The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-26 00:00:00

and goods landed at Cobija and destined for the
Argentine provinces are to pay only 2 per cent. tran-
sit duties for the future.
The account of the position of the Bank of Eng-
land for the week ending Saturday, the 19th of April,
1831, published pursuant to the Act 7 8: S 1 let.,
e. 32, is as follows :
BANK UP' AN ULAN p.—Acceetie fee the week multi.; April 1:),
Isge• 01.7.11,111112.1.
New tamed £L.6,133,6•111 Oovertentiet bett., „, Lll IV N
Other N.,11,i
0d•1 coie ok I H.Ules 12,700 NO
Silver :13,3;,3

1-6,70

t0m.773..u0
fropiloore • if
Loptiatt . 33 .403
liad•cm,
Corn 4.. a X=
1:11r. Acois.l
1;58;1

I tarsi?.
goverwneat
• • -

tlnelud. I floW _
Anuw4l .t.11.9.41 79s
Ou4l cud ri;im '"7'l'"
• • tusan

TriiTs I a. 03.366
April 24. mg. M. MA TN)! ALI . Ch'er • ...ur•
The above returns, when compared with those for
the week preceding, exhibit the following changes:
Circulation issue
Circulation active 19,810,480 Decrease 99.845
Public depm.its 4,102,158 llecrease 620,805
Other deposits
Government securities in
banking department
Other securities in banking
department
Coin and bullion in both
departments
Seven day and other bills 1,058,932 Deem:use 31,317
The Rest
The Reserve
The decrease in the bullion, which is continuous,
is partly occasioned by the parnient of the dividends,
and is the cause of the Hank's determination to sell
stock, which, as we have stated above, has materially
affected the Consul market to-day. The results of
this operation will show a further alteration in the
amount of securities given in next week's return.
According to the official returns published in the
Gazette of last eve g, the total note circulation of
all the private banks of England and Wales during
the week ending the 12th of April, was 3,055,1914
In the preceding week the amount was 3,009,505 L ;
there is consequently an increase of f 45,680/.
The note circulation of the joint-stack banks during
the same week was 2,938.4891., and the breeding
week's return being 2,964,903/, the inervase is
shown to he 73,6831.
Upon taking into consideration the active cireulat ion
of the Hank of England, which, in the week in
question. was 19,1116,325/. (being 881,500/. more than
the week pn:vious), we find the total note cir-
culation of England and Wales to he 211,:e10,3971.,
which shows nn increase of 1,140,9371., as compared
with the returns for the previous week, ending the
oth of April.
As regards the fixed issues, the private banks
were 1,112,012 k, and the joint stock lranks 471;1994
below the amount authorised to be issued, making a
total of 1,083,041/.
' A ballot took place to-day nt the Stock Exchange
to supply four vacancies in the Board of Manage-
L meta, the parties to which are elected for life. The
contest was unusually severe. At the close of the
t scrutiny the following four gentlemen were an-
t nounced as the stteeessful candidates, namely, Mr.
" Robert Field, Mr. Henry Tudor, Mr. William her-
c- bent Mullet's, and Mr. George Steer.

MINES.

(From the Daily Neva.)

