The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-27 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

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M.,...i. ;OPalliallr 11411.0. II2.eaL Cain' John del Rey, 2s; ; and Cobre, . 911 . 3
per tants.
44 per Cents lO3 40 10: 55 105 05 105 43 105 60
prim ! done 4 see China.
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3 per Date New Waal . .... ...
... —100,00 e arta Fria an liar i Pal Exehaeste on Leedne : &teed, 25 274; 90 days, 25 IS. 100,000 Ws. toga Californian
1ier.141832 —.. lemma 5 per Ceata 004 ... 10,004 10 Australasian ........ —...... I 114 ,s
Do. 2 7ll .. Du. 185 u
Fled Piedmont 317. Ct. 97 SO ... Inanity 80nd.... .. .„
. 100,000 I Australian Freehold
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De. 0, 1853 951 Bank (barn 6915 ... 80,0e0 1 Ive Marta all 14 Su
PLans, Auo. 26.—St. Germain, 1,115 ; Versailles (right am,. Io uisenarvon Doe and Coal ell .•
bank), —; ditto (left teak!, 615; Paris and Orleans, 1,437 S 0; Pane 100,,0nn 1 Itriti,h Australian Gold all 1. Cl.l.
wed Bowe, 573 73 ; Rouen aed Ilene. 670; Maranlies sad /alai on, 16,001 20 Britian iron
477 SO . litniaboure and Ra1e,303 75 ; Northers, 663; natl. and htr.... 10,000 U (rant. Imp. (ink at St. pm 644 3 4 34 1
bourn, 483 73 ; Pare sad Lyons, 776 25 ; Lyon. and Avignon, 50S ; 6,000 30 Do. Cocaasand Calais all
Mootereau and Troyer, 2520; Ducat. 900 ; Dieppe and Feramp, 11,000 20 Do. nt. John Del Ha;
171 30; Peri. and &.n( 103; Bordeaux end 'Dote, NS ; Moot. 210,000 1 Carson's Creek ell par 1 pie
peeler sal (kite, —; Grand Comae, 1,400; Bleme et tit. Dean l 16,900 • , oebro Copper
Gray, 550. 100.000 6 Colonial (dOd
BERLIN, Auo. 24.—Voluntary Loan, 103. New 70000 3 Eng. art Australian °upon alI-4 de— xd
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''Loan, Four-and-a-Half per Ccnt. (1850), 1041; ditto 20.000 20 6.entra
(1852), 1041; National Debt, 911. Commercial '."" lde Mountriln.
12,000 Dread Duchy of Bedew
MADRID, uGuar 20.—Three per Cents., 45;;; 100,00 e
ur ow. Überty
fake Bathurst.. .. ell 3 } die
after Bolen, 45!. Three per Cents. Deferred, s" t..e.sicabsoro.Ot;:e.e;i. et Ises i
714roros 1 taCIIPM at Bolathitieerioan 9 4 II
22 15-16 e.; after Bolsa, 22 15-16 c. 1/ebt (Ist Clan* Idariquita
11 15-16 c.; aftet Doha, 11 15-Ilk.; ditto (2nd classA,
,000 New Granada
104. Exchange on London, 50.30 c. 09,000 Port Philip 1 1 4 pen 11
641,e00 Wart( Rock all 1 die par
___ ___ . - 7,400 Se :Santiago de Cuba lOl II 72
50,000 1 :oath Australian l fWs par
LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. 0,000 10 /to Croft
LI 43,174 26.211 i (hilted Rename ..
VIIIIPOOL, Auncsr 26.—An advance has taken place 100,000 I west Marlow.
in the market for shares this morning. Very little business, 1110,we 1 ,Tuba
however. is doing. In Lancashire and Yorkshire abase. we

