The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-12 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

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Ch IA 111 I—tassissiar and CarUste, fo7—Lendon,
and Dam iO4—Loadea aad North Winassa, 101
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111 II ll—North Laken (bor.
104) la Pd. a—Ballalo sad lalie
Hume. al. la. M. )—Dateli A. IL Is 3d. o—Theassa
.ad Mersey Caapaay, 10a 3d. pm—Oresi 1114 p Company. to

Several of the southern provinces of Franco have lei
again been laid waste with inundatioas. The rivers Isere .2!
and Discos have denudated the rich valleys watered by re.
their streams. Where the waters have subsided there or. Si.
mains a thick deposit of gravel. to remove which woe* me
out more than the value of the land. 28
Tare BISHOP OF WORCESTZR. —We are sorry to
announce that the health of the Bishop of Worcester is fj)
such as to give much uneetinem to his farnil7. This Tem- iff
table diocesan has for some time past been in a declining ul
Mite of health, and his advanced ago (he is in his 77th 110.
year) giros little hope of his permanent recovery. Prey= le:
wen offered in all the churches of the diocese on Bundy gg
het in his behalf. The bishop WM consecrated Bev of gg
Soder sad Man in 1840, and was translated to Worcester ia
the f • yam, eo that he has been nearly twenty years
head e/ the • of Wareseter.
MUTH Ol THR EARL OF LEVEN AND MELVILLE.—
We_ regret to announce the death of the Earl of Leven and £
MehCe, which took place on Monday last, at his '
Melville House, in his 75th year. The dammed. David
Leslie Melville. was eon of the 7th earl, by the daughter ee
of Mr. John Thornton, of London, sad was bon in London
on June 22, 1785. He succeeded to the title as the death N.
of his father on the 22nd of February, 1820, as 8411 Had of N.
Leven and 7th Earl of Melville. In 1824 he monied the
daughter of Bias Arehibald Campbell. He eatered the rig
Royal Navy at ao early age, and communed a boat at the
capture and destruction of a convoin the Bay of Room ia et
I.op, and became a nce-admiral In 1868. Me demesed
oobleman was one of the representative peas of Scotland, et
and • depot lieutenant of the veneer of Fife. The lst gg
Fad of Melville use • distinguished minister in the time of 0
111., sad the let Earl of Leven was an eminent 10
lo
repablions general. ao
A SNIP'S CRISIS RDICIIRD DT GRACS DARLING'S Le:
PATS= —The Trio (Mr. David honoree., masts),sa,
of this port, which, se we stated last Saturday, was et.
wrecked oa the Fern Islands I. the atom of Wednesday
week, struck as the rocks within three yank. of the spot where the steamer Forts:shim was wrecked in 1836. 18
sea ran so high, end the wiad was so terrier, that the arra ass
were afraid to tabe to their boat. The new, therefore, 51
jumped into the water, and were washed on to the rooks, *
many of them being dragged back several time, by the St
force of the ~undertow,' and only miring themselves with GI.
great difficulty by the aid of tangles and other seaweed. IL
The lost itself was blows right off the deck, ro,
alightin; on the rock many feet distant, bow an, and being
split up the centre by the shock. The men we, about
twelve hoary on the rock, the sea being so high that no boat 6
mold poreibly put out to name them. Towards reening,
when the storm had abated, • crew, hisnesd by
James Darling, the father of the heroine Orme Darling,
who had been watching the wreck all day, put oat • boat ea
from the. Louptme Lighthouse, mil rescued wMM. Old N.
Darling is sow 75 years of age, is hale, hearty, and emerged° eh
and has been superintendent of the Loniptom Light Ei
for • period of 50 years. The captain and crew of the Trio
speak most reverentially, as they well may, of the brave old eg
len-keeper. --A rhea* ("noir.
