The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Off MAONETIC TELEONAPN.)
(PION Ova OWN 00111ZIPONDINT.1
We had only a small attendance of millers or farmers at
market this morning. The demand was very dull, render.
log the pricer of every article in the trads merely nominally
at previous rates.

MIN CING-LANE.—THIB DAY.
Scow.—The market has opened with fi ap
and the public sales are progressing briskly.rm
Tee=
market quiet-635. to 665.
Coms.—The large public sales are going off steadily,
without showing spy material alteration in prices.
TRA.—Coaueon;Cortgou quoted steady 12d. to 121 d. per lb.
The public sales of Assam went off at full prices ; other de-
scriptions are soiling heavily.
fiatervras.-1700 bags were offered in public esle, mfrs.-
ties 4} to 91, and bought in at 40e. to 42a.
Rics„—Csrgo Bengal sold 10s. to 10s. Od. ; and 1,006
bags Radius, in public We, 10s, 6d. to lie.
Rox.—Prices are firm, but the market is inactive.
CorroN.-200 bales sold.
In other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW ILARKET.-THIS DAY.
The market is flan for March and quiet for other
periods :—Town tallow is quoted 54.. Od. nett matt;
Petenbarg Y. C. on the god BUs. ; April, 65a. May le
Jane, 655.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mr. E. J. Doris reports a Urge supply sad heavy tents,
prices baying a lower tendency. Prune meadow bay, 130 s.
to &is.; superior ditto, 70s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 80a. to
bis.; rowan. 50s. to €oa.; clover, 70s. to 100 e.; second
cut, 8011. to 850. ; straw, 255. to 280.

A CHATTY riATEN.—If ever you see a rat-tailed
horse, you may be sure that he is a trump. With such a
deformity, he would not otherwise be kept. Of all the
carriage horses we ever beheld, our Jack Hat was Janis'
prinarpc His colour was a rich mottled brown—spotted
likes leopard, se Philip the coachman mid—and his symme-
try and powers were ;seta In short, with the exception
of his tail, he was all over a good one. The other carriage
horses were always ailing—one or other of them : Jack wow
always in high condition, well up to his work, and ready to
do it. l wish you could have seen him hugging the cam
up a street steep as the roof of a stadtbouse, and &quarter of a
mile high-41,unit would ill express its all but
endurance. He was in especial- favour with Phgr whom
knew as well as °uterus knew Captain Dalgetty. When
Philip entered the stable, Jack would tern his heed and
whinny his satisfaction. Philip would then go up to Jack,
and after replenishing his manger, not forgetting a doable
allowance of beano, during which replenishment Jack rubbed
his nose against bite, the worthy charioteer would enjoy the
sight and hearing of Jack's vigorous "ntunmeting, as be
MONUALT EVENING. called the operation of the powerful mill of which Jack was
The funds to-day were sensibly firmer, the politi- tft,e,,,Viiteerkt:jtint tiellrdtl%. johtacch,ehawdoutlidp ti,,,Zeldhal
cal advices received by telegraph from China being Jack's bind legs, Philip saying the while to the playful
favourably interpreted. The approaching close of llae cap, rdkipoßartit,..
wore
fisluowb`L.wlizezrzpein.
the electoral contest also renders speculatois more the mews where the horses were kept was a tame swim,
which would walk in anwdhaotut,..eoumertizres inon,swileateith Thi.meneb:d
willing to purchase, although the money market re-
anuiur elbiltues in Amore knowing fashion with a short straw
mains without sign of relief. The funds attained at
one period of the day • rise of nearly 1 per cent. ; turned up on one and a wide-awake eye. He was a
bat the market was less strong in the afternoon, :MI hi"-hthe6shredhir:tehebit of shear that
who
and the closing quotations were scarcely 1 per cent. Philip and Jack were immense friends, he soon began toade hop
better than those of yesterday. In the railway with his bit of meet up Jack's stall, flutter into Js
' manger, and, in a corner of it, eat his morsel in peace sad
share market the settlement engaged much atten-
privacy; Jack looking down an him the while with a wro-
th:on; nevertheless, the tendency was decidedly fa- Meting sir. As be wail thus employed, the gambols between
vourable. The leading French lines continue to rise. Philip
soe and Jack
pawied, =lit :I;inlbtrClL:irutzt,h°l° always
mintimed-
Ia the discount market there is still a steady de- One fine morning Philip was startled by the sound of capers
mend for money, and 6 per cent. is the minimum rudblitete!rma he ownapproached the ,stable, and t,
Preparations for the 4th of Aglow!" In he went, and beheld " The P "as the
vying " Hs, scx I i hearing
go it, old
gate for good paper.
