The Express. — London, England, 1863-05-26 00:00:00

4 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (13T ELECTRIC TELE4RLPH.) CLIFFE MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) k DCLIFFE PLATE. About half a miie. rap, Flytrap, David Ann. Queen of Clubs. Herds 1-eyed Sumo, Lazy Hoots, Gammon, Nemo, Bert, and Inheritor are herr. STEW Alt DS' Cr P. One mile. Crock At, Marmiun, Lord Dundreary, Fanfaron, Clubs, Ilonvat John, and Ferdinand are here. o.y EAR-OLI) sTAKErt. About half a mile. J, Hartford HJI. fby ;uicowar, Poetess, Green- Watkin, Wildman, The Clown, and Good Advice IouRLE MURDER IN THE BOROUGH -1.-DEATH OF THE SON.-(THIS DAY.) morning, at the sitting of the Southwark art, Mr. Inspector Ilintosh, the officer on duty at m-end police station, and who took the charge Er. Thomas Ledbetter, for wilfully murdering bin attempting to murder his son, yesterday morning, esidence, No. 2•;, llorough•road, waited on Mr. ind informed his worship that Daniel Ledbetter, !spired in C:uy's Hospital at 1 o'clock this morning, injuries inflicted on him by his father. The in further informed his worship that the deceased n was 17 years of age, and a cripple from infancy. 1 been three gashes across his throat, one of which rerrd the windpipe, but the large arteries were L He was sensible from the time of being dis- I the police, but had not been able to articulate or account of this horrible tragedy. tel clerk asked when the inquests would be held? :or M'lutoah replied that Mr. Payne, the coroner iwark, had appointed tomorrow, at 2 o'clock, on of Mrs. Ledbetter, and he supposed that on the he son would be held at the hospital directly Is. the murderer has been confined in gaol he has eery low and desponding and he is closely watched it his attempting suizide. It is understood that ipal witness to be examined at the inquest will position to show that for some time peat the ate man had been labouring under strange delusions, t seems, from some of his contracts turning out if uL This induced him frequently to drink more had been in the practice of doing before. :AORDINART DEATH THROUGH COR RECTING A CHILD. nquiry was held by Mr. Wm. Payne, the mer, last evening, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to the death of Mrs. Anne Evans, aged 82 pets, her life under the following circumstances : Simnionda said that deceased Wll.l his mother, and lad at No. 32, Bartholomew-close. A short time loss's children quarrelled while they were sitting r, and one of them, James, who was aged five or e, flung • spoon at his sister. The old lady wto him to give biro • slap on the hand. He had tarp dinner knife in his band with the point up nd ape it deceased's hand came down with snob A it entered at the palm and came out at the balk, which the blade protruded. An artery wee severed lost • great dell of Meet She was removed to the , where all treatment proved unavailing, sod alte Thursday from the wound. She was stated to m somewhat near-sighted from her gnat ego. fist of " Accidental death" was retuned. UN° ACCIDENT ON THE REDDITCH RAILWAY. A NARROW ESCAPE. erday forenoon an accident, which providen • rmatteracki with fatal consequencea, occurred on ditch Railway to the train leaving Birmingham at five put 10 o'clock. The train was an exceedingly , and was a larger one than usually went upon the line. It was composed of what am termed eutiages, but bow liataly following the engine der were four heavily lalen Goal magma With option of a little delay at starting the train ran y and safely until it reached about a mile beyond tech, when the pamengere were alarmed by a Acs " jolting " and bumping of the carriages on the ad "el " and were almost immediately rda trrifed on finding that the train had Irly off the rails, and that the carriages I imminent danger of being precipitated down the meat. The shaking they sustained was somewhat so abrupt had been the stoppage bat the ma. we are glad to my, were " more frightened than The position, however, was a painful one. of whom there were many, were crying one for a frantic manner, and when the carnage, came to sill, were of course the first care of the male ers. They were, with the Mercies of a good' are, got safely oat, end then the cause of the r was inquired into. It was found that one wheels of the third end truck bad flown off, legume of a fro Aare of the axle, and as this wing, nod was picked op at a elands' able dieters* I. km, there could be little doubt that the i= 111 along until the circumstances just dem without it. The engine and tender and the two I waggons, however, had remained on the metals, driver, after the first alarm excited by the casualty Elided, volunteered to take those whom badness Dente were pressing on to Reddirob. Several mailed Ives of the mean, of mashing their destinatioe, as remained behind and walked to &Witch. The and sleepers were torn up for a oonsiderable a by the dragging of the carriages when off the ad ea the railway Ma only a Bieck laying of metals, feared the traf fi c would be imp Wed. However, me was soon promised, and arrangements were made oh, with change of trains at the point of °beta no meager' were conveyed to Birraingham.