The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-08 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

Suomi —The market remain quiet. The public sale of
200 bozos Hannah was withdrawn at froM33s. to 375. 6d.,
which was rather above the market value. A cargo of
Bahia sold afloat, reported at 19s. 3d. for a niter port. The
refined market steady; brown lumps, 421. 6d. ; grocery,
434. to 491.

boini.-160 casks of plantation Ceylon sold in public
ails at yesterday's prices. 2,000 bags native Ceylon sold
by private contract at 465. 6d.
Tai.—Tlas market is firm.

If/ALIT/MM.-620 bags wets offend, and bought in at
high prices. Refraction, 31. 28e. 6d. ; ref., 7i, 2.5 e.
Rica.-2,700 huge Bengal were offered in public sale, and
bought is 13s. 84. to 14e.

Role continues dull. Demerara proof sold at 2s. 3d.,
which is ld. decline.

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COTION.-200 dales sold yesterday on 'Change.
In other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The tallow market is firm. The demand is improving
both for home consumption and for the continent. Peters-
burg Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 48e. 6d. ; April and May,
48.. 3d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mr. E. J. Davis reports trade without alteration. Prime
meadow hay, 20s. to Ws. ; superior, 86s. to 92.. 6d. ; ialerior,
601. to 60s. ; rows., 60s. to 80s.; clover, 911 s. to 116 s. ; second
est, 60s. to 1066. ; straw, 245. to 221.

NORTH WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for week
ending March 4, —Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, and maim 20,8631. 18e. 2d. ; merchandise, 26,819 L.
81. 3d. • cattle, 1,0831. 1... Bd. Total, 48,7875. 2s. ld.
CawreetZondins week, 1854.49,3191. 17a. Od
GAUT NORTHERN RaLwAY.--Rorturii of traffic
Mr week ending Feb. 25, 1865 :—Pameagan, panels, car-
riages, horses, dogs, and mails, 5,2871. 13e. Bd. ; akinhaa44o
Yd ' 12,2181. 186. &I.; cattle, 4do. 11a. Ild.—
Tilsit 17,9s 1. 44. 34. Corroopettliag wok, 1044,
1.17341. 60. U.

favour, and I. well bought. After touching 80, or
par, the price closed at 791 to .1, being per cent.
higher than yesterday. Sardinian receded 1 per cent.,
and Mexican experienced a further decline, the
accounts from that republic being unfavourably in-
terpreted. Other stocks were generally steady.
The corn market to-day was dull, at last Monday's
decline.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 13th
inst. for the conveyance from the Thames of a quan-
tity of stores to various ports, including Gibraltar,
1 Malta (partly shot, shell, and combustible stores), St.
Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, Trincomalee, Hon-
duras, Sydney, Melbourne, Antigua, St. Lucia, Tri-
nidad, Tortola, Demerara, Corfu, and two or three
hundred tons of filled projectiles and cartridges for
the Black Sea fleet.
The half-yearly dividend court of the Bank of
IlEngland is called for the 15th inst.
The soles of sugar to-day went off with spirit, at
very high prices.
Our Mansion-house police report contains a notice
of an extensive robbery of bills of exchange and
money by a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Gibson,
Nichols, and Co., notaries, of King William-street.
At Amsterdam yesterday (Tuesday) the exchange
oft London was quoted 11.771, short ; at Hamburg,
13.41, short ; and at Berlin, 6.154.
At the eleventh half-yearly meeting of the Railway
Passengers Assurance Company to.day the report
was adopted, of which the subjoined are the chief
paragraphs, viz.:
The amount of premiums for the half.year to the 31st of
December, received anti due, is 4,3941. 3a. 61., making,
with that ter the previous six months, a total income of
9,4881. 17s. 3d, for the yesrjust closed. The amount actually
received, as will be seen by the printed statement of accounts
in the bands of the proprietors, is 3,5161. 14s. 101., which,
with the balance from last half-year and the interest on ta-
vestments, makes the sum of 7,2941 6s. to credit of revenue
account. The disbursements include, besides the ordinary
expenses, the large sum of 2,2461. 2s. Ild. for compensation,
and a charge of 1501. towards the liquidation of preliminary
expenses—in all, 6,4241. 91. 91.; and this loaves a balance
of 2,7471. 41. 111., invested, is hand, and due from agent',
from which sem your directors recommend the payment of
interest on the paid-up capital at the rate of 4 per cent. per
annum, free from income tax, reserving the balance to meet
the customary charges for overnment duty, and commis-
sion, and risks on existiug insurances. The amount of com-
pensation paid during the half-year is 2,246/. 2s. lid.,
making the amount for the year 4,0481. 13s. Ild., and
forming a considerable proportion of the income received.
The total compensation paid from the formation of the com-
pany to the present time amounts to 16,2211.6.., which is a
very large sum considering the comparatively small number
of those who travel that have insured ; and, as every person
receiving assistance from the company is enabled to testify
in his circle to its utility, ouch a fact ought to exercise a greet
and permanent influence in favour of railway insurance.
In the market for land shares to-day the onl
change was an improvement in South Australlin
Land. Oriental Bank shares advanced 11., other
bank stocks remaining steady. The Royal Mail
Steam Company's stock closed 11. higher than yester-
day. Crystal Palace shares have advanced to 3 1-11
to 3 3-16; the preference shares closed at 1-16 to
3-16 prem. East and West India Dock stock has
been dealt in at 1181 to 119 ; General Screw Steam
Shipping at 141 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam at
57 to 5b ; and the shares of the Trust and Loan
Company of Upper Canada at 52, or prem.

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