The Express. — London, England, 1867-07-26 00:00:00

TEE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1867. dentally with his elbow. The witness added that her daughter had nut been well since the prisoner ill-treated her live weeks ago. She then had a black eye, and she complained of her side and head. The prisoner put several questions to show that his wife was of intemperate habits, and had fallen out of bed two or three times. Mr. David Loslie, surgeon, said he was called in on the Wednesday when he found her insensible. H er l e ft e y e was frightfully contused, and she could not swallow. He could not see that she had received any injury except that of the eye. The prisoner told him that in trying to take the child away his wife struck her eye against his elbow. His opinion of the cause of death from external l anoes was a rupture of the gall bladder, which mu ' iit P C:e . resulted from a blow or pressure. Mr. Ingham said he did not believe he had power to order a poet mortem examination. The coroner had the power. _ _ a Mr. Leslie added that he saw the landlady drinking with the coroner's officer. Mr. Ingham said be could not try the officer. It having been stated that the deceased was buried yesterday, Mr. Ingham expressed surprise, as he understood that a body could not be buried without a medical certificate. Mr. Leslie said he believed the coroner had the power. The prisoner explained that be received the certificate of burial from the registrar of deaths. Mr. Ingham said there must be further inquiry, as be could not go on with the case vrithoutapoet-mortem exarni• nation of the body, which would have to be exhumed. In reply to the magistrate Mr. Leslie said the coroner personally to him refused to hold an inquest. Mr. Ingham then instructed the clerk to lay the whole case before the Secretary ofilitate,and inform him that the coroner refused to bold an inquest. He remanded the prisoner, but said he would accept bail. The prisoner, on being removed, said he had never ill used his wife. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL.- AMENDMENTS TO BE PROPOSED. Notice has been given of the following amend ments to be made in this bill during its passage through the House of Lords : Lord Halifax, on the motion for going into committee:— " That, for the purpose of effecting a settlement of the question of the re-distribution of seats, the proposed scheme is inadequate, and that it is expedient to provide the means of giving more representatives to large and impor tant constituencies than are given by this bill." Clauses to be moved in committee by Lord Lyttelton : To follow clause 8: " And be it enacted, that from and after the expiration of six months after the passing of this act no one shall be entitled to vote at any election of a member of parliament who cannot write a legible hand." " And be it enacted, that the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council are hereby authorised and required to frame and issue regulations within three months after the passing of this act to cariy the last preceding enactment into effect." Amendment to be mov ed in committee by the Mar quis of Bristol :—Omit clause 9. Amendments to be moved in committee by Lord Den man :—To in sect between clauses 9 and 10 :—" When any elector shall have been convicted of drunkenness three times in one year he shall not be entitled to exercise the franchise until one year after the last conviction." To omit clause 16, and to transfer all or any of the new seats which may be taken from the city of Manchester or the boroughs of Liverpool, Birmingham, or Leeds, to such places as may be agreed upon in committee. Clause in lien of clause 16:—" In the event of returns or a return of any member to serve in parliament by a less number than one-fourth of the registered electors, whe. ther such deficiency of votes be caused by a too great number of candidates or by the indifference of the electors as to the we of their votes, it shall be lawful for the House of Commons to order a fresh election or elections until (what they may consider) a substantial representation of the electors be arrived at." THE TRAGEDY AT LIMEHOUSE. LATEST PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY.) • - The man John Wiggins, who us at present in the London Hospital under the surveillance of the police, is now out of danger, but Mr. Dove, the surgeon, who bas him under his etre, will not allow him to be closely ques- tioned. He has become somewhat weak in consequence of the loss of blood which he sustained on the morning of the occurrence. He is a man of about 3 years of age, and he made the acquaintance of the de ceas ed woman when she was_2o. The scene on the morning of the occurrence was a most exciting one. Wiggins kept going up and down the street brandishing the knife, which was covered with blood, shouting out, " This is the knifo she cut my throat with." He then went to a cousin's house and awoke him up to show him the knife. Temperance-cottage, the scene of the tragedy, faces the Regent's Canal, and it has been visited by large crowds of persons, who were anxious to be let see the fatal room, but of course their curiosity was not gratified. This afternoon Mr. Richards, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, ordered the police to arrest John Wiggins and take him before a magistrate in the event of bis attempting to leave the London Hospital. The inquest will be held to-day. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (BT TELIIOIW.H.) SOUTHAMPTON MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) STONEHAM PARK STAKES. T.Y.C. See Saw, Cuckoo, Belphegor, Ninny , and The Demon are here. SOUTHAMPTON STAKFI3. One mile and a halt._ Challenge, Ambition, Little Wideewake, and Chevalier d'Esprit are here. ALL AGED SELLING PLATE. Half a mile. Rob Kq ( to eTTaili;rlE6Kr, Riiae;r. 11pine, (IM. each), Flying Spanker, Wild Dove, Miss Alice, Snow drift, Sunnyaide, Thorn, ruikle, War Camerine, Odd Fellow, and Spiteful (501. each). All are hem! STAND PLATE. T.Y.C. Duchess, Vampire, Che%alier d'Esprit, Pevenscy, Tina, Rinaldo, The Masson, Canard, Evergreen, St. Char, and Distaff. All are here. STEWARD'S PLATE. Halfe-mile. Chivalry (not to be sold), Rob Roy, Adjutant (200/.), Venomous (100/.) All •re here. SCURRY HANDICAP. T.Y.C. Nu, gat 101 b ; Tumbler, Bet 10lb ; Vampire, Bet :ilb ; Duleibella f, let nb ; Mountain Maid, 7st ; Gentian, Get 10Ib ; and Miss Elizabeth, Cat 71b. All are here. BOULOGNE RACES YESTERDAY. More carriages and better attendance than for the last two years. The Emperor's prise I,ooofr. and 150 fr. entry, was not contested. Captain Fitzroy's Rabelais walked over the course. The Maras prize (selling race), 4,000 fr. prize. Entry, 250 fr. Five started. M. Baresse's Trusty won by two lengths—good ram. MOM NABIBT.