The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-22 00:00:00

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(From the Noma, Jeurnaf.)
The mining 'hale market centime. in a firm and
satisfacti ry po.iti dn. On the eggregeee a I..rte amount of
business has lain den., and a further impr.yetn.nc may he
anticipated nice the commencement of the y as-. The
l gutty kr attires in tn. leading !Mee are lately utainteined,
and, in 'turd instance at advanced r ices.
Since our last an iv usual numb r of I) von G:cat
Colleai.ertae7.,icltaczkv% d :ixito,tratt,gailsvautuic.etthHues-i,
Southl
liuy
gas, Trehant, ar.d Eint. Whe,l Rose,
South Tau at coo heats improving in gene r. 1 appearance,
as well in the quilt, as the quattity of er oviduct. ; the
increase over the last two Is ouths is about 10 ,1,31., scich
places the mine in a profitable pontoon. The rice. t arrangement respecting Herod, feat ( referred
to in our tar) has, in all pr habLity, parcel the mine in •
perman. tit position. Shares are new in dem, rdat an ad-
vance, whilst heinre they were atationary.
In our r.otice of S nith Bas-et, hut we. it, we s'ateil that a new
engine was to topers. de the wee ot twine at that mine. We
have since been a iviscd that then, w engine f. to be erected in
the south part of the chd mine, which portion has hewn long
idle. By • new lease now .b.ainede the c money ore call. 1
open to work the south part of the sett (from whence the
former profits were chiefly n.adr); and, to carry out that
covenant, the new engine is to be inimedia.ely rect. d.
We learn that all the shires in Trethevy Copper Mine
(formerly Caradoo Copp. r) have nun t. .n up, and the
deposits paid; and the numerous appiicitione fur there.
which have al ice been made present strong evidence of the
favourable opini in enc./Mined of the 1r 'petty.
Ileigneton D own eqragie ie repr tented to have Improved
sines our lut ; the 20 tm. level west is producing good saving
welt f it copper.
At Holmbush, a very important discovery bar hone made
in the 120-fathom Irv. I ....nth, win-re a rich curse of silver-
lead has been met with; b ,t its extent cannot be ascertained
as yet, iu consequence of the great it flux of water; the backs
in the above level have also improved.
Shares in the following mines have changed hands since
our last—viz.: Dec ,ta G.. ut Console, Melaka! and Barrier,
East Wheal Rom, S 'farnar, Tillman, Bedford United,
Devon and Cesar:may, T. eteigh, Tretnevy, Trelawny, Cwm
Ertin, Bwlch Co. sole. Itmair L ear, West Ceradoo, Heignstan
Down, S'ray Park, IL.lmbuak, Trehane, East Huller, COlL-
durroer, West Providence, Tremavne, and Heroilifm.
At the But root meet rag the .ceounts for °welter and
November showed a helmee against the mine of 6041. 6a. 9d.
The statement of @mounts of the Calling tim Mining Com-
pany, which will be *Omitted to the forthcoming meeting,
shows • balance (mains, the mmipany of 2,2221 2*. 7d.. and
in the Kelly Bray d pant:sent a balance also against them of
1,2461. Gs Bd.
In fur. ign mines the principal transactions have bees I.
United Mexican Imperial Brazilian, St. John del Key,
National Brazilian, and the bueinew rather limited.
The Alien Mines rerort for 0 .tober has been received
the estimated produce fir the mmiith ir tier. n at 179 toe., of
eloper ore. The mho s, gent rally, appear to be es produc-
tive as lust reportd. lee the beck of the 20, and the southern
crees-cut in the Itoives, the lode is rich, and "reducing four
tons to the fathom. The surface operatic. a are retarded by
the setting iu of winter, and which will aff it the returns of
- the seam .
Letters from the Linares Mines have been reedy. d to the
Bth. The 30-fm. level has b. ea secured east snit west about
90 fathoms; the proepeccs ecotone equally favourable, es
pnviouely reported, whilst the surface uperaims are pro-
gressing satialacwrily.
Addces here been rem ived by the directors of the Austra-
lian Mining Company, from which it appeals that the pros-
pects of the 'tunakilto Mine were of a meet flitt ring nature,
end preparations were making for smelting tn.. use at a spot
where there was a large quantry of fuel ; a large di po-it of
excellent fire-brick bad be, n discovered wits in s's miles of
the townsnip, and e 01.1112011 brick earth within hilt • mile. By
this discovery. fire-brick can he made for 41 p r thousand,
which, from Adeleid., *soul cost 121.

PERUVIAN POTATORS.—At & COunCil of the Royal
Agricultural Society of England, lately held in
Ter-square, Mr. Mr. B. Maiming communicated the follow-
ing result of his eul.iva,ion of potato. a trim South
American seeds: The Peruvian potato aced was set in
ordinary garden-ground at Shacklewell in 1h4%, and in due
course showed fair stem* and led; but, en opening the
ground last autumn, the result was touiiil ro be only
, a few bulbs, about the Mze of very small marbles,
which, eonrequently, were dieregerded. Tins year, how-
VW, from the aced lett accidentally in th. leviund, there
sprung up several vigorous stem.. some of wine li had It area
of estramdinary size; the plants flowered in a variety of co-
lours. The yield Irom these, considering the small set, ens
laillNe'FanA:TtllCl.e Dail; INof tubers
Hine...—"Auldlittle after
eight o'clock, on Timidity morning, Richard Reable, a
Pantie, liaise in Sneeez-pleee, Lark-hall-lar e, was parsing
up the Liallowne-road, when be observed a paper parcel
lying insole a low wooden fence, and, dislovering that it wr s
naiLAdemraszTbly
the body of a child, be immediately communicated the feet
i to Mr. Coleman. the inspector of police fee the dist
Anne.rict, whA
o
; sawed the removal of the body to the Lowdown*
. post martens t zessiaation was made, which Fined that the
@Mid, a See mall infant, had been born move, and that
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'child,* floe mate mien:, n.. ....
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death wee MOW d by navies bcemorrhage and 'wilful neg.
led. /10 inquest was held yesterday, at the Llllll4lo.epe
Arms. b! Mr. W. Cartel, eedietWilful mauler
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