The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

MINCING-LANE.—THIS DAY.
BrOAlL—Then baa not been a public male to-dey, but
the demand by private contract continue. good, and full
price' have been paid. Refined lumps 64a. to 66.. 6d.
Corraz.-300 Was common native sold in public sale,
chiefly at 60.. ed.
Tee.—The letter by the Chine mail were received this
morning but vre have not heard of any tronmetions to re-
port to-day.
Corrott.-270 bales Madraa sold in public sale at nil. to
41(1., and 230 bales Surat cold at sd.
CoTrox.—The demand baa been active; 1,000 bales sold.
Row remains lbw.
Aistowzoor.-81. Vincent's sold at 6d. to 61d.
Piusfero his declined id per lb.
CAIIIIIIA V ace Sold at full price., 20e. 6d. to 315., accord-
ing to

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Tlss market is steady. In Petersburg Y. C. on the spot
the. is nothing doing . for April the quotation is bis. 9d.,
and for May to Jame, Ws.

HAY MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Mr. E. J. Davis reports trade without alteration. Prime
meadow hay, 60s. to Gds.; superior ditto, 70.. to 80. a;
inferior ditto, tree. to 695.; rowen, 60e. to ; clover,
70.. to 100..; second cut, 00s. to Me.; straw, 245. to 295.

POOR RELIEF.—This morning was issued a re-
tam showing the amount of money expended for in•inainta
name and out-door relief in 624 union. in England and
Wales during the half-years ended Michaelmas 1856 and
1866 respectively. From this statement it appears that the
total amount at Michaelmas, 1833, was 1,981,806%, and at
Michatimm, 18553, 1,961,0271., showing a derivate In the
latter half-year of 20,7791.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A LADY.-It is OUT
palatal duty to announce the death, under most distressing
circumstances, of Mrs. Wylie, wife of the Rev. T. J.
Wylde, of North Wraxall, and sister of John Heald,
Esq., of Orittleton Home, neer Cliippenham. The de-
ceased lady bad been suffering from illness for some time
past. On Monday morning, about two o'clock, her hue-
band left her in bed, and went into an adjoining room.
After being absent come time, he perceived a smell of
smoke, which appeared to proceed from the room which
he had quitted. It. ran to the door and found the room
filled with smoke, so much en, that he was totally unable
to get in. The other inmates were immediately aroused,
sad the alarm was given to the neighbour'. A large supply
of water was procured and thrown into the room, which, to
some extent, cleared away the mob,. A man, named
Fullm, a deputy-surveyor of roads, then succeeded in getting
late the room by crawling on his knees, when he found the
' unfortunate lady sitting us • chair in flames, and quite dead.
One of her hands was raised and clutched the bell-henale,
neer the Ere-place, es thm& she had endeavoured to ring
the bell. She was burnt almost to a cinder. There was a
fire in the grate at the time, but it is supposed that the got
out of bed, and that her clothes caught Ere from a taper
which FAA also burning. The coroner's inquest was to be
held yesterday (Wednesday). —Bad. CAromde.
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS CONPANT.—TraeIe
receipts for the weak wading March 28, 10,2671. 13e.

MONEY MARKET.-THIS DAY.

RISE IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT.
Two o'CLocz.

The Bank of England Directors have to-day
raised the minimum rate of discount from 6 to 6k
per cent. The measure having taken the public by
surprise, the effect upon the stock markets has been
considerable. The fluids have fallen about per
cent., and in English railway stocks a reduction of
to I per cent. is observable.

Coneola were first marked 331 for the Bth of
April, and arc now quoted exactly 931. For money
the price is 931. Bank Stock is marked 222;
Exchequer Bala, March, par to 3 prom; ditto, June,
6s. to le. dis. ; and Exchequer Bonds, 981 to 4.

Foreign stocks are generally weaker. The bales re-
corded comprise Brazilian Old Fiveper Centa.at 100;
Buenos Ayres Bondsat 851; Mexican for 17th inst. at
231 and 231; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Ccntv.,
for account, at 761 and 77 ; Portuguese Three
per Cents., 18453, for account, at 451 ; Rus-
sian Five per Cents. at 105; Sardinian Bonds, for
account, at 901; Spanish Old Three per Cents., tbr
account, at 411; ditto, Deferred, for account, at
251; Turkish Six per Cents., at 971; ditto, for ac-
count, at 98, 971, and 971; ditto, Guaranteed Four
per Cents., for account, at 1011.

•
We do not hear of any withdrawals of gold from
the Bank yesterday. In some quarters an opinion pre-
vails that the efflux of gold for the purchase of silver
has reached its maximum for the present- There is
at the same time every probability that the require-
ments of the Bank of France will henceforth be much
more moderate ; and some considerable supplies of
gold from Australia are now fairly due.
The revenue returns were viewed with decided
favour. The government balance at the Bank is so
large that no deficiency bills will have to be issued.
Considerable speculative business took place yester-
day in Mexican Bonds, consequent upon the allega-
tion in the advices from New York, that the State
of Sonora, which is understood to be rich in aurife-
rous indications, is to be sold to the United States.
This intelligence, if correct, implies a fresh step to-
wards the final dismemberment of the Mexican Re-
public ; but the question that excites the interest of
the bondholders Ili whether any portion of the money
will come into their hands.

