The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-27 00:00:00

MINES.
(From Um Daily Newt.)

SATURDAY Evaxixo.

Mining business during the week,-as we-antici-
pated would be the case at this season, has been
characterised by more activity, and the market
'altogether wears a healthier appearance. An
encouraging feature is the more equable dif-
fusion of business over the various classes of
mines, though of course dividend shares continue
most prominently to command attention. Foreign
mining, however, has engaged the largest amount of
notice, the last fortnightthiving witnessed the start-
ing of no less than four companies (as noticed at
various times in the columns of the Doily News) to
work the gold quartz mines of California, with an
aggregate capital of 350,0001., and enterprise in this
direction is not yet by any means satisfied, as other
projects are known to be in course of preparation.
Australian gold mining is also attracting the atten-
tion of another portion of the mining community, and
one company with a capital 60,000/. has already
issued its prospectus to a "discerning public." Mean-
while, with great activity prevailing in all the
branches of home mineral enterprise, there is yet en-
couragement afforded for tho prosecution of mining in
the sister island. The great resources of Ireland in this
respect are beginning to be more fully appreciated.
and from various quarters we bear 4iniultineoudy of
the actual or projected commencement of operations.
At Kilbarry (county Cork) a lease has been taken,
and the works are bring entered upon with much
spirit, under the superintendence of Mr. Henry
Thomas, manager of the Crookhaven Mining Company
of Ireland. At the Crookhaven mines operations are
stated to be progressing vigorously and satisfac-
torily, and during the last fortnight 1001. worth of
rich copper ore has been raised. A company is also
in course of organization with a view to work-
ing some mines in the neighbourhood of the cele-
brated Wicklow copper mines. On the whole mining
enterprise may be said to be in a very active state just
at present, with so many undertakings offering both at
home and abroad, and with the exercise of due caution
and discrimination on the part of the managers of tho
various new schemes, hopes may very readily be en-
tertlined that in the majority of cases the results to
those who embark in them will be of a beneficial
character, the more especially as in the projects now
submitted to public favour there does not appear any
chance of the shareholders being subjected to sue
heavy losses as have attended the prosecution of
some foreign mining adventures, and by which the
public mind has become imbued with a kind of preju-
dice against this particular department of mining en-
terprise.
'the following is the latest list of quotations: Alfred
Consols, 131, 14 ; Bedford United, 71, 71 ; Black
; Craig, 41 Condurrow, 105; Devon Great Consols,
17.3, 160 ; Tretnayne, 261 ; West I'ruvidence, 100 ;
Trelawney, 40: Mary Ann, 561 ; Fenton, 6, 61 ;
Butterdon, 71, 8; Nlerllyn, 31, 31 ; Trehane, 15,
151; Trebaroah, 4 ; Trcvylian, 21, 3 ; Welling-
ton, 31,31.
Foreign shares: Australian, 1, 1 ; St. Sohn del
Rey, 201, 211; Imperial Brazilian, 2, 1 • United
Mexican, 2 1 ; Cobre, 331, 41 ; Santiago, 3i, 4 ;
piapo, 51.

NEWMARKET RACES.

THIS DAY.

OJT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

HANDICAP PLATE of GU
Barcelona .. .. 1
..
Guy lklannering .. .. 2
.. Vatican • • .. 3
SWEEPSTAKES. D.M. Winner to be sold for GO/.

Sagacity .. •• .. 1
Palmyra filly .. .. .. 2
Lady Bibina • • .. 3
WEEPSTAKES. Ab.M. Winner to be .old for

250/.,
Vanguard .. 1
Paquette .. .. 2
Knight of Gynnc .. 3
MATCH.—Tumbler received forfeit from Sophistry.
Hernandez arrived yesterday afternoon by the
special train.
The Handicap D.M, was " no race."

