The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-29 00:00:00

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REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO PACS-
&C., vu 1321,01ux.—The following public notice has
been issued by command of the Postmaster General :
On and from the Ist August next, a reduction of postage
will take place on all letters forwarded in the Prussian
closed mails, via Belgium. The following table shows the
rate of postage which will hereafter be chargeable upon a
letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in the
United Kingdom, and addressed to Prussia, or to any of
the undermentioned countries when forwarded via Bel-
gium. The rate stated for the following places includes
the whole single rate postage, British and Foreign, to des-
tination ; and the payment is optional with the sender :
Prude, Austria, Sauey, Lubeck, German States served
by the Post-office of Tour and Taxis, including Frank-
fort (city of), Urand Duchy of Hesse, Hesse (electoral),
Hesse Homburg, Nassau, Reuss, Saxe Coburg Gotha, Saxe
Meiningen, Sue Weimar, Eisenach, Hohenzollern,
Schwartzburg exclusive of subordinate lordship), Luxem-
burg (duchy o , Bd. Letters for all these states will be
forwarded via elgium and Prussia, union otherwise ad-
dressed.—Baden, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Bd. Letters for
Baden, Bavaria, and Wurtemberg, unless otherwise spe-
cially addressed, will be sent through France, as at present,
and will be liable to the rates of postage laid down in
instructions No. 13, 1862.—Bremen, Hamburg, Bd. Let-
ters for Bremen or Hamburg will be sent by packet
direct, as at present, unless otherwise specially addressed.—
Hanover, Brunswick, Sd. Letters for Hanover or Bruns-
wick will be forwarded by Hamburg packet, as at present,
unless otherwise specially addressed. Mecklenburg
Schwerin, Mecklenburg Strelitz, Oldenburg, Bd. Letters
for these states will continue to be forwarded by
Hamburgh packet, unless otherwise specially addressed.—
Switzerland le. Id. ; Lombardy, via Switzerland, 10d. ;
Puma and Modena, 9yd. ; Tuscany, 100.; Greece, 11.21 d.
Letters for those several states, unless otherwise specially
addressed, will be sent through France, ea at present, and
will be liable to the rates of post laid down in Instruc-
tions No. 13, 1862.—Denmark, Mdage . Letters for Denmark
will be forwarded, as et present, by packet direct, unless
otherwise specially sddressed.—Sweden, Is. 2d. ; Norway,
Is. 6d. Letters for Sweden or Norway will continue to be
forwarded by packet, via Hamburg, unless otherwise vs-
cially )addressed.—lonian Islands, Is.; Lauenburg, 10d. ;
Lippe Distmold, 9d. ; Russia and Poland, 11 d. ; Constan-
tinople, Dardanelles Teltionse, Grlats, Gallipoli, Ibralls,
Larne, Batelle, Rhodes, Candice, Salonica, Samoan,
Tenedes, Trebisoad, Tultcha, and Yarns, le. Id.
for all these places will be sent via Belgium and
Prussia, unless otherwise specially addressed.—All other
plums in )Turkey, Moldavia, Wallachia Serra, and the
Lanai (not mentioned above), ad., to Wallachia,
frontier.
Letters for these places will be sect via Belgium and
Pram* lulus otherwise specially addressed.—Egypt, le. ;
Beyerrat, Is. Id.—Letter for Egypt and Beyronfirill cen-
time to be forwarded by Overload Mail, via Marseilles,
maims otherwise specially addressed.—ltalian States not
=lrag to Austria, Bd., to Austrian frontier.—Letters for
ntel, unless otherwise specially addressed, will be
NM via France, as et present, and will be liable to the rates
Rtage laid down in Instructions No. 13, 1862. The
, British and foreign, upon all letters forwarded
er in the Prussian closed mails, via Belgium, will
be chargeable according to the scale of weight applied to
inland letters, the Belgium transit rate being no longer
levied by the quarter ounce teals. It met be distinctly
understood that letters forwarded to or through Prussia by
'any other route than Belgium, will continue to be charged
with the existing rates of postage as laid down in Instruc-
tions No. 26, 1848, and No. 17,1849.
VALUE OF LAND IN WINCUESTER.—Some idea
may be formed of the rapid progress and prosperity of
Winchester, from the fact that the enfranchisement
of • piece of land in the suburbs of the city, for
building private houses on, has just been fixed by the
owners of the fee simple at 700/. per etre. The Must
holding, too, a leise of this property for 21 years, a large
portion of which term is unexpired. Land for agricultural
purposes contiguous to the city is equally high, much as
71. per acre for meadow, and- 41. for arable land, being at
this time paid.—Hansphire Advertiser.
SLAVES IN IRELAND NOT A CENTURY AGO.—The
Dublin Mertuvy, No. 283, Aug. 16,1788, contains the:fol-
lowing matter-of-fact advertisement :—"A neat beautiful
black Negro girl, just brought from Carolina, aged eleven
or twelve years, who understands and speaks English, very
fit to wait en a lady, to be disposed of. Application to be
made to James Carolan, Carrickmaerees er to Mr. Gann,
in Bridge-street, Dublin."—Notes and Queries.
ABSCONDING TO TUE GOLD REGIONS.-011
Tues-
day information was circulated with a description of Wm.
Henry Pearson, a young man, 28 years of age, who had
stolen 1001. from his employer at Manchester, and ab-
sconded, with the Intention, it is believed, of proceeding to
Australia.

