The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

for AC.ltall.
1%1118, MAY 9.
IlittlCat.
biter Cents.
per Cents., 1572 ' 100 ' ... ...
1. per Cents., :3t2 104 In ! 104 25 104 55 101 26 I 101 50
4 per Cents.
per Cents. New Lava; ... I

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Exchange on London: attolght, 25 6; 90 days, 24 874.
linglan,,perCLlBlo Money I Naples Bente — Money.
Do. 4i
Do. 2f
Pirdinont .1 p.Ct 99 1 Treeeury Loads ... ...
Do. 5, 1853
PARIS, MAY 9.—St. Germain, 1,900 ; Versailles (right
bank), —; ditto (left tank), 365 ; Purls and Orleans, 1,115 75;
Paris and Rowe, 1,176 25 ; Rouen and Havre, 560; Marooning
and Asigu.on (Concerted), ; Strasbourg and Bale, 382 50;
Northers, 930; Paris and strabbourg, 943 ; Parr. and 1.3.,,n9,
971 25; Lyons and Mediterrasoui, 869; Ourst, 863 ; Paris and
CherbArg, 648 re; Dijon an-I Boiancon, Slio ; Midi, 675; Mon.
Wrenn and Troyes, 4'5 ; Grateseessie and &niers, 529 73; Dieppe
and lenanp, 372 SO; I'arla and Sceaux, 16i ; Blume end St.
Diziel to Gear, 575; Bordeaux and Testa, 315; Central Masse, 495;
Methane to Than, —.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

St:GAL—The huge public sales are going off steadily, at
fully last week's prices, and the private contract market for
West India is also very firm. The refined market steady;
grocery lumps, 464.6 d. to 483. Gd.
CorrEE.—There has not been any offered in public sale
today, and the nem Ind by private contract is limited.
Native Ceylon quoted 46i. to 465. Gd., with but few sellers
at the former price.
Tae.—The trade is looking forward with some anxiety
for the arrival of the China mail. The market is very firm.
INDlOO.—The quarterly sale has commented. Fine
shipping qualities are quoted at about 3d. advance ; low
qualities chiefly bought in; the portion sold shows a slight
decline.
There have not been public sales of Spices, Nice, or Salt-
petre, which has kept the markets inactive.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mr. E. J. Davis reports a dull trade at the following
prices :—Prime meadow Hay, 84s. to 925. od. ; inferior, 795.
to 78s. ; Howen, 455. to 555. • Clover, 903. to 1955.; second
out, 70s. to 90o.; Straw, 295. to 335.
TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.

The Tallow market is quiet at .the annexed quotations:
Town Tallow, 465. 9d. nelt cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the
spot, 475. to 475. 3e1.; April and May, 475. to 465. 9d.;
Oct.to Dec. (new), 475.

THE LAST AUSTRALIAN MAIL, Tin India, con.
tinned about 30,000 letters, and 50,000 newspapers.
THE NEW AUSTRALIAN MAIL SYSTEII.—The SOUL
to be paid in future for the conveyance of a mail to Aus-
tralia will be 1,0001. sterling. The following are the chief
conditions of the tender for conveying the next Australian
mail. The mail may be conveyed in a steamer or sailing
vessel by any route, and she may sail from London. Liver-
pool, Plymouth, or Southampton. The vessel must be des-
patched on the Ith of June next; if not, a dail, penalty of
501. will be enforced ; and if the vessel is not despatched on
the 9th of June the contract can be annulled and a penalty
of 250/. inflicted. The Australian nails may be landed at
Adelaide, Melbourne, or Sydney. If the mail packet only
calls at one port 1001. is to be deducted for the delivery of
each of the other mails by the colonial postmasters, and the
time for the performance of the contract is to be reduced.
The penalty for not delivering the mails in the time speci-
fied is 201. a day. The total penalties are not to exceed
1,250/. The mail ship must be registered at Lloyd's AI.
The mail room is to contain a space equal to 1,000 cubic
feet, or larger it required. It is to be under lock and key,
and protected from leakage. No lettere are to be conveyed
by the mail ship except those contained in the mails or pri-
vileged by law. The contract is not to be underlet without
consent of the Postmaster-General. No member of the
House of Commons is to be cennected with the contract.
DANGEROUS SHOAL IN THE PACIFIC.—The new
shoal which is now in process of formation by marine vol-
canic agencies, bears south-west from St. Clement's Island,
about 3.1 miles, and is within 8 miles of the coral reef
indicated by the 'United States' coast survey, but not down
on the ordinary charts. As nearly as ascertained, it is about
half a mile in extent, lying directly in the track of the
Paaama steamers, and Wall seen by Captain Cropper, of the
Cortes, and Mr. Healy, his first officer, as well as by the
commander of the Pacific. Captain Cropper witnessed the
following phenomenon :—The sea around the shoal was as
smooth as a floor, when suddenly a heavy column of water
was projected into the air some twenty feet, appearing to
be thrown up from a common centre, and, although white
with foam, having no appearance such as ordinary breakers
present. In an instant it subsided, and the water became
as smooth as it was before. This was repeated several
times, and leaves no room to doubt of the existence of a
submarine volcano there. According to the observation
made en board the steamer Pacific, the latitude of this new
shoal is 32.30 N., longitude 119.08 W.—Panama Hero/d.

AusrnALlA:i PitonttE.—According to Sydney
papers recently received, the value of the produce of the
New South Wales gold fields in 1851, was 46%3882:NT S
end in 1852, 2,744,961/. The wool exports in 1851 atneenttd "1. 4.. V“.•
to 45,78.3 bales; in 1852, 0,151 bales. In 18.3142pG oaski
of tallow were exported; in 1852, the exports *mooted to
19,914 casks. 68,641 hides were exported in 1861, and
73,104 in 1852, which proves that the pastoral interetts of
New South Wales have suffered no serious detnment from
the gold discoveries.

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