The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-25 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

LIVERPOOL COTTON "mum.
,(THDI DAY.).

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The market quiet. Silo about 5,000 bales, at yeeteeda, 's
rates.

CORK BUTTER MARKET.-{THIS DAT.)

(WWII 014 ovnt ana)Rowt•iorr.)
Ordinary, 114 a., 110 e., 101 a, 96a., 86a., 69a.; 4600 fir-
kin& Illikaursd, 1204., Ilk., 104 a. ; 130 Arians.

TALLOW MARIEET.—(IIIO3 DAY.)
The market is firm. Town tallow, 41s. 9d. ; Peters-
burg Y.C., on the spot, tes. 3d. ; July to
. fiember.
445. 3d. ; October to December. 465. 9d. ; Deor=, 46
Mangar AVERAGES. —Town tallow, 435. 3d. ; fat br
ditto, b. 10. ; yellow Russian, new, 46e. 6d. ; likened
stuff, Me. ; rough ditto, 17s. 3d. ; greeves. 13t ; good
drugs, 6s. Imports for the week amount to 3,664 oaks.

COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.)
Fruit, both home-grown and foreign, continues to be
largely
_supplied. Abundance of West India piny may
aho still be bad. Kent filberts are ooming in in very
good condition. Potatoes run small in size, and prices for
than are advancing. Caulifiowers and other vegetables
are still showing the ill elects of the continued thy
weedier. Flowers chiefly consist of orcidds, pelargonium%
fuchsias, mignonette, and roses.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARBET.—(THIS DAY.)
Itr. Charles James Easton reports trade firm at the
following prises, viz. :—Prizne Md hay, 10,3 e. to 115 s. ;
inferior ditto, 00s. to 90s. ; prime new hay, 90s. to Woe. ;
prime old clover 110 s. to 1908. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to
100 s. ; prime new clover, 90e. to 115 e. ; interior ditto, 768,
to Me. ; straw, 30s. to 400.

WEATHER BILPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

BATVIDAT. kt.T Is. a •.N.

Since last erasing a slight diminution has takes place is at-
mospberical getaway over the British islands, whilst m the south
of France readings are °mewled higher. The Meat preasure is
OD the wed oast of Frame; at Rochefort the reading is half as
inch below that on our north-east coast. Temperature has
=increased at most stations in our islands. The wind
y was strong from the east oa our Channel coast, and Mir
morn it continues to blow with a force ti at Weymouth. la
very light variable winds an prevalent. The weather is
generally fine.

BUOCKINO BOAT ACCIDENT IN MONMOVITISHIRS.
—Loss or Num Llrlal.—About a ;varier to 8 o'clock
on Thursday night the greatest consternation prevailed in
Pontypool and neighbourhood, by a report that a large
number of young ladies and gentlemen, relatives and
trio& of two of the principal reeklente—Mr. H. H.
Edwards, deputy sheriff for the county, adi Mrs
James Essex, surgeon—had lost their lives by the
upsetting Of a boat. Hundreds hastened to the
spot—the Tipper Glyn Pond, which is situate
about a mile and g UM from the town, when it was
found the report was but tab free. It appeared that the
party had gone out on the pond in an old, much worn boat.
They had not been long in it when the bottom began to
give way. The] tidies became frightened, and raised
loud cries for help, which were hoard by Luke Sanger, a
boatman. Ile put off to their assistance, and in coming
clam they, in their eagerness to get into his boat,
upset both, and the melancholy result was that nine
(including poor Sanger) were drowned. Deputy Chief-
constable M'lntosh and a poses of police, with the by-
standers, made every exertion to recover the bodies, and
before 2 o'clock they were all found, and placed side by
side on beds in Sanger's house, after which they were re-
moved to the residences of Mr. Edwards and Mr. Essex.
The names of the parties who lost their lives were—Mir
Eleanor Essex (eldest daughter of Mr. Essex), Miss Janet
/Roper, Mir Fanny lon (daughter of Mr. W. lon, of
Abersychan),Miso James (daughter of Dr. James, Panteg),
Master Cambial Edwards, 16. Miss Kate Edwards, 16;
Miss Jessie Edwards, 12 ; Master Granville Edwards, 11;
and Luke Sanger, 66, who has left a wife and family.
CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 24.—The Queen has been
pleased
ibaidielieral writs under the Great Seal of the
United to call Mr. William Campbell Sleigh,
of the Mid Temple, London; and Mr. Augustine
Bargood, of Gray's-inn, in the county of Middlesex, to the
state and degree of a serjeant-at-law.-oazetts.

