The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-22 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

The market is Arm. Petersburg ' Y.C. on the spot is
quoted 455. 6d. ; July, 455. 6d. to 464. ; August to Sep-
tember, 475. 6d. ; October to December, 488. 6d.

HIDE MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
LILDINHALL.—Hides : b6lbs. to &fibs., :10. to
to 20. ; 641 be. to 721 be., 21(1. to 3d. ,• 721 be. to Nibs., 3d.
to 30.; 801 be. to 881bs., 3d. to 30. ; 881ba. to 961b5.,
30. to 4d. Horse hides, 9s. to 10s. ; Calf skins, light,
2s. to 4s. ; full, 6s. 6d.
BIBIIONDSHT.--Sheepskins : lambs, 3s. to 4s. 9d. ;
shearlings, le. 7d. to Is. 9d.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS DAY.

Messrs. Pattendsn and Smith report a continued active
demand for all descriptions of new hope at an advance of
from Ss. to 10s. on last week's prices. Blight continues on
the increase. Stocks of all classes are extremely limited.

COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
Walls End Hettnn, 195. ; Walls End Haswell, 19s. ;
Walls End South Iletton, 195.; Walls End East Hayti( -
pool, 185. 9d. ; Walls End Hengh Hall, 18e. ; Walls
End Kelloe, 17s. 9d. ; Wylam, 16s. Od. ; Holywell,
IGs. 3d. ; Buddies Hartley, 175., Hastings ditto, 17s.—
Ships at market, 23 ; at sea, 33.

Tho following is the copy of a telegram received
from M. Rennen, general manager of the Rhenish
Railway, Cologne, by J. S. Forbes, general manager,
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, Victoria
station :—" The communication to Hanover, Ham-
burg, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Breslau is not
interrupted."
THE THVNDER-STORN IN THE METROTOLL3.
Last night (Thursday) a thunder-storm of considerable
violence, but not of long duration, passed over the metro-
polis, attended by deluging rain. Towards the after-
part of the day the air became very close, the thermometer
marking 75 degrees in the shade ; and by 8 o'clock dense
clouds accumulated, and hung over the metropolitan area.
Before 9 p.m. the lightning commenced, and shortly
after that hoar became vivid and intermittent. The rain
fell so abundantly as to clog the gully-hole communications
with the sewers, so that in many of the leading thorough-
fares large pools of water accumulated, and in several
instances caused considerable inconvenience by finding its
way into the arcs'.
IDEATH OF THE EARL OT MAR.—Towards mid-
night on Tuesday last, John Francis, fourteenth Earl of
I Mar, Lord Erskine, Garioch, and Alb*, Earl of Kellie,
Viscount Fenton, Baron Dirleton, peacefully expired at
Alloy House, 111 the seventy-first year of his age.
The deceased nobleman was the inheritor of a
peerage whose origin, according to Lord Kaimes,
is lost in the mists of antiquity. The Erskines were
established in the county of Clackmannan before they
succeeded to the very ancient title of Mar, the family name
of which was originally the same as that of the title—Mar.
The origin of the title goes back at least as far as the time
of Malcolm Canmore, for Martaeus, Earl of Mary wit-
ness to a charter of donation by that monarch to the Cul-
dees of Lochleven, of the manor of Kilgad-Earnoch, 1065.
—Seatseselt.
Tat ELECTION OF Seissirres.—Much interest
exists in the City in reference to the forthcoming election
of two sheriffs of London and Middlesex, which is to take
place on Monday next. Alderman Waterlow, the senior
alderman below the chair, who has not served, is a candi-
date ,• and there are two others, Mr. Francis Lyeett, a
merchant, who has recently retired from business, and Mr.
John Bennett. the watchmaker of Cheapside. It seems
probable that there will be • very severe contest.