The Express. — London, England, 1868-03-24 00:00:00

I, ,TELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Wore Mr. Oommiesicsar wi n d ow .) TN U Z. JOUPS. lie bankrupt wS; described a jeweller, bullion deal and general merchant, of Aldersgate-sheet. The c oe bas been before the court upwards of two years. The lidalities are 20,6201. Assets returned at about 10,0001. prosecution commenced against the bankrupt in of offences under the =lst emotion had been ms = cloned, and there was now no opposition. Mr. Barton appeared for the assignees. Mr. Sydney, for the bankrupt, said that by accepting an ofirr made on behalf of the bankrupt, the assignees had CULaoned an offence with which be might be charged. ills Honou y r granted the order. POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.) BOVI-STRFJIT. TROSECUTION UNDER MB PA381310Z2.9 ACT. .1,.1in Marion Moons ship'. steward, appeared to answer a summons under the Passengers Act, the 18th and 19th ic., c. 91, a. 70, at the instance of Mr. Forster, of the Emigration Ofilee ' charging him with having obtained two s wim of 31. and 21.1 N. respectively, from Mary Anne Jones. on account of payment for a paasage to Australia, abd not giving her a contract note as required by the act. Mr. Sayers, from the office of Mr. Lewis, of 22, Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defendant. Mr. Forster, in opening the case, said that Mrs. Jones was a poor woman intending to goto Australia in the hope of bettering her condition. She was acquainted with Mr. Hales, who keeps a post-office, receiving-house, and money order office in Drury-lane, who kindly got up a subscrip tion, by which a sum of about 121. was made up for the purpose of paying her plumage. The defendant, .who was acquainted with Mr. Hales offered to get a " berth " at a cheaper rate than usual, told knowing him as a seafaring man, with some know ledge of the matter, Mr. Hales thought that confidence ir.i.;ht be placed in him. A sum of 31. was banded him by Mr. Hales, to make a payment on :.count. This of course was done with Mrs. .loues's consent. She afterwards gave him a further v:in of 2.1. 10e., for which he gave her a receipt signed by a p r.on named Solomon., promising to got her a passage to }intimate, in Australia. She had since heard no more of tie matter, and indeed the passage would have been un its- to her if provided, as she wanted to go to Sydney, and it would be as difficult to her to get there from Brisbane tt. from England. It was possible that the money might nave been handed to Bolorcona, but that would not affect !be charge. Evidence in support of this statement basin been given, fir. Sayer said the defendant acted boni fide, and had paid the money over to Solomon.. Thomas Henry said, if so, he ought to Lair called Solomon to prove it. At the same tuie it could may go in mitigation, as it would not be an ::issuer to the charge. Any person taking any money, no a-oter how much or how little, on account of a passage, irls bound to give the contract note at the time, and it waN no excuse to say that he took the money for some utter person. Tin. defendant said he did not intend to do any wrong. -ir Thomas Henry said that did not matter. He bad dour her ,a wrong, and the defendant, as a ship's rtew.trd, must have known that it was illegal. He have been aware that under the Passengers Is every person on paying any money on account of a was entitled to a contract note. His own solicitor unable to contend against the facts, or to urge a single point against conviction. It was, in fact, only a .3..-emn how far he (Sir Thomas Henry) was justified in t..totting the penalty. The full penalty was 501., and he did not think he would be justified 'tt et Oucing it lower than 101. The act hint to give one-half of the penalty to the poor ...man. and of that power he should certainly avail him- .. . He hoped that would be a sufficient compensation Tto dtrendant said he bad no means of paying the fine. `.r Thomas Henry said if he did not he would be coin d to prison for one mouth. MARLBOROUGH-MI.IMT. •s UNEXPICTgIi VISITOR AT A SCHOOL OF AST. • d N 1144, of No. 51, Cirencester-place, painter, was at_: -I before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being found in the .No. 72, Bolsover-street, the West London School of suppowd for an unlawful pumas. M. !teeth, of the West Lo nd on School of Art, said :Lit on the previous night, about 11 o'clock, while at b..;per, he heord a noise in the modelling-room, and on r.o.g down found that an easel on which was . model bail been upset, and was lying on floor, and the defendant was lying along !Ole of it apparently drunk. He roused the defendant, :tl ....Iced him what brought him there, when he said he !:.i toe know, and that he had lost himself. He told the !••kod.iot that he had better get up, and the defendant :;.• pii.l that he lived at No. 51 Cirencester-plaoe. Thinking the defendant's story might be true, and that as tscs drunk it would be the beat plan to see him home, u.. a young man to assist him in taking him home. Tory got nearly as far as L'irencester-place, when the dr• slant abused him and challenged him to fight, and t'e3 thinking that perhaps his story might.not be true, he i..!' .3 a constable and gave him into custody. defendant said that he had been out with a few Wok too much to drink, and must have taken the ,• ialetii.M's house for his own by mistake. 31r. Tyrwhitt said the defendant bad repaid the corn mint very iB Indeed, and would have to pay a fine 4 'li. M. Heath said that the model, the work of some ;0 , , was spoilt . Putting it at the lowest, the damage Tyrwhitt ftwther ordered the defendant tom a fine d.. And the Vi.. damage. IIr.VISIT OF THE PRINCE or WALES TO IRE- The preparations for the reception of the Prince 1..1 it is now confidently hoped—of the Princess of Wales I veil vigorously commenced. The State apartments .1. Castle are beim fitted up in the best style. The • 1 , - , toirtits usually occupied by the Lord-Lieutenant and family, which open upon the Lower Castle-yard, are !•• is• set npart for the royal party, and the private ”:.:vg.room will be decorated for a drawing-room. IL ail titles the interest in the visit of the Prince has 1,•• considerably enhanced by the announcement that the !•, cm is most likely to visit Dublin, and thM is • .1411 y manifested in the anxiety to obtain tickets •..t the grand ball which is to be given in the Exhibition '••!“.. and for which a committee of arrangement has ••c forum', with the Lord Chancellor as chairman. A • al. of 2,000 f. has, we believe, been allocated by the r.l of Works for the purpose of • out the pre .r.,tioi.s in St. l'atrick's Cathedra —Du in Evening TIM NEW CLERICAL PEER. —The Belfast News ". •• says :—" The recent elevation to the peenure of the V. William O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, the repreeen .......i‘e of the old princely family whose name he bean, net wi.h the warmest approval from the inhabitants ':lnter. At the death of the late j.ortl O'Neill— . • i.eLleman who was universally esteemed and endeared his countrymen by numerous acts of WRNS ..