The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-02 00:00:00

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facilities in travelling by railway, have just started a _
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from Monday, or any other day, to the following Sunday, for 10s.,
which is little more than one farthing per mile.
PROVINCES.—EDINSUROII AND PIGITH.—A meeting
of shareholders was held at Edinbargh on Monday, to determine
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to hold it as rend." Mr. Wnsmsoo, of Kinross, seconded by Mr.
Newton, moved that the company should not be dissolved.
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wards, and resolved to renew the undertaking. The report woe
chiefly occupied with crirninations of the North British Company : we
ma.,l give the substance to-morrow.
uence of the
THE HUDDERSFIELD DISTRICT.— In conseq
~city of snow which fell In the district of Huddersfield on Estur-
a evening, and the severe frosts that have needed it the works
act ere
u'*en't'irBly suspended.
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BEDFORD RAILWAY.—PORTAL ARRANOEMENTS.—Since
the opening of the Bedford branch of the North-Western Railway, the
inhabitants of the towns of Woburn, Ampthill, Biggleswade, Leighton,
St. Needs, Huntingdon, te..c., have had two deliveries of letterset:illy in-
stead of one. From Bedford letters are dispatched (in addition
northern
districts.
WYSIONDHAM AND DEREHAM.This line will be in-
"nested by Captain Coddington, the government inspector, on Friday
mat, and opened for public traffic on Monday next.
OPENING OP THE BURY LINE.—At eight o'clock on
Monday morning, the first goods' train left the Ipswich station for
Bury, with about 50 or 60 tons. Another train left at ten o'clock,
consisting of seven trucks. The first train left Bury again at two
o'clock, and arrived in the evening at Ipswich. In order to satisfy
tine public RA to the atability of the " boor," portion of the line, near
to 3towrnarket, it is well to say that yesterday a train laden with two
hundred tons' weight of goods, and two engines, passed over it. with-
out affecting its solidity. in the slightest degree. The trains conveyed
a large quantity of coals.—lpstetick Express.
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—OPENING OF
THE BRANCH
Liss ram MARGATE TO RA/MATE.—esterday the branch line of
thh railway between Margate and Bamagate was opened to the pub-
lic : 16 trains run each way daily, and 10 on Sundays, the fares ranging
between one shilling and fourpence.
Nolen( BRITISH.—The repairs are no far advanced, that
it was expected
_the trains would perform the journey from Edin-
burgh to .vt!ft without interruption on Monday. The Cakdonion
Mercury remarks The extensive engineering and locomotive
establishment of the North British Company being situated at the
distance of nearly two miles from Edinburgh, (at Parson's
an) an
electric telegraph has recentlY been erected order to afford direct
and instantaneoua communication between the station here and the
works. It is not improbable, when the utility and advantages of thia
modern invention are rendered apparent by this experiment, that the
company'rnay be induced to extend it along the whole line, and that,
in process of tune, it may be continued to the metropolis,
whence in-
telligence of any important event may be transmitted through the
country within a brief period of their occurrence. The station-hour,
which is intended to accommodate both the Edinburgh and Glasgow
and North British Railways, is proceeding as rapidly as the 'scathe
will allow."
FOREIGN.—Rohn.—A German paper has the following
from Rome :—" The well known English traveller, Lieut. Waghorn,
during his brief visit had several long interviews with the leading
men of this city, as to the most expeditious method of completing
the railway from Brindisi, through the Papal States, to the North, as
he could then despatch the Indian mail
saverfom Venice, through Germany,
to England, and by such a railway the uncert-inty and danger of
the paasage by the Adriatic. Thus celebrated man was received with
as much distinction in this city, as he was by the King of Naplessoms
time previously."
LUCCA AND PISA.—A letter from Pica speaks of the great
success which has attended the opening of the Pima and Lucca Rail-
way, as far as the baths of San Giuliano, and states that the rest of the
line to Pisa was toinially opened on the 15th ult., so that travellers
winnow be able to make in winter, four daily, and on saint-days, five
daily trips, to Loom and back. Great stress is laid on the solidity
i which characterises this railway, the enfrineer of which (Herr Pohl-
! meyer) will continue it to Pistoja. IMs gentleman was at Bologna
on railway business. It is said that no railway in Italy, or
even in Germany, has such elegant carriages ; even those of the third-
class are covered in, are very the sides are pro-
tected from the wind by leather fastenings,whilst the carriages of this
class on the Leghorn and Florence railway are open to the weather,
and on the Neapolitan railway they are only made far standing up.
The prices are not higher than others. Lucca is a populous state;
having, like Leghorn, an extensive trade in oil. There ia now an op-
portunity for those who travel by steam-boat to spend a day at Leg
th-
horn% to devote a few hours to Lucca and Pisa, and prnceed in s
evening, by the same vessel, as far as Civitaveochia. The wks of
the line towards Florence proceed but slowly ; and it will bosoms
months before they get to Empoli, which will be the half of the whole
distance of the railway.
