The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-14 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE HAREEM

Intarool.,Getrr IS—Great Western. 671—Laneashire and
Inticsitire, 110 j in—London and North Western, WWI—
Manchester. alsidestd. arid Lincoln. Ste Midland, 1231 j--Booth
Lateen, 24—Grand Trunk of Canada, 44—Strkenheact 844.
MAllatillTill, Ao•orff II.—TM mai ket was dull. Grand Trunk
of Canada, I 4.lll—Oreat Waken of Canada, 10—Great Western,
47—Ianeaddris and liorkaldre,llol I—Manebester, Shelled. and
Uneolnahire. 444„ o—Midland, New. 1 p.— North Staffordshire,
4 410d—South lfastem, 114}-oawastry and Newtown Prof., 10.

CEILEOI OF ROBBERY BY • HOUSZKEZPZI• -
About six years ago • Mr. Howard,residingnklol4
in Oembridgeshire, was robbed of 8501. in gold. He wee at
the time so severely injured through aware beating with a
bludgeon that his life was for some days despaired of. The
perpetrators of the outrage were discovered, wed two of them
were transported.. A part of the money was also recovered,
and 1001, of it restored to Howard. He was advised to
deposit the sum in a place of nasty, bat instead of doing so
he pat it with some other funds In the very chest from which
the 1160 i. had been taken. Howard is 78 years of age and
bedridden. He had his cheat placed at his bedside, and
kept the key in the pocket of his trousers, which were gene-
rally put under his pillow. The only person living in the
henna with has was his housekeeper, Jane 0 room, a m iddle-
yostmaddridag appearance, whom he had engaged on
the altommodatiou of a relative who had met her accident-
ally Is • public-house. Some time ago Mr. Howard counted
ow Ms money, with the assistance of Groom, when 100
were put back into the chest, the key being -
=lirs re
its place under the pillow. In the end of last
molit the housekeeper left without baying
liven soy
settee. It was then found that Mr. Howards pockets
bed been emptied of the money they contained, and
that the cheat had been robbed of its coetenta. Mrs.
Qom was apprehended after a sharp dam at lislaham,
who she had a CIMMISSCO in waiting, hued for the day at
asexpense of Ita. It has been ascertained that she pre.
eloudy was known as Mrs. Harrington, and that she suf-
fered imprisonment in Bury Goo' for robbing a clergyman,
to whom she was housekeeper in Suffolk. On Monday the
deposition of Howard was taken, the allegation being made
izose-examination by the prisoner's counsel that the re.
haloes or visitors of Mr. Howard have robbed him. The
prisoner was remanded till Saturday.
M r.L•24CHOLY OCCURRENCE AT PEEBLES. —lt
would appear that about twelve o'clock on Monday lest two
lads, cousins—one the son of Mr. Wight, butcher,
Albany•street, Edinburgh ; the other, a lad named
Ballandean, from Henderson-row, Edinburgh, eud.- rho

fourteen and fifteen respectively—omit "t.; fish
river immediately above Tweed-bridge, on the south
side, with a pont net. While thus engaged, Wight (or Bal.
landean) observing a cap or bonnet coming down the rim,
stretched forward to lay bold of it, and in so doing be no-
(intimately lost his basun, and was instantly taught by
the current of the stream, which, owing to the
heavy rains of the previous day, had become very swift and
Ballandean (or Wight) ening his ecionpnion's
linger, immediately went to his rescue, but, sad to tat,
nay to share his fate. The terrible current caught
Idea also, and the next moment both wen borne
ender Tweed-bridge together. James Culbertson, a
labourer, who happened to be standing on the bridge
at the time of the occurrence, threw off his coat
and rushed into the river, and struck out in the direction
of the lads. Ile had reached within a yard of the nearest
one, but finding his strength failing him, he was at length
obliged to make for the beak. Up to ten o'clock last night
no intelligence of the bodies had been received here. The
families upon whom these calamitous lows have fallen
came to Peebles as summer visitors only • week one ago.—
diliribery. Courant.
The biaperulant of Constantine (Algeria) men-
tions the death in that town of • dog, named Helloes, at
the extraordinary age of thirty four years. The dog for-
merly belonged to the soldiers of one of the batteries of
artillery at the siege of Constantine, and enoceasively ac-
companied three regiments of the line in their expeditious.
It had one of its legs broken by • musket shot us 1831
during an engagement of Kabylia. It has remained in the
possession of its last master for eleven years It may be
as well to state that the age of twenty is considered abmt
the extreme limit of a dog's existence. Homer, it may be
remembered, represent. Argus, the faithful dog of Ulysses,
which dies of joy at again beholding its master, as having
arrived at ilium*.

