The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-15 00:00:00

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The following are this day's sales for the amount :
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCIS.
Caledonian, 794 If; Eastern Counties, 634 4 ; Edinburgh,
and Glasgow, 6r{; Great Northern, 934 4; Great Western,
624 Lancashire sad Yorkshire, 921; London, Etkton,
=a Swath Coast, 101; London ea North Western, 04 ;
ditto, Eighths, 4; Manahrater, SheSitd, and Lincolnshire,
374; 401 1 801 If ; North Bridah, 464 ; Nceth
Eimitass—Earatok, 91 ; ditto Lee 4 48 ; ditto York,
roptonTO tit ; North 13taffordsh 124 4; Did, Worcester,
sad Warmk, 29 ; South Bestina, eat.
BRITISH POSSISSIONS.

East !elan, 97 isTGrand TrukOi 'CM a a , 39 40 ; ditto,
6 pee ant Debenture,payable 1878 salt option all 1863,
76.; Gent Indian YeaMmla, Onarantmd 6 pee ant.,
114 1;
BiGnat Weston of Canada Mans, 18} 19; ditto,
Now, l•
1011101 f.
Leanne-Yamada!, 91; Yarn, L sad Mediterranean
Futon Mans, 831; R.ee and dm
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North Wind Crafty, 6.
insemmansors,
naked Distant Company, 3.

LTOOAOE OP A RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIRE.—
"N.D." writes td s coettanporary.—" Yesterday, in ooz-
ing math, from Carlisle to Law:eater, the poreage» in one
cartage we thrown into great alarm by the burning of a
=quadri of luggage which had bean placed over their
My attention wee fret attneted by the flying of
numerous cinders and large fakes of burning material* by
the window of the carriage in which I was seated, followed
NOM by loud cries of alarm. On looking out I saw the pas-
sages in the carriage in front of us In a state of great
alarm, calling for help at the top of their color, whit, the
dams were raging fierody among the linage over their
heads. The train in every other part wee In Ire usual stele,
no symptoms of alarm being viable anywhere, the
guard being uneven of the rat danger in
which the pareogen were placed. One of our
peacoat., seeing that the Way of hie fellows, re-
quired that prompt meseuree of relief should be adopted,
the door and stepped out upon the side rail, males
opened
way se rapidly se pcalble to the rear, to alarm the guard.
After passing serest carriages he saw that this °facial wee
powerless, beam no oommonmation with the driver. Ws
gentleman than made his way beck to the engine, to slum
the driver, and had come near the locomotive when two loud
explosion' announced the fact that the signal of alarm had
been made. Persons working on the line, seeing this gentle-
man in this extraordinary position, and the heads of all the
oat of the windows, paced detonating dna,
"sprri mll, and the train was thus brought to a owse.
cannot tell hew long • time was thus consumed, but It
armed to the terrified pieeengers to be a very great delay
while ft wee la whether they were to be burnt to
death oe to bawd life by leaping from the train, as one
was restrained by force from doing."
Bra ING/lAm AND MIDLAND INSTITUTE.
—The fotutdation-trions of the Midlsad Institute of

this town, was laid about two years ago by Wm Boyd
Highness the Ptince Consort, and the drat atop In the way of
opening It we made Let ereabeg, when the Lecture Theatre
we formally opened„ and an address presented to Lord
Brougham on the occasion. There were also present Lord
Hatherton (the president), Lord Jobe Brill, Lord Stanley,
end other dim .ftganha stranger& The ass theatre of oh.
bantam was crowded by mesabses and Mends, about 700
bag prase, Tbs proceeding@ tommeaced about tuff-
pen iWt.

LUST DATB OT THE MANCHESTER EXHIBI-
Tiox.—The attendenoe on Tuesday, the last &Ming day,
was the most numerous yet molted amounting to 28,964
persons. Yesterday a well-orgenieed attimpt was mode to get
up • reernintion to the oommittee to keep open the Behiu.
tits another week. Sheets with prin4d hidings were
elmulteneoludy plead in the Exchange Portico, and all the
etZhotels, he *nature, end people were premed to
r amen The attempt did not Roper to be very
sacosestel, hot the lea general impreesion that the move-
ment emanates From • Tarter likely to jeave Wilmot with
the mounittes, and that it will be somental.

