The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

"OW-- models of the other vessels of the t in the modelling r transm ission to the ,We of preparation ) P ar i s early in the having Place d $ °°ll. Admiralty for use. Is of war belonging in N already ooroPlate d s ll e rophon, Ilerculin4 .11as, Blanche, Lord Alters, each of wh isk s composing the navy, As of ironclad shit& let February, the et. .e following incident int% Li4erte u Moils( the battle of Wow% preceded the battle ed to the Sm. :map his army would the Prussians, and sd. nube. He added that* imstrian army WO would raise lieu or the decisive we the despatch, sot the telegram to red. plan and gave amigo, . on . When he left the rs-de-camp and said, "1 L eh." He th en dictated at tight and conque r." wEEN BESEDIM -espondent of La Liberif about a duel with sablis Bruck, in Styria, between ..s. The meeting ems com atained in &report Ishii Mae, and which Benicia cording to one versios,tim .ni.Gfillas was wounded tit Hensdorf having been ogs lA. According to anotbse beat a difference hariag he Archduke Albert. Tim . . ki.-.4.—Dv NUALS, Vl* yesterday evening, whicl.2.s r ful, to ups et the up-tres lace celled 13radfortrs CM' I.idalk station, the o ve r 0 I.served a number larlil t he proceeded metped the At (river, wh stop o no ed of the danger. Els& v.nt rather, is a p b ro ont eeed : 4 land. Having up to the place, an d oret.i. b was half a hundred ts., placed on the rails,eXii_.. .i its usual sp l e ed, an riP" ra i n would have/leen hul is only on e of several efl ..., Le j unction line. The mole ing to the con viction o 1 00 no effect in deterring tbals t o destroy life and Timer* LISLE BURIAL $0131.1)._.'"" Carlisle delivered judg. us in itself, is not withoirt nem' public. Some time rirl monument over the grOrs r` . , and, as required by riled! proposed tombstone t0._....1.. sting any fault with the e= very rev. gentleensa. the first line of the in f," which, be said, a1.°11.141` 'ecided to be uncommtl t suggested that the WM*,... 1, first, that to car/ opres;4'' spoil a valuable stones , understand the ineaniat two instru c t e d his solic itor ad see whether the bern4 unmet The Chaneellor... Acts, which, he said, mu ourt any of the autborltf ruled that the burial MPANY den wan passed at • a MOM. Wahl very almost the re. - tle alters. Twin, the s eampieci • a nook. . one -tenth dividend as unfair tenths, With a • reosive ?A ha nk :. 1 He treated lifitation d . of es etails. He - charged ob. advantage, : ear hear.) ' snt;sher as - 4 , e directan. 1 ' cial training. • tint 1,0001. a • cave an Si* Id be comb i. .he question' pang. The tter should . ding that a heir interests I • d at a fitting onine with n.) •ould not be 1 1 t it would ba r titanic mann. • t Id not do 40 tarred to the the Societi had proved adding that e a connection. .umn to believe six. proprietan. tY. era might not Its, which ha any practical day find then. companies bad I IS, dd be paid to o 31st instant. a same gentle. id he still bald meeting, that a ier the award at shares. :ion was adopted, the meeting tee. IS DAY.) .w. ass I. W. I. Ili —.—1..—.. W. ,c,. 1 - 1 ~.w.o 1 \ i ~w. o , 1 J .w. 00 10.03 4 . N. be 0.07 i :l : •T•W' I b° I .4.W. co NW. I co 2 •E. do , 6 . N.E. 0 I . E. I bI . 1 -- 2 N, bra 1 .w. 1 bI 2 N . ct ,-- I. W. . ht . -- N.V.% ' oh 1. • N.W. bo ,W 1 c —__: --.—:--- '—' nos prevail On ' ncr • chteffy ou our other Tempera's:4 at has declined =BY ~7 LAW INTEMGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. ORS art.iczeioNs IN WOW% BANKING COMPANY. T, : pazy about a dozen more summonses were made re tamable in thie matter before Mr. Church, the chief clerk C Weary, to vary the certificate, or in other words to Wcertain shareholders from the list. Linklster had two, Mr. Emanuel three, and other i dioms appeared. A great number of summonses have tomtit= out on the same ground, and settle preceding eall h a s caused much consternation , partie s in the li st meous to take out summonses to put off the call until ot/rsr eas es on the point of liability are decided. The decision on the question of calls is to be given on w ar ds,. The indebtedness of the Bank is 1,848,9681. she inal assets, 975,6541. • the deficiency is 573,3141., nom sad the ca ll , if realised, 500, 0001. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. i SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Justice She* and a Common Jury.) Mill% v , EPP& This was an action for slar and false imprisonment. XL H. James and Mr.—Langon- were counsel for the plsintilf. Mr. Bailey was counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff is a butcher, but was formerly s member of the City police force, and the defendant ja a builder's foreman. On the 19th of April last * but 9 o'clock in the evening he was passing along the lak•reati, Lambeth, when he met a friend and went with hi m into the Rising Sun public-house. Defendant came is, and touching the plaintiff on the shoulder, said "I've ; o ught you." Plaintiff asked for an explanation , i when &hart said "You'll know when the police come!" [tenrrnandre:acci:gr(lisghilym, came aid in, Thi: he f n eUors e to e ; bit a lady the other day—he is • notorious d o rstealer and one of the worst characters in London." la a nswer to questions put to him b y the polioeman, he told him that he was a City policeman, and gave his num ber. Defendant said it was nothing of the kind, and told the policeman to take the plaintiff into custody. He sscordingly did so, and when outside tho door the policeman took (plaintiff by the collar, and, police notwithstanding plaintiff's remonatran oe s, the police ', man twisted his collar, and by defendan t ' s directions he r sprung his rattle, when three other policemen came up, an d they all mar ched the plaintiff off to the the police- a station followed by a large crowd of persons. N 4 ;en t station the policeman told the acting -inspector that he did not believe • word the plaintiff had add, and on the inspector asking him for his name and address he gave the latter, and his number as a City policeman. Plaintiff was detained in the reserve room, and at half -peat 1 o'clock in the morning he was liberated. Plaintiff said he never had a dog. Cross - exam i n ed—He had been two years . and • half in the police force. A dog was pointed out in the public house as having bitten a lady. He was unable to say if the dog followed him into the public-house. Evidence was then given in corroboration of the lain tiffs cue, and that the policeman acted roughly tow p ards him. The defence was that the plaintiff had already had am ple satisfaction in Sir Richard Mayne having suspended tha policeman ; that the City policemen were provided with a card, which would at all times prove that they were members of the foe ; that plainti ff produced no such said, and r efused his name and address ; and that the policeman had done no more than his duty. The plain tiffs version of what occurred it was also urged was not CO r me t . [The cue was proceeding when our report left.] that the whole misunderstanding seems to have - arisen chiefly through the incautious exhibition at Manchester of a private telegram, in cypher, sent . , from London in interrogative form bT the agent or Mr. Grisewood, Mr. Grisew ood himself having t ' been out of active business fo r the last ten years. The telegram inquired