The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-06 00:00:00

MINES-THTS DAY.

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Two o'CLocu.
Business in home mining stocks this morning has
been inactive, and the market presents no feature of
inters9L Prices in most cases are nominally as
before. There are some inquiries for Wheal Mary
Ann shares, which are marked in the Stock Ex-
' change, 49).
United Mexican shares have been dealt in at 3).
Other foreign descriptions are dull.
Subjoined is the official Het of prices in the
Mining Exchange yesterday :
Alfred Consols, 16, 164 ; Caletock Console, 51, ; Best
Baum, 90 ; Brt Rosewense, 27e. ed. ; But Russell, 40e.,
4.2.. 6d. ; East Tamar, 17s. ; Lady Bertha, 22c, Ms., 245. ;
Sortrldge Consols, 24, ; Wheal Vey, B},
The General Minrg Association (Nova Scotia) held a
meeting yesterday; but this company always excludes the re-
porters for the public press. The fiillowing account of the
proceedings is famished by the es:retry :
"An extreordinaryfgeueral meeting of the proprietors of
the General Mining Association was held this day, at the
office of the company—Alfred Charles Bridge, Beer, in the
chair—for the purpose of obtaining the mach= of the pro-
prietors to an increase of the capital of the essocistian, in
terms of the deed of settle:mut ; the capital thus raised to be
applied exclusively to the purchase of the whole of the late
Duke of York's interest in the mines and minerals of Nova
Scotia and Cape Breton. The propritora were fully in-
formed of the arrangements which had been entered into
between the board of directors and the delegates from the
Provincial Government of Nova Soot* who have recently
visited this country for the purpero of conferring with the
directors, and placing the future relations of tho emaciation
with the colony on • firm and lasting basis These negotiations
had been settled inn very satisfactory manner to all parties,
end the meeting fully approved and confirmed the same. The
resolution authorising the increme of capital was unani-
mously agreed to, and the meeting adjourned."
The annual meeting of the Itbytuncy Iron Company Is
called for the 18th inst.

