The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-08 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

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MINCING-LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
&MAN.—Then is no immovetnent in the demand, prices
have dill • downward ten&noy ; the private salsa include
Demerara, 31.5. to 32a. 6d. ; good Jamaica, 345. to 35..; Mus-
covado Manilla, at 28e. each. Itsfised is quiet at former
prin.
COFFlll—lill description of Ceylon have sold at the full
valuation. Native tine ordinary, 70a. 6(1. ; =all, 635.
Plantation grey, 73e. to 775. 61. ; middling colory,
81s. 6d. ; good to fine ditto, 87s. to 945. BJ.
OM/A.—The market is firm bat quiet, there being little
offering for sale.
Tna.—The public males are progressing steadily, at fully
the opening rates.
RICII AND SALTPSTIZ.—The market for both continue
"let' -

Sago has mold at a decline of ad. per cwt. ; erdiaary to
fair medium small, 18a. fid. to 13e.
Sricra —Pepper eommaade a fair demand at steady rates.
Peoeog bleak sold, ordinary to good, 3id. to 3id. ; white,
good, Old.; ordinary Singapore,; other apices have
also sold et full prices, roam, is. 3d. to It Sd.; pimento,
20. • ginger, Jamaica, 73e. to 74a. ; Nasal rough,
211 e. id. to 275.
Fnurr.—The demand for all descriptions continues
limited ; prime remain unaltered.
Oorrow.—There is an improved demand for this article
ad an advance of Id. per lb.
Juts—Tbe market has become dull, there being but few
Inver' at former prima.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The 'market is steady. Prices are quoted as follows
Town tallow, 465. 3d. net cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the
spot, 465. 9d.; March. 465. 6d. to 465. 9d.; April to June,
46e, Bd. to 465. 9d. ; October to December, 48s. 9d. to 49e.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
We are very moderately supplied with bouts. Choice
qualities are rear" and there is brisk trade for them, at
a slight advance, but the average quotations are
but little improved. The supply of sheep is
very small. The demand is by no means large, yet
bLonday's prices are readily obtaiced, and in some instances
ezoieded. Good calves eoetinne to rein.e high prim.. Our
foreign supply consists of 340 beast', 830 sheep, 216 calves,
and L6O pigs.
Per Rea, sot albs. a. &s. & Per does of 815 a ad. s.
Beat &Ma, He each 4 1 5 2 Best Des& 111-Isds lb 0 0 0 0
Seat Sheet-Sores . 4 •:0 Beat Lees-wools.— 585 10
leeoad qua herb 4 3 8 Do. do. nova .... 00 0
Calm 3 6 6 iwes mead quilt 38. 14
20p1
Best Das II Illtheeds 6 6 6 Lambe
Saute at market, 1,06): sheep sad limbs, 1,990 ; salves, sta
Div, 9)0.

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SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles Junes Fast= reports trade at last day's
prime. Prime clover, from 1275. 6d. to 135 a. ; inferior
ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime second out clover, 1101. to
120 s. ; inferior ditto, 95r. to 100 s. ; prime bay, 105 s. to
110 e. ; Passim dittos 90s. to 97a, 6d. ; grew, 361. to 40s.

At a Court of Common Council, holden this
morning, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor,
the Tows Clerk celled the attention of the court
to a presentment that bad been made by the
lest jury of the great liberty manor of Southwark. com-
plaining that there was at pretent no Town-hall
within that jurisdiction, and th public meeting
connected with the boroejh were necessarily held in •
public hotel, and that the records of the borough were
kept in the same place. The lest jury expressed
their opinion that this was not • fit elate
of things, and asked the court to iaterfere, with • view
to some alteration Wag made. No motion was made on
the subject, and the matter dropped. A communica-
tion was also read from the Charity Commissioners asking
for • Moro of the City and corporation charities.
This was referred to the City Lands Committee.
The whole of the officers of the corporation were then re-
elected. after which the oourt proceeded to the business on
the paper.
Ssaioris Fritas.—(Tine Dar.)—This morning a
Are broke out at a large tavern, No. 9, Windsor-street,
Essex-road, lsliogton. The tavern was burned down be
nearly so, and six other houses were severely damaged by
fire, water, and hasty removal of the furniture. The total
loss is very considerable, but It is understood that the prin-
cipal sufferers were insured. The origin of the fire is
unknown.—A destructive ire also occurred in the premises
of Mr. James Shape a cabinet-maker, carry* on busioess
at No b, High-street. Horton Old Tows.
LITHOGILAPELY Rs PRANCE, —The introduction
sad groat popularity of lithography in Frame seems to
bare altogether changed the popular taste. Artists new
off, rather them embody, tiler humorous coweep-
lions is the sketchiest of possible styles, and that
which affords the greatest license for grotesque dieter-
time of figure and face Rainy. • clever sod fertile
lithographer, was perhaps the first to bring this style of
oompositioa into vogue. Bat to emelt se =test has the
revolutioo now gone, while we, on the other hand, have ISM
prunieg the luxuriance di the old smiles of eariesteme,
that the positions of the two °nettlesome to have bemuse
revered, and England te be now the eenatey of ohmic.
!rams of grotesque art i hi the comic line of which any
reader may judge for himself, by eoutparlng the style of
the eats in Putsch for instance' with than in the
Chorieeri. We eansot say that we dad the change os
the other side of the Channel an imprevsarest, or that we
have been seabird to tapirs a tests flit the hasty litho-
graphed eeriest:use of popular *gum and eases whisk
easumber Fres& print-abops.—Qwertsrly ice. new
number.
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in coniesay with that judge, who lamented that sone of
his pupas at Cambridge had dlstiogaished &meshes is
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