The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON.—lavenrooL, Dec. 17.—The market closed
firmly, and, compared with the rates of Friday, prices of
American and all other kinds are without alteration. Sales
are estimated at 6,000 bales, including 200 Egyptian, 61d.
to Od. ; and 400 Surat, 21d. to qd. per lb.
M•ectizaria, Dec. 17.—The favourable reports of
Tuesday's and Thursday's markets have been followed by
a continued demand for most descriptions of goods. The
news from Sinope in the early part of the week, and the
ministerial resignations more recently, have undoubtedly
tended to check the improvement, but the amount of Wan-
ness transactions during the week, though not very large,
has been sufficiently important to give • better tone as
well as more activity to the market. In light shirtings and
janonets suited to the Indian markets the ordengiven out
have been large, and spinners, as a consequence, have se-
cured some fair contracts for cops and warps. Printing
cloths also have met with • fair demand, and some of the
buyers who, for a few weeks past, have been hesitating to
operate, have this week given out some orders on terms to
which they had previously objected. The business this
morning was a good deal interfered with by the political
excitement caused by Lord Lansdowne's reported secession
from the government, but the attendance on the Exchange
war large, and both spinners and manufacturers reported a
larger amount of transactions than might have been andel.
paled at steady and rather improving rates.

WOOLLEN CLOTH.—Lanos, Dic. 17.—We have no
change to report in tbe state of the woollen cloth market.
There continues to be a good seasonable trans done. The
markets have been of an average character to-day, and a
fair quantity of cloth has been sold. There have been
several buyers in the town during the week, which has
given a better tone to the trade in the warehouses, where
there is a very fair and seasonable busbies; doing for the
home market.

HARDWARE.—BIRXINORAM, Dsc. 17.—The reports
relative to the state of trade in this town oontinue to be
as satisfactory as they have been for many months put.
All the manufacturen are full of both home and foreign
orders. For the home trade there was, perhaps, so
large a demand for our goods at this season of the year,
notwithstanding that in every branch there has been a
very considerable advance of prime. The staple trades
are as brisk as they can be, the demand in many instances
being greater than the supply, the difficulty ofobtaining the
goods from the manufacturers rather increasing than other.
wise. The brass and iron bedstead manufacture has sprung
up to one of our moat important trades. This branch has
very largely participated in the impetus given to trade
during the twelve months, as have also the cabinet and
general brass-foundry trades, lamp and chandelier manu-
facture, electro•platers, and others of equal importance.
Workmen are still wanted in many branches, but there is
no labour of any description of unemployed. Another ad-
vance in the price of copper is daily expected, the demand
being considerable, and stocks reported as very inadequate.

CORN.—Cattoutnos, Dic. 17.—Our market wu dearer
for both whist and barley, with not a lame supply. Wheat,
red, 725. to 765. per qr.; white, 80e. to 82s. Barley, 365.
to 445. Beans, 44e. to 48a. ; Peas, 46e. to 48s. Oats, 245.
to 325.

Cart4rnannaT, Dan. 17.—We bad but a moderate supply
of grain at market this week. Wheat was better in price
from 3s. to 41. per qr. Barley, oats, beans, aad peas as last
week. Wheat, brown, old, 755. per qr. ; new, 88s. to 785.;
new white, 713.. to 841. Barley, new, 341. to 425. Oats,
new, 24a. Beans, old, 501.; new, 38e. Peas, bog, 445. ;
boilers, 80s.

Ca.liEtsEE, DEC. 17.-With a limited supply of wheat
oar market this morning was sharper, 6d. to Is. per bushel
advance on last week being given, with a good supply of
barley aaJ oats; the former nil. d • little higher :-Wheat,
white, new, 28s. to 30s. ; old, 30s. to 311.6 d. Wheat, red,
new, 275. is 28e. 6d.; old, 28, 63. to 301. Barley, new and
old, 14s. ti 168. 34. Oats, potato, old, lls. to 111.6 d. ' •
new, 9s. to 10e. ; common, Bs. to 9s. Beans, 19. to 20s.
Flour per stone, 26. 84. to 3s. Oatmeal, 2s. to 21. 2d.
Byeaseal, Is. 104. Barleymeal, 11.6 d.
COLCIIZITIZ, DEc. 17.-A short supply of wheat and
barley, and fair of other grain. Wheat sold freely at an
advance of 26. to 36.; barley, at 7.6 • beans, at Is. to 2s. ;
and oats, Is. per qr. Peas as last week.

