The Express. — London, England, 1867-04-04 00:00:00

TIPPERARY ELECTP)N (')MMITTEE. THlti DAY.) fra c•aitinittee appointed to try the merits of win ce.plaintir4 of an 1111.ille election and return • . el Tipperary sat again this morning, Sir P. 111 the chair. The evidence un behalf of the • was proet edeil with. MK.:iatia, parish priest or savernii.e.. " stated th it. em the day of tlection, he r ~.r, in cos to pall t.a l'artaiii White. They thettealces Im.y:tidy and orderly. Witness to tAcht• thcm—quit.e the juntntry. Irivud , aceonquinieil the *iziWra to the poll; hd I.e about IVO altogether. They were not a - Ilear.' that Dome rioting had , but witnessed none. I 'sea no apiritual eto ,ontrul the votes of the electoiK. Lord •'!‘ . ,st,usiac proprietor in his ne igh. I lis would lie gratifying to hint if his rap:ails \Vilitv. Through the influence :.t four of the s °ten t vote I contrary to the I iunally, hut witness. never Made it ' . . • • t ..hiretiotalthough he was aware of the • ••. t•t , •• Is fore the :Iry aals .ltt. tuled the turtling of the clergy of K and signed the resolution stating ,• • •• N., 1,1'11,114 of the clergy would Le used to trtorn of Captain NVltite. t ln the Sunday ...o• e • ',toll witness addreis.ell his congregation in ,;. : t,,00r of l'apt.tio \Vint, and against Mr. -v.:k r front theylrtforto of the altar and . . •. loft .•.• the statutt of the diocese in doing so. • t •ii..1•1,e of the ItisholdKillaloc, and not of the .;.Moat IVltat I said to the congregation in the a. t tt 'aptain White would more faithfully re • t h, „ mo t ) ~r Tiris•raty than Mr. Waldron, who !,.tt,_,•••l hi , patty. also t-ferred to a matter of vital •...1 611:, til namely, the tenant right question. I I I not .:e.ptaintc•l with I*.,pt.,in White personally, • from hi. ni.odp, bta.tiglitfia ward address, I expected fnoll hi in. I maid Yu, dit. that tilt:l:c thin:: that intim no d nue in his favour, and that was i. aath U•Lito'n fatlicr was onr of the lasi of an.l wan a father to his tenantry. " Thin," I " i. important to you. who have the power of voting • : r ..f parliament, :mil if you agree with me you .:1,• to suppoit Captain White." . . . . I:, s..P.lgine 'Malone, parish priest of Tortron, near •. ,z!,. stated that he :,cromparutsl between 30 and 411 el voters in his district to the poll on the ninny of eloc. li. About the saint• Imilder of persons who were not wont with them for amusement and curiosity. In [thin a mile fr Nenagh they met Mr. Waldron 's ders ; but although no soldiers or police were there • dhing offen-ive was said to them, and they were not !, steel. NVitness sent his compliments to them. Wit , •- no spiritual influence over the voters, and • inn I lot $ ss , ,,,,ssssno 11- I adilrekiiesl the congregation from the $ r ell the Sunday before the elect ion in favour of Captain Ilev. Frincis Stud.tart, rector of Itorrisokane, tel I .11n a clergyman of the established church in the Nttlet lii' of the county of Tipperary. Was at Nenagh :I. t! iy of election (ruin II to :I o'clock. I saw no in : tedrtion, and no attempt to prevent any voter from ! t•itt_; for Mr. Waldron. I voted for Waldron, but was dl interfered with. I have known other elections in 1,1.m1, rot! saw nothing in this election more violent than witin.s se d at others. It was well known who lin telt tl to vote for ee but I was able to walk up and down :..e st, ids of Nenagli without molt station. [Left sitting.] roURT ul' 0,111.110 N COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) A SCENE IN MITT. A ountin di council was held tide morning at ra.ll, .a which the Loma M %son presided. Mr. I)‘via, before the regular loneness coin • enewl, rose for the purpose of bringing before the court .:ue,tion of privilege which he said greatly reflected ohm his character ax a member of the corporation ' and ,1 , 0 awn the corporation it,elf. He waa about to pro bet. Th.. Lnun dl ‘V , .11 interfered ;md said it appeared to him 1...1 it would he very injuili( ions for the hon. member to s 7, cd. I Loud cries of "Hear, hear," and "Order.") I! knew the wibject to which the hon. member was about : ,:11111.1, ; he considered it would be very damaging t. the corporition if the hon. member proceeded any i.rtb,r. Mew:, he. r.) Deputy Li ItNEI.I. Laid if there was to be any discussion :pen the matter, he should move that it take place with doors. I" No, no," and confusion.) Mr. \ wished to know what the matter was that n.lereil it necessary that the public should be excluded? Cain I cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. Deputy 111 ICSKLI. peniAted in moving that strangers i!i) withdraw, and the 'notion war put and carried. Mr. (Nix then, amid a scene of great confusion, de t amiled a division. A division acconlingly took place, whin it appeared that acre were For the motion to exclude strangers, 86; otinst it, 41 —45.. . _ _ Th. motion was consequently declared to be carried, and the further proceedings took place with elated doors. The innster-tailors of Paris held a meeting on Monday afternoon in the Salle de la Redoute, Rue de Vrenelle, St. Honori:, in number about 1,500, and came to the resolution that a committee of ten members of their holy should put themselves in communication with ten delegates of the workmen in order to come to an under standing about the claims of the latter. The masters have since published a statement declaring that they saw no likelihood of an arrangement in the face of the exorbitant demands of the men. This strike is of great importance he reason of the number of persons engaged in the con flict ; not lees than 2i,000 in Paris. "We learn," says the Astra.," that the corporation of London tailors has sent to the Central Committee in Paris a telegraphic despatch to announce that they had placed 200,000 fr. at the disposal of their French brother workmen." BANGN LIZSIG ON ENGLISH CRITICN.—Baron biebig, writing to Fraser's Mayazirie for the present month, in defence of his estimate of Lord Bacon, says in the course of his communication :—" I found that there existed in England a class of literary men perfectly unknown in France and Germany ; a class formed by gentlemen of education, who, on the whole, are not addicted to profes sional studies, and wbo are generally devoid of profound knowledge either in philosophy or natural science, but who take part Mould frequently lead public opinion on, the most difficult and complicated scientific questions, se, for instance, on the value of Darwin's theory; on tbe cause of fertility of the soil ; on the Atlantic cable ; on utilisation of sewage, &c. Frequently these gentlemen are members of parliament, and also have often a certain influence on the press • and thus, as in an instance I could mention, do their bes t prevent such views as clash with their preconceived opinions from being nude known. Moreover, as their contributions are almost always anony mous, it becomes difficult—sometimes impossible—to show their went of right to meddle with such questions. I found that the judgment of these gentlemen was determined by peculiar rules or canons ; that they possessed a logic of their own ; and that with