The Express. — London, England, 1866-01-23 00:00:00

Vest with frown mow. I held the defendant till he me his name, sad I summoned him. e My reason for s eremoaing him was that I should have had the m oat possible difficulty in taking him from the enclosure. Mom polioemisktblo 224, said—l now a gnat crowd of peewee oppoalto the hospital gates, several o f whom oomplahed of bdng snowballed. I and Sergeant ton i n g want to tits front of the gate, and a regular shower l ees throws at es. We were both struck several times, but I set say by whom. I maw Sergeant Penning MO into th e gates and seize the defendant who called oat w ord times " Now to the rescue." We were pelted with Kawialle, sad a piece of frozen mow or ice struck me on the lace under the eye, and cut it. We got the defendant's e we, and were pelted with snowballs out of the gate. The defendant said—l don't deny throwing snowballs, bet I am memorises of hitting the policeman ; there were I great number of balls flying about, but I wes not iesti geeing the row. I came t hro ugh the gates in the middle of it, and was subjected to the same fire. Mr. Alderman Waterlow severely reprimanded the de feedlot, and fined him in the sum of 20e. sad oasts. The money was immediately Raid, and the defendant on leaving the court was moat vociferously cheered by a num ber of he companions. BOW.STREET. AN NOCIMILIC CASUAL. A dissipated looking young woman, who gave the name Mary Annie Collins, was charged by Poliesronstable Har grave 147 F, with being drank and disorderly, at the entrance of St. Gases Workhouse. She was also charged with assaulting Mrs. Smith, the female searcher at the statios.house in Bow-street. The constable stated that about 7 o'clock on the previous evening he was on duty in frost of the workhouse, and saw the prisoner there. She was applying for admission to the casual ward. The porter refused to admit her, as she was drunk. At about half pest 8, and again at ab out 10, she repeated the application, being each time more and more intoxicated than before. On the third occasion she said to the porter, "I will go in, and if you don't let me in I will shoot you." She became; so troublesome that witness was obliged to take her to the station-house and look her up. Mrs. Smith, the female searcher, deposed that she embed the prisoner. and found under her clothes next the skin a revolver loaded and capped, tour gold watches, two gold ear-rings, two breast pins, and two brooch's. While she was stooping to examine the prisoner's clothes the latter struck her a violent blow en the back of the had, which nearly knocked her down. She recovered herself . , however, Is time to ward o ff a second blow which the p risoner was aiming at her. She used very . abusive language. Inspector Brennan said inquiry had been made, and it was found that the prisoner was a married woman, the wife of an Italian named Gaetano Massarenti, from whom she bad been lately separated. She had broken into his house • few day s back and taken away about 501. worth of property belongus4 to him, of which the articles now pro. Need were a portion. Mr. Vaughan asked if any other person was concerned with her in taking sway the property. Inspector Brennan said he had reason to believe that man who was living with her assisted. Mr. Vaughan said in that case the paramour ought to be charged with felony. At present, however, he should only deal with the charge of assaulting Mrs. Smith, for which he should commit the prisoner for a fortnight. The prisoner—May I say a word, your worship ? Mr. Vaughan—so, there is no occasion. I am only dealing with the mmult. The prisoner was then removed. OLIHLKEN WELL. ASSAULT ON A CIIILIL Emily Richards, a low-looking woman, was charged before Mr. Barker with committing an unprovoked assault on Ann Budd, aged 8, residing with its parents at Hatton walL Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate Institu tion for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protec tion of Women, watched the case. The complainant was last night sent on an errand for her wicuts, and on her return the prisoner kicked her on the •he without the least provocation. The kick was given such force that it knocked the poor child down, and caused her to shriek with pain. Her screams brought the mother of the child, and Police-constable Harrod, 261 G, came to her assistance, and then the prisoner tried to make her escape. The child was much injured, and last night could hardly put her leg to the ground, and this morning she had a large bruise on her thigh. The prisoner has been seen