The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-05 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING-LANE.--THIS DAY.
SCGAR.—The market is steady and the public ales ern
going off without chewing any material alteration in prices.
The rafted market them; goods, ready for delivery, scarce;
brown lumps, 635. 6,1.
Comas.—The public sales axe progressing steadily at
previous rates.
TEA.—The market is quiet. Common Congo., I3d.
BALTPCMZ.-700 bags sold in public sale at full prime.
Refraction 7t, 425. 6d.; refraction 111, 425.; refraction 44,
bought in. Madras, reraction 151 to 18, sold 36.. to 381.
nice remains steady, but dull of sale.
Ctorre.-110 bales sold 4td. to 40., which sou a shade
lower.
Corrow.-230 bales Eat India, damaged, sold 41.1. to 6d.
Taa.—Bast India Straits soldl47s. ; Burma, 1485.; which
ware higher prices.
In other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The market is firm. Town tallow is quoted 61s. 6d. nett
sash; Potersburg Y. C. on the spot, 665.; Feb. to March,
6.511., April to Jane, 565. 9d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-THIS DAY.
Mr. B. J. Davis reports trade without alteration. Priam
meadow hay, 665. to 70s. ; superior ditto 70s. to 80s.; infe-
rior ditto, eos. I. 605.; rowen, 60s. to 63a. ; clover, 70a. to
100 s.; second cut, 765. to 1065.; straw, 24. to 28a.

THE Seeeteebi HOSPITAL SCPCILST.—The annual
meeting of this society wee kid retwilay at the oboe, 86,
King William-street, Vice-Absiml err limmiecomiZ K.C.B.
in the chair. A tabular Metimesedr the re-
port, showed that the rube of art bee the
Floating Hospital, since its establidrest lilsrds, 1821,
to the 31st of January, 1867, had been 77 464. They lied
belonged to twenty-five different astfann redraft* then-
send besides bad been relieved as The Mnisher
of patients admitted during the year had bra=
and the number supplied with and surgical
and medicine and medical stank 1,068. In heerlist the
Lords of the Admiralty had made • gift to
taste
her el
than ship Caledonia, a larger and more •
vessel that now in use, and of which the retry ba
been possessed for upwards of twenty-five years, and it tees
the intention of the committee to alter the same * Oar
dada to that under which the Barbel had her r Beat
known—the Dreadnought. The expire of Mir wy Ois
ship (except rm.:it .ng some iron and timber, and ours. Os
orlop del), had devolved on the society, and the met bed
already been 11,0001. Little remained to be done
the completion of the •Creel% for that portion of the eVial
apart for the performance of divine worship; sad, ss the
ship was nowlorought to her moorings, she wosid,
ka ths
course of a few days, supersede the present Dreadnought.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the leer-
ins on Monday next, the 9th inst., papers will be reed es Os
route item Bushire to Shiraz, by Lieut.-Genets! Willem
Monteith; on the geography of southern Persia, with reds-
enoe to the pending milir operations, by Colenel Sir Henry
Hawkinson, and on the Battleof Sella.* kc. by Lieut.-General
Joehmus.
INCOME TAX MEETING AT CHELSEA.—A crowded
meeting against the income tax was held last evening at
Lloyd's Assembly Rooms, Chelsea; Mr. R. Melina Q.C.
M.P., in the chair. Itemlutions in favour of the immediate
removal of the " war 9d.," and condemnatory of indiscrimi-
nately taxing precarious and permanent incomes, were car-
ried =Ann:mealy. Messrs. West, Hairline, Archbott, sad
other gentlemen, took part in the
_proceedings.
MEMORIAL CHURCH AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—The
edges appointed to decide among the designs for this church
ve made their award. They assign the first prize to the
plan of Mr. Barges, who, in partnereltip with Mr. Clinton,
obtained the first prize. in the competition for a cathedral at
Lille. Sir. Burps, m his design, has kept in view the
Northern Gothic, introducing such modifications as the dif-
ference of climate might require, and selecting for bia model
the church of St. Andrea at Yemeni, built by • h work-
men and English money in the thirteenth century. The
melon are carried round the apse, so as to afford epee
for the monuments which, as a memorial church, the
building is (sense), designed to contain.