—Birming at. VEATRER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) --*-- TUESDAY, KAY 93. II A.N. 1: 121 a r E __ , ▪ tH b 1 1 1 1 kit 1 4 ol T 16411 I NB —40.41564 60.16754 ! 14.01341 11408 62 I Se —10.1944 ; X.1850Ml 6d►jlO.lssl e 40.1850 —19.1699 I 40 13 52 I 30.1116! wile. 40.16 51 ea , so.os so 1 -E.E W. 5.11:: MO- 80011 AID. I, La IteI!IIDAT. ItiONABLI. II WD. to W.N.W., W.CirtiAL rate, tine. N.W., light, W.PaAnci. above 8.W./NOLAND. o N.W., Ile* ti DOLAID. N.E. and N.W.. Z Come. Lk, One. TIMRSDAY. F. to W.. variable, Ise. As .Mn. W.N.W. to W. S. W. variable, F. to W., Ilgbt, fine. As Dart above. N.N.W. to E.L.R. Al next above. KAA KILL= a • Fur ENoneL —At a late last night a cell was received by telegraph at og-street enrkse•tation that a ere had broken out In 1-market, when Captain Shaw started with an engine body of AXIOM. Whilst proms/die' down Ludgate & young man in the employ of Hewn. t. the tea-deals of the Elackfriere-rced. . Robert Treemdor, was crowing the street, sad behind an omnibus did not notice the engine approach id the moment be stepped aside be struck his chest t the horses, and was thrown down and run over. Is placed in a cab sad removed to St. Berthelownes tat, where he expired in the course of • few minutes. in Shaw visited the man before his death, sad he DO one wee to blame.. OCKING DEATIL-011 Sunday afternoon, noon the wa l l train from Exeter arid Bristol bad left the motion, and was approaching Collo:ivies, a maa was red by the engine driver sad dollar to Love the side of the railway sad to throw himself daibendAy the lies I. heat of the pits*. The train wthas u sd gialekly as possible, bat not before It bad ever as sad proossoisd mono dietaaos beyond w ks lay. turning to the spot it was torrid that Is had bass Isesly cat in two, the wheels hay* pasted over the aof his back. The deceased bad the appears:me of a labourer or mechanic of middle age. The body was yd to Collumptot to await the comae, *oat erhOPouvag FRES HOSPITAL, DITONILIII2S. Li, CITY. —The aggregate number of patients relioessi g tbe week eroding May 23, wu—msdleid, 610; saP 567 ; total, 1,567 ; of whisk 632 were saw swat THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1863. THE NATIONAL BANK.-(THIS DAY.) The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the pro- I ; pi ietors was held at one o'clock thin afternoon, at the Bank, Old Broad-street ; Mr. M. UISSORNE in the chair. The SEcarrwat (Mr. M. J. Power) read the anneal report of the state of the bank up to the close of 1862, of which the following are the most material parte : " Notwithstanding that the year 1862 has been the third in summision marked is Ireland by a deficient harvest, and notwithstanding that the absence of employment ,for capital in the great cotton manufacture of Log land has caused a very low average rate of interest to prevail during the year throughout the United Kingdom, the directors have been able not only to continue the increased dividend and extra dividend an nounced at their last annual general meeting, bat they have, after allowance for 10d,0(10/. transferred from the rest to capital account, again effected on the year an aug mentation of the rest, to the extent of 4,6781. 9s. 4d. These results the dirt Mora do not claim to be solely due to their own goe I management. Had they not been seconded by the commercial integrity of the agricultural and trading cl•mea, and supplied with increased resources from their Loadou counoxiona, which bare contributed to the profits on their general business during the past year, it would not have been practicable to arrive at so satisfactory a result at the close of 184i2, a year almost unparalleled for low rates of interest. The following accounts in the usu►l form exhibits the state of the company's affairs at the close of 1862: . . . Assets and Liabilities.—Assets : Gold and silver coin in Ireland, 557,2374 fia; cash on hand at the Bank of England, advances on bullion, and at call, 1,035,833!. Os. ld. ; go vernment funds, Exchequer bill; Exchequer bonds, and de b ?Mures, 210,C124 9s. 21. ; advances on government stock and sundry metered loans at short dates, and current ac counts, 1,078,4264 2.5. Id. ; bills discounted, 3028,3864 7i. lit ; bank premises, London, Dublin, and branches, 75,0004 total. 6,045,525/. 15s. 7d. Liabilities : Paid-up capital, ; notes in circulation, 1,056,0771. ; due by the bank on depeait receipts, current accounts, dm., 4,245,7191. Its. 9d. ; rest, or undivided profits, 143,7294 3a. 10d. total, 6,045,525/. 15s. 7d. " Profit and loss account—Rest or undivided profits at December, 1851, 234.059/. 14s. 6d. ; net profit for the year 1852, eler writing off all bad, and providiog for doubtful debts, 97,233!. 9s. 4d. ; less rebate of interest on bills not due, 12,525!., leaving 84,678!. 9s. 4d.—total 318,729!. 31. 103. From which have been paid—Feb., 1862, half-a year's dividend, at 8 per cent per annum, 20,0504, with extra dividend of 15s. per share, 15,0001.. gether 35,0001. ; amount transferred to capital, 100,000/. ; August, 1862, half • year'. dividend, at 8 per cent. per annum, 24,0001. ; with extra dividend of 16s. per share, 16,0001. ; together, 40,0301. ; total, 175,000/. ; leaving at December, 1862, a rest, 07 amount of undivided profits of 143,7291. 