The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-07 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY DIVILIJOENCE.

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CA MRR I 3. —The English lectturer at
Comes Christi glees wawa that ho will lecture sad
examine during the t terra ea the following =Wets :
T.lle Critical Maly of the Ilegtiek Isiernegt ; Elocry
Liberatore ; Rhetoric, with peectical easpositioa ;
Public Reading, with elpseial Mama to the March dler.
wire and Delivery of lieemea ; Theory sad Protein of Li.
temtmowu• Neal& Witjtapplisatio• to the Pulpit sad
the bar. These leetares dome am op. to all aim-
ben at Use usiverety, bat seen en sposißy derigued for
Mediate, Mien he bee lisiesta, and esodi-
iettaithe shill MIMS* aiMbilialk Gentlemen de.
ehomd at2seatoi are rargeseled le einerowsleate with the
Mature, at We rims. Cowl Challeli Oases, um Tuesday,
Jae. 22, falai II am. to 2 pa

DEATRUCTIVI PM Ell ma Oert.-4 )11 Satimias
manatee& between the buss ef I red 2 o'clock, au extensive
Ire broke out on the premises No. 38, Mark-lane, in the re-
ception of twelve esertheots. 'The premiere were ep.
peached be a sorrow gateway. The fire was diaoovered by
the pobeeMen sa duty obeerving spirits iseuiag from the
top of the bulkily's, wino be howdy reined an alarm, and
magaseres were despatched to the varinua firestations for
111111 Illware, but the fiance bad travelled with unusual rapi-
dity. so that in the space of • few minutes the fire had
piped possession of the upper part of the buddies. The
teginee arrived is rapid 14100011110111 ; so spite, however, of
the moat stremosas exertions Misfire raged with terrific fury,
sod m not extinguished until the premises of Mem. Store
were destroyed, sod the effects of Menus J. H. and J.
Sallow, general merehents ; Mon. Gibson, corn mfr.
Arnie ; Mr. J. A. Axlimm, seas inereheat Messrs. Gib-
son, wine raerchante • Mr. P. Chain, solicitor ; Mr. J. C.
Bailey, wine inereheit ; Mr. gmee merchant;
Mr. Stepbess, pram menithant ; Mr. wine merchant;
Mr. Johnson, hop merchant; Mr. OutecM, wire drawer,
and other., were severely damaged by fire and water. The
muse of the wintertime is unknown. The loss will fall on
emend insurance offices. While the fire was assize a young
women of the name of Gale was endeavonneg to escape
over the root of the house when she fell through the sky-
light, sod was so seriously injured that it W. deemed seces.
eery to enemy her to St. Thesuis's Hospital, wiles it was
discovered that the poor girl had fractured her leg, and that
amputation was deemed necessary. Another most destruc-
tive fire broke oat on the previous evening on the extern/ire
of Mr. H. 1. Molesworth, carpenter rod builder,
e. 118, (hoer-strest, Oray's.ine.road. The house was
entirely destroyed, and the adjoining house damaged.
Tas BANERRA' CLEARING ElOrmS.—lt it UnICII
to he regretted that the banker do not sae the importance
of publishing the gruel amount of each day's transact ions,
whether on the side of receiving or paying, whir* are settled
at the Clearing Home ; much a return would be • valuable
addition to the commercial statistics of the country. We
should then he able to compare the amount of business done
on one day with that done on another, and one mouth's
business with that of another. We should also see in what
portion of the year the transactions are the largest, and in
what portion they are the smallest. The information
would be similar in character to the return of import, and
exports issued by the Board of Trade. What is required is
=the total amount, and sot the amount of the traile-
d loch Maker separately. There could, therefore.
he so fear of the amount of the daily transactions of any one
beaker heist mole looms. We could easily prove that
great public advantage would result from the publioition of
etch returas.--Monryllarter defier.
At eight o'clock on Saturday morning S.auluel
!in= suffered the extreme penalty of the law as a scaffold
erected iu front of the Stafford Gaol. Se bed been tried
for and found guilty of the murder of his wife, Mary Twigu,
under cinunistanece peraharly painful, on the 36th of July
last.

EVILOPVAN AND CDADNIAL WHIZ CDOEPANI", 122,
ValLeaall.—•• This extensi c eataidlohnond. being situate', In the
very matte of A.coaimi. 'oust eassusand a eery large share of the
public lastramace. Their thetas aa4 varied stock of winos and
spirits la Indead well 'Lorrain, of notice. sit aumnot I. ich
may he mentioned the • Iloyal S'ietoria which is .a.w to
he fount In must faainotahle cotablisiunrais."—Vide %turtling
Pert. The price of the •• loyal Victoria Sherry meow reduced
to no. pbedeseo. bottles aM arse liabtolvi —(Advarliatiaest.l