The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAT.

Mmes.—The market has opened with an upward ten-
dewy, and the public sale of Barbadoes went off at rather
higher prices ; the Mauritius and other sales are not yet
concluded. Refined steady; lumps, 68a. to 695.
Corres.—The public sales are large to-day, including a
large portion of Mocha, and will not be over till a late hour.
TEA.—The market remains inactive. The Board of Trade
tables for the month of January are out, by which we per-
ceive that our importations have been less by 1* millions at
lbs. than in January, 1867, and that our deliveries have been
1* millions in excess, hence our stock has been reduced 3*
millions in the month of January. The prieste telegram
state that the shipments from China to the United Kingdom
have been six millions less from the lit of July to the lit of
' January than for the same period last year, say thirty-flve
millions againat forty-one millions.
SALTPETRI.—The demand has improved, and • full
amount of business done at rather higher pricer ; refraction
8 to 16 sold 308. to 324.

iiicl-2,0041big;;11 in public sale 7s. to 71. 6d. ; 1,000
begs Rangoon bought in Os. 9d.
Rum remains steady.
Corrox—No sales
Markets generally cirZlirdo-ilay.

TALLOW MARKET (THIS DAY.)
The market ia quiet to-day. Town tallow le quoted 52e. 3d.
nett cash ; Pet/mbar*. Y.C., on the spot, 52e. 9d. ; March,
625. 6d. ; April and June, 625. 6d. ; Oct. and Dec., 51s. 6d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAT.
Mr. Z. J. Davis reports a good supply with little de-
mand :—Priase meadow hay, 635. to 6&i. ; superior do.,
70e. to 76
70e. inferior do., 60e. to 60s. ; rowels, 60s. to
60s. ; dem, 800. to 950. ; second out, 70s. to 845.; straw,
23a. to 276.

GOVERNMENT Op INDIA BlLL.—This morning
was issued from the Parliamentary Printing-office the Bill
for the batter Government of India, prepared and brought
Into the House of Commons by Viscount PalMerston, Mr.
Vernon Smith, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The
bill consist of 62 clawed, and occupies 14 of the ordinary
page•

METROPOLITAN POLICE.-This morning were
issued the accountant the Metropolitan Police, showing the
sums received and expanded for the purposes of the Metro-
politan Police, Polies Superannuation Fund, Public Car-
Heim and Polioe Courts In the year ended December 31,
1857. The total sum received from the parishes for the
services of the Metropolitan Police amounted to 290,8714
19e. 6d.; from the Treasury, 103,3801. 64. ; the aims re-
ceived for special services of the police at public build-
ings, &c., and from maoslieneons sources named in the
return amounted to 41,3181. 9s. 6d. ; these aunts,
with a balance in hand on the let of January, 1857, of
45,6361. 12a. 2d., make the total receipts for the year
481,201!. Bs. 2.d. The total sum paid for the metropolitan
police In the year was 444,2121. le. 15., leaving balances
In hand on the 31st .f December, amounting
to 36,9891. fie. Id. The receipts of the Metropolitan
Police Courts for the year, including a balance of
8661. ss. 7d., brought from the 3 previous year, amounted
to 71,602/. 31. 6d., and the expenditure to 67,808!.
13a., leaving 'balance to be carried forward of 3,7951. 101. 6d.
There are in all 6,083 persons employed in the metropolitan
police force. Theft consist of 17 superintendents-rat
4401. per annum, 1 at 3261., 14 at 2501., 1 at 2001.,
140 Inspectors, 4 at 2001., 4 at 1681. 64., 6 at 1501.,
1 at 148/. 65., 103 at 1181. 6.., 6 at 1001. 28.,
and 17 at 811. 18s. ; 630 sergeants, 7 at 1091. 45., 12 at
814 18s., lat 761. 14e., and 610 at 634 14e. ; 6,296 coats-
2at 781., 67 at 721. 16e., 9at 701. 44., 16 at
2 at 631. 14e., 1 at 62/. 134., 8 at
691. 16e., 1,417 at 641. 12.., and 3,790 at 49/. Bs.
The sergeants and constables are allowed clothing
and orals-401W. coals weekly to each married man
all ,the year, and 401 be. weekly to each angle man during
six months, and 2016 e. weekly dining the remainder of the
year.
isto asled over theft-
tabiTßiditeEnts
fE xthisAGioniClTLy,
TtniArrhich L SOCIETY:
whole county, and stimulate the different diatncts to im-
provement by it. periodical vials, may now fairly be looked
span ea a fact accomplished. The list of the names of those
who have given their satiation and subscriptions to the muse
an ample guarantee that there will be no halting, no failure in
the effriet which is being mach to place agricultural Essex on
an equality with other counties. We never had a doubt
of the moors of the project after we saw it earnestly
Oaken up by such gentlemen ae Mr. Da Cane and Mr.
Western, representing at once the land owners and op-
posite parties in politic.; and by Mesas. Baker, Clayden
Robb., and other practical men of note and aa-
The list before justifies the confidence
cr-i us ,
includes the names of owners and occupiers
el the soil in every district of Besex-and we am
happy, too, to fled in it the names of tradesmen in
most of the towns, for though they may not have an framer.
diate connexion with the plough, yet In a county like this,
those who serve at the counter, or direct the workshops, have
an atlases interest in the prosperity and perfection of the
furs yard and the field, which this association is threaded to
roman-Zara Herald.
THE COLLINS LINE OP STEANERS.-The United
States mall steamship Atlantic would not leave New York
as her regular day (the 13th), nor was It known whoa Or
ant slimmer of that line would .ail for this port, owing .°
the Waal of the government to entertain Porter er.)
boasboasln minas to the mail contract. The Betuabtargn e.s
would mil tor the Clyde, 13th hot