SOUTH-VIM MIDDLESEX AGIUCI7LTLYEAL SO-
arm—The mad dada. of thh modal= was held
midday, at Acton. The show of cattle end poultry du
very good. la the dead. chant 140 redeems at down to
an deallent diner Ina narrytee, ooeidnoted for the acce-
de., In the grounds of the Star aid Garter, Hew-hido.
1•0111 Villiers prodded, and wee repeated by the Hon. Kr.
Byes. M.P., Mr. J. Montgomery, Mr. H. Day_ Mr. Alder-
MD SOW, Profiled Symons, the Ewe Mr. Baths and Mr.
de Bergh, and dry other dfloratial vodka= in the
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ROBBERY AT FALKIRK TitieT.—At the tryst on
Tuesday a dole tea robbed of a pocket-book which con-
tained a 201. beak-note, 901. in five and tan pound bank-
notes, and two 11. soles ; alio a draft for 4601. ea the National
Bank, end draft r
1601. on the Union Bank. The thief bee
not yet been disoovared.

MURDER i i DRONORL—The Belfast News-
letter leas the following I have to acquaint you that one
of the most Madill murders that have taken ram in this
county for may years occurred here on Saturday evade&
about six o'clock p.m.. at the Diamond, over Dromore, the
unfortunate vied= being Mr. John Alexander Rankin,
Angkeeskamels, ales Proems, room and dealer. It ip-
pears the dammed was returning (men Demote Me
on Saturday madam gad, on 6b way home, some
words having
_pooled between him and • young
mew, • Mr. William Hanna, of Omaha, • se/T-
-hai agent, it is alleged the latter drew a knife end throat it
into his ettfortmmte victim. Medical old was sent for to
Promote, mad Dr. Hawthorne immediately proceeded to
the some of stenier, bat am he reached the spot the dammed
had cared to exist, having may lived for about two or three
minutes otter he reeelved tie stab. The deceased wee a meat
respectable yeeog men, and connected with tome very
respectable fannies in this neighbourhood, who will be
plunged Into the deepest grief in consequence of this dreadful
murder. The police at due moment (9 o'clock p.m., Saturday
evening) have not returned; they are search of Hanna,
and it in hoped they may succeed in their endeavours to have
him brought of justice."

MR. WAT;RTON AND TOE RATTLESNAKES.—Not
our lung ago at Leeds, he set himself the task of removing
sight•and-twenty rattlesnakes from a boo to a glass-case.
On the appearance of the first of these uninviting reptiles
gliding through the opening when the lid wee
raised, the rotational eentlemen, who had soneabisd
to see them kill rebbus and gauss pigs reeked
oat of the room, "as though the appo.
ritareal dm& were pessnt among them." TM act-
perinea& sad holmhied of makes, however, spied the
Ind resusareil the company ; alter which he cr'rely
the doer, softly placed his hand behind the hand of
az-e-aks whisk wee newest to him, and silently transferred
It to the other cep; end to the same manner disposed of the
milts sroveread4viar.—Natietesiistinv,wor number.

MONEY MARKET-THIS DAY.

Two o'Cuxm.

The funds to-day have experienced several varia-
tions, but upon the whole the tendency has been up-
wards. More recently it has transpired that the
weekly court at the Bank has broken up without
deciding upon any fresh advance in the rate of dis-
count ; and the stock markets immediately received al
farther stimulus. Al we write,sales have been renewed,
'but prices are now quoted as good as at four o'clock
yesterday. The other departments of the Stock
Exchange are better.
Consols for the 10th November were first marked
881, touched 881 to f on the breaking up of the
Court, and are now quoted 881, rather
" sellere." For money the present price is 88. The
Three per Cents. Reduced have been dealt in at 87,
881, and 871 ex div. ; the New Three per Cents., at
87 to 871,ex div.; Exchequer Bills, at 9s. to 4e. dis.;
Exchequer Bonds, 1869, 98 ; and India Bonds at
29a. dia.

