The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-28 00:00:00

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocx.
The English stock market remains quiet, with only
a limited business doing, and prices cmtinue to show
great steadiness. Consols have not varied all day
from 961 to for money, and 96Z to 1 for 11th Sept.,
which is the present !potation of the market. Opera-
tions are recorded in the Three per Cent. Reduced
at 971 and 97; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
at 99,1. and 981. Long Annuities, ezp. sth Jan.,
1860, have been done at 8 5-16; ditto 30 years, same
date, at 8 1-16. Bank Stook marks 2151. India
I Stock, 265 and 264. Exchequer Bills, of ali amounts,
have been transacted at 655. and 68s. prem. India
Bonds, 1,0001., at 881. prom.
In the foreign stock market the business is on a
small scale, and there has been no variation in prices,
except for Spanish Actives, which opened rather
lower, marking only 181. 'lle market for this stock,
however, has since acquired more firmness, and
the last transaction was effected at 181. The
official report of the business done is as
follows Brazilian Old Bonds at 921. Da-
nish Five per Cents. at 1031. Two-and-a-Half
per Cont. Dutch at 671; exchange, 12 guilders;
ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, at 891. Equador,
at 3 Portuguese Four per Cents., at 34. Spanish
Active Five per Cents., at lei and i for money, and
181 for the 13th September. Venezuela, at 36 and
341. idexioan,29i.
1011110,4 FUND&
Op, OS Austrian Bosh, 1 pow OS Offside 1144.172 183
few Cs Belts bonds. 907 Urea& !Wind Das, 4
ai nor pot lisa. Das.. 29.
6 VltiS'Nleti,illl7.lß36" at
3pee , are ax
Ds Sam ;as. 111 13
611 .F,1ittnv"1111.3.16(026: IP"
Into drool& Ns% ISt.
Ditto !.dumb. Doi. ikis..•• 3 los OS dillodsb ads..9l
Columbian Nous 'or Ws., Do. Deferred lids.,
ver OS Danish lido., to 9 DlllO Purim
39 per Dutch lids 5..4 lyor . 6
pa Vt. Duke 01410.1121 I vseiwavis owes 121 13

MIL= IFUNDIL—Tirs DAY.
Met No& 123 le
3 per 0. Sod. ne. 97 I I reCuretr37ll. Ace"
1193301. Oa& Area. 333 I 11313.0116. to Ilk

MINCING-LANK-THIS DAY.
BIICILL--This WWII appear, to hay* groat confident*,
and opinion is in favour of a further adtranes. 1,200 boxes
of yellow 11,vannah, duty paid, were offered in public sale,
and bought in by the importer at full prices, Zs. 6d. to 415.6 d.
ltdlued remains firm. Grocery lumr, 601 to 61s. 61.
Conan.—Tess public sales of plantation Ceylon are
going off deathly at very fell prices. Good wdinary na-
, Lve Ctilon quoted urea, at 44e.
743J3 remains firm, but the public salsa declared for Fri-
day prevent; t•ctivity be private contract.
Ries.-1.80(, bags tenet' sold steadily in putl:c sale,
establishing an advance of 6d. on lad week's pried.
flayrritrut.-960 bars sold in public sale, refraction 7 to
:0„ 263. to Ws. 61., which were full priors.
Parr/In.-700 bags common Penang offered, and bought
In, 3d.
Corrou.—This article c.:ntinues very dull.
In other articles no material alteration.
Duty raid on Poorer t law week In London, Liver Oll
pool, Bristol, Ilan, and the Clyde 3,089,03
Te the same period last year 3,418,193
rease. l,l
DEMO PAM On TLi INlnc
1830 TO us want. 11
1b.27
London 16,760,737
Liverpool 3,663,131
Bristol
null
Clytl• 1,462,34/1

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Total !4,197,118
Bante time In ISO 2 2,:85, 205

Increase..

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The market is quiet to-day, with scarcely any business
going forward. The qultatioos are as follows:—Tows
Tallow, 36s 61. ; Pet/rebut, Y.C. oa the spot, 36e. 3d. to
365. 6d. ; Ortob•r to December. 375. to 365. 9d.; October
to December, separate months, 375. 6d.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY.
; C•tt'a H trtley, 141 ; E.t.a Matn,l4‘. 3d. ;
Walla Ea 4 Elasw.ll. li. Bd. ; Walla Sad Stewart's, 161.6 d. ;
Walls End Tees, 15i. 3d.—Snipe at market; 134.

