The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-20 00:00:00

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

litioen.—There has not been ► publie sale to-day, and
the market leas a steady appearance. Refined remains
firm, without alteration in prices ; brown lumps, 475. firl.;
grocery, 48s. to 635.
Coeenz.—The public sales are going off steadily at the
full prime of yestetday.
Tea.—Tke trade continue to buy what their immediate
wants require, and prices aril unaltered.
Rica continues in fair demand.
Rum.—There is a good demand, and it is rather difficult
to buy at last week's prices.
fievrerran.—There appear to be large buyers of this
article, and prices a shade dearer.
SPICIUL—P. riper sold at former rates. Nutmegs and
macs with difficulty supported them.
la other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The tallow market is steady. The delivery for the two
days is 713 casks. Petersburg Y. C. on the spot is quoted
61e. 9d. ; June, 61s. 91. ; October to December, 63.. 6d.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—T HIS DAY.
Meson. Pettenden and Smith report that the Izatket is
firm, with a very short supply.

COAL MARKET.-THIS DAL
Walls Bad Harlon, 1130. 3d. ; Walls Bad Gosforth, 18s.;
Walls Rod South Henan, 20.. 61. ; Walls Rad Stewart's,
21s. ; Walls Rad Tee', 215.—81 (rah ships at market.

Mu. ALFRED'S PIKE.—We are not given to exalt
precocious genius; and if we mention the present work,
it is more with a view to give advice than to bestow Min.
8•46 facility es is here manifested may prove disadvantage-
ous in lulling its possessor into the belief that sustained
labour may in his cue be dispensed with. There could not
be a more fatal mistake. " The greater the talent, the
greater the industry," is a true maxim. How conspicuous
@never the natural gifts may be. these gifts will eventually
prove of no avail unless th-y be dorelopied by dint of an-
remitting labour. It is true that very often genius is an-
companied by, or rather seems to prompt, the spirit of in-
dustry. " The labour we delight in physics pain." The so
inspired shed light upon their own and future times—they
constitute the intellectual suns of this world. An
example of artistic talent of a more promising
1 character than this picture presents is not often mat
meth. lien is a carefully finished painting, four feet by
tee fon sad a half, of not a fish merely, but with en eta-
WPM background of lolisge, and accessories well treated ;
an offset of light and shade most artistically managed ; the
whole drawn with precision and care, sod all executed by a
youth under 16. who until October last never touched pencil
or brushes. Of course, it is the technical ability in a work of
this nature which attracts chief attention, as we have more
than inferred that ability is remarkably aisplayed ic the pre-
sent work. Nevertheless, while we admire we w .uld more
than hint to the ready youthful practitioner the wisdom of
following in the track Which raises even dullards into notice.
Nulla dies Mom .hues.
ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATIOB.—Tke Dio-
rama, illustrating the " Events of the War," still grows in
public favour, and duriag the past week has been visited by
the following fashionable parties : The Duke of Hamilton,
Marquis of Londonderry and party, the Countess of Menai
sad partyViscoun. ths Doke of Buccleuch's family the Marquis of
Bristol, tess Milton a nd party, Viscountess Dun-
gannon and party, the Countess of Rowe and party, the
Countess of Oainsborough and party, the Earl of Uxbridge,
Lord Kensington and party, Lady Bridport and party,
Visocunt Hole:iodide and pony, Lady Willoughby de Broke
' and party, Lord Berner.. Lady Radetock and party, Lady
Fannin., and the lion. Miss Fox Mauls end party, Lady
Louisa Cavendish and party, Ledy Macnaghten and party,
Sir Tbomu Fremantle, Lady Wentworth and party, Sir
Robert and Lady Batmen, the Hon. Lady Fielding and
