The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESKs SATURDAY EVENING, • ,AVGN,TS'It 8, 181&

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hinds of copper. Manufactured ret is at 781. ; second-
hand tough and best are very irregular. Barra, BW. ;
Wallaroo, 781. 100. to 791. ; bars, OIL, all sellers.
Tin : Straits has receded to 921. cash, at which there is a
Steady market. Banes, nominally, 911. 10s. In Holland
the market is dull at P.64f, sellers. English tin steady.
• plates : oonaequenee of the severe drought and
the reduced make of cote, the manufacturers hare bees
able to obtain somewhat better prices. Lead remains dull ;
tod soft English pig, lel. lbs. to 191. 17s. 6d. L. 8., 191.
eller : Vety little-doing. Common brands is London,
. nominally ; out porta common brands, 191. Ibe. ;
specials, 201. be. to 20/. 10e. ; W. H., 211. ; V. and 8.,
19/. lbs., nominally.

COVENT GABMIN.—(THIB DAY.)
Of best description of goods the supply is getting very
scanty, and pIICOII are proportionately alvancing, ommially
in the cam, of vegetables, which are again beginning to be
imported from the continent. Cargoesof West Indian
pines continue to be put up for sale in od condition,
puces for them still ranging betwoen 2s. 3d. and'ls. ed.
each. Kent filberts are coming in in abundanoe, and in
very good oondition. Potatoes, though small in sue, are as
yet boo from disease. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids,
Neiman, pelargoniums, fuchsias. mignonette, aad roses.

FRU/T. -
Apples, per /mewl, 48 to es _Groves, per lb., es to Gs
tre4eNts, per doe., es to ts Lemons, per 100, 10s to 154
pee lb., Is to is llolsoo, es* lis toes
Currsata, per 4 errs le to es Noessimo, p. Pos., Ss to 158
lite&er dos., Is to Is toodisis per dos. les to les
per M., ed to ls Peon, per dos., es toes
Gooseberries, p. quart, ed to Sd Plos-apples, pee lb..as to 54
i . • VIieRTABLFA.
. - .

Artichokes, per doz., is to as
Brans, ney, per belt sieve,
as
Bret, per doz., 11 to Is
Cabbages, per dos., Late Is
Carrots, per ban* 9d to Is
Celery, per bututhz, Is to as
Cucumbers, seek 41 to Is
kudive, per don, to 3s
Chute and Elbelote,ls6d p.
Berbs,_per bomb, nd to a
Hone Badiza, p. fund, at to as
Leek", per bunch, SI to 4d

I Lettuces, per meek St to is
; Frraoh. per ies.„
Mat, pm bomelk. id
IlLuAreame, p. Ss to de
Ordoepo **le
Pan*, par IlLeofel
Potato* York Oteship. p. tea
2TOr to lift
She" do., 140, to Mr
Myatt's, do., 180,
per barbel, is to le
lbealp sew),p. boa., tato le ed

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-{THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charlm James Easton reports trade at last
day's prime, viz. ;—Prime eld hay, 115 s. to 120 s. ; in-
ferior ditto, 90e. to 100 s. ; prime new hay, 100 a. to 115 s. ;
prime old clover, 120 s. to 1305.; inferior ditto, 106 k to
115 a. ; prime new clover, 110 a. to 120 s. ; inferior ditto, 90s.
to 100 e. ; straw, 30s. to 38s.

WEATHER REPORT.--(THIS DAY.)

BATVIDAY. AUGUST 8, 3 A.M.

