The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

THE IRON dND COAL TRADES.

BIRYINOItAII. Seer. 16.
The iron teed, of this district has nut undergone any
material change since our report of the 19th ult. Towsrds
the dose of the month business was reported to be warmly so
brisk as at an earlier period of the quarter ; but at the cora-
meneement of last week there were Nymptons of renewed
animation, and sa quarter-day approaches, there
be no doubt that the Improvement will still further manifest
itself, consumers' contracts entered into last quarter-day being
now all but exhausted, whilst stocks of flushed Iron in
the hands of large manufacturers, and in theme of tho country
shopkeepers, are now lower than usual, there having teen for
some time an indisposition to buy in larger quantities than
was =Wiest for iminesdiata we. The result is that in many
Instates produces of the best brands of finished iron of all
descriptions are premed with orders for immediate delivery;
sod although the mills are on full time, the manufacture
scarcely beeps pees with the demand. For an inferior make
of iron there is rat so ready s sale, but with few exemptions
the works all over the district see In full operation, the
reeting tradoespeeidly being raroarkably good ; indeed, with
the exception of mils and railway Iron generally, for which
the orders both here and in Walesare comparatively small,
the iron Clads in sll its breaches must be regarded as in •
very healthy state. This, too, in the face of the fact that
the East India Cade is almost entirely stopped, for, with
the exception of a few shipments to Madras and
Bombay, business with that quarter Is at an end tar the
time ;. and !Ts under the most fimpurable cirminastaFea,. •

Toni
of a public nature are proceeded with. To this it may be
added that the orders for iron from America, though
in the aggregate than they were at the corresponding peril=
Y
year, are much tele than had ntpated ; indeed, it
I. doubtful whether the reduction the tariff hoe stimulated
the trade to the slightest extent. In other rcepects, the
export orders for iron have been good, and continue to be so
for some of our beet markets ; whilst our internal prosperity
—the inevitable result of a bountiful harvest—cannot Gal to

impart a healthy activity to the home trade. Already this is
apparent to some extant For heavy hardware
goods the orders in are large, sbundantly so
to sustain the demand for manufactured iron, and
to put an end to all doubts as to the maintenance
of prime, which are certain to be re-condereed at the
preHminary meeting of the trade to be held next week. The
pries of pig tram is firmer ; stocks, which bad accumulated
during ths hot weather, are being reduced now that the
puddler. are again in full work, and best hot-blast irrm is
again quoted 41. 6s. per ton ; at the commencement of the
month • may good make of pigs was sold as low as 44. but
them wen gonsesily understood to be nmessitous sales. Iron-
stone of the district is • fraction dearer; it la now quoted
Ito. 6d. per ton. The supply from the northern part of the
county Is Inceiesing.

We (Worcestershire Chronicle) understand that
Viscount Fielding, son and heir of the Earl of Denbigh,
it ill shortly be joined in the holy bonds of matrimony to
Mary, the voungem daughter of Robert Berkeley, Esq., of
Spetchley perk. Viscount Fielding is a widower, having
been married in 1846 to the daughter of the bite David Pen-
nant, Esq., of Downing sod Bychton, county Flint. She
died in 1843. His lordship, who was some years ego con-
verted to the Roman catholic faith, was a captain In the
Warwickshire Yeomanry from 1849 to 1862, and High
Sheriff of Flintshire In Into. Tho house of Denbigh claim.
&scent from the Comte of Hapsburg, in Germany, one of
whom 1. mid to have waled m England in the reign of '
Henry 111. The family was ennobled in 1620, in the
of Sir William Fielding, who was created Baron apd Vie-
oount Fielding, sad In 1622 Earl of Denbigh. Henry
Fielding, the novelist, was a roat great grandson of the fleet
peer.
The Cheltenham Examiner says:—'r In a private
letter received by on officer in this town it is gaud that the
British troops before Delhi have sworn on their crossed
bayonets neither to give nor to take quarter when the
struggle comes with the mutineers within the city. The
officers, is order to nerve their arms in the hour of vengeance,
have caused the name. of their brother-officers who have
been Inhumanly sacrificed to bo engraven on their sword-
blades."

