The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-04 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
(MOM OUR OWN OORRISPONDIII7.I
(wr n,Tmn Aso ratan ItAGNILTIO ensciaarn.)
The market has been moderately attended sad prices of
all article, have been slightly in favour of purchasers. Wheat
and flour quiet but steady. Indian corn unaltered in tone.
All other articles unaltered.

MINDING Likfl.—(THD3 DAY.)
flooka.—The market has opened quietly but steadily at
previous prime. Refined :at previous prices there is more
&position to purchase.
Oorraa.—Buainem has been transacted in plantation
Ceylon at firm prices. 300 begs of Rio have also been sold
at previous rates.
Cocoa is quiet.
Tau.—The market is unchanged.
Raw—There are offers to purchase, but at low priced;
which holders refuse to take, consequently little or no laud-
s& hie been transacted.
Ittow—No sales reported on the spot, but afloat a cargo
of Moulmein sold at 9a. 9d. ea ship or 10s. 3d. lauded.
Saureirraa is dull of oils.
SULLI.C.—About 60 chats D. C. mange sold at 101. sa.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is quiet. Petersburg T. 0.. ou the, sPui,
is quoted 47e. ; blurb, 47a. ; April to dune, 47a. ; Oc-
tober to December, 4041.

SMITHYDELD HAY MARKET.--(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Harvey and &dos report trade ray dull, at the
following prim :—Prime meadow hay, 70s. to 80s. ; superior
ditto, 84s. to 95e. ; inferior ditto, 40s. to 50e. ; rowan, 50s.
to 70s. ; clover, old, 80s. to 110 e. ; ditto, new, second cut,
Ws. to 100 s. ; straw, 30a. to Ma

ERECTION Or IPIVI NEW DRINKING FOUNTAINS
IN CLlRKlNvireu,.—The vestry of St. James, Clerkenwell,
has decoded upon erecting five new drinking fountains,
vit. standard fountain on Clerkenweli-green, one at the
junction of Spencer-street and St. John-street-road, and
another near the Cobham's Head, Cold Bath-square,
and two mural fountains—one near the Belvidere Tavern,
and the other at the corner of Wilderness-row. The
New River Company have agreed to give a gratuitous sup-
ply of water for the above purpose, provided that the form-
tidos be eloped during the four winter months of the year,
and that the apparatus for conveying the supply through a
spring tithe hunielted by the vestry.
THE f39t-Teeini. 1,.."•1•0 ve VT 4
the last fortnight, the representative of • Liverpool house/
engaged a number of engravers, lithographers, and copper-
plate printers, to proceed to the Southern States of America.
They have been engaged for three yew's, and are to receive
each from 31. to 61. per week. So secret was the whole
affair managed that none of them knew how they were to
be conveyed to their destination, nor what particular
" busineas " they were to carry out, nor who were the real
employers. All they were informed was that they were to
be reedy to start on Friday night last, and that a certain
firm in Liverpool would guarantee their wages and expenses,
they having power to break the bargain at the end of any
of the years. It is surmised that they are to be employed
in a Confederate States' government printing elm, to
print paper money.—North British Mail.
EXPLOSIONS Or GAB.—THREE PERSONS INJURED.
morning at an early hour an explosion of gas took
place at the residence of Mr. F. Garstin, No. 16, Camden.
lYi King's-road, Camden Town. The inmates smelt
c'gasSZ on some one entering the first door with a candle a
terrific explosion took place, blowing the windows,
chairs, and tables in various pert", and cracking the
home. The engines were quickly sent for, and
the fire extinguished, but we regret to say that Mrs.e F.
°untie is so severely injured that slight hopes are enter-
tained of her recovery. Another explosion took place at
the General Post-oflioe in the coal-cellar. It appeared that
gas is kept burning in the cellar, and the slamming of the
door extinguished the flame. On Henry Farr and J. Roe
going in the cellar with a candle, the explosion took place.
The men were conveyed to the hospital in • dangerous
state.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.—On Thursday Mr. Eagles,
the coroner for the county, held at inquest at Makhbourne
on the body of William Carriegtoo, • young man 23 years
of age, whose death occurred on the previous day. It
appears deceased was in the service of Mr. Campion, stew.
and to Lord St. John, in the capacity of groom, and was
allowed to carry a gun to scare away the crows and shoot
sparrows. On the previous day he was seen by his employer
leaning over • gate, and soon after some one told him the
young man had been shot in the hen roost. On going
thither Mr. Campion found deceased lying on the floor quite
dead; the gun lay at his feet. The hen house is very oar-
row, and it is supposed the trigger struck against some-
thing, and the gun was discharged. Medial assistance
was called in, but of course the deceased was beyond the
reach of human aid. On examination a wound was found
on the left side of the mouth, large enough to admit two
fingers ; the brain was perforated, and death must have
been instantaneous. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci-
dental death."—Bedford Tines.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A GAMEEKIXER.-011
Thursday morning Lek at about 6 o'clock, as Mr. William
Litt, gamekeeper to Lady Viscountess Hood, at Barton
Satsuma, near Kettering, was on the domainloien
engaged in beating in the game for a pro
shooting party, he was suddenly attacked by • gang
of poachers, and was so barbarously used that but
faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. Particulars
have not reached us at present further than we learn
that the attack was entirely unprovoked, and that the
keeper was so much battered about the head that the brain
is injured, one arm is broken, and he is cut and stabbed in
several places. The affray took place at • short distance
from Barton side-gale, on the road leading to Warkton.
J. W. Dryland, Faq., surgeon, of Kettering, promptly
attended. The police are actively employed in investigating
the affair, and on Friday three pawns were apprehended
on suseion.—BedJord Tines.
A THOUSAND CHINAMEN DROWNED. —The Cali-
fornian journals, giving an account of the late didartleittE
flood with which they have been visited, state that the
Chinese have been great sufferers. No less than 45 China-
men were carried away in their cabins at Oregon Bar, in
Placer County. The Chinese bongs in San Francium have
since received letters from the interior of the state to the
effect that during the late freshet near 1,005 Chinamen
were washed off from Long Bar and vicinity, on the Yule,
and drowned. II appears that the poor fellows remained in
their cabins on the bar, as they had dune during the pre-
vious floods, until the raging waters rose about them, and
rendered their escape impossible.