The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

lILINCING-LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
SCOAR.—The market has opened quietly but steadily at
last week's currency. Refined dried goods *optima' in
moderate request at steady prises ; pieces sell readily as
soon u produced, at firm
Comes—The market is firm, but owing to numerous
parcels being declared for public sale during the week, the
market privately is quiet.
Tan.—Tbe Assam sales are regrowing steadily ; pri-
vately the market continued
Bins—About 1,500 bags Amain, at 91.61 ;Bar
sein, 9s. 100. ; white Bengal.
at 15e. to 15e. 3d.
Rum.-200 hnts. of Mauritius sold at le. per gallon ad-
vance.
flercsa.—A small parcel of cassia lignea sold at 103 s.
cash for first pile ; and 300 bags of black pepper at 3 3-16 d.
for Penang, and 3hd. for Singapore, cash and short
BALTPEITRIL-300 bar sold at 21s. for refraction Tr."l"4
Oortent.—.s fair busman is doing in some easy at firmer
prices.
Haim —St. *Petersburg has declined, and is dull of
1 sale, at Z2l. for clean.

TALLOW MARKET.—(IIIIB DAT.)
The market is steady; Town Saw in quoted OIL Sii.
net ; Petersburg 'P.C. cm the spot, Me. 6d. ; Osier
to December, 45e. 6d. ; December, 465. 6a.

SMTIVFIELD HAY MARKET.-{THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade glow at the
following prices :—Prinie old clover, from 120 s. to 130 s.
inferior ditto, from 95a. to 110 s.: prime old hey,
from 105 m to 110 e. ; inferior ditto, from 90e. to 100 s. ;
prime new clover, from Sts. to 100 s.; prime new hay,
from 75e. to 85s. ; inferior ditto, from 50s. to 66e.
straw, from 365. to 455.

TOE FIR AT SALE or New HOPS. —The first
of new hops arrived at market this morning.pocket
was
grown by Mr. George Austen, of Battle, Sussex: as-
signed to Messrs. W. Auden and Co., Borough: sad
bought by Messrs. Bakers, White, and Morgan, Lorene
bridge, for Messrs. Squint and Tillyer, brewers, Uxbridge,
at led . Dia per cwt.
HARVEST Pr-earners THE NORTH ARD EAST
Rausos. —The promising erect of affairs four=
ago is now changed conriderrily for the worse.
out the present month there have been frequent
heavy rains, with a low of temperature,
and the harvest has advanced very little during
the fortnight. Many of the crops laid Eat some
ten days age have not risen, and in thee* eases it
has been found requisite to cut the corn prematurely, and
th harvest has here and there been begun but it will be
us
by CO means general until next week. The mop are se
tainted that reaping maeh;nes will be of very
_Brie use
this year, and on Friday and Saturday nights sibm•
were more thunderstorms, with heavy rams, whisk will
make metiers still worse. These, in their courses, bre
been VW! severe, and will necessitate the immediate
taking up of unripe ern. All hopes of an August harvest
ere now at an end. The floods of ten days ago have dime
good rather than harm, exempt where the treat hay
re-
seined in the lap. The hats rains have thorned,
washed the sand oft the after pass, and the stock ere sow
all in the fields *gain. Turnips and clover, and ell roe
crepe, have wonderfully improved, and there is pansies of
good paring for the autumn.—Leeds Mercury.
New SUPERANNUATION Acs.—An act has Par
bete printed to amend the law relating to the granting
pensions and superannuation allowances to persons
certain aloes corseted with the administration of *roe
in England. Besides rime is chancery, bankruptey, and
lunacy, the law is now extended to the common law sorb
at Westminster, and to any person to whom the Lord
Chancellor bas Off she/1 have authority to order super,
annuation allowance. The applications made to the lard
Chancellor for retiring allowances ars to be transmitted
totbeTressury, to examine and award the sums to be pid.
The mode determinthg a thnuation allowance b
pointed out. The Lord Chano may declare dire to
be professional, and with ths consent el the Tremor" try
add Los:rds asaareiterces not 9
ere pretested, 03Zwisui:lliathiP= is
the
riLtLp:esst and future earn, and to be died r
nation Act, 1866." It erne into fares an the
11;11W:.,7.hen it received the royal great.
CRYSTAL PALACIL Oars Sarunta
MOSDAT, Armor 13.—Aihniesions on payment. t 7,56 ;
ditto by emir tire* 4,0112. Total visitors, ANI.