The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-21 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(By ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELMORAPN4
(IRON OUR OWN CORRENPONDENT.)
The market steady. Sales 10,000 ; speculation sad
export, 2,000 bales ; Avur►caa, 12d. to 16iiL
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TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 445. 94.,
net cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 48.. 91. to 475.
April to June, 4iis. 9d. ; June, 475. 3d. ; October to De-
cember. 48s. 3d. to 48e. lid.
Malian Ai:ERROR& —Town tallow, 475. 3d. ; Ita:ady
ditto, 24. 4d. ; yellow Rims* 48s. 341. ; meltedt
36e. ; rough ditto, 20e. ; greaves, 20s. ; good dregs, 61.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade firm, at List day's
prices. Prime meadow hay, from 100 s. to 1105. ; infersor
ditto, Ns. to 95.. ; rowan, 60s. to 80s. ; clover, old, 120 e.
to Ms. ; second cut, Ws. to 120 s. ; straw, 3.85. to 445.
COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.)
Last week's quotations have been maintained with
scarcely any alteration. Foreign imports are heavy.
Grapes and forced strawberries are both arriving in excel-
lent condition. Dessert pears are now confined to Easter
Beurre. Apples consist of nonpareil and court, pendu plat.
Of pineapples there is a fair supply. Salads cuatinue to
arrive in good condition. Green peas are more plentiful,
as are also cucumbers. Flowers chiefly consist of drat-
this, orchids, heaths, Chinese primulas, cinerariss, camel-
lias, pelargoniums, azaleas, forced bulbs, and roes.
FRUIT.
Apples, per A sieve, as to 55 rear. kitchen, p. dor ,45t0 •
Grapes, per lb., 155 to 25a dessert, do ,Is to 125
Lemons, per 100. tw to 10s Pineapples, per lb., an to 125
Melons, each. As to :k Strawberries. p oz., iss to Xs 66
Nuts, Cob, per 10Ib., 1605 W slants. per bush., 145 to 20.
Filberts, per liz, 11d to is Clseauuts, per bush., do to Ira
Oranges, per 100, to to 151
VEGETABLES.
Artichokes, per dnz., 45 to Oa Mushrooms, p putt ls 6d to 15
Asparagrs. p. bundle, Gs to 104 Mustard et Cress, p punn., 2d
Beans, Kidney, p.lOO, Is Gel toes Onions, p. limb.. 8e to be
Beet. per doz ,bto 35 pickling, p. qt .edto IS
Broccoli. p. bundle, Is to 15 ed Parsley, per sieve, at to 3s
cal awes. per doz., is to 2s Parsnips, per doz., Is to 81
Carrots. per bunch, al to 8d Potatoes. York Regents, p. tad,
do. French, do., Is to as Oct 7,s to 904
Cauliflowers, p. doz.. Is to 05 Bocts. do., 06, to 604
Celery. per bundle, bto2s 6d Flukes, 1005 to 120 a
Cucumbers. each, tad tots do. K itineys, 85 to 165
Endive, per score. is to Is ed per cwt.
r and Shallot*, per lb., is Radishes, p. 12 bun., 641 to Is
Merits, per bunch, ell Rhubarb, per blimils.44l to 15
Horne Radish. p. bond, 210,1t0 4s Sea Kale, p. puns, la to 34
Leeks, per bunch, 3d Spinach, per tomb ,
Leto!, es. per d. x., Is to Is 6d hotline, per hunch, 4,1 to Gd
Mint, per bunch, Ud to Is

Fo'mu:N-(4,1(3E, Arsii. 17. The Q4cen has
been pleura to approve of Don Juan Robertson as Coma
at St. John's, New Brunswick, for the Argentine :.sepublie.

