The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-22 00:00:00

COMMEROIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.-(THIS DAY.)
The weather Mu been boisterous since our last report, and
some rain has fallen. The wind still mitinues t: blew
strong from the north.
The supply of Eoglish wheat arrived during the past
week wee very moderate. Flour a middling quantity.
Barley and malt rather liberaL Osta, beaus, and peas
tm-
prored. Suds of all descriptions short. Scotch gad
Irish oats a few only in the early portion of the week.
The foreign arrivals of wheat here much less than of
bite ; marl:elf American, the rut from the Black Sea and
Mediterranean. Flour, a moderate supply of Amorists
barrels. Barley moderate, from Egypt and the Black Sea.
Oats shut, principally Swedes, with some few Remise,
Danish, and Dutch. Beans, peas, and tares short ; a large
parcel
of easeryseed from the Meditenanean, rod as
unproved quetity of linseed and oilseed from the List
tea. To-day the wheat trade is nibs improved, and prices
fully equal to Monday last, English and foreign.
Flour firm, without alteration in value.
Barley finds more inquiry at pervious rates.
Oats a better trade to-day, arrivals having fallen off;
Bee corn 6d. per qr. dearer to-day.
Beans and peas without change.
Wm.-Linseed and ripened steady. Cloverseed and
trefoil quiet. Canary and mutard seeds hardly anything
doing.
FLOATTNO CARGOLS rather firmer than of late.
WHIAL-English Wet and Kent, white, new. 41e. to
465.; ditto, fine old, -s. to -a.; ditto, red, new, 38s. to 455.;
ditto, fins old, -a. to -a. ; Norfolk, ice., fin old, -s. to
-s.; red, new, -.a. to -s. Foreign : Dantalc, 50s. to 515.;
fine.„sle. to 53a; extra, 54e. to 584.; Honipbmg, 49a. to
W.; ditto, extra, 49A to 535.; Rostock, 46e. to 48s.- ditto.
extra, 525. to 54a; Mecklenburg, 52a. to He. • Uelierenark
ditto, -a.; Amerieu white, 46e. to 49a; ditto, red, 44a.
46e.; °anodise, 45e. to 495.
BsFax.-Eoglish malting, 315. to 35,. ; ire, 375.;
23.. to 24..; and distilling, 26.. to per qr. ;
grinding,
griading, 21s. to 235.; ditto distilling, 25e. to 30.,
Next -Etglish, Essex and Norfolk, 595. to 63e. ; fine,
63e. to 675. ; Lepton and Wan, 655. to 685.; brows.
50a. to 585.
OATL-Bnglish feed, 19.. Od. to 21.. Od. ; potato,
235. to 25a ; foreign, 20i. to 24a.
BZANL-English tick, 38.. to 405. ; borrow, 395. to 435. ;
pigeon, 385. to 395. ; foreign, 325. to 365. ; tick,
364. to 375. ; Konigsberg, 38a. to 395. ; ' , 32.. to 340.
WA-English boiler., 40e. to 41a; w rte and bine, 40e.
to 435. ; maple, --a to -a.; grey, 36e. to 385.; hog, 38s.
to 40a ;• foreign, 345. to 365.
Fr tows, 435. to fifs.,• ditto fine, 460. to 475.;
country, 38a. to 395. ; Norfolk and Suffolk, 345. to 36e.;
French, 40s. to 41.. pm auk ,• U.S. sweet, 27e. to 28s;
°anodise. 275. so 28s. ; 415. to 42..
INDUS Oons.-White. Ma. to 325. ,• yellow, 284. to 30e.
noes= °Amon, alt 0. F. and L-Wheat : Berdi.
aWi sad Mariaaopls per 4921b5., 44a to 46e. ; Mirka, 44a.
to 475. • Polk* Mum, per 48016 a, 425. to 44e. ; whits,
48s. to 605. ; Danube and Galata, 39e. to 42a. ;
32a. to 34.. Bsriey: Epplasa and eyrie; pull=
241. to 254. ; Odom sad Dumb% do., lie. to 251. Beane
Egyption, par 4801b5.,30e. to 335. Main : Cklem and Galata.
per 4921t0., 315. Od. to 325. ; 'brad and Bulgarian, pee
4811b5., 31s. Od. to 324. ; French, do., -s. to -a. ;
American, do., 29e. to 30a. ; ligyptiaa, -a. to -IL
ARRIVALS INTO LONDON PROM MC. 13 To DPIC.

WheallHarley. Hag We. clans reaei now.
Coastwise. qrs. qrs. I qra gra gra. qrs. bids seta
English .. NOS 6000 14171 eV MIS
18678 fie R 4 'lOl7 60
.oass, IS: floor, 100 awls.

I
Foreign .. 11711 111655
HIPOWAL—Wbest, on

:HET.

LIVERPOOL COTTON
(THIS DAY.)
(as 111CF111.10 AND INSIDINATIONLAL
(MON 001 OWN 001/11WON
Cotton market firm. Salo will probably be about 15,000
boles.

MINCING LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
The colonial markets will aloes on Wednesday, the 2 Stk
December, and re-open on Tuesday, 6th January.
SUGAR.—Then are no satisfactory sales of importance
reported, but the market is steady for both raw and refined.
Oprrn.—Plantation Ceylon is saleable at previous priors
at which business has been done.

