The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-23 00:00:00

1861. lea& 1866. 1867.
Stock on hand Ude day..auke 4*,1348 48,767 40,206
Delivery last week
Ditto (mm 14.411846 63,674 67,516 66,710 44,115
Arrival last week 199 j 1,161 1.480 2,474
Ditto from tat June 03,586 , 86.661 77,142 97.990
el. d. a d. d. ad. id.
.410 486 9149
43 9 60 9 46 9

Price Y.C. on swt this der ..
Ditto Town Wt Friday ....

Arrival for the week ending Dee. 31 last year delivery. s!6
casks. The arrival last week coropr6esl 1,176 casks Petersburg,
1,263 Austrella ; total, 2,474 casks.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
The number of beasts is very small indeed, and princi-
pally consisting of those left over from Monday last. There
Is a better inquiry, and
daprices are higher. The supply of
sheep in good for the y; there is also a fair demand, and
prices are rather better. Good calves are scams and dear.
Oar foreign supply consists of 165 beasts, 2,420 sheep,
53 calves, and 10 pigs. From Norfolk and Suffolk 30 beasts,
and 335 from the northern and midland counties.

Per stone of SIMI.
Mat Soot; Herald&
Best Short-horns
&word oaf. Wade
Calvet
Pile

d. a&I rot Mow of alba a L
6 0 5 4 Best Dust Ilf-bdaB3 • •
4 10 5 E' Bost Leng•wools.... • 8
3 4 4 0 I Do. do. Sheen.... 0 0
8 6 8 Ines& second quit • 0
3 0 4• I Do. do. M0r0.... O•

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Baasb M market, 11.`.0; sheep and lambs. 6,670; calves, 66;
pegs, 110.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Patteaden and Smith report a continued steady
demand at the reduced rates for choice descriptions, stocks
of which are getting scarce. Foreign markets are dearer.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 21.—APPOtNnigN78.--Cap-
tain E. H. G. lambert, to the Pallas, vice Captain Con-
nolly, ill ; Lieutenants Robert F. Hatumick, F. R. Dicken.
and F. C. Law, additional, to the Irresistible ; A. C.
Harris, to the Simoom ; Charles J. Hives, to the Tra-
falgar ; and Arthur G. P. Riall, to the Royal George.
Naval Cadets nominated—Robert F. Banks, John Case
went, John W. Elliott, Ernest Edye, Lewis F. C. Jackson,
Edward H. Godsall, Arthur J. Goldney, Charles N.
Rodick, Walter Pivot, and Wary Id. White.
THE MANSION-HOTSE WEST INDIA HTHRICANE
FUND.—Up to Saturday afternoon, the total sum received
by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house for the relief of
the sufferers by the hurrLanes in the West Indies
amounted to 9.3001.

MURDER AND ROBBERY IN IRELAND. —A EDISII
named Dunne has been murdered for plunder in Ireland.
The body was found on Friday morning on the road be-
twezu Cantle Dermot and Atby, county Kildare. It was
so much disfigured as to render identification difficult.
An inquest was held on Saturday on the body and a ver-
dict of wilful murder was returned against a man named
Coffey, who was seen with the deceased. A warrant was
issued for his arrest.

-4ueinslandieiradually becoming more and more
of a gold-exporting country. It is estimated that the
treasurer of that colony will this year receive 3,0001. as the
produce of the export duty on golf for the year.—Mel.
bourne Argus.
There are 42 candidates for the office of super-
intendent of the Southampton police. One of the can-
didates is a C.B. _ _

- -
DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, 56, GREAT
klumeonouow-ancar, Reoarr-sreirr, W.—One hun-
dred sad seventy-nine patients were relieved at this dis-
pensary during the week ending Deo. 21.
HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VICTORIA-
PAUL—The number of patients relieved at this institution
during last week wee 1,327, of which 262 were new cases.