The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-25 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN.-(THIS ]?AY.)

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Pears still continue to be imported from 'France.
Oranges are becoming scarce, se are also West India
pine-applea, the last cargo of which for this season is said
to have arrived. Home-grown pineapples and hothouse
grapes are still plentiful, and prices for these, as well as
for other kinds of indoor produce, continue about the
same as those of last week. Greengages are now
their appeananics ; but these, as well as beet empire!"
other plums, are scarce, and are fetching high priors.
Vegetables generally are sufficient for the demand.
Flowers chirpy amidst of orchids, asters caceolarias,
palargonianis, fuchsias, balsams, cockscombs, stocks,
mignonette, and rows.

FRUIT.

Currauts. per sieve, Ss to 5s
Mgs, per 1.,6.1 to
tlooseberries, p. qt., Co Oil
Gen's,. pm- t•
Le111..1111, per 100, Ss to 14

I:leiens, each, 34 to C 4
Nectarines, p. dna ti to 8$
Orange', per 100, 18$ w 10%
fetches, per doz is
Pine AppUs, per lb., Ss to as

VEGETAISUIS.

Arti..ll,l:es. por 41,/ 2, h. 4s Ntushrooms, p. prott.,2q to 3s &I
Beans, Kidney, p £s'o .•..atola&I lluMard & eras, p punts., ad
Boet, pur (IA . 2.. L. 41 01110 M, p. alos. bun., 3/ to de
rahiacteg, per doz . to. to 2. Panic'', per i dere. 21 to 3s
Carrot. per 1....1e1.. 4.1 G. hd l'armiipe, pax dem , la to tr
d0ir0,..h..1.• . 1...;....1.s
. Peas, per Id-, &I t. 1.,
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cation...rm. p doz.. 2. to Ca per Wetzel, Se ad to ! a
Celery. per , 1.1,11 _. :o ..:16.1 l'etatoes, York Regent's. p. tok
Vueumherm. cub 34 to 04 90e to 115 e
I.:mitre, per doz . :le Rocks, do., 601 to 70s
Gsrlic alai Shallots, per lb , 104 Fluke*. 1004 to 1254
Herbs, per bunch, 64 do. Kidney', 6e to lee
11orselL141.11,1, bini.1,2,164t0 in per cot.
Lveks. per b•rnrh. 34 Radishes, p. 12 hon., 64 to Is
Lettuce'. per ecore la to Is Od Spinach, per bash., is to as
Mint, fur bunch. 3d 1.. 44 Turnip', per hunch, ea to 94

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Cb,r1....T mrs Easton report trade slow at the folk
lowing prices : —Prime old clover, from 110 s. to 120 e. ;
inferior ditto, from 955. to 1055.; prime old hey,
from 953. to 1995. ; inferior ditto, from 85e. to 90s. ;
prime now clover, from 90s. to 100 s. ; inferior, 60s. to
Mt.; prime new hey, from 755. to 85s. ; interior ditto,
from 41.. to ; straw, from 355. to 455.

