The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-22 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARIETB.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAT.)
The market is quiet at the following quotations:—Town
tallow, 464, net cash ; Petersburg Y.U.. ea the spot, 465. ;
Yank 46e. to 46e. 91. ; April to June, 465. to 45e. 9d. ;
October to December, 48e.
AILMENT AVRIAGRA.—Town tallow, 480. 6d.; fat by
ditto. 2a. 514.; yellow Russian, 47a. 6d.; melted .tat
35e. 6d.; rough ditto, 165.; tallow grooves, 18.. ; good
dregs. Ta.

COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.)
Vegetables continue plentiful. Cornish broccoli is still
abuudautly supplied, and French lettuces', endive, Men
peas, artichokes, new potatoes, sod early horn carrot& may
also be obtained. Peen, consisting of Beurri Rases,
Easter Beur6', and Ne Plus ifeuris, are sufficient for the
demand. Among apples are still some good examples of old
nonpareil and Foam's Pippin. Grapes and pineapples
fetch still higher prices than last week. Oranges are cheap.
New strawberries may now be had. The potato trade is
heavy, except for best samples. Cut flowers chiefly consist
of orcl=Chiesse primulaa, camellias, violets, migno.
netts, and rooms.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.--(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Harvey and Eastoo re trade Blow at the fol-
lowing prices: Printe meadow , 70s. to 80e. ; superior
ditto 84a. to Ns. ,• isferior ditto, to 50s. ; rowan. 50s.
to 70a. ; clover, oLd, 80s. to 110 s. ; ditto, ow, second oat,
80s. to 100 s. ; straw, 30s. to au.

BOARD OF TRADE RETURN&-(THIS DAY.

The Board of Trade returns for the month and
year ending December 31, 1861, were issued this
morning. We subjoin a statement of the total
declared value of the exports of British and Irish
produce and manufactures during the month and
year in the last three yeah :
For the mouth.
1839
1860
1861

Foe the year.
.... £130,411,529
.... 135,891,727
.... 125,115,133

The total declared value of British produce
exported in each month of 1861 was as follows :
January ....t8,344,701 July £10,091,260
February.... 8,373,718 August 12,337,441
March 10,960,830 September.. 11,220.206
Apnl
May 11,206,070 November .. 9,874,762
Jam
The issue of the accounts for the month of
January will be delayed a few days beyond the
usual period in consequence of an extension of the
export account for the present and last two years.

On Saturday morning, some miscreant entered
the back parlour of the Market Hotel, Durham, is which
two females were seated, and coolly plaoed • canister Goa.
taining, it as supposed, upwards of • pound of gunpowder
on the fire. He then coolly walked out, and ahortl after-
wards the powder exploded with tremendous force, blowing
down • wooden partition which divided the room from
that ad The females happily escaped uninjured.
The • have been searching for the offender.
Men
are now busily engaged in drawing the
pumps and spears out of the Hartley Pit. It was supposed
that the pumps were very much damaged, but this is not the
=as, as only some few are injured. It is not yet known
whether the colliery will be opened out again or Dot, but it
is generally believed that Lord Hastings will never allow
the pit to remain drowned up. The large heap of the best
oral is now being carted away to supply the widows and