The India Five per Cents. continue very
firm, with an upward tendency. The stock is now
quoted 1004 to 1, and the Scrip 1001 to 1.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter opened at
68fr. showing no alteration.
Consols are officially marked 901 and 4 for
money, and 90/ for the account. The present
quotations are 90} to ; for cash, and 901, "buyers,"
for the 10th Sept. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cents. Reduced,
901, ; New Three per Cents., 00i, 1 ; New
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 75k ; India
Stock, 220, 218 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1001,
; ditto for account, 1001 ; Exchequer Bills,
March, 165., 15s. dis. ; ditto small, Ils. dig. ; ditto
June, Is., 3s. dis.

The Turkish Loan of 1858 has fallen 4 per
cent., being quoted 681 to 69. The Loan of 1854
is rather dull, at 781 to 1. Mexican Bouds
are steady. Buenos Ayres do not recover.
Sales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Four-
and-a-Half per Ceuta., 1852, 881 ; ditto Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 1860, 88 ; Buenos Ayres
Six per Cents., Rl ; ditto Deferred, 26 ; Chilian
Six per Cents, 102 ; French Four-and-a-Half per
Cent. Rente►, 95f. 75c. (exchange 25f.) ; Mexican
Three per Ceuta., 221 ; New Grenada Deferred,
54; Rurzian Three per Cents., 1859, 601; Spanish
Passive, 151 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, for
account, 78 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1858, 684, ;
ditto for account, 69k, 69, 1, 684 ; ditto 1001.
Bonds, 71, 704.

A meeting of the assignees and the principal
creditors under the estate of W. R. Wagstaff was
held yesterday at the offices of Messrs. Cooper
Brothers and Co., the accountants, when a resolti-
tiob was passed to prosecute the claim against Sir
M. Pete, in connection with the contract for the
construction of the Sardinian "Littoral" Railway.
Great ease prevailed in the discount market
yesterday. Good bills were taken in Lombard-
street at 4i per cent., or a trifle lower. At the
Bank of England business was limited. There is
an impression that within the next week or two the
minimum at that establishment will be lowered to
4} per cent.

The • Vienna Bourse is heavy, owing no doubt to
the aspect of the Hungarian question. The ex-
change has risen to 138.25.

About 10,0001. in gold was sent into the Bank
yesterday.

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
decidedly firm, with a favourable tendency. The
Austrian exchange has risen, in answer to the less
confident tone which prevails in financial circles at
Vienna. Subjoined is our usual list.
Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.1 to 1; ditto 3 days, 1119
to / • Rotterdam, 3 months, 12.1 to 1 ; Antwerp 3
months, 25.1;5 to 70 ,• Hamburg, ma. beano, 3 months,
13.101 to 1 ; Paris, 3 days, 26.40 to 5 ; ditto, 3 months,
95.70 to 5 ; Fraokfort-on•the-Maine, 3 mouths, 1191 to
; Petersburg (per rouble). 3 months, 33 so 1; Vienna,
eff. to., 3 months, 14.20 to 5; TriesteLeff. flo., 3 mouths,
14.20 to 5 ; Madrid, 3 mouths, 481 to ; Cadiz, 3 months,
44 to 3 '25.75horn, 3 mcaths, 25. to ; Genoa, 3
maths, to 80 ; Milan, 3 months, 25.75 to 80 ;
Naples, 3 months, 391 to 1 ;Palermo, 3 months, 1171 to 119 ;
Neesina, 3 months, 1171 to 118 ; Lisbon, 90 days, 521 to 1;
Oporto, 90 days, 521 to 1.

The meeting held at the Mansion-house on the
25th ult. to cousider the advanced rates of premium
demanded by the old fire insurance offices, has
issued in the formation of the Commercial Union
Fire Insurance Company, the matured prospec-
tus of which was circulated yesterday. This is in
every respect one of the most remarkable under-
takings that baa been brought forward for a long
time past. It has been framed in a bond Jude
spirit ; and the board comprises eighteen as re-
spectable names as are to be found in the City of
London. That there is no idea of attracting the
speculative multitude to the subscription is shown
by the fact that the capital, which is as much as
2,500,000/., is divided into 50,000 shares of the
large denomination of 50/. each. The sum to be
called up, however, is limited to rd. per share, the
remaining 451. remaining behind as a guarantee to
the insured. The company takes at once
a perfectly independent round. The dim-
ton who have promoted it, and who are all
practical men of business, consider that the old
companies have taken undue advantage of an ex-
ceptional calamity to impose excessive rates. The
grand object of the new company is to be a strict
classification of risks upon the equitable principle
that each risk shall be made to pay for itself. One
class of insurers will therefore no longer be com-
pelled to pay for others. With these aims there
have been combined on the board the representa-
tives of two or three leading houses in each of the
various walks of business, and others have yet to be
added. The company thus starts with a considera-
ble amount of business already secured. An un-
usually large proportion of the capital will be sub-
scribed by the directors and their numerous con-
nexions throughout the kingdom. The shares were
quoted in the Stock Exchange yesterday afternoon
to 1 premium.
A recent number of the Boston Journal states
that the banking-house of Messrs. Alderman and
Gore, of that city, has suspended payment. The
Journal says :—" Their liabilities, including en-
dorsements, are said to be not far from a million
dollars. One half of this amount is suspended
paner.o
The failures just reported from Chili are under-
stood to be for only small amounts.
The mails from Calcutta, China, and Australia
are expected to be distributed in London to-mor-
row morning.
At Constantinople the exchange has risen to 202.
The Liverpool cotton market has become very
dull. The sales yesterday were limited to 4,000
bales.

