The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-17 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

The market is quilt. Town tallow is quote‘l 41s. 3d.;
Petersburg Y.C. on the spot. 11.. ; Jauuurr to
41s. .td. to 11s. 6d. ; March. 42v. :id. to 121. lid. ;Idrpt
to Julie, 425. tid.

MAR6EI A‘,ZRAGIS.—Town tallow. 41s. J 3.: fat
ditto, 2.. Id. ; yellow Russian. 425. 6d. ; melted sta
3•2 t. 6d. ; rough ditto, 16s. ; tallow graves, IBs. ; goad
dregs, is.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(TIIIS DAY.)
Messrs. Harvey and Easton report trade firm at the fol.
lowing tonnes :—Prime meadow hay, Pl.. to 11)5s. ; elomw.
old, 110 s. to 126 e. ; straw, 255. to 30s.

COVENT GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.)

The market is well supplied both with trait and vegetables,
and Christman trees and other evergreens are abundant.
Pears, nousisting of Knight's Monarch, Pave, Colmar,
Beam": d'Arembug, Winter NOW, Glon Moronic', Easter
Beurr, Bsurri• Crusane, and others may now be had I.
excellent condition. Apples may also now be obtained I.
abundance. Grapes are still sufficient for the demand, sad
of pineapples there is also a fair supply. Kent cobs fetch
from 70s. to tiOs. per 1001bs. Walnuts are plentiful, sad
oranges are abundant. Some seakale and tweed kidney bolus
may now be had. Lemons fetch from e. to Bi. per 100.
Pomegran►tes may now Le obtained. For pot store pnees are
still comparatively high. Flowers chiefly consult of *milieu,
heaths, chrysanthemums, Chinese primulas, scalem, ca-
mellia*, mignonette, and roses.

FIiUIT.

rice apples, per Ih., ee to 6s
Grapes, per lb , fa to Ils
Melons, cull, Is to es
Pears, per dos, le lel to fa
Apples, per woe, L Od to fe

-4hramtes, per 101. es to Bs
Lemons, per 100.. s to Pis
Nuts. cob, per 104014., 70s to/Os
I Brazil. Iwr bush. do., 1441
Almonds, do., Its. to 201
;*ARLeIt.
Beet, per dot., Is C 4 to Si
Shallots, per lb., Ad
Garth., per lb.. tal
Lettuces. each, Id to 71
Seakale, per punnet, Ss to SS 4d
V.ndlre. per score. Is to NI ed
Horsermliah,p.bun4.n, land tolo
NI lishrooms, V. pol!., Is to Is 94
Parsley, per 12 bunches, 3. loaf
herbs, per bunch, ed

VEOETI

esbnsees. perdor 1. to 2$ -
Yrehda Beaus, 2s to 3s per

Po4l tOeg. York ReSente. per

ton, 00s to to.
„ Rocks, dn., 45. to 601
Flakes, ode to 906

re;rots, per bunch, 4d to ed
Turnip', per bunch, Od to el
Cucumbers, each, 4d to Is

Fitemen SATINCS. —The following are extracts
from L'Avrwraplae The friends of the wicked are
always eowarda."—Dmnanoir, the dramatist. "France
asks bat for three things—Novelty, novelty, and no.
!"—Cormenin. "The talent we aspire to
that we have."—The Prince de la ..Pbe-
togra4ty is to nature what street-organs are to
music. —Anaie j Pergola. " What woman is that who
knows not what shesays ? She who swears that she will
never love, or that she will love for ever."—Chorfes
liriffaid. "Man is an intelligent creature eat.
birraseed by Lis organisation."—Postoort, "I know that
Battery is Battery, but I like it all the Ksm.."—L':.rio. "Whim
I love, I love to be loved na 1 love."—Ng hoc Crurcili.
"The pen is slower than the breath of inipiretion. ma Qs,
sails of a ship are slower than the wind."—Pair Sos.
" Journalism leads to nothing. It hinders long study sad
carefully-considered work. Beware of it! It IA an abyss
that swallows up the stroll:vet organisations. 1 know men
of genius whom it has converted into mere limits of burden."
—Gwen re Flaubert.
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ATTIMI PT AT • NEW AMER WAN Pine.u.—W.
have received the prospectus of • new paper about to be
issued is this city somewhat on the plan of the Loudon
• Pso4t and the Paris Fiyar., after which Litter journal
it is to be named. It is to be edited by " a gentleman
from Europe, of great literary abilitiet and of
note in both the musical and dramatic world.*
It le to hare correspondents in London, Pans, Leipsin,
Moscow, Napkin. and Canton, and will publist,SuoPlentents,
mmlovies of music, ke. It is to be to New York wheal
Arietophanre was to Athens, what reroutes w.is to Rome,
what Puadi is to London, and Figaro is to Puna,
We wish this attempt Godspeed, but we hare
some expetienos of witty newspapers which have
been started every now and then in New York
for thirty years past, and we sever knew use of thew
that did not end in failure, after • brief and struggling
existence. However, this one may be destined for the an.
caption to this rubs. It may prove like boring for oil in the
petroleum regions. We know that the oil is there ; bat
we mast make • good many holes before we strike it. This
last bore in the witty newspaper business mar perhaps had
the oil.—Veto York Herald. Dee. 2.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RECRI PM —The traffic re.
ceipte of railways in the United Kingdom anionnted for the
week ending the 10th of December, on 11.7.;2 miles, to
65391/.. and for the corresponding week of lest year, on
11.395 miles,' to 572.8271., showing an increase of 337
miles, and of 32,364/. in the receipt*. The gross receipts
on the following 14 railways amounted in the aggregate
on 8,275 miles, to 492,827/., and for the correspond-
ing week of 1863. on 8,022 miles, to 4614,1;?A1.,
showing an increase of 253 miles and 24,203/. in the receipts.
The increase on the Caledonian amounted to 1,4011.; ea
the Great Eastern to 9501. ; on the Great Northern be
1.954/. ; on the Great Western to 3,2514; on the London and
North Western to 6,996/. ; on the London and Brighton
to 1,4761.; on the Midland to 4,402/. ; on the North
British to 962/. ; on the North Eastern to 4,656/. ; and oe
the South-Easters to 31 t/. —total, 25,391/.: but from this
must be deducted the decrease at the Great Southern
and Western, 7401. on the Lancashire sad Yorkshire.
438!. on the Loudon and South Western, and 2901.
on the Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, leaving
the total increase ea above, 24,203/. The goods aid
mineral traffic on these lines amounted to 296 941&,
and for the corresponding week of 1863 to 282,0724
showing an increase of 14,872/. Tlie receipts for pee.
'engem panda, RA., amounted to 193,882/. against
186,5524 showing en increase of 9,330/. The Mae
receipt' on 62 other lines amounted, on 3.457 miles, to
112.3641., and for tbe eorresponding week of last year, ca
3,373 miles, to 104,903/., showing an increase of 84 mane
and of 8,361/. in the 'anoints. The total rootlets of Ike
pest week show a decrease of 2,6734, as compered with
those of the greenling week tad* the 3rd inst.