Y
Z. nocianoos. 841.
B.
frill W. tl.7—AlT‘i W.
B.
itta.
Nairn ,29.811 64 66 W. 6 5 B.W. cab 2
Aberdeen 29.46r 111144 B.W. 4 6 B.W. in 0.06 2
Leith 19.67r/16166 W. 6 4 B.W. leb -
Skalds i94.119r811 40,W.N.W 4 6 W. c
Bonbon" 29.76 rl3B 571 W. 4 6 W.N.W 4
Yarracsate 29.98 r 64'60 W.B.W. 6 4 W. oc
Artireerna 29.68r,6865 B.W. 6 6 B.W. ro 0.06 -
Ore e 19.63016107 W.B.W. 4 8 W. re 0.06 -
Holyboad 99.780168'69 W.B.W. 6 8 B.W. e 1
149411984 99.811183 18' B.W. 9 9 B.W. •to 0.02 6
Valeatlr 29.11201581361 W. 6 9 W.11.W.' to 0.15 6
Caps Mir 29.115r14569 W.N.W 6 W.&W.• a 0.11 4
Raabe. Pt 99.99e166,118 W. 6 8 S.W. oe 3
110.08r166,82 W. 4 6 19.31. W ro
30.01 ?lea 61 .B.W. 4 6 W. .crin
irpo 3401 r8964i W. 8 &W. to
30.0701611 611W.8.W. 4 6 W.8.W.1 a 0.02 -
London 12.910143231 W. 3 4 B.W. I rbe 6
C. Cids Na 89.911•1485111 W. 8 6 W.9.W.1 0 0. 2
Bred 110.13r123 60 W.S.W. 4 4 W B.W. o
Leeks!, 30.002164' W. 3 4 W.S.W.I 0
Noabefort 30.15 r 6469 W. 6 5 W. c -
Co Biarritz
Parfa — - - -
Lyon& — - - -
Tooke 33.06 r 741 B. 3 6 W. b

Pasewetes oserseted and reduced to WI dig. at sea lewd. Tao
legless r (rising), t Ailing), • (steady), thwis dilution et &sodas
of the mercsay with& lag id ham. Thenseeseter imposed in
shade. Extresie taros with he dirsetka &stag last In Yawn
Z.-calm. Weather: b.—blue dry; e.--do (detached)
t.—tog ; b---bail ; 1.--Vglatadag ; nitswf) 0.---wwwwwt
(dull) ; ; s.--enew ; L.-thunder. mow se hail
(asetted), daring last St MOM Bea distiabouss

Atmospheric:et proem hem increased nearly three-tort he of an
inch on our south end welt emits ftring the peeceding twenty-
four hoora In the north of Scotland, lfflrever reading, are •
little lees, and mature there is still low s•
between Nairn, where
the lowest is repeated, and Rochefort there is • dillermaie of 019
inch. Trzopenture lute not much changed. A gale from the
sonth-steet blew lest evening on the wart end south cents of Ire-
land, and in the Irish Channel I tt also blew a gate from the
westward at s Ihis-nesoridds le reported ea oontisadng :
but on our we the windless nooderated. It is now fresh and
westerly the eolith of Inked, where rein boa fallen. In
the north the weather is gall. but in other districts it is generally
cloudy.

An adult was baptized by immersion during
Leenisong on Monday last, in the church of the Holy
Trinity, Marylebone, by the kindness of the Rev. W.
Cadman, the rector. 'the catechumen was born of hap.
tist parents, but no objection was made to the bap
being administered by a minister of the Hnglish church
when the mode in which it was to take piece was men-
tioned.

Ii -NATVRED PROPZlOL—trnamiablis feeturee
and characteristics often stamp the proverbs of
nations, and such we are shy of reproducing. Vrthare
Italian makes a merit of and his proverbs teem
with justifications of dec.eit guile, to accompli#
gratification of that pennon. Archbishop Trench gives us
the
this instance, " Waft time and place to take your re-
venge, for 'be never well to be in a hurry ;" and it may
be paralleled by handfuls of inch as these, "lie who can-
na revenge
, himself is weak, he who will not ia ocm-
teroptible; ' and " Who offends, writes on sand, who is of-
fended, on marble." Perhaie, too, in these which follow,
"Thank you, pretty puny, was the dm t.W my cat," and
"He laughs wall who laughs last, " there Dolma justifies,
lion of slain' g words and of " one's time," for the
evil purpose of compaisdng the most unchristian of
triumphs. In Spanish proverbs the worst feature eosins
to be a tendency to sneer at womankind, the gallantries of
his countrymen having rendered the Spaniard scep-
tical as to female worth and virtue. "A woman and
a mule," be says, " must be made handsome by the
mouth," i.e. " with good keeping." "For whom," he asks,
" does the blind man's wife paint herself?" Apropos of
the birth of a daughter, he has a proverbial expression,
"Alas ! father another daughter is born to 4 you "
"daughter" being apparently a synonym for misfor-
tune." But he out-erode Herod when he cherishes a
saw like this on the same topic : "Three daughters and
a mother are four devils for the father."—Quarterly
Review, new number. .

