The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-31 00:00:00

AMEIt ICA.

NEW YORK, Opt. 30.
The Allan (Glasgow) steamship St. Patrick
arrived out to-day.
Closing Prices :--Gold opened at 1341, and
closed at 134 k. The range of the fluctuations
during the day was k per cant. Sterling ex
on London, 1091 • 6-20 United States
1882, 1131; ditto, 1885, 1114; ditto, 1866, 1101 ;
10-40 ditto, 106 i. Illinois, 1441 ; Erie, 411.
Cotton, Middling Upland, 25i. Petroleum,
standard white,29l . Flour, extra State, 8 dols.
70c. to 7 dols. 30c. Corn, old mixed, 1 dol. 11c.

The Etiglide Ind?evident states that Mill-hill
Dissenters' Grammar School will be dosed for a time, if
not altogether, M Christmas next.
TUE PROPOSED NEW ROUTE BETWEEN 'SLING-
Tow AIM Tix Crrv.—Progress is being made, although
slowly, towards the opening of a direct route from the
branch post-office, Essex-road, Islington, through Pack-
ington-street, Shepherdess-walk, Bath-street, Dunhill-
row, Type-street, Cripplegate, and the centre
of the grand termini of the Metropolitan, Great Northern,
Midland, Great Western, Loudon, Chatham, and Dover,
Western and South Metropolitan districts, and St.
John's-wood Railways, to the City. At a recent
meeting of the board of guardians of the parish
of St. Luke, the clerk reported that Mr. Vul-
Rainy, the arbitrator appointed by the Metroplitan Board
of VI Oaf" and Mr. Clutton 011 behalf of the parish of St.
Luke, to whom reference was made in order to asmirtain
snd determine; the value of the land belonging to St. Luke's
workhouse required to be given up for the widening of
Sliepherdess-walk, bad selected Mr. John Slum, of Christ's
Hospital, us umpire between them, and that the question
was in a fair way of being speedily and equit-
ably Nettled. The Board of Works have agreed to widen
Slieplienless-walk at its own cost, and the Asylum wall
in Bath-street has been already set back to a line
ranging with Alleylll.ll 11101410WWS. Two portions, and
these the moat difficult., of the direct route from Islington
to the City have thus been won, and the whole length of
thoroughfare will soon be opened for public use and
vehicular traffic. It has been determined that the fore-
courts of Lady Lumley's almshouses shall be thrown into
the thoroughfare us soon as the arrangements for opening
Sheplieriltsa-walk, widening the canal bridge, and re-
moving the workhouse wall have been completed. It is
likewise in exintemplation, it is said, to remove the alms-
housesaltogether from their present site to ono more
suburban.

THE LATE 110 AT ACCIDENT AT OCERNSEY.—Not
one of the bodies of the occupants of the boat which was
lost between Sark and (inemtiey on Monday week has yet
been recovered. In addition to the discovery of the mad
and asil as already reported, a basket and cask have been
picked up on a small inland near Sark. These articles
were taken into the boat by 1)r. (latehonee. The friends
of Mr. Jeremiah Giles I'ilcher are still making anxious
efforte to find his body. The unfortunate gentleman was
the eon of the late Mr. Jeremiah filcher, who at one time
held the office sheriff of London and Middlesex, both
father and ,n having been held in high eetimation in the
City,
gs.—Nlrl II E. (kA 11111X1.1.1N if/ at this
711.411..1.t Kn• n b. thin .of Net., In VIOW of (My
knots: mod lent 11..).0r'n .lely Splendid novelle. are now hning
pro pared I.) Chapman. anol (.01 Ileetootreet.). in tnagneoonitti
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