The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-27 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY.

The nptrket remains steady at the following quotations
Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 48s. 3d.; August, 48e. to 3d.,
September, 48s. 3d ; Oat. to Deo., 48e. Bd. ; ditto separately,
48e. 9d.

SMITHFIELD RAY MARKET. THIS DAT.
Mr. E. J. D• 11111 reptlts trade without alteration. Prime
meadow hay, 70e. to 72a.; superior do., 75e. to 84a. ; Interior
do., We. to 6118. ; mew do., 00.. to 80e.; clover, old, 96e. to
110 a.; .eon td out, 8 ie. to 858. ; now, 808. to 951. ; straw.
83s. to 368.

FIRE AND Loss or LlFlL—This morning, between
the hours of one end two o'clock, a fire broke out on the
premier of Mr. Saunders, wirer and gilder. No. 31, Foley-
street, Great Portland-street. Mr. R. Saunders, jun.,
who was sleeping on the third floor back, man-
to acme, much cut and bruised, on to the
roof. When the flames were euffidently subdued to enable
the home to be entered, Mrs. Sounders was found lying on
the beet floor third pair. suffocated end Staters. Mr. Sem-
dem was found in the third flow back, nearly suffocated,
and is now at St Thomas's Hospal is • precarious state.
THE Fritz AT ROTHERHITHE.—The fire which
took place at Mr. Roles timber-yard, Acorn-wharf, Bother-
hhhe, on Sunday morning, proved more than usually de-
structive, owing to the high wind which prevailed, and
which blew showers of swim across the river, setting fire to
the Camperdown, a vessel lying at Limehonee, and to the
Immix' of Mew. Fowler, ropemekere, Mill-wall. The
embers of this second coefinration wore still smoldering
last night. The damage done at Millwali I. as follows :
About 300 feet of sheds, including mill-how, machinery,
and stock, belonging to Messrs. Fowler end Smith, destroyed.
The Om was insured in the Imperial Office. The roof of the
engineer end boiler shops belanglng to the Canal Iron-wort
slightly damaged by fire. The ship Camperdown, in the
dry dock, has the deck and sides plightly damaged by OM.
Mr. Braidwood describes the damage at Rotherhhhe to be Ito
follows "Deal wharf end contents all but destroyed;' and
adds, "the cense of fire, a foul flue at Mr. Greer, In Trinity-
street." He also describes three brick and timber Widens
to Trinity-street, the property of the government, 110 het
long and 40 wide, as being burned down; and that Bam's
Pale Ale Stores are damaged by breakage. The out-build-
ings and fence of the Acorn tavern, belonging to Mr. Ran-
dall, are likewise pulled down, and ten honest in Trinity-
street are more or leis damaged by fire, itc.
A RAILWAY SUICIDE.—As the up etrpress train
or the Great Western Railway was on Friday passing
through the cutting at Waltham St. Lawrence, between the
Twyford and Maidenhead statics*, the driver was surprised
on finding a straw hat fly on to the tender of the engine. He
immediately stopped the train, end spoke to some men, who
preceded down the line and discovered the body of a yog
man frightfully lacerated, the head severed from the truck,
and one leg cut off. Inquiry was made, and it was form
that the young men's name was Thomas Hance, who resided
with his parental at Waltham. He had been in the service of
several families in the neighbourhood, but bad lately been
out of employ, and had been observed to be in • low despond-
ing we/.
A FEARFUL PREDICAMENT.—One day last week,
while four little boys were diverting themselves by lespieg
is end out of an old corn-chest that stood in the stable of a
farm in the Ouse of Gordo, the whole of them got intoit
at one time, and drew down the lid, which, being furnished
is the common way for a padlock, the holder caught the
staple, and made them prisoners at once, beyond the pod-
biVof extricating themselves. Fortunately, however, thel
hoses had to be suppered ; but the ploughman whose duty
it was to do so had performed his task, and was leaving for
the night, when he thought he heard some movement In the
chart Aware there was ne corn In it, be was convinced he
was deceived ; but, curiosity prompting him, he lifted the lid
and found the now missed and anxiously-sought for pp-
sews still alive, but quite unconscious, or male to cede
the least effort for their deliverance. Had a movement ten
the part of one of them not drawn the attention of the
n at the last moment, the whole four would doubt-
have been dead before momin.—PertAshire Adverts:or-
HOAX ON THE Bat:MILS POLICL—The Brussels
journals state that some egitatios was weed in that oily,
in the first days of the fete, by a strong body of polio, Win
marched to one of the gates, and there seised a red deg hail
which a number of men were about Monier Welty, sad tit
wasconaidered as an emblem of socialise. The men
dig their surprise, and explanations haybebetgermag.,
into, it turned out that they were a band of
weekroen from Louvain, who bedew up to Breeds to idea
part ha the fete, sad dm Daniel a flog beams they formed
=ithemselves • singing moiety ; as to the flag Mb*
t colour lad beta ohm's by sodded, wilknotaZ,
@SOW political intention. The police, on their part,
that they had made the seizure became they had readved
=smug letter stating that the lass were a bend of
t fanatics going to Bromide to upset the government,
lead that sot only was their flag of the socialist colour, bet
that a figure on the top of the Waff, the heed of an old sus
with a beard (Rossini) was meat for Orsini. The pollee
aro much laughed at respecting the affair.
THE Nzw Conwr.—M. Babinet, of the French
Institute, has oommunicated the following to the Journal
eta Debots This year we have already five comets, two
of which are periodical ; bat nose of them is the comet of
1666, called ' comet of Chutes V.,' on the return credal& the
contrary opinions of Mr. Hind as M. Hoeff divide the mien-
title world. As for the comet No. 6of this year, haw
se
dimmed by 11. Donate at Plenum en the End a,
it has no semblance to the 03111111111 of 1556. 1264, and 976,
which are supgato be the same. The pawl comet
advisees very , and will be in the midst of lb 'Fled-
ties es the 6th or el September next It gem Weds
the west ; whereas the comet of Charles V. wed tslue
the east, so that they sae no more be oonfoturiel dim the
mail from Brest can be confounded with that from Earshwrg.
Moreover, there ere 100 dn. difference fa theof
the perMelium, and the haMegion is 721 deg. of
30 as.'
IJEERTY RESTORED TO THE INDIAN By*
The Barkurs of June 18 says:—" Tie ladiesles Is we
more free. The Gagging Act, which received wen of
the Governor-General on the 13th buss. lies, hi now
amwgrt the records of the past
co: e We
dtr ia dos it woild be renewed. It wise as elladW eekeesesemsamed branie"" ate'," lizzgtigt-
psaae In this oonntry, and Ito
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scarcely wish at the presenprey sous geuerai the t
time to rees=gotera
nasseere. We congratulate all our eon
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effect as the blehomedans. The commiesion sitting for de
trial of rebels at Delhi was continuing its labours dealing
of swift judos—Madras daniesuts Inns 25.