buirinn.—An inquest has been held at North-
field, Woreestarehire, upon the bodies of Mrs. Mary Ante
Kell, the wife of Mr. J. Kell, of Brierly-bill, grocer, and
her con, George Alexander, who were found drowned in a
pookmer Bartley-green, Northfield, on the night of the 6th.
Evidence was green that Mrs. Kell, who was about thirty-
raven yore of age, MIS one visit to her father, Mr. William
Cannop. farmer and beereeller, at Bartley-green, North-
field. She had with her a fine lad seven year% of age. She
woe in a low despondieg condition, and it was anspeekd that
eke meditated committing suicide. She WAS welched, but on
Sunday siinnight managed to slip out of her Either's house
nnobrerved in the evening, taking her boy with her. As
soon o she was rehired the pool abovereferred to was visited,
so the heel *nee before been in it, and on the bent her skirt was
found. The water was dragged, and about three yards from
the bank, in about five feet of water, her Melee. body was
di covered, and a short distance from that was the body of
the poor lad. A letter was found in her pee ket *delirium' to
her husband, in which she Begged him not to mourn for their
&labs, but to pray to God for comfort, end recommended to
his tender awe the "owe lamb" (his daughter) whom ebe
had left him. The evidence was conclusive that the poor
woman was suffering from a mind distraught.
GREAT NORTIIERN TRAFFIC.—It ix stated that
the decline shown in the lest weekly traffic return. arises
almost solely in the me traffic. The receipts from puma-
Wwsemek Teee'trly 1,0001. in l
encemgood poef„tholettr the .
b".ll:Perdt;
coneiet of roerenants. trame.—Nerrhere Erma*.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MAR-
'AT Horse.—This subject appears by tho papers to receive
a good deal of attention. The mere maul gratification of
the oh! orgies had certainly little to recommend it. Lord
Hethertov, at Teddeeley, abolished it altogether this year,
end gave his labourers employed in the corn haunt two
clay.' holiday immediately on the COUChleOl2 of the harvest,
paying them for throe dare, sad giving each of the men—
about fifty In number —half a sovereign as a compensation
for the lees of reaping by the employment of reaping ma-
chine., all which, we wideretand, gave great eatisfaWon to
the men. As elated in nur boot the farm boys, with a few
of the heed boys from big lordehip's Rebook—about fifty in
number—were sent to Liverpool and Birkenheml for two
days' amusement and instruction. A correspondent informs
as they returned with much Works of the eights they had
seen, end the facilkies of the trip. that two of the °Meet
labourers, who bad never in their Ikea quitted their parish,
sat cat the next day on their own amount to sliders the
wonders of those plow.— Tffelerrhempron Chronicle.
LONDON GEMZIAL Owners CourAwY.—Traffic'
week* der the week ending Sept. 12, 10,83601.65. lid.

MONBY MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Two o'Ciocx.

The funds have shown considerable steadiness of
character to-day, but a reduction of per cent. has
taken place from the improved rates established
yesterday afternoon. The other departments of the
Stock Exchange are steady, but business in all
quarters is limited.
Consols are quoted 901 to for money, and 901
to for the 14th Oct. Exchequer Bills are marked
7s. to 3s. dis. ; Exchequer Bonds, 98} to ; India
Stock, 210; and India Bonds, 225. dis.
Turkish Six per Cents. are quoted 95 to I, being
steady. Dutch Four per Cents. have been dealt in
at 100; Russian Five per Cents , at 109; ditto Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. at 98. In other foreign
stocks no business whatever is reported.
_ _

The attempt to raise a new Turkish loan in Lon-
don seems to be quite in abeyance.
There seems little prospect of any portion of the
large imports of gold lately reported being retained
here. The 91,222 Australian sovereigns brought
from Sydney by the Star of Peace were yesterday
purchased for transmission to the Continent. The
118,000 sovereigns, of the same coinage, ex the George
Marshall, from Sydney, are expected to come to
hand to-day, and to be likewise sent away. Of
the 100,0001. in gold brought by the Anglo-Saxon,
from Melbourne, certainly the bulk, and probably
the whole, will be at once re-exported. The specie
and bullion ex the steamer Atrato, from the West
Indies, &e., were delivered yesterday. The gold,
amounting to 84,0001., is almost sure to be bought
for the Continent.

