The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-19 00:00:00

SPAIN.

We have received the Madrid mails of the 13th
inst. A secretary of the French legation at Madrid
had left for Parts with the official ratification of the
postal treaty between France and Spaia. Bp this
treaty, which is to come into effect on the 15th of
July next, the postage of a letter of 7,1, grammes
(about a quarter of an ounce) is to be 50c.
The Spanish Cnsmber of Deputies commenced on
the 13th the discussion on the New Tariff Bill pre-
sented by the government. Numerous modifications
have been made iu the measure.
It wee considered pwitive that the government
would send 3,000 or 4,000 additional troops to Italy.
MADRID. nue 13.—Three per Cents., 25 9.16 paper; Five per
Cents. 10 3.16 paper, coupon detached; Coupons, si paper. Bank of
St. Ferdinand, 73. Zzehangeol Lowden, 80. A.

EXAGGERATED REPORTS OP THE CHOLERA AT
BouLoess having appeared in soma of the journals, various
official pereena in that city have circulated notices stating
that the disease was never very prevalent in the place and
now no longer exists there. The only victims of the disease
in that locality were some of the poorer class of French-
men, none of the English visitors having been attacked.
A FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN SAI.FORD.—The
people of Lancashire, indeed the friends of popular education
and social advancement everywhere, will rejoice to learn,
that the town council of Salford has resolved to found a pub-
lic library and museum for the free use of the iahabitanta of
that borough. The hrst hint of this liberal movement was
thrown out by Mr. J. BrAherton, M.P., a short time ego,
and we are glad to find that it has been so promptly followed
up by the corporation. At a special meeting held on Wed-
nesday, the subject was brought under consideration, and, as
• liberal commencement of the undertaking, several sub-
scriptions in aid of the library were announced, including
those Mayer of Salfor3, 2501.; Mr. Brotherton,
M. P., 1001.; Alderman Worrell, 1001.; Mr. Wm. Mont,
1001.: Mr. Higgins, 1001. A committee was also appointed
to carry out the resolution, and we shall no doubt have an
early opportunity of reporting progress. The place chosen
for the library is the capacious mansion formerly occupied by
Mr. Garnett, at Lark Hill, and which has recently been oc-
cupied as the refreshment house in the Peel Park. So large
a building may well be expected to give ample accommoda-
tion to all who are likely to resort thither for the sake of
reading.—Manchester Exammer.
THE CHINA TRADE.—A large number of the mer-
chants of Birmingham, having transmitted • me morial to her
Majesty's government, on the subject of opening the trade
with China, the following reply has been received:—
"Foreign Office, June 11, 1849.—Gentlemen—I am directed
by Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of a
memorial signed by you and the merchants of Birmingham,
urging the expediency of measures In lug taken with the view
to open the markets of Japan, Cochin-China, Corea, and
Siam, to British trade; and I am to state to you, in reply,
that the matters to which that memorial refers are of much
importance, and require very mature consideration and
that her Majesty's government have not yet seen their way
sufficiently clear to have been able to come to a decision on
the subject. —1 am, gentlemen, your most obee:ient servant,
If. WILIDDINOTON.—To Messrs. Van Watt, Son, and Ca."
A MAN KILLED BY AN ELEPHANT IN WOMB-

