The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

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The market for public securities has been exceed-
icgly steady to-day, and the English funds can
scarcely be said to bare varied from the opening price.
Consols were first called 964 to 4, at which they re-
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mined for the greater part of the day, and at which
the principal part of the business was transacted ;
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dose in the interval at 97: and 1.
Exchequer bills continue to improve, and thus give
evdence of the chespneas of money, and the diffi-
ctity of obtaining more profitable employment for it
in the market ; they were done to-day at a farther
serene*, and marked 605., 614.' and 595. ; ditto 5001.
58e. and 611. ; ditto Small, 69.. and 61s. prem. ;
Legg Annuities were done at 8 9.16 and 4. India
Bolds, at 88a. and 91a. premium.
'Dm business in the Foreign Securities was of pre-
I cue/ the same charaoter as yesterday; Mexican
Bends being the oe.y stock dealt in even to a mode-
-1 rate extent ; they fully maintained the previous ad-
vance ; and were done at 291, but left off at the first
I price, 294 for the 13th January. The transactions
repwted include—Brazilian Smell Bonds at 88.
Mex.= (ex January coupon) at 291 and 4 for money,
and from 293 to 29/ for account. Peruvian Four
per Cents., 1849, at 544 and I for money, and
541 for account. Spanish Five per Cents. at 19
and 18; ; the Passive Debt at 4 ; the Three per
Cents. at 383, 1, and 1. Venezuela Deferred at
83. Five per 'Cent. French Renter at 93f.; ex-
change 25E 45c.
Tte non-arrival of the Dutch and Belgian mails to
day prevents us giving our usual report of the conti-
nental bourses.
Letters from Palermo of the 15th, mention that a
royal decree was about to be published, imposing a
duty on the export of sulphur of two tans per eantar.
No farther particulars bad transpired, nor was it
known when the duty was to take effect, whether
immediately or a month or two hence. The exchange
on London was 57; for 90 days.
After a lapse of years, the imperial board of babel
at St. Petersburg has published in the Russian lan-
guage only a report of the foreign trade of the em-
pire in its various branches. The latest statement le
for the year 1846, from which it appears that the
total valise of the imports was 86,995,789 silver
rubles, and the exports 102,714,778 silver rubles,
making a total of 189,710,567 silver rubles, or about
2t,25(.,0001.
Acording to the latest official returns published of
the foreign trade of Sweden, it appears on the ave-
rage of three years, ending 1846, that the total &a-
erial value of imports was 20,103,333 Swedish dollars
Basco. and the exports 23,646,667, making a total of
43,-50,000 Swedish dollars Banco, or about 3,600,0001.
sterling. These returns are commented on in the GO-
theaorg's Handela Mining wherein the writer laments I
the unimportant position that Sweden holds compare-'
lively with other European commercial nations. This is
ascribed to the attempt to foster native industry sad
maiufactures, by imposing high and unreasonable
dunes on foreign products and fabrics, thereby mai-
ficisg an important and lucrative foreign trade, and
prerentiog Sweden from availing herself of her highly
favourable maritime situation, as well as many other
neural resources, which a more enlightened policy
world develop to the great advantage of the country
and the revenue.
The value of the trade of Bremen for the years
1847 and '4B is thus computed. The value of the
imports into Bremen in 1847 was by sea 19,895.000
L'dor dollars, and by land 14,340,399 dollen; making,
a total of 34,435,399 dollars L'dor. The exports by
sea 13,854,403 dollars, and by land 16,021,804 dollars; I
making a total of 31,873,209 dollars. The total of
exports and impors together was 66,310,608 dollars,
L'dor, or about 10,800,0001. sterling. In 1848 the
value of the imports by sea was 11,256,233 dollars,
and by land 13,889,587, making a total of 27,175,840
dollars. The exports were by sea 11,921,937, and
by land 10,418,131, making a total of 22,340,088
dollars. The total of exports and imports for the
year was 49 515,928 dollars L'dor, cr in round
numbers 8,000,0001. sterling.
There are not, we believe, any official statements
published of the value of the import and export trade
of the countries comprised within the Zollverein ; but
taking the market value of the goods, of which the
quantities are given, we obtain the following results
for the years 1843 and 1846, the latest published:—
The total value of all descriptions of goods, both duty
free and subject to duty, introduced in 1845, was
219,693,099 Prussian dollars, and the exports
178,035,630 dollars, making a total of 397,728,849
Prussian dollars, or about 69,000,000/. rerling. In
1846 were introduced 221,488,812 dollars, and
170,764,480 dollars were exported, making a total of
392,253,292 Pruesiau dollars, or about 58,000,000/.
sterling. The value of the goods which passed Os
transitis was in 1845 63,792,118 dollars, and in 1846
69,915,378 dollars making an average on the two
years of about 10,000,0001. sterling.
The latest official statements of the value of the
foreign trade of Austria, which enable us to give the
average of three years, end with the returns of 1846.
The annual average of the value of imports fur that
period was 119,170,281 florins, and the exports
107,660,506 florins, making a total of 226,830,787
florins or golden silver, equal to about 20,620,0001.
sterling. It is necessary to observe, that the foreign
trade of Hungary is not included in the above esti-
mate. We must also point out that these valuations
are according to a tariff, which exceeds considerably,
as was the case in France last year, the actual market
value of the goods; but as, owing to high import
duties, and prohibitions, smuggling. into Austria is
carried on to en enormous extent, it is not improbable
that the actual value of the foreig.n trade may on the
aggregate exceed the amount given in the official

returns.
The list advices from Adelaide inform as, that since
the amalgamation of the two Port of Adelaide Rail-
way Companies at Adelaide, nothing u to their move-
ments had transpired. The attention of the joint
committee has been duetted to the details of the line.
From the constitution of the board of management
it is to be inferred that the interests of the colonists
will aot be made subservient to those of the London

constituency.
We have been enabled to procure an accurate state-
ment, showing the amount of the produce of the
South Australian mines shipped from Port Adelaide
during the season 1848-9. From this it appears that
the total amount of copper ore so exported was
15,598 tons, of which 13,745 tons were sepplitd from
the Burrs Burrs mine alone, and 944 tons from the
Kapunda, the small remaining export being the pro-
duce of six other mining companies. The total ship-
ments of lead ore during the same period were 300
tons. Taking the copper ore as averaging 201. per
ton, and the lead ore at 101., these shipments would
yield in this country 314,9601. B
leut perhaps
thists
average may be thought too high ;t us then l
the copper ore at 161. per ton and the lead at 81., and
we shall still have as the gross returns of these ship
ments, spreading over a single year 250,198/.
This, it must not be forgotten, is principally the
produce of one mine, the Burrs Burrs. Some
idea may thus be formed of the vast amount
of wealth contained in the soil of this colony
and requiring only energy and skill for its extraction
to an almost incalculable extent. The large amount
of produce obtained from the Burrs Burrs, is to be
ascribed to the extensive deposits of ore found so near
the surface of that mine originally, and from which
the proprietors have been enabled to work it with so
much success. But, judging from the extent and
richness of the mineral beds, it is utterly inconceiva-
ble that many of the other mines will not eventually,
sad perhaps speedily, turn out highly prodoct.,ve un-
dertakings. Tint they
.bare out hitherto done so,
the Kapunda excepted, is mainly to be attributed to
want of ea tat to work them, and to the petty
taster of of the operations. If the proprietors of the