them ' experiment' meant Nome thing quite different from what we, or at least men who have every day to deal with it, are accustomed to attri bute to this word. I discovered, further, that there was a kind of demon, who was my worst enemy, concealed under th e won l s ' induction,' principles,' and • axioms' of Eacon. I had studied attentively my' Whewell' and my and had learned from them that by the word ' in duction' is to be understood the logic of facts, so that, in eoler to know the signification of Bacon's induction, no thing remained to the but to study Bacon's works. My little book on Bacon contains all I was able to gather in this behalf. Reading lately in the third of the admirable lectures delivered by Professor Huxley, at the Museum of Practical Geology, ' I do protest that of the vast number of cant, in this world, there are none to my mind so con temptible as the pseudo-scientific cant which is talked shout the Baconian philosophy,' I was ready to burst into Pynipathetic laughter at finding that the eminent nett'. rifig also had stumbled upon my demon. But I was less troilcrit than Huxley, for I ought to have avoided the struggle with that class of society whose judgment is de termined by Bacon's axioms, whereas, now I am stig rnstieed as a malicious foe of England and Englishmen, who dips his pen in mud and poison to attack the man whom his countrymen so deeply revere end respect. How. 14.1. indifferent I may be to other imputations, I am not .ill willing to accept patiently the undeserved reproach of has ing hostile to England. It is true, I was many years fell of bitterness , mid I may say ful of hatred,againd the ..te e e•rnentioned class of scientific dilettanti ; but I conf. ss my wror.g, for I love England ; I love the land and the English. During my travels in England and in so:Aland I learned much, and spent with my friends there the ippiest days of my life. I dare my there is no man ••ri IL, Continent who admires and esteems Englishmen tbsn I do. My friends in Germany and France even "'en•ech me that in this respect I go rather too far; and ti••• fact is, that my criticisms against England, attentivel d. y samined. will be found to be those of over•regard ; aura • . . . . " e rt passionate bat disappointed lore; addrrsan t "';' , ni ,, oes. What I might quote in favour of this stitoneii t is doubtless of no great weight, and I am almost 4 ' 11 .00 , 1 to he obliged to allude to it ; but at all events, slight proofs founded outsets are better than strong pro. te,t.di.ns in words. I am a friend of English literature, aid I almost more English than Gennan works ; t wenty.two years ago I caused Darwin'. exce ll ent 'Journal of the Voyage of the Be ag le' to b e t ra nsl a ted into German , my friend Dieffenbaeh ; and later I induced the pub -ober of my ' Letters on Chemistry' (Winter, in Leipzig), act of my 'Agricultural Chemistry' (Viewsg, in Brune ° 4 "k ). to publish in German th e wor k of Thomas Buckle I' History of Civilisation'), and the works of J. Stuart Mill. The , •iiecess of these works was such (several editlens h s ing appeared) that since that time any English author, 'Rmittru; to whatever s c ie n tifi c or d er , b as b een sure t o b e known. in Germany, and tran s l a t e d i n t o G erman ." .L'usixiX GENERAL ORNIBUIS COMPANY (LIMITED). TrAttic neeipts for the week ending March 31, 10,7871. 14, THE DISTRESS IN POPLAR. DEMONSTRATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED. (THIS DAY.) • Pursuant to a notice that "a procession through the streets of London" would urge upon the government " to take their present condition into consideration," the unemployed met at 9 o'clock this morning at Bromley Hall-fields, Bromley. The whole of the members of the distress fund committee, with Mr. Mum mery, the president, were present, and when the order was given for starting, over three thousand men hail assembled. The procession wan headed by the com mittee, followed by a brass band and then a banner of humble pretensions, with the inscription " Representatives of the Distress in Poplar." Other banners were displayed bearing the mottoes, " Time and Strength is Ar.dt. ing ;" " Work is our Want—our Ship-yards are Empty ;" and " t'nity and Freedom bring Peace and Plenty." The best possible order pre vailed among the procession, which, by the time it. reached Whitechapel. numbered between 4,000 and 5,000. Th e route taken was along the East India-mad, Commercial road, Whitechapel, Leadenhall-street, and by the Mansion-house, in passing which the progress was very slow. Turning into Moorgate-street they pro ceeded to Finsbury-square, and thence into u,, making their way to Farringilowstreet. On passing up Fleet-street and the Strand the quietness of the destitute men attracted much attention, and on arriving at Trafalgar-square a halt was n o de, it living the intention afterwards to march through I'll-mall, St. Jamess-street, Piccadilly, lark-lame, Oxford-street, lielboni, and then hoinewanL While the procession was moving men were walking on either aide of the pavement carrying a box, which served ex a receptacle for such assistance as the passers-by were disposed to give to • alleviate the distresred condition of the men and their I families. It is stated that the relatives of the late Mr. l'arkin deffrock, who was killed at the Oaks Colliery, are in good circumstances, so that the appeal to the public for subscriptions on their behalf, however kind and welbin tentioned, is unnecessary. At a sale of auto - raphs which has just taken place in New York one of William Penn fetched 15 dollars ; of Edgar Poe, II dollars ; of George Washington, 25 dollars ; of Beethoven, 13 dollars; of Robert Iturn ,, , 711 dollars ; of Lord Byron, 75 dollars; of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Il dollars; of Napoleon Bonaparte, 43 dol lars ; of Marshal Ney, 7 Malaria; of Robespierre, 9 dol lars ; and of filirabeau, 7 dollars 75 cents. No less than nine monster steam packets are duo this month at Southampton, (run, New York. Early yesterday morning the goods warehouse of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at Hud dersfield was destroyed by fire. A large amount of valuable stock wax burnt, and the damage is variously estimated at from 10.000 f. to 1 1,0001. W.—The Queen ha% been pleased to present the Rev. Percy Wemyss l'hillips Nutt, M.A., to the united vicarage of Kew with Petersham, in the county of surrey, and diocese of Winchester, void by the death of the Rev. Richard Burgh Bryan.— no.ette. RF:MoV AL OF ANOTHER. CITY CIIC twii. —A scheme has been prepared for the removal of the church of St. Mildred at the eastern end of tho Poultry. For many mouths past it has had no congregation. By the removal of the church a large space will be obtained for the improvements which have long been required in that neighbourhood. Cll MIt•A L TOY:l.