The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-12 00:00:00

COAL MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Tanfleld Moor, 16s. 6d. ; Wells End Riddell, 16s. 6.1. ;
Walls End Retton,2ok ; Walls End Stewart's, 203.; Walls
End Tees, 203.-31 fresh shays at market.

THE GOOD TIME COMING.—I hear, upon good
authority, that at this moment a project is on foot amongst
the men who Lave been most active in the movement against
the newspaper stamp duty, to start a penny or twopenny
daily paper, to appear at 10 or 11 o'clock in the day, and to
be composed of the materials furnished (at great expense)
by the respectable daily papers a few hours before ! The
very idea of such villeny IS revolting.—Correspondent of
the Cambridge Press.
THE FORCE OF FASTINO.—The Dublin Sentinel,
the organ of the " ultra-proteetants," observes upon the
death of the Czar: !! We may not fail to remark that Eng-
land, with the voice of all her national strength, had pro-
claimed a day for national humiliation. The proclamation
was issued, and the neat great news was—the enemy is no
more!"
TIM EXPORT OP WnEAT from Algeria has of late
years undergone a remarkable increase. In 1850, it was
only 2,868 hectolitres; hut in 1851 it rose to 107,833 hecto-
litres; in 1852 to 363,595 bectolitreN in 1853, to 543,569 ;
and in 1854 to upwards of 754,000.
SAVINGS BANKS.-00 Saturday a return to the
House of Commons was published, showing that since the
lit of July last the total stock sold out of the funds on ac-
count of Savings Banks was 1,593,5441. 14s.
EXPLOSION OP A CASK OP BLASTING POWDER IN
A Coresem —On Tuesday last, a sinker, named Thomas
Daniel, residing at Llanelli, deposited a 56 pound cask of
blasting powder on a table in hie residence. Shortly after-
' wards his own children, accompanied by some of the neighs
mu 25 211 05 0 6,063 1,516 hours' children, assembled around it, and during hie tempo-
rary absence from the house with a portion of the powder,
uportion eared by foreign or which he gave to another man, one of the children, eleven
I English props ieters ere not years of age, heated the poker in the fire and pushed it into
:amid& and Van Dien the cask through the cork hole. We need now hardly state
*ere rather better to- the awful result. The powder exploded with • loud report,
don Chartered Bank o blowing the loft and the roof clear cff, besides doing great
damage to the furniture and walla of the house. Two out
The Royal Mail Stet
of the six children present have eioce died, and very slieht
:lined 11. Crystal Pa hopes are entertained of the recovery of the others.— Car-
. the new Preference marthen Journal.
Illinois Central Seven No COUNT NEED APPLY.—The following is a
n the Stock Exchange translation of a letter from Frederick the Great of Prussia
o 2 prem. (business tz to Count Schulembourg, at Medgcboure, June, 1783 .
lc and Erie 3rd Mortip ..I have seen, by your memorial of the 22nd of this month,
your very humble supplication for your eon; but it is se-
ce,sary to tell you that I have some time since ordered that
no count shall be received in my army, for when they have
THIS DAY.—Two served one or two years they go home, and are but einem-
iglish funds opened ate poops (des fats). If your son is willing to serve, his title
latter. Prices, howevi of count will avail him nothing. He will not get on any
an they closed ester the :faster for that, if he does not learn his profession
ked 921, to 93 for tborouitbly.—l am, your affec!imate king, FREDERIC.
P.S. Young counts who learn nothing are dolts all over the
to sza to I, and ar world. lf, by a miracle, a count makes himself useful, you
For money the preset must not imagine that he is indebted to his title and his
chequer Bonds, of botl birth; for this would be a stupid tomfoolery inference—he
991 •, Exchequer Bills, owes it to his merit alone."—Army Reformer.
Bonds, at 14s. prem. MAINE LIQUOR LAW MEETING IN SHEFFIELD.
foreign stock market the —A meeting, convened by the committee of the Sheffield
;h Two-and-a-Halfr Auxiliary of the Alliance for the total suppression of the
Pe , liquor traffic, was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday night,
at 791 and 781; Span, , the object being to petition parliament in favour of a Maine
361 ; and Mexican, a ' Law for England. By s
erf o'clock the ball was filled in
A 79 toe ; Mexican, every part with an eag and Excited crowd, awl shortly
Three per Cents., 18 afterwards all the approaches to the hall were densely
packed. After oi.e cr two ei 'Ails en each aide of the
3ents., 99 to 101.
question, and amid more or lest iverreption, bad txpres.cd
their views, the meeting became a perfect Babel of eolith-
MINES. slots, in which (says the .Sheffie'd Ira) a considerable nor-
Den of those present seemed to be vieitig with each other in
—•--
SAI the production of hideous anise.. Shouting, bootleg, yen-
motions in British mi fog, groaning, hitting, impromptu catcallinge and braying',
were amongst the various sounds that greeted the speaker.
more numerous than ant Sometimes there was a lull in the uproar, and the speaker's
irket still shows no snit voice was for an instant d.stinctly audible, but it was al wises
*ported to us are :—So drowned the next moment in a renewed burst of yelling.
solo, 141 to 1; Roeewar To add to the r. elusion, the disputatious spirit in the meet-
-1 log raged so high that one or two pugilistic encouete re were
Otitis, 115 to 121; Bryi commenced and partially fought out, but were stopped
r Park, 6 ; Tehidy, 11 ; 1 before either combatant could claim the victory. Amid the
tumult, a moticn that the nett:og should clis,oiss was
I mining shares remain q carriel almost unanimously, a result width I.llCittli loud
. stocks the only feature elvers from the " beer party."
ich rose 11. CLOSING PCELIC-HOUSES ON SUNDAY,?..A
croterwondeti public
edn nryetettn•nsseg assembled in the Naew.butaltion, -iartet:
THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoox. onistic to the views of the Sunday closing parrevrat carried
• large majority. Among subsequent resolutions adopted
AgTeahs
Fria
ald marieningguotsehdareimtaork;t; remains
uverzodnuldel. Foy
was the following :—" That this meeting is of opinion that
to i; Colonial Gold, 4 to 1; and Great Nugget temperas., hotels and cofile.shaps shou'd be llcerrd, and4ein, to t —all per shart coatribute towards keeping up the tesesue,llid that she
Australian Agricultural shares are quoted 30 to legislature be at once communicated with us- tisk welter*: . .
and that they should be liable to have soldiero liiimd.gi:_, . :
an sr s- ; cr
emission, 4 din to par; and Run:dish Australian
111 • Peel River, 2.1 to 21 ; North British Ara them the same as the licensed victuallers, an d ' —
same magisterial control."—Letcattershire • -. " •. •,-- •
Investment, tto 4 prem. Upwards of 4,000 signatures ha*e been mam-...,'----"N e^...•
iPontgilaud shares have !.ten dealt in at 151 to 4; to sanded's*— to a petition to parliament against the`
ini V&A Milani 14 4. 4• y Sem 1141.Biledsviend news.

