The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-18 00:00:00

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For Account.
PARE, Ata. 17. 1 For
Money. ; Ilignait. Lowest. Occeing.
Spuriao.
M par Cana lO4 60 103 30 103 30 103 0 103 0
4 pee Cents. . 92 73 ..
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Spar Ousts
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Spar Cents. Nen bon'
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111tationgs cc Leaden: at sight, 25 30; 00 days, 23 20.
Ilatmi 9 precsmo 102 Mossy rules Reno 304 23 Maw.
MI Ronan b per Cants 97 Do. 3 — ... Do. 1950
Pildnaat 3 p.Ct. 97 ... Treasury Bonds w...
Do. 0. 1102 — I Bank Moo 21173
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PaJus, AUG. 17t. Germain, 1,145 ; Verfailles (right
bask), —; ditto ()eft teak), 327 SO; Pans and Orions. 1,41330 ; Pans
and Boon, 973 ; Bogen and Havre, 370; Manedies and Ar !psis
490 ; Strasbourg and Bale, 306 23; Northam, 663 ; Pori. and rtra..
boom, 633 73 ; Paris sod Lym' e, 767 Ai Lgons and Ar4rnon, 390 ;
Montarean sod Troyes, 616 •Ou M st, I Diem and Feeamp.
272 60; Paris and Po, 93; Banks= owl Ti,m 162 30 ; Mont-
pillar and Celts, —; Grand Cad% 42664 antlas a 00. Maier 3
Gray. 543.

MAILS :TO AUSTRALIA VIA THE CAPE..—GENERAL
POST-OFFICE, ACOVST, Iti&l.—With reference to the nciee
issued in May last, announcing the establishment of con-
tract mail packets to Australia nu the Cape of (lood Hope,
it is necessary to state that, when the 2nd of the month (the
day appointed for making up, in the ordinary course, the
mails for Australia, &c.) falls on a Sunday, the mails will
be closed in London on the evening of the 3rd, and in Ply-
mouth on the morning of the 4th of the month.

MARIE-LANE.—TIIIB DAY.
This neighbourhood was visited last night by a violent
thunder-storm, with heavy rain extending many miles both
north and south. This will again greatly interfere with
the carting of Whew, with which, as yet, but very little
progress has been made in this district.
The little English Wheat exhibited for sale this morning
was disposed of, at the extreme advance quoted on Monday.
A fair extent of buoiness was done in foreign Wheat and
Flour, with the turn in price in favour of the seller. 1.--41111
Barley sold on rather better terms than could be realised
earlier in the week.
The arrivals of Oats are large, exceeding 27,100 qrs. the
greater part from Archangel. We experienced a good de-
mand for the article, at late rates.
Beans and Peas in short supply, and their value was well
supported.
ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM 16th AUG to 18th AUG.
In Qrs. ferbek. &ousts. UM. Yoresrn.
Maltl 1110 I set MO 11430
Barley llO 140
Mt. 1490 I 3270 I 2733L0
Floor, 170 seas; 4,353 barrels.
MINCING-LANE.—THIS DAY.
Stull..—There has not been a public sale. The private
contract market steady.
Corral.—The public Bales of 250 casks plantation Ceylon
went of well, at the full prices of yesterday, and nearly all
*old ; good ordinary native Ceylon quoted 415., but no buri-
ns done.
Rtes.—The large public sale of 11,000 bags Madras sold
freely from 81. 6d. to' s. 6d., which were full prices ; 3,000
bags Java were also offered, and bought in at a high price;;
700 bags Bengal sold 10e. to 10s. 6d.
Sr:cu.—Pepper: 6,500 bags Eastern were chiefly bought
in by the importers, at 33d. to 4d. 120 bags Pimento were
also bought in, at 5141. to fid.
Corros.--800 bales sold yesterday on 'Change.
In other articles no material alteration.
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aouGH MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Pattendea and Smith report that the market for
Hops Is very firm, and notwithstanding the great damage
done to the Flop plantations by the late storms, the duty LI
basked from 200,0001. to no,noot.
TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The market is steady, without so much demand as lately.
Town Tallow is quoted 375. 9d. to 385.; Petenburgh Y.C.
on the spot, 395. 3d. .to 6d.; October to December, 395. ;
January to March (18.53), 39d. 3d.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Holywell, Hs. ; Tanfield Moor, 12s. &I. ; Walls End
Gostorth, 13s. 6d. ; Walls End Haswell, 161. 6d. ; Wall End
Hatton, 15t. 6d. ; Walls End Tees, 15s. --Ships at market,