3s. 103. Examined sod found eorrrct, Rowaud Ronald, M. Usborne, F. Nevem, J. N. McKenna. " Since these amounts were made up a dividend at the rate of 8/. per cent per annum oo the increased capital of the bank, and an extra dividendof 16s. per share, amounting together to 40,0001., were paid in February last. The amount of undivided profits after these payments therefore stood at 103,7291.35. 10d. as compared with 99,0601. 14s. 6d., the figures at which they stood last year after payment of the February dividend, and transfer of 100,0004 to capital ac count The director are happy to state that their expec tations of the swam of their metropolitan branch at Bayswater are being rapidly realised, and the pmreie of their new branch at Memo= has been also satisfactory. It is not • portion of the formal basiame of the annual general meeting to discuss the state of the bank in the cur rent year, but following the precedent of the report issued last May, the directors consider it due to the proprietors to announce that not only do the current business, and the profits already accrued in 1863, afford the prospect of • maintenance of the same rate of dividend and extra dividend last declared, but they exhibit • steady advance in the earning powers of the bank, and promise • greater aphis for Increase of the reserve than that which they have been able to announce for 1862." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said Ireland, being chiefly an agricultural country, bed suffered greatly in the last three years ; but the falling off in the deposits of the bank amounted to oral y 173,M0/. The total falling off in all the banks wee about 1.660,000!; and 173,000 L was much lees thanthe arithmetical proportioned the National Bank. Notwithstanding deficient harvests the bank had steadily progressed ; and but for the necessity of exercising caution ma regarded dirsounta, the prate of 1862 would have equalled those of 1861. Sir B. Mortara, in seconding the motion, expremed his satisfaction with the business of the hank aod his belief that it stood exceedingly well in public estimation in Ire land. The report was then adopted unanimously. It . beng stated in the report that, with a view of securing for the bank a valuable connexion at Liverpool, most of the directors had, in their individual came:, taken shares in the National Bank of Liverpool (limited , lately established, and that four of the directors had sod the board, Dr Burns asked for erpLutstion of the relative p 001 .•... . . tion of the two locket The Ceirartax replied to the effect that the vole object of whet had been done wee to obtain late additional boomer, and that the National Bank could not paadbly become liable for any debts which =gilt be incurred by the nee bank at Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) The vacancies in the direction were then filled up, and thanks having been voted to the officers of the bank for the Realms and efficient performance of their duties. a vote of thinks to the chairman and his colleagues terminated the prooeedbaga caLcurrA AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The with ordinary general meeting of this com pany took place to-day, at the offices, Gresharn-bones, Old Beeadatrest ; Mr. Joan Bomar:rani in the ohair. The report, which was read, stated that " the bridge over the Planar has been finished, and the tint esr Cages over the line ea the 22nd of January last. On ihr 10th d of February the first venal since the opening of the line arrived to load at the port. Her cargo, of about 350 toes, was moseyed over the rail from Cal cutta, and her loading satisfactorily completed. Several other vessels from European end Indian ports are known to be on their way to the lintlah, and the number may be expede I to increase rapidly, as the facilities of this new channel of communication with Calcutta become known and appreciator!. At the date of the last report from India, the partial settlement of the emt Inkment across the old bed of the river had prevented the officill ot ming of the line, but the mesas of traffic throughout were practically complete. The screw pile jetty, alluded to in the last Tenor t, has been dr Tokio( I direst to the llntlalt, and has probably reached its destination by this time • it will, Si formerly lasted, stable ver.els to transfer their mega@ direct into the wag ger of the rail, for delivery in • few hoot.; at Calcutta. The cc - it of the jetty is estimated at 12,C031., bat there is every pusrect that even with • smaller charge . for leading and discharging esrgo than that which is now incurred In Calcutta, it will prove • prat ible outlay. The directors regret to learn from their agent that owing to the want of roads to minuet the stations with the popoloris districts adjoining the line, the inhabitsnts were unable to obtain Rooms to them during the led rains, and that the reompte per train mile doting that peeled consequently fell off more than 32 por cent. Tuere is every reason, how ever, to expect that the feeders so urgently required will be completed by government before the ensuing monsoon. The balance-skeet for the year ending 31st December, 1862, showed that the receipts amounted to 380,3771. 