The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANK.—(THIS DAY.)
The weather is London this morning wee sharp frost with
e light fall of snow. The attondente of the trade ro-day
wee small, the tone firm. Petal of moat artieks cd
the trade looking upwards. The supply of hone-grown
grain wee small, and of country-made flour mall. The
Imports of foreign grain into London since last Monday w. re
reported this morning nil of flour, very small of wheat, smell
of barley, and small of oats.
W retail trade rata, lest Mondays mks.
Foreign unaltered in rake. linglish whim, 425. to 625.;
red, Ms. to 445. per quartet ; IDantole and Konigsberg,
42a. to Ms. per 4041 b. • Rostock, 42e. to No. ; other &due
ports, 40e. to 48s. ; French,i 38s. to 42e.
FLous held firmly at last Mondays prime. Town, Mei
to 43e.; Norfolk. 3 to. ',el. 21301 b.; French, 28e. to Ms.
per 21411 b.; Amer., If.- 265. to 27a. per carol.
BAIILET quiet, et les- monday's rates.
Gore fid. dearer than 'oust Mosby. British, 20e. to 30a.
per qr.; Megan, 194. to 24.. per qr. ; other Belch ports,
221. to 275. pee qr.
Bnans.—English and ligyptlea sold slowly at about bet
Monday's prices. &when -tick, Me. to 41e. ; harrow, 420.
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to 480. p qr. Foreign, 400. to 60s. pee qr. Rostra, Ms.
Pa' V.
Pus dull at last Monday's prices. Briglish Wire,
Us. to 40e. ; hog end grey, 38s. to Os. ; foreign white, 48a.
Finairrne CA1100817.-Billoll last Friday only five
grain laden vessels were reported strived at porn of call,
vin.:-1 wheat, 2 make, 2 barley. In footings no trane-
soda's were reported. Prises unaltered.
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LIVERPOOL CORN MARILET.—(THIS DAT.)
(iv =nut AM taus MANNINO TIMMINAPIE.)
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Gals market quiet, but Arm. COMM° wheat In fsir
demand. Flour dull. Feeding Om& d all kind' dearer.
Indies' men and oatmeal 64. edema. Oate, been; find
barley, firm. Keen met.

MDICING-LANIL--(THIB DAY.)
Boots.—Tlion has been • good genera deemed for this
article during the week, end a huge basins= dons at telly
6d. advance ; a few parcels hays been beaet on speculation.
Band has also advanced; leaps, 61a. 6d. to 535.
Conga. The public sake brought forward have heat
smell We week, but a mad advents of L. to 2e. bee been
established. . .

TEA.—Tbereham been a decided Improvement In the Wpm
this week and a slight advance has been paid In many in-
stances.
litcno—ls fair amount of buaineee done at the full prices of
bat week.
Batarrraz has sold freely at le. to le. 6d. advance. Sr
fraction 6 to 6, 394, 30e. 6d. ; retraction 4,40 e., 40e. 6d.
Bricss Dave sold steadily at full prices.
Markets generally have had an upward tendency this week.

TALLOW MARKETr(THIS DAT.)
The firmer tone noticed ponied., is astionlined to-day.
and pokes ..rs opts 3d. to ed. pot wt. better, beton west
ss follows .—Town tallow, 665. sot (sib ; Potaroburg Y.C.
on the spot, 67e. to 67.. 66.; on the month, 67e. " buyers";
Jonvary to Much, Ha 6d. " bums" ; Muth sate, 675.

BOROUGH HOP MARKRT.—(THIS DAY.)
Mere. Partenden and Smith report that the bop
market h firm, with but very by good haps o are,

