The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-20 00:00:00

No. 181, I Com,AnMs. IPd ICI. prima I Bales
10,0001 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14 14 . -
10,0001 15 Australian altritral •• • • In n 25 -
3501000 Atlantic Tel. (Um.) all - - -
47,000 10 Berlin Waterworks an 4 5 -
60 Brit. American land 40 - - -
6,000 60 Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel. a all sr se -
3,261 20 Do. B 7 per c. till 1002 all 10 25 -
11,779, 20 Do. C -
8,915' 34 Canada Land all 110 125 -
1,0001 10 Channel Islands Tel. (L) all 6 II -
356000 St. Cop.ll4.otEnad Smelt. al/ 15 30 id -
11,000 25 Do. Pret 74 per cent. all 241 254 id -
1,002925 St. Crystal Palace
100,320 86 Do. Preference
260,000 86 Do. Op. et. Pere. Deb lOO 103 106 -
700,000 lit. Electric Telegraph
7,199 25 Do. New
70,000 6 Ina and Aust. Cop. -
20,000 1.5 Oen. Steam Navigation 14 - - -
150,000 1 Great Ship '1.1m.)
26000 M Indian and Aust. Tel et - -
12,000 II lam District Tel. (L) 2 1 Oldfs -
60,000 la tandem Discount (L) -
100,000 4 Lon. Gen. Omnibus Co all 11 14 -
60,000 10 Madraslntim A Canal 1 24 11 pm 31 1
10,000 10 YedlterrantanlikaTeL an - - -
12,000 10 Me:liter. Sr. Tel. (Um.) an 0 4 -
80,000 15 National Discount Co 6 1 01 dla -
11,810 10 Netherlands land - - -
60,000 5 Do. Bp. c., la. at 1 dia all 4 4 -
1,724 100 N. Bruns. &N. Soot. M BO 10 15 -
188,679 IN. Brit. Australasian an is 1 f 4
60,000 1 Oriental Goa -
60.000 1 Do. "New Shard" Us. 1 par -
10,000 10 Orlon. In. Btm. (Lint.)A 0 - - -
5,000 10 Do. do. B S - - -
10,000 10 Do. do. C la. - - -
000,000 St. Peel River land & Yin. all 40 11 49
20,000 50 Penh). and °Sen. Steam an 70 91 -
20,000 60 Da New 3O 13 15 pm -
40,000 20 Red See it Ind. Tel. 41 -
10,000 ii. fze6Oys. by Br. Gov. 121 Sri Ipm 174_4
60 y Iron
10,000 15 No. New all 24 61 -
15,000 100 Royal Mall Steam - SO 52 M -
0.000 St. Scottish Aust. Investan. 100 110 1.30 -
14,206 25 South Australian Land all 04 35i 36
75.000 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip -
76,000 1 Do. de. Registered all 1-
50,000 20 Trust & In. Ca Up. Goa 6 - - -
10,000 100 .Van Diemen's land lO U -

Tss Waarnita.—All yesterday it blew a bard
breese at Portsmouth from N.N.E., with occasional slight
falls of hail, snow, and sleet. The air was intensely cold
throughout the day. Barometer at 9 a.m. 30'18 ;at 610
p.m., 30•13. During the whole of yesterday Chatham was
visited with a violent gale from the E.N.E., with occasional
storms of hail and sleet. At times during the day the wind
blew with the force of a hurricane.
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DEATH OF THE "FIN POET."—Our obituary of
to-day records the death of Jas. Wells, a character well
knoWn in the vicinity of Boston as the "Fen Poet," and
the fens. He was originally an aviculture] labourer, but. by
fairly entitled to be regarded ma one of the "celebrities" of
assiduously using the .cant y means at his command, be
28 fitted himself, at the age of to enter upon the duties
of a village schoolmaster, which honourable poet he filled
with great credit for more than 110 years. In common
with other village schoolmasters he took up the work of
landsurveying, which he followed with such regularity
that he waa never known to be prevented by any circum-
stance from following the chain for sixty harvest. rn recces-
non. Besides these duties he did a great deal of work
in the way of drawing up agreements and making out
wills, being, in fact, a sort of fen lawyer. He also sus-
tained the offices of deacon and occasional preacher in'
oounexion with the Baptist denomination worshipping in
Salem chapel, Boston, and by his exertions, aided by the
help of friends belonging to all denominations, • small ,
Baptist chapel was erected in Helloed Fen, a few jeers I
ago, and called by some " The poor man's lqpicy. As
• poet he contributed for • series of years to the far-famed
"-Noble's Compendium," several of the conundrums being
from his pen. He was extremely benevolent, and sa far
as his means would allow he was ever ready to give his
mite to help individual need, cr to advance the interesta
of any movement designed to benefit the community.— t
Sta mford Mercury.
STERPLICHASINO IN FRANCE —A correepondent
from Pau writes on the 14th inst. An amateur steeple-
chase and a couple of fiat races, open to all horses ridden
last season with our' drag, tame off this afternoon in the
wesenee of an unusually large number of spectators. Nine
horses started for the first-named event, but, notwithstand-
ing the short distance, the moderate pace, never equal
to that of our English hounde when running the 'drag,' and
the small fences, only three pained the winning cart
ahem were either down or completely pumped outlong
before the finish. Better things were certainly expected of
thew A thoroughbred horse, Traveller, the prope;ttsif
and ndden by Mr. It. L. Power, came in first, an
but an easy winner, closely wowed by Canaletti, • •
bred mare of the country, and • coarse-bred horse from the
Emerald Isle. The fiat race was a hollow thing, being won
easily in two heats by Mr. Laweon's thinsfactois, with his
owner up. The hunting season having been thus brilliantly
closed, • fresh series of outdoor pastimes will have to con-
sole us for the absence .4 its c‘citements until the heats of
the appnoching summer shall force us to fly to cooler lati-
tudes. The annual steepb,liaae was won last Wednesday
17 U. Florda's Pollux, beating three others, and well nigh
distancing Traveller, the winner of toslay. It was • well-
*attested race among the first three hotels in."