7e., and the payments to 177,2001. Oa. 6d., leaving • balance of fis. 6d." --,—... The eganutaz moved the adoption of the report, con gratulating the meeting that the settlement in the bed of the river which bad caused a delay in the official opening of the line bad fortunately ceased ; and the directors had hoped that they should receive a telegraph announcing that the line had been opened on the 15th inst. He hoped that the working expenses would show a more rani. factory result this half year than in previous half years, end that the revenue would now meet the expenditure. Although, ea stated in the repot 1, only one vessel, and that a all one of less than 4C3 unto, had yet loaded at the port, this chased of communication pro mined h t 3 very profitable, and three or four more vesrels were already on tneir way to the !Jutish. The jetty which was announced to be on the way he d, doubtless, by this time reached its destination, although they bad not received any direct intelligence to that effect. Al to the beak, the dissectors were unable to ray much opon . the subject at pre sent; and he was aft aid that durinlthe rains they would again have to complain of the same want of facilities for reaching the railway stations which had previously existed Thie fault did not rest with the but with the government, who had not yet taken the trouble to make by-roads from the populous district' to the stations. He believed, however, that they had now taken the matter in hand, and he trusted that before long the existing difficulty would be removed. After a brief discussion the report wee adopted, the retiring directors and auditors were re-sleeted, and the meeting separated. CHRIST CHITILOR,WATICITY-STRINT, ST. Glossa'B - Whlt•Ektoday &insures. 158 infante sad adults wen baptised in this church by the Rev. George H. McGill, Y.A., the Incosehent, mated by the Rev. R. Smith, M.A.. and W. B. Hoer. Of the whole number 60 were seder 2 years of me, 53 between 2 and 7 years, 38 between 7 and 14, and 8 over 14. The result of • recent hountehoese visitation shows that out of 13,145 persons, oomptisieg the population of the district, 571 were un btiPilltid, being 4 per cent. of the entire number. CAILRILOI ACCIDENT. —Yesterday afternoon, between 4 and 5 O'clock, an alarming &oddest occurred is the Kostielt.town.road. A gentleman's , drawn by two spirited hones, bad 'pawed the canal-bri whoa a railway frals Mottled the hones. and they galloped off under the arch at a fearful speed. The coachman loot all eoutrol arm them, and they got ea far se Clarence-road, at the center of which thoroughfare there is a dint up projecting shop, ageiest which they dashed with great tome. The remise was overturned, the coachmen thrown off, and moon children on the spot bad a very narrow escape. There won two sisterly tidies in the vela& at the time, who bed to to extricated while it we. ea lie side. They ware not mmh injured. The cosebreaa vas tam to the surgery of Dr. Webb sad etiolated to. lii 100 NO 12 SHARE GIST.-(71118 DAY.) Two &Mom. The railway market is inactive to-day, and the alterations in prim: generally are few and unim portant. Great Northern stock has improved per cent., and London and North Western a, while South Eastern has receded I, and Midland a. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Eastern, Great Western, and Caledonian are steady. Loudon and North Western stock is now quoted 1014 to ; Great Western, 671 to 68 • Mid land, 128 3 to 1 • Lancashire and Yor kshire, 110,1 to a ; South Eastern, 92 to I ; Great Eastern, 521 to 53i ; Caledonian, 1161 to 1161 ; London and South Western, 104} to 104 ; and Great Northern, 125 i to 124. Great Indian Peninsula Railway stock is inquired 1 1 , for, but East Indian and Madras are rather dulL Canadian railway securities exhibit a somewhat 11 drooping tendency. Lombardo-Venetian and t i ; Great Luxembourg shares meet with attention. 1 OILOIMAZY ad it's •ND STUCK% • IPa I aucwirs. I Cl24in g ? riCea I lair to-dal yeAm ay. to 1 p.m. farm, Wel. 'tabu V al. Myth aad ITyne. ..... Bosion.Slastrdot Md.C. lletskil sad tecak sad Bat;cida— lecTriwati ........... IDaA J no .... B tika.tspeldSolE Dublin and Beat T. Dend.,Paret. ltdinbaxgisand Maggot Meow & I. Western Great Eastern Do. A Nook. Do. Foot Anglian Stk. find llorqt a 'cotton.' bo.A Area. I:6*(11v. un- Do.B CU ep et, la paid I O► doath rk N mt. are OnM 71Iaderp _ _ DoMoneVaLatia.gti lanauttlreds Yorkslttr lapdog &Dor Loudon& North eatn Lohdoaallenthßesta Man.,ltheLotllosolr. , Ilaryport and Carlisle bletropetso 8 9 84 E 8 1114 118* Do. New so 41 13 14 91 93 6'llo 53j 47 } 49 14} Do. Na. Do. Dlrm. it Derby. Ot. Wn. Ilre.) Do y Bharat tad Katt Mid Kant (Cray Lina).. North Britt& Do.lolla..lhrtlaDand A. 11•Aant—Berviat Do. 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H. do I ,Ovaid Thiokol Do. Ist ret. Boado 1 : Do. do. deterred' Do tad pzeLßouds i Do. do. deferred ar . . I 80. dth prof Stock.: I , Do. do. deferred' 'Grad IsdbA Podium.' I -- D7a TeTw - I Do. January, leezt .. Bt I. °glans p. et . New 811/216 Do. De.ep.aDda.payn Dmelpet.ML_ ps,y,w.op , .8 linage Branch u nit e d i liedran Olen d pm et. , Do. do. per A. I De. If pee et, itro.. lidb.Oorp.ey. et-Bonds 'Meth. and Hobson By. I L :on w ard edawl. N. R. of Cooed& 6 p. Mod* goo 6 par cent— ,' Do. Delhi do. Do. do. do • Do. ?orb do I it Dwl d.Bl. ° 4loi d : fro—, BJUTIBIi IISI2. 