The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-12 00:00:00

Them was a good demand for money in Lombard-
street this afternoon, assisted by the call which fell
due this day on the shares and debentures of 11.. e
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.
Now that the English ministerial crisis has been
solved, the various Continental stock markets have
assumed an improved appearance. At Paris to-dby
I the Three per Cent. Rentes closed about 3 per cetr. r
higher than yesterday; At Vienna the appearance
of the money market is leas anxious, and the
exchange on London has receded to 12.16. At
Amsterdam and Frankfort an improvement is also MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.
observable. The public sales declared for to-morrow are-Sugar:
hbds. Barbados'. 10,700 bags Mauritius, and 700 bags
Consols for the Bth March touched in the morning
911 to receded to 911 to
.1, and closed at 91 3-16 to r'ell'a* Coffee : 240 casks plantation Ceylon, and 80 bags
!oats Rica. Ginger: 250 bags Calicue; and 120 bales
6-16. jr money the closing quotation was 91 to ;3. sarc,„er.
The official business report is as follows tr-Tleme per Tex me mune markets are leasitmie4ay.sed the
Cent,Cometle. km messy. 914. 3, -91 ditto, for ao- lArsisne of nide, 'swain unaltered-
count, Bth March, 911, 3,1, 4,1; Three per Cents. thts.-Seal, pale, 521. Os. to 631.; straw, 48/. to 491.;
Reduced, 911, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 913, 92 ; 11:7ni.4[161°). ;‘, I:VVll.l2oLiatillualamapttelt,r'
Bank Stock, 213 •; India Stock, 221. Three-and.st vv. 138. to 4vl. ; olive, Gallipoli, 671. to 581. • Sp' anaisn
Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable ugul Sicily, 51/. to 551. ; cocoa nut, 45r. od. to 47'5.; palm,
in 1859, 991. India Bonds, 12s. prem. Bide. 42.. ad. to Ms. Gd.; linseed, 35t. 9d. ; rapeseed, pale, as.,
quer Bills remain quoted 6s. to 9s. prem. brown, 61s.
Busiume is also recorded in the Five per Cent An-
TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY.
rarities at 118.
• 'the market is firm. There is more disposition to get into
Foreign stocks met with little business, and •todk on the part of the trade. Town tallow is quoted 555:
are generally steady. Spanish bonds present nett cash; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 575.; Feb. to
a firmer appearance. Turkish was a shade flatter. At ' Os. 9d.; March and April, 575.; April and May,
3 o'clock Russian Five per Cents. were quoted 100 .;:s.
to 102 ; ditto Four-sod-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 62 to 63; ditto
Four per Cent. Certificates, 92 to 94. Sardinian, 84 keek ea Iliad Casks..
to 86. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 70 to ",!,`.7l'Vtegne
72. Mexican, 201 to 213. Spanish Deferred Three ' 4trivallastweek
per Cents., 171 to 181; and Turkish Bonds. 76 to 1. enacti rom, let June
The list of sales is annexed :-Buenos Aye. Six per "I'
Cents., 51. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 62, Arrivals for the week en
Mexican Three per Cents., for account, 14th Feb., 741.
casksdelivery
m stu a
fro l ,48Ok: 1
.
1211. Russian Five per Cents., 100 ; ditto, Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 90. Spanish Old Three per Cents., other places-total, 717 a
for account, 14th Feb., 363. Turkish Six per Cent.
Bonds, 76, 761; ditto, for account, 14th Feb., 761, SMITHFIELD MARKET.-THIS DAY.
Monday next, the 12th inst., will be " making up" They, are a fear more beasts than on Monday last; the

OF TALLOW.
103. 1864.

. 40,318 38,157
." 1,816 1,747
74,727 75,638
803 1,041
.1 74,447 90,600
44e. . Od. 63..94.

38,065
2,122
28,651
717
61,918
57..04.

455. Od. ! 640. ed: 575.34.:
'dints Feb. 20 last year, 275 auks,
The arrivals last week comprised
:3 from Australia, and 150 from

