The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1861.

LATEST SPORTINGINTELLIGENCE.

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GLOUCESTER .MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
HANDICAP HURDLE. RAVE. )lib and a quarter.
Elsarre. Yorkahirr .rey, Elan', Flotilla, Grillade,
uray Tie HOWL and K ear,- herr.

....me. and K intim an
OLOIXEST ERNI II HE HA N DICA P. Doe mile.
Plasmas, .Itbendooe, Hitch, Lim Eleanor. Weenie
MDT Dwindles. Conqueror, Shephardese, riyeophem&
Nebvily, The Dun, Redpok, Nublame, Confemi.M, &ma
Aeco are bore.
INNK EEPERN* PLATE. One mile.
Atherstone. Mem Eleanor. Ehem. Reelpol,, Nati
eity. Neeremaneor. ;rifled.. Welk. FlotilL, Jackal, OA.
ban. and D.okalnom are ben.
11.iDNINTION KTAKEH. (See mile.
Avow:rove, C.uleur rla Rem, Ludt..., Principal, ama
Maid of Peru are here.

Atatv►u.—Rey 24birleJr, Aroma. Micklain, Mousetrap,
Mari. Pantomime. Medi or Tails, Perseverance, Worthen',
sal Lily af the Valley.

CITY BETTING.

(nor or. Nl•teLki. coaartronsrxr.)
k:XI'IIEM.S OFFICF., 3 O'CLOCK.
Lass was not quite au firm to-ds.e. sto
1 was offered asaamt laer. The Hoe was in great lone, and
when the members of the club retired to "chops," 10 to 1
WWI with ditlieulty obtainable about her. Donner nod
Blitz, who has been knocked about like a shuttle-
cock, sod who has been described as n cripple
and what not, win came from the fatten»
outside, and was supported at 25 to 1. There wee
a reaction in favour of Gabrielle d'iittries, and a die-
pmition to bet against PVT stable companion. Pa-
leuro. and from ItrJ to I offered early in the morning, mid
limodovier was advanced to Zito I. The price" at the
ci AO of business were as ulster

CRITERION STARES.
3 to 1 oa the Geld h4fereell
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
5 to 1 apt Heahsto
(loran (offered)
10 to 1 The Roe eel)
10 to 1 Asteroid (t)
Et to 1 tanner oat Mite
Mto 1 Gabrielle d'Estate• (t)
25 to 1 Lirsellower(t)
33 to 1 Palestro
40 to 1 Nemesis(t)
40 to 1 The Wised (50 to 1 wasted)
40 to 1 Sporting Life (t)
DERBY.
12 to 1 apt Ohl Calabar (t)
25 to 1 Argonaut (t)

THE DESTRUCTION OP Al PASSZNOER SHIP

BY lIBL.

In yesterday's impression we briefly announced
the destructiosi of the New Zealand packet.ship William
Brown by fire, when off the Western Islands. The
Willhm Brawl' was • liar vessel, about
500 tons, classed A I at Lloyd s, and was taken up by
Maisie Shaw and Simile, the New Zealand emigration
'rut, and brokers, of London, for a voyage to New Ply-
mouth. She had a general cargo of merchandise, and some
II or 12 first-elms and steerage passenger,. She sailed from
;reviewed about the 7th of last month, and all appeared to
have goes well with the ship until about 6 o'clock on the
evening of the 2nd inst., when she had reached the position
previously mentioned. It was then discovered that a fire
had broken out in her forep.rt, supposed by the bursting of
some tins of nil or turpentine stowed under the forecastle.
The officers and crew went down in the hope of being able
to stilto the flames, bat they were unable to get near the
seat of mischief. The captain and crew made another
effort to extinguish the fire ; but after four hours'
vigorous exertions it was apparent that the entire
destruction of the ship was inevitable, and that
no tins, was to be lost in abandoning her. The
boats were ordered out, but owing to • heavy
croon sea that wee running there was grout difficulty in lower-
ing them and keeping them clear of the ship ; as it was it
was almost • miracle they were kept from being swamped.
They succeeded legating them down, and the ship wasfieally
&handmaid at 11 o clock. About 1 o'clock in the morning •
brig was observed bearing towards them. which had a most
marvellous effect is raising their hopes. The captain directed
the gig to the brig, and she succeeded in reaching the vessel
shoat 3 o'clock, and at 6 o'clock the other boats were descried.
and thecrew and pamengen were safely got on board the brig.
whi.di proved to be the Swedish ship Hedwig Char-
lotte, Stockholm, Captain J. A. Hallengrien, which
' was on a voyage to Rio. The captain of the brig
saw the fire 3) miles off, and at once bore down
to it, and seeing the foremast and mainmast gone,
but sot a human creature about the blazing berme,
he supposed they had taken to the hosts, and thought
it his duty to cruise about in the hope of picking them
ur. The peeseegers and crew speak highly of the
humane and generous conduct of those on hoard
the Swedish brig; but for the prompt aid which she
rendered its bearing down to them they mum doubtless
have all perished, awl they trust that the En lisp govern-
ment will sot allow this gallant service to pass enro-
-1 warded. They were landed at Madeira, and the brig went
on to her destination.

