The Express. — London, England, 1866-04-27 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DIY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sitt i g . in Banoo.—(Before Lord Chid Jxunioe Erie, and Justin's Dries, %eating, and Smith.) JORDAN V. MOM. m, pi4otiff in this ease was patentee of • proem for constro"f " composite skips " in this way—ui the first perfect framed the ship was made of iron, and :i poz fan frame wooden pbuiking was afterwards fastened. Tbe Mount action was to recover damages for an infringe ment 1 this patent, and at the trial, the verdict wee fa the piainta but the question now was whether • rule ihseld be made absolute to enter • verdict for the de AIL or for • new trial. A I L Ge e r , Q .c., Mr. Aahton, and Mr. Ledgerd appeared f or t h e pleurPs ; and Mr. Q.C., Webster, and s me semars for the defendant. m r , Justice Byles said that the court was of opinion that a plan for constructing the frame of a ship of iron, and cove it with wood, °mild not be made the subject of a patent it wee dmply substitutingwell one we ma known ma iwial for another to effect the same purpose ; and, f o liar, because the alleged invention was old, it how bun previously the practice to put wooden plank iog ed only on wooden frames, but also oa iron frames more or ism openplete. Under these circumstances, the role would be absolute to enter • verdict for the defendant upon those banes which were governed by this decidon. Rule absolute. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Gonlbuns.) in RI J. ASHTON. This was a meeting fore[ination and discharge. The ha Mr. was a Rollowey. Mr. Mums, an behalf of the assignees, now asked that the petition should be dismissed, on the ground that a debt due to Mr. Morrell was incorrectly stated in the preliminary b i t. Ms benkrapt filed the petition about ten weeks since, whilst in prison, and he has remained in custody l i be l that time, having failed to produce a certificate pined und ba n krupt bankruptcy, which occurred in 1860. The eges that he paid the fees and took up the certificate, but afterwards burnt it with some o ther papers as useless. Notice had been given that the a mitosis intended to rely upon the evidence now on the moo dier, but no a ffi davits had been fi led in support of ' t h e a pplication, and a question arose as to the sufficiency of tbe notice. Banns having been heard for the assignees, and Mr. Griffiths for the bankrupt, MB Honour granted a rule nisi , calling upm the bank rapt to show cause why this petition should not be dis miss& THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) THS Luz CHARON OF ASSAULT BY ♦ SZSGEANT AND CON STAHL'. police-sergeant Beard and police-constable Taylor, both of the G division, again surrendered to their recognisance* c h ar ged with assaulting Mr. Angelinetta. Mr. Collins, barrister, instructed by Mr. Maynard, from the office of Mr. Beard, attended for the prosecution. The facts of this case have been fully reported ; and it will be remembered that the assault complained of was that the complainant was struck and kicked by the defend ants whilst standing in the street near his own house. Mr. D'Eyneourt committed both defendants for trial, but admitted them to bail, Taylor in his own recogni ■nces. THAMES. CHARGE OP MANSLAUGHTER. Jaws Payee, aged 20, a carman, of No. 16, Martha street, Camhridge-heath, Bethnal-green, was brought before Er. Partridge charged with causingthe death of Ade laide Myers, a girl aged 12 years, in Goodman's-yard, Minorite. Yesterday evening about 7 o'clock the prisoner was driving a home and van in Goodman's yard at the pace of about five miles an hour. The deceased ran from the side of the street with a view of crossing the road, and was knocked down. The wheels of the van went over the child's body, and she was killed. The witnesses were of opinion no blame could be attributed to the prisoner, and that the occurrence was purely accidental. The prisoner was driving carefully. Mr. Partridge liberated the prisoner on his own recog niainces until Thursday next, and said a coroner's inquest would be held on the body, and the case was one which ought to be fully investigated. - 5 ei3ezzi-emolr. Thomas Boswell, a young man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with fraudulently appropriating to his own use various sums of money he had received for and on account of Mra. Catherine Green, a respectable widow, carrying on the business of a baker and corn-chandler in Hip-street, Shadwell. The prisoner had been in the service of Mrs. Green for twelve months. She had behaved very liberally towards him, and he had acted with gross ingratitude, and plun dered her. In February he robbed her of 31. lls. , and she forgave him. He had very recently defrauded her of various sumaof money he received of customersforbreadsuppliedby Mrs. Green. Two cases were gone into. He received 18s. 20. of a Mrs. Fleming and 1/. 6s. 3d. of Mrs. Myers. He had not accounted to his mistress for either sum. He told a police consteble that if Mrs. Green thought what wua done was embezzlement she was very much mistaken, and that he had lost the money out of his pocket. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial. GREENWICH. IMPORTANT EXCISE INFORMATION AND CONVICTION. Mr. Joseph Austin, landlord of the Ship and Billet public-house, Woolwich-road, Greenwich, was summoned at the instance of the excise authorities, charging him with employing his servant to sell beer other than on the premises for which such sale was authorised and described ul his license. Mr. Marshall attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Lowes, solicitor, of Waibrook, City, for the defendant. The question raised was one which affects the trade of licensed victuallers and beer•shop keepers in the suburbs of Loudon, that of the right of hawking or sending out beer by their servants and selling it to customers. A com plaint had been made that the defendant's ser vant was sent out with cans of beer, which he carried after the fashion of milkmen, by means of a yoke ; and that the beer and ales were called out in the streets for a distance of a quarter of a mile, and in neighbourhoods in which other licensed houses are situate. An excise officer was accordingly employed, who made two pur chases, on separate days, in the street, of ale and beer, of defendant's servant. Mr. Lowes, for the defendant, said it was the practice in all the suburbs of London for beer to be sent out at stated intervals, and that the defendant had supplied his servant with a book containing the names of customers who were to be served by him, and that, consequently, the sale in the streets to the excise officer or any other chance Customer was against the orders he had received. In ad dition to this he (Mr. Lowes) contended that the gravamen of the offence ►lleged was not so much the selling of the beer in the streets, but rather that the defendant's servant had gone too far from home to sell the beer, and had thus interfered with other licensed houses. Mr. Marshall said the information had been laid conse quent upon complaints made, and that defendant had been before cautioned and summoned. Mr. Maude said he had no doubt whatever that the defendant had infringed the terms of his license, and Un posed the mitigated penalty of 10/. and costs. THE ELECTION COMMITTENS.