The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-27 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN.-THIS DAY.

English Pine-apples and Grapes continue plentiful.
Pears, though in small ckuautities, are still furnished from
Guernsey. The best English kinds fetch good priors.
Tilley-consist of Mout Moreeau, Winter Neils, and Claau-
montelle. Oranges are plentiful and good. Nuts aro
nearly the same as last quoted. Carrots, Turnips, Cah-
bags., &e., are sufficient for the demand. Putatues aro
generally good in quality. Lettuces and other minding aro
sufficient ter the demand. Mushrooms are still dear. Cut
&twits cousi,t of Ilcaths, Pelargoniums, Nlignonette,
Stephanotis, 13ignoula renusta, Chrysanthemums, Camel-
lias, and Roses.

Pme.apples, per lb., 3s to es --
1A1;tosols, per peek, Gs
G....pes, hot noose, p. lb., 2.1+1 3. -- street, ter lb., 1, to no
I.i4ton, por lb., 9d to to Musses. prr 4141%.. It, to Is 6d
Apples, kites., ,wr bu5h.,24.3.Gd par 100, 6. to los
Prarr, dte.ort, :qt r d r., 2. to 6. :tuts. Par, p. bu.b., ZIA !o 224
L-atoss, itr doz., Isto 2/ '4.144 o. bush., 12. to lit
Walnuts, ITT bu.u., 12s to 24s Filberts, per lot) lb., Tus to 906

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VEOZTABLEA.
etethette., per doz., $4 to la Leel,s, per hunch. 1,1 to 24
eaulithrecre, per doz.. 21, to 4a somlote. txr 16, od t WI
Cruceoii, per bunch, ed.to Is el Garlic, Ire lb, ed to 64
Pututuco, per tun, 4.s to 60, Artichoke+, Jerusalem, per half
per cwt., 2. tots tere, NI to la
per Wan., Is Gd to 2. 64 Lettuce, Cab., p. store, 4.1 to Is
Ttuldps, per bur.ch. 14 to 24 Co., per more, So to lot
Cucumbers, each, 6,1 to IM Atn.4l &lode, p. pun. 24 to O 4
ILuttohrs, per doe., 9.1 to Is Horne 1444.11, per h,ll, i• to 4s
Turnip, perdoz„ 94 to Is Al tphroonss, rer put, la to 2s &I
(Wm, per mottle, ed to Ia el per bush., raw 10,
Cangt.• Per Lamb, fel to 6.1 Sorrel, per bolt woo, 561 to 94
Itruelels Sproule, per but( sieve, 1 Fennel, per bunch, 21.3 to .t.l
IM I'll to la Sto ore, p, r bunch, 24 to 4
Seinch, per Pico, la to Is 64 Thyme, per bunch, 24 t, 3.1
0113060, IN/ b,1110.11, ILI to SA Parrl.y, It. C.le, bon., 2.1., 3
opatarh, p. dos.. tend toll. N'0.11.. per hued-. Id to 24
}:hive, per score, 9 I 4 to Is lto I, per Lunch, 34 to 44
i ',et, per us., tid to In Martor.noolo., too bonen, .14 1041
l'astups, per doz., el to Is I WM ercre,t,i A r Aos..bliouchlti to 64

FIRES" AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

TO TILE EDITOR UV THE REVUE'S.

STll,—The electric telegraph has already been ap-
plied to many and useful purposes. There remains
yet another, to which purpose, should it be applied, it
would frequently be the means of pre• caning loss of
He and property—l. mean the connecting of all the
metropolitan tire-engine establishments by electric
telegraph, so that when an alarm should to given at
any one of them an "instantaneous general turn-out"
might be the result. The wires might also commu-
nicate with each police office for this and other pur-
poses. By sparing a corner for this you will greatly
oblige, yours obediently, numANITY.

