The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-04 00:00:00

THIS DAY.—Two O'CLOCK.

The gold mining share market remain s quite de-
void of any movement of importance. Ague Fria
shares arc quoted „ to 11; Nouv.eau Monde, k to z;
Colonial Gold, »to 1; and Great Nugget Vein, to
;—all per share.
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Australian Agricultural shares are quoted 34 to
35; Peel River, 23 to 21; North British Australa-
sian, to 1; and Scottish Australian Investment,
to Z prem.
Santiago shares have been dealt in at 21 to 21;
and the shares of the British Iron Company at ti.
Cobre shares are better, marking 30.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

SCOAL—The market is quiet, and the_pablic sale of Porto
Rica dtd not alter pliers! quotations. The refined market
dull; grocery lumps, 435. 6d. to 494.

oinks of Plantation Ceylon chiefly found
buyers at the extreme prices which ruled preview' to the
holidays. Native Ceylon steady at 453. to4ss.
TEL.—The market is firm, and dealers buy steadily what
their immediate wants require.
COTTON.-200 bales sold during the last two days.
licst continues dull ; proofs 33. to 3s. bd.
COCUINZAL.—IIonduras sold at full prices in public
wale. . .

In other articles no material alteration. lqarkcts gene-
rally dull.

TALLOW MARKET.-TIIIS DAY.

The tallow market is very dull, with no business doing.
Town tallow is quoted 63.. nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. ow
the spot, 645. ; January to March, 635. 9d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mr. E. J. Davis reports trade heavy ; prices without
alteration. Prime meadow hay, 725. to 80s. ; superior
ditto, 81,. to 90.. ; inferior ditto, 555. to 655. ; rowen, 60..
to 80s. ; clover, 00s. to 115 s. ; second cut, 80s. to 100 s.; straw,
225. to 279.

IMPORTANT NEW ROUTE BETWEEN DUBLIN AND
LONDON.—The rupture, twelve months since, of the ar-
rangements between the City of Dublin Steam Packet Com-
pany and the Chester and Holyhead and North Western
Companie., by the English managcrs, has led to an Ina.
Ottani arrangement bewecn the Great Weaken Company
and the Dublin Packet Company for the "through book-
ing" of passengers and goods between Paddington and
Dublin, via Oxford, Shrewsbury, and Birkenbcad. By
these means passengers can bofilt throughout, at reduced
fares, en three days every week, but in the season the ac-
commodation will be daily. This arrangement will open up
a new and interesting land route.
WIFE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.—An inquest
was held yesterday sfternoon, at the Manchester Royal
Infirmary, by Mr. Edward lierf,rd, coroner for the city,
on the body of Ellen Brain, of No. 4, Stanley-place, who
had died in the infirmary on the previous evening. Joseph
Brain, husband of the deceased, who was present in custody
of the police, was a day waiter at the Albion Hotel, and
went home on the night of the 30th ultimo in a state of
intoxication; a quarrel ensued between him and his wife,
is the course of which he became much exasperated, and
threw the tea-kettle at her head with such fatal precision
that the spout entered the scalp on the left side 0 her f-re-
head. She was afterwards conveyed to the infirm-ry,
where erysipelas ensued, of which she died on Tuesday
evening. The jury had not decided on their verdict when
our report was despatched.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAT.--Rettirn of (raffle -
for week ending Dec. 24, 1864 :—Pusengers, parcels, car-
riages, hones, dogs, and mails, 10,8894 71.11 d.: merchandise
and minerals:, 14,3491. 16..11d.; cattle, 4261. 19.. 7d.—
Total, 25,6664 44. Corresponding week, larolo
21,4891. 74.34.