The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-07 00:00:00

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LATEST FOHEION EXCHANGES.

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PARIS, Du. 6. V"
Money. !Opeeklagilligbea. roueet., C usioo.
Fa Cent,.
RP:F.:lst% • 14.3.. 01, 1,611.60 109 60 !oil so 1 Nis fl

I per Cent..
4 per Colts 1'23 I ~.
4, par (Nuts.. 1893 105 0 11
4 irer Crab. ..... . I 98 25
8 per Cents. Men Lour ... I
an Landon alai:ht. 23 174; 9u de's, 25 3
9819188,31114rLbtrili0 94 Money Napier Bente
12. les2 Itom.in 5 patent
La. 44 ....... 100 Do. Itl3o ......
nedniont d 100 „, I Treansiry Bonds
Dis. I. 1852 I Bank Mares
Fasts, Dec. 4. St. Germain, —; Ventailles (right
bask), ditto (left bank), 315; Paris and Orb au% 1,800; Parse
sad Roues. 9'o; Konen and Havre, —; blarwillio and Avig-
non, —; Btraiibourg and Ilak, 315; Nnritirrii, BO: Por. and
4tritobourg, 770; Pan. and 14,00, 085; Lyon+ and /kiln. 633;
Ouest, 743; Blame and $2. Dialer to Gray, 3so ; Perin on 4 Cher-
bourg, 810; Dijon and BefaDool3, 663; Bordeaux and CAA e, 350;
Dieppe and Ferarmu, 350; Paris and ticcata, ISO; llorde.uz snit
Teste,27s; Brand Comte, 1,500.
BERLIN, DEc. 4.—Voluntary Loan, 1011. New
lwaserottr-and-a-Half per Cent. (1851),103; ; ditto
0854 10311; National ih;ht, 931. Commercial and
Marine Society's Premium, 14M 1. Bank Shares, 1084.

MINCING-LANE.—TIIIB DAY.
Suoart.-11e public •ales arc going off rt2adily, at last
weak'• pricer. The refined market without ■lt.: ration.
COPPIZE.—The public sales, which are large, are pro-
gre.aing without any material alteration.
Tea.—The Armand for good Congou, from lam. to Is. 21,
continues good ; common Cungou remains firm, at lO4d. to
lOttl. per lb.
SALTPURE —9OO bags sold in public sale at full pr'cer.
Refraction 6, 279. 6d. to 28e.; refraction 9 to 101, 2.15. to
265. 6d.

RICE.-3,000 bags were offered, for which there did not
appear to be buyers at full pries, and they were bought
in at 10s. W. tolls.

COTTON.—The market is rather dull. 300 bales sold
yesterday on 'Change.
SPIRITB.--RUM and Brandy are firm, at last week's
prices.
In other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The Tallow market to•dee is very quiet, thcre being
scarcely anything doing. Town Tallow is quoted 47e.
nett cash ; l'otenburg Y.C. on the spot, 475. ; all this year,
465. 9d.; January to March, (1853), 47a; October to De-
cember (1863), 445. 6d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Mr. E. J. Davis reports very little &Ante, at the follow-
ing quotations .—Prime Meadow Hay, 258. to 80s. ; in-
ferior, 60s. to 70s. ; Rowen, 42e. to 645.; Clover. 80s. to
975. 6d. ; second eat, 601. to 835.; Straw, 255. to 30s.

THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.
(rem the Mark Law Rrpress.)

