The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-23 00:00:00

MARKETS.

SUGAlL—Baurror., Dsc. 22.—A fair amount of balms
has boon doss this walk at fall pekes. Thu market closed
today for the Christmas holidays, sad will reopen on Ms
3rd Cl said moot.h.

TALLOW.—FILEDAT EVIZING.—The market Irma Mead,
to-da :—Spot aad Jemmy, 48e. ; Nerob, 48e. 9d, so
April to Jim, 48s. 6d. to 49e. ; October to December,
49e. 6d. to 49e. At the anctioes 436 aka were awed,
of which 52 mold. Fioe sew B. Monde* made 484. 151, ;
Australian bast, 464. 3d. to 465. 6d. ; 1855 Y. C.. 465. fd, ;
tows 48a. 3d. Cocoanut oil steady. Cochig at
51s. 6d ; Oejlea, 475. 6d. No Sydney offering. Nig; oil
steady ; Sae Lagos, at 445. 6d. to 455. Umlaut oil, 49g,

OOTTON.—Lyrearoot„22.--Oottea ham bees in
fair deemed throughout the week, sad the market gest.
rally steady, though freely supplied. In flea Island, the
sales have bees large as full priors. In Americas the hue.
Lem lase bees to a coasidemble extent daily, but a decline
has bees submitted to of about id. per lb. is the middle
qualities. Brazil is is fair request, but barely supporta kit
week's quotation'. For Egyptisa there has been a rude.
ruts inquiry without much change in prices, but fair and
good fair open are id. to id. per lb. lower. Smyrna re-
mains unaltered is value. The quantity of Feet Jodie
offering has been rather limited, imperially in tbe good quell.
tiealwhieb become every day mercer ; there is, however, only
• very partial advance in prim, while the lower graiaberely
support previous qaotattona China and Japan are la fair
demand at rather higher rates. Speculators have tabs
during the week 7,730 balm; exporters, 13,600 bales; sad
the made, 38,110 bales. We have had a good deemed to.
day, and a firm market at previous rates. The isles are
15,000 balsa, of which 4,000 are for export sad speculation.
The following are the official quotations—of fair Wires,
; not ; fair If 22id. ; middling, B 4
fair Uplands, =id.; mieldriag, 21d.

pa
bad GOODEL—Maircatirrai, Dir. 22.—We have
the had a very Lege basiaem dada in shipping yam, and
the market is stronger torisy than it has been for weeks
past. The amount of busies, done has been very roe-
adorable, and embraces oporatioas for every foreign market
with the exception of Othoutts. The mese paid have beer
vxextreme. Navy spinners are under contracts which
use them through January. February,. and part of
Muth. Buyers expedite* great difficulty in oont •
for the leading yarns, as so many spinners are
Iu home trade yarns we have bad a atroog market, with
rather more business than in the early part at the week.
Prime rue slightly harder than on Tuesday. Is cloth we
have had a firm market, and some bushier has been dose is
the better dames of pruning cloth, bat staple cloths have
not u • rule bees much opended in. In additleo to the very
general annuals of the market them is a disposition os the
part of many manufacturers to advance their prices, bat
buyers do riot respond to that feeling, the admixed quota.
dome no doubt being necessitated by the high sad advancing
price of yarns. The finer counts of yds especially are
dearer, and clothe for which they KV used are bald for higher
rates. The advises expected by the American mail are
waited for with interest, and sours buyers are disposed to
wait for them before they eater into farther engagements.

CORN.—(7mbiroati, Dim. 22.—The weather finer, but
Use favourable for drying corn ; the condition is still very
bad ; such was difitult to sell, but runs made late prices.
Barley—floe melting full as dear. Buns rather sans,
but not so good in •
Nalicifssrls, Dtx. 22.—Onr marke this mornieg wu
only moderately attended, and but little dispaitiou far
Wainer' WWI shows by buyer,. In wheat, either
Eogliak
err foreign, no change in value can be noted. Flour moved
very slowly, but can warmly be called cheaper. Oats and
oatmeal were the tarn Blower. In beans or Indian corn, no
alteration was observable.
Wsxsnno. Eno. 22.—There were not many people at
the market, and the little business is wheat was barely at
Wt day's prices. No alteration in barley. Oats and beano
steady. Avenge for the week ending Dec. 16.—Wheat,
2,015 qrs., at 50e. Oid. ; barley, 1,069 qrs., at 36e. ; cab,
59 qrs., at mi. 9d.

00ALS.—LOtraom, Dso. 22.-00srpsa Hartlay, 17a. 6d.
Holywell Maio, 18s. fld. ; Taatisld Moor Bow, 16s. 3d. •
West Hartley, 17s. 6d. • was. End Hotspur, 18s. ; Edo:
Main, 18s. Pd. • Walls' End Haswell, 20a. ; Wills End
Hsttoa, 20a. ; W'alls End Kepler Grange, 18a. Bd. ; Walls
End Booth Ilettoa, 20a. ; Walls End Tasstall, 18s. 6d. •
Walls End Hartlepool, 19.. 6d. • Walla End Kenos.
18s. 6d. ; Walls End East Hartlspock 19s. &L • Walla End
Teas, 19a, Sil. ; Camay sad Duffryn Malting, 2:45. ; Shaa's
Hartley, 18a. 6d. ; Walls Bad North Btaffordshira, 18s. 6d.
—Ships at searkat. 62 ; sold, 52.

NUPEWM IN ENGLAND.—The half-yearly return
just issued by the Poor-law Board show. that in England
and Wales (exclusive of a few places making so returni and
which do not contain 2 per cent. of the populaiiou the
number of Deepen in receipt of relief on the Ist of sly,
1865, was 891.291. This is 2.3 per cent. lees than on the
Ist of July, 1864, and the return for that date showed a
decrease of 8.8 percent. as compered with the let owey,
1863. The number of adult able-bodied paupers on it
of July, 1865, was 139,627, being &7 per eget. fewer thsa
on the lit of July, 1864, and the number on the Ist of July,
1864. was 20.7 per cent. fewer than on the let of July, 1810.
The able-bodied paupers on the let of July, 1865, comprised
32,311 men, 107,316 woo's, and 233,538 ohildree ueder 16,•
the number of men was 35.514 ea the Ist of July. 1864, acid
51,553 as the let of July, 1863. In the north-western
division of the kingdom, consisting of Lancashire and
Cheshire. 68,840 able-bodied per (men, women, and
children) were in receipt of relief on the let of July,
1864, but only 52,002 on the let of July. 1865. The weals
in reosiot of relief oe the let of Jul,. 18115, comprised 181,554
men, 391,459 worms, 314,345 children under 16, and 3,811
recreate ;121,700 were indoor, and 769,1591 outdoor paupers;
the decrease is number, se compared with July, 1864, was
entirely among the outdoor paupers. 38,506 of the paupers
of 1865 were insane, an ineream of nearly 1,300 over the
number oa the let of July. 1864. Of the adult male paupers
cm the Ist of July, 1866, 35,916 were in the workhouse, and
145,638 were receiving outdoor relief ; thee* were 39,205
women in the house, and 352,254 having outdoor relief ;
43,715 children indoors, and 270,630 with cut-relief. Chß.
drat ere clamed in these returns as able-bodied or not,
according to the clamification of their pareeta ; children
relieved without their paresis are clamed as not able-bodied.
The number of puttees in meidpt of relief on the Ist of July
at was 1 in 22, or 4.5 per cent. of the actual population.
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