The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-04 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON.—LnimPooi, JAN. 3.—The market closed
very steadily, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of
all kinds were unchanged, but Americans, from 4ttl. to
6 1.161 per lb., continue scarce, and worse to purchase.
The sales amount to 7,000 bales, including 360 Perusal.
and Maranbsm, at 6/4. to 6ld. • 100 Bahia, at sld. ; 300
Egyptian, at bid. to Bid. • 300 Surat, at 3d. iota. ; and 50
Sea Islands, at 12d. to 20d. per lb.

MANUFACTURES.-Hi

2.—The

first market of the year hes shown some little degree of
im-
proTement, • greater number of merchants attending to-
i.ay than on any market during lut month. and though
their transactions are generally light it has bad the effect of
doing away with that dull appearance which has charac-
terised this market for some time back.

WOOLS.-RI

JAN. 2.—There is no ins-I

proved demand for wools, but u stocks on hand are not
sonsidered heavy for the present season, prices us pretty
well sustained.

CORN.—Bosvox, JAN. 3.—With a fair supply of wheat
we have had a good demand, at barely lut Wednesday's
prices, and in some eases 1.. lower. Barley unaltered in
value. Not much doing in beans and peas. Wheat, red,
741. to 765.; white, 821. Barley, 30s. to 3.5.. Beans, 48s.
to 60e.

STOCKTON-ON-TEES, JAN. 3.—The supply of pain at
this day's market from the growers was pretty liberal.
Wheat maintained the full prices of last week. Barley dull
sale. Beans the turn lower. Oats unchanged, with a fair
consumptive demand.

DUBLIN, JAN. 2.—There was again a elan supply at our
corn market to-day. Wheat met a ready sale at an ad-
vance of 6d. per barrel. Barley fully supported the cur-
rencies of Friday. Oats were rather slew of sale, and
scarcely sustained that day's prices. No alteration in In-
dian corn or foreign wheat—the transactions few and
small.

POTATOES.—The following were the prices of potatoes
Railway
at the market established at the ing's.cross
Railway Terminus : Scotch redo, 85s. to 1008. pa ton ;
Scotch regents, 1001. to 110 s. per ton ; York regents, 110 s. to
112 s. per ton. ; Lincolnshire regents, 955. to 110 s. per ton.
Supplies large ; trade slow, at last week's prices. Total
weight received this week, 1,602 tons.

CATTLE.—ROMPORD, JAN. 3.—At our market to-day
there was a very moderate supply of stock, and most of it
of an inferior quality; any of first quality fetched high
prices. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 6s. Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 10d.
Veal, 3s. Bd. to si. Pork, 3s. to 4s. 6d.
SOUTHALL, JAN. 3.—Beef trade was good to-day. Mut-
ton was a heavy sale at lower rates. Beef made from 2s.
to di. ; mutton, 41. to 61. ; veal, 41.6 d. to 6s. ; pork, 3/. 6d.
to 4.5. Bd. per stone of Sibs., sinking the offal.

COALS.—LONDON, Lax. 3.—Carr's Hartley, 181. ; Chil-
ton Hartley, 15s. 63. ; Davison's West Hartley, 18s. 3d. ;
Hasting's Hartley, 181. ;Lo ridge's West Hartley,lBs. 3d. ;
Stobart's Hartley, 15s. 63.; Tanlield Moor' 175.; Tanfield
Moor Bates, 17s. ; Walker Primrose, 15s. 9d. ; Whitwell
primrose Gas, 16.. 6d. ; Wylam, 195 ; Walls Bad Bell and
Brown, 17s. ; Walls End Braddylls, 205.; Walls End Het.
ton, 20s. 9d. ; Walls End Lsothton, 20s. 6d.; Walls End
Hunwiek, 161. 61. ; Walls End Whitworth, 195.; Der-
wentwater Hartley, 18s.

Scomen HOSPITAL.—The general quarterly court
of this corporation was held yesterday, at the Board Room,
Craw.court, Dr. Webster in the chair. The minutes of the
last court were read and confirmed. The statement of the
accounts of the Kinloch Trust ter the put year was pre
anted. The receipts were 2,048/. 6s. 7d., the expenditure
had been—for pensions, 1,6811., salaries, &a., 1841. 4s. 6d.,
having a balance in favour of the trust of 1831. 111. ld. After
the transaction of some routine Waiter, thanks wars Toted,
to the chairmen, and the court broke up.

SIIIPPING INTELLIGBNCZ

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CASUALTIES.

Florence, Carroll, saileiFroZtheliver Tyne on Aug. 3
last. fur Montreal, andtas not sines been heard of.
Vision (clipper ship), for Singapore, touched the Ruud
last night on the Pluckington Bank, but came off next
tide. She will hays to go into dock and be cliaokarsol
for examination.—Liverpool, Jan. 3.

LIESEPOOL SHIPS AT FOREIGN PORTS.--DINSD, at
Portland Bay; Templeman, at Hobart Town; Isabella
Crowe, at Marseilles; Murray, and John Martin, at Bahia.
SAILED Pug LlVERPOOL.—Serisgapstam, Nov. 21, sad
Rubin, 28th, from Bahia; Mignon, from Tomagona,
Dec. 26.