The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-22 00:00:00

MINES.-THIS DAY

Two o'CLooff.
In the market for British mining stocks the
chief business is still in Sortridgc Conso's
shares, whith arc fairly supported, being marked
21 to 21. No other transactions are officially re-
ported in the Stock Exchange. The market gene-
rally is quiet.
In foreign and colonial mining shares there is no
movement.
Subjoined is the official list of the closing prices
in the Mining Exchange yesterday. At the prices
given there were, respectively, buyers and sellers:
Catherine and Jena, 10*., lls.; East Russell, 3.55., 40s.
Greet Alfred, 71, 81; Great Vor, 31. 4 ; Margery, 1%, Ili ;
Neatens and Penritiv,2s.., 271.64. ; NorthDowns,2B4.,3oe. ;
Roemer= United, 29, 31 ; Sortridge Consols, 21, 1; Tamar
Consols, 2614,28, ; Wheal Harriet, 14s. GI, 160.84. Wheal
Kitty, Lelant. 191, 201.
As regards foreign mining shares, the only move-
ment was in those of the Cobre Company, which
have fallen to 46 to 48, upon the details given at
the meeting.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Cobrc Mining
Association yesterday a dividend of 11. per share was
declared, and the report and accounts were adopted.

TI:VDAT ETEMINO.
The improvement reported yesterday in Sortridge
Consols Mine having, according to to-day's advicce
(referred to below), made further progress, the late
rise in the shares was steadily maintained : the
closing quotation this afternoon was 21 to 21. Great
What Alfred shares were firm, at fit. ; East Alfred
at 21 to ; and Alfred Consols at 17. In the Mining
Exchange shares in East Russell and Wheal Harriet
were inquired for, whilst North Downs were rather
cheaper.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.—TIIIS DAY.
The slightly unsettled appearance of the weather has in-
parted a little more confidence to the holders of wheat, and
the article wa. not so prcasingly.offered as at the beginning If
the week, at the mime time no improvement in price can be

quoted. -
Barley barely maintained Monday's quotations.
Pine oats aupported their value, but with large snivels of
111-conditiened carve.; secondary and inferior qualities were
6d.
and
imam and peas as last reported.
r
miatcLui LIITO LONDtuON Taßs.h.oll JULThw,2O TO ,10,L„.4...Y V..
."... .......... .. 939
0040
..:::::: .. :::::::::: in 1 -. 1 17670
..... .........•-••• 790 • - •
Mac 900 lamb ; 090 0909 i... •
YINCING-LANE.—THIS DAY.
SVDAl.—Tise market continue. very dull, and it is di6l-
- to sell at the decline of Is. Gd. to 28. quoted yesterday at
the closed the market. There has not been a public sale
to-day. The refined marked is depressed. Lumps quoted
65.. to Mis.
Comm.—This article has beromo dull, but we cannot
quote any material alteration in prices.
TEA.—The demand for common congovi conti. good ;
3,600 cheats sold yesterday at Is. 2d., which was the nue
prevtous
Prim
Ems continues dull of sale and priori are with difficulty
an
=dr:Tar —There continue to be free buyers of thin
article, and prices a shade higher to-day.
INDIGO (6th day).—This sale has gone on with spirit at
the estremo prices of Monday, and dry leaf Madras said
steadily at about last ask/. prices. The total quantity now
auction is 9,829 ebeata, of which 4,000 were with-
drawn and 1,350 bought in, leaving 4,280 chests sold, in-
cluding 940 to-day.
tireera are going off at about revious rates.
STITRATII OF SODA firm at Va.
In other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The market is firm today. Town tallow is quoted, 5$R.,
nett cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 595.; July, 695.,
August ■nd September, 595. to 3d., ; October and Decem-
ber, &Ss. to 3d.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Meters. Pattouden and Smith report that the hop mar-
ket is tirm in price. Duty 100,0001. to 110,0001.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Walls Dad Stewart's, lea. 6d; Bolywell,l les. , North
Percy Hartley, 16". ed.; Byas's Hcbside Hartley, 17s. ed. ;
Walker's Primrose, 13s. 9d.; Whitworth, les. 9d.;
Walls End Hetton, 18e. ed.; Walls End Taos, 18s. ed.;
Wale End South Hetton, 18s. 3d.-66 freshships at market

THE LANCA•IIIRE INDEPENDENT COLLEOE.—We
understand that Dr. Vaughan has written to the Rev. Dr.
Raffles, chairman of the committee of the Lancashire Inde-
pendent Colkge, stating that from personal and demestio
considerations, as well as on some public grounds, it ie bits
intention to resign his office as president of that institution at
Chrietmas nest.—Manekrater Guardian.
IfOtinEs IN FLATS.—The Victoria-street experi-
ment must be repeated, and finally become the rule of the
seetropolitim abodes for all but the upper ranks of society,
near= which does not seem likely, London should suffer a
mid= check in its growth. At its present rate of expan-
sion, it is doubling every ten years ; so that the ineonve-
Ideate of transit must ere long of itself compel the abandon-
neat of • system, which now extends the city's superficics at
Mr or five times more than the necessary rate. The rail-
way hes brought Brighton within an hour sod • half of
Louden ; but no aystem of locomotion is conceivable which.
would bring the extreme points of London itself within that
time of each other. The evil is becoming insupportable;
sad here and then a house and a row of honest., eight or
nine stories high, shows dearly that the metropolis eels the
necessity of henceforweed affecting the perpendicular instead
of the horirontal direction of expansion. In this necessity
lies the great hope for the domestic architecture of London,
which has hitherto been wholly below contempt. A house,
eight or nine stories high, must be much more solidly built
than one of three or four; and, so obvious solidity and per-
manence aro the very first conditions of architectural cha-
racter, we find that the new houses, recently raised in the city
and the great central thoroughfares, where the value of land
is enormon, and constitutes an addition.' reason for lofty
building, have often an architerturel air which reminds us
rather of Florence or Venice than of London.—Tfational Re-
view, new number
How or It ANCERTORB BRIBED.—There is a variety
most creditable to English invention in the way In which our
ancestors admitistacd their bribes. At one place a mysterious
person used to arrive with the ash, known es the " Man in
the Moon," who approached at nightfall, and was at once
met with "What news from the moon f" This was a
poetic form. Then there was the humorous form. "I'll
lay you five pliers," said a celebrated manner in Fox's
contest of list, end stake the money in your own hands,
that you will not vote for Mr. Fox." "Done." rays the
free and independent, and wins his bet—and bribe. Another
playfol plan c, to bny the elector's canary at a
price Rue
would have been handsome for a bird of paradise—a very
pretty kind of bird-fancytagl Sometimes man showed
perfect genius in availing themselves of professional ad-
vantages;—thus • military gentleman emery= is
the recruiting Fenice once stood for Great Grimsby, and en-
listed a majority of the voters for soldiers with a blond
bounty I Such anecdotes es theme constitute the literature of
electioneering ; and there is probably not a town or county in
Eneand where there is not an gentleman with 'small
batch of them. In a contest a good many years ago in North
Britain one of the parties had strong TIMM to suspect a par-
ticular voter of having tokens bribe—a considerable bribe too
—for votes were valuable, A sharp enemy molted to maks
en attempt on him. Aeee dingly. as the man entered to
poll, he whispered In his ear rapidly. " They 're makings
eTthritr i, Jock—they've a' bad " The scoundrels," ex-
ists dupe; and down on the table he Sung • batch of
notes. Thee were impounded at once by the authorities,
and the Milli! suffrage invalidated.—Quertn/y Renew, new
number.