The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-09 00:00:00

AMERICAN MARKETS.

NEW You, J*x. 27, 6 P.Y.

There was a good demand for stock; to-day, and sales
ware made at au advance on yesterday's rates. The high
prices which government loans bring have had a tene.ency
to direct the attention of capitalists to our railroad Kean-
ties, which are in demand at quotations. Money is more
abundant, and loans " on call '• arc made at 6 to 6 percent.
We have no change of importance to note in the rates of
discount. There is probably an increased demand foe
money, from the jobbing interests, on account of the Spring
trade now opening; but from other quarters the demand is
steady and the supply abundant. There is a good inquiry
for firsbelats paper. Our banks are liberal in their discounts,
and there is every prospect of lower rates being excepted ;
good demand fur foreign exchange, with only a moderate
supply of bills. Sales of sterling have beta made at 1104
for Southern bankers' bills. We quote :—London 110 to
1101; Paris, 5.124 to 6.17 ; Amsterdam, 411 to 411; Ham-
burg, 364 to 361; Bremen, 784 to 781. It is expected
that the Asia will take out about half a million of dollars in
specie. The steady demand for export being freely met by
our imports from California, we have no alteration to notice
in rates. 1
CorroN.—Since our lit review of the market per At-
lantic, 2ith instant, we have had a moderate demand daily,
without change in price. Sales of 24th, 400; 26th, 64)0
and to-day, 1,000 helm The America's advice. from
Liverpool of 10th instant, came to hand per telegraph, via
Halifax on Sunday, 25th instant, and although less favour-
able than was anticipated, produced no effeot, as they
were met by telegraphic advices from New Orleans of
an advance of 4c. to Ic., "strict middlings" being quoted
at 71c. to 71c. on the 24th. At Mobile, same date, " mid-
dling" was firm, and demand good at 71c. Receipts of
the week, 19,000 bides, against 30,014 last year. A des-
patch of 26th, from New Orleans, quotes "middling" at
71e., market active. Receipts of the week ending 24th,
13,000 hales, against 40,624 last year. On the subject of
'rap a decided change of opinion hes occurred in the Atlan-
tic States, where it is now conceded that the yield will not
equal early anticipation, and the estimates there made for
tint aggregate arc consequently reduced to 2,400,000 bales,
and under. In Florida, a moderate crop is also admitted.
At Mobile, we find too, advocates of lower estimates, hut at
New Orleans there is a general disposition to adopt lower
figures Id ian2,600,000t02,700,000,and some few well-Informed
parties write 3,800,000. At this point opinions arc in-
fluenced by their own receipts, now 142,000 bales in excess
of last season, and parties writing 2,700,000 or over, are
confirmed, aR they believe, in this view by comparison of
rectiats its the aggregate with those of January, 1849, when
the crop proved to be 2,728,000 bales.
Fug:us—With the sale of a few thousand bids. for ship•
went, and some few operations on speculation, the trade
has been in a retail way to supply the wants of the city
trade. Common to straight State brands may be suoted
at 4.624 dots. tot
4.7 dols. ; favourite and fancy, 4.7 u dole.
to 6 dols. ; good to fancy Ohio, 4.75 dole. to u. 064 do's. ;
straight Michigan and Indiana, 4.75 uols. to 4.814 dole
Southern is in better request and light supply, with sales
at 4.75 doll. to 1.811 dols. for good brands of Alexandria,
Baltimore, Brandywine, and Georgetown. Canadian in
bond has improved in price, and is now held at 1.60 dols. to
4.621 dole. Rye flour sells at 3.624 dole. Corn meal is
quiet at 3.25 dull. to 3.50 dots. for Jersey and Brandywine.
OBAIN.—The price asked for wheat is so far beyond the
views of millers and exporters that the market rules very
quiet, and the stock being in the hands of one or two
houses, quotations are only nominal.
Tores.ceo.—The sales include 20 hhds. Kentucky, at 8 c.;
30 cases Florida, 10 c. to 25 c. ; 60 cases seed leat, at 11 c.,
and 50 bales Cuba at 20c.

Fnasonta.—Phere n only a moderato amount offering
for Europe, and rotes are unchanged ; we quote packet
mks to Liverpool :—Cottun, 3.32 c. to 3-16 e. per lb. ; flour
and meal per bbl., Is. to ls. 3d. ; heavy goods per ton,
150. ; bacon and cheese, Iras. ; grain in bulk per bushel,
&Id. To Loudon :—Tobacco per hhd., 255. ; flour per bbl.,
Is. 91. ; turpentine per 280 lbs., Is. 6.1. to Is. 1.111. ; measure-
ment goods per ton, tn. to 30s. ; heavy gouda, oil, &c., 20s.
to ; thcese, 30s. ; beef and pork per tierce, 3s. Gd. to
is. To Havre :--Cotton, square bales per lb., Ic. ; ashes
per ton, 6 dole. to 7 dolt. noe, 8 dole. ; quereitron bark,
dole. ; mcasuremint goods, 8 dole. ; whalebone, &c., per
tc.

