The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-12 00:00:00

WOOL MARKET.-THIS DAY.

There is very little doing by private contract. Buyers
arc waiting to see how the public sales, which commence
on the 17th inst., will go. Trade in the manufacturing
counties is in a very healthy state, and there is every pros-
pect of its continuing so for some time to conic. This
week's imports into London arc extensive, comprising 12.,
bales from Mogadore, 1,360 from Portland Bay, 400 from
Port Beaufort, from St. Petersburg, 70 front the Cape,
29 from Oporto, 401) from Casa Bianca, 80 front llamburg,
and 2,100 from Sydney.

SMITHFIELD HAY MAHICET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Cooper and Davis report the Frailly short, but
equal to the demand, at the following quotations :—Prieto
Meadow Hay, 755. to 80s.; inferior ditto, 504. to 70s. ;
new, rios. to 705.; Itowen, fos. to 6.55.; Clover, old, 781.
to 95 ; new, 601. to 806.; Straw, Vs. to 31s.

COVENT-GARDEN.—THIS DAY.
Trade is good, and the market is well supplied with
all kinds of Fruit and Vegetables in season. Peachei and
Nectarines continue to be sent in large quantities. English
Pines and Hothouse (drapes are plentiful, and the
former cheaper. Strawberries are now in good demand,
and the supply is abundant. Cherries are furnished in
large quantities, they arc excellent in quality. West In-
dian lines fetch front 2s. to do. each. Oranges and Lemons
are sufficient fur the demand. Nuts remain nearly the
same as quoted last week. Asparagus, Carrots, French
Beans from the open ground, and Green Peas are received
in quantity. New Potatoes may be obtained at hl. to 4d.
per lb. Lettuces and other sal:tiling are sufficient for the
demand. Mushrooms are a trifle dearer. Cut flowers con-
sist of Heaths, Pelargoniums' Mignonette. Heliotropes,
Stephanotis floribunda, Pinks, Moss and Provides Roses.
VAULT&
Pine.apples, per lb., es to Ts Almonds, per peek, Be
Grapes, hothouse, p. lb., 2s to 5a I sweet, per lb., 26 to 3.
Peaches per du?, let to 201 Lemons, per doz., Is to ts
Neetannes, per des., 100 to 200 Ortur,:ee, per doz., Ala 24
Cherries, per lb., Gd to 2s per too, Co to les
Melons, eta, is tots tkville, per WO, 7. toles
Strawberries, per pottle, •dtols I p. dos., Isto3eesl
Gooseberries, per hull store, Not., Bar., p. bush., eats to 22•
Re to 4s Itrazil, p. hush., 12* to les
Currants, per halt sieve, 3s to Cobs, tee lOU Lb, 50a to 35s
V ELIE VAltl . .

Cabbages per doe., GI to 1; ---
Can'Mutters, per dol., Is 6.1 to 3s
French kteansper hf.sicre, 3s to 5s
Besns, per vivre, 2s to Is 64
Peas, per riere, 2s to 4$
Asprragur, per 100, Is to 4s
Rhubarb, per bund., 24 to 6d
rutstoce, per too, 9Or to 20us
per cwt., Is to as
per hush., Is 611 to 3s
Turnips, per hunch, at to Cal
Cucumbers, each, 3d to Is
Radishes, per dos., .4 to 9d
Turnip, per doz., ltd to Id
Celery, per bundle, Gd to 2/1
Carrots, per bunch, 44 to Csl
elpinacb, per sieve, Is 64 to 2s
Ontons, per bunch, 24 to GI
Leeks, per bunch, 3d to 4d
Shallots, per bunch, 'ad to Id
Garlic, per lb., 4d to ad

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Artichokes, per doe., Is to 2s
Lettuce, Cato., p. setae, 4.1 to nd
(or, per I.4wre, 3.t to Is
Small tes'sds, p. pun., 2d to Id
Horse Hathoh, per 1011., I,Gtl to 64
Red Beet, per don., Is to is
Mtabrootns, per pot, In to 2s
Sorrel, per halt stele, tot to 94
Fennel, per bunch, 24 to 3d
Savory, per brach, 24 to 3d
Thyme, per bunch, 24 to .2d
Purley, p. 4oz. bun, -s to 33
lusts, per bur., od to Is
Mint. green, per bur ^t:. 44 to 64
Mail, green, per bunch, 64 to tat
Marjarstn,du., per Watch, rd to 9,1
WaItICTOM. per aos. bussaus
6d to 9tl
Corn Salad, p. hf. sieve, 14 to land
Vegetuble Yarrows, per dos., Is.
I to 2..

