The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-06 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARIZ2S.

LIVERPOOL CORN MAREET.--(T1118 DA7.)
lIIITTION AND ISTAN 11UONSTIO 111.101,11P1.)
ONION Purl OWN OINAMMIONDINT.)
• Wheat moderate; badness full ; prioes of Tuesday.
?lour dull; sake without alteration. ludiao owlsad
beans in felt request; prime unaltered. Oat. and oatmeal
without change. Fair attendance of boyars.

MINCING-LANIL—(THIS DAY.)
livoku.—The public oleo are peastioshwg stautuy without
nay maturiel altastios ht prism. Rabaul dull. Lumps,
51m to Us.
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doriziT—The mall public melee consisted of foreign, and
did not elm general quotation'.
Tea.—The market remain, inactive, but prices are about
as
tcrtPenembe steady.
Ilaurrirrlan.—Priose are unaltered,
lirtcna.—The market le inactive.
Markets guestuUy have a dull appearance to-day.

TALLOW MARYILT.,•(THIB DAT.)
The ambit ie steady Ind lasothe. Tows tallow is
Ns. id., apt tea ; Petarsesrg T.C.sa the spot, 130•. ;
Mk. to des. 6d. ; Aped to Jute; lids. to tode. rid.; Oot.
te DION SY.

SMITHFIELD HAT MAREET.—(THIS DAT.)
Kr. f. J. Davis reports Undo 1r for rod hay sad
clover. Prima meadow hay, 70a. to 80c; amptior ditto,
84.. to 90c ; inferior ditto, fie. to 80..; roans, 46.. to
that. ; Glover, old, 90.. Od.; to 106..; ditto is., ..sad
oat, 76. to ; straw, 25a. ballOo.

FALL OF RAIISAY-TERRACIL EDINEDEOIL—The
=MO Marine terms tootatly erected by the late
nay as a spar ed the Castle-hill, Edinburgh,
isterbeegag Priam street Garbs% ban given way owing to
deloollat kaadeasa, sad boxes s mass of runts. The
rah is sea el the most Inelatoboly and extraordinary that
as well be hmegieed. The slope( ground below the well
Is eat up sad Mad by the promare of the falai ma., sad
Lee its.,, base been hurled almost to the bottoms of the
valley, though es the bee of the bin, st trots 10 te 10 het
below he farmer level. reek the greet burdes el the
dislocated mammy. Canoe Thursday sight the arse hie
esedisald kinkier to yield, and whilst at the sides the Me-
ad areas of the butunteed sad bettlenasated walls are NM
A, though in brakes sad distorted asthma', thesealre
L lembecame a °Waged rid indistinguishable heap. nu
meet of the steaks at the terrace to the lees public-orbited
pariter Is said to bane been about 6.0001. or 6,0001.
BT. Hamann COLLIERY Biluge.—The ord-
Nary sake at fk. Balsas still osadases, mad, according to
fewest appeareaess, Ylately to be of setae duration, as both
arelsee mad -ea miataa Oak grimed. The tradraten
sad agaguaspas la the Sewn are begiaalag to tsel very
arms- area cf the strike, sod within the last kw days
Awn bee heat felt drisaget the provision
orris af lOW fit the turn. outs baring
giumageg provisiese, aseeespealed by threats. Oa Friday
sem el the fame. at the atekeshe glair- works of Ywta
Pllllegtea sad Co. wen stepped la ocasequenoe of the non-
Barr d east, the slatof which is that • law aamber of
bomb here beta tbuewa oat of employment,
ROYAL Pm' HOIPII'AL, GRAT'S-INN-ROAD.—
The samba c4_ palliate relieved at this hospital darks' the
week awilag Kara I, was 2,70 i, of which 72i mat an
011111..

$

MONEY MARKET.-7111S D4l.

Two o'CLoci.

The funds to-day have &wooly varied in price,
but the present quotations in Consols are about 1-18
per cent. below those current at the close yesterday.
Very little business is going forward in any depart-
ment, general dulness being shown. The only excep-
tion is lathe Indian rupee paper, which has advanced
to $ per cent. The Five par Cent. is now quoted
96 tot; and the Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 104;
to 106.

The Indian Five per Cent. stock of 1839 is
arm, at 104 to 1.
Consols are officially marked 941 and 1 for money,
and 941 for the account. The present quotations
are 941 to 1 for money and next Thursday, and
04 11-16 to 4 for the 11th of April Bank Stock
has been dealt in at 2291 ; the Three
per Conte. Reduced, at 941, i, 1, and 4;
the New Three per Cents., 941 and 4; the Indian
Five per Cent. Stock of 18.59, at 1041, 104, and
1031, end 1041 ; the Five per Cent. safaced rupee
paper, at 981 and i ; ditto Five-and-a-Hslf per
Cent., 1041 and 105 ; the Indian Four per Cent.
Debentures of 1858, at 971 ; India Bondr, at par ;
and exchequer Bills, at 23e. and 264. prem.
- The foreign stock market is quiet, but steady.
The Turkish Loan of 18.58 has again improved about
4 per cent., being quoted 621 to 63, ex div. The
Loan of 1854 is steady, at 791 to RO.
Other foreign stocks exhibit little alteration.
Bales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian oid Five
per Cents., 1031 ; ditto Five per Cents., 18T) and
1859, 1021; Four-and.a-Half per Cents., 1838, 931;
Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., 84 ; Danish Five
per Cents., 101, ex div. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 061 (exchange 12a.); ditto Four per Cent.
Certifi'
cates , 1021; Mexican Three per Cents., for
account, 211 ; Peruvian Uribarren Four-and•a
Half per Cents., 821 ; Portuguese Three
per Cents., 1863, for account, 441 ; Spanish
Three per Cents., for mount, 441 ; ditto Passive,
121; Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, for account,
80, 791; ditto Su per Cents., 18.58, for account,
621, 624, ex div.