party, Lady Robert Grosvenor and tin ty, Lady Nightingale
part]rty, the Hon. Colonel Lowther, Lady Herbert and
Lady Anderson, Lady Vernon and party, Mrs. Brand
and party, Mr. Drummond, Admiral Cane, General Upton
sad party ; Colonels Tolltmache, Gust, and Linton ; Ma-
VRevel and Selby ; Captains Ellis, Webster, Purvis,
ggs, West, and Watson ; Mr. Stanley and party, Mr.
maSwerth and party, Mr. Tennant Egerton, &a.
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM MEETING AT BRIGHTON.
—L public meeting, on the above nationally important qua&
Skin, is to be held at he Town Hall, on Monday "that the
Mayor in the chair ;land we have been assured Mr.
Layard, M.P., and Mr. Lindsay, M.P., will attend the
meeting, if pomible, and speak. The meeting was con-
vened by his worship the Mayor, on the requisition of a
number of respectable inhabitants.—BrMAton Examiner.
MR. MUNTZ, M.P., ON ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.
—A paragraph copied from a Birmingham paper, appeared
under this head in yesterday's Daily News, containing a
letter read at a ward meeting in that town. We are
informed that the letter was not from Mr. Blunts, M.P.,
but from h a brother, Mr. Philip Henry blunts.
DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEO. HENRY
Roan, G.O U.—We regret to ann Junco the demise, after a
comparatively brief illness, of the Right Hon. Sir George
H. Rose, who expired at Sendhills House, his seat, near
Christchurch, Hants, on Sunday last.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT BRlSToL.—Yesterday
a coroner's inquest was held at Bristol, on the body of •
Mahomedan sailor named Bali, soda woman,whonllllllll.loll
bad not been identified. Sall was a seamen on board the
Duncan, recently arrived from India. The vessel was much
jousted with rats, and as she was undergoing scouring sad
painting, the captain resolved upon making an effort to get
rid of the vermin. He accordingly had a quantity of brim-
stone placed in the hold, and let fire to. To guard against
accident he had the poop-house on deck cleared out for occu-
pation by 'be crew, to all of whom be explained what bad
befuetneadedoned,owannd,
sdbiLeeidtednot, h
bta t
atihae,. ho aptecnheec; ~.wthi
li e h
he wbea
bad
given en order. The shiokeeper and another were also em-
ployed to patrol the deck, to prevent the men going below.
Ding
to
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bringag thewoman,
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wouldv e s nl
permission
seem, however, that the three watched an opportunity to
get ab and unobserved. They then got into the forecastle,
raised one of the betas*, and went below. At about 6
Vidor* in the morning Bali aid the woman were hand
dead, and the other man in an apparently dying state.
Dr. Davies, of Qaceo•square, was immediately summoned,
and did what be could ior the third man, who still sur-
, vives; tbil othlis, however, bad been dead' soma hours, as
they were cold. The jury returned a verdict of " Anti-
dentally suffocated with the fumes of sulphur."
COLLIERY EXPLOSION.-
slop took place in or
carrel. at Mind Mn
aged 46 yens, and
lien, were killed.
who had been'

workia---p with a ,
clasp than at the
hones the explosion .
Tss Igor( 'IUDs.
more failures have'
district; one is'
Mies, it is said,
Whitehouse and
also amount to a
hose bees celled

MO WWI {gm ...um. ... ..r--- .
Farionore.—A few days ago an esplci.
in one of the coal mines of the gel of Bal-
d Mont, by means of which latmetgalllng,
and Thomas Simms, aral 19,.t5a0 ot ed.
sd. The faudi, was eciaosilik , ' , •
I cautioned not to enter-00k it.
a light, as account of 'floc
the time ; bat he disresse• _ IfSdi
cation and loss of life. —^ 2-11'2.77
'IUD& —BIBMINGddida,W Illiej4W.:
...4.4r41
lave been announced it‘t hi ems' firode'oripb.
s that of Kr. Bickman,,eif Baltuni.
d, smos. ding 10D.000Ar ttur - .
ad Jafferies, of West Brom
s a wary large sum. Moeungs
WI ha both mom