The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS; FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1865.

MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DAY.)

Stmts.—There continues to be • good general demand for
West India at firm prime to a slight advance, the refiners
being the chief operators. The sales inolode Cubs Musoo-
vado, at 30• to 31s. ; good and fine Giamatti& date Beopl.
335. to 345. ; brown Mauritius, at 29a. litefined—A fall
average ha/ripen is doing at full rates.
Comm—The market is firm for Plantation and Native
°glom, at very full rater. Low middling Plantation sold
at 80a. ; middling 83s. 6d. ; bold. 89s. 6d. ; Native Ceylon,
Plantation Wads, 70a. 6d. to 71a. 6d.
Cocos ham sold at firm priors for small lots of Trinidad
gray to fine red, 69a. 6d. to 84s. 6d. ; superior, 98s. to 100 s.
'lris continue dull of sale.
Ron.-40 puncheons of fine Demerara sold at U. 10d.

Rica.— Soft grain ie 6rm at previous plias, with but few
sellers ; hard grain dull of sale.
Seism= —No salon reported.
Winn PICPPZIL—A few lots sold at 60. for V
Corm condones dull, and prior again rule in yarn'
favour. Tinnivelly sold, fair to fully fair, Ild. to flirt
JUTE—Sulam has been uansieted at the full rates of
Wednesday l►d.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAT.)
The market is quiet. Prices us quoted u follows :--
New. 40s. 9d. ; Much. 40e. 6d. to 40e. 94. ; June, 41s. 6d. ;
October to December, 4.25. 3d. to 43.6 d.

HIDI MARKET.—erma DAT.)
LZADINHALL.—Hides : Priam 56Iba. to 641 b., 21d. to
3d. ; 64165. to Mee., 3d. to 34d. ; 72Ibs. to 8019 e., 3d. to
34d. ; 80lbs. to 88165., 3ed. to 4d. ; 881ta. b 9619 e., 4d. to
444. Hoses hides. Els. to 9s. Call skies. light, 2s. to 4s. ;
fall.
BERVONDITY.-13hespakiss : polled. 12s. Od. to 14s. Orl.;
Half.beede, 10s. Od. to 12s. Od.; Down, 7s. to 91. Od. ;
slearliap, 1..

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Messrs. Pattendea and Smith report that daring the hit
week there has been considerably more doing in the hop
trade than for some time peat. Coloary samples continue
very soars, and fully command late quotations.

ADILTHI THEATRE. Yesterday evening her
Royal Menem the Heehaw of Cambridge Lady G. Gerel-
dine Somerset, OeL Home Pane, Capt. Fills, Mira. Elia,
and suite. honoured the performance at this theatre with
their preemie.
RAILWAY CHARGES roe Goons.—At 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon a town's meeting, convened by the
mayor, was held in the Corn Exchange. Liverpool, to we-
eder the much-vexed question of the present excessive and
unjust rates charged for the carriage ores oe the rail-
ways communicating with Liverpool. e mayor (Mr. E.
Laurence) presided, and there war a very large attendance
of commercial men. Mr. H. Littledale moved, Mr. Clarke
amended. and Mr. Samuelson supported a resolution to the
effect " That the railway rates now charged for inland
carriage of goods to and from Liverpool are excessive
end unequal se compared with three charged for
carrying similar goods equal distances to rod from
other places." This reeolrition was carried
nnaai-
measly. Mr. Tunnicliffe moved. Mr. Robertson Gladstone
seconded, and Mr. Anderson supported a resolution "That
such neer and inequality tend to restrict the commerce of
the port, and are iejurioes Mike to the interests of the in-
dividual trader and of the town." This resolution wee also
adopted nap. die. Mr. Withers, a director of the Manches-
ter, Sheffield, sod Lisooloshin Railway Company, com-
plained of the professed intention of the promoters of the
present movement to oppose the powers sought by that com-
pany to open • new line from Manchester to Liverpool, end
urged that she interests of the town and of the oanipany
were one, and that by opposing the new line they would
prevent competition, and than be cutting their own threats.
Mr. Patterson moved, " That such excessive and unequal
charges as goods passing through the poet of Liverpool
teed to divert the traffic out of its natural channels, and
are Jejunum to both consumen and producers in all plasm
with which Liverpool is in railway Coollllllnialiioll ; sod
also that they violate the principles on which special privi-
leges wets greeted by the legislature to railway companies."
Mr. P. B. Beater's seconded the resolution, which was
also carried unanimously. Mr. T. B. Forwood moved.
" That this meeting pledges itself to nasal newiesery mew
for removing the venues, compl •
of ; and that for
this purpose a subscription be ' and a committee with
full powers be appointed to an, nodally with reference to
the bill Wore parliament." T6L resolution was also
adopted, aid the proaesdiags eowiluded in the usual
nllllOllll.