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day. The supply of sheep is
usinernedtesaislthi226w7rkbyhaaiee much smaller, however, in consequence
Fame
ofastheodaeadtmhaatekets prices have notadvancel much.t°
'tenet beeinmrteatavy.of tif!./erlreci°list
Madrid, from Lisbon ; 3,000 ounces of gold by the although the number of calves is small, we cannot quote
Bacchante, from Africa; 75,000 dole. by the Baltic, higher than on Friday. From Germany and Holland
from New York ; 910,000 dole. (of which 586,000 there are 198 bents and 43 calves; Spain, 70 bes,ts ;Sc A- 1
dole. consisted of silver, and 324,000 dolt. of gold) land, 400; Norfolk and Suffol 2,400 ; and 200 from the
by the Solent, from the West Indies, &c.; and 1,6001. northern an:ifl midland
d. counties.
..a.
Sr a
in gold by the Natal, from the Cape. row Seib. liaretettla...4. 8 410 Best as. a 115.-bdbei:dh o'. de. 044
46 4 8
The total value of these arrivals is about 222,00 a rt:4l6tbtilustritio's'i::: 1 t : t &;tO./dor ATiii. 0 0 e y
The shipments are understood to have been limited. 11`"•
Plre ... ... 314 4 I DO. 40 Mora
The Custom-house statement of the exports of tall: tt...t tem i ................. 410 5 2 lambs; „. .„... ~ 0 0 0 0
precious metals direct from London during the week ..I.'"'" at mirk°l- 303 ; gb"P and "bg. 17.3.:) i (*lle.. 67; OM
Includes only 1,650 ounces of gold coin and 1,300
ounces of gold bars—worth together about 12,200/. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—THIS DAY.
—all to Belgium. The Madrid has also taken out Mesas. Fattenden and Smith report that the demand
72,9641. in specie for Lisbon and Cadiz. tor new as well as fine yearling hops, continues steady
' The total ascertained shipments of the week are . " the following currency :—Mid and East Kents, 161. to
!,:. I. ; Weald of Kents, 15/. to 161. 10s.; Sussex, 141. to
thus raised to about 85,0001. against an ascertained
1..,. 10s. ; Kent and Sussex yearlings, 71. 10s. to 12/.
importation of 222,0001. Shipments of gold, parti.
drawn from the Bank, have also been made in ,
private hands to the Continent, bat not, it is believed, COAL hIARKET.—THIS DAY.
to any important extent. No ships at market.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the I:ttli .
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inst., for the conveyance 1,000 tons of army pro-
visions from the to the Crimea; and of a •
small quantity of ordnance stores to Corfu.
The new bonds of 1,000!. each of the Turkish loan .1 lie llampshire Advertiser published on Saturday
are advertised as to be ready for delivery on Tuesday the new scheme for the future government of St. Cross
next, and on the succeeding Tuesdays, and the bomb Hospital, u settled in the !tolls Chambers. In this scheme
of 6001. on Tuesday, the 20th inst. The bonds of ]OW. t4c,rpranele
dn
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yt hwehehospitalwhen
the
pirse
present
rmr
l; dleaatsleasrilise
and 501. are stated by the contractors to be in prepares- r rest tithes of the various parishes which belong to it ex-
tion, and will be delivered" as early as practicable.- lore, its income will be 8,0001. a year. The government
A call of 21. 10s. is to be paid on the Ames of the et the hospital is to be vested in fifteen trustees, chosen
Eastern Steam Navigation Company by the ;di from the respectable inhabitants of the city of Winchester
and its neighbourhood. A muter will be appointed, who
March. is to be a clergyman of the church of England. Ile is to
The new concessionaire shares in the Netherlands ' be chose& by the Bishop of Winchester for the time being,
Land Inclosure Company are to be ready for delitt ry . and subject to his canonical jurisdiction. His salary will
on Monday, the 12th inst. ' be, for thet, 2304 a year. Ile is .to be the incum-
The South Australian Land Company's shares rest
•• brat of St. p'aith, the parish in which St. Cross is situated.
11. to-day, and Van Diemen's Land 10s. London 41.1euircs to resanidde irnwothefutospnitrarl,irjesissrofonrmsudnagl service in
t, its
r
and County Bank shares were in request, and the the hospital brethren and the inhabitin't's and
o 1 bury
stock of the Bank of New South Wales rose 1/. faith, who are interred in the church-yard of
Crystal Palace closed at 3 3-16 to 3 5.16. London ' that parish without fees. There is to he a receiver of the
Dock stook has been dealt in at 101; Victoria Dock, items of the hospital, who is to be appointed by the true-
new shares, at 81 to 9i (101. paid); General Screw . tats, who who isAto bertepraits 6
rpoerhceent. of
appointedt at
revenue ell, of
Steam Shipping at 141 to 14;; and Peninsular and of 301. year. Fre°ie not to be a brother of the hospitala,narof
Oriental, old shares, at 54j. • receive rations. He is to keep in order the church premises
land grounds. The question of fees for showing the hospital
is to be left with the trustees. The brethren are to be at
ptesent thirteen in number; they are to receive 10s. a week
and daily rations of meat, bread, and beer, but their extra
allowances on gaudy days are to be abolished. The trustees
have the power to commute the allowances to the brethren
by a money payment, not exceediag 40/. a year for each
brother. The daily dole of bread sad beer to all strangers
Applying at the porter's lodge, and the doles of bread now
dill. dat the gates of the hospital on certain festivals of
the year, are to be abolished.