-(THIS DAY.) Oars o'Oraos. The heavy fall of rain which took place last night, and a consequent advance this morning of about 2s. in the price of wheat, combined with the prospect of a quarrel between France and Prussia, caused the stock markets to open this morning with a fiat appearance, and prices have since given way in numerous cases. Consols are prominently heavy, and have fallen to d per cent. Some of the foreign securities have declined to }, but British railway stocks are, with two or three exceptions, quoted the same as yesterday. Banking and financial shares are neglected, but London Financial show a recovery. The discount market is still freely supplied with money, and choice bills are taken at per cent. below the Bank minimum. The charge for short loans in the Stock Exchange is per cent. Consols are now quoted 94 to 4 for money, and 94i to for the account, and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93} to f. Indian Five per Cent, stock is firm at 111} to . . There is little business in the railway market, and the only changes in the principal stocks are a rise of 1 to 1 per cent. in Great Western and Mid land, and a reduction of /in Metropolitan. Lon don and North Western stock is quoted no to 1111 ; Great Western, 41 to 1 ; Midland ; 1141 to 1 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 1 ; Great Northern ' 111 to 112 ; ditto A, 1101 to 111 ; Great Eastern, 261 to ; South Eastern, 631 to 1; Caledonian, 108 to 109 ; North British, 271 to 281 ; Metropolitan, 1191 to 120; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to I ; and London, Brighton, and South Coast, 541 to 51. Foreign stocks are offered, and thegeneral course of prices is unfavourable. Turkish of 1865 and Italian of 1861 have declined per cent., viz., to 30/ to 1 and 481 to }, respectively. Spanish Passive are 1 lower, at 211 to r , but Turkish of 1862 have improved J, to 561 to 571. Greek are quoted 131 to 141, Spanish Certificates, 161 to 1; and Mexican, 151 to 1, showing no change. Financial shares have been little dealt in, but London Financial have improved 11., the present price being 24 to 22 dia. The other descriptions are unaltered. International Financial are quoted 2/ to 11 dis. ; General Credit, 21 to 21 dia. ; and Credit Foncier, 6 to 51 die. American securities are steady, at the annexed prices :—The 5-20 Bonds, 72: . ; to / ; Erie Railway shares, 47} to 48 ; and Illinois Central, 761 to 77. Anglo-American Telegraph shares have risen 2s. 6d., viz., to 171 to 181, but Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference are unchanged, at 31 to 1. The report of the directors of the United King dom Telegraph Company states the balance standing to the credit of profit and loss account, on the last half-year's working, at 8,6361., as compared with 6,5091. for the corresponding period of 1866. Al though the accounts do not as yet show a balance available for dividend on the ordinary shares, the directors hope that an improvement of business and a reduction of working expenses will ere long produce a more favourable result. The fourth annual meeting of the British Indian Tea Company (Limited) will be held on the 30th instant. Two per cent. is the lowest rate that has ever pre vailed at the Bank, and it has prevailed on only two previous occasions. A 2 per cent. rate was fixed on the 22nd April, 1852, and again on the 24th July, 1862, exactly five years ago. On the former occasion it remained at this point for 37 weeks ; but on the second occasion its duration was limited to fourteen weeks. How long the existing rate will continuo before confidence will return, and trade and enterprise revive, it is impossible to say, the indications of distrust being still rife on every side. Meanwhile, it is obvious from even a cursory glance at the Bank returns that the directors are perfectly justified in the step now adopted. . . . All the joint-stock banks have reduced the rates for deposits from 1i to 1 per cent. The discount establishments have likewise notified a reduction of i, the present terms being 1 per cent. for money at call, and 1k at seven and fourteen days' notice. A meeting of the holders of Spanish Certificates was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the proposal of the Spanish government for the settlement of theirclaime. The chair was occupied by Mr. David Robertson, M.P., the chairman of the Committee of Spanish Certificate holders, who warmly congratulated the certificate-holders on the satisfactory settlement which they had at last obtained from the Spanish government. The terms of the settlement were as follows :—each holder for every 1001. certificate will get 55/. 11s. Id. External Spanish Three per Cents. (better known as the Spanish Three per Cents.), which were negotiable in this country, and on which a dividend had been paid regularly for 30 years. Resolutions were passed approving of the terms of settlement, and a telegram to that effect was ordered to be at once sent to Madrid. A cordial vote of thanks was passed to the chair man and committee for their great exertions on behalf of the certificate-holders. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Monday, the 29th inst., a settling day in the scrip of the Chilian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1866, which is to be quoted in the official list. Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. have given notice that the scrip will be deliverable (in exchange for the bankers' receipts) on the 27th. The Mooltan has arrived from Alexandria with 81,7861. in gold ; and the City of London from New York with 276,613/. The influx of gold from New York continues. The steamers which left that port on Wednesday for Europe are bringing 350,0001. The amount of Government Bills on India for which tenders will be received at the Bank of England on the 7th August will be 27,00,000 ru pees (270,000/.) A meeting of railway directors and shareholders was held at the London Tavern yesterday, to adopt measures in reference to the Railway C ompanies Bill. Mr. J. Delahunty, who was in the chair, congratulated those present upon the fact that the objectionable clauses had been withdrawn, and that the bill in its amended form would work ad vantageously for railway shareholders. A resolu tion embodying the feeling of the meeting on the subject was proposed by the chairman seconded by Mr Herapath, and unanimously carried. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 6211. over the corresponding week of last year ; the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an increase of 591/. ; the North British an increase of 5281. ; the Great Western a decrease of 2,3371. • the North Eastern an increase of 2,766/. • the London, Chatham, and Dover, including t he Metropolitan Extension and branches, an increase of 1,794/. ; and the Metropolitan Extension an increase of 541. At an extraordinary meeting yesterday of share holders of the London Joint Stock Bank, the pro posal for increasing the capital by an issue of 8,000 shares, as before described, was foilially confirmed. 1. . At the meeting of the Eastern District Freehold Estates Company (Limited), held yesterday, the directors' report was adopted. Meetings of the Netherlands Lani Enclosure Company and the London and St. Katharine Docks Company likewise took place yesterday, the report of the directors being in each instance adopted. From a report just issued by the liquidators of the Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan (Limited), we extract some of the chief passages as follows: We deem it desirable at this stage of the liquidation, Ctbout entering minutely into the causes which necessi tated the stoppage of the bank, to remind you of the state of the assets and liabilities of the hank on 30th June, 1866, up to which time the accounts were brought by the report presented to you by the directors, in November, 1866 ; also of their condition on the 15th November, 1866, when the bank stopped payment ; and to inform you the results to the present time of the liquidation entrusted to cu. The following results are extracted from the books at the head othoe and statements from the branches, and refer only to assets and liabilities, excluding capital. The total lia bilities of the bank on 30th June, 1866, were ~7.53,1 hi/. 