...satiarthen sod Cardigan ..1— 7.-.--- 2 0 0 50,061 68,000
*Central Perdssols of Par- 117 11 2 0 0 40,000 60,000
tool
Cork find Banditti, Prefer- il2 1 10 0 2,000 2,000
mos
Cork sadLS 1 Tomball 25 h 20 0 37,500 75,000
Greet lisstiero and West-
/misdeed. Irredeetol 31 8 10 0 56,250 56,250
ble 4 we eat Pref. C2O
*lake NwWww sad Bade 29 11 3 0 0 24,000 72.080
01.1ces ssi Owns. 7 deposit 55 tea. 87,719 2.98,245
micknalare rid Widest,
Now tiffi, iwrod at t 4 1 1 17 30 0 18,200 MAO
progsa
Ilswowbot Idowisa —.. I 11 00 6 27,600 675
% 7151 10 0 10,000 15,000
w Bala""
126 12 2 0 0 15,000 30,000
Thames yen

711,65 t
• The proportion ealted by foreign companies is .050,215, but the
hottlinge of Englimb prop ietors are not known.
The Canada and Van Diemen's Land Companies'
shares were rather better to-day. Oriental Bank
and London Chartered Bank of Australia shares were
weaker. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's
stock declined U. Crystal Palace shares closed at 3
to k, and the new Preference shares at 1-16 to 3.16
prem. Illinois Central Seven per Cent. Bonds are
quoted in the Stock Exchange 68 to 69 ; ditto, new
IMO, 1 to 2 prem. (business marked at 711); and
New York and Erie 3rd Mortgage Bonds, 1883, 81
to 83.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocit.
The English funds opened steadily, but have since
become flatter. Prices, however, are only a shade
lower than they closed yesterday. Consols were
first marked 92; to 93 for the filth of April,
receded to 9Za to and are now quoted 921,
exactly. For money the present quotation is 921
to 1. Exchequer Bonds, of both series, have been
dealt in at 99; ; Exchequer Bills, at 6s. to 91. prem ;
and India Bonds, at 14s. prem.
Io the foreign stock market the only sales recorded
are—Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 621 to 1;
Turkish, at 791 and 781; Spanish Old Three per
Cents., at 361; and Mexican, at 201. Turkish is
now quoted 79 to 1 ; Mexican, 201 to ; Spanish
Deferred Three per Cents., 18 to *; and Russian
Five per Cents., 99 to 101.

MINES.
SATURDAY EVENINO.
The transactions in British mining stocks to-day
have been more numerous than usual on a Saturday,
but the market still shows no animation. Amongst
the sales reported to us are :—South Francis, 330 ;
Alfred Console, 141 to i•; Rosewarne, 1521 to 155;
Wheal Tretasie, 114 to 121; Brynford Hall Mine,
100; Stray Park, 6; Tehidy, 11; Sortridge Consols,
21 to 21.
The gold mining shares remain quite neglected.
In other stocks the only feature was in Santiago
shares, which rose 11.