The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-22 00:00:00

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

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Two o'CLoci. ti
In the mining market to-day Great Wheal For-
tune shares are in request at 18, " buyers," n
and West Tolgus at 50, "buyers." East
Caen Brea are firm, at 13 to Cook's N
Kitchen are quoted 31} to 32}, and Marke Valley, Ss.
10 to I. There is not much business generally to- it
day, ea usual on Saturday, but the market is very as.
firm.
There is • fresh fall in St. John del Rey Mining at
Scottish o-

'bares, which are last marked Mf.
Australian and Port Phillip are firm. IS
IS
The subjoined weekly summary of the metal Ss,
market is extracted from the circular of Messrs. IS
von Dadelazeu and North :
Than buboes ea improved demand for come kinds of M.
metals, aocompuned with • slight advanoe in values, whilst
taw disoripiwas have been very quiet, with • drooping ten- „„
dessy. Welsh ban remain very quiet, at 64 to W. 2e. 6d. 47.
OW
woks, and 61. f.o.b. hem. There is no alteration in eg.
Mho prise of Staffordshire. Scotch pig iron has maintained
NW well, closing steady at Mk. 40. cull. Copper—The
Dead for manufactured having improved, the smelters
new adhere to axed pries., bat utondhand lot. can be
kssghL • trifle under. Foreign has slightly improved ; 871. 611.
paid for Burrs ; Kannada, 971. ; for Chili 88/. has been paid,
sad 691. demanded. Tin remains dull of sale. We quote
Snits 1171. cash, and 118/. three months prompt. Banca St.
aseniaally 1.2.5 t. The Dutch market is dull at 74d. sellers.
Biglish is unaltered. Tin Plates—The manufacturers are St.'
=°kit:outruns. The demand is slack, and priced,
Lead remains in • languid Mate. Spiker has
improved, and a large amount of bueinces lois been done on at
the spot from 17/. 17s. 641. to 18/. 7e. 6d. ; 187. 10a. is now
asked and bu been paid for DH, 50 tons, in Hull ; and 191. EIL
has been paid for _id London.
Prom Lady Berths Mine (March 20) Captains Hsrpur
and Metherell state :—" Since our report of Monday last,
lb* 17th instant, no material change has taken place in the it.
=or value of the lode in either of the ends, Mopes, ge
wiz= throughout the mine."

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& isL
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TALLOW MARKST.—(TIIIB DAY.) 84.
The market is Andy. Town tallow is quoted Mk, net ~
cash ; Petersburg Y. 0., on the spot, 49e. ; all this oft
mouth, 44is. to 41%. 9d.; April to June, 46a. ; July to Sep- es.
telpher, 46e. 9d; October to December. 48s. 01
Kazin, ATI:WM:X.—Town tallow, 48e. &L; fat by
ditto, 2s. 54d.; yellow Rumiso 47e. 64.; melted stuff,
375. • rough ditto, 21s. ; peeves, ; good
drags, 7s. ad

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mears. Harvey and Easton report a short supOy ; trade 814
without alteration :—Prime meadow hay, 70s. to Na. ; nap►
ricer ditto, 81s. to 955. ; Inferior ditto, 40s. to 50s. ; row's,
50a. to 70a. ; clover, 01, 80s. to 110 s. ; ditto, asw, email st,
sat, sag. to loos. ; rimy, 30a. to 38a.

COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAT.)
Vegetables continue to be well supplied. Broomall is
plentiful and good, ►nd French lettuces, endive, green
peas, artichokes, now potatoes, and early horn carrot'
miaow be obtained. Pears:have not altered since our last
report. Among apples are still some good examples of
good table sorts. flood English pineapples are still somas,
and are fetching high prime, aa do also grapes Oranges
are cheap. Now strawberries may now be bad. Potato
trade heavy. Cut flowers chiefly oonsist of orchids, Chinese
primulas, camellias, hyacinths, violets, cineearlas, Wino.
nette, and roses.

PRoPORAL FOR. A WILD BLAB' ENCLOWI7I3 AT
RIMINT'S-PABIL —There are, of coarse, some dinktlithill at.
tenclant upon the construction of an enclosure sufficiently
large to give ample room to the agile limbs of the feline
race, sufficiently strong so withstood the fiercest assault of
the lion, and properly roofed so as to counteract the clanger
of a leopard or jaguar climbing over its walls. I cannot
but think, however, that it would be quite practicable to
construct an enclosure that would comply with all these re-
quisitions, and at no very extravgant outlay of space or
money. The enclosure might be common to all the folios
mos, and each species might be allowed to exercise in it in
regular rotation. There would be no difficulty in decoying
them back to their dens, as • piece of meat would effectually
accomplish that design, and allow of the door of communi-
edition being closed while the animals were engaged upon
their food. The interior of the enclosure should be fur-
Dished with artificial rockwork and trees, and 1 have often
pictured to myself the magnificent sight of a pair of lions or
tigers careering round their pleasure-ground, exulting in
their strength, or a company of leopards disporting among
the branches and displaying their lithe forms in all their
spotted beauty.—London Rorie y for March.
TRAM° ItZTUNIIIA —The traffic receipts of
rail-
ways in the United Kingdom amounted, for the week ending
March 15, on 10,1094 miles to 474,245/.,and for the oornwpond•
tog week of last yearce 9,8711 miles to 485,7301., showing an
increase of 2574 miles and a &memo of 11,485/. The gross
rectipta on the followhig 14 railways amounted in the
gate on on 6,6014 miles to 380,9671., sad for the corresponding
week of 1861 on 6,445 miles to 375,4881., showing
an immeasii of 156krallegand • decreed* of 14,5211. The de-
, crease oe the Great Northern Railway amounted to
' 1,3531. ; on the Great Southern and Western, to ay. ;
'on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to 3,661/. ; on the
London and North• Western to 3,836/. ; on the Loudon mad
Brighton to 4961. ; oaths Manchester, Shedield, and Lin-
colnshire to 1,1711. ; on the Midland to 1,653/. ; on the
North-Listern to 3,5161. ; and on the South-Pastern to
1,9024—t0ta1, 17,802/. But from this most be deducted
1,0131., the !berme on the Caledonian ; 961. cm the
Eastern Counties ; 1,717/. on the Great Western ;
2081. on the Loudon and South•Weetern ; and 247/. on
the North British—together, 3,281!. ; leaving the de.
crease, as above, 14,5211. The goods and mineral traffic
on those lines amounted to 207.9 sod for the eel'
responding week of 1861 to 219,933 M., 1., showing • de-
crease of 11,9441. The reoeipte fee passengers, peers*
&c., amounted to 152,9781., assimt 155,5561., showing •
decrease of 2,5771. The trate receipts cm 66 other lines
amounted, on 3,5071 ream to 113,278!., and for the
eorrespooding week of last year on 3,4261 miles to
110.242 E., showing an incases, of 81 miles and of
3,0:16/. The falling off in the traffic of the peg week an
compared with the oorreepooding period of 1861 le more
than fire times as much in the goods and aniassal trifle
as is the prongsr traffic of the great limos, cased by the
&prance of trade in the meastacauring (timid& The
trade rood& el the past week show an increase at 11,40 Th
• se oompered with those of the preceding week ending the
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