DEATH IN A DOUGH TRollaw.—A few days age
considerable excitement was amen in Wellingborough by
the remarkable manner in which a inspectable young man,
named William Wee, moat 21 years of age, met with hie
death. The deceased, who was • baker, was, it appears,
aocustogned to rise early for the purpose of preparatory man.
surge for. batch of bread. On the morning of the painful
occurrence he rose apparently as well as usual, and own-
' mooed preparing the dough for baking, having so far pro-
neded witn his wont as to mix in all the reqnisite ingre-
dients. Oe others going into the baking-house they, es
might be imagined, were struck with terror at seeing chit
companion in the dough trough, suffocated end quite dead.
It is generally supposed that deceased, who had been subject
to apoplectic his on one or two prior occasions, was similarly
seized on the morning in questioe, and fell bead foremost
into the mixture of yeast, Sour, end water. On the same
afternoon an legume was held on the body, before William
Marshall, Eq., when the jury returned the following
verdict :—" Accidentally suffocated during as apoplectic fit"
CAUTION TO HOTELKEEPERS.—A Kansa built man
of gentlemanly appearance, a Dutchman by -birth, and g:Mog
different names et different places, bss contrived to live for
roma months past upon two botelkeepera one at Leicener
and the other at Derby. The doctor—for such he represents
himself to be—hse been busily engaged writing a work upon
chemistry, at lean that has been hie professed engagement.
After luxuriating on good things at Leicester, he suddenly
levantrd, being indebted to the landlord to tie tune of 621.
Ins next appearance was in an hotel at Derby, where, for a
time, his manners captivated several gentlemen whom be
oecasionally met in the coffee-room, though his custom well
to spend the greater portion of hie time in hie bedroom,
engaged—or profoundly engaged—with writing materials.
Atter being at the hotel some time he paid 101. on account,
hot it was embeequently discovered that he had ommeded
in borrowing that amount As time won on suspicious
were excited, and on bong pressed foe the amount be owed he
prevaricated. At length the wily fax was unearthed, wader
the following oircumanaess:—A gentleman happened ens
Thursday evening last to strive at the hotel in Derby, and
on proceeding to the coffee-room saw the Detainees
enjoying his dinner. Re at once gave paint° the landlady
that the doctor, who went by another name at Limner, had
contrived to swindle Mr. Bowyer, of LeMester. Mr. Bowyer
was written to and mode his appearance next morning, to
the great consternation and surprise of the doctor, who kept
his bed until towards dusk, when he connived to give the
peters who was watching the slip, and he succeeded in
coaling his escape. Re is indebted to the landlady nearly
301.; and, to maks matters worse, it turns out that tie day
before he succeeded in borrowing 101. from a gentlemen.
which would enable him to journey by rail to semis distant
place. His oonvereational powers were good, sad he is
evidently • man of intelligence. Myabeer Van Dunk.
though he never got drunk, sipped Wendy and water daily,
and appeared as balmy as a phone.—Derby Reporter.
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCL.-0o Monday night a
woman residing in Vinegerclose, Leith, went out and locked
two neighbour's children in her dwelling. She bed not been
Long gone before the creams of the children and cries of the
were heard. The neighbours vainly endeavoured to effect
an entrance, until • helium teenaged to get into the house,
when he discovered one of the cbildren,• girl about eiz years
of age, fearfully burped by her clothes being in dames. She
expired about three cidock on Tuesday morning. The
children had ben playing with • lights! slick.
CORONERS' INGeEsTs.—We beg to direct atteo-
tintl to the report of an inquest held at Wrougbion. ••
poor woman, who was in • consumption, died suddenly,
and properly enough, an inquest woo held. On a post mesa
examination being made. the stomach end intostines were
found to be highly famed, as if from the effect of an
Pritant poison. No maple was made ; there were no
grounds fur believing that the poor creotare bed taken
pram: nor, indeed, was there any proof that her death
was caused by poison; and yet, moor eons to relate, a
verdict of fel o-ele-so was returned, and she was buried.
at ugh', like • dog. It t• now just mealy years co that a
nom woo had ouniMiled • highway robbery, at West Ls.
i iegton, end who was fleeing from his persona, vainly
struggling for dear life, fell down and died from eshauai ion;
and a verdict of /do de. se was returned. Tbat verdict was
amounted for at toe time by the 'world= that the jury
understood lel°. de-st to mean " fell of himself." end that.
therefore, the circumstances justified it. Clearly some
rettrin is wanted in tee matter of coroners' inquests.— Wilt-
s/iirs !adept:dela.
A GOOD REASON.—A story is told by the Chicago
Times about the appnitment of pinioning in that nags.
On unlucky spoon:me was compelled to decline for the
rine set forth below : —" Deer sir,—Although I salmow-
ledge the tumour of my appointment, I regret to my that I
bare yet an unexpired term of five years to moms in the
l''.nitmuary, shiest tompela rue to decline your flattering
oder."
The half-yearlc meeting of the proprietors of the
Beak of Ireland woe held on Wednesday, Mr. Chaster) Bath-
day, governor, in the ask. A dividend at the rote of ai pm
mat. for the hall-year, free of income tag, was declared.