808E0W1146 MONEY.—Men's ideas upon this
subject are exceedingly indistinct. "I am going to ask
you a favour,' says Ato B ; " I want you to lend me .
ten pounds," or fifty, or a hundred, according to the po-
eition of the weaken. Now, if both A and B know that
the money is sure to be repaid at the time promised, the
loan is not a favour at an. If, on the other hand, it is
not sure to be repaid at the time specified, it practically,
in the case of small sums, ceases to be • loan it is •
gift. For the difference between five pounds repaid •
year after it was promised and not repaid at all, is as far
as the donor's conveniente is involved, nothing. Both
these points are commonly overlooked by those whom
they respectively concern. The lender fancies he is doing
you a great favour if he only allows you the use of a
sum of money during a period when he would not be
using it himself, brag at the same time certain of having
it in his hands again as soon as he requires it for use. The
borrower imagines that the simple restoration of the
money is an effectual repayment of the loan,
r
how much of your convenience and your patienceetrelmea7
have borrowed in addition, by deferring the day of resU-
tution. Thus both are in error : the one fancies that
lending is always a favour ; the other, that repayment Is
always satisfaction. The one overrates the value of the
ob 4. anon ander which he lays you, if the loan is punc-
tually repaid ; the other underrates the amount of the
favour he has received from you, if it is not. Loans which
do not inconvenience the lender at the moment are only
favours according to the strength of the suspicion in the
lender's mind that they will not be punctually repaid.
And if men would only be open with each other, he never
need suspect this twice. If the lender would have the
moral courage to exact • positive statement upon honour,
from his Impecunious friend, of his prospectsof receiving
cash, be need not lend the money under any misappsu-
bension. And, of course, if be ever found out • man in
giving him a false statement, be would never lend him
money again. But the majority of men are deceived with
their eyes open, and yet are as angry as if they had been
reall taken in. Your friend rushes into year room in a
great' hurry, and declares he wants five pounds for • very
Vaticular purpose, tiff next Tuesday. Ton lend It him.
You feel nearly sure in your own mind fiat be will not
rejsy you the money on that day, bat pm de not refute
him ; and then, when the day mess rotuad, and you hear
and see nothing of your trio& yint ars as •eagly as V be
had really imposed Imes yea. Ws, of menus does not
justify your Uriesdi be as as lamb to blame as ever. But
rt showetbek psnieenld have eate4easso wieskyoss well as
mare kindly in him is !be- swamis we have
evigauted.— • Stwasimstip*Ont. •

v.,. ~fr,lll.stoirs. !..,r.„„41,17 ansipt-prAßarzsr.—(77llB DIE)
--4-:—. • -----o— --
.: The subjoined report on the metal suarko la. • O.Th 01ILOOK.
gioni Messrs. Von Dadelszen and North : In the Ammoe of business, very little ohange
The metal market continues estrensely dull, with •• is apparent in the stook markets to-day. The
ie, on the whole, is still rather unfavourable.
repent. ;onritlees:
ieputshotbiropteiraitttzsaitateminetiorsase.■troatheires,
wise-
/epee. bon : Wei* bars are in moderate daraalk at g
.F.nlish funds show no raoavem notwith.
Lkady prices, 6/. 10s. to N. 17s. Gct. at the weeks. Bails d
very firm; Btafterdaire de.criame are umitirod. =dint; the extent of the meat fall. Nearly all
rifpig iron has receded to 82s. tkl. mi. Otyper : railway- and f 0
'o are without altars-
eurmer alterations have taken Om* in the muses .
, on. --. financial,
kinds of ,v•---- -.main.
e

