The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-01 00:00:00

DR. SMETHURST.

No formal communication has yet been made from
the Motile Secretary with regard to the fate of the prisoner,
but there appears to be a Along Impression on the minds of
those to anthcrily, who are wan enabled to form an opinion
upon as subject, that the law will take its course, and that
the @Mom of the Crown will not cons.der themselves jos-
Oki in recommending the prisoner to her Majesty's
clemency.

The whole of the Gets have been carefully considered, and
it will be seen that the attempt that hen been made to estab-
lish the Mamma of the prisoner, open the supposition that
what is slid the " medkar testimony wee isonechat to
atablie W gee, was bawd Milogeese apes wren pre.
.Ms the owe far the powestien wales mash men upon
the " enateesioel" than the " mewl" evident*. It will
be recollected that upon the meow! day of the trial,
what Mr. Bailee], who made the poat•mortsrn
examination of the deceased, was under examine-
doe, one of the jury's= waa Whoa ill, and the trial
ins consequently swpmed. The Mee . wee supposed to
be 'attributable to the pained sad sickening details that were
eseeseerily eaterekleee la &fag the particulars of a pee-
mama examineden, and the Lord Chief Baron suggested
That es far se It wee tweedeable this clamor evidence should
met he too mine* aniseed Into, sad Serjeaut Ballengee, le
ovedeetlaeg the prometudee, haw, therefore, from main-
tag the *tamer chesty We the state of the vital owes.
and views apse the post-mortem magnetics, being ac-
tuated of aeons by the ephiles, in his vast sepeciesoe of
grout value, that the other widesee in the ewe wee quite
saelcient to support the eberas The (Masai that was
excluded wee, howevw, of the mat material Icapert-
sew, to it would Ore shows meet concloelvely
that the appierseces permuted upon the poet-mortem
essminatioa is some of the most important racers of
the deceased were tameable to the Wannest-ration of ?Mice,
end to no other kaolin cows It could also have been proved,
but for a wakes& dieenlty, that the prisoner woe signed
for many hours at Doctors' Commas, in lo,hing over the
will. of delimit parties, to awertela the total smote sad
dwcriptloa of property to which the poor unhappy lady, who
had wee so miserable a selection ot • partner sad compeers,
would be seder every possible circtunstance, contingent or
abeolete.eatitled, mid that this occurred before the consumer
meet of the diet "Mares" at Old Belem Gutless, Rich-
mond, where the prisoner and the deemed first took up their
abode.

The prisoner, himself, still filaiioll in the woe condition,
eastiaaelly, sad almost officiously, preemies his Innocence
61 UMW Sheet lin. He Pe sot been visited by any one bat
his brothy who hie a special order from the visiting
Patera of tie pal, and he hp seen him five time. during
Ye pet week. Their interviews are very Alert, and upon
•11111 Or twee 00011•11111111 have not lasted more than five or ten
minielne, bat they ere of mune entirely confidential, the two
teatime, placed in ouch an unhappy position, being, natu-
rally, leit by the poi authorities, who are ever anxious to
"temp, justice with merry," In such a position es to have
unrestrelned communication with each other to the fullest ex-
tent compatible with their own duty to the public.
The prisoner partakes heartily of his meals, and slop
sosedly every night. He weer always calm and composed,
and ontaluly /TIMIS no tralweed indications of a guilty
min/ His °endow, In time empale, very moat resembles
that of William Palmer OM lie reeneval to Seaford Geol.

Dr. W. Tyler thnieli Wass Wm asked hfs opinion "es
to whether Miss Deans .d of worst disease or act,"
woes to a conimpleury: Leaking to the feet of her yew-
nancy, end the known Moeda% excited by this soaditka in
some constitution% I hare no heeitenon In stating my bend
that the symptoms end post ',sorters appearances deecribsd ►t
the inquiet sad tie law nisi era not inconsistent with Ames
and death keen Mewed sees."

