The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-28 00:00:00

MARKET&

COTTON GOODS.-14.thatisrlit, Dec. 26.—J0-day
phials of business have her closed connected with the yarn
and cloth trade, and two holidays in the week have rose-
manly interfered a good deal with the amount of trainee.
time. Up to Thursday buyer were indisposed to operate,
and the transactiom were few, with prices in favour of
seller. On Thursday the easier rates adopted by the Bank
gave a little more &mare to sellers, but it was not the
ligmarket day, and many seller as well as buyers
darto put in as appearance on 'Change. " Some decline
in price,' say Menem Pinder and CO. in their Circular for
the Overland Mail, " has been established (during the peat
fortnight) in all classes of good., though it is lees noticeable
in the case of lodic clothe, in consequence generally
of the smallness of stocks. Printing clothe have declined
is. 6d. to 2s. per piece from the highest point, and about
the middle of the month there was a considerable demand
for them." China shirting', figured and brocade shining,
and damasks have also been in limited request during the
peat fortnight, and have shared in the decline of prices,
i which has beau common to nearly all fabrics; 40-inch
Lair shuKing,. ruadapollama, jecoorta, and mulls have
been comparatively lees affected in prices, and were conse-
quently among the fabrics for which manufacturer were
unposed to ask rather firmer rates after the action of the
Bank on Thursday. Yarns had been declining generally till
Thursday, when spinners in some cases asked td. above the
rates of the day before, but trainer left off dull.
HARDWAlLE.—Biasnosait, Dec. dl.—The trade of
this town has coutinuedbuoyant up to;the end of the quarter;
the country orders were curiae in op to the last moment
for articles in general domestic use, and manufacturer
have a considerable number in hand on account of neat
quarter. The metal trades are all of them more or leas
brisk ; the various rolling mills have bean engaged at full
time; and the reports as to the state of other im-
Cbranches,ant such as the edge-tool manufacture,
p and chandelier, gas-fitting, and tin-plate
workers, are all of them more or ler favourable.
In the military gas made there is so improvement.
whatever; weaker have been offered lately to the mer-
chants at prices ruinoitaly low so far as the manufacturers
are concerned, but it is difficult to effects/ilea on any terra
The state of the manufacturing trades in the adjoining
districts is quite as satisfactory as it is in the town. At
Wolverhampton the japanners are busy ; the tame as to the
iroefousden and the hollow-ware manufacturers of West
Brminrich. The various trades carried on in the neighbour.
hood of Dudley end Stourbridge are brisk, and all the
large works in that quarter are in full operation. The
iron trade is full of animation ; it is now anticipated that
the advance in the prove to be declared next Thursday will
be not lees than 30a per too.

CORN.—Commiereit. Dec. 26.—A very limited supply
of ell psrais ; the amount of business triturated was
almost natural ; bided, it nu like a boliday.

GUILDFORD, LIIC. 26. —There wu a good supply of wisest
at our market to-day. Trade was steady, and • fair clear-
anoe effected at pries quite equal to last week. Moe
malting barley without change in value; low qualities
selling at very irregular rates. Wheat, 375. to 51s. • Wiley,
25e. to 405. ; pass, 3.5 e. to 375. ; beans, 3.5 a to 44. ; oats,
las. to 25a.

Harrroau. Doc. 26.—A very small market supply of all
pais. Wheat was held firmly at fully last week's
rates. Barley was brisk, but so lower. Oats and hew is
',Mil as bsfore. Wheat, red, per load, We. 6d. to Ms.;
tine, 26e. ; white. Zs. to 265. ; boa, 27e. ; barley, raiding,
qr
per ~ Xi
& to 38e. ; grirdiag, 26e. to 32e. ; oats, coarse,
16s. to 22a. pro qr. ; feed, Vs. psi qr. ; beaus, pm. long. Zia.
to Vs. ; peas, 2215. to Itis. bd.
LIUCEBTIIII, lire. 116.—Our cora market was held oa
Thursday this week is eousequeam of the holidays. Thera
was hsay an average ahow of wheat, the medium of the
samples being irregular. The demand ruled Area at wait*

late rates. New red told at Vs. to 40e. ; sew white, 408„
to 45e. per 36 stone. The show of barley warn fully cram.
clone to meet the demand, and encept for nulitmor lot
prime were rather lower; malting, 33e. to 38e. per. qr.
grinding; 27.. to 29e. per 30 atoms. A leis satire feeling
prevailed is the mite trade, and late rates wen alkali to
make ; sew, 21a. to 23e. ; old, 23.. to 2fla. per 24 stone.
Beam were a moderate 'Low, and late nitro may be quoted
old making, 41a. to 424. ; sew. 34e. to 36e. per 38 mop.,
Mow. 28e. to 32e. per seek of 20 'tone.