PRUSSIA.—The direct line of railway from Stiterboek to
Rieao (Silesia) is at length decided on ; but the works will not com-
mence before the spring, but will then be prosecuted with vigour; as,
by its means, the present line to Dresden will be shortened by about
elghteen miles, whilst the length of thin proposed railway to Rieso is
but seven miles. For Vienna this line Is of the greatest importance ;
as the public will be able, after the completion of the Dresden and
Prague railway, to reach the capital of Bohemia in ten, or at furthest
twelve hours journey.
FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC for respective weeks ending
between 20th and 25th November :
Miles worked. Corrcv.
week 1845.
Paris and Rouen B5 £5,885 £4,998
Paris and Orleans
Orleansand Hord. (lstsee.) 72
Northern

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.
PRODUCE.-Mmereo-rates, Dec. 1.-Sugar: feu:ublic wiles eon-
dated of 350hbds. of West India ; 5,500 bags Mur, and 5,200 batm
Bengal ; the quantity exceeded the
were bought
about one-third of the
West India, and half of the Mauritius were bought in to sustain the
market, yet a decline of fully fames established and Is. on the Bengal,
at which nearly all the latter found buyers ; refined has also given
way nearly Gcl. ; atandard quality 635. 6d. ; St. Vincent Molasses
bought in 225. ; Coffee : 2,000 bags plantation Ceylon went off in
public mks without alteration in pricee, and nearly all sold ; 300 bags
good ordinary natives did not find buyers at 37a., at which price they
were withdrawn ; Rice continues dull ; Rum has been out of demand;
Cotton thin article has improved both in demand and price toe slight
extent, 700 bales sold; Tallow dull at 48s. • Tea continues very dull ;
Common Comeau 914. to 10d. ; Cochineal :180 bags Honduras offered;
' they went off heavily ; Silvers at a decline of Id. ; the blacks bought
in 65. 4d. to 6e. 1 Id.: silvers ss. to Se. 90L Rice continues dull, and in
but limited demand.
COTTON.-LlCEltteet., Dec. 1.-It is inferred from private letters
received per the Britannia this morning, that the cotton crop this
year, on the whole, will be less than last year; to which is added the
fact, that freights, owing to the demand on shipping for carrying
bread-stuffs, and in consequence the market is very firm. The sales
were about 9000 bales, 4000 on speculation. The quotations remain
unaltered, viz., New Orleans, 54 to 64 ; Bowed Georgia, 54 to 6 ; =-
rats, 34 to 44.
MANCHIRMI, Dsc. 1.-Our market to-day has again been very
dull.-Cloth has been rather more inquired after. Prices are without
change.-Taros very inactive, and heavy prices rather drooping.
New Your, Nov. 15.-This market, on the 31st ult., on the depar-
ture of the Caledonia, awed steady ; since the departure of which,
there was an absence of the same degree of spirit, so perceptible for
the previous current week, and the market assumed a Mate of inac-
tivity, although prices did not flag, owing to the indifference holdella
esinced in effecting sales-except at the full currency. The accounts
per this strainer from Liverpool, to 20th ult.,were received by express
on the evening of Saturday, 7th inst., and the letters on Monday, 9th
Mat. ; these advices of the 4d. advance, were quite as flattering as
holders had reason to expect-yet our market has not been improved
by them, and, in fact, prime yesterday were considered one
quarter of a cent. lower than those existing at the date of our last.
A considerable amount of cotton has been held here on speculation,
with order to sell after the arrival of the packet; thus causing a con-
siderable increase In the kook offering ; and as a portion of these sales
were imperative, prices sunk, although not more than the advance in
freight, and fall in exchange, during the same period. The sales this
week have averaged 1,500 bales per day, making the amount diepesed
of up to last evening. 7,500 Wee, of which about 3,000 bales were
taken for export, and moat of the residue by our own spinners. The
market was rather steadier yesterday, and prices more uniform,
and we have reduced our quotations one quarter of a cent
on some grades, and one-eigth on others, to conform thereto.
Ashes have been in excellent demand, and the supplies being rather
light, prices have again advanced. During the week about 1,100
barrels of pots have been sold at Idol. 124 c. to Idol. 25c., and 450
pearls at Mot. 50e. to Scion 624 c., closing for pots at ?idol 2k., and
for pearls Mal 7k. in ow witted, and more buyers than sellers.
Tobacco : The market by private is quiet, the auction sales pretty
nearly supplying the demand ; 100 hints. common Kentucky sold at
3c. • 75 do. 34c. to 44c. four months; and various parcels Connecticut
and Florida at previous rates. By auction, 114 hhds. common and
part =merchantable Kentucky sold at 2c. to sjc., average 2elol. 65c.;
338 bales Cuba, 12e. to 22c. • and 45 hhds. Kentucky, 14c. to Sc.,
average, idol. 80c., four months.
