The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

UNITELIITT OP LONDON.—Two entainerships in
ellialltiOo with this university hays become* event; one,
[het of uataria medics and therapeutics, by the death of
Dr. Pereira; sad the other, that in classic', by the death of
tie Rev. Dr. Jerrard. For the eaantioership in 'wisteria
eardiat and therapeutics there are several candidates, in-
dading Dr. limy'', Protestor of Materia Medics in Kiss's
College ; Dr. Ciairod, Professor of Materia Medics in Cal-
',nig College, Dr. Robert Dickson, author of the articles
es Militia Medics and Therapeutics in the Fenny Cycler
ye ha, and Dr. Bollard, a graduate of the London -Culver-
utv. For the clamical conuninership there are understood
cab' several candidates, but their games have not ytt been
wadi public.
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Rev. William 'Alley Smith, to the Perpetual Curacy of
ltadetooe, diocese of Peterborough.
Rev. William Prosser, to the Vicarage of Ashby Poltille,
&mem of Peterborough.
Rev. George Cumin, Rector of 04, to be a Rural Dean
is the diocew of Peterh.irough.
Rev. R. P. blanclark, to the Curacy of Coteebach, diocese
.f Peterborough.
Rev. W. L. Collies, to the Curacy of Great Iloughton,
Lomas of Peterborough.

THE OCEAN MAIL-PACKETS AND TILE
PUBLIC MONEY.
TO TRII ZDITUK Ul THE martins.
Sta,—Tho primary cause of our defective "mail-
pact service chiefly arises, not from the culpable
leniency of government in not enforcing penalties for
breaches of contract," but from the existence of con-
tracts at all. The thoroughfares of the ocean ought
to be left open to uninterrupted competition, so that
the traffic might be carried on by whomever should
do it best. Nothing can be more mischievous than
government meddling at all with the intercourse
between England and Australia, for instance.
Government interference ought to be confined
to enacting suitable " ship letter" laws, for the
convenient despatch of letters by tho best vessels on
the berth. There would then be plenty of superior
and constantly improving vessels running regularly
and frequently ; just as, previous to the commence-
ment of the absurd contract system, there were
punctual self-organised vessels between New York
and Liverpoohand on other stations.
If the public were once assured unequivocally that
government would muse to paralyse private enter-
;Wise by the blighting plague of this bounty system,
there would soon be an end of all cause for grumbling ;
the communication with Australia would be cheap
and rapid to a degree, which the public appear at
present not to expect.
If the doctrine of free trade is good for anything,
why not trust it in this branch of enterprise as well
as m others ? Yours, &c.,.
Aprii 1, 1853. LAISSEZ-FAIRE.

DEATH OF THE REV. G. L. COOKE, A.D.—Died, on
the 2%,th ult., at the rectory house, Cubbington, Warwick-
shire, the Rev. George Leigh Cooke, M.D., rector of that
elfish, and Sai'lesion Professor of Natural Philosophy in
the University of Oxford. Mr. Cooke was for many yens
a ft:low and an active tutor of Corpus Christi College, and
frame time keeper of the archives. The Sadler's° pro-
knership, now vacant by Mr. Cooke's death, is in the gift
tt the Vice-Chancellor, the president of Magdalen College,
tad the worriers af All Souls.
SEtUOtts ACCIDENT.—A distressing accident oc-
:sn,d on Thursday, on the Dyke-road, in the we of a
Psalm threshing machine, of 7 fume power, belonging to
Mr. Jams Jackson. The machine is at present on hire
tt Mr. Higdon, sod the men had just prepared it to cent-
lame work at seven o'clock in the miming, when Henry
Ceeferd, use of the number, whose place it was to unbind
the sheaves preparatory to feeding the machine, slipped in
bctwecn the rollers and at once lost his left foot, welch
le sm. red just ribose the ankle. The jerk caused the
tsceecting-strap to fly from the wheel, or the whole body
mast Lase been drown int) the machine. The pour filiow
Irani. dately removed to the &twos County Heeeital,
nitere he is progressing favourably towards health. Corn-
r`tni ts young man of 26, and has a wife and three
cla!dren.--I;rightos Gamete.
LIMA tl. TRICNIPII AT CIRENCE4TER..—CIREN-
cz"Tr• It. 110 %Y.—Lot night a party of 4O' electors of
ten nt I.iirouah shined tepther to etlebnite the triumph
f elsr prineiples in the borough in the return of the
11 a. A. G. J. Ponionby at the last election, and in the
Lola; of tie petition since presented against his return.
The char seas taken by H. J. Drown, Esq., and the pros
ilechArr wire most enthwiastic. Among those present
Res S•ii J ,fin Guise, Dart., the lion. Cued's Pen-
ile,* ell au lion. Ashley U. J. Ponsuoby, the
rmt of the evening.
13OT:tNIVAL SoVIETV Of • LONDON —The usual
• _ .

--•—••
y stetting was held last evening, at the Society's
"41s, O. Redforil.str• et, Strand. J. Reynold., Esq.,
Iftssartr,iuti,e.hoir. Various ilon,,•,ons were annour,ctd.
the curator, stated that the distribution of
.^llOl tlents (cornpri.ing some tbou.utds of specimens)
thi. month. Mr. Nose rend a paper,
"mg "Iketarks un i'laitts seat to the 8-,eicty is 11342."