Banking, .
. neglected.
The diasount markets quieter, but the rate for
;Rat bills is maintained at 11 per vent.
11 he charge for loans in the Stock Exoliange is 14
to 2.
Consols are quoted 931 to 1 for money and
031 to 94 for the amount (Sept. 8), and the
Three per Cents. Bedueed and New Three per
Cents., 931 to 94.
' In the railway market, Caledonian has im-
proved 1 per cent., viz., to 761 to 4, but the
other stocks are unchanged. Londes and North
Western, 116 to 1 ; Great Western, 49,1 to 1;
Midland, 1061 to 4 ; London and South Western
92 to 93; Great Eastern, 38; to 39; Brighton,
634 to I ; South Eastern, 761 to 774; Metropolitan,
1.164 tot ; Great Northern, 1034 to 1064 ; Ditto
1031 to ; London, Chatham, and Dover,
20 to 1 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 130 to ;
York and North Midland, 921 to 934; Berwick,
102 to 103 ; and North British, 36 to 4.
Foreign bonds are inactive. Italian of 1861
and Mexican are 1 per cent. better, at 521 to 1
and 161 to 1, respectively, bat Brazilian of 1865
have declined 4, the present price being 764 to 77.
Chilian of 1867, 921 to 931; Egyptian of 1864,
641 to 854 ; Peruvian of 1865, 78 to ; Russian
of 1886, 921 to 931; Spanish of 1867, 331 to ;
Turkish of 1858, 66 to 67 ; ditto of 1862, 634 to
644 ; and ditto of 1865, 381 to 1.
The Council of India will receive tenders on the
19th inst. for bills on Calcutta and Madras to the
amount of 200,00 W.
The half-yearly meeting of the South Eastern
Railway Company will be held on the 27th inst.
A special meeting is also convened for.the same
day, " for the purpose of authorising the exercise
of the powers granted by the South Eastern
Ikulway Act, 1888, and the carrying into effect the
provisions in that act of parliament contained, in
respect of the division of the paid up ordinary
stock of the Company into two classes, and the
issue of the same as in the said act pro-
vided, and in respect of the alteration of
the line and levels of the approaches to the
bridge called Woodside-bridge, as in the said act
provided, and also in respect of the powers con-
ferred upon the company, under the said act, for
the establishment of provident institutions and
savings banks, and of passing such resolutions in
respect of the matters above-mentioned as may be
approved of at the said meeting."
The ninth ordinary general meeting of the
Charing-cross Hotel Company (Limited) is called
for the 24th inet., when a dividend will be de-
clared.

I, and misoellaaeons sharer

A petition for Ice winding-up of the Kennet
Paper Making Company (Limited) is to be heard
before Vice-Chancellor Moline on the next petition
day.

The Dunbar Castle has arrived from Sydney
with 30,0001. in gold.
The demand for harvest purposes and for the
means of moving the large amounts of bullion
which are now in course of transmission between
this country and the continent naturally affects
the market, but, above all, there is the disturbing
influence of the new French loan, the
enormous subscriptions to which are causing a
vast sum of money to be temporarily withdrawn
from circulation in France. The credit relations
between the Paris and London markets are so
close that any disturbance there infallibly reacts
here.

The London agency of the Imperial Ottoman
Bank notify that the scrip of the Egyptian
Government Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 will be
reedy for delivery m exchange for the letters of
allotment and bankers' receipts on Monday next.
Another member of the Stock Ex , a
broker, stopped payment yesterday, °win:titles
in operations for a rise in Consols, Spanish bonds
of 1867, and Turkish of 1866. His liabilities are
moderate.