9s. 6d. ; and on 15th November, 1866, when the bank stopped payment, the total liabilities were 1,409,456/. Isis. 11d. We have examined all the items of which the present au pla are composed, and after the most careful considera tion we value the total now to be collected (amounting to 1,596,0041. 10a.) to be worth,exclutive of interest, 595,2841.; while the ascertained liabilities of the bank exclusive of interest and liquidation expenses, are 572,1271., leaving an estimated balance of wets over liabilities of 23,157/. In the estimated assets now remaining we have thought it right to include the sum of 15,529/. 4s. 3d. as the amount which will probably be collected from arrears of calls, made before the liquidation commenced. The es ti mated loss in the value of the assets is chiefly attributable to exceptional circumstances, which have prevailed both at home and in the East daring the past twelve months, causing not only a very large deficiency in the realisable ' value of the securities hypothecated to the bank, but also considerable loss in consequence of the failure and insol vency of so large a number of the debtors of the bank, on open accounts, or on bills without security, and from the heavy expenses of the bank at the different branches. After careful inquiry, the list of contributories has been duly settled, and 1,052 persons, holding 36,404 shares, I have been placed thereon. The arrears of - calls from which the above-mentioned estimate of 15,5291. 4s. 3d. is ex pected to be realised, have been placed in the hands of our solicitors, Mesas. Ashurst, Morris, and Co., who are taking the necessary proceedings to obtain payment, and l as the banks obliged to pay interest on its debts, it is only just to those members who have paid their calls that interest should be charged on all arrears. These proceed ings will be continued, and the payment thereof enforced in all prrcticable eases, as we have not felt justified, in the interest of the shareholders who have paid their calls. and are still liable to further demands, to exercise that leniency and consideration which under other circum stances would have afforded us so much satisfaction. The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared at the Bankers' Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, July 24. The total is the smallest announced since the 26th of June : Thursday, 18th Friday, 19th Saturday, 20th Monday, 22nd 9,926,000 Tuesday, 23rd 10,146,000 Wednesday, 24th Total E 58,130,000 E. DiEBTEMIRZ, Chief Inspector. The weekly return of the Bank of Franco shows the following changes : Coin and bullion Bills discounted Decreaae 'noi,6oo Notes in circulation Private deposits Decrease .:2,000 Advances Decrease 20,000 Government deposits No change The coin and bullion are still rising, and now re present a total of no leas than 35,143,000'. The Movement in the discounts indicatei a further fall ing off in the demand for money. The return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday, July 24, compared with that for the previous week, shows the following changes : Circulation issue 836,557,895 Decree's 01,790 Circulation active 24,102,715 Decrease 9G,715 Public deposits 4,697,247 Increase 78,874 Other deposits Government securities in banking department 12,03,773 No change. Other securities in banking department 17,248,489 Decrease 328.018 Coin and bullion in both _ _ departments Seven day and other bins ♦61,102 Demses 12,253 The heat . 8,:19,210 ?wean 6,926 Notes in reserve Total reserve (notes & coin) in banking department 13,769,149 Increase 281,853 In consequence of the continued falling off in the Bank's discount business, as shown by the further decline in the advances on private securities, the reserve has again increased 281,8531. The amount of gold sent into the Bank during the week was 202,0001., but the increase in the coin and bill- Fon shown above isonlyBls,l3Bl. BANK OF 1 An Account pursuant to the Act week ending on Wednesday, ISSUE DIP, Notes issued £36.657,806 3AIIIIIO DI Proprietors' Cspital £146611,000 Bast Public Deposita (in cluding Ificheq Bar. Banks, Can ada. at National Debt. and Div Acc)unts) 4.097,247 Other Deposits Soren day and other Bllh ENGLAND. 1 7th and Bth Vic., e. 32. for the ~ the 24th day of July, 1&7. PARTMENT. Government debt 011,016,100 Other securities— 3,9e4,1000 Gold coin and bul lion 21,357,895 Sliver bullion — Seen- £43,848,411 July 24, 111$7. 436,567,Z95 tif. , ,sso.rra Other Securities 17,545,485 Notes Gold awl &ker T. MAY. Deputyl:Wiltlir: TH URSDAT EVZNI3IO. Consols, which closed yesterday at 341 to for the Bth of August, opened this morning at the same quotation, and closed at 94 7-16 to 9-16, or 941. For money the last price was 946 to d. The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 94, I, 1, f 1 ; ditto, for account, 941, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 930, I, ; New Three per Cents., 9n, I, t, I; India Stock, 217, 18, ex div. ; ditto Five per Cent., 111 g, 1, n ; ditto Five per Cent. " enlaced" rupee paper, 1021 ; ditto Bonds, 665. prem. The India Five per Cent. Stock was Erin, but the Five per Cent. rupee paper was a little more offered KINES.-(THIS DAY.) this o'CLocra. The mining market is quiet to-day, but Prince of Wales, Great Rota Hack, and Wheal Basset shares are in good demand. The present quota tions are as follows :—Prince of Wales, 535. to 555. ; Chiverton Moor, 5/ to d ; West Chiverton, 66 to 67 • Chiverton, 7 to ; Cli ff ord, 7to Great Retallack, 41 to ; Wheal Basset, 70 to ; Marke Valley, 41 to ; Wheal Grenville, 158. to 17s. 6d. ; East Grenville, 11 to 2 ; Provi-1 dence, 27 to 28 ; East Basset, 15 to 17 ; Tincroft, 12 to 13 ; and Wheal Trelawney, 8 to 9. Foreign and colonial mining shares are rather firmer. St. John del Rey are quoted 55 to ; Don Pedro, 11 to 2t, prem. ; Anglo Brazilian, par to 4. pram. ; Anglo-Italian, to 1 prem. ; Chontalea 2 to 1 prem. ; Pestarena , to lo prem. ; United exican, 1 to 2 ; Frontino and Bolivia, N. to lls. ; and Port Phillip, b to 11. [For to-clay's Share List see page 4.1 WRATH= REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) FRIDAY, JOLT 153, 8 ♦ .L , ....± L i t Extrema i L b•a, &E. I W. lto ...---"—Ni W. E. Ito I I 11 Y. D. I 0. par. .06 49 E. 2 3 N.E. cc 004 2 Aberdems .Ol 50 ICE. 2 1 , N. E. bo 0.01 3 Leith lo vs 51, & 4 4 & c I— . 6 Anima= . . 16.99 52 E. 3 3 j 8.11 be I 1 Greencastle 29.964 62 IL N.E. 2 3 I N.E. re 0.06 1 Yalentfr 19.9 9 66 N. 1 3 N.& or . .0.12 1 I. 29.8152 N. E. 1 1 N.N. W. co 1— , 1 k i l:7:1 2936 67 &N.& 42! 8. co —: 4 Penzance 90.82 00 N. 3 4 I N.& ro —' 2 Brest 29.8069 N. , 6 6 N.IL 6'0 0.141 4 Lorient Rochefort.