The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

Pees, per clot., Is to 3s
Lemons per dozen, Is to 2s

Caobaps, per doz., 91 to is
Cauliflowers, each, 6d to 6d
Greats, per doz., is 6d to as
Brawls Sprouts, do., Is 6d to 2s
Potatoes, per ton, 60e to 160 s
perewt, 5s to 7s
pa 514., Is ral to 5s Bd

Turnip., per doz., 2s Od to Ss Gd
Cucumbers, each, Gd to Is
Celery, per bundle, 641 tole 6d
Carrots, p. doz., is to 65
Spinach, per sieve, Is to is Gd
Beet, per dos., Is to a6d
Onions, Spanish, per doz., 15 to 95
per bushel, 20 6d to 341
Lake, per bunch, Id to 9d
Shallots, per lb., 641 to Gd
Garlic, per lb., Gd to Sd

MARRIAGES OP BALZAC AND LAMARTINE.—M.
Balsas, the French novelist, exhibits another example of
escentricity in matrimonial affairs. According to a Parisian
correspondent, the arrival of this celebrated author from
Germany caused an immense sensation in certain circles,
owing to the romantic circumstances connected with his
marriage. When Balzac was in the zenith of his fame, ho
was travelling in Switzerland, and had arrived at the ion
just at the very moment the Prig ae and Princess Haruki
were leaving it. Baizac was usher.d into the room they
had just vacated, and was leanimf from the window to
observe their departure, when lie attention was arrested by
a soft voice at his elbow asking fur • book which had been
left behind upon the window-seat. The lady was cer-
tainly (sir, but appeared doubly so in the eyes of
the poor author, when she intimated that the
book she was in quest of was the pocket edi-
tion of his own works, adding that she never travelled
without it, and that without it she could not exist. She
drew the volume from beneath his elbow, and flew down
stairs, obedient to the screamit g summons of her husband,
a pursy old gentleman, who wis already seated in the car-
riage, miling in • loud voice against dilatory habits of
women in general, and his own spouse in particular ; and
the emblazoned vehicle drove off, leaving the novelist in a
slate of self•consplacency the most enviable to be conceived.
This was the only occasion upon which Balm and the
Princess Hanski had met, till his recent visit to Germany,
when he presented himself—as her accepted husband.
During these long intervening fifteen years, however, a
literary correspondence was steadily kept up betwetn the
parties, till at length, instead of a letter containing literary
strictures unon his writings, a missive of another kind—
having a still more directly personal tendency, reached him
from the fair hand of the princess. It contained
the announcement of the demise of her husband
the prince,—that ho had bequevthed to her his
domains and his great wealth, and consequently, that she
felt bound to requite him in some measure for his liberality,
and had determined upon giving him a successor—in the
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of splendid fEtes celebrated the auspicious event.
uapunerstitheoodur iwonfawbit'efaddi7onecoht,aait her chateau on the Rhine, and a suc-
cessionat
The story of the marriage of Lamartine is also One of ro-
mantic interest. The lady, whose maiden name was Birch,
was possessed of considerable property, and when past the
bloom of youth, she became passionattly enamoured of the
post from the perusal of his " Meditations " Fur same
time she nursed this sentiment in secret, and being apprised
of the embsrrassed state of his affairs, she wrote him, tender-
, mg him the bulk of her fortune. Touched with this remark-
able proof of her generosity, and supposing it could only
be caused by • preference for himatli, he at once made an
offer of his hand and heart. He judged rightly, and the
poet was promptly accepted.—Salad for the Solitary.
A CHl:Reif RATE AUCTION.—A very unusual sale
by auction—namely, of " church rate seizures," took place
last week at Sittingbourne, when Mr. Shrubeole, of ',even-
ham, sold 31 quarters of oats, being "the goods and chat-
tels" of Mr. J. Marsh, cornfactnr, distrained for ohurch
rates. The lots were 'old for 11. Is., the amount of rates
mind for being Its.