The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANIL—(THIS DAY.) Fs:
BUG/A.—The market is quiet at yesteniay's prices which Bt•
occasionally showed a decline of Gd. Refined steady. SSSt.
Corm.—The market isrteady, particularly for the fine es..
sat good shipping qualities; low descriptions dull of sale. le
TEL —The large public sales are progressing without St.
spirit, but at about yesterday's ppricer 12
Cocoa.—Ordinary red Trinidad sold at 78s. ; ordinary St.
IS
Grenada sold at flea. la

—RIM —This market has become doll. rt.
Psremt. --11Ingspors .old 4d. to 40. ; heavy Malabar, 10
4.d. to 40. 81
Ncrietcs.—Good middling sold at N. to N. 3d. ; fine, 84.
3s. ; small, is. fid. to Is. &L 50
5AL171712 remains stead T. WO
15
JUT11—W.01:01 Lbd fine sold At An advance, at 10c to 20s. io
In other articles no material alteration. SO

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is Arm at the following prices :—Town
tallow, 51a, vet cash ; Petersburg Y.C., oo the spot, Ilk
52a. 3d. to 525. &I. ; June, 51a. 9d. ; July to Sept., 51a gd.
to 32m. ; Ott. to Dee., 51s. 91. 6
gR
1.

10
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. 17}
(TRIM DAY.) 12
Bt.
Good beast' are scares' indeed there is a shorter sappll 10
of all descriptione; trade ha. consequently recovered the alight 80
depression experienced on Monday. The sense remark, apply 10
also to &beep. lambs are selling about the muss as on 84L
Monday. Creases are rather dearer. Our foreign rawly :I:
entente of 158 besets, 550 sheep, end 128 calves. Mitch En.
cows, 125. 10
Per stone of 81ba ad.a. 4. Per et Ma a, d. a. d. St.
Best Scots. lierefds. 6 8 8 4 Banallandlittviselt 6 8 0 0 St.
Best Short-horns 4lO I I Mot 84.
Second qual. beasts 4 0 4 6 Do do Sikora 6 6 6 6 84.
Calves
4 44 6 Da do. Wen .... 4 85 0 80
- - Lambs
Beasts at market, 1,065; Ohm) and Innate, 7,810; Calves, et
261; PhP, 60. so
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SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) et.
mem% Davis and Co. report trade dull, prices with- to
out alteration. Prime meadow hay, 75a. to 84s. ; lupe-
rim ditto, 90.5. to 95..: inferior do., 60s. to 70s. ; rowen, II
80a. to 70a. ; clover, old, 95e. to 115 s. ; second cut, 84s.
to 925. 6d. ; straw, 255. to 32a.
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LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST
RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