BZITI6II POSSIMIORS.

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'JOCKS.

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MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DA 17.)

Two o'Ciocz.

The funds to-day are somewhat stronger. An
improvement of a per cent. has taken place in
Consols. In the other departments of the
Stock Exchange, notwithstanding the inactivity
of business, prices are generally well supported.
As regards English railway stocks the tendency of
prices this morning has been rather favourable.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr.
Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter
were quoted 68fr. 07c., being k per cent. worse
than yesterday.

Consols are officially marked 92k, 4, and # for
money, and 921, #, and for the account. The
present quotation is 92% to #, both for money and the
7th Nov. The official business report is as follows :
Bank Stock, 233 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
901, 4, ; ; New Three per Cents., soi,
; and New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 761 ;
Thirty Years Annuities, 1885, 16 7-16 ; India
Five per Cent. stock, 1044, ;,5 ; ditto for account,
lOtt, 4 ; ditto scrip, 104% ; ditto Four per
Cent. Debentures, 1863, 981 ; ditto 1864,
981 ; ditto, 1859, 98 ; ditto Bonus, 145. prem. ;
Five per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 96+, ;
ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1031, ; lxchequer
Bills, March, ss. prem. ; ditto small, 25., sa. die. ;
ditto June, Bs., 11s. prem. ; ditto small, 115. preen.
Turkish bonds remain dull, the loan of 1854
being quoted 80 to 4, ex div., and that of 1858, 68
to 4. Mexican and other descriptions are steady.
Transactions arerecorded as follows:--Chilian Four-
and-a -Half per Conte., 844 ; Dutch Four per Cent.
Certificates, 94, ex div. ; Italian Five per Cents.,
681, 4 (exch.,2sfr.); Mexican Three per Cents., 261 ;
ditto, for account, 26 ; Peruvian Four-and-seHalf
per Cents., 961 ; Portuguese Three per Cents.,lBs3,
for account, 464 ; Sardinian Five per Cents., for
account, 814 ; Spanish Three per Cents. for ac-
count, 494 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, for
account, 80 ex div. ; ditto Six per Cents., 1858,
684, 68 ; ditto 1001. bonds, 694 ; ditto guaranteed
Four per Cents., 1014. . _ _

The supply of money seeking employment has
decidedly increased during the last few days. In
the discount market the rate for the best bills is
only 3 per cent. At the Bank of England yesterday
the applications were limited.

It appears that a number of the Paris bills drawn
on London for account of the Bank of France have
already come over, but, being of a first clans de-
scription, they are readily discounted privately.
The rate of exchange at which the bills are to be
sold at Paris is apparently to be varied from time
to time ; it has just been raised from 25.31 to
25.32 k. The private letters state that there is a
great scarcity in Paris of bills on London, and that
but for the supply thus created the exchange would
probably experience a decided movement in favour
of England. _ _ _

Au Instalment of 20 per cent. is due on the Indian
Loan to-day, but has been largely paid in
advance.

