The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-03 00:00:00

MINING COMPANIES.

The Mining Journal furnishes the annexed infor-
mation respecting the business and meetings con-
nected with mining companies :
" The mining share market may be considered firm,
although the amount of business actually transacted
since our last has not been of any great importance.
North Pool bi-monthly account meeting was held on
Tuesday last, when a dividend of 17/. per share was
declared. The two-monthly account meeting of East
Wheal Hose adventurers was held on the 28th, when a
dividend of 301. per share was declared. South Wheal
Basset, Cern Brea, Tamar, Trehane, Condurrow, Tin-
croft, and West Caradon have been in request. Wheal
Benny and Lamhercoe Wheal Maria meetings were held
on Thursday. The statement of accounts in the former
shows a balance of 55/. in favour of mine, but a call of
1/. per share was deemed necessary. Shares in the fol-
lowing mines have changed hands:—East Wheal Rose,
Bedford United, Wheal Trehane, Wheal Trelawny,
llerodsfoot, East Tamar Consols, Mendip Hills, Tin-
croft, Tamar Consols, Caradon Copper, Camborne Con-
sols, and Mary Ann.
" In foreign mines, the transactions have been toler-
ably numerous. There has been an active demand for
United Mexicans at an !advance; and in St. John del
Hey shares a fair business has been done during the
week at improved quotations. Barossa Range, Copiapo,
and Bolanos have also been dealt in. Some Real del
Monte shares were done yesterday at Dispatches
have been received by the Mexican Mining Company
and the St. John del Hey. The Anglo-Mexican letters
to the 6th of November show a loss of 198 dolls. on the
October working. The Bolanos report advises a remit-
tance of 33,264 dolls. The United Mexican advices are
to the 6th of November ; the mining report presents a
♦ery satisfactory prospect, whilst the increase of Octo-
ber ores over the preceding month appears to be about
784 cargas. The National Brazilian accounts represent
the returns for 10 days from Cuiaba to be mks. 5 1 6 55.
The St. John del Hey letters reach to the 18th of Octo-
ber. The accounts are for 10 days' working; the quan-
tity stamped was 2,027 tons of stone, calculated to be
worth about 6,290 oits."

THE MONSTER. SNAKE.—EXCITEMENT AMONG THE
SHow3IEN.—The good ship Allen, Captain Williams,
recently arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, from the coast
of Africa, having on board a living monster serpent of
the constrictor species, which verifies all the stories we
have read of their crushing and swallowing a horse at a
single meal; it is much larger than any ever before
taken, its length being thirty feet. Of course the arrival
of such a monster set all of our showmen into a wonder-
ful fever. Van Amburgh, and June and Titus, dis-
patched an agent for Salem via New Haven; one of the
firm of Raymond and Waring proceeded by way of
Worcesb r; and 13arnutn sent his major donio, Hitchcock,
by the steamer 13ay State. Trio Yankee proprietor of
the snake, seeing such an excitement, and feeling that it
will be difficult to run an opposition, has taken his
ground; and a telegraphic dispatch to Van Amburgh
and Co. announces that he will take no less than 11,000
dollars for it, and in case of not finding a customer, he
will turn " showman," and exhibit himself. Their agent
offered 7,000 dollars for it, but Mr. Hitchcock imme-
diately bid 500 dollars more, and so the matter stands.
Captain Williams positively avers that it took 126
negroes seven hours to secure this monster. They did
it by means of a heavy ropo net made for the purpose,
and thrown over him when coiled up. What a sarpint!
—blew York True Sun,