6OUTH-1481211N RAILWAY.—IIHIS DA
The half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held
this day at tha Bndgrboase Hotel, London-bridge; Kr.
Biro is the chair.

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It apposed from the resort thee the geese become for the
belt-year, Mediedisg 21,9321. receipts from steamboat traffic,
amounted t 0624,9161, being ma incr►en of 29,8181. comp
with the coneeponding penod of 1868. After deducting the
working 'amuses there remained 149,7881. for dividend. Tne
directory recommended the payment of a dividend of 12s. per
801. stock, or at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. This
abecebed the whole of the money with the exception of
1,1141., which was cerried Limon to the next account.
The Ca •tamme, in moving the report, remarked that there
hat bap some demises In the continental trader compared
with some former yams owing to competiton, but than
bed her a steady increase in the local tralßc. The ioereeseo(
ascend which was asked f.r we. absolutely nerresery to in-
crease the rolling-stuck, and to carryon indlypenyable works.
With regard to the Charing cram line, the art for which
bed bt oa übtaited, the direr tn.. recommended that it ahoald
be roweled with am much despatch and energy es pomible,
and for that purpose resolutions would be proposed at a
special meeting, to be held after the general one.
The report and dividend wets adopted almost without say
din-a-mon.

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The meeting was then made special, and a resolution win
proposed for the purpose of ssithorision the director. to ex-
ercise the powers conferred by the Charing.crose Railway
Act by vintribming towards the funds of that undertaking,
and creation and Waning now shares or clock to an amount
not exceeding 300,0001. The meeting was discussing fifth
question when we west to pram

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The Von. Archdeacon of Ely, whose melancholy
disth in the pewee of the Pyrenees wee recently announced,
wee buried an Sunday, the 21st ult., in the sonth•saat COMM
of the essetery at Luchoo, the tarries being performed by
the Freese Protestant pastor of Toulouse.
Intelligence hes been received in Dublin of the
lose of the Martpaie of Drogheda's schooner Fancy, 140 Mae
!earthen, eff the cose.t of Sligo. The Marquis end Mar-
chioness of Drogheda, and Major Foster, A.D.C. to the Loud
Llealsosrd, were on bead, and Its crew, were aU for-
tunately saved, but a vast *mount of valuable property went
down with the vessel.

Mr. Lockwood, of Huddersfield, who has recently
returned from s visit to ffebeatopal, stye that he found the
toosamosta erected by the firitteh array at lialeklave end
Iskeruaans uniojured ; "Lut that on the Reden IA shesdy de-
faced, Englia News Irarreg leen written awl arroteAM
app., it."

The King of the Belgians and the royal family
arrived at Ostend on Monday afternoon, and shortly after Ida
Maje.ty paid • vied of ceremony to the Princailteettat of
Prwi►.

M. Emile de Girardin has jolt published 1
pamphlet mailer( Le Diairmenient Not.oixam.

A latter from Paris 'aye : Pleasure, trains
her the provisos. Wag all annum of pawns. Yesterday
we wow Mond stet by Spenierde, and from some parts of
leas we have provincials is easterner, especially females
with rawerksble headdresses, that sewn to knish the
henerwe as the B rulevards with such ainernasent."

Tns WORCLBTER MUSICAL FLlTlrel..—Already,
we bellow, perlitunissy stew here been bikes by the bid—
Istigsbe mumps. of uur festivals, the Its.. It. &squint,
in pr woof on of the music meeting of the Three Chtits
in the city next yew. Unprecedented 11111.reill MM. to
Issm attended the rev. prenttemm's efforts, se out of
thirty rewards required, about twenty-Xier hays already
sompted. We holism the (tsars well be held is the sewed
week in flopiesabor ; std when the extension of tho railway
norm so Malvern, Strait .rd, mil the Wwwitkohire pert rd
eke Mummy Is ce.utuderod, there is reams to bellows tbst the
nutting of IMO will be the most summedsl ever knows is
Ws city.—Wireest,ohies