-cee-- the title bond by this house, so tionspiou oi. in Irish history, became extinct. When the pre t..t.t nobleman—a desoendant of a collateral branch of the !..roily of O'Neill—entered into poisonous of the eaten .ire estates his claims to be raised to a rank befitting his iwrition as representative of the family were generally re. "%deed. The tweet action of her Majesty's &deism in .eatoring the baron • has given universal satisfaction. The :errantry upon his lordship's estates appreciate his indul gent and generous churs4is as a landlo rd , and regard the distinction which has Seen conferred upon him an a mark of royal favour in which they can share to a great extent." Vie understand (aura the Surrey Standdtd) that :he annual meeting of the Sussex Arclunologioal Society, Low in the twenty-second year of its existence, will take ,dace in the month of August, in the Tunbridge Wells dis tiiet, though the exact locality his not yet been deter . :nod on. It is gratifying io report that a considerable ..oceraion of new members aim' sew contributors to the " °Section. " lies taken place, while many of the county stry base liberally contributed towards the illustration Vol. XX., now at press. Though so large a number of ntlemen are lending their aid to the society's snoods, .t tray not be deemed invidious to openly the individual slorts of one, who has, first and lad, introduced about members to the society's roll, Mr. J. M. Richardson, f Tunbridge Wells. At the quarterly meeting of the r. , mmittee, held at the Barbican, Lewes, on Thursday, , th i ns t., under the presidency of the Rev. Edward - .lntl-. Mr. Richardson proposed and scoured the deo. t... 0 of thirteen adherents to the good cause of Sumer Ali.h.• elegy. l'aNit• IN a THEATRE.—On Sunday afternoon :i.e Ler. R. Stanton, an independent minister, delivered of a course of lectures to the working glasses in :re Sheffield Theatre Royal The subject was the Ted -olden tragedy, and very nearly terminated tragically " a great number of persona The place was .Arded to excess. Just before 4 o'clock a ay '.! Fire was raised, and a scene of the -wildest ensued. Doors were burst open in all directions, women and men screamed and &boated, .t 1 the dense mass began to straggle fierce! y to Two women precipitated themselves cut of the into the pit, falling on to the heads of those below Women and men scrambled out of the pit on to the 4 re,imashing the chairs and musiootands in the orchestra ,nd the foot-lights on their way. Others broke through a !wylight at the back of the stage, and dropped from thanes •L'o the yard. Oth ers found their way underneath the `tags, and, pushing their arms through the grating into the Street, besought those outside to smash the grating and let them out, as the place was on fire. There wan no Ices ct life. The alarm of Ire was groundless. EITUAVADINARY FECUNDITY. Last week a tc..thclown ewe on the fern of Yr. John Page, of . "epner, produced five lambs at a birth—four alive, and ilad.—Sassez Advertiotr. 1 EXTRAORDINARY DrEcorENY dP HUMAN AIMAI33 11/ TSB CITY. • rL4TEI3T SPORTHEG INTBLPIGXDTOE Bib, DIQUMST.—(TIDS DAY.) Thin forenoon Mr. Williams Payne, Ow Oity coroner, held an investigation at the Crown Tavern, Bed Cram-street, Barbican, respecting the supposed murder of a male child and Use discovery of a numbs" of human bones at No. 11, Hanover-eourt, Milton-street, City. Michael Manion, 8, Bun-court, Milton-street, a our peater, deposed that on Thursday lut b. was employed in making some repairs at Mr. Rvynolds' house, No. n, Hanover•court. In the rear of the house be observed that the pavement needed repair, and be went to look for • atone for the purpose of settling it. In the cellar close by the stairs he observed a atone some 16 inches long by 9 broad, and thinking it would snit his purpose be struck it preparatory to pulling it up. To his surprise he beard • hollow sound. He did nothing more then, however, but in half an hour he decided to go back and lift it rap. The place was dark, and be put his hand and pieced it on something cold, which he found to be the head of • child. Upon examining the place with • light, he sew the naked body of • child lying on its back. The following day (Friday) he told his employer, who had the contract for repairing the house, and the police were communicated with. Wit•sse accompanied • policeman to the cellar, and showed him the child, and it was taken up out of the hole. There we something fastened around the child's waist, and the legs were tied together. They dug down about two feet, and found • quantity of bones. There were legs, arm., and bits of skulla. Police•constable Skeet, 107 City police, said that the lower part of the hones in question was occupied by Mr. Reynolds, an undertaker ; the upper part is let out to lodgers. Everyone could have atom to the collar, for the dast.bin was there. Dr. F. H. Simpson, police-mugeon, rid the body of the child was that of a male. There was a flannel bandage and a piece of white canoe around the body, the legs were tied together ►t the anklet by means of a plus of white tape. There were two wounds on the right side of the head and there was another wound on the left. The latter wound was nearly 3 inches long. The scalp was parted from the bone and the skull was fractured at both sides of the head. The frac ture extended to the back of the head. There was ► bruise over the ribs on the right side, and the sixth rib was fractured. The only sign of decomposition was a diaooloration around the eyes ; in his opinion the child most have bean dead only a week when it wee discovered. The post mortem examination showed that the right lung was fully distended by respiration, end the left pertly so. Both lungs and heart floated in water. The child had been born alive. The body had been washed. He did not think the child had lived 24 hum. The cause of deceased's death was, in his opinion, the extensive injuries to the head. Mr. Thomas Reynolds, 11, Hanover-court, City, deposed that he was an undertaker, and that he had lived at his present residence for fourteen years. The cellar in ques tion was open to all in the house, on account of the dust bin being there. He could not say how the body came there. The street-door opened by a string. He put all stillborn children that be got into shells for burial, and he could show by receipts (which he produced), that he paid the fees for burying such children. Since the discovery had been made in the cellar the door bad been nailed up. George Sturgess, 11, Hanover-court, said that he was eon-in-law of Mr. Reynolds. He