- 19.06 19.7683 B.W. 8 8 I 6. N. W. t 6.43 7 Plymouth 16.76 67 I.N.i. 1 6' B.S.i. a 0.27 2 Wayraouth , Portsmouth 16.64 67 N. 11. 6' 6 . 8,11.5. 2. 0.49 3 London 2961 56 N.N.E. 6 2 W.B. W. etc 1.70 - Yarmouth 29.6 i 69 IL N.& '8 • 4 O.E. 'cr 4 Scarborough 20 88 57, N.K. 2 1 1 8.& ibo • 3 Welds 20.7856 N. E. 6! 2 I N.E. co ..- i 4 - ' 5 8 2 4 SHOCKING AND FATAL OCCURRENCE. Last evening a shocking occurrence happened at Hackney Marshes, which has resulted in fatal °case /moues to one if not more persons. It appears that towards evening a phaeton, in which were a gentleman, his wife, and three children, were being dnven by the former along the road through the marshes leading from Homerton to Stratford, in Essex, when, on nearing the bridge which crosses Sir John Duckett's Canal, the horse took fright from some cause not apparent, and the driver losing all control of the animal, which appears to have been very high spirited, it dashed along at a fearful rate, and could not be brought up. The lady and the children in the phaeton were of course very frightened, but kept their places, little thinking of the fearful result which was about to follow. Within a very short time of the horse dashing off it wee noticed by many persons who were unable to arrest its progress, that it was making towards the canal, and rushing over the bank the whole party were precipitated into the water, which at this spot is of considerable depth. A scene of the wildest excitement instantly prevailed, and several persons rushing to the canal the gentleman, bis wife, and two of the children were with difficulty rescued ; the other child wee not extricated till life was extinct, and another one is in an almost hopeless condition. On being taken out of the water, the unfortunate persons were conveyed to the Victoria Tavern adjoining, where they received every attention. The carnage was completely destroyed, and the horse so much injured that it had to be killed. THE STORM IN THE METROPOLIS. This morning, at an early hour, a heavy storm broke over the metropolis, and for several hours the rain fell more severely then has been experienced this season. The main thoroughfares in the City and West-end at 5 and G o'clock were almost impassable in con sequence of the heaviness of the rain, which was blown to the ground with i great force and the ss tra ffi c of persons who have business the st reets in the early hours was out of the question. Cabs were few and far between, and even then they presented a sorry spectacle, the horses being drenched to the akin and the insides of the vehicles swamped with rain. The water for three hours at least ran down Fleet-street and the Strand like a stream. The plat form at the terminus of the Ludgate-hill station was soaked, se also indeed may be said of most of the stations on the various lines. The business at the markets was carried on only with great difficulty. It is feared that the crops, which now require uninter rupted fine weather, will be considerably retarded by the heavy rains. Yesterday, at Bristol, the Rev. Mr. Bedford was elected president of the Wesleyan Conference for the ensuing year. STRIKE AT GRANTRAM.—A strike occurred at the works of Messrs. Hornsby, the eminent agricultural imple ment manufactrrere, last week. On this occasion the strike did not orgies de with the Trades' Union society, but arose out of some not very distinct feeling or prejudice. It seems Mr. Hempstead, A non-unionist man, has held the office of foreman of the foundery for I,years, and vacated his post to enter upon business for himself, his brother temporarily performing his duties. The Messrs. Hornsby decided to appoint Mr. Fleetwood as his successor. This gentleman, it would appear, is not popular at least with some of the workmen, for on Wednes day, the 17th, the moulders, numbering upwards of 70, decided to strike work if he were appointed, and on Thursday morning sent a depntrtion to their em ployers with a letter, wh . ch stated, among other objec tions, that Mr. Fleetwood was as enemy to both master and men, and that they had unanimously decided not to work wider him. The men were Afterwards asked, we hear, individually, whether they would work under Mr. Fleetwood, and repeated their determination not to do so, and have since remained unemployed. On Monday morning about 35 moulders had been obtained from other places, and ezprmaed their willingness to work under Mr. Fleetwood. Mr. Superintendent Sharpe and two or three can were present when the new hands arrived, butpolies whatever was offered to them. The newly-arrived moulders commenced work on Tuesday morniag.—Times. l JOCKEY CLUB PRIZE. Prize, 2,000 fr. Entry 50fr. 5 started. Major Fridolin's Ferragus won after an exciting contest. Count F. Lagrange's Conde made the running, but was ultimately badly distanced. HURDLE RACE. 100 fr. sweepstakes. 13 entries but only 5 started. Won by Duke of Hamilton's Gams. The Duke of Hamilton was on the course. To-morrow there will be steeplechases at the Gazemetz Hippodrome. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY .( THIS DAY.) An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders was held at 1 o'clock, at the International Hotel, London bridge ; Mr. S. LAING, M.P., in the chair ; to authorise the issuing of fresh shares or stock to meet the liabilities of the company. The attendance was not so numerous as that at some recent meetings of the same company. The CHAIRMAN observed that the circular sent to the shareholders sufficiently explained the object. The present board, on assuming office, found the financial position of thecompan7 one of extreme difficulty, and it was only by great exertions that the company had been maintained in • state of solvency. The amount of stock to be issued was involved in the question of the advance by the Union Bank. The floating liabilities were about 700,0001. of which .550,0001. was lent by the Union Bank. Under the circumstancm the best course with regard to this 550,000/. was to effect an equitable compromise. The Board having addressed themselves to that question as the main one, succeeded in making an arrangement which was fair for both parties, and exceedingly beneficial to the Brighton Company. Of the 700,000/. of stock, the bank returned 87,0001., retaining the remainder and can celling the debt of 550,000/. The whole of that floating debt was thus got rid of, and the company obtained back • consi derable portion of its stock. In that way the directors had be enabled to make arrangements with regard to the re mainder of the floating debt, and it was now in a posi tion to deal with the unissued stock. There was power to issue about 1,230,000/. Application was made to the legislature for power to issue it, and yesterday the bill obtained the royal assent. The liabili ties exclusive of those in the case of the Union B ink had been estimated at from 1,200,0001. to 1,400,000/. It was difficult to mention the precise amount, but it would be necessary to get fresh debenture powers, and 600,0001. or 700,0001. would be required to wipe off the remaining debt. He had no doubt that with half a million in money now, the deben turepower, and the surplus land, the board would be enabled to meet all the liabilities of the next twelve months. Two or three hundred thousand pounds more must be raised to compete certain