The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-01 00:00:00

THE Z01T414 CASE

A deputation, consisting of the popular and die- I,
tingnithed friend, of civil end religious liberty, was to
have waited, by appointment, upon Lord John Russell, her
Majesty's foreign secretory, at the Foreign-office, this after-
noon, to lay before his lordship a protest against the present
proceedings of the Papal authorities In the Mortara case, and to
request that " her Majesty's government, me they should
*she any part In the settlement of the Italian guernsey will
cause the subject of the Papal treatment of the Jews to be
brought before the consideration of the governments of
Europe." The secretary to the deputabon,however, received
s communication from his lordship, intimating that as him
lordship was suffering from a slight cold, it would be mote
convenient to him to receive them on Saturday next.

At & kite agricultural Meeting at Dorking & Mr.
Wise was so unfortunate as to remark That he could
venture to say that, at all events, not • mart of
the Surrey Rifle Volunteers would hide behind
• bush or a tree." This observation has brought
down upon the unhappy gentleman the wrathful sad
bitter sarcasms of Lieutenant -General W. Napier. That
gallant officer proclaims that the art of hiding behind trees
and bushes, rocks, sticks, and stones, is " the very swiss of
modern warfare. The teaching regular soldiers :how
to move in masses is an absolutely necessary founda-
tion to support the superstructure of real warfare,
which is, in fact, this very hiding behind stick' and
stones. A great deal is said shoat taymet charges
and solid onsets of heavy columns, but much lees of that
takes place than is supposed by am who only read of war;
three-fourths of every battle between regular armies depend
upon the stick and stone practice, and the whole of a battle,
as between volunteer rifle corps and regular troops, will de-
pend upon the former's skill In hiding." The general
proceeds to give some practical directions as to this mode of
defence, end adds .—" I feel sure that with this system Eng
lend may be successfully defended against any number., but
I do not think London can be defended so easily; it is too
seer the coast, and there must be for ha defence combin•tkoa
between the regular army outside and the metropolitan volun-
teers inside, who must be taught how to occupy lines of
homes, and docks, and canals, and bridges ; and the best of
those lines should now be examined and marked out upon
maps for the Instruction of the city volantsere, if any ►hould
be enrolled. For my part, I t►iek all able to bear arms
should be enrolled in time. I hope It will be so, for assuredly
• very dangerous crisis Is impending."
THE LATE EARL OF WALDEGRATZ.—The fol-
lowing letter addressed by the late lamented earl to the
chaplain of the county gaol, the Rd.,. B. Barnett, at a
period when his lordship was in deep affliction at the loss of
hissers, Viecount Cheiwees, will be reed with great interest
at the present moment. The truly Christian spirit of the
noble earl Cen only be fully appreeisted when It ui borne is
mind that them to whom he wee desirous to present
"God's Weed" were fellow countryuien of the mss to whom
terrible cruelty a bet rad son had just fallen • secretion
"Hastings, Nov. 15, 1854.—1dy deer write to you to
conned me. I have lost my eldest eon at the battle of the
Alma. His worst wounds were inflicted by the Russians
shooting him whilst lying on the ground with • broken
thigh. He was again shot the day e'er the battle. I have
twenty Russian bibles, which I have sent you to present
to the Russian prisoner., for them to learn that our Saviour
Jesse Christ desires us to love our enemies. Are the pri-
mama fit to receive theee inestimable inopiratlona, or are
they too rich, end have they been made too much off Prey
tell me. I will come towards the end of next week.—Yours
truly, WALDEURATI.—Rev. A. Burnett, County Gaol,
Lewes."--lisseam Advertiser.