bad been frequently in the cellar, and he never saw any appearance of the ground having been disturbed. He had no idea as to who had put the child there. Sarah Kelly was then Balled—She said that she was a widow, living at 50, Regent-street, La:nbetb. She we recently absent from home, attending her daughter Eliza beth Beckley, who was married last year to a carman, lir ing at 62, Long-alley, Bishopsgate. Mrs. Beckley was con fined on Saturday fortnight; wittier was present and so was a doctor. It was a male child, and was born about half past I in the morning. It lived ti116.300n Saturday evening. The doctor saw tke child during the day ; it was con vulsed at times, but the doctor said, " While there is life there is hope." It had received no hurt during birth. Wit ness Identified the body found in Mr. Reynolds's cellar as that of her grandchild. She knew the flannel. When the child died it was laid out, and the father got an un dertaker, who came and measured it, and took it away on wadneeday week. Coroner—Did you see the state of the child's head when you looked at it this morning? Witness—l sew something of it, but it was so dreadfdl that I did not like to look at it. Coroner—Was it in that state when the child died? Witness—No, sir, nor when the body leas taken away. It was taken away in a shell nailed down. Money was paid to the undertaker, and a receipt given, which I saw. Mr. James Flack, 56, Shoreditcb, said that he attended Mrs. Beckley professionally at the birth of this child. There was no difficulty in the birth, and the child lived for the day. There was difficulty of breathing, and the child was convulsed, and died on the evening of Saturday fortnight. He saw it after death, and it was not then cellarin u 1 re a l. He had not as yet seen the body found in the — The coroner directed tkat the witness should be shown the body in question. Joseph Beckley, a carman, said that he was the father of the child. It had received no hurt at death that he knew of. After the death he west to an undertaker, who asked too much, and then he asked a friend who buried his children. The friend told him Mr. Wicks. He wont to Mr. Wicks, who sent him to Mr. Reynolds, to whom he then went. Mr. Reynolds was not at hone. He was in a public-house. Witness told Mr. Reynolds that he had a child dead that he wanted to get buried "Do you want to make a funeral of it?" Mr.lisynolds asked. Witness said, " No, I am only a poor man, and my money ain't much." " Well," said Mr. Reynolds, " I'll do it without • funeral for Ils." On Wednesday, while witness was out, Mr. Reynolds took away the body in • shell. Witness got • receipt from him as follows :—" Received of Mr. Beckley lls. for the expenses of his child's funeral, March 13,181i8. —T. Rarsoms. ' . _ Joseph Fowke, detective of the City force, said that the boa appeared to have been formerly a sort of well bricked around and filled up. He had it dug out and dis covered a quantity of pieces of the skulls of children. He afterwards saw Reynolds at Moor-lane police-station, and told him the body of a child had been found in his cellar. He said he knew nothing at all about it, and that he had not got a still-born child to bury for the last ten or twelve months. Witness eventually succeeded in getting the receipt signed by Mr. Mr. Flack said that he bad just seen the body of the child in question. It was so disfigured that be mold hardly recognise it. Ite had not taken off the cap to see the head when he saw Mrs. Beokley's child after death. He therefore could not say whether the injuries then existed or not. The Coroner said that the evidence went to show that the child's death bad not been caused by violence. A Juror said that Dr. Simpson's evidence was very posi tive that the child had died from the injuries to the head. Dr Simpson sold that his reason for believing that the injuries could not have been caused after death was that there wee an effusion of blood from the wounds. . _ Dr. Flack sZdThat it was oertaioly unusual to And so mach effusion after death, but it might have been caused by the pressure on the atoms. The pohee-offiser, recalled, raid the stone did not pews :pas the child. Them was part space enough under it for he child to remain untouched by it. Dr. Simpson said that he was quite certain that the rib moat base been broken bet oLe death. The detective Fiske said that the hole in which the child was found was only just long enough to receive the body of the ohi2d, and it was quite possible that a speck some instrument miOt have bees used to farce the hed down. In that Iva, Qe bead might possibly have been injured. The Coroner salted whether the police thought they could get evidence to alter the complexion given is the case by the evidence of Yrs. Kelly. Detective Fowke inid that be did not think that was likely. He heard that the child died is the arms of a respectable woman named Jones, who was not, however, present. Dr. Simpson said that he would modify his fret evidence from what he had hoard. It appeared that the child had been dead longer than he sappowd, and it was just pas sible that the effusion on the head, where the injuries were, had been occasioned by the pressure and the lapse of time. But the broken rib could not hare been pesi mortem. . _ . The Coroner asked wbether the broken rib could have been the calm of deeth Dr. Simpson said he thought not. Dr. Flack said that be would attribute death to debility, or exhaustion from oonvultione The Coroner said that it was very satisfactory to find the Game so far cleared up, for at list it seemed as if a very foul murder had been committed. The ecaduct of Mr. Reynolds could not be dealt with by the jury, but nothing could be mare reprehrmtible. This case showed what facilities such a disgraceful system would give for the thsilof murdered children. fror said that the court ought to recommend that the police should deal with Kr. Reynolds. Inspector %Eby said that the facto would be reported to 7h the commissioner,. e jury then returned a verdict of "Death from ex haustion from convulsions from natural causes." A quantity of house found in the hie in the miler wee produced and examined by Drs. Simpson and Flack. They found that the remains of at least fear children wars in the tercel. Bosse bones of animal, were mowed them of the children. Li was supposed lo be useless to attempt to go into the case of the Children the portions el whose ekeleteas were discovered. ~: .PBBl 12 11'3`1 . Z - 611 7 ,1 fIE-Z7r _ li e j sit2vi c. ff 4 , I ‘ DI Ev i _ las . nri iiir I 1. 