NEWCASTIJI-UPON-TTNI, Dec. 26.-At our market this
moraine we bed • moderate show of wheat from the
powers, aid =edition being much improved, a demon.,
endeearly effected, at rather over this day ss'onight. Smith
country sad foreign being held beyond the views of buyers,
very few truer:none resulted, bat spot the whole the
was closed with • firmer too. than of late. Floor no.
altered. Choice malting barley had firmly ; for other
kinds there wee little inquiry. Balt, ludas flee, net.
lesteL Little stirring is bases or Oate steadily
simplified their value, but, as is usually the ease at the
esneou, lAN were limited. The arrivals this week are :-
Wheat, eceetwies, 2,447 qrs. • ' f • 756. Rye. mat.
wise,hla t. Barley, coastwise, 645. , ometwiee, 360,
Oats, coestwies, 593. Beans, coastwise. 20. Flow, coast.
wise, 1,831 deka. Indian con flour, 390 sacks.
Nciewicu, Dec. 26.-There was rather • thin attendance
of farmers at to-day's market, and • 'barkeep* of whist,
for which the growers demanded more storasy ; the millers
were not (Imposed, however, to give se advance, end the
sales effected were on the same teems se lest Saturday.
The supply of barley was limited, sod prices raniaisied
without change. No alteration in the price of flour. White
wheat (weighing 631bs. to 660 m.), 43a to 46e. ; red ditto
(weighing 63165. to 661 be.). Als. to 41s. ; beet chevalier
melting barley (weighing 65Iba to 56104.1, 35a. to 3fe. ;
runs chevalier ditto (weighing 5410. to sAlhe.), me. to ;
distilling ditto (weighing 521bs. to 5310 a.), 29e. to ;ex ;
oste, 24a. to 26e. ; beans, 36e. to 375. ; peas, 35a. to 36e. pee
quarter. roar, 275. 6d. per sack. Avenges :-IFSeet
3,048 quarters, 40e. fd. ; barley, 7,594 quarters, 32e. 1 id. ;
beans, 22 quartets, 36e. Id ; pees, 10 quarters, 38s. 6d.
Nerrurousu, Dec. 26.-There was a very limited
attendance, and the show of wheat was by so mama shim.
dant. Sales were made steadily, and the prices of last week
were realised. New white realised 40.. to 461 ; our nd,
375. to 411. ; old white, 41a. to 45e. ; old red, 395. to 425.
per stone. There was • fair show of barley, for which
the mo
demaod was of • quiet character, sod the prices of last
week were made. !felting, 30a. to 38s. per qr. ; grinding
(old), 275. 68. to 30.. ; new, 265. to2Ba. per 30 stone. Oats
were in moderate supply, and sales were made at abort
recent currencies : old, 24a. to 31. • new, 15a. to 26a. ;
old forego, 21s. to 24e. For 24 dose. Tim demand for
beans was slow, at little or no alteration in prices : old,
38e. to 42e. ' • new, 34a. to 38e. per 38 stops. Superior
floor, 335. to 37.: fine, 275. to 30s. per lack.
Purissmeouna, Dec. 26.-Then was but • small market
bare to-day, and prices for all grain may be considered
ocenierilly se led week.
READING, Dec. 26.-Little ma be said of our mart.t
this moralu . It being partly • holiday, ow Con Exchange
had a very crank appearaeos. There was an trade doing in
either wheat or barley worthy of °amend, and the supply
was very smalL
ltoceserza, Dec. 26. -The attendance wee rather
small, and the market partook of • holiday chamber.
The businees done was confined chiefly to the bed deserip
thin of wired, of which there was a fair show, sod the isles
for which were the same as those of last weak. Other
kinds were about I. per quarter cheaper. For best
kinds of white wheat the terms were 44a. to 485., end is.
ferior, 425. to 44.. • best red, 40s. to 445, and secondary
and inferior kinds, 3:94. to 40e. Foreign kilt& were rather
firm, nod best sorts realised 48e. to 52e. per quarter. Of
barley the supply was rather limited, aod priceswere
slightly firmer. Best kinds for malting reeds 36e. to 391.,
and grinding 25e. to 295. per quarter. Oat, were slightly
easier, and ell but the bast sorts of old and foreign gave
way 6d. per quarter. Beet old were 22a. to 245., and others
18e. to 22a. per quarter. Beans and peas both in middling
supply, with a slow trade at late currencies. The dour
market was very dull, and prices abouttbe same.