Tau coetinuss quiet.
Rms.-2,000 bap have been sold, low cargo Bengal at
75.100.
Saiturc.—Business bas been done at full prices. D.C.
orange at 94 10s.
COTTON has sold freely at very firm prime ; about 5,000
bales have been disposed of.
The public ram advertised for to-morrow consist of 500
hbds. of West India, 3,500 bags Mauritius, mid 3,400 begs
Noma sager ; 3,500 bap oozes ; 2,000 baps_ saltpetre ;
1,500 bap pepper; 50 masa =imp ; and SOO packages
tudo•

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 445. 6d.,
net cash ; Petersburg as the spot, Os. 6d. ; ail the
month, 45e. 3d. ; January to Wank 453. 3d. to 45e. ;
Merck 45e. 6d. to 455. od. ; April to Jose, 45e. &L ;
October to December. 465. 6d.

rAinccruis OF TALLOW.

4t

Tiii, DISTRESS INTHE MANUFACTURING

LISTRICra.
CHESHIRE COIYN I Y MEETING.
STOCKPORT, SATURDAY.
This afternoon a meeting of the nobility and
gentry of the county of Chester was held in this town, at
the t °lantern Armoury, kaviog been convened by the High
Sheriff, for the puma,* of promoting the subscriptions in
of the unemployed operatives. Thera were present, be-
aides the Huai Simon, (Mr. T. Alderney), who took the
chair, the Marquis of Westminster, the Eahop of Cheater,
lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Grosvenor, M.P., Lord
Egerton of Tattoo, klajorGeneral Sir E. Cast, Sir H. Main-
wiring, Mr. W. Egerton, M.P.. Mr. J. Tollemache. M.P.,
Mr. G. C. Legh, M.P., Sir P. Egerton, M.P., Mr. IL
Brocklehuna, M.P.. Mr. Humberaton, M.P., Mr. W. J.
Legh, M.P., Mr. Laird, M.P.. Sc. Altogether about •
thousand persons attended, including • large number of the
operative class.
Mr. POTTS, the clerk of the peace, reed • low list of sub.
scriptions, which bad been promised at this meeting. The
list included the following ; The Marquis of Westminster.
in addition to • former subscriptioo, 2,0001.—(loud cheeral—
the Marebloaem of Westminster, 501. ; the Marquee of Choi-
zaondeley, 5001.: the Earl of Stamford and Warrington,
1,000/. ; Lord Berman, 5001. ; Earl Grosvenor, 100/. ; Vis-
count Combermere, 1001.; Lady Combermere. 501. ; Lord H.
Cheilmoodeley, 200/. ; Lord de Talley, 50/. ; Sir P. Egerton,
100 f.; Major Egerton Leigh, 100/., in addition to other sub-
atriptioes; Mr. R. H. Greg, 2007.. besides three local subscrip-
tioae; Mr.& Barboar,loo/., in addition to formersubseriptions;
Lord Crewe, 1001. ; Mr. J. Tollemache, 3001., in addition
to a former subscriptioo, and 2,0001. in works ; Sir E. Cost,
1001. ; and the Bishop or Chester, 1001. There were severed
other subscriptions of 1001., and • large number of smaller
sums.

.n-Sabscriptions were handed in to the chairman of various
amounts, including 5001. from Mr. Richard Sykes (in addi-
tion to former subscriptions), 500/. from Mr. E. Moreland
(ditto). 200/. from Messrs. Andrew and Sons ; 1001. and 3CO
for of coal, from Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., of Birkenhead ;1001.
from Sir J. Watts (in addition to 5001. previously given);
321. from the Cheshire Constabulary ; 'AI. from Mr. T.
Alsiersey. The total amount of subscriptions raised, in-
cluding the sums announced at au earlier part of the meet-
ing, reached 13,4091.

MANSION-HOLM Courrrxr..—On Saturday a
further instalment of 1,0001. was received from the
pariah of Paddington towards the relief of the dis-
tressed operatives, making the fifth subecriptimi of that
amount in as many weeks. Amongst the chler done-
time received were Great Western Railway Engineer-
ing Department, 2021. 19e. 10d. ; Clanton Congregational
Chapel, 2741. 3s. 6d. ; collected at St. Mary's Church,
Woodford, 1161. 14g. ; collected' at the Temporary Church
at St. George's, Tufuell-park, 36/. ; offertory sod boxes
of St. Mary's, West Brompton, 24/. 04.3 d. ; Glass, Elliott,
and Co., third instalment, 251. ; em yes at Waring
Brother, ; gran receipta at Heir Ernst Pauses Piano-
forte Recital, Rooms. 16th instant, first instalment,
100:. ; St. Dunstan's-in-theWeat, fourth week, 1001. ; St.
Augustine's and St. Faith's parish, 1021. se. ; John B.
13atemao' 100/. ; Chelsea, second instalment, 300/. ; col-
lected at Hackney Church, zes. ; Copestake, Moore. and
Campton. fifth week, 501. ; workmen at Charing-cross
Railway, 511. 11d. The total amount received in the
coarse of Friday and Saturday was about 4,4001.
Poaxs.—The committee of the Art Exhibition
have received from the authors, Christina Rossetti, George
Macdonald, W. Allinghi?,, Moockton Milos, "V. "
Mary liowitt, "G. E. M., B. R. Parkes., ass Craig, sik
others, a collection of poems, which will be published for
them by Miss Emily Faithfull, printer and publisher in
ordinary to her Majesty. Miss Faithful has undertaken the
publication of this work as an offering in aid of the distress
in Lancashire. All the persons employed in her establish-
ment have also offered their gratuitous services for the
printing of this work.

C_VIVE.RSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OAXBRIDGE, Dec. 20.