The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-19 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(BY zurrnre AN!) INTEINATIOALL TZLIGILAPH.).a
(puma OUR OWN 00EILIMPORDENT.)
Market very depressed in oonsequenee of the hilt= of
the Preston Bank. Sales about 6,000 or 7,000 bale

MINCING-LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
Stman.—The market continues brisk for British West
India, at firm prices, which are now la. above the lest
lowest point. The sales of other descriptions are caly
moderate, including brown Mauritius, at 27e. 9d.; and
Porto Rico, at 31 s. dd. Refined continues in good re-
quest, at very firm pekoe.
Corse.—Business is doing at fully previous Mtn.
Most of the parcels lately brought in have now been dis-
posed of.
TiA.—The new season Kaieows, ez French steamer,
have been placed on the market, but at present no sale;
are reported.
FKUIT.—The market continues very quiet.
Res.-30 puncheons of Demerara sold at Is. 64d.
Rice AND SALTVITIKE.—No sales reported.
SAGO has sold at moderate prices ; mid. to good large
pearl, 17s. to Is.. ; small, 175.; flour, 13s. 6d. to 14s.
Srican.—White pepper and pimento are rather sailer.
Pod pepper sold at a considerable decline ; other spites are
unaltered. Pepper, Penang sold, ordinary West Gnat,
3d. to ; Singapore, 3.d. Dash; ditto white, 7d. to 7
Zanzibar pod, 20e. to 20a. 6d. ; pimento, common el .to
good new, 2d. to 244. ; cloves, Zanzibar, did. to 34d. ;
ginger, Jamaica oommon to middling Bengal, 2lis. ;
cinnamon, Ceylon, third sort, Is. Bd. ; fourth, le. 4d. to
Is. Id.
COCHINEAL his soil at very firm prices. Honduras,
silver low pasty to fine, 24. 7d. to de. 10d. ; Teneriffe
silver, ds. 2d. to 3.. 4d. ' • black, ds. 3d. to 4..
SerrLowan. —Bengal has sold at sa. decline ; W X (I
mark at 71. to 71. ss.
CorroB.—There is an improved demand for this article,
a fair business having been done at firm priced
JUTE.-3,000 bales sold at steady rates.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market ia quiet. Spot is quoted 44e. ; October
to December, 46..

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
We have a good supply of beasts and trade is not much
more active, although the demand has rather improved.
Prices are no better, and a clearance cannot be effected.
The supply of sheep and lambs is large and it is difficult
to obtain any higher rates than on Monday; there is, how-
ever, a more cheerful trade. Good calves are in request.
but prices remain about the same. Our foreign supply
consist of 560 beasts, 3,630 sheep, 316 calves, and 110 pigs.
Per stone of 81ba s. d. s. d. Per stone of 810 s. ad. ad.
Best Mots, Herefda 6 4 6 8 Best Dna flf-bdsBh 0 0 0 0
Best Short-herns 1 05 4 Beat Long-w0u15.... 5 4 6 6
Second neat beasts SlO 4 4 Do. do. Shorn.... 00 0 0
Calves
Pip
Best Dna& Int bred, 0 o a z tenths
Peseta at market, 1,330 ; sheep and lambs, 13,570; eaves, ;
pip, 180.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
fir. Charles James Easton reports tan& slow at the fol-
lowing prices:—Prime old hay, from 110 s. to 1965. ;
prime old clover, from 130 e. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto,
from 100 s. to 120 s. ; prime old seoond eat, from 110 s.
to 126 a. ; inferior ditto, from 95a. to 106 s. ; new Glover,
from 70s. to Ilss. ; new hay, from 70a. to 106 a. ; straw,
from 40a. to 50s.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

THCILYDAT, JULY 19, 5 A.R.

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Liverpool 29.9,1 66 W. N. W. 3 N.
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Holybsad 29.65 ao W. N. W. 1 0 me
Penzance 30.01 01 Z. 016 E.N.E. cb I— 2
Brost '29 96 39. N. N. E. 3 6 N.E. ttc -0.75 1
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Plymouth 29.9e 631 N. ,1 i 4 E. ibm a— 1 1
Weymouth 29.14; 63, N.N.X. •1 ; 1 E.B.E. b- 3
Portsmouth 29.94 62. N. 3I 3 8.8. W. c 'l2
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Yarmouth 29.90 0i N.E. 2 2 N. N.E. c I 3
Scarborough 29.93 60 N. 3 2 . N. c
30.011 37 E.B.E. 6 2 E.S.E.F2 I
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REMARKS.
The winds this niornintt are chiefly northerly or northeasterly:
ligiet on our sonth and west coasts. and moderate to fresh on our
o r coasts Rain reported from halm, hot generally the
weather is fine. Yesterday there were again thunder-storms on
the west coast of France with heavy rain.

COUNTY OF TYRONE ELecrion.—We learn by
telegraph that Lord Claud Hamilton and Mr. Corry were
re-elected yesterday, without opposition, for the county of

•
r ATAL x_MLLI CRY ACCIDENT. —Early yesterday
morning an explosion of firedamp, causing the death of
four men and serious injury to a fifth, took place at the
Globe colliery, Fenton, North Staffordshire, the property of
Mesas. Challoner and Co., under the following circum-
stances. On Tuesday night Samuel Bogen', bricklayer, aril
Robert Hemmers, sinker, descended the downcast shaft to
work on a scaffolding at thebasin,with positive instructions
from the ground bailiff to use safety lamps. This precau-
tion, however, they neglected to take, and worked the whole
of the night with naked candles. By 3 o'clock in the morn-
ing they had finished their work, and sent up the rubbieh
lying upon the scaffold, and immediately afterwards a tre-
mendous explosion took place. The sinkers' scaffolding
was blown out of the &aft, sadßargess and Roomers, fall-
ing with the ruins, were instantly killed. At the moment
of the explosion a banks:man named Peaks wee pushing a
waggon over the mouth of the shaft, in order that the
master sinker, a person named Briggs, might descend ; but
the force of the explosion blew the waggon out of hls heeds.
and, login; his balance, be fell down the shaft end was
killed, while Brigp was struck either by the waggon or by
some portion of the scaffolding, sod was PO seriously inured
that he is not expected to recover. The fourth man ki
Samuel Hestheote—was tending the fosses, which was
situated for the purpose of ventilating the pit, in • gallery
running at the depth of be yards from the surface, between
the upcsat and the downeset shafts. When the
took plats be was blown out ef this gallery, sod =rent
the Amnesia shaft, a distance of 100 yards. His body
fell soros as iron water-tub at the bottoms, and was lite-
Salk oil is two, ass half falling kilo the tab sad the other
half into the " sump" or water pit.