—pr. Divers, Lecturer on Natu ral Philosophy at Charing-cross Hospital, writes to the TimcA :—" I. it not time the public were cautioned against the dangers of 'chyinical toys? more especially as the printed assertions often sold with them making them out to be harmless, are not to be relied upon. Within the last two years or so a great number of these toys have been brought out, most of them either highly poisonous or ihingerouidy combustible. Thus, Pharaoh's Serpents,' composed of sul phocyaniile of mercury, arc highly poisonous, and during combustion evolve boost noxious vapours. ' Linnes du Diable,' formed of metallic sodium, burn with great violence if they are either heated or moistened with water—in this respect exceeding phosphorus in danger—and scatter caustic alkali about the place when they are used as directed. ' Sun shine in Winter Evenings ' and ' Fiery Swords,' formed of magnesium, are apt in the hands of children to cause nasty burns, through the rapidity of their combustion and the molten and white-hot particles they cast off. ' Sensation Ci garettes,' charged with gun cotton, project, when fired, very noxious vapours into the mouth ; o' the Wisp Paper,' Parlour Lightning,' Fireflies," Aerial Glowworms,' &c., all formed of pyroxilin, or paper rendered explosive by the action of concentrated nitno and sulphuric acids, are highly intlionn.ableand dangerous—the latest proof of w hichi is the terrible accident last week at Mr. Laidlaw's workshop. I have myself known bad injuries caused by experimenting with sodium and water, and also with dowers of sulphur and chlorate of potassium, the rubbing together of which in small quantities is so often recommended in books on ' Parlour - Magic,' Sc., as an amusing experiment, quite free from danger. The use of chemical toys in educating children in the science of natural phenomena must be ex oreditgly slight, and quite incommensurate with their dan_ger." HIGHLAND SPORTS AT GIBRALTAR. —TIIC annual Highland games of the 78th Roaa-shire Buffs took place on the North Front on Thursday last, under most favourable auspiees. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh kindly honoured the game with his presence, and officiated as judge. We observed among the spectators Sir Richard and Lady Airey, Major-General and Mrs. Crutchley, and all the notabilities of the garrison. The most successful of the sports were the long jumps, the Highland dancing, and the throwing of the hammer. An accident (which was happily averted) nearly happened when this last game was in progress, as the hammer passed close by the head of a holy who was standing in dangerous proximity to the ropes. An additional race started for the seamen of her hlajesty's ship Galatea wax well contested, and afforded much amusement. The tossing of the caber, owing to the high wind, was rather a failure ; and only one roan succeeded in turning it. Several extra prizes were given by the captain and officers of the Galatea, two by his royal highness for dancing, and one by the officers for a race open to the whole regi ment. Highland hospitality was the order of the day ; and great praise is due to the committee for their ad mirable arrangements, which were so well planned, and so successfully carried out. We trust that the Enaguetas may remain in Gibraltar another year, and that we may once more have an opportunity of witnessing those interesting national sports.—Gibrattar Chroilick, March A SAINT OF THE STAGE.—There is a little vil lage in the Tyrol, called Castelruth, with a chapel on a hill close by, which contains the shrine of one of the most remarkable of the saints of the stage. This saint was the queen of the ballet in the middle ages, the most impas sioned of expressive pantomimists,with eloquence in every look and gesture, language in eye, hand, foot, and a most subduing beauty in her whole person. She was more charming than her name, which was Kummernits ; and more lovely than the statue now before her shrine, on the chin of which is a very magnificent heard, which anyone may see growing, if he will only wait long and l oo k sharp enough. A bearded ballerina does not seem a likely per son to break the hearts of lovers, but the truth is that Kummernits was endowed with the appendage in order that her legion of lovers might be kept at a distance, and their hearts, as well as her own, sound, and free from breaking. All mediaeval princedom was at Kumenernitz's feet. and she prettily bade it "Co to !" Chivalry in flaunt ing feathers and character,, whispered soft nothings in her ear, and she cried " Fie !" upon it. Young I'o'er-do wel! merchante chinked the gold in their purses before her eyes, and Kummernitz shook the finger of scorn at them with a "marry come up!" From ermined suitors she took refuge in oratories ; from others she fled to more or less dark corners in cathedrals ; and she threatened the young merchants that their audacity should he made to cool its heels in prison. They only called her "cruel," worshipped her more ardently or impudently than ever, and at length they so threatened to Pure easeader At, rs that the honest-hearted beauty rushed to her confessor and declared that she waa at her wits' end, and that nothing but a miracle could save her. The confessor put his hand paternally under her chin, looked in Kummer nitz's eyes, and was on the point of making her a com pliment, when the virtuous ballet-dancer exclaimed that she had it " You have what'" asked the confessor. "At least." said Kunnuernitz, " I feel that I shall have it. I have been praying to the Virgin for a month, that I might become as unattractive in appearance as the silly fellows who beset me, and in a dream she touched me under the chin, and said my prayer would be granted as soon as the band of a man should be placed there too." The story runs to the effect that on the prettiest chin in the whole world there grew a beard of most patriarchal amplitude. On the upper lip, that would have puzzled /Indies to excel, there sprung up a very majestic moustache. anti on the loveliest cheeks that ever graced earth or Olympus a pair of the most redoubtable whiskers started up, to deter , all who might approach. " exclaimed the conica -1 sor, " you certainly have got it ; but, having g ot it, what , will you do with it ?" Kurnmernitz hardly knew ; but she found that a queen of the ballet with a beard must necessarily resign royalty ; and so Kummemitz withdrew into a cloister, where she astonished and gratified the sisters on dull evenings by her SOH remirs put into action of her old ; dancing and pantomime days. In memory of the saltatory ' saint they have preserved her bones at Cartelruth, where they are enshrined in thin silk and decayed tinsel which have a very corps de ballet aspect about them; and any belle Helene who may be in perplexity about how to keep her self as good as Kuruinernitz did, has only to kneel in prayer before the beard-growing statue, in order to learn what may be got by the process.—Corahiff Mayn:ine fur April. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1867. LAW INTELLIGENCE, (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANICIWPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) Plf RE poWELL. —AN ARiCONDING BANKRUPT. On the application of Mr. Preston, solicitor for a creditor, adjudication of bankruptcy was' made against James lamp dealer, of Little T ower - s t ree t, in th e Cit y o f London. The bankrupt has absconded, but fortunately for the creditors some letters have since come to hand containing remittances of about $OOl. The liabilities are stated to be 4,001 N. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MAR LllO Ito 1 . 4 111-ST REET. lIC , VANI. AWL, wilt. Abirphy, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Knox on a warrant charged with assaulting his wife, Mary, residing in Cooper's-court, Windmill-street. 1 lie prosecutrix having fainted ust before the case was called ou, s h e was a ll owe d t o give her evidence seated, she appearing to be very ill. On being sworn she said, in answer to questions by the inagistnite- - I do not wish to press the charge. It occurred at 12 o'clock yesterday; but 1 don't wish to press it. Don't put any more questions to me. He has been a good hue. band to me. Let him go. Grant me my request. It wool happen again. He'll be a good husband for my sake. Mr. Knox-- How long have you been married! Prosecutiiir- Twelve years. Its all through his parents. Mr. Knox ordered the prosecutria to be assisted out of court, she appearing to be quite overcome. Paice (one of the warrant officers)—The prosecutrix is not in such a had condition as she pretends to be. Barns (the gaoler)—l have known the husband for years, and lie is a quiet, well-behaved man. Mr. Knox—Did she appear in such a condition when she yesterday applied for the warrant ? l'aice—No, sir, not half so had. Mr. Knox--Then it is got up by her to deceive and en tertain the court? Paice—That is so. On going to take the prisoner into custody last night she way rushing about the room, and the neighbours said there was six of one and half.a-doxeu of the other. Mr. Knox—Prisoner, I am inclined to think your wife's fainting and all that is only to deceive me. I will take the case as one of " no prosecutor," and discharge you, and if your wife wishes to attend again she can do so. W MTN! NSTER. STEALING A H..H , E, CART, AND HARNE , S. n, IVittiont AWataiids, 21, and Sophia Gil, r, 20, were charged with stealing a hone. cart, and harness, value NW., the property of Frederick Coton. Mr. Alfred H. Jarrett, superintendent of police of the borough of Hertford, said from information he received, lie went on Saturday morning last to the White Swan public-house at Hertford, and saw the prisoner Green holding a borne outside the door of the house and asked him to whom it lielonged ; be said ho was holding it for a loan inside, and, directly, Edmonds came to the door, and offered Green a pot of beer. Edmonds said the horse and cart were his, he used them in his business. Witness was not satisfied with the account he gave, and took him and the other into custody for the unlawful possession. They were taken before the borough ningistraten and remanded till yesterday, being then charged with stealing. At the public-house at Hertford he received a receipt (produced) wet with ink for W., the prisoner Edmoniln hating sold the horse and cart to a man named Parkins for IV. Evidence having been given of the sale by Edmonds and his confession of the robbery, and three convictions having been proved against him, The prisoners were remanded for a week. FEARFUL SCENE IN A MINE. FIVE LIVES LOST. A sad accident o c curred in North Levant Mine, St. Just, on Monday. Two lumen were 'toping in the 70 fathom level, going east, and knew that they approached part of an adjacent mine, Wheal Maitland, which had not been worked for 30 years. They did not, however, anticipate danger. The two miners were using hammer and picker in soft ground when the water trickled through to them. It momentarily increased, and then all at once gushed out from a gap 3 feet long and 9 inches wide. Thomas Oats and his son and James Nicholas ran for their lives a distance of 40 fathoms to Wheal Game shaft, and es taped. The stream, which must have beenthe outpour of the accumulated waters in some of the winzea, rushed seven or eight fathoms to a wince which led downwards to the 85. East of this Henry Thomas, aged 53, his son William, 22, and James, 20, were at work. The father and younger son were swept from their work instantly. William scrambled up on a piece of wood, and, remaining quiet, was saved. The father was hurried at least 50 fathoms and found quite dead. James haul not been discovered, but of his untimely fate there is not the least doubt. William remained in peril for a quarter of en hour, than descended, groped his -way in the dark over the place where his father lay dead and covered with debris, and escaped up a shaft. Between the 5.1 and the 100 fathom levels were two sons of Captain Thomas, the resident scent—damea, 22, end a lad of 13 ; they were in a winzo thirty fathoms east of the engine shaft. They were washed down to the 100, and ' along it nearly to the engine shaft. As the torrent tore along this level, carrying with it loose and splintered ' timber, stones, and rubbish, it threw from the tramroad a wagon dung it across the level, and this formed a barricade, aguunst which the brothers were hurried. James was found breathing, and was speedily raised to the surface, where Mr. Richard Quick, a surgeon, who resides near, aas in waiting, and Captain James Bennett, the other agent, bad restorativee, blankets, kc. He lived twenty minutes, but was speechless. His weaker and younger brother was fearfully maimed. Nearly every bone in his body was crushed, and the splintered wood had pierced him over and over again. John Humphries, jun., and Andrew Angwin heard the rush of the water in the 100, escaped to the shaft, came up it against a hea v y f a ll o f water, and escaped. Richard Warren, an experienced and cool miner, who has seen death in every form, was, with William Warren, his son, a young man of 21, and his nephew, aged 17, at work in the 115 fathom level. They were 30 fathom from the winze down which the water streamed. He beard the torrent coming, urged his younger companions to be prompt but collected, and sent them on in (runt of him. They crossed under the winse, down which rushed the stream, and, of course, were at once in darkness. As they approached the shaft, Warren passed his eon, because he knew the level and its junction with the shaft. At this time the water tumbled around them four feet deep. Warren could not find his nephew. He bad not many days recovered from a fever, and was weak. He went down in the stream in the level, or fell into the shaft ; at any rate, he has not yet been found. The escape of Warren and his son, two powerful men, was wondrous. The rising waters drove them from the level into the shaft, but here the water which fell from above was so weighty that they could only cling to the ladder. As their enemy rose about them, however, it was n to ascend or perish. The father led. In the level t ey could just bear each other. The son wished to give up what seemed to him a useless struggle, and to prey during their last minute or two. The father dragged him to the shaft, where the falling water drowned all sound of voices. By a kind of instinct, as they ruse, the son placed each hand on a ladder-stave, under the father's foot. At the expense of