lines, and the company would have to consider hereafter how that should be raised. As re garded the mode of raising the amount now required, the board proposed that the money should be raised by issuing ordinary stock. It was doubtful whether preference stock would be taken by the public ,• and as to pre-preference shares they might as well attempt to pay off the national debt as to induce parliament to sanction the issue of such shares, unless it could be clearly shown to be the interest of the existing preference shareholders themselves. His experience had led him to the conclusion that the best course was to raise money by issuing stock, as the government did, on the best terms on which it could be obtained ; and he believed the money could be better obtained by inning ordinary stock than in any other way. There was, too, this advantage in such a mode of proceeding, that the stock now to be raised would not intercept the future divi dend on the profits of the line. Situated as the company was, it was much better that for the next four or five years the company should gradually work up its dividend than that it should be burdened with any fresh issue of guaranteed stock. On the ground of morality, moreover, be considered the latter course objectionable. On these grounds, it was proposed to issue the amount required as ordinary stook. It would be offered in the first instance to the ordinary shareholders. It was of great importance that the scheme should he successful, and for that reason the issue must he eta low price. A margin of one or two per cent. was not • sufficient margin, and the directors had there fore decided to recommend that the stock should be issued at 45/. per 1001., 10/. to be paid on the 6th of August, 15/. on the 16th of September, 10/. on the 16th of November, and 101. on the 16th of December. After stating that the half-yearly meeting would not be held until the 30th of August, he concluded by moving, "That in pursuance of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Act, 1887, the board of directors be and they are hereby authorised to issue, as ordinary stock or shares, so much as has not already been honed of the capital of 442,500/., and 1,163,0001. created in pursuance of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Ospital and Powers) Act, 1866, by the resolutions of the extraor dinary or special general meeting of the proprietors of the list (1.. y of August, 1866, and to dispose of the same at such rate of discount or otherwise as the hoard shall from time to time think fit. That in pursuance of the London Brighton, and South Coast Railway Act, 1867; the bo ard of directors be and they are hereby authorised to attach to the debenture stock of the company which may hereafter be issued under the powers of the company's acts, such rate of interest as the board may from time to time deem expedient." Sir C. JACKSON seconded the motion. Mr. SiMUDA moved as au amendment that the meeting be adjourned for a month in order to allow the shareholders time to consider the proposition laid before the board. The shareholders had already been induced to sanction the disastrous agreement, and he deprecated any haste now. (Hear.) He did not believe in the necessity of raising money in such an onerous way, or that the money was as urgently required as had been represented. Three or four hundred thousand pounds might be required, but could not such a trifling sum be raised in some ether way ? They could not want more than half a million, and even at 7 per cent. that would only involve a sacrifice of 10,0001. a year over the ordinary rate of 5 per cent. Would it not be better to sacrifice a quarter per cent. of dividend than to raise money on such terms as were proposed from the chair [The meeting was proceeding when our report left.] PROVINCIAL SHARI MARZETS. tiellGOOL, 3111.2 25.—Sales to-day : Great Eastern, 18 61 6 1 616 * }-Great Western, 41—Lancsabire and Yorkshire, 1273 0 --London, Bros, and South Comet, 601—Loudon sod North 111* * *l—Manchester, Shallald, and Lincoln shire, 434 1— etrvolitan, 1191—Midland, 1131 1 144 Xl4} 14—North British, 27* 1 *—South Eastern, 631 1-01 e, 471 Dutch Rhenish. paid op 231 ad—Great Luxembourg shares, 9 15-10—hank of Liverpool, 141 x all—British and Foreign Marine (Limited), }p.—Maritime Insurance (Limited,, 1 d. —Royal In surance. 14 yr.—Anglo-American Telegraph, 18}—British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph, A, M. MANCHISTIM, JOLT 23. —Swami& was rather large. but prices generally were lower. Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited), 18 171—Atlantic Telegraph ?reference Eight pertlent., 75—Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co. . ,Limited d.—Coosolldtted Bank (Limited), p.—District Bank, 171 p. 471 8 7 }-- Greet Eastern, 1 61 616 616} 616 4 -Great Luxembourg, 10 91—Grest Northern, A, 1101—Grand Trunk of Canada. 164—Great Western of Canada, 1412k.reat Western, 41 401 1 I—Lancsaltire and Yorkshire, Ulf and Caledosdan Marina Insurance (Limited(. 41 d. 4 1 d• —London and North Western, 1114 1 11 101—Man~,er streMcld, and Lincolnshire, 431 431 1 I—Metropolitan, 119* 1 I 111 113114—North British, 271 1 144 4 0 1— North Eastern, "Berwick,' 991—South Eastern, 0. IThames and Mersey Marine Insurance (Limited), 36.16 p.—London and Brighton. 60 1 i 1. Hamiltonian, JOLT 38.—Business dose: Severn Valley Rail way at 161: Midland Financial I Welted) at 19.18 dle and Musta's Metal (Limited) at 8 1-16 dis. Closing prices Loudon and North Western Railway, 111 f, buyers : South Staffordshire Railway, 83, sellers ; Birmingham Canal. h 9 to 90 ; Lloyd's Bank r Linked% Bto 81 prem.: Birmingham Financial (Limited), 11 to ; Gloucester Wagon ;Limited:, It to 121; and Birmingham Bresidetreet Brewery, 10 per share, buyers. Dont.lll, JOLT 24.—Three per Cent. Consols, 94 931 94 New /tree per Cent. Stock, 921—Ditto, for account, Bth August, 9111—Ditto. for new account, 921—Indie 6 per Cent. Stock (transferable at the Lusk of Ireland), 1111—Munster Bank (Limited) '.1.31 paid;. 44- National Bank (.0.30 paid), 611 lat Ditto, for account, 6112—Dublin and Belfast Junction 1110 i paid', 76—Dublin anKingstown (1100 paid,: 196--Great Southern and Western (1100 paid), 961—Dublin and Drogheda 6 per cent. convertible, redeemable 1868 (all paid), 241—thiblIn, Wicklow, and Watford, 6 per mut. perpetual (1100 paid), 190— Great Southern and Western 4 per cent perpetual (1100 paid), 961—Dublin and Xinptewn, 08. Helder RESLATUCS. The pressure of the atmosphere, which Is highest in the north of the British Isles, has decreased on the south coma. Winds Cr. generally north easterly, and fresh at London and Yarmouth, Weather Is overcast, acid rain has fallen chiefly ia the south. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood.) TMIIIN•NYC r. TICHBORNL-TICHBORNE V. NOSTYS. Sir It. Rawer, Q.C., who is retained with Kr. Bay, 1.c., and Mr. C. Barber, for some of the defendants in these entries, applied to the court this morning to appoint pedal ra; tttt incr. pursuant to leave obtained yesterday. Mr. G. N. Gifford. Q.C., who appears with the ...licitordieneral (Kr. Selwyn, Q.C.), and Mr. Lama lV,hb, for the plaintiff, said that he had no instructions to conoent to the appointment of anyone as special ‘:uniner ; but he had no doubt that a very proper person .could he proposed. Sir It. Palmer said ho believed it was desired that the motion rbouhl be heard on Thursday neat. Mr. Gitfard said that if a epeelel examiner were ap pointed, he did not see how it was possible the motion could come on then. Next Thursday *ax the last motion day before the vacation. The plaintiff was also &smll , to cross-examine. sir I'4lller said he took it fat granted that his learned frirad wi.heil to hare the principal motion disposed of in ,unie way or the other before the court rose. The Vie,Chaneellor said he had before suggested that the parties h.al better settle the issue for trial at law at Once. After some further conversation, The Vice. Chancellor made the order to appoint a special examiner ; and it was stated that a learned member of the bar bad been applied to, and had expressed his readiness to act. Mr. W. M. James, Q.C., and Mr. Cracknall appear for other defendants. VICKERS r. VICKERS. ard .7aluch t ackers, are brothers, and were partners in a dis tillery business in Aldersgate-street. James bought out Edward, and in that deed there was a provision that James ibuuld be at liberty to retire again upon giving notice, upon which notice Edward was to elect whether he would re-purchase at a valuation to be made " in the usual way, by two valuers." In case Edward declined tore-purchase, James was to be at liberty to re-sell, in which event he was to l.e relieved from certain onerous covenants and obligations. What happened was, tha t James gave notice, and called upon Edward toelect. Edwardelected tore-purchase, and valuers were appointed, when James altered his mind and said he would not go on with the valuation. Edward wee about to file a bill, when some friends of the family interfered, soil a new agreement was entered into under which James was to pay Edward certain definite sums of money in full discharge of all Edward's claims. A deed was prepared to carry out this arrangement, and was settled by their respective attorneys, but James refused to execute, whereupon this bill was filed, claiming a right on the part of Edward to have specific performance of one of the two agreements ; that James should elect either to go on with the valuation, or if not to execute the deed, and that whichever agreement James Vickers might elect to be bound by he might be decreed specifically to perform. Mr, W. M. James, Q.C. ? Mr. Druce, Q.C., and Mr. lianney, were for the plaintiff ; Sir R. Palmer, Q.C., Mr. Kay, Q.C., and Mr. C. Hall for the defendant. The defences were three—f ac et, that the agreement as to the valuation fell abort of an agreement to submit to ar bitration, and was not a contract which the court would perform specifically ; secondly, that the subsequent agree ment was verbal only, and not within the statute of frauds; and thirdly, that there was no equity to compel the defendant to execute the deed. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case. The Vice-Chancellor said be must hold there was no second agreement. The case was argued on the 10th inst. The Vice-Chancellor, in giving judgment this morning, said that under the peculiar provuions of this deed, when ar rangements were provided for appointing arbitrators, and if they could not agree, an umpire, but no power of en forcing the other side to put the umpire in motion, he wee reluctantly compelled, following the authorities, to say that here there was no contract which the court could enforce and the bill must be dismissed, but, consi dering the conduct of the parties, without costa. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) HUTLZY o. TlllMti AND 0TH16119. - . . The Attorney-Canard, Dr. Deane, Q.C., Mr. Searle, and Mr. Crossley for the executory ; Sir R. Collier, Q.C., and Dr. Tristram for the widow of the deceased ; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Day, and Mr. Bower for the next of kin. This was a suit relating to the will of James Hutley, a provision merchant in Bloomsbury, who died in August Lat. He had began life as a drayman in the employment of a cheesenionger, but be had afterwards gone into 'met als on his own account, and had died possessed of property worth 140,0001. He was in advanced years, sad a short timo ago he had married a young woman, sad had executed a will leaving her the bulk of his estate; three month. after his death, however, she was married to Mr. Timms, her first husband's medical attendant. Probate was resisted by the testator's next of kin on the pound of incapacity, and also on the ground that Mr. Hutley did not know or approve of the contents of the will. The oppoeition wee, however, withdrawn soon after the opening of the came, and The court decreed probate. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) ILANSION-HOUSE. UNLAWIMLLY 1 , 08810181110 A eITOLI2I MAIM A shabby-looking young man, named Otorpe Curti" fa !dor, was brought before Alderman Lusk on the charge of being in possession of a cheque for 201. that had been mien. It appeared that in September last a lady named Scott bail her pocket picked of the cheque in question, which vas drawn upon the Union Bank, where she kept an account. The cheque was stopped at the bank, but nothing was heard of it until Thursday afternoon, when the prisoner presented it for payment NW, on his being questioned, he said that he had received it from a lady, who had purchased a sewing machine of him for 101., and he gave her ten sovereigns an change, and he said that this lady was an entire stranger to him and he dal not know where to find her. It appeared that the hay who lost the cheque bed since gone to India, and was tot likely to return to England for several years. Alderman Lusk committed the prisoner for oue month. ROW-STREET. CALLAN? RESIWPANCE AND CAPTURE OF A ROBBER. Williams Webster, a smartly-dressed young man, was charged with highway robbery with violence. Mr. John Wolf, an elderly gentleman, residing in Bed ford-squat*, stated that between 9 and 10 o'clock last night, be was on his way home, and when turning from Oxford street into Csrolinestreet, he noticed that three or four men were hovering about bins. At the corner of Tsvistock 'beet, one of them (the prisoner) rushed suddenly before him, twoof the others stationing themselves to his right aud left, so that he was brought to a stand-still. The prisoner then seized his watch, and tore it from the hair-guard. His eyeglass fell to the ground, and was smashed. Witness determined not to loom his property so easily, and snatched it from him again. The prisoner then ran away. Witness pursued him, and though tripped and thrown to the ground by one of the prisoner's companions, was "up again in • second," and continued the chace. He thought he must have hit the man in the face; at all events he staggered back and fell down, leaving wit ten at liberty to continue his pursuit of the pri soner. The prisoner, finding that witness was gaitt:s a i na him, lay down on the pavement. The constable of Hanway-street, attracted by witness's cries el" Stop thief," came up and seized ham, and after • desperate straggle succeeded, with the help of a police man, in conveying him to the station-house. The watch was worth 531., and witness had about 4,0001. upon him U the time. Middleton, the