The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-10 00:00:00

BUICIDI IN BILTDOIIB-STRIZT.—Mr. Bedford
hold ma Wrest yeeteaelay et tbe 801 l Taws, WeWarm.
etreet, amid. ea the body of &chord Baphawe, the Dews-
spat, who moot red esiside as Sunday imerolag. The
jury relented s verdict el "Tesseerary Teesalty."

MONEY MARKET.

Tosszar
The business in the home funds to-day was of a
very unimportant nature, and throughout then was
scarcely any variation from the :opening price, which
was, for Consols, 921 to j for mosey, and 921 for en.
count. A slight improvement took place towards the
nal& of the day, when they were quieted 1 better;
this, however, was not folly asaintaieed, sad they
closed clicially at 921 Mild
tottifirr money, sad eIS to
for accountaccountSince thou blouse a little ,
and were quoted last at 921 aonent.
Exchequer bills have expinisseed an adverse St
2s. They were negotiated far all kinds at 40s. sad
445. prem. Bank Stock wee dons at 199 kr OW
count; India Banda at 795. poem.
Very little was done in the foreign house. With
the oweeptisa of Hessian being done at 106, the dm&
hp did not exhibit any material variation in valve.
They were the following :
Brazilian, at 831 ex div. Two and a Half pee
Cent. Dutch, at 53 and ; exchange, 12 Olden.
Mexican (ex January coupon), for account, at 1191
ditto, Small, at 27 and 281. Peruvian Pam pee
Cell's., 1849, at 63 and I ex, div.; ditto, Defined,
at 19, 18/, 191, sad last at 19/. Bassist at 106.
Spanish Fin per Cents., foe accouat, at 161 and 1;
Ditto, Calmest, at 81. Dutch Four pee Cent. Cer,
Orates at 82, ex. div.
The quarterly Indigo sales commenced to-day, ne-
gating of 19,717 chests, of which 14,980 chests are
Bengal, Oath, &o. The following report is from the
circular iseaed this evening by Mews. Wilkinson
and.Jewsbary:
The goalie's§ el the Bagel ate about rte-fourtle psi sad
fine, tad thmatonsthe middling sad odium. The Moho.
red 'Carpal two-thirde middling and sodady. sod eme-
third geed sad lac The °ads mostly adhoosy sod way
snisary. The Indhspetas sad Malls wading and ordi-
nary with sew Isw "ism of ed. The mob Ma pa.
mated • tell appereess. let 1M etiendense 'theme buy=
wee modems ; before sonessadeosellle& 11,11111obsele were
withdraws, which, terabit with 1,1111- daises beim
'smokes the real quadby asesedesd esjrtairscerre-
tst.".Zemi,6o4 ease. The soles weed el* a
and
4411. T., whisk soli at rotas fully up so dues of sly, and
k doe Indus's+ new lulgheri_this has been the character
of all that Allowed today. We quote the fine shipping
qualities of Bowel lad sales pries; the middling sorts last
We to 2d. Moen Wakes last sale, and Knepah last sale to
W. higher. 1,116 obsess have passed to-day, of which 480
were withdraws, SI bleak is, ad 796 sold. The following
will show the *bed sad Sweet pride •.-
623 Chats Onde, the. fa. dd. to 6e. 6d. per lb.
107 „
188 „ Karnali
480 Withdrawn.
After:log to letters from Dantzig of the 2nd, the
market for good and fine qualities of wheat was
pretty well maintained, owing to their scarcity, the
stock bav:ng become reduced to a few hundred hate
For this description the price was quoted 44a. to
445. 6J. per quarter for 83 to 84 lb,. tine high mixed
43e. for 62 to 63 lbs. secondary descriptions
40s. to 41s. for 62 to 63 lbs. mixed and Ise
mixed ; lower sorts of 61 to 62 lbs., more oe less,
foul and defective found buyers at 375. to 38s. per
quarter f. o. b., and even the new wheat obtained
these prices, although of indifferent c3ndition sad
quality. The new crop in the inland districts is not
considered very good u to quality, whilst that of
Poland maintains a higher reputation. The present
stock of wheat in granary is estimated at 12,000
lasts, of which 2,000 lasts were in course of
shipment. The exports of grain in September
were 8,514 lasts of wheat. 511 lasts of rye,
281 lasta of barley, 270 lasts of beans. The total
shipments of wheat to Great Britain this year to
the end of August were 91,460 quarters, and in
September 73,220 quarters, total 167,870 quarters.
According to arias from Leipzig of the 2nd inst.
it appears that fears of the cholera had contributed to
keep many of the usual customers from attending the
fair. Notwithstanding this untoward circumstance
a my good business bad been done is most breathe;
of industry, but especially in woollen cloths, whisk
had realised on en average from 1 to 3 dollars per
piece advance on last year's prices. English mann-
hictures, principally cottons, were in very good
request, and a deal of business has been transacted
in them. The greater can which is taken in finish-
ing them, as compared with the German zollvenin
manufactures, contributed greatly to recommend them
to the dealers in preference to the native fabrics. The
business in hides bad been unusually animated, and
latterly in deer hides especially, of which 15,000 had
been disposed of at 15 to 26 dollars. and 20,000 kips
at 14 to 25 dollars per canner. The anopl of bides
and leather was by no means equal to the
Letter; from Hungary inform us that the wool
market at Pesth up to the Ist inst. bad been very
active, and that upwards of 6,000 oentner of wool had
been disposed of to the Bohemian and Moravian
dealers, the second clip at 2 florin lower, and the
single clip at rather better than previous rates. The
communication through Comorn being now open, it
was expected an influx of proprietors of wool clips
you'd be the consequence, and that ere long the
market would be well supplied with that article.
Letters from Sm7rna have been received to the
22nd September, being only five days later than those
previously to hand. The fruit market was in a
very active state, and the arrivals of figs already
amounted to 14,000 quintals. The price was quoted
at 90 to 150, and for Eleme 150 to 180 piastres per
quintal. In yellow grain some business had been
done at 181 and 19 piastres per the. Wool bad been
disposed of at 240 to 250 piastres per quintal. A few
chests of opium bad found purchasers at 98/ to 97
per cheqiu. The exchange on London was 1091
to 110.
From the correspondence and journals received by
the last mail from New York we glean some interest-
ing intelligence on a subject which now occupies a
great deal of attention on the part of the Amnions
public—we allude to the proposed formation of a
railroad route between the Atlantic and IPasifle
Oceans.

