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

501,730/., of vesich 38,550/. was in gold, and
the rest in silver; the Sultan, for the Penin-
sula, about 3,0091. in specie; the Harbinger, for
Australia, about 500/. in specie, besides 3,000/.
worth of jewellery and the Solent, for the West
Indies and the Isthmus, 87,3871., chiefly in gold,
besides 7,800/. worth of jewellery. The total ascer-
tained shipments from the kingdom for the week arc
thus raised to fully 690,000/., and consequently show
an excess over the imports. It should be borne in
mind, in any attempt to determiuo the current of
gold at present, that the imports by the Thames, and
exports by the Euxine, which form the two promi-
nent features of the week's bullion movement, con-
sisted chiefly of silver. On balance, the movement
of the more precious metal this week has been unfa-
vourable. It will be noticed that the exports of gold
to various points of the continent have at no time
ceased, although, at present quotations of exchange,
it cannot be sent to France, without leading to a loss
on the operation.
The eighth half-yearly meeting of the Great Indian
P:ninsula Railway Company is called for the 31st
instant, and will subsequently be made "special,"
for the purpose cf obtaining the sanction of the share-
holders to the terms of a contract to be entered into
with the East India Company for the construction of
exteusio% lines, and for raising the requisite capital.
The Quay earnings of the Southampton Dock
Compauy show a great increase orer those of last
)car. In September they were 3,047/., against
2,466/. in the same month of 1552 ; in August, 2,8711.
against 2,003/.; in July, 2,3781. against 2,1361.; in
June, 2,3781. against 1,6;8/.; in May, 2,6191. against
1,9391.; in April, 2,403/. against 2,114/.; in Maich,
2,2741. against 1,3311.; in February, 2,1271. against!
1,5281.; and in January, 2,4321. against 1,392/. last
year.
Mr. M. Slaughter, the secretary to the Railways
department of the Stock Exchange, has just issued
the seventh number of his "Railway Intelligence,"
i. e., for the year ending the 30th September last.
The present number of this valuable work of refer-
ence is considerably enlarged, embracing such of the
new railway undertakings, home and foreign, origi-
nated during the past year, as have excited any inte-
rest in the London market.
Land shares to-day were steady, at yesterday's
prices. Bank shares were very quiet, and also sta-
tionary in price. Oriental Bank shares are rather
firmer. Cryttal Palace shares were last quoted 11
to 11 prem., and the new issue 1 1-16 to 1 3-16 prem.
The General Steam Navigation Company's shares
have been dealt in at 28 to 29 ; Peninsular and Ori-
ental, 69c; ditto (231. paid), 361.
The following letter has been sent from the Trea-
sury to Mr. John Poole, of Lloyd's :
Treasury Chambers, Sept. 28, 1833.—Sir,—The Earl of
Aberdeen has laid before this beard your letter of the 27th
ultimo, transmitting resolutions passed at a public meeting
of merchants, underwriters, and others interested in naviga-
tion,
in reference to the system adopted by the government
of the United States fur collecting and disseminating infor-
mation relative to the direction and force of winds and
ocean cures-ate is all parts of the world, as explained by
Lieut. M F. Maury, of the American navy. In reply, lam
commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, to acquaint you that their lordships are fully
alive to the importance of the subject in question, and they
have already adopted steps with a view to co-operate with
the government of the United States in obtaining so desir-
able an object.— (Signed) G. AII.III:IIINUT.—John Poole,
Lloyd.
At the 40th half-yearly general meeting of the
shareholders of the Agra and United Service Bank,
held at Calcutta on the 13th August last, the sub-
joine I report of the Directors was read :
It eit::oe seen from the audited statement of affairs now
submitted to the shareholders, that the operations during
the six mouths, ended 30th June, give a net profit of Co's
Ile. 3,10,380.2-1, equivalent to Its. 11-0-2 per cent. per an-
num on the capital of the book ; after appropriating suf-
ficient to pay a dividend at the rate of nine per cent., Rs.
63,798-10-1 will remain to ho carried in augmentation of
the reserve fund, which will then amount to Its. 8,34,351-
13-5. Since the last half-yearly meeting the transfer of the
head Wiles has been completed, in accordance with the reso-
lution then confirmed, and even the brief period that has
elapsed since the removal, has been sufficient to show
the practical advantages possessed by the present over
the former locality. The directors beg to report
to the proprietary that they have lately established
an agency at Lahore. This their predeceoes in office had
resolved on doing, and they have therefore merely carried
out their intentions. The agency will, they have reason to
, believe, he of great service to the Bank's censtituents in the
Punjaub. It has been commenced on a small scale, bat
will be extended as its requirements increase. The auditors
mention the realisation of a considerable sum, in part liqui-
dation of the Bank's claim upon the insolvent firm noticed
on previous occasions. The directors hoped to have been
able to advise a still further reduction of the debt, from the
recoverrof a sum assigned to the Bank, and lodged in
court pending the result of an equity suit, but a recent de-
cision of the Privy Council has, they fear, deprived the
Bank of this portion of its security. The remaining secu-
rities held for the debt are now in process of realisation.
The chief resolutions adopted arc as under :
2. That a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum
be delared, and that the remainder of the divisible balance,
Its. 63,978 10 1, be credited to the reserve fund. 3. That
on the grounds stated by the directors in their recommenda-
tion, concurred in, as the meeting has reason to believe, by
some of the largest proprietors at home, and in conformity
with clause 49 of the partnership deed, the salary of the
secretary be increased to the sum received by his preje-
ceesors in office, from the date of the establishment of the
head office of the bank at Calcutta. 4. That the thanks
of this meeting and of the proprietary be given to the seve-
ral comxittees at Agra, Madras, Bombay, and London, for
their management of the affairs of the branches during the
past six mouths. 5. That the following gentlemen be direc-
tors for the ensuing half-year —Messrs. J. Anderson, W.
Bracken, C. Campbell, G. Taylor, and J. Gregory Yes.
Annexed are the latest reports from continent&
bourses, as received by Mr. Renter's express :
Amsterdam, Friday, closing prices:—Dutch Four
per Cents., 'J3I; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
61 1 ; Spanish Deterred Three per Cents., 21 7-16;
the oupons, 3 5-16 ; the Old Three per Cent.
Foreign, 451; Austrian Five per Cent. Metal-
lies, 77 13.16; Granada Deferred, 8 9-16 ; Peruvian
New, 65! ; Mexican New, 23 5-16 ; I'ortugueso
New, 38; Granada Active, 19 15-16 ; American
Bank shares, 3 15-16 ; Equador, 31 ; exchange on
London, 11.85, short.