local constable, and Seymour, 76 E, cor nAorsted. The prisoner was remanded. WANDSWORTH. .LLEGED DEATH OP A WIFE TROY THE VIOLMCCE OP HER HUSBAND. Richard Roberts, • shoemaker, of No. 10, West Ponton tad, Nine Elms, was brought up on a warrant, granted Yeatenlay by Mr. Belle, charged with assaulting and beat % his wife, Maria Roberts, who died on Sunday last. In this case it was observed that Mr. Carter, the coronet., std refused to hold an inquest, though the surgeon bad kr , nell to give a certificate as to the cause of death. The first witness examined was Eliza Roberts, an in. kilatent little girl, aged 9 years, the daughter of the Intner, and she stated that on Tuesday before her %other died she was at No. 10, West l'onton-road. She tkooght it was in the morning. Her mother was in the hot room on the sofa. She woe lying down with the 'AI in her arms as she was sleepy. Her father said 3 ' would hike the baby to some one to be washed. Her mother said he should not have it. He tried to the child away, and her mother attempted to bite him the shoulder. He then knelt upon her and squeezed her tr ',.r"t• He got the baby from her and gave it to witness. c. 614 kneeling upon her, and witness believed that he th'e put both his d enpon her throat. Witness wise fnglitened that she down stairs and gave the baby . little girl, and went and told her grandmother. alq!ier had no black eye when witness went away, but w hen her grandmother came she had one. She had not seen her mother since, as she could not bear to go. The prisoner said he did uot kneel upon him wife ; it was mutate. Three medical men bad seen her, end also the cor'ner's officer, and there was not • mark upon her. Eliza Snellin, the grandmother, said that when she saw qe deceased al; had a dreadful black eye. The prisoner t,ldthe doctor who attended her that i t was done sect- at year of her Ma gill . probably c oin . Princess Royal's 12441. The edition, ish printing. Type. Two engravinga bert at the age of age of twenty, are IGENCE. PARIS, Jul.? 26. of the Guard, the division of cavalry reviewed to-day by AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JILT e Emperor with the yesterday evening. nia. the Marquis of ng his Majesty that herself of the pre the alliance long id Austria. laid grateful stress assurance just re was nearer to his it relations drawn the Queen. .(11:ENCE, JULY N. LI i,•11:1,1 Bank bare y,:irly dividend fin. I.er share. JUNE? (vili Trieste). ,etween the Tycoon i•nc, to the establish lioig and Osaka have utheriord Alcock, a M'Bu formed fur the sis to form the sub- Touching revision of Ting from drought, her than was antici- Asian orders. It is 'ices will be lowered. ENSTOWN, JULY 26. tvigation Company's "ork, arrived here at lode. in specie. Sho led for Liverpool. va„) C. JVLY 16, EVENING. 6, and the House of Re votes, have passed the 1 with the amendments to the president. 1,000 dole. for the execs resident Johnson, in reply .. message to the Senate Act will necessitate the llars, and that congress abrogating the civil itional government would debts legally incurred by amounting to 100,000,000 iring the national credit. tee those debts would be repudiation of the legal e Judiciary Committee to gland, and Delaware have has refused to order the !achment investigation to solution proposed by Mr. in investigation into the by the North. A resole ring that the house would other than humane treat- dr. Seward and Colonel t, has been published. ked Mr. Seward to demand ibuke Commander Roe on sil attempted under the presence and with the ,es to foment civil war in ions' injury would justify hostile attitude towards that the French minister, passport. Juarez is confir Llortinas has been ordered ramie. The late Emperor m widows of 3liramon and iva arrived at QUeelitollll chin passengers and r. She landed )4 sacks of needed imniediAtely. All r Liverpool and Scotland. ELEC . .' RAP H .) YORK, JILT 2.1, G r Maximilian has been ought to Vera Cruz. 194. Sterling exchange tied States Bonds, lilt. Cotton : Middling Up- LADELPHIA, JULY 2. te, 3*. talon at 9 a.m. July 26.1 -Dr. Sherry, of New driPhia Apart , r cancereing cent for female physicians, presented themselves at a e of the New York hospitals• le subject would be hernia ; lelicacy of the fair auditors, their withdrawal. Se veral ent, and be thought it un could remain. They did not crest meet, while eighteat 1, necessarily in a state of thotoiny was to be performed "the little bend of true he medical prokssion," aP. geon, from motives of deli. i he sat down to await the ;. He thereupon announced the operation would bs Then they left. It is im• could make such a statement laical journal, without being we are still so far behind. we it with honor if not with Journal. 11.GE0N3 or ENGLAND. — • ing undergone the neeeetwarr were admitted members of the Court of Examiners on irk Oswald Henry Foster. A ugus tus Wells, Sydney, c Aubrey Thomas. L.8.C.5., seaport: and William Hear, _students of Guy's Ifslist Newcastle : George and Bray PeUew, Gateshead , ail, of the Newcastle sebooL co. Wicklow . • an d Thomas the Dublin s c hool. Joseph ward Reginald Johnson Jet, Hospital. Charles deems school. Francis Haworth ptonalcire, of the Edinburgh and de is Liraye, Coll e ge. Henry Walmslel. Thomas's Hospital. Jobs seen, Llanrwst, North Walsh D ell Lewis Willcox, L.S.A., Coll= a and Thomas Stan b= 1315,) ilogne. I r COMMIRCIAL AND MARKETS. ItARK-LANE.-(1131.8 DAY.) Fresh tap to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were again very moderate, but in fair avenge condition. For both red and white parcels the trade was very firm, and Monday's advance was fully realised. There was a good show of foreign wheat on the stands. The demand was chiefly in retail, but all qualities ODINI.• mended quite late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, and in some instances wheat was rather dearer. The supply of barley was moderate. The trade was firm at the recent improvement in prices. Malt was quiet. on former terms. With foreign oats the market was well supplied, but scantily with English produce. Fine parcels were firmly held; inferior sorts, however, barely realised their pre vious value. The few parcels of beans on the stands were mostly. ; dia. posed of, at late rates. . . . . Per met a slow sale, at previous quotation,. Flour was very firm, on former terms. Linseed and r'peseed were steady in v.due, but agri cultural seeds were quiet. Cakes were held at fully late currencies. C1:123.K.NT PRICE& MUM& Pa Qr. Willa. a a I inn, Keni:7•71," : 61: it to 5 '136 60 to 73 Do. WWl*, 67 tc 76 , CO to 73 Norfolk and flacoln red, '66 BAXLEY. Matting Earallorfolk. and lk 66 to 70 Linpton and Ware GO to 70 Brown 6l to 69 s. Per Qr. to 114 to 41 33 to 34 & & loot& potato huh. Si „ Unts St Mums. fI le U si 44 4$ IS Wimps Talk Harrow New — 32 to IT Orrs. Itoplish. teed 25 to 31 potato Swish teed ...... 22 to 30 No' Per qr. WHIAT. s a Dominic sad Koalas berg 6d 30 76 Rostock & Mocklow I=i Beam nova ba I 4 40 . 40 to 44 .. 40 14 44 ——lo— — b — arg a 10 71 Donlan Itasolan, bard oat Atoirican. red — to whit. . to lawn oak; lba Household 47 41/ 411 Country Norfolk sad Suffolk, ex ship 42 to 45 Per gr. Grinding Distilling Malting — to OM a 1 Danish sod fiesdish IS e• so Damian laws. Danish Na7PDail ?RAS =... out Dutch browing . ... II to $1 en` p fed—. 