The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 3.

STOCK EICIIANGE.—Tkis market was very Arm to-day,
although priests Mil mit advance on thew of betuulay. Gnat
Northrros were done at IS; North Sulked/at 7 Mc; !With Stift*
at 31 die. • and' hrewsbury and Itiraiingham B. at 4i, 41. I ta. ed..
and 41 die.

MANCIIESZER, Feb. 3.

STOCX EXCITANOIL—There was a very fair bu,incse
transacted, but prices were in Pate initaaCC• IMAM lower thin on
Saturday.

LEEDS, Feb. 3.

&roc' Exenallow—We have again had a very active
market, and the revere: tendency of dune is upward. Is lane..
ehires and Yorkshire* there orere many tranuctuna The Int sale
being a:5:1, mod the hut at ssl. Other sake clued a. follows:
Gnat Northern, 1111 a; Leeds and That., 151; ditto FA make.,
(No. : di..; £5O Mid:oaths, 154. las. 41. dis. ; York aad Math
Midland., 241; North Entail, 14; Rant Lancashire', Ist; Pugh
Lantern end Doer, 241.

FATAL LEAP'FROM A RAILWAY THATN.-011 Saturday
evening last John Houghton, sawyer, of Bispiun, got in one
of the carriages of a late train at Ormskirk, without a
ticket, for Itufferd. In order to escape detection he leaped
out of the carriage when it was about sixty yards from Rut-
ford station, but unfortunately he was thrown forward, and
his head came in contact with one of the rails. He died
shortly afterwards from the effects of the injuries received.
—Liverpool Chronicle.
SEARCHING THE VACLTA OP THE R01.76E OF Coll-
HONS.—Yesterday evening the ceremony of searching the
vaults beneath the houses of parliament, customary since
the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, took place previous to
the assembly of parliament this day. The ceremony is now
shorn of much of its official character, the proceisiou pester-'
day consisting merely of the under officers of the S•rgtant.
at-Arms and the police on duty at the parliament how,.
(Adverieement.)—We have great pit asure in re-
coming our approval of a patent tar ladles' Oyer-sheet, lately take.
oat by Godfrey led Hancock, 3, Condult.atreet, flimaser-weares
Wiormaken to Tier Majesty. The patent conaista of a rock or slipper,
which, toting sraterpr..of, and extremely light, does not disfigure the
foot, which is • great desideratum both fur comfort sad &Nascence.
We feel certain they cnly require to be want once to meet CM due
{al arnvon

" We beggtd hie Exeelleticy to mks known to as
tis project before presenting it to the chnmbers, In
order to see it there would be the means of our
agreeing with him, but his Exceilency refused,
aseuritig us that he Iniould tot make It known to any
one betore presenting it to the chambets, in order to
avoid all speculations in the public fund,
" The mutterer, mevertheleee, tittered to furnith us
with a copy of his project as tom 63 i.e should have
read it to the chambers, and I shah vend it you
%about delay, in order to receive jour final instruc-
tions. lc the into vat I beg y. u to accept the
assurance of wy um. t respectful si....timents. (Sighed)
, DANIEL WEISWI.ILLER.—Mr.I.Lnes CaireLPreetdent,
of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, London."
Amsterdam edvicea of Ertday treLing report little
businces, b.t much a e..tirrces of prices, in the stock
market. The last quotolung ate : Dutch Two-and-
s-Halt per Cents. 57 3-16 ; ditto Four per Cent. Cer-
tificates, MI. iStlgian Two-and-a-Half per Gents.
(Belischtlo), 47 7.16. Spino.h Atdotho 8101..
12 9-16 to ;the lietne Thr.o pr-r Cents., 33 13.16;
_ _ _

the Plumy. &Jude, 3 1546. l'ortugutau Fore per
Wan,. (Loudon), 353-16; ditto, Four per Cents.,
34 to 16-16. Iturai..n Five per Cents., 1798-1616,
106; ditto 1828-29. 101; ditto Four-and-a-Halt per
(Infs., 954; ditto, Four per Ceuta. (Hope), 661- (lift*
(8;i. his), Aus non Fier pur Ceut. Atetellivau,

711;- ditto New, 78 916; dii a New Two-anti-a-
Haif per Cents., 38 3 16. Danish Five per Cente.,
98 13-16 in I. Br. adieu Five per Cents., 901,.. Mex-
ican Bends, 341. Peruvian Deterred, 33. Grenada,
One-and-a-Quarter per Cent., 171. Equador Bonds,
3k. Vent suds 'toads, 311. Fuur-and-s•
Half per Cents., 984.
Hamburg letters of Friday report a firm market
for public securities. The last prices 111'J Rusetan-
English Loan. 1041; ditto, Four-sod-a-114f per Cent.,
92; daze) Fuer per Cent. (Stirgii•z), 661. r.ussiau
Five per bent. Volualary Loan, 106. Danish Engiisti
I 'lhree per Cent., 73; ditto, Five per Cent., 9d to ;
Spanieh Arduin, 11:; the H..me Time per Cent.,
311. United States bur per Cent., 1041. Gold bad
rises to 423 per md,k, %quasi the) exchange on London
had advanced setultarg.
Tte last qtwtattuLs tf tx:liange et foreign place,
un London at the shortest dates arc :

