The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-19 00:00:00

ORDINARY SMARM AND STOCK&

TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

The market is quiet ; prices are quoted as follows :
Tows ta/low, 465. 3.1. ; Petersburg Y.O. ow the spot, 424.;
March, 425. to 41s. 9d. ; April to Julie, 42a. to 41s. 9d. ;
October to December. 445. lid.
Nagger AVZRAGES. —Town tallow, 43a. 9d. ;fat by ditto,
2s. 2.L ; yellow Russian, 435. 3d.; melted stuff, 31s. lid. ;
rough ditto, lis. lid. ; tallow paves, ltis. ; good dregs, 7s.
COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.)

Vegetables and fruit in season continue to be pretty well
kept up. New hothouss grapes may now he obtained. and
apples. though scarce, may still be had ; there are likewise •
few dessert pear.. Oranges are very plentiful ; the best iare
realising from :".0. to 10a. per 100. Cornish broccoli is getting
scarcer. Continental arrivals are heavy ; among them are
French lettuces, endive, carrots and nulishes. Flower.
chiefly consist of tulips, byaci•ths, orchid., heaths, pelar-
goniums, primness, mignonette, and roses.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Harvey and Easton report trade at the following
prices :—Prime meadow hay. 755. to We. ; superior ditto,
♦9s. to 87s. 6d. ; inferior ditto, 604. to 70s. ; clover, old,
08.. to llOs. ; straw, 245. to 30a.

DEsTRUcTIVE FIRE IN OXFORD-sTRF.ET.—(TRIn
Dar.)—Thia morning, at a quarter to 6 o'clock, a fire broke
out in Oxford-street, which quickly laid to ruins property
valued at several thousand pounds. The premises in which
the disaster commenced were those of Mr. H. Heath, hatter,
No. 3'13, Oxfordstreet. Eventually the fire was extin-
guished. The msoufectory and three rooms in the front
house were all but destroyed. The loss will fall open the
Royal Exchange and Westminster Fire Offices.
SERIOUS A. -HIEN! ON TEIR 3losinoU7,lsHlßE
RAlLwni.—On Thursday morning the up passet,ger early
train from Newport to Ebbw-vale came into collision with a
mineral tram, causing serious injury to five persons, one of
whom, an eogine.driver, named John William., lies in •
precarious state. and the remaining four are badly hurt.
The Western N'alleys section of the Monmouthshire has •
junction at a place called Aberbeeg,orratb..r the do ibis line
at this spot is converted into two single hoes, the one pro-
ceeding up to Neatest°, on the tight side of the ino stain,
and the other to Now-vale on the left. On the merino(
in question the signals seem to have been at fault. and the
Ebbw vale train proceeded onwards. It had not gone far
before it met the mineral train. A fearful collision took
place, and the wonder is that, considering both trains were
in motion, the disaster was not greater than it proved to be.
The damage done to the engines was, of course. extensive.
and some of the carriages were shattered. The engine.
drier of the passenger train had both his thighs broken,
and was severely scalded. He lit, in • hopeless state. The
other four injured were all company's servant% Fortu-
nately, there were only three or four passengers, and they
escaped with bruises.

Tire inlio;Vrniarraugement‘ have been maths
with reference to the approaching Surrey Assizes, which
commence on the 28th inst. Causes CAD be entered provi-
sionally at the office of the Clerk of Assize in London, from
Monday, the 21st of Mach, to Monday, the inclusive,
between 10 sod 2 o'clock. They will he formally entered,
and pat on the hat at Kingston in the order they are en-
tered provisionally before causes entered at K inritoa. Ne
our will be entered at Kingston on Monday, the "ith of
March. la cam any record entered in InDllOll ire with-
drawn in London before 2 o'clock on the 28th of March.**
entry fee will be retuned. The entry of mums at King-
ston will commence on Tuesday, the 29th of Much, at
9 a.m., and will close at noon. Business in both courts will
commence at 'loco. A list of GUM for trial each day will
be sent to London on the evening of the previous day, aid
will be affixed outside the porter's lafte, RetYtase.isa,
Casocere-lane, sod also at the office of the Under-Sheriff,
No. 8, New-inn, Stroud. The first day's list will not es-
teod beyond No. 20 in the list of ceases provisionally en-
tered. should there be so many. The list of pone. provi-
sionally entered may be seen at the Loodos office of the
Clerk of Arise. This arrangement may not apply to future
assizes.

