The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-23 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

The market is steady. Prices are quoted as follows:
Town ta110w,42.,. 6,1. ; PetersburgY.C. on the spot 43.6 d. ;
March, 425. 6d. to 425. 9d. ; April to June, 425. 6d. to
425. !H. ; October to December, 435. 6€l. to 435. 9d.

MARKET AVERY:L.4. —Town tallow, 4.5 e. ' • tut by do,
24. 2W. ; yellow Kumla, 445. ; melted stuff, 3b. bd.
rough do., !TA. ud. ; greaves, Ilk. ; good dregs,

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Charles James Easton report. tride at the fol-
lowing prices, viz.:—Prime dorm, from 100 s. to 110 s. ;
inferior ditto, 80.. to WM. 6d. • prime moond cut clover,
90s. to Woe. ; inferior ditto, 60s. to 70s. ; prime meadmi
hay, 75a. to 8.55. ; inferior ditto, 655. to 655.; straw, 44
COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.)

Supplies of both home-grown and continental Produce
I are still abundant ; among the latter are good salad mate-.
rials and wino equines, which commands a rather high
price. Large nu ,otities of a rough description of apples,
which seem only to have been kept to be spoiled, are now
oomiug to initOtet. Forced vegetables comprise French
beans, potatoes, sea kale, and rhubarb. Retarded grapes
continue to be furnished, and pines are plentiful. Amoft
poan arc still good examples of no plus means, and.
Easter benne. Apples still consist of court of wick,
Cox's orange pippin, and a few other dessert varieties.
(taws continue good and cheap. Kent cobs ma still
Le had. Broccoli continues to arrive from the West of
England. Prices of potatoes are about the same as they
w..ro last week. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids, Chinese
primulas, violeta, pelargoniums, mignonette, and roar,.

Tun New Bernell-LOADERS.—We are sorry to
learn on good authority that the trial of the newly-
converted Enfield rides to breech-loaders (Snider pattern),
which took place at Aldershot during the past week by
two esompames of the 66th and Net Regiments, for the pur-
pose of Meting their accuracy and rapidity in shooting, is
not very favourable, and has shown a great many defects,
either in the arms or ammunition. In firing for accuracy,
which took place at 500 and 700 yanls hy, 20 mea
of the best enots. the figure of merit obtained
was not nearly as good as with the Enfield rifle
before conversion to • breech-loader, and, in some
instances, mine of the men failed to hit the target out of five
rounds. Another great fault found was thatalmost in every
instance in which the men did not oversight their rifles it
was ascertained that the bullet dropped short of the dis-
tance. lu Ming fur rapidity the time taken to fire 10 rounds
was as near as possible one minute and forty seconds,
but in this practice the figure of merit obtained was
very low. In a great many instances the men after
firing experienced considerable difficulty in removing
the ease which contained the powder and bullet from
the breech ; a large number of the cartridges bunt ;
therefore, the effects of their fire was lost, besides, in
some instances. is was found impossible to ignite
them. The ball-cartridge used on this occasion is
different to what was first issued for use with the
breccia-leaders, and is considered much better ; the
difficulty found in extracting the ammunition case from
the breech, the bursting and non-explosion of some of tho
cartridges, is considered attributable to the imperfect con-
struction of the arms.—Army and Nary Gazette.
DANORROUS ACCIDENT TO LOAD KENLIM.—WO
regret to state that a rather serious accident hail Lon/
Knuth., on Wednesday last, near Melling, which, bow-
s% er, might easily have been much worse. Ilia lord-
ship wan driving four-in-hand, and near the bottom of
an incline in the road the homes were going smartly
to get the usual impetus to ascend the next, when
number of cows came upon the road from an adjoining
watering-place. The cows became "skeary," and were
instantly among the hones, and the effect upon the
spirited team may easily be imagined. One of the leaders
almost jumped over a cow, the other stumbled, and the
wheelers both fell. The effect of the sudden and powerful
pelt dragged Lord Kenlia franc his seat and threw him
among the struggling horses. His lordship extricated
himself with the assistance of his servants, but not before
he had sustained the fracture of an arm from a kick of
one of the frightened animals, while tee next kick nar-
rowly missed Lord Kenlis's head, and another smashed
the spokes of one of the wheels. We are glad to hear
that his lordship, beyond the fracture and a severe Shake,
no worse.— Westawreiand Mudge.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC itzestrrn.—The traffic re-
ceipts of railways in the United King.loui amounted,for
the week ending February 16, on 12,734 miles, to
647,173!., and for the corresponding week of 1866,
on 12,495 miles. to 615.0131., showing an increase of 236
miles and of 32,1648. The gross receipts on the following
14 railways amounted, in the aggregate,on 9,189 miles, to
1544,4291.. and for the corresponding week of 1866, on 9.039
cities, to 519,1711., showing an increase of 150 miles, and
of 25,258/. The increase on the Caledonian amounted to
48a., on the Great Eastern to 21Q. ; on the Great
Northern to 2,742/. ; on the Great Southern and Western
to 338. ; on the Great Western to 1,732/., on the Lanca-
shire and yo:kshire to' ,7361. ; on the London and North
Western to 3,2461. ; on the London and Brighton to 1,9211.;
on the London and South Western to 924. ; on the Man-
chester, Sheffield, awl Lincolnshire to 754/. ; on the Mid-
laud to 2,195/. ; on the North British to 9791. ; on the
North Eastern to 3,962/. ; and on the South Eastern to
3,0221. 23,2%91. The goods and mineral traffic on
them lines amounted to 336,401/., and for the corresponding
week of BOW to 325,3711., showing an increase of 11.1201.
The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to
2b7,93..V., against 193,600/., showing an increase of 14.133/.
The traffic receipts on 52 other lines amounted, on 3.545
miles, to 102.744/., and for the corresponding week of last
year, on 3,439 miles. to 95,842/., showing an increase of 86
, miles and of 6,902 i. The total receipts of the put week
show an increase of 1,249!. as compared with those of the
preceding week, ending the 9th inst.