April (Saturday next) will keep up the demand this raven was somewhat irreverently called, perched on Jack's
week. In the Stock Exchange to-day money was Jhinact;t'tairltergas quarters, and
!Apr.:Ll-en-di' the few
The Parson hair, of
easy for short loans 011COUROIS; but the liquidation rating all the while, as he held on, riding triumphant, "He,
of the "differences" arising out of the fortnightly kflyk,
.14ntai:i7i!isinonlifnelglotte.t:uand kee
ps anP:intilss perch
won
who
der-
fully,
amount in shares and foreign stocks will probably seemed to enjoy the fun. Tnenre eta some excuse frrh'ealling
lead to • more active demand in " the house " to. the bird " The Parson," by which designation he wee known
in the yard and neighbourhood. There was a oonveatitris
Morrow. hard by, and the raven would frequently stray to sad look
Consols opened this morning as they closed on and listen gravely in the porch, while in the open interior the
Saturday, at 931, " sellers," for the Bth April, ad- congregation were atteliftg to their ehePherd, mid engaged
vented to 93i, and closed at exactly 931. For in prayer at his frequent summor.
sollet.szs n.t:Licteldsg sad
money the last price was 931, and for the ith May, d„,eZre was ~ Let heard ': repast, as La, " solemnly words ripoalg
941- The official business report is as follows : be pronounced. The feint of this remarfuible bird soon found
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 931, I ; ditto, its way to the servants' hall, and thence emended into the
for account, Bth April, 93t, i, t. Inditt Bonds, higher regions, and l'hilip was desired to bring the raven
le. dia. one evening when there was a tea MAY. The company were
li seated when Philip entered the drawing-room with the
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted Is. die. to raven.t When the bird was set down he looked about him,
Ss. prem. • the June Bills; Os. to Is. die.; and Ex-
, chequer Bonds, 981 to 99. whoee bead and shoulders euly were visible over the top of •
In the foreign stock market the principal move- high-backed choir, on which
ured suit,
kneeling,
worthiely uttered ' Let as
nethier stashed, and kenning swell-known western antiquary
tient was in Turkish Six per Cents., which expe- clad in a
This k anutfolodced.
!Thy by stone of edifying,
ladies
rienowl several fluctuations, chiefly in connexion lad
who belonged to a Donas society. &mother edifying,
with the settlement. The price for money was ihd th;'*.theeed visitor was regarded with favourable eyes,
quoted 96 to 1 during part of the day, but had fallen when he chanced to look up at Philip fellow nstantly alums
on Saturday. For the 17th April the latest quota-
at the close to 974 to I, being } per cent. lower than
dread out with " Ha, Jack Rat i
re w.Dlo- nigl:Lriocld,,,ou Ifo"no.PhiliP, in
diatel caught up his sable friend and vsnished with, him—
, lion was 971 to 98. The Guaranteed Four per Fr...ies ii„,,,,,,,,, fee Apnl.
Cents. left off at 1001 to 101/ for money, and 1011 On the hustings at Guildhall was Monsieur Alex-
to 1 for the new account. lilexican Bonds were
dull, and closed at 221 to 23 for money. London Sehool, and other foreigners. " A chief's among as
ladle Durum, accompanied by M. Delille, of the City of
The tea market today was flatter, owing to the tate Doles, an' faith hell ore gnu
.
telegraphic advice. from China. The closing price
for common congon was 12d. to 121 d. per lb. An Egyptian mummy ts_ad._vertisett to be s
peat
old by
auction at Southampton on Frieda next. It is at
lving amongst other unclaimed articles at the Southampton
Ottoman Bank share, closed to-day at Ito b 1 D 0,1,,,, hosing hem aetighed to defray certain dock chow
prem. Bank of Egypt and Oriental Bane were flatter. to which they ale was,.
Western Bank ot London shame have receded to 12 'lin New TEA Dm.—On Monday next the
to 10 dia. Other bank stocks dull. National new tea duty will take sad by the act of lest swims for ths
Diseoant were last quoted i torei dis. Peninsular then current Mr- The ihatY ',Vowel ill le. Id. Pee Peon&