The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-12 00:00:00

MINES.-ZHIS DAY

Two o'CLoca.
The mining market to-day is steady and mode-
rately active. Stray Park shares are firm,
at 48 to 50, and East Wheal Russell steady,
at 14 to 12. Lady Bertha have declined to
3to 31. Treloweth are quoted to 10 ; East
Caradon, 8 to 81; and Vale of Towey, 11s. to 13e.
Sortridge Consols are marked in the Stock Ex-
change, 4.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are steady.
Dun Mountain Copper have been dealt in at 1, dia.,
and Fortuna at 3. Mariquita are marked in the
Stock Exchange being flatter.
Subjoined ie our usual weekly report of the
metal market : _ . .

WWith the
exception of the redaction in the price of
copper, there is no material change in the position of this
market since last week. Copper was reduced in price on the
Bth instant rather to the surprise of dealers generally. The
demand, which had become slack, has not yet been affected
by the change. Iron is a little better inquired for in Staf-
fordshire, and Scotch pig has slightly raihed from the lowest
point : generally, however, the trades dialL Tin keeps
steady in price and demand. Spelter has receded in value,
2.5. &I. W bs. per ton. Lead keeps steady. Tin plates
fetch rather better prices.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

TALLOW MARKET.-(THI!; DAY.)

The market is steady at the amend prices : - Town
tallow, 525. net cash ; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot,
53a. 6j. ; May and June, 525. 6d. " gallon ; " July to Sept.,
51s. ; Oct. to Dec., 50s. 6d.
MARKET ATERAGER.—Town tallow, 545. 3d.; fat by ditto,
2s. 10d ; yellow Russian, 555. ; melted stuff, 40a ;
rough ditto, 235. 6d. ; tallow graves, 16s. Good dregs, 7s.
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SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Davis and Company report trade dull. Prime
meadow hay, 804 to 904 supetior ditto, 92. i. to 100 s. ;
inferior do., 80e to7os. ; rowan, 70e. to 75e. ; clover, old,
1004 to 116 e. ; second cut, 84s. to 86s. ; straw, 274 to 32e.

COVENT GARDEN.—arms DAY.)
A few early cabbages now begin to make their appear-
ance. Pineapples and grapes have not altered since our
last. Good apples and pears are very scarce. Oranges are
plentiful and cheep. Strawberries are coming in in tolerable
abundance. Spanish hazel nuts for planting fetch 16s. per
busheL Cols realise la. per lb. Rhubarb is now furnished in
large quantities. Parsley is cheaper, but still dear. Greenness
and even broad beans, of foreign growth, may be
obtained. Potatoes realise 4s. 6d. a bushel. New frame
ones may be had at from is. to se. per pound.
Mushrooms can still be obtained in small quantities.
Cut flowers chiefly consist of orchids, gardenias, violets,
mignonette., camellias, azaleas, heaths, primulas, gera-
niums, and roses

THE SOCIAL EVIL—The proceedings of a second
midnight meeting of Frenchwomen, held at the St. James's
Restaurant, Regent-street, were brought to a clam yester-
day morning shortly before 3 o'clock. The attendance was
not large, but still it was more numerous than on the of
of the first French meeting. The first meeting
should not be looked on as a failure, for there are seven
females under the care of the committee from it. M. le
Pasteur Guillaume Monad, of Paris ; the Rev. Theophile
Mandela, of the French protestant church, St. Martin's-le-
Grand ; the Rev. Mr. Tucknesa, of Blandford • Colonel
Worthy, and the representative' of Cie various societies by
which the movement was originated, were present and
took part in the proceedings. After the females assembled
had partaken of the refreshments which were abundantly,
supplied for them, addresses were delivered in the French
language by the Rev. Messrs. Marvels and Monod, and is
English by Mr. Williams and a dissenting minister (the
Rev. G. Small, we believe). Prayers were also offered up,
and the whole service was listened to with the greatest.
attention, many of the unfortunate women being winch
affected by the earnestness of the disco uses. Several of
those present gave in their addresses to be visited, and
many promised to attend the matrons of the various homes;
but it is • matter of regret that the homes connected with
the societies are now full, and the committee have no other'
resource than to appeal to the public for further means.
STREET Biacautanings.—To the genial fancy
of an artist employed by Patrick (whose writers, by-the-
way, have all spoken in a very kindly manner of the move-
ment) the gentlemen belonging to the volunteer service are
indebted for an amount of blackguardiog and ribaldry
which, by those who have not heard it, would scarcely be
credited. To the sportive mind of this gentleman it
occurred to depict a volunteer crossing a road and flinching
from the deep sarcasm of an urchin who inquires of him
" Who shot the dog r' Within a week after the appear-
since of the cartoon the appreciative boys of the streets
began to understand the playful satire, and now no
opportunity is lost of hurling this chaff at the beads of all
individuals in uniform whose quiet appearance or sufficient
distance renders the chance of their taking notice of the in-
sult problematical. Were this abuse confined to the little
boys it would be too contemptible ; but blackguards of a
larger growth, the scum and refuse of the courts and alleys,
idle loafing vagabonds, thieves out of work, and the whole
horde of lads between sixteen and five-and.twenty "agge-
rawatur-curl" wearers, with greasy caps and check necker-
chiefs, who are always the determined opponent(' of every-
thing orderly and decent, take up the cry, and, adding to It
choice adjectives from their own vombuiary, follow at a eide
distance and howl out their obscenities.— ritestraXei Times.
AN ACCIDENT AVERTED.—" An Eye-witness"
writes— " I believe it is not generally known what a semi-
ful escape the rs by the late express train from
Paddington on onday evening last. We left Pad-
dington at the proper time, and all went right till we were
about half-way between Rath sad Bristol, when we felt a
violent jerking motion ; a cloud of dust and stases dew
gest the vrows, all the breaks were applied.
passengers out ; we cannot move and
whistles sounded, fort.signals were thrown, and in
fully short space,
of time we were brought to a standoind we
heard • cry, AA
both an up and a deem train are nearly due r the facebeing
that the azletree of a van just behiod our engine had
snapped, sod the van was across the rails, but whether so
far as to endanger the coming up-train no one could tell.
What would our position have been had it occurred in the
Box tunnel! As it was we were just about to enter a tun-
nel, but, providentially, we were stopped just at the spot
where we could best escape. Our engine, too, happily, was
not off the line ; so it ran towards Bristol to warn the
o ening train, and the guard (who behaved admirably) ran
back to meet the Salisbury train, and thus try to prevent a
threefold collision. You will believe that our train was mon
emptied. We were on an embankment, with a high wooded
hill on the near side, and a sheer descent to the river on the
other ; and just oosite to where we stopped there woe a
cutting in the wood for the purpose of running stones down.
Men and women were all soon over a high gate, and making
our way, in heavy rain, up this place, as we were told if
there should be a collision it was impossible to say how far
fragments might be driven. In two or three minutes we
heard the up-train coming, and all held our breath to see if
it would pass clear. It did, and there was a very general
exclamation of ' Thank God r The passengers in that
train were probably quite unaware of their escape, but on
examination it proved that there were barely two inches
between the corner of the vans and the footboards of that
train."
CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIRAT OPERA CONCERT DAY,
SEVIN-ANDSIXPINCE, FRIDAY, NAY 11.—Admissmos n
payment, 788; ditto by season tickets, 1,420 ; total visitors,
2,208.