MARK-LANE.-THIS DAY.
The few samples of English Wheat fresh up for this
m relart's market were t .ken by the males, at Monday's
rates. Very tow transactions took piece in foreign Wheat,
and its volue underwent no cbgnge.
Bvley and Oats were less plentiful than of late, and needy
buyers had to p y rather more money.
il-ans and Peas in short supply, and quite as door.

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QTII. Enshib. Biota. JAIL Con iv.

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F.srtry 3O 270
Osts
rigor. 1110—/Stes

PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DOCKS.

PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 213.—The half-yearly meeting
of this company was held at Plyinnith Mit day ; Coined
HARRIS in tits chair.

The director,' report rated, " that although severcl pot,
tioLs of the et atproy's property Lave not been brought into
productive nceopstion, or only imperfectly so, the gross in-
come from tolls and dust for the. half year which ended on
the 13th of June had rx:cerled, by 2001 , the amount re-
ecivsd !tiring the molding hilt-year." It then proceeded
to flay " that tile Increase may be re'ied on es steadily pro.
greasier, and tee important privileges recently obtained
from the Coromiseionm of Customs may be regarded as
among the principal sources of such augmentation. The
pier had been constituted a sufferance wharf, and is available
for the hailing and shipping of a great variety of goods
ishich were previously in ados esible; and the building erected
at the pier for the aceommoiation of the offieurs of
Cestome being now completed, Mill-boy will become
one of the principal bocr•ting stations in the port, which
cannot bet kad to a cons:.!rrable increase of its trade. The
trellis by steamers to the pier continued undintioished, and
the direcv.re had commenced the erection of a commodious
hotel, which lull a2d greatly to the public accommodation,
and Le for the pecuniary advantage of the company. The
re port of the engineer explaired the progress made during
the past halt-year in the works of the inner b sin. S Affl-
tient advance bad ban mob in tiding up the north-erst:rn
angle of the bay, to warrant the expectation that the peaty
part will be accomplished within the present year. When
is completed, an area, cons' iri•itig in the whole
nearly three acres of greauJ, wit be available foe buildiog
purposes.**
The statement of revenue accounts showed on the debit
side an expenditure for estahlii4enent charges of 611. 16% Sd.;
stationery and printing, Bs. 61.; harbour-master's depart-
ment, 921. 91. 101.; annuities and interests, 6131. 15s. 55.;
proportion of rent-charge to the Duchy of Cornwall,
61 14s. 3d.: and to balance carried over to next half-year,
3151. 11s. 19d.; making a total of 8931. 151. Gd. On the
credit side the receipts by runts of haute property, &t.,
were 951. 131. 3d.; and by Barbour and pier dues,
7951. 3d.

Dlr. T. STEVENS called attention to the fart that a ship
had been compelled to iie outsi le the harbour for four days,
because there was nut a depth of water of 11 feet 4 Metes
to allow of her psistge within the pier ; and, utter some con-
y& riation epee this matter, the directors s.id that this was
;he Suet time they bed heard of it, mil they woeld tate
care to have the stone, removed which bad prevented that
inercss.

It win further stated, in reply to quegions, that an hotel,
at en expense of 1,_001., was in course of erecrion near the
pier.
Mr. SEAMAN called attention to the fact that on an ex-
penditure of 2,631/. I.ii. for works they were paying 500/. •
year to Mr. Brunel. lie then paid that that gentleman had,
by the nature of his works, and hie indifference as to whether
nn expenditure nave any return, brought distress and ruin
urn tuudreds of families, and he therefore moved that he
be diAnir ed from the eompanl's service.
Mr. WIIIIEFORD explained that the small amount of
expenditure would not be • mauve of the amount of work
which Mr. Brunel had mused to be aone, and stated that as
the engagement with the engineer would terminate at
httchaeltual, it would not be renewed without proper ccn-
.idc r...i m.

Mr. SEAMAN said that under those
withdraw his motion.

