The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 7.
The sales to-day are :—Sugar: GO hlls. Demerara,
28*. 9cl. to 308.9.1.; 1,700 bags Senates, 325. W. to 31.. ;
800 bags brown Pernams, 1.18. 94. (ex quay). Saltpetre:
200 hags, 280. 6d. to 325. (6/ to 2 per cent.) Catch . 1,900
pekages, 21s. 64. to Its. 6/ to
: 30 cases, 675. Gd. to 68s.
Myrabolama, 600 bags, Bs. 34. to 10s. 64.

COTTON.-•-LIVIRPOOL, APRIL 7.—The sales to day
are estimated at 4,030 bales,of which 500 arc taken for export.
The remainder include 120 Pernam and Maranham, at Sid.
to 60.; 10 Bahia, nt 6i0.; 600 Eizyptian, at did. to
10d.; 400 Surat, at 3d. to 40. The imports since
Thursday are 40,000 bales. The market closes heavily.
Prices of' all kinds hare a downward tendency, but can
hardly be quoted lower. Good stapled American continuer
to be bud to buy.

CORN.—Bosvort, April 7.—We have been but mode-
rately supplied with Wheat to-day, and millers being cau-
tious buyers the market was dull at Is. per qr. less money.
A small supply of both Beans and Oats, which commands
previous rates. Wheat, red, 365. to 381.; white, 41s. to
435. Oats, 19s. to 21s. Beans, 295. to 3ls.
STOCKTON. on-Taie, April 7.—The supply of Wheat to
this day's market was pretty good, for which the demand
proved slow at a decline of Is. per qr. on last week's cur-
rency. Beans met a steady sale at late prices. Oats were
the turn cheaper with a moderate demand. In other arti-
cles no change to note.
DUBLIN, Aran. 6.—We had again a very dull and de-
pressed market at our Corn Exchange to-day, and we note
no alteration in currencies of Friday. White wheat, 235.
to 26e. • red ditto, 22e. to 235. 64.1.; barley, 122. 6d. to
16e. ; Oats, 10s. to lls. 6d. • rapeseed, 14s. to 17s. 6d. ; oat-
meal, Ils. Bd. to 12a. • bakers' flour, 12s. 6d. to 15s. per
cwt.; Indian corn, 265. to 31s. per 480 lbs.
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GLASGOW, April 7.—The Clyde imports for the past
week comprised 4,900 qrs. Wheat, together with 3,400 qrs.
Beans from Alexandra, and 690 qrs. Wheat, along with
1,429 barrels Flour from New York, the arrivals from Ire-
land consisting of 1,604 sacks Flour, 1,880 loads Oatmeal,
and 4,170 qrs. Oats, l'ia Grangemouth, 469 qrs. Wheat,
and 768 qrs. Beans were the chief supplies coastwise' and
920 qrs. Wheat, 300 qrs. Beans, and 65 qn. Peat
were received from Denmark. The weather continues
very fine although vegetation is kept in check by the pre-
valence Of easterly winds. With the exception of sour and
partially sour Flour, for which there has been a good de.
mend, the trade during the week has remained in a very
lifeless state, buyers of all articles merely purchasing fur
the supply of present wants. At this day's market
buyers still remained on the reserve, and the little
business which was done in Wheat was ;at a reduction
of about 6d. per boll on the rates previously current. Sour
Flour was in request, but the demand for sweet, sacks as
well u barrels, was slow, although holders were not unwil-
ling to have made some concession on previous rates. Oats
were offering at a decline of about 3d. per boll, and Oat-
meal might have been bought relatively cheaper, but met
little attention. Little Barley offering, and no change to
note in ita value. Beans could only be sold in retail at
something usage previous prices.

CATTLE.—Roueono, April 7.—Our stock market to-
day was well supplied, with a slow sale, at about the same
prises as hat week. Beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. W. Mutton,
3s. 4d. to 4s. Lamb, 4s. to bs. Veal, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Pork,
3s ;to 3s. Bd.

FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.--Yesterday, at a
meeting of the yedry of St. Pancras, held in the great ball
adjoining the workhouse, T. Eld Baker, Esq., senior
churchwarden in the chair; the following resolution, moved
by Mr. Brettingham, and seconded by Mr. W. D. Cooper,
was carried unanimously :—" That in the opinion of this
vestry any return to a tax on the food of the people will be
one of the most fatal courses for any government to take.
That the chief object of the present ministry appears to be
to maintain the high rents of the aristocracy, and to con-
tinue that profligate expenditure of the nation's means,
which unless timely arrested by a reform of the people's
own house,' the 'Commons House of Parliament,' will
inevitably end, as it has done in other states, in a financial
revolution."

JOSEPH ADY AT LARGE.—On Tuesday Joseph
Ady, the well known letter-writer, was discharged from the
Giltspur-street Compter, in which he had been for some
months confined for a large amount of money due to her
Majesty for the postage of letters directed to persons all
over the countrf, giving information of "something to their
advantage." Ady bad not paid one halfpenny of ,the debt,
as we were given to understand, hut he has been in a de-
clining state of health, and it is believed that the visiting
magistrates of the prisons of the City represented the fact
to the Poet-office authorities. On Tuesday a note, of which
the following is a copy, was received at the Mansion-house :
"General Post-office, April 8,185 I—Sir, —The Lords of
the Treasury have authorised the Postmaster-General to
release Joseph Ady from prison. I am, therefore, com-
manded by his lordship to request that he be set at liberty
without delay.—l am, sir,
R.
obedient servant, W.
PIACOCIL, solicitor.—To J. R. Goodman' Esq., &c. &e."—
The Lord Mayor, in signing the warrant for the discharge
of the aged prisoner, expressed a very anxious hope that
Mr. Ady would commit no further breach of promise to the
government by transmitting any more unpaid letters by
STATE
STATE OP PUBLIC OPINION ON THE MILITIA
BILL—The proposed embodiment of the militia appears,
by the accounts which reach us from various parts of the
country, to be the less liked as it becomes better under-
stood. Many meetings have lately been held to oppose the
measure, and preparations have alieadt been made for the
holding of a still larger number. A few days since • large
and enthuslsstic meeting was held in Cowper-street School-
rooms, Finsbury, Dr. Fletcher in the chair. The speakers
were the Revs J. C. Galloway, R. Hamilton, Mr. W. H.
Black, and Mr. Green.—On Thursday last a de-
monstration of public opinion in the Tower Ham-
lets was held in the Beaumont Institution, John
ficoble, Esq., in the chair. Addresses were delivered
by Mears. Fishbourne, Brockway, and Cheron.—
A crowded meeting has been held in the Town-hall of
Southampton ; Mr Richard Laishley presided in place of
the mayor, who was prevented from doing so by indispo-
sition. The principal speakers were Messrs. Clark, Stare,
and I.snkester, whose remarks were received with great
applause—A large meeting has been held at Worcester;
the mayor in the chair. Speeches were delivered by
Samuel Bowly and John hiker, It s.—An important
gathering took place in the Brighton Town-hall, on Fri-
day evening last, to consider the character of Mr. Wal-
pole's bill. The chair was taken by Isaac Baas, Esq., and
among the speakers were the Heir. John Ooulty and Mr.
Wallis.—Two good meetings have been held at Scar-
borough, at which the feeling of opposition to the
ministerial proposal was unanimous.—At • meeting
held in Hereford, the speakers being Joseph Mor-
gan, Esq., and the Rev. John Davey, a petition
against the Militia Bill was unanimously adopted.
—At Skipton and Clitheroe good demonstrations
have taken place.—Two meetings have been held at Hull,
and great activity is displayed against the bill.—Wales is
speaking out earnestly, both by petitions and in public
meetings. At Neath Abbey, a large demonstration of the
agents, proprietors, and workmen of the ironworks in this
populous neighbourhood lhas been held, at which an anti-
militia petition has been unanimously agreed to.—An en-
thusiastic and crowded meeting has been held at Merthyr.
The speakers were the Revs. John Jones, John Roberts, J.
Lloyd-, 3. Down, B. Owen, and Mr. John.