The subjoined official notification relates to the
arrangements connected with the October dividends
on government securities :

Bank of England.—Noeiee is hereby given, that in order
to prepare the dividends due on the 10th of October, 1861,
the balances of the several accounts in the following funds
will be struck on the night of Monday, the 2nd September,
via.:—New 31. per Cent. Annuities ; Seduced 31. per Cent.
Annuities ; Annuities for Thirty Years, 1581. On Tuesday,
the 3rd September, the above-named funds will be transfer-
able without the dividend due on the 10th October next.
N.B. When the day for closinthe accounts for the divi-
dends shall fall on Saturday or Monday, it will be regarded
as • public transfer day, and no fee required for tickets
placed in the bocce before one o'clock.
The preparations for the fortnightly settle.uent
in the English railway market yesterday showed only
a limited amount of outstanding transactions. The
supply of stock generally was small. Owing to the
recent speculative sales directed to lower prices,
London and North Western stock was scarce, and
carried a " backwardation." The dealers were also
borrowers of Great Western. On Midland there I
was a moderate " contango," and on Lancashire '
and Yorkshire a Very Baud oue.
The Caledonian Railway dividend was officially
announced yesterday, at the rate of 5 per oent. per
annum, with a surplus of 3,0001., against 41 per
cent. per annum for the corresponding period of
last year.
A general meeting of the San Paulo (Brazilian)
Railway Company will be held on the 14th inst.
By order of the Court of Chancery a call of 751.
per share is to be paid by the contributories of the
Ram Coal and Iron Company by the 24th inst.
Subjoined are the latest quotations of insurance,
gas awl coke, dock, and other shares, se given in the
last Stock Exchange list :
Insurance.—Alliance British and Foreign, ; Atlas,

Consols, which closed yesterday at 90* to for
the 10th September, opened and closed to-day at
the lame quotation. For money the last price was
9044 to 4. The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Ceut. Consols, for money, 904,
4,4, 4, ; ditto, for account (Sept.n 10), 904, ;
Three per Ceuta. Reduced, 904, ; New Three
per Ceuta., 904, ; Thirty Years uities, 1885,
15 13-16, ; Bank Stock, 2354 ; India Five
per Cent. Stock? 1004, *, 4, ; ditto, for account,
100# ; ditto Scrip, 100i,3 ; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1863, 79 ; ditto, 1859, 96} ; Five-and-
a-Half per Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper, 1014, 4.
The India Five per Cent. Stock has again risen it
per cent., closing at 1004 to I. The scrip was last
quoted 100 11-16 to 4.
The March Exchequer Bills were quoted 158. to
10s. dia. ; and the June ss. to ls. dis.
In consequence of the unfavourable financial
advises from Constantinople, the Turkish Loan of
1858 fell to-day to 684 to 694. At the close, how-
ever, the price had rallied to 694 to 4, being nearly
the same as yesterday. The Loan of 1854 likewise
finally showed little change, leaving oft at 784 to 4.
Mexican Bonds were quoted, 224 to 4. There were
some signs of reaction in the Uribarren Bonds, but
the Anglo-Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cent&
were dealt in as high as 100.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocs.

In the mining market to-day Stray Park shares
have been largely dealt in between 24 and 26.
Wheel Buller and Wheel Margaret shares are fiat;
the former are quoted 90, " sellers," and the
latter 42 " sellers." Marko Valley shares
are quoted 91 to 10 ; West Polmear, 1%.
to 20s. ; East Caradon, 24 to 1, being
quiet ; Wheel Ludcott, 2i to ; East Devon Great
Consols, 11 to 2 ; and Cam Camborne, 1 to e,
being fine. Great Treveddoe shares are inquired
for.

St. John del Rey Mining shares have been dealt
in at 351. ; Great Northern Copper (South Aus-
tralia), at and prem. ; and United Mexican, at
411 to