The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-19 00:00:00

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The Great Western, and also most of the Midland
' Rslimy sad Camel Companies have advertised that on and I
abor the let at October next all goods carried by them will
be charged o• the actual gram weight at 2,2401 b. to the less,
except iron, which will be charged st 2,4001 b. to the toa.
ANDOVER RAILWAT.—TU arrangements ban.
beam finally settled for outtie the first sod of this mdeteek.
leg by Lord Palmerstoo, on out (to-reerrow) rind
the Me chosen for that purpose le Aablield.kidgo
mar to Rommy, in a field by . Obstailler, just
thillr.
Weide the perk. The ebyetaisr will take Sam in the pork,
M • madam booth, under four splemdkl elm, shelterlag the
company from both wind and rain. The ground wM be
marked and decorated by_ • oelleetioe of rpleadid flege,
sad • salute of 14 gearl4l be bred from Mr. Watemeres
field artillery on the ommluaion of the oiremem. The baud
of the Royal Cheshire Militia will specially afted.—Hastp-
Aire independent.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT OREENWILTL-111 DAT.)
—This morning, shortly before one o'clock, oh pa Heed, al
men in the employ of Mr. Wheatley, omnibus proyetelor, of
CITIERWiaI, wee accidentally killed. The demised, it tip-
peered, had charge of the midnight omnibus from Lodes to
take into the stable* at Primo of Orenge.Mme, seer the
railway station. In driving into the yai el, the wood-work
of the doorway being low, It la supposed that he
was knocked off the box by his head coming in contact with
the place, hie lifeless body being afterwards discovered by a
fellow workman. The body now awaits an immesh It is
only a short time mince soother man in the employ of Mr.
Wheatley received a dangerous scalp wound in • similar
maneer,lnt from which he happily recovered.
WRECK OF A PRUSSIAN BRIG OFF 8001111 FOLD,
.... SOCTIITOLD, SEPT. 18. Information WI IF
Mold lot sight et 10 o'clock from the officer of the
MmHg Haven Coast °used Steno", that a large Pramlan
brig was on shore near their watch-room end eking for
the meiritance of the flouthwold lifebDooaatt,, which belongs
to the Royal National Lifeboat Insties, to Nave the
lives of the crew. • volunteer crew wee Lomediatrly
amembled, who sooseeded is gritting the Ilfebost
off throoth a very heavy surf et 10.30 pm. • Me wind bad
onaiderably abated, having bees Now lei • gale of wind
flora the N E. the whole day, and had thes veered round to
the N. by W. The wind, bewsier, foamed solo babes
they ruched thermal, and they found the sod and sea my
heavy where shams lytag, and reeking so meads boacktover
her. The lifeboat behaved nobly, being for • comddoralie
thee completely buried in the sea, and after NM time mad
mot difficulty (baring missed the twig as Meant attempt),
succeeded in boarding. her, and Sing thecrew Me I.
number, and the captain's wife, who WA mite eitensted.
They wire ell safely landed et Maser Have at 1
o'clock in the morning. The character of the am
may he judged who it is Mated timit me see,
which struck the boat fa lodimaia.kimesked the
reedeolawsin, who had charms of the orerbeerd.
He fortunately kept firm hold of the Miler, sememeds4 Is
aisle getting on board. The vend proved to be the
Lociede, of Memel, H. Robert Bottbabr, .Saulei
Memel to Rochester ' with steepen. he crew el
to, bat one sae we unfortunately drowned in attempting
to get os shore by a line before the lifeboat arrived.
CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF:THE
Case, VICTORIA. PARR.—The slumber of patients relieved
at this Matlitottom during lest week wee 926, of which lid
were new asses. _ _

ROYAL Flllll HOSPITAL, 01ATII-INS-ROAD.—lbs
umber et pathos relieved at this WOW dariaz the week
eadisz Selarday, Sept 17 iree 2,169, el •►kh 736 were SSW
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tiTSTAL PALACL—HALT-CZOWN MT.—SATUR-
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19, 1859.

*3Y 11.4141012.-THIS DAN.