1013 100 109 110 110 112 149 110 It pia pia 19 101 63 63 48 61 36 68 43 47 37 41 33 SS 26 27 22 25 109 f 1104 1 2 2,02 I . deferred ; 1 I +9m 107 108 14 111 9 81.1 u 97 100 Id 89 92 1 Pm 98 100 107 LOB 101 102 50 68 5 5 84 84 10610 1100 107 11:01 100 e ;* --.. --- r 1i 1 pm 107 1 0 104 100 110 e x!114 NO. I fih. I 11310140. I rt. la. prier I Salea. ' 76,000 2 Cambrian Con. ilold,l 1 9 * dls - , 2,900 .. Clifford AmaL nll 21 23 - 1 1,026 .. Div. G. Coo. (Parfait ) 1 626 636 - 12,600 .. Drakeiralla - 1 612 .. Kist Basset (Inman) 'O,OOO 1 Out Clooan Gold (Lisa 64. !* db, 9pm 9,146 .. but Caradon 6,000 .. Out Cara Brea 6,000 - LWIs. Bann& (Tarlstk ) 8.166 d 4 4 ( 481 _ °rambler & 84. Aubss OB9 11 .3 - 1 6,000 - Great Booth Tobias ..41 6 -. 6,00 S G. Mb. Vor (Bobtail - 1 6,000 _ Oreoville - 1,016 .. Herod aroot ...... - alibi. 47 60 - I 9.000 - Illagoaos Dowimi - 1000 - WO Baths 16.6. 9 I - 8011 .. Margaret (troy ULM). 91 24 SO - . 9,000 .. Marko Valley - 66,000 4 Sigrid: Iron Ore.-. 24 I 09 400 .. New Woo - mon .. North Downs - 700 .. North Boakear - 111110 - N. NIL Beret (Mogan, ILL. 89 41 .- 100 ~North Wheal OWty 0,600 - Par Cone. (Bt. Bluer) . le 4* 69 - 1,110 ID Prorldaeol (17. Want). 111.6.2. 41 48 .- 700 .. Roskear Nowoth . 8 10 - 612 .. L Cicadas klt. Clean lf ,400 419 - 6,666 .. 8. Cern Bras (Illogan, .6'30 6d I 3 Se - 6K .. LW. Trances (Mogan', way.' 90 85 - M 6 „ Stray Park I. 2144. ST 39 - 6,009 6 lbroar au.sLoad Mn C. 49 9 9 .. 11,4118 .. Tin Croft 16•02 .. wa d Buret (Mogan) l9 II 13 - 1,11111 .. W. Ormadce (144lieerdi 6 26 28 - MO .. Wail Beton - all .. WU. Bard (Dlogan) - I6f ... 1214. Bailer (Redruth) 6 60 65 - 4,906 .. Wheal Ludcott 2.10.8 69 69 - I" _ W. Mary Am. i Matmon 3 1 14 -.. WO _ Wheal Beton 689 360 - 10 0 00 _ Wb. Trolawney ,LLik *, 7 16 IT - .. Wheal Odom FOREIGN limn. to. I lia I maim IPd ICL prima I Sales. 86.000 ilimllloa (United) .. 91 9 Ipm -. 8/904 20 Ausandlan . -. 73 1 1 1 - 76,000 Boa booed, lAmltaL. all 9 - 16,010 Brasil. L& li.c..(Lini) all 1 .. 16,000 1 Cape Copper (Limited) 2 Ipm - 'los. 9 pm - 111. 11.00 006 m cu dip b p oesvi litiver en 18 19 MOOD 131 Copl-po (Lim.) .. - 16 7 - 100,000 Don PeAro,N. Del Rey . 9 l a l pm - 79.4001 Dun Woustaln Ooppt. s`. - 15,4001 9 Mart Del Rey(lAralted) 1 par pm - 19,400 2 Fortuna (Lim.) - 81000 09 Gamma POW O.N.Cp.S. Australia(' 14 -•- dls - IRON 9 Lavinia (Um.) I Par *Pm - 111:00 Linares WOW Ladtonlan 101816 Martgalte at r _ 100.000 01,torecellnia G.M. (1 all 24 al - 00.460 N. libineC.oi A Atis.(l) i 49, - 10600 Of PontObandBllvorlem: all 2 3 - 100.001 6 Port Phillip 1 If 1 - Santa Barbara Gold If 6 par Ipm - 0,004 1 Ilonttlsh buds. (Lim.: 9 9 ads pm - 1L404 90 81.Jobn dal Bey (Um.• la 64 66 - 61174 Si UDlted Iledrika . 83* 69 7 ad l 111 ad 60,000 1 Vallanmsca Gold (L.) 9 9 1 pin 19 4 10,000 10 Vancouver Coal (Lim.) 6 9 die 9 pro - 60.040 1 manning , Lien.) all 9 I - 44 II 000 Yndsnaanntana (Lim ). all it If - JOINT STOOK EN. I NIL 114.1* ieli i 62 .. ER $ 5 l! iof MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Two o'CLool. The funds to-day are dull, and Consols are quoted about 1-16 per cent. lower than they closed yesterday. Dulness likewise prevails in the other departments of the Stock Exchange. The prices of English railway stocks present little variation, but foreign stocks are heavy, being prejudiced by sales in preparation for the settlement, as well as by a considerable fall in Spanish Passive Bonds. The relapse in this stock is caused by statements that the Cortes will not meet again until October or November. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at 69fr. 65c., being per cent. lower than yesterday. Confederate Loan scrip is rather firmer, at 1 to Oh dis., and Turkish at II to 12 prem. Italian is steady at 22 to n prem. Consols are now quoted 93} to cum div., for money, and 92 1-16 to 3-16, or 92/, ex div., for the account (June 9). The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 931, ft, ; ditto, for account, 921 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 911, 1, ; New Three per Cents., 911, 1, h, 1 ; Bank Stock, 233 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 109/, 110/ ; ditto Bonds, 12s. prem. ; Five per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 101 ; and Exchequer Bills, 45., 2s. prem. Spanish Passive Bonds have fallen considerably, sales having been pressed as low as 321, hot the last transactions are at 33g. The Certifi cates, as well as Mexican and New Granadian Bonds, have all given way, and the flatness extends to the Russian and Peruvian Bonds of 1862. Some of the present quotations are annexed : Turkish 1854 Loan, 89 to 90, being firm ditto, lAA 70 to ; ditto, 1862, 741 to A ; the Consolichis, 50 to showing a fall off per cejt. ; Greek, 31i to 32/, being steady, though marked 31ft in the morning ; and Venezuela Six per Cents., 551 to 56, being dull. Transactions are recorded as follows :—Bueuos Ayres, for account, 951 ; Egyptian, 100/ ; ditto second issue, 100 ; Greek, for account, 311, 1, 32 ; Italian, for account, 711 ; ditto Maremmana Railway, 791, ; Mexican, for