The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-01 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocw.
The Stock Exchange being closed to-day, se
have no report to make under this head.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
BRITLSH AND DUBE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
(FROM OUR OWN CORREAPONDCNT.)
The grain market well attended, but buyers atom! foe
lower prices. Wheat and dour rather eerier. Indian corn
and beans NI. cheaper, and other feeding stuffs rather
easier. Weather fine and warm.

MINCING-LAN&—(THIS DAY.)
SUGAR.—The public sales are progressing steadily to-day.
Refined unaltered.
Coma—The large public sale. are going off without
spirit, but without showing any material alteration in prioes.
W.A.—The trade are buying for their immediate wants
vsu steadily to-day.
Rice—The market io firm.
Run.— A limited business done, at previous rates.
fietcen steady.
CINNAMON. —The quarterly sales went off at a reduction
of Id. to 24 on first qualities, and 2d. to 3d. on the lower
kinds.
Markets generally inactive to- 7sy.

TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
The market is quiet, et the following quotations :—lbws
tallow, Ms. 6d. ; Petersburg Y.C. o therpnt, 56e. 9d. ;
May and June, 54e. 6d. to 64e. 3d. ; July oSapt., 53. ;
Oct. to Dec., 51i. 9d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Davis and Company report trade firm. Prima
meadow hay, 80s. to 90s. ; superior ditto, 925. to 100 s. ;
inferior do., 60s. to7os. ; rowen, 70s. to 755. ; clover, old,
1.009. to 115 s. ; second cut, 853. to 1345. ; straw, 273. to %M.