LIVIIRPOOL, Avocse 26.—An advance has taken place
in the market for shares this morning. Very little business,
however, is doing. In Lancashire and Yorkshire shares we
find the prncip4 businers doing. The day's quotations are
given as follows : --Caledonian, 201—Eastern Counties,
11—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 811 1 I—Ditto (fifth shares),
31 15-16 4 d.—Leeds Northern (late L. and T.), 17 161—
London and North Western, 122—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln, 29—Ditto (61. new preference), Ip.—Midland,
761 6—Northern Union II (guar. by London and North
Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire), 184 6—South
Eastern and Dover, 211 I—York and North Midland, 211.
BIRMINGHAM, Ano tat 26.—Thin market was steady to-
day,yesterday's prices being pretty well supported. Manches-
ter and Sheffield' were weak, the hinted purpose to repudiate
the bargain with the 101. preference holders being regarded
as • very unfavourable omen ; these shares have been
rather pressed on this market during the lost week or two.
Birmingham and Stour Valleys were done at 111, Midlands
at 76, Shrewsbury and Birmingham A.'s at 91.
South Stafford' at 6s. 3d. dia., and London and North
Western Fifths at 151.
MAXCHUTRR, AI:01:117 26.—There was • fair amount of
business to-day ; prices were fluctuating, but closed some-
what stronger than they opened.
Lanes, A 170 UST 26.—The share market has been better
this morning, showing a considerable advance on yesterday's
prices. Midlands have been done at 761; Leeds Northern'
at 171; North Westerns at ; and Lancashire and York-
shires at 82.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BARNET RACES.—On
Wednesday afternoon, as a party of gentlemen were about
to return from Barnet Rues, in a vehicle, the property of
Mr. Potter, of High-stmt, Mary'chose, driven by George
Bubb, coachman, in the employ of that gentleman,
driving out of the stable yard of the Green Man, the coach-
man came into violent collision with the top of the gate-
way, which is rather low, and be was, in consequence,
knocked forcibly against the back of the driving box, and
thence precipitated to the ground. He was as speedily as
possible attended bi a medical men, and subsequently sent
to University College Hospital, but no hopes are entertained
of his recovery, the spine being broken.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN WIIITECTIAPEL. This
morning, at a few minutes past 1 o'clock, a fire broke
out in the extemdve premises in the occupancy of Mr. Wal-
ker, wholesale ironmonger and general furnisher, No. 34,
Whiteehapel-road. The discovery was made by police
constable No. 211, H division, who perceived smoke issuing
through the crevices of the window shutters. He sprang
his rattle and immediately sent for the fire escape and
engines. After the lapse of a few minutes Mr. Walker and
two females, who were sleeping on the premises, were made
sensible of the outbreak, and they forthwith made an at-
tempt to escape by the stain, but the moment they did so
the flames shot forth in such a body as to drive them back
Having luckily gained one of the front windows theybesought
the spectators to procure a ladder and save them. Fortunately
the Royal Society's fire escape drove up in front of the pre-
mises, when Wood, the conductor, placed the machine
against the building, and, with the aid of the ladder, suc-
ceeded in rescuing three persons, vie , Mr. Walker, his
wife, and another female. These parties had barely left the
house, when the dames, as if by magic, seised upon every
floor in the structure, and having penetrated the different
windows, they rose so high es to be distinctly perceptible
from every part of London. The engines of the parish,
with several of the London brigade and that of the West of
England Company, were soon on the spot, followed by a
number of others from the more distant depots. The
various firemen, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood,
Mr. Fogs, arid Mr. Connorton, laboured incessantly, and
before 3 o'cbck they succeeded in getting the command
over the fearful element. The whole of Mr. Walker's pre-
mises and their contents are destroyed, and serious damage
is done to those adjoining. The origin of the fire is un-
known. _ _ _

THE COMMON-LAW PROCEDURE Ac-r. —On the
24th October, the act " to amend the process, practice, and
mode of pleading in the superior courts of common law at
Westminster, and in the superior courts of the comities
Palatine of Lancaster and Durham," will come into opera-
tion. There are 236 clauses in the statute, and a number
of forms for carrying it into execution. The preamble de-
clares that the proems, practice, and mode of pleading in
the superior courts of common law at Westminster may be
rendered" more simple and speedy." The act embodies
the principal suggestions of the Common Law Commis-
sioners in their first report. It is divided into several bran-
ches, comprising—writs for the commencement of actions,
joinder of parties, joinder of causes of action, pleadings in
general, declaration, pleas and subsequent pleadings, ex-
amples of pleading, judgment by default and ascertaining
the amount to be recovered, notice of trial, inquiry and
countermand, judgment for not proceeding to trial, nisi-
prius
record, jury and jury process, admission of documents,
execution, and proceedings in ejectment. Such are some
of the principal features of the new law, which will make
extensive alteration in the practice of the superior courts.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDEN T.—A singular and
shocking accident happened in Southampton a day or two
ago. A servant girl belonging to a tradesman living in St.
Mary-street, in the above town, went near a place where
there was a loose atone of immense size, with an infant in
her arms. By some accident this stone rolled on the girl's
foot, crushing it to a pulp and fixing her to the ground.
Her shrieks of agony soon broug'it assistance, and it re-
quired the united force of three men to roll away the stone
from the foot. A surgeon was sent for, who recommended
that the poor girl should be taken to the infirmary. The
infant was unharmed through the great presence of mind
displayed by its nurse when the accident happened.
A BONAPARTE. IN TILE AMERICAN ARMY.—A
promotion of 43 cadets of the Military Academy at West
l'oint has just taken place in the United States army. We
remark among the number tho name of the cadet Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte, who was No. 11 in his class at the
time of the examination, and who is appointed to the regi-
ment of mounted rig men. He is the grandson of Jerome
Bonaparte. brother of the Emperor Napoleon, ex-King of
Westphalia, and now President of the French Senate. His
grandmother, Madame Patterson, first wife of Prince Je-
rome, resides in Baltimore, and is in poisession of a consi-
derable fortune.—Nero York Journal.