account, 351, 4 ; New Granada, 161, ex div. ; ditto Deferred, 91, ex div. ; Peruvian, 1862, for account, 88 ; Portuguese, 1853, for account, 494, 1 ; ditto 1856, 1857, 1859, 1860, and 1862, for account, 491, #, 1 ; ditto Scrip, 51, premium ; Russian, 1862, 92/, 911, 924, ex div. ; Spanish for account, 541; ditto Passive, for account, 33, 321, 331, 321, 331; ditto Certificates, 111, if, 1 ; Turkish, 1854, for account, 891 ; ditto, 1858, for account, 70 ; ditto 1862, 711, 1, Jr ; Vene- male, for account, 231, 24, 24 ; ditto 1862, 55i, 2, 66, ez div. The shares of the new financial companies are all slightly lower. International Financial are quoted 4i to 42 prem. ; General Credit and Fi nance, 21i to 22 prem. ; and London Financial, 1i to If prem. In the discount market there is no return of the late pressure, but good bills are not generally taken below 32 per cent. - The arrangements are being made preparatory to the appointment of a settling day in the scrip of the Turkish Loan of 1863. The Europa, from Boston, has brought 9,0001. in specie. The Russian government has just published the budget of the empire for the year 1863. This fact, whether viewed as a financial or an adminia i trative measure is, in relation to the principles that have hitherto ruled in Russia, most impottaut. It involves, indeed, a revolution in the practice of the government. This budget is apparently framed with a view to embrace all the revenues and expenses of the empire, both those that have heretofore apper tained to other departments of the state and those applying directly to the Ministry of Finance. The following are the results : Revenue V 318,800.000 silver ro. (or £47,870,000 sterling) Expenditure. silver ro. (or Z 49,6.80,250 sterling) ittlinsteddenclt.. 11,735.000 silver ro. (or L 1,710,250 ster li ng) As it would appear ' however, that some part of the revenue of 1863 has been anticipated, the actual deficit legated at 15,700,000roubles, or 2,350,0C31., which the Minister of Finance covered by an issue of Exchequer Bills, or, as they are styled in Russia, Treasury Bonds. It is somewhat discour aging to find that the exchequer is in a chronic state of deficit ; that of 1863 being 142,5001. larger than in 1862. The returns show fut thee that the measures adopted by the State Bank in dealing with the currency have had the following results : —Bank notes in circulation on the Ist of May, 18'32, 707,C33,666 roubles, or 106.059,5501. ; metallic reserve, 91,440,417 roubles, or 13,716,0331. ; while on the lit May, 1863, the notes were 656,38,592 roubles, or 98540,7901. - and the specie, 71,4:18,164 roubles, or 10;718,7251; showing a decrease of 7,518,7601. in the notes, and of 2,997,2381. in the specie. Thus the metallic reserve has diminiahed to the proportion of about one-tenth of the circulation, and continues to be trenched upon almost daily. The Stock Exchange Committee have appoicted Monday, the let JUDO, a special settling day in the following shares, viz.:—St. James's Hotel Company (Limited), London Financial Association (Limited), and Bank of Australasia new 401. shares. All are a to ha marked in the official list, but the shares of the Hotel Company are to be marked in the twice a-week list only. It appears that the applications for the unallotted eapita4 consisting of 35,003 shares, in the General Credit and Finance Company of London, represent in all about 350,000 shares. The allot ment is ex pected to take place by next Friday. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 5,9851. over last year. The receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the Bth inst. were 9,7201. sterling, being 4931. more than in the cor responding week of last year. From the report of the directors of the London Chartered Bank of Australia, to be presented at the general meeting on the sth of June, we extract as follows : It is grstifying to the court to be able to report to the shareholders that the result of the hank's operations for the part year has been eatisfaotory. During the above period the trade of the colonies, although not active, has been of a sound and improving character, whilst their progress in material weslth and prosperity hes oontinued uocheciced. In Victoria and New South Wales additional sections of the government railways have been opened, with results of a most beneficial character to the general interests of the colonies, as well as to the districts whose internal means of communication have been thereby im. proved. The latest arlf ices received from the colonies extend to the 25th March from Melbourne sod 24th March from Sydney, and the inspector reports in favourable terms of the lion and prospects of the bank. The expediency of extend i ng the Mainers of the &ink to the rising and hopes tent colony of Queesslend has for some time putt engaged the attention of the directors, and they are of opinion that the time has now art :fed when this measure may be adopted with* ivaotrge to the lam est&of the cor poration. It is, inma Jingly, the intention of the directors shortly to open a branch at Brisbane, the capital of Queens land, a step which they doubt not will meet with the cordial approval of the proprietors. The s mounts appeoded to this report are