The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-13 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is quiet ►t the annexed prime :—Towa tallow,
48s. set cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the .pot, 495. 6d. to
50s. ; July to September, 495. 6d. ; October to Deculuber,
495. ed.
KIRIST Aunts.—Town tallow, 150 s. Gd. • fat by
ditto, b. 7d.
rough
yellow Ragout, 51.. Bd. ; melted stuff
345. &L ; rough ditto, 19s. 6d. ; tallow grams, 18a. ; good
drip, Ts.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Meson. Davis and Co. repute trade at the following
prices :—Prime meadow hay, zu. to 84s. ; superior ditto,
Mt to 100 a. ; inferior ditto, We. to 50a. ; new ditto, 50e.
to 80s. ; clover, old, 90s. to Me. ; straw, 30s. to 40e.

COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.)
The supply of most t continues to improve, and
that of vegetables is now sud ct for the demand. Good
samples of endive and artichokes come from the Con-
tinent ; also apricots and green figs, grempre in large
quantities, and new apples sod plan ; the latter come from
Lisboa and Oporto.-Severs l cargoes of West India pines
have also arrived. Peas are plentiful. Grapes are still
realising good prima Of strawberries there is still a good
supply. Cherries are also everywhere plentiful ; also ups-
tage; French and broad beans, young carrots, and new
potatoes ; the latter fetch Id, per lb. Cucumbers are
coining in more plentifully. Cut flowers chiefly consist
of orchids, lily of the valley, pelargoniums, violets,
mignonette, heaths, and roses.

The engagements for the Birmingham Festival
low completed ere u ander :—Principal To:4sta, Male.
Tietjens, Madame Ruderodorff, Madame Lemmens-9ltorring.

ton, Mdllo. Adelina Patti, Madame Sainton•Dolby sod
Mies Palmer, Mr. `aims Reeves, Mr. Montem Smith, Signor
Otaglini, Mr. Santley, and Signor litelletti. There is
to be no instrumental solo ; eor, so far as the skeletal pro-
gramme given out informs us, any grand symphony, at the
two concerts of secular music. liendelssokues " Lovely'•
finale and Ithasummer Night's Dream music will be pro.
duoed at the evening concerts. The festival is to begin on
the 77th of next month.

The North v. The South, on Monday, stud the
Y.C.C. and Ground v. South Wales, on Thursday. are the
issues to be tried at Lord's. The Gentlemen of Sitssex v.
Gentlemen of Kent is fixed for the former day at Tunbridge
Wells, and the Gentlemen of the Surrey Club v. South
Wiles Club at The Oval, where Surrey v. North of England
is to be played on Thursday.

We (drmy and Nary Gautte) desire to call
attention to the Ride Derby match, which will be shot off
at Aldershott on the ensuing 18th July. It is open to all
comers, with ►ny ride not exceeding 10Ib., and the of lcer.
of the camp confidently anticipate that some of the splendid
shooting which has lately been exhibited at Wimbledon
will graze the occasion of their reunion during the coming
week.

The /llsistrated London News says " The
Howe of Lords has been barren enough this year of
oiliest points for observation ; but one occurrence this
week wee too good to be pared over. Lord Derby, in his
best style of droll criticism, took occasion to pull to pieces
the grammatkial construction of a clause in the Best Lelia
Council Bill, sad made, as usual, capital fun out of it ; but
the beet part of the joke was enjoyed by those who wars all
the time aware that this clause was the production of
Ice a person than Lord Stanley."

"The emcees of Mr. Jopling, the winner of the
Queen's Prize at Wimbledon (says the ll(winded Timex),
will be hailed with satisfaction by very many who know
him, not merely as • gentleman of good standing in the
government service, bat as an accomplished amateur artist
and excellent (fiend of art. We had occasion recently
to speak highly of some of Mr. Jopling's produc-
tions exhibited this year at the new Water-colour
Society. Those humanists who are good enough to sneer at
government clubs as fit for nothing but newspapsr.reading
and fire-poking will be surprised to hear that the winner of
the Queen's Prize holds an appointment in the War-office ;
that the colonel of the Civil Service Regiment shot a tie
with Mr. Jopiing ; that Lady Albinia Foster's Prize was
won by • sergeant in the Civil Service Regiment ; and that
Mr. Plaskett, • member of the same corps, carried off one
of the twenty Whitworth rifles, the only man in the United
Kingdom who his carried off a Whitworth rifle two years
in succession."

An action for breach of promise of marriage was
Pied on Wednesday, before Mr. Baron Fitzgerald and •
special jury, at Sligo. The plaintiff wet Miss Mary Henry,
aged Zl years, and the defendant, Mr. Roger MCarrick,
• geotlemaa of between 2,0001. and .i,OOO/. • year, aged
about 45. The promise to marry, which was traversed
by the defendant, was made imme months since, on the
occasion of the parties spending "a pleasant day in the
country." Evidence which sustained the case was given,
and Mr. Whiteside, who was specially retained, &livered
se able and humorous speech in mitigation of damages.
The jury, after two hours' deliberation, awarded the plain-
tiff 1,0001.

Mr. Hopkins, a tenant farmer, has just put Mrs.
Banks, the widow of the groat Dorsetahire landowner, is
the Wareham County Coact, to recover a sum of 451. 10s.
for damage dose to his farm by hares and rabbits. The
/Me Mr. Hooks, under whom Mr. Hopkins rented, would
not allow the latter to kill the game ou the estate, end he
claimed from the widow the above•samed sum for 'one
year'e.lantage. The judgment of the county court was in
favour of Mr. Hopkins for the whole amount of his claim.