-(THIS DAY.) lirsgsymp. The committee appointed to try the petition against the return of Mr. W. H. Leathern, the sitting member for Wakefield, re-sesembled this morning, Mr. Grego!" in the ohair, and the following witnesses were examined. Benjamin Lawrence Clarkson produced the waste cash book of the firm of Messrs. George Lee and Bons, worsted spinners, Wakageld. On the -22nd August there was an entry of &. lent to George Wilkinson. Witness handed the money to Wilkinson, who signed • receipt. Nothing was mid about voting at the time. The entry was made at the time of the loan. Cross-examined—There are four partners in the firm, Henry Lee being one of them. William • detective oMcer of the City of London police force, produced • warrant for the apprehension of Henry Barrett. It had been in his charge Lime October last, and he had been unable to execute it. It charged Barrett with embezzling 3001. George Moorhouse, a groper and town councillor of Wakefield, knew Henry Barrett, whose father was a gar dener, and who need to bet a great deal on horse rafts. A few days after the po ll ing day saw Barrett at the Angel Inn when the landlord handed him two 100/. notes, saying " That is yours on Mr. Hull's bet on the election." Champagne and sherry were then ordered in. Witness said to Barrett, " You are doing well on the election," and Barrett replied, " This is nothing to what I have done." night William l—l was told that the bet warn made the it before the election. William Armstrong, a town councillor of Wakefield, said he was not a member of Mr. Leatham's com mittee, and never acted on any oommitee. Knew William Sykes, • stonemason. Employed a man named Gainey. Gave no money to be given to Sykes. Gooney never applied to him for money for Sykes or for a man named Fieldhouse. Did not see ta fi l r i k n e g s on going near the Royal Oak on the day of the • . Did not tell Sykes to get some money out of his des Did not furnish any money directly or indirectly, to anyone for the purpose of this election. Never sanctioned such proceedings. Had seen the evidence taken before the corn , mittee in the public prints, and had come up from Wake field at his own expense, and without suggestion from any one, in order to oontradiat the evident* of Sykes and Fieldhouse. Witness was cross-examined at considerable length, but his evidence remained unshaken. At the close of the evidence of this witness, The Chairman said—Mr. Armstrong, your conduct has been most straightforward and proper in coming up here to give evidence on this occasion. Thomas Gooney, assistant in the employ of the last witness. Knew Sykes. Sykes went to him on the morn ing before the election and told him that Fieldhouse was going to vote for Latham , but that he would like 12 /. for his vote. Witness said, • There is no money to be had on our side, but from what I have heard, a person of the name of Barrett has some heavy bets about the election, and 171 see if I ain't get the money from him." Went to Barrett the same night, at the Royal Hotel, and bad a conversation with him about the money. [Left sitting.] STRANGE AND DETERMINED SUICIDE. INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) This morning Mr. John Humphreys, Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the Masons' Arms Tavern, Watney-street, Commercial-road, respecting the suicide of George Tattendell, aged S 5 rears. Catherine Tattendell, 8, Watney-street, the daughter of the deceased, said that her father had been an excise officer, but was latterly a wool sorter in the London Docks. On Saturday last he said that be had got a cold, and he kept his bed. On Sunday morning when she went into his room she found him hanging by the neck to a clothes line, one end of which he hail tied to the post of the French bedstead and the other fastened around his neck. He had evidently tied the rope while in bed, and then flinging himself out on the floor had hanged himself, while his body lay nearly pros trate on the boards. An iron hammer lay close by, and it was clear that he had made an attempt to beat his brains out with it, for his head was bruised and cut all over, and the bed clothes were sprinkled with blood. The deceased used to drink hard at times, but be was not intoxicated on Saturday. Mr. J. W. Churchill, a farmer, landlord of the deceased, said that he had often seen the deceased after his drinking bouts sit alone in his room for an hour at a time gritting his teeth. When asked what was the matter, he used to " I will commit suicide," but when he was sane he would say " The man that commits suicide is a fooL" Mr. L. Mahoney, M. it-C.8., said that the deceased died from strangulation. His head bore severe bruises and wounds, which he had evidently inflicted upon himself with the hammer found on the bed by his daughter. He was no doubt of unsound mind at the time. An uncle and an aunt of the deceased's were in Colney-hatch. The Coroner having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while in a state of unsound mind." Mr. Kinnaird intends to ask the President of the Poor Law Board on Monday if the promised measure for amending the administration of the Poor Law Board in the Metropolis will give proper controlling power to the Poor Law Board over the parishes at present governed under local acts; whether it will abolish the elections of guardians for life ; and if he knows whether the guardians of Clerken well have discontinued that ill-treatment of paupers which has been repeatedly commented on in the public press es • at the Y to • Y, tie Mine r end, in e.t wed that the te eePe with which mem to ki nod, mhe ax law, &D a h e loft of then se devoted to o mow of wok agend a ,. **Wed rem 001Mpread I doe to every d with intim( WAWA": few who were in- Woes and die.: their Preying', rer Chal by giegk. a the pti Greeks the stark el the extent of. of superstitious d much of the-. he Jewish ft, idy alluded to e middle age., yie of science, a 11th centm7 min& inqu,„ denude in ch of the R o y a l de lecture aid Wenn again,* rmer noise, sp. 0 e 0121104111,1101111 L still stronger ace shosildib e cionutuanice ileble to the nee were very new feet he we, which dine knowledge sad 7powers of the • In that light minently sewn. a good educe. re in this light, ding the yotuig - regard to their out with great r,. who is sta , mated what ti Ley's view of it, ded the lecture her ways are . peem " addlng he earth wit& t wisdom. The n warn vigorous hem with great strong intone d until the ear WOONE. or 34`Queen, Perth Chang be executed ea snd unprovoked surton-on•Trent, een in Scotland e ; elms life of a loes not appear h the deceased, der was to get usesaion of the • with his brea& id was married, 4 baker, Alba, stuns* with the en the Monday s man went hie her, and on hie &nese having see g Ott empty, and yang, and nearly was frightfully being shattere& hot, fired within faciently near to ✓ man was quite coherent words, ses had been left were so complete °emotion to he* ath took place in after the attack. siquiries, and the 11 on suspicion. d a very dial. ; almost his only a, labourers, and hown him by the what he knocked re crime was boan id its history wee discovered by a tream a few days once of the come d to have been is t of the crime he the following day foyer of deoessed s brought back to money of hie owe, od deal before he red near the scene saes to correspond a evidence some oration before the aowledged having ing that it was has sand upon him ha Monday f orgame the game-o" d never had say hat Bell had made ▪ the crime, as if s landlady one day eat with the bra& son that came from tes would hold the sk" him. 