19 to 26 ARRIVALS OF GRAIN. AO., CARRLtOE littoll JULY 2 SIVE . 37 te 88 37 $. 38 111111811 031111. rtAys. him* perVailll — .... 44 WlO 45 to IA Aniartean, pat tel.. SI in 34 Canadian .. 36 to 36 INTO LONDON. BY WATNIL t TO Jt:LY 2.3, Mid INCLU., (BT TELEGRAPH.) (PROW OUR OWN OORREEPONTHCIT.) Corrow.—The market very steady. Sales, about 15,000 bales. CORN.—The market is moderately attended. Wheat in good demand, at about 2d. per oental in some cases lower than last week. Flour slow, and rather lower. Beans and peas firm ; oats and oatmeal steady; Indian corn quiet and unaltered in value ; mixed, 35a. &I. to 36a. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) (MT rusozAra.) (TROY OUR OWN 00RURPDXIII2IT.) Wheat is hel.l for an advance of Is. to 2a, but millers refuse to give it.. In other articles no change. MINCING-LANE.--(THIS DAY.) SeOAß.—There continues to be a good inquiry, oliktily for relining qualities, at steady prime. Refined—common are readily saleable at firm prices. The finer kinds u well as dried goods are only in moderate request. . Corrse.—There is a firm market for all qualities of Fast India at the full valuation.. Common kinds and foreign are dull of .ale. Plantation Ce sold, fine to fine fine ordinary, 71s. to 75 a. • low m iddling to good mid dling, 70s. to bra. ; fine bold, 901. CM. ; ielgherry and Telheherry, 7Ls. rid. to no. 6d. ; Cannons Mysore, 9.15. to lOss. . . — Tat remains inactive. RUM.—MO puns. of Jamaica sold at 3s. 24. for fair. Rtes.—Business has been done foe arrival—Bassein, at lls. SALTPETRE. —Tbe market is MOTs ac4ive-3,000 1 sold, refraction at Las. ; refraction 4i to 34, at 188.21 SOO bags, for cash, refraction Gi to 41, at 17s. Gl. to 17s. 74d. CovroN.—Tbere is a moderate inquiry at steady prices. TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market is quiet. Town tallow is quoted43l. 3d.f; Petersburg Y.C. on the apot, 41s. 9.1. to 41e. ; July to September, 445. 9d. to 45e. ; October to Deoembet,4se. 9d. to 46e. ; December. 48e. 3d. HIDE MARKET.—{THIS DAY.) Lgarnentam..—Hides : 36Ths. to &Sibs., 2jd. to 3d. ; 64Ibs. to 721b5., 3d. to 31d. ; 72Ibs. to 80lbs., 31d. to 30.; 801ba. to 881bs., 3 1 ,4 to teL ; 881bs. to 96Th.. 4.L to 4fd. Horse hides, 9s. 6d. to 10.. 6d. Call skins, light, 2s. Od. to 4s. ; full, 7s. Orl. BZIOIOXDPET. —Sheepskins : Lambs, 3s. 041. to 4s. 6d. ; shearlinp. 2s. 2d. to 2s. Bd. BOROUGH HOP MARSET.—(rms DAY.) Mears. Pattenden and Smith report on active demand for both 'English and foreign, the late advance being fully maintained. The accounts this morning from all parte al the hop plantation are very bad. ALPINE ACCIDENTE.—" Who repeats in tones of sorrow the name of friend or relative that has perished among the solitudes of the Higher Alps ? The Jungfrm'a apothem snows, the crested summit of the Wetterhorn, Monte Rosa's craggy peaks, are all guiltless of the tea veller's blood. These and many other lofty pinnacles of Switzerland have welcomed the adventurous mountaineer, and death or severe accident is unknown." Thus hardly more than ten years ago wrote a true-hearted gentleman, • skilled and dauntless cragsman, whose early fate, and not his only. stands out the saddest emphasis of contra,. to his words. The Matterhorn catastrophe, in which he perished with hi- demented companions, is far from stand ing alone on the black list which has accumulated since them words were penned. At that thze six-and-thirty years had softened down the recollection of the fatal acci dent to Haines party on Mont Blanc, and six-and-twenty that of the loss of two Englishmen near the Col du Boa heroine in a tourmente. But only some three years more had passed, when a aeries of fatal seasons commenced with the less of Archdeacon Hardwick in descending from the Pie de Sauvegarde, near the Porte de Venasque in the Pyrenees, and of Si. Grotto on the Findelen Glacier near Zermatt. These accidents occurred in DM. In the year following we were again saddened by the fats) accident in descending from the Col du Giant to Courmayeur, in which throe young kkglishir.en and a guide perished : and before the last notes of that mournful Intelligence had quite died away we had to mourn the loss of Mr. Watson in • crevasse on the Wisseher Ferner in the Tyrol. The marvellous escape of Mr. Birkbsdc. jun., on the northern glacier of Mb.= in 1861, after a slide from the Col to • point • full third of a mile vertically lower, is well known. In the same year a French lady, descending the Genimi on a mule, was thrown over the edge of the precipice and killed. Mr. Longrosn, jun., also had a narrow escape in 1862 on the Aletach Glacier, where he fell into a deep crevasse. The same year Bennen and his friend Professor Tyndall, aided by Sir Sohn Lubbock, rescued a porter from a crevasse in the Aletsch Glacier, in which he had been wedged fur more than an hour, entirely revered up by this snow and icicles which he had carried with him in his Then followed • year of respite from fatal accident. But on the `.2.ith February, 1861, • traveller, with tho famous guide Bennen and a porter, perished on the Haut de Cry near Sion, in an avalanche, three of the party The same year a porter was teat in a crevasse on moat Blanc, and Profemor Tyndall and two friends, with the guides Jenni and Walther, bad • narrow escape from worse than bruises on the Morteratach Glacier. A still more terrible moon, belongs to the two following seasons. In the first, the death of Mrs. Arbuthnot by lightning of the Schilthorn was followed by the catastrophe oa the Matterhorn, and that timed immediately by the loss of Mr. Knyvett Wilson on the Eiffel horn, while the lapse of another ten days saw a third fatal accident on Monte Roes by an avalanche, from which, how ever, all the party escaped except one of the porters. These three fatal occurrences took place within • fortnight on ground which might be swept by a radius of leas than five miles. But still three more deaths were due to that year. In the following month Herr Hupner, of Dresden, perished with his guide on the Titlis; and a student of Erlangen found a grave in a crevasse, descending the Gross Venediger Spitz. Last year was hardly less fatal. Besides the two accident+ on Mont Blanc, which resulted in the lose of five lives, three ladies, with the carriage and horse which conveyed them, won precipitated into the Tamina between Itsgatz and PfetTers, and there was at least one other loss of life on the borders of the Lake Lucerne. This is a fearful array of casualties for only eight seasons, nor can it be regarded as absolutely complete. But if we sat it down that about twenty-two travellers and eleven guides or porters bare perished in Alpine expeditions in the last sight years, we shall not be far from the truth.—Qwerterly Renew, new number. CnTSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLIWO DAY. THMRDAY. Tenn 2'c.—Admissions on paymmit. ditto by season tickets, 1,4; •'a ; total visite/a, 7,351. Must. Barley. MAX 1 Oat& Roar. qr I s. V. qa. qrs. I brim. wAsik. Bislish and 1570 .. `5O 1 ab bl Fordo V7SO 4210 .. , [32700 5O l PO --.-- Total Slabs, 2,820 qrs. LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. L 43.848,411 mat. Yellow 34 to 41 38 to 41