RAILWAY AND PCBLIC COMPA NI F., N PARLI A -
Itrtt. —Oa Thursday in Mr. Hardy's committee the case for
the Wood-green and Enfield Railway was opened by Mr.
Rodwell, Q.C., and wittiness were examined at :madder-
able length by Mr. Round on the questions of engineering
and traffic, Mr. Merewether opposion the project on
behalf of the Great Eastern Railway,. The conmittes oa
the Halifax, Huddersfield, and keighley Railway were
eopged all day in hearing the opposition of various parties
to the undertaking. The case of the Midland Company's
proposed new line from Chesterfield to Sheffield wag pro.
needed with in Mr. &airfield's committee, in opposition to
the competing project of the Sheffield, Chesterfield, and
Staffordshire Railway. The bills considered sad Jiessed ia
Mr. Massey's committee were the Finchley and Willesden
Railway ; Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market ; :Salis-
bury Railway sad Market-house; North Eastern (Leeds
Extension ) ; South Staffordshire Water, and Whitley
Water.
Water. The bill for the Birmingham Gas Company is still
proceeding in the Lords, when the other bills passed is the
committee of which Lied Reileadale is chairman include!
the Llynyi Valley mid Gamow Valley Railways ; Cowes and
Newport Railway ; Bedford Gas ; Clayton sad Allerton
Gas; Clifton Hampden Bridge; Salop Fire; and Work-
ignton Harbour—Yestardtr the committee of the House
of Commons threw out the Halifax. Huddersfiell, sod
Keighley Bill, and the ease for the Halifax and :rendes
Junction wee subsequently proceeded with. After ex-
amining Mr. Bidder, the engineer. in opnesition, the com-
mutes rejected the bill for the Wood-green and Enfield
Railway, and further general evidence was adduced ia
favour of the Sheffield, Chesterfield, and Histfordshire
Railway. The bill for the Birmingham District tens Com-
pany was rejected in committee of the Lords.
7'6A EPIC RECEICTS. —The traffic receipt* of rail-
way. in the United Kingdom *moulted, for the week eliding
the 12th of March, on 11,184 miles, to 540.46:4., and for
the corresponding week of last year, on 10,774 mitre., be
515,266/ , showioe an increase of 410 miles, and of :!:..1991.
in the receipts. The gross receipts on the following 14 rail-
ways amnuoted in the aggregate, on 7,7A0 miles, to 429,5044
and for the correspouding week of 1863, on 7,7.4 ; miles.
to 410,8131., showing an increase of 1144 miles and 19,01/. in
the receipts. The increase on the Caledonian amoooted
to 1,3171.; oa the Great Eastern to 50W . ; on the Greet
Northern to 5,2401. ; on the Great Western to 1,776'.; ea
the LimeashiresodYorkshire, t 02,036/.; on the London sad
North-Western to 9,1351. ; on the Manchester, sh.tficld.
aced Lincolnshire to 2,630/. ; no the Midland to 3,70:1‘. ;
and oo the North Eastern to 3.1171.—t0ta1, 211,25)/. Bat
from this must be deducted P 271. the decrease on the Great
Southern and Western ; 2,1521. on the Loeslon tad
Brighton; 3,641/. on the Loudon and Routh Western;
1,157!. on the North British ; and 2,912!. on
the South Eastern—together, 10,189/., leaving the
increase as above, 19,0911. The goods and mineral
trafFe on those lines amounted to 238.4811., and for the corm-
' poodiug week of 1863 to 2253581.,, showing an in-
crease of 34,323/. The reosipte for passenger,. parcels.
do.. amounted to 170,4231., against 185,67,5/., showt Ls;
decrease of 15.232/. The traffic receipts on G;
firms amounted, on 3,454 miles, to 110.5611., and fee
the corresponding week of last year, on 3,22 n mdse.
to 1M.45.31., showing an increase of 126 miles yd
of 6,106/. in the receipta. The total receipts of the pest
week show a decrease of 5,3111. as compared with those el
the preceding week, ending the sth lust., and as compared
j with the eorrespooding week of but year an hicresse in
I the trade of the counter.