The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

MINCING LANE.-(THIS DAY.)

SUGAR —There ham been a public sale to-day, and the
market remains dull. Refined : quotations are unaltered.
Corraz.—Pricre are steady, but demand is not brie.
Plantation Ceylon, fine ordinary to low uliddling, sold at
665. to 695.; native Ceylon sold at 6.35. to 645.; Rio, good to
Ilse ordinary, 565. to 645.
TRA continues very dull of sale.
RlCE.—Neranziej sold lls. 4d. to lls. 6d. Tbis market
is dull.
ltus.—A limited business done at fully previous rates.
SA LTPETME has been dull of sale.
COTTON. —153 bales sold at full prices.
Markets generally quiet to-day.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is quiet. Town tallow is quoted 58.. 8d lasi
cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 60a. ; all the year, 61k ;
Jen. to March, GO& 3d ; April Sc. June, 1595. ; Odobor to
Damodar, 58s.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET. —(THIS DAY.)
Meters. Pattenden and Smith report that the market is
farm for fine hops, which are moray few feeling inclined to
sell at the present tune.

COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Walla End Hettoo, 21s. ; WaIL End Lambkin, 20s. 6d. ;
Walls End Haswell, 211. ; Walla End Stalwarts, 215.;
Walls End South Hatton, 215.; Walls End Tees, 20s. 111.;
Walls End Hartlepool. 20s. 3d. ; Walls End buddy&
Hatton, 19s. Bd. ; Walls End Russell Hatton', 19s. 6d ;
Walls End South Hartlepool. 19a. 3d. ; Walls End
South Hellos, 19s. 6d. ; Walls End Hough Hall, 19a. tid. ;
Walls End Ropier Grange. 205.; Walls End Casson, 21s.
Eden Main, 191. ; WAIL End Aoorn Close, 19s. 6d.; Walls
Rod Framwellgate, 19a. 6d. ; Walla Eod Whitworth,
17a. 6d. ; Hol ell, lbs. ; &Amide Hartley, 17.. &I.;•
Davidson's 17s. 6d. ; Hastings Hartley, 17s. &L
—392 ships at mama

Twelve accidents have occurred to railway pas-
senger trains since the lit of November. Of these 11 hese
been collisions, all of which might have been prevented by
the adoption of a simple rule—viz., that no train should
leave a station notil it hu been telegraphed from the meat
station that the line is clear.

FINE AT OAINKBORDUOR. —OD Monday night
last, a little after 9 o'clock, a fire broke out in the newly-
erected flax-works, at Gainaborougb, the property of Mr.
Manning, which raged with terriblo s Agnes fur the space
of eight hours. Two fire engines were on the spot in the
course of an hour from the discovery of the fire, but all hough
an unlimited supply of water was at hand, tile premise*
being situated on the banks of the river Trent, it
was found impossible to save any portion of the
buildings, the roofs and walla of which fell with
a crash, one after the other, in nu incredil...v short
space of time ; and as the flames bad also spread to seven
stacks of awarded flax adjoining, each containing about
tons, the conflagration lighted up the surrounding country
for miles. The null itself was crammed with tine OAE, and
all kinds of machinery of the most valuable and costly cha-
racter, some quite new, all of which b: more or leas injured
or completely &Mears!. the total leas will amount to
several thousand pounds, and we regret to learn that Mr.
Maiming is only partially insured in Cie Suffolk Alliance.
The catastrophe will be a sad one, too, for the towo of
Oainsborough at this time of the year, for 70, if not more,
hands will be thrown out of employ. The cause of the fire
is not known, hut there is reason to believe that it origin-
ated in one of the engine bonnet. Tluoughout the whole of
yesterday the flax was smoking and smouldering, it being
almost impossible to quench it.
TES ATTEMPTED MusD= NEAR SHEFFIELD.—
Yesterday, Joseph Ibbotson, • collier, Heim.; at Thorpe
Healey, was brought up at the Sheffield Town-hall, before
the mayor (H. Vickers, FAq.). charged with attempt inc te
murder William Crooke., of the Engine House, Smithy-
wood, near Fs.xlesfield. Mr. A. C. Branson appeared for
the prosecution, and applied to the magistrates for is re-
mand, in order to see whether the injured man was likely
to recover or not. He then stated the facts of the card',
which appeared in our yesterday's impression. It also
transpired that the police had succeeded in finding a clear
impression of a mates boot near the window of Crooke'',
house. They went to the prisoner's house in order to mak*
an investigation, and there, notwithstanding that his wife
objected to a march being made, succeeded in fimliog ••
boot, the nails and general appearance of which corresponded
exactly with the impression found near the window. It is
somewhat singular that the prisoner, who was at work at
the time this investigation took plane, whoa apprehended,
was wearing the corresponding boot to the one found in his
house. The prisoner, who said he was not guilty, was re-
manded till Friday.