The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-29 00:00:00

MINCING LANE.-(THIE! DAY.)

&MAIL —Tbe public sales are going off heavily to-day.
Corra—This article has a firm appearance, and the
public sales are progressing steadily.
TEL—There continues to be a steady demand, and a fair
amount of business has been done at fully pranoas rates.
envgamos.—The quarterly sales went oft without anima-
tion, but a fair Portion found buyers ; middling qualities
sold at ld. decline ; fine at full prices.
Covros.—The demand continues limited.
Rum remains steady.
Rica continues rather dull of sale.
&sumac is in fair demand. Refraction sold at 395.
Markets generally quiet to-day.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is quiet, at the subjoined prime :—Peters-
burs Y.C. on the spot, 591. 9d. ; February to March,
595. 6d. to 595. 9d. ; March, 60s. ; Apra tulane, 5811. Gd.
to 595. ; Oct. to Dec., 57a.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Yeasts. Davis and Co. report a large supply. Trade
dull at lower prices. Prime meadow hay, 755. to 545. ;
superior ditto, 90s. to 110 e. ; inferior do., 40s. to 575. Gd. ;
rowers, 30s. to 50s. ; clover, old, 95e. to Ma. ; ditto se-
cond cut, 703. to Ms.; straw, TA. to 43e.

NAPOLEON'S TOMB AT ST. HELENA.—The Union
Company's Royal 11411 steamship Cambrian, Captain W.
Strott, which arrived at Soutptonham on Sanrday, brought
from St. Helena, Captain Masselin and two soldiers of the
3rd Regiment of French Engineers. They have been em-
ployed in repairing the tomb of Napoleon at St. Helena, by
direction of the French authorities, and with the permission
of the English government. The tomb has been completely
restored to the condition in which it was at the period of the
deposed Emperor's interment ; and Longwood, the house in
which he died, has been put into a state of substantial re-
pair. Longwood is unoccupied and unhunished, and the
premises had been allowed, prior to Captain Masselin's visit
to the island, to fall into decay ; but the walls and roof have
now been restored. and will in all probability stand for
many years. Captain Masselin and his engineers were des-
patched to St. Helena, rid Southampton, two years ago,
and they hare been occupied with the work of restoration
ever since. They left Southampton at midnight yesterday,
for Havre, in the South Rastern Company's steamer
Havre, re route for Park.
SUFFERINGS or SHIPWRECKED SAILOR& —The
following is an extract of a letter from Mr. Nelson, com-
mander of the ship Sardinia, 900 tow, belonging to Mears.
Wm. Sinclair awl Co., Liverpool :—" flangoou, Dec. 12,
1880. On my passage from Akyab to this port I fell in
with the wreck of the Queen of Yortaban (brig), of
and from Moulmein for Calcutta, with a cargo of teak,
and rescued those of her crew and passengers (eighteen in
number), including master, mate, end supercargo who had
remained by the ship. They were in a wretched state from
hunger and thirst, not having had any food for thirteen
days, the sea having swept everything away, and no means
of communication with their stores existing, the brig bowing
broached to (after losing all her sails), and when on her
busmen& the master cut away his mainmast ;at the same
time the cabin was stove in, and she filled from the deck.
Six of the crew had abandoned the ship on a raft, and I
spoke the Inkeeman. which reported ha picked up four
of these men, the other two having Th. body of
one of these they had kept on the raft, in reserve for
food, until they saw deliverance at hand.'
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Tag TUNNEL THROUGH MONT 011115.—Up to
the 14th the tunnel on the Italian side bad been opened
to the length of 721 metres ; of these 528 metres were
completely finished, the remaining 193 metres were only
parlly bored through. At the west, or French end, at
Modem the work is less advanced, as a deal of time was
taken up with the building of huts, workshop, he-, neces-
sary for the application of the air compressors • the exca-
vation on that side has only been effected by the ordinary
mesas. At the close of December last the tunnel opened
at Module by these usual means was 511 metres 50 centi-
metres, and there were besides 23 metres 50 centimetres
not vet thoroughly finished. Besides the difficulty of the
mephitic air which the engineers trust they have success-
fully obviated, fears are entertained that the works of ex-
cavation ma be interfered with sad even utterly prostrated
by the breaking in of the water from the almost unfathom-
able little lakes which are to be and with on the summit
of this mountain, as onalmoat all the other Alpine passes
and summits. But the engineers work on with good strong
faith, prepared 'to meet evil wh and from whereso-
ever it may arias.