TitElttawicii ELEcTioN CommrrrEE..—Yesterday
this committee appointed by the House of Commons to try
and determine the allegations of the petition complaiiiiiig
of an undue election and return of a member to serve in
parliament for the borough of Harwich, met for the first
time at half-past II in Committee-room No. 3. The mem-
bers were Mr. Deedes (chairman), Sir H. Willoughby, Mr.
Arkwright, Mr. Fergus, and Mr. Kershaw. Mr. Serjeant
Kingslake,Q.C., in opening the can for the petitioners, said
the borough of Harwich was well known to he notorious
in electioueering annals for the character of its contests
and returns. Its representation became vacated in March
last by the elevation of Sir John Cam Ilobhouse to the
peerage, and Mr. Prinsep and Mr. Crawford became can-
didates. Mr. Prinsep was returned, but was subsequently
unseated by a committee of the house upon a petition
which alleged his want of sufficient qualification and the
illegality of certain votes which gave him a majority of live
over Mr. Crawford. A new writ was the consequence, and
another election took place on the 7th and rich May, and on the
close of the poll the number announced for Mr. Prinsep was
127, and for Mr. Crawford 133, showing by a majority of If
the return of the sitting member. One of the allegations
contained in the petition was that the poll was prematurely
closed, thereby excluding several votes that were about to
be given for Mr. Prinsep. At a few minutes before four
o'clock on the day of polling the roof and framework of the
hustings were suddenly demolished, thus putting an end to
the polling, just at the moment when a voter named James
Wood was in the act of recording his vote for Mr. Prinsep,
the poll-clerk, owing to the demolition of the hustings,
being only able to write " James W." The act in this re-
spect was imperative upon the returning officer. The
petition also alleged that good votes for Mr. l'T ill-
sep were recorded as bad, and that bad votes
were taken for Mr. Crawford as good. He should
also have to call their attention to a serious alle-
gation, which set forth that Mr. Crawford, through his
agents at Harwich, had been guilty of bribery and corrupt
practices. In the list which was handed iu to the com-
mittee there were the name. of fifteen persons alleged to
have been bribed, with the names of the parties bribing.
On two of these the petitioners more particularly relies.
The law of the matter, as laid down in the precedents of
previous committees, was that, however guiltless indi-
vidually Mr. Crawford himself might be of these things, ho
was answerable for the illegal acts of those to
whom the interests of his election were confided. Ii a
i scrutiny were gone into by the committee, there
I would be found to be several " dead votes " polled
for Mr. Crawford, and he further understood that a
petition had been presented to the house by the hon. mem-
ber for Dorsctshire, imputing misconduct to certain govern-
ment officers at Harwich on the occasion of the last election.
Mr. lt. J. Naylor, chief clerk in the office of clerk of the
crown, was then called, and produced the writ, return, and
poll books of the last election. An objection was then
raised, but overruled by the committee, to tie effect that
the fourteen days special notice required under the act to
be given to the returning officer of the appointment of the
committee hail not been given, and it was alleged that if
this were the case the constitution of the present com-
mittee was invalid. Mr. F. Hart, the mayor and
returning officer for Harwich, and Mr. Chapman, the town
clerk, deposed to having received the notice, but could not
specify the day or date. The question, however, was set at
rest by calling Mr. Rose, one of the clerks of the House of
Commons, who deposed to the notice having been forwarded
to the authorities us the 11th June last. Mr. W. Bowler,
brewer and land agent at Colchester, was then called and
examined by Mr. Serjeant Kingslake.—Was at Harwich on
the polling day, and went to the hustings with James
Woods, the voter. While one of the clerks was in the act
of taking down Wood's name the Mayor closed the poll.
There were two or three men mounted on the top of the
hustings at the time, with picks in hand, and they began
pulling the hustings down. The Mayor jumped front inside
the polling booth over the front of the bar reserved fur the
voters, and got away. The men began to pull the hustings
down at five minutes before four u clock. The committee
then adjourned ill this day.
THE TRUTH SEEN TIIROUGII A WINUOW.—In a
shop in the City, the following inscription may be read in
the window:—" lei on prend eargene de re,tranger;" mean-
ing, we suppose, that foreign money is received there. But
the delicious truth that peeps through the badness of the
translation is most amusing. From what we have heard of
the extravagant prices demanded for trumpery little articles,
and the stones that have reached us of the almost incredible
impositions practised by our tradesmen upon the poor
foreigners, we have not the slightest doubt that the Paryent
de l'ilranger has been taken in more shops than one in the
City, and taken, too, iu the greatest abundance. But the
candour of the announcement deserves some praise, and hos
only been exceeded in its touching naivete by an announce-
ment we remember seeing over a Gasihof
_inV ientna to tho
following confidential effect :—/,"*.ar, . ;:iteu n
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