'Wawa n prisoner added ! had been an awful came ccupied the counsoel addressed the charge- Th . Wiry, and amino" In. On receiving ou, my lord , I sin n-' 4l) Zig have been ob• to the fot ei ti I to Lord nlersigned !Iberia have learnt with is your lendable. sernment Reform bill we deem rery. sd, at emanting at that of the no 7 eseChancellor We beg r the steps IMOUt sentiments avow ed _ rosnotion of wines iigned by," kr- AROMEDAN PESTI' a correspondent Of ee been read in be event took place 66' i of WW I , at $ llO Lich bee been 166 a 6 ship. Translation.-- has bestowed on el this noble buildings dy whole empire en. ;Dome victorious o se world her whose mpire and anthoritl• inp w hi c h flow dons helper of is . —The f exa ollowng . essneymination! b a rs of the ool!efle " on the 26th mat:- ib Stoorport , Wo: COngletoo, Lancashire ; 1 11 Blew .. a nd a - Ancients al. . re, Samuel Blyguns i N, on, Smudge'', Kew . ; • an d Charles Nco William JoehZ Richards, es Taylor, ^ irebNa i ll oke Market Drsy!ses. Child Bual&rjil i Bee Pita ion Hogital-, A . A Artbdi meter noun_ ,".••• nrgb Univ. xt ,, k r . Doi ni t iamii wed hiselogew hid purrionslaill bia diploma NORTHALLERTOON• To-day the committee met again ; Mr. &later- Booth presiding. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, summing up the case on the part of Mr. Young, the liberal petitioner, commented at great length on the fact that no witnesses had been called on the part of Mr. Bills, the sitting member, and that neither he nor his agent, Mr. Fowles, had ventured to con tradict the positive evidence of bribery and treating, or to explain away the fact that 721. had been paid for the use of a room for three weeks, when a fair rent for it would have been 7s. 6d. a day. The fair inference was that the exorbitant charge wax intended to pay the landlord in directly for the treating of voters. The learned counsel proceeded to comment upon the evidence as to particular cases, and dwelling first upon the Lightfoot case, in which the bribery took the reform of the remitting of rent, the facts being tsroved by four witnesses, whose evidence re mained unimpugned although it might have been contradicted by Mr. Fowles and Mr. Johnson. In the case of Benjamin Garr, the alleged bribery was the promise to give up a bill for 501. in respect of money lent by Mr. Fowles, the bill, however, being retained for six months, evidently with a view to preventing the case being brought before the committee ; whilst Mr. Fowles had laid himself open to the charge of endeavouring to suppress the testimony of Mr. Carr, and had not endeavoured to meet it. The remission of debt was as much bribery se the gift of money. Equally was it bribery in the case of James Archer, to offer five acres of land for a year for nothing, and then for 121. a year, when the fair rent would have been 201. Having briefly touched upon theother charges, the learned counsel concluded by contending that the case of the petitioner bad been made out by unimpeachable testimony, and that it was to be answered only by ingenuity and argument. [Left sitting.] OTTOMAN RAILWAY, SMYRNA TO AIDIN. A meeting of the bondholders in this railway, convened by the board, was held at noon at St. Michael's house, Comhill ; Sir MACDONALD STEPHENSON in the chair, with reference to the bonds falling due on lstof May. The CHAIRMAN said that unavoidable delay in the open ing of the line prevented the payment of the debenture bonds falling due on the Ist of May. When the 304,0001. preference bonds were reserved to provide for the pay ment, it was fully anticipated that the line would be opened and the traffic such as would enable the company to sell at a price to pay off the debentures in due course ; but difficulties in the tunnel. ling and the depressed state of the money market prevented it. A circular had been issued to the bond holders offering them a proportionate amount of the re served debentures in exchange. A certain number at once assented, but it was not thought fair to accept their offer while the majority dissented, and the directors now pro posed to renew the bonds falling due for one year, increasing the rate of interest from 6to 10 per cent. The security, as the bondholders were aware, was a first charge, unim paired and perfect, and, with the certainty that the line would be opened throughout within three months from this time, and with the consequent larger increase of traffic and the government guarantee of 112,000/. a year, which would then take effect, the bond holders would be certain to receive their money, and the company might look forward to a prosperous future. Mr. COLEMAN submitted a resolution to the effect that the bondholders are willing to wait for six or twelve months, receiving interest in the meantime at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, the board undertaking to retain the 304,000 i. bonds as security. Several bondholders complained of the non-payment of the bonds within the specified time ; two or three of them complained that the delay would prevent them from ful filling important pecuniary arrangements. The CHAIRMAN in reply to questions expressed the regret of the directors, observing that they could not do impos sibilities, and adding that there could be no doubt that the bonds would be met within a year. A BoNoOoLDEn having inquired why penalties had not been enforced against the contractor, Mr. Crampton, Mr. CHAtirros explained the causes of delay, for which he was in no way responsible. He had made great efforts, personally and pecuniarily, to get the line completed within the time, and it would be finished by the lit of July. After some further conversation, The CHAIRMAN expressed a hope and belief that many of the bonds would be paid off within six months. A similar hope was held out also by another of the directors, Mr. Devaux. The resolution of Mr. COLEMAN having then been seconded by Mr. FRASER, Mr. MITCHEMON moved as amendment, " That in the opinion of the meeting the holders of the debentures fall ing due on the Ist of May should be requested to attend a meeting with the object of appointing a committee to watch over their interests, and to adopt such measures if they are not paid as they may deem expedient, in the interest of the bondholders." The CHAIRMAN said the amendment was so much in accordance with the feelings of the directors that if the orignal resolution passed they would be happy to adopt it. (Hear, hear.) The first resolution having been passed, Mr. MrrctiEßON renewed the amendment, which had been for the moment withdrawn, and it was adopted as a separate resolution, and Mr. Coleman, Dr. Fraser, and Mr. Mitcheson were appointed to act as a com mittee of bondholders, with reference to the bonds in question, viz., the 200,0001. original bonds. The CHAIRMAN afterwards stated that Mr. Devaux and other gentlemen who had recently seen the line, had made a most satisfactory report as to its 'tam. Thanks were then voted to the C • and the meet , separated. WESLEYAN MEETTNO.