made up to the 31st December last, from which it appears that after the nous' deductions, and else after making allowance for bad and doubtful debts, there remains to the credit of profit sod lots the sum of 52,4921. lie. 4d., out of which the directors recommend that a dividend be declared for the half-year of 4 par met., free of income tax, 40.0001 ; and that a sum of 5,01.101. be pitted to the reserve fund. leaving to be carried to next account a balms of 7,4824 178.4 d. The twenty-second annual meeting of the Tem perance and General Provident Institution was held at the London Tavern yesterday. From the report presented it appeared that during the past year 3,094 policies were issued, assuring the sum of 543,6131. The income arising from this business was stated to be 17,8191.7 7d. MONDAY Consols, which closed on Saturday at 92} to 1, ex div., for the 9th June, opened and closed to day at the same quotation. For money the last price Was 934 to ff with div. The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 93i, g, f, f, cum div. ; ditto for ac count, 92k ex div. ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 911, k ; New Three per Cents., 911, 3 ; Bank Stock, 235 ; India Five per Cent. stock, 114, 1091 ; ditto Boude, 125., 165., prem. ; Four per Cent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 97 ; ditto Five•aud a-Half per Cent., 1151. The India Five per Cent. stock remains at 1091 to mil ; India Bonds, at 12e . to 16s. prem. ; and Exchequer BMA, at 4s. die. to par. Several of the more speculative kinds of foreign stocks have receded to-day. Spanish Passive and Venezuelan Six per Cents. fell k per cent.; Turkish Consolidgs, g ; Mexican, ; and Russian Five per Cents. and Spanish Ceidficates, per cent. Greek advanced in the morning, being marked as high as 32t, but after Nerds relapsed, and left off k lower than on Saturday. The shares of the International Financial Society were firm at 41 to 4k prem., and General Credit and Finance rather lower, at 2} to 24 prem., while those of the London Financial Assoc'ation were in de mand, and have risen to 1 a to 11 prem. Iu the market for bank shares there was an im provement iu London and Colonial,Orieutal, South Australian, and Union Bank of London, but a reduction iu Imperial and Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Madras Irrigation shares have again risen. There were also inquiries for Crystal Palace Preference stock. Oriental Inland Steam and Mediterranean Extension Telegraph were Hat. The bonds of the Italian Irrigation Company were also more offered. Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at 9i to 10k prem. ; Universal Marine, lk to 01 din. ; Thames and Mersey, 2k to 3} prem.: Commer cial Union, 1 to I,' ‘ prem. ; North British and Mercantile, 171 to 1 ; London and Provincial Marine, k dig. to par ; and Oriental and General Marine, 1 to 1i prem. The closing quotations for shares in new under takings to-day were as follows :—British and Foreign Marine, if to i prem.; Empire Marine, to k prem. ; English and Scottish Dianne, k to 1 prem. ; Cannes Hotel, 5 to 6 prem. ; Mediter ranean Hotel, 1 to 1 prem. ; Margate Hotel, 4. to lk prem. ; Southampton Imperial Hotel, 1 to 11 pm. ; Kingstown Hotel, 1} to 11 pm. ;Alexandra Hotel, f to 1 pm. ; Public Works Credit Company, f to it pm. ; and Nice Hotel, I to I pm. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) Two o'CLocw.. In the mining market to-day Bast Caradon shares are flatter, at 321 to 3. On the other hand, East Basset have improved to 101 to 103, and East Cam Brea to 7k to I. Wheal Seton are quoted 244 " sellers," and New Wheal Martha, 3to The amount of business is still limited. Vallanzasca Gold shares continue in demand. Transactions are officially recorded at 1 and 1i prem. Cobre Copper have been dealt in at 19 ; and the United Mex;can at G,:. We are requested to state that the share list of the Terriccio Copper Mining Company will be closed for London on the let of June, and for the country on the 3rd. At the North Buller Mine meeting, yesterday, the accounts showed a debit balance of 1821. A call of 12s. fsl. per share was made. At the Wheal Hearle meeting, yesterday, the ac counts showed a debit balance of fill/. A call of V. per share was made. Wheal Harriett sold on the 23rd inst. 40 tons of tin for 2,3891. 3s. 3d., giving, with the copper sale, • profit of 1,6001. on the two months working. The agent values the lode in the 100 fathom level at fully 1001. per fathom, and the cost to stope at 61. per fathom. 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I Praaoss.il. all Ego sad Dasalaug all r v * Drib all sredlak all i par coal an Mamba sad Mamas ▪ lllleprzet. hag 1111Porok all Da all LOA& Idas- do. ilaaallaa . w it &Lot Pareactir, loralbani ad a Tarts and Sanaa aD Do. do. a ;Vat on Da 41/41 mad. — Frol all iWili.• gs. W.of harm asairruzi 100 • jig IPa M. Flees. I S 100 102 die pow 0} 10 pm 74 76 20 SO 122 124 .. 7 -Jul W 41 e i 61 1 07 2 ,01 262 222 61 66 126 110 20 01 1 02 41s 222 212 11 12 Ile 2 22 pm 102 11222 7 6pa lb -'pm 19 29b 41 4 dig ' 1 I Weil si lir 2, -. 