Turkish Six per Cents. have advanced to 871 to
88 ex div. Other foreign stocks are still rather
dull. The sales include Brazilian Five per Cents,
1829 and 1839, at 981 cx div. ; Chilian Six per
Cents. at 102 ; Mexican Bonds at 191 and 191;
ditto for account (30th October) at 191 to
1; Peruvian Three per Cents. for account,
at 64 ex div.; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents.,
for account, at 231 to 1; and Turkish Guaranteed
Four per Cents., at 971.
As a favourable feature we remark that, although
the continental demand for gold oontinnes, the Bank
yesterday bought about 70,0001. of the gold ex the
Red Jacket,the rest being taken for exportation. TWA
purchase will form a partial set-off against the a ith
drawais of sovereigns in connexion with the payment
of the dividends, and for other purposes. It is
also remarked with satisfaction that the ship-
ments of specie by the steamer Baltic, which left
that port yesterday for New York, do not exceed
80,0001. sterling. Larger shipments are expected to
be made by the steamer which will sail at the end
of the week, policies of insurance to a considerable
amount having been opened, but it does not neces-
sarily follow that the whole of the gold to which
they refer will go.
On the Continent the value of money is still
rising, and universal pressure prevails. The Bank of
Holland, which raised its rate of discount to 61 per
cent. on the Bth inst., has now raised it to 6 per
cent. At Antwerp the Bank has raised its terms
from 31 to 41 per cent. Letters from Paris describe
an excessive demand for money at the advanced rate
just announced by the Bank of France, viz., 61 per
cent.

The shares of the Bank of France have risen 50f.,
but the sum representing the profit obtained on the
half per cent, over 6 per cent. is not to be dia.
tributed as dividend, but carried to the reserve.

The failure is announced of Mr. Hugh Fenseon,
stuff merchant, of Manchester and Bradford, with
liabilities estimated at about 40,0001. The rumour
was freely circulated yesterday that a well-known
firm at Manchester had suspended payment, but
it was erroneous. Too much caution cannot be
exercised at the present critical juncture in giving
currency to the prejudicial reports which Ire Hying
about, as is demonstrated by the contradiction just
given to the statement of the suspension of a certain
Arm at Glasgow.
There is room to fear that the heavy settlement
now in progress in the Stock Exchange will not pass
over without a few cases of embarrassment. The
&nominee& failure of a stockbroker in the provinces
led yesterday to a very heavy fall in Caledonian
Railway stock.
In addition to the 80,0001. mentioned yesterday, a
sum of 9,0001. in Bastian half imperials has reached
London from St. Petersburg per the steamer Lucien,
and has been bought for the Continent.
As there are no advice. from China by the present
mail, some of the silver which it was proposed to
ship by the packet of the 20th inst. may perhaps be
held back.
At Paris the exchange on London maintains the
more favourable appearance lately noticed. At
Amsterdam, however, the tendency is rather down-
wards. At Paris on Tuesday the exchange on
London was quoted 28.20 to 221 for short, and
24.80 to 821 for three months bills ; at Amsterdam,
11.721 for short; at Hamburg, 13.41 for short,
and 13.01 for three months ; at Berlin, 8.171; and
at Vienna, 10.111.
The corn market yesterday was flat, althoneh last
Monday's rates were nominally quoted. The im-
ports of foreign grain into London this week have
been large. The number of grain-laden vessels
arrived at porta of call since last Friday is nine.
Business in this branch of the market is rather
brisk, and the demand for maize is especially active,
prompted partly by the extension of the potato
disease. The provincial and French corn markets
are reported fiat.
The produce markets yesterday were slain very
dull, with a downward tendency. The public sales of
sugar were all withdrawn, in the absence of buyers,
and the market for this article is decidedly heavy.
Tea was in some cases pressed for sale at a reduction.
Scotch pig iron has fallen.

WZDNESDAT EVENINO.

