The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-19 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-(TI US DAY.)

The market is quiet. Town tallow, 41s. 9d. ; Peters-
burg Y.C. on the spot, 435. 9d. • April to June, 435. 911. ;
October to December, 445. 3d. ; 'December, 445. 9d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Barton reports trade slow at lest
clay's prices. Prime meadow hay, 80s. to 841.; inferior
ditto, 63.. to 755. • clover, old, 9tai. to 105 s. ; second
cut, 70s. to 90s. ; straw. 30s. to Ms.

On Thursday Mr. W. E. Forster will ask the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the new tariff
will come into operation, which, in the commercial treaty
between this country and Austria was fixed to take date
on the lst of January, 1867 ; and, especially whether it
will come into operation simultaneously with the new
tariff fixed in the commercial treaty between Austria and
the Zollvezein, viz., on the Ist June of this year.
Mr. Grant Duff, also, on Friday proposes to
call ►ttention to the long delays which have occurred in
the negotiations with Anaemia relative to • oommercial
treaty ; and, to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether be can give the house any hope of the
speedy termination of those negotiations.
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On Thursday Mr. Perm will ask the Secretary to
the Treasury whether the opinion of her Majesty's At-
torney-General bee been received on the legality of the
award of the judges of designs for the law cones ; and
what is the nature of that opinion, if delivered to the Trea-
sury.

Mr. Kekewich to-morrow will bring forward *
bill to make provision, in the case of boroughs ceasing to
return members to serve in parliament, respecting rights
of election which have been vested in the persons entitled
to vote for such members.

Mr. Graves will) ask the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer on Thursday if it is his intention to proceed with
the Electric Telegraphs Bill this session.

Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy has a bill on
Thursday to amend the law relating to the funds provided
for defraying the expenses of the metropolitan pollee.
On Monday next Sir F. Heygate will aak the
Chief Secretary for Ireland whether la the opinion of the
government the time is not arrived " when it would be
wise to repeal the Party Processions Act (Ireland), and
whether in their opinion the pi nervation of the publia poem
amid not be equally secured by a Arias administration at
the amnion law of the land."

On Friday last the Rev. John Fletcher Burrell,
clerk, was instituted to the vicarage of Garbrooke Magna
and Carbrooke Parrs annexed, in Norfolk, on the present&
tion of Richard Dewing, Rag., of Carbroolte. On the same
day the Rev. Lewis Duval Hail, clerk, was instituted to
the vicarage of Corton, in Suffolk, on the presentation of
her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria.

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GIBRALTAR CONVICT EBTABLIFIRMENT. From
the emus' report of this prima for 1867, published this
morning, it appears that the total expenses of this estab-
lishment during the paatrarasseantadto 10,8611. 108.11 d.
This showed the cost per man to hays be.. 651.
a high rate, which L aseownied for by the fact that while
there was a greet decrease in the umber of prisoner; the
staff of the establishment remained the same. As a set-
off, however, the value of prisoners' labial on the works
amounted to 94901. 19a. 4d., so that Nor actual charge an
the pulls wa57,6701. lb. 7d.

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