The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

CHINESE MODE OF TREATING CHOLERA.

12 13

A Chinese miseionary writes to the Civiita Cat-
taco, of July 12 :

. . "
Os. morning, after laving said mass, I felt symptoms
of cholera. I had a difficulty of breathing amounting almost
to suffocation. A cold so intense took possession of my
arms and legs, that I could not feel a hot iron applied to
them. Just these Chinese Christian cams in to see me, and
as soon sa he looked at me, he said, . Father, you have the
cholera.' To be cattalo, however, he looked under my
tongue, and observing the peculiar blackness of the veins
there, be remarked, that ankle I applied a remedy speedily,
I would not live until night. I told him to do what he
could for me. He took an orilaary: pin, and began
pricking me under the tongue until he drew out
from ten to tweaty jet black drops of blood. Thu, after
rubbing my arms gently, be tied a string very tightly
about each one of my fingers, and pricked each one cm the
outside at the root of the nails until he brought a drop or
two of the came kind of blood from each. Then, to see
whether the operation had bean successful or not, he pricked
me with the same in the arm, very near the vein that is
usually opened in blood-letting, and seeing no blood lone,
be pronounced it satisfactory. I still felt, however, a fearful
oppression of the hogs. To relieve this, he run the pin
obliquely into the pit of my stomach about two-thirds of its
length. (This operation the Chinese call opening the mouth
of the heart.) Not a drop of blood came out here, but in a
moment I felt myself entirely relieved, my blood began its
circulation, my natural warmth returned, and, after an
hour of alight fever, I went about my avocations. This is
the ordinary Chinese remedy. I have known it to be'
applied to five of oar fathers in cholera, and it failed only
once.

Tun CHOLERA IN SonTnwsits.—ln consequence
of several eases of bowel complaint and dinrima, the first
symptoms of Asiatic cholera, having been made to the
guardians of the St. Saviour's Union, this morning bills
were posted throughout the whole of the Union, notifying
that medical gentlemen had been appointed in each district,
to whom all persons were earnestly requested to apply on '
the Ant appearance of such symptom without the slightest
delay.

THE CIIOI.IIIA IN ITALY.—The cholas is at this
ormeat raging in Townley. The somber of snow throoth-
wat the trued duchy averages, aosordiag to the Messitcre
Towne, 700 per day. Tha observation made dossrhort,
that dm dams de mst rho Om • whim kook is
else essensal is • as is="6 ladi as
Mink Otilima. Mists
lim Miaowo
base beim Wham unvisited. ee seedy so, by the epi-
,
bola Itelikeed Duke frormar Wits the cholera hoe-
Oil. sad Iblibms• aid is assialeiss le the maims.
Free the Mire psis el Italy the nese It seibibihey; the
shakos is wall at asd W wed, esseei at egua ;
it is asseasiag fast at es well as la the imehwes of
Wed awl Sleben, le the Weed of lispliala. There is still
some Messily is Lombardy, the amber of suss through-
out the Megan' barb* bent 87$ is the 28th tat.
A Inmate? tail is about to be hang in a
weeks tower, 40 lei bleb, elms to the pollee-statios In the
flostbsmsess clerk, to seised as alarm fa ems of Ire brook-
ing nut swept eke skipping or washiness is tbe docks.
The bsU will wean 6 cwt.
Dona Car:La.—At the end of the present smooth,
imam the eat of yeas:sat, Dover Carle will be elated as •
penes iwt debtor% when these who axe ht custody will be
rimmed le Maitlitsse Comity Geol.

MONEY MARKET-THIS DAY.

Two o'Czocx.
The English stock market continues flat. Prices
show a further decline of per cent. Consols have
ranged between 901 and 901, and are now quoted
901 to j for money and next Thursday,
and 901 to 91, for the 12th of October,
the Three per Cents. Reduced have been dealt in at
911 to 1; the New Three per Cents. at 921 to ;
Batik Stock at 2161; the New 30 years' Annuities at
181 to 17 ; Exchequer Bonds, 1889, at 1001 to # ;
Exchequer Bills, March, at 12s. to los. prem.; ditto,
June, at lls. prem.
The foreign stock market is in some cues rather
Satter. Turkish Six per Cents. are marked as
low as 931, and are now quoted 931 to 1; and the
New Four per Cent. Scrip, 11 to 11 prem. Mexican
is quoted 211 to 22; and Spanish Deferred Three
per Cents., 181 to 191. French scrip has been
dealt in at 21 prem. ; Dutch Two•and•a'Half per
Cents. at 64/ to 661; Venezuela Deferred at 13; and
Peruvian Fouvand-a-Half per Cents. at 791 to
ex div.