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ADVANCE o► SPINNERS' WAGER IN PRISTON.—•
Yeatemlay (Wednesday ), at o nomerouely Wended meeting
of meter 'peters and maeof4rtorerr, beta at the Ball
Betel, Freda° (Mr. Thomas Millt-r (a the rhos.), It wee
soosimouely ree.lood to advance the ...pee of ,elf•actor
mindere 7i. pm cent. upon the 'mast prkeoe, the edema
to take effect teem the 10th September taatest.

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FIRE8.—(111111 DAY.)—LIVES SAVED BY THE
Pte. Escarn.—The town of Clapham 08a, &trio, the past
kw days, bean particularly unfortunate in fire. It wee only
on Saturday morning that the each factory of Mr. Kaapp
was destroyed, and this day we have to record another at a
more extensive character, which toot place in the prouder
belonging to Mr. Zelarna, sa Auntie&la cloth maker, situate
in Acre-lane, Clapham. The property covered an filleellie
area of ground;on which stood the print*, drying, venlig-
hig;and other rooms ; and from the fact of each somperhnent
containing varniehes, paint, and other equally ieflatumable
articled, the pogroms of the Si. was exceedingly rapid.
Several hour* elapsed before the flames could be conquered,
and not until the premises of Mr. Zelame were destroyed,
and three of Mr. Skint, No. 12, newly so. The total loss
matt be considerable, end the properly, except Mr. Shoat's,
wee uninsured.—A fire, neatly attended with the sacrifice at
this Miami beings, happened this morning In the realms of
Mr. Tydsseen, ell and oolonrman, No. 118, Old -street, SA
Dade. At the time of the discovery nine permits
were sleeping In different parts of the hones,
sad owing to the quantity of turpentine. oil, Icc.,
in the place the smoke became of each a suffocating character
that the inmates were unable to leave the place. Police-eer.
t:a11 , called the St. Luke's Ere•eircepe, and the cen-
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with the aid of polioroflieer 34 G, brought out the
parties in safety, the conductor bringing three rbildran sad the
man and his wife from the third floor amidst the applause of
the populace. Had it not been for the timely snivel of the
escape the whole family most have perished.
FALSE ALARM/I.—The Mayo Constitution give.
the following It k extraordinary the credulity of the
peasantry of this country, as regards rumour. of the wildest
or most grounlless character. We understand that amongst
the peasantry in the neighbourhood of Switilord, Bohola, and
Kelomogb, a report bee gained each credence a+ to the ep-
pearanoe of armed midnipbt plunderers, t hst night after night
the population of entire villages assemble in one hour*, and
there in fear and trembling keep watch ; and to ouch au ex-
tent has this panic prevailed. that the roost extraordinary
report, are circulated of robbery, violence, and midnight
Isgh.lstion. We have beard them rumours from various
parka, awl have made the most searching inquiry, and are
to happy end that all this terror end alarm only oxlips In
the Imagination of the peasantry, and that the entire fshe
alarms owe their origin to some petty theft, which was dis-
torted into the most dreadful outrages. However. to Stroll
are th, report. believed, that even the ronatabulary
ere harassed with night duty, especially in Swinford
district, where nearly every policeman was kept under
arms elfish:lig fee entire Righte the hastiser7 dtetedere
as peace:.

MONEY MARKET -THIS DAY.

Two o'Cuww.

