The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-27 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET-MHIS DAY)

Tho market I quiet. Town tallow is quoteil
net cash; Petersburg Y. C., on the spot. 59s ; l.ll the
month, see. 641. 595. ; April to June, 575. 9c1.; Octo-
ber to December, 55e. to 55e. Gd.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report a better demand for
good new and yearling hope at tinn prices. There was
alio some inquiry for 1855 and 1856 for apeculation.

COAL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Walls Bed Smith,ls Hettoe. li s. ; Walls End Russell
Hettoe. 17s. ; Wallis Pad Woobouse Close, 14s. td.;
Tanfiekl Meer Butes, Us. ; West Hartley, lbs. Id. ;
Hastier Hartley, 15s. Bd.--Ships at market, O.

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH W.—Birkenhead, el Mt—Caledonian
Stork, 961 90-6satern Counties, 10 101,- —Great Northern 8
110 111—Great Westerns, 714 714—Lincaahlre and Yorkshire, 111
111 I—London and North Western, 911 964—Manchester. Shenk
and Ihscolnahlre. 461 461-141,11 and Stock. 1271 1274—Ditto new
shares, If llp.—North British Stock, C 21621 rd.—North Stafford-
shire, 31 34 d.—North Eastern, Berwick Capital Stock. 1024 1024
vork Capital Stock, 001 91I—Leeds Stock. 00 se} —South
&atom 26 1416 251--West Midland, Orlon!. 46 sil—Dutch
Rhenish. 114 $1 I—Great Luxemboure, el 16-16 7—Gland Trunk
of Canada, 6 6-141 54—Great Western of Canada, 111 114-1111nois
Ceiand, WI 281 d.--Buffalo and Lake Huron, 44 s—Thames and
Mersey Marine itompany, 16.16 1 p.
Ittricenirres., 6141101 26.—The market was Inactive, hut
steady. Great Western of Canada, next account. 11 616—Great
Western, next account, 714 4 I—lllinois Central, Strl next
account, 1601.—Laneashlre and Yorkshire, 1111 : next amount,
111};1 4—London and North Western, mat account, 951—Man-
chester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, next account, 461 I—Mid-
land, next account, 1274—North Eastern, Berwick, 1014—North
Staffordshire, next account. 344.—South Easton, • next ac-
count, 25I—Thames and Mersey Marine Inrurante. 15-141.;Lan-
cmahlre Insurance, next account, i 4 d—East Amdian, 17 .
BIRMINORAM, MARCO 26.—The business reported to was
South Staffordshire, at 101. Its 114.—Birmineharu and Stafford-
shire Gas, New, 281., at SI pm.—and Worcester Oas at 14 per
share. Prices generally steady.
SIAMI 121.—L4e4 1114—Gress Northern A. 1061.

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Taw CORBOLIDATED PI-BD.—AR act of parlia-
ment, which received the royal assent on Friday. has junk
been issued, to apply the stint of four millions out of the
Consolidated Fund to the servioe of the present year. This
was the seared act of the session.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES or Rone.—Tlo Vatican oon•
talus 100,000 printout hooks and 25.000 Mss.,. 2,300 of
which are oriental ; also a raiment° of medelions and other
antiquities. The Citsanatemian library consists a about
120,000 volumes and of BSA., some of which are of great
value. The Angelica library contains 1-Ti,72.3 volumes, and
the Anicaelitaus is also richly stocked ; the Barherina has
00,000 printed works, 10,000 MSS., aud the original auto-
:. ore
ekims anadts.MßS. In all the con-
graphs of Two and Tetrarch. The ('ersinisa library, con-
e itse r mkts:licif:thri:enhl3th century. The Cbigian and the
sitting of an immense. mass of book!, is the best in Rome or
libraries, but both in these and in the
1411frivilir, and the
others above•nateed there is a dearth of modern books, cape-
dilly of those that treat of social sciences. As far as the
cause of superior instruction is concerned the deficiency is
very great, but as towards ancient works, these libraries con-
taie treenues with which times of no other city can compete.
The Humber of patients treated at the Satinant.in
Five Hospital for women and children, Eiwards-stroot.
Portmanequare, during the week wadies Mart% 23, was
1,003, of which 233 were new awes.