The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

BY ELEURIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Moszar, 10. a.m.
C C,TOICV RZTVIIN.

Wind E., fine and frosty, low water.
Arrived, 18'h.—Leonida, from Gale; Parkfield,
from Callao; Herman, from Gothenberg ; Joshua
Bates, from New York; Marchioness of Bute, from
Cadiz ; Equivalent, from Leghorn ; Harbinger, from
Cronstadt ; Mary, from Copenhagen; Lochlibo, from
Callao; Electric, from Cadiz; Gem, from Gir-
genii ; Gateshead, from Ceylon; Rufina, from Tarn-
,ona ; Alvers Mild, from Faaborg ; Clydesdale, from
kauri:lllB ; Mangerton, from Bombay ; Norden, from
Brevi ; 1;4 from Odessa; Marie, from Gravelines.
Arrived, 10th,—Yeslelanden, from Dram; Nara-
den, from Gala, z ; Concordia, from Cronstadt ; Queen,
steamer, from : I arlingen ; Wilberforce, steamer, from
Gluckstadt.

DEAL, MONDAY, 9. A.M.

Wind S.E., strong, and cloudy.'
Passed.—Robert Morrison, from London, for Cal-
cutta.

SHIPPING OP QUEBEC.—A letter from Quebec,
dated Nov. 23, says 1 here are now in this port ready to
sail at least 45 re...0w1., 40 of which are not yet loaded.
Sailors' wages 221. Ws., cash down in silver, the moment
the venire anchor in weighed."

THE UONtiUMPTION OF SMOKE IN LEEDS.—On
Thursday a greet u..uther of persons were summoned fur
neglecting In tenteume the smoke issuing from their fur-
nace., and were etch Rued 40e. and costs, besides a daily
accruing penalty is case the nuisance should not be abated.
Mercury . .

PROFITS OF SPIRIT RAPPINO.—The Fox girls,
say' a New York i.aper, having rapped a large fortune out
of the pockets of he people, have purchased a flee place
in Hermonia, awl retired to private life. If spiritualism
is a humbug, they have found it a profitable one at least.
EXTREME LENGTH OF TILE HAIR.—Sir Charles
Wilkins states thot while he was resident at Bemires, be
Ow a Fakir, the hair of whose head reached the enormous
lenh-th of twelve feet —(Saturday Magn;int, No. 168). The
tails hair of the Chiuese frequently reach the ground' and
their monetaclies how: been cultivated to the length of eight
or nine ine,ss. White mentions an Italian lady, whet*
hair reached to her .`,''e when she stood upright ; the same
observation may ha made;'! the Greek women. A Prussian
soldier bad his I. tir long cautqL, when loosened, to touch
the ground; and in severe!instanee: English ladies have
had it from five to six feet long. One h.:lance occurs to
my memory, in the person of Mrs. Astley, the I.7.ife of Mr.
6764%5. Tsdra for the fortnight
ending Nov..ffic
Corresponding period
Astley, of the Ampitheatre, in Westminster Bridge•road...
Roseland on the Hite.
DaiuRARA
RAlLWAY.—Traffic
5,1,%53_
list yew, 8271. 86. Bd.

SATURDAY ETINING.
Very little business appears to have been dune to-
day in British mining stoeks,and we hear of no espe-
cial change in prices. The South Devon Consuls
Company @shares were rather weaker again, closing
to 3 prem.
The gold mining shares remain quite neglected,
and this department of the market preserves a very
dull tone. The shares of the Australian Cordillera
Company were rather lower. Lake Bathurst shares
have been dealt in at ss. each (11. paid). The dis-
graceful disclosures made in the progress of the ac-
tion in the Court of Common Pleas, reported in the
Daily News of this morning, have excited much
attention, and a strong feeling of reprobation. We
fear there are other companies in an almost equally
bad condition. At 3 o'clock, Colonial Gold were
quoted 7-16 to 9.16 prem. ; Great Nugget, k to 3
prem.; British Australian, 9-16 to 746 dis.; Nou-
veau Monde, 4-16 to 7-16 prem. ; Agua Fria, 3 to 3
prem.
The New Linares Company's shares have been
dealt in at par. Peninsular mining shares were
steady at 13 to 13 prem. Port Royal, however,
have declined to 3to 3 prem. Metcalfe Copper were
steady at 1 to 13 prem.
The nominal closing prices of new undertakings are
as follows ;—SouthDevosi Consols,; to 3 prem.; Lewis
Hill Range,; to 3 dis.• Clarendon (ofJarnaica),3 to 3
pm.• Britannia Gold, ita per share; Mouut Carbon
Coal, 3 to a dis; Kenmore, par to 3 prem.; Conne-
mara, 3 dis. to par; Glenaulin, 3to 3 dis. Australian
Mutual, 3 to 3 dia.; Poltimore, 3 to ; prem.;
Great Crinnis, 3 to 3 pm.; Garnett and Moseley, ;to
1 prem.; Sue River (of Jamaica), 3 die. to „L prem.;
Metcalfe (of Jamaica), 3to 1 prem.; Adelaide Land
and Gold, 1 to 0; die. ; Australasian Coal, 3 to k
dis.; Liguanea (of Jamaica), 3 to 3 die. ; Port Royal
(of Jamaica), to 3 prem.; British and Colonial
Smelting and Reduction, 3 dis. to par ; Australian
Console, to 3 die.; Fortuna, 3 to 3 prem.; Lackamor
Copper a to 3 die.; Obernhof, k to i; pm.; Glad-
bach Zinc, par to ,3 prem.; San Fernando Silver
Lead, par to 3 prem. ; London and Virginia Gold and
Copper, par to a prem. ; Peninsular Mining, 13 to 13
prem.; Great Hewes United Tin, 1-16 dis. to 1-16
prem.; Cologne Lead, 3 to 3 dia.; Monarch Gold, 3
to 3 die. ; Jamaica Copper. ;to 3 prem.; New Linares,
1-16 dis. to 1-16 prem. • Melbourne Gold, to 3 dis. ;
New South Wales Coal, 3to 3 dia.; L'Aigle d'Or,
to 3 dis.; Albion Gold, 3to die, ; Dhurode Copper,
' die. to 3 prem.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocx.

The gold mining share market remains quiet. Colo-
nial Gold shares are a shade better, at 7-16 to 9-16
prem. ; Agua Fria arc quoted to 4, prcm ; Nouveau
Monde, to prem.; andPreat Nugget, .1 to ;;prem.
Australian Agricultural shares are quoted 4G to
47; Peel River, to pram.; North British Austra-
lasian, 3-16 to 5.16 prem. ; and Scottish Australian In-
vestment, 1,1 to 14 prem. Imperial Brazilian shares
have been dealt in at 61; Linares at 114 to ; and
Mexican and South American at 74.