The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL AVER&GES.

Wheat,. Barley. Oat& I aye. . Beans, Pee& I 16
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
8
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42 4Bs 2.1954 191214 94 324 6d-994 3.1 43a 8d 314 s
29
Six weeks' Aggro -- 60
gate Avenge
Dury.—Wheat, Earley, Oats, Bye, Boma and Peaa, la. 100
1ti6L199 Gaagt 9012 LAB! W=L—Wbsst. 85,103; bulgy.
122,20; oats, 17,090; rye, 34, beam, 9,787, peas, 2,152 quarters.
19.193.43 13901171381 TUX PLUCITATIONS I 1 THE AVIIAGI 71101
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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Si
St.
(THIS DAY.)
(IT ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) S.
(PROM OUR OWN coaftweosoisr.) 1091.
The market continues strong, with an active inquiry
Sit.
Sales probably 9,000 to 10,000 Moles. et
MINCING LANE—(THIS DAY.) spa

SUOAR.-There continues to be a very steady market et
for West India at firm prices, good and fine grocery n.
and grey descriptions being moat in request. Porto
Rico has also sold freely; fine grocery at ex- iu
trams rates ; brown and grey, 345. '.id. to 38s. ; middling
to fine yellow, to 40s. lid. Refined firm, with few st.
sellers at previous prices.
COFFEE has sold heavily at moderate prices. Plantation it
Ceylon, 80s. to 86s. St.
COCO has sold at prices in favour of the buyers ; grey at.
to good red Trinidad, 51s. 6d. to 70s.
TILA.-The public sales are progressing heavily • priors
for common sod broken leaf Cougou ',and coloured Japan
young hyson shows a slight decline.
Rice continues dull of sale.
Bor.-A few puns. of Antigua sold at ls. 6d., and 40
puns. of Demerara at Is. 64d.
SPICES have sold steadily at previous prices, except for
nutmegs, which show a further decline of Id. per lb.
Pepper : Malabar sold at
47 3,d.t0 3ed.;
white Penang, 511 d. to 5 ; Tellicherry, gad. to ;
cloves, Zanzibar, 3,1 d. to . ; Penang, Id. 2d. to Is. 4d. ;
nutmegs. small to fine bold, Is. to 3s. 11d. ; mace, ordinary
to fine, 10d. to Is. 4d. ; wormy, 6d. to 9d. ; ginger, African,
60e. to 61e.
FRUIT.-The market is not active, but previous prices
have been about maintained.
SALTPETRE.-No sales reported.
Comer...L.-At the public soles there was an animated
demand at full prices for Tenerife, hi. per lb. advance
for good and fine Honduran silver, but inferior qualities
were mostly Id. lower. Honduras silver, ls. 9d. to :la. 2d. ;
black, 2s. 6d. to Is. ; Teneriffe silver, 2s. sd. to 2s. 6d. ;
black, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 10d.
Cerruti' continues in active request ; about 5,000 bales
sold at a further advance of to 4d. per lb.
Jim has sold 205. per ton decline ; good middling to fine,
211. to 27& Is.
TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

The market is steady. The present quotations '
are as
follow :—Towo tallow, 45.. 3d., net cash ; Petershurg Y.C.
on the spot, 455. 6d. ; all the year, 41s. 6d.; January to
March, 46e. 3d. ; Much, 475.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)

The supply of beute a abort ; the choicest de•criptions
find purchasers at Monday's quotation; bat the trade gene- st
rally is dull. There is scarcely any demand for sheep ;
the small number on offer cannot all be disposed of.
The best descriptions are making about the same as on St
Monday. Trade is very heavy for calves. From Germany 84
and Holland there are 199 beasts, 410 sheep, and 137 calves. LI
Spain, 100 beasts. Mitch cows, 81
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Per atone of BMs. s. d. a. A. Per stone of 81b4. s. d. s. d.
Bast Scots. Ifereddi. 4 8 5 0 /30418181311.f.t0d5811 0 0 0 0 81
Best Short-horns . 4 0 4 10 Bast Long-w 0015.... 5 0 5 ji
Second Louis 3 0 3 8 Do. do. Shorn .. 0 00 0 81
Calves l3 8 4 8 Ives & second qua/ 4 2 4 6 8
Pigs
kkatihis&lilt-finds 5 4 5 6 LuFl2O

