The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-02 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

MINCING LLIfE.-(THISDAY)

&GAIL—The market has opeo;si quietly, and waited
important sales by private contract. Refined pieces eon.
tone to be in good request at firm prices, bat dried goods
are doll of sale at late rates.

public sales of plaatatiosz Grim are pro-
gressing steadily at fall rates. I'riv►tely the market has
bum quiet.
Rum. —There Is some inqniry for both Jamaica end
common kinds of West Indus, but at present rates so
isles are reported.
has teen sold at the previous prios of
31d. for Singapore, and Sad. foe Paean.
Atm—Former micee being damaaded for &Mara, as
about 600 bap so at sa. to 9s. 41d. 1,000 begs of old
hard white Bengal sold at 10a. 6d.
SALT P2TAZ.—The market is more active, owing to se-
duced prices having been sompted ; refraction 74 sad
7 at 31s. 6d. ; refraction 7 to 51 at T.& ; and refraction 4 at
Ms., all for sash.
Cstrro9 continues dull of sale ; Salem sold at 211, and
Seierls, 154.

TALLOW 31ARKET.—(THIS DAT.)
The market is steady at the follow* prima :—Tows tek.
low, 40s. 6d. oet malt ; Petersburg Y. 0., ou Um era*
41a. 9d. ; October to December, 43e. 9d. ; Deomalme. 445.
to 3d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—orms DAY.)
Moors. Harvey and Eaatos menet trade at the bil-
lowing prices : —Primo meado w hay. 70s. to 80s. ; superior
ditto, 90s. to 100 s. • sew ditto. 70s. to 90s. ; slower, obi,
935. to 120 a. ; sow, SOL to 100 a. ; strew. Mo. to its.

Tag DROUGHT AND TIN EFFECTS IN YORKSHIRE.—
Daring the past week a general emtplaint has mimeo in the
corn-growing districts of this county that the wheat sad
oat crops are extensively invested with black lice. Them
appear in myriads in some places, and are laid to prey ler
elusively up,o the ears of the core. The crops aujoising
the quickest hedges are the worst, the middle of the fiside
befog oomparatively free. It is supposed Chilies have ham
generated owing to the lengthened drought, Judi:maidens.
hie anxiety is felt by moat fanners lest their presence may
still more injure the crops, which are already estimated as
being one-fourth lighter than last year, and are to some ex-
tent prematurely ripeaing from want of vain. Indeed
there is every names to suppose that the harvest will be
begun next week. There are some farmers who treat the lies
plague lightly, and think the wheat crop will prove mast
light, but very good in quality. Barley does not appear
to be touched by this insect plague, but is paerally spokes
of as light, but promising in quality. Beans and tarsi's
have made no prsgress last week ; indeed, the latter email
to have gone back, and in some of the East Riding districts
(where no rain worth mention has fallen this year) the
crop has humane so burnt up that the fields ere hair
ploughed out for summer fellows for wheat sowing early ma
the &mums. This, of course, will cense a serious deficiewsy
in the winter's 'apply of meat. The hay crop was Boyar
better secured, but now that the harvest is completed the
yield is said to be only ball the average. Hay is rain
rapidly in price, and farmers are looking with satiety I.
the prospects of scarcity, or at least deems, of fodder in
the coming winter.
AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS IN DZVONSIIIRL
Harvest operation@ have become general throughout the
soothers and midland pertieas of the county, and even in
the north many a field at early grain has been cut. Tie
wheat is on the whole well kerued, and there appe.rs to he
a general impemaion that the yield will be about an amino
one. The weather threaghout last math wee hot ma
' forcing, and harvest is about a week earlier them usual. Oats
promiaa well, but the barley oe some leads would have bees
better for a little more rain. During the past w,. k some
refreshing showers have fallen, which have much heneeitted
our scorched-np pastures, as well as the root crops gam-
rally. More rain is, however, mach seeded, especially for
the late sown turnip.
PORTRAITS or DANTL —ln the chapel of the
Palazzo del Poke.* at Flotsam there ia an old portrait
supposed to represent Dante. sad to here toes paisi,l by
Giotto, his contemporary. The Italian Minister of Pubis
lostructios having appointed two distinguished liteires,
MM. tlibineel nod Piaserini, to select the most antheatis
portrait of Dante, for the purpose of having it executed oa
the medal which is to be struck in honour of the poet, then
miter mature examination, bare declared the above-maw
timed portrait to be the work of Taddeo Gaddi,
pupil, sod therefore not a contemporary of Dante. They
have likewise denied the autheutleity of all the other par_
traits of Dante existing at Finesses except two ; one me.
Maned moan old MS. of the Riccardilibrary, library, sad *satire k
the cathedral of Florence.
The ,Shnaphore of Marseilles relates the following
strange story :—" A tangier in this city had a few days
back retuned from his beaker's with a posinst.book ens-
Mining 10,000 francs in notes. Having to leave hie roma ter
a few minutes on butanes', he placed the pocket-book ea a
table, but on returning be found that a tame goat, which
enjoyed the run of the hour, heel got it on to the arming.
tort it ores, sad was satatieg Weil with eating the bath-
notes. It bed &Maid ems pellet and wee sheet I. anNie
meson asetber. The tanner istweltdely Med the n
and cattle; it open obtained from its stomach a atuadlin
macerated serape of paper, ebb* be at met depoeited
the beak of Marseilles, to be seat to the cestral setahlieb-
mast. Paris. is order to serve for the identilcatioe Yr
' solo, and 'bids the reiseberieseeet of the amount,"