The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-22 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) ea
(ay um.sl AND IVAN NAONCTIO TZLIORAID.)
88l
(MX OUR OWN COARLIPONINCIITA
Moderate attendance at to-day's market. Wheat in good
consumptive request at the prima of last Tuesday. Flour et.
meets a fair sale at bite rates. Indian corn in better de-
mand ; raised Americas 2a a. 9d. ex quay to Ile in store. ti;
Egyptian beans steady. Oats and oatmeal slow sale, with 60
-
out change in pekes. ai.

MINCING LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
The public markets are closed for the holidays ; *easily elt:
the amount of business transacted is limited.
SU,US. —The only sale reported consists of 600 basket' 01 as
Java at 41s. 6d.
Covras.—The market is firm, but no sales of importmwe
reported. se.
kics.-3,000 bap of old Rangoon sold at 10s. 3d., and a
floating cargo of 1,100 Moe at 106. :IP. new conditions. al
Yarn.—For arrival 900 bags Penang sold at Std., at.
quality not guaranteed.
Corros.-900 kakis sold at full prime, Tinnivelly OR
Madras at 9d. ; also 300 bake for arrival at Bfd.
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TALLOW MANKET.--(THIS DAY.) at.SR
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The market it steady. Tetra tallow is quoted
455. lid. net Pah ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 462. 3d. ;
April to June, 465. 34. to 465. dd. ; July to Elepterubsr,
; October to lrecember, 49e. ed. to 48s. 9d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Sisint affirrey end Emden report. trade slow at last to
day's priors. Prime meadow bay, Os. to 801. ; superior aL
ditto, 84.. to 955. ; interior ditto, 40s. to 50L ; rowan, 50s. Bt.
to 70s. ; clover, old, 80i. to 1101. ; ditto new, second cut, ns.
80a. to 103 s. ; arew, 38.. St
tit

Colonel Grimston, the commanding officer of the
Southampton volunteers, ordered at his own expense a ly
supply of the far-famed Brixey pies for his regiment to so
fake to Brighton for sustenance dunng the review. These
pies are made of veal, ham, and eggs, deliciously seasoned, "
and with • light crust. One of these pies is enough fora 6i!4
good dinner for a soldier on active service. It is more
compact, savoury, and sustaining than sandwiches. E•ch eg,
came and soldier marched through Southampton to the te
railway station yesterday morning, with his pie in his Lea
haversack.
ASLI WINE. —A parliamentary return Lit
shows that the quantities of British spirits used for home et„
consumption in the United Kingdom during each of the five B.
years ending with 1861. and the amount of duty levied, 26
were Se follows In 1857 the number of proof gallons used "
was 23,010.784, and the duty 8,66L2291. ; 1858, the it
quantity was 21,087,056 gallons, and the duty 8,911,7031. • sL
' m 1819. the number of gallons was 33,729,404, and the M.
duty 9,491,7611. ; in 1860, the pilots were 21,338,448, and
the duty 9,401,8101. ; and in 1861, the number of gallons St.
was 19,514,201, and Use duty 9,757,1001. The iooreased
duty of 10a per gallon is charged from the 17th of July, .
186 e. The same return showy that the number of proof .;
piinw of brandy imported into the United Kingdom for 7
1861 was 2.099,334, against 2.342,543 gallons for 1860;
8,114,896 gallons of rum in 1861, against 7,319,673 for
1860; and 14't,144 gallons of Geneva in 1861,
635,410 gallons in 1860. The amount of customsttirat
received for Mandy in 1880 was 721,4761., and 833,5134 in
1661 ; for rum it was 1,692,464/. in 1860, and 1,735,1291. in io
1861; and for Geneva it was 117,5421. in 1860, and 52,6151. so
'n 1881. The quantities of wine entered fur home coo- to
gumption in the United Kingdom in 1860 were 7,358.189
gallon., and in 1861 the number was 10,787,091. The
amount of customs dates received on wines imported is
stated to have been 1,174,106/. in 1860, and 1,219,53:3/. in
1661.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A POINTSMAN. —Yester-
day afternoon a shocking accident occurred on the
Midland Railway, at Nottingham. A short distance from
the goods station there is a crossing called Wilford is
Crossing, used principally for the shunting of goods trail*. mi
A young man, named John Corner, aged about twenty, wan I -
at work about three o'clock, repairing one of the points,
when a train came up. Waiting till it bad passed the point,
he turned mold, and re-commenced his OCCOPItiOnt stand-)
lag between the rails with his back to the traia. In a few
seconds the train backed before he was aware of it, and the *
break van knocked him down and passed over his body. en
He was almost cut to pieces, and his bead complete/7
smashed. Several persons were at work near the spot at 2
the time, bat they did not °Werra the man's danger. He ;
wee convoyed to his home in Somers-street, Nottingham, .-
to await • censer's inquest.
°TERING UT THE BEDFORD AND CAMBRIDGE
RAILWAY. —We (Bedford Times) are glad to find that the
works of this very desirable line are rapidly approaching com-
pletion. and that the opening is to take place oa Waterloo
day. We learn that, so far as the line is concerned, it no
could be opened by the begiaoing of June or even earlier,
but the stations sad platforms will not be ready until about 7
the time fixed for the opening.
MUSEUM OF PATENTS, .SOUTH KENSINGTON.—
'
Number of visitors for the week ending April 19, 5,559;
total somber since the opening of the museum free daily
(12th May, 1358), 516,092.