41 7 -10P?ar c 4 r - A yest milerdtingay of dt: iwais mbeid is Mrs*x4- )hais onsig traff Oak. The report orthe In Vag read, m aw, mestere then two I Th• MAluLair said the dbeetems heeled 2,0001. • year ; they nevertheless neglected the mast frepereast of the preeentions provided by the deed of eettlement for the aseurita of the bank. Money was lent recklessly. In mimeos to Ur. Holden, • memorandum was found in the ledger, in January, 1863, limiting him to 5001., yet is the half Tear ending December, 1863, 10,0001. was chirp& to his acconnt for returned bile, and Is the following half year upwards of 21,0001., and so it ite_pt on till when the bank cloned Mr. Holden owed MAW. When the bank stopped, the amount shown by Returned Bill Book was 36 , 0411 ., in the D 41.7 Cash Amount stated as 36,5711. ; but the amount of haus banded ever to the liquidstor• was only 34,3831. showing • deficasney of 2,1881. When the bank stopped the bills of exchange, as shown by the books, amounted to 385,0/01., but the amount aduany handed over to the liquidating, or amounted for, was only 351,4211., showing • dallriftey of 33,6481. This daideney of accounts was said to ban been accumulating far some years, and was unexplained. Of the 351,4211. bill; 81,5061. were overdue, the principal part ben doe is 1864 and 1866, and rose out of the weenie of Mr. W. IL Beaumont, the manager, and Mr. H. A. Holden. In 1860 the bad debts amounted to 425,000 E The bad and doubtful debts in Juno, 1864, amounted to 703,3141. In • the lam of this, new shams were issued. The report dated February, 1865, was untrue, as 22,5001. was taken oat of prolits for bad debts incurred prior to the bane of fresh alarm. The total amount due from directors on overdrawn seseunts on the 13th July, 1866, including bills discounted for Mr. L. Foster, was 184,1871. Oa the 14th June, 1866, a committee was appointed. consisting of Menem Weise's, Warden, Pemberton, Poems, Pays Webb, Banows, Foster, sad Heston, for the purpose of looking up and priming the payments of all backward accounts. In 14 days, namely, from the 30th June, 1866, to the 13th July, 18N (bsing the day the beak cloned) the direeton had so well looked up backward accounts as to increase their own liabilities in the sum of 37,7891. onaking their Wanes account 184,1/371. The ahairmanobeerved that it was represented by Mr. Lundy (ow of theofficial liquids tors), that there was • surplus of 198,9651., whilst there was really • deficiency of at least 101. per share, the &threw* between the estimate and the result being 450,0001. In conclusion, the chairman said the bank ought never to have mopped ; it might, indeed, would have been saved had the directors attended to the article of essorialica requiring them to call the shareholders together or apprise them of any serious loss or difficulty. It rested with the shareholders what course should be pursued. rpm the faith of certain representations, slthougb at the time they were made the beak was something like 700,0001. to the bad, persons were induced to take new shares that were issued. He thought those shareholders bad • claim upon the directors, and counsel's opinion justified them in proceeding against them. A resolution was passed to the effect that the Investigation Committee be requested to continue in once to watch the interests of the shareholders during the process of liquidation, and to take such steps, with regard to the directors, as might be deemed advis able. A considerable sum of money was subscribed•bcdore the meeting broke up. MINES.--(THIS DAY.) ONE O'CLOCK. The mining market is quiet to-day, and prices, with two or three exceptions, are unchanged. West Chiverton shares are quoted 644 to 651 ; Chiverton Moor, 64 to ; North Chiverton, to ; Great Vor, 18 to 19 ; Whorl Trelawney, 84 to 9 ; Great Laxey, 161 to 171; Great Retallack, to 3; Wheal Buller, 12 to 1 ; Cern Brea, 18 to 19 ; Wheal Setnn, 85 to 90 ; East Cam Brea, 30s. to 321. 6d. ; North Treekerby, 230. to 25c ; New Lovell, 14s. to 16s. ; Chivertou Valley, 4 to 44 ; and Prince of Wales, 54a. to 56a. Subjoined are tho quotations for foreign and colonial mining shares :—St. John del Rey, 18 to 19; Don Pedro, 21 to 4 prem. ; Anglo- Brazilian, 4 dia. to par; Pestarena, i to 4 du. ; Chontalea, 4 to 4 de. ; Roses Grande, 1.16 die to 1-16 prem. ; Anglo-Italian, par to prom. ; United Mexican 14 to Prontino and Bolivia, 9-16 to 11-16 ; Port Phi lp, 11 to 4 ; and Central American, dia. to par. At the meeting yesterday of the Don Pedro North del Rey Gold Mining Company a dividend of sa. per share was declared on each share of 1/. each with 14s. paid. VONEY MARKEr.--owm DAY.) ONIE O'CLOCK. Notwithstanding the Amerce of disquieting fea tures, the stook aurkets main trey inactive. The tone, however, is lightly better than yesterday, a few pnre.haseshaving been made nponthe announcement that upwards of one million sterling in gold is now on the way from Australia to this country, a por tion of which, according to present appearances, will be retained here. Consols are without variation, but some of the railway and foreign stocks have experienced • moderate advance. American rail way shares are slightly firmer. Colonial Govern ment debentures show steadiness. The discount market is rather quieter, but the general rate for the best paper is 2 per amt, transactions at lf being quite exceptionaL Ad vances on English government securities are not obtainable in the Stock Exchange under lit to 2 per cent. Consols are quoted 93 to } for money and 93} for the account (April 2), and Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 911 to 92. Home railway stocks are inquired for, and • rise of to per cent. is observable in Caledonian, London and North Western, Great Eastern, and Brighton. The prices are as follows : Caledonian, 801 to 1 ; London and North Western, 115 to }; Great Western, 481 to ; Midland, 1061 to' ; London and' South Western, 85 to 88 ; Great Eastern, 32 to } ; Brighton, 48} to 49 ; South Eastern. 721 to ; Metropolitan. 114} to ; Great Northern, 104 to 105 ; ditto A, 99 to 100; London, Chatham, and Dover, 18} to } ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 125/ to 1 ; York and North Midland, 93 to 94 ; Berwick, 109} to 101; and North British, 331 to 34}. A few dealings have been recorded in colonial railway shares. East Indian, 109} to 110 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 108} to 109 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 151 to 1; and Great Western , 161 The foreign stock market is firm. Italian Bonds of 1861 are in request, and have risen per oent., the present price being 471 to if. Mexican are quoted 151 to being higher; Turkish of 1865, 33} to I, showing an advance of 4 ; Brazilian of 1865, 72 to 73 ; Chili= of 1867, 89 to 4 ; Egyptian of 1864, 87 to 4 ; the Viceroy's Loan, 734 to 74 ; Peruvian of 1866, 784 to 79; Russian of 1866, 87 to ; Spanish New, 314 to 1 ; Turkish of 1858, 591 to 60 ; and ditto of 1862, 63 to 4. Indian stocks show no movement. The Five per Cents. are at 1131 to 1141; the Four, 1001 to 101, ex div. ; the Bonds, 28s. to 334. prem. ; and the Five per Cent. Debentures, 106 to 3. Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 16e. prem. With respect to Bank shares, Anglo-Austrian are 2s. 6d. better, at 33 to 4 prem. ; but other kinds are unaltered. London and Westminster, 673 to 683 ; Australasia, 693 to 603 ; Oriental, 421 to 1 ; London and Brazilian, 34 to 32 dia. ; and Im perial Ottoman, 1 dia. to par. _ The market for financial shares is inanimate. General Credit, 21 to 1 dia. ; Credit Foncier, 71 to 6* dia. ; International, 11 to 11 dia. ; and Lon don, 26 to 25 die. Apart from a reduction of 2s. 6d. in Hudson's Bay, viz., to 14 to 1, iniscellaneous shares are with out variation. National Discount, 61 to 61 prem.; Egyptian Trading, 41 to I dig. ; Telegraph Con struction, 111 to 3, being flat ; Atlantic Tele graph Eight per Cent. Preference, 5 to f ; and Anglo-American, 213 to 22. American securities have been dealt in to a mode rate extent. The 5-20 Bonds are quoted 72 to 1, being steady ; Erie Railway shares, 461 to 471, being f per oent. better ; and Illinois Central, 89* to 90—a rise of 1. Foreign and Colonial Trust Certificates are at 11 to If prem. The new inn° of Debenture Stock of the Metropolitan District Railway is quoted If to If prem. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The dealings in the Stock Exchange continua upon a very limited scale. Consols are without change, at the quotations given above. The variations in railway stocks com prise • rise of l per cent. in Caledonian, and a reduction to the same extent in Berwick. As regards foreign bonds, Mexican and Turkish of 1885 have declined to per cent. The steamer Asia has taken out 25,0001. in specie for the Cape of flood Hope. The amount of Australian gold known to be now on the way to England is as much as 1,005,0001., of which a considerable portion will be due in about a fortnight. The large increase in the remittanoes arises from the circumstance that the export duty on gold was taken off at Melbourne on the let of January last. The Lady Melville has 264,0001. ; Kenilworth, 37,0001. ; Maoduff, 290,000/. ; Media tor, 37,0001. ; True Briton, 115,0001. ; Holmeedale, 198,0001. ; and the Superb, 72,0001.. In consequence of the receipt of private telegrams from Bombay, announcing a reduction of id. in the exchange upon London, the silver market wee fiat yesterday, and bars could not be sold at the recent quotation of be. Oid. per ounce. Holders, how -1 ever, were not disposed to preen sales, in the belief that further advice, may communicate a recovery in the ex Mr. It. ell PTarding, the official liquidator of the Joint Stock Discount Company, has obtained authority from the Master of the Rolls to pay a further dividend of 2s. in the pound to the credi tors of that company, making, with former divi dends, 12s. in the pound. Thu will be payable at the offices of Messrs. Harding, Whinney, Gibbons, and Co., No. 8, Old Jewry, on Monday next, the 30th indent, and on any subsequent Monday. The South Bastern Railway traffic return shows this week an indeed of 2,4621. over last year. The traMe return of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 20th instant shows an increase of 901. over last year. At the meeting yesterday of the proprietors of the Bank of Australasia • dividend and bonus were declared for the half-year at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of ineome-tax. An extreonlinary meeting of the International FinancialBocietywas held yesterday, when the row lotion pawed on the 6th instant, in favour of the reduction of the liability on shares, was confirmed. It was stated that the necessary steps, legal and otherwise, would be completed in the course of two or three months. From the report of the directors of the Oredit Fancier d Mintritine (Limited), to be presented at the gamma meeting on the 28th instant, we ex tract the foaming : is otaaaMkg air fourth amid report aad Wear she* the ffss emergaiste the sharabsibeee ea Ile oestiresd sad els* peeper el the sespeay Amin the pre year. The areas* of amelpsee hiveireate se tie rid elf ler was 108,8701. 3a. id., B it ter is asered i hrli s al e rroperei g. el the egooras Of 1.. The helf-yeeily peremis. by tir mar4pesee, 11111111iSUO to be made with greelyweeelier. The assersis Ail the year show a iur reit el Ulla 06 104, tibia, with the balance of the pi az, Rhos 60 eftellebb tes et 9,7341. 10s. Id. The reseessmad that • trid. of 7e per asst., bee of tax. be tieskeal ter the peel ,al whisk 84 inr ant. or 7a. 44 . per lime, baa bra year already paid fa 1110 Ms o f au herein dividend for the err re moat& of the pear. A berme of 12101 6a 24. will be erred lo mei ea- , amt. Tho aired= have the rehiselisa be elate that the island has bre favouued with most propitious vesiker. ARd the of a large Imp al sager this year en roe" An extraordinary genera meeting of the " Cal cutta arid South fraltank Cor•PenY mited and Redacted)" is fixed for the filet into, to confirm the reaoluibns for • refuniarY winrhng up which were passed on the 17th inn, Bosh tiona THE METROPOLITAN DAY AT EPSOM. TO MI ITS 01 , MIS MOBIL Bra,—A "tremendous" meeting at Epsom in earned by the large number d arrivals ; and no matter hew hones may be run through to-day, the several races already% the programme for to-morrow will being together plenty of competitors to make things lively. The Metro- politan, two mike and • quarter, would be better discussed when the City and Suburban is decided, though the course is • mile longer, but the late hour at which the latter will terminate precludes my making use even of the telegraph wires Oak afternoon, to make • selection, and I shall at once declare for Itlueelde, who has been well tried by Matthew Dawson. The other events before me will also be affected by this afternoon's proceedings ; sad I shall simply state that XI, in the Prince of Wales's Stakes; Carlos and Mount Palatine in the Spring Cup, and Mmantello in the New Two Year Old Stakes, are bound to do good bottle.—l ow, to , TatodAy Morning. (BY 72LIZELP11.) EPSOM SPRING MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) TRIAL STAKES. One mile. Moutgonberi,McTutainard, Knight of the Garter, 4emlum, Philosopher, Belfast, Paul Jones, Rabbit Trap, un Htsman, Andras, Traveller, Tyrone, Mont Blanc, and Trivial* are hers. STAMFORD PLATE. Half • mile. 'Addington, Montanan, Ha y Chapel Royal, Historian, Goodfellow, Milton, Maeaes, Lay, Patrician, Lome, Spitfire, Festival, Curfew Bell, Sister to Veda, Alibi, Balsam°, Redivirus, Marquis of Worcester, Chantilly, Breach of Promise, Mseduff, Warlike, Brown Jug, Clovis, Laird of Scotland, Lady Glamors, and Nanny are here. BEAUFORT bTAICRE. Half a mile. Merry Lass, Brine, Minster Chime., Butterfly Tarra gona f, Fleetwing, Brieendial, Lid:Unites, eine f, Diamond, Badsworth, Topsy, Bianca, Roman f, Little Tommy, and Fenian are here. CITY AND SUBURBAN. One mile and a quarter. Knight of the Garter, Van Amburgb, Hippie, Blink hoolie, Thalia, Abergeldie, Aetna, NOSIOL, Cheltenham, Gaolers:, Clarioe, Fitalvan, Montagnard Miss Harriette, Speculum, Attack e, Breach,Barioh, Chelsea, Gipsy King, 14yflower, Slanderer , Parma, Bernie Duos, Hilton, Kee tleholder, Redbourne,Clenience, Stradbroke,Clarion, Lady Child of the Islands, Russian Bear, Bro. to Knight el the Crescent, Nyanza, Nutley, Germaniqae, Conundrum, Cotton, and Choral are here. PAID Foarmr.