se to the truth of the rumoured failure of 'the B chairman " and , only the recipient of the telegram , be in g in Paseo.; Rion of the cypher, could know that by the letters "B" was meant " South Eastern." There seems,' therefore, to have been no want of caution in the' manner in which the despatch was transmitted Committee-roma, Stock Exchange, London, Dee. 19, 1966. Sir,—Your letter of the 15th instant, calling upon the Committee of the Stock Exchange to tram out the real author of a rumour to your prejudice which was in eireula-' tion on Friday last, has been laid before my colleognese and has occupied their attention during the greater pars of their three last sittings. The explanations given by Er. Grisewoodwae entirely satisfactory to the committee. The telegram forwarded by him to his ages in an. cheater, was sent in cypher and contained a strictly wan: dentist inquiry as to the truth of the rumour, and he did his utmost to circulate the contradiction as soon as re. ceived. In following up the investigation the committee have been prevented by the vague and general character of the evidence from tracing the rumour in a tangible shape to any member of the Stack Exchange. Al however, the inquiry of the committee has besot:Pee ant for this purpose . , they cannot, in justice to their I fallow-members, refrain from stating that the evidence adduced as to the character and amount of business dons, I far from supporting, completely disproves, the existence ra the London market of any systematic or concerted plan to depress the value of South Eastern stock, as asserted to ' your circular to the shareholders. The depreciation which has so long and so seriously affected all securities may be attributed with greater justice to the uneasiness of the public, and the utter want of confidence occasioned by the disasters and disclosures of the last few months. I beg„ in conclusion, to assure you that should you obtain say clue, the committee will readily afford every andstanee in bring ' ing to punishment the originator of this scandalous false. hood.—l am, Sm., MATTH6W FLOM, Chairman of Om Committee for General Purposes of the Steck Exchange.— E. W. Watkin, Esq., M.P. P.S. A copy of this letter will be sent to the newspapers. It is announced that the directors of the London Corn Exchange have resolved to close the corgi market on Wednesday, the 26th, instead of Mon th'', the 24th inst. WEDNICSDAT EVINING. Consols, which closed yesterday at 8% to 1, ex div., for the 10th January, opened this morning at 89k to g, and closed at 894 to f . For money the last price was 894 to 4. Ilse official business report m as follows :—'fhree per Cent. Consols, for money, 89, I, 9, k, g ; ditto, for account, 89k, 4 ; Three per Cents. Reduced , 88 4 , k , 4 ; New Three per Cents., 88k, g, k, g ; Bank Stock, 250, 49 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1078, 4, #, I ; ditto Five per Cent. " enlaced" rupee paper, 993, looi ; dii.to Five-and-a-Ralf per Cent., 1044 ; ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 1024 ; ditto Bonds, 255. prem. The India Five per Cent. Stock was firm, and was dealt in from 1071 to 1073 ex div. Exchequer Bills Unproved Is., being quoted Sc. Ism co' THE POLICE COURTS. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. After Term Nisi Prins Sittings at Guildhall.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron and Special Juries.) WARD r. THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. This trial, which has extended over nearly three days, mme to a termination to-day. The action was brought by Mr. Ward, chair-maker at Saville-house, Leicester square, against the defendants f or a part of the loss he had sustained by the fi re in February last year, which almost totally destroyed that well-known building. He also sued on behalf of the insurance company with whom his goods were insured for the amount they had paid to him, which did not wholly lso co ver his loss. Other insurance co m p anies a interested in the result of the action. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Manisty, Q.C., Mr. Pollock, Q.C. and Mr. Holland, were counsel for the plaintiff ; and 'Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Mennen for the defendants. A German named Bloom, who kept a beershop in Ratcliffe-highway, had rente d a billiard-room and a saloon in Saville Houle, and been supplied with gas by the defendants, which partly passed through a 50 light metre, flied in one of the passages. Some alteration being about to be made with respect to the lighting, the defendants' servants came on the 28th February, 1865, and removed this metre, with the intention, as they stated, of put beg up another. The case on the part of the plaintiff was that having broken the connexion between the inlet and the outlet pipe they negligently omitted to close the orifice in the former, and at the same time, did not remove the key by which the pa from the main was turned on or give notice to Bloom or his servants that the gas could not be burnt until another meter had been put up. In the even ing of the same day one of Bloom's men turned on the gas sensual, notknowing that the pipes had been disconnected with the main, and some one having afterwards brought a light near the spot an explosion took place, whichled to the burning of the premises. For the defence evidence was given to show that when the meter was taken away the defendants' men put in a greased bung in the orifice of the pipe and covered it with white lead, flo mode of closing an inlet pipe which was per fectly secure and generally adopted for temporary pur poses. The answer of the plaintiff on this head was that even eupposiog the bung to have been used, which be denied, this was neither the customary nor a safe mode of shutting eff t he gas, and that a tap ought to have been used. The defendants also said they had discovered that Bloom, who was now out of the way, had surreptitiously burnt a large quantity of gas which was not indicated by the meter, and they suggested that the bung might have been taken out by him or some one under his direction, with the object probably of con tinuing this dishonest practice, and that before he com pleted his arrangements gas escaped to the extent which caused the explosion. There was a great array of witnesses on both sides, both both as to what occurred on the premises on the 28th of Feb. on the removal of the meter and previous to the ex plosion, and to the custom among gasfitters with respect to the closing of the ends of gas pipes. The Lord Chief Baron, in summing up, adverted to the great importance of the case, and said it was impossible for any parties to come before the court freer from any suspicion calculated to excite prejudice in the minds of the jury one way or the other than were the presentsuitors. He went carefully over the whole evidence, and told the jury that the simple question was whether the fire was occasioned by the negligence of the defendants' servants. The jury, after having been locked up for • abort time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages referred. This was • new trial. At the former trial the plaintiff was nonsuited. SHERIFFS' COURT, RED LION-SQUARE. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and a Jury.) WILKIN r. MOORS.