The amount of bar gold withdrawn from the
Bank yesterday for exportation was 20,0001.
The arrival of 271,0001. in gold was announced
yesterday. The Sussex, from Melbourne, has
brought 182,0001.; the Maid of Judah, from
Sydney, 51,5001.; and the Java, from New York,
97,5001.
The steamer Syria will take to-day 42,534/.
in specie, of which 24,9121. is silver for
Hong
Kong, 10,750/. gold for Point de Gallo 4,27f0 .
gold for Bombay, and 2,5921. gold for Madras.:
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon pre-
sented scarcely any alteration. The rates for bills
on Belgium were a trifle lower. The list is sub-
joined:
3 months, 11.194 to 12; ditto, short,
114.811tt011.114 ; Botteadam, 3 oaths, 11.191 to 13 ;
Antwerp, S months, 26.324 to 26.31 Lt;
a,lanahs 3 iloath4
26.324 is 26.371 ; Hambre end 3.mosilts, 13.
to 13.10 ; Coltsaa, di., 3 4.2% to 8.27
St. Petersbull months. 32 to 31i ; 'Paris, Aort, 26.10
to 26.20 ; 3 men 0, 2/i.274 25.311; Mareadke,
3 months, 26. to 26.36 ; Prealifort-es-the7Mainee,
months, 120 to 1204 ; Vienna, 3 monthatll.66 to
11.60 ; Trieste, S months, 11.54 to 11.60 ; Madrid, 3
months, 481 to 484 ; Santander, 3 months, 48fi 43
Cadiz, 3 months, 494 to 49 ;Ss 3 months, 49 to 44,3•
3 months, 481 to 48} V 3 months,
to Barcelona, 3 months, 491 to 49 ; Bilbao
months, 481 to 484 ; Saragossa, 3 months, 451 to 484 ;
Leghorn 3 Na
to 27.86 ; Genoa, 3 months,
27.75 to 27.85 ; N 3 months, 27.76 to 27.86 ; Pa-
lermo, 3 months, .76 to 27.86 ; Memeina, 3 months,
77.76 to 27.86 ; Lisbon, 90 days date, 61/ to 411 ; Oporto,
90 day. date, 611 to 611.
At Paris the rate of amount in and
is per cent. • at Hamburg
Brussels, 2; at Amsterdam, ;at Berlin, 3; at
Vienna, 4 ; at Turin, 41 ; and at St. Petersburg,
8 per cent.
The responsibility of the following, which
relates to a project for a new line of railway
between London and Brighton, must rest with
the Brighton Obeerver (of yesterday's date) :
With a view of applying to parliament in the next
session for powers to construct a new railway between
London and Brighton, a *lnthis in of the line
of country to be travereed is sow in program, and
it will be completed in the comas of a few days. After
the miaadventures of former project* of this kind, as
!enterpeise has been taken up in several Mundial quarters
in London for this purpossom an entirely different bone
from any that has yet been adopted. The main cha-
racter of the present undertaking L understood to be
economy of constinotion and cheapness of transit.
By mesas of acilities from an existing line
in the suburban, it is believed that the oat of
construction need not emceed a million sterling, and the
projeotors ensilage that for lira or Is shillings the new
company would be able to convey pmsangers by tint
elms in • manner highly remunerative • and the oaloub.-
hoes which have been made with prildenos and reserve
show a probable yet of 12 or 14 per cent to the holden;
of the stock. The projects whirl leave hitherto been
forward have been based on extravagant
have naturally operated as a bar to the of the
capital ; more especially dining the linsiseial that
is now, however peering away. Indeed them to no
doubt Out the exiting London' and Brighton has, at the
original cost of the fifty miles of direct railway, wonld xt
this moment be highl vimannerative at mash lower three
than the almost protu ve prices now being charged.—
the main came of the dsplorebls condition of that mat-
pany items that it has spent nrerl7 tea millions in branch
lies which do not pay tlwer working expense,' and repro-
sent so mush dead loss indebentureffend preference shame.
Bat with the proper of essitosering at thie day, much of
the cad even ad the direct Brighton and tendon lino
would now be unaecemary. It i.ealselated also that by
dividing the week between enema aggregates, the new
evening as it is likely to 110 three* as lea=
than that of the existing nanny, minlit.be
within a year of the passing of the 10.
The North ihmkes Balm Ocespeay yettarilay