The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-03 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SMARR MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL. PAL I.—Birk/ahood, 811 82--CaWoad= 9
Worjotadders Countks, 101 1411—Oreat Northers) Otock,3
U rest Westerns, 74d 7*—landstdre and YortshLre, 11
11 Norsk'',
r

-Loadan andiForts. vf tags, 10141011:- -11'1'416ifar,
and Lincoln. 64 64—Midiead Stock. 136}} 134—Ditto New
aflame, 2 21.16 p —North British Stock, 651 616—Nertb filalerd-
shire, 4 2} d.—North Eastern, Berwick Cannel Mock, 104 la
—Ditto York Capital Stock, 961 113.—Ditto Leeds Stock, 15
—SouthEastern, 201 20 7.l6—West Midland, Orford, 19 60—.
Dutch Rhenish, 21 id. 21 d.—Great Luxembourg, 6 11,16 0 16-16--
Grand Trunk of Canada. 6 11-16 6 1246—Great Weston of Ca-
nada, 11 tral, ?I 53 d.—Bulfalo and Leke Huron.
415--Greahip, 6s. Sa
to Is. 6d.—Thames and Memo Marine Cosa-
panz,:e3ii.l6 1 11-16 p.
1071101. Jan. 2.—Then was a fair business, at rather
prices, but the market closed flatter. Caledordan, 971-
40trnZnuirrTrunk rd Canada, 6 11.16-Great Western, 74 I—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 1191 I—London and North Western, lar,
Manchester, Sheffield, sad Uscolnahlre, }—Midland.
North Beaten., Berwick, 104 I—North Staffurds, 2 1-16 5.
South &Warn. 33 7.10-1111nois Central. 281d.—Whitehaven and
Furness, 17.
Brastmeasn, JAN. I.—The sales were In local stocks, vis '—
Worcester Canal. 16—Birmingbant Beak, 23—Town and Distria
Beak, 124—Stafford Gas new, 34 pm—and South Staffordshire
Waterworks, 2d. Among the quotations were Birmingham
Preference Railway, 10 10}—Birmingham Guaranteed, 741 77
Midland, 136} 130—and South Staftords, 11 111 Market ?rm.
and business of a fair average amount.

AN °Frit EN:B Lear.—ln mentioning the wor3
" fall," we cannot forbear quoting the miraculous escape
of a general officer in the West Indus, to which the famous
leap of the Lost of the kfamelukes, or the engulfment of
Curtius in the Roman Foram, are hut as the hop-skip-and-
jump of a ichoolbo,'s play ; nay, the imaginary descent of
Monte Chrieto in his wick through the air, is tame and com-
monplace whom compared with this real adventure of
General Moore's, the veracity of which is attested by the
word of a British officer. Here is his statement, as quoted
by Sir Francis Head :—'• United Service Club, March I eth,
lAn —ln June, 1848, at the Island of Dominioo, in the
West Indies, I fell over a precipice of two hundred and
thirty-seven feet, perpendicular height, upon the rocks by
the sea-side. This occurred about a quarter past 7 o'clock.
p.m., then quite dark, as no twilight emits in the tropics.
Every bone of my horse was broken ; and I conceive my
escape front instant death the must miraculous that
ever occurred.
_ . .

I have often ihought of putting down all the circumetancei
of that extraordinary accident, but the dread of being taken
for a Baron Iluivhansen has restrained me. Ido not
expect that anyone will believe it, although there are many
Imng witnesses. Nor do I expect any sympath for me
soon as I could hold a pen 1 detailed the re ; to my
mother to account for my long silence. I resolved in reply
in due course a long letter detailing family news, without
any allusion to my unfortunate case, except in a posteeript,
in which she merely said, ' Oh, William, I wish you would
give up siding after dinner.'-Wit. YONEN Moon; Major-
GeneraL -P.B„ During the fall duck to my horse.-
Fraser's M!Tazine fur January.
WENT MIDLAND RAILWAT.-.-The total traffic re-
oeipta of this company foe the fortnight =din December If
have been 14.149/. Ifs. Id. and for the *corresponding
fortnight of 1859 they were 12,641/. 19s. 6d. The expendi-
ture amounts to 6,7001. 19s. 9d., or at the rate of 47.42 per
cent, whilst the expenses for the corresponding fortnight
of 1859 amounted to 5.4921. 16s. 4d., or at the rate of 43.52
percent. The aggregate receipte for the first 12 fortnighta
and one day of the leaf year amount t 0177,223/. Is. tid., as
against 156,723/. 6s. 9d., for the corresponding 12 fort-
nights and three days of the previous year. And the aggregate
expenses for the test 12 fortnights and one day of the half-
year amount to 7:l.tr4S/. Ile. Id, being at the rate of 42.78
par cent, as against 64,852/. 9d. for the corresponding
12 fortnights and three days of the previous year, or at
the rate of 41.38 per ant.
THE OU TWA RD WERT. INDIA AND PACIFIC
MAILS. -DIPARTVEN OF ?NZ ATE ATO.-Sonsmerros.
JAS. 2.-The Royal Mail Compassy's steamship Atrate,
Captain Woolley, sailed hem this day, at 2 p.m., with the
fortnightly mails for the British and foreign Welt ladies,
pacific, Ifaxieo, Caltfornis, and Central America. no &4
73 passenger', induding Ensign Ratheford, A ssistant-
commeary-Oeneral Williams, °semi Otholnt. Rev. D.
i J.Leguvs~, and Itmistaat-Surgeon I. V. de Boman).
The Abstr. took on freight 2,000 lw.ttles quicksilver-value
13,550/. ; specie from England, 4,640!. ; ditto jewellery
watches, 12Yf'. ; specie hoes France, 1,060/. • WU.;
jewellery, watches., &e. 12,940/. ; also a full cargo of 'French
and -hearth merehaadiee.