The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-14 00:00:00

PUBLIC SALES.

ArniL 12.—8 y Mr. GARsDEN, at the Mart.—One
thousand shares of 31. each, in the Linares Lead Mining
Company, situated in Andalusia, Spain—sold in lots of five
shares each at M. 17e. 6d. to 121. les. per share.
One hundred and sixty forfeited shares in the Drake
Walls Mines, Calstock, Cornwall, upon which 11. 9s. per
share has been paid—fetched 2/. Bs. per share.
By Mr. Ourwoon, at the Mart.—Two houses, Nos. 1
and 2, Norfolk-place, New Charlton, Kent, let at 321. 14s.
per annum, held for 80 years at 51.-2'201.
Four houses, Norfolk-Flare, New Charlton, let to weekly
tenants at rents producing 46/. 16s. yearly, held for SO
years at 81.-2631.
By Mr. ABRAHAM BOOTIE, at the Mart.—Leasehold family
villa residence, Picton-villas, Camden-road, let at 701. per
annum, held for 67 years, at 61. 9a. per annum-6301.
Two family residences, Nos. 3 and 4, Grosvenor-villas,
St. Bartholomew-road, Camden-road, calculated to produce
1801. per annum, held for 67 years, at 251. per annum-
-1,5101.
Eleven leasehold houses, Torriano-terrace, Gloucester-
place, Kentish-town, producing a rental of 3981. per armpit,
held for 88 years unexpired, at W. ss. each house—sold in
lots for 3,6401.
By Mr. W. R. GLASIER, at Garraway's.—Lcasehold
house, No. 14, Lower Aslihy•street, Clerkenwell, let at 261.,
held for 26 years at 11. 10s.—sold for 2251.
Leasehold business pr‘mises, Nos. 8I and 9, Long-lane,
West Smithfield, let at 841. per annum, held for 19 years at
201.-5751.

Leasehold hover, No. 2, Church-terrace, Waterloo road,
Lambeth, let at 281. per annum, held for 6o years at 61.-
2051.

By Mr. Mt nut:J., at GarrawayN.—Leasehold house,
No. 2d, Albert-terrace, Barnsbury-road, let at 301., term 95
years at 01.-2851.
Leasehold house. No. 31, Albert-terrace, let at 301., held
as preceding-2801.
Four residences, Nos. 5 to 8, Grace-street. Hemiogford-
terrace, Islington, let at 241. each, and held for 87 years at
101. per house—sold in lots for 4901.
Leasehold house, No. 12, Gold Hawk-terrace, Shepherd's
Bush, let at 381., held for 95 years at 81. Bs.-3951.
Leasehold house, No. 17, Gold Hawk-terrace, annual
value 401., held as preceding-3501.

ROYAL INFIRMARY FOR DISEASES OP TILE CREST,
CITY-ROAD.—The anniversary festival of this excellent
charity was held at the L widon Tavern, Bishopagate-street,
yesterdaT evening—the Lord Mayor in the chair, supported
by Mr. Sheriff Carter. The Lord Mayor, in giving the
toast of the evening, stated that upwards of 40,000 persons
afflicted wits diseases of the chest had been relieved at this
institution since its commencement. From it had sprung

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other charities which, he was glad to say, were in a flou-
rishing condition. This, however, was the parent institu-
tion of this class, and highly deserved the consideration of
the humane, as, by the last report, it appeared that it owed
a balance to the treasurer of more than 70/. The disease
which it was founded to relieve and cure was a disease
which, unfortunately, our countrymen and countrywomen
are peculiarly liable to ; and the Institution, therefore, had
peculiar claims on the charitably disposed.—Mr. Sheriff
Carter and Mr. Pearson also addressed the company, urging
the claims of the institution ; and their appeals were re-
sponded to by subscriptions and donations amounting in the
aggregate to near 5001.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—tI crowded
meeting of this society was held on Monday, at the theatre
of the Royal Institution, Albemarle-street. The President,
Sir Roderick I. Murchison, in the chair. The paper read
was:—" On Oceanic Currcnts,aud their connexion with the
proposed Central American Canals," by A. G. Findlay,
Esq., 1.110.5., illustrated by large diagrams of the Atlan-
tic and Pacific Oceans and by maps of Lieut. Maury, of the
United States Navy. Arrowsmith's large maps of Australia,
and Captain Moore's "Great Circle-Sailing Indicators"
were also exhibited.—Mr. Findlay directed atteation to
the very great importance of a proper knowledge of ocean
currents in the present days of commercial enterprise; the
whole subject having been nearly stationary sauce the days
of its originator, Major Rennell, and mentioned our entire
ignorance of the causes, proximate and actual, of current
systems and data required. Ile gave a brief statement of
each current circulating in the two Atlantic Oceans, as
defined by Rennell; the Gulf-stream, the Thwart-channel
Current, and the Agulhas Current, having only briar pro-
perly investigated, while the peculiarities of the currents
of the Pacific and Intliaa Oceans were most imperfectly and
unsatisfactorily known.
FATAL FALL Tunorart A TRAP Dom.—Mr. Payne
held un inquest at the Bell Tavern, Warwick-lane, New-
gate-street, on the body of Hannah Rogers, a married
woman, who was killed by falling through a trap-door, in
the house of Mr. Bull, a builder, in Warwick-lane.—City
police constable 237 said that on Saturday night, at a little
before 12 o'clock, as he was passing the house in question,
he saw the deceased shutting the street door. On going
round his beat again in about ten minutes, and seeing that
the door was not fastened, he pushed it open and carted out,
hut receiving no answer he made a noise with his staff.
Some of the lodgers eamo down stairs, and they said they
lad been Mrs. Rogers a little while before. They went to
her apartment, but could see nothing of her. The police-
man then turned hig :ight on, when he observed a hole in
the floor, and upon looking down it, discovered Mrs. Rogers
lying in the cellar below, with her head downwards. He
went down a ladder and removed her, and a surgeon was
sent for, but she was quite dead, with blood issuing from
her mouth. The hole in the floor was at the side, a little
way from the street-door.—Mr. Henry Reginald West, of
No. 12, Aldersgate-strret, surgeon, said ho saw the body of
Mrs. Rogers in the cells. She was then quite dead, and
there were several bruises about her body, caused by the
fall. He thought she was rendered insensible by the fall
and then suffocated by the position into which she had
fallen, as there WWI no fracture of the skull. l'irdiet,
"Accidental Death," with a recommendation that there
should be tome protection against such accidents fs.r the
future.