ABOLITION OF THE WELSH CUSTOM OF FUNERAL
OFFEILINGM.—Ist many districts and localities the old and
obsolete practice of the friends of deceased parties making
presents or " offerings" of money at the altar to the clergy-
man officiating at the burial of the deceased is still kept in
force. This custom is in law termed the " come present,"
and originated as a fee or WlZ:ring to the priest for his set-
' riles for getting the souls of the departed out of purgatory.
By many persons in Wales, both churchmen and dissenters,
this practice has heed deemed derogatory and illegal, inas-
much as it is asserted that by a statute passed in the 21st
year of the reign of Henry VIII., the custom of come offer-
ings was abolished, and declared unlawful. A clerctuan
of the estiblished church, the Rev. Mr. Morgan, of Conway,
has voluntarily abolished the practice, and declared his
intention net to receive any " offerings" for the future.
On several other occasions the practice has been disco's-
tinned, and a growing feeling against the custom appears to
prevail.
HOLLOWAY RAGCED SCHOOL.—A dinner, consist-
ing of hot roast lee 1, potatoes, bread, and plum pudding,
was given to the children attending the above school by the
teachers and friends on Christmas day. Nearly 200 chil-
dren dined in the large school-room, and tit) belonging to
the infant class had their dinners sent home to their
part nts.

RAISE'S WEDDING 13 EQUEST.—Yeaterday fore-
noon the trustees of the charity established by. Mr. Henry
liaine, a brewer, in the parish of St. George in the East,
in the year 1710, " for the clothing and educating 50 boys
and 511 girls, and for the entire maintenance, clothing, and
education of 40 girls, situated in Old Gravel-lane," assem-
bled in thrgreat room of the asylum, Mr the purpose (ac-
cording to the will of the benevolent founder) " affording
an opportunity to three young women, who having received
the required education and attained the ago of 22 years,
shall be best recommended for their piety and industry,"
of drawing lots tor a marriage portion of one hundred
pumas. There arc usually live or six competitors, but on
this occasion there was hut ono applicant, named Harriet
Jennings, who was 26 years of age. The whole of the
girls of the establishment and many visitors (the greater
portion of whom were females) composed the company.
fhe marriage ceremony will take place on the Ist of May,
but it is necessary that the intended husband should be ap-
proved of by the trustees, and that he be a member of the
church of hngland. _ _ _

NAVAL APPOINTMENT.—ADMIIIALTY, DEC. 26.
Lieutenant 0. W. Watson to Centaur.

AN Eccvernac SUICIDE.—The following para-
graph appears in the French papers :—On as well-dressed
body, discovered this morning hanging from • tree on the
road from Versailles to Seem's, the following letter was
found:—' Those who shall discover my body swaying itself
at the impulse of the winds, 03 did those formerly sus-
pended to the gibbet at Montiaucon, will, no doubt, feel
either terror-struck or moved with pity. ' Behold,'
they will exclaim, ' another victim of wretchedness
or grief.' fhey will be mistaken. I have always been
perfectly happy. I feel that with old alga will come
and it is to evoid the slightest pain, the
must petty annoyance, that I have determined to put
an end to my life. This may appear absurd, but
I ran of opinion that ,ken one has lived com-
fortably fer more than 60 years one ought to have had
enough of life. I am alone in the world. I was not
an inhabitant of Paris; I therefore think it will be impos-
:4lile to know who I am. Besides, I have taken every pre-
caution for insuring this; and, if the last wish of a dying
11300 rommands any respect, I entreat that no inquiries may
be made on the subject. I left my home after selling
everything, and giving out that I was starting for a foreign
country. 'My property is all realised, and the bask notes
which it has produced will have yesterday reached the
hands of an honest father of a family, whom it will render
happy. I have so managed that he should be ignorant of
their source. Having no further business in this world, I
am going. Good bye ! (Signed)—An Original."

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LANCASIIIItE R.ULWAY.—(Open 79 miles.)
—Statement of traffic for the week ending Dec. 21, 1831:
Number of passengers, 2d,030; passengers, parcels, &c.,
1,6281. 3s. Gd. ; goods, &e.; 2,1861. 18s. 4d.—total,
3,8131. ls lfkl. Correspoading week last year (open 79
miles): Passengers, parcels, &c., 1,5381. Os. 3d. ; goods,
&c., 2,1041. 16s. 7d.—total, 3,8401. 164. 10d. Aggregate
from the let July inclusive: 1851, 109,7951. I,s. 4d.;
lh3o, 94,895/. 9s. 7(d.; increase, 13,1101. 7s. 8)d.
GREAT WESTERN itAILWAY.—A good deal of
dissatisfaction was created at Bristol on Christmas-day, on
account of the detention of the 10 s.st. train to London for
an hour and a half, arising
Bristol and Exeter train. It
a private agreement between
minutes for each other forgetful
sentence of the public.

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