OLOOCUTZIL, DBC. 17.—There wee a moderate supply of
English wheat at to•day's market, and all samples found
ready buyers; common at 25., fine at 31. per qr. advance.
Holders of toreign demanded • Motile: Improvement, and a
fair extent of transactions took place. English barley con-
tinues in good su, ply, but holders obtained fully 2s. per
qe. more mosey for approved malting samples. For grind-
, usg barlry, as well as Indian corn, tile demand has some-
what slackened. Beans very scarce, and business unim-
portant in coseequenee. Oats were pressed for sale early
is the week, but at to day's market last week's rates were
isolated on. Imports of the week ending Dee. 17 :—Barley,
370 qrs.; oats, 2,715.

GUILDFORD. Dtc. 17.—The wheat trade to-day, after a
period of unusual dulness, was very animated, their being
a quick sale at picas generally 3s. per qr. in advance of
the preceding week. The supply was cleared off. Barley
rather dearer. Wheat, ate. to 84s. Barley, Ws. to 42..
Oats, 255. to 301. Peak 48s. to 525. Beans, 475. to 50s.

liilll7ollD, Due. 17.—The wheat trade to-day Wall fully
la. per load dearer tot the finest samples, inferior descrip.
dons dull; supply small. Barley in much Ice supply,
which met a ready sale at from le. to is. 6d. per qr. more
money. Oats made last week's prices. Peas and Beans a
dull trade at rather less money. Wheat, 40s. to 60s. per
load. Barley, 375. to 465. per qr. Oats, 225. to 30s. Peas,
265. to 30s. per load. Beans, 265. to 365. Rye, 22a. to
250.

NEwearimz-groze-Txxx, Dag. 17. The weather,
which in tke early part of the week gave indications of a
rigorous winter, has since Wednesday undergone • total
change, a considerable quantity of calm having fallen in the
interval, but the temperature cons nuing low, we should
not be surprised to find frost returning with more than
usual severity. The trade during the present week has
been characterised by a degree of buoyancy from which we
have been free for some time past, a !ergo business resulting
in wheat at an improvement of Is. to 2e. per qr., whilst at
the same time flour has commanded attention at prices that
were not previously obtainable. Malting barley has been
in more favour, and choice qualities have been placed with- !
out difficulty at en amendment of le. per qr., whereas the I
general runs have sold more freely at fully former rates.
Malt without change. Oats, beans, and peas each the turn
dearer. At our market this morning we had a moderato
show of wheat from the growers, and the arrivals generally
being of an insignificant character, fresh-thrashed samples
were taken off quickly at an advance of 35. per qr., whereas
a good business was also done in other descriptions at al
similar improvement. For the best new Wisbech yellow !
qualities 80s. per qr. was acquired, and the same figure fur'
new selected Ueuermarke and Wulgast red, extra old Roo-
tock and Danzig making 825., weighed 631b5., with no
pressing sellers for the latter varieties. U,on flour we raise
our quotations 15. per tack, but the dealers generally havicg
bought very freely during the depressed period,
the amount of business passing was not large. Rye
wes the turn dearer and rather more enquired fur.
Upon melting barley we note an advance of Is. to 25., with
more disposition to purchase. Grinding sorts without
change. Deans arid peas were held more stiffly ; 585., how-
ever, may be deemed an extreme quotation for the latter.
With oats we were moderately supplied by our growers;
but the arrivals from Scotland still continuing liberal, no
advance was procurable, although there was decidedly
more inquiry than of late for choice old and dry new. The
arrivals this week are:—Wheat, coastwise, 9.59; foreign,
1400; rye, coastwise, 46 ; barley, coastwise, 101 ; oats, coat-
i wise, 1 389; peas, foreign, 122; beans, foreign, 168; flour,
991 sacks.

