The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-09 00:00:00

HIDES.-THIS DAY.

LEADLNHALL —The preselt prices are .-56113$ to 641 be.,
30. to aid. ; 641bs. to 721b5., 30. to 31d. ; 721 he. to liOlbe.,
30. to 4d. ; BOlbs. to 881bs., 4d. to 4dl. ; 881bs. to 961b5., 4ld.
to 40. ; 961b5., to 104Ibs, 40. to 41d. Horse hides, ss. tirt
Cut Skins, light, 2s. to 3s. ; full, 61.;
BRIMONOSEY.—Sheep skins, polled, 6s. 3J. to 7s. 3d.;
Ksnts end half-breds, 6s. 6d. to 6s. ; Downs, 4s. 3d. to ss.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that there is an im-
proving demand for all tine hops.

COAL MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Truthsld Moor, 175.; Walls End Goforth, 17e.; Walla
End Hatton, 20e. ; Walls End Stewart's, 205.; Walls End
Tees, 201.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MARCH 8.
The public were taken by surprise yesterday by
the announcement that our new Attorney-General's
re-election for Athlone had just taken place, no
public notification of the day having previously been
given. Mr. Keogh was proposed by Dr. Browne,
the Roman Catholic bishop, and seconded by Mr.
Larkin, J.P.; and Mr. Ennis, the tory candidate, did
not fulfil his threat of opposition.
Mr. Fitzgerald, Q.C., the Solicitor-General, will
be returned this day for his former seat in Ennis,
without any attempt at opposition.

DRAMA.

ADELPIII.

Au afterpiece in one act, called Belly Marlin, was
brought out at this theatre last night. It is a mere trifle,
depending entirely on the very clever acting of Mrs.
Keeley. Betty Martin is a housemaid who has the misfor-
tune to break her master's clock. Betty gets a Mr. Main-
spring, a friend of her's, and a elockinsker by trade, to come
and repair the damage. Alaj3r MlWades Mohawk,
the master of the house, is . a sort of Othello
in farcical lite. The cloekmsker's clandestine visit
to repair the clock, like the handkerchief in Othello,
throws the gallant major into transports of jealousy; and
the fun of the piece consists in Betty Martin's shifts and
eontrivaaoes to get herself out of the scrape. Tbe denoue-
ment is the simplest in the world ; the jealous husband finds
that his suspected rival is a mere tradesman come to mend a
broken clock, and there is an end of the matter. The thing,
as we have said, is the merest trifle, but Mrs. Keeley, as the
perplexed housemaid, was infinitely amusing, and the piece
was received with much applause.

TILE DEPARTMENTS OP WAR.--We are requested
to state that all letters regarding the administration of the
war, appointments in the navy, army, &c., are to be ad-
dressed to " the Secretary for War, Whitehall-gardens,
London." The internal business of the army, i.e., matters
relating to the military alone, is of course,as sour), managed
by the General Commanding-in• Chief, through the offices
of adjutant-general and quartermaster-general. The War
Department now alone comprises five establishments.
CRYSTAL PALACE, MARCH 8. ONE-SHILLING
DAY.—Admissions on payment, 1,123 ; admissions by season
tickets, 321; total, 1,444.
The telegraph cable across the Solent, by which
Osborne House can communicate with London by the
electric telegraph, has been broken twice lately. Men are
busy now repairing it.
The Samararg left Southampton yesterday, with
about 200 government emigrants, for Melbourne. The Tay-
month Castle will leave for Adelaide on the 22nd inst.; the
Blenheim, for Sydney, on the 26th; and the Octavia, tor
Ai:elaide, on the 2nd April ; all three with government
emigrants from the port of Southampton.
CASUALTY.—SamueI (Prussian barque), forJamaics,
left Gravesend yesterday morning in tow, and in the Lower
Hope sbe got in contact with a collier brig at anchor, and
soon after tilled end sank in 6 fathoms water.
A SCREW STEAMER AT SEA ON FlRE.—Advices
fr 0,,,, Marseilles, d ited Ist March state the Gange (st.),
while on her voyage from that port to Constantinople, took
fire at sea. The fire wan extinguished, but a large quantity
of provisions for the army in 'the East was destroyed. The
Osage put iato Messina, and has dace proceeded on her

voyage.
Shellfish ie scarcer in the Channel Islands than
has been known for some time, in consequence of the de-
struction of the lobster pots and fishing tackle by the lets
severe weather.

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STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY.—TISISO
for the month of February, 1866, 16,271 i. 3a ; correspond-
ing month, 1864, 17,9764 61.7 d. The snow storm interfered
considerably with the trail* during February, 1866.