The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-21 00:00:00

MINCING LANK-(THIS DAY.)

The following public sales are advertised for tomorrow
(Wednesday : 300 hhda of Barbadoes. Coffee: too
maks of plantation Ceylon, 1,200 bags of native, 2,000 bap
of Rio, and 000 hap of East India.
The holia.Ays have interfered with the private contsnok
market, owl the attendance in Miocingasne has been lb*
bat genera quotations are unaltered. The public market,
will re-open to-morrow (Wednesday).

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is gold. Tows tallow ie quoted Mc set
cash ; Petersher.. Y. C. on the spot, SM. ; May is
June. isa. ; October to December, Ms.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Messrs. Davis and Ca report trade slow. Prune
meadow hay, Trw. to BGa. ; Superior ditto, )Os. to ItKis. ;
inferior ditto, 51.1 t. to 600. clover, old, Wm to i Itls. ;
ditto, oew, wound cot, Ms. to 100 e. ; straw, 30s. to 425.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPl.—Daring the park
week a good ilea' of cold wind has been experiesesd
sod frost has taken place at night. On the whale.
however, the weather, if not quite genial or in chafer,
ter with the month of May, has been tolerably fair.
During the past day or two a decided change has takes
place, awl Monday was as cheering awl delightful •
day as the myriads of pleasure-seekers whom Whitings-
tide brought out could well desire. The wied. whisk
on riuuday morning was in the north-east, veered at eight
to the west. and on Monday a genial south-west breve,
prevailed. Vegetation, though somewhat checked by the
cold wind.. of List week, has oevertheles made considerable
advance. The cheats are decidedly improving bath in OD-
lour and in vigour, wad the pastures have made a marked
advance. One thing specially strikes the eye at the preseet
time througuout tle• district—viz., the extsenie delicacy.
venture, and freshness of the foliage. It seems as if
the superabundant moisture of the past meson had rendered
the early foliage more verdant and luxuriant thee usual.
Perhaps it may tura out that although we underwent se
much uueasiums last season at tho quantity of water that
fell, the visitation may promote a more luxurious ie.-makes
in the present year. As yet the evidence is certainly' I.
that direction. Fruit trees of almost all kinds are givieg
promise of exuberant prduce, and if we escape Revere frosts
or cutting winds, abundant crops may be anticipated.
Sussex Alcerfiacr.

GREAT SHOAL.: OF MACKEREL—OD TheßalLy and
Waineal.7, a ore eight W 44 witnessed from the
cliffs along the front of the town of Brighton,
shoals of mackerel swarming the aorta-. of the
channel; and • rare harvest was realised by 1.0140
of the fishermen. One man. Jonas Merchant. maimed no Ism
than !Ill_ and ou Wednesday morning Bilvage ovule 231.
All the little bods were off in the morning a% early 44 4
o'clock, and numbers of mackerel were caught be riniaing •
line with hooks in the shoal. The mackerel canal,!
realised 2001. They sold at Ms. per hundred, aiol
in the streets at two, three, and four a chillier. It in.. bees
frequently the also that small mackerel. called " shiners."
have been caught along chore, but we •.. sot 'emend*. r once
a glut of large mackerel being caught before. nem sro also
*sty of mackerel idf Portsmouth. A few o'gl.ts since
Messrs. May and Thwaites' hoot made 91/. On Thursday
several hauls were !tubule. 3104 of the fish were scot to
Loudon, where they were retailed at as um li to 941. ea*
the fish being remarkably tine and fall INF:J.—Surat... 44
MANCIIENTFR, SHF.FFIGLD, AND LI
I RAILWAY. —The total expenses of this company's railways.
including rents. tolls, duty. Ac.. from.fauttury I to Hay
12, lm il, amounted to 121.43 W.. as against 112.1100. for
the corresponding period of 'tell). Thu proportion of the
South Junction receipts accruing to this eenip,wy min
JantAry I to May 12 amounted to 10,55'W., as *gain,*
9.52. for the corresponding period of BO); and th.
expenses to 11.144/., as against The total receipts.
indu,i!az rvents, ke,, for this company s canals, from Janss-
en I to April 30 amounted to 249221. as acainet 24.5644.
for the corresponding period of lAGI, and the expenses to
16.120/. af.dnst 17.1r19,., leaving a balance of net pinging
4.7:131., as aoinst 7,4004. for the corresponding pixie&
of lti6o.

CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.
MONDAY, NAY W.—Admitting nu payment, 31,625 ; des
by senses tickets. 1,971 ; total, 33,101.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRA7'fl-INN-110,11D.
The number of vatients relieved at this hospital &triage",
week ending Hay 14 was 2,591; of which 777 were sew
maw.