The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-12 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

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MINCIND-LANE.—THIS DAY.
SUOAlt.—The market is steady, t nom
but ae, y et prketa
arc fully supported, and cargoes for !arrival are in good
demand.
Corrms.—Thls article is firm ; 1,000 bags very good ordi-
nary native Ceylon sold yesterday at 58e.
Tr_s.—As vs are without fresh news from China, both
buyers and sellers *ecru disposal to wait, as news is hourly
expected.
It tc4.-1,000 bags of Madras sold in public sole at 100.
to 100. 6d.
Run continues dull of sale.
SALTPETIVE has en upward tendency. 6001mms refraction 4
add at 454
Is inno.—(Seconi driv.)-1,760 chests passed auction, 520
withdrawn, 540 a bests fought in, 670 chests sold. The isles
went off heavily, without showing any alteration on yester-
day's prices; but good consuming and middling chopping
sold freely from 56. 9d. to 6s. 6d.
Curron.-200 bales sold.
IhintsTONE has advanced to 9/.
In other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW MARSET.—THIS DAY.
The market Le firm. To. tallow is quoted 655. nett cash
Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 66e. ; Feb. to Mpeh, 68e. ; April
to June, Mc

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-THIS DAY.
Mr. E. J. Doris reports triode without alteration. Prime
meadow hay, &Intoeuperior ditto, 70s. to 80e.; inferior
ditto, 60s, to 565. ; rowea, 50s. to 635.; clover, 700. to 1065.;
second cut, 604. to 855.; straw, 255. to 2E4.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE ItAILWAY.—At &
meeting of dire:tors of thin company, held yesterday, It was
decided to recommend to the proprietors, at their next
meeting, to declare a dividend from the earnings of the past
half-year, at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, end having
the amount to be added to the surplus.
DARING ROBBERY IN GLAnGne.,.—SOnle days
ego the shoes of Mrs. Sutherland, 23, Bt. Leonarde-street,
was entered- by thieves, and money amounting to 1061. O-
btruded from a deck. The shop,. which has a dwelling-
house attached, was shut on the night in question at a few
minutes peat ten o'clock. Aleut that hour Mrs. Sutherland
locked the door and went out, leaving nu one in charge of the
premises, but quite certain as to the safety of her money,
which was deposited in a desk under a *bed. Returning
about eleven o clock, the robbery was discovered. The
deft was then observed upon the door, rear the
tire-place, and a bunch of keys, containing the
key in use for opening the lock, was found upon
the table. There were two 201. notes several Al. note., three
.vereigna, mule elver, and 11. notes, altogether making up
the emu of 1061, which lay in the desk wrapped up in a big.
liksidcs this, a gold watch and chain and other articks of
jewellery were etolen. Strange to say, the thieves did ;tot
carry with them all the valuable. contained iu the desk, for
them remained scattered about the floor and in the desk a
number of elver spoons and other property of a similar de-
scription. The money thug deposited in the house had hen
intended for the purchase of property, the negotiations in re-
ference to whichlied been going on for seine days. Tb',
short time in which the robbery must have been effected, the
lading of the desk in its place of concealment, the use of the
roper key, and the fact of so much valuable plate being kit
behind by the rubbers, seems to favour the ides Hint they
were neither strangers to the premises nor the affair. of Rio
family. No ono as yet, however, has been apt relsended.—
Glasgow Daily Mail.
ILIGHWAY HOBBERY.—Yesterday evening a daring
highway robbery, accompanied by brutal violence, wee per-
petrated at Arno's-vale. near Bristol. About hell-pest nano
o'clock at night Mr. Great, tanner at Keynehoin, was re-
turning from Bride' to his reeidence in Arno's-vale, when.
just as he was near a Catholic Reformatory Institution which
Is intents there, he was nttoeked by four men, who jumped
suddenly upon him. Mr. Grant struggled with his umeilerstc,
and ralfed loudly for help. A man an his employ heard he
mice and ran to his assistance. The ruffians en heeraue him
approach ran off acmes the fiehls in the direction of the
river, which flows through St. Philipa-mareh. Unfortu-
nttely Mr. Grant and his servant pursued and came up with
them. A deadly struggle took place, but the four midis,
soon overpowered theiropponenta Mr. Grant was knocked
down and severely injured, while his servant received a eban-
Remue seal, from one of the ruffians in the breed, which nal-
dered bite incapable of all further reistnace. The seam-
drele then robbed Mr. Grant of a valuable gold watch and
sense loose silver. It is said also that they ettempted to
throw the man-rervant into the river. Both of the injured
persona are now lying severely wounded at Mr. Grant's
residence.
FIRE AT STRATFORD, IN ESsEX.—Lest night,
about 7, a tire broke out in the works of Messrs, lhavey.
and Co. eituate in Marsh-gate lane, Stretford, adjoining
the Eae;ern Counties, Railway. The premiere were of great
*dent, mudding principafly of still-haulm end etores. The
part in which the tire commenced contained several hundred
gallons of napldlui and other spirits. The fire spreading to
there materials caused several loud explusis re. It then
mired upon other property in the open yard, including Pomo
of the tar pits. One man In running through the grounde to
raider amistance fell headlong into a pit tilled with tar, and
was severely burnt. Ile was removed to the London Heap-
ed. The Ike was not subdued until a coneiderable amount
of property was destroyed on Mears. Devey'n premises. •
NEGROEIS ON Vigw.—The room might be said to
be occupied by three distinct groups. Conspiernusly mbed
above the rest, upon a rude platform flanked en Irish ei lea be
two stew, good the dealer with his uplifted right band,
taking the bide, whilst with bin left band he pointed to a
young Degree,. of some fifteen or sixteen yecro of nee, fiterel-
int; nt hie side. Holding her petticoat on the grounJ,
immediately beneath, Mood a black help, er casistmit, who
looked round ct the bidders, to the sum kept 'milling from
six, seven, le eight hundred dollars. Mort came, in freerey
array, the pm-themes, decked in hats in every date of deeona
position ; some in swallow-toil coots, and ruety, unlackseed
rcrimy with dirt, end holding, either debt, or wicked-
loking whips in their bends. The girl was knocked loon
to one of these. The third petty, and firming a fitting back-
ground to the worte,.were the negroes huddled together on
rude benches, awaiting their fate. Tho first to be edemed
from them was a gaunt and einewy band. A Port of Lae
wee formed by the dealers, and thie lot was mete to pace up
end down the mom at a quirk trot. This ambling done, it
wee suggested that one of his eyes was affected ; oo they Wi-
thered round the negro. One gentleman rivetted, with the
precision of long practice, hie thumb into the socket of the
rye, which was supposed to be the rare one, whilst he held
up to the other sham. I saw the peer fellow, who wee
writhing within, vainly telling the one eye at liberty, to
discover, andpassible, split the hair with his visual organ.
but to no purpose; his eyesight was evidently blunted, end
he fell In the incostimatlon of his customer,, ne Ices soon
Waffled, when he stepped upon the pletfiain to be sold. I
saw, one after the ether, the inmates of this tint auction-
room purchseed at various prime. and then the whole com-
pany adjourned to she neat h'aroan warebouse.—bieletit's
"ffourchold if