The corn market yesterday showed increased firm-
ness, and a further improvement of Is. to 2s. per qr.
was established over last Monday's rates, the impulse
arising in part from a Continental inquiry.
The amount of specie brought in by the Baltic,
from New York, is stated at 136,0001.
Immense quantities of silver continue to be sent
from this country to India and China. In view of
the fact that a large proportion of these supplies is
drawn from various points of the Continent, it is some-
what surprising that the continental exchanges keep
up so well. As a set-off, however, against this influx
of silver from the Continent must be set the pur-
chases of grain which have for some time past been
made in this market on Continental account. The
Euxine, which will leave Southampton for Alexan-
dria this afternoon, has on board specie and bullion to
the almost unprecedented amount of 693,2481., of
which 111,8711. is gold, and 481,3771. silver. The
destination of this large supply is shown below, viz. :
For Malta, gold, 60,2401.; for Al• xaedria, gold,
24,7361.; for Bombay, silver, 141,8661.; for Ceylon,
gold, 16,3301.; for Madras, gold, 1,5901., and silver,
12,1531.; for Calcutta, silver, 231,7564; for Penang,
silver, 3,0381. ; for Singapore, silver, 14, 5351. ; for
Hong Kong, silver, 23,3681., and gold, 18,9751.; for
Canton, silver, 39,1191.; and for Shanghai, silver,
15,5401.

Advice. from St. Petersburg quote the exchange
on London at 36 3.16 to 5-16 d., and mention that
800 casks of tallow had been taken for transmission
westward. The quantity of tallow despatched to
Great Britain from St. Petersburg and direct from
the interior, up to the above date, is stated at 24,786
casks this year, against 29,577 to the same date in
11854.

The receipts of the Great Western Railway of Ca-
nada for the week ending the 17th ult., were 6,7471.
sterling, being at the rate of 281. per mile per week,
against 3,4721., or 121. 17s. per mile in the corre-
sponding week of last year.
The market for land and bank shares yesterday
showed 00 striking change. The Canada Land Compa-
ny's shares continue to exhibit an improving tendency.
The shares of the new Bank of London were more
offered, and closed at 3 to 4 prem. Crystal Palace
shares are firmer. Peninsular and Oriental Steam
shares have been dealt in at 69i ; and Illinois Cep.
tral Railroad Six per Cent. Bonds, 1875, at 76 (exch.
41. 2d.). The shares of the Brussels and Fumes Junc-
tion Railway were quoted kto prem.
Relative to the freight market Messrs. Offor and
Gammen furnish us with the following report:
The freight market is steady, the demand for teenage
being more active, and ships offering leas freely. In the
But India trade there is less doing for British account, but
• large number of orders come from the continental houses,
at better rates than are quoted here : say, Akyab, 41. 10.. ;
Calcutta, Ng to Bordeaux, Antwerp, Havre, or London;
Rangoon or Moulmein, 41 152., to the United Kingdom or
Continent; Manilla, 41.65., Ac. Outward freights for the
East ladles continue low; the rates for coals from Birken-
head are to Calcutta, let ; Sues, Ws., etc.
Australian freights are still very much depressed ; the
highest rate. paid are 400. to 42.. 6d., but shipment. are
made by vessels not advanced in their loading at 301. to Ms
There is a large fleet (upwards of 60 sail of ships) on the
berth for Australia, and, as the exports continue limited,
frOghts exhibit no tendency to improvement.
The vessels entered and cleared during het week con-
priaed the following.
Entered out.
Shim SODOM%
S 1,354

aaired.
Mae. TOIII3IO.
3 1,331

Adelaide ...

Hobert Town
New Zeelend
Port Phillip 1 Stl
Sydney 1 155 S 1878
7 3,434 9 MAI
Coal freights to the seat of war in the Eat are rather
higher, and consequently Mediterranean rates generally are
Grater. Our present quotations for loading at Liverpool
are: Bosphorus 315., with option of Black 8.. at 40e. to 415.;
Malta, 205.; Blayne% 28s. 6i ; Trieste, Finale, Venice, or
Ancona, 261.; Corfu, Athens, Beiruut, Alezandrette, &c.,
244.; or from Wales to Malta, 261. ; to Smyrna, 301., &e
Homewards there is still but a limited chartering businem.
At 6s. for beans, vessels of about 200 tons register can b.,
placed pretty readily ; and from the Danube at about 17s.
for wheat; and from Italy to the seat of war, compressed
hey, &1., at 25,. per ton of 50 feet if discharged in the Boa.
pherus, and 61. additional for the Black Sea or Crimea.

r In the Brasil trade there is not much activity in charter-
ing. The nominal rates are 50s. Bahia for sugar in one,;
425. Id. Rio Janeiro; Cadis to River Plate, 355., salt,
with return freight of 461. for hides, &c., to the United
Kingdom.
There has been more doing in timber charters, the pre
sent entreat quotations being: Quebec to London, 365. ; to
the Northern Coal Para, 365. to 38s. ; Cork, 375. 6d. ; Bris-
tol, 38s. ; Lvisslonderry, Belfast, Waterford, or Cork, 40..,
dtc.; Memel to London, 181 ; Dantiz, 18s. to 194 ;
%boobs's. 40,. and five per cent. for Deals.
In the West India trade chartering is limited to a few
vessels for timber.

