The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-01 00:00:00

r In Dee., 1850, the amount was 458,354/., and in
the same month of the previous ye.'w 576,9041., so
that it would appear the calls have bee." rather hea-
vier during the last two months of this year. The
total amount for 1851, however, is only 5,843,8321.
against 10,800,427/. in 1850, and 19,673,691/. in
1849, so that this year's total is shown to be little
more than one-half of last year's, and not a third of
the amount called up the year before.
Among the railway calls just advertised arc the
following, viz.: 15s. per share on Great Indian
Peninsula shares, making 41. ss. called up, payable
by the 24th December; 50 francs, or 2'., making
111. called up, on Orleans and Bordeaux shares, pay-
able by the Bth January ; and a fourth call of 1/.,
making 71. paid, on Shrewsbury and Hereford
shares, payable by the 20th Deacmber.
To-day's advices from the outports notice an arrival
of an interesting character, being that of the Mary
Bannatyne, from Sydney, which came into the
Downs yesterday. This vessel brings over about
12,000/. in Australian gold, being the largest im-
portation of the precious metal from the southern
diggings yet made.
An analysis of the railway traffic returns of the
United Kingdom for the last week, published by
Herupallt's .liiurnal, shows the total receipts on
6,440 miles to be 247,869!., equal to 381. 10s. per mile
per week. In the corresponding week of last year
the amount was 230,1521. on 6,192 miles, or 371. ss.

ipso soils pie ividlOWANPViltlirewan increase in the
aggregate amount received of 17,7171., or 7.69 per
cent. ; an increase in the mileage of 248 miles, or
4 per cent.; and an increase of 11. .ss. in the
amount received per mile per week.
The Railway Times estimates the total receipts
since the Ist January at 6,547,168/., which, on 6,216
miles, gives an average of 1,018/.43. 41d. per mile;
and as the return for the corresponding period of
last year was only 5,615,913/. on ,),915 miles, or
9441. 12s. 101 d. per mile; the difference is shown to
be in favour of the present year to the extent of
1031. lls. 51d. per mile.

3140L1511 FUN PS.—Trun DAT.
Bank PO& 214 15 1,. ....An„„...._.
3 ler Ct. Metered. 974 7 Itvlia tliock, NI 4
3 per Ct. Cneele, &11.4 than Meet. LOON., 534. AG..
31 per CL Cene4e, P 0 Excl.:quer Dills.l.ovet. 24.. 42e.
Coubola for sect.. stll 4
44 per Ct. neletin, 53 90
5 per CL Itmelliatt, r 3 S
lb. New. 92 3
6 per Cl. 8e..., Av.,. 45 .2
6 per CL Cieiet9, tto 12
3 per CL Chlii.l9 ,e.: 4
3 per CL lesnieh. 76 4
2 per CL Puten..,9l 4
4 per CL Dutch, 901 4
1.4014.19 r, 3 4
1 per CL tirotalk. H 15
Sardiplan S per.

FOREIU:

F FUNDS.
3 per Ct. Modem, 333 4k
3 Dar et lyuvt..lll:l4. it

Tiitt7u;T;;;;T:ji 5"•
6 per Ct. Porttunsa,, 35
6 per CL Ita,i3lL 111 13
42 per CL Itu.•”4.tt, 114 6
6 wr CL SpaolalL Artm, 61
3 pot lA. SposlslL 394 4
Do. Pa.,ro. 64 4
2i per Ct.
erre.l. U IJ> .ii 61
Do.
Coat., 11 to S ilia

MINES.

SATVADAT EVENING.

(From the D4ill News.)_

Although from the abundance of money, and the
difficulty of finding employment for it, it might have
been supposed that a larger degree of attention would
have been directed to the remunerative investments
afforded by some of our British dividend mines, we
arc unable to report more thou an average business
this week; and, indeed, on the whole, the increased
movement of the year has scarcely been supported.
For an explanation of this apparent anomaly, how-
' e%er, we need look no further than to the prominent
position in public attention, at present occupied by
foreign milling schemes, California and Australia at-
tracting a portion of that spirit of enterprise which
is usually, and often most successfully, directed to the
development of the mineral wealth of our western
and southern counties. In tho home market,
Alfreds continue to rise, and a good many inquiries
have also been made for West Allred Consols. Merl-
lyns have likewise been in demand, but few sellers
are to be found at present prices. Ithoswydol and
Bacheiddon shartoi, which were a few weeks ago un-
saleable at all. per share, are now worth 181. to 201.
each, owing to a very important discovery lately
made there.

As regards the Californian gold mining shares,
though opinion cannot be said to be by any means
unfavourable, this has altogether been a much quieter
week, there being a comparative suspension of opera-
tions, as usual with undertakings of this nature, till
the capital has been paid up, when it is expected that
dealings will be resumed upon a much more active
scale. Indeed, a new market is opened up by the issue
of these undertakings, nor will it be a small one
should all the companies get to work. It is
thought by many persons that with tho introduction
of these schemes into the daily dealings of the Stock
Exchange, a much larger proportion of mining busi-
ness will eventually follow, and thus receive the
advantage of a recognised market, the want of which
is so sensibly felt. With he exception of the West
Mariposa, which was fixed for the 25th, no settling-
day has yet been appointed for the other shares, but
an official announcement on the subject is shortly
looked for. The present quotations of the market
are :—Agua Fria, 1 5-16 to 1 7-16 prem. Nouveau
Monde, 1 to ;-; prem. Anglo-Californian, 1 to 1
prem. Ave Maria, 1-16 dis. to par. West Mariposa,
die. to par.
The following is the latest list of quotations of
British mining stocks :--Alfred Consols, 141, 15;
Bedford United, 7, 71; Condurrow, 105 ; Mary
Ann, 40, 42; Trelawney, 37 ; Tremayne, 25; West
Providence, 105; Trevelyan, 23, 3 ; South Tamar,
2, 21 ; Merllyn,4l,4l; Garreg, 1; Trebarvah, •,
St. Aubyn and Grylls, 41, 5 ; East Pool, 112 ; North
Pool, 180; Brewer, 71 ; 'frehane, 12, 15; East
Wheal Leisure, 141; East Darren, 65 ; South Tolgus,
143, 150; Wheal Sydney, 21, 3; West Alfred Con-
sols, 111, 12; East Boringdon Park, 2, 21; Boring-
don Park, 5, 51; East Russell, 41, 41; Caradon
Wood, 2.

Foreign shares: Australian, 1 ; St. John del
Rey, 20i, 1 ; Cobre, 33, 34 ; United Mexican, 13,21.