—Captain Kidd, Wild Moor, Vigorous, Franchise, Eleonora,Corporal,Cauthlees, Gipsy King, Dean , Malcolm f, Rhine Wine, Adam Bede, Lady Diana, and Lionel. __ TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Half a mile. stalls. de FI T T , Buffoon, Little Lord, TAaina, De Vero, Lampoon, Bonnie Katie, Armada , . Trompette, Sun flower f, Electricity, Resistance, Artist, The Rajah, Albert, Badsworth, Liman, and See Breese are here. HEATHCOTE PLATE. Threa.quarters of a mile. Xi, Bismarck, Chapel Royal, Paris Huntsman, Fakir, Grand Duke, Milton, V. ardor, Hopleaf, Breach of Promise, itedivirus, Chantilly, Fawn, Patrician, Warlike, Hersonisaus, Manton, Laird of Scotland, Dunoon, Lady Glenoora, Traviata, and Adventuress are hare. For some time there has been a question moving in the hunting world as to whether the Quern would be married on next session under the present mastership. " Argus " says :—" I am now enabled to answer it, and to state authoritatively that the Margfils of Hastings gives up the country at the clan of the present season, sad that the hounds and horses will be disposed of early in May at Quern by Messrs. TatiersalL" An incident which has just occurred at Paris has produced • considerable sensation in military circles. Captain It—, of the 20th battalion of foot chanson, whose duty it was to be present with his company at the review puma by the Emperor on Thursday, failed to make his appearance for some reason not stated. He was in consequence severely reprimanded and ordered under arrest for some days. Smarting under this disgrace, he sat up all night regulating the accounts of his company, and is the morning be called the men together, reviewed them, and saying, " I now bid you adieu," pulled a re volver from his pocket, placed the muzzle at his breast, and fired. The ball, however, was turned aside by the Caw of the Legion of Honour; but be immediately die. charged another ham' and fell bathed in blood from • dangerous wound neer the heart. He was at once taken to an hospital, where be lies in a critical date. OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL.—SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 24.—The North German Lloyd'. steamer Hansa, sailing to-day with the English, French, and German mails for New York, takes a full complement of cabin, and 600 steerage passengers, and • large cargo including gold coin from London to the value of 63,0001. NATIONAL PORTRAIT EXHIBITION. —The arrange ment of the third and final collection is now making good progress at South Kensington. There is no want of por traits, indeed the great difiiculty is to find space for those already received. The exhibition will consist of portraits of eminent persons who bare lived during the present cen tury, and of many distinguished people who flourished prior to that time, forming a supplement to the whole series. In all there will be about 900 portraits, and efforts are being made to open the exhibition, which promises to be of greater popular interest than its predecessors, on Easter Monday. THE NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS.—A depu tation from the British Association for the Advancement ' of Science hail an interview with the Premier yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street, to urge upon her Majesty's government that, in the event of the natural history oollections in the British Museum being moved from their present site in Great Russell-street, the admi nistration of theee collections should be entrusted to a director immediately responsible to some minister of the crown, end that the authority of the pre ent trustees over them should cease. The deputation consisted of Dr. Hooker, Professor Huxley, Mr. Busk, Mr. Bentham, Mr. &later ; and the following officers of the British Associa tion :—Mr. Bpottiewoode (the tressurer), Mews. Galion and Hirst (the secretaries), and Mr. Griffith (the assistant secretary). REDUCTION or TAX•TION.—The assooistion or =iign London some month' sines with the object of attention to the pregressive increase of the na tional taxation, and of reducing its excessive amount, cow ramose its public operations tomorrow in Finger,. • public meeting for that borough, over which Aldermen Lusk, M.P., will preside, will be bold in the evening, and Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., Mr. leCuliagh TOMS; M.P., Mr. Noble, represecaft the society, and other rearlasorm, will address the assemMage. The special objects to be ad..- ..Med on the occasion are to obtain a considerable 'omis sion of taxation, especially of such as affects the noose series and comforts of the population and the extension of trade, manufactures, and employment. Similar meetings will be held is every metropolitan borough. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LEEDS CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) (sT =Jaws.) (nor 003 OWN 0013311PONDINT.) There was more inquiry for wheat to-day. sod prime of Let wosk were fully maintained. Barley unaltered. M INOING-LAN E. —(THIS DAY.) SUGAR. —The market has opened firmly, at last week's currency, bat only moderate sales are reported. Renard— , Tbe moderate supplies brought to market are readily taken elf at arm rates. Corm. — A fair Easiness is doing in most descriptions at steady pekoe. isoes COOO/6-1,500 bags of Trinidad has recently been dis posed of at firm prices. TZA.—There am buyers but few sellers at late rates. Ricv..—Farther ides of Hallam for arrival have been effected at 9s. 9d. ex ship ; 250 tans Deuce grain also sold at lie. 3d. ax ship. Saco.—Small pearl continues to sell freely at 18s. Bd. to 18a. 9tl for fine. RUM and BALTPSTAL—No sales to report. ComoN.—The market continues steady but less active. HEMP.—Manilla is firm, sad 481. to 481. 10s, paid for fair roping. Russian quiet. Ostaiara is firmer. Common sold at 17s. SHELLAC.—A parcel of Gas Orange sold at 91s. 3d. TALLOW IILIRILIT.—(71118 DAY.) The market is steady. Tows tallow, 43. dd. ; Pe tenbarg Y.O. on the spot. 445. ; April to Jane, 445. ; October to Desember, 4bs. ; December, 455. dd. HAY . ItARKET.--(71119 DAY.; Mr. Clarks Jansen Easton reports trail slow, at the following prima, viz. : Primo meadow Lay , 755. to 80a ; inferior ditto 6,n. to 70s. ; Glover, old, 965. to 100 s. ; in ferior ditto, 70s. to 90s. ; strew, 30s. to Min PIOYIIICIAL SHARI 1114,1111111. Lncraroot, MAIM ti—lintea to-day : Caledonian. 