The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-10 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL MARE MARKET&

insaloot. Joel 9.-Bales to-day :-Bastern Counties.
=ow and South Western, 1021- Lancashire and 'te=
WI 1-London end North Winters, 90 /-111diand, 1271 7-
and,Lake Burom4 13.16x0-Orand hunker Canada,2o 211
-Great Luxembourg, 14 Dale-Birkenhead, 80-Allisnos Bank,
L sad L., 0 p.-Beak of Liverpool, 251.
BUIZINOB ILPL, 1011 9.-The quotations of the local companies
were :-Blrmlngtiam Canal, 941 to 115-Droiteich Carta 160
buyers. Stoorbridge Canal sold at 325. Dadley and West Brom-
wkh Bank *old at 51. *L-Wolverham ton and Staffordshire
Doak. Ile to 91-Districtbuyers.- Old Mill,
91 to 10-Metropolitan Waggon, pm. Britannia Xlll were
sold at 1.16 pin.
MADMIIM Jon 9,-There wan a quiet market, bet prices
were steady. Lairs Counties, 564-Great LuseraboarL
lel-
Great Ship, 6a. 9d. 9t -Grand Trunk of Canada, 28* F-Cleat
Western of Csanda, 111-Oreat Western 711-Isuirealtire and
Yorkshire. 1071-South Eastern, 831 Bank, 1711
Northern Counties Bank, p.

THE NEH FOILLIGN-OFFICE, WHITEHALL. This
morning the works commenced for the extension of the
government-Aloes and the erection of the new Foreign-
office on the ground recently cleared of the houses between
Downiogetreet and Charles-street, and rt. James's-park
and King-street, Westminster, and • number of workmen
were engaged laying the foundations ; the demolition of
her Majesty's State Paper-office in St. James's-park is now
being proceeded with to make way for the new buildings.
THE NEW FOUNTAINS IN TEA/ALGAE-SQUARE.
This morning the construction of the new fountains in Tn.
[rigor-square having been completed, the workmen com-
menced clearing out the basins and removing the &brie.
The new fountains will piny for the Ant time on Thursday
morning.
BAPTISM OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE
CB/LOREN. —At the afternoon service in Christ Church, St.
George's East, on Whit Sunday, 189 children were baptized,
78 of them under two years of age, 76 between two and
seven years, 32 between seven and fourteen, and three over
fonneen.years. It has been ascertained by a careful house-
to-house visitation remedy made, that in 36 streets of this
district, containing • population of 11,170, 582 children
were unbaptised. Nitwithstanding the large number pre-
sent on Sunday, there remaiu, therefore, nearly 400 not
yet admitted to the solemn rite.
RAISING OP STEAMBOAT FARES.—Considerable
confusion prevailed at the river-aide steamboat piers during
the whole of yesterday, consequent upon the Iron and
Citizen Steamboat Companies, without any previous notice,
having doubled their fares between London and West-
minster, and the intermediate piers. The mason given by
the servants of the company, that it was holiday time, did
not satisfy the numerous class of poems who are in the
habit of using the boat. several times each day, and
who complained loudly of being mulcted in the increased
charge on that scoonet. The excitement and confusion at
Die two extremities of the journey. London and Westminster,
amounted at times to • complete riot, and at the latter
several hundred person', rather than pay the extra
charge, walked over to the Surrey-side of the bridge and
patronised the London and Westminster Company's boats,
who still kept their fare at Id. forthe whole distance.
BRocit/M3 Btricitia.—On Sunday evening a des-
perate act of suicide was committed by • young man
named Taylor. Whilst walking with his sister along the
bank of the London, IMbury, and Southend Railway, near
the Films elation, Taylor suddenly quitted her, and delibe-
rately ran towards the line. and placed his head on the
rails just at the time the luggage down train was enmesh-
ing. The train passed over the neck of the unfortunate
young man, completely severing the head from the body.
The sister stood perfectly paralysed at the rash act of her
brother, but wee totally unable to render the slightest
assistance. The young man, it is said, had previously
showneymptoms of an unsound mind.
AWOMAN CUTTING HER OWN TONGUE Our.—A
horrible case of self-mutilation occurred is Raleigh-street,
Nottingham, on Sunday morning, • married woman, named
Mrs. Abel, having cut her own tongue out. It appeared
that the woman had had a quarrel with her husband, and
on the morning in question she rose about 6 o'clock, went
downstairs, sod cut off as much of her tongue as she could
reach, leaving the remainder shockingly healed. A sur-
geon was sent for, but after examining the wound he gave
very little hope of her recovery. During the day she
wrote on a piece of paper that, being unsuccessful in her
search for her husbands razor, she had taken a knits to
accomplish her object. She his five children.
A lifiscuizvons Fox.—Captain Ohawner, who
resides at Greatham Beene Hones, near Petersfield, had for
amusement a fox chained up in the yard. Now it so hap-
ponied that reynard by some means or other escaped from
his shackles, and set to work in the poultry yard, where he
killed altogether 58 head of poultry, besides destroying •
quantity of eggs. Having completed his task there, be
padded his way to the farm adjoining, when he fell in with
• fine ram belonging to Mr. Edward Chalocift, which he
bit and worried so as to compel its being killed. Pug was
caught in the act, and taken bark to duraoes-vile, to con
over his freak at his leisure—Seism Express.
VORACITY OF THE Pras.—k highly respectable
resident of Lewes, who is ardently fond of piscatorial pur-
suits, has supplied us with the following account of the
recent capture of a pike under very singular circum-
stances He was fishing up the Ouse a few days since and
someeded in hooking a small pike, but as he was in the
act of taking his prize from the water, another pike
about 2 feet in length, seized it &nose the back and
held on with such determination as actually to allow
itself to be drawn completely out of the water on to the
bank. and was thus captured. Our informant also states
that the larger fish was lying on the grass for some
seconds before it let go its hold. —Sumex Aden tun.
The methodists have three hundred and thirteen
clergymen in the Federal army, holding the following posi-
tions:—Colonel, 4, lieutenant-colonels 2, major I. captains
36, other commissioned officers 20, privates 10, chep-
lains 240.
The Panama correspondent of the New York
Herald speaks of a royal mail line of steam packets which
is about to run between Panama and British Columbia.
Barnum has got the smallest baby in the world
at his Museum in New York. It is • boy, eight months'
old, end weighing only 23 ounces. The child is well
formed aid healthy. His hand and arm ma per through a
man's Sugar ANL
ROYAL FEIN HOSPITAL, CIILAY's-INN-BOAD.
The number or patients relieved at this hospital during the
weak ending Jams 7, wa5.4123, of which 1118 were new
eases.