Daring the present month two conventions are to
be held—the one at Sr. Louis,' and the other at
Memphis, both in the Valley of the Missimippl—he
tho purpose of promoting the
.peaseention
of this most desirable undertaking ; and to
each of these conventions delegates will probably
be sent from all parts of the country. In this mighty
project unanimity is certainly the thing necessary,
and it is to be regretted that that is a probability of
its prosecution being perhaps indefinitely delayed, la
consequesos of the clashing of the venous adverse
local interests involved in the question. The conven-
tion at Memphis, it appears, will be favourable to
the route proposed by the middle and southern pot.
lion of the union, whilst that at St. Louis will em-
brace the northern interest, and adiocate the northern
route.
It is to be hoped that the route for the great tho-
roughfare will be Axed with reference to the common
advantage of the whole country, and that keel sad
party:uttered' will not be permitted to have teo
weitlity a voice in the matter. A strong &Transit
in favour of the claims of Memphis to be the
=upon the Mississippi of the jimpued°lirn
in the fact that the Misnisipo is navi-
gable up to that point at all seams of
me Peri and in every stage of water, for
the largest steamers which float upon the western
rivers ; whilst Bt. Louis, which also urges its claims,
cannel be reached by the larger steam craft, daring
certain pollens of the =MUM and " fall n
when the waille Ot the river are low. AIZZ
argonaut in favour of the more southern rests is,
that Memphis is below the point at whisk les use
closes the river, whilst, in the winter menthe. ke
&mope* =tool below tit. Luis, and ems below
the mseA of the Ohio river.
It may be necessary to mention that
Mends en die east beak of the MisimipplWesslt,
about 760 Nabs above New Orleans, and in the mu&
west octane of the state of Toonesses. In rapidity of
growth it hes leen scarcely surpassed by any el the
(Atka of the west, which se soddenly t ken the
untrodden forests tats buy and thri emperisses
ocouneres—its prawn popdatiiio, entomb
to about twelve thousand, having ieffessed by
three-fourths within the last ten years. The
trade of the place depute chiefly on cotton, at
which the annual export amounts in value to from
fur millions to eight millions e dollars, according to
the fullness of the crop and the Vice.
The points to be regarded in the ;thrice of the route
are, that it shall be safisiontly oote.ll to the entire
union, shall panne the shortest distance, the sagest
levels, and the dirge which will be mad-