The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-28 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.)

Grapes and strawbenies are now gettiag comparatively
plentiful. Among the latter are some beautiful spenmens of
Mr C. Napiec and Admiral Dundee. Pine apples maintain
former prices. French cherries are more abundant ; they fetch
about half the price of those of English growth. Oranges
fetch lts. 6,1. and 10s. per 100. Nate of all kinds realise
fair prices. Spring cabbages and French beans ars plentiful.
Rhubarb, asparagus, and seakale, may still be had in abun-
dance. Green peas, beans, new born carrots, and globe
artichokes of foreign growth may also be obtained. New
cauliflowers fetch from 4e. to 6a. pee dozen. Potatoes hare not
altered in price since oar lent repwt. Cucumbers abundant.
Cat flowers chiefly meld of orchids, gardenias, helio-
tropes, lily of the valley, violets, mignonette, heaths, and
TOM

WHITEHALL, MAY 26.—The Queen hes bees
pleased to direct letters patent to be gamed under the
Great Seal, granting the dignity of a knight of the United
Kingdom of Great Britsin and Ireland unto Barnes Peacock,
Esq., Chief Justice of her Majesty's Super= Court ofJ
cabaret at Calm:Ms.—Gazette.
BT. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 26.—The Queen hes been
pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable the
..blPB44t°ra'Ett:Pqr.da;eslgtedyiltthjeo.asehb—GignlazgV. etedgeC:
Earl of Shrewsbury
TaincEdeA.lNT.Fial
Ewart, Eeq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of
(h.RntOleTzeAL" BtltAltTmte'B'
of the Royal Britieh Bank, through their solicitota, Mesas.
Unklater end Hsekwood, succeeded in wrangles a pending
Chancery suit, which, if proceeded with, might have per
vented the payment of another dividend for a conakkrable
period. As this new source of litigation hes been avoided,
the assignees Owed to pay another dividend in bankruptcy
in the course of the month of June.
THE IMPORT DUTIES AT CALCUTTA.—DEPUTA.•
no": TO LORD STANLEY.—A deputation representing the
exporting interest to India had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, at the India-bottle, to explain the hard-
ship to which traders have bean subjected by the sudden and
unexpected increase in the import dudes by the government
at Calcutta. From the statements of the several speakers it
appears that the propriety of adding to the revenue by an M-
c:ears of the customs is not questioned, but that the made of
effecting the change is considered to have been vexatious and
hurtful to the mercantile interest. Lard Steel-y, in reply.
alluded to the financial difficulties of the Indian government
and the general concurrence of opinion to polisment that
from the cutouts an increase in the Indian revenue might
be obtained. The members of the two serviette, who
chiefly complain, are hirly, even libendly, remunerated,
end but lightly taxed. Under the new scale the duty on !ea
is about Gee-fourth of the Engli.h rate, that on coffee one-
third, while on tobacco it is also much less. The suddenness
of the change be assumed to have arisen from the discovery
of the alarming stare of the finance*. The meager° had
also been decided upon here, but Lord Canning, before the
reewipt of instructi+ns from this side, had been obliged to
make the change at once on his own reeponsibility. This
was the first time he had heard that importers have deter-
mined to pay the new duties. The proposals of the deputation
will be fully considered, but the postponement of the act is
considered icupossble. The interview then termite...el. The
deputation caudated of Messrs. S. Oregson, M.P., R. W.
Crawford, M.P., J. Ranking, J. Peel, E. L. Dan'elL G.
Wallace, B. Heywood, P. Bell, W. J. W. Baynes, J.
Leach, Y. Martin, R. Smith, T. Cardwell, A. Prior, L.
Huth, T. H. Cole', J. Smith, and R. Strong,
MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS IN RUSSIA.—MY.
Henry Clayton, of the Atlas Works, London, obtained some-
time iiDOll speed privileges from the Russian government
for the introduction of his well-known and saecessful ma-
chinery for brick manufacture. He lately received directions
to establish extensive brick manufactories in St. Petersburg
and Moscow, and during the present math has sent oat a
staff of first-clam men to superintend the traction of the
buildinp arid machinery. One of these works M to be
capable of producing at least 10 millions of bricks Cr ammo..
PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINs IN In`PARRS.
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held yesterday, a reeoludon was adopted in favour of ths
Natty memorialising the governmen trect drinking
fountains in all the parks In Loudont . It o ewas urged that
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