The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-10 00:00:00

AGrA IlitA GOLD MINING COMPANY.

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The second annual meeting of shareho'ders in this
company was held jegerday in the London Tavern ; Pro-
lestor ANSTID in the chair._

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following
The contains the principal paragraphs in the
direeton' report:
The directors congratulate the proprietors on the suc-
cessful erection at Gold 1161 of the machinery sent out from
this country. The arrangements with the Gold Hid an.l
Nevada Mining Companies in Grass Valley having been
completed, the engine was erected and the ?team gut up OR
the 27th of August. At the date o' the last despatches (29ih
of August), some further time was reqsireal before the com-
pletion of the crushing and amalgamating apparatus, on
which the company's servants were husly engaged. The
machinery of the Gold Hill Company, although vary imper-
fect as compared with that of their company, had yet;euabled
the managing director to send home bi-mnithly remit-
tances of gold, which continued uninterrupted until the
31st of July, when the old mill was removed to make way
for the new. Various works have also been carried out for
more completely developing the mine, including a tramway
from the shaft to the crashing mill, and an edit level drive a
into the hill to facilitan the eztraction of the veinatone.lt is
from the drifts in COSIN1:1•11 sith this level, that &large pro-
protion of the atone that leas been stamped, and of which the
produce has been received here, was obtained. ' The vein-
stone from the Adit Level,' Mr. Attwcod says iv, ' the
poorest part of the vein yielding from 1 at. to 1 ox. of gold
per ton ; the cost of raising and delivering which at the
mill, stamping sad treating, was 335. per ton,' leaving a
profit of about 20s. Mr. Attwood also thinks that a using
of 20 per cent. :a the cost will be effected by the new
embus mill. The directors have not been tarnished with
particulars of the quantity of quartz crushed, but the gold
thus incidentally obtained from the 14th of February to the
end of July, during which the mill only worked 129 days,
'amounts to 2,2691 us., realising the sum of 7,9701. lOs. tid.
The directors have been unable to acparate the charges for
opening out and developing the mine from the working ex-
penses. the necessary information not Lasing been received
trim California. The directors, under these circumstances,
feel the greatest diffidence in (tiering any opinion
with reference to this property, conscious of
the responsibility which may Minch to them
if they raise expectations not justified by the result.
Tnev content themselves, therefore, with stating, that as yet
the daily crushing of quartz has probably never ezceedim 20
tour, and that the heavy machinery which there is every
reason to briieve at this moment wo:king, is capable, in the
opinion of your engineers, of crushing 100 tons a day.
M•bilst the attention of the managing director and engineer
has been principally devoted to Gold Hill, in the hope feat
an earlier return might thus be secured to the proprietors,
Captain Williams has remained at Ague Fria to superintend
the openings on the vein directed by Mr. Attwood, at his
last visit, in order to test it more fully. The managing di-
rector, Mr. Hepburn, had also proceeded to Ague Fria to
make some trials of the veinstone on a larger scale."
The statement of receipts mid expenditure for the year
ending the 30th of September last, s'towed receipts to the
amount of 77,9741. 16s. 9d. The expenditure, which in.
eluded 10,0001. for the purchase of Mill Hill, amounted to
54,361!. lbs. 7d., leaving a balance of 23,612!. lbs. 21.
The CHAILMAN moved the adoption of the report and
eccoluatt.

ktr. J. CLAY seconded the motion.
A SHAREHOLDER having asked for explanation on the
item of 1,5001. for law charges,
The CHAIRMAN said that the sum was undoubtedly
large, but all kinds of work were paid highly for in Califor-
nia, and law business formed no exception to the rule.
A SHAREHOLDER wished to know if any provision had
been made fur the education of tho children of the three
men who had died in their service, and fur wham widows
1504. had been voted. (Rear, hear.)
The Citatamiss said the money had been placed in the
bands of trustees, and he had no doubt the children would
participate in the benefit of the money voted by the share-
holder,. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was then unanimously adopted.
Resolutions for the re-election of the retiring directors
and auditors were carried ; and, alter n vote of thanks to
the directors, the meeting separated.

ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING
COMPANY.

