The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-29 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(ET TELEGRAPH.)
(FROM 017 E OWN 0013111PO1'DRWL)
The market quiet, but steady. Sales about $,OOO bales.

TALLOW BLARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 41r. 3d.
net ; Petersburg Y.C. cm the spot, ett. 6d.; Mank,42B.6d.
October to December, 435. 9d. to 44a. ; December, Us- 6d.; MARKET AVER/Welk—Town tallow, 435. 9a. ; fat by
ditto, :S. lid. ; yellow Burma, new, ets Od : melted
stuff, 325. ; rough ditto, 17e. 3d. ; graves, ISa. ; good
dregs, to. Import, for the week amount to 591 rusks.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THLS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Easton report. trade very slow at Um
following rives. vii, : meadow hay, 7.1 e. to 80e. ;
inferior ditto, :his. to 70s. • clover, old, Iris. to 100 a. ;
inferior ditto,7oe. to 90a. ; straw, :10a. to 3t..

COVENT GARDEN.--(THIS DAY.)
Tho demand for 'wedgies of beat quality is slightly im-
proving, and the supply being fairly kept up, still further
improvement is expected. French imports are heavy.
Pine-apples are in better demand than they way lastweek,
and hothouse grapes continua good=innaist of Lady
Downes', Ilarbaroosa, and Foster's . Strawberries
continue to maks their appearance. panish chest-
nuts for planting realise about 10s. and Spanish
basal nuts for planting ltis. per bushel. Potatoes
have not altered in price sloes our lass report. Flowers
chiefly consist of orchids, cychunens, Chines* pnimulss,
polargociums, mignonette, early tulips, hyacinths, poin-
settia pulcherrims, and ruses.

Mr. Charles O'Connor and Mr. Brady, the two
eminent members of the American bar mentioned
by our New York correspondent as about to be
sent to England by the government of the United
States, in connection with the trial of American
citisens for Fenianiani, are now in this country.

NoTHINIi WASTZD BUT TiiT MIND. —Mr. F. T.
Petra,e write. in Mantillas for Marsh :—" Mr. Buckle
ones told me that Talfourd possessed a letter at Charles
launli4—not published, however, in the ' Life '—in which
lamb narrded some critidems ade upon Shakespeare by
Wordsworth : —That Shakespeare was a great poet, •
very able genius. indeed; that much of his merit, how-
ever, lay in his style, and a peculiar manner he had, which
Wordsworth thought other people could imitate . . .
in fact, that be could write like Shakespeare, if he had a
nisei to ir. Su you see; Lamb ended, nests feeding
bat the ',awl.'"

OUTRA" Es BY TRADES UNIONISTS. —At the Liver-
pool polies-court yesterday two boilermakers. named John
Unman and William HMI* were charged with being
emscerned in unsold:lg • number of workmen In the em-
ploy of Messrs. George Forrester and Co., proprietors of
the Vaarball Foundry. Some week" since • portion of
the sere employed by Yam. Forrester and 00. turned
sot on strike, but by the aid of the Free Lamm Amok-
tics the firm replaced them by • number of men frets the
DM of Dogs, London. Yesterday morning eight el the
latter re romeding alo Rent-road on their to
do somawork at the Canaug
da D.-gale, when they wereway m-
oaned by a body of men, about 100 in number. Six
of the new-comers were knocked down and kicked In •
meet brutal manner, one of theta being also wounded by
Dome sharp lootrumeat, while two Where were violently
44 away." The pri- mama, who took an active part
ingret:odwardly outrage, were ressamled.
HALIFAX, Fin. 28.—The Inman Royal
steamer Sim arrived here lasi night AU Ina.