FRIDAY EVEN ixa.
The Cnpiapo Mining Oompany lutve received
nd-
vices to-day, dated Feb. 23. 11 e extract the follow-
ing front the nmnager's report : At the (loco tip-
per Mines, in the 20 titthom level east of Harman's
shaft, there is a large lode, 2 feet of which is very
rich, and produeing ore of superior quality In thu
12, some nett ore continues to be nosed from a lode
4 feet wide. The stopes are turning out well, and
this mine is reported as looking more promising than
it has done tier the last twelve months. San Pedro:
The lode in the stopes in the back of the adit level is
from 12 to 14 inches wide, and for several fathoms
high there is a good branch of ore of superior
quality.
At La Compania.—ln the IS fathom level now
being driven east of the shaft, the lode is from 3 to
31 feet wide, composed of quartz, Kiwi, and beautiful
deposits of coated yellow ore, and has every apear-
ance of shortly becoming a large and rich hunch of
ore. The stopes in the hack of the 10 fittlunn level
continue to produce a good quantity of fair quality
ore. This mine is gradually improving.
At La Reyna, in the shaft now being sunk, the
lode is altering, some of the gossan is leaving., and
beautiful stones of ore are to hi haunt throughout
the entire lode. The winze also shows evident signs
of shortly becoming rich.
San Augustin and San Carlos cunt' much the
same. The total prtxluee from the different mimes
was 71 tons of copper ore.
The operations at the silver mines arc proceeding
satisfactorily. At Colorado a ntaterial improvemeut
has tuken place in the bottom of the mine; in the
Clifton now being sunk below the 20 fathom level,
the lode is 2 feet wide, composed of quartz thickly in-
terspersed with bismuthic silver mixed with rosic-
ter " ruby silver. This ore us yet is not of a high
pro duce, is supposed to be near a large and last-
ing bunch of rich silver ore. In rho other levels the
lodes still continue gradually to improve.
Front the Gold Mine, Descubridora de Oro, some
gold and copper ore continues to be ntised ; the re-
turns tir last month were 19 ors. of gold and 3 tons
of copper ore.
A remittance of 1,44001. in bar silver has arrived
per Thames, and the Acacia, with 420 tons tor cop-
per ores and about 30 tons of silver ore, sailed from
Copiapo on the 244th of February.
\Vt.: learn tram Bolivia that discoveries have !wen
made of some rich silver deposits near a southern
Bolivian town. Some claim that the veins are
within the limits of Chili. Some of the veins are
of the produce of 200 and 300 marks to the eajon,
and others of even 4400.
According to government returns, the exportation
of copper bars, ores, and ingots front Chili during
the third quarter of the past year atnounted to
132,573/. value, and that of silver to 227,9371.;
making a total of 380,330/. (If copper, the ship-
ments to Englund were 17,4261., and to the United
States, 63,7221.; whilst of silver, the experts to
England were 125,4031.; to France, 31,1071.; to
Germany, 43,7961.; and to China, 14,321/. The sta-
tistics for former periods have already hewn given.

SACRILEGE AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL—Gum:-
cwrrEh, Fsinsy.—A daring act of sacrilegious robbery was
committed in Gloucester Cathedral last night, and was
ts-
covered to-day on the cathedral doors being opened of
divine service. What makes the circumstance the more
extraordinary is the fact that this is the fourth robbery
which bun been committed in the cathedral under precisely
similar circumstancis ; the object of the thieves being tho
name, and the iustrument used in effecting it being in three
out of the four caws the same. It views that the thief or
i thieves obtained access to the cathedral through a window
on the south side of the Chapel of our Lady. Thence they
got access to the nave, where against one of the massive
pillars are fixed two alms boxes for the reception
of the contributions of the charitably disposed towards
the county hospital. These boxes were forced from
their fixtures by means of a plough (molter which
it is supposed has been stolen from a blacksmiths shop near.
One of the boxes so wrenched off was curried away, together
with itsemitents; but the other was found (with the coulter)
lying near the window through which the robber obtained
ingress. It contained a small sum of money, the box being
of such a construction as to preclude the possibility of (I)lM-
ina it without a key. It is expected that the booty obtained
was but small, as the boxes had been very recently emptiest
of their contents. On each of the three last occasions when
the sacred building was forced a plough coulter was left be-
hind; and this leads to the impression the robber un every
occasion was the same. Nu clue has been obtained to the
discovery of the depredator. Another case of a precisely
similar nature With discovered yesterday. The sexton, on
going into St. Nicholas church, discovered that the Infir-
mary alms box had been torn from its fixture; and, together
with its contents, which are unknown, carried off. TM
roof of St. Nicholas church has been under re sir this wish ,
and it is supposed that the thief thus obtained ingress to t
church in the day time.
MOON GRAMMAR SCHOOL—On Wcsblesdas last
the governors of the Ripen Free Grammar School met for
the putvose of electing a head master, in the room of the
Rev. W. flues, deceased. The candidates were ninety-two
in number, thirty or forty of whom sent in testimonials of
the very highest order. Four of the eight governors
present gave ttc weft mace to the hen. A. Dummy, M.A.,
of Trinity College,
Cambridge, and Master of the West
Derby F,chool; the remaining four were in favour of the
Ito J. F. MNichael, 8.A., head master of' the Grammar
should be 0-
ppuiuted to the o
that the latter gentlemanoffice
of head master. and it woo %.iltimately arranged
*School at Burton-upon-Trent ;