At the Bank of England to-day the pressure for
money was undiminished, being equal to that wit-
nessed on the first two days of the week. In Lom-
bard-street and elsewhere the supply of money was
increased by the payment of the dividends; but in
nearly all quarters the rates of discount were rather
above those current at the Bank. The general ap-
plications are still far in excess of the actual neces-
sities of the trading community, and are greatly
augmented by the fear of a fresh advance in the rate
of discount at the Bank. To-day on the re-
lease of the dividends, the first of a series of
heavy repayments fell due at the Bank. Mean-
while, there is still an entire absence of blind
panic; holders of money, though exacting high
rates, lend freely, and the rumours of failures in
various quarters are altogether inadequate to disturb
the prevailing confidence in the soundness of the
general trade of the country.
The funds to-day, though sensitive, showed a
dis-
position to respond to the hopes which are beginning
to be entertained of a partial subsidence of the
severe monetary pressure ; but the market derives
more substantial support from the increased invest-
ments effected by the public at the reduced prices.
To-day the numerous small bond fide purchases
formed a leading feature of the market. Prices I
opened with a little flatness, subsequently attained
an advance of about 1 per cent., and, after again re-
ading, finally closed about per cent. higher than
at 4 o'clock yesterday. The reduction which took
place yesterday afternoon subsequent to the recog-
nised hours is thus more than recovered. In conse-
quence of the demand for stock for investment, the
rate of " continuation " to the November account de-
clined at the completion of the settlement to about 6
per cent. per annum.

Consols, which were quoted at 4 o'clock yes-
terday 871 to t for money (though subjected
to depression at a later hour), opened this
morning at 871 to I, and, after several fluo-
tuations, gradually advanced, until transactions
were recorded ea Mgh as 881. Renewed flatness
was afterwards shown, bat at 4 o'clock the price was
steady, at 871 to 88. For the 10th Nov. the first
quotation was 88 to 1, and the 4 o'clock price 881
to f, the highest price marked in the interval being
881. During the later non-official hours the market
retained considerable steadiness, the quotations cur-
rent at 4 o'clock being 871 for money and 84 for the
new account. The official business report is as
follows:—Three per Cent. Cowls, for mow, 871,

14, 88j , 87t, 871; ditto, for account (10th Novcm-
-8% 881 881,_ 881, BSI, 881; Three per
Cent. Reduced,: 861, 881, sal, mt, 87, 881 ex dtv.;
New Three per Cents., 87, Hi. 871, ddi Bank
Stock, 219 ex div.; India Stock, 2081; Three-and-
a-Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable
in 1888, 981.
Exchequer Bills supported yesterday's improved
quotation of 10.. to be. din, another small invest-
ment being made on account of the sinking fund by
the Government broker.

The fiucFueiTionern Turkish Six per Cents. were
to-day comparatively moderate. Some purchases
are recorded as high as 871 ex div., but the closing
quotation was the same as that of yesterday, vii.,
861 to 871 for the present settlement. The Guaran-
teed Four per Cents. closed at 97 to 1, being like-
wise the same as yesterday. Most other classes of
foreign stocks were heavy, and difficult of sale,
owing to the depression in the continental markets.
A number of sales of Mexican Bonds took
place at a further reduction. The official
list of actual transactions is as follows, vie. :
Dutch Four per Cent. Certifs., 941, 951 ex div.
French Three per Cent. Rentes, 88f. 25c. (exch.
26f. 25c.) Mexican Three per Cents., 181, 19, 181,
19; ditto, for account (30th Oct.), 191. Portu-
ae Three per Cents., 1853, 43. Spanish New
Deferred Three per Cents., 25, 241. Turkish Six
pm. Cents., 874, 87, 871 ex div. ; ditto, for account
(30th Oct.), 871 ex div.; ditto, Guaranteed Four
per Cents., 97, 97i, 97.
Ottoman Bank shares were more inquired for to-
day, but some other bank stocks were rather offered.
National Discount have receded. In Australian
Agricultural and Electric Telegraph stocks a fall of
11. to 21. is shown. North of Europe Steam exhibit
a further depreciation of 10s. East and West India
Dock stock was officially marked 109; and St.
Katherine Dock, 85 and Kt.
The Calcutta and Madras mails are expected to
reach London late on Thursday afternoon, and to be
distributed early on Friday morning. The Bom-
bay portion will probably be delivered about mid-
day on Friday.

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