WILL'S Metemeetele.—There appeared in the Express of
Friday a statement of the fact that Mr. Wombwell, jun.,
nephew of the proprietor of the above menagerie, had been so
severely injured by an elephant on the previous Sunday that
death was the consequence. An inqu at was held on the body
on Tuesday, when hie. George Wombwell said—l am the
proprietor of the menagerie now nt Coventry. We came
into Coventry on Sunday morning last. Deceased William
Wombwell was keeper of the lions, but not of toe elephants.
He was about 25 years of age. Ile used to tell the names
of the animals to the company. I saw the accident, which
occurred last Sunday mternoon, batween three and four
o'clock • he was sitting on se me straw in the booth, when
we heard the etc phaaats fighting. Only myself and another
man, besides the deceased, were there. He was scraping
his shoes with a kale in his hand, and it is my b thef he
went into the den with the knife in his hand. They were
' two male elephants; ono was larger than the ether, and
both are in the same den. I believe he went to prick him
with the knife, as keepers sometimes do, when I heard him
knocked down, and the elephant had taken his knife from
him and crushed it to pieties. The elephant had got him u;o
in the corner of the den, and was boring at him with its
tusks, and I cried nut imam diately, " for God's sake corns,
for he is killing William," and deceased at the same time
was crying for help. The young man and I got a laeder,
which had spikes at the bottom, put it into the den, and
poked the elephant with it so as to got him away.—[The
knife, which had been picked up in the den, was
here produced. It was a good-sized pocket knife,
but the bone had been torn from the handle,
the casing bent, the spring hrok'n, and it was
rendered entirely uselem.l—From the time that deceased
went into the den till we got him away, it was not more
than three minutes. He could just walk out, but I saw he
was bleeding very much, and we were obliged to carry him
immediately. It is usually a very quiet and tractable
creature, and walked last year in the procession at Co-
ventry; it ]tau oleo performed at Astley's ; it is nearly seven
feet high. The deceased has known it for six year', and
has always shown it, and been in the habit of giving him
his bread at night; but on this occasion I don't think the
elephant knew Lim when he first entered the den, which
he did through a small door, and not by the way it is
usually entered. I never had any accid, nt with this ele-
phant before. There is one particular season in the year,
which lasts for about six week, when they are more prime
to quarrel than at any other time, and that is the
season now. The man whose particular duty it is to
look after the elephants, was lying drunk in another carriage,
At the time when I cried out, and we went to rescue de-
ceased, the ele,thant was just going to kneel on him ; and
had he done so, he must kave crushed him immediately.—
Mr. Leon, surgeon, said: I saw do-ceased on Sunday alts r-
noon. The principal wound was in the left groin. The tusk
of the elephant (which was somewhat blunted and rough,
from having been broken) had penetrated through the thigh,
separating the muscles, and exposing the large arteries.
There was also extensive laceration, and the other thigh was
wounded. 11e died next morning of the wounds I it,,ee de.
scribed.— The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death." It was stated to be just twelve menthe, en the 9th
inst., since deceased was attacked and seriously !reloaded by
a lion, at StaCri.
CHURCH RATES.—A CUP, which has excited a Rood
deal of interest, was heard on Tuesday lest, at the Petty
Seniors, held at Ridgeway, relative to the payment of
church rates, in the perish of Revelstoke, Devon. It at.
peered that the churchwardens, Mr. G. Hulbert', and Mr.
W. Brookins, had lately made a rate, and included in it the
owners of the great and small tithes of the parish, who
had nut for a number of years had any rate for the repairs
of the church demanded of them. On application fer pay-
ment, the churchwardens met with a refund, and being
advised teat the tithes were equally liable to the church-
rates with other property rateable to the poor, applied for
summoners, which were granted against the parties, to show
cause why they refused paying the amounts in which they
were amend. Mr. T. C. Killock, so.icit-tr, of Mielbury,
appeared for the complainants, and, in addressing the bench,
quoted authorities in support of the case, also the act of
parliament 03rd Oda. 111., cap. 127, under which the pro-
ceedings were taken, which enacts that if any pavan refuse.
payment of a church rate duly assessed upon him, not ex-
ceeding 101.,. the validity of which has not been questioned
in any ecclesiastical court, he may be Draught before two
justices, who may examine into the merits of the complaint,
and order payment, but if the validity of the rate be dis-
puted, and notie/ thereof given to the justices, they shall
forbear to give judgment. The agent who appeared for the
rev. defendants, disputed their liability, and gave the justices
soder. This was admitted by the advocate for the comp) .in-
ants, as far as the owner of the great tithes was cancerned, he
having to repair the chancel of the parish church, which is
considered an equivalent to payment of church rates, sled
consequently the jumices had no further jurisdiction; but the
we against the owner of the small tithes was pressed, and
the justices decided in favour of the complainants, and made
en ordertar payment o! Vast rate with costs.-11' *stern Times.
INQUEST, YESTERDAY. APOPLEXY MISTAKEN
ton Dneeetxxxothse. —At the workhouse, Dunning's-
alley, Bishopagate, before Mr. W. Payne, on the body of
Eve Harris, aged Gt. Deceased was observed on Saturday
night to stagger a few steps along the pavement in Hounds-
ditch, and if she had not been caught by some persons
paging, must have fallen. A policeman coming up at the
time concluded she was into:elated, and took her to the
station-house, where she was placed on the floor of a cell,
awl left there in a state of perfect insensibility from half-past
11 at night until half past 3 o'clock the next morning. She
was visited every half-hour by the police, who, from her loud
snoricg, b liev-el her to be asleep, but when they en-
deavoutel to arouse her they found her dead. Mr. Browne,
surgeon, said he had no doubt the deceased died from apo-
plexy, with which she was attacked in the street. If, in
the present dealt, the deceased had had medical assistance
immediately, her life might probably have been saved. Ver-
dict—" Died from apoplexy."
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE WINDSOR RAILWAY.—
Yesterday, at the Angel and Crown Inn, Staines, Mr. Wat-
ley, deputy-coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest upon the
body of William Marlowe, aired 60, a labourer in the Ma-
ploy of Mr. Taylor, a builder in that town, who was killed
on the South Western and Windsor line on Friday hiet.
Deceased was passing what is called an " occupation crossing,"
with a horse and cart, when • train ran him doers. Evidence
of the facts having been given, the jury returned a verdict
of "Accidental death," to which they attached the following:
" The jury cannot separate without expressing their opinion
that sufficient care has not been used at the Staines station,
where a very sharp curve exists, and up to which point a
road has not been constru-ted pursuant to the agreement
entered into by the directors. And they further consider,
for the future safety of the public, that no train should pass
without stopping at Staines ; and especially they recommend
that a porter be placed at the gates where this accident
occurred previous to the arrival of each train."

[THREEPENCE.

MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY EVENING.
The buoyancy which we noticed in the Engiish
funds on Saturday has been again well maintained to-
day. The first price of Consols was 91;1 and they
speedily went to 91} buyers, and after fluctuating in
the course of the day between 91-;I: and 4, they finally
doted at 91,3 to 4. The Three per Cents. Reduced
were done at 91} and 91 ; and the New Three and a
Quarter per Cents. at 92k, 92;', and Exchequer
Bills wire done at 425. to 46e. prem. ; and India
Bonds at 70s. to 72a. prem. Lung Aunuitit sat
8 11-16 and 83 ; and the Annul:it s expiring Oct. 10,
1859, at 8 7-16 end 84.
With the exception of sonic considerable purchases
of terminable annui les the business in the English
market today was chiefly apecusth•c. But the calm
which hu succeeded to tt e alarm and excitement of

last week in the French cspits', has contributed, with
other causes to give a feeling of confidence that our
stocks will still further advance.

In the foreign stocks there has been quite an ani-
mated market to-day, and the quotations of almost
every description of those a' entities exhibit en ad-
vance on the prices of Saturday. The actual business
is comprised in the following transactions:—Buencs
Ayres Bonds, at 39; ditto for Account, 40, 39, and
401. Chilian Six per Cents., 921. Mexican, with
coupons, 301; ditto ex. coupons, for AN:octet, 287„ I,
4, and 29. Peruvian For r per Cents. Active, 52 and
1; ditto, Deferred, 141. Portuguese Five per Cents.,
74; ditto Four per Cents., 271 for money, and 27; for
account. Russian, 103 and 2t. Spanish Five per
Cents., 17; ditto Three per Cents., 341, 4, and
Tf ree ner Cent. French Hewes. 531 r. 50c., and 511 r.
50e. Exchange in both cesre, 25'r. 43c. Belgian
Four-and-L-11W per Cents., 130. Dutch Two-and-8.-
11a per Cents., 50i and ; ditto Four per Cent.
Certificates, 77 and 701.
The advices received to-day from H ,mhurg confirm&
continuance of tee improvement we noiced in cur last
report of that market, for most articles of produce at
better rates. The stocks of most products were begin-
ning to fail, and sales of coffee and cotton, to some
extent, had been made at better prices. Tito stocks
thaw were nearly exhausted, and had limited opera-
tions. The exchange continued without any varia-
tion. The traffic returns of the Hamburg and Berlin
Railway for the first five months of the present year,
show au increase of 100,300 dollars on the corres-
ponding period of last year.
The parts of Emden and Leer have not been
blockaded by the Danish squadron : it is supposed,
from the want of sufficient force. In consequence of
this, a considerable trade is springing up at these
ports. It is somewhat remarkable that at the time
of the French blotkade, about forty years ago, Em-
den and Leer remained open, to which circumstance
they ate chiefly indebted for their rise in importance.
The directors of the Mastechappy, at Amsterdam,
give notice of a public sale of Benca tin for the 2ad
August, to the extent of 167,000 Weeks, at Amster-
dam, and 83,000 Welts at Rotterdam, in lets of 1,000
blocks. They further state that they will not sell
any more tin than that already advertised before the
month of August, 1850, and that until that date there
will be no sale of tin in Netherlands India, nor
will eny he sent to Chiaa fer account of the govern-
ment; and any quantity which may be withdrawn
cannot be secured b: fore the next sale, in August,
1850, under the selling price of August, 1849.
Titu Minister of Finance had made known that up
to the 31st May, 1619, Treasury notes, to the extent
of 7,994,1(k) guilders had been issued in accord tnce
with the regulations of 20th December, 1840, and of
30,h October, 1848.
The local funds, Russian and Austrian stacks, and
the exchange on Lordon, had undergone no variation.
Tho French funds were one per cent. better.
Exchange on Paris, 36!. 25c.: for two months date,
56f. 621 c. sight. In Havre the news from Paris had
imparted much firmness to the market, and the oper-
ations in cotton amounted, on Thursday, to 1,540
bales, and, on Friday, b 1,768 bales, at an advance of
1 franc. Very ordinary New Orleans was quoted at
721.; 3,000 bags coffi e sold at 40f. to 421.
According to advices from laltdrid this morning, we
are led to believe that a commission from Barcelona
had arrived at that capital for the purpose of super-
, into ruling the proceedings in the Cortes on all matters
connected vtith the manufactures and interests of
Barcelona, especially with reference to the proposed.
customs tariff. Oa th's subject the Herald° has the
following remarks:
It our information be correct, the proposed customs tariff
will not encounter any opposition from our manufacturers,
and that a few slight modifications will suffice to settle this
knotty question to the satisfaviou dell parties. Thisaimple
notice peaces on the one part the rapid progress which public
opinion has undergone duriog the lest few years in this re-
srct, and on the other band, the irresistible arguments
founded on the present condition of the country. Not long
ago it would hare been thought impossible to decide a ques-
tion like this without shedding torrents of blood, which now
will be nettled in the most amicab!ro and conciliatory way,
and with &just conrideration of r e interests of all parties.