At PS:is this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram. the Three per Cent. Mites were quoted
67.86,1 ming Sc. lower than yesterday afternoon.
Ocean Maxine Insurance shares are quoted 3/ to
5 prem. ; Universal Marine, 11-16 to 13-16 prem. :
and Bank of Turkey, li to 1 dia., being heavy.
The numerous billi falling due on the 3rd and 4th
have been admirably met. Indeed we hear that
at the Bank default has not been made on a single
bill.

At Vienna on Saturday there was a decline of
per cent. in Austrian securitirr.
Of the 18,000/. by the City of Washington,
16,00 W. was in gold, and was taken for abroad ; the
rest was in Mexican dollars. The Oneida, from
Brazil, has reached Southampton, with 28,4271. in
specie.
The January mail from Australia was brought to
Suez by the Columbian, which has performed the
voyage within the contract time, although hitherto
noted for her lengthened plunges.
Fifteen guineas per cent, was yesterday paid at
Lloyd's on the insurance of the wool by the Commo-
dore Perry, which has now been 110 days oat from
Melbourne.

The Montreal Company's steamer Hungarian, the
lees of which, while on the voyage from Liverpool
to Portland (United States), has just been reported,
was built in the Clyde, of iron, only about twelve
months ago, and registered 1,487 tuns. She was
worth about 65,0001., 18,0001. of which will fall
upon Lloyd's, where insurances were also effected
on her cargo to the extent of 94,0001. It is believed
that the aggregate loss will not be far short of
200,0001., as the vessel was laden with British fine-
manufactured goods for the Canadian spring markets.
The Committee of Bankers met yes:erd,y, by ad-
journment, at the Clearing-house, with reference to
the question of a bankers' Saturday half-holiday.
It is understood that they entertained favourably
the memorial of the merchants, traders, and others
to cline business at 2 o'clock on Saturday., which
was accompanied by another memorial from the
clerks employed in the various bank.. The com-
mittee again adjourned till this day week, intending
to confer in the meantime with the joint stock
banks, who are not represented at present in the
bankers' committee. It may, therefore, be hoped
that the benefit sought will soon be obtained.
The Scottish Central Railway Company, it is offi-
cially announced, propose to pay a half-yearly divi-
dend at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum, against
61 for the corresponding period of 1838.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week a decrease of 1,1371., and the South Eastern a
decrease of 7101. The decline may be partly atvri-
hatable to the extraordinarily stormy weather which
prevailed during part of last week.
The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
Railway of Caned., just received, ahows • decrease
of 6911.

The Intereolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Com-
pany are circulating a report by Mr. Edward Cole-
man, the company's late speCial colonial representa-
tive, with reference to the establishment and present
condition of the postal services between Australia
and New Zealand, and the several New Zealand pro-
viable. The report of the directors of this company
states the sum standing to credit of profit and loss
at 2,1221., or upwards of three per sent. on the
paid up capital. The put operations having, as the
directors consider, been attended with mucous, they
recommend the issue of 12,500 new shares, of 5/.
each, in lien of calling up the balance of the existing
capital.
Coe sixth call of 21. 10s., mildew 171. 10e. paid, is
to be paid on the shares in the Red bee and India
Telegraph Company by the 31st inst.
A special meeting of the Grand Surrey Docks and
Canal Company is called for the 22nd inst., to ap-
prove a bill now before parliament, which autho-
rises the company to construct additional docks and
, to raise farther fan&
An extraordinary meeting of the Commercial Dock
Company is called for the 23rd inst., to consider the
mode of dealing with the " rest," ow surplus profit.
The sixteenth general meeting of the Tourney to
Jurbiem and Landon to Hasselt Railway Company is
'ailed for the 24th hut, at Brawls.
A general meeting of the shareholders in M.
Lamps' Satz Canal Company is convened for the
15th of May, at Paris.
The Beernah and Aerolits have arrived from China
with 2,078,900 lbs. of tea and 942 bales of silk.

110PFDAT EVENING.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 94:
"buyers," for money and next Thursday's settle-
ment, declined this morning to 941 to f, and closed
at 911 to 1. After the close of the Stock Exchange
the market was firm at 94 9-18 to 11-18, or 941 for
the approaching settlement, and 94 11-18 to 13-16
for the 11th of April. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
a; ditto, for account (Bth Marsh), 941, I, a;
Three per Cent. Reduoed, 941, f; New Three per
Outs., 94j, f, j,4 f ; Thirty Yvan Annuities, ex-
piring in April, 1885, 171; Bank Stock, 2291;
India Stock, 19; the Indian Five per Cent. Stock,
1859, 104, 1041, 1031, 1041; ditto, for account,
1031; the Indian Four per CAmt. Debentures, 1858,
971; the Five per Cont. "entered" rupee paper,
98, 981 ; ditto, Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 104,1034,
1041 I India Bond', par.
The Indian Five per Cent. Stock of 1859, after de-
clining to lost to 104, closed / per cent. lower than
on Saturday, at 1031 to 1041. Exchequer Bill re-
main quoted 235. to 265. prem.
Turkish stocks were heavy in the morning, espe-
cially the Loan of 1858, latch fell to 611 to 82. The
closing prim, however, was 621 tot ex air., being
per teat. higher than oa Saturday. The Loan of 1854,
after bein Masked 781, likewise improved in the after-
noon to 79110 !. Mexican Bonds were dull at 211
to f.