The half yearly dividends, falling due the Ist
April, are now 'deducted from the quotation of
Brazilian Five per Cents., Peruvian Three per Cents.,
and I)utch Four per Cents.
The failure of Mr. N. Zigomalas, a Greek firm
engaged in the corn trade, is announced ; but the
liabilities arc not believed to be considerable, and the
loss will probably fall chiefly upon houstre at Odessa,
Marseilles, 8:e.
The opportune supply by the steamer La Plata
from the West Indies and Mexico, about 334.7001.
in specie and bullion, will not be deliverable for
some days.
The amount of gold brought by the Orient, from
Adelaide, is only 400 ounces, worth 1,6001.
The amount of silver engaged for exportation to
India and China, on the 4th inst., by the steamer
Colombo, is about 600,0001. It remains to be seen
what addition will be made to this sum. Shipments
can be effected until to-night.
Of late there has been an increased disposition to
ship bar silver to China. Until very recently the
remittances to that quarter consisted mainly of
dollars.

We understand that during the last month or so
large bona fide purchases of French railway shares
have been made on English account. These invest-
ments assist in explaining the flow of gold from this
aide.

In the corn market yesterday the reduced rates
established on Monday were nominally current, but
very few sales could be effected upon these terms.
The number of grain cargoes that have arrived at
ports of call since last Friday is 19, of which nine
consist of wheat.

The Letehardt has arrived in the Downs from
Shanghai, with 461,800 lbs. of tea, and 1,221 bales
of silk on freight.
In the report just issued by the directors of the
Great Western Railway Company of Canada, the
dividend recommended is at the rate of 9 per cent.
per annum, as already intimated in the Express.
The report afford, much valuable information rela-
tive to the arrangements for a mutually beneficial
interchange of traffic between this line and the
Grand Trunk of Canada and other railway com-
panies.
Creditors of the South Sea Company, which is
now being wound up, are required to send in the
particulars of their claims forthwith.

WEDNGDAT EVZNING,

The funds experienced an unfavourable reaction
of per cent. to-day, owing chiefly to the drain of
gold from the Bank, which seems to have induced
an idea that the Bank directors may raise the rato
of discount at their weekly court to-morrow. In the
leading monied circles this afternoon, however, this
view was altogether discountenanced. The announce-
ment of the arrival of a gold ship from Australia,
and of a large supply of specie from the West
Indies and Mexico, tended to impart more steadi-
ness to the market in the afternoon, but failed
to induce any rally. In the other departments of
the Stock Exchange some flatness also prevailed.
The more speculative English railway, stocks show a
fall of to I per cent. French shares, however,
closed rather higher than yesterday.
In the discount market there is still a steady de-
mand for money, and full rates are exacted. The
4th of April is now close at hand. In the Stock
Exchange money continues in good request, at 6 to
61 per cent. on Consols.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 9:3i for the
Bth April, opened this morning at 931, fell to 931 to
2, and closed at 93 9-16 to a. For money the last
price was 931, "sellers," and for the 7th May, 94k,
"sellers." The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 932,
932, 931, 93}; ditto, for account, Bth April, 931,
932. India stock, 221.
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted par to
4e. prem.; the June Bills, to. to Is. ; and Ex-
chequer Bonds, 981 to 99. India Bonds were dealt
in at 38. dis. to is. prem.
Turkish Six per Cents. declined about 1 per cent.,
closing at 972 to 98. The Guaranteed Four
per Cents. were last quoted 10Ik to 1, being
lower than yesterday. Other foreign stocks
present no new feature. At four o'clock,
Russian Five per Cents. were quoted 106 to
8; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 96 to 98;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 641 to 651; ditto,
Four per Cents., 96 to 98 ex div.; Spanish De-
ferred Three per Cents., 25 to 1 ; the Old Three
per Cents., 411 to 1; and Peruvian Four-and-a-Half
per Coate., 77 to 78.
The steamer Orinoco, which will leave South-
ampton to-day (Thursday) for the West Indies
and Mexico, has on freight 86,4881. in specie, of
which 60,7881. is gold, and the rest silver.
The steamer Teutonia has taken out 68,000!. in
gold for Rio Janeiro.

MINES.-7HIS DAY

Two o'CLocK.

The home mining stock market remains extremely
quiet. The only transaction reported in the Stock
Exchange this morning is in Alfred Consols shares,
at 24. In other respects there is an entire absence
of feature.
Nouveau Monde shares meet with some inquiry,
and are marked 2s. 6d. In United Mexican busi-
ness is reported at 31„ the market for this stock
being steadier.

WEDN FEDAT EVPNI NO.

Very little business was done to-day in home
mining stocks, the market remaining very dull. The
chief feature was a further decline in Great Wheal
Alfred shares. In addition to the transactions
recorded in the official list, Wheal Margaret shares
were dealt in in the Stock Exchange at 773 and
781; North Roskear at 1073 ; and East Alfred at
2 and2i.

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