The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-09 00:00:00

holders of deposits to an extent sorpessed perms by
soother bank, it we. very recently declared thaiffieel
derails were becoming almost en locumbrance in-'
▪ of an advantage, from the difficulty, if not is-
pomiliility, of employing a doe proportion ri than
profitably, oresnereatly with their own capital, which
ales required to be pot out to tisanes.
In feet the Bank board to-day were almost exclu-
sively ovapied with the discussion and determinatioa
of certainchanges or reforms of internal arrangenuist
and rat, the details of which may be =-
peeled to pin; in due time.
ANSI the lot of January last, a new customs tariff
ea slab Imes in Sweden, in which some satisfactory
Twinkles" of duties may be noticed, the more impor-
tant !sang the following :—On chicory root the duty
is re two-thirds of a 'killing per pound ; 1 @kil-
ling per pound on cotton yarns ; 2 rixdalers 12 skil-1
Nags per shippoand upon nails of two inches and up-
wards; 18 shillings per pound upon capsules ; 2 1-3
rixdalers upon sousors; 2 shillings per pound on fine
wool; 2 rixdalers per pound upon silk stockings; 36
shillings per pound on trues; 12 shillings per pound
on copper wire ; 1 shilling per pound upon lump re-
fined sugar. Window-glass, which formerly paid ao-
cording to dimensions, is now taxed 40 "killings per
li oil of hemp seed b a shilling per pound,
and the oils of olive, limped, and rapeseed 1 1-3 of a
shilling per pound. Commencing with the lit of
January, 1860, refined sugar is to pay no more than
6 shillings per pound, and molasses 3 shillings.
The deputation to the Board of Control on Bait
India railways, referred to yesterday, met with a very
encouraging reception from Sir John Cam Hoblioase
to-day. He did not hesitate to declare, it is said, that
he fully coincided in opinion with the minority of the
Court of East Indii Directors, who, on a late occa-
sion, supported the proposition for construing, in the
most extended @ease of time, the former minute of
he board for guaranteeing so much per cent. to the
companies already formed, and having complied with
the preliminary conditions of making good the deposit
of a stipulated sem; which proposition was overruled
by a majority. There would appear, therefore, at
length, a reasonable prospect of the extension of mil-
-1 ways to India.
There was to have been a meeting of parties. pro-
posing.to form a Californian gold mining association
to-day, but it was postponed on the request of coadju-
tors in Liverpool, who wrote to say that a [steam
navigation undertaking was in progress there, with
which the gold mining company might be usefully
connected, or amalgamated.

lINOLISE
Doak Stock, 1N
3 for Ot. RN. Amta.,
3 aMasa Lama, 1391)11.
New 33 per Cog. 0.0 at.,
MN Ass.. J an., S. 1118.0 !Ai
30 Yr-- 001.10

POND&
India Brock. 343
Indio Ikeda. £1.000.48
Ditto, under LIAO. 60
-4. for Acct.. 92i 1 I

Yseri. tap. .
8 U-18
Ditto. 30 Yam alp. ha. 6, U.
8 11-18
POZZIGN
6 per et Basilian Bonds, Bmall.Bo
1 we et. Orloads Bds., 164 16 a a
1 per et. OZ-Cffer-dOll Gnat: eon-
-6 psPard&micsa.lB44l. 64 et.
a a
per Portugusss Bdo, ex div.
6 par et Bernan Beads. pm. £
5t.10(44 8
pot Cl. Breslin Ns., dlr. tram
Nov., 1840, 18;

,42 6 ; 2,1„ Jtme. 49 7 Ot•
Ditto, 8taall"*„ Mar* 43
2J, Jam at la

per Ct. aped* SU, Acct., Feb.
34, 17 tisiath
6 per et,
per (X Opal& =rile..39 4
3 per Oent. Me. In 11
4 CC leilae.jell(.444
leper Net Dumb Peek.. 13
OA. Amt.. Ptak 4111
4 per V. Dutch gerMemlee. TN 9

DUDLEY AND WEST BROMWICH BANK.—At the
annual meeting of the shareholders in the Dudley end West
Bromwich Bank, held at the bank, in Dudley, on Tuesday,
a dividend of 7e. 6d. per share was declared for the hall-year
ending on the 31st of December last, making, with the divi-
dend of s+. per share paid on the let of September last,
126.6 d. per shams fir the peat year. A large amount is added
to the guarantee fund, besides carrying over a email/fable
sem to the bad debts reserve ; and the capital and guarantee
fund now amount to 100,0001.
WOLVERHAMPTON AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE
BANE.—The seventeenth annual report of the directors of
the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company
was presented to the proprietors, at their general meeting,
oa Monday last. The accounts of the bank, which were
bedewed up to the 31st of Dec. lea, alter deducting all
current expenses, income tax, and ascertained bad
debts, show a clear surplus profit of 9,7261. 19s. 2d.,
being nearly nineteen end a half per cent. on the paid-up
capital. Of this sum 3,5001. were appropriated as
usual to the payment of a half-yearly dividend of seven per
cent. on the let of September last, and the directors now re-
commend the further usual dividend of ten percent. without
deduction of in, oats tax, on the let of March next, which
will require 6,0001. After these deductions from the prate,
the balance of profit and loss to be carried forward is
7,7041. A. 1011., exclusive of the guarantee fund of 25,0001.
At the cooolusion of the reading of the report by Joha
Barker, Esq., a motto, adoptieg the recommendation of the
directors as to the proposed dividend of ten per cent. was
unanimously speed to, as also was one of a similar nature as
to the report generally. A motion et thanks to the directors
having bean speed to, • motion was proposed by Mr. S.
Cartwright, that the sum of 3001. par annum should in future
be appropriated as a slight remuneration for their invaluable
services. The motion was seconded by Mr. B. Savage, and
carried unanimously. The four retiring directors, Messrs.
Herders, Weaver, Harker, and Buckle, were re-elected.

THE SHROPSHIRE BANKING COMPANY.—The di-
rectors of the Sluopshirl Banking Company have, daring
the pest week, been paying to the shareholders a dividend of
6 per cent. f.r the balfiyier ending the 31st of December
lest. The dividend berme due on and after the let of
February, and is the @amain amount as at the oorresponditg
half-year of the previous year.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE UNION BANIC.—The manual
Lateral m. sting of the shareholders is the Northamptonshire
Union Bank was held at the George Hotel, Northampton,
cm Thursday last, O. Nethercoat, Esq., in the chair. The
report laid before the msetuat showed the profits of tte last
year to have been 22,0091, 16s. 21. ; of this, 21,2001. was
appropriated to pay the usual dividends, and 13481. 16a. 3d.
for income tax ; and the balance, 1601. 19s. 11d., was carried
over to the next year's account. The guarantee fund had
been increased 1,0991. 34 6d. during the year by dividends
on the sum limited in the fluids making it 42,061. 81. 7d.,
and the present capital 235,4601. ba 7d.

SHEFFIELD BANKING COMPANT.—The seventeenth
anneal rusting of the Sheffield /Slaking Company wu held
at their banking honse, In George-street, oa Friday week,
when a highly satisfactory report of the stall of their affairs
was read. A dividend was declared of 12i per ant. on the
paid-up capital for the year ending the 30th of December,
1848, and the retiring directors were re-elected.