The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-02 00:00:00

MINCING LANE.-(THIS DAY.)

Sur:AL—The demand for brown‘qualithe of West India
continues active at firmer prices ; gtoeaq sorts are also in
good request at full prices ; Manri us sold at 43e. for soft
yellow, mid at 435. 6d. to 50s. 6d. for rainy and crystal-
lised ; Madras native brown, 36a. 6d. to 37a. 6d. ; yellow,
38e. to 40e. 6d. ; Natal, MM. to 455. ; and cloyed
at els. 6d. Mood : Prices cautious to advance. 51s.
having berm paid for 001320100 lumps.
Corrrr.—No public sales were held to-day. Privately
there is • good inquiry, but the business doing is limited,
owing to the small quantity of desirable qualities offering.
TEA.—The public vales are progressing with fah. spirit
and at full to rather dearer prices for common blackish leaf
Cargoes. Other sorts unchanged.
Revs.—The market is quiet, a parcel of Rangoon sold at
10s.

Itrit.--80 puncheons sold at 13.71 d. torpid., and at la. Bd.
to lc 9d. for brood.-

of Bengal, refraction 3, sold at
36e. GI.

C;crrtCa continues dull of sale. at declining prices.

TALLOW. MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 40s. 6d. ;
Petersburg Y.C. on the eget, 40s. 6d. to 40s. 9d. ; Much,
40e. GI. ; April to June, 41*. ;Oct. to Dest., 44a.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mania Pattendee and Smith report • good demand for
direct consumption at fully l►te quotations.

COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Wall■ End Hatton, Dts. 6.1.; Wails End Haswell: lea. 6d.;
Walls Ead South Hatton, 16e. 6d. ; Walls End Trimdcia
Hartlepool, 18e.; Walls End Hartlepool, 18s. ; Walls End
Braddyls Hatton, 17s. lid. ; Walls End Ransil Het.
tow, 17s. 6d ; Walls End South Kenos, 17e. 9d. ;
Walls End Hough Hall, 17s. 9d. ; Walls End Wharneliffe,
15s. 9d. ; Walla Eod Candor., 17s. 9d. ; Walls End
17s, 9d. ; Walls Eden Main, ; Walls Lad Goefortb,
15a. 9d.;Walls End Middens, 15e, 9d. ; Walls End Hatton,
15s. 9d. ; Walls End Twisted, 15,. 91. ; W,lam, 16a. 9d. ;
Coupes Hartley, 14e. 9d. ; Bebside Hartley, 144. gd. ;
Davidson's Hartley, 14s. 9d. ; Hutiap Hartley, 14s. 9d. -
62 ships at market.

THE INCUMBENCY or KENNINOTON.—The locum-
hooey of St. Mark's, Kensington (value 7001., population
21,Z101—which has bees vacated by the Rev. Charlton
Lane Gresham Professor of Rhetoric (who had held it since
1332), on his promotion by Sir T. M. Wane, Bart, to the
perpetual curacy of Hampstead—has been conferred by his
pace the Lord Primate, the patron, on the Rev. He.. Riad.
Lloyd. vicar of Owenby with Kirkby Oegodby, Dear Market
Rases, Lincolnshire, and one of his VEGA chaplains since
his elevation to the see of Durham. The vicarage of
Owenby (worth 3004, with a population of 950) is in the
gift of Mr. J. Angentein.
DEATH or THE REV. PREBENDARY JAMEt, OF
HANOVER CHAFEL.—Bv the death of the Rev. Thomas
George James, Prebendary of Wells, the important post of
incumbent of Hanover Church, Regent-street. has become
vacant. Hanover Church. to which a district is now appor-
tioned. is worth 700/., with a population of 5,000. The in-
rumbeocy is in the gift of the rector of St. Genie's,
Hanover-square.
STAR CLUB OF LONDON.—The meetings of this
club for the present season have bees appointed as under :
—Wednesday, March 30, St. James's Hotel; Wednesday,
April 20. ditto; Wednesday. May IS, ditto; Wednesday,
June 15. Crystal Palace; Wedareday. July 20, Richmond.

A PROitTA eta SALE. —With..reiTa'rcitr>
the pur-
c►ase of the Auction Mart on Monday for 115,2551., it ap-
pears that the building is freehold, or nearly so, but th►t
it is to be entirely pulled down and rebuilt, the cost of
which, it is supposed. will be about 45,000/. The Alliance ,1
Bank are, it is said, to my 8,000/. per annum for the cel-
lan, the ground floor, and the first and second floors,
Unripe the third and fourth floors and upper florin to be
let. The total cost may. therefore, be 160,0001. or 170,0004.1
and, looking at the very heavy rates in the day, it
omewineotly, considered a successful sale for the pro-
misters of the building, who are reported to- have enter-
tained a few months ago an offer of 84,6001.
THE FOREST or Comm EGNE.--A curious docu-
ment has just bees published giving a list of the ravenous
and destructive animals destroyed in 1863 by the keepers in
the forest of Compii.gne. The total number killed by rues
or traps amounts to 10,931, consisting of 93 foxes, 5 badger,
181 polecats, 533 wild eats, 1.797 wamela 537 hedgehogs,
1,043 buzzards, hawks, falcon., and vultures, 1,701 owls of
different kinds. 1.726 magpies, 1.6.19 ravens, and 1,675 jAya.
The expense incurred for this destruction amounted to
3,324 fr.