^Tae CUSTOM or
NNOW.—A correspondent
states that the Rev. Wm. Boyle Coghlan, and his wife, of
the (alley Parsonage, Gate House, N. 8., are accepted by
W. H. Ainsworth, Req., as claimant. for the Duamow
Flitch, to he presented in September, 1860, on tbe second =-
Wegner/ of their wedding-day; It being considered that
Mr. Coghlea's position 1111 • clergyman of the church of Eng-
lead is no bar to their reoeytloa of what he and his wits ao
earnestly desire.—Bare: Heraid.
Tree Six HUNDRED."—Enthusiute are not
wanting, who would rather hove ridden in it than have won
the highest distinction to which civilians con aspire. Who
dares to object that It was not ultimately succeesful P Such
a taunt ban never been weighed in the balance against the
glories of Thsentopylar. I frequently meat in auciety one of
the Psladies of that fatal Ronoesvolles. In private life he
has few poonlioritiea, except a tendency to engage In each
and every game of chance, and a perfect monomenia fur
waltzing. Yet I regard him with an immense respect and
reverence, that the object of the feeling would be the last to
understand. I think of the awful peril out of which the
delicate feminine face hoe mine without a soar; end I
protest I would no more dream of speaking to him
angrily or slightingly, than I would rotators to dia-
course about the Derby to the Bishop of o—, or to offer
to that dignified prelrte the current odd. against the
favourite. Rely upon it, in many homes of England (if the
Mancheeterians leave them standing), there will be one
family portrait that oar children will moat delight to honour.
Pointing out to ...rangers the crowning glory of their house'
they will peas by pave effigies of lawyer., eocleelestice, end
statIMMIN sad pause opposite to a marital figure, dressed inl
the usiform of • Light Dragoon. All his ancestors shall
give precedence to the simple soldier, who rode that day in
the yea of the Six Hundred.—Preser's Magathie, for
November,

MONEY MARKB2.-21118 DAY.

Two o'CLoci.

This being one of the days for striking the half-
yearly balance at the Bank, the transfer offices at
that establishment are closed, and a holiday is ob-
served on the Stock Exchange, according to custom.
To-day is also a holiday on the Paris Bourse.
A fair amount of business was done yesterday at the
Discount-office at the Bank, and in the open market
the best bills were generally refused below 21 per
cent., an active demand being experienced. This
was partly in connexion with the payment of
440,000/. due yesterday on the new Victoria Govern-
ment Debentures. A considerable portion of this
Loan having been taken in the Stock Exchange, the
demand for money in that establishment was also
brisker, and 21 per cent. was offered for loans on
government securities, bat only for short periods.
The debentures were again in demand yesterday, and
closed at 109! to not, or 2 premium. The Great
Indian Peninsula Railway Company have also
paid to the Secretary of State for India in Coun-
cil on capital account the large sum of 443,6001.
on account of calls due on the 29th inst., and pay-
ments in full upon the shares.

To-day an instalment of 14 per cent. falls due
on the Russian Loan.

From the Indian advioes we gather that
news had arrived out of the successful launch-
ing in London of the 6,000,000/. Loan, which
commanded a trifling premium. The intelligecce
pr-duced a favourable effect ; but, although combined
with a very easy state of the money market at
Calcutta, had not caused any improvement of int-
, portanoe in the prices of government securities. The
open Five-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan still stood at
nearly 6 per cent discount.
There were no transactions in bullion at the Bank
yesterday. Of the 153,0001. by the Teuton* 12,0001.
in gold was bought for exportation : nearly all the
rest consisted of Mexican dollars. The steamer La
Pl►ta has arrived from the West Indies with 347,0001.
in specie, and the City of Manchester, from New
York, with 71,0001..

