The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-24 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARH-LANE.--THIS DAY.
Then was sot snuck' English wheat on sale this 0 Mil*
widths trade was quiet at Monday's rates for both PagMs
and foreign.
Barley was • slow sale, but unaltered in value.
Oats •spie is fair supp'y,:and ovuld not be puribased la
easier terms
Beans and Peas firm at Monday's advance.
ARRIVALS limo LONDON TROY OCT. 22 TO OCT. 24.
Qrs. dads. boron. lrisn. Varela&
Wheat $BO I 2410
...... 120 .
. NisYen. 4to
Vlour, mks, 4130

MINCING-LANE—THIS DAY.
StrOAß.—The ixiblict sales ere going , S freely eta faw
they advance, aad prices mast be quoted Is. 6d. higher tkx
on Friday last. &ACHIM are asking higher prises.
Tll.—Tbe market is steady. Exports for the end of
the week ending 18th October ere large, 651,6381 k.
Conan.—The public sales ere going tit heavily at Mktg
yesterday's prices.
Rum vandalise in fair demand. 9,000 bags Bengal whit*
wile steadily, at lds 61. to 16s.
Brick are is limited demand at last week's eurreaey.
Corrowenatinnes out of demand.
Aux.—The tvanaktioes have been small, but prices are
ann.

SALTP/ITlll.—Prices GM supported, but the dtataadle
limited.

laox.-800teli pig sold yesterday at 775.
Is other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY.

The tallow market is Ara and looking up, with a Reed
demand. Petersburg Y.C. on the spot is quoted 6316
October to Member, 624. 9d. to 631.; January to Ilarek
64e. 6d.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Pstnurden and Smith report that the ezteasly•
demand of Ist* hes sassewbat subsided. There is still a
good desand for colour( samples of both Ks t and Boom
at a slight reduetioa In priest, say 21. to 3.. from the highest
Win;
alto descriptions are not very desirable. Doty esti.
350,0304

-THIS 11AY.

__. End
Taalleld Meer, 17s. 91. ; Wallsßiddell, Ws. 94. •
Walla Bad Heaton Bell's, 20s. 6d.; Walls Bed Haswell:
21s. 64. ; Walls End Hewn 21s. 61. ; Walls Bed Stewart's,
21.. 6d. ; Walls Bad Tees, 21s. 64.—.67 fresh ships at nark*.

CLIMIZNWELL.—Two flees Oran oat
lest night in Clerkenwell. at co e of which, but for the
prompt assistants rendered by the police sad the neigh.
beam, three children met have been burnt to death. The
loss of property in both ours was considerable. The fret
are broke out to the sleeping room of Mrs. R area., No.
13, Thomu•etreet, New River Head, and was discovered by
the opposite neighbour, who instantly gave an alum, whin
she Inhabitants of the neighbourhood and t►e pate*
hastened to the apartment and found the furni-
ture in flames, Mn. Roberta suffering the most intends
agony of mind on account of her children ; they were quickly
rescued from the burning bed, but not before two of them
were much burnt. By very great ezertions the fire
wee extinguished before the arrival of the engines; the beet.
ding and other furniture was much damaged. It is supposed
that a spark from the an or a candle during the temporary
*bunco of the mother, who was in the waalthouse, caused
the dieester.—The other occurred; at a furniture broker's.
Ne 23, Bowling•grun•lene. It appean that the place had

been locked up for the night, and lights apparently put
out safe; bet 'beet half an hour after the permits Lenox
are was observed to be raging in the interior. Au alarm wie
made, sad the door forted open, but owing to an intolerable
stem& from the,bunting mattresses, no person could eater.
The parlsh engine was qeiekly on the spot, sad there being
a plentiful supply of water, sad the homing beds and insa-
tresses haring bun got oat, the are was soon got under,
but not before a large quantity of property (not insured) was
destroyed or greatly damaged.
REDUCTION IN THE PRICE Olt RltEAD.—Thie morn-
ing. in consequence of eassiderable diseati•(action that hes
been evinced by the inhabitants of St. Luke's and Shore-
ditch relative to the recent rise in the price of bread, several
►akers in those districts reduced the price of the 41b. loaf of
bread of the second quality to 9d.,:sad household or country
bread (utweighed) to Bd. per loaf.

A COMMEMORATION DAY.—Mr. Garin Duffy agile
for Australia os the 6.h of November next, being the seat-
vetoer, of the Gunpowder Plot, and of the defeat of the
Russian arm, on the heights of lakermann on the 6th of
No 1861
MURDER BT Lana REAPERS.—John M'Leisb, one
of the harsh cams of Dunbar, has died from the *Mots of
a cat on the heed, effected with a reaping-hook by some
Irish reapers in a recent brawl.
Among the wounded officen brought home by the
Oelacwo, which arrived at Bpitbead on Sunday, are Cape.
e
sereormt. of tbe 68th Connaught Hangers wounded in the
Idle et the smelt of the Medan, on the Bth alt ; end Lieut.
ffir Chas. Pigott, of the 90th, wended in the arm.
HOPS.—From the best information we are able to
proeore we ore ;seined tea believe the duty will fall between
885,0001. and 386,0001.—Kentish G mut.
NORTHAMPTON REFORM ASSOCIATION. This
newly constituted society, composed of the more adrantred
liberals in has borough of Northampton, held a sofas en
Moaday evening as the Milton Hall, in that town. Mr.
Raikes Currie, one of the members for the borough, bad
promised to attend, but owing to same wieunsentaselleg
withdrew from his engagement on the morning of the
atestit.g. Mr. Gurney was galled to the chair ; and in the
mune of the evening the meeting was addressed by Mr.
C. Whitehunt, of the Ballet Society, Mr. J. iolram Lo
hart, Mx. Woiiilsous Currie' and other gentleman, in
favour of se ssueslea of the franchise, ballot, and other
important redeems.
Tas

OP GUNPOWDER PLOT...-.

Yesterday forenoon the Chief Commissioner of the Metro-
politan Polies lamed orders to the various suprintendeets
of the London divides. respretieg the unlawful diielterge of
&reworks and other eressbutibles on the fortboomieg
aaai-
ewesq of the flitspowder Plat. The milistretes at the
averse polies souse eire likewise determined to pot a stop to
ths illegal preetiess hitherto eenied on at Tower hill mid
eaden, public thoroughfares at the Battery parts of the
metropolitan distaste. The Lord Mayor has Resoled his
preeept for the pereekbil authorities to take Irgel measures
for the suppression of Inmates end the diacharrppe of com-
bustible* is the veriest wards of the City of Lyndon
OLTIT4L PALACL—.- MULLING VAT, Ocr.
11,41111mdoes on payment. 4,319 ; ditto by pewee tickets,
1162 —T4441,4,701. Corresponding day last year, 3,275.