The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-24 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL OORN MARKET. —(THIS DAY.)
(NT BETTAN AND floss NIAGNII7C TELWINAPH.)
tram ova own consenrowngnr.)
Grain mar►et active. Wheat 2.1. to 3d., and sour 6d. to
Is. dearer. Indian corn obtaining Cod. advance, but only in
retail Beans held firmly, at Ms. new Egyptian white, and
33.. red. (late and oatmeal dull. Barley easier. Weather
Ans.

MINCING-LANE.—(THIS DAT.)
81:0A/L—The public wiles aro progreesing heavily to-day,
end prices with difficulty supportoiL Refined continues
dull of sale.
Corral—The public wiles are going off steadily, without
showing any material alteration in prices.
TEA. —The market rein.iins quiet.
Rice —The qusutity offered iu public silo was held for
full prices, and all bought in.
Saurrnme continues .lull.
Corms.—No sales of importance reported.
ttrican.—Prices uualtere& _

INDIGO. —The quarterly Wee closed vcstenlay. 15,307
chests were declared, coasisting of 9,234 Bengal, Tishri,
; 14* Oude, 1,906 ICurpah, 1,Z54 Madras, LIU Figs,
:aid sundries, in B catalogue, and 78 chests not printed,
or withdrawn. The sale commenced with a small attend-
ance of home and foreign buyers, the bidding was langutd,
and prices uneven. At the close, good and Sodded qualities
of Bengal sold at 3d. to 6d decline ; and ordinary and
defective, Oil. to Is. Dry leaf Madras was is fair request,
the better sorts at par to 3d. advance; °Winery kinds
at about May's rates. Burpahs of good and fine
qualities sold with spirit at last sale's rate. Ordinary
qualities went unevenly at par to 4 discount ; very low were
quite neglected. Of the quantity brought forward 6,309
&este have been withdrawn, 1,006 bought in, leaving 5,692
chests sold, to which may be added about 1.100 cheats of
the bought in, making a total of 7,000 chests soil
Markets generally have an inactive appearance to-day.
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TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted
525. rd., net cash ; Petersburz Y.C. on the spot,
112 s. ltd. to Ms ; Aitat to Sept., 524. Gd. ; Oct. to
Doc., 52a. 074. ; Jan. to Marth,„ 1861, 535.
SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Sows. Davis and Ca. report trade very dull. Prime
meadow hay, 70s. to la supenor ditto, 90s. to Ms. ;
inferior do., 3Os. to Ws.; new, .10., GO.. Od. to 80s. ;
clover, old, 90s. to 120 e. ; new, 80s. to 100 s. ; straw,
345. to 44..

Haitvarrr PROSTICTIL —Sint* our laiit the weather
has been most unfavourable. There has scarcely 'cern
a day without some wet, awl durum several the ndn has
descended in heavy and continuedi shower. Altogether
a large amount of wet has fallen, and the effect must
have proved most injurious. For the fortnight pre-
vious to Monday week the weather Mel been most
propitious for the "blooming " of the what, and both
that crop, and barley, nate, beans, and peso, exhibited a
marked progress and improvement. Since that date, how-
ever, there has been little dry or sunny weather, end
serious anxiety now begin. to prevail as to the
of the harvest. Accounts from different parts of this
trice already speak despondingly of the effects of the anew
mulated wet and continued absence of sun, and on the
poor and moils those effects are incontestiWy
almanac. The hop gardens are everywhere morn or lees
suffering, and as each day's rain falls the prospect becomes
more gloomy. The period has now arrived which Is
generally looked to as affording ground for a tolerably
reliable view as to the coming hop crop, and the general
opinion appeers to be that, come what may, the crop of
this year must be abort and may be a decided failure. All
depends upon the weather, sod on this point no one seems
meinine. —Swart Ad, rf irtr.
`canter run Mn. J. 0. Lever.—The record
of " Hartaett v. Lever," the trial of which occupied three
days, and excited considerable interest, terminated at Dub-
lin on Friday evening in a verdict for the defendant. The
plaintiff was a passenger on board the Indian Empire. and
the action was bright to recover damages, laid at 2,0001.,
for breach of contract, work and labour, and alleged ill-
treatment daring a voyage of 23 days from New York to
Ireland. It will be remembered that the vessel encoun-
tered very ten:madams weather, and with gnat difficulty
nackied land. The jury broaght in a verdict substintially
for the defendant on all the noun, and accompanied the
lading•ill strong oleenationa, exonerating the captain
sad *ere of the ship trout imputations which had been
attempted to be cast upon them by the plaintiff.