—ACCIDENT TO A ROME AND CARRIAGE. This was an action in one of the inferior courts, in which judgment was allowed by defaultp to assess the damages for injuries to a horse and damage to • carriage. There was no defence. Mr. Day was counsel for the plaintiff, and from hisstate ment and the evidence it appeared that the plaintiff is the proprietor of the Zetland Hotel, Darlington, Yorkshire, and the defendant a surveyor in the employ of Sir Charles Fox. He hired a horse and carriage, and so negligently used the same that the animal, which was cheap at 30L, was now dear at 13/. About 141. damage bad been done to the carriage and harness. Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell told the learned oonnael he bad proved to 301. and that was all he claimed. The jury seemed disposed to go beyond that amount, but were told they could not, and then gave a verdict for 291. 6s. 6d. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Betore the Recorder.) CHARGE OT BURGLARY. Ceivge Mitchell was indicted for a burglary in the house of Christopher Davis Kent, and stealing therein a quantity of silver plate and two pairs of earrings, his property. In a second count he was charged with feloniously receiving the same. Mr. Straight prosecuted, and from the evidence it sp reed that the premises of the prosecutor had been broken into on the night of the 15th November last, and the property mentioned in the indictment abstracted. The following morning the prisoner o ff e red the silver plate, which was broken up, for sale to a Mr. Shearing a watchmaker, at Croydon, stating that he had found the property on the high rood, near Wallington. lir. Shearing having some suspicion took the prisoner and the property to the police-station, where the prisoner was searched, and upon him were found the two pairs of earrings which had also been stolen on the night in es- Lion. The whole of the property was identified by the Prosecutor, and it was further proved that when appre hended the prisoner had a large cut on the knuckles of his right hand which might have been caused in he plate glass of the prosecutor's window. The jury retired, and after an absence of half an hour came into court with a verdict of Guilty. Sentence was deferred. - - (Before the Common fierjeant.) John Austin, 23, carman, was indicted for unlawfully attempting to obtain from Charles John Lobbing the sum of 2c 6d., with intent to defraud. The evidence disclosed that about 9 o'clock in the evening (THIS DAY.) CLlffaCEN'ina.L. ASSAULT BY A TRADESMAN. George Bolt, a saddler and harness- ma ker, of 17, Wen lock-street, Oty-road, was summoned by Mrs. Main Hauer, the wife of a tradesman residing at 18, Wenlock road, for unlawfully assaulting and beating her on the 11th inst. aft. Ricketts, solicitor, a ppeared on behalf of the com plainant, and Mr. Wakeling for the defendant. The ease for the complainant, as opened by Mr. Ricketts and proved by the witnesses, was that on Tuesday, the 11th lust, the defendant and his wife were quarrelling, and one of the children ran away from the defendant pest the coin- ..- plainsat's shop. The defendant went after the boT, went Z . up to the complainant, who was s t an ding inside her 1 80 shop door, and tried to push past her into the to shop, when she told him not to push in there, and ' tO put up her hands to prevent his going in. The defendant e 1... then mixed her by the arm, dragged her out of the shop and 1 100' threw her with much force on to the pavement. Her head : N o was cut ; she lad a quantity of blood, and was rendered gg, nearly insensible. She was so ill after the assault that a 18$ surgeon had to be sent for, and she fel t p ains in her head lia for a d or so after the occurrence. as sagakeling cross-examined the witnesses, but without t . their teetimony, and then having contended that 00 no assault had been committed, called witnesses who swore at, that the complainant first scratched the defendant's face, St and that then he pushed her, and the p avement being wet Bt. and dirty, she slipped and fell ft In answer to Mr. Ricketts, one of the witnesses for the Bit defence admitted that the defendant pulled the coin- 0 4 , plainant out of her shop, and the other that the push was ta a very severe one. ga„ The magistrate said he considered the case of assault et. was made oat, and ordered the defend ant to p a y a fine of 1 Bt. 10s. and the costa ' • or, in default of payment , to be im- ; ir. piisoned, with har d labour, in the House of Correction for g t five days. St. The fine and costs were paid. 10 10 ROBBERY OP A BAH Or GOLD. MO Henry Bishop, aged 21, a stoker, of 10, Whiskin-street, 20 Clerkenwell, was charged with s tealing, on the 11th inst., la at 11, Gloucesterstreet, Clerkenwell, a bar of gold, of the BR value of 631. 145., the property of his employer, Mr. John 9 Dyer, gold and silver flatter ; and Henry Bishop , aged 410, 9t.„ a dressing-case maker, of 21, Meredith-street, Clerkenwell, t . was charged with feloniously receiving the bar of gold, et, well knowing it to have been stolen. is Mr. Lewis, of Wilmington-square, Clerkenwell, appeared St. for the prosecution, and said that the younger prisoner Bt. had been in the employ of the prosecutor, and that the 8 1 elder was his father. The property had not been yet re- ; covered, and therefore he should have to ask for a remand. Bt . He then called le Inspector Bryant, G division , w ho said—On Wednesday la I apprehended the younger prisoner at his lodgings and I St told him that I had been informed that he had slolen a at bar of gold, and that he must c onsider himself in custody. got I left him then in the custody of police-constable Ranger gl . 199 Cl, and I went to his father' s house, and in the coa l 96, cellar which is under the pavement I found two pieces of 20 brick loose in the bottom of the cellar. A box had been et. placed on the bricks. As the father was out I went back 10 to the son, and told him I had searched his f ather ' s cellar, et I believed the gold to have been, but I cou l d not find it there. He said, Well, I due say if iou let me come over with you I can find it." I said, Very well, you "" ,7„,-- I , did take it then." He said , "Y es. Mr. Dyer gave me ' notice to leave. I thought it wa s ver y hard of him, and, r out of spite, I took the gold. I put it in the cellar, and so it was safe there on Saturday last, when a friend of mine 2 os sold a piece of it for me. If it is not there now my father it must have taken it. We will go there and see him." We 100 went away to the house. The father was not at home, but his wife told us where her husband was, 1 1 1 ,!.• and the younger prisoner asked me to allow him a, to accompany him to his father's before taking him to the 80 police station. I saw Mr. Dyer, and then went with the 20 younger prisoner to his father's, and found him at his St brother's in a pipe-maker's shop at Old-street, St. Luke's. St On entering the shop the younger prisoner , add to his ; 4) o t father, who was in the back parlour, ' I want you to tell 1 00 the officer where the gold is." "What," he said, " have 1 00 you been such a fool as to acknowledge 100 to taking it, for if you have you must put up with it 1" 100 00 The younger prisoner said, " Don't be foolish , where is 1 it? " Well," the father said , "if you want to know, I 1 4: 0: have had it, but they have got to find it." St The elder prisoner-4 did not say that. I said" Perhaps, so I might have had it, and if I had, you would have had a SO 90 St.