FIRES AND Lose OF LIFE. --(TEM DAT.)—This
morning, shortly after 1 o'clock, a fire broke oat
in the premises belonging to Mr. A. Damon, No. 31,
Robin Hood-lane, Poplar, and the linildiag and its contents
were nearly destroyed. Mr. Dukeson was insured in the
Sun Fire-office. Another fire nisi, took place in Poplar, viz.,
in the premises of Mr. J. Batten, corn-chandler, No. 23,
in the High-etreet. The flames could not be conquered
until the building and its contents, with the exception of
the ground flour, were destroved,and the lower pert severely
damaged. The Ines will fall upon the Royal, Sun and
Union Fire-offices.—lnformation was received at the chief
station of the Fire Brigade in Watling-street, that • Mrs.
Rosin Vary, whose husband resides at No. 18, Holiday-
yard, Ludgate-bill, had expired from the effects of buns
received by • fire breaking out in her apartment. The
poor creature had only been confined five or six weeks.
A MODERN' JACK SHETPARD.—NERCAZTLR-ON-
TINE, MONDAT.—Walter Scott Douglas, a notorious home-
breaker, has made • second escape from the town gaol. Last
autumn Douglas with two other persona, since transported,
committed several extensive jewel robberies, and he and
they wens captured and lodged in Newcastle Gaol. Under
his leadership they all escaped from the gaol. His two
companions were recaptured, but Douglas did not
fall into the hands of the police until about a
fortnight ago, when two detectives captured him at the
..hopping," and had a narrow escape from being shot, as he
had two loaded pistols on him. Douglas was brought before
the magistrates, and remanded to gaol. On Sunday mori-
ing, while the officers were at chapel, he forced back the
bolt of the door of his prison and got over a wall 15 feet
high by means of a table which he placed upon the roof of
a water closet. But by far the moat insurmountable ob-
stacle here presented itself, viz, the outer wail of the
prison, about 30 feet high. To scale this would seem to be
practicallyC impossible, but Douglas finding a pole of auffi-
ewnt length, which had been used by the masons, he muse
have reared it against the wall, and fixed it firmly at a pert
of the wall opposite the Church Jubilee Charity School,
which stands in a small quiet lane at the back of the gaol
At this point the wall rises higher, not only gradually with
the rising ground,. bat a corniee rises abruptly on the top
about a foot in height. This corner or the end the prisoner
would be able to reach by climbing up the pole just men-
*med.; but of course the chief difficulty would now be to get
down into the back lane. How the means for effecting this
object were attained will probably be a matter of inquiry.
As soon as he reached the bottom he ran up a Line, :and
turning into an alley on the right hurried down into Panama
Dane, where he was lost to view. Immerlintely on 4e.:ing
him one of the little girls belonging to the school had run
to the porter of the gates of the gaol and informed biota/
the man's escape. The porter at once communicated the
intelligence to Mr. Wood, tine governor of that part of the
gaol, who was then in chapel : information was given to the
police, and the pursuit of the eomf was immediately
commenced. Parties were started in different direction,
and all premisy and last night the police were scouring the
country in sr of him, but so far he has eluded them.
FATAL AOCIDF.NT.-011 Thursday afternoon lady
as a detachment of the 29th Regiment of Foot, which is at
preaeut stationed at Sunderland, was returning along the
line of the Sadism Railway from the beach towards
Ryhope, where the men had been for hell practice, a cosi
train was observed approaching them, and they innneliately
stepped out of the way. Unfortunately, at the same
moment, there happened to be a passenger train corning in
an opposite direction on the other line, and one of the
officers, Ensign Everatd, not observing this, stepped on to
it and did not perceive his danger until too late. He was
knocked down by the buffer, and when picked up was quite
insensible. He afterwards partially recovered and was
removed to the barracks, at Sunderland, where ho (lied as
the following morning. This melancholy event has cast •
gloom over the town.
SINGULAR SUICIDE AT 31ANGNRSTER.—A strange
suicide has been committed at Manchester. A man about
33 or 34 years of age, apparently in very respectable eircuss-
'twee% went to Took 'a Hotel, Hill-street, on Wednesday
afternoon, having with him a portmanteau, a box, and other
luggage, and stated that be should require aecommodat iva
for the night. He remained at the hotel, and the next
evening when one of the servants hail occasion to go to his
room, he was found lying aeross the bed quite dead. It
appeared that with a racer be had opened the artery of his
left arm in two place., with the deliberate intention of
allowing himself to bleed to death. Not only had he plated
• Leah so as to prevent the blood flowing over the floor,
but be had actually so 41iToserl a number of his owa
shi,te as to prevent the bed clothes or carpet being in any
'ray stained, and after using the razor had closed it and laid
it aside. His luggage did not enable the police to identify
him.
Tom SAYERS ON 'CHANGE AT LIVERPOOL—TOM
sayers paid his promised visit to Liverpool yesterday after.
noon. -It was announced that he would appear on 'Change
at four o'clock, and as early as two o'clock crowds began to
assemble on the " flags" and in the immediate vicinity of
the Exchange buildings. By the time fixed the crowd was
I very great, and the news-room was crowded with merchants
' and others. Tom arrived at the scene at the appointed
hour, and was received with the most entlmaiaetie chewing.
He was conducted into the news-nom, where he met with
a mom ovation, and bowed his acknowledgments Loin an
elevated counter at the end of the hall. The assemblage
was larger and of a more motley description than his beau
seen in the room for many • day. Whatever remarks may
have been made were lost in the excitement which pre-
vailed. It was said by an old Liverpool merchant that no
each scene has been enacted on 'Change since the (lay that
Lord Gough was honoured for hie victories in India.
Semi KnrsiNcrrott Museum.—During the week
ending April 28, the visitors have been as follows :--
On Monday, Tuesday, end Saturday (free days), 3,473 ;
on Monday and Tuesday (free evenings), Oa the three
students' days (admission to the 6(L), 1,657; one
student.' evening (Wednesday), I Total, 8,196. From
the opening of the Museum, 1,411,265.
Sr. GEORGE'S; IN THE Essr.—The Rev. Seymour
Walpole, and not the Rev. J.D. Jcukins, was the preacher at
St. torge'a ou Sunday last. The mistake arose from the
fact that both geatlara.o wear beards and mustachios, and
are otherwise very much alike.