Whilst the demand for gold for exportation to the
Continent is thus active, the disposition to ship silver
to the East has received a slight check, owing
chiefly to the non-arrival of the mails from Calcutta
and China, which arc expected to bring considerable
remittances in payment for fresh consignments of
silver. To-morrow will be the last day for effecting
shipments by the Ripon, which will leave South-
ampton for Alexandria on the 20th inst. ; and it is
thought that the total remittances by this resiel
will not exceed 700,0001. Very likely, however, unless
the exchanges from Calcutta and China come more
favourable for this country, the shipments by the
succeeding steamer of the 4th Oct. may be propor-
tionately increased. Yesterday the bar silver ex the
Atreto was sold for India, at ss. lid. per oz. stan-
dard, being the same price as that realised for the
supply by the previous packet. Of the large amount
'of Mexican dollars brought by the steamer La
Plata, which arrived more than a fortnight ago, a
portion has been sold for China, at Bs. Id. per oz.,
being id. per oz. below the price at the last sale.
Several parcels of dollars are held over for the
packet of the 4th Oct., the holders hoping to get a
better price after the arrival of the next China mail.
Tho Chilian dollars brought by the Atrato have
been sold at 45. 111 d. per oz.
The value of the Australian gold conveyed to Suez
by the steamer Columbian is as much as 373,0001.
This large remittance is expected to reach South-
ampton by the steamer Tamar, which will arrive
early in October.
The shipments of specie by the steamer La l'lata,
for the West Indies, amount to 22,7931., of which
12,7931. is gold, and the rest silver.
The steam-ship Dane, being the first vessel
despatched to the Cape by the Union Screw Steam-
ship Company. under their new contract, took out
8,0001, in specie.
On the Continent, the exchanges ou London pre-
sent no alteration of importance. At Paris on
Tuesday the rate on London was quoted 23.171
to 221, for short, and 24.83 for three months'
bills ; at Amsterdam, 11.771 for short; at Hamburg,
13.4 for short, and 13.1; for three months ; at Berlin,
6.181 ' • and at Vienna, 10.11.
The detailed advises from Bombay confirm the
news of a fall of 2 per cent. in the rates of interest of
the banks, and indicate a generally more satisfactory
condition of the money market. This does not seem
to have led, however, to any fresh subscriptions of
importance to the new five per cent. loan. The
Company's Four per Cents. were quoted 82 per
cent., and the Five per Cents. 92 per cent., with
few buyers.
The Bentinck, which is bringing tl.e Calcutta
mails, is not one of the fastest boats employed by the
Peninsular and Oriental Company in the Indian
seas. In further explanation of the delay in the
arrival of the Calcutta mail, it is suggested that she
may have been detained at Calcutta beyond her proper
time of sailing, viz., the Bth Aug.
The wheat market yesterday was flat, sad Monday's
rates, though nominally current, could scarcely be
obtained. Since last Friday as many as 46 grain
laden yawls have arrived at parts of call, of which
14 cargoes consist of wheat, and 20 of maize. Busi-
ness in this department of the market is quieter.
The advice@ from France report a continued
downward tendency in the corn markets. At Paris
' on Tuesday there was a fresh fall in floor.
A notice was yesterday posted in the Stock Ex-
change, that the Great Northern Railway board
, have resolved, "That henceforth deeds of transfer
will be allowed to be registered for any amount not
lees than ten shillings (10s.) of any of this company's
stock, and that all transfers outstanding at this date
will be registered irrespective of amount."
A petition for the winding up of the London awl
, West of Ireland Fishing end Fish Manure Company
is to be heard before Mr. Commissioner Fonblauque,
in the Court of Bankruptcy, on the 25th inst.
. .