Sheffield and Liverpool, Nov. 4.
Dear Sir,—With the deepen regret we have to inform you
that the utter disforganimffon of commercial and finencial
affairs in America, and the impossibility of arcing the end of
the present crisis, make a temporary suspension of_ payment
imperative upon up. We have instructed Messrs. Hemmed,
Benner, and Son, of Liverpool, to prepare a statement of our
affairs, which will prove our assets to consist in so great a
proportion of woods and real property, and our surpine to be
e:ze, that the eventualpnyment in full of your claim is
bo
question, and that all we require is time. This
abetment soil! hr ready to be laid before the meeting of our
mak= on Tuoadxy, the 2ith instant, at 2 o'clock, at our
tame in Sheffield, at which we urgently must your
attendance.—We remain, dear Sir, very rupeotfully,
NA YLOR., V ICR IRA, and Co.
The steamer Vanderbilt brings intelligence of the
suspension of Messrs. James Robb and Co., of New
York and New Orleans, one of the turd and moat
respectable mercantile houses in the United States.
In accordance with the arrangement already re-
ferred to, the Liverpool Borough Bank is now pay-
ing off depositors whose define are below 2001. It
would be erroneous to suppose that creditors of this
bank will not ultimately obtain the whole of their
claims, for amongst the proprietors are many persona
of wealth. The evil of the suspension consists in
the shock given to public confidence, and in the tem-
porary withholding of their money from so many
persons who may be seriously inconvenienced.
The produce markets yesterday were very heavy,
owing to the fresh rise in the rate of discount.
Holders of most articles would have accepted re-
duced rates, but buyers would not come forward.
The public oaks of tea went off very Lilly. Tallow
had fallen 9d. to Is. per cwt., with an unsteady
market. Scotch pig iron is nominally quoted 588.8 d.
The colonial wool sales will commence on Thurs-
day next, the 12th inst., and close on Friday, the
4th of December. The arrivals since the last sale
consist of 10,256 bales Sydney, 6,494 Victoria, 1,625
Adelaide, 2,477 Van Diemen's Land, 1,629 New
TRE DESERT or BINAL—No carpet of green
Zealand, and 17,984 Cape of Good Hope, making a anywhere rpreads itself under foot, or clothes the rugged
total of 40,244 bales, exclusive of 3,941 bales of steeps. Even in acme bright coats, where the palm-shadows
East Indian, and 282 bales Chinese. cool the ground, and the air eve ms more proniul, and the birds
A half-yearly dividend at the rate of 6 per cent.
.ars singinjt,..ttecries is no
see . verdant on the
~zuviiisasud even
pport no-
per annum is advertised on the shares of the Anglo- thing whichn cannot strike its %CU at leant SOFRO six inches
Romano Gas Company. into it. There is nothing beneath your feet but the monotony
The dividend is now advertised on the shares of of the endless mend, whore colour, unlike the "universal
the Arica and Tacna Railway. greeu' " fatigues, instead of refreshing the eye. The oasis is
adorned, but not clothed. But whatever ono misses in the
With reference to the market for American se-
earth beneath you, you miss nothing in the heavens above
entities, Messrs. 1). Be I, Son, and Co. report as
you. The grumps. of earth is sweating, but the blue of
follows : the heavens has become brighter and purer. The sari-d
During the put week but little husinen has been doing twinkle of Bowers under yew feet Is gone but the sparkle
either in Amman state stocks or railroad bonds, and the of the orbs overhead herdoubled int lustre. The Sow. II bare
only change to notice is a considerable decline (after may folded up
Central
fiuctuntlons) in the price of Illinois thane. their blossoms, end bid them form the hot sir be-
neath the suits; but the stars have unfolded theirs all the
The Emigration Commissioners have chartered more freely, as if the desert sky, with its each of marble.,
the ship Nugget to convey passengers to Adelaide
at the rate of 151. 7s. sd. per head ; and the Switzer- azure, were the soil in which they can brwt girtehfectilebei;
brilliance. The north star has come d
land, for Sydney, at 15/. 9s. 91 would make it drop out of sight, or only glimmer on the hori-
and you feel that another two hundred milesnato the souse
The following ships have been taken up by the son; but other stars are ascending in the appesfie horizon,
Rant India Company for the transport service, viz.,
the Lord Dalhousie, to convey stores to Bombay
end stars, cannotsouthern .
make up for rho want of other things,
and von feel that yen get: goat:
bear, much as
ens oflOtt 10.7.4oymyzarn.
Nimrod, stores to Calcutta ; Argaum, stores to Kur- You miss the wreaths of eilhege smoke, riedng from s bun-
rachee ; and the Edmondsbury, to convey stores to sired homes; for which the wild lelu:e of Bedouin ffres,
adras. flinging up their gleam upon the rot ke, is no equivalent.
M The Admiralty invite tenders for the conveyance unnur tbe whipper
Ym'be inftB7l; ttrt"unttf englaand the tor-
of limited quantity of stores from the Thames to °I the woo
rook,ds; the shrill edo of the cliff, are no comp/maw
Barbadoes, 'frinidsd, Adelaide, Natal, Jamaica, rent's You miss the mighty maAr.B of cloud that give such
Dominica, and the Mauritius. Tenders are also re- splendour to our sunsets; and for which the round red blaze
q(prouired,woonnet,hecelOnitheninst, toilf,orsttahteioconeurvyTicoupeepeorf
tabus,
amiiiazdAenrat.b_ianyroun,o, danneptpiag_Rl.doiconw, Lltreliac,fiezulobe, is no
clothing, arms, &c.) from the Thames to Bermuda,
The Bideop of San Severe aceoinpeand his nephew, who
St. Helena, Honduras, Corfu, Demerara, Hong A tragic affair is related in a letter from Naples.
went out to shoot game at Torre del Greco. Alter awhile,
and East London. the bishop had the curiosity to examine the gun, and while
The East India Company will receive tenders on he was doing so it went o 4; the ensile lodged In the beeast
the 11th inst. for the conveyance of 400 recruits of of the nephew sad ceased instant death.

THVIUIDLT lvaxnris.
In the market for British mining stocks to-day,
the feature of striking interest was a rise of fully
30s. in Alfred Consols shares, owing to the improve-
ment in the mine reported below. The closing quo-
tation was 181 to 16. As regards other stocks, the
market was dull. The following may be given as
some of the closing quotations, viz.: Lady Bertha,
21s. 6d. to 225. 6d. ; 'Wheal Edward, 8 to 84 ; Bed-
ford Consols, 13a. to 153. East Gunnis Lake, 21 to
3 ; East Russell, 24; East Rnsewarne, 265. to 28s. ;
and Wheal Mary Ann, 49 to 50.

PUBLIC NESTING AT GLASGOW.

Last evening the following telegram (from the
Magnetic Telegraph Company) was posted on the Man-
chester Exchange :

" ?ROM GLAnGOIV.

" & meeting of moat itiluential mereluusta and rpillowners
has just been held, and appointed a deputltion of six gentle-
men to proceed to London to wait upon government, to urge
the necessity of immediate mearnres for commercial relief."