The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-25 00:00:00

A DUBLIN HOAX.
Yesterday (says the Freeman's Journal of Wednesday): 10
the city was in • state of unusual excitement, a !marine
having been circulated to the effect that the Lord Chan- e
oellor ced in his court that he had 'received a cone- it,
munication from the Lord-Lientensat that Sebastopol bad Ot.
fallen on the 14th, before • vigorous amenit. The report es.
spread with lightning rapidity ; and the more knowing ones et
whispered into the ears of anxious inquirers that the report
was ethggerated, that the south side only bad been caps
turgid. The Commercial-buildings soon became the Notre • to.
of ricltement, and there each man told his own as the it.
euthentie version. " The Chancellor," according to one, I, IL_
" read the letter, hutily Aro g it over to the Attorney-Gene-
re!, and exclaimed aloud,' Sebastopol bas " Another " to
would have it that an aide-drcamp ecannunicated the in ea,
telligenee to Mester Lyle, who wrote a note from his offal PI
to the Chancellor, and it was this note Mr. Brewster was to
conceived to have circulated amongst the bar. Merchants,
bankers, officials--all heard • nearly similar story. One st.
had seen a friend who had it direst from Bir J. Young— et.
another Dorn Colonel Mrowne ; and when it was announced is.
that the telegraph was not only silent, hat that the reply So
to a message sent to London to Jogai:* as to the truth of !N
the Castle rumour war, that it tad not been heard of in tv
London, every ingenious device was suggested to account 's
for the government keeping it • worst at the other side. 124
Strange as it may appear, the ramose was fully believed at.
in the Chamber as late as Ave o'clock, and it was not 161
till there had bees time to naive the seaseeteesaent of 4
it made to parliament at its opening that the delusion to
vanished. St

Miaow' FaII.—BALLISIMLOS, Jell. 22, 11 ic
o'cLocc r u.—The fair held at the centre of Ireland to-
day surprised every ore. Never did farmers realise more r„,,
remunerative primps. The reaction which had taken plum sr
sauce the peace negotMtions were isommeneed has been quite so
dispelled, sled prices ran far above what the most sanguine Pt
bed anticipated. Stock Shooters seam to have little faith 9
is the peace policy of the Czar, in fact, the decided ,„
opinion here is that prices will be muck longer, and that as
the government contractors will be obliged to draw largely gt..
on the country to supply the troop.. I Doted a nunther of te
gestations, but net being able to rely on them I nay set SO
down heifers at from 121. to 151. ; bullocks, from 91. to 161. ; 25
mulch cows, from Si. to 121.; fat pigs, from 6s. to fis. ed. 6
per stoic. Sheep small in supply, and rather dull. Some
Its of lambs went off at from 23e. to 28e. There was a very
large supply of horses, comprising every description, from
the sorry hack, in the verge of existence, to the noble 60
charger, and the most trooper. The owners of good horses
obtained almost what they pleased to ask. You may form 82-
a pretty correct Ida of the emlimat of sales of black cattle it.
when I tell you that I reeks no lees than 200 special
waggons leaving for Luau, Lana% Dublin, are. It.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAT.—The report
of the directors of the line to be submitted to the half- 50
yearly meeting oh the 30th instaat rewinds the share-
h elders that the traffic has been worked natter the strange-
mem with the London and North Waters Cowpony set
firth is previous reports, and is seesedwaseleitk the tones te
therein laid down by Messrs. Stephenson and Hoge &tom SL
The accounts present 'dividend of 3 per cont. SS tb paid-
up capital of the company. Dories WS resew of nsellement to*
'easy afar, has been seeds sad every possible annwession
propwd, to meet the objections urged ain't the arrange- so
merit being constituted by est of periismeatt is& the
diri rums have reason to hops Nat the deka, iaterpesed by 80
the committee of the House of COMMON ht the ponder of too
Vte Amalgamation Bill, for the impose of enabling the
where, interests to consider such yeeseseala se the United
Railway Companies had made end sight hereafter make, SO
will sot be 'steadied beyond the pneent mission. As being Se
peculiarly cownected with the North litallasdakire district,
the directors are sort mittens for the ediegtisa of the Antal- ;$2,
gamstion Bill, inflamed' ea, irrespeettep of t e iswessed
mammy which would rank is the working sewnsessalss
' and the advantages which would WM/ WtliepnWs,es II
rally. it will Moan the essmilstfea of rya gm**
_wi* • So
they have for seine Nese hied ta Idea. Ihe Ifs sitiiela
i the ersouswdetts• of the dhefist, and liens pseleSiteetly u
the perdess towns of the Potterks sad NSIPOSsisM the
• high nod Mtwara Looks sad liradraem.