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co.7,,,,,Al46.irt.liernyti.wriTurtwAsr. :—TheLA'll'ilr'ueallll4y
vil-
lage of Peaaemore, near Newbury, Berke, has been the
scene of considerable excitement this week. On Mon-
day last the labourers on some of the largest farms
at Peuemore refused to resume work unless at an
advance of Is. per week. The present rate of j...y is 9s.
per week. Many of the men have large familier to support,
and, reckoning only two children liaitle the man and wife
(allowing the elder children to be caning their own living),
and allowing 2s. 611. per week for rent and firinr, it leaves
but 6s. fid. for the support of four persons for seven day,—
an average of Is. 70. each. It is really rust my compre-
hension how a man can be expected to du a gcad day's
work on such a miserable pittance, with cheese, butter,
lard, and bacon at the present high prices. These men are
quiet, inoffensive persons, and 1 am assured that some of
them have scarcely anything but bread and potatoes to
subsist on. I hope the masters may fee it will 1^ to their
advantage to comply with the men's reasonable .1. mend at
Is. per week extra. Their hours of work are ;min half-
past 6in the morning till half-past Sin the evening, stop-
ping for an hour at 12 o'clock. The wen and their iamilies
are very badly off, and any assistants: the public may feel
disposed to render them would be very gratefully received.
As far as I have heard, about 25 to 30 men and tneir fami-
lies are at present out of work.
Sutei DE OF AN Airrinr. —A painful sentid,ion has
been produced in the artistic world of Paris by lie death
of a young paMter, Jules Holtrapffel. lie was just be-
ginning to be known, and had expressed to many of his
friends his conviction of the great success wn'elt would
attend two pictures sent by him to the Exhibition. Three
days back he received from the committee the usue.l printed
noti of the refusal of both these works. end the request
th tee
die would send for them as early as possible.
On the receipt of this document lie shut himaelf
up in his pointing room, to all appeaance re-
signed to his disappointment. It seems that the
day was spent in the destruction of t
ear,ctures
on which he hind been engaged for the last y and in
writing to several of his friends. bidding them at. eternal
farewell. Towards evening he was met on the houlevard
by one of his comrades. who inquired what new work be
meant to undertake. " I have no new work in land. I
have worked enough," replied the poor painter, n..d turned
gloomily away in the direction of hie own house. He
retired to his room, and after sending a messenge, to fetch
his brother, seems to have listened for the footsteps which
should announce that his message had bet n responded to,
and just as the door opened he blew his brains on:, and fell
a corpse at his brother's feet.
The small steel chain which winds roind the
fusee of a watch is about S inches in length, and contains
upwards of 500 links. rivetted together. It is net thicker
than a horse-hair, end the separate links can b t just be
perceived with the naked eye. Modern inventh :1 has as
yet discovered no substitute for this chain equal to it in
slenderness, strength, and flexibility. These watch chains
are all manufactured at Christchurch, in Hal ts. The
links are punched out by girls from plates of t.tetl, and
vet y young girls pick up the links and rivet ore to the
other. Watch-clusin manufacture has
sheen. the staple of
Christchurch for nearlyacentury,ever ranee, intact, pocket
watches began to be generally carried.
TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.—The traffic receipts of rail-
watris;lto
in the United Kingdom, amounted for the week
en • the 14th of April. on 12,343 miles,
675, i 5/., and for the corresponding week of 1865 on
12,075 miles, to 659,5901., showing an increase of
268 miles, and of 15,675/.. The gross receipts
on the following 14 railways Amounted in the
on 8,873 miles, to 561,7791., and for the correalor=
week of 1865, on 8,646 miles, to 555,W0/., showing an
increase of 227 miles, and an increase of 6,579. The in-
crease on the Caledonian amounted to 1,555 f. ; on the Great
to 3,3221.; on the Great Western to 1,483/.; on the Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire to 3,510/.: on the London and
North Western to 2,088/.; on the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire to 548/.; on the North British
to 1,1501.; and on the North Eastern to 1,3171. —tots],
14,973!. But from this must
54/be deducted
G 1,62E4., the de.
crease on the Great Eastern, .on the reat Southern
and Western, 2,6 W. on the London and Brighton, OWL
on the London and South Western, 1,2:32/. on the Mid-
land, and 2,035/. on the South Eastern, together 8,3943.,
leaving the increase as above 6,5791. The goods and mine-
ral traffic on those lines amounted to 3M,6421., and fee
the corresponding week of 1865 to 293,533/., showing an
increase of 30,109/. The receipts for passenger+, parcels,
amounted to 238,1371., against 261,667/., showing a
decrease of 23,5301. The traffic receipts on 52 other lines
amounted, on 3,470 miles, to 113,48 rd., and for the cor-
responding week of last year, on 3,429 miles, to 104,3901.,
showing an increme of 41 miles and of 9,096/. in the re-
ceipts. The total receipts of the pant week show a de-
cre.see of 12,778/. as compared with those of the preceding
week, ending the 7th inst.