Le est Prcsirus
QuArti se. I.l.tirstiot.e.
Al, xer.dria
Au.•sbarg
11. irat
Bombay ls 2/.1.
C.II,IIUS 24 21d.
C• phslosis
Chrietuteis 4 ..p. d. 63 1 .1. d. 63
C..ustantlit pia ll4 I pi. rce 11.21 ple.
C..penbeges
Gauls
(hues 26 16 25 03
ll.thet.tvur
Ilsmburg
lbrail
Lre eon. au
Nudrid
Melt• 6O 601
331150
Odell..
Park
Rio Juin.;
Saierus llO 111 *tyres
St Petersburg 3O 3.16 6-16 38 31G5 16
Stoettsseue
Sere 23.90 28110
Trieste 126 42 128 36
Vienna

2..2e. 2s.
t. 4.2+J.

60 C

The following are the rah sat which the Bark of
Australasia, the Union Bank of Au,trelia, the South
Australian Banking , and otter ; ariies k I eu.t
bills on places in the cllonice : Adelaide, 102,103 per
cet ; Auckland, 11r2 ; 1, 102 ; &Plot& 102 ;
Hobart Town, 102 ; Lashes-stun, 102 ; Lyttc.tor.,
102 ; Maitland, 102 ; lkleltsuirne, 102 ; Portiahil.
in; Sydney, 102, 103; Wellington, 102.
The subjurnsd calculations show the rate per cent.
per &amain yield** by the various securities cited at
the average of the prices which rued this slay.
Where the asterisk(') is pre list d it is to be under-
stood that the share rate of interest is lees the in-
come tax. It will be seen that in every Mtn we t..ke
the rate of dividend last declared as the basis of our
calculation
Tuve per Cent. Corneal* average ;else AG, yield per 2
Three per Cent. Retuned 371
s
New Thrte.3nitn-13uarter per Cents._ 2111 PI 3 h
Hank mock fay. 7 per del. per Pan.) Ih. it 5 11
lake Stock (dm. We per cent. p r an.) 267 f 3 IA
lizebequer Ms (tat. 101. per day) ten poi. I 3p
k;a4tern Counties bkaree Affiall.early
die. 2e. per eh. ot kn., equal to 1 pt r
cent. per annul
Unit *orient. 1:10.1 en. (air. at We
rate of 1 per sent, per inn.)
ancerrhire and Torten** Elio

7 n 2 1: li
82 n 4 flll

Stock• (die. at the rate w 2 per oe.d.
per one.)
lkinten le north Western• Mock (pew
table turtheaning div. et the rate
al 4 per teat. per inn
Landon twil Norte Waters• litt
ot the rate of 5 per cent. per ann.) 130
Midland• Stock (dir. ot the rate et

13 • 3 II

89 . 4 1(. loi

.• 3 16 11

11. 12e. per ct. ann.)
South Lactercelituct ',lir. at the t.te

r 1 17 1

---•.-• • • • --
al 3 per cont. per ann.) - 3 11 R
[The usual city intelligence to 2 o'clock will bi
gives in a wound edition.]

ALLEGED CREELTY TO A SAILOR ilov.—At the BElAttli
Police Court, yesterday, life. Came, the COllmuntler ,4 a
vessel, called the Enver r, appeared, accompanied by en
inUlliifent lad, dress d in sailor's habiliment, to mals- ,as
application to the jostle,' under the following eirtum-
irtanees : Sono: time ago he said the boy, whose name wits
Alfred Cooper, was taken by the master of a coed noted
the Alert, of Goole, to accompany him m a cabin-boy to ,a 1
that port to Bamberville, in Brittany. While on shoic
the latter place the boy complained of having been ill-w :if
by the master, and after cooling away again end while ca
the roads, he was ordered to do something to the its
which, being ill, he could not do, upon his failure in vs
the master heat him again. ifis cries were heard by the
officers of a custom-house boat iu the harbour, who cacao
and took him out of the vewel and induced the master to
return. They went before the magistrate, hut as there was
no interpreter present, the captain was allowed to depart,
leaving the boy behind him. The English consul was uttm-
wards applied to, by whine desire the captain of the Empe-
ror was induced to bring him home. Haying dune Us*
he wished to know what steps he had better now take.
In reply to 9uestions by the bench, the boy stated,
that the captain of the Alert hail his acs-clothes, which
his father had purchased new just before hr sailed, end
also his register ticket. He (the boy) had relatives in
Ramsgate, who he thought would receive him. The cap-
tain of the Emperor said he had given the lad the jacket
be had on, and which he was willing for him to retain, and .
the magistrates having complimented the applicant upon
the humane manner in which he hail acted, directed that
the boy should be sent home to his friends.
THE MERCANTILE MARINE Act.—The clause strictly
enforcing the provision that all musters, first or second, or
only mates, of foreign-knead vessels shall producecertig-
cane of competency before being allowed to sail in such
vessels, yesterday came into full operation, sod no Tessa
will now he permitted to put to ma unless the °Moor, in
charge produce certificates proving them to he fully rem
Went. This regulation was not carried into force on th
Ist of January because the authorities were Lot able
((owing to the immense number of avylications) to supply
Ow certificates within the prescribed tune.