801 1 an. —Ditto, 4 'per CAUL convertible. 181111. Imbed M Ms ,:1 1 4 p. —Great Lerma, 1111 1 1-Oren WaMera, 4q—Lando. and North Water% 1141 14-11 - eatcheater, ShaMaki, and Lincoln, 484 —Metropolitan, 114}—Midland, 105 4—North MAIM; 144 4 — y - Buffalo and Lake Mum, B—Oreat Western of Camilla. 1 6{ 1— Illinois Central, —North and South Wake, 81-11ydeon's8 144-1.1 Of zd —Liverpool Coined Os., 1011—: Natlonal=a 812 .20. 0empany (Limited), 111. Wu It. leadmen dime • Analo-Ame rkan tr il = (Ladled), M Caledonian, 804 I . 1 1101 1 Oreat Listen, IS 4 S--Great No.BW, 108—Mtto A, 1116— Grand Trask of Carla roar per Oast. Ant., 17-omat Weirton of Canada, MI 1114 1 I—II/12414 MI 1 j—lancaehire 1 and Yorkshire, Nye het, UM lid. —Lemke, WieMon, and South Co..*, 484 1 1-11ancheater and limooloildro, = Ditto 44 awls Prof , 84— ....d 1161 Onat Vicoth Copilot 1 4 1. 4 39 1 Mend, Milla= ,4 d Bretton Now. p.—Csidedordan New, 81 p.— roar-and &Halt preset 1861), par—rabtolm, 11 d. THE CONDEMNED WOMAN KIDDER. —The Home Seeretery he. Axed the 9nd of April for the execution of the wevist Fawns Kidder, but we believe the warrant for her execatioe has not yet bees received. &SOO her rodernaties the enhapa woniank behaviour boa sot altered snob ;at dale has 661 of in-tamper, and wee, I A ma ii ra i roo . r oteat i„ g o f the friends o f t h e °l°nallY is g e e, gene., the. ate lei hg for dean. Her ti e l s lVideel — Frel - On v - r;MI2d at Ws. Henry H k r e;•l - . appetite oontiness good. She has not at aay Vas in Cense-street, May-fair, on Haut evade& denied her guilt, although she appears to think that she is _ L __ „,.., ,_,, „., ~..,__,„,_ ,_ ,_,__ ,_______ ill-used bybeieg placed in her present paidon. She re- w h en the •istembents7z: snidely jaw is prayer, but she has sot exprered any "www sloe of patitones. After her oesismasuom ehe wee he of the waist, t to irteedaee • baffle wade Tidied by her lusebeed and sews al bar Meads, and is the I __, ecce6 _,__ the weride ll_, also fa received meow of the interview arm ill (Whig was skews. Shwa l ad w""°"'"" Ll_se= go rd feleecee„ . ...,_ , ,„. _ lest live _lt then, at the waviet's ' • request has heat smut to the r, ..,_ "7, , „,,v,....,_—._, ire ......_-1_,.-71_0m, boated to visit her. but he sot taken my noticed it. 1 : Z h "" eig ,'"'"'` ova dia r e ir. --- p prwids tirmisas.".l.,..witi= She appears to have barmen good eharastor meal his ore tries ; after their • be fr equen m 4 l ll 4lle e r ratic° ei the wdeb used her. and the &eased child. Mayor of AIMMILLLIAM WINES . — An time goes on we find (James Watts , &c o , an d ot h er ...time, I. that to ws. I fresh teetiencoy brae to the etteallmer of our Vittorio w Wearing themselves cobeha of the markt, and • Irbil& 11 4Mtv emu. of Holltatort, /ma lately re. polities will shortly be /awarded to the Houtoogke, 1 adved• hair en the from Srgoe °amine eu . asking for a commutation of the makaaa—Maidotoost ' rofied tear ifo lb = mat'ef-War Mara* Vida Jouroal. reified setae rears i re. The Efeeteats seavied mow • somber of cams et miermial wine on trial, air Omer THE lIMIDER OF A GIRL IN finnorearan.— 1 UIIIES'" writes that all gm Aurelian ohm WA pier Sniteweeter, MOSDAY.—To-day, at the seder in this I nee, as a t w i th , mak lehhh sir town, Nut pelemer Kapp err pat upon hie trial, clogged I weir swami k t me it ivite lib Idth the roleaer of the litth_ffirl Low* "dee the he flan all ham. MIUIlld is MOO of the Anse* wise eMirairias ammo already reported. TIM evidence against the pri : i s the ...Li a s hi g h ...y.., The mew " mowed saw was very eneng„ . but sowed Met the dossier bad ereeaat ea l e T' el a ihreeiZi et „ Am a te - w the hehaa not Men c'utTNPL Arlir=r 11 " 1 sum °I. the , market have elm Wtersot far the vine-grewen of VI.. LT rethod , hot almost / "tamed wit _ _ „th a ° ll `' toria, for the indketions they afford el the bete sod , of lent/. Sentence of a° l46 wee Preeesege° wish ' feeling of the marker ohiSh are over= up to Anstralim the usual formality. The primer, who bad all aloes been view in the meth a Imam l id i rather unconcerned in fisr (Magid so ..Mien' ousel of Amirellea vines was shipped te in fotal: l4l llems. upon hearing the sentioce. He 141 the Leh prealaim tr earkeee and Co., of ch r headreet wed , of ing that he was inners* of the mime. %Mk Australian hermitage, sin peat aid, sod a .. Vistoriao ADMIRALTY Hatton U. — Th e followitg *Wien- I roe ef las age, bid of • vary " flavour. tin has been issued :—" Lettere for the GAM. amid Both maybe were pm unatina : with • be rot to Honolulu via New York tied San Prenerie ' view of Reding a math* or of 0169. to mita the 75th April, and afterwards to Valparaiso by the Berne aspire. m. Owe Aimilialim rim eotried . Peddle moil up to l ath July inelueive." Her Majesty's off the palm, la ocentegllNNO tlitl e • Mg _ a but =Atellese bees ardent& from the Week Ord cl the Mfaan ore wee very EF, Ma vas t Mealier; the Dart, from the West Oast of potshard to " lay dews" ter um. Ilea erle es Abir to Benne& ; sod the Oberyidie, t ai lored to Awl Hs versa* writ she Amps of V boo Australia, lad will be to the walk sod the remit of the earpedment is just Peelle meeleadr=6._o.....atz Ak...ta., ........th.,„ mono= v tler, mos en_alaeri lei Buller, to the ; Nivel eisiamod .t a le of shipments of PAWL earl Rear. . —iffibferffe Artful, Feb. 4. "P , • "win also be proposed at the meeting for autho riliagthe immediate dietribution elf the capital of the company amongst the proprietors, and the dis posal of an ultimate balance (estimated not n tif or: aced 2,0001 ) arising from miscell a n e ou s s o " The half-yearly meeting of the Perumn Railway Company is convened for the 21st of April, when a dividend is to be declared. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of lie Me tropolitan Railway Company is to be held bn Wednesday, the 25th inst. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of Vicleiria (Australia) was held at Melbourne on the 4tll# of February Lit, when a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. was declared (25,0001.), leaving 21,2421. Urn. 6d. to be carried forward. Creditors of the London and Venezuela Bank (Limited), residing in England, are required or before the 9th of April, to send th e partictffara of their claims to Mr. Edward Redman, of Tele graph-street-chambers, one of the liquidators, the 21st of April having been appointed by Vies- Chancellor Molina for adjudicating upon them. An extraordinary general meeting of the 'Ws holders of the Grand Russian Railway Coiiipin7 (" Grande SocioStA des Chemins de Fer Busses") is (*moiled for the 20th April (2nd of May) at St. Petersburg, when the council will ask authoritt to solicit from the government a cession of the Nicholas Railway from St. Petersburg to Moeortw. The new debenture stock of the Metropolitan Dis trict Railway Company was quoted yesteniay 1 to 1} prem. We are intormed Out of the 400,0001. et stock offered, about 330,0001. is being allotted to persona who will pay it up in full, and that, apart from small subscriptions in respect of which no re duction will be made, the residue will be dis tributed amongst the general applicants, whose proportion will therefore necessarily be limited. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. annowce, with regard to the Russian Four per Cent. Loan of 1807 for 12,000,0001., that they are prepared to deliver bonds in exchange for the full paid scrip of the London subscription, representing bonds of 1001. each. The Official Gaulle of Madrid, of Saturday last, contains a decree authorising the Minister of Finance to contract a Cuban loan of 2,200,0001. sterling at 6} per cent., redeemable in 13 years. This loan will be negotiated in Paris, and :aho ' perhaps in London. Two loans hare been introduoed in Belgium. One is a commercial loan of 600,0001. sterling, or 15,000,000 f. in 160,000 obligations of 100 f. each, bearing 3 per cent. interest, redeemable in 46 years by quarterly drawings. The price of issue is 91f. 50c. if paid up by instalments, and 90f. 50c. if paid up at once. The loan is intended for a num ber of cities and communes. The contractors are the Soci6t4 (Ware! of Brussels, and Messrs. Roths child Brothers of Paris. The other loan is for the City of Liege, for 474,8001. sterling, or 11,870,000 f. in 118,700 bonds of 100 f. each, bearing interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, and redeemable in 66 years. The issue price is 91 if paid up at once, and 92} if paid by instalments. The government of Wurtemburg has been authorised to contract a loan of eighteen millions of florins, for the construction of new railways. One half of this loan, bearing 44 per cent, interest, has been issued by Messrs. Rothschild and Sons, of Frankfort, at the rate of 92} per oent. At the approaching general meeting of the " flociEt4 04n4rale pour favoriser le developpsment du Commerce et de 'lndustrie en France,' to be held on the Ist April next, a dividend will be pro posed of 19f. 40c. per share. This, added to the interim dividend, paid on the lit October, of sf. 60c., makes for the year 1867 a dividend of 25f. per share. Subscription lista for the loan for the City of Florence have been opened in Belgium, France, Germany, and Italy. Messrs. George A. Lloyd and Co.'s circular, dated Sydney, February 1, says: Business has been entirely suspended, and we hardly know of a sale worth recording except one made by our selves of the whole of the property of the Queensland Steels Navigation Company, including the ste oars Lady Young, Lady Bowen , Queensland, and Emu, together with all the wharf property in Brisbane, to the Aastraluian Steam Navigstice Company, for the saes of 42,5001. net cash. MONDAY MVINING. Commas, which closed on Saturday at 93f, "buyers " for the 2nd of April, opened this morn ing at the same quotation, and closed at 931. For money the limit price was 93 to e. The Three per Cents. Reduoed and New Three per Cents. were last quoted 911 to 92; Exchequer Bill , 10e. to 15e. prem., showing • decline of Is. ; India Five per Cents., 1131 to 1141 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1001 to 101, ex div. ; ditto Bonds, 28s. to 335. mem. ; and ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 105 to 1. The official business report is as fol lows :—Three per Cent. Consols for money, 93, 1, 3 ; ditto, for account, 93/ ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 911, 21, ex div. • New Three per Cents., 911, 21, 11 ex div. • Bank Stock, shut ; India Five per Cmt. Stock, 1141, 14 ; ditto Four per Cent. , I 101, ex div. • ditto Four per Cent. " en faced rupee paper . 871,1 The changes in foreign stocks were nearly evenly balanced. Turkish of 1865 (Six per Cents.) and Peruvian of 1866 were in demand, and rose 1 to 14. per cent. Turkish of 1854 advanced 1 ; Peru vian of 1862, Brazilian of 1865, Chilian of 1867, and Spanish Deferred, 1 ; and the Orel-Vitebsk Railway Loan, On the other hand, some of the Egyptian Bonds declined 1 per cent. ; the Railway debentures and Viceroy's Loan, 1 ; Turkish of 1858 and Chilian of 1866, 4 ; Mexican and Italian of 1861, ; and Spanish New Three rr Cents. and Turkish of 1866 (Five per Cents, . With the exception of a decline of I f. in Colonial and 2s. 6d. in Imperial Ottoman, which closed at dia. to par, bank shares showed no change. The shares of the financial companies were with out alteration of importance, at the following t c l e s i r i i : ii —lnternational Financial, 11 to 1# dia. j • Credit, 21 to dia. • Credit Folmar, 71 to 61 du. ; and London Fin a ncial, 26 to 24 dik The market for Atlantic Cable shares was dull. Anglo-American closed at 211 to 22, being a frac tion lower ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, at 6 1-16 to 3-16, showing a decline of is. 3d. ; and Telegraph Construction, at 13* to }— • reduction of 10a. Hudson's Bay shares closed .1 14 Mi t show ing a reduction offs. 6d. • and National iscount, at to 61 prem., bein g steady. Miscellaneous shares were fiat, owing to a preponderance of sales. Royal Mail Steam declined 11. ; City Offices, Union Marine of Liverpool, and Van Land, 10a. ; and City Disoount and Fore-street Ware house, &a ColOnial government debentures were unaltered, in the absence of business. American securities were flat, and the changes in prices were unfavourable. The 6-20 Bonds de clined * pea cent. ; Erie sad Illinois Central Rail way shares, ; and Atlantic and Great Western Debentures and Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 1. The latter were pressed . for sale urn a rumour that a difficulty has amen m connexion with the pro posed agreement with the Erie Company. Prima closed as follows:-6-20 Bonds 1892 72 to 1 ; ditto 1886, 70* to 71* • ditto 10-40, 6 8} t o Railway shares, 46} to 47 ; 891 to I: Atlantic and Great Western Railway ban -261 to 27* ; and Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 271 to 281. HARD WORK Al NAPLIIII.-1 ,easel bat think, hewer, that oa the other head lir anserisa ef hide- I nee bee been somewhat briny hes& Win lib people ; the frivoller hos Ilsopportnities of ob serving with what sea tam. their reopens °ailing', but there leer der ASS eseally eons =der him notice, mad I sea set essoluiliedp UNA I never maw brats widths peep& Sea the Nene lialiaave=m noir nosy pneeeraase are realty I merle sere ealsele se is the inaust d Wm: madmen by • powerbilyeeponsinat, whoa I mei nerd Ins ea the read bonsa i It •d Rena, sad I freed en at the inn he nil not got through tin fres Ili* NI of hued begging • duo. ere nee Whoa it le reseedern thatnd erthat Naples eorimam ear drive at • ens foe. enialrgi idea may be bused of the vigour and required fors list. deer Neapolitan beggar.—N Nepotist fee Nan.