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London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

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CHELMSFORD, MAY 21.—Prices to-day were as follow:
Wheat, white, 42s to 48s ; red, 378 to 42s ; barley, 278 to 30s;
chevalier 28s to 335; grinding 22s to 289; malt 55 to 565;
chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19a to 258; peas, partridge, 289
to 319; white, 299 to 31s ; boiling, 3is to 33s ; dun, new, 28s
to 30s ; beans, tick, 26s to 30s ; harrow ticks, 278 to 318;
mazagan, 251 to 295.
COLCHKSTIR, MAT 22.—Wheat, white 44s to 478; red 39,
to 42s ; oats, 18s to 228; beans, mazagan 26s to 278; middiF
and small 28s to 31s ; peas, white 31s to 38s, grey, new 28s to
3is ; barley, 289 to 301 per qr.
KIItKALDT, MAY 22.—The following are the quotations
for grain:— .

Wheat. 'Barley.
First 44s Od 31s Od
Second 42s Od 293 Od
Third 37s Od 283 Od
Oatmeal, per bag of 280Ib
HADDINGTON, MAY 21.—T
grain at our market to-day:—
Wheat.

Oat&
22a 6d
218 6d
198 Od
imperial,
e followir

Beans.
—5 Od
—s Od

Peas.
Od
—s Od
Od
Ils Od.
prices cf

Barley.

OatA.

Bea is.

First
Second 4 ►s lid
Third
Total quantity of Wheat ii
Do. Barley
Do. Oats
Do. Beans

31s Od 23s Od 335 Od
293 ld 213 6d 31s lid
25a 6d 193 Od 30a 6J
market 547 qrs., 530 sold
do. 98 qrs., 98 sold
do. 23) qrs., 16'1 sold
do. 123 qrs., 111 sold

COAL MASK

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Prices of Coal per ton at I
Bata's West Hartley 13s 6d
bundle's W. Hartley 13s 9d
Carr's Hartley ..... 13s 9d
Chester Main ]3s 3d
Hasting's Hartley
Holywell
North Percy Hartley l3s 6d
New Tanfield
Ravensworth'sW.Hart 13s 6d
Ravensworth Pelaw
Tyne Main lls Odl
anfield Moor 12s 6di
Townley.. .... 12s Od
Walker's Primrose lls 3a
West Hartley
West Wylam
Wylam
Wall's End, &c.
Acorn Close ....... 14s 3d
Gosforth
Harton
Lawson l3s 6d
Northumberland
Shii a at market,

Ae close of the market :-...
Riddell ..... .... ..... l3s 9d
Walker l3s 6d
Harvey Wylam (uns.) 12s Od
Itielmont l4s 9J
IBraddyll
Haswell l6s 3d
Lambton
Lumley
Russell's Iletton
Scarborough l4s 6d
Stewart's .. .......
Plummer
Denison l4s 3d
Hartlepool l6s Od
Kelloe
South Hartlepool
Thornley
Cowpen Hartley
gixon's Merthyr and
Cardiff
iidney's Hartley
Ramsay's Garesffeld 23s Od
373 Sold, 107.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MAY 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was very inactive
to-day. The only sale reported was—Caledonian, 191/2.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 24
NTOCK EXC.IANO.E.—The business to-day was rather li-
mited, but prices had an upward tendency. The sales
were—Caledonian, 1234—Ditto, Preference, 87/8 Eastern
Counties, 8 15-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7234—Leeds
Northern (late L. and T.), 16—London and North Western,
1223,1--Midland, 681 A—St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), 70.
MANCHESTER, MAY 24
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The business transacted in our share
market to-day was very limited, but prices continue firm.
The sales were—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 1034 dis.—Eastern Counties, 9—Warrington and Al-
trinchani, par—Caledonian, 19 11-IG—South-Eastern and
Dover, 21 16.16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72—Ditto,
Fifths, 6 1-16 dis. —Midland, 68%—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1314.
BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24.
Srocr Exciraxan.—We have no improvement to notice
to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices
varied little from those which have been quoted for the last
few days. The sales reported were—Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Stour Valley, 10%—Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham (A), 7% —South Staffordshire, 1 dis.

THE LATE FIRE ON BOARD THE B alma QUEEN.
—Messrs. Henry, Cleaver, Chapman, and Co., of Liverpool,
agents to Lloyd's, have addressed a letter to Mr. Court,
secretary of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, in re-
ference to the recent fi e on board the British Queen, steam-
ship, from which the following is an extract :—" On examin-
ing the contents of the goods damaged by fire and water, ex
British Queen, steamer, a very important discovery has been
made, which may account for the origin of the fire. In a
box slightly made and secured, containing a saddle and bridle
and a wooden case, was found a bundle of paper-cases, con-
taining inciters for lighting pipes and cigars. The box is
marked No. 2, P, and is now at our office: perhaps the
underwriters would like to have it in the rooms for inspection
when Mr Bisset, who examined it on the quay, can explain
the condition in which it was found. The box came out of
the ship in a broken state, and the conclusion we have come
to is, that the matches have dropped out, and set fire to
the cargo." A sample of the luciiers is exhibited in the
uriderwriters' room, accompanied by a brass instrument, not
unlike a pencil-case, which was filled with a substance very
similarin character to that known by pyrotechnists as "slow
match." Under these circumstances, the origin of the late
fire on board the British Queen may, no doubt, be attributed
to the ignition of combustibles.
The Royal Marines are to be greatly augmented
To doing dutythe number of men from the insufficiency of relieving
sen
shiPa of war upon foreign etations.—
Zentish Mercury.