WEST INDIA MARKETS.
(From Do Cordova's Mrrvaattle iirdellignater.)
KINGSTON JAMAICA JAY. 12.

FLOCI4.-11olders still refuse to sell at 265., and the trade
decline to eperate largely at ahigher rate. The sales which
have peen confined to small parcels were all effected at
26e. 6d. to 27e., at which prices the article is readily pro-
curable. The stock is ample.
Tosacco.—We quote Cavendish at 9d. per lb., and leaf
at 48s. to 525. per 1(8) lbs. Both descriptions are plentiful.
CORN is scares. 800 bags have been moved, at 85. 6d.
per bag.
MALT.—ltarvey's pale ale has been sold at 7s. 3d. per
dawn. We note a sale of a 100 barrels Dunbar's porter and
ale at Bs. Bulk is quiet.
Reu—ls moved at 3s. ld. to 3s. 2d. per gallon duty paid.
SUOAR-111 in very fair supply. We range our quotations
at 145. to 20s. per 100th..
PIMENTO—Is taken in moderate lots at 3d. to ltd. per lb.
Curran-1s in very small supply. We quote ordinary
at 28e. to 30s. per 100th..
GoLD.—Doubloons would readily command 3 per cent.
premium. American gold is in limited inquiry at a nominal
premium.

SUICIDE IN FLEET-STREET.--On Saturday night
Mr. Payne held an iuquest at Punch's Tavern, Fleet-street,
on the Ludy of Mrs. Anastasia Mayor, aged 39.—Mr. E.
James Peuehey, solicitor, of Salisbury-square, Fleet-street,
deposed to having known the deceased for some time past,
atul that about nino years ago he was instructed by her hus-
band to bring an action against a gentleman for criminal
conversatiun with her. A separation took place, and her
husband agreed to allow her 11. a week. She received the
first payment but returned the second, at the same time
writing a very offeuaive letter to her husband. She after-
wards went under the protection of her seducer. She had
since frequently called at witnum's office, and he had been
compelled to tell his clerk to deny him to her.
The last time that ho saw her she was very
much distressed. On Friday evening she called again,
and his clerk told her that he was out, when she asked per-
mission to write a letter. She was shown into a private
room, and soon after his clerk came to him and said the de-
cease:l was in a fit. Ile gave directions for a medical man
be be went for, which was done ; and on the arrival of c sur-
geon he found that she was dead. Ile heard that she had
lived near, or with, her father, and bad been informed that
her mother was an inmate of Hartwell Lunatic Asylum.
She was exceedingly excited the last time he saw
her. Der husband is en officer in the East India Company's
service.—James Cripps said that the demisted was his
daughter. She had not slept at his house for some time,
but had called there nearly every evening. She was with
him on Friday, between I and 2 o'clock. She seemed then
in great distress of mind, whether from privation or from a
sense of her past conduct he could not tell. Re was certain
she had no money when she went out, beyond a ft w half-
pence. It was then about seven or eight years since she was
living with the man who seduced her.—The Coroner: What
is the name of the man ? Witness: Captain Farquhar.—The
Coroner : When the husband brought the action, did he obtain
a verdict? Witness: Yes; and recovered 750 f. The
Coroner: Where is tho party now? Witness: lie went to
India, and deceased has not seen him since.—A Juror: Did
she ever express in your hearing any intention of destroy-
log her life? Witness: No ; but I have often heard her
express a wish to die.—The Coroner: Iles she seen her
husband lately? Witness: Ile is home from India, and I
think she told me that she had seen him once.A Juror:

Is ha aware of this circumstance? Witness : No ; but I
have written to him lately, telling him of her distress, fur
she had no money, and I, unfortunately, bad none to give
her.—l he Coroner ; How did she live ? Witness : She had
a little property, which she had saved up, and when the
Mtn who took her under his protection went to India, she
was obliged to part with it, and since that period she
bad lived the best way she could—Mr. Rogers, assistant
to Mr. Holding, surgeon, proved having been sent fur on
the previous evening about six o'clock, and on his arriv,,l
at Mr. reachey's he found deceased quite dead. lle pir,erd
cold water upon her, principally to satisfy the bystenders,
but he had no hopes of her recovery. She was twavcheil by
the housekeeper, and in her pocket a phial was found,
which contained a small quantity of the essential oil of
abounds. lle was unable to detect the smell of that poison
in her mouth, and ho was also unable to say positively
whether that had caused her death or not. 30 drops of the
essential oil of almonds would be sure to destroy life ; but he
would netlike to take ten drops.—Other evidence was given of
a similar character, which proved that the object of de-
ceased calling upon Mr. Peachey was fur the purpose of
persuading him to bring about a reconciliation between
herself and her husband. The jury not being perfectly
satisfied, the inquiry was adjourned in order that an (n
nation of the body might be made.