906 [41,4;
Pim 140.

sad Lambs, 2,400 ; Oakes, 181

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Harvey and Easton report trade very slow, at the „8
following prime :—Prime meadow hay, 70s. to Ma. ; ■
superior ditto, 90s. to Kis. ; inferior ditto, 40s. to 60a. ; ■
rowan, 3ca. to ; clover, old, 90a. to 110 a. ; ditto, el
second cut. 80a. to 100 s. ; straw, 325. to 36a.

SIIRIOIIN FIRPIS.—(Tmg DAY.)—This morning,
about 3 o'clock, • fire broke out in the principal part
of the High-street, Homerton. The premises in
which the disaster commenced formed three houses,
and were numbered 3, 4 and 5, and were in the
tenure of Mr. J. Hayward a wholesale and retail grocer
and cbeeeemonger. The inmates all made for the
back windows, and fortunately, with assistance, managed
to reach the street without receiving any serious injury.
At one time it was feared that not only the entire range of
premises belonging to Mr. Hayward were doomed to be de-
stroyed. but also that those on either side would be levelled.
The firemen succeeded in partially wing the premises of
Mr. Cressy and those of Mr. Crowther, but were unable to
get the Humes extinguished until the three houses belonging
to Mr. J. Hayward were totally destroyed, and the contents,
including stock in trade, fixtures, and other effects were
consumed. Mr. Hayward was insured in the Royal, and
Mr. Cressy in the Imperial, but it is unknown whether or
not Mr. Crowther was insured. A fire also happened in the
premises of Mr. Thomas Hill, • confectioner, No. 24,
Raker's-row, Whitechapel, but owing to the timely arrival
of assistance, the diming° was confined to that part of the
premises in which the fire commenced. Another fire took
place io the premises of Mr. J. Graguy, No. 2, Roman-
road. Old Ford. Considerable damage was done. The loss
will fall upon the General and Royal Exchange fire-offices.
A fire likewise broke out in the premises of Mr. J. Squires,
a carpenter and joiner, No. 11, Highatreet, Stoke Newing-
ton, and was not extinguished until considerable damage
was dose.

§ALEOF THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.—(THIS DAY).
—This afternoon, at the Auction Mart, the copyright sad
goodwill of the Sun newspaper were sold by Mr. E. Lumley,
pursuant to a decree in Chancery, to Mr. Ferrer, for the
sum of 1.0001. The purchaser boa also to take at the sum
of 1,4201., the machinery and plant.
AUCHINLECK.—THREE PERSONS DROWNED. —A
lamentable accident occurred in this neighbourhood on the
afternoon of Sunday last. It appears that a young man
named John Williamson, a miner, from Govan, and Mar-
garet Diniffie, housekeeper to the Rev. Mr. Wallace, catho-
lic priest at Old Cumnock, were at tee at her uncle's house
at Commoodyke. They left this house about ball-past six
o'clock, accompanied by Jean Diniffie, Margaret's cousin,
and some others, for the purpose of calling at a sister's
house, within a distance of 100 yards. Between the two
houses there was an old quarry, and, as it was covered with
ice, they ventured on it to slide across, when, melancholy
to relate, they all, to the number of five, fell in, and only
two got out alive. The unfortunate sufferers were John
Williamson and the twooouina, Margaret and Jean Diniffie.
Upwards of an hour elapsed ere the bodies were recovered.
Williamson and Margaret Diniffie was betrothed, and
were to have been married at the new year. This melancholy
event has caused a great sensation in this usually quiet
neighbourhood.
In 1820 the consumption of cocoa in the United
Kingdom was 276,321 lbs., and in 1861 it was 0,482,023 Ito.