The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-02 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAN.

The market is steady , the demand fair for consumption;
but there is little doing ou speculation. The following are the
prices :—Town Tallow, 3Ss. nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C.,
on the spot, 39c, new; 3sa. fsl., old; last three months,
388. 94.; January and March, 395. Gd.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Cooper and Davis report the supply large, and
trade heavy. Prime Meadow Hay, to 765. ; iuferior, 66a.
to 60s. ; Rowen, 60s. ; Clover. old, 665. to 811. ; Straw, 245.
to 275.

COALS.-LONDON, OCT. 1.-CLOPS OF THE. MARKET.
-Bate's West Hartley, 14s. Gd.; Chester Main, 15s.
Hustings' Hartley, 15s. ; Ilulywell, 15s. Gd. ; Hartlepool
West Hartley, 14s. Gd. ; North I'ercy Hartley, I 11. 6d.;
New Tanlield, 13s. GI. ; ltuvensworth West !Gulley,
143.9 d.; Tanfield Moor, 14s. ; Tanlield Moor Butes, Its. 641.;
Townley, 14s. Gd.; West Hartley, 15s. 9d.; Wylam, 15s. ;
Walls End Acorn Close, 165.; Walls End Gibsou, Lis. 64.;
Walls End Gosforth, Lis. Gd. ;Walls End llartun, 154. 6d. I
Walls End llebburn, 15s. Gd. ; Walls End Northumber-
land, 16s. ; Walls End Peureth Gas, 13s. Bd.; Walls End
ltiddcll, 16s. 6d.; Walls End Walker, 16s. 3d. ; Shen Main,
16s. 3d. ; Walls Ead Belmont, 16s. 3d.; Walls EMI Brad-
dyll, 16s. 6d.; Walls Eud Iletton, 16s. 9d.; Walls Rod
Kepler, 16s. 3d. ; Walls End Lambtun, 16s. 941. ; Walls
End Pensher, 165.; Walls End !tassel's Helton, Pis. 6d. ;
Walls End Stewart's, Uis. 9d. ; Walls End tVliitwell,
15s. 9d.; Walls End Cassop, 16'. 3d. ; Walls End Hartle-
pool, 16s. 9d. ; Walls End Ileugh Hall, 1116. ; Walls
End Kenos, 16a. 341. ; Walls End South Hartlepool, 16s. 3d.;
Walls End South Kenos, 16s. ; Walls End West Keller,
15s. Gd. ; Walls End Whitworth, 1 in. 64.1. ; Walls End
Adelaide Tees, 16s. 3d. ; Walls End Richardson's Tees,
151. ; Walls End Seymour Tees, 15s. 6d.; Walls End
South Durham, 13s. 9d. ; Walls End Tees, 16s. gd.; Birch-
grove (iraiguls, 19s. ; Hartley, 14s. 61. ; Llungennech,
19s. 6d.-Snips at market, 108 ; sold, 99.

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AND Loss OP LIFE AT ZANTE.
—A correspondent, dating Corfu, Sept. 20, says:—Thc
'Medusa, which arrived onluesday from the lonian Islands,
brought accounts of a most distressing accident which
occurred very lately at Zantc. A small house, on the
Amount of ground floor of which was a shop kept by a Greek, acciden-
Due. Dividend. tally caught fire. The major of the 41st Regiment turned
Sept. 30—Bnuilian Five per Cents., 1839 £t2.ooo out immediately with • party of his soldiers to aid in ex-
Sept. 30—Ditto, 1824 and 1829 ; ditto, 182.5 and tinguishing it. The townspeople also flocked to the place
1829 (N. M. Rothschild and Sons)
Sept. 30—Chilian Six per Cents. 28,000 But before the fire could be extinguished, it bad reached
Sept. 30—Ditto, Three per Cents.
Sept. s—Cuba Six per Cents 24,800 explosion ensued. It appears that two barrels of gun.
Sept. 30—Danish Three per Cents~ 1825
Sept. I—Ditto, Five r Cents 20,000 adjoining one of the rooms
in the second storey.
Oct. I—Peruvian Five Cents.
per
Sept. I—liwssian Five per Cents.
the result can easily be imagined. Eleven men perished at
E4e),800 once, and among these a drummer of the 41st Regiment.
Total
There is an amount likewise due fur Canada and equally so were no Ices than 150 of the inhabitants. It is
Colonial Stock. feared that several of the wounded will lose their lives.
The dividends and interest which have been just We have not been able to ascertain what became of the.
paid, and are now payable on railway stocks, shares owner of the building. lie may have perished under tho
ruts, but if he can be laid hold uf, he will soon be brought
and debentures may be estimated at three millions. severe account for
nfodlly, earelessoneais, and for
The City of Glasgow steamer from Philadelphia w very
breaking 'ethvee sttileictlio.f.rb'adtsoaLytioninco
from keeping in a dwelling withinY
has arrived, bringing over specie to the amount of
200,000 dollars. more than three pounds weight of powder. This sad ecci-
The freight circular of Mr. George Mir, just dent had naturally thrown a deep gloom over all the resi-
issued, notices that the news from Sydney, with full dents in Zante.
confirmation of the discovery of gold, has stimulated WATERFORD AND TRAMORE RAILWAY COMPANY.
the exports to that quarter, and, combined with the —lncompliance with the " Waterford and Tremors Rail-
way Act' during the last session of parliament, a
aupposed difficulties to be experienced in getting
advertised meeting
of the shareholders of th's
ships„awayfrom Sydney, has caused a considerablei company was
'Owed to be held on Tuesday in Dublin, but a quorum
rise in freights, as much as V. per ton being asked, not having been formed within the time prescribed by the
and 50s. to 60a. freely offered. With regard to the Companies Clauses Consolidation act, the meeting was ad-
anticipated lose of hands, a suggestion is proffered of iourned sins die.