The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-19 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

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PARIS. Barr. IS. 1 IZer. :.o—p,..ingrulihea bcornt Claftse.
pee Cents. ! 56 10 1, 56 0 se 13 59 0 50 10.
per emu.. ' 91 70 91 43 VI
..60 91 3i 91 50
per Ceuta.
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idu. Neor Loan i ... i .. ... ... ...
per Ctabk,

S per Cents. 1 50 10
5 per Cents. I 91 70
4 per Cents. I •
14 do. Jieg Loan i ...
3 per Crlna. I
Exchange on Landon : at elght, 23 IS; 90 earl, 24 974,
144 is an, 5, 1019 lOll Janney. 1 riaptee Bente,
pu. a, 16,2 — ... Roman Loan, lan ... 744 ..
1)0. 4
Do. 2
Piedmont ID. Cents. 79 90 ... I Bank Shares
Putts, SEPT. 18.—Veraaille% (right bank), —; ditto
(loft bank). 111 72; Paris and Rouen, 336: Bourn and I larre, 232 30;
Baniettlea and Avignon. 203 75; Strasbourg and Bale.' 5I 13 ; Centre,
439; Boulogne and Amiens, 2•10; 74••rInern, 451 73; Iran. ..I
US; Toms and Nantes, 262 50 ; Moutereau and Troyes,
Itr:FIl and Weans, VD.

MADRID, SEPT. 13.—Three per Cents., 351 ; after
Bolsa, 334. Four per Cents., 15; ; after Balsa,
Five per Cents., 17 ; after Bolsn, 17. Coupons, 81•
after Boles, 81 p. Passives, 6 7-16; after Bois:,
6 3-16 4. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 100; after Balsa,
Exchange on London, 51 c.

(B 7 Electric Telegraph.)

VIENNA, S E ['TAB.—Five per Cent. letalliques,93l.
Exchange on London, 11.50. Ditto on Paris, 142.
FRANKFORT, SEPT. 18.—Fivekter Cent.Metalliques,
784. Three per Cents., Interior, 344. Exchange
on London, 119; Vienna, 100!.
HAMBURG, SEPT. 18.—Three per Cents. In-
terior, 321; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
BERLIN, SEPT. 18.—Voluntary Loan, 103. Na-
tional Debt, 884. Russian Four-and-Half per Cents.,
Exchange on London, 8.21 k ; on Hamburg, 149:;
Petersburg, 1051.

Tux CUSTOM-MOUSE AT SOUTHAMPTON.—In con-
sequence of an application from the Southampton agents of
the Royal West India Mail Company to the Board of Cus-
toms respecting the inadequacy of the Custom-house stuff at
Southampton, the board has sanctioned the appointment of a
superintendent locker and two weighing officers to be added
to the staff. The office of superintendent locker at South-
ampton is a new one, its duties having hitherto been per-
formed by the landing surveyors. An application to the
Board of Customs hss also been made by the various
merchants of the above named port for an addition to the
staff of landing waiters. The increase of the import and
export trade at Southampton has rendered an increase of
the Custom-house fotce there, it appears, absolutely
necessary.
SUICIDE BY A LUNATlC.—Yesterday an inquest
was held on the body of ono of the patients of the Glouces-
ter County Lunatic Asylum, whose death had just occurred
under melancholy circumstances. The deceased was a clergy-
man of the established church, the Rev. Jam. Thomas
Hatton, and be had been an inmate of tho asylum for the
last 16 or 17 years. He was subject to fits, during which
he was uncontrollable, but at other times was quite rational
and quiet, and required no restraint, his chief occupation
being reading works on theological subjt eta, and occasion-
ally singing psalms. He bad been discharged at one time
from confinement, but according to the testimony of the
medical superintendent he bad since voluntarily returned to
the asylum. His sleeping room was four stories in hcight,snd
was 40 feet from the area. At an early hour on Saturday
morning, one of the .‘ keepers" of the establishment, named
Mathews, hearing a crash of glass. proceeded to the deceased's
room, and found it tenantless, the unfortunate
having wrenched off a piece of the cover of a night com-
mode with which he had broken his window, and leaped
through it into the area below. When picked up he was
found to be dreadfully injured, and he died in about two
hours afterwards. In the pauper wards of the establish-
ment the frames of all the windows are made of iron,
while those in the superior wards are of wood, as in
ordinary dwellings, and there was no protection from
escape to the shape of bars over the windows. It was
stated by the officers of the institution that the patients
objected to the exhibition of restraint, and the only pre-
caution against accidents was the circumstance that the
window could not be opened more than about six inches.
The deceased, however, by breaking the window frame,
had easily effected his escape. There were shutters to
some three or four of the windows, hut these were seldom
closed, the patients objecting to beiug shut up.
The coroner said he could testify to the general good ma-
nagement of the asylum, but he strongly urged the pro-
priety of having the window-frames of the patients' rooms
constructed of iron instead of wood. In this the jury una-
nimously concurred, and, after hearing the evidence, re-
turned a verdict that the deceased had destroyed himself
while in a state of insanity. The jury also requested the
DENNIARK.—Ths King of Denmaxk has con- coroner to convey their recommendation to the visiting
yoked the Danish Diet for the 4th of next month. justices of the asylum, and to the lunacy commissioners.

THE LOSS OF THE PACIIA STEAMER.

TO THE EDITOR OF TUE DAILY NEWS.
SlR,—With reference to a paragraph which ap-
peared in the Daily News of this morning, containing a
list of the names of the officers and crew of the Pacha who
were supposed to have been on board the vessel at the time
of the unfortunate accident, I beg to inform you, for the
purpose of relieving anxiety on the part of the relatives of
many of the parties named, that the following bad been
transferred to other vessels since the Yachea arrival in
India, or were known to be in safety.
I am, dm,
C. W. HOWELL, Secretary.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Offices, 122, Leadenhall-street, Sept. IS.
Captain F. Macqueen. Officers :—W. J. Tregear, R. S.
Burn, J. A. Bryce. Engineers:—H. Fleetwood, J. Pen-
man, A. Thomson. Stokers:—J. Mullen, J. Bickel', 0.
Terser, J. Mason, G. Meek, W. West, J. Ward, C. Taggart,
11. Whittaker, Callett. Surgeon :—H. E. Fox. rat,.
penters :—J. Iliggson, —Hauggai. Boatswain :—R. Chant.
Quartermasters:—lt. McCauley, E. Dagwell, A. Early, J.
Williamson. Stewards, &e.:—J. Higgs, J. Russell, J.
Harper, R. Silverthorn, J. Diver, Summers J. Black.
Seamen :—J. Standing, W. Wood, J. Lohb, R. Tiller, R.
Buller, C. Hnwell, L. lawkins, 0. Rodgers, I. Rogers, R.
Cornay, W. Curlctt, W. MeGawie J. Air. Apprentices:
—II. Randall, 0. Edmond, S. Helittam. G. Bieham, boy.