The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-08 00:00:00

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firs,—Since my communication to you the 3rd
instant I have received the official teat from the eleo.
tricians of this company, who report the recent break in
the 1866 cable quite close to the spot at whioh It was
broken in the month of July last year, being a distance
of 88 miles from Heart's Content. The steamer Hawk,
Captain Halpin, haa been ordered by the T
Construction and Maintenance Company to pr
omote/IZr
with to repair the damage.—l am, yours obediently,.
B. A. Ouse, Chairman.
28, Old Broad-street, August 7.

FIMAT Eviornra.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 94.1 :1;;;;;;,"
for the Bth September, opened and closed to-day
931 to 94, the intermediate variation consisting of
a temporary decline to 94, " sellers." For money
the last price was 94 to 1. The New and Reduced
Three per Cents. were last quoted 931 to 94, show-
ing a decline of 1; Bank Stock, 247 to 249; Ex-
chequer Bills, 13e. to 18e. preen ,_• India Five per
Cenlotit.
tOotocklo6,
;H.& to
Bo di
; cli2o,tto. Ftoenr2sperg.
pram
being 3s. lower; and ditto Fin per Cent. De-
bentures, 1031 to 1. The official business report
is as follows:Tbres per Cent. Consols, for
money, 931, 1, I,1; ditto, for account, 94, 3};
Three per Cents. Reduced, 94, 31; New Three
per Cents., 94, 31, 41, 31, 41 ; India Five per
Cent. Stock, 1141; ditto Your per Cent., 1041.
The foreign stock market was flat, and most of
the speculative descriptions were again lower.
Venezuelan: Bonds of 1882 and 1864, as well as
Argentine, Danubian of 1864, and Peruvian of
1882, fell 1 per cent. ; Swedish scrip, 1; Spanish
Old Three per Cents. and Deferred, 1; ditto of
1887,1-18 ; Argentine scrip, the Viceroy of Egypt's
Nine per Corte., the Honduras Railway Loan, and
Turkish of 1882 and 1863 (Six per Cents.). 1;
and Italian of 1881, and the Orel Vitebsk Railway
Loan, 1. On the other hand, Russian of 1822 rose
1 per cent., and the Viceroy of Egypt's Seven pet
Ceuta., 1.
Beak shares were little dealt in. Union of
London improved 10s. • while Anglo-Austrian
and City declined 10s. imperial Ottoman showed
no change, at 1 to 1 prem.
Financial shares showed no mo_vement, being
quoted as follows :—lntonational 1 to
4 dis., ex div.; General Credit, 21 to 21 ilia.;
Credit Fonder, 21 to 3 per share; and London
Financial, 24 to 22 die.
Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference shares were slightly flatter,
at 211 to 1 and 31 to 4 respectively.
Dealings to a moderate extent were reported in
miscellaneous shares. Submarine Telegraph stock
was offered, and fell Si. North British and Mer-
cantile Insurance, Ocean Marine Insurance, and
Royal Mail Steam declined It., Hudson's Bay 55.,
and English and Australian Copper 2s. 6d. On
the other hand, Scottish Australian Investment.
improved 21., Crystal Palace Preference and
Madras Irrigation and Canal 11., Ebbw Vale 101.,
and Berlin Waterworks (new) 3s.
Colonial government securities were steady, at.
yesterday's prima
In the market for American securities, the 5-20
Bonds rose 1 per cent., while Erie Railway shares
declined I ; Illinois Central, / • and Atlantic and
Great Western debentures and Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds j. Prices closed as follows:-
5-20 Bonds, 1882, 71 to 1 ; ditto, 1883, 691 to ;
ditto, 10-40, 671. to 681; Erie Railway shares, 371
to 381; Illinois Central, 911 to 921; Atlantic
and Great Western Railway Debenture', 381 to
39 ; and Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 391 to 40.

Tu Br= TULE FOR BATELTO.—The robust
and practised bather will suit his convenience or his plea-
sure generally with impunity. But the novice should
observe certain rules, until he Ands be can do without
them. The first in importance is, that the sea-water
should not be too cold, or if cold, his own peon should
be warm at the tins be piu=into the water. now ‘lic
water will be the warmest the tide hesaccese
and especially if it be a sandy beach upon w the rays
of a hot sun have been pkying some bears, is u_Peci
a difference in this ease of Iva or sin degrees between NOR
water and ebb tide. Hence it fellows, lint the forenoon,
or about noon if the tide serve, is the best then A balk
before thw.Met, or late is She evening, is oaly suitable er
even safe fee the robust, and Sono whose medics Is
vigorous. The stomach should have bean already esetillea
with breakfast, and far Mink persons a gloss of wise is
no bed
_preparation fir the bath. Armor MM. an *NZ
swat Itectetateetumee wham ebilken swi•wiertr-
lOW am tin Ong should Uwe their diP
the Sow. and not awing the ebb et Ilse
biome there are km impurities on the beech dimly.
SeW then the ebb tide, bet Imams the formed theMSIM
ohs overthrows this. Bat if *meet during the Sew
cd the tide, ay Pee geopelkd tweed the Whew and *Ws
shallow water; they accordingly end themselves. be
sadraay Ludt at die.
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owen wheothe sea is going Vat,"
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