The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-25 00:00:00

MINES.

15-LTI7RD/A RVISUIO.
The home alining stock market to-day has been
quiet, except as regards Alfred Consols shares, which
have closet at ISt " buyers," in consequence of an
improvement in the mine.
The Gold Mining and other Foreign and Colonial
Stocks were totally without movement.

THIS DAY, Two o'CLocl.
The gold mining shares to-day exhibit no change
of moment.
Australian Agricultural glares are quoted 31 to 33 ;
Peel River, 2* to 21; North British Australasian,
1 dia. to par ; and Scottish Australian Investment, ; to

I prem.
Fortuna mining shares have been dealt in at I to
I prem. • United Mexican at 4; and Imperial
Brazilian at 3.

THE CHURCH-RATE QUESTION. Margate has
just refused a church rate. At the close of the poll
on Tuesday the numbers were—against the church-rate,
367 persons; for the church-rate, 199 persons; ma
jority spinet the rate, 168 ; votes for the rate,
300; against the rate, 380; majority against the rate, 81
Upon tne poll being declared by the Be,. C. T. Aetley, vicar,
Mr. Waddington, surgeon, who had taken a prominent part
in the opposition, addressed the meeting, urging the culti-
vation of a forbearing and charitable spirit now that the
contest was ended. He concluded by proposing the thanks
of the meeting to the rev. chairman. This waa seconded
in very feeling terms by Mr. Davis, Baptist minister, and
responded to by the chairman, when the meeting quietly
dispersed. Mr. Wadeiagton is a sincere churchman, but
opposed to the compulsory levying of church-rates, which
have now received their death blow in Margate.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT THE CHESTER CENTRAL
STATION.--LITIRPOOL. RATURDAT.—Tbe tee o'clock train
from Snrewsbury arrived at the usual hour this morning,
and was being pushed up to the station at the moment a
goods train from Holyhead happened to be crossing the line.
A serious collision: was the consequence. Several • ges
were badly damaged, and one female passenger had her
ankle crushed, bet providentially no lives were lost. Con-
sidering the nature of the accident, it is surprising that the
amount of personal injury sustained was so small.
DIVISION OF PRIZE MONEY WITH FRANCE.—The
Monsieur says " The Consul General of France at London
has lust received from the Accountant-General of the Navy
in England the sum of 1,6471. 7s. 2d., as the amount of the
prize shires adjudged by the High Court of Admiralty at
London to the offiaan and crew of the ship Austerlits, of the
imperial navy. This sum will be sent to the to asurer of
the invalids of the navy, and will be distributed by him
among the recipients, in conformity with the prise regu-

latioue.
ASIATIC CHOLERA AT BETHNAL-GREEN. -- 00
Saturday morning, at en it.quest held before Mr. W. Baker,
the coroner, at the College Arms, Old Bethnal green-road,
Mr. George West, the parochial surgeon, stated that he
had had a decided case of Asiatic cholera in Nrw Nichol.
street, Bethed•green, which wee a mod ill-dreined aud
over-populated district.
CRYSTAL PALACE. -- FIVE-SHILLING DAY.
JUNE 23.—Admistions on payment, 796; ditto by season
tickets, 3,138 ; total, 3,934.
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