.„
The Admiralty have accepted the ships Greenwich
and Tamar to convey stores respectively to the Ba-
hamas and Auckland, and have ordered the follow-
ing vessels to be surveyed, previous to taking them
up for the conveyance of stores, vir. i—The Mary
Weir, for Malta; the Joseph Shepherd, for Hong
Kong ; and the Armistice, for Cape Town.

WEDIMSDAT E•113111NO.

The funds showed continued dulness this morn-
ing ; but in the afternoon, upon the publication of
the detailed newspaper accounts from Bombay, a
more cheerful feeling prevailed. At the close of
business the market was steadier in character, and
tho decline of per cent., which was established
yesterday, was fully recovered. Advice' of one
day's I.ter date from New York were interpreted
more favourably. On the other hand, attention is
directed rather anxiously to the movements of the
German and other continental markets, which stall
suffer from the effects of the recent speculative
excitement. _ _ _

At the Bank to-day, and in the discount market,
the demand for money was very active, and there
seems every prospect of its continuing up to the re-
lease of the October dividends. The public at pre-
sent are doing very little bona ji,k business in the
Stock Exchange, and money meets with fuller
employment in the establishment. To-day the
demand was stimulated by the settlement in
shares and foreign stocks, which is now com-
pleted. The current rate for loans on go-
vernment securities may be quoted at 5 to 51 per
cent. At the close of business, however, it was found
that several of the leading firms had provided them-
selves with an over-abundant supply of money, and
the market was consequently somewhat easier.
At Paris today, according to the telegraph, the
Three per Cent. Itentes closed at 66.60 for money,
and 66.50 for the end of September. The variation
from the closing rates of yesterday is limited to se.
The Vienna Bourse continues greatly depressed.
Yesterday a fresh fall of 1 per cent. took place in the
Austrian funds, owing, probably, to news of the rise
in the rate of discount of the Bank of Amsterdam.
From all the other leading Continental markets a
fresh fall in Austrian stock is also reported.
At Hamburg the rste of discount is 5:1, per cent.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 90?, to 4 for the
14th Oct., opened this morning at the same quota-
tion. The lowest point of the day was 90 7-16,
" sellers," and at 4 o'clock the price had advanced to
901 to I. For money the closing quotation was 90j
to 11, but is the morning sales were recorded as low
as 90. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 901, 90, 901,
90/ ; ditto, for account (14th Oct.), 904, 4, y, j ;
India Stock, 210; India Bonds, 225. die.
Exchequer Bills were quoted 7s. to 3s. die.
In the foreign stock market the fluctuation was
mainly confined to Turkish Six per Cents., which at

one time were quoted as low as V4l to ; (for the
30th instant). At the close, however, the
price had ads anced to 961 to ;. The Guaranteed
Four per Cents. were last quoted 991 to 1 (also fee
the new account). Mexican Bonds were offered in
the morning, but afterwards showed more fireman.
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. were quoted
79 to 80, and Spanish Deferred Three per Cents,
231 to!. Sates arc recorded ea follows :—Dutek
Two-and-a Half per Cents., 841 (exchange, 12f1.) ;
ditto, Four per ('rut. Certifs., 100. Mexican Three
per Cents.. 211, 211, 211, 21). Portuguese Three
per Cents., 1853, 461. Sardinian Five per Cents.,
for account (30th Sept.), 90. Spanish Old Three
per Cents., 101 ; ditto, New Deferred Three pee
Cents., 25). Turkish Six per Cents., 941, 94# ;
ditto, for account (30th Sept.), 95, 941.
The market for American railway securities to-
day was firmer, the late extraordinary fall having
induced purchases. The principal movement was
in Illinois Central Railway shares, which were in
active request, and largely dealt in at 3 prem. ;
the closing price was 3 pm., " buyers." The orders
to purchase were partly on country account.
Bank shares to-day were very quiet, with little
change hi price. Ottoman Bank shares (now fully
paid up) closed at 11 to 1 die. National Discount
closed flat, at 2to 11 die. London Discount were
also heavy. In land, steam, and other miscellaneous
shares there were few transactions.

