The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-10 00:00:00

tures, 1858, 961; ditto MO, 06,1 ; the Five
,per
Cent. " " rupee paper, 981, 981 ; ditto
Five-and-a-Half per Cent, IN
The Indian rupee paper was steady. 'The Indian
Zee per Ceit. stock of 1859 remains quoted
BM! to 106 ; and India Bonds, 4e. die. to par.
Exchequer Bills' declined Is. to 2is., being last
quoted Bs. to 124. prem.
In the foreign stock market the principal feature
MIS a fall in Mexican Bonds, which were dealt in
from 21; to 21,1. The Turkish Loan of 1864 de-
clined per tent., closing at 781 to 79}, whilst that
of 1858 was supported at .81i to 82. The scrip of
the New Brazilian Loan was marked par and A (lie
In the market for bank shares to-day there were
more inquiries for Bank of Australasia, Agra, and
City Bank. Ir. the miscellaneous share market,
Electric Telegraph sad Berlin Waterworks shares
met with inquiry. Van Dietuen's Land shares have
declined. -

The quotations for the shares in new under-
takings were as follow :—Ocean Marine Insurince,
21 to 3 prem. ; Universal Marine, 4 to d Prem. ;
London and Provincial Marine, 5-16 to 7-16
Buenos Ayres and San Fernando Railway, to 2;;
prem. ; and City of London Brewery Preference,
to" prem.

MINES.-THIS DAY.

Two °Two.

In tlle mining market to-day there are numerous
inquiries for dividend pa shares. The prin-
cipal transactions have been in share.. in
Wheal Cliffoiri, Treloweth, Wheal Seton, Wheal
Mary Ann, Tincroft, and Kelly Bray. Prices are
well supported.
Foreign and colonial mining shares have been
little dealt in, and present little change in price.
An extraordinary meeting of the Cornwall Great Con-
solidated Le.ol sad Copper. Mining Company (Limited) is
called for the 24th inst., at Birmingham, to pass a resolution
for the voluntary winding up of the company under the
Joint Stock Companies Acts, -1856 and 1857.
A general meeting of shareholders in North Trelawney
was held on the 4th inst. The accounts for three months
showed a balance against the mine of 901. A call of Is. per
share was made. The agent reported :—" Magar's shaft is
sunk 6011 fathoms. The lode in the 54 south is 6 inches
wide, and produces good stones of lead. The lode in the
rise in hack of this level is I foot wide, and produces 4 cwt.
of lead fie! fathom. I expect to raise more lead in the
coining quarter."

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

(IT ELECTRIC TZLIGILAPEI.)
(nod OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Grain market active, and numerously attended. Oond
business in wheat and Hour, at full quotations. Indian
corn is. 6d. dearer on the week, but prices prevent busi-
ness Oats, oatmeal, and barley very firm. Egyptian
bane obtained 355.

MINCING-LANE.--(THIS DAY.)
The public market will re-open to-morrow, the public
sales declawld ooesisting chiefly of sugar and spices. The
transactions in the private contract market have been in -
Butua.—Two cargoes of Havanna afloat for the United
Kingdom at fall prises.
COMM. —A cargo of good Rio sold for Gothenburgh.
Tau.—The demand has been very limited.
Ram remains firm, and a fair amount of business done.

Rum in limited &Mend.
In other articles no alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—(TILD3 DAY.)
The market ia steady, at the annexed quotations :—Town
tallow, 54*. 3d., net cash ; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot,
56e. 3d. ; all the month, 565. ; Nay and June, tots. 6d.;
July to Sept., 525. 6d. ; Oct. to Dec., 61s. Pd.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Merin. Davis and Company report trade firm. Prices
without alteration. Prime meadow hay, 781. to 84s. ; su-
perior ditto, &is. to 98a. ; inferior do., 80s. to 70a. ; rowan,
Ns. to 70%. ; clover, old, 90s. to 110 s. ; second cut, 1308. to
901.; straw. 275. to 345.

THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH PRANCE.
The following reply haa been returned by the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce to a communication from
the Board of Trade :

Manchester Chamber of Commerce, April 2, 1860.
Sir,-1 am desired by the directon of this chamber to
nuke the following replies to the queries submitted to them
in your favour of the 24th ult.
1. They are of opinion that it would be impracticable to
assess specific duties by weight, with any degree of fairoe+s,
on manufactures, yarns, or textile fabrics, the predue!itin
of this district.

