The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-16 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.
iNDIOO.-The sales are progressing without alteration. ,
Corrorf continues very firm.
Marsui.-The demand for Iron still continues very dull;
prices are unaltered. Sprite,: No sales reported. Tin:
East India bas declined fid. to Is. per cwt., without
much business being done. Basics quoted at 81s. 6.1. to
82s. ; Straits, 80a. &I. to Sic ; British without alteration.
OtLe.-Seal, pale, 301. 10s. to 311. • straw, 291.• to 301. -
brown, 271. to 28. ; Sperm, 831. to; 8./. 105. ; head-
matter, M. to 881. • Cod, 311. to 321. ; South Sea, 311. to
321. 104. ; Olive dalipoli 431. 10s. to 44/. ; Spanish ant
Sicily, 411. to 421. 10s. • Palm, 251. 16s. to 261. 10s. •
Coeoa.nut, 271. to 34/. ; Seed, rape, pale, 311. ; Linseed,
251. 10s.
The sales advertised for to-morrow are-Sugar: 160
casks of Barbadom, 6,000 bags Mauritius, 6,600 bias Ben-
gal.l,3oo bags Madras, and 400 bags Penang. Coffee : 100
casks plantation Ceylon, 117 cases Wynanl plantation, and
100 bags Costa Rico. Cochineal : 200 bags.
TALLOW MAItXET.-THIS DAY.

The market Is steady. The delivery list week was largo
(2,534 casks) ; prices are about as at the close of last week.
Town Tallow, 355. Gcl. nett ; Patenburph Y.C. on the spot,
354. 3d. • Oct. to Dec., 11152, 325. ; on or before the end o
March, 355. to 355. 3d.

PARTICULARS OF TALLOW.
100. I MI.
Stock this day GAS.. 41,713
Denver, lost week
Do. from lotions
Aerivid lasting& Ol3
Do. Roos lot Juno
Price Y. C. Sala day par cwt l7O. Id. to 3d.
Ito. Town 39e.d.

.11.5
111,581
37x. U.
$9.. b.

MARK-LANE-THIS DAY.

There was a ♦ary abort supply of English Wheat at mar-
ket this morning by land carriage samples from F.assz,
Kent, and Suffolk, and the quantity on sale from Lincoln
and Cambridgeshire was not large, and although the
condition was fully equal to that of last week, millers
evinced so little disposition to purchase, that a decline of
ls. per qr. was in some cans Fubwitted to. Foreign Wheat
was held for former prices, and the transactions were snips-

portant. _
• Flour scarcely sold so well as last week.
Prime malting Barley was 2s. per qr. cheaper, whilst se-
condary sorts were offered in vain at that reduction. Foreign
grinding and distillery Barley must be quoted Is. to 2..
ower.
English and Scotch Oats declined in value 6.1., and new
foreign feed and brew Oats 6d. to Is. per qr. from the quo-
tations of this day se'nnight.
Beans were a heavy sale at former prices, and Peas main-
tained their value.
BRITISH. Shillings per Qr.
WHIAT,Eakex It Kent red 39 to 41 to 45...wLite, 44 to 17 to 61
Norfolkand Suffolk. ,39t041 to 43... do. 14 w44to 49
Talavera (laic: ur bacilk) 49 to 63
..
Quabridget Linlein red to 39 to 43 . white, 41 to 41 t 047
gra, new uld, to
baatev, lerdlag
Malting
Hum
Oars, English, toed
Ditto P01and.......„...... 19 to 20 potato 2l to 114
&Tana it Scotch, feed 21 to 22 r.t:akto ......- l4 to /I
Irish, feed.- ...... .. 17 to 1910 19
Ditto, potato 2l to 23
Pau, grey 27 to 29 ...maple . ' 0 to 32
blue 30 to 40. Imperial 44 to 441
Whits 30 to 31. .Imie 32 to 36
Batas, Maaagan 2ll to 27...tiek .91n SO.. old 33 to SG
Harrow 23 10 30.. small 30 10 32 . old 34 to 311
Taw, *sowing, per bush.— to— maw winter ts to ha 3d old to
Banana, now 41 to 44
LIPPIAL. CAMAS. per thousand £9 to /10 10
CI...VISUAL% per cwt., red-- to to --white.— — to to
P. r melt al 110161.
?rota, town made, delivered.... 40 to 43...1b5e honk hold .. 13 to liir
Norfolk and !Suffolk 32 to 34 whites 34 to 311
FOREIGN. bbi!li op per Qr.
-41 1043. ..6.0 sitos9
-..ltostork 44 to 48... Stettin 40 to 46
trench-- ......... . Is to —.. brabant to
Danish 33 to S7...llsmburg ...79 to 40 to 42
Russian.. 3010 SI. .az..Uan ........ 27 to it
63 Danube ...IQ 31..
RTIt -

Witssr, Dintsle and Konigsberg
Pomeranian 40 to 44

BAIIILZT. lending --II 19 IS ...471411434—.„ . ..... 26 to 141
LIIINTUA
OATlNlturian
Pomeranian and Mra15w44..."........ l9 toll
goodish and Danish ......... 2O to 1111
Friesland and Dutch, Red
Ditto, brew. .11 to 23...P01ands .....
BLAHS. trek
Small
F 4114914 21 to 22 „Tuscany _......... IS to W
Psos, grey 9B 10 17
Wilts. ri to 32...h011ers ......... 32 to 34
Tau, old. ts to 2S ...mew 16 to 27...1args ll to 911
Lursaitm_44ltle sad Raw1..41. to 44
land Odessa.
42 to 44 „Hempoted 33 so 37
freed duly, per ton, Z 1 10 to Z 1 13
Per Hanel of 1944h5.
ham Merwlean IS 21 22 to 24...Cansdian ......... 21 Is 14
Dant& to —...Hamburg
Transh, per mask of Mho_ 23 32 to 34 to ST
ARRIVAL) INTO LONDON PROM ith PEN to 14th FEB.
Qrs. English. gemeh. Irish. Pereira).
Wheat I 4677 4870
Barley 41876 1 1776 14. I 1176
Oats 3163 8146 1707 14314
roar, 1,904 barrels, 4,003 treks; Malt, 13,239 qrs.