Canadian Government Six per Cent. Bonds were
firmer. - .

The nominal closing quotations for the shares in
some of the new undertakings are subjoined, Tin. :
Oode Railway, 1-16 dis. to 1-16 prem. ; Central
Onde Railway, par to j prem.; Eastern Bengal
Railway, j to 3-16 prem.; Punjaub Railway, e
to 3-16 pm. ; Euphrates Valley Railway, 1-18 dis. to
par ; European and Indian Junction Telegraph (10s.
paid), 3 to k din. ; Riga and Dunaburg Railway
(Consolidated shares), j dia. to par.

MINES.-THIS DAY

Two ,O'CLOCK.

In the market for home mining stocks to-day
business is quiet. There is some inquiry for
Sortridge Consol ; shares, which have been dealt in
at 2 and l The recent fall in Alfred Consols
has oleo led to some little demand, and the stock is
firmer; transactions are recorded to-day at 131.
In other descriptions there is no movement of
In foreign ant colonist mining shares scarcely any
business has been done. Mariquita shares aro
marked Lie. . .

Subjoined is the official list of the closing prices
in the Mining Exchange yesterday. At the prisms
quoted there are, respectively, buyers and sellers:
Alltod Consols, 14, 131 ; ChanceUorwille, 41. 65., 6,5.00.1
Hingaton Down, 41, 5k , Lidy Beebe, 18c, 20e.; Bor-
t-M Contolo, IL 11 2; Tincroft, 4k, , Wheal Edward,
ae
9j, ; Wheel Margaret, 68, 70.

WtONABIIILT Eviornra.
In the home mining stock market today the chief
movement was in Wheal Edward and East Basset
shares, both of which were in active demand, at a
fresh advance in price. Sortridge Consols, Ilin.g-
aton Downs, Lady Bertha, Porkellis United, and
South earn Die& shares were also in demand.
Alfred Consols exhibit a further decline, and Par
Consols were also flatter. The following transac-
tions are reported to us from the Stock Exchange, in
addition to those comprised in the official list,
Sortridge Consols at 2; East Basset at 53; and
Hingston Downs at 5.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

oit o —The market oontinues steady; prices are un-
altered.
Core en.—This article has become dull ; the public We
of (lusts Rica is progressing without spirit.
TEA.—nices are fully supported and the article appease
to have the confidence of the trade.
RICE continues in fair demand.
JUTE has .1d at about 10s. decline.
Cock tsru. sold in public wile at full prices.
Ark.—The market is inactive.
Cotton.-200 bales sold yesterday at high prices.
In other articles no matenal alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The market in tilt to-day at the following quotations .
Town tune,, 61a nett conk ; Petersburg Y.C. on the we.
60A.; Beyteimcr, 59e. 6d.; October to December,
January to March, Ms. 6d.

SMITHFIELD] HAY MARKET (THIS DAY.).
Mr. E. J. Davis reports the supply Ismer, and trade
heavy. Prime meadow hay, 70s. to 165.; superior alas,
80a. to 845.; inferior ditto, 500. to 635.; rowen, 60s. to
865.; clover, 90.5. to;105o.; second cut, 83s. to 93s ; straw,
265. to 30a.

LATEST SPORTING INTEIIIGENCF.

(BY ILBCTRIC TILICSIMPH.)

DONCASTER MEETING.--(THIS DAY.)
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SON'S. Seven furlongs.
Gin. 8311abus. Sista to Ellington, Eclipse, Airisto
Old Times, Ditto, Garnish, Intercidona, Eonoont, Proud
Preston Peg, c by Nutwith Latitude, and Brother
to Marchioness, ere hers.