2. Aa to the average prices of each clams, the same rem.rk
would apply. The great nriety produced, forced by com-
petition, and the demand of almost every country in the
world, leads to such an unlimited assortment of production
even in plain fabrics, without referring to the interminable
variety of fancy ones, as make it impossible for this chamber
to suggest any fair mode of classification with a view to the
imposition of specific duties.
3. It is most desirable that the lowest range of duty should
be imposed on our lower-priced staple productions, for
which the consumption is of coarse greatest, the competi-
tion most severe, and the cost of transit most expensive. lu
reference to the term upon which the average is proposed to be
taken, viz., the six months previous to the ratification of the
treaty, I am desired to remark that such average would be
manifestly unfair, as being probably 20 per ant. above the
average for the last six years. lam further to inform you
that the directors of this chamber, if desired, will be glad
to aid the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade by sending a delegate from their can body, or a gen-
tleman practically acquainted with the trade and manufac-
tures of the district This chamber would, however,
nature to suggest a meeting of representatives from
• few of the different centres of industry, via.,
Manchester, 0 w, Leeds, Bradford, Birmingham,
Sheffield, and the Potteries, for the purpose of
conferring with the Board of Trade, and practically ex-
hibiting, by samples of their manufactures, the difficulties
this chamber conceive would attach to any system of
specific duties. Such a conference would be the more valu-
able if it had the power of conferring with Mr. Cobden, or
any other commissioner the Board of Trade might think fit
to appoint.
In conclusion, I am instructed to repeat the unanimous
opinion which has already, on several occasions, been ex-
pressed by this chamber in favour of the imposition of ad
enforces duties, as being the only fair and satisfactory mete
of carrying out the previsions of the treaty.
I have the honour to be, sir. your obedient servant,
HUGH FLEMING. Secretary.
James Booth, Esq., Secretary, Board of Trade, London.

UNWIRE= OF DURHAM.—The twenty Founda-
tion Scholarships of the university are all cow open, with
the exception of one attached to the Durham Grammar
SchooL Two of these, of the value of 30.'. per annum and
tenable for three years, will be sengned in the mining
Fester term to the two candidates who, not being already
members of the university, shall pen the beet examination
in classics and mathematics. The examination will 'tom-
mence on Monday, May 21. Tediaaceiala ti be mat to the
warden on or before Wednesday, May 16.
GREAT SOUTHERN OF INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY.
—Subjoined is the second report of the directors :—" During
the last twelve months the directors have beau actively en-
in forwarding the works, and they have the satia-
tion of referring to the annexed report of the engineer,
by which the shareholders will observe that so much pr,-
has been made as to induce an expectation that the
dcat section of the railway from Negapataaa to Trichioopoly
may he opeuna in the spring of next year. The directom
have already forwarded the permanent way materials for
fifty miles of line, as well as a considerable portion of the
materials for the rolling stock. They have contracted for
the remainder on favourable terms, and shippi d four
locomotive engines. They anticipate, Wielders, that the
whole of the materials required for the construction and
equipment of the railway will have arrived in !edits by the
end of the present year. Having adopted the system of
coestructing the railway under the superintendence of their
own officer', the directors are now enabled to state, as the
result of their experience, that the Ilan adopted has
proved in every way satisfactory, both as regards economy
and the substantial character of the works. The reports
which the directors continue to receive fully confirm the
expectations originally entertained on the subject of traffic,
all the advantages of which will be secured to the share-
holders immediately on the opening of the first section of the
line. The cost of that section having been confined to
1560,000 f., instead of one million, as specified in the com-
pany's act of parliament, it has become oeoessary to intro-
duce • bill into parliament for the purpose of enabling the
company to exercise the borrowing powers upon the re-
duced capital. The bill also contains power to convert
shares fully paid up into stock. An extraordinary meetipg
will be held at the conclusion of the ordinary business,
when the sanction of the shareholders will be requested to
theroviaices of the bill."
'llls SALMON FIIIHERTES.—The take of salmon
this sewn in the Cr.., Newton-Stewart, which opened on
New. has been, says the Ayr Advertiser, ex-
tremely meagre, partly caused, no doubt, by the conti-
nuous sagw from the hills, which it is well known prevents
the fish Gem ascending the stream, but chiefly, we believe,
from the gradually decreasing number, in Wigton Bay.
The Al.enlfen Journal says the River Thurso is at present
full of figh, and, though the weather is still very
the rod fishers hare bad mach moms within them few days.
On Monday use gentleman killed seven cleen melmon, the
largest 231b,the smallest Rib ; and a day or two prxvious
Mr. Dunbar billed eight tine fish, the largest 161 h, the
smallest 91b.