loitering about Hatton wall for some days past, and the only reason for her com mitting this savage act was that the mother of the child bad found the prisoner in her back yard, and had turned her out. The prisoner said she had no defence to make, and com plained that the mother of the child had thrown water on her. Mr. Barker said this was a very savage assault, and sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for one calendar month. The prisoner on being removed was violent, and threatened the mother of the child that when she came out of prison she would serve her out. MARLBOROUGHSTREKT. A CABMAN CHARGED WITH CAUSING TRH DEATH Uk , ANOTHBR MAN. Charles Fisher, cab driver, badge 8,124. was charged with causing the death of man, name unknown, by knocking him down with a horse and cab. • Benjamin Nicholas, 89 E, said—About half-past 1 this morning I was in the Tottenham-court-rood, and saw a man coming down the road towards Oxford-street walking on the pavement. The prisoner, who was driving a Hansom cab, was coming down the road on the opposite side ate steady pace. The man then crossed from the chapel side, appearing to be drunk and staggering along, and when he had got about two paces from the cab rank the shaft of the cab caught his head and knocked him down. The prisoner called out " Halloo" as the man went down, and after going a few yards turned his cab round and came back. I cannot say whether the cab went over the man or not. The prisoner was on his proper side. I picked up the man, whose bead was bleeding, and on telling the prisoner that I should take the man to the hospital, he told me to put him in his cab and he would take him anywhere. I took the man to the University Hospital, and the house surgeon dressed his bead, but could not take him in, saying be had no beds, and that I had better take him to the station. The man never spoke from first to last, and died at the hospital. Mr. Tyrwhitt—How long did he live after he was wanted to be taken away? Constable—About 20 minutes. After he was lifted from the bed he sat on a chair, and there died, and was taken to the dead house. Mr. Tyrwhitt—You do not know who he is? Constable—No, sir. Mr. Tyrwbitt—At what rate was the cabman going ? Constable—Five miles an hour. On telling the prisoner the man was dead he cried, and said that he would rather have lost his cab and two horses than such a thing should have occurred. The prisoner —I was coming along Tottenham-court-road and thought the man was • cabman standing by his horse, but instead of that it was a man who walked right on to the horse. The constable—There were witnesses, but they are not Present. Mr. Tyrwhitt—They ought to be present. I hope it is 11 mere accident brought on by the man himself. I will take one bail in 11. for the prisoner's attendance next week. SOUTHWARK. WORKHOUSE DESPERADOES._ - • • Ellen Cruse and Elizabeth Wisdom, hearty looking young women, were placed at the bar charged with refusing to work in Bermondsey Workhouse and breaking windows in the separation wards. Maria J °Deathe headiness and assistant siatron, said that the prisoners were inmates of Bermondsey workhouse, and were this most troublesome they bad in the house. About 1 o clock yesterday they were directed to clean the dining- room. They proceeded there, but nothing was done for an hour and a half. Witness then went to them and remon etrated with them, at the same time called the master's attention to them, when the prisoners became abusive. They were then removed to the separation wards, where they broke the windows. The magistrate eked what sort of place was the separa tion wards Witness replied that they were in a different part of the house, and a person was employed to watch the inmates and give them their food. Hem they were furnished with oakum to pick, but they refused to do it. The magistrate asked if they gave any reason for that. Witness replied in the negative. Had they only shown en inclination to do some no notice would have been taken of their conduct. Oakum picking was only resorted to in the workhouse as a punishment to refractory inmates. His worship asked what was the usual conduct of the prisoner,. Witness replied that they were the worst behaved girls in the lionise. • William Fairburn, the porter of the workhouse, said that the prisoners were supplied with two pounds of oakum, which one of them colld easily have done in a short time. He told them to do a little, but they would not attempt it. Mary Lane, the conductor of the separation wards, proved the riotous conduct of the prisoners, and that Crume