The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-06 00:00:00

MINCING LANE.-(THIS DAT.)

Socau.—Tbe market condone; steady, buts not very
active ; prices, however, are fully supported. Ite6eed.
No improvement has tagen place, the demand being dull at
yesterday's prices.
COFTEIL —The panels of Ceylon brought to public mie
have found buyers at the fall currency ; fine ordinary aed
middling plantation, 78e. 6d. to Al. ; fine, 91s. 6d. ; pea-
berry. 925. to 975. Native Ceyloe, ordinary small to good,
€Bs. 6d. to 71s. 6d....

Tre.—At the public sales the teas sold are chiefly those
offered without reserve ; prime are about the mine. Busi-
ness has been done privately out of the recent anima..
Rics—The market is quiet; white Bengal sold at
111 Ofd. ; Armen, Bs. 3a.
Belcss.—A limited business ooly n doing, without change
la value . .

—Bo; oostiotiee inactive request, ►t firm prices : Demerara
sold et la. Bd. up to la. 9d. for good, and Jamaica 2s. fid.
Corron.—A fair busioese is doing at previous prices, bat
the market is rather leas active than previously reported.
JUTE has sold at about the former valise rejeatioro, 181.;
common to good, 201. to 271. 10*
Heiep.—The active demand for YaoilL continues ; about
500 hales sold at 251. 15s. to 281.
HALTPKTRE. —No ogles reported on the spot, but for sni-
vel 250 tons sold at 395.

COCHTNIAL at pulbe gale sold well. Honduras gagers 4
ld to 2d. advance ; other aorta at toll prima

TALLOW MARKET.—{THIS DAY.)
The market is steady, at the followiar prises :—Tows
tallow, 41s. 3d., net cash ; Petersburg Y.O. se Om spot,
435. ; October to December, 43e. 6d.; Member, 465.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKST.
(THIS DAY.)
The number of beasts is rather smaller than on Thursday
last. Trade is still very heavy, and we scant quote
hinter than on Monday. We are not quite so heavily sup-
plied with sheep, bat the demand is smaller, and late
quotations are with difficulty maintained. Tads is rather
more cheerful for lambs ; choioest kinds are readily disposed
of, but other kinds meet with • dull wale. We have again
a large supply of calves ; trade dull and prices rather lower.
Our foreign supply consists of :335 beasts, 2,540 sheep, aid
609 calves. Mitch twee, 90.
Per stoop et labe. 4. e.l Per at Bes.
Best Soots, Berento 4 410 Bast Daysll-bda 410 11
Best Short.borns ♦ 4 0 Dad Lengnreds.... 0 0 0
Second qua/ beasts 2 310 I Do. do. Shots 4 4
Wyse
Ings
Bed Doi& 1111-teed 0 0 0 lambs
Beads at market, 1, 10 Shaw sal LW* 10,120; Ogees,
771 140.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(TIIII3 DAY.)
Mears. Harvey rod Easton report a begs supply ; don
trade at lover prices.

A Firaais Acrson.—Tbe Nice journals tell the
following very fat canard :—lfies a rich Engbah old
maid, now 70 years old, and who bee wedded in Nice for the
but eight years, was the victim a few days since of • deplo-
rable cockiest She lives in a lone bones with a single
female servant, and in order to protect the premiere against
thieves she keeps two savage dogs who are moomsged to
bark at strangers. This lad. habitually veers thirty-two
magnificent teeth ; we say " habitnelly " yeses, became the
teeth being artificial she takes thews oat when she goes
to bed. One morning early she had the invades*, to go
down into the court-yard without ordain in her teeth. and
the colleminenos was that her own dop, eat knowing her,
fell upon and bit her most cruelly. She wee mewed by
800113 neighbours, and happily the bites, although numer-
ous, are not dangerous.