The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-01 00:00:00

NEW YORK MARKETS.

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Nsw Toss. Aram 19.

The stock and share markets have been feverish owing to the ap.
prehessioss caused by tke continued ex. ort of specie, and the doubt.
fulness of the result of the Vienna Conference, and the reported edop.
lion of strong measures by the American geveromest towards Spain.
Prices have fluctuated daily, but not materially. end, on the whole,
there is a sight downward teadeney, with drafted transactione, ex-
cept la • few of the in re specuLitive 'toots sad b ode. With the
exception of a slight increase its the (Amend, the positional the money
market is unchanged. Leans on call are readily obtained at sit per
cent, and the toes of diecount range from to N per cent. The ex-
ports of specie for the fortnight were 1,642,686 dole. Ron Ina of gold
from California, 878,040 dun. The last steamer brought only 188,000
dole., but the am wits from the mining districts were favourable,
and there was a rapid accurateation of gild dust in the iaterior. The
imports of merchandi.e matins d to show a larg failing off u com-
pared wl.h there of lest year. The total decrease since In of January
wee 13,300.00 e dole. The decrease of exports of merchendies in the
same period was only 1,300,000 don., which was nearly balanced by
the increased shipments of specie. In exclrinzot there is a fair heal-
, nen for the Baltic. Sterling Is not abundant, but continental is less
fair, with an increased supply exceeding the demand. rile on Lan-
des are quoted 91 to lei per cent. prem.; Paris, ka, 3f. 1. ic. to
it. I Ile. to days, and if. uric. short eight. Hamburg, 841 to b 7.

CURSES BELL.—Tht. Belfast Mercury says :—" We
recently quoted from the Daily New an interesting article
on this gifted authoress, or rather on the perm' known to
the reading public by that pseudonym. We have since
learnt some particulars respecting her father's family which
will be more especially interesting to our reader*, when they
learn, probably for the first time, that they were natives of
the county Down. The father of the authoress war Mr.
Patrick Pruuty, of the parish of Ahaderg, near Loughbrick-
land. His parents were of bumble engin, but their large
family were remarkable for physical strength and personal
beauty. The mamal quickness and intelligence of Patrick
?runty attracted the attention of the Bev. Mr. Tighe, rector
of Drumgooland parish, who gave him a good education in
England, and finally procured him a curacy in
Wales. In his new sphere he wes not unmindful of his
family claims, for he settled 201. per annum on his
mother. The writer of the article in the Daily News, in
giving the real name of the authoress as Bronti, derives it
from Brenton., and declares that the family was of ancient
Irish extraction. The latter statement may or may not be
the fact, but we have excellent authority for mentioning
that Prunty was the mine which the family bore in their
own neighbourhood of the county Down. The patron of
Mr. Patrick Prunty, disliking the name, requested him to
take that of Bronte, from the fanciful idea that the Greek
word Bronte would appositely signify the singular quickness
and intelligence of his intellect. After Mr. Bronze had
assumed the duties of his clerical office, he married, ann the
issue of that marriage were the three talented women who
delighted the reading world under the titles tf Currer,
Acton, and Ellie Bell. Of this triad. Caner was the
bright particular star,' and her fictitious title of Caner
Bell was not less revered by her readers than was her real
name of Charlotte Brenta by her aged relative.' in the
county Down, to whom she presented very lately the sum
of 1201., with copies of her works."
TEMPERANCE BY ACT OP PARLIAMENT. The
number of persons apprehended by the Newcastle police on
the charge of drunkenness during the twenty-six Sundays
prior to the operation of the new Beer Act was 271; during
the twenty-sin Sunt.ars subseque .t, 328; increase, 66. We
have been favoured with these figures, says the Gateshead
Marrow, by Mr. Dunne, the Newcastle superintendent,
and if we are entitled to draw any inference whatever from
this result, as to the consequences of the measure, it is that
parliament has hit upon an effectual method of increasing
the amount of Sunday drunkenness.
SMUGGLING ♦ BILL THROUGH PARLIAMENT.—
The Cathedral Acts Continuance Bill, to which we called
public attention under this head on the 13th ult., as having
been allowed to pass through the House of Lords after the
reeignatien of Lord Aberdeen but before the acceptance of
filce by Lord Palmeri con, and as having been hurried
through it* first and second readings in the Comm •ns in the
hope of its *lipping through unnoticed before the return of
Lord John Russell, was last week altogether withdrawn.
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