took up a metal spoon and broke the windows. The prisoners, in the moat impudent manner, said that they were cruelly need in the workhouse, and they were not going to do the work. They would see the matron and master first. The magistrate observed that it war shameful such hearty-looking girls should be a burden to the ratepayers. He sentenced each to five dale bard labour. ANDSWORTH. BRETAL TIOLIECH AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Walter Fetlock, and George Charles Rose, rough.loolring young men, were charged with being coecerned in stealing • watch and chain from the person of William Hancock, and also with committing a violent and brutal assault upon hins. Pattock was apprehended at the time, but Rue was taken into custody at the court. The prosecutor, an inoffensive-looking young man, said that he was returning home along the Bin fi eld-road, South Lambeth, after 12 o'clock at night, when the prisoners, who were strangers, stopped him, and noel bad language. Put tack caught hold of him by his coat, struck him • violent blew on this chest, and knocked him dews. He this kept him down, and kicked him on the chest. Ross also Meek him. When he accused Putlirck with steeling his watch Rue went away, and the priumer Puttock again kicked bins on the chest, and ocutinnad to ketch him about. Alts Pastor& kaooked him down • mooed time he felt his watch and chain taken from him, and he afterwards found that the button-hole of his waistcoat torn. Be was roma from the prisoners by a eoustable who beard his cries, aid took Pattock into custody. Witnees's chest was very much bruised, end his finger was knoeked out of joint. Mr. Ugh= inquired whether the watch bad hem found. Police-constable Meiklejehn, 99 W, mid it had not, and that Rose went away on Puttock being taken into custody. Both prisoners denied the robbery, Puttock stating that the prosecutor first struck him, and then they had • fight. Joha Fardoe said he saw Puttock ill•using the prosecutor, who cried * murder," and that he never struck the pri. SHARE LIST&-(THIS DAY.) Mx I LO,OOO .. WOO .. 1(0,060 •• • • • • ••• •• 160,000 20,000 seo,eool.. mow .. soo,coocv 160,600 , . - - - - - GIOVZILHI eIT , A CZ. .A. pinnas. Oars O'CLOCK. The railway market is extremely quiet to-day, and the quotations of most of the principal stocks exhibit no alteration, compared with those last current yesterday. Great Eastern stock, however, continues heavy, and shows a fresh fall of per cent. London and North Western stock is now quoted 125} to 126 ; Great Western, 5 9 to ; M.Wland, 124} to if ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1122} to 123; South Eastern, 74} to ; Great Eastern, 381 to 39} ; Caledonian, 124 to 129} ; 1 Great Northern, 126} to 1271 ; ditto A, 144 to 1 145 ; and Metropolitan, 1341 to 1351. Canadian and Indian lines are steady, at the closing quotations of yesterday. ' IWO* SCABS!, AND 61 . 04....- Bh. I Pa. I RAILWAYS. I Cl yea - trix s I "We b 6°-"lp.m. I s °. —.doh calas.a7l i Dem. Gov. (Ip.a., 1117.8 a. 16 Do.OporaElabak&op. 100 Do.eparet.Mar.a IN Do.B per atJan.l.7 Do. =per et. Tae. 1 Va Gilopeolo.ol.loll do. 1800.1000 100 Do. do. IMOIOO Do. do. 180041: 100 Do.lp.c.Ap.&Oet. 100 Oego,Nov.lB6B. 0 p.ot.il 1878. d0..1100 Mauritius 0 par at, lan' loo Do. IMBIIOO Do. 1888300 Do. 113961100 NataL Gay.. per eent....1100 New Brune. Mow. 09.08.1100 N.S.ivalea My. a p.e.lbdti 100 Do. Op. a. 1871 to 18711100 Do. 5 p. o. 1888 to 1802;100 New Zealand 8 per mot.lloo .1 Do. 6 per owl. !100 .; Nova %offal! p. a.. 18751100 . I Qamenaland Gov.. p.ct.,100 . iti.Auat..Ge v. 0 p.a. IMO I 100 I. . Vlc.oov.ap.a.lan.e.al7.loo - Do. do. 8 p.a.Avamdoo.'loo NILITIBII MINI I 111iM. I Pd. 9111 The constable also said that after he raised the prosecutor from the ground Puttook kicked him. Sergeant Coltman said Pattock had been in custody several times for assaulting the police. Kr. Ingham remanded the prisoners natal Tuesday next, to give the police an opportunity of finding the watch and chain. ,110 ! Bristol rd Assist—. li.: f0ram...._.._.... U 96 1284 1294 94 0 13 16 44 64 68 70 70 12 WO Cambrian all Cork and Bandon all Cornwall 100 Dabilo and Belfast Jono l all Dandee,PorthotAbd.ln all 'Rad London Snip Cert. 60 I Do. 100 Glitegow and S. Western 100 Great Late= Ord. flt. 100 Do. 1. Ans. Sit, No I 100 Greet Ncelhot Scotland 100 fireatNorthern 100 Do* • rec. no dlr. un- I 100 Do.B l tll6p. a. le mild it WO I Do. New. las at 25 pm 60 Do. Ord. Del. Div. Stock 100 liit. bombs West. lies ) 100 Weal Western 100 Do.soocir VaLOamlitit 100 Do. South Wales 100 Do. W. kfld.