Two o'Cosotm.
ins funds to-day am extremely imative, but
market is rather drake, in character,
telegram is anfteipatkm of the Cakutta
delft presenting no feature of a disquieting ohm-
traitor. Consols ese (tweed *soot exemly
the same oi fiatozdeg afternoon. the
purehme for the Amis., banks has ooh
stattld if 10,0001. Cone* at M. In the shire
Marks& there is* Immemintotlaiporteaso, owleg
to *Sabot*. or kiNlOnois7,l.
The strip of the NOw It I Lomt k tted7r it
100} to t.
The Three per Ciat, Rents, ahoy in *ranee of
6c. this morning, the quotation being, asseeding
Mr. Reater's telegram, 60fr. 850. for the mom*. t_

Commis are rafloially marked Oil to I. of I
are now quoted 961 to 1 for oath, and
"maw," for the 11th of October.
The New Indian Loan (stook) has been dealt is
at 1001 to 1; ditto Scrip, at 100 to 14014 the Debra
turn of 1869, at 961; India Bonds, at 7s. din.;
and Exchequer Bills, at 22... to 260. prem.
Turkish stooks were unfarourably affected this
morning, by the annotation/at of coorminey
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egainst the life of the Sultan, but have
since partially recovered. The Old Six per
Conte. are now quoted 84 to 84. Meth=
Bonds remain Arm. The leap of the New
Russian Losa is marked par and 3 dis.
Sales are recorded as follows :—Brarilian Four-
and-it-Half per Outs, 1868, 961; Dutch Two-
esels-Half per Outs., 1191 (exchange,l2ft.); Maxima
Three per Cents., for account, 211, 21}; New
Granada Astive Bonds, 18;; Porteous VIM
per Cents., 1869, for account, 48/ 46;; Iturian
Foursad-a-flalf per Cants., 901 99k, 903; ditto
Three per Outs., 1869 (scrip), par, / dim.
Sardinian Eve par Cents., for account, 881 1
Spanish Tires per Cents., 48; ditto far sookaati
481 ; ditto New Deferred Three per Cents., for ft.
want, 341; Turkish Six per Ceuta., 1864, for
amount, 82/, 893 84.
The steamers Btu, and America have arrived from
the United States with 263,0001. in specie. The.
Ceylon, from Alexandria, hu brought 18,0001, in
Australian geld.
The light portion of the Bombay mail will his
delivered in London on Wednesday morning.
Point o'CLocr.

Consols were quoted, ten minutes ago, 981 to I,
both for money and the 11th of October, but have
since receded to 96b to L on the receipt of lower
rime from Parisi the latter quotation, however, is
still a per cent above that current at 2 o'clock. The
scrip ef the New Indian Lean has also improved,
being quoted 100; to I.
The. Peruvian agents publish the numbers of
Anglo-Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds to
the amount of 184,2001., which have been cancelled
by the half-year's operation of the sinking fend.
The amount of cash applicable to the purpose was
124,0111. 10e.
The Beecbworth has arrived from Melbourne
with 19,998 ounces of gold, worth 80,0001.
The other imports of the precious metals an-
nounced last week have been rather small. Our
list inoludes 20,8001. by the Asia, and 61,6001. by the
flaxonis, both from New York; 120,030/. by the
Atrato, from the Wont India; 9,0001. by the
Rthiope, from the west coast of Africa ; and 6,5251.
by the Tagus, from the Peninsula.
The total value of the week's imports, including
those announced on Saturday, is about 286,0001.
The bulk of the gold imported is still retained here.
The exeot amount otepecie to be taken to the Bast
by the steamer Ripon on the 20th is 423,4941., all
silver, except 6,7011. in gold. The government remit
274,0001. to Calcutta. Annexed are the particulars,
via. : —For Ca1cutta,274,9701. ; Hong tong, 00,208,.;
Shanghai, 48,8661. ; Penang, 13,6001.; Ceylon,
3,3801.; Alexandria, 2,0001.; Madras, 1,4011.;
Singapore, 1,1601.
The Council of India have drawn no bills by the

outgoing mail.
The directors of the lonian Bank have declared a
half-yearly dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, payable the 10th October.
Reproduced in the Australian Mail from a Mel-
bourne authority we find the following account of
the proceedings of the leading banks, both Austra-
lian and Anglo-Australm, with regard to the allow-
ance of interest on deposits. Their expressed reso-
lution to abandon this practice has itaelf been
abandoned:
on the 27th of June the dr baths eating together in the
mom of the creerearme rahesy loan senoubeed their lo-
landa not to stlowtatenet on cornst tooonata and = de-

