The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-23 00:00:00

MINIZA-THIS DAY.

Two o'Cioci.
The gold mining shares remain quiet. The Quartz
Rock Company's shares are marked 6s.
The market for home mining stocks remains with-

out improvement.
In the Stock Exchange to-day Copispo shares
have been dash in at 18, and St. John del Rey at
24!.
Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transactions in the
Mining Exchange and Stock Exchange :
Minion Exchange official list :
Callen 'Jolted, 51., fie. 3d.; Fort Bowen, 6.. 6d. ; Great
Alfred, 2; Providence, 70 (with die ) ; South Tamar, sf;
Tinoroft, 41 f; Wheal Arthur, 101 ; Wheal Edward,
41.6 a 3d., di 9,1., 41, I. 41. 61. 31,, ; Wheal Gren-
ville, 26.. ; Wheal Ladoott, 401. ; Wheal Lovell, 26, 261;
Wheal Mary Ann, 33.
In the Stock Exchsagir
West Barnet, 34f, 34 (ex die.); South Tamar, 6/ ; Great
Wheal Allred, 11, f; Fort Bowen, ss. 6d.; Chaacollori•
vine, 124., 13..

ABDUCTION DEYEATED.—Wei read in a letter from
Consawitiaople of the Bth:—" Something similar to ea
wellknown abduction case of the Grub girl at Toultebs
occurred at Kullalles, cm the Boephoras, about a week
sines, but happily not with such a terrible result. The in-
hebitsure of this capital have a custom of mumbling at the
Sweet Waters of Barope and Ads twice a week for truth-
Son ; and it was at the recent Motion of the Sweet Waters
of Asia that a very pretty Greek girl, daughter of a most re-
apeotable sad wealthy merchant of Kullsllee, matirtanately
attracted the attention of a Turkish pack., who, without
oeremoay, proceeded at once to carry her off. The poor
girl was, however, rescued and taken back to Der huge,
which the pacha surrounded with hi* servant and crea-
tures, and endeavoured to foram The merchant Immo.
diately applied for aid to the officer criamandiog her Ma
jute. troops, Oeaeral Wooldridge, when that gallant
°Meer &vectod his brigade-mej ar Captain Mills, to the
amorous Turk, with the salutary information that the lacy
and bar relations were under the i rotection of the flu of
the German Legion, and that sop further insult or injury
offered io any member of the family would be visited with
rommary obastienneut. This had the dotard effect, for the
general's character is so well known to Ihe satires, that the
plebs felt if he persisted in his hue attempta be would, in
all probability, adorn the first Deo without further cere-
mony. The lady, or her friends, however, would act be
safe for sum hoar after the British troops left ; and they
were, therefore, rooming to leave at the same time."
ATTACK ON • FAMILY BY • BULL.—On Tuesday
morning lest, a bull being drives to • e anohter.bouse near
Whitmore-lens, in Cardiff, darhed into Huy Ann-sire.',
and being closely proud by his pursuant rushed into a
house,whers the inmates, ire in number, woes at koskiast,
sod commenced as indiscriminate attack. Auks keen was
a blind man, named Raiding, about 80 years of age, who
was knocked down and so mac, injured that hie life Is In
danger. A man named Bliss Williams was severely arred
in has side by the infuriated animal; the whole of the arti-
cles of furniture, Including a clock, were smutted to pieces.
A female and some &admit were eatricated through the
window by a militiaman, who removed the fastenings relh
hie bayonet from the outside. The bull hayloft broken
dews a staircase and through a partition wall, turn.d
round into the street, and dashed op Cherlet-etreot and out
of the town, when, after a sours chase, he was driven into
as osthoom and messed. _

SINGULAR DEATH AT SHEFFIELD.—OR Tuesday
au lageeet was held at Bh.flield oo the body of James &eels,
labourer, Attsreliffe who died seddeoly on Beadoy. The
dimmed, wbo bad bees a brewer, sod who was 46 years of
age, galled on &today at the Norfolk Brewery, belengieg
to Messrs. Grooves sad Co anti salted ose of the brewefy
cage, named Jobs Briskest:lvy, to show him to Irok round,
u they bad bees makieg some alterations. Brackenbury,cour
*my to the orders of his employers, permitted him to do so,
sad while be wu leasing our the " harm squares," which
are plotted over the vats of rermeating liquor to catch the
harm, be fell forward. Hi, foes did not touch the taut,
but when be waft raised op immediately afterwards he was
gaits dead. A post merino ezaminatiou of the body
wee made, god the surgeons found that death had
resulted from the inhalation of carbonic acid gas, generated
by the fermenting liquor, acting upon the deceased's heart,
and fouling instant stoppage of its pulsation,. The jury,
therefore, returned a verdict to that effect.—Morocheater
Cheeriness.

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THE EXPLOSION AT WOOLWICH AUSENAL.—Yen-
terday afternoon the Wiriest on the bodies of the workmen
killed by the recent minion in Woolwich Arsenal we,
concluded before Mr. Carter end a jury at Woolwich. It
did not appear from the enclavee that any want of pre-
caution had been need, and the canes of the accident was
not elicited, as Fl-ck and Taylor, the only men in the shed
where the explosion originated, were killed, and It was
therefore Impossible to obtain any preeire information. In
reply toe jorymee, the solicitor is the Board of Ordnance
stated that the government would, no doubt, as on f rep r
occasions, make g•rovision for the relatives of the detested.
It WWI also stated that the detonating c imposition would, to
avoid danger to the numerous workmen and explosive ma-
terial, In the arsenal, be heceeforth mixed in sheds en cted
I. she marehes, remote from other building,. The jury ex-
pound their satisfaction at this Irtimation, and in as h cue
a verdict of "Accidental death" wee returned.

Naw ZEALAND COMPANY. —The annual meeting
of this company was summoned for yesterday, at the officer,
9, Broad-street-buildiop, but in coasequer.ee of the number
of shareholders present twine lege than was required by the
company's charter, Mr. Lyall, obairman, after waiting an
hour, adjourned the meeting until Thuraday, the 12th
June, when the bulbous eau be legally invalided with,
however small the a trodatios of shareholders may be.
CONSCIENCE MONEY.—Mr. John Cuter, Upper-
thous. Holo.firth, has received a letter, healed Madden
field," and ludoning a shilling, bat with no signature, as
follows:—" Bir,—l remember, whoa a boy, about twelve
yes:sof age, taking out of year shop about Ild. ; sosept of
Ma shilling as a restitution,. Tell so man ; keep you sweet
In your own clad."—!weds Norowy.