The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-17 00:00:00

1663. I 1964. I 1865. 1966.

Stock on hand this day.. esaksi
Delivery last week

Ditto from let June
Arrival last week
Ditto from tat June
PriceY.C. on wt thls day
Ditto Town Wt Friday

42,615 41,319
2.612 1,303
10,709 18,925 ,
2,587 543 !
21,579 15,293 I
d. t d. 9.1
43 9 .41 9
44 3 44 3

30,752
2.444
26.412
1. ,!h
14,711
e d.
41 6
489

27,633
1,682
22.3,58
3,283
21,986
s. d.
45 6
47 9

Arrival for the week ending tlLth Septemberlast year4,slo casks
and delivery 2,216 casks. The arrival last week comprised 3,234
casks St. Petersburg, 49 Australia : total, 3,283 casks.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)

We have a larger supply of beasts ; the demand is,
however, good for choice qualities, and prices are well
maintained for them. Trade ia dull for inferior, and a
clearance cannot be effected. The number of sheep is
smaller, but quite equal to the demand. Choicest
descriptions meet with a ready sale ; otherwise trade is
heavy. Good calves are still scarce and dear. Our
foreign supply consists of ;3,560 beasts, 7,510 sheep, 125
calves, and, 190 pigs. From Ireland there are 90 besets ;
Norfolk and Suffolk, 40 ; and 2,040 from the northern and
midland counties.

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Per etude of 81b% a d. a. d. Per stone of 81hs. d. a
Best Scots, Herefds. 6 8 6101 Best Drks,t Ilf bdsSh 0 0 0 0
Best Shorthorns 6 4 5 8 Best Long-w 0015.... 6 4 6 8
Second qual. beasts 4 0 4 6I Do. do. Shorn.... 0 0 0 0
Calves

Pigs
Best Dnect Mt-heeds 6 0 6

0 Do. do. Mon;
4 Lambs

Beasts at market, 5,730 ; sheep aad lambs, 80.910: calves. 181:1
PIP. 650.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS DAY.'

Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report a brisk trade
doing for all descriptions of the new growth, but week's
quotations being fully maintained.

A BRIDE DROWNED ON HER WEDDING DAY.

Another melancholy catastrophe took place on the river
Ribble, at Preston, on Saturday afternoon last. In the
morning of that day a young man named John Turner, •
spinner. living in Barnes-street, Accrinzton, was married
at St. James's Church, in that town, to Mary Eli-abeth
Ingham, a power-loom weaver, who lived in the same
street. The other members of the bridal party were Eliza-
beth and Mary Ellen Aspden, and Robert Chippendale and
John Rawcliffe, all weavers, and all residents in Accrington.
After the marriage ceremony the whole party left Accring-
ton for Preston, where they proposed to stay until to-day
(Monday). In the afternoon, about 3 o'clock, they bred a
four-oared gig at Hesketh's boat-house, sod four of the
party—the newly-married couple, and Chippendale and
Elizabeth Aspdeu—entered it far a row on the river ; the
other two, Rawcliffe and Mary Ellen Aspden, intending to
walk on the bank of the river. As the four persons named
stepped into the boat, one of the men jocularly remarked
to the women. " We will have you in the water before we
get back," and, laughing at the jest, they took their seats.
When they had rowed as far se a point opposite to Ribble-
place they were turning the boat to go back, when it was
upset, and • heartrending scene ensued. Turner managed
to grasp the boat, which drifted to the Penwortham side of
the river, and he gained the land • his wife. struggling in
the water and shrieking frantically, was carried away by
the current and drowned before his eyes, and the other
two must soon have shared the same fete had not • boat,
rowed by John Kelly and William Bonny, come up and
rescued them in the nick of time, an alarm having been
given by Rawcliffe and his companion. The body of the
unfortunate young woman had not been recovered on
Saturday night, nor is it likely that it will be until the
present flood subsides. Not one of the whole party can
give any reasonable explanation es to the cause of the ac-
cident, but it is stated as a probability that the bow of the
beat, in turning, touched a point of land jutting into the
river.

ANOTHER LARGE PETROLEUM FIRE me ANT-
WERP.—There has been another serious petroleum fire in
Antwerp, in a large ship which was lying in the docks.
The fire occurred at about 10 o'clock on Thursday evening;
the ship in question was surrounded with others laden
with most explosive materials—turpentine and petroleum
being their chief cargoes. There was also lying upon
the quay a large quantity of timber. The vessels in
proximity to that which first fired were aground, as the
water was low and there was consequently no moving them.
The burning petroleum floated out of the vessel into the
decks, thus causing great danger to everything around. The
adjoining vessel we. on fire several times. The hand fire-
engines were of little avail, and had it not been for thepre-
sewn of the steam fire engine recently supplied to the city
authorities of Antwerp from London, which engine was
awaiting its official trial, to take place on the Friday fol-
lowing, there is no knoll ;ng how far this fire may have ex-
tended, u it happened, fortunately, Mr. Richard Merry-
weather with one of the firm's fire brigade was present.
At one time it was thought that even the steam fire engine
would have fallen a saerifioe to the flames, so due was it
to the burning vesseL Se►eral hours of labour on the
part of those present, however, kept the deem and the
damage from extending farther than the destruction of
the one vessel when the fire origin►ted, and the scorching
of the adjoining wog and mew.