Noawicz, Dsc. 17.—Our market this day was thinly
attended, and scantily supplied with wheat, mostly in poor
condition; Disbar prises were demanded, and for all the

best rune an advance of fully Gs. per qr. was obtained,
! while second qualities were 4s. per qr. higher. Fleur was
in demand at 3s. per sack advance, and a good amount of
business was dons at the increased price. Barley trade
firm at Is. per quarter sb.lve last week's rates.
Grinding descriptions moved off freely at the above advance.
Beans and Nag met a free sale at full prices. Oats wr re in
fair supply; demand good, and prices well maintained.
Wheat, white, 82s. to 84s. per qr. ; red, 745. to 80s. Bar-
i ley, malting, 40s. to 42e. , grinding, 345. to 375. Beans, 525.
to 585.; Peas, 48s. to 525. Oats, 30s. to 34e. Fine
household flour, f.0.b., 56a. per sack of 280 Ibo. gross, sack
included in the purchase.
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PZIERTOROVOII, Dzc. 17.—Tho supply of both wheat
and barley here to-day was exceedingly small, that or oats
and beans pretty good. Wheat advanced 4s. ; barley, 26. to
35.; and oats and beans each Is. par qr. from the prices of
last week.

RIADINO, Dn. 17.—We have a short supply of wheat
to-day, which dads sales at Is. to 21. per qr. in advance of
last market day. Barley also fully Is. per qr. dearer, both
malting and grinding. All other kinds of grain remain
quiet.
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Wissnor, Dnc. 17.—We have rather an increued supply
of grain here to-day, and the trade for wheat is very ani-
mated, an advent* of 3s. to 4a. per qr. being freely paid, and
• large business dose. t. ats and barley in better demand,
and rather dearer. Baum as last week. Prices to the
growers :—Wheat, old, 655. to 78.. per qr. ; new, 58s. to 78s.
Oats, 13d. to 14d. per stone. Beans, 46.. to 555. per qr.

Womcnam, DEc. 17.—There was a full supply of wheat
from the farmers, mostly out of condition, and the trade
ruled dull, at an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter. Barley
held for Is. per quarter more money, which checked sales.
Oats, 6d. to Is. per qr. dearer. New beau, 2s. per quarter
lower. P-as unaltered.

Yoax, Dim. 17.—We had a moderate show of wheat
at our market to-day, for which farmers asked a consider.
able advance, and the sales made were at an advance of 4s.
per qr. upon last week's prices. Barley met • ready sale
at an advance of 2s. per qr. Beans and oats the turn
dearer. Flour has advanced 39. per tack. Wheat, white,
80s. to 82s. per qr. imperial ; red, 781. to 80a.; barley,
malting, 395. to 41e.; grinding, 351. to 37a.; malt, 665. to
Gers. Oats, 131. to 14d. per stone of 141 be.; flour, 60s. to
635. per sack of 280Ibs.

Ktancatur, Dac. 17.—The frost quite left us last Satur-
day evening, and we have had a week of broken disagree-
able weather. To-day we have the wind N.V. again. At
our country markets, to the early part of this week, sales of
all kinds of grain wen very slow. even at a reduction in
price; latterly, the tone has quite changed, and we had
eager buyers at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per qr. on wheat,
and Is. on barley and oats. Here to-day we had fair
supplies of all kinds of grain. Sales brisk, at an advance
of 2.. per qr. on wheat, and Is. per qr. on barley and oats.
Wheat, 545. to 765. per qr. Barley, Wo. to 395. Oats, 16..
to 295. Oatmeal, per bag of 2801b5.. 391. to 405.

