The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-17 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.TIIIS DAY.

The market is steady to. day. Prices stand at the fol-
lowing range :—Town Tallow, lltts. Gd. nett cash ; Peters-
burg Y. C. on the spot, 40a.; April, 405.; lust three mouths,
395.

SNHTHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Cooper mad Duels report trade heavy, at the
following quotations : Prime Meudow Iluy, 80s. to 90a.;
inkriur ditto, his. to 75a. ; Woven, 05s. to 70s. ; Clover,
bOa. to 95c ; second Cut, 755. to Ms.; Straw, 27a. to :lat.

NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
REVENI:E.—A return has just be ii printed by order of the
Mouse of Commons, on the motion of Mr. Itrotherton,
showing the number of stanips issued fur newspapers in
the lust year, the number of newspapers and their adver-
tisements, and the advertisement duty paid. It appears
that there ore 593 newspapers printed in the United King-
dom, of which 1.59 ant published in London, 222 in the
English provinces, 110 in Scotland, and 102 in Ireland.
The number of stamps issued for these in IMO was
13,916,011 of which 11,969,045 were supplemental or half-
penny stumps. The number of advertisements contained
in these in 1850 was 2,252,550, and the duty !mid on these
to the government amounted to 163,035/.ls. This return is a
continuation of Parliamentary Paper 203 of Session 1850.

THE RAILWAY BF:TWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND
Csino.—A letter from Alexandria, in the Assenthlt'e Mx-
tionak, gives the following details, relative to the proposed
railroad from Alexandria to Cairo :—.• The Alexandria sta-
tion is to be placed at the Mahmoudich gate, the centre of
the commercial movement. From that spot the line is to
proceed between the two lakes of Ektuu and Muryout, and
parallel to that of Mahmoudich. It is afterwards to branch
off, and join the canal which fertilises the province of Ita-
birch. This railway, following the :ins of the two princi,
Toil canals, will not have any great obstacles to encounter.
!'here arc no tunnels to excavate or cuttings to make, but
it will find an inconvenience quite unknown in Europe,
and that is the Kamsin, the wind of the desert,
which arrives charged with sand, and which !caves
such sudden heaps behind it. The circulation could
be sometimes interrupted by visitations of that kind. But
there is a means of guarding against it, for experience proves
that this wind which, generally lasts .50 days, is stopped, as
if iniraculouslyi by the interposition of alleys of trees. It is
in consequence intended to plant long ranges of wild fig-
trees, which grow perfectly well in the sand. From Cairo
to Suez, the railway would appear to present greater diffi-
culties, for there is no intention at present to execute a line
between those two places. The present mode of travelling
across the Isthmus has been much improved. Hair-Eddim-
Paella has the superintendence of the whole way ; he has

had inns erected at suitable distances, where relariahorses,
camels, provisions, and above all, water, are found in abun-
dance. At Suez, a very comfortable hotel is to be found,
kept by M. Coulomb, a native of Provence, and formerly
head cook to Mehemet Ali. There is also a very good hotel
at Alexandria, and another atCairo. Is this di•tance between
Cairoand Suezto be crossed by a canal ? Such a communica-
tion has been from the earliest times the dream of all the
most powerful kings, and the trace of a canal, which existed
between Suez and Fara= in the Mediterranean, is still to
be seen in the narrow valley called Sabaa-Bier. In the
reign of Louis-Philippe, three commissions of engineers—
one of Austrians, one of French, and a third of English—
were named to examine the possibility of constructing such
a canal as could carry vessels from India into the Mediter-
ranean. Nothing came of their surveys, probably on an-
count of the jealousy existing between these different corps.
Mr. Stephenson amved here a short time since on a similar
mission. He is in favour of remaking the canal of the
Ptolemies, which was directed, not towards the Mediterra-
nean, but towards the Nile, at Memphis. But, according
to the French commission sent to Egypt, the Red Sea is 30
feet higher than the Mediterranean, and 14 feet higher
than the highest water of the Nile. In consequence it
will he necessary to maks a railway. Grand ideas have
been conceived on this matter—es, for instance, to tow the
vessels on the railway, and then to launch them into the
waters on the other side. Nothing, certainly, is impossible
to the genius of man, but I cannot say that such a plan will
be ever realised."
IMPERIAL BANK OP ENGLAND.—The meeting in
this matter yesterday was adjourned to 30th inst.