—(THIS DAY.)—A great gathering of Wesleyan Methodists took place this morning at their chapel, in Great Queen-street, in anticipation of their forthcoming annual general meeting. The president and most of the leading members of the body were present. An address was delivered by the Rev. Henry Allan, of Islington. FEMALE LoNoavrrr. —The cold easterly winds which have prevailed during the last few days, especially on Sunday and Monday, appear to have bad a fatal e ff ect on the aged, judging from the obituary in the Tines of Wed- nesday and Thursday last, where the deaths of eight ladies are recorded whose united ages amounted to 719 years, givin the average of 89 years 10 mouths and 14 days to each youngest being 82, and the oldest having reached the extraordinary age of 101 years. The mine paper also gives the deaths of five gentlemen whose united ages amounted to 434 years, giving an average of 86 years 9 months and 16 days to each, the youngest being 83, and the oldest 95 years of age. It therefo e appears that the united ages of the eight ladies and Ave gentlemen amounted to 1,153 years, affording an average of 88 years 5 months and 16 days to each. It is curious to observe of one couple that the wife had reached 97, and the husband 95 years of age. L EXtRESS, FRID:AT LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (ST zwicnuo Tuaanza.) CHESTER MEETING.--(THIS DAY.) HANDICAP PLATE. Lucy Long Persuasion Pantaloon 5 ran. Run 40 minutes behind time. FIRST BEAUFORT BIENNIAL. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Pitt, King Hal, Lucifer, Terror, Marco Spada, and Salim are here. P.UD FORPEIT.—RadAII and Brimstone. BADMINTON STAKES. Half a mile. Lady Hester, Knightsbridge, Captain, Rescue, Gentian, Thermometer, Manuella, and Beauclerc are here. PAID FORlMlT.—Thmadry and Ruby. STEWARDS' CUP. One mile 7 furlongs. ac Flatus, Saisdin, Czar, Treasure Trove, Monitrees, and BL The Lion are hare. Bt. PAID FORYILIT.—MouIiey and The Buck. 60 0 CHESHIRE STASES. One mile and a quarter. s t. Redcap, We Guardsman, Retrousse, Jetty Treffs c, gg Lady Vane, Distraction, and Slieve Came are here. 100 PAID Fossur.—Moulasy, Sum St. Suer, Grinder, Wandering Minstrel, Wild Poppy, and Fan. St STAMFORD WELTER HANDICAP. Once round and fit a distance. St. Clown, Lucy Long, King Arthur, Life Guardsman, King : e t of France, Custaloga, and Slieve Came are here. at, PAID Possum—Wandering Minstrel, Wild Poppy, and 84. Oracle. !t• COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. It MARK - LANE .—( THIS DAY.) e sc.t. The quantity of Bagbah wheat received up to our St market to-day was limited, but most of the samples came Bt to hand in good condition. Both red and white quail- at ties were in moderate request, at prices equal to Monday. g t. Some of the most infenor samples, however, remained st. unsold at the close of business. St The show of foreign wheat was tolerably good. Selected St sampbis were in fair request, at full quotations. Other 1010 kinds moved off slowly, at late rates. too Floating cargoes of grain were held at full prices. The no demand for them was no means active. 10 Malting barley met a heavy sale, at the late decline in St. the quotations. Grinding and distilling aorta, though not 9 quotably cheaper, were very dull. Tlle imports from 8$ abroad continue extensive. at Malt was in full average supply, and moderate request,at at,. last week's currency. at. The supply of foreign oats was very large. The oat St- 25 trade was, therefore, rather heavy, and inferior oats ruled the turn in favour of buyers. et. Beans, the show of which was moderate, were a slow f lt sale, at late quotations. The demand for peas was much restricted at previous st rates. 10 The flour trade was inactive, yet prices were tolerably 10 firm. 8 . Bt. The transactions in seeds were to a fair extent on yt former terms. In cakes, however, very little was doing. Bt. CURRENT PRIME Nifousg. Per Qr. WILL?. S. a. Sager, Rent, red, old 44 to 50 w wttfte, n o e ld 3 5 . ; to ) re , new Lel to 50 Norfolk and Lineola &MULE -w Pa Qr. St. OATS. U. I. St. Scotch potato Irish, white „ black St. Samos t, Markgoo (1306,. 32 to 38 St. 34 to ge 10 Malting Grinding MALT. gawk, Norfolk, and 33 to 42 28 to 31 2.5 to 23 56 to 65 58 to 67 48 to 53 Tick Harrow Pigeon . PEAS 35 to 37 313 to 48 38 to 43 to :sawsulsc to 42 Suffolk Kingston and Ware Brown NAL New Grey Maple White Mellen Yuma. .0. 00,000 50 . 10,000 60 4. 40,000 100 !. 100,000, 20 40,000, 50 20,000 50 11,200 201 30,000' 401 12,5001 20 12,600 201 10,000 25 , 40,000 20 25,000 20 10,000'100 20,000 60 I 60,000 101 40,000 60 60,000 20 1 20,000, 50 , 20,000 60 ' 15,500 201 60,0001 20 1 30,000: 25 j 60,000, 20 FLOUR. 20,000 100 , French, per sack .... 33 to 38 44 . 000 20i: OATS Spanish „ 33 to 36 40.00 0 25 ' Dutch brewing 35 to 28 I American, per brt .. 26 to 30 200.00 0 10 I feeding 21000 60 ARRIVALS OF GRAIN, kc., INTO LONDON, BY WATER wow . s o CARRIAOE, FROM APRIL 21 TO APRIL 38. INCLUSIVE. 80.000 Wheat Barley. Malt Oats. FlOO2. 20,000' 25 ors. ore. qrs. qrs. brig. sacks. 30,000 20 F.nitlish and Scotch 2260 530 1230 70 .. 1060 20,0001 50 Irish Foreign 10,000 100 Total 25, 25,000.100 000 , 100 90 LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. 1:-;:?4! 20 (THIS DAY.) 6,000: 25 (ST ZLICTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) 6,000 1 25 (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 103,000 1 20 CortoYl.—The market continues quiet, and prices are tr o l°4 in favour of purchasers. mOOO too CORN.—The market moderately attended, and wheat 22,000! 90 and flour closed with a moderate inquiry, at unchanged 5,000j100 rates. In all other articles there is scarcely any change to 2 0 , 000 25 report.. 50 000' 20 osm 16 to 03 Bo~Ueh, feed 2l to 27 potato Sooteb,feed FOR Per Qr. I. I. Town made, per Tee lbs. Household SI to 39 Country Norfolk and Suffolk, ex ship 32 to 34 Per Qr OATS. s. s. Danish and Swedish 22 to 24 II to 27 Blahs. Danish E679t 919 Pies. __ 22 to 27 to 27 32 to S 4 U o 7le . INDIAN MM. White 3l to 30 Yellow so.ooo , 50 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) %5:::1 (.. ELECTRIC AND INTIRNATIoNAL TELEGRAPH.) 