The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANE—(Tam DAY.)
Since last Monday the weather in London and in most
paste of the United Kingdom has been unsettled, with
heavy rain showers and violent winds and a cold tempera-
ture. Complaints of the unfavourable influence of the
weather on the growing crops continue to increase, and the
prospects of the next harvest in the United Kingdom are
not cheering up to the present time. A speedy return to
fine mild weather is now very desirable. Most corn markets
held yesterday in the United Kingdom report an advance in
the price of wheat of Is. 3d. per qr.
The attendance of the trade in Mark-lane today was
smell, the tone very firm ; the course of prices was
irregular. The supply of home-grown grain was small,
' and of country-made flour fair. The imports of foreign
grain into London since last Monday were reported this
morning as fair of flour, fair of wheat, small of barley, and
rather large of oats.
WHZAT.—For English a fresh advance of 3. over last
Monday's rates was asked, and In. actually paid. Foreign
also held for a similar advsnoe.
FLOUR again is. per sack dearer than lest Monday's prices,
Norfolk held at 40e., and 395. readily paid.
BASLTX slow sale, at last Monday's decline.
OATS in fair demand at last Monday's quotations.
B=anta.—English and Egyptian quiet at last Monday's
CIITINISTT.
PEAS wait/red, at last Monday's pica.

CUIRSNT QUOTATIONS, DUTY PAID.
WEINAT.-Engliali white, 48e. to 60s. ; red, 48a. to Us.
; Dantsic and Konigsberg, 58e. to 645. per 4941 b. ;
Rostock, 54a. to 58s. ; other Baltic porta, 46a. to Us. ;
French, red, 50m. to 545. ; white, 565. to Me.
FLOUS.-Town, 46e. to 501. ; Norfolk, 395. to 40.. per
28016. ; French, 38s to 425. per 2801 b. ; American (United
States), 28s. to 325. per barrel.
Batter.-English, 265. to 46a. per qr. ; Baltic, 245. to
35a. ; other eons, 265. to 28e. per qr.
OATS.-British, 225. to 23e. per qr. ; Russian, 245. to 255.
per qr. ; other Baltic porta, 245. to 25e. per qr.
Bram-English tick, 335. to 38s. ; harrow, 391. to 425.
mgr. Foreign, 32a. to 40s. per qr. Etyptian, 355. to
Od. per qr.
Peas.-Entaish boilers 38s. to 40s. ; hog and grey, 345.
to 35e. ; foretga white, Antco.3Ba.
Manua Craws% • last Friday 30 grain-laden
vessels were reported arrived at ports of call, viz.:-
4 wheat, 8 maize, 18 barley. The latest sales
erwe:-Wheat on passage: eyelets, 8.L., April, reported
per
48011 a. To-day a cargo of Danube barley has been aold at
255. 9d. per 4001bs.
Wheat held for an advance of Is. to 2s. per qr. over last
week's Mee; maize and barley quiet, =din price unaltered.
There are now off the coast about 11 cargoes offering on
sale, viz., 3 wheat, 1 maize, 7 barley.
ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM JUNE 4 TO JCNE 6.
RIO& and Scotch. Irish. Ferefgn.
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Malt
Sogllsh Sack Flour ; Foreign

2180
214'70

r, 2ipo barras, 670 Was.

MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DAY.)
SUCIAIL—The market is dull at yesterday's decline of 6d. ;
refined also dull of sale.
Corns—The public sales are going off steadily at about
last week's currency ; plantation Ceylon, fine, fine ordinary,
to low middling sold at 65e. to 67e. ; good middling, 735. to
78e. ; native Ceylon, sold at 00e. to 67.5.
Tzs.—The lettere by the China mail were delivered this
morning ; they did not convey any political news, as the
writers were ignorant of the answer to our ultimatum, •
copy of which we have had the last fortnight. There ap-
pear to be buyers at former prices with but few sellers
to-RI CEaY.
remains firm.
Rum.—Prices are unaltered, notwithstanding the appear-
ance of a government contract for 100,000 gallons.
Corrow.-200 bales sold at previous rates.
SALTPETRE continues dull of sale.
Markets generally dull to-day.

TALLOW MARKET.--(THIS DAY.)
The market is steady at the subjoined prices :—Town
tallow, 511.6 d., net oath; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, 52a.
to 525. 3d. ; June, 51s. 9d. ; July to Sept., 51s. 9d. to 525. ;
Oat. to Dec., 51a 9d., "buyers.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

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Yews. Pattenden and Smith report that the acoomita
from the hop plantations are unfavourable ; an increase of
fly generally. The market is very firm at late prices.
Nothing doing on the duty.