ST. CROSS HOSPITAL.

THIS DAY—Two o'CLocx.

The English funds have been well supported to-
day. but are quoted at the present moment a shade
flatter than they closed on Saturday. There is, how-
ever, an entire absence of important fluctuations.
business continuing limited. Consols were quoted
during the greater part of the morning
911 to 1„ but are now a trifle flatter, at 91;,
"sellers." For money, transactions are recorded at
91 to 911, and the present quotation is 91 to 1.
The Three per Cents. Reduced have been dealt in
at •911 to 1; the New Three per Cents., at 911 to
92; Exchequer Bills, at 6s. prem.; India Ronda. at
15s. prem.

In the foreign stock market the only descriptions
in which business is recorded are Turkish at 781 to ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 621; and &g-
-rill= Old Five per Cents., at 1001. Mexican is
nominally quoted 20} to 211; Spanish Deferred
Three per Cents., 171 to 181; and Russian Five per
Cents., 100 to 102.

NEW DOCKS AT POETBIIOI6TB.—The new south
ialet dock, opening into the steam basin in this dockyard,
has been completed by Messrs. Edmund Smith and Co.,
the contractors, and it only requires the caisson to make it
ready for opening. It will be used for the first time on the
Ist day of April next, for the purpose of docking the
Queen's new yacht Victoria and Albert. The extreme
length of this splendid dock is 337 ft. 10 in., and the length
for the keel 302 feet 10 in. The extreme width is 80 ft. 9 in.,
and that on the floor 32 ft. 9 in. ; whilst the depth at the
caisson end is 29 ft. 6 in., and•at the other one foot len.
But a proposed new dock will eclipse this and any other
dock in the world. This has, indeed, been already com-
menced by the same contractors, and will be an extension of
the present steam basin, or No. 9 dock, straight into the
',arbour. This will be about 600 ft. in length, capable of
docking any ship of that length, or two ships of between
204) and 300 ft. in length each, *sliding caisson being placed
in the antra for this purpose. It will admit a ship drawing
.4 ft. of water if the depth of the present steam basin dock
is adhered to, but it is in contemplation to lower the bottom
of the old dock, and continue the same level throughout,
which will give an additional depth of three feet, making a
total 'depth of 34 ft. from the coping line.—Hampriiire
Teleiraph. •
DEATH PROM AN ERROR IN DISPENSING MEDI-
CINII.—A fatal mistake in compounding a prescription has
occurred in Bath, resulting in the death of Tristram Whit-
ter, Esq., M.D., of Lansdowne-crescent, a gentleman 81
years of age, end well known in the medical profession. It
appears that on Monday deceased was slightly indii-
pond, and applied to Mr. Wood, surgeon, to make
him a composing draught. That gentleman pre-
tctibed six drops of the solution of acetate of
morphine, to be administered in syrup of poppies and
camphor mixture ; but the assistant of Mr. Steele, a chemist
in Bath—to whom the prescription was sent—instead of six
drops of solution of morphine, substituted six grains of the
I acetate, each grain being in proportion to 60 drops. On the
nv,oling after taking the draught, Dr. Whiner was found
in a state of come, from which he never rallied. Mr.
Steels's assistant, whose name is Robert Cane, and who is
of highly respectable connexions, has been committed, on
the coroner's warrant, to take his trial on a charge oi man-

shughter.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Saturday last
three men and a boy were engaged in repairing one of two
balloon boilers, at Darlaston Green Colliery. The other
boiler was used to keep the engine at work, when about
half-put seven in the rimming it suddenly exploded, the
upper part being carried to about 80 yards from the spot.
Some of the poor men who stood near were carried to a die-
uince of 20 yards. Two were taken up dead, two others
had shortly afterwards, and a fifth was so fearfully scalded
that his recovery is very uncertain. A minute before the
explosion the boy, who is 14 years old, was sent for a ham-
mer which was underneath the boiler that was being re-
paired, and while getting it the explosion took place, and
thus his life was saved. The cause of the explosion is un-
known.—Staifordsliire Advertiser.
A PENITENT TIIIEE.—OR Wednesday evening
Mr. J. Knowsley, woollendraper, of Fore-street, Exeter,
missed a railway wrapper from his shop door; but on the fol-
lowing day it was returned to him, with a note, of which the
follonag is a copy ;—" Sir, since i took the orse oloath i
MVP his told hos you was a Terry kind gentleman and
belong to the stranglers (rend soeity. Konsequently i cant
net tii i have sari ea back again and hope you wil Wadley
twgive year sabalsornat —"—Western