The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL CORN MAREET.—THIS DAY.
(NT MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
►EOM OCE ORM CORRESPONDENT.)
Only a limited attendant* at market this day, and little
or gothing doing in any article except Indian corn, white
qoted at 6d. higher than hog week. Oata, Beam, Pena,
ands other articles without alteration in priv.
Weather beautifully fine

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.
Bc a an.—rending the public sales the market has a very
quiet aspect, and except 1.400 begs Mauritius at steady rata
no sales by private contract are reported. There is warmly
any bruiser pluming in refined, both sellers and buyers
Wing with reserve.
Coerce is in limited demand, but the markets firm.
Taw.—During the progression of the public sales no busi-
ness sf Importance is reported privately.
Aux.— he inquiry In not active, but prices are unchanged.
SPlCEl.—There is a firm market fur these articles, but not
ranch doing.
Corro9.-100 bales have been sold.
BALTMIRT..-1,767 bags in public We were bought in at
38s. to 40s. 6d. for refraction 21 to Nbol 6d
Itter..-2,800 bags Bengal wete ught in at 10e. .to
12s. 9d., and 4,600 begs Mooughes at 10e. 6d.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Tee market is steady with very little doing. The an-
nexed are the quotations now current —Town Tallow, 675.
nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. en the spot, 62.1. ; Juno 625. ;
July and September, 68e. 66. to 695.; October to Decem-
ber, 68e. to 675. 9d.
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SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAT.
Mr. E. J. Davis reports the supply short,, but quite equal
ior
to the demand. Prints meadow hay,. to 725. ; eutor
ditto, 765. to MB. ; inferior ditto, 60s. to 60a. ; new ditto,
60s. to 72a. ,• rowan. 60s. to 60s. ; clover, obi, 90s. ts 105 e.;
second out 70s. is 905.; new, 60a. to 765. ; straw, 270. to Kb.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY
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This afternoon the 16th annual general meeting
of the above company was held at the bank, Old Broad-
street, City; Mr. E. Div Err, M.P., chairman of the board
of directors, presiding.
The profit =dims account of the company showed that oa
the 25th May bud the balance in hand was 45,6471. lc Bd.,
from which 10 per cent., or 4,5651. would have to be
deducted for the reserved fund, which now amounts
to 55,669/. Be. Tho net divisible profits amounted to
41,0821. le. &1., and the directors recommended a dividend
for the ensuing year of 12 per cent., payable in half-yearly
instalments, free of income-tan.
The report and accounts were adopted, after which the di-
vidend was declared, and the retiring directors and auditors
were re-elected. The proceedings of the ordinary meeting
closed with a vote of thanks to the °Mends and directors.
The meeting woe then made special, for the purpose of
authorising the directors to increase the capital from 300,0001.
to 400,0001. Resolutions were passed, having the creation
of 4,000 new shares for their object.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE
DIANIVACTORY.—Yesterday an inquest was held at West-
minster-ital, before Yr. Bedford, on the body of James
Ralph, 16. The deceased was employed et Memos.
Price's Patent Candle Manufactory, at Vauxhall. It wee
his duty to come in the evening and continue during the
night, cutting candles in the cooling room ; them was a gas
stove, which he was accustomed to light towards the morn-
About three o'clock on Saturday morning, violent
escreams were beard in the cooling room to which several of
the workmen proceeded, and discovered the unfortunate
youth enveloped in flames, which were with great difficulty
extinguished. The deceased was frightfully burnt ell over
the body. After great suffering, he died on sundry evening.
lie said to the nurse that he was asleep near the gas stove,
when his apron caught fire, owing to tho bottom of the stove
babe cat of repair. The coroner inquired of Mr. Lee, the
hem= of the works, whether it was a fact that the stove
err wed of repair ; be replied that it was so. The jury re. 7
tumid a verdict of f' Accidental death," and they considered
14 variable not to have a peeper stove in the cooling room.
DICALZEs IN LEEcnE..—Three dealers in leeches,
rind ILikuress, rue Aubry le Boucher, 6, Vauchel, rue
27, and Bechale, rue de Rambuteou, 22 were
eltbs=4;.tried by the Tribunal of Correctional
Pseiatoe having sold leeches gorged with blood of tuammife-
Bess gala, in the proportion of 19, 39, and 46 per cent.,
se leeches are sold by weight, the public were de-
'and tho leeches were deprived of some of their
pone at auction. The defiant, ca. that the gorging was
wellsmarY, in order to enable leeches, which are now
chord from the marshes of the Lander, where they
' have been acclimatised, to travel, and even to
o lnode oive ; but R.
Vatencienue, the naturalist, proved that suchf pro-
ceeding was not necessary, for that !caches might be fed on
tadpoles. The defendente moreover rased the terhnioal ob-
jection that as leeches were not a "medical substsece " in-
scribed in the code, but a simple therapeutic agent, they, in
gorging them, bad committed no offence. M. Vulencienne,
however, expreseed the opinion that leeches ought to be de-
fined se a medical aubstanee. The tribunal condemned the
defindanta severally to three months imprisonment and
60L. tine.
HOP INTELLIOr a :.-11v weather the early part
of last week was way frying to the hops. The high and un-
usually cold winds, with treat, in some instances have given
to meat gardens an unfavourable wpect, the bine not having
equalledtbeezpeetationsat 6retformed of the rapid grove th. The
last few days heat and genial showers, with thunder and light-
ning,may establenanext week tureport amiewhatm .re Neon,
ably ; but up to that period the severe white frosts had retarded
all program, andfremthe exists, ce of vermin in most planta-
tions, the appearance of an averaAeperep is doubtful. From
Seam' the accounts are conflicting, some speaking of con-
siderable fly and lice, others that the venainhad mestly de-
=eel:l6o4e co :lard° ile.c
seta —" I.lNaesth;lenat,tatar
aching from the peasant appearances of the bine the crop
oat be a very partial one." Another recount say, :77
" Indeed we consider ourielvea in the first stile of blight.
Whilst • third mays —" The hope appear to bee progressing
favioeu:shlbtzi warmly any vermin, and we way reasonably ex-
pect a mop.' But few districU, however, mport fa-
-I.—Setetida (faults.