LONDON AND NORTE WESTRIN RAILWAY.—
Return of traffic for the week ending July 26, 1862
PPM jam* ~~• homes, mad math,
33,6601. 4e. mi.; merchandise, 16,6921. 13e. Od.; cattllNl
1,0931. 12,. 6d. Total, 61,2411.10 e. Id. Co
week, 1860, 49,0221 10s. 9d. Ditto, 1851, 63,2797.Pp1e37r.
to : 11150-196,13W.95. 9d.; 1661-261,2211. 85.,10d. ;
1irr2103,42111. 1131. 11d.

Midland, 41 to 121 per cent. per annum.
South Faugern, 71 to 141 per cent. per annum.
South Western, 31 to 01 per cent. per annum.
Caledonian, 31 to 111 per cent. per annum.
Great Northern., being scarce, were borrowers
to , " backwardation." In face of the scarcity
of this stock, it is singular that the price
should have been depressed about 71. per cent.
within less than a week. Unfavourable ru-
mours relative to the dividend are stated to
be the cause of this fall. On French shares better
rates of interest were submitted to, the general feel-
ing of the dealers being decidedly in favour of a
further advance in some descriptions, and firmness in
all. At four o'clock this afternoon the jobbers were
bidding 251- for Strasbourg., 91 prem. for Paris and
Lyons, and 2 to 21 prem. for the Paris, Caen, and
Cherbourg shares just 'brought out here. These last
named shares have been done on the Paris Bourse
at 50 francs prem. each. The other railway projects
lately brought out have also been received with great
favour on the Bourse, including the Western and
Grand Junction of France, and the Lyons and
Avignon.
In the miscellaneous share marke: we hear of en-
quiries for the undermentioned descriptions, viz.:
Australasia Bank, Alliance Fire and Life, Assam
Tea, Law Life, Thames Plate Glass, Vauxhall
Bridge, East London, West Middlesex and Grand
Junction Water Works, East and West India Dock,
London Dock, Crown Assurance, General Steam
Navigation, Guardian Assurance, Royal Exchange
Assurance, St. Katharine Dock, Canada Land, Ken-
net and Avon Canal, and Imperial Fire Shares. The
appreciation of the various chases of miscellaneous
stocks to which we have on several occasions drawn
attention, is now progressing very rapidly, the up-
ward movement of railway shares and the high
prices of the government funds causing many parties
of limited income, but having funds to invest, to turn
their attention more decidedly to a participation in
the profits which are being realised by many of the
joint stock industrial undertakings, which, although
paying well, are not usually well thought of by
others than permanent investors, owing to there
being at times no ready market to be found for
them. At periods like the present, however, when
the demand preponderates so largely over the sup-
ply, buyers readily offer, bit of course there is now
little disposition on the part of holders to realise, as
an inducement to which enhanced prices have in
most cases to be conceded. This movement of in-
vestment seeking capital into the general
share market is calculated to have a good
effect, as, besides raising to their proper
value many stocks that have been unduly
depressed, it will tend to give encourage-
ment to the promoters of fresh projects of an utili-
tarian character, the demand for which may aid in
gradually relieving the market of its unemployed
surplus without violently driving largo masses of ca-
pital into any ono particular branch of enterprise,
the effect of which LI generally for a time very detri-
mental to the interests of trade.

The market for Bank shares this week has been
very active, large transactions having taken place,
and the general tendency of prices of these securities
is decidedly upwards. Bank of Australasia shares
have risen 21. during the week; Commercial of Lon-
don, 21. 10s.; and London and Westminster, 11.;
London Joint Stock and Union of London also mani-
fest an upward tendency. The sales of the week
are as follows Australasia (401. paid), 67, 67#,1
68 ex. div.; British North Amencan (001. paid), 691,
60 ex. die.; Colonial (261. paid), 161, /, Icz div. ;
Commercial of London (201. paid), 291,1, 30; London
Joint Stock (101. paid), 181, /, 19, 181; London and
Westminster (201. raid), 33, 32/, 33, 32#; Oriental
Bank Corporation 261. paid), 37 ex new; Provincial
of Ireland (261. paid), 47 ex div. ; Union of Austra-
lia (261. paid), 611; ditto, new (21. 101. paid), 61;
Union of London (101. paid), 18 and 171 ex div.
In Dock stocks, there has becu a strong demand