A motion was then put from the chair that the a:coasts
ha rk calved and adopted, and a tote of thanks having been
gii 4,11 to the chairman and oiractora, the meeting separated.

THE Sunumerris TELEORtPLI BETWEEN DOVER
AND CALAIS. —Domt. TUIeDAT AFTEUNOON.—The long
rrexperimental operations for establishing a conti-
nm.us telegraplic communication between Great Britain and
the cantineat, by means of wires musk between Dryer nod
Calais, were commenced this day at Dover. At one o'clock
the General Shipowners' steamer Glaiah was in readiness,
and steam up, is Driver Barbour, to start woes the Channel,
with all the nem wary erparatus on board, and a crew of
about thirty men, consisting of pilots and sailors, superin-
tended by Dr. Reid of the nous, ot Commons, Mr. C. J.Wol-
lesion, C E., Mr. T. Crampton, C.E., Mr. F. Edwards, and
others. Between the pad As-wheels, in the centre of the
vessel, was a gigantic drum or wheel, nearly 15 feet long and
7 feet diameter,weighing 7 tons, and fixed on a strong frame-
work. Upon t was coiled up in careful clew convolutions
about 30 miles of te'egraphic wire, encased in a covering
of gotta percha. The point proposed to be reached,
Cap* Grine:, the nearest landmark to the English coast, and
betwe-n Calais and Boulogne, is a ketanee of 21 miles, so that
a surplus aupply of nine miles of wire was held in reserve
for the purposes of slackening. The intention was to steam
out at live miles an hoer, to pay out progressively the whole
eicent .0 tel. graphia tackle, and to imbed tha wire by means
of 1. eden clamps, of which there were some hundreds on
hosed, or weights of 20 and 2.i lbs. weight in the bottom of
the sea. The vessel was provisioned for the day, and Captain
Belle& of her Majesty's steamship Widgeon caused the
track of the navigation to be marked in as direct a route as
possible by placing a caries of pilot-buoys with flags on the
route, besides being prepared to accompany the expe-
rimental cruise with his own Tweed as a tender.
The connecting wires were placed in readiness at
the government pier in the harbour, and likewise at the
Cape, where they run up the tau of the acclivity, which is
194 test above ma mark. The necessary batteries and
manipulators were all on board, bat u a gale and rolling
sea unexpectedly sprung up over a previously comparatively
calm sea it was deemed unadvisable by the experimenter'
to venture out, and the operation war adjourned until four,
a. m., to-morrow, Weduesday, morning, when it is expected
that wind and weather will favour the expedition. Some
interesting experiments, however, were made upon a small
code to show the practicability of the plan. A mile of wire
was paid out off the deck, from the pier to Shakepe are's
Cliff; and the sinking process was proved to bee practicable
perform ince. A communication to the following effect
was also seat through 24 miles of wire, " Printed by
electric telegraph on board the Ooliah, steam boat."
PAUNCH RAILWAY TRAVIPIO.—The following are the last
return. of Os gross receipts of the vision int Freud: railways :
Newreson—Froen Aug. 13 to Aug. 19: Passengers, 311,7201.;
goods, tt19,380f. ; total, 321,11118
hones.—ltuts Autg. 11 to Aug. 17 : Passengers, 133,0964;' geols.
68,40 f.; total, 141,307 f.
RAVUL—ltorn Aug. 11 to AUg.l7 : Paeseagers, 63,660 E ; goods,
390127 f.; total 07,701 E
Mums& —Prom Aug. 12163Aug.18: Pringers,lo7,7l2l.; geode.
910071.; total, 109,7198
Bosnieux.—VlTlM Aug.l2toAug.lll: Passeagen, 107,7127.; goods.
92,007 f. ; t0ta1.190,71111.
Visasow.—Yrr= Aug. 12 to Aug. 19: Peslengers. 49,3117.: 180119,
32.9188 total, 77,279 f.
Boutooss.—Prom Aug. 13 to Aug. 19 : Pusimges, 30,983 f.; geode,
239301.; total, 29,7721.
lltarys.—Prom Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 : Necessary, 17,807 f.; goods,
19,331 E ; total, 25,0 ..t.
NANTIM—From Aug. 10 to Aug. 16 : Timm/cry 51,935 f.; goods,
4,604 f.; total, 40,420 E