We (A, a,,.1 Nary 0a:.• tte) deeply regret to
find that the I, ids of the Admiralty have resolved to
ignore the existence of the memorandum laid on the table
of the Hdase of Lords by the Duke of Somerset at the
close of th • s-sdon of 1865, and have determined once
more upon allowing the entry of cadets of the second
class into the iierelee. This new regulation is to come into
force Inom the beginning of the next month.
A meeting rat the volunteers who attended the
Tie-National of Brussels in 11464-6 was held at St. Martin's
Vestry-hall, Strand, List night, to ruake arrangements for
organising a visit to Brussels, in September, of the English
volunteers, in ire astitance of the cordial invitation sent to
the National Rifle Association by the council of the Bel-
gian Tar-National. Captain Irvine occupied the chair.
COUNT IiD•MARcK AR A PROPHET.—A correspon-
dent of the nin po relates of Count Bismarck that, when
he wan unibitWltiGT its Paris, he had been dining one day
at the Moulin 11,e1„,e, in company with M. de Beust and
M. Seehach, :red as they were on their way to spend the
rest of the day at blabille, Count Itisar.arck seized the arm
of M. de Letts% and exclaimed, with a laugh, " Mind,
gentlemen, when I ant minister I shall blow you all into
the air."
THE ANIERWAN MINIMISE. AT FRANKFORT.—
A letter from Fr ,nkfort to the P raw of Vienna, tells the
following reiry of the Pnissian occupation of Frankfort.
Mr. Murphy, the American Minister to the Diet, was
informed by General de Manteuffel that he and his
countrymen could not be relieved from the charge of
billeting soldiers on their houses. Mr. Murphy put on his
het, and simply replying, "General, pray observe that our
fleet is on the Baltic," took his leave. The Americans
have had no soldiers to provide lodging for !
INTEMPERANCE, INDIGENCE, AND OVER-CROWD-
Trio. —A sub-counnittee appointed recently by the
town council of Liverpool to investigate the causes of the
excessive mortality of the town have reported to the health
committee that the chief causes assigned for the excessive
mortality were intemperance, indigeuce, and over-crowd-
ing. As a reme.ly the committee suggested the provision
of decent dwellings for the working classes, the opening up
of close and contiued courts, and encouragement of cleanli-
ness by securing an ample supply of pure water, and the
substitute of water-closets for the open privies. The snb
committee also recommended that the council should be
asked to apply to parliament for an act to control the sale
of exeiveabh liquors, in order to check if possible the
spread of drunkenness. The number of deaths registered
in the borough of Liverpool during the week ending the
18th 4.f August were 518, an increase of 200 over the cor-
rected average of the last ten years.
The Temple gardens, the chief lungs of the City,
have been thrown open to the public, in the evening, for
a period of nearly three months, and during that time have
been fneoientelhy the denizens of the crowded streets
and court, of the City, the Strand, Holborn, and St.
Giles 'a districts, Lambeth, Lc., to the number of about a
quarter of a million, and not one flower has been plucked,
or the slightest injury dune to the gardens by them.—City
Press.
The following, with reference to the Delhi Rail-
way. is extracted from the Lahorc Chronicle: —'lke railway
between l'inritsur and the River Besse is making consider-
able progress under the active supervision of the chief
engineer an l guidance of the railway, staff. Two miles of
rail beyond rinritsur are already laid, and the whole of the
earthwork and bridges are in a fair state of completion.
The very heavy floods on the Sutledgo have slightly im-
peded work fora short time, but no material injury has
occurred to the works, either on the Betas or Suthadge.
notwithstanding the unusual heiglith of the riven this hoe
season."
RAILWAY TRAFFIC/ RECETTTR.—Tho traffic re-
turns of railways in the United Kingdom, published for
the week ending the 18th of August, amounted on 12,460
miles to 784,54a7., and for the corresponding week of 1865
on 12,2'_'9 miles to 747,4861., showing an increase of
2,31 miles, and of 37,0631. The grow receipts on fourteen
of the principal railway in the limited Kingdom amounted
for the week en 9,0,a =ilea to 658.7911. and for the
corresponding week of last year, on 8,915 miles, to 62+,5831.;
showing an increase of 160 miles, and of 30,2064 The
increase on the Caledonian amounted to tiel. ' • on the
Great Eastern 482/.; on the Great Northern to 3,607/.
on the Great Western to 5,2061. ; on the lonsubire anal
Yorkshire to 3,854/. • on the London and North Western
to 6,43!51. ; on the London and Brighton to 1,81 W.!. ; on
the London and South Western to 28. E.; on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnabire to 767/. ; on the Midland to
3,759/.; on the North British to 1,614/. • on the North
Eastern to 2,1'11/.; and on the South Eastern to 121/.;
total, 30,372/. But from this must be deducted 1641. the
decrease on the Great Southern and Western, leaving the
blouses as above, 30,2081. The receipts on b 2 other
lines in the United Kingdom amounted on 3,3116 miles to
125,757 f. ; and for the corresponding week of last year
on 3,314 miles, to 1189e2/. showing an increase of 81
miles, and of 6,855/. The goods traits on the 14 systems
of lines above mentioned amounted for the week to
313,1861. against 216,1011., showing an increase of TT,OSSL,
The passengers, parcels, mans, he., traffic on those lines
amounted to 345,6061., 'phut 333,0 E. for the correspond..
ing period of 18115, showing an increase of 37,0631. The
tete' receipts for the put week show a decrease at
3,4111. as compared with those of the preceding week
ending the llth inst.