You. Dec. show of wheat was by DO main
tarp, the supply consisting of a thin sprinkliog of red and
white descriptions. The currencies of last week were main.
Wised, with a moderate feeling in the trade. Prices for
whits wheat ranged from 40s. to 45e. ; for red, 375. to 40s.
par 36 stone. Of barley the supply was tolerably good, but
there wee sot much buoyancy in the demand, and prices
were a shade lower than heretofore; =Meg, 28s. to 30a.
per quarter ; grinding, 265. to 286. per 30 stove. The show
of oats was Dot large, and buyers purchased freely at as
much money as but week ; new, 18 . to 2Ds. per 24 atone.
The.. was a limited supply of beans. whkh for The most part
sold at late terms—riz., 38s. to 40s. per 38 stone. Malt
38s. to 60s. ; rye, 30s. per quarter. Flour, 30a. to 31s. per
Mtn.

KIRKCALDY, Doc. 26.—At our country markets this week
we had goad supplies of all kinds of grain, for which a fair
demand was experieocad at the previous week's reduced
currency. Here, to-day, we had moderate supplies of wheat
and barley, law of cats. Mae slow. Barley much u
last week. Wheat and oats about la. per qr. lower.
Wheal, sew and old, 28a. to 42e. per qr. ; barley, new,
72a. 6d. to 30a. ; cafe, sew, 12s. to 21a.

PRICE or Barra.—The prices of wheaten bread
In the metropolis are from sia. to 7d. ; of household ditto,
bid. to did. Some baker are selling from 41d. to sd. per
41b. loaf, weighed on delivery.
MURDRIWUB ATTACK BY &lAMBIC —A serious
affray' the result of which in all probability will be the
death of one man sod the permanent injury of another, oc.
emend is Liverpool on Friday night. Between ten and
eleven o'clock Joseph M'Gratb, and William M'Grath,
25, dock labourers, were drinking with a man named
Thomaa Gallagher in a public house in Frederick•treat.
While they were standing at the bar Nonioo Riemes and
Loeemi Corpus, seen,en of the barque Lorenzo, lying in the
King's Dock, came in and passed behind them. At the
moment when the seamen were passing William M'Grith
staggered backwards and came in contact with them, sod
they became very angry. Au altercation then ensued and the
seamen ultimately went into the street, and there waited
the appearance of the M'Graths and Gallagher.
When the men came out of the house they were attacked
with drawn knives, Joseph M'Grath receiving a fearful
wound in the abdomen, and Win. M'Omth a severe wound
in the back. The assistance of the police was at coos ob.
tamed, and the 'odors were taken into custody, while the
two wounded men were conveyed to the Southern Hospital.
The surgeons upon seeing Joseph M'Grath at ones en.
pressed their opinion that he would not recover, as his
stomach was literally ripped open. The knife which struck
Wen. M'Grath fortunately took a slanting direction. mid
hence the wound is not so serious. Both the men were in
a state of intoxication when they were attacked. Riemes
and Corpus were brought before Mr. &Mai, the Liverpool
stipendiary magistrate on Saturday, and remanded for
seven days.
FATAL AFFRAY IN DUBLIN. —At Capel-street
police court oe Saturday morning three privates of the Stith
Regiment were brought before the presiding magistrates, in
custody of Patrick Duffy, 117 D, charged with
having been accessory to the death ..f another
private soldier, who was stabbed through the heart in
Brown.street on that morning, between one sod two
o'clock. His worship referred the use to the coroner for
investigation, as the deceased died in a few minutes after
being conveyed to the Richmond Surgical HospitaL Dr.
White held an inquest on the body, and having beard the
evidence, the jury returned • verdict to the effect that de-
ceased died from a wound through the heart, indicted by
John M'Nemara. Moor and Corbett were acquitted, and
M'Namara wu committed far trial at commission.

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