POULTRY,itc.-EIWCIATI AND Lzi.motwALL,Dsc 17.
-Geese, 48.641. to 74.64.; turkeys,4s.6d.to 95.6 d. each; ducks,
21. Od. to 2s. 94. ; tame rabbits, Bd. to Is. 64. ; wild ditto,
84. to Is. 6d. ; pigeons, 3d. to Bd. each ; routing pigs, Os.
Od. to Os. Od. each ; Surrey fowls, ss. to 9s. ; ditto
chickens, Os. Od. to Os. ; barn-door fowls, is. 9d. to 26. 94. per
couple ; capons, 31. to 41.6 d. ; chickens, Is. 61. to 2s. 3d.
per couple pheasants, 3s. Od. to 3s. 94. ; partridge*,
Is. 3d. to 1.. 9d.; hares, 2s. 64. to 3s. 6d.; leverets, Os.
to Os. Od. ; woodcocks. 2s. 6d. to 3s. Ad. ; grouse,
2s. Od. to 24. 6d. ; snipes, 9d. to Is. 6d. ; teal, 6d. to 9d.;
wild ducks, Is. 34. to 25.; widgeons, 94. to Is. ; and
plovers, 6d. to Is. each. English eggs, 9s. Od. to 12s. Od. ;
French ditto, Bs. Od. to 91. Od. per 120; Ostend fresh
butter, 11s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. ; and English. 11s. 6d. to 14s.
per dozen lbs.

FISH.-EILLINOBOATI. Disc. 17.-Salmon trout, Is. to
ls. 4d. per lb. ; turbots, 3e. Od. to 1.5 e.; brills, Is. Od to ss. ;
cod fish, 6s.od. to 121.0 d. ; soles, 6444) 24 Od. per pair ; Eels,
Bd. to le. per lb.; lobsters, 6d. to ls. 64; crabs, Gd.to 2s. 3d.
each; whitings, 11. to ss. per dos.; haddocks, 3s. to
7s. per doz.; dory., Is. to ss. ; mullets, Is. to 2s. 6d. each ;
cote. oysters, 10s. toles. ; natives, 40s. to 501. per bushel ;
mackerel, 30s. to Os. per 100 ; emelts,ll.od. to 3s.per dos.;
skate, 6d. to Od. per lb. ; shrimps, ls. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per
gallon ; bloaters, Bs. 6d. to 108.6 d. per 100 ; fresh herrings,
ss. to Os. per 100 ; plaice, 4d. to ls. each ; carp, 2s.
per brace; tench, 2s. per brace ; garnets, 4d. to Is. ea h ;
halibut, 6d. per lb. ; salt fish, 2d. to 6d. per lb.; prawns,
2s. Od. to 48.0 d. per lb.; flounders, 11. to Is. 6d. per doz.;
sturgeon, 6d. per lb. ; pike, 6d. per lb.

SIR J. COLQUHON AND THB CLYDE STEAMER

EMPEROR.

This case, which was fully discussed before the
Courtof Session on Tuesday week, and duly reported in
the Daily New, tame on for advising on Thursday last.
The nature Of the question raised, and the important
results depending on tad judgment of the court, ocessioned
considerable public interest, sad the court-room was more
than usually crowded.
The judgment of the Lord Justice Clerk we: very elabo-
rate, and was concurred in by Lords Cockburn, Murray,
and Wood and concluded by affirmiag that Sir John
Celqubon had not established his right to the interdict
which be prayed. The pith of the judgment will be found
in the following propositions:—" At present we assume
what the suspender himself sets forth. And on his showing
we are of opinion that a party who builds piers in such:situ-
ations, avowedly for the accommodation of all who fre-
quent them, and opens them to all who resort to them, on
payment of dues, and levies dues from all who come to them,
in order to derive a revenue from the use of these by the
public, must be ,alien to make these piers public piers, so
far as his position and obligations are concerned—that in
respect of, and in return for, this levy of dues, he entitles
all and sundry to go to and use these piers, and that he hes
no more right to exclude any of the public than a burgh in
pose/scion of a grant of free port. The fact that be built
the piers to induce the public to come there as a
source of revenue to himself, and at his own hand,
without authority, levies due from the public, cannot
put him in • better situation than the owner of a
regular port, or harbour, or pier, established by cora-
potent authority. On his own showing he has placed him-
self in the situation of being liable in duties and lying under
burdens by reason of and iu return for the public levy of
dues, and must submit to the consequence of such piers
being open and patent to the public in the same way as if
he had legal authority fot the exaction of dues. On the
showing of the suspender in this record, he probably has
subjected himself (though I give no positive opinion en that
point), in 'Willett to actions for renewed accommcdation in
proportion to the increase of resort to the pier and of the re-
venue drawn therefrom, and it may be to maintain the
pier whether the revenue is sufficient for that purpose or
not, so that he could not drop any of them, or allow any of
them to fall into disrepair."

