The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-10 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MARKETS.

KINOSTON (JA ) MAUI( Ere, DEC 17.—Beef: 11.11 harrels
fomily have been moved at 465. per barrel, 244. per quarter, and 13v.
per eighth barrel. Bread : 1 bete are no sale; of 1,3.4 at the present
advanced rates. Wattpon's pilot has been sold at a. 40 borreos
navy have changed 11021.18 at Is.. There are not any crackers at mar-
ket. Butter:—American, in small kegs has met sale at :pl. to ad. peP
lb. Co/idles : Ibe sizes which are in delavour have been sold by
tbemathei at Sid. to bel. per lb. ; assorted uses have brought 7d. per
lb. • and for 6's and 12's, which are the favourite sizes, as high as
has been obtained. Cates;: American is dull at 6d. per lb.
Codfish : Owing to the trade. being with very ample stocks at our last
Wee, only a very small portion of the Liege cargo (30.5 Geri's, awl
not 30', tierce., as we inadvertently printed) bee been pined.

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i 12.7 prices arc lad. per 1000 m. in ueree., and lbs. per tor. some
remnants at carets which arrived a few weeks since have been going
oaf at 90. to Ws. in titre... We must etlil note that the stock of God.
tith is large, and holders have Lot ipt pelt, d 341 tole 1p off the dried.
We may remark that to the desire to ote..iin pickled tht waded, which
articled are parcelled together with dry tlth by the holders may be
attributed the obtaining of the prieee which we have qte del. Corn :
yellow has been sold at ts. Od. per bug of two bushels. Flour: the
cock is ample, but the demand id extremely inective neriag to the
heavy supply of ground pruiPions. An arrival (rota iial7 iiikunt bar,
since our laid, put the market in poseesSon of 1,000 barn iti of widen
about 400 barrels have tit en taken in lota at 345. PhisdAphia had auto,
moved in *alail lute at 33a. Fremliteare very dull, there be.nd no pro.
duce for shipment. llans : Prime AlaCTlCala have been Add at 70 to
PL. and interior at 4,d. to td. Lancashire has been taken at Ott to
10d. per lb. Lard: 100 firkins American prime t. see been sold at
Sid. per lb , and en endeavour Ls being male tu lift the pi ice to hd.
The stock is large. Lumber : Pitch 'due is becoming educe, and
white pine to searuhy in Lair supply. Shippers must, however, be
moderate in their supplies, as in the present state °retain. e !pump.
lion is very limited. While pane Werth; ease been rail tatto s. per
thousand feet ; and • lot of pd .1 pine beards coddemeol as sappy,
bare been di:posed of at auction at 935. per taoll,and bet. Cedar
shingles have been sold at Pk. per le, W.oil b...opis are
not in demand. Mackerel : No. $ are placed with dry thil. a 3. e.
p r barrel. The stock in small, but the high plot has a s.methe
edect on conssunptlon. Meal : The Motimure ve.•el brought
rtiii barrels to a bare market, but a very Inactive edniginip-
tion prevents the transaction of large salts. 30d barrels have beer,
pircelled at 20s. per barrel. Onions There are not any at mar. et.
Pimento is mane ; we quote vales at 32d. to 34d. per lb. l'o/k : 2he
stuck is heavy; mks are made at 2.. r. to 3w. per burrel for prime, and
xis. to tide. fur Dec. Rice : Carolina, of widen a few tierce, and lent
tierces have arrived, is held at .04., but no ,alts hare been ed.:end:
the clock of Last India le huge, and the demand as very dull; dales
have Ilea made feign IleGd. to 14s. per Itie.bs, in small quanuties,
and according to quality. Rum has 5... sold at 3.. tu 3s. ed. par gal-
lon, proof 21. Exchanges: Merchmlx' lailletsa London, to di" 1 per
mut. premium; on New York, GO mile, 4 par cent. preo.l
tiokl : Colombian doublomv, 2 per cent. on 31. is.; oat Sp rich
le per cent. on 3/. Ss, The banes moan gahl eitner
as deposda er L. payment olarmptunue

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WEST INDIA MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF THE AVON.