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday morning
last, about 10 o'clock, as Thomas Sergeant, the farmer at Til-
berthwaite farm, about four miles north of Coniston, was
in search of a sheep that had strayed from a small flock
he had in an enclosure, near to his house, he was led in
search thereof to enter a slate quarry, not now wrought,
called the Old Close Hill, situate in the said enclosure,
and belonging to Mr. Marshall, of Leeds, when his atten-
tion was attracted by seeing a hat laying therein, and on
looking round he was greatly shocked by discovering the
body of a well dressed man, lying dead among the frag-
ments of rock and debris, at the bottom of the quarry, hay-
inz apparently fallen into it from the heights above, and
en killed. Mr. Sergeant immediately returned to his
own hour.', and having informed his family, he and some
of them straightway returned to the place, when the body
was recognised by the servant boy. as that of Mr. William
Fleming, tailor and draper, of Coniston. Ile was straight-
way borne to My Sergeant's, and a messenger imme-
diately despatched to Coniston, to inform his friends of the
melancholy occurrence. The day before he had been led
to visit the village of Elterwater in the way of business,
and, having transacted this, had returned a little after S
o'clock by the way of Little Langdale, with a Wm. Flem-
ing of that place, baying called with him at his house, and
had some refreshments. The night being extremely dark
and stormy, they pressed him to stay overnight, but he
would not consent, on the ground that ho had not in-
formed his family of his probable stay, and that he knew
the road perfectly well. A lodger thereupon proposed to
show him the way round by the " Slater's Bridge with a
light (tho usual ford over the Brathay by the way of
Fitz Steps being impassable from the heavy rains that
had fallen), and having done so, and come down with
hint as far as opposite this ford, they bade each other
good night, he being then on the direct road home, though
five miles distant. An offer of the lanthern he declined,
saying that he could then do very well. This was the last
that was seen of him living, and between this point and
where he was found dead would be abuut a mile,—the
road being little more than a cart track, winding through
patches of coppice and rough pasture, beneath and among
the Tilberthwaite Slat* Quarries. Those who were out
that night, will remember how wet and stormy it was at
times, and of more than pitchy darkness, even in the
plain country, and here surrounded as the road is, by
overhanging mountains and woods, he could not but have
experienced exceeding difficulty in finding his way along
the devious track up to the point, where the deplorable
accident had occurred. There the road lay along the ex-
treme brink of the deep and yawning quarry mentioned,
undermining the rune, and veiled, but not protected by a
fringe of slender brushwood,'with here and there a tree of
somewhat larger growth, and presenting an appearance at
any time sufficient to make the stoutest an heart shudder.
He had crossed, however, this part of the road, but about
midway along the suarry it diverges to the right between
overhanging trees, in the direction of Tilberthwaite houses,
and it appears that instead of turning therewith he hail
gone straightforward through an open place in the road
side, and along the edge of the quarry, some 40 or 60
rfrom the path. Memory of the road alone, no
ud bat, being his only guide, for owing to the darkness of
the night, as was said before, made even more so, if pos-
sible, by the nearer proximity of the mountains, he could
but have groped his way, as it were, all along. Whether
he had found that he had got out of the path by coming in
contact with the bushes that grew here and there, and was
endeavouring to find it, or was unconscious thereof when
he walked over the overhanging precipice and was dashed
to pieces cannot be said. He was sadly mutilated when
found, one leg being broken in three places, the other also,
and one arm broken, besides having his scull fractured in
different places, with other wounds.—Kendal Mercury.
CHURCH RTES.—A correspondent informs us that
the forced levy of this vexatious impost is just now (not for
the first time) causing a deal of excitement in the town of
Bridgenorth. As an example of the " levity " of the epis-
copacy, he submits the following statement :
Defaulters. Bata , Goode dome. Vales.
Rev. Mr. Tilley
easy clo. . .... 9 0 0
Mi. J. B. Gel. nos
Mr. Law 0 g giam, s flair*.
494 brivoneter 7 7 I
Mr. Wm. Grimm la*
1° 6 1 la=sos ottoOna s o •
Moms. Orton= &Law 2 5 • ersaatity of wool. ZS 0 0

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