The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLICIENCF:.

Closing prime :—Gold, 140. Sterling exchange
on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1111.
Illinois, 1181 ; Erie, 76i. Cotton : Middling Up-
land, 27i.
PHILADELPHIA, Jur ;sO.

Petroleum, standard white, 33.
[This telegram arrived in London at 5.30 a.m. to-day,
July 31.]

Lord Derby has signified to Alderman Rose the
Queen's intention to confer upon him the dignity of knight-
hood. The Herald says :—" It would certainly have been hard
if, in the general dispensation of honours which has recently
taken place, a gentleman whose civic reign, in hospitality
and useful work, has not keen surpassed in our time, had
been left without acknowledgment simply because be was
a conservative. As a civic dignitary, as an active volunteer
officer, and as a magistrate, Alderman R-se hu well earned
the honour that has now been bestowed, and we are glad
that Lord Derby has been able, by this timely recognition
of his services, to efface the recollection of a slight, which
was as uncourteous to the civic authority as it was un•
generous to the individual."

Mr. E. W. Watkin, M.P., is to receive the
honour of knighthood as an acknowledgment of his ser•
vices in connection with the Intereolooisl Itailvsy. A
similar honour is to be conferred on Mr. W. IL Bodkin.
wistant•judgs of the kliddlesaz sessions.
....

The Oral understands that, although Sir William
Coghlan's plan for operations to be undertaken with a vire
to effecting the liberation of the prisoners in Abyuin4 Lai
been adopted by the government, the command of ea
expedition will probably be entrusted either to sir n'e•
Liam Staveley, now commanding a brigade at Poona, or tc
Colonel Merewether, the political agent at Aden.

The Duke of Cleveland, writing to the Tim.: on
the subject of th s division of the Lords' Committee (of which
he was chairman) on the North British Railway, safc
" The decision of the case did not rest with me as chair-
man, but with the majority of the committee. That ma•
jority would not sanction the precedent of granting lam•
preferential shares. They were not, however, guided by
considerations of the interests only of the North British
Railway, but by the dread of the effect which this I'rece•
dent, if established, would have on the 150,000,00, of
preferential stock throughout the kingdom. I was not
guilty of the absurdity which you suppose, of not brig
aware that the issue of debentures sanctioned by the bill
to be applied to the redemption of debt was not another
mode of granting the promoters of the bill a part of what
they asked; but I supported the proposal in order to :Joni
some relief to the North British Railway in their resat
difficulties." .

The King of Sweden is expected in Paris on
Saturday to pass some days.
The Genoese Gazttte says :—" A few days back a
person bathing between Cornigliano and Sestri, in tbe'todi
of Genoa, was seized by a large polypus, and the cr..ature
so interlaced its numerous tentacle. round him, that be
was unable, in spite of all his efforts, to free himself, and
was dragged under water and drowned. None of the other
bathers ventured to go to his amistamte."
Count de Montalembert has gone to reside at his
chateau of Rixensart, in Belgium. Ilia health is much
improved, and he can now receive his friends.
In Hungary many of the most prominent mot taf
1R434.1 are taking advantage of the amnesty. (.ea'
Klapka, Perczel, Vetter, and others have returned P , their
native country, and their arrival has frequent:7%Jc,', the
cause of public rejoicings and festivities. /I osnith be.
been proposed as a candidate for a scat in the Diet by the
extreme left at Wsitzen. Ghrgey has also
and intends to return to hie country. Vie liberals have
not yet forgiven him for his capitulati, of vilagos, and
his bitter opposition to Kownith. TL, aught, of G..rgef
is engaged to be married to aM. sus, the owner of the
estateest" 8" manor of Vilnstols .e scene of the arumsapitolatioa,
capitulation. %wen at Pestk.