swollen and excoriated hands the son was thus assisted to keep his hold. With his bead he propped up and pushed the father, who felt • weight rushing down upon him which he described as at least 5 cwt. Slowly and painfully they moved upwards, step by step, 14fin., and saved themselves. By this sad accident five lives are lost. Three bodies have already been recovered. One poor woman has lost her husband and son ; u widow, with six young children, has lost the eldest, 1 her main supporter; and Captain Thomas has losttwo suns. Brunel' is busy with the preparation of the fetes which are to take place on the occasion of the marriage of the Count of Flanders. Superb and costly presents will be offered to the young flesittOr, and the palace which is now getting ready for her will be worthy of her rank and beauty, having been ceded to her by Count d'Alcantara, and which is now being embellished in the most elegant and gorgeous style. On Monday night the steamer leaving Dundalk for Liverpool was crowded with emigrants, all of the farm ing class, and apparently persons in a comfortable position, being well dressed, and having with them large heavily laden boxes. The scene at the departure of the steamer was affecting. The deck was crowded. There were at least 120 persons, young and old, and numbers of them were bitterly weeping as they bade a last farewell to their friends on shore. DEATH or Mx. C. H. BENNETT.—We regret to reconl the death of this remarkable artist, who, after a brief illness, expired on Tuesday morning, at his resi dence in C.iversharn-road. His premature decease is a real low to art. Mr. Bennett, though his talent for caricature was great and exceptional, had made his mars by work of original and picturesque character, and his illustrations to Bunpui and other authors are full of vivid power. But his rich fancy, and command of the grotesue, found, during the latter portion of his too brief life, t heir best scope in the pages of Punch, which he enriched with large contributions of the most wildly humorous kind, from single figures to the most complex and elaborated allegory. His faculty for likeness was ex traordinary, as his groups from the politicians, the acade micians, and the philosophers testified, and he had also what may be termed n Rabelaisian instinct, which gave vitality to the most ludicrously unpromising subjects. He was in possession of his full powers, and had been at work within about a fortnight of his lamented death. A more amiable and gentler nature it would be impossible to find than that of Mr. Bennett, and be had deeply en deared himself to his artistic and literary colleague'. A widow and a young family mourn his loss.—The Day. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (DI TELEGRAPH.) BEDFORD GRAND NATIONAL HUNT MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) GRAND NATIONAL HUNT STEEPLECHASE. 4 miles. Thorganby, Gelert, Yarborough, Emperor 111., Hippo lyte, Vencedora, Morpeth, King Pippin, Bicester, Nimrod, Mayflower, Stoneham, Wilverley, Father O'Leszy, Sir John, Chit-Ch a t g , Tuscola:nun, Marley Hill, Fairy Land, Sensation, and Golden Fleece are here. KIMBOLTON CASTLE STAKES. 4 miles. Atalanta, Cortolvin, Lincoln, Liston, Bishopton, The Tavern, Charlie, Tusculnnate, Despatch,Shangarry, Green land. and Golden Fleece are here. SELLING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. 2 miles. :ayhurst (sold for IOW.), Gorsehawk, Lincoln, Monitor, and Tartar (sold for 501. cull). All are here. N. W. W. N. W. N. W. W. N.W. Cape l9ear 3011 60 N.W. Llverpool 151.94 54' W. Holyhead 10.51 49 W.S.W. Penance •30.18 51 W. Ems& 30.U50 N.W. Lorlent 90.24 52 W. Rochefort 30.38 52 W. Plymouth SO 11 5.V , W. Weymouth 30.00 Ill' W. Porlamuuth 30.05 50 W. London 20.94 61' W. Yarmouth tube 50 W. N. W. Scarborough ?8.60:0 W. Shields 29.61 50 N.W. Helder — -. i . Nairn Aberdeen Leith 51ra —1 Ardreeean itoB4 48 Greene:matte 129.77 50 Valentin 10.12 50 COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. )THIS DAY.) (BY TELIGILAPIL) (FROM OUR °WY CORRESPONDENT.) The market continues rather quiet, and prices are somewhat in favour of b u y ers . B a l es about 7,000 or 8,000 bales. MINCING-LANE. —(THIS DAY.) St GA R. —The market is quiet at previous prices. Cuba Muscovado sold at 31s. clayed Manilla, :Ns. ; native Mmlrart, low to bright yellow, 27.. 31 to 2&.. 91. Refined dull of sale at previous prices. Cones.—The market continues quiet. TEA.—There is no improvement to notice in the demand for this article. Rice.—Aparoelof white Bengal sold forarrival at 168.6 d. SPlC!M.—lllack pepper has sold steadily at barely pre vious prices; Singapore, 3 3.ind. ' • Penang, to 6d. ; Cochin, 3ld. to Cinnamon, fine, :is. 2d. ; second sort, Is. Md. ; third, Is. 4d. ; fourth, Is. 241. Pimento, good quality, at about previous prime ; common at a alight decline ; ordinary coarse to good. lid. to 24d. GlNGER.—Jamaica, common of the new crop, rds. to 60s. • African, at Is. tid. decline, :12a. lid. ; Bengal, 2i a. to Stia. Fai rr.—The market continues steady but quiet. Run.-250 puncheons of Demerara sold at la. 6d. to Is 7ld. Jure bas sold at prices rather in buyers' favour ; ootn• mon and medium, 14/. I:es. to 1$! ; good, 19/. 10s. ; fine, 21f. to 231. Corny remain‘ dull. Prices show a further decline. S UTPETRE.-1,700 bags sold for cash, and full prompt, at life. to its. 61, refractions 61 to 4j. TALLOW MARKET.--(THIS DAY.) The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 445. ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 445. ; April to June, 445, rid. ; October to December, 445. 9d. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. (THIS I)AY.) Although the number of besets is not large, it consider ably exceeds the demand. Monday's prices cannot be realised, and very few are sold. We have a large supply of sheep and very few purchasers. Prices are lower for all descriptions, and very little business is transacted. Choice calves are still scarce,and maintain late quotations. Our foreign supply consists of 80 beasts, 1,00 sheep, W 2 calves, and 40 pip. Per stone of 811*. a. d. a 4. I Per done of alba a. 4. S. 4. Best Scots, Helot& 4 8 6 0 Hest Dm& Hi hdoSh 4 8 5 0 Beg Short-horns 4 41 4 10 Best Lang-w 0015.... 6 0 6 4 Second vial beads 2 8 3 4 I Do. do. Morn.... 4 0 4 6 Calves PUP Bed Dos&HIS-brpda 6 6 6 8, Lambs Beasts at market, 42U Pigs. 150. and lambs, 7,040 ; calves, 118 SMITHFIELD HAY MARICET.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade slow at the following priors, viz.: —Prime clover, from 100 a. to 1104. ; inferior ditto, 80e. to 955. ; prime second cut clover, 90a. to ; inferior ditto, 50e. to 70s. ; best green bay, 84a. to 90s. ; infetioa ditto, 50a. to 70a. ; straw, 40s. to 4fis. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TRIMSDAY, APRIL 4, S A.X. REVARKR. Barometrical pressure has decreased very considerably in the north of the British Isles since yesterday morning, hut to a less extent to the south. Temperature hoe increased in a slight degree. The winds are more northerly In the north than they were yesterday but lu the south and west have returned towards the west, with an increase of force. Some rain has fallen In the north and west ; (.4; and haze have prevailed in the south-west; and sea disturbance has increased generally. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. !minor, APRIL 3.-Baiss today: Caledonian, 100 ad great Rastern. 271 11 2 1 — Great Western. 41 i! 1 404 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1211 1 —Loudon and North Western, 1101 11 1 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. 47 81 1 1 w a —Metropolitan, IN 171 1 j e I—Slbliand, 1131 1 13—Mbl. Birmingham and Dert.y, £22 convertible. p. —North I ;rl . 7fah, 311 1 4—South Eastern, 871 1 1 1 1 I—Mitehaven and ]Mmes, 411—Manchester, She Meld, and Lincolnshire £lO re. deernabla IS per cent., p—Bittenhead, BS—North Union, B, 152 —Buffalo and Lake Huron. 4—Great Western of Canada, 131 ratted States 5-20 Bonds, 1502, 751 6—Great Luxembourg shares, 915-16—Sambre and Meuse, 61 a d—Lanaublre Insurance, 1 p.— Royal Insurance, 21 p. MANCIIIRITZIL APRIL i—The market was flat, but a moderate general business was done. Bolckew, Vaughan, and Co. Li. tufted), 71 1 8 (I—District Bank, 17 p.—Ebbw Yale Co. (Limited , , 161 d.—Oreat Eastern, 274 1 --G 1 1 1 I—Great Luxembourg, 9 15-10--Great Northern A, 121reat Western of Canada, 1311.18—Great Western, 41 1 1 1 101 I—Lancashire Insurance, 9la p.—lancashire and Yorkshire, 1941 I—London and North Wegam, 1161 1 I—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 4717 e &MA 4 I—Metropolitan. 1171 1 1 17--Midland, 113 1 13— North , St/ 1 4—South Plates, 071 41 1 1 }—Stave ley Coal and Iron Company , Limited).ll p. - Thames and Mersey Marino Insurance 'Limited'. 3 1-10 p —Glasgow and South Western, 1081—Birkenhead, tie}. BIRMINOHAN, APRIL A—Business done: Birmingham Canals, at ; and Imperial Continental Gas, at 05 per share. Closing price': Warwick and Birmingham Canal, 44 to IS: Birrninglueo Joint Stock Bank (Limited 301 to 201 Lloyd*, Bank Limited . 71 to 71 pram.: Birmingham Financial , Limited . If to 11 dia. ; Midland Financial Limited , 11 to II ills.; Birmingham Alliance Fire Insurance Limited , Ms. to par ; Birmingham Wagon (Limited', 101 to 111; Railway Carriage Limited . tlolo dbu dia.ry„ 1 1-16 to 13-10 prem.. and Menu's Metal , 21 11 11081nt, Senn, t—Three per Cent. Console, 00(—New Three per Cent. Stock, SS/ 84-11Itto. tor account, loth April, 88— Ditto, for new account. 89 +TA—Provincial Bank (grit paid), 89—Royal Bank , LlO paid), SA—Vision Bank ,Limned ' , (Zl2 paid), 13--Cork and Bandon paid:, 10. Dstrracass TURN-VEREIN. Last night this society, which It may be as well to explain is a German gymnastic association, gave a " display and assault-at arms" at their new hall in St. Pancras-road. The friends of physical education will be glad to learn that the energetic propaganda of tho " turners" is leading to very satisfactory results. Since the establishment of the Verein in 1861, no fewer than 3,16 i persons have become members, of whom 896 were admitted in 1865 and 987 in 1866. Of these 499 were Germans, 1,2113 Dullish, 67 Scotch, 11 Irish, 11 Welsh, 14 Dutch, 4 Minns, 2 Norwegians, 3 Swedes, 1 Rum, 30 French, 6 Spaniards, 5 Italian., 1 Greek, 9 Rimini', 3 Hungarians, 2 Poles, 3 North Americans, 8 South Americans, and 1 Australian. It will thus be seen that, notwithstanding its name, the society is far more English than German. There are amongst its members 1,232 mercantile men, 22.5 artisans, (35 jewellers, 50 watchmakers), 119 professional men (4.1 students, 23 lawyers, 20 teachers, 19 medical men). 101 artists (29 engineers, 28 artists, 2.3 archi tects, 14 engravers), and 3:1 goverrunent clerks. It may be interesting to state that while the Germans are found to excel in the more technical exercises of the arena, our countrymen bear the bell as regards such plain, straightforward sports as running or leaping. The dis play last night included free exercises, fencing, leaping, parallel ban, boxing, vaulting horse, quarter-staff exer cise, " rock" (i.e., performances on a single ter), broad • sword, and wand exercises. The proficiency exhibited was really surprising, and it was impossible not to admire the mingled strength and grace which characterised most of the feats. The boxing was of course in gloves, and its I object seemed to be to chow " the ring" in a ludicrous light. After the performance • large number of the members and their friends supped in their spacious club room ; Kr. E. G. Ravenstein, the president. in the chair. The usual toasts, namely, " Germany," " England" (which Mr. Ravenstein was good enough to say was really • first-rote country), awl the "Turn-verein," were received with the lustiest of pdt•htits. The company invited to witness the exercises numbered between MO and 1,000. °Kunz PALAcs. Orrs Sarum% DAY.— WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3.—Admissions on payment, 1,6161 ditto by season tickets, 1,939. Total visitors, 3,57)5. MONEY MARKET.- (THIS DAY.) 0111 o'Or.oax. The stock markets remain flat, owing to a pre ponderance of sales. British railway securities are still offered, and show a further important and almost general reduction. The transactions, how ever, are mostly speculative, many of the opera tors having taken advantage of the withdrawal of Mr. Crawford's 111 , ti011 relating to debentures to press some considerable sales. At the same time the public refrain from buying to any important extent, pending the announcement of the views of the committee now sitting upon the debenture question. The funds are dull, but the quotations of yesterday are maintained, an impression prevailing that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in c.nsequence of the expiration to-day of the " Dead Weight Annuity," may, in Unita ' tion of Mr. Gladstone, announce a scheme for the reduction of the national debt. Foreign bonds have given way in several cases, the news from abroad being considered unsatisfactory. This being the 4th of the month, the demand for money is active, and the quotation for the best three months bills is firm, at 2i per cent. In the Stock Exchange short loans on English government securities are obtainable at 2i to 3 per cent. The directors of the Bank of England have made no change to-day in the rate of dis. count, but it is thought in some quarters that a re duction to 2i per cent. may be resolved upon after the payment of the dividends on the 9th inst., especially if the influx of gold continues larg.e, as at present. Consols are now quoted 90/ to 91 both for money and the 10th inst., and 91 to k for the May ac count. The Three per Cents. Reduced ainl New Three per Cents. are steady, at 89 to k, cx div. Foreign stocks are (lull, with little business. Italian Bonds of 1861 have declined per cent. : Greek, I.'; and Turkish of 1865, Spanish Passive, the Committee's Certificates, and Russian scrip, 1. Turkish of 1865 are quoted 29/ to 29 ; Greek, 14k to I ; Spanish Passive, 21; to 22 ; ditto Certificates, 137. ; to 141, ; Italian of 1861, 5:4 to ; Mexican, 16k to / ; Russian Scrip, 21 to 1 prem. ; Chilian Scrip, 3to 21 dia. ; and Danubian Scrip, 3 to 24 dia. United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, at 74/ to 75 ; but Erie Railway shares have declined 1 per cent., viz., to 37/ to 381. Illinois Central are quoted 781 to 1, being * lower. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are steady, at 16 to 1 ; and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, at 3 - ; to /. International Financial shares are quoted 21 to A dia. ; London Financial, 19 to 18 dia. ; General Credit, 30 to 4 dia.; Credit Foncier, 61 to dia. ; National Discount, 7, , 4 to / prem. ; and Hudson's Bay, 16k to A petition for the winding up of the Empire Assurance Corporation (Limited) is to Le heard before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart on the 26th inst. The adjourned annual meeting of the Oriental Inland Steam Company (Limited) will be held on the llith of April. Day by day, as a satisfactory solution of the railway problem seems more difficult, and in view of the fact that the companies find them selves compelled to pay more for working ex penses, for materials, and now for pecuniary assistance, a feeling is extending amongst the proprietors that in self-defence they must have recourse to an increase of passenger fares and goods rates. Apart from this, the existing crisis will be productive of good because it will certainly check the old and ruinous policy of lavish expen diture and improvident extensions, besides leading to the issue of more candid and truthful state ments of accounts by railway boards. With reference to the Venezuela Six per Cent. Loan of 1864, the General Credit and Discount Com pany (Limited) are in receipt of advices from their agents, Messrs. H. L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guaira, 11th March, of duties collected and re mitted, as follows : Per statement No. :t, from Ciudad Bolivar, ; ditto. No. 4, $1,177.27 ; ditto, No. 5, $16.71 ; ditto, No. r(108.75 ; ditto, No. 'J, from l'uerto Cabello, , z. 1,171.75 ; ditto, No. 10, $.1,344.11; ditto, No. 13, from La Guaira, f 03,004.43 ; ditto, No. 14, 812,848.24 ; total, ~:;:,,t1 2 7.99. The following relates to the New Granada debt : Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have this day received a remittance on account of New Granada dividends from Cartagena of 5171. 10s.—London, 3rd April, Ista. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a re mittance of 1,1671. 14s. on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. The amount of gold sent into the Bank yesterday was 125,000/. making a total of 308,00 a since the date of ;he last return, while only 19,000/. has been withdrawn in the same period for ex portation. The Tanjore, from Alexandria, has arrived with 3,0001. The shipments of specie to the East show a large increase, owing to the recent rise in the Bombay exchange. The steamer Pere, which will leave Southampton to-day, will take 239,8291., of which 18,6291. is gold and the rest silver. The particularsare as follows :—For Aden, gold, 2,0001.; Point de Calle, gold, 816/. ; Bombay, gold, 15,0001. ; ditto, silver, 199,4001. ; Madras, gold, 8131. ; Hung Kong, silver, 6,0110/. ; and for Shanghae, silver, 15,8001. The biddings for government bills on India took plaoeyesterday at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were :—To Calcutta, 15,50,000 rs. ; to Madras, 5,00,000 rs. ; and to Bombay, 1200,000 rs. The minimum price was fixed at Is. 114 d. on Calcutta and Madras, and at 2s. on Bombay. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at ls. ma. will receive about 01 per cent., and on Bombay at 21. about 31 per cent. Those above these prices will receive in full. The fact that the rates obtained are about 2 per cent. higher than on the last occa sion shows that the revival in the demand for the 11108119 of remittance to India still goes on. The government bills on India having been dis posed of yesterday at higher rates the silver market was firm, but no further advance took place in prices. The advises from Manchester report the failure of Mr. W. Mondial, of Albert Mill, Hebden-bridge, with liabilities computed at 20,0001., chiefly due to mortgagees. It is also mentioned that Mr. C. Leeming, spinner and manufacturer, of Glossop, has called his creditors together. We understand that the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada will pay the interest on the Ist Preference Bonds in cash, after the half-yearly meeting called for the 18th inst. The subjoined circular, which has been sent tol the proprietors of the Great Eastern Railway, shows that the directors are not in a position to pay the dividends which fall due on the preference atocks 1 to-day (Thursday) : Dear Sir,—Since the date of tha last half-yearly report I the progress of the panic in railway securities has frustrated the :financial arrangements which led the directors to hope that they would be able to provide for the payment of divi- dends on the preference stocks on April 4. lathe Menu instances in which the company was placed the directors thought it their duty to invite the largest holders of preference stocks to a conference, in order to consider the best stepo to be taken for the protection of their interests. This con- I faience, to which all holders of 20,000/. and upwards were invited, resulted in the appointment of a committee. The board is in constant communication with this committee, and they believe that in a few days it will have matured • scheme which it can confidently recommend to the preference holders as the best means of placing their pro perty on • sound footing for the future. In the meantime the directors have thought it better not to delay this an nouncemmit, as the 4th of April is at hand.—(Signed) J. B. Owes, Secretary. Great Eastern Railway, Secretary's Office, Bishopsgate Station, March 30. The London and North Western Railway traffic return shows the week a decrease of onn p;ued with the corresponding period of last year, and the Midland a decrease of 3,260 E. Formal notice is given that a petition for the winding up of the Central Railway Company of Venezuela (Linutod) tJ. be hmud before Chancellor Malins o' the 2lith inst. Creditori of tit, T, •mio:: and Colonial Company (Limited) are rYluir l t, send the particulars of their claims to Mossri. Jones and Spong, the hqui (loons, by the Ist Mdy. The subjoined report on the market for Ameri can securities is from the circular of Messrs. Sat turthwaite. and Co. : The fluctit .tiona in Art:eri:ln securities on the London market duriti.; the week have been unimportant, the rela tive price in London .ind New York having so nearly Sp prtAimated ; and the .1 uotati.us of bonds and premium on gold having varied but little sines our last, has induced ste.diness in quotations. United states 5.20 Bonds close 744 to 75. Limon; Central shares, 781 to 79; sad Bien, : I '4 to 394 ; in th r Litter there were considerable pui chases early in the• went fur shipment to New York, but the la.t day or two the market has been inactive. There has been rather more d. for Virginia Sixes, and at 45 to they exhibit a siight improvement. Atlantic alai Great Western Sectional Bonds are steady, but the Con aolidated Bowie and De . aenturos rare a fraction lower. The anne% .!:1 