—Ositi;t 100 Do. Do. Newport 105 Do. Do. Raeford 160 Lancashire & Yorkshire 105 London end Blackwall 100 Lon.. 100 London.Mittbs. Dows.omat 100 Do. Stet. Eden. A 6 p.c. 100 'London& North Weems 100 I LondooßtouthWeetern 100 tian.,Slatot Lineolnab 100 'Metropolitan 7 Do. New 6 Do. liztenalon all Metropolitan Oistriat 101 Do. do. do. 100 llldiand 5 Do. £9 Shares 100 Do' Bins. dt Derby all Mld Kea 100 North &With 100 Do. Bdim,Pertia,Bind. 100 N. Ilialsr• Do. 44 Dv. CarabrMn Con. Gold. • ChDorton ,Clifford Amal Der. G. Con. gavistic Drakewailla East Basset (illop.n) !East Camden (East Cain Brea East Grenville Gi ) i '' ' ' l.l 4 d i t Lovellanni&lake W. Raman (TavlstlL Grambler dr St. Aubyn; I Great Laver (Limited)! ; Great South Tolgus :Groat Wheal Bus) W. Vet Moisten) .. [ Grenville Herod s Toot itiingston Downs Margaret Uny Letanc! IMarke Valley I . . _ dla 112 114 3 40 7 8 3911 91 81 91 93 59 119} 39 41 34 37 101 103 1221 1231 82 91 101 193 36 38 48 60 1261 1261 964 94ir 63 64 134 i 1661 9 1 9 t ym 1 11irm 100 101 [lawindy lrois Ote New i.itou North &Wow • N. WIL Basset (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Proepser United Providence (11. Lelant! Caradon (St.Cleer, &out Coudarrow IS W. Frances (Mogan; 'Stray Park iu Croft Vigra and Clogan, U West Asset (Mogan). W. Cared= (Llskeard) West Cluverton West Seton Wk. Basset (Mogan) Buller (B.edrutli) . W. Mary .ton (Sleuhan. 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Del Rey 3 &lel Del Rey (Limited) 2 ortuna ;Limited). • 2 'reutioo&BolivinGol 20 'euerel It sounds (Limited) II tares . res $ 31Aisitaulan (Limited) 1 Mariquita 2 lALAttreoe Braz.G.lL 4 Par.uicillo Copper 40 IN:l'l4lNp:id/Hirer 5 Port Phillip 1 Oast& Barb.Oold 11.(1 , 1 Acottish AustraL (Lim , 10 , St. John del Bay Lini ) 50 i United Mexican (L, 2 'Val Antigoria C o l d 1 ,ValimizesicaGold Lim 10 Vancouver Coal: Lim ) 5 Vath4eoold,Ltinite il) 5 Do. Do. . .. . . I Worthing (Limited' ..1 1 Yorke Peninaula;Lim. $ Yudammuutans tUnt.• 65 67 74 75 8 9 14i 160 3 4 ial 101 113 49 61 BRITISH POSSEIBLOAL I li 17 1 49 1 lil 1 ltpni n. 3 2 ills 6 7 1_ 2 p THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1866. PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., redeemable at 5 per cent. prem., 107 j. London, Chatham, and Dover, 5 per cent. pref., 91j. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10t to 11. Bahia and San Francisco (Lim.), gua. 7 per cant., 15t to tat. Great Luxembourg, 16 to 151. Northern of France. 43g. MISCELLANEOUS SHARES. Atlantic Telegraph, guar. 8 per cent. (Limited), 2i, j. Canada Company. 79, 80. City Offices (Limited). 6t. Fonciar and Mobilier of England (Limited), Ba. Discount Corporation (Limited), 9). Egyptian Commercial and Trading (Limited), et. General Credit and Finance of London (Limited), 4. General Steam Navigation, 27. Hudson's Bay, 161, t, t. Imperial Mere. Credit Association (Limited). 7t. Intainational Financial Society (Limited), Al. Joint Stock Discount (Limited), 7, t. London Financial Association (Limited), 18.. London General Omnibus Company (Limited), 3). National Discount Company (Limited), 16. °reread, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), 20). Royal Mail Steam, 107. Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance (Limited), 71, I. DIRECTORATE OF TEE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—We believe that two members of the Board of Directms of the London and North Western Railway Company, Mr. J. Bramley-Moore and Mr. J. C. Ewart, both of this town, have resigned their seats.— . Liverpool Courier. IRISH RAILWAYS.—The conference of the direc tors of Irish railways has been fixed for Friday next, the 26th inst., at 2 o'clock, in the Imperial Hotel, in this city. It is to be hoped there will be a large attendance, as the proceedings, the probable character of which we explained a few days ago, will have an important bearing upon Irish railway reform, and will be peculiarly interesting in pro- spect of the approaching aggregate meeting on the same subject.—Dublin Evening Mail. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BECKENHAIL—The fragments of the railway train and bridge have been raised, and the body of John Malted recovered. His remains wore found to be shockingly crushed, owing to the enormous weight of the railway waggons and fragments of the bridge which were on him. It appears that at the moment of the accident, when the engine had jut got on to the bridge, the engine-driver noticed an oscillation, and said to the stoker, " Minted, the bridge appears to shake." The deceased turned apparently with the view of putting on more steam, for the purpose of carryiog the engine and train more quickly over the vibrat ing structure, when the whole mass was thrown at onus into the river beneath. The precise moment when this happened is isdictted by the hands of the deceased's watch, which were pointing to the hour " 4.5." The works of the watch. were no doubt, stopped instantly by the fearful concussion and by the water of the river.