GALLANT RE6CUE.—On the day of the regatta,
a young man from Luton was bathing in the river Ouse,
adjoining Harrison's meadow, when he was observed to be
drowning. None of the bystanders dared to attempt to re-
lieve him from his peril ; but it happened that • young fellow
named Muriel (son of Major Muriel, late 76th regiment,
of St. John's-street), a clever diver and swimmer, was
near the spot; and, on being told of the oondition of
the drowning man, he imiately, with his clothes on,
plunged in atter him. A desperate struggle then ensued,
the sinking man grasping Muriel so as to prevent the
action of his arms. To be released from this hold was but
the work of an instant, and, the poor fellow by the
hair, Muriel made for the bank. man was from 10 to
14 feet under the water at the time his deliverer com-
menced his rescue. Both were, of course, much ex-
hausted, but they soon recovered, and the young man
went to his home at Luton, on the same evening. It is
only a few dap ago that he rescued the son of Coloupl
Constable, of this town. Altogether, ho has saved six
persons from watery graves, and we trust some steps
will be taken to reward, him for his bravery.—Cambridge
Indepeadeet.
SNOCHTNG ILL-TREATMENT OF A CIIILD.—An
appalling case of neglect and ill-treatment of a child
named James Owens, about a year and half old, was
brought under the notice of the board of guardians at
Wrexham on Thursday, by the medical officer, Dr. E.
Davies. It was under the care of an aunt, who resides at
Bummer-hill, near Wrexham, and was found half-starved
and covered with filth; its left arm and left thigh were
fractured, and it apparently had never received any me-
dical assistance, although its limbs have been broken
for four menthe. There was a rumour some time
since that the child had been ill-treated, and a police officer
visited the house, but did not think the case of sufficient
importance to take any active measures with regard to it.
To obtain possession of the child the relieving officer, Mr.
Wright, bad to get through the window. It appeared in
a moat filthy date, apparently not having been washed
for weeks, and its body was, according to the report of
the medical officer, reduced to a perfect skeleton from want
of food. Proceedings of a criminal nature will be taken
against the aunt.

ANOTHIEII Motirrrens ow FIRF..—A portion of
the range of bills running through mid throdwhire, and
known as the Longrynse, has been the some an exten-
sive the, which possessed • pecial feature of dangder,
as it broke out within a shorts distance of the power
magazine belonging to the county volunteer artillery bri-
gade. The firs, whisk appeared to break out in several
places at once, wee observed trern Church atretton about
nine o'clock m tie evening, and the alarm spreading, a
large number of tie inhabitants of the town and district
started for the lulls to aid in extinguishing it.
The flames, however. fed by the dry gorse, spread
with fearful rapidity, and the peat in the neighbourhood
of the magazines begmwag to burn, a telegram was de-
to the authorities at Shrewebau, .and as soon as
de-
spatched
be muttered a of artillerymen were
sent off by special Main. aided by • gang of
labourers and volunteers, at work all night, and
by 8 o'clock in the • the Are wan got under. It is
supposed to ham origini in • light incautiously dropped
b one of the numerous excunioniste who frequent the
hills, and a reward has been cured for any Wormation
which would lead to the conviction of the °tender.

TRAMO ESONrrn.—The traffic resoeipte of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom anioemted, for the week
csnr4L2l,Bl,reoz 13,707 miles, to 816,6711., and for the
of kg yes; an 12,116 miles, to 70,9684,
showing an increase of 2811 miles and of 16,8131.
'llse grosa receipts on 14 of the principal railways in the
United Kingdom amounted for the week on 9,609 miles,
to 882,1201, and for the week of kid
Tear may; miler, te 872,4341„ en increase
of 226 and of 9,8581. The increase on the Cale-
desks' end ores British amounted to 6,1011. ;on the
Great Northern to 3411.• on the Gant Weaken to
1121. • on the Lanceehire and Torhshke to 2,2051 ;on the
London and North Western to 7,6881.; on the Mmitimater,
Sheffield, and Linoohishire to 61101. • on woodland to
8,1181.; and on the South Eastern to 8801.—total.
26,0391. • but from this must be deducted 1,8431., the
decrees; on the Great Nastarn, 171. on the Great
Southern and Western, 3,7411. on the
Loon,
Brighton, and South Coast, 9,1661. on the London
South Western, and 3981. on the North Eastern,
together 16,1631., leaving the increase as above
9,8861. The receipt on 62 other railways in
the United Kingdom amounted, on 3,678 miles. to
133,261/., and for the corresponding wear of last year,
on, 6,614 miles, to 127,624/., showing an increase of 64
miles and of 6.7271. The goods traffic on the 14 systems
of lines above mentioned amounted for the week to
322,4461. against 318,418!., showing an increase of 4,027!.
The passengers, parcels, mails, &c., traffic on those lines
amounted to 369,8761., and for the corresponding week of
1867 to 364,010/., showing an increase of 6,8691. The
total receipts for the pest week show an increase of
17,902!. as compared with those of the preceding week
ending the 1 Ith July.