Li f!' /h.. the monthly hide circular issued yesterday b:- 31:ssrs. T. J. and T. Powell : The leather trade of the past month has presented very litt:e on which to re,t, .r::. The supplies have doubtless been restricted by the in Amience of the weather, but the clay scarcity has been •,f , r , ,od English butts of medium ighta. The .iemand...ithough not ppli active,. has been, fur ar the most part. commen,ste with the sues, and prices in general show scar,..ely any alteration. With the advance of the season. however. i: is to be expected that both sup ply and del., old be in,:eased, and consequently that en extende.: business will he done. Raw goals show, on the whole. s liatibri import, with about an average de- The puhhe salve have gone off rather briskly, but without cats' oil, it. g any decidedchange in prices; although previous .o.,,tetious have been in most cases fully sup por.eil. At Leadenh yesterday a very limited amount of business was don:. sole leather generally found lett liLle demand. Dressing nide, wet rather more inquiry. hires were stationary. WEDNEUDAT ETVIING. Consols, which closed yesteictiiiii9ltTel for ne:.t Weilner.da) . s. settlement, opened this morning at the bailie ,'anion. and closed st 91, "sellers." For money the last pries was tool to 91, and for the May settientent, 91 to The Three per Cents. Reduced an l New Three per Cents. closed the cattle as vest relay. at 89 to Cl div. The olticial business report is aa follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 911, 1, f, 1, 901 ; ditto, for accoun - .. ts 1 , 1: Three per Cents. Reduced, 1, ex d,l. ; New Three per Cents., 891, 3, 9, 4, cx div. ; Bank S'ock, shut ; India Stock, 217, 19 ditto Five per ; ditto Four per Cent., 94, ex div.: ddto Four pur Cent. "enlaced " rap,* paper. 851 : ditto Five per Cent., 103/, ; ditto Bowls. ritts.. 525. prem. The India Five per Cent. stock was more offered and weaker, last marked 199 i. The Four per Cent. prock, ou the other hand, was firm, with transactions at 94. From this it would appear that investors are becoming alive to the undue dis pi, portion which eNists between the prices of these two stocl.. The Five per Cent. is redeemable in duly, 1880, and the Four per Cent. in October, 1888. Exchequer Bills were firm at IGs. to 20e. prem. The forei...ri st. , ek market showed depression, and prices;;:arc way it numerous cases. Turkish Bonds of IKs4, 16.13, and 1A65 (Six per Cents.), full 1 to 2 per cent. ; Brazilian of 1863, I ; Egyptian of 1864 and the Italway Debentures, as well as Russian of 16. - al, 180. a•.d 1:96, ; Italian of 11461, g ; New On:amino., " •\ :ill," and Russian Scrip, .1-; and Turkish of If 4 .1, Spanish Passive, Danubian Scrip, and Ur. cs, however, met with inquiry, and improved I t, 1. Peruvian of 1865 were lj better. The &fluent*. of business in bank shares was small, but there wax a demand for Batik of Egypt and Chartered Mercantile of India, at an advance of I'. On the other hand, Imperial declined L. ; City, 10s. ; and Imperial Ottoman, Go. The shares ..f the financial companies were un altered, apart from a reduction of 2s. Gd. in ;eneral Cr slit. Prices closed as follows :—lnter national Financial, 24 to dis. • General Credit, li-16 to 2-Ihi die. ; London Fiancial 19 to 18 die. ; and Credit Fancier of England, fil i l re o die. Atlantic Teie;raph Eight per Cent. Preference shares were otli•red. and experienced a reducticu of 28. 6d. t. Ls., the last price being :la to An:Jo-Amen an were last quoted 162 to 2, being slightly le wer : and Telegraph Construction, 2 to 11 din.. alio win:4 n change. Hudson's nay shares were last quoted U. to being slightly flatter; National Discount, 7;; to showhlm a reduction of 2s. lid. ; and (leneral I i r. tan, par to 1 preen. The principal feature in ..t.. !nisch:lL:neon' market wa.s a rise of I'. his. in Uritish and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. City itiohroved Gs., while City Offices de dined 10.4. Lchc fee. and St. Katharine Dock stock fell 1 per cent. Some of tl:e Cape Good Hope, New South Wales, anhl 1.411,.. , ,n51ati..1 debentures advanced to I per cent. !ale Canadian declined to the name extent. Atnerie-.r. scc•'iritks wero again rather dull. The 5-20 It,nds th.clined per cent. ; Erie Itailw4 shares, ; an.l Atlantic and Great Western Debentures awl Consolidated Mortgage; Bonds, 1 ,. Illinois Central S 4 :x per Cents., however, were 11 Prici. , 3 closed u follows :-5-20 Bonds, 74i to 7•i ; Erie Railway shares, 381 to 394 ; Illi nois Central, 71 4 ' to 79, ex div. ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, 31 to X: ; Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 22,4 to 23. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) ORR o'Czocx. The mining market is moderately active to day. Prior of Wales, West Chiverton, Mar!to Valley, Etat Caradon, and Okel Tor shares hay° been chiely dealt in. Prices are quoted as fol lows :—West. CLivertini, 70 to 74 ; Clifford Amid gamated, Cto ; North Crotty, 3i tog ; Chiver ton Moor, r A; Crest Vor, 14 to 204 ; Marko Valley. 4i to ; Prince of Wales, Wry. to 574. : Wlical Seton, 10'4 to 105 ; (treat Laxey. 18 to 10 ; West &ton, 1:15 to 140 ; (C.c.! Tor, 22e. Cl. to 255. ; East Caradon, 31 too ; and East Po:smelt, 21 to 3. The first ordinary general meeting of the Nevada Silver Mining c-iiipany (Limited) is fixed for thu I I th inst. The directors of the Otes Copper Mining Com pany (Limited) Lave by the present mail, via Panama, receive.' advices of the shipment of two small parce!a of dressed ore, per Ida Zeigler, which sailed from Auckland on 29th January last. The produce of these parcels is estimated at 25 per cent, and lit per tent. to 18 percent. respectively. No report front the mine has been received this m•mth, but the agent states that the difficulty with respect to t!..ejigging machines appears:to have been overcome, as di.: engineer had succeeded in con stra cting a tuseli me for perforating the copper plates, the result being a great saving of time and labour. RAILWAYS-(THIS DAY.) Own o'CLoos. The railway market continues heavy, and prices have experienced a fresh reduction. London, Brighton, and S•eith Coast stock has declined 1 per cent. ; Metropolitan, 1; Midland • Great Northern (A) and North British, 3 ; Great Western and s ou th Eastern, g ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover, I. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 113 to 116 ; Great Western, 40 to i ; London and North- Western, 1! 5 , f to / ; Midland, 112 to ; Lancashire and Yorkshir, 12n to / ; Caledonian, 108 to 109 ; South Eastern, INq to k ; Great Eastern, 27 to ; Great Northern, 113 to 114 ; ditto A, 1 - 281 to I • London, Chatham, and Dover, 181 to t; Nor th British, 33 to 34 ; and Brighton, .2 to .3. (For to-day's Share List see rage 4.) ROYAL Fang H 040171116, GRAY'S-ICY-ROAD. —The number of patients relieved at this hospital Iluriog the week ending March al vrr 3,712, of which 1,251 were new eases. ll boa NV. 1 I. 11 to co 0.1 oe 0.15 1 re 0.14: fm 0.21' I bm I en I o 0.09 10mc -- , c I • bk, Cr 0.03 W. W. . N. W W. N.W. W.A.N. W. N.W. N. W. N. N. N. W. N. N. W. R. W. N. W.