The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-14 00:00:00

HIDEB.-THIS DAY.

lattommum.x...:TbeToilowiost ere the piles:-661b. So
64! be , Rd. ; 64Th.. to 721 b.., Rd. to 46. ; 72bs. to Mtn,
4d. to 41d. ; 801 U. to 88Ibs., 4ict. to 4 id. ; 881 be. to Nibs..
4p. to bd. ; 96Ibs. to lOilbo., bd. to bid.; 104 Ibo. to UMW.,
and upwards, 60. to 61d. Hon. Maas, 6.. Od. Call Skim,
light, Ss. Od. to 3. Od. ; fall, 7..
BIRMONDSIT.--6heep akin., polled, 6.. Od. to 7.. 6d.;
Yost sad hilf-brods, 6.. Od. to 6s. Od. ; Downs, 3s. 9d. to
41.9 d.

BOROUGH HOP MARICET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that the deems&
for floe and middling Kent and Susses hops panting's. to
be ostensive, and after Christmas is over prices ars expected
to advance considerably.

COAL MAR/MT.—THIS DAY.
Eden Main, 215.61. ; Twineld Moor,l7s. 6d. ; Wells Rat
Rawll's Hatton, 224.61. ; Walls End Hatton, 235.; Walls
End South Helton, 225. 9d. ; Walla End Teas, 231.-41
'fresh ships at market.

IRELAND.

MEATH ELECTION.

CLOSE OF FIRST DAY'S POLL.
M'Evoy
Meredyth 702

Majority for M'Evoy 367
In KeUs .. M'Evoy, 260 'Meredyth, 239
Navas, 4 p.m.. M'Evoy, 288 Meredyth, 240
Donabanthlin... M'Evoy, 168 Meredyth, 57
Trim
Data

DUBLIN, THIIISDAY.
The Bank of Ireland this day, at the half-yearly
meeting, declared a dividend of 4j per cent. for the
year. !saving a surplus of 15,0001. to be added to the
rest.

SPOBTING.

TATTERSALL'S.—TnonsosT.
Very few subeeriben were present, east no business WU
treasseted.

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIPE'S SISTER.
In the course of argument by counsel, in the ease before the
Court of Session lest week, respecting the legality of a mar-
riage with a deceased wife's sister, one of the counsel said It
was a doubtful point whether such a marriage was prohibited
in the Levitical law; on which Lord Ardmillan remarked,
that he was surprised none of the counsel had referred to
leash marrying two sisters, and to the fact that our Saviour
was descended from one of them.—Glasgow Dally Mad.
A DRUNILARD DECLARED LUNATIC: Mr. Gerard is
a gentleman of independent fortune in Elgin. He is lathe
way of getting drank. Though perfectly rational wiles
sober, he is very violent when drunk, analog himself with
a gun and three pistols, and threatening to shoot throe who
come near him. Besides this, he accuses his wife of wish-
ing to poison him, and gets up plots in order to make his
servants be suspected of melt. Upon the evidence of seek
facia as these, and on a medical certificate of this canon's
state of mind, the Sheriff-Substitute of Elgin directed the
committal a Gerard to a lunatic asylum as a furious per-
son, dam/erase to the liege*, under the 4th and sth Via e.
40, see. 3 and 5 ; end he is now in Morniagside Asylum.
On this he applies to the High Court of Judiciary to set
aside the order of the Sheriff Salsititute. Of the gee
judges present at the hearing of the eau on Saturday last,
two were in favour of setting aside the order of the Sheriff-
Substitute, and three in favour of sustaining it. The order
is therefore sustained.—Scolsesan.
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE Snow.—Yantins.
day the Baker...meet Boner was crowded from lie opening
is Its close. Amongst the sales which took place dense
the day were nearly the whole of the specimens exhibited
by his Royal Higtness Prince Albert, the cattle being
principally divided between Mr. Jeffery, of Forbad's-
place, Regent-street, and Mr. Bannister, purveyor to her
Majesty. The pigs were purchased by Melds. Wall, II
Jam , and Mr. Squire, of Tottenhathoourt-reradL
The Bake of Richmond's soutbdown stock were snored en
usual by Mr. Ring, of Pa4dineton•street, whilst Mr. Davy,
of Brighton, was the purchaser of Mr. Rigden'e pea of short-
smiled south downs, which obtained the gold medal.
The London Cattle Show Excursion-trains an-
swered very well on the South Western lino. Nearly 705
pewees started from Southampton. who had been collected
on the Dorchester line. There was also a heavy nein with
*reunionists from Salisbury and Portsmouth, which eel.
leaded passengers also along the up-line from Winchester.
DELAYED TRAINS. The French Minister at
Public Works has just ordered that for the future, whew
ever, from any castes whatever, a passenger-train 01181104
reach its destination fir more than one hoer after its regales
time, notice of the delay, and, as far as can be done, an.
eiplanatioa of the cause shall be seat by telegraph to the
pretest of the departments through which the line passes.
LITSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAT, DEC.
Admiseions on payment, 967 ; ditto by season tickets, 244;
hotel, 1,2111 sterespeading day last year, 700.