The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-17 00:00:00

THE SOCIAL EVIL.

Mr. John La Touche writes :—" The total
amount of contributions received by me, from February
10 to the present time, is 1,790/. A. 2d., of which mm,
after due conaideratioe,l have thus disposed :-4711. 15s. H.
to the payment of the liabilities of the Trinity
Home, which, upon careful investigation, were found
to amount to that sum. Rut fCir this tinsel aid, the Home
mud have been cleeed. lam nowt to nay that it is
permanently established under the management of • cam-
nutter of clergymen and laymen, and will, I trust, steed
for many future yearn A refuge to the weary wanderer.
6601. so. tal. to aid the funds for the midnight
(The expenses of each meeting are not more thanabom:ll7l;
but for each rescued person 6/. must be paid to the Homo
into which she in received, if she remain there a month and
be reported as not likely to relapse.) The committee of thin
movement in about to publish its report in which all par-
ticulars will be set forth, so that I need not here enter into
further detail. The report will be obtainable in about three
week.' time on application to Mr. Theophilns Smith,
27, Red Lion-square. towards the funds for
the employment of female missionaries, which
sum will be accounted for in the report now
being prepared by the secretary of the Reformatory and
Refuge Union, 116, Pall•rnall. 511. 16e. 7d. have been ex-
pended by me in sundry small payments connected with
the remise of the friendless, including the expense of send-
-I:inesse to their relatives in the country and transmitting
from • distance to the Trinity Home. SOL
placed in the hands of the Committee of Management
of the Trinity Home for the support of children whose
mother; are received into the refuge. Of such there
are four at present, each having one child. I have still
to account for MM. This sum I purpose to place
in my own name and that of two other gentlemen in
the bank of Messrs. Puget and Co., to be applied towards
the expense connected with future midnight meetings for
preaching the gospel to the fallen. The present series of
these meetings will conclude at the close of this month, and
we purpose resuming than, please God, next winter. I
have only to add, that all such sums as were sent me with
a specilicatioa of the purpose fur which they were given,
I have applied according to the requests of the donors."

MINES.-7HIS DAY.

Two o'CLoci.

A good amount of business has been done
to-day in the mining market, and prices are steady.
In the Stock Kxchange Weal Clifford shares
are marked 306 ; East Basset, 90 ; ()ram-
bler and St. Aubyn, 38; Great South Tolgua,
; Stray Park, 24 • and Wheal
Eifwani, Shares in Wheal Margery,
Herodefoot, and Sortridge Consols mines have also
been dealt in.

Copiapo Xining shares are still inquired for, and
are marked 111. Other foreign descriptions are
quiet.

RAILWAYS.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Cloci.

The railway share market to-day is very
steady, at yesterday's closing prices. A fresh rise
of 1 per cent. has taken place in Lancashire and
Yorkshire stock, which is quoted 1061 to 1061. Lon-
don and North Western stock is quoted 99 to 1001
Great Western, 691 to; ; • , 117 to 1; South-
Eastern, 881 to 1 ; Great Northern, 1141 to
1151 ; Eastern Counties, 66 to 561 ; and Cale-
donian, 911 to 1.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares are quiet.
In other foreign as well as colonial railway shares
little change has occurred. Great Luxembourg
shame remain firm.