NewOatemes, Nov. 3.-With respect to the crop, the developments
of the past fortnight have shed no new light on the 'subject. The
weather continues remarkably line, but this circumstance, which in
any other season would exercise a very powerful influence on the
minds of all parties, has ceased to attract much attention, from the
fact that the previous injury to the plant in the lower section of the
country was so great that it appeared almost irremediable. The cur-
rent estimate in this market is 1,900,000 bales. It seems by general
consent to be the common platform on which the trade can unite, and
may therefore be considered the turning point, insomuch as opinions
' are equally divided between those who believe it will slightly exceed
this figure, and others who imagine that the growth will fall short of
said amount. With regard to the receipts at this port, we find that
they are generally estimated at 750,000 balm.
WOOLLENS.-LERM, DEC. 1.-The woollen trade of this district
still continues very flat, and the attendance of buyers in the cloth-
balls to-day was very thin. Some sales were, however, effected in
bottle-green sad milled-blue coatings, and in shawls and clenkings
adapted to the semen. Late prices generally were realised.
BLANKETS.-HECSWONDWICII, Nov. 30.-There was an improved
attendance of merchants in the Blanket Hall here to-day, and the
business transacted was more extensive than we had occasion to
report last week, and late prices were fully sustained.
i•e Your, Nov. 15 5.-Bammervem.-When the news per Britan-
nia first reached us, p went up at a very rapid rate, but when it
was properly digested, they declined just as rapidly, as it was found
there was a very large supply here, and a great scarcity of vessels to
export it to Europe. During the last two weeks, owing to the advance
in freights, large receipta,and unfavourable state of the weather, busi-
ness has barna a stand the market heavy, and prices hare come down to
where they were before the arrival of the steamer's ads-ices. Genesee has
been offered freely at sdol. 934 c. to 6dol, and Michigan and flat Ohio
at Sdol. 874 c. to Sdol. 931 c., and more sellers than buyers at that.
In Southern, there bas scarcely been anything done, George-
town and Howard aaareet, at .5
dollars 87 cents ; and, from
1,200 to 1,500 barrels hve been sold at 5 dots. 754 e. The asks during
tyre week amount to about 85,000 barrels of all kinds of wheat flour at
the above prices. Rye flour is steady, with moderate sales, at
4 dais. 121 c. to 4 dol. 25 c. for North River and/rimy. In corn meal
the transactions have been large for export, not less than 10,000 bble.
Jersey, and 10,000 bbls. have been deliverable at the mills, on terms
we did not learn. Buckwheat flour is worth 4dols. 2k. to adds 50c.,
aborts 7c. to Sc , ships stuffs Ile. to 12c., and second quality fine feed
lee. to 161 e. Export from let to 10th Nov., Wheat flour, 24,893 bbls.
There have been some very heavy tramactions in grain since the arrival
of the Hibernia. A large amount has been bought on specu-
lation and stored with the expectatice that on the arrival of the
Great Western it will bring a much better price than at present The
supply Oleo large, and it is so difficult to effect immediate shipments,
that t speculators will no doubt be disappointed. The sales of wheat
alone consist of 140,000 bushels red and mixed western, chiefly for
export, at Idol. 10c., to Idol. 16c.; and 37,500 do. prime white Oene-
see, part for future delivery, Idol. 20e., to Idol. 2k., showing, not-
withetandisg this activity, a decline of about 5 cents. per bushel, and
leaving the market well supplied. Northern rve is in request for dis-
tilling and export, and 37,000 bushels have Changed hands at 778 to
78 cents., delivered, and 77 in tale slip. Barley is firm and rather
tends upwards; 7500 bushels brought 61 to 04 cents. Northern
oats are steady at 35 to 37 cents., there being, perhaps, few to
be obtained at the lower, and difficult to sell at the latter rate.
Corn has continued in request, and full prices have been realised; the
sales include 62,500 bushels mixed western and prime northern yel-
low at 76c. to 80e. • 3,000 Jersey yellow, 80e. ; 7,000 southern
white, part if not all, 80c. ; 1,800 new northern yellow, 60e. • and
1,500 new and old mixed, 6k. all per bushel of 56 ; 200 tags
Mack-eyed peas sold at 2dol. 2k. per bag of two bushels. Exports,
from let to 10th Nov.: Corn, 91,204 bushels; wheat, 91,150; rye,
53,311; oats, 186; barley, 415.

"POW Ulf LONDON GAZBTTE of Tuesday, Dec. 1.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.—Nor. 27. E.W. Phillip', Bishops-
gatostreet, City, dealer In gime—Nov. 26. J. Topham, J3rerrood,
Staffordshire, road contractor.

J. B. Auxx, Brixton, Surrey, brick merchant, to surrender De-
cember Bat half-put 1, and January Bat 12, at Baaingball-et. Bob.,
Clutuntley and Westwood, Gray's-inn-square ; off. aasig., Belcher.