The funds opened this morning with a firm ap-
pearanoe at yesterday's advance. A little dullness
has since been occasioned by the continued heavi-
Wei of the Paris Bourse, but the actual
reduction in prices is limited to about 1-16 per cent.
The government broker has purchased 16,0001. New
Three per cent. stock for the Savings Banks.
The Three per Cent. Rentes opened at Paris to-
day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, at 68f. 70c.
for the account, and fell to 68f. 60c., being per
cent. lower than the last price of yesterday.
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The scrip of the Indian Loan rose this morning to
991 to y. Large sales followed, and the present
quotation is 991 to
Consols are officially marked 951 to for money,
and 951 to 1 for the 7th of September. The present
quotation is 951, "sellers," both for money end the
account. Bank stock has been dealt in at 225; the
Three per Cents. Reduced, at 9431 to 1 ; the New
Three per Cents., at 961 to 1 ; the New Indian
Loan, at 991 tot ; ditto scrip, at 991 to ; India
Bonds, at 31. dia.; and Exchequer Bills, at 21s. to
245. prem. _ . _

The scrip of the new Russian Loan has been placed
this day on the Stock Exchange list, and is officially
marked 1 tot prem. Other foreign stocks have met
with more business to-day, and in several instances,
including Peruvian, Mexican, Spanish, and Turkish
bonds, the tendency of prices is decidedly upwards.
The old Turkish Six per Cents. are quoted
831 to 841, and the new, 71 to 72, ex div.

Sales are reoorded as follows:—Brazilian Old Five

per Cents., 103; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
1832, 95, 941, 941; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1858, 95; Dutch Four per Cent. Certifi-
cates, 1011; Mexican Three per Cents., 21, 201;
ditto for account, 201, 201; Peruvian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., for account, 921, 921, ex div. ;

ditto Three per Cents., 731; Russian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 991; ditto Three per Cents., 1859,
; ditto Scrip, I, prem. ; Sardinian Five
per Cents., 851; Spanish Three per Cents.,
462, 48; ditto New Deferred Three per Cents., 331;
Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, 84, 831; ditto Six
per Cents., 1368, 713, ex div.; ditto Guaranteed
Four per Cents., 102 t. _ _ _

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The Prince of the Seas has arrived from Mel.
bourne with 105,04:101. in gold.

TIN MINTJTES PAST Two O'CLOCK.

The markets are rather flatter. Consols are
quoted 951 for the 7th of September, and the New
Indian Loan, 99k.
The demand for money yesterday was again more
active, the rats for the best bills being 21 to 21 per
cent. At the Bank the applications were more
numerous than of late, yet still very moderate. A
bri►ker demand and a less easy market are looked
for daring the next few days, the commercial en-
gagements which mature in the first week in Sep-
tember engaging attention. The absorption of
money in the Indian and Russian loans, especially
the former, has also considerable influence. We are
enabled to state that the sum paid on Tuesday on ac-
count of the Indian Loan, instead of being limited to
about a million (viz., say 20 per cent. on 6,000,0001.)
was 1,600,0001. From the amount of the excess-
-600,0001.—it follows that 800,0001. stock has already
been paid up in full, in advance of the regular in-
stalments.

At Amsterdam yesterday Austrian securities de-
clined / per cent., bat the closing prices showed a
recovery of I.
At Hamburg the rate of discount is only 11 to II
per cent. At Amsterdam the general quotation is
21, although the Bank rata is maintained at three
per cent.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank yes-
' terday. The 60,0001. by the Tentonia will be de-
spatched to the Continent. The Avon has arrived
from Melbourne with 45,888 on. of gold and 25,000
sovereigns, worth in all about 209,0001.; and the
Vectis from the Peninsula with 7,6381. The arrivals
of specie reported on Tuesday and yesterday have
reached an aggregate of 516,0001.
Nearly 600,0001. in silver is already engaged for
transmission to Calcutta and China, by the steamer
of the 4th September, of which more than one half
is on government account. There are still two clear
days available for shippers.
Of the 250,0001. in specie by the West India
steamer La Plata, about 60,0001. is nuderstood to
consist of gold and the rest of silver.
A telegram from St. Petersburg quotes the ex-
change on London at 34 15.16 d. The price of tallow
had risen to 641 s. r. on the spot, and 66 for Sep-
tember; but the market was extremely unsettled,
in consequence of a statement that the Russian
' speculators have made arrangements for receiving
the tallow warehoused and throwing it upon the
London market.

