The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.).

trawl ors ow/ ooause;oxmarr.)
The market is rather quiet, mut the sales foot up abut
f 1,0410 bales.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market la steady. Town tallow, 4as. )d.; Peters-
burg Y.C. on the spot, &la ; December, 6th. yd. to
61s. , January, 61s. Gd. ; March, 42e.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET —(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade at fait
day's prices. Prime clover, from 110 a. 0.1. to 12es. ;
iniszior ditto, 8.5 e. to 100 s. ; prime hay, 1041. to 115 e. ;
inferior ditto, Sas. to &is. ; straw, Wm. to 3411.

COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.)
Supplies are well kept up, especially of Engkilt grapes
and panes ; there ate abo some good specimens of Inc Mt-
ter from the Awe.* this week. All the broccoli' ars now
coming unusually good. Flower*, as last week, ehiedy
missal of orchids, asters, pelargoniums, fuchsias, migno-
nette, and roses.
tl e%p,„ brothel, Ss to fls Melons, each, he to 4a
, per lb., is Pears, per dos., 91 to 4a
Grapes, per lb.. s 6tl to es I Plne-apples, per lb., de to Se
Lemons, per 100, ea to es Oranges, per MO, Ss to es
&ELLIS.
Mint, per bunch, Id
Mushrooms, p pott.,l a ed to la 94
Onions, per bushel, es to Ts
Parsley, per bunch, ad toed
Potatoes,
Ms Tot* Regent', Rte.
to 1.50 e
Shams, do., 1001 to 110 a
Seakak, p. puun., es to Ss
Spinach, per el to es
Tomatoes, perbush dos, . 91
Turnips, p hmth,ldla toto ad

Bret, per dos., la tone
Cobblers, par doff., to to Yu
Carrots, per bomb, ed to nd
Celery, per bundle, Is to te
etionnbese, est*, ed to Is ed
Endive, per doe., ls ed to Pe
Oerlic end alto, p. lb. ed
Herbs, per bench,
_ld to ed
Hone Eadinh, p. bond., Ss to Os
Leeks, per tooth, lid to ed
Lettuces, per 003111, Is to SI ed

DEATII OF TULE NEW RAJAII OF SARAWAK.—
About six months ago the death of Sir James Brooke, the
Rajah of Sarawak, was recorded, and now the death is
announced of his nephew, Captain Johnson Brooke, his
successor in his Eastern Raj. Hewes the son of a Somer-
setshire clergyman, who married the sister of Sir James
Brooke, and while still ahoy he was adopted by the Rajah
and went out to Borneo to help him in the &balms-
trade's of his settlement. Ho was at ono tune an officer
in the Queen's service, and at the time of his death was
in his 46th rear. lie was known hi Sarawak as the
"Tuan Muds.," and be published about two years ago a
book descriptive of his Bornean experiences, entitled
'• Ten Years in Sarawak." In the preface which he added
to the book, Sir James Biooke bore testimony to the
fact that since his own return to England the "Raj "
of his nephew hail been most successful; that he
bad continued to represent his own authority and the
honour of the British name in the Eastern Archipelago;
and that in that far distant settlement ho was looked up
to as the chief of the Sea Dyaks, with whose habits,
customs, and feelings ha was better acquainted than any
other iniividual. Captain Johnson Brooke was twice mar-
ried, but has been twice left a widower. He is suideeded
by the only surviving son, the issue of his that marriage
with one of the Grants of Kilgraston, Perthshire. •
TAUNTON ELEcTioN.—A petition against the
return of Mr. Serjeant Cox, the conservative member for
this borough, will be presented on Monday next, on the
grounds of bribery, intimidatiou, treating, aul other cor-
rupt practices. A sub-committee of the Taunton liberal
Working Men's Association have been engaged for the
past fortnight in collecting evidence, and they have ob-
tained quite a volume.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC Rlclurn.—The traffic re-
ceipts of railways in the United Kingdom for the week
ending Nov. 29, amounted on 13,366 mile* to 7330,i4/.;
and for the correepandingweek in 1667, on 13,039 to
718,6061., showing an increase of 316 milest and of
13,4491. The growl receipts on 14 of the principal rail-
ways in the United Kingdom amounted for the week on
9,677 miles, to 613,7141., and for the corresponding week of
last year, on 9,426 miles, to 604,12111.. showing an
increase of 262 miles, and of 9,6461. The increase on the
Caledonian and North British andantod to 3,3131. ; on
the Cheat !astern to B^Al. ; on the Great Southern
sad Western to NSW.; en the Great Western, to :1.2161.;
on the Lancashire mid Yorkshire to 4611. ; on the London
and South Western, to 6441. ; on the ,Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, to 6674 ; on the Midland is
4,8111. ; and on the South Eastern, to 11/ -totals
14.070/.; but from this 'must be dedaetsd 1,78 M. the
decrease on the (heat Northern, 1,7131. on the Lyndon
and North Western, 3841. oa this Landon. Brighton,
and South Coast, and 6401. ea the North Restore, toge-
ther 4,624/., leaving the increase as above,
0,4461. The receipts on 62 other railer's)", la the
nited litigates' amounted on 3.63 inky to
118,3107., and for the corresponding week of hot jeer on
3.614 miles, to 11414071., "homes an immense of 64 Miles.
and of 3.2031. The reels traffic 04 */, &Whim
systems of lines above emendated amounted for *owe*
to 374,7284 wises .76,42. U., showing en increase of
Loa The vesesm rs pAretlserails, Ro., Rank as
these lime casosetwl to ma,ol N., and for the Gone•
sponding_wesh lteg to 117.77 K, shindig en hansom
et 11,1144 The total receipts for um last week chew an
inseam el 9,0711. es carrel with them et tb. se.
ceding week. MAIM Nov."