The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-09 00:00:00

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MINCING-LANIL-(THD3 DAY.)
The holidays since Thursday have caused the private con-
tract market• to be slowly attended, and but few transac-
tious have taken place.
Sucsit.—A limited inquiry only.
COFIZI has • steady •
TFA. —l,OOO chests of Ercaneoncgo.o sold ls. 2.1,d. to Is. 3d.
for exportation.
Rice continues firm.
The public markets will reopen on Wednesday.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is quiet, at the subjoiued prices : Town
tallow, 545., net ouh ; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, 561. ;
April, 55a. 9d. ; May to June, 545. 6d. ; Oet. to , 525.
to 525. 3d.

PARTICULARS OP TALLOW.

1848. 1860.
Stock on hand this day ....cub 1%877
Delivery last week 1,178
Ditto from Ist June 94,773
Arrival last week
Ditto from lit June
Price Y.C. per cwt. thh day
Ditto Town Wit Friday

14,700
1,258
89,009

33,629
512
71,M

93.742 wis
63e. ed. He. 3d.
66e. ed. 60e. ed.

Arrival for the week eadlim llth of AprU, tut year, 802 casks,
and delivery. 1,288 casks. The arrival last week comprised 201
casks from Rt. Petersburg, 40 from Australia, 208 from other
places. total, 423 casks.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)

The supply of beasts is ootuiiderahly shorter than on Mon-
day last, consequently prices have improved on all descrip-
tions. The number of sheep is 1160 much smaller. It being
holiday week the demand is not very great, yet late prices
are fully maintained. Lambe end calves are selling about
the same as on Thursday. From Germany and Holland
there are 60 beasts, 2,000 sheep, and 97 calves ;
Scotland,
190 beasts ; Ireland, 12 ; Norfolk and Suffolk, 2,000ei;166.
200 from the Northern and Midland Counties.

Par it;ne of 81M. s. d. d. Per stone of Blbs. ad. ad.
Best %eta, Ilerefds. 4 10 Best Dns&Hf•bdsBll 4 8 5 0
Best Short-horns 4 8 1 Nest Long-w 0015.... 6 4 6 6
Second qua/ beasts 3 0 Do. do. Shorn .... 4 6 ♦ 8
Calves
Pigs -
Best Dos& Hlf-breds 5 8 1 Lambs
Beasts at market, 3,340; Sheep sad Lambs, 18,870 .
119 ; PIP. 330.

4 7 8
Calves.

BOROUGH HOP MARICRT.—(THIS DAY.)
Merin. Mimes sad Smith report • 'toady &mod
for mart descriptions at sop at very Arm prim.

IConfute's", STAxes.—The act imposing now
stamp duties has come into operation. Henceforth, not
only all cheques drawn upon bankers most be stamped,
but also every letter to a banker directing payments to be
made or money to be forwarded, must have affixed to it sa
adhesive penny stamp (Dot a postage stamp), which stamp
must be cancelled by the writer with his name or initials
and the date on which the stamp is used. A penalty of
SID/. is attached to the non-observance of these directions.
UNUSUAL CIRCUYSTANCL—ConsiderabIe sen A-
tkin was mused in St. James's Church, Poole, on Sunday
morning last, by a woman rising to "forbid the banns" of
marriage between two persons, on their being published by
the Rev. J. Barrow. The worthy curate desired the worm;
to see him in the vestry at the conclusion of the set vice
when she, doubtless, unfolded the tale of her wrongs, and
proceeded to take steps for preventing the celebration of
marriage apparently so repugnant to her wounded feeling%
—Satistury Journal.
TUE SOLDIER'S GRAVE.—ID Zeals churchyard,
near Mere, a young soldier has just been buried, who, after
being at Alma and Sebastopol, in the Crimean war, at
Lucknow, and the Gate of Delhi, in the Indian Mutiny
where he witnessed unheard-of horrors, was mortallj
wounded by a Brahmin, whom he afterwards shot, and
brought home his beads, pistol, knives, te.c. These may
now be seen in his father's cottage near Stourton. His
parents propose to place a tombstone to his memory.-- Win-
dater Joan's/.

GRAND TRUNK Op CANADA RACLIVAY.—The
traffic receipts on this line for the week ending the 10th of
March amounted for local pamengers to 14,972 doh. ; for
foreign passenger* to 2,796 dole. ; for mails, e and
sundries to 2,896 dole. ; for local freight to SO, doh.; for
timber and lumber to 2,594 dole. ; for firewood to 1,788
dole. ; and for foreign freight to 8,877 dol.. ; total on 970
mike 64,187 dole., and for the corresponding week of 1889
on 880 mil to 46,182 dole., showing an increase of 90
miles in le , and 19,006 dole., or 424
peramt. in the
receipt'. e total receipts from July 1, 18.59, to the 10th
of March last, amounted to 1,909.966 dole. against 1,142,756
in the corresponding period of the preceding year, showing
as increase of 347,20 l dole., or 22'2 per cent.