A bout 10,000/. in Russian gold coin was sent into
the Rank yesterday.
The bar silver by the last West India packet was
sold yesterday, forlntlia• at be. Old. per ounce, show-
ing no change.
The Liverpool cotton market yesterday was very
firm, with sales to the extent of 25,000 bales.
The annexed copy of a letter from the Secretary
to the Treasury to the directors of the Red Sea
and India Telegraph Company has been posted up
in the Stock Exchange. It describes the general
terms on which government propose to convert the
guarantee at present enjoyed by the company into
a government annuity of like amount, payable at
the Bank of England. This proposal, which is
to be submitted to the special general meeting of
the old company on the sth Nov., confirms the
view frequently expressed in these columns, that
this company's stock is, to all intents and pur-
poses, a government security.

COPY OP LETTER FROM Till SECRETARY TO THE
TREASURY.

Treasury-chambers, Oct. 15.
Gentlemen,—The Leeds Commiasioners of her Majesty's
Treasury have bad before them your letter of the 9th
instant, and I am desired by their lordships to state to you
in reply that they have given the best consideration to the
proposition of Sir Macdonald Stephenson of which the
shurtoess of the time since the receipt of your letter would
allow, and an prepared to agree to she following terms :
1. To divest the existing company of all further responsi-
bility in respect t., the affairs of the lied Sea and India Te-
legraph, with a view to transferring the entire concern to
the hands of a new company, on suitable terms and condi-
tions, should any such company be formed with an amount
of capital sufficient to justify a reasonable hope of the suc-
cess of ita object. 2. To convert the present guarantee
into a government annuity of like amount, payable at the
Bank of England, as in the case of other government an.
unities. It would follow from this conversion that all ea-
pewee of disbursements would be defrayed by the government
3. To reserve power to the government to redeem this an-
nuity at any time hereafter, on payment of a capital sum in
proportion to the unexpired period which the annuity may
then have to run. Your board is of course aware that no
final step can be taken in such a matter without the appro-
val of parliament, but my lords undertake, on the part of
her Majesty's government, in the event of such new com-
pany being established, to have a bill introduced into parlia-
ment early in the ensuing session., for carrying into effect
the foregoing terms. Their lordships abstain OD the present
occasion from entering into details connected with the pro-
ceeditigs of the new company, leaving them for future dis-
cussion and arrangement.-1 am, pro.—(Signed).
G. A. I.l.aiatroat.
The Directors of the Red fist end India
Telegraph Company.

. . - •
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week au increase of 1,773/. ; and the South Eastern
a decrease of 7261.
The Oriental and General Marine Insurance
Company received yesterday the certificate of in-
corporation, and have announced the commence-
ment of business.

New South Wales and Canada Government Five
per Cents. were likewise more offered.
Victoria Government Debentures showed in-
creased heaviness, and have declined to 1031 to 104.
The Illinois Central Railway Company have issued
the following financial statement fur the month of
September :
LAID DIPAITiIOIT. Bela
Atrce enn‘tructlon lands sold 6,736 IS tot 97,439 14
Interest twat „ 247 It for 2,699 30
„ free 1,666 30 for UAW 14

Total sales Oaring the month 6,804 20 for 94,029 84
To which add town lot sales

Total of all

9%110 Si

Acres 'old since January 1, 1961 1..929 16 for 1.19°,•10 96
Lena old twarlously urt salty) 1.280.273 40 191 10.t47.966 91
Total

Construction bonds cancelled previous to Sept 30 1,900,0 0 OD
Colketions to August on Construction Hood account 40,000 JO
Ditto In August for free land and Interest account. 62.1118 Si
Total collections to Sept. 10, ltell
TRAFFIC 14PARIIILYT. Doll.
Receipts from passengers
Do. freight
Do. malls
Do rent of road
Do. other sourest

Total receipts in month of Rept. 12R
Total receipts In month of Sept., ISM
Total reeelpts since Jan. I, 1961
Total receipt& lu correspoudlog period of LS .. .
Original land Remit, 2,595,000 alma; nihror, 705 miles of main
traek, and 93 miles of &Wogs; 118 ea.; 2,466 can: Itlnded
debt, 15,549,710 doles
1857. thee. 1850. 1957.
Dols. Dols. Dols. Dols.
Traffic .. 2,293,964 67 1.1170578 52 2,114,448 08 2.721,590 94
Expenses 1,791,2E1 14 1,419,954 90 1,489.579 52 1,093,403 110