The current rates for coals from the Tyne sr* is follows :
at per keel of 21 1.5 tons :—Aden, 331. ; Bombay, 181. ;
Calcutta, Csyloo, Madras, Penang, or Singapore, 201.;
Hong-Kong, 301. ; Suez, 661. ; Callao. or Valparaiso, 32e. 6d.
Patent feel per ton ; Coquimbo, 361. ; Havanuah, 211.;
Jamaica, 221.; Monte Video or Buenos Ayres, 361.; Pa-
' name, 48s. Intent fuel ; Pus, 30/. ; Rio Janeiro. 271. ; Rio
Grande, 451. ; St. Thomas, ; Caps of Good Hope, 221.;
&artless, 181. ; Cadiz, 171. ; Lisbon, 171. 10s. ; Oporto
181. ; Alexandria, 211. ; Athens, 261. ; Barcelona, 301. ;
Cette, 251.; Constantinople, Beieoe Bay, or Bosphorus, 381.,
with option of Crimea, 481 ; Marseilles, Malt., Meatus.
Genoa, Naples, Toulon, all 281. ; Trieste, 271. ; Venice, 301.

MONDAY Eves:lgo.
The English funds were again weak to-day, sod
closed I to 1 per cent. lower than on Saturday. The
depression seems to have been more immediately
attributable to an increased demand for money is
the Stock Exchange, at about 3 per cent. on govern-
ment securities, in connexion with the approaching
settlement of the monthly account in Consols; but
we have to report that the demand for accommoda-
tion in the discount market was to-day very brisk,
31 per cent. (or equal to the Bank of England mini-
mum) being the lowest rate charged in Lombard-
street for the best paper. This pressure is partly
traceable to the preparations for to-morrow, the
4th of the month, when a very heavy mass of bills
falls due ; but the general aspect of the money market
is considered in many quarters to afford indications I
that the Bank of England will shortly be justified in
raising its rates. The instalments falling due from
month to month on the British, Turkish, and French
loans, it must be remembered, absorb a considerable
amount of capital. The "other" securities in the
Bank of England have shown a steady upward move-
ment since the 14th July, when the amount was
12,681,8331. This item stands in the latest published
return at 14,995,2321., showing a difference of
2,313,3991. At the same time the diminution in the
bullion has been progressive since the 23rd June,
and shows a difference during this period of no lees
than 2,623,0391.
At Paris to-day the hoarse showed buoyancy, the
i
Three per Cents. closing at a rise of per cent., and
the Four-and-a-Half per Cent.. of per cent-, as
compared with the closing range of aturday. This
advance appears to be in a great measure consequent
upon the conclusion of the settlement of the account,
which has encouraged speculators for higher prices to
extend their operations.
Consols opened at 9431 to 91, and closed at 90f to
1 for money and the 6th inst. The "contango" to
the new October account ruled at Ito 3-16 per cent.
The official business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 911, 90f ditto, for account,
oth Sept., 901, 91, 901. Three per Cent. Redeosd,

914,911, 911. New Three per Cents., 921, 1,1. Long
Annuities, expiring in Jan., 1860, 4 1-18. lines-
and-aHalt per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling
payable in 1868, 100/ ; ditto, 1869, 1001. India
Bonds, 30s. prem.
The new Thirty Years Annuities, expiring in
1885, were dealt in at 17 and 161, and Uranium at
44 prem. Exchequer Bonds were last quoted 1001
_ .

()wing to the demand for money, Exchequer Bilis
were rather flat, at 11s. to 15s. prem.
The foreign stock market was dull. Turkish Six
per Cents. closed 1 per cent. lower than on Saturday,
at 93} to /. This stock, however, still meets with a
certain degree of speculative favour, in anticipation
of the deduction of the half-yearly dividend, which
falls due on the 10th of next month. The scrip of
the new Four per Cent. guaranteed loan was last
quoted If to I?, prem. This security is prejudiced
by sales in preparation for next Wednesday's nettling,
coupled with the approaching instalment of 20 per
cent., falling due on the 12th inst. The scrip of
the new French loan was quoted 2 to 21 prem.