- job to find it." I ns pector Bryant continued — The father further said, "Itis at the bottom of the sea b y this time. I thought it 11 dangerous to have it with me, and I threw it into the sea." so& I told the father he must go with me to the station, and 104 he was rather violent at first, but afterwards went quietly. I too 00 Mr. Lewis here asked for a remand. 10 The prisoners, who did not make any d e f e nce, were St. remanded, and bail refused. 41. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. m a WOULD-BE SUICIDE. se /dory Brown, a respectable looking elderly female, was ISO charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to commit r° o suicide by throwing herself in the Serpentine. St John Lebrun, s labouring man, living at Blyth-lane, a t Hammersmith, while passing the Serpentine this morning 06. about 7 o'clock, on the way to his work, saw something in 88 20 the water, and, on going up, found it was the prisoner. He got her out of the water, and took her to the Humane " Society's Receiving-house. Thos Moscow, park constable, No. 13, said the prisoner told him that she was sorry that she had not drowned herself. and that she would do so. The prisoner said she was sorry for what she had done. She had been ill for some time, and could not sleep. and tea. went out for a walk. She had a husband in Australia, 40, and he remitted her money to keep her. She had no to, relations of her own. 11, Mr. Knox—Then it is not wa nt that has c aused you to l i t act as you have done! it, The prisoner said it was not. It was only illness. 10, Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner, and IS, Sergeant Cowdy, one of the park constables, could make 10 inquiries respecting her. 10 60 SOUTHWARK. -- on 60 ---- STEALING A - BASKET OF TURRETS. George Vickers, alias Beyles, well known to the police, was brought up in custody of Mr. Carpenter, the superin- AO, tendent of the Brighton Railway Company's police, charged 30, with stealing a basket of turkeys at the London -bridge ro: terminus. Richard Wood, the excess luggage clerk at the London- bo, bridge terminus of the Brighton and South Coast Railway, 10, said that he was on duty near the scales about seven o'clock on the previous evening, when his attention was called to the prisoner, who was examining the luggage lying about ready to be placed on the luggage va ns. His conduct exc ited his suspicion, which induced him to watch him, and a minute or so afterwards he saw the prisoner go up to a pile of luggage and pull off a basket pf turkeys from the top and carry it to the labeller, whom be asked to label it for him to Croy don. Witness went up to him and asked him whether the basket of turkeys belonged to him. He said that it did. Witness told him that such could not be the cas man, whom hee, as he MAW the knew basket to brought there by another own er. The prisoner said, " Oh, that's all right, he brought it here for me ; they don't belong to him." Witness then told the prisoner that the basket could not be labelled until the other man returned, when the pri- soner walked away. He, however, followed him and gave him into custody. lie then said that he had never touched the basket, but only looked at it. Mr. Carpenter, the superintendent of the company's police, said. be stopped the prisoner as he was hurriedly leaving the terminu s, knowing him to be a thief, when last witness came up and gave him into custody for stealing the basket of turkeys. The magistrate asked if he knew the prisoner. Mr. Carpenter replied that he did. He had been tried and convicted at the Surrey Sessions for a robbery at te s ame station about two years sgo. A number of robberies had recently taken place since the prisoner's liberation, and if a remand was granted he believed he should be able to produce evidence to implicate the priso the basket, r. The latter, who denied any intention to steal , remanded. SIL 1 Pd. I SubwArs [ lOO sad issue I 100 laledooiau ioo lesmirlaa ...... all Cork and Hamadan .... eII 100 Dublln and WWI Jane 100 Ilandoe,PerthotAMJD all Nast Landon BctpOort. I la bo 100 Glaagow sad& Western 1 100 Great Eastern Ord. St 100 Do. K Ans. Stk., No 2 ' 100 Great North of Scotland 100 Great Northern 1100 D0..4 J Arse-no My. on , 100 Do. B - I Wen. c. is paldh 1100 Do. Ord. DeL Div. Stock 100 Gt. South t West. (Ire ) 1 100 Great Western 'lOO Do.StoarYalAhmEtk 1 100 Do. South Wales .. 1100 Do. W. Mid.—Odord IMO Go. Do. 1 , 1; . ) k = 100 Lancashire& Yo 100 Lon. tn, ES. Coast 100 London,ChathamotDov 100 DO. Met.Exten. A6p.c. 100 Landoll& North Wain. 100 LoadosultSouthWastern 1100 flan. Shot., & Lincoln& 100 Metropolitan Do. New all Do. Extension .. ad MetropelitanDietrict 4 Do. do. do. all Do. ESL john',-wood 100 Mlithoad 1 7 Do. CO Shares Imp Do. Dian. & Derby 1 1100 (N orth dzitlah 1100 Do. lain ,Perth,Dttod.l 100 N. Eastern—lierwick 169 Do. G. N. K Pure. 1 100 Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 , Do. Carlisle ' all Do. Stock.EDar li ng. I 1 SO I Do. do., 186041 I 100 . North London I O 1 12):.. do. 1964-6 ..1 1011 ,North3tLiordshire.... 100 N. & a Western Jane. 100 Scottish Central _ 100 Shropshire Upton :: I 100 'South Devon 100 'South diatom ad litaiokWokinham,ac, 1.00 3 rad vae Do. C 100 Waterford & Kilkenny 6 'Waterloo tk W ititehali THE EXPRESS, Ili tiItSDAY rirENING, DECEMBER 20, 1866. OritishOoDo.o.o,l672 D. _ Do. _ r. 100 100 100 100 100 tire. U m. 6 Do.6;:cit " 0 1 &Ans. Do. Opeeetiliar. Do. Ip per eret.Jen.c MOB al Do. i Ine. ' ,000 CaKot Hopee et. per.lB7l d 0.1860-1900 Do. do. 1880-90 .. Do. do. 1890-91 Do.sitasp.itoetiooo Oeylon,Nov.lB6 8, ep.et, 1, Do. 1878. do.. 1,000 Do. 1871 d 0... 0, Maritime por ct, 1873 0, Do. 1878 0, Do. 1882 ; 0, Do. 1886 la. Natal. Gov. Opt. oent.. I 16, New Bruna.Gov.6perct. 4800 New South Wales Gov.. 6 p• cent.,lB7l to 1876 • Do. 6 p. e.lBBB to 1803 50,000 D0.6p.c.r.1867 to 1876 00,000 New Zeeland 6per cent. 00,000 Do. 6per cent. 00,000 Do. 8 per cent. 1891 00,000 Do.de.l49lJune4Dec 90.000 Nora Bootle Op. e., 1876 1 160,100 QueenalandGow Op. et. &Aust.Gov. 6 p.0.,67-77 151. Do. 1878 sod upwde. 860,E Yle.Gov.6p. e. Jan. July 7,000, Do. Op. et. April &Oc apnoea. 111} 064 OS 8 6 el 16 77 80 76 78 101 108 106 106 108 106 106 106 88 80 100 108 101 106 IN 10 6 106 106 106 167 106 106 106 106 08 100 06 so 94“ 80 84 94 97 834 97 sot 77i - 91 96 9 96 99 84 9 9/ 96 lc\ 96 90 id 1 til i WI 94 106 106 160 105 103 104 104 5 10S“ MONEY IL 72 DAY.) "WARE L. of the 20th November the prisoner delivered to the prosecutor a parcel bearing the label of a rail way company, and for its carriage the prisoner de- i On O'CLOCK. mended the sum of half-a-crown. On its being o p ened it , was found to contain • pie°e of brick and a quantity of , The railway market is extremely firm , and most waste paper. The prisoner was asked for his book, and he of the leading lines have improved. Caledonian stated that his mate had it in the next street, and he went stock has risen 1 per cent. ; Lancashire and York out but was followed and given into custody. shire 1; Great Northam, 1 ; South Eastern, 1 ; The primmer was found ()mitt i, end sentenced to six Metropolitan, 0 Great Western, months' imprisonment with hard labour. i London and North 1 Western, Great Eastern, and North British, 1 ; i and Miland, 1. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 123 1 t o 124 ; Great Western, 51 to 1 • London and North , Western, 118 to 1 ; Midland, 12 1 1 to 1 ; Lan- 1 1 cashire and Yorkshire, 126 to 1; Caledonian, 1 i 119 to 120; South Ea stern, 64/ to 651 ; Great ; Eastern, 264 to 271; Great Northern, 115 to 116 ; , ditto A, 125 to 1 ; London, Ch a tham, and Dover, 151 to 161 ; and North 1 ritish, 351 to 36. .1 Foreign and colonial railway shares are steady, s, and prices generally are quoted the same as yester day. ORDINAIIY SHARES AND STOCK& amine 'ester litto-doy ; to i P.m 1,1 44 - - F 7 117 11.9 40 4 A 4 I as a Ts TI - - 114 116 26 2/ 6 I go 9 2 501 201 30 2 6 SO 3 6 125 124 84 87 154 164 10 20 1174 118 79 81 47 48 11l 1221 2 pi 1 1 83 26 rr 6i -7 1 I 3 us • 12 /ij am 89 91 85 us 14 18 104 104 I 1 6,9 84 6 126 i i 1 6 1 a 1c( ,( 16 6,1 110 6 171 i 60kj I R6 ,1 ie int 4i '4 7l 10i I 6.M .. !Ili i i 6.( CI 1.1 - DID S., io4e r 116 116 124 126 as 96 97 99 $4 2 6 911 1 0 / p 117 119 1 99 - -9 01 70 7 116 118 148 162 42 64 64 64 8} Vi 160 153 $ 6 liat BRITISH PO6BEBSIONS. Xll , ktlanttc&St. Lawrence. 100 'Dom. Bar. &C. In. g6p.o. 10 ) Do. 1 Sharma all Buffalo & Lake Boron I t . Do. n preference toderich 1 6 per cent. 187 2 4 -4 ,100 CaL &S. BasternsP. e.g. 10G 'Cape T. & Dock 6p. c. g. all I Demeesra,7P.c.perpref. 100 Bast Bengal rt. 6do I 6 . Do. do. sdo 100 ' But Indian go. 6 do 100 Grand Trunk of Canada ' all ' Do. Bquip. M.B.op.ct. all ! Do. Ist prat Bonds all I Do. do. deferred all I Do. Ind preL Bonds. all . Dw do. deferred , all I Do. grd pref. Stock .. I ' all I Do. do. deferred ' all I Do. 4th pref. stock.. k i all I Do. do. deferred, 100 Great Indian P611111=18.1 all I Do. gua. 6 per cont.' ' i 0 Do. New do. ....I 4. Do. New 100 Gt. S. of India. g. p. ct 100 ' Do. 4f per cent. th- . r ipm a 72 45 65 nib Me 102 103 iosi 10041 18 19 86 27 66 62 60 66 60 62 87 40 22 24 1i714 106 k - - Pmi t Ipm 1 pm 100 102 91 14 Do. all iOL Western of Canadal , all I Do. Now all L00.6p.c. ktds. pay. 187 3, all , D 0.66 do. do. 1677-5 ' S 'lndiaatftweb!Llmlled) . 100 !Madras guar. 6 p. 'lOO Do. do. 4) de 1 1100 I Do. do. 4e do all Do. Fifth Eitenaloa all I lialb. and Hobson's Bay all Do. 6p. et., pay.lBBo I all I Do. 6p. et., pay. 18%. 100 N.B. of Can. 6p c. lstp. It. ; .100 1 84nds, gas. b per wont I .100 Do. Dahl do ! 100 Do. Punistub do L lOO Do. Indus St. Rot. do. lit 12} S y 92 81 84 it 1118 102 103 1 92 94 86 90 et 62 100 70 8 82 8 4 ea 8 6 90 101 97 88 ii loo oi as JOINT OTOCIL BANK& . NO7/ 00 80 :50 1 B&SECS. T4 I C 6 . 00,000! I. 10,000! 60 40,300100 00,000, 20 0,000 60 1,0001 60 1,000, 20 1,0001 40 e. 6001 20 7,500! 20 1,0001 25 1,000: 20 ),000 'OO ),00111 60 1,000! 10 1,0001 20 1,0001 60 1,000 , 60 1,000 1 20 ),000 1 26 • 1,000! 20 1,0001100 1,0001 10 1,000 10 1 ),00 0 3 1 60 '1 ' /0,000 1 60 60,000 1 0) I °° °° i 3° 00,000, 80 20,000, 60 20,000,100 1 201,500 1 20 6,000 , - 25 6,000 45 100,0001 20 6000001 100 03,000 60 13,000 100 moo. 20 6,000 100 20,000' 25 4,0001 25 60,000, 20 67,600. 60 72,000 50 2,6,000 20 10,000 100 6,000 60 60,000 100 10,000 100 6,000 100 . 60,000 60. 17,15,100 6,000 100 20,000 , 6 20,000 100 10,000 100 56,000, 20 • 40,000 50 60,000' 20 60,000 20 00,030 th 67,410 60 20,000 100 , 10,000. 10 10,000, 25 17,051 - 100 10,000 100 40,000 , 25 10,000 100 • NV , 60 MAlbr& Mastarnoui's (1 ) 46 ion Alliance Limited Anglo Austrian Anglo Egyptian (Lim )• • Anglo Italian (Limited). 91 Asiatic Bank Cor. new eh , 11 Australasia 1 at Bankof BritishColumbial al Do. New, iallUbd. 2 pm I Bank of Egypt Bank of Otago (Limited) 11 Bank of Queensland (L.% 24 Bankof Victoria,Austral. id Bank of New Zealand 111 Brazilian&Portuguese(L , British &Californian(L British N. America C. Bk. India, Aus., China' al Chart. Mar. of India, &c al City Colonial Consolidated Bank (L ) Do. do. New Delhi and London ;L.) si East London (Limited; 1 Eastern Fichange(Lim.) English and American .1 11 F.nir.Scot.di Ausl. Chartdl al English and Swedish (L.) 21 Imperial Bank (Limited; l 4( Imperial Ottoman 11 lonian ....... Do. New Land Mort. Bk. Indlail.. , D0.f.p.n.Deb..19 64 , 90 yr5i Lon.Bk•ofMexico,&c.(L) London and Brazilian.. • Do. New London& RiverPlate(l ) 7 41 Do. New, La at ld pml 1t Do. do. do 7 Lon. Ch. Bank of AustrL I al London and County tr London Joint Stock lt London & South African, al Lon. & & Western (Llm.sl London & Veneruela(L ) 11 London & Viestininater. 'Merchant Bank ilAzo.) . 12 Do. New MercantlleitErchaniLl Metro. & Prov.BanlßL.); SX Midland Bank :Lim.) I 1111 National of Australaslai 4 National of Liverpool 1 11 N. Pro. of England 4! Do. End & Zni issue ll National Bank 1 3 ' New South Wales a North Western Oriental Bank Corpora ' I Provin.Bankineory.(L)•' Provlnc. et Ireland Do. do. New South Australia Stand. of B. 8. Africa .l Do. do. we. at 6 pia Union of Australia 1 Union of Ireland (Liza ) Union of London • ----- OPENING OF THE VICTORIA-BRIDGE AND THE FOG. —The new bridge recently built by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company was opened for traffic this (Thursday) morning, but in consequence of the fog which prevailed, it was impossible for the drivers to see the signals at the different stations, and he trains dri. did not arrive in due time. Fog signals were, t therefore, -- i obliged to be used along the different lines. At 11 o'clock . 100 10 in the forenoon there were three trains due at l road station on the Metropolitan Extension, and the pas- los seugers waiting for those trains had to be conveyed along 100_, the main line to Ludgate-hill. All tra ffi c on the river . 1 `' 1 ; was suspended, and many of the omnibuses had ta be ; 10 w ithdrawn from the roads. The w hole of the great City ; 100 houses of business were compelled to have the gas burning ; 20 tO during the whole of the day. S HEEP SHEARING IN BUENOS A IRES. —A letter ' 100 from Buenos Ayres, dated Sept. 26, 111176 :-7in some parts . too of this province the sheep shears are alrady busy, sad in 10 the next two months there will be fi fty millions of sheep toe divested of their fleeces. The work of shearing is not much 10 different from the same work elsewhere, except that the 1 r o great numbers to be shorn require great 'despatch, and all ; arrangements tend to this. One man, or ten, es the ease may be, catches and ties thesheepat thefeet of thesheares, i --j s: \ and he bends to him on the ground, or on the floor of a 7—l-:-L---d,....„ was shed, _and the work goes on at the rate of thirty to one m c.. 15 .... 811 1 r t. 1-- - .Lond r eaot s s i hundred sheep per day for each shearer. So msny hands sm too , D , l D e b. St. 49 . are employed at the larger farms that a flock of two 'hoes . WO fit. : s ea sinssetee .... sand sheep will be shorn in less thin one da y . 62,021 St. sorrel oolornaret 166] 6 57; 7 50 4191 - 19 9 - 16 11 71 61419 1 181 6 _t 4 74 406_41 11' 18 1 1 a! 1 11 60 82 If 31 2 31 21 .11 4 s 6 8 6 21 21 Si 2 24 26 300 120 18 1 221 1 2 9 10 1 12 14 64 53 116 125 65 70 18 20 10 II 115 145 7 9 NIUTISH Mfl: .. Chiverton .. Clifford An * Mi: .. Dev. G. Con. (Tavistelt ) .. Drakewalls .. Eut Basset (Mogan) .. East Caradon .. East Cans area .. Eget Grenville .. East Lovell .. E. W. Russell (Tart stk )1 °rambler & St. Aubyn 4 Great Lamy (Lhniteff .. Great South Tolgus .. .. G. W. Vor (Holston) .. .. Grenville Herod's Foot Kingston Downs .. Margaret (Coy Lelant' Marks Valley 1 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore .• • • /1 .. New Seton I .. North Rooker 1 )4 .. North Wheal Crotty United fl : : prosper (I.:. Leant ' 11 .. S. Caradon (St. cleer)' 51 .. South Condurrow 01 .. 8. W. Frames sIllogan; 0 .. Stray Park .. Tin Croft .. West Basset fIllogan; 1 :. ( 41 .. W. Caradon (Idakeard) 0 .. West Chiverton 10 .. West Beton L 2 .. Wh. Basset (lllogan) 1.2 .. Wh. Buller (Redruth l . 14 . .: W,lbuyAnn (Menhen (16 Wheal Beton 001 .. Wh. Tralawney LliLl 2.1.0 29i 1.14.6 &CO 89.0 111.1.8 14..64 31.104. 6.10.6 13.17.6 4.10.6 ifi.o 7.1.6 166.7 8.2.. 0 18.18.9 86.198 No. I 37 . 1 si 3 4 1 1181 44 641 6 4i 5 ‘} 5 10_ frclisi 10 9 dill, IV 62 04 184 111 1 14 I* 31 6 4 dl4 • 20 15 di' • $7 110 ' 7 9pm 2 1 ' 3 t die 46 48 id 15 16 31 33 14 16 37 39 3 iln 0 ( 4 S 2 di& 4 2 dial S idist 14 N 12 10 dial 2 4pm 231 1} Ofdis; S ill I re 23 _ _ i 1 4111 .- 11 11614. 2 1 92 96 : 8 4 i 4 10 12 iVail: 21 2 dls - 7 9Pm - 1; 21Pm - 1 2pm - 90 21 Id 20 1 42 4t \ 661 1 1 1 4 12 13 • 3 2d14 J 10 7 dls 94 96 14 16 \ 1 1 7 414 414 I I 10 9 cii. p, 8 2414 4 , 1 2pm 16 I p ar 2 pm 42 1 -- L 2— !0 GS 70 In 44 48 edis au I 42 a 3 10 7 I 25 84 88 El l 1 6 4 1 8 2 dik : • Y 6' ▪ 49 90 19 1 10 8 , 43 44 431 FORM° N OBLIOLTION 11. 2 70. Luzembourg6 p. amt. all i Havana ad3_ b lata , nz , as all Lausanne a n d Fri urg all Matanzas and Sabanilla all I Do. Second lame.' all North of Franca all I Do (late Charl 31p, M. all Ottoman (Smyrna, &a.) all rarls,Lyons,atin 6p.ct. all Do. New ... . . 3p.ct. Ferm all (Royal Swedlsh ( 6 p e t .. . 1 all (Sagas La Grande/it. et. all' Ins.*Lom-Ven.3p.e. th Fasted Port Tits. I SouthernotFrance3p.e. ) South Italian, 3 per ct I W.*N. W.otFra. SP. c. 17 1 84 87 sin p 7 100 7,5 li :11 14 13 70 $0 is 12b 92 9 4 lb 2 $4 Wr 91 9 1 - 21 12i 6 6 11 ui — cisev: i .wr = = _ a rit.o FOREIGN MINER. -- -- - 26, • 1 2 Alamillos Limited) i 100, 1 Anglo-Bras.GoldjAm ) I 20,000 20 Australian 16, 1 18 Cape Copper ILimited)l 25, 2 Capula Silver (Limited) 3 30, 6 Chentaleso.&S.liin.,L' lt, 1 0 Cahn Copped. 10, 20 Coplapo (Limited; too,eool 1 Don Pedro, N. Del Raj woof" a Fast Del Rey (Limited, 26,000 2 Fortuna (Limited) 60,000 ; 2 I FrontlnoitlioliviaGold 20,000 20 :General 1 68, ' 11 ;Hapunda (Limited) 16, 3 ;Linares (Lted) •• • • 7, 6 .Ltuitanlan (Limited ) . • 60, 4 :Panulcillo Copper (L.) 30, 5 • Pestarena Gold (Um.) 10,g 20 P on t g ihaud Silver Lead 100, 6 Port Phillip 126, 1 'Scottish Austral.! 11,000 20 St. John del Rey .Lint , 43,17 n 30 United Stu:lean !Lim.) 110,000 2 Val Antigoria Gold 60,000 1 VallansascaGold; Lim ) 10,''' 10 Vancouver Coal (Lim ) 6, ~ . 10 Val Swam (Limited, 20,000 6 Washoe Gold limited 80,000 1 Worthing :Limitt , l) 75,000' 1 , Yorke Peninsula (Lira ' 46,000. 3 Yudanamutana Lim ; lEBENTURK 1 if I fttlf pas) llpmi7l dig • Ms • 1 Oa SOI 1 db l 1 21 144114, = 7 l'arp :1 11 E 6 141 47 49 id 471 7} 2 Idie d's pm 9 2 I t L e le If Pd CL Prieto. No. Sh. I &rocas 494,023 St. Ot.Peta 4 p.c. Mar.&4l4ep. 6088310 Bt. , G. Ntha.4 p.c. Jan.& Julylloo 610,000, St. , O.W sta.. —W. • p. et., Jan. & July . 'lOO 618,000 St. ,Lanc.&Ylc.4p.c.Jan.&Jl7 100 630,000 St. . Den.Brlgh.4p.e.Jau &Jly 100 1028223 St. IL.&N.W. 4P.e. Jaa.&JuIy 100 815,530 St. Do. 34p.e. Jan & July 100 369,730 St. LAB.W.4p.e. Jan.& July 100 Midland.4p.c.Jau.6'July 100 St. N. ritish, 6 B p. et., Feb. & Aug. r . , lOO 83,4111 81. N. Estrn.,4p.c.Jau.&July 100 . St. Seot.N.E.,4 p.c.Ap.& l 74et. 100 n . e2 11 a 96 9! IM 92 02 92 Pi 9'2 94 92 (02 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp rod Rotterdam, 81. S o uth Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 15). Turin and Savona, 7). Western and North Western of France, 22). MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph (Lim.), 16), 1. Atlantic Telegraph 8. per ceut., 771. City of Moscow (Limited), 15, 1, 141. City Offices (Limited), 1). Commercial Union (Assurance), 4). Credit Fonder of England (Limited), 3, 21. Credit Foncier of Mauritius (Lim.), 51. E,bw Vale, 121. Eaglish and Australian Copper (Limited), ). General Credit and Finance of London (Limited), 41, Hudson's Bay, 16), ). International Financial Society (Limited), 21. National Provincial Marine (Limited). 4, 4. New Consolidated Discount (Limited), 1). New Zealand Trust and Loan ((Limited), 21. Peninsular and Oriental Steam (all paid), 62, ex div. Royal Mail Steam, 95. Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance (Limited), 5), Universal Marine Insurance (Limited), 11. Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 741. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKET& LiensOM, DEC. 10.-Sales to-day: Great Eastern, 264 !- Great Western, 5(,, 150 1-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125 1 1-London and North Western, 1171 ft 11 1 4-Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, 471 1 A / 7 1 1 1 -Metropolitan, 123 21 1-Midland, 121 201 -North British, 351 1 4 -North Eastern, Berwick capita stock, 1041- South Eastern, 631 444144- Lancaster and C l arlisle, 210-Dutch Rhenish, 44p -Great Luxem bourg shares, 111-North Western Bank .Limited', 1 d.-Lati cashire Insurance, 1 p.- Maritime Insurance United', 11-16 d. --Queen's Insurance, 15-16 d•-Royal Insurance, 21 p.-Angle American Telegraph, 101 1-Atlautic Telegraph 8 per cent., 3/ 13.16 1 -Liverpool Exchange, 281-Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 4171-National Steam . Litnited, 141 d tiaNCHEITER, GEC. 19 -There was an improved market. Prices opened better and closed steady. Anglo-American Tele graph !Limited , 161-Consolidated Bank Limited .1 p -Dis trict Bank, 17 p.- Brim, 471 1 et-Great Eastern, 204 4 1 4 1 4 - Grea' Luxembourg. 111 7-16-Great Northern A, 124 -great Western of Canada, 111--Great Western, 504 1 1 11444- a Heywnod, IL. S., and Cu. Limite d : , 34. 74--Lanrashire and Yorkshire. 1251 1-London and North Western, 1171 1 44444 1-Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincoln, 471 4 I 11 4 I—Ditto £6 Preference. 61, -Metropolitan, 1231 20 4 3- North British, 351 5 4 1-North Eastern. Berwick', 1041- South Eastern, 631 4 44 41 1 -Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance ',Limited:, 3 7-16 1 9-16 R -Warrant Fi nance. 81 d. Staunton/li, GT.C. 19.-Bnsinests done: Birmingham Bank ing Company Limited' shares at par Birmingham and Staf fordshire Gas £5O. 95/ and 96: Ditto, E4O shares. at 38 Birmingham Alliance Fire Insurance 'Limited , at 1-16 and Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Limited at 91 per share. Closing prices: Birmingham Canal, 874 buyers Birmingham and Midland Bank, 143 buyers: Lloyds' Bank id (Limited , 74 t0 8 prem.. , Gloucester Wagon 'Lim ited', 1 1 1 to 12: Manta's Metal .Limited, 14 to 14 dia. and Patent Shaft and Axletree ,Limited ,44t0 6 prem. Notice-The Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday, the 24th instant. Dcatig, DEC. Pi.-New Three per Cent. Stock. 871-Ditto for account, 10th Jan., 871 4-India Five per Cent. Stock 'trans ferable at the Bank of Ireland', 107-Bank of Ireland 4:100 paid . 231/ n2-Riherndan Banking Company rt2s paid', 36 - National Bank !LW paid , . 