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF CHARLES I.
_.___

In an auction that took place last Friday and Satur-
day, under the direction of Messrs. Puttick and Simpson,
of Piccadilly, there occurred an interesting series of letters
of Charles I. The following is condensed from the sale
ea•alogue. Lot 91. " Charles I. Sixty-one Letters and
Notes written to Sir William Hopkins, *bee the King was
a prisoner in the Isle of Wight, concluding with one after
his removal to Windsor Castle. July 12 to Dec. 30, 1648.
The letters are mostly in a feigned hand, end are written on
scraps of paper of all forms and sizes, according to the nem.
shy of the moment. The King's practice appears to have
been to have deposited his letters in same rec:ptacle,
whence they were removed by the woman wha attended
upon him (who, he says, could neither write nor read) and
the daily clearances thus made were no doubt anxiously
watched for by some discreet adherent, who was in the
secret, the letters selected and duly transmitted. The sub-1
jest or the letters is mainly the projected escape of the King,
whose firm, patient, and even cheerful demeanour in c:r•
cumstances the most perilous, is exhibited most forcibly in
this series of letters."

An ',strut from one of these letters will be sufficient to
show their interesting character. It is from a letter dated
October 9, 1648:—" 1 pray you rightly to understand my
condition (which I confess yesteenight I did not fully anute,
'through want of tyme) it is this; Notwithstanding my too
great concessions alreaddy made, I know that, unless I
shall make yet others, whieh will directly make me no
kilt,, I shall be, at best, a perpetual prisoner; besydes if
this were not (of which I am too sure) the adhering to the
church (from which I cannot depart, no, not in show) will
i doe the same ; and, to Beale freely with you, the great con-
Cf Alai= I made this day was =eerily in order to my
escape, of which if I had not hope I would cot have done ;
for then I could Dave returned to my straight Prison with-
out reluctancy, but now I confess it would break. my
hart, halting done that which only an escape can juetefy,"
&c. This interesting collection sold for fifty-one guineas.
The other lots in the sale were chiefly foreign and unim-
portant.

SUICIDE IN A CAB.—On Saturday Mr. Waklev
held an inquest at the Elephant and Cattle, King's-road,
Camden-Lawn, on the body of Mrs. Marshall, wife of a
hosier, carrying on business at No. 80, Regent-street. The
' deceased, who was a remarkably ISae woman, elecantly
' dressed, left home on Thursday afternoon and proceeded to
'Camden-town, where she hired a cab and directed the driver
to take her to London-bridge. On arriving at the
tollgate in the Oid Pancras-road, the man at the
toll bar receiving no reply, opened the cab door
and found the occupant bleeding from a wound
in her Thula% She was immediately driven to the
nearest surgeon'', and almost imm•diately expired. The'
evidence of the surgeon, Mr. Waldegrave, also sweet to show
that the deceased had taken essential oil of almonds—suffi-
cient to cause death. The wound in the throat was intlicti.d
with a pocket knife, which was found upon deceased, and
which was quite new. The deceased having been for some
Incise in a desponuing state of mind, the jury returned a Ter-
! diet of "Temporary iasanity."
THE BRAZIL ECREw STEAM-SnIP OLINDA, Capt.
Harlin, with advices from Monte Video to Nov. 4 ; Rio,
to Nov. 13 ; lishis, to Nov. 18 ; Pernamhuca. to Nov. 20 ;
St. Vincent, to Nov. 29 ; and Lisbon, to the Bth December;
put in Queenstown on t, :e 16th inst., with cogs of flywheel
damaged. She was expected to leave on Saturday for
Liverpool. She had 43 passengers, and 7,7261. in specie.
Her news has been anticipated by the arrival at Southamp-
ton of the Rini Mail steam-ship Great Western, on S.itar-
day morning.
WHITTINGIoN CLUB. —On Wednesday last the
barge rooms of this institution were thrown open for a fancy
dress ball, promoted by the members and their friends.
The company amounted to between 250 and 300 persons,
nearl7 all of them being in fancy costume. Under the en-
livening influence elan excellent band, dancing was kept up
with unabated spirit till an 'Owed hour la ths soraiag.

I SHIPPING INTELLIGENCR.