Ramis;
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BOROUGH MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mesas. Pattenden and Smith report that the demand for
Hope continues unabated, at rather better pricks. The
supply is very limited.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.-THIS DAY.

The number of Beasts is smaller, end trade more cheerful ;
still it is very difficult to advance prices. In a few instances
choice Scott have made 3s. 10d., but too seldom to quote.
The supply of Sheep is also less as to numbers, but the
quality being good, there is • considerable weight of moat
at market; hence prices are not much higher. However,
everything is cleared off, at a slight advance. There are
very few Calves on offer, consequently late prices are fully
realised. From Germany and Holland there are 425 Beasts,
660 Sheep, and 165 Calves; Scotland, 500 Beasts; Norfolk
and Suffolk, 1,700; and 600 from tho Northern and Mid-
land Counties.

Per stone or Sta. a4.a 4. Per Mono of 81t.. n4.c 4.
1164 Amy llorofordo I 6 3 8 Dot Dna A Ilf..bdo. ST 0 4 0
llooi Obort*oroo .... 3 4 3 6 Doc Loci.wooLf. . .. 31 4 0
lloosod quality 1184•14 110 3 2 Do. do. dhom .. .. 0 0 0
Calm
Pip B4 4 8 Ems sad wood quality 3 3 4
3 0. 0 Do. do. Bhors ..... ... 0 • 0
Dec Deo di 1181Cboodo 4 0 4 4 lambs .... . ..
ri gs. .. 0 0 4
boo* a& out*. 3.214 * lbw sad Logo. 3 0.&10 ; eaves. IN
MO.

LIABILITIES OF TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.—'The
American papers report a decision in one of the law courts
of New Orleans, on the first case which has yet been tried
in the United States regarding the liability of telegraph
companies for errors in the transmission of messages. The
Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Company were
sued for 161 dollars damages, in consequence of their
having tubstitnted the words siity-six" for " Arty-
sit," in an order for a transaction in oats. In
summing up, the judge dwelt upon the fact that
telegrophic messages were liable to ho perverted by
derangement of the wires from atmospheric causes, tel
which the company could not be held answerable ; he also
pointed out that the menage in question had consisted of a
string of abbreviations which rendered it wholly impossible
for the operator to understand it, or to form an idea on be-
half of the company of the extent of responsibility attempted
to be thrown upon hint. Under these circumstances the
value of the message was held to be inappreciable, bat
judgment was given for the plaintiff to the amount of
3 dots. 50c. (the price of the message), together with the
costs of the court. _

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.—Late on
Wednesday night an alarming fire broke out in the exten-
sive ropery of Messrs. W. and C. Cohort and Sun and Com-
pany, Lodge-lane, Tosteth-park. The building in which
the flames originated was full of machinery, hemp, tar, as.,
and from the combustible character of the controte it be-
came speedily one intense burning mass. The efforts of the
fire brigade were successful at length in subduing, to some
extent, the ravages of the destructive clement, though not
before the building and its contents were reduced almost to
ashes. During nearly the whole of Thursday two engines
were employed in extinguishing the smouldering hemp.
Fortunately the ropery was detached from any house.. The
on to the proprietor will be very great.
EXPLOSION IN BIRMINOTIAM. —An explosion of
detonating powder took plate in a court in Cheapside, Bir-
mingham, on Saturday evening. One man only was killed,
but such was the violence of the shock that his limbs were
severed from his body, and hurled in various directions a
long distance apart; a leg being picked up in Bradford-
street, at least a hundred-and-fifty yards from the scene of
the disaster. The building was shattered to pieces; most
of the houses were much shaken, and the doors and windows
forced open. The cause of the accident has not been ascer-
tained. The powder is said to have been undergoing the
last stage of preparation—the drying process—and it m.sup-
pmed bad become over-heated.
raiment Ratimas TRAPTIC.—The following are the last
returns of the man* of %Wattle:2ml Item& railways :
NIPATNOIS.—From Jon 29 to Feb. 4: Isomers, 111412114
goods, 217.407 L; total, $42,330?.
Seca.—Fras Feb. 1 to Feb. : 'avengers, 188,117 f. ; goods.
91,11101. ; tMa1,!47,897f.
Mans—tram Feb. 1 to Feb. 7: Passengers, 20,470 f.; geod.
27,779 f.; WM, 22,1427.
01111AM—Yros Feb. 2 to Feb. 9 : Pawnees, 81.429 C ; geed%
132,91 W. ; tom!. 19t,143f.
sesaamm—Fran Jan. 27 to Feb. 1: Passengers, 40,0.21 L; gook
811.040 f.; WM. 108,09 M
v,...--Prom Ve.b 2 to Feb. 9: Parender%22,lll2f.; gado.
27.0711; toteL 78,2 M.
garret —From Jas. 19 to Feb. 4: Prolostes, UAW. ; gam
98,304 L ; total.WAN*
Sraamovao.—pram Jan. St to Feb. 4: Ptesingen, 811,11411.;
goo.* HOLUM ; total, 1 90, 11425.
Bata.—Froes Jan..lB to rib. 1: Presson. 17,413 f.; roil.
1041dtetlint.

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