68 681 1- Ditto for account. CS 681-- National of Liverpool 'Limited , . (Cl 5 patdl, 151-Provincial Bank. New £25 paid , 33-Cork and Bandon ;all paid-, 12- Dubl Wicldord, and Wexford ,Eloopaid„ 351-Great Southern and Western 000 paid, for account, 001-Midland Great Western ElOO paid , 581-Great Southern and Western, 4 per cent. perp. 4100 paid., 944-letak Berth-Western, 5 per cent. perp. Class A, 24. The health of the Bisho p of London has so far ' proved that he hos be able hold his Chri ordination on Sunda y ne xt in person. to The ordination will be held in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. The Bishop of Norwich is also better. TER MORMON TITHING SYSTEM. —The Salt Lake Us ion Vedette gives the following :—" When • man joins the Mormon church, as it exists in Utah, he is required. as • proof of his sincerity, to donate to the tithing office one tenth of all his possessions—no matter what they are, or how extensive they may be. Aar with 100,000 dollars in money must, upon his entry fellowship, give the tithillg office 10,000 dollars of it. This is the duringra principle of Utah Mormonism. If the man the year makes 40,000 dollars by a judicious investithitment of his s remaining 90,000 dollars, he must gi the ng offi 4,000 dollars of the amount. This is the second griFd principle of Utah Mormonism' and upon these two pnn °vies hang all the law and the profits. If a man has no money or other property, he is required to give one-tenth of )tin labour to the tithing aloe ; thus he labours nine days for himself, and the tenth he gives to the church in such manner as he may be dlreited." 'HIS DAY.) REDUCTION IN IS THEI COVNT BANK BATE OF D . Oss o'Otooz. The directors of the Bank of England have to day reduced the rate of discount from 4 to 3i per cent. It is, therefore, anticipated that the weekly return, to be published this evening, will show a further decided improvement. The changes in the last accounts of the Bank led to the belief in most quarters that the minimum would be lowered shortly ; but the event was not expected to take place this month, owing to the large revenue payment& to the Bank, and the certainty that the demand for money will become temporarily very active, as usual at the end of the year. The markets for public securities opened quietly 1 this morning, but have since experienced an im provement upon the announcement of the reduc- I tion in the Bank rate, which was not generally expected. The arrival of upwards of half a million sterling in gold, chiefly Australian, is also regarded as a favourable feature, since the whole will probably be sent into _ _ the Bank, there being no demand for ex portation. Consols have advanced * per cent., and most of the chief British railway stocks Ito *. Caledonian is li per cent. better. The inquiry extends to some of the banking, financial, and miscellaneous shares. The discount market is rather quiet at the mo ment ; but the demand, it is believed, will increase later in the day. The general rate for good bills is 3i per cent., but some transactions have occurred at si. The charge for short loans in the Stock Exchange is 2} to 3 per cent. The discount establishments now allow 21 per cent. for money at call, and 21 at seven and four teen days notice. The joint stock banks give '2* per cent. for deposits, except that the London and Westminster allow only 11 per cent. for sums below 500/. ex div., for Consols are now quoted 89} to i money, and 89a to ex div., for the account (January 10). Russian scrip is in request, and has risen a per cent.—viz., to 1 to 1/ prem., upon the settlement, which is now in course of completion. Spanish Certificates, Italian of 1861, and Mexican, are likewise 1 per cent, higher. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted LA to 59; ditto of 1865, 321 to 33; Greek, 13a to 14; Spanish Passive, 201 die to ; ditto Certificate s, 13 a to 1; ltalitui of 1861, 56 to ; and Mexican, 18a to a. American securities have advanced 1 per cent. The 5- 20 Bond s are quoted 71i to a to ; Erie R a il w ay shares , 481 to ; and Illinois Central, 781 to a. International Financial shares are qu oted 21 to 11 die. ; London Financial, 19 to 18 die. ; General Credit, la to la die. ; Credit Foncier, 51 to 5 die. ; National Discount, 9a ton prem. ; and Hudson's Bay, 161 to a. The Massilia has arrived from Alexandria with 516,7291. in gold ; and the Wooloomooloo, from Sydney, with 25,0001. About 5,0001. in gold was bought by the Bank yesterday, making a total of 22,0001. fur the week, while 10,0001. has been withdrawn for exportation in the same period. The steamer Nyanza, with the mails for Calcutta and China, will take to-day only 2,4501. in specie. This amount is for Yokohama. The steamer Germania has arrived from New York, with 112,1261. in specie, of which 32,700/. ie for England, 79,0261. for France, and 4001. for Hamburg. The biddings for bills on India took place yester day at the Bank of England. The proportions al lotted were—to Calcutta, 7,15,000 rupees ;to Madras, nil ; and to Bombay, 5,85,000 rupees. The minimum price was fixed as before, at Is. 11d. per rupee on all the presidencies. Tenders at the minimum will receive in full. As of 350,0001. of bills offered only 130,0001. have been sold, fresh evidence is afforded that the demand for the means of remittance to India continues very limited. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. W. Alphonse, 0: Newgate-street, held yesterday, the statement of affairs was submitted by Messrs. Lovering and Minton, the accountants, and showed liabilities to the amount of 11,5561. 10s. 6d., against assets re presenting 3,8131. 15s. It was resolved to realise the estate under a deed of assignment. The Midland Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of 2,6021. compared wi th the cor responding period of 1865, and the London and North Western an increase of 5281. At a inscting yesterday of the China Steamship and Labuan Coal Company (Limited), the resoln tions passed at a previous meeting, for the purpose of re -constructing the undertaking, with the view to reduce the liability of the shareholders, were confirmed. A meeting of the subscribers to the Shareholders Defence Association of the Blakely Ordnance Com pany was hebl yesterday, when resolutions were passed instructing the solicitors, Messrs. George Lawrence and Co., to adopt the promiedings already advised by counsel to obtain the decision of the Court of Chancery as to the shareholders' right to have their names removed from the register. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the nCam brian Railways Company, fixed for the"2oth ist., is to be further adjourned to the 3rd January. The transfer books of the San Paulo (Brazilian) Railway Company (Limited) are to be closed from the 21st inst. to the 2nd Jan. inclusive, fur the purpose of preparing the interest accounts to the 31st inst. The East London Railway Company have an nounced that the half-year's interest payable by the contractors on the shares and scrip will be paid on the sth January. Mr. H. Heath, the liquidator of the Commerclled ial Navigation Company of India (Limited), has ca a general meeting for the Bth Jan., when he will " lay before the meeting an account showing the manner in which the winding up of the company has been conducted, and the property of the com pany disposed of; and a resolution will be pro posed to the effect that the affairs of the company are fully wound up." Mr. Heath states : On the 18th June lot I issued a stattnnent showing the wsition of the company at that time, together with a balance sheet and assets and liabilities account. This latter, owing to the closing accounts from India not having come forward, could only be approximative I tun, however, glad to say, that with the exception of a few items, the estimate has proved correct. By the annexed account it will be seen that all the company's liabilities have been paid ; the whole of the call got in, with the exception of 50/. irrecoverable, and 1201. which will be paid very shortly ; so soon as that shall take place, there will be, I trust, - sufficient to enable me to return 6s. Bd. per share. The subjoined report on the market for s Ame at ri- can securities is from the circular of r. S t e rthwaite and Co. : Since our last we have bad a firm market in London for American securities, the demand being chiefly on conti nental account, especially for the two issues of United x ORR CHRISTMAS HORSE FAIR.