1:16 COLLIRSB' STRIER IN YORKSHIRE —There
appears to be little expectation, we regret to learn, of an
"Pasty termination of the present dispute as to the rate of
wages between the miasma is the Adwalten and the °hut,
well, Morley, and Gildersome districts, and their employors.
The Weer have manifested no disposition to meet the
collier and there has been no interview with them since a
day or two after the @Mike took place on the lot inst. The
miners alsoseem equally determined to resist the 10 per cent.
reduction ; sod at a general meeting held a day or two
ago at Xesifry, and attended by between 800 and 800 of
the mew on @Mika, a unanimous feeling was disphiyed against
soy ecareesion bring made. The effect of this state of
things is that there now twelve pita on strike, which for.
merry employed upwards of 700 men and 300 boys ; hut this
by no means ta the whole amount of distress, as
will be evident fact that the Minors' Vision have
epos their books upwards of 2,000 mew and boys, depend-
ed Two o'CtooW.
upon the funds for support. It is estimated that the The mining market is inactive to-day, and
scarcely aq, business is going forward. Cook's
Ism to the employers is at least 6001. per day, and that of
ghticcAieneuteoaaboFemont t1.5771han-tyieLi..:7ool.. them :hits "oteatthaedysc.labLieders."4.ll. lianntr),easueutlatF:ast Caradou
at firmer
the the • te which have beendrawn from other sources prices, Devon Great Consols- tAares are marked
for the =Museum of the unemployed teed their families. 413 k ; East Care Brea, IA and 101; and Great
—York (write. South Tolgos, 41.
Amastss OFFICERS AND CROATIAN Lamm-- Foreign and colonial mining shares are quiet.
A letter from Agram has the following :—" The new bursa. Scottish Australian have been dealt iu at 1 and
master of this place had the idea of giving a public ball, as a
murst.ofworerszioliehis
have
ehe
fmorilita.ozeantidr2e
pastin bibtes
oonf prim" and East del Rey at Fein.
The sub. HOE y summary of e
b. • eel kl jtb metal
rather bad' terms. As a proof of friendly feeling market is extracted from the circular of Messrs.
the °jilt") von Dadeluen and North :
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dancFrartotnhwiaseas wum.btoeurerg°.iiirmheeiche"PlteacafredorPlionie"eeebyrne7:arihs hthhaiged bees wiTh.r.thout, hhuowbeeZ,aaffbaleelga.rndhe prices MeNtOalsldMinateregiend.pretty
flan iu the expectation of a better market Worn long.
proscribed at Aiffem. When the tore of "lieu °Timis !' The exists a moderate demandland for Welsh bars at
the young ladies seemed unwilling to dance ; the mama re
a& 2, ed. at the works, sad a propimtion"e pries hare.
sided, but the first couple had hardly oceseasseed when : The filleffordshire reports see very unsatisfactory ; a mo-
hires broke out. The supreme Count of Arum Y. I.„bau amount d howitaa bra ham dune in scotch pig
kuljevice, the same who is so complacently used at Vies tram. &dig
re futute member of the Chamber of N lat 49e. 3d. cash. Capper, although still ob-
- esi gave the elreel. tamale considerably below email prices, is a shade firmer.
The officers and musicians immediately left the ball.roornyi. In foreign
not much Wines, hu twee done. We coots
sad the aide-de-canip of the Ban sent a cballenge to .M. lordsq. to gm. . . ow, so nu -
Inkeljevies, which was accepted. The last-named gentle- 881, Tie.—Thena 'swing in consesnance
men cis wounded in the bead. Another duel hes since some export ardor.. strata have @old pretty freely at 1171.,
tam plus, and the townspeople are on worse terms than
closing buyers thereat ; sellers at 1181 A ... 11 N.. 1
seer TN(' the solitary and Austrians This will show how henna was reported yesterday 124/, 10.. This Dutch
.. .t
.1.141.411111411" an of M. di aehmer/ieg and the me' market is firm at 748. English tin Is in fair demand. Tin
Maths of Me fah February. It is said that in COSMO. move off w•etty freely at previous quotations. The
=*Mk emu the Mk= dthe Duran* Society are Waroihiatarara first quality charcoal are svyil 10,40,.1
ahe eland by order at the sovemasest, which will with (Habra Lead w tending In buyers' favour. Opal,
eleeefiel' sot be recommendationeeemeedetien the ay" of the
deoeutieq tuhd
nual firing..„ however, ate 181.
has beenontbesputa restrictediet for
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PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A PAT STOCK Snow of oi,„„,tious,
aw IIiaIOUTON.-00 Thursday afternoon a meeting was held • • I
at Me Town-hall, Brighton, to take into consideration the
11811 dforming a fat dock show in Brighton, to ballad I CRYSTAL PALACII Chia 8ff131.12r0 DAL mmo
MONnber. A regulation is favour of the °bleat wee FVOAT, NM 21. OM payment, 719; Ono
curled unanimously. W mum tickets, 758—tetal, ISt •