~itilTedeteiled accounts from California, in private
rtes received by the Pacific, speak in very favour-
able
terms of the yield of gold, which is stated to '
be rather itcreasing than otherwise.
The accounts from P.sris mention the concession
by the Emperor to a mixed French and English
company of a new line of railway from Bordeaux
to Lyons. 'this line will be of much importance.
Notice has been issued to the holders of the Ster-
ling Canal Bonds of the State of Illinois, that the
dividend arising out of the collection of the Male
Tax, prior to the 31st Dece.t.ber let, will Le
payable by Messrs. Matheson and Co., from the 4th
inst.
There is no change in the prices of Australian
Land shares, business being dull. South Australian
Land closed at 53 to 54. British American Land
are quoted at 82 to 64 ex div. The old Australian
Bank shares were aho unchanged in value; but of
the new institutions, the Scottish Australian was
sensibly lower. The Australia and China Bank
shares were firm. Provincial Bank of Ireland
shares have been done at 48; East and West
India Docks 166; Victoria Docks (4/. paid),
61 1; ditto. New (21. paid), 41; Crystal
Palace (M. paid), 6!, 1, I; General Steam Naviga-
tion, 31; General Screw Steam Shipping (121. paid),
111, 3, ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 831, 841;
ditto (251. paid), 461 46; Royal Mail Steam' 783,
771; Scottish Australian Investment New Scrip
(POs. paid), 2! ; Submarine Telegraph (IL paid), 1.
Melbourne Dock and Railway shares are quoted to-
day I to 1 prem.; Berlin Waterworks, 1: to
prem.; Ebro Canal, t to 11 prem. ; Royal Danish
Railway, 21 to 21 prem.
A call of V. per share fell due this day on the
shares of the Zealand (Denmark) Railway. Interest
on these shares at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum
on the amount paid, is also payable to-day by
Messrs. C. J. Hasbro and Son, on presentation of
the scrip. The first half-yearly instalment of the
Guaranteed Four per Cent. interest on the shares of
the Norwegian Trunk: Railway falls payable on the
10th inst. Shareholders of the Paris and Orleans
Railway are notified that the Coupon representing
the balance of dividend for the year ending the
31st December last, viz. 20f. 60c. will be cashed at
the London offices from the 4th inst. A first call of
31. per share falls payable in London on the shares
of the Lake Constance and Basle Railway on the
10th lest. All calls on these shares bear interest at
the rate of 4 per cent. until the completion of the
line. The English trustees inform the shareholders
that the board in Switzerland have "made satisfac-
tory contracts with competent parties for the execu-
tion of the works, which have, from the state of the
weather, been hitherto suspended, but will now be
prosecuted with energy."
There was a rather increased demand to-day for
bills on all foreign places, and the rates were gene-
rally rather lower than last post, especially for Paris
and Hamburg. The former was done from 25.05 to
71 for short, and 25.271 for three month,,' paper.
Hamburg was generally done at 13.8, and even as
low as 13.71. there was also considerable demand
for paper on Leghorn and Genoa, as well as all Por-
tuguese places. Tho exchange on Vienna and
Trieste was a shade higher, being done from 11.4 to
11.6. Bills on New York were again negotiated at
4$ d., at 60 days sight.
The quotations of stocks at Amsterdam on Thurs-
day are thus reported by telegraphic express:—
Dutch Four per Cents., 96 ; ditto Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 64 13-16. Spanish Deferred Three per
Cents., 24 15-16. Mexican New, 251 The Spanish
Committee's Certificates, 8. Austrian Five per
Cent. Metallic', 81 11-10. Granada Deferred, 11
9-10. Portuguese New, 39Z. Spanish Old Three
per Cent., Foreign, 4S.
The quarterly circular of the Scotch iron trade,
issued by Mr. homes Thorburn, of Glasgow, has
the following remarks:

11 At the opening of the year considerable purehises,
ehieflv on speculation, were made of pig iron, at 72e. 6d.,
735., 74a., and 7.54.6 d. per ton cash, and Is. Gd. to 2a. 6.1.
per ton extra for three aid four months' open delivery.
Shortly after the publication of the annual circulars,
showing an extension in the production, and an increase in
stock of 100,000 tons, an anal, ty on the pert of holders to
realise was manifested—a panic, heightened by the raising
of the rate of interest by the Bank of England, ensued,
and the prices rapidly receded from 75t. to a9s. per ton en
the 21st Januarylast. Immediately thereafter the market
semcwhat rallied, and the price was again forced up to
65°. ; but this quotation eras s:areely maintain. d a day,
and since the end of January prices have gradually declined
to 52c. Gd., with an occasional variation of from Is. 61 to
2s. 6d. per ton.
Ore hundred and nineteen furnaces arc now
in blast, and the computed make since lot
Jan. till dote is
The stock on Ist Jan. was

015,600 „
Exported foteign and eciastwiso lO,OOO
Contented in local finadriet and
nil'lP:ttle work,
Total deliveries - 170,000 „

Stock in warelatm-Itepere and :oaken'
store.' tills die

, ~ 2Sfr. 275 e. ... 15tr. 30e.
..nnitfurt-ne-the-Ntalne pie £lO „ 1200. er. ... 12010. kr
Vlllllllll (effective) per/ „ 110. Ur. ... lill. 6,,e.
Trieste
Madrid per dollar „ 50E pence ... 10 pence
Wu lO 19 MI peace ... 505 pence
Mao „ 50 pence ... 495 pence
19! ' . 45i r
1.!4

—........................" „ „ ..; ince ... , pence
Seville a ss Se Pena ••• 40. Mow
Wrings ... „ „ 30 penes ... 491 imps
Leghorn
Owes
Nsigse pee &eat 411 penes ... 414 pence
Menne per aura „,.
1114 penes ... 110 pence
Meesina
Lisbon per Why/ 90 days date 834 pence .. 834 pence
„ 534 penes ... LSI pence
New York adayssight 483 pease ... 48 qua