The tone of the advices from the Baltic ports hap,
it will be remembered, fur some time past he( nof a firm
character, and it must have been evident to all that holders
there would require but little encouragement to raise their
pretensions. The news of the rise in quotations here had
the effect which might have been expected, and by the
latest account. we learn that prices had advanced materially
at all the leadirg markets.
Dentsie letters of Tuesday gate that over 20,000 qrs.
of wheat had changed hands during the preceding eight
days. A considerable proportion of the quae tity bought
was believed to be for account of the some parties who
have for some time been making purchases at Amsterdam
for shipmen to the London market. These operations,
which have excited so much curiosity, remain unex-
plained. The prices paid at Dentrie had been very high,
say 455. per qr., free on board, for fine mixed 61 lbs.
wheat; and fur the finest high-mixed as much as 48s. per
qr. free on hoard had been naked. Stooks wire becoming
much reduced, and no material addition was expected to be
made to the same by fresh supplies. The weather was mild
and open, allowing of shipments being contieued. Freights
to London or to the mit coast had risen to be. per qr.
From Konigsberg we learn that, after a temper ,ry close
of the navigation in erineequenee ofervere frost, the weather
had again become unusually mild for the time of year.
The want of adequate supplies had preventrd much busi-
ness being done in wheat ; but the demand had been active
and prices had run up rapidly. Vessels were very scarce,
an 4 in much request; for the east coast of Great Britain
be. to be. 41d., for the Channel ports be. 6d. to be. 9d., and
for the west coast 6s. toe.. Gd. per qr. had been paid. /Co
barley or oats had come forward, and the supplies of beans
and peas had been quite trifling.
Stettin letters of Monday last state that the exciting re-
ports from Hamburg had reacted on that market, cod that
as much as 41s. per qr., free on board, had been paid for
601 to 611 lbs. Potion. Orders were said to have been re-
ceived for the purchase of wheat on Frene't and Belgian
account, and hitcher rates were anticipated. Freights
had risen, and 3s. 91. to 4s. per qr. had been paid for
London.
At Rostock, on Monday, there was an active inquiry for
wheat, principally on Hamburg account ; the prices paid
had varied from 40s. 6d. to 43a. per qr. according to
quality. The demand having been chiefly for heavy sorts,
the finer descriptions were becoming scarce. The stocks in
warehouse were not by any means large, farmers having
supplied the market but moderately.
Hamburg 'deices of Tuesday inform us of the purchase
of considerable quantities of wheat in that market, at rising
prices; 455. 6d. per qr., free un bo .rd, had been paid for
61 lbs. red Upload for immediate shipment, and Lower
Baltic qualities had realised equal to 465. to 46e. 6d. per
qr., free on board. The impression there was that past of
the purchases made had been on account of the French Go-
vernment. B irley had rather given way in value ;
lbs. Daniels having been sold at 24e. per qr., free on board
in spnug. Oats had been in fair request, and had brought
former rates.
In the Dutch markets much firmness set me to have pre-
vailed, and at Mott. rdam, on Monday, 465. per qr., tree on
board, was paid for 601bs. old Ithiue.
From France the reports are comparatively quiet, and
neither wheat nor flour was dearer on Wednesday at Paris
than on that day sennight. Letters trom Marseilles of the
27th November, state that the inquiry for wheat bad im-
proved, and the stocks on the spot being small, prices had
rather tended upwards.
The advice, from rim Black Sea do not report any mate-
rial alteration in quotations. Holders had in general shown
a disposition to raise tueir pretensions' but they had not suc-
ceeded in establishing any quotable advance.
From America the advice, are of a lively character; and
at New York good brands of Western Cartel flour had risen
to 5 and bf doll. per bd.—precluding the possibility of exe-
cuting the orders received from England.

NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ON TILE GREAT NORTII-
ERN RAILWAY.—On Saturday two accidents occurred on
the Omit Northern Railway, one of which we, unfortu-
nately attended by the loss of two lives and considerable
injury to a third sufferer. This was at Gran.hara, the scene
of the late extensive slips, and wee occasioned by the tweet-
ing down of a heavy coal train, which rendered it necessary
to detach five trucks from the train, and leave them stand-
ing upon the line while the larger portion of the trucks was
drawn by the engine into the station. This removal having
been effected, the engine ran back to bring in the five de-
tached trucks, for which purpose it was shunted on to the
opposite line of rails, upon which a party of platelayers was
at the time at work. Some of the plitelay en saw the en-
gine change from one line of rails to the other, and at once
got outof the way ; but three of their number, it is ima-
gined, from supposing that the engine would go for the
trucks upon the same line where they had been lett standing,
took no notice of the whistle which was sounded, but re-
mained at work without lifting their heads, and were all
run down by the engine, two being killed lemur di itely and
the third most severely injured. This dreadful occurrence
took place between eleven and twelve o'clock, and Liter in
the day a second accident happened on the same line.
This was at Hatfield, where a passenger train ran into a
coal train whilst in the act of being shunted on to a siding,
but fortunately the driver saw the impending danger in time
to reverie his engine, and the only damage which resulted
I was the mad destruction of one or two coal trucks.
Yesterday an accident of a very serious nature occurred at
the terminus of this railway, in the coal department,
situate in the rear of the Imperial Gas Works.
On instituting inquiries it appears that a heavy coal train
was being shunted into the coal department, the rails of
which are erected over hollow rooms, or arches, which are
occupied Si " coal shoots." The last wee a room which
was occupied as a kind of waiting-room for persons who were
waiting their turn for coals, also open et the top, into the
" coal-shed," but beyond the stopping-prints of the trains.
This:coal train was 'hunted in with such velocity that it
jumped over the points, and the entire cargo of coals
which the end truck contained were pitched into the room
below, on to the heeds of several men who were there
standing. lied the aperture been sufficiently large the
truck would have descended also, and the loss of life would
no doubt have been great. As it was 40r6 of the men
were taken out, one or two apparently lifeless, and much
cut and bruised by the falling coals. It proved, however,
that those supposed at first to be dead were merely
stunned by the blows they had received, and after having
their wound-, dressed (medical aid being procured) they
were eoabltd to be conveyed to their respective homes.