The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-16 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANK—THIS DAY.
&lona —The sa►tet 'sestina's very firm at the late
ulnas*, sad the public sales are going effsteadlly. Raised
has shows a farther advance, and gratify lamps are quoted
hosa 665. 6d. to 60s. •

Corr.. continues steady.
Tae.—A portion of the arrivals of the new mason's crop
has been sold at 2s. 24. per lb., but higher prime ars maid
for the gnat samples.
Btos —A cargo of Boost sold is public sale at from 9s.
to 10e.
!Wm.—Priem ere unaltered, but the demand is limited.
SALl7lTl3.—Holders ask higher pews, which cheeks
batiste on the spot, but refract°. 6 has been sold at
365. 9d. English teased has advaseed es 39e. 61. to 40s.
INDLOO.—The qearterly sale sommeased yesterday meth-
thg, contathisi 17,600 thesta. There was a fair atteaduce
of buyers, both for house consumed°a and for exportation.
1,220 °hosts passed auction —6O chests withdraws, 600
bought in, sad 670 sold. Fiee qualities of Bengal *bowed
as advisee of 64. to Bd. on the previous quarterly sale, sad
44. to 64. ma ordinary qualities. Hurled' sold at 6d. advisee,
which oasiirmed the advances paid toothily by private
amstraot.

TALLOW MARIEBT.—THIS DAT.
The market I. Ares, with but little tallow offering. Tows;
tallow is quoted 625. 9d., aett sash; Petenbarg Y.C. ea
the spot, 636. 3d. ; last three swaths, 635.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mr. B. J. Davis reports a large supply. sad heavy trade.
Prices staistained with difficulty. Prime meadow bay,
Mr. to 80a; superior, old, Ms to 92•. 64.; inferior, 60s.
le ON. ; tom, Ms. to 705.; Glover, 70s. to 110 r. ; NOMA
est, 70e. to Mc; straw, Ms. to Ms

BASTIN!! STEAM NAVIGATION CONPANT.—Tho
ordinsry haityearly mooting of the proprietors of this
oompsay was summousd for ymterdsy at their works
(foomorly the ship-building yard of Scott Boman) at
lwaU, Poplar. Mr. F. H. Berkeley, 11. P , presided ;
but these cot beteg the another of stamholders present
required by the deed to ooastitoto a legal meeting, so best-
ow was tootosototi.

LlrsitNooL FINANCIAL Raroix AgeoclATloN.
At the meeting of this assosiation, a long letter was road
from a gentleman, adoration the desirability of forty es
fifty members of the House of Commons beading themotive
together to resist "pout out.," and other szpedieate fee
bucking disagreeable dismission. With referenee to the
Free-Trade Congress at Brawls, Mr. F. Bosh, being
usable to Woad, seat • brief report of his mimeos. He
woe usable, it seems, to do all that be desired is the way
of urging the Mews of the Financial Reform Amcciatioa
rwortatiag seesmeres and tazatioo, because, when ha in-
ferno" the ernmitte• that them itioladed the abolition
of e!1 tarns on geenmoditles and materials of manufastare
sad the substitution of direst tenatioa, they were wadi
alarmed, and begged that be would not broach suck
views at any of the meetings, being apprehensive that
if be did he would 'met the whole affair. They con-
curred generally in his opinions, bat considered them tme
far dowsed for ha Continent, which woo sa yet but
little beyond the very *toehold of free trade. Acknow-
ledging the force of Imo and other objeetioas, Mt. Bosh
ahaadosed kis original lateral's, bet prepared a paper
etotieg the views of Me Financial Reform Association en
eommereial legislation and taxation. Mr. Boat also alluded
to the fart that the Mina goverameat is in favour of free
trade. He seggistal that, if this country were to abolish
se greatly /Maas Modernise= Fern& whim, brad!.., sad
silks, the vine growousead silk growers of Fraser, forming
very numerous slams of the pepalatioe, would at oaos
become free-traders, sot the Mods of the gc moment would
be immense strengthened la its admires towards free
trade. In • übith look place relative to the pro-
posed marriage of the Nimes Royal, and the proposal of a
separate ostablishotern 6. the Primo of Wales, many mem-
bers said that they timid the dowry of the prisons should
be provided by her royal paean; while on the subject of
the proposed allowance to the beir to the throne, it was ad-
vised that SOSO questioss should be asked as to• what has
bees dose with the reve•Atte of the duchy of Cornwall, said
to =oast to 40.0001. per aasse—a ens which, if kept
intact sines the prime's birth, ought now to be worth about
800,0001.—Mesidialw Coortion.
WANT Or ST/AM-TUGS AT CALCUTTA.—The want
of adequate steess•tug acammodatiou is much oomplaiaed
of by the merchant. and °waists at Calcutta, se the fol-
lowing extracts from letters resolved, per overland mail, by
a leadieg house In the Rust India trade of Liestpool will
show. lament of a letter from Meson. —, dated Cel-
estes, Sept. 18 :—" From the tenor of our last letter of the
"Sad alt . you will probably suppose that you vessel bed
left the river, bat we regret to say thatsset is the condition
of the steam-tags that amebas of vessels, in addition b
your awn, have been compelled to quit Calcutta without
stem. Captain for erns weeks has been endeavour-
lag to obtain s tag, sad to farther Ids wishes we have made
every merticie, sad, disappointed, he hoe at last
started without steam. A system of gambling is
at this moment "skis, places with regard to the
captains of these tees, who sell Me tuns of the vessels they
have est.g.ted to take down to the highest bidder ; sad, se
pause& me, this branch of the arresgemesta we have to
make for sin ps is most unablssosse." Estract of a letter
from the 'mettle referred to above, dated Celeutta, Sept.
• 1 gad It impossible to get Mem, bode, welted sines
the 28rd afloat month, and now I am obliged to buy a pilot
for 600 rupees—the only indummest to get one to take me
dews." Retract of a letter from another captain, dated
Calcutta, Sept. 8:—" 1 moot to be ready by the Bth of
October, cad am promised steam on that date, bat I cannot
have say coalidern la them. Ships bore been most awfully
delayed for steam lately, and there have been a great mesa
secidents in the river in eoasequeam. The -- waited for
steam for 14 or 16 days, and was at last obliged to go with-
out, but I upset be would be cancelled to pay nearly :he
math to bribe the pilot to keep him off the banks se would
pay for 'steamer. Nice system."
CRYSTAL "'SLAM ONZ SHILLING DATr
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s.esseasigurserosamoswithoti Eilatantelas:Ls,
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busy peogorlog isseseissi eseassues. The prim of wheat
ins still Mettleg allemdeney to rise.
The isweidpil smolt of Mantes has voted a eon-
stilesabis ern he the reasptles et the Hopson of Austria,
anigtomiwir Zelocrtuate the angimpliresce of that event,
has a esefti 11.0.141111„ foe the erectile
ef emboli elreleta Ise yews leers
Elms of the &team poetising In the Bristol
Gam/ Court. sew spears In ewes. end thus distinguish
thesesives as tin. use hall ken ernesst, sad an the other
from spats sibs swine ems brine Illis tribunal.