The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-29 00:00:00

MINER-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoos.
Business in mining stocks is almost suspended
to-day, owing to the holiday. In the Stock Ex-
change the only transaction recorded is in Cobre
shares, at 84.
Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transactions in the
Mining Exchange and Stook Exchange :
Mining Exchange official list :
Alfred Consoh, 13; Frrt Bowan, Si. 6d., 6s. ; Great Al-
fred,3ls. 34., 32a 6rl 315., 351.; ILlcatonsh, 11, 21; Sort-
ridge Consols, 2 15-16, 3 ; West Condon, 1421, 146; Wheal
Trelawney, 271, 28, I.
In the Stock Exchange :
Alfred Consols, 18; Tamar Consols, 2; flortridgs Con-
sols, 216 16.3 ; Wheal Header, 21 ; Bast Hamel, 43 ; Tea-
walla, 4, I.

TALLOW MARKET.—TRIS DAT.
Theta la no market to-day, all the dealers Wog absent.

The Struburg Railway has just brought to Paris
for the Exhibition Is the Chasape-Elyries about 3,000 fish

frost*. Artificial Pi.cie■lhnl

formed at

Hulava by the French government. They consist of
salmon from the Danube, trout from the lakes of 3witser-
lea4, and grayling from the lake of Coutamo. These inst-
ituted have only been hatched this spring; the salmon aad
trent an 14 months old, and are 41 to 61 inches long.
There are two salmon three years old, one of whieb is
nearly 19 inches lot gby 13 'aches in circumference. Then
flak are named la cylindrical reservoin made of tin, the
water being renewed frequently.

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VAUXHALL GARDENS —Last evening the enter-
*Moments at these gardens oommeneed for the season under
the management cf Mr. Wardell. There was almcst every
diversity of amusement, equestrian and pedestrian per-
tonneaus, illminatioss, fireworks, &e., sad the &Mae-
du of the "Derby " ball, in which not a few of. the psi.
fumes " went the pies." The evening was not a favour-
able one as far as the weather was eoneersed, nevertheless
there was a good attendance. As usual, he absorption of
champagne sod the demolition of chickens formed prosai-
sm% features of the evening, the company keeping up the
esjoyment till daybreak. The made was very good, and
the beads placed at different points prevented too mush
crowding and confusion. The same sort of festival will be
repeated on Friday, the " Oaks " day.
FATAL RAILWAY AOCIDENT.—A sad accident co.
entered at the Lendon•brithe terminus of the London,
Brighton, sad South Coast Railway. yesterday. Mr. C.
Gum, salsa worker, carrying on banner in Queen-greet.
Chrapsidis,and residing at No. 2, Royal-bill, Greenwich,
was, together with some forty or ifty penises, left
behind ea the platform after the departure if
troth. The train by which they were about to
travel was being run into the station shortly before
twelve o'clock, to take up its freight of pima-
gees, when the crowd on the platform, in their eagerness to
;eke reunion of It, *aught hold of the door-handles sad
windows and followed it es it ran In. By this set of teme-
rity Mr. Genoa forfeited his life. While the train wee is
motion be grasped she handle of a carriage door, In the
struggle for placer, but, losing hie hold, he fell or was
drawn in between the train sod the platform, and fearfully
crashed and lacerated. He was taken on a stretcher to
Guy's Hospital, in the immediate vicinity of the stades,
where Mr. Valentine, the house-surgeon and Mr. Shinier,
another professisnal gentleman connected with the seta.
blshmeat, promptly Weeded him. Among other injuries
he was found to have sustained • comminuted fracture of
the left thigh, together with a severe laceration 'strains
the muscles of the leg from the shin nearly to the nip, a
comp sued fracture of the right elbow j 'int, severe scalp
wound', and a fracture of the upper jaw. He died shortly
I before 3 o'clock, retaining his Gone i 011111,14 43 the last. His
brother, whom be was able Ps recognise, arrived shortly
before his death. Others of his relatives, in a state of great
grief, came also to the hospital in the course of the afternoon
to sea him. Ti. calamity was immediately attributable to
the haste with which the crowd on such occasions, at all
basards, rash into the urriager, in spite ef the warning aid
entreaty of the railway servants.
PEEL MAMORIAL FUND.—Last evening a public
meeting, called by the Bermondsey and Horeelydowa Mu-
tual Improvement Satiety, wee held at the echocl-tomni,
Snewields, Bermondsey, for the purpose of publicly as-
knowlidgiog a giant of books from the Peel Memorial
Fund to the association. Sir Charles Napier, M.P. pre-
sided. From a report of the progress of the instituthm, it
appeared that it is in the sixth year of its (instance, aid
though its progress has been chequered it is now out of debt
and proaperise. The gonadal in question t Emitted of •
number ot books, whiob have been well selected, of the ag-
gregate trade vales of 71. 10s. Sir Charles Nspier said the
hind arose from the penny subscription of 400,000 p mons,
which was entered into for the purpose of a memorial to Si,
B. Peel, and of evincing their gratitude for his esertious
in repealiog the corn•laers. The committee had
wisely determined, instead of erecting a atone-
ment of stone and mortar, to invest the amount,
and to apply the interest to the purchase of books
to be presented to public iestitutions. The voles of tkem
institutions, he oh s d, was too well appreciated to need
enforcement, and he trusted they world be well supported,
as their tendency was to raise the condition of ell who
belonged to anat. He had writtea a work or two himself,
and if they were not out of print he mald present • copy of
each to the Matteis'. The meeting was likewise addressed
by Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., who remarked on the appro-
priateness of the memorial find, which was waned in order
to evince gratitude for the obtainment of cheap bread, by
being applied to prccure the means of aliment for the mind.
Some pertinent observations were likewise made by Dr.
Chillier, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. John Sampson, member of
the finalities. _ _ _

W ••
VOLUNTARY SCHOOL ASSO4IIATIOX—Last evening
the eighth snood meeting of this suiety took plum at
Crosby-ball, Biabopsgate-s.reet ; Mr. G. W. Aliened*, is
the chair. It appeared, from the ststemeats of the chair.
man and the Ray. H. Richard, that amonpt the objects for
which the association was formed was that of training young
' people as masters end mistresses of schools; but, notwith-
standing the benefits which had arisen from this branch of
their operstims, they bed thought it right to relinquish it,
because they found that the lase purpose was circled out
in soother way by the schools of the Congregational Board
of Hdocation OD the voluntary system. Another pert of
their dotty was that of wsisting schools in localtiee whom
smutty groats were especia!ly required. In this manner
essay schools hod been insisted to their formation, end
others had bees completely maintained, and the estecistion.
prarsed in (sitar.: to direct their attention to this partinulsr
feature of their undertaking; they intended also to devote
• largo portion of their fends to the establahment and main-
tenance of schools in poor totalities; and it was thought that
a series of meetings should be held, with a view to explain
the principles Gf the noel: ty, more particalarly in referent*
to their opinions against government aid. The receipts for
the year, from April, 1865, to May, 1838, emosteterd to
1,4281. 18e. 41., and the estuarial'', to 1,1074 lls. 51. ;
leaving • balance in hand of 3191. 61. 114, A resolution
was passed, aptroviog of tht coerce takea by the committee
is determining to devote their energies end resources to tho
enotairsgement and assistance of voluntary schools, and ex-
pressing &hope that this change would be ittended with M-
argined menthes& mad astern.