An extraordinary general meeting of the pro-
pr:etors, convened in conformity with the standing enters of
the House of Lords, wan held at 1 o'clock, at the Bridge
House Hotel, London-bridge—Mr. Leo EIMIUISTER in the
chair—inn order that the following bills, now pending in
parliament, might be submitted for approval :-1. A Bill to
enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
Company to make certain alterations in their coast lines
and in the line of the West-end of London and Crystal
Palace Railway, a new channel for the river Arun, and
other works and for other purposes. 2. A Bill entitu'ed
an Act to authorise the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company to Imake a railway from the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, in the
of Croydon, to the West-end of London and Crystal
Railway, near Balhani-hill, all in the county of Barmy,
with a branch railway connected therewith, and for other
3 A bill for the transfer of the Epsom and
Mrheeertead Railway to the London and South Western
Railway Company and the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company, and for other . 4. A
bill entituled an act for making • wart for the
purpose of connecting Ryde with Ventsior and the east
coast of the Isle of Wight, and for other purposes.
5. A bill for making a railway from the Mid-Sussex Rail-
way to the Godalming branch of the London and South
Western Railway at Guildford,_ to be called "The Horsham
and Guildford Direct Railway." 6. A bill for enabling the
Mid-Sumer and liklburat Junction Railway Company to
deviate a portion of the authorised line of the Mid-Rumen
sad Midhurst Junction Railway, 1859. 7. A bill for
making railways between the London, Brighton, and South
Coast and Direct Portsmouth Railways and Hayling Ferry,
for the construction of harbours and docks, and for other
IRMRAIRRAN, in opening the proceedings, said that the
bills No. 3 and No. 6 were not yet in a fit state in parlia-
ment to be submitted to the meeting, and that No. 7 had
been abandoned ; while, regarded the regard the others, the fullest
explanations had Leen given at a general meeting.
The solicitor of the company, Mr. FAITHFUL, then read
the heads of bills Nos. 1,2, 4, and 5.
lu answer to questions, the CH•trinan stated that by the
first Lill power was given to do certain works which were
deemed necessary for the purpose of improving the com-
pany's communications, that the clauses were permialiee,
that the expenditure authorised was 350,00 W., and that he
thought the whole of that amount would be required.
A resolution approving of the bill was passed nasal-
mnusly.
In moving that the second bill be approved, the Crtanutsai
observed that the branch authorised by it would be very
advantageous to the company, would be five miles in
length, and would cost about 100,00 W. It was proposed
long ago, sal hod at length been sanctioned in parliament.
The reo.lution was unanimously adopted.
As regarded bill No. 4, the CHAIRMAN remarked that the
line was to be made in conjunction with the South Western
Railway Compauy, and that consequently there could be no
competition.
The bill was approved, as was also bill No. 5.
The meeting was then adjourned till Thursday: the
21st of June, at 1 o'clock, for the consideration of bills
Nos. 3 and 6.
. . . .

A special meeting was then held for the purchase of the
Lewes and ("eh&ld mid Micl.fiuseex Railways, which ware
already !sisal iu perpetuity at 4 per cent. per annum.
The CHATRIIAN having explained that what was proposed
was simple a subetitution of a preferential dividend of 4 per
cent for the existing rent charge, so that the lines would
become the actual property of the London and Brighton
Compaey,
Resolutions for carrying out the object were adopted
wassilmonsly.
In reply to a question,
The Cruntirtn sank that every branch line which the cow.
parry latdconstrueted paid quite as well as,if not better than,
the min tine. He furthermore observed that there was no
truth in the rumour which had been circulated that he was
shoat to resign the chairmanship of the board.
The proceedings terminated in the usual !sinner.

Tes Qinunt's Coca.—Our good Queen pia rid
of the slow coach incubus whe she has a thane. See gp
her dashing in the open carriage with the scarlet outriders 10
towards Ascot racecourse, andhear the countless thoureade 10
peal out their great joyful shout as she and her nobles
emerge from the Long Walky and the carriage slackens ih"
pace, and the horses, champing in their constrained slow. se
nese, move along the velvet sward. See the simple car- to
riago that holds royalty, swiftly gliding to theatre or opera. to
At home, at Osborn., and at adniond, we are told the I
Queen drives a little haskst pony-chaise; bet routine must 4
have its rights, and the slow coacheries of our gloriosa r.
constitution are not to ha trilled with. So, once or twice fo"
a year, her Majesty and her Masters of the Horse and IrL a•
mama of the ROWS, ariesempelled to enter that hags gilded 0
giagerhreed and &seem of a waggon, with the at fit)
coachman sad the swat bees -the old original abeni*ty
and nieunireity, with the Bow helmets, and the brew,
and the pahrtrem, sod the gawk painted by Clqtoimrsur go
Thornhill, and Faith, Hope, and ei ty, Gag, and
the Knipener Heligobalne Min the bargain for aught
sprawling Omni a goblets Noah'sew H Queen Vie.
tone mist hate the sale teenage! How the Milne' of
the Robes genet abhor it, and tin Water d the Henn
shake his GA at it, when be mho a tom of
through the royal stables Ical=liape they at Wirt.
How is le• Isom? Lord le kw/
of wake haelewastie.-11 "ilfirteeirlhows )arid.'
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