— TI - c:if Kent Journal. STRIKE OF ONE THOUSAND POTTERS AT BRAMP TON, NEAR CHESTERFIELD. —Yesterday the whole of the potters employed at the Brampton Potteries, near Chester field, turned out on strike, thus closing all the works. The dispute arose as follows : The men demanded some time back an increase in their wages for the manufacture of certain articles in the trade. The masters, at • meeting last week, decided to increase the wages for pots one pansy per score, bat the men refuse to accept this unless a certain clan of earthenware called " twelves " was included in the wage list for smaller pots, which is higher than that for large size.. This alteration would make • difference of 4d. per score in favour of the men, and consequently greatly increase the expenses of the =sten. The masters refused to make the concession, and a strike has been made by the men with the viewto compel the masters totems to their terms. Trade just now is remarkably good, and the men have taken advantage of it. Brampton is celebrated for the manufacture of glazed earthenware, the Brampton clay being the only cl..y that will take the well-known "salt glaze," which is the characteristic of brown earthenware. LADY CHARLoTTE LINDSAY.—This lady has left a most agreeable remembrance with all who knew her. She was of the noble family of which Lord North is the political representative, and whom nature favoured rather in their talents than in their external appearance. She may, indeed, I have been the very personage of the wall-known anecdote of the luckless interrogator who tried to remedy the un conscious incivility of his remarks on the statesman's wife by still ruder strictures on the daughter. When she maid a good thing—and she said many—her features crumpled up into an exprasion of irresistible humour. Once com plimented on looking well in her LW days, she said, ' I dare say it's true. the bloom of ugliness is put." Her jeuxale•mots were of the most fe licitous. Oa the elevation of some childish per sonage to the peerage, she remarked that he was new order, which seemed the popular one, not the Barrios, but the Barrens." One day. coming lets to dilutor, she excused herself by the nucadunnable state of the roads. I Her graphic letters and journal give • very fair aonount of the Queen's trial and the evidence es both sides, and show that she entertained no doubt of the Queen's guilt ; but they clear tip the erroneous belief to which Dr. Lashing ton's speech gave rise, that her husband had said her letters to Sir John Copley, who brandished them in her face daring her examination : she merely nays that be cross-questioned her in the Old Bailey style ; and she records her answer to one important question, preying how well she could recon cile fidelity to her late royal mistress with a due regard for her own dignity and honour.—Quarterly Bevies, new number. SERIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT MANCHESTER A shocking accident occurred at the London road station, Manchester, yesterday afternoon. By the at. fall of two arches of the lofty roof in the course of cos- 60 'traction, 31 men were thrown down or buried beneath the to ruins. IR. The total number of the injured received at the infirmary r e wee 20, two of whom subsequently died. Eleven others IMO taken from the station to their own homes. At the moment of the widest, • train which had a abort time before arrived from Staleybridge, end another di. which was about to start for Sheffield, were standing in Bk., the station, under that part of the roof which has fallen. 