The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-03 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL WARR

Vermont, Sure 2. - Caledonian. 1071 1077—Eastern Coin
ties, 104 nal—Great Northern, 104 110 id—Great Weatern.74 72
• —lancathire awl Yorkshire Stock, 1121—London and North
Western Stock, 91 04 ad—London and Smith Wooten], 94 94--
Manchester, tfhnflel and Lincolnshire, 401—Midland Stock,
1291 ad—Ditto New Shares, 19-16 11 p xd—North British, 04 64
North Staffordshire. 41 4 d —North Eastern Berwick. 106 1.4-
-Ditto, York and North Midland, 941 91,1 Ditto, Leeds Capital
Stock, 011621—south Eastern and Dover, MI 1-16 346—Weet
Midland, Wont, 48 t9—buffalo and lake Huron, 4 41—Dutch
Rhenish, 1 9.16 3-11: 4—Grand Trunk of Canada, 6 a —Gnat
Luxembourg, 4.--Orsat Western of canada 94 10—Illinois Gen-
tl,99l SP d. en assessment, al—Thaniaa and Mersey
Insurance. 11 p.
Waxman An, BIM 2—Midland Stock was sold today at lt6
and Birmingham Waterworks, New. at 14 pm. Hireling& ma
I.Mnals were 904, sellers, and Old Union Milt 10. Rinisbnitani
Waggon, Old. were quoted 131 1, aid Gloucester ditto, berms,
at 1 pm. At the class railway stocks wore higher.

CHRIST'S HOLPITAL.-011 Saturday, the 21st inst.,
the Lord Mayor, sheriffs, and aldermen of the city
of Loudon, together with the governors of the several
royal hospitals, will attend divine service at Christ
Church, Newmite.street, where a sermon will be
preszhed by the Rev. O. C. Bell, M.A., fellow
of Worcester College, Own, after which they will
repair to the Great Hall of the Institution to hear the
uratioos to be delivered by the senior *cholera, seconling to
annual custom. The order will bees follows :—Prologue in
Latin lambics, H. E. Walker; Ureek oration on the benefits
of the royal hospital', A. T: Waugh • English, same subject,
Carlos ; Laiio, ditto, R. G. Glenn ; French, ditto, J.
C. F. Monson. To be sumeedial by the following transits
Coos from Eoglith poets :—Greek lambics, H. Hushes ;
Latin Alcaics, G. A. Cromile • Greek Elepphice, E. C.
Haber ; Latin Elegiacs, F. C. Barber ; Greek Hexameters
C. Bokeoham ; after which will be recited two original
poems, one in English, the other in Latin Hexameters,
not_ yet adjudged.
HoNisTY WELL RrW A RUED. —Last week
clergyman on a emit at Ma al,tooe gore a testament to
pour man who had come into the neighbourhood for pea
hop-picking, and after the man had gone away, on opening
the book he found it to contain four rd. notes, left in it by
mistake. He hastened to restore them to the owner, who
WAS en pleased with this sot of honesty, that he completely
fitted out the man and hie family with shoes and clothe., to
the amount of several pounds.
Tint tier PIcKINU IMMIGaATtor.—Aa usual at this
sesem, an immense number of Irish and others hare wended
their way from the metropolis into the liep:pieking die-
triers in addition to Wee who hail 00111 e in during the
week, no fewer than 3,600 arrived at Maidstone by railway
on Sunday, the South Eentern Company ensuing four
spend trains, at a fare of 2s. from London. Another
epeeistl train started from the London.bridge station at
l o'clock yesterday morning, completely tilled, and ninny
pieties hare trudged in by road. A few weeks since
there was hnt a very sorry prospect for them, but from the
improved state of the plantations they will now reap a fair
barred.

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THE KENTISH PLANTATIONS.—Owing to the con
tionance of dry weather, and the heat which hen prevailed
during the lust week, the hops ripen very fast. Its vome
localities red runt has been oleerved, an ordinary come.
quence of drought, hut it is not yet sufficiently extensive to
give alarm, but it will doubtless hasten the picking, which
has already commenced in the most forward olixtricts,
will, it in sail, become general in the course of this wink
and De:A.—Smirk Easerris s)agerre.

Tux Nsw Gas A.-T.—Colonel Wilson has under-
taken the supervision of the arrangements in connexion
Will the working and tarrying out of the New this Regula-
tion Act for the City, waisted by Mr. Total and Mr. Sperm,
the latter having born just appointed superintendent of the
meter and teatilig department. The Metropolitan Board
of Works are about to appoint three inspectors for the dis-
tricts over which they have jurisdiction ; but out of the 40
perishes in the metropolis only some nine or ten have as
yet taken any prelienuary steps in pursuance of the act.
CaYtsTLL PALACE.—The grand show of dahlias,
German and French eaters, roles, hollyhocks, vertices&
gladiolus, phlox, and fruit will take plaice at the Crystal
Palace to-morrow and Thursday, the 4th soil sth of Septem-
ber. The long-continued fine weather has produced the
flowers required in great perfection. The show of dahlias
will most probably be the largest and hest that has ever
taken place. On the first day a military band will be is at-
tendance, and a greed display of all the greet fountains will
take place at half-past four o'clock in the afternoon*
&urn K vousarox Idossine.—Doriug the week
ending 31st August, 1861, the visitors have been as follows:
On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, 6.014 on
Monday and Tuesday, free evenings, 4,265. Os the three
students' dare (salmis/noel to the public tid.). 1,20 s : one
atudents' evening, Wednesday, 117; total, 11,634. From
the opcsiog of the museum, 2,226764.