The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL. AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON AND OORN MARKETS.
(THIB DAY.)
(BY MIMI MID MBA UMINITIO TIIILEORMS).
(FROM OUR OWN CORBESPONDMIT.)
. . .

The cotton demand continues extremely limited, without
much alteration in price. Sales probably 1,000 bales. A
good attendance at to-day's market.
Cue .—What is moderate consumptive demand, at a
decline in some instances of Id. to 2d. per oenteL Flour,
dull sale, and rather favours purchasers. Indian corn
steady, mixed, 295. to 29e. 3d. Egyptisalbeans, loots, and
oatmeal, unchanged.

MINCING LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
SUGAR.—The market has opened quietly but steadily, but
the demand is not sufficiently active to lead to important
transactiore by private contract. The public sales are
chiefly confined to West India descriptions, which are going
off steadily at last week's currency. Refined prices are un-
altered, but the demand is still limited.
Coerce.—There is nut a public sale advertised for chewed'.
Privately there is a good demand, at very firm priors, but
business continues to be limited, owing to the want of snit.
able qualities in first bands.
Cocoa. —The demand is quiet, but steady. Common
sorts are least in request.
TVA continuos unaltered,

Rice.—Bengal oommon cargo kinds are in active request
at firm rates, but higher prices are demeuded by holders,
which has partially checked sales ; but about 10,000 bags
have been sold at Bs. gd,
Rum. —The market is inactive.
FRUIT.—For currants there continues to be an active &e-
-mend for home use at full prima.
COTTON is dull of sale—Compta sold I it 164 d.; Tinoevelly,
for arrival, 16d.
Jnva.—There are buyers at previous prices, with but few
sellers.
HEMP steady at 401. for clean.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAT).
The market is steady at the rubjoiued quotations.
Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 48e. 6d ; October to
December, 48a. Cal. ; January to March, 495. 3d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mears Harvey and 'WWII report a good supply, at Lai
•

iy's prices.

DESCENT OF A BULL INTO THE MAIN DRAINAGE
—Last evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock. a ball, on its way
to Smithfield, rushed up the steep declivity of Back-hill,
and plunged head-foremost ioto one of the main drainage
shafts at the top of the bill, felling • depth of 42
feet down into the excavation below. Here be lay
bellowing and snorting for full three.quarters of an hour,
without apparently having broken any bones, it being
ascertidoed by the workmen, by the aid of lights, that
having recovered from his exhaustion the beast was
again erect upon his legs. The question then presented
itself bow to extricate him, and it was determined
to try the experiment of getting him out alive, and •
strong force of Reid's stalwart brewers in the neighbour-
hood volunteered their assistance for the purpose. Bring-
ing their tackle from the brewery, the sewerage men
descended with it into the shaft, and having secured it round
the ueck, legs, and hind quarters of the bull, succeeded in
about half an hour, shortly after 10 o'clock, by means of
the windlus, in bringing their burden safely to the surface,
when tbeanimsl, marvellous to say, was found only to have
sustained • fracture of 000 of the fore legs, and was to
welt a distance of 100 yards to a neighbouring yard in
Saffron-hill, where he was safely honied for the night.
GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.—EarIy on Sunday
morning a fire broke out in Messrs. Speer, Saunders, and
Co.'s oil, varnish, and paint works, Norfolk-street, On
each side of the premises, which extend from Norfolk-
street to Brick-street, are courts containing dwellings
occupied by • number of labouring 'people, who, on berg
apprised of the fire by the police officer, rose from their
beds and left their home.. There was no scarcity of water,
but owing to the inflammable torture of 000 materials with
which the budding was stored, little could be done beyond
ooufiuing the range of the fire to the premises where it
commenced. About the time the fire broke out
there were about 800 tons of cotton oil on the
promises. The oil was stored in twelve cisterns, and
there were also from 400 to 500 tons of seed cake.
These combustible materials caused the fire to rage with
great fury ; and as the different cisterns ignited in sucose.
lion, immense volumes of smoke and flames broke forth,
creating at the time considerable alarm lest the adjoining
property might be sacrificed. Fortunately, the prompt and',
vigorous measures taken by the fire brigade, under Mr.
Superintendent Hewitt's direction, averted this threatened
calamity. The fire gradually gave way, and by about six
o'clock was completely checked. It is seldom that a fire in
this town progressed so rapidly, or burned with such inten-
sity, the glare being visible at a distance of several miles
round Liverpool. Messrs. Speer and Co.'s stock and
premises are insured in the Lancashire and London
and the Royal Insurance offices. Some apprehension
was entertained as to the safety of the inmates of the
houses in the courts adjoining the works, hot oa in-
quiry no one was found to have sustained any personal in-
jury. Their escape may be attributed to the prompt inti-
mation given them by the police officer who discovered the
fire. Some of the people, however, very injudiciously com-
menced removing their furniture into the street, sod much
injury to their property resulted in consequeooa At pre-
sent no correct estimate of the loss of property can be
arrived at, but it will probably reach from 8,000/. to 10.0001.
It is said that there was no fire on the premises on Bator.
day ; that the workmen left about half-past five in the
afternoon, the doors being then locked, and no one was
afterward. in the works. —Liverpool Mercury.
lieutenant Brooker, IL ~ who was sent out by
the Admiralty to @newsy the Tasmanian comet boa furnished
to the governor of the colony an elaborate report of the
survey of the eastern eoset, proving it to be most dangerous
to shipping. Lieutenant Smoker has signified to the
governor that he shall not proceed with the survey miler
the Tasmanian government shares the expense with the
Imperial government.
The Acclimatisation Society of Tasmania have
succeeded in introducing lobsters into the colony.
CELESTA'. PALACE ONE SHILLING DAT.—
MONDAY, 01191101111 22.—Admissions on payment, 4,243;
ditto by swat tickets, 879 ; total, 4,922.