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
The official report says the health of London ex-
hibit. some improvement. The deaths, which were 1,124
in the first week, have fallen to 1,091 in the second week
of August. Diarrhica and summer cholera are still fatal;
of 1.5 deaths from cholera 11 occurred in children under the
age of 15, and 4 in old people of the age of GOand upwards;
4 only of the deaths occurred on the south, while 11 oc-
curred on the north side of the Thames. 201 persons were
destroyed by diarrhcca 174 were children, 15 were of the
age of 15-60, and 12 were of the ago of 60 and upwards.
The total deaths from all causes under the age of 15 were
611; between the age of 13 and 60, 303 ; at the age of 60
and upwards, 171. The deaths of females (555) exceeded
the deaths of males (536) by 19, a change in the proportions
which was observed in the corresponding week of 1849
when cholera was epidemic, and 1,116 males 1,114 females
died.

lipersons died of small-pox, 14 of measles, 47 of scarla-
tina 47 of typhus, 122 of consumption, 29 of apoplexy. The
I deals referred to apoplexy occurred at all ages, and in un-
due proportion under the age of 16. Disease of the heart
and arteries was fatal in 36 instances, bronchitis in 29, and
pneumonia in 31. Child-bearing was fatal to 7 mothers, 3
of whom died from metria. 20 deaths from violence are
recorded, including 4 by poison.
160 persona died in the public institutions of London, 106
in the workhouses, 31 in the hospitals, 7 in lunatic asylums,
3in military and naval asylums, 3 in military and naval
hospitals, none in prisons.
15 cases of cholera were registered in the week. "Sum-
mer" has been substituted throughout for " English"
cholera or cholera Angliea, which is often used in the medi-
cal certificates, although the disease is not confined to Eng-
land, and may with equarpropriety be called cholera Gallia,
Italia, or Germania; for it prevails in the same form all
over Europe.
Last week the births of 771 boys and 694 girls—in all,
1,465 children—were registered in London. The average
number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1646-51
was 1,336.

At the Royal obserTatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer last week was so low u 29.380 in. The
mean temperature of the week was 69 7 deg., which is I'7
deg. lower than the average:of the same week in ten years.
The wind during the week was chiefly from the south-went,
and blew at the average rate of 140 miles a day. Nearly
11 inches of rain fell. The mean temperature of the
Thames declined from about 69, deg.-66 deg. on Sunday
to 66 deg.-62 deg. on Saturday. In the night it is still
much warmer than the air.

LECTURES AGAINST PorEnT.—Father Gavazzi,
whose lectures attracted such overflowing audiences in Lon-
don, is at present delivering his lectures in Leeds. He
speaks in Italian, and at the close of his lecture gives an
epitome in English. His withering denunciations of popery
en Monday evening elicited the applause of a crowded and
respectable auditory.
DEATH FRO][ FRIGHT.—A melancholy death, the
result of what is termed a " practical joke,' occurred in
Mildenhall, Suffolk, a few days since. It appears that a
poor half-witted gardener, named John Parker, of west_
row was married about a month since, and that on Wed-
nesday week, between twelve and one o'clock in the morn-
ing, some one got admittance into the house and crept
under the bed in which the pair were asleep, and raised the
bed in such a manner as to cause both husband and wife to
roll on the floor, which so alarmed them that they both
ran down stairs and into the road, screaming frightfully.
The poor woman sickened front that time, and died on the
29th ult. An inquest was held on the
not Mr. Henry
Waimea, when the hutband, who could identify the
person sufficiently, expressed his suspicion of the guilty
party. After a lengthened investigation, the jury retired,
and ultimately returned a verdict of " Manslaughter"
against some person or persons unknown,—Nor/ea Caro-
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