WINTICP.—The hills in the High Peak were N.
tipped with their Int mow this year co Tuesday morn* it
hat Der6y Amorter. ()a Mooney morning the Grampian
range of hills. appeared with • thiek mating of snow, which og.
was mewed* by severe frost and a cold kitting north Si.
wind. On Toomisy away snow began to fall it
about eight o'clock, sal continued for three hours 10
without lotermiesion The mow was followed by rain tt
or sleet in the valley or low grenade, bat In the upland im
(Nitric* snow fail heavily Owl whole day, and the mountain is
tops appear sow as thickly covered as they did at any time *
last wilder. In the glens matten hare assumed • serious !f
evert. Large quantities of emu. t grain and stooks covered "0.
with mow on Tnesday;to the depth of several inches, gave et
the Landscape • rather USSOWISS appearaoce. The snow is
of Mat Amon disappeared exactly three months ago—on the ra
10th of July--and we an already rialtol with all the It
mambos of winter."—Zeisishmey. Commit. ma
NAVY R uw. —The Lords of the Admiralty (who
advertised for 60,000 plies.) have accepted tenders to the at
sztent of 108,000p11ooe from the asdermentioned firms :
Henry White
Limb.
Co.. Lemon Bert and Son, Howe and as
flo, and Alfred
TUB COAL SCPPLY Ito TIM WHTROPOLIR. —During
the quarter soling October 1 as lees a iiimatity than
1,128,963 teas 7 cwt of coal has peen enessed at the Coal- ti
exchange as laying Men cooveyed to the metropolis either IS
by rail, sea, or canal. Of thin harness* tonnage, which
shows • met inareses owes the of
1858, 1171.216 tamewere sea boneewralirla .1116 tesell ten
cut, by
railway, sad 4,272 toes 6 mt. by emal. Of the sea borne IE7
.vrit teas were from Newcastle ; 252.7M1 tom from Sufi- lir
derd, sad "HA tom from Hartlepool. Of the es
railways the North WOOtorl carried 153,ieci tone 4 owl ; go
the Oreat Northern, 65,545 tone 12 cwt. • the Fasters
Oonnties, 30,160 toes 1 cwt.; the Midland, 16.060 toes ; the 11.
Cheat Woitern, 13,817 tams; the Booth Western, 4,476 all
tees 6 cwt. • the South Fanara, 2,612 tons 19 cwt.; the
Hertford. LLtoo, mil Imustabki, 1.163 tons 12 cwt.; and
the London, Tilbury, be., 545 tam. The total simply to le
the nistropolia from all intones daring the Present year has ne
been 3,087.319 tons 144'4.; of whisk Zend.66:.l tous were 111
Imported. end the rest carried by the respective railway
20 ampnatte named. The in creme of imported coal during
the vim menthe of the prevent y.ar Las hem 216,420 toad; go
by ira11way,43.717 SOW aal by cepa/. 5671 took gale
bonus (lAA Lilo ST COMPS N Y.—The hat- Sill
yearly gam* meetiag of this company was hell yesterday,
at the Ann in Bedford-row ;J. its. G. Burks, pop is
deputy-gores..,in the •hatir. The report stated that so
profit for the last helf.yenr, added to the balance is Mad. le
would) ield a anion of 10 per cont., and alio say 24
ppneerr mot. is tempest of dividend for 1857, in which the TO
divblevil ...
was cob( per omit. The dim-tors have found '"
it seeesasy to elder the expeeditors of • large mooed vet d.41464 00041,1a100 of a new gasboider room, and go to
in the laying Jews of teams of large calibre. The report 10
wee isneninewdy sdiq.tsel. Mr. J. Silver mowed the
appolatineat of 3/z. James It. Owego Berke, as 4
la the room of Yr. Rieher•!., desoieed, which haoiq res
teconilmL panel ; and the .ippointment of Mr. ward lis
go
Rich:oda as deputy in the room of Mr. Bark., was elm tri
pmeedi aneehnoody.pw
CORNWALL RAILWAY.—RIFURN or TRAIFIC FOR gi
nee Wrzx !mom; Aire. /o.—Mienher of prae=ait,
I
14052 -Lcriv. ; vie* NW. Si. ed. ; Into
TIN. No Bd. ; 57/. lle. 10d. ; total, 1,421?. Cs.
Corn/pending week, 1859, i,0191. 'AI.