The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-21 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING LANE.—THIS DAY.
There has not been a public salo to-day, and the attend-
ance in the private contract market so thin (as customary
cm the Derby day), that it must he considered to he nearly
'a close holiday, and prices quoted the same as yester-
day. The public sales declared for to-morrow (Thursday) are :
Saar, 900 hhds. Porto Rico, and 2,500 boxes yellow Ha-
vannah ; Coffee, 1.50 casks Ceylon ; Saltpetre, 1,100 bags;
Rice, 4,500 hags; Cocoa, GOO bags.
Duty paid on sagar to innt reet In Loalon, Liver. ewt.
pool, Wand, hull, and ins Clyde 1,59;,310
II Me same keriod last year 1,917,413

Decrease 50,973
IRMO ran ow 1114 Vai wo Lon will.
Loofas I 1,93,59
2,385,91.4
3C4.131
. ...... „ 103.764
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- ..... 14,934,;91
14,173,11 i

berme . 4i1,279
INDIGO SALES.—Tur.snAT ErLNlNO.—Me‘sre. 11.
W. Jeweabury and Co. hi their eirtailar state that the quarterly wiles
of indigo, which commenced on the 13th :ash, teraninated this day;
cohdating of 0,883 eines liticluali•n 4,347 cLe.ta of old steals. buail.ht
in star withdrawn from former sale., anal 2,203 eliest. in eased
hands). The Plate of the indigo herket hir • tear weeks previous to
the outrunencement of the aide. wag corwiderably firmer, a nd prices
ruled 23. to 3d. per lb. above February rates; the, imal ,he moderate
quantity &dare', led to the opinion that those Inca's would he main.
tamed, if not augmented, at the sale jape eonendol. but such has not
been the me: the general admen with which the wales .'per eat has
hues n the chief feature throughout, the only onnottition b, ia.g for gad
and floe Bengal, whisk has sold at lu I Vebrua•y rats; dehettar wit(
consuming qualities went from par to 3d. per lb. decount.
also from par to 3,1. per lb. lower; ale/Iran 23. to ht. ter lb. lower.
Prom the commencement it was evident that the amount of orders
was mall, and the thin attend .nee of both t seen and home boa :es
has proved that they were not ahaiola t o eoute in at present rate,.
The tamale generally complain that thw el, die, aih:airatg loot October
My materially ch.:eked the cun,umfttvn of trolly', and In, thrown
mataufacturena upon other colours. Of the quantity brouslit fa,raard
it is estimatv.l that 2.492 chests are bought in, 4,721 withilta•n, and
2,"r7 sold, to which may he elated abut 431 of the bought-in anal
withdrawn, teams the total quantity aold a,a 0 chit., ci whah
4,001 cheata are for apart, 50 for ham camior. plias, anal Tar fa, lc-
, sale. 'I he following are the quotation., as c an-end with the last
Febau try sale :—Cloud and One shippoig, par ; ordinary and defeettv3
I itto, par to 3d, per lb. lower; broken 11111 eamuming, last ho 3,1. pi r
lb. lower ; Madras, 23. to M. per lb. lowtr ; Km, at,, par to 3,1. per .b.
,lower.

TALLOW MALLKET.—THIS DAY.
The Tallow market 14 steady, to-day nt the reduction
that took ;dare on Monday. Petersburg Y.C. on the spot,
is quoted 375. to 365. 9d. ; last three months, 343. to
38s. 3d.

MARK-LANE.—THIS DAY.
There was no alteration in the value of Dither English
or foreign Wheat to-day ; the attendance iu Mark-kne w.ts
limited. in consequence of Derby day at Epsom ; in tho
business transacted Monday's quotations were well sup-
ported. . _

Barley was in fair request and quite as dear.
Thu receipts of Oats NU far this week have been light, and
the value of the article has an upward tendency.
Deans and I'cas tirm, at the rates of last market day.
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ARRIYAL4 LYTo LONDON FROM 141% tA 2!4t MAY.
QM EngHAL bootab. IrLALL lon Om.
Watt I 1350 f
Barley l3O I 223
oAla GO g to 444
flour, 2,950 melt. Malt, 8:0,

COAL MARKBT.—THIS DAY.
Eden Main, 14..3d. ; Walls End Haswell, 16.. lid. ; Walls
End /lemon, 15s. Cal.; Walls End Lambton, I.M. ;
End Stewart's, 145.6 d, ; WalhEnd Tote, his. Gd.—Ships at
market, M.;

BOROUGH MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Pattendea and Smith report that the market
continuea tiruz for all Hops with quality and colour, at lath
price;.

COTTON.-ll.u•iu;, MAT 20.

The market to-day ha% been calm. Sales up to 2 o'clock, 713
bah Tres-ordiouttre New Orle.uts' quoted at Mt to $7l.
Arrived, the Ocorge Hurlbut, from New York, with 1,211
bale., of cotton; the Miue.to, front New Orleau4, with 2,417
lbales of cotton.

NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND IiIEttF.FORD
Wsv.—Yesterday, an eztraordinary meeting of this company
WWI held at the London Tavern, Ihshopsg:ite-street, Mr the
purpose of forfeiting certain shares, and M.o for extending
the number of director, from hoe to fifteen. The chair was
taken by the Hon. Capt. W. E. Fitztuaurice. The following
extract from the report, which was unani ~,,, uly 'opts,
s.
ex plain the object of the business before the meeting :
"The directors, in the month of March last, with the slew
to a revival of the company, instructed Mr. Charles Liddell,
an engineer of great cstwrience in the construction of rail-
way+, to go over the line, and report to them the not at
which the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway
may he made, under the existing parliamentary powers, at
present time's prices, both of labour anti material. 'rho
report of Mr. Liddell is, that with certain deviations front
the course sanctioned by arliament, the railway may Inc
made at a eau of 287,000/. fur a single line, or 352,0001. for
a double line. The directors have calculated that upon the
re issue of the 6,031 forfeited khares, and upon their re-
storation to the register, the total calls on each 241. sham
will nut exceed, including the amount already paid,
17/. 10s. fur a double line of railway from Polity's.' to
llereford, leaving the line to the Taff Vale Railway to be
subsequently dealt with—and if, by an improved market
value fur the shares, or by arrangement 6 which the direc-
tors may be enabled to make with contractors, landowners,
or others, the remainder of the shares should be issued at
gar—in that case the calls may be proportionally reduced.
o enable the directors to carry out these propositheis, the
utmost cordiality has been evince(' by all classes in the dis-
trict. And the ascend special object of this meeting is to
extend the number of dinxtora of the company from use to
Eileen."

. SUICIDAL MANIA AT 3IAIDSTONE.—Two inquests
have been held this week at Maidstone, upon servant girls,
who had drowned themselves ; and the gone crime was
attempted by a third, but some passers-by having ob-
served her movements, she was rescued before lift, was
extinct. The lint inquest was upon Rosetta Corke, aged
18, lately in the service of Mr. Martin, pastry-cook. she
had been detected flirting with the workmen, and treating
them with her master's wine and spirits, and received no-
tice to quit. On the day the notice expired her master
asked if she had obtained another place, when she replied,
" She didn't want one, as she intended to make a hole in
the river." Mr. Martin sent for her grandmother, who re-
sided in the town, but she refused to receive her; and after
some days, during which she was seen straying about
the town, she suddenly disappeared, and her bonnet and
shawl were found on the hanks of the river—and, even-
tually, her lifeless body. A purse containing 'Js. 7d.
was found in her pocket. Verdict, " Found drowned."
The second inquest was upon the body of Eliza Nash, aged
about 19 years and five months, servant to Mr. Gibson, of
this town. She was the daughter of respectable parents,
living at East Farleigh, and had been in Mr. Oileion's ser-
vice nearly twelve months. She always appeased to be of
very weak mind, and her conduct had been such as to
make Mr. Gibson believe she had not been in a sane state
of mind for months past. Owing, in a great measure, to
her strange manners and conduct, her master had same
time ago given her warning to leave, but she begged to
stay, and as she was very fend of the children she W. al-
lowed to do so. About a year ago an acquaint-
ance which she had previously had with a young man,
named John Ladhams, of Heaton, was, on account of some
trilling disagreement between them, broken off. This
seemed to have preyed much on her mind. In the after-
noon of Thursday last, the day on which she committed
suicide, she asked Mr. Gibson whether the body of the girl
who had previously been drowned (Rosetta Corke) had been
found, and on his telling her that he did nut know, she seemed
much disappointed at not receiving a positive answer. Mr.
Gibson stated his belief that Corke's death had preyed on
her mind, and had somewhat stimulated her to do the
same. On Thursday evening she went out, without asking
leave, and meeting a female acquaintance asked her to go
down the street with her. She consented, and iu the course
of conversation deceased told her she was going to drown
herself, and asked her to get a stone to tic round her neck.
Her friend renionstreted with her, on which deceased bade
her good bye and ran off. Having watched her over the
bridge, her friend hastened home and stated what had oc-
curred to Mr. Gibson. Two of the police immediately
went in search of deceased. They found her bonnet and
shawl on the river side opposite Toed, and her body was
found in the water at some distance about an hour after-
wards. A letter was in her bonnet, from which the fel:ow-
ing is an extract :—" Dear father and mother,-1 now must
say farewell; likewise my dear sisters and brothers. As it
must happen I shan't ever see any of you again on earth,
and if ever you or any of you should happen to see John
Ladhatua, give my beat love and respects to him, and 'hope
he will live happy, let it be how it may, married or single,
hope he may be happy and loving. . . . I cannot say
anything more at present. Dear mother, you will excuse
it as it is wrote with a trembling hand and aching heart."
Verdict, "Temporary insanity."—afaieistoae Journal.

FIRE AT STOKE NEWlNGTON.—Yesterday morning,
shortly after three o'clock, the premises of the Rev. C.
O'Donoghue, 9, Albert-grove, Stoke Newington, were con-
sumed by a fire which originated in the bedroom, one of
the family having approached too near the bed curtains
with a lighted candle. The parish and brigade engintl
were soon on the spot, but the fire had gained too touch
strength to be extinguished before the house sem de-
stroyed.