Western.
Company's steamer Atalanta, for Havre. The prince
stopped at Radley's Hotel while in Southampton, and sat
muck in the hall of the hotel smoking cigars. On Monday
afternoon he visited the ruins of Netley Abbey, about two
miles from the above-mentioned town. Although highly
intelligent, he did not betray any emotion in his counte-
nance at anything he witnessed. His diet consisted chiefly
of rice and mutton-chops. He wore European trousers,
which were, however, almost concealed by his robe. He
slept on a bed at the hotel, and appeared used to comforts
and even luxuries. The Trarzsa people, whom his father
rules over, are nomadic in their habits.
GREAT N018711E40 RAILWAY.—Return of traffic
for week ending May S, 1863:—Passengers, parcels, car-
riages, horses, dogs, and mails, 7,041 i. 10s. 3d. merchandise
and minerals, 8,3011. 141. 4d. ; cattle, 3991. 3s. 91—
Total, 15,742.14 be. 4d. Corresponding week, 1832,
11,601. lb. 11d.
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