SUDDEN DEATH AT A TEMPERANCE MEETING.—
Last night, just as the temperanre meeting was about to
open in the Wesleyan chspel, Kensington a middle-aged
man came in, apparently in his usual health and spinta,
when he suddenly dropped into the arms of his companion,
whom he had brought to sign the pledge, and Ina few mo-
menta he camel to breathe. Two surgeons were upon the
spot in less than ten minutes, but the ease was beyond the
reach of human skill when they snivel. Mr. Allen, hosier,
of the High-street, improved the occaeion by delivering on int-
preseive address, and warned •11 prone= so to live in thin
world as to be prepared for smelt an event as that they had
eat witnessed.
DREADFUL EFFECT OF SUPERSTITION.—There is
a belief among the meet ignorant of the French peasantry in
the Haute Marne, that a lantern made of the skull of a
young child will render the person who carries it invisible.
A farm labourer, named I'itutritt, in the commune of
Ileuilley Ic Grand, wee condemned to death by the Court of
Assizea, on Friday, for the murder of a baby eleven months
old, the child of lisp master; and the evidence showed that
he had stolen the child out of its cradle, and hacked off its
heed for this purpose.
SALMON FIaIIINGS.—The salmon fishings in the
riven north of the Tweed opened on Tuesday. The opening
has been rather unfavoureble, owing to the cold frosty
weather hating filled the riven with he, a circumstance
always against the run of the fish. In the Deveron, the
produce of the catch foe the day was only moderate. Thn
fish got were of fool quality, but a largo number of belts
were obtained, which had, of coulee to be returned to the
water. In the Spry the commencement was oleo unfavour-
able, the bad morning not allowing the kennels to get very
early to work.—Glamora Daily Mail.
A TRAVELLER OF TILE OLD SCHOOL.—A laugh-
able incident, it is reported, took place at the Weymouth
railway station, a few days ego. An old Indy, probably not
having seen a locomotive before, took her rest in one of the
carriages at Dorchester, to come to Weymouth. She was no
doubt delighted at the trip. and easy riding. On the train
arriving at the terminus, the door was opened by one of the
ofhtiale, who required her to step out, but the y was,
"No, I shall not get out, you cheats, I have har&y anted
myself yet ; I have paid my fare to go
wn to
Weymouth,W and
there I will go." "My good woman," reply, " yon
are now there ; come out and convince yourself." After a
great deal of remonstrance and perguasion, she very
reluctantly relimmiehed her rest, and stepped on the plat-
form, and, looking round with astonishment, exclaimed with
walk, and
town
dof
iliVehnnivelotinth I We
more
ye."riurer tlearae4man'ands
eying.
trih"erlossidotwnhisbay
„gay
took her departure.—
6Aerbotirste Jetomal.
FEATS or PERRI CY HORSES.—The Paris Serie
giver the following details relative to the horses Ks
sent to
the Emperor Napoleon from Penis :--" The horses tent by
the Shah belong to the tribe of Tehl, which, sa regards beauty
and perfection of form, are only excelled by the bibs
at 3raaji ; but as a set off those ef possess
weigh ere quite exceional, being not rely
Waif Os, bet extremely docile. Thin breed of hones ea
vises is mentioned on this subject. When
other
el Path Ali Shah died, the latter had to pre-
ha
a abewhodle dry
c.h Phpoeudt ra any
w feetf food
whichth ap-a
MMl=Mallittlately to secure the crown, ht order to
prowl awilker emapetitor coming forward. For this pur-
ser be Weedled la twenty-four hours on the same Tunxentin
par it is generally believed in Teheran. There are two
T rearm or two Arab hones kept eminently saddled and
iwniretyamal-six larger:a (210'31'7' Incredible as mat thisl mlamerthaar-
bridled in the emblem of the Muphti, at Irpahsz, ready foe
oar Saviour Jesus Christ and the prophet Aldlia, as accord-
ing to Mahrenetan tradition they are both to descend trout
heaven on the appearance of the Antichrist, in order to hurt
him into the eternal abyss."