THE NINE HOUB.B Moviotra AND THE ODD
FeLiowts.—At the annual meeting of the Manchester
Unity of Odd Fellows, at Shrewsbury, _last week, one of the
oldest laws was amended. It provided that no member
should be allowed a travelling card (being a passport for
him to claim assistance in any district), if he was out of
employment through a strike. Many deputies spoke
against it being altered in any way so as to encourage
strikes, and it was unanimously agreed that the Manchester
Unity should, as a friendly society, remain strictly neutral
in any dispute between masters and workmen ; and the
233rd general law, ea amended by common consent, now
reads—" That no member shall be allowed a card who has
lost his employment through engaging in a strike or turn-
out for wages.
GREAT STORE IN JEESZY.—According to the
Jersey Independent that town was visited on Saturday by
a storm no less severe in its character than that which
swept over our south coast with such disastrous and fatal
Wed& Early in the morning there was a heavy fall of
rain, which continued until about ten or half-Feet ten.
Upon the cessation of rain the barometer was observed
to fall most rapidly, showing
.every indication of a storm.
At about eleven o'clock the wind rose, and continued in-
mewing until about two o'clock, at which time it blew a
perfect tornado. The rain then began again to fall, and the
wind gradually to subside. The mail-packet Courier arrived
in the peat roads about one, but Captain Goodridgs
found it impossible to land the mails or passengers,
in consequence of its being low water, until about •
quarter-past three. When et about mid-channel be-
tween the islands, the Brighton shipped a terrific
sea, carrying away the greater portion of the fore-cabin
companion and smashing the skylight, deln,;ing the cabin
knee-deep with water, and the captain admitted efterwards
that he never expected to land his passengers. The wind
has also caused considerable damage in the town ; glass,
slates, and tiles were flying about in all directions. The
Parade suffered considerably, several young trees being
destroyed ; the Esplanade experienced serious damage, as
did also the shipping in the harbour. In the country
parishes we bear the ravages committed by the storm were
fearful. The most melancholy chruinstance is the reported
loss of two boats and four lives at Le inn i.
Loss OT LIFE THROUGH A, WRETCHED DISPrTE
A brig was on the sands within three miles of the shore
at Yarmouth, in that tremendous hurrieane which will
make the 28th of May, 1880, memorable in the register of
storms. The lifeboat was got out with sufficient prompt-
ness ; but the henchmen whose appointed turn it was to
man her, nod the coxswain appointed to take permanent
charge of her, disputed on his right to command the
boat—the men would not go with Millipsu—Milligan
would not quit the boat—and a precious hour was
lost in the squabble, which ended in the beachmea quitting
the boat, Milligan remaining without a crew, until • lieute-
nant and sons men of the coestguard and a few volunteers
joined him, and they put to sea. But it was now too late.
The brig had drifted too far into the breakers to be followed,
awarding to the evidence of Lieut. Pitts : and strange to
say, they could see no persons on board ; the bent rode at
anchor for hours at some distance from the brig ; the thou-
sands on the beach saw the crew, supposed to be eleven in
number, climb the rigging and wildly gesticulate for help.
Between one and two o'clock—that is, about four hours
after she struck, the ship began to break up, avid one by
one the poor fellows were swept from the rigging till the
masts went over, and ship and crew had disappeared.
Milligan and the men who remained on obore agreed
that but for the delay the crew of the brig :night have
been saved. Mr. Palner, who presided at the inquiry
before the Lifeboat Committee, threw the primary
blame for this catastrophe on the appointment of cox-
swains I and, by • strange piece of reasoning. made the
Board of Trade answerable for those appoiLtmenta by
the National Lifeboat Association, because the Board
Of Trade rewarded the men for their exertions. But
whether those appointments were right or wrong—whether
Milligan's claim to the command of the boat was well or
ill-founded, is nothing to the purpose. Men were perish-
ing within view—was that a tints to settle rival preten-
sions! If the desire had been to sore h'' and not to win
reward, would not the Yarmouth men have acted more like
these of Ramsgate, who, arriving too late, threw their
" waterproofe to the men iu the boat who were without
them! Would not Milligan have yielded to the entreaties
of those on the shore to quit the boat, or would net the
crew have submitted to h:s directions. To every cry of
"Itis my right,* is our turn," tho ranwer was, "Bat
men are perishing'."—Bury teiti Norwich Pas!.