A special general meeting of' proprietors in the
abuse named company was held yesterday at the Free-
masons' Tavern, to confirm the following resolution, which
had been passed at the ordinary annual meeting, held on
the 31st ult.:—" That the capital of the company be in-
creased to the extent of 16,0001., ; that the said capital
be raised by the issue of 30,000 additional shares at par;
such shares to be offered in the first instance to the holders
of original shares pro rata; any shares not takcapro rata
to be offered to the holders of original shares ; any surplus
to be allotted generally by the board."
The ice• Chairman of the company, Mr. MASSY DAW-
sox, presided, and, having read the resolutiun, moved that
it be confirmed.
Mr. JOHNSTONE seconded the motion, which was carried
aasalmoualy.

BY ELECTRIC

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LIVERPOOL, THI:PSDAT, 10.30 ♦ X.

Wind W., moderate, and fine.
Arrived.—Cromwell and Elizabeth Bruce, from
New Orleans; City of Manchester, from Montreal;
Great Western, from New York; Spartan, from
Quebec ; Eric and Rita, from Smyrna; Margaret,
steamer, from Havre.
Off.—Kenzie, ship.
Sailed.—St. Vincent, for St. Vincent ; Sobeaon, for
San Francisco; Holyoke, for New Orleans; Sea
Snake, for Adelaide ; Western Continent, for New
Orleans.

QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY.
Wind N., strong.
Arrived.—Livonea, from St. Domingo, for London.
Sailed.—Renner, for London.
PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNINO.
Wind Easterly, light breeze.
The paddle-wheel bark-rigged steam packet New
York is reported, all well, outside this harbour, be-
tween the Eddystone and the Rame-head, at ten
o'clock lest night, when she was supplied with fish
by the smack Elizabeth. Sho belongs to Boston,
United States, and is from New Orleans, for Bremen,
with power to ad! at Southampton. Cargo, bale
goods. Passengers, 50.
GRAVESEND, THURSDAY, 10 A.M.

CUSTOMS' RZTVON.

Arrived, Nov. 9.—Primrose, from Memel.
Arrived, Nov. 10. Jean Alfred, from Memel ;
Anna and Isabella, from Riga ; Johanna Margretta,
from Odessa; Friendschaap, from Rostock; Anna
Christina, from Nystadt ; Mary, from Svendborg ;
Edward, from Stettin; Redwing, from Croustadt ;
Edith, from Riga; Minna, from Hamburg; Peter
and Wilhelm, from Libau ; Eliza, from Cronstadt ;
Jan Adrian, from Dantzic; Hawk, from Dantzic;
Hoppet, from Gothenburg ; Rose of Banff, from
Stettin ; Aurora, from Bvendborg.
Sailed.—Catherine Owalady, for Algoa Bay.
DEAL, THURBDAT, 9.25 A.M.

Wind N.W., light.
Anchored.—Henriette Elisabeth Susanna, from
London. for Adelaide ; Fortuna, from Hull, for
Lisbon; Orion, from London, for Bathurst; Cor-
nelia, from London, for Melbourne; Guiding Star,
from Sunderland, for Marseilles; Alfred, from
Bremen, for New York ; Azores packet, from Lon-
don, for Falmouth.

LIVERPOOL FREE LIBRARY.—Froth the report of
the committee, just published, it appears that, since the
18th of October, 1852, when the library was opened,
111,723 volumes have been issued to readers ; in addition
to which there have been 16,900 readers of periodical pub-
lications, making a total of works perused of 128,683.
Works of amusement form about one•half of all the books
read. Far from regretting this result, the committee feel
it their duty to render this portion of the library still more
attractive, being of opinion that the love of reading in any
form must tend to counteract the propensity to low and de-
grading
pursuits. and that, in order to inspire a thirst for
knowledge, the first step is to cultivate a thirst for reading
in some direction. History, general literature, voyages and
travels, and poetry have been next in demand. The num-
ber of theological and philosophical works consulted being
about 80 per week, or 4,071 during the year, is somewhat
remarkable, and indicates a higher class of general read no
than might at first sight have been expected. The indivi-
duals frequenting the library do not belong to any class in
particular. Alamo portion belongs to the operative classes,
and of these again many are apprentices. Two lending
libraries have been prepared, one at the North and the''
other at the South Corporation School, which will be open
two evenings in the week for the issue of books, under pro-
per regulations. Each of these libraries contains at present
1,000 volumes. A portion of these are duplicates from the
Central Library. The remainder have been purchased at
an expenditure of about 2001.—Liverpool Journal.
TIrE Hop I/UTY.—The total amount of the hop
duty for the resent year has just been ascertained to
amount to 278
,7891.