The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

IMPORTATIONS OF SPECIE.

SOCTIWITTON, JAN. 1.
According to returns which have been repsred,
the mount of speak and bullion which have
been imported ham tortigit countries doting the six mouths
eluding the 31st of December, 1549, by the vezious lines of
Bind Ilan steaden striving at Soetkamptes, it appears
that the Most Irak" steassete, daring the six months in
question,
have bresekt to ISsatkansptoa gold and silver in
dust, sad sod, to the enormous value of 12,670,705
deb., or 2,636,1411. seirelimg, against 10,670,655 doh ,or
9.114,1331. stand, received is the six months ending the
80th of Jaw, 1549, thus showing an increase for the half-
”ar of 2,100,060 dole.; the total 'mood reesived by the
West India steamen is the whole year was 23,241,360 dolc,
equal to 4,646.2701. sterlinfr, the perdue* of the mines
d Mimics, Central Amines, and the Paella States
el Chili, Peru, B dials, Sew Grenada, &c. Of this amount
about 2,000,000 dole, in gold is minded to hare bees received
from California, either direct or ria Lima and Valparaiso,
where eJneiderab's amounts of California gold dust have
Wee melted up into ingots for transmission to Engiand.
as have been these receipts of the precious metals
laii g 1549, the impoitatioas during 1850 are expected
to very greedy increase, as it is thought that itait2
reminisces el wee hitherto made by sailing ve
proceeding rowed Caps Horn will In future come by way of
the Isthmus of Panama for shipment at Chagrin by the West
India marl strewn. The sepplUs of gold from Cy
intended for Ilue will likewise 6od their coaveyssoe by the
same cheese), and the irieressing productiveness of some of
the saints in Mexico, Costal Amend, and the Pacific,
will hkswi.e augment the quantities of silver and gold that
will be shipped to England
steamthe British steamers. The
glade of rows, also, of thiee ers—a measure wader.
stood to be us cootempletion, and oat very weirdly needed
—will have a teedency to increase the dust sad value of
thisilupreeious metals towing from them quarters into Bag-
The Peainsular and Oriensteamers ave
ben Aledadtia during the six months ending 31st fistsht
bro
De-
ember, gold and silver din value 1,161,300 dole , or 230,2601.
ellertiag, against 498,6911. steeling, received during the first
nix menthe of 1849, thus showing a decreed. but exhibiting
$ total amount at specie weird by the Alexandrian line,
during the year, of 725,8511. sterling. The Penionlar
Company's steamers from Constsatinuple, during the last
sit months, have brought gold and silver, value 1,967,550
doh., or 393,5111 stathng, against 54e5001. steeling during
the precedisg months, thus dewing a considerable
decrease in the receipts of hellion from Turkey, and
making the total revived dating the year 1849 from that
quarter snivaut to 933,6101. Theisters from Spain and
Portugal have bronght about 0,0001,, sgaisst 180 0001.
*Ming during the Ant six mouths of 1849, nuking a total
ter the year of abed 310.0091. The total amount of specie
and bullion revived as Southampton from all quarters, for
the last .ix months of 1649, Is 16,379,665 Eels., or 3,276,931 f.
sterlieg, showing a slight decline over the total of the Ent
six months, which was 17,663,620 dole., sr 3,312,2241. sur-
liest ; the decline being caused by the fonds off observable
in the receipts of bullion by the steamers from Constanti-
motile, Alexandria, sad the Mediterranean, while those from
the west have increased. The aggregate or grand total of
specie imported into Southamptoo from all quarters during
the year doing December 31, 1849, reaches the enormous
mount of 33,943,276 dole., or 6,788,6561. —say upwards of
six millions and three quarters sterling, an amount which 1:
onitsvoing entirely of silver would weigh between 750 tons
and 600 tons evil/edemas, and if in gAd would weigh up-
wards of 60 toes.—Timm.