The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-04 00:00:00

REYARSABLE PRESERVATION OF LIFE.

A fire occurred this morning on the premises of
Ifts. Elizabeth Geaeb, riefreahmeat-hoase keep'', 434, West
Strand. _ . .

Cloadnotor George Elides arrived with the RoyslSociety's
reaps front fit Martin's Church, and hearing that some
persons were still in the building, he pitched his machine,
and having mitered the eeoomd Moor, found NM Clerk,
undimmed, sad isseesible from the heated smoke. There
was in the same room Elisabeth !Lull, a servant, who wee
also I. her nielit-olotbea. These two pares he placed in his
muspe,andbrought themdown in safety. He ritentered the
first floor, acd foetid a Kr and Mrs. Smith, and reamed them.
The flames were happily eoefined to the lower put of the
building, which is better known r the Lowther Hotel.
About tbs same time another fir took plane in the
premieee beloegieg to Mr. Nicole; artificial flower maker,
No. 52, Ctsiswell-etreet, Finsbury. The upper portion of
the building was filled with lodgers, Maladies( a Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson and three eltildme, who before the reaps
had time to arrive rushed down the stairs, and the childres's
clothes were literally burnt on their backs. The other,
iomates managed to effect their reaps from • aide door.
Some thousand sallow of water were scattered upon the
dames, hut the roof fell in. Mr. Miriam' premises ware all
bat destroyed, and serious damage done to the adjoining
property.
Another fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Willies,
paperhanger red deooratar No. 8, Amherst-road, Hack-
ney. At the time of the outbreak there were • servant-girl,
a young man, and three children in the house.
The latter were got out, but a child was left
in the second-floor back. The servant-girl wee runniog
about the street in • rate of Omer, whoa Conductor
Momper, after lowering his serape to peas under the rail-
way arch, rose it again and entered the frost room second
floor. The smoke being so intense, he was obliged to re-
treat and take his fly ladder to the back, pitched it against
the leads and drew it after him, aed then placed it against
the window. He entered and found the child in bed,
almost suffocated. He took the child in his arms sod
brought it down the ladder, fee which he wee loudly ap-
plauded.

MONDAY ETZNISQ.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 901, ex
div., both for money and next Thursday's settle-
ment, opened this morning at 90 to g, and closed
at 901 to . For the Bth of Anginit the last price
was 90g to I. The " continuation " was Ito g
per cent. The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 90,
I ; ditto for account, 90, g, f ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 89k, g, ; New Three per Cents., 891,
g 1 ; Annuities, 1885, 14} ; India Five per Cent.
Block, 1041 ; ditto Bonds, 17a. 21s. prem.
The India Five par Cent. stock was firm. India
Bonds were dealt in at 17a. to 21s. prem. Ex-
chequer Bills remain at par to 4s. prem.
Spanish Passive Bonds were rather fiat, and a re-
duction of 1 to 2 per cent. took place in Turkish Six
per Cent., of 1863, as well as in the Mares:mane
Railway Loan. With thee. exceptions, however,
foreign stocks were firmer. Mexican roes # per
cent.; Portugese, Egyptian of 1864, Turkish Scrip,
sand Spanish Three per Cents., • Turkish Bonds
of 1865, Ito 1, and the Consolidis: I.
I The shares of the financial companies were
doll. General Credit declined 2s. 6d. There was also
a fall of ss. in International Financial. The closing
quotations are annexed, viz. :—lnternationalFinan- ,
cis], 1 5-16 to 7-16 prem. ; General Credit, 11 to II
prm.; London Financial, 71 to prem. •, Imperial
Mercantile Credit, 21 to 21 prem.; Credit Fancier
and Mobilier, 31 to I prem.
The shares of the London Merchants Company i
were last quoted I dis. to; prem., showing a repo-,
very. The marked opposition made to this coin-1
pany in certain quarters from the circumstanced 1
its introducing the joint stock principle into mer-
le:lentil. business has led, from the outset, to a large'
:number of speculative sales, but, the establishmout
f the company being now thoroughly awed,
store disposition has been shown to-diry to rerpht
The iisliabizrountal Maim that the iscreasegatehasli with $ view to cover these trausactipos.
the amber el Fellows ham 1552te 1864 was 133,308. The dosing (but bl 1111113 Y "mu uuultuld) twos'

WEST FLANDERS RAILWATS.-(THIS DAY.)

A special generil meeting of the shareholders was
held this afternoon at the °Mese of the company, 61, Moor-
gate-street, Mr. R. T. FIXERS in the chair, to consider and
approve the details of the agreement made with the Botrifte
d'Esploitration de Chemins de Per, and approved by the
special general meshes of the West Flanders Railways Oes-
pony held on the 19th day of July, 11161, for is
the fresh capital for construction of the new lines
weeded to this company, and farther to am.
elder and approve the modificatioe of the West
Pleaders Company's etatutes necessary to carry out the
said agreement."
The report, which was Wined mat time before, having
been taken se read,
The CHILEMAN observed that the number of bonds rev
guired had bees exed at 30,000, of • nominal capital of
Mfr. 4200 each. He then entered into* detailed state-
meat of the expenditure involved in the agreement, amount-
ing altogether in round numbers to 300,0001. The ad-
vantage of the agreement was that they knew at ogee what
would be the outlay, and the directors did sot
consider the amount at all unreasonable. Bonds to the
amount of 80,0001. were reserved for the English share-
holder to exercise as option with regard to them. The
issue of these bonds would give them the adesategs of a
Belgian interest in their lioe,ea they would probably be held
by influential persona in Belguira, aid that was a Mad of
interest which the eompany had not hitherto, the
thatettoldere hieing Pearly all Bail He concluded by
=oriel; the aileptima of the
After • dirt oisionsioropoti was sdopted, sad
formal rosolatioso ba toolhoroaso of the object were Mtge-
' wards agreed so.