101 22 11 it 3 1 1.7 COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON & CORN MARKETS. iTHIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) (RON OUR OWN CORLESPONDENT.) Carrom —No change is the general Wee of the produce, market. Sales probably 6,000 bales. 001111.—Attendsace moderate. Wheat. Id. per metal dearer, but slow sale at the advance. Flour steady at late rates. Indian steady, mired, 295. 9d. to 30s. Panties beaus, fair consumptive business, New Saidi, 31e. 6d. to 31s. 9d. on the spot ; 31.. 3d. to arrive. Wheat on spot, limited business. Seidl, Is. Bd. to Bs. Nothing doing is calves. Oats and oatmeal without change is price ; demand very limited. MINCING LANE.-(THIS DAY.) The public markets are °heed for the Whitson holidays, and privately there is only a limited bushier doing. 13130A1.—The market for raw continues quiet. 3.000 bag, of civcd Manilla sold at the previous price of 31s. 3d, Corn—No edam repotted. Rms.—For cargo Bengal there is a fair demand. and S,CCO begs of Ballam have beam *old at 9s. ; a small part at Bs. 9d. ; also 1,700 bap Nemesis at 7a. to Bs. 9d. SALTrzras.—The market eontioues steady but not active. Carron.—A fair amount of bunions is dcang at full prices. In other articles no material alteration. TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) The market is steady. Tows tallow is quoted 4is. 9d., net cash ; St. Petersburg Y.O. ea the spot, 435. 31 JUD., 435. to 435. 3d. ; October to Deosmber, 4435. to 461. 3d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mews. Harvey sad Easton report trade slow at the fol. lowing prime Prime meadow hay, 70a to 72e. 6d. ; superior ditto, 755. to 80.. ; inferior ditto, 40s. to 60a.; roweo, 40s. to 60s. ; clover, old, 90a to 110 s. ; ditto, mooed out, 80a. to 105 e.; straw, 30s. to 365. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. More rain baa fallen during the week, and this, added t, the fall in the previous week, has dicripated *hate, se anxiety might have been entertained ou the score of the long and unaccustomed drought prevailing throughout March and April, and the earlier pert of the prereut month. Bat though the moisture has doubtless—nay, obviously, been of immense benefit, its full advantage has sanely been realised at present, owing he the prevalence of cold easterly and north easterly triads. The nights sod rooreinp have likewise bees frosty, and this continuance of low temperature during day and night bas had the effect of materially checkiog vegetation. All nature looks " abund antly refresh( 1," but things do not .zrow with the rapidity which would, but for the cold, have been experieooel There is, however, plenty of time before us, and all =- counts %grail° describing the appearance of the growing crops of every kind as moat promising. The effect of the late cold winds and frosts has natorsll7 been somewhat in jurious to the fruit trees, especially ie bleak and en posed situations, but we have not beard of serious damage, and we are, moreover, rapidly approaching a period of the year when a warmer temperature may be looked for. On the whole, the reports from the entire district are satisfactory and encouraging, and a very brief period of Juue sunshine and warmth will compensate for any drawbacks which the late cold nights and stingy wilds may have caused.— Sussex Advertiser. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. LrymtrooL, May 213—flalea to-day Lancsahire and York ih ire, 110 i 1 / f—Lendan and North Western, 1011.—Indland stock. nal—South Eastern stock. 92f f—Laneaster awl Carlisle, 201— Buffalo and Lake Huron, 61 13-3,—Lireat Luxembourg, 14 1146 Illinois Central, 35 61 d.—Dltto, paid up. 56—Erie, 55--Ilank of Liverpool, la—National Bank of Liverpool (Lhalted), 6 p.—Liver pool and London Elm and Ws insurance Company. bi p.— Queen Asauranee, Ist. dd. p.—Union Marine (Limited), 11316 —Liverpool United Gas, Ole Tan GLUT filmocs Qtriernos.—" Nimbus " ven tures a few words in defence of the practice of smoking, which was so eeergetieelly attacked in yesterday's Times. If," says Nimbus, " we have taken up a bad habit we have dropped a WWI& Three-bottle men have disappeared. We no longer reel hiccupping and maudlin into the drawings room after dinner, and we can usually get to bed without assistance. We are no longer Tony Lumpicios is youth and Squire Westerns in age. We may have lost a certain fioikin Preachified psendolaoliteness of manners but I think that on the whole, in spite of their cigars, English gentlemen are as god geotle. moo sow as ever. Nobody ever smokes in drawing rcama or any rooms frequented by ladies. I have travelled touch, and smoked much, too, on railways, and I never yet saw smoking obtruded, to the anooyanos . of other pares pre. If railway cowpoke choose to ignore a national want, sad do not supply smoking compartments, they cannot emenplain if the lionags of their carriages occasionally give an olfactory coottadictioo to the stern prohibition hanging above them. Once I Mein I did smoke in spit* of the strenuous objections of a fellow-paasenger ; but he bed a basket of fish with him. I offered, however, to desist if he would throw his fish out of window, but this he declined to do—eo I smoked 00. Who shall blame me N.W. & N.W. ILL Kim. N.W. N. LIM NALL N.N.L W.W.I. N. N.I. IIL IN. I. N.N.W. N.Z. S. N N.& 1.111 I' 5 _8 D - : I • p F~