10,000 100 (FRoll OUR OWN CORRERPONDY.NT.) 5,000, 50 We have a quiet trade to-day for wheat ; value un- 50,0001100 10,0001100 altered. Beans and oats the turn dearer. 5,000'100 51,0001 60 , MINCING-LANE.—(THIS DAY.) 17,15810 D , SUGAR.—Firm prices are paid, but the market has be- :::'lOO 1 come rather quiet. The private sales include Demerara 20 , 000 1 100 at 27e. fid. to 30s. • crystallised, 35e. to 375. • and Bengal iO,OOO 100 middling white Rename, 375. ; refined is fain, with a mo- 40,000 50' derate business doing. 37,5001 20' CoPFEE.—The sales of Ceylon are to a fair extent at r o z ; I; steady prices. 50,000 25 COCOA.—The bought-in parcels at the late public sales so,ooo so have nearly all been disposed of at full rates. 25,050 20 TEA.—The transactions in this market are very limited. 21,000 20 Rux.-80 puncheons of Jamaica have been disposed of, 27,210 50 part at 3s. ; also 300 puncheons of Demerara, at ls. 6d. to 20 • 00 ° 1 °° Is. 60. ; and a small parcel of Berbice, at Is. 53d. 37,500 20 12,500 20 RICE.-1,000 bags of Necranzie Arracan sold at 10s. 9d. 20,000 55 Corrox continues duU, and prices are again lower. 17,0:4 100 JUTE.—Business has been done at steady prices, except 10,000 , too for cuttings, which are se. lower. 40,0001 25 SALTPIETRE.—tio sales reported. 10,000j100 80,000. 60 TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market is steady. Town tallow is nominally quoted 445. 9d., net cash ; Petersburg Y. C., on the spot, 475. 3d. ; April to June, 475. to 475. 3d. ; June only, 475. 3d. to 475. 6d. ; October to Deoember, 48e. 6d. HIDE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) LEIDENHALL.—Hides: 561bs. t0641be., 23d. toad.; 6411 m. 721b5., 3d. to 34d. ; 721bs. to 801bs., 3d. to 34d.; 801bs. to 881 be., 31d. to 31d.; 881bs. to 961b5., 3id. to 4d. Horse hides, os. to 10s. 6d. ; Calf skins, light, 21. to 4s. ; full, 6s. 6d BERIIONDSCT.—Sheepskins: Downs, Bs. 6d. to 10s. 6d. tombs, 3s. to 4s. 9d. ; Shearliogs, Is. 103. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS DAY. Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report there has been a continued steady demand during the past week for both English and foreign hops, late prices being fully maintained. Coloury samples are extremely scarce, and are in good demand, at improved rates. At the first of the three soirees danaantes to be given by the Empress Eugenie in her private apartments her Majesty wore a rose-coloured dress, a coiffure of the same tint, and very few ornaments. Princess Clothilde appeared for the first time since the death of her youngest brother, as usual, in a dress of the lightest white materials and diamonds. A bride, Countess de Rarnages, was pre sented ; her dress consisted of branches of white lilac on a snowy white material. Earl Cowley, Lady Theodora Wellesley, Duchesses of Abrantes, of Cadore, Teacher de la Pagerie, amused themselves till half-past 1, when her Majesty's retiring gave the signal for Btrauss's band to do likewise. The Emperor wore a white waistcoat, which is a decided novelty for evening dress on the other side of the water. We read in the independance Beige:—" The Prance of this evening reproduces a certain rumour re specting the too celebrated Duke de Primal, according to which that ex-peer of France, who committed suicide to escape a capital sentence, and whose body was subjected to a post-mortem examination—the report was signed by four doctors—is still living, and was recently met in London by a servant of the embassy. It is only because an important newspaper again puts in circulation this monttrous canard that I refer to it with its new dressing ; but even the Prance will not be able to make it go down." W BEAT. Niggle and Konigs berg 44 to 68 Rostock & -- —.__ 44 to 65 M — ay Denim Russian, bard soft American, red , white . BARLZT __ . Grinding Distilling Malting . r •,, . I(: : ri• G, APRIL 27, 1866.. SHARE LIST&-(THIS DAY.) Owe o'Czoos. The railway market is inactive to-day, and the principal stocks are quoted the same as yesterda y. The settlement will be completed this a London and North Western stock is quot ed 121 to 1; Great Western, 571 to 58 ; Midland, 123 to L Lancashire and Yorkshire, 121 to ; Great Eastern, 391 to 401 ; South Eastern, 741 to 751 ; Caledonian, LW to 128 • Metro politan, 133} to 134; Great Northern, 122 to 123 ; ditto A, l a 3l to 138 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 27 to 214. Grand Trunk of C Railway stock has ex perienced a fresh reduction of per cent., being quoted 211 to 221. Great Western of Canada shares are unaltered, at 1511 to 1. OZDLIABY SHARES AND PITOCIIS. Pd. I LuxAPls I " c4th g Prices iWe 1°427 ooterdAr I to 1 p.m. MO Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian 100 Cambrian all Cart and Bandon all Cornwall i6i 9I 127 129 66 66 1$ 16 4 6 67 70 70 71 100 Dublinsad DelfastJwsel 100 Dunctse,Partb,stAbdlall all East Loudon Scrip Cut 100 Do 100 Glatgow and & Western 100 Great Lastern Ord. Bt. 100 Do. E. Ang. Stk., No. 100 GreatNorthof Scotland 100 Great Northern ...... VI 16 db 114 116 39} 64 6 7 123 1371 134 100 Do. B 1.116 p. c. Is 100 11)o TA. iiie;:nT)cti;.nit: l Pal"'100 Do. New Iss. pm. 80 Do. Ord. Def. Div. Stock I 100 OL South & West. (Ire ) 100 Great Western 100 Do.BtonrVal.Ona.Boic 100 Do. South Wales . 100 Do. W. Mid. —OxfO;1 100 De. Do. Newport 100 Do. Do. Hereford 100 Lancashire &Yorkshire. 100 Loe. ,WtOtn, &S.Coaati 100 Loodon,Chatham,&Dov' 100 Do.3let. Erten. My e. 100 London& North Wrath. 100 London&SouthWeetern 100 Han. ithef.,& Unwind' 100 Metropolitan 7 Do. New 8 Do. Extension . 57e 68 Sfe7r . opolrtaii — Fnarict: 10 Do. do. do. 8 Do. & fit. Jolin'a-wood i 100 Midland 6 Do. £9 Shares I 100 I Do. all 'Mid Kent .. 138 j 121} 123 I it 57 be 39 •1 S. 36 100 102 1291 1211 96 96 27 29 12 IST}6I 61l lt 1/16 ii IPm1 Pm 9 19 92 96 123 1234 11 2 pint 92 94 67 68 28 07 100 110 71 71 100 110 98 84 10 11 pm 120 1U 1 2 Pa 1 2 pm 74 78 108 112 149 161 06 68 49 61 76 76 • 9 140 183 1 1 pm 100 106 62 66 BANKS._ K 46 3 d I Di I s ipzi to al irtra 10 1S II 70 72 u. n 22 S 1 SS to r 3 25 101 S 2 dls 25 16 13 Ws 10 1 34 %Pin 10 20 10 dla 10 21 11.114 71 4 3 di/ 411 l 47 40 so oi .4j 40 42 10 1 19 21 25 46 47 7 1 5 1 S t r oi l 5 82 33 5 Idl par 5 2i 5 ; 3 1 d la .0 ' 8 2 di' 19} 801 'co 8 6dll 5 71 6edis is 11 13 :5 11 13 !.5 11 13 ZO 8 9 pzu 1} lfpm 10 3 1 pml iil to' 28 6 1 dia par Ipm all 82 86 214118 15 1814 par l 4 ; dli per 10 12 14 pm 10 3 3ipm 21} ni 56 77 78 15 47 49 81 14 16 10 3 24118: 12} 4 2 dls • 98 97 30 25 7 8 8 6 dls • 4}BlB' Ms Par • %Pm I 7pm 74 76 ♦6 48 iM I2I 2 a pm 48 49 11 zap, 91+ e it 8 1 1 , - 1011 4 I 41 4 ' 10 I 4 8 Biel 61 B 6 SS ST 12 10 dla 7 5 (Us 51 53 63 4the 54 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India guar. 5 per cent., 1(01. Y.ast Indian Guaranteed 5 per cent., 104, 3g, and 1034 for money. Grand Trunk of Canada, 211, I. Great Indian Peninsula guar. a per cent., 109,;, 104. Great Western of Canada, 15g, g, 4. Madras guar. 5 per cent.. 100 g, I. Scinde guar. 5 per cent., 99, A. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish 1161. paid), 214. Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. by the Belgian government, 19. Sambre and Meuse 51 per cent. preference, 9. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 154. PREFERENCE. Bristol and Exeter, 87!. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 109 k. Do. 5 per cent. redeem. at 10 per cent. prem., 107. MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company (Limited), City Offices (Limited), 31. Commercial Union (Insurance), 6, N. Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England (Limited), 5 1, I, 0. )td. Crystal Palace 6 per cent. Perpetual Debenture, 1094. General Credit and Finance of London (Limited), 44, 4. I m perial Merc. Credit Assoc. (Limited) , 14, f, L L o ndon Financial Association (Limited) , 1 5 4- Madras Irrigation and ('anal (all paid), In, 1. National Provincial Marine (Limited), Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), pi, d t, 4. Panama, New Zealand, and Aust. R. Mail (Lim.), 84. Rio de Janeiro City Improvements (Limited), n. SERIOCS PARAFFIN ACCIDENT.—(Tam DAY.)— nis morning, about 1 o'clock, a sad accident, arising from the explosion of a paraffin lamp, took place in the premises belo to Mr. Thompson, tailor, No. 354, Windmill street, Pinebury. One of the inmates was lying in bed in the first floor, and just an another was getting into bed the oil in a paraffin lamp which was burning on the table became ignited. It burst the china cup at the bottom of the lamp, and the biasing oil spirted in all directions, setting fire to the night-clothes of Harriet Thompson, aged 29 ; and Emma Tbomlzp aged 27. Both were so much burnt that they were ob to be wrapped in blankets, and removed to St. Bartbo omew's horpitaL The brother also had his hands burnt in trying to pit the firs out. A female living upstairs, who bad only been confined the day before, rushed out into the etrest, theme of The fire was extinguished without the aid of the engines. ,100 IKorth British ',IFO Do. IL <lln.,Perth,Dund. 1100 N. Eastern—Berwick ,16f Do. 0. N. & Pure 1100 Do. Leeds ,100 Do. York 1100 Do. (.-r111410... L ot 1 - 171 ii.; . . Srock.&Dsrling 18 Do. do., 1800-61 100 North London 7 Do. do., 1804 I 7 Do. do., 1866 ;100 NorthStaffordahlre 1100 N. & S. Western Juno 100 Scottish Central 1100 Sc ottish N. E. Aber. Stk 100 tlehMhilland 100 Shropshire Union Ivo South Devon louth Easter.n all Stalnee,Wokinghankete ,100 Taff Vale S Do. C 'lOO Vale of Neath .100 Waterford & Kilkenny 8 Waterloo & Whitehall ' lOO West Cornwall JOINT BtNey. Agra& Musterrnan's ;L. I Albion 1 'AllianceLon.&llverpooli lAnglo Austrian Anglo Egyptian (Lim.) • ll 'Anglo Italian :Limited 1 Si Asiatic Bank Cor. new sit : 1, 'Australasa I al Bankof liritisheolumbia, al Do. New, issued 2 stm 1 ,Bank of Sept 'Bank of London Bank of Otago (Limited,' 11 'Bank of Queensland (L.' 2: lEsakof V letoria,Australi t . Manic of New Zealand.] 11 'llarned'sflank % Limited , 11 ißrazilian&PurtuguaseN 11 British &Californian,L;l ;British N. America a laZiealnilitte& Co. !C. Bk. India, Ant, China , M. of India, le I a I City ,Colonial 'Com. Bank of Canada I 1141.n1i 1e71117, al IQmsolidated Bank ,L ',' 4 IDeltil and Loudon • 25 Eut London ;Limited lEuternExchangcLim. c !English and American f 'English Joint Stock (1. 1C Ertg.SCOt.B Anal. Chartd, al ;English and Swedish L.‘.• European Bank Limited 1: klindusn.ChinadrJap..,L,, Do. issued at 3 pm Do, New Imperial Bank 1 Limited)! IN Imperial Ottoman 1 11 Do. New lonian , New South Wales New Zealand ',Limited; ;North Western 1 Pd 1 a 25 - Do. New Lodp pLon.B c f o oi r h ß e. k . ts 4c l o n cs 0 1 a y r al 11 London and Brazilian ) Lil Do. -- New --- New Loadon&RlverPlate,L ‘,l ,Do. New, tea. at pm 14 Lon, Ch. Bank of Austrl. ;London and County.... 24 ;London Joint London & South A fricanl al iLon. & S. Western , Llm.) Loudon te Veueruelki. )1 1: 'London le Westminster.' 21 ,Merchant Bank ;Um.) . 2 Do. New ',Mercantile itExchan,L ) - 'Metro. Prov. Bank:L ) 'Midland Bank rLim.) • National of Australasia • National of Liverpool 'N. Pro. of England 'National Bank 20è 'tinental Bank Corpora. Orient.Com.B.Llateo.C. IDo. do. lateN. F. Do. do. lateir.C. Previa. BankingeorP.g.) 11 Provinc. of Ireland i Scinde,Punt Delh (L , i Do. issued at 2 pin_ South Australia al 'Stand. of II S. Africa Do do. us at 6 pd' 11 Union of Auatralla I a i Union of Ireland 2 ;Union of London I 1, MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Ossx o'CLocx. The stock and share markets are dull to-day, owing to the uncertainty prevailing with regard to the future course of European politics. Attention, however, is partly directed to the settlement of the fortnightly account, which will be concluded this afternoon. The funds have risen 1-16 per cent. for the account, but Turkish and Italian securities con tinue depressed, and have again given way. On the other hand, Spanish Passive Bonds and Certificates have improved, on the prospect of a settlement. Engliahrailways and financial shares are unchanged, with the exception of a fresh reduction of 7s. 6d. in Imperial Mercantile. Amongst the discount shares, Overend, Gurney, and Co. are again better. There is no change in the discount market to-day, the supply of money being large, and the rate for the best paper unchanged, at 5 to 6 per cent. The Bank of England return is regarded as somewhat 'satisfactory. Amongst the changes in the weekly return of the Bank of France are an increase of 288,0001. in the coin and bullion, and of 280,000/. in the bills dis counted. Consols are now quoted 864 to 87 for money, and 87 to for the account (May 9). Italian Bonds of 1861 continue heavy, and have declined a per cent. Turkish of 1865 have also re ceded 4, but Spanish Passive and Certificates have improved and respectively. Mexican are also better. The prices are as follows :—Greek, 124 to 13 ; Mexican, 204 to ; Spanish Passive, 26 to ; ditto Certificates, 16 to t ; Turkish, 1862, 65 to 66 ; ditto, 1865, 33t to t ; Brazilian scrip, 3to 24 dis., ex div. ; and Italian, 1861, con to 514. United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, but Erie and Illinois Central Railway shares exhibit a slight decline. The present quotations are as follows :- 5-20 Bonds, 704 to ; Erie Railway shares, 52 to ; and Illinois Central, 80 to 4. International Financial shares are now quoted dis. ; General Credit, par to prem. ; London Financial, 4g to dis. ; Imperial Mercantile, 314 to dia. ; Credit Fonder and Mobilier, t to 4 prem., ex div.; Overend, Gurney, and Company, I to 4 dis. ; and National Discount, 84 to 4 prem. The Committee of the Stock Exchange decided yesterday to close that establishment, according to custom, on the Ist of May (Tuesday next), the day fixed for striking the half-yearly balance at the Bank of England, where the transfer offices also be shut. 66} 66 20 i - El 24 _di* The steamer Nyzanza will take to-day only 2,060/. in gold, and 51 , 2501. in silver for Bombay. With reference to the estate of Messrs. Puget, Bainbridgea, and Co., the private bankers, who failed on the 15th of March, it is announced by Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., the accountants, that a first dividend of ;Is. in the pound will be payable to the creditors on Monday next, the 30th mat., and on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Ist and 2nd of May. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed the following special settling days :—Anglo-Ame rican Telegraph Company (Limited), shares, Wed nesday, May 2—to be marked. Scrip representing paid up ordinary stock of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, Thursday, May 3. The committee have have also ordered the bonds of the San Paulo Railway Company to be officially quoted. The Lancaahire and Yorkshire Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 4,6301. over last year; the North Eastern, an increase of 4,5271.; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an increase of 2,817/. • the North British an increase of 1,1441. ; the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the Metropolitan E xtension and branches, an increase of 1811. ; the Metropolitan Extension an increase of 231. ; and the Kent Coast a decrease of 3101. Formal notice is given that a petition for the winding up of Barned'a Banking Company (Li mited)—to which reference has already been made under this head—is to be heard before the Master of the Rolls on the sth of May. The reports of the proceedings at the half yearly meeting of the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, held on Wednesday, have attracted con siderable attention. The facts that the company's liabilities on "bills payable" aro limited to 207,0001., and that its cash in hand amounts to 322,7321., are regarded favourably. There seems, too, to be little disposition on the part of the share holders or the observant public to require that the directors shall give fuller and more explicit state ments with regard to the large sum of '2,564,9801., which figures in the company's accounts as repre senting its chief assets, and is classed simply in three words as " bills, securities, and debtors," though it must be evident that upon these figures every question connected with the position of this company must rest. The attempt of some of the shareholders at the meeting to elicit more definite explanations was resisted by the board, who aptly cited the difficulty which was interposed to the realisation of the Hudson's Bay shares held by the International Financial Society as soon as that society's accounts had proclaimed the extent of their holding. But, although the shareholders, as is habitual to them, have deferred to the strongly expressed opinion of the directors, there is another point upon which discussion turned, and in respect of which it would certainly appear that the board can without difficulty meet the requirements of their constituents. The total amount standing at the credit of the company's reserve funds at the 31st ultimo was no less than 736,6061., and while every credit is given to the management for the caution and foresight which have been exercised in accumulating and setting apart this enormous sum, the question has been ' rained at the meeting and elsewhere in what secu rities is it invested. Were the sense of the pro prietors to be taken they would certainly be in favour of investing this important guarantee fund 'in none but the most solid and unspeculative securities. It seems to us that this is a point on which the board will do well to bow to the repre sentations addressed to them. If this fund is already placed in solid investments, there ought to be no hesitation on the part of the management in stating of what they consist ; and if not, the sooner the money is detached from existing engagements, and so secured, the greater will be the repute of the undertaking. The annual meeting of the Royal Swedish Rail way Company is called for the 17th of May. The prospectus of the Graphotyping Company (Limited) is issued, with a proposed capital of 100,0001., in 10,000 shares of 101. each, of which 11. is to be paid on application, and 11. 10s. on allot ment. The object is to purchase and work the patent rights for the United Kingdom of the Gra photype procesa,the advantage of which is described as " the production of book and other illustrations in a manner which is at once less costly, and more expeditions, than is possible by the methods at present so extensively employed, and which insures a more faithful translation of the artist's work." The prospectus mentions that " it is proposed to charge at the average rate of one-half the present price of wood engraving, while the actual cost is not more than one-twentieth." The terms of purchase are stated as follows : The terms for the transfer of the patent, together with the goodwill sad business of Messrs. Roper and CO. (sad which includes a number of orders now on hand), are • cash payment of 12,5001., and 12,5001. in fully paid up shares of the compsny, with a further cash bonus of one tenth of th_e profits whenever the net earnings of the company shall in any one year exceed 50 per cent, on the paid up capita]. Mr. George Scott, of Walbrook, has been ap pointed by Vice-Chancellor Kindersley , official li q uidator of " Preen and Co. ( Limited).' Creditors of the Hill Pottery Company (Li mited) are revired to send the particulars of their claims by the 28th of May to Mr. E J ward Hart, the o ffi cial liquidator, the 18th of ward Hang 35 to 96 113 to 36 been appointed by the Mas ter of the Rolls for ad judicating upon them. The following memorandum, relating to the es tablishment of hotels on the Overland route is -. from a correspondent : The company which was formed for the purpose et establishing hotels in India and China, and elsewhere in I route between England and the British settlements in India and China, love just completed the first of their establishments, which is to be opened at Point de Galls immediately. Another is in course of building at Cairo, in Egypt. Both of these will have every comfort and convenience of the best English hotels. Any one who has been along this route must feel how much hotels of this description are required. The return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday, April 26, compared with that for the previous week, shows the following changes: Circulation issue 228,005,320 Decrease £36,495 Circulation actin a 22,161,115 Decrease 142, Public deposits 4,417,147 Increase 371, • Other deposits Government securities in banking department 10,694,254 Increase 50,000 Other securities in banking department 18,507,8.4 Decries" 468,806 Coin and bullion in both departments Seven day and other . 427,129 Decrease 13,101 The Rest 3,204,852 Intrude 9,044 Notes in reserve Total reserve (notes & coca) in banking department . 