tposits at call altr he termination of the queerer stoat to
erase. The beaks participatieg in this movement were the
Beak of Assents**, the Union Bonk of Agreeable, the Beak
of New South Wales, the London Chartered Batik of Ave.
train, the Bank of Victoria, and dm Colonial Bank of Ans.
tralia. At the same time they announced a reduction of 1 per
cent. in their rate of diaconal is Ms el from three to four
months' currency. The National Basket Art/Meals Maid
in the movement on the following day. The war news by the
null wood was tektraphed on the 6111 July, end limas&
may a meeting of the digestant of area hanks we. ceded. A
mese& meeting was held after the &limey of the
aria, and the recall woe node Imes on the llth July.
In the meantime the Oriental Batik, sad the English, Soot.
pear end Australlen Chartered Bank bad raised their rats
of Internet, sad the Culotta Bank had seceded from the
movement. The five banks previously mentioned announced
their Intention of allowing the following rates per annum
for all fatuns:—On acme deposited, subject to three mumble
aotice d withdrawal, 4 per mot. ; and on sums
deposited subject to six months' notice, 6 per
cent. 'the rates of discount were also raised,
ea bills not exceeding 95 days' currency, to 8 per cent. per
annum; and es bills exceeding 95 days, sad ad having
mete than 126 days' rummy, to 9 per cent. per annum. In
Ibis latter movement all the banks have since joined. The
Oriental Bank, and the English, Scottish, sad Australian
Chartered Bank allow %tweet on the daily balance of cur.
ram accounts at 3 per cent. per annum, end sheet i per
cent. higher rates on deposits at all on notice. Oa rams de-
posited fur 12 months they allow 6 per cent.
The following further information, respecting the
lease of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway to the
London and North Western, is extracted from a
circular recently issued by tha latter company :
The Lumens, &ad Carnal* sadertsking to be leased to the
London and North Werteen Compeny for 1,000 yearn. The
plant, milker stock, and moveable property to be used by the
siees, during, and to be restored at the end of the lease.
The share capital of the Lancaster and Carlisle Company to be
1,800,0001. (iseleding the amount of 860,0001. h.id by the
Leaden and North Western Company). The loan capital to
be not exceeding 430,0001. Neither of awe amounts to be
leareased without the consent of the London and North
Western Comp under their seal. The Lancaster and
I Newton, and Ksdal and Windermere Companies to receive
' their due proportion of dividend according to the act of 1849,
and the proposedagreement for amalgamation. The united
capital of the two companies, wbes &resign:anted, would be
about 900,0001. The London and North Western to pay the
ascemary expenses of direction, audit, secretary, transfer
Aloe n &c., not exceeding 1,6251. per annum ; also
to needful office accommodation. The Lancaster and
Caritas, including Kendal and Windermere, Lancaster and
Preston Companion, to hare the tight, subject to the sanction
of parliament, to participate rateably In the allotment of any
further creation of London and North Western Stock.

B•TUIDAT BTSNINO.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 931 to 1 for
the 11th Ootobcr, opened this morning at 931 to t,
and had fallen at the close of the Stock Exchange to
931. At a later hour this quotation was 931 to 1.
The government broker purchased 10,00 W. Consols
at 931. 'The official business report is as follows
Three per Cast. Consols, for money,93l, 1; ditto,
fee account (11th October), 931, 931; the New
Indian Five per Cent. Loan, stock, 1001 ; ditto,
scrip, 1001. 1 ; the Four per Cent. Debentures,
ieetted in 1838, 931.
The scrip of the new Indian Loan commanded 1001
to in the morning, but had declined at the does to
100 to 1, being 1 per cent. lows: than yesterday.
The foreign stock market was firm, and in some
instances priors were quoted better. The old Turkish
Bix per Cents, left off at 831 to 84 ; the new at 691
to 70, ex die. ; and Mexican Bonds at 211 to 1,
being still in demand. The scrip of the new Russian
Loan was dealt in at to / dig.