—Thi s six days' States Bonds currently dealt in here. Those of 18G2 close horse fair opened on Monday with one of the finest of horses ever brought together. The fair was re on the two subsequent days, and several strings of haveflit4bee'nanndegtlheectelBtsbsuTtOareto n 4 rm" laltlinqouilotaatnidonsEri, es e pe s c h i ares ally I s l o ws the latter, which, 'on higher q uotations received _from I sumed New York, by telegraph, to-day, have improved to 4, tto han dsome young animals suitable for immediate work 481. A fair business has been done in Atlantic and Gr wore privately transferred. Many studs of hunters sad some sales to-day they have declined 4ll to t. Th ere lof the town. Cart - horses , p fed for mere ta w and heavy draught drahuigghhtfigupuresrposeL, a we y re on .in ng active borses oo fo m r petitioa, private Western Consolidated Bonds at from too 2 to 42i, but ton 1 young - blood stock were sold ada by auction in va han riou• pares ork and double ; and single karnesa ware sti-_ have been numerous inquiries for Pennsylvania Second Mortgage Sterling Bonds, but the sup[ 1y being short, au. buyers find them difficult to purchase, except at advan ce d ca cure by the London division of job-masters, several matched pairs of this class bringing 220 to 280 guineaa. Stout young horses, suitable for the artillery and other \ m ilitary work, had • r, ady sale at advanced value, sad In consequence of the repress Air. made to the Stock Exchange Committee by Mr. E. W. Watkin, M.P., with reference to the circulation of many sump o f t hi s stam p o f h ome , were consigned to a false report of his failure, due investigations have the continent. Runters of good blood and p=s ec e l been instituted by the Committee, the chairman hrtFought P . , tit year's show has pro . to merit . a tro b tters and saddl e s obs sold Of which has "dre ssed t ° him the following Ce c t s . eg la very large business was transacted. The fair duped the highest prices ever known at York Christmas letter. The spirit with which this matter has will open until Saturday . This been taken up will probably have a good effect in the future. Meanwhile it is only fair to explain horse fair. to 9s. prem. The foreign stock market was quiet, and very little change occurred in prices. Italian Five per Cents. of 1811 were firm, and a slight improve ment took place in Brazilian of 180. New Granada Three per Cents. declined and the Deerred Spanish Passive improved but the Certifies'..es were rather flat. The sc”ip of the new Russian Loan was more offered, in anticipation of the settlement to morrow, and declined per cent., closing at to prem. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) --- - The mining market is firm to-day, and the general tendency of prices favourable. East Lovell shares are in active demand, and have risen 21., the present price being 11 to 12. The advice. from the mine report a good discovery of tin. North Crofty and Prince of Wales are also inquired for, at 2; to A and 2'ss. to 27.., respectively. North Treskerby are quoted 24 to 4 ; Frank Mills, 325. 6d. to 375. 641. ; Wheal Grenville, 255. to 265. ; Great Retallack, 10s. to 12s. 6d. ; Groat Vor, 14 to i, a: div. ; Wheal Buller, 17i to 18i ; and Chontales, 4 At Great Wheal Vottneeting, held yesterday, the accounts showed a credit balance of 5,249/. 17s. i d., and a dividend of 7 s. 6d. per share was declared. It was resolved to lessen the returns during the ' present depressed price of tin. -- --- COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& MINC ING-LANE.—(TMIS DAY.) SCGAR.—Tbe market continues firm, and previous prices are fully maintained ; the sales are at ch3ol.ieflyto 32a we tined to British West India descriptions, . Refined—There is a better sale for dried goods, at full prices. Pieces have also sold more freely, but on rather lower terms. COFFEE.—AIeut 100 casks of plantation Ceylon sold by private contract, at prices in favour of sellers; also, 1,100 bags of Rio, at 41s. lA. for common. Tea.—There is no improvement to notice in the dem and for this article. Ricz.—Business to a limited extent has been transacted at full rates. FKUIT.—With the exception of Muscatels, for which there is a more active demand, all the trading articles are quiet, but steady. a moderate amount of biudnees has been transacted. Nutmegs at former prices; other articles without change. Cloves, Zanzibar, 3d. to 31d. ; nutmegs, meal, is. 2d. to Is. ; pimento, 2d. to 20. ; cinnamon, Ceylon, fourth to second pile, Is. 2d. to Is. Bd. ; chips, 10/4. kept.-40 puncheons of Jams;cl sold at common ; 150 to fin_ , 2s. 851. to 45. 3d. ; a few Demerara, at steady prices hogsheads of Mauritius, and 40 puncheons of Leeward', at Is. 40. Coctimrai..--1200 bags of Teneriffe sold at about pre vious prices for silver 05. to 3s. 6d.) to Id, advanoe for black Os 3d. to 4s. 351.). CorroN.—There is still so active demand at a further advance of id. to /51 per lb. re- JUTE.—The market has become dull ; prices show a re duction of about l os. p er ton ; common to good sold at 11/. 105. to 10/. 151. Holr.-400 bales of fair t o good roping M a nilla sold at 471. to 481. as. TALLOW MAItKET.-(T1118 DA'., The market is firm. Town tallow is quoted 435. 3d. net ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 445. lid. to 445. ; January to March, 445. fid. to 445. ; March, 45.. to 455. 3d. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. (THIS DAY.) Our supply of beasts is by no means large for the day ; trades, however, very slow, and Monday's quotations sr• barely realised. The number of sheep is small, but thorn are very few purchasers in attendance, and very little busi ness is transacted. Choice calves are in demand. Oar foreign supply consists of 520 beasts, 580 sheep, 20 calves, and 5 pigs. Per stoue of alba. s. d. I Per stone of Blbs. it d. S. 4. Best Soots, HereLLs. 5 4 5 6 Best Dui& Ilf -Lab Sh 0 0 0 • I Best Short-horns .. 50 5 4 Best Long-wools ... 54 6• Sxond quaL beasts 4 0 4 6 Do. do. Shorn. , 0 0• • Calves ............ 4 0 6 4 Ewes & second quaL 4 4 4 S Pigs ... 3 0 4 8 Do. do. Shorn 00 0 0 Best linsiiili-ireas 6 0 6 2 , Lambe 0 0 o • 3,570 ; sank 55 ; Beasts at market , 1,310 ; shee p and lambs, Pt" 7 0 . - SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET .--(Tills DAY.) Mr. Charles James Easton reverts trade at the fol lowing prices :—Prime clover, from 100 s. to 115 e. ; In ferior ditto, 003. to 05s. ; prime second cut clover, 90s. Ito 1005. • inferior ditto, 36e. to 70s. •, pr ime meadow hay, ile. to 845. ; inferior ditto, 555. to 705.; straw, 365. to Ms. .~-...