The Orwell; which is on the way from Melbourne
to England, has on freight 42,225 oz. of gold, worth
168,0001. The Red Jacket was to leave on the let
of September with a further large amount. Of the
vessels reported by the last overland mail, only thee
remain at sea, viz.:—The George Marshall (out 83
dap). with 119,0001. ; Dingo (out 80 days), with
75.0001. ; and the Plicenician (oat 80 days), with
35,0001.
It appears from the China letters that the adverse
movement in the exchanges does not exceed 1 per
cent. At Calcutta the alteration is trifling.
The underwriters at Lloyd's required yesterday 40
per cent. for insuring the gold by the ito7al Charter.
The advance in the rate was tensed principally by
the receipt of a communication from Lloyd's agent,
dated hloell'ra, Oct. 30, mentioning that divers had
descended and examined the after part of the noel,
bat, owing to the confusion, could not ascertain
whether the bullion-room was intact. Its safety was
looked upon as doubtful from the appearance of the
wreck, and from the circumstance of portions of gold-
boxes having been picked up, besides a bar of gold.
It is also mentioned that 300 sovereigns have been
taken from the bodies of dead passengers. The divers
have recovered some ingots of copper, which were
stored in the oriop deck, just before the bullion
room. Should the boxes have been broken, there
will be some difficult yin finding the gold. At this
period of the year the uncertain weather imposes
fresh obstacles to diving operations.
The secretary of the Madras Irrigation Company
informs us that the sum of 13,1381. has this day
been paid into the Indian Treasury to the credit of
this company, in advance of calls, and making with
previous payments of a like nature a total of 402,8331.
received since the 27th Feb. last by the Secretary of
State for India in Council on account of capital, 11.
per share only (i.e., 60,0001.) having been called up.
With reference to the railway question the Ceylon
Observer of the 30th Sept. contains the following:
Though it presents no new phase, the railway question is
still our most interesting topic. In our last we were enabled
to give a faint outline of the proceedings of the Legislative
Council, but in our present true will be found a fall report of
the debates on the subject. The able speech of the Governor
has excited diroontent. The conflicting animates have not
frightened away contractors, and we view it as a good ern
that one, Mr. Chapman, of the firm of Waring Brothers,
enived by the lest mail to look over the ground.
The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
Railway of Canada, just received, shows a decrease
of 1621. sterling.
The Brighton Railway traffic return presents an
increase of 571.
It appears that the meeting of shareholders in the
Nassau Railway Company, referred to in our impres-
sion of yesterday, is not convened by the company,
but is at the invitation of certain French share-
holders. The bulk of the capital of this company is,
we believe, held in England.
The shares of the Cape Town Railway. and Dock
Company are now quoted as with 31. paid.
The prospectus of the London Ropery Company
(Limited), is issued. The proposed capital is 30,0001.
(subject to increase), in 101. shares. The object of
this undertaking is to purchase and work the busi-
ness of "one of the most extensive rope makers in
the metropolis," from which very large returns are
stated to have been realised. It is proposed to
extend the business so as to embrace every branch
of the trade. The investigation of the books of the
firm has been entrusted to Messrs. Quitter, Ball,
Jay, and Co., the accountants. The present pro-
prietors are willing to receive the whole of the
ptirchasetmoney for the machinery, stock, leases, and
patent process in sharer, and to waive all claim to,
dividends on them until a dividend of 15 per cent.
is realised and payable to the other shareholders.
The last advices from St. Petersburg state the ship-
ments of tallow at 83,000 casks. The price was
quoted 60 silver roubles, and the exchange on Lon-
don 340. The weather was mild.
A correspondent in the tallow trade sends us the
following :
The market continues in a quiet state, with scarcely say-
thing doing beyond what is requited for immediate wants.
The delivery last week was 2,187 cask.. against 3,230 la
1658, 2.828 in 1857. bad 3 411 in 1856. The stock is 43,816
Leeks, against 14,439 in 1858, 22,310 in 1867, cad 12,260 in
1856. About 17,000 asks more are expected from Bt.
Petersburg this seation, and 6,000 from other places. The
deliveries to Dec.3l may retch 17,000 melts, leaving a stock
of 50,000 casks on the Ist of January, 1860, besides 20,000
to 30,000rieske winteringst Bt. Petersburg.
The Ziba and Alipore have arrived from China
with 1,221,3001b'. of tea.
The quarterly sales of cinnamon yesterday went off
briskly, at an advance.

MONONA' EVENING.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 96 to 1 for
the Bch Now., opened this morning, at the same quo-
' tatiem, and closed at 961, .‘ buTers. ' For money the
Last price was 96 to 1. Bank Stock continues in
demand. The official business report is as follows:
—Three per Cent. COlllOll. for money, 961, 95k, 961,
96 ; ditto for account (Bth Nor.), 961, 96; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 941, t. ; New Three per Cents., 943,
I, ; Thirty Years Anna., expiring in April,
1885, 171, 171, 171; Bank Stock, 227; India Sock,
223, 224; the New Indian Five per Cent. Loan
(stock), 1031 ; ditto scrip, 1031, 103 ; the Indian
Four per Cent. Debentures, 1859, 963 ; India Bonds,
2s. dis.__

The New Indian Loan wu steady. The scrip left
off at 103 " buyers," and the stock at 103 " sellers."
The Indian Four per Cent. Debentures of 1868
were quoted 96; to 97 ; those of 1869. 1)61 to I ; and
Exchequer Bills, 28s. to 31e. prem., being la. nigher
than yesterday.
The foreign stock market was quiet, but price'
were steady. The Old Turkish Six per Cents. closed
slightly firmer, at 78 to;, and the Loan of 1668 at
67 to I. Mexican Bonds were more inquired for,
and left off at 22 to Other descriptions present
no alteration. _ .

Bank shares remain without variation of import-
ance. National Provincial Bank of England were
marked SO (3.51. paid), and Union Bank of Australia
49. Electric Telegraph, Crystal Palace Preference,
and Van Diemen's Land shares were inquired for:
this latter closed at 161 to t. Great Ship shares
were slightly firmer, at 14s. 6d. to 13s. 61.
A rise of 1 per cent. took place to-day in &nab
Australian Government Bonds.