6,694,661 Increase 109,344 While the Bank's liabilities on deposits have diminished upwards of 300,0001., the reserve has increased 109,3441., indicating a stronger position. This is mainly due to the fresh decrease of 468,8621. in the advances on private securities, which is like wise satisfactory, as denoting that the supply of money in the general market is fully equal to the requirements of commerce, and as precluding the idea of any immediate unfavourable turn in the money market. The variation in the coin and bullion is of no importance. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Aoconnt pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Vic , c. a for the week ending on Wednesday, the 26th day of April, linfa. INIUS Notes issued f 23,005,320 7OvnSent debt £11,016,160 Other securities 3,9034,111111 Go ld coin and tui tion 18,1105,111. Oliver bullion 4it8.006,38/ ' BANKING II Proprietors' Capital 414,553,000 Rest .... C 28,0516,11510 PARTWIT. Government Secu rities , including Deed Weight An nutty; Other necuritim 18. 6 07. 1 164 Notes Pitta's Deposits in cluding Esc &iv. Banks, Com mis. of Nstiomil Debt, and Div Accounts; 4,417,147 Other Deports Seven day and other Bills Gold end Silver - - Coln 417,119 1.35,8J0,709 E.16,10t,70 April 26, 1806. W. MILLER, Chlef Cmhist. THURSDAY EVENING. Console, which closed yesterday at 87 to for the 9th of May, opened this morning at 87A to A, and closed at 87, or 86 15-16 to 87 1-16. For money the last price was 86/ to 87. The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 87A, 4, 7 h, 6 ; ditto, for account, 87A, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 8 4 , }, 1 ; New Three per Cents., MA, 1,1, } ; ditto Two and-a-Half per Cents., 69 ; Bank Stock, 244, 3 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1061, A, A, 6, I, A, ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent. ‘canfaced" rupee paper, 108, 71, B}. The India Five per Cent, stock was firm, at the late advance, with numerous transactions. The March Exchequer Bills remain quoted Bs. to 3s. dia., and the June ss. dis. to par. Foreign stocks continue heavy, and prices closed to-day at a fresh fall. Italian Bonds of 1866 and 1861 were especially depressed, and fell 3 and If per cent. respectively. Turkish of 1863 also de clined 2 per cent. ; those of 1862, Danubian, Peru vian of 1862, and Venezuelan of 1864, 1 ; Greek and Portuguese, } ; and Turkish of 1866, A. On the other hand, Russian of 1862 improved A; Spanish Passive and Certificates, 1 ; Brazilian scrip, I ; Mexican, A. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) ONE O'CLOCK. This is the settling day in the mining market, and very little other business is going forward. Prices show no variation of any importance. Clifford Amalgamated shares are now quoted 10 to 1 1; Chivertou Moor, uto 4 ; East Caradon, 71 to 1 ; East Lovell, 84 to 9 ; Great North Laxey, 11 to 2 ; North Treskerby, 14 to 1 ; and Frontino and Bolivia, 1 dia. to par. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 8 L.Y. 1 F. I Extreme. 1 1911, 18. T. W. Ito ~.----''-----..1 W. B. 11 is I I l2 F. D. IL --- • Nairn '20.&544' S.S.W. 1 1 E. me 1 Allenlten 2346 4:41 S. 2 3 S. b— 2 Leith Ardrossan a.sti4V. E. 3S I M. Is. .. 2 Greencastle 2)&1,54 E.N.E. 1 S I E.S.E. Vic 1 - - .ape ~ Clear 29.7 4 150' SE. 4 4 E.S.E. nn 0.421 3 Liverpool '22.8610 E.Y.E. 1 4 E.S.E. inn 1 Holyhead Penzance 29.77 55 E.N.E. I 6 E.N.E. o 0.25' 5 Brest . Lorient Rochefort.. _ 29.70 57 ft E. 4 4 I.E. c 1 Plymouth Weymouth Portsmouth 24.111:59: E.M.E. IS 1 S S.E. re ?I 2 London Yarmouth 2039 50 S.S.E. 1 2 E.S.E. to —, I Scarborough. 29.91 50- N. N.E. 1! 2 N.E. h— : 3 Shields 25.%47 N.E. 2• 2 NE. lon —. S Helder SATURDAY. R.E. to S.W., moderate to fresh. some rain. B.E. S . W .tond lark. PROBABLII Oi N WITHERS dUNDAY COMMA. S.S. E. to W.g.W., mo derate to strong. WiSTER2I. As above. — iaMileeSte to strong. some rain. E.S. E. to S S.W.. ma- 80e771ZA7. SE. to S.W.. moderate derate strong, to strong. showers. Variable, moderate to WISES. fresh. Northern—Scotland Western—lreland, Wales, and WA can c les. Southern —English Channel and By of Biscay. Eastern—Eastward England and North Sea. Al next above. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. - - LimpooL, APRIL 2G.-Sales to-day: Great Eastern. 401-.- Lancashire and York'hire, 1211-London and North Wester; 1211- Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnphire, 621-Boetk Eastern Stock, 7r,1 London and North Western. fit Helen's. B, 106-Birkenhead Stock , 87 71 --Buffs]. and Lake BMW, 4 1&10-Grand Trunk of Canada, 22-GrestWestern of 151-Erie, 541 f -Fire-TwenUes, 70-Great Luxerubourg e r sl - 11 i, 7-16 a-Sambre and !Inure. 7i - Alliance B ank, 1 01 d -Bank ot Liverpool. 491-Eastern Exchange Bank, lad.-Mercantile and Exchange, 7 7.16 d.-Natiotal of Liverpool, p.- Gvermid, Gurney, and Co 4 d.- Lancashire insurance, 13-16 p.-Mmitim• Insurance, a d.--Queen Insurance. Liverpool Exchange Buildings, !If-National Steam, 5-16 d. MASCHISTER, Aram 26.-The market was quiet, and prices a shade lower. Erie', 62: f Great Eastern. 404 1- Great Western of Canada, IN Great Western. 68- Lancashire Insurance. a 13-10 p. London and North Western, 1211 Nianehester, Abel field, and Lineolnshire, 621 -Overeml, Gurney, and ('o.. 'limited). d.-Mouth Eastern. 751 -Virginia Six per Ceuta., -Blrken cad, 87. BIRIIIRORAII, APRIL 26.-The sales to-day were Birmingham Financial Limited', at I . L. Pd. pm.; Midland Financial IlAndtad). at i dia : and Muntz's Metal • Limited , at: din. Ciusi ß n i f r = North British Railway, 58. sellers ; Great Western Guaranteed Three-and.a-Half per Cent_ 72}. sellers , Birmingham Canal. an to 8111 ; Birmingham Joint Mock Bank Limited), 884 te 30 ; Birmingham Town and District Bank, 14 to 141 ; Bank ,Litulted•, 101 to 101 pm..• Wolverhampton and iltallord shire Bank, 114 to 12 ; and, Birmingham New Union Mill, 2 1-16 to 2 3.16 per share. DCM.r.4, APRIL 25 . - Three per Cent. Consols, 86- New Three per Cent. Stork, 861 1-Ditto. for account, loth May, 851 f- Ns- Gond Bank 130 75 -Royal Bank • A.lO paid d 33. tl st June if 38- Union Bank (Limited' (A 24 TAW, 17f-Duldhi an Belfa Lion 1100 paid,, 718- Dublin and Kingstown £lOO paid), ag._. Great Southern and Western ,1100 paid , 02-MWlsnd Great Western 'llOO paid;, 62. COLLIIIION AT MYTHOLYROYD STATION. - YEN terdv• morning, shout half-past ten o'clock, a collision, causing great destruction to railway plant, occurred at Mytbolmroyd station. A coal train had stopped to clear away empty waggons, and while this wu going on a num ber of waggons were left standing on the main line. An express Preston goods train to Normanton came down at the time, travelling at a speed of something like 30 miles an hour, and dashed into the other train, reducing several of the waggons to firewood. The engine of the express goods tram wu thrown off the rails, and was only pre vented by the platform from running down the embank- I ment, which is a great height at this place. The engine ;driver and stoker kept totheir place*, but thegnard jumped down the embankment. No one appeared to have sustained any injury. The signals were en at the time, but it ap pears the driver did not notice them. - 1091 I