The traffio return of the London and North

Western Railway Company show. this week en in-
crease of 5,0721; the Great Northern an increase of
1,6281. • the Great Western an increase of 1,7041. ;
and the London and South Western an increase of
3,2581.
The sum of 13,3401. was yesterday paid into
the Indian Treasury to the credit of the Madras Irri-
gation Company, in advance of calls; making, with
the other payments of a like nature already effected,
a total of 368,7361. received by the Secretary of
State for India in Council from the company, on ac-
count of its capital, since the 27th of February last,
11. per share only (1. e.,80,0001.) having been called
u The half-yearly meeting of the Submarine Tele-
graph Company was held yesterday. The report
states that the number of messages sent through the
company'. wires in the half-year ending June last,
amounted to 63,006, showing an increase of 13,627
menages over the corresponding period of 1858. A
proportionate addition to the gross revenue has not,
however, resulted, owing to the reduction which has
been made in the tariffs. The receipt during the
half-year of 14,113/. has enabled the directors to pay
off the balance of cost of repairs of cables, &c., and to
recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of
7 per cent. per annum. The balance carried forward,
after appropriating 10 per cent. of the net revenue
to the reserve fund, is 1931. It is pointed out that
the devotion of one wire of the new cable recently
laid to the transmis.tion of messages between the
Stock Exchange and the Paris Bourse will greatly
increase the regularity and extent of this class of
huskies'. The report was agreed to.
The Western Bank of London, now in course of
winding up, has been removed from the Stock Ex-
change list.
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With reference to the market for American secu-
rities Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports u follows :
The market in Load= for Americas securities has Im-
proved to tone does oar last. There hie bees wire &mad-
den to bay Now York Central and Illinois, Central Sturm
and Ronda, oleo the First, Second and Third Mortgage
Roads of tbe Eris Railroad. Unqad States Five per Net.
Ronda, 1874, an firmly held at 9/1 , sellers .'lselin making
any oosos.elos from thus Oruro.
The Berwick Walls has arrived from China,
with 709,200 lbs. of tea and 651 bales of silk.

WEDNEFDLT EVININO.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 951 to 1 for
money and the 7th Sept., opened this morning at
the same quotation, and gradually advanced, closing
at 96!, " buyere." The purchase by the government
broker consisted of 16,000/. New Three per Cent.
stack. The official business report is as follows :
Tbres per Cent. Console, for mousy, 961, I,
I, ; ditto, for account (7th Sept.), 951, 1; Three
per Cents. Reduced, 98, 981; New Three per Cents.,
08, 981, 981; Bank Stock, 2241 ; India Stock, 217 ;
Indian Four per Cent. Debenture', 1858, 951, 951;
ditto, 1859, 941; the Scrip of the New Loan, 981,
981, 991; ditto, Stock, 98j, 98*, 98/.
The Indian Four per Cent. Debentures of 1858
were Itaadp at 95 to j; those of 1859, 94} to 95;

and India Bonds at tie. to 31. this. Excl.equer 131:12
were quoted 20a. to 245. prem.
The Indian open Five-andia-lialf per Cent. Rupee
Loan was desk in to-day at le. Ind., or equal to
99
_per cent., showing an advance.
The foreign stock market was quiet, except as
regards Mexican Bonds, which rose per cent.,
closing at 20'4 to Turkish stocks were firmer,
especially in the afternoon ; the Old Loan closed at
83i to 84, and the New at 73/ to 14,1. Pernvien
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. were marked as high as
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Bank, land, steam, and miscellaneous shares to-
day experienced no alteration worthy of notice.
Ottoman Bank shares were steady at 191 to 1.
London Dock stock was officially marked 68;
and 69.