[By Electric Telegraph.]
8017 CRAMPTON, TarionAT MORNING,

The Avon, Lieutenant I last, It.N., commander, hai

just arrived here with the mull West India and Pa-
cific mails, in charge of Lirrote.:a :t Ray, H.N. She
is overdue several days, and much of her news is,
therefore, anticipated t.y the above advises.
The delay has been cured by bad weather.
She left St. Thomas's at the' usual time, the 13• h
ultimo, and was eighte,n days reaching
Fayal. She brings one million one hundred
and eighty-two thousand five hundred and fifl
three dollars on merchants' account, p:ineipally from
the west coast of America. Three Large Am ric,n
steamers arrived at Cnagres, from New York, while
the Avon was ti.ere, with immense numbers for the
gold regions. H.M.S. Sappho was ordered to
Greytown, to watch British interes's there.
At Barbedoes a public meeting had been held to
promote the extension of the franchise.
Two anti-slavery meetings had been h.-ld ; one to
petition parliament to enforce slavery treaties; the
other to hear a deputation from the Anti-SlAvery
Socie'y in England.
A very large crop of sugar is expected. The yarn
crop has been destroyed.
In Ar.tigua the yellow fever had subsided, but
not before it had proved fatal to nearly one-fifth of
the garrison.
Chagrcs and Panama were overrun with Americans
going to and returning from California.
The Pacific Company's steamer New Granada
arrive at Panama on t s 24th Norember, with
730,000 dollars in specie from the various Pacific
ports.
Our latest dates from Port-au-Pricce (Hayti) are
to the Bth of December. _

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The emperor, with his' ministers, had just re-
turned from Jacturl, having visited that city to judge
of the effect of the monopoly measures there.
An augmentation of 5 dole. currency per 1001 b. on
the export duty on coffee had been agreed upon, the
Brit sh merchant.t, through their con-ul, IVyke, hav-
ing represented to the emperor the ill consequences
of the monopoly law to the country.
Further troubles were expected at the eastern end
of the island, the Dominican President Ilitz having
issued a proclamation. under date of 17th of Novem-
ber menacing the whole of the Haytien outports,
which was followed by the burning and sacking of a
small village called Jeremie. The emperor was there-
, fore making active preparations to march against St.
Domingo. It was hoped, however, that the French
consul would mediate in the matter.

FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Last night (Wed-
nesday) shertly before 10 o'clock, a tire of a very alarming
character, and nearly attended with a loss of humus lite,
broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Marsh, No. 21,
Great May's-buildieg., B'. Martin'A lane. Whilst some of
the inmates were sitting in a lover room their attention was
suddenly directed by an unusual noise proceeding from the
first floor. The servant went to ascertain the cause, when
on operuleg the door of one of the rooms on the first floor,
in the occupation of a gentleman named Walter, a huge
mass of flumes shot forth, which completely prostrated her.
She, however, succeeded in =akin; her way down again,
and having given an alarm in the usual way, a gen-
tleman named Phillips, livog on the second floor, made
en attempt to descend the staircase, but so fiercely did the
fire extend, and so dense was the smoke, that he was obliged
to make to one of the attics, and, by betting out of the win
dow, succeeded in escaping a horrible Meath. Two valuable
dogs in the top of the premises were sutfocat •cl by the smoke
and hat. Owing to the exertions of the fir.men, the flames
were extinguished by 11 o'cuouk, but not wit considereb:e
damage was done by fire and water, that portion of the pre
mists in which the disaatt r commenced being burned out,
and the rest of the house seriously injurcd by heat and
water. A spark from a lighted candle falling upon some
butting, it is believed was the cause of the accident.

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HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT POLSTEAD.—A desperate
highway robbery was effected in the above 114 ighb'ourhood
last Tuesday night. Mr. Churchill, son of J. M. Churchill,
Msg., of Colchester, was driving from Iladleigh, and when
near to Putstead lied Barn, a man imbed from the hedge
and wings' the lione's bridle, whilst a second (whom Mr.
Churchill did not see) 'truck him a violent blow, which
rendered him insensible. In thin state, it is supposed. the
men dragged him into a field nor by, where they rifled his
pockets of some silver ; for, on recovering, he round himself
in that situation. Fortunately his horse remained standing
in the road, and he was able to drive home, although on
arriving there he wsa found to have sustained some s rue
contusions on the head and forehead, from which he is
still suffering. The spot where the robbery wes committed
was on the following day examined by the police, who
traced marks of blood a distance of 60 yards from the read
int, the field, mid there was a large quautity of hoot at
the spot in which Mr. Churchill had laist.--Ipsicidi Ewen.