67: The fireman of the former became aware of the threatened as , danger while stepping off the footplate, and as. he took refuge under a van, and so escaped harm; the driver of the Sheffield train was lightly muck Bt. on the bead by • pima of falling timber. The frame of U. the Sheffield engine, and also the valve of its dome were I t broken, and the engine's steam escaped, fortunately with- at . out muds* any damage. Am far as can be asoertained at as. present, the occident occurred through the the longitudinal blood girder reaching from the et. 7th to the Bth column of the antral row of 04 teillars. tera This girder, Os well as that in the Bth bay, , a 1 ten feet longer than the others, bad been made st,. considerably stronger, and it is omesquently very difficult s s . to account for the fracture. One of the sufferers, a brick- at. layer, named Mark Russell, died at 5 dclook yesterday at. afternoon; and Thomas Sherwood. Mears. Neill's foreman St p who was much respected by him employers, died a couple of to hours later. The damage to the roof and walls of the tE , station will not be less than 6,0001. ; and that to the corn- too ponies' plant, i.e., to engines, carriage*, dro., is estimated at St. 2,0001. 9 Ililt s said that at the time the arches fell • body of brick layers' labourer, engaged upon the wall had gone to the Si mortar bank with their hod', and so escaped. Si. For some time the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln. at. shire Railway Company were unable to run their trains, st and their passengers were despatched by cabs and omnibuses St. to Ardwick station, where the railway journey was corn- at minced. By five o'clock, however, much of the &brie had 1 :t been removed, and the trains ran as usual. IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT COMPANY. la (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was 8 , held at 1 o'clock at the London Tavern ; Mr. JOHN St. CHAPMAN in the chair. The report, which had been previously issued and pub 'Jibed, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN moved its adoption. He observed that 7 the number of shareholder@ had increased 50 per cent. since the company was established—an increase which showed to that the public had confidence in the undertaking. Consi. St. dodos that only 18 mouths had elapsed since the company was established, the amount of deposits, 2,581,0 001 ., was extremely satisfactory. Every day the amount of deposits was augmenting, and they were thus enabled to gaud els. - spinet any sadden emergency. The entire amount of irra profits for the half-year resulted, as stated in the St. report, from transactions of a regular description. The profits of the last half-year were derived from *id- mate sources, from the fostering of enterprises which ii j; were conducted by men of large capital, which were well secured, and which tended to benefit ge. not only the parties themselves but the public at large It would, he believed, soon be acknowledged that HO financial associations, prudently and honestly managed, 8t• were useful and necessary public institutions. A dividend of 20 per cent., after applying 75,0001. to reserve and car- 100 rying 19,000/. forward, was, he thought, an adequate see return to the shareholders. (Cheers.) 100 Alderman DARIN seconded the motion. 190 is reply to a question, 100 The Onetime"' said the expenses of the half-year W e amounted 10.0 13,0004 Lou Mr. Kansa thought it would be an advantage if the so- IN counts in future included the expenses of management, and also if the 501. shares were rednoed to 251. The low SO price of the sham arose, probably, mainly from the fact that 2 ° St. 451. out of 501. remained liable to be called up. St. The CHAIRMAN said the first suggestion would not be last st . sight of. The diminution of the liability of the shareholders 20, had engaged the attention of the board, and the moment tit. they could see an opportunity of carrying out the object 100 they would call a meeting for that purpose. 00 After some discussion the report was adopted, and the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. st A soirje was held last night in the Town-hall, to Manchester, to commemorate the dissolution of the Man. le to : cheater (Ision and Emancipation Society. An address wee Bk. delivered by Professor Goldwin Smith. At the opening of the French Chambers yesterday e t a the Princess of Hohenzollern set at the right of the Empress, Si. and the Princess Mathilde at the left, the Prince of Hohen zollern standing behind. Her Majesty was dressed with great simplicity, in a mauve silk dress, and white lace bonnet. The recent anxiety with regard to the Royal Mail steamer Rhone, which sailed for Brazil from South ampton on the 9th WA, and the high rates of insurance paid upon her, appear to have solely resulted from tele graphic mischance or carelessness. The vessel duly touched at Lisbon on the 14th, whence the agent of the company at once sent a telegram to that afoot, which hes never been received. It was only in reply to a telegram sent from this side, inquiring the cause of the absence of news, that the company ware informed on the 20th that the vessel had arrived and sailed again on the 14th. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel has junk addressed a letter tome of the Roman catholic mem bers of parliament, in which, referring to the suggested endowment of his church, he affirms his determination to support the voluntary system end that alone. He would, he says, oppose any measure that would make the Roman catholic bishops and priests in Ireland stipendiaries of the state in any degree whatever. Dr. Leahy states his belief that by this declaration he expresses the sentiments of the bishops and priests of his ohnrch in Ireland. A meeting was convoked for Sunday by a certain number of men of letters in the large rooms of Lomardelay, Roe Richelieu, Paris, in order to devise measures for the establishment of a literary rents, or reeding-room. As the roosting was to consist of more than 20 persons, the per &ego° of the Prefect of Police was, of course, indis pensable. The prefect was applied to, but peremptorily refused his permission, so that the meeting cannot take place. The object of the promoters was to provide a common place of meeting for men of letters, and not for any political object. Letters from Antwerp announce that considerable agitation prevails in that town. The government engineers persist in their intention of cutting a deep trench, required for the fortifications, right through a cemetery, which will necessitate the removal of the persons interred there. The inhabitants are extremely adverse to this measure, and have declared that if the engineers persist they will repel force . . by force. As there are 11,000 men in garrison at Antwerp, such resistance would have no chance of success, but it is easy to conceive that the alternative of calling out the military is very repugnant to the King. The Abbe Liszt, having forwarded, as has been stated, a sum of 20,000 fr. to the Pope as a contribution to Peter's Pence, has just received the following letter from Cardinal Antooelli, written by order of his Helium : "Accorchug to the desire expressed by you, I have placed at the feet of our Holy Father the generous offering you have kindly addressed to us on the occasion of the unfor tunate circumstances by which the state is at the present moment afflicted. The Holy Father has been greatly touched by the feelings of respect and affection you express towards the august chief of our holy religion, and has I deigned to accept with his ordinary kindness your generous I offering, as a mark of your devotedness to the Holy Bee. He accords to you his apostolic benediction on this °amnion." MELLNCHOLY ACCIDENT. THREE PERSONS DEOWNED.—Between 1 and 2 o'clock on Sunday last, Thos. Dudman and his son, a hot about six or seven yean of age, Edward Howick, Joseph Whittington, and Robert Ayling. a lad, were in a small boat, in the Ripe, which runs into the sea between Bognor and Felpham, and when near East over-bridge, they ran the boat against the bank for the pur pose of putting Howiek and Whittiegton ashore, some of them standing ap at the time, when one stumbled on one aide causing the boat to capsize, sad we are sorry to say that Cadman and his eon and Whittington were drownet Howick sad the lad Ayliag swan chore.—Sussex Acker. tint% I Pi. I Ranwers. all Atlantic& Bt. Lawrence. LBO Bora.lkw. tt C. O Do. F than all &Mao & Lake anion ill Do. Proferanoo IMO Bad., Brant,d Goderich 6 p6r cent. 1872-3-6 . 100 OOL&B.Eutern&p.a. g. 100 Ow, T. et Doak ep. o. all Deinorara,Tp.o.pwaprol 100 But Blopl ru. 6 do 100 Bast Indian gu. 11 do 100 Wand Trunk ot vanada all Do. . 8.,6 all Do. 114fiqn1p prat Bonds.i;•.ct W Do. do. deterred alt Do. Ind prat Bonds I all Do. do. deterred all Do lad mot. Mock all Do. do. deterred an nu. Kb t. ilteel• • • all Do. d o. Warn& 100 Groat Indian Penland. I 16 Do. iraa. 6 per cant 6 Do. New do 100 Gt. B. of Indla a. 6p. et 100 Do 6I per mat - 8 150 - all Pl. Wade= of Canada 18 Do. New .... all D0.ep.0.1k4 pay.l46 all Do 6; do. do. 16TT4 I Indian &won, Walla 100 Madras gnu. 6 D. cont. /100 Aio. du. q d 0... 100 Go. fia do 5 D Do. o. TIME Intension I MO Kalb. Corp. 6 per c. Ed all Math. and Hobsoria 800 .. Do. 6p. ct, pay. 18801 .. Do. Ip. c 6., pay . 1011, MO N.1.0fCin.6p.0.1atp. 13 .: 100 binds, sus. 6 par cent.' tel Do. Dana d 0... ..1 I Do. do. d0.......1 100 . Do. Panjano do. so DO. War acrid. ii,:. 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B 3 CI a zd zd 621 id ORDINARY SHARE, AND STOCK& 127 12,J 144 145 ' 6ool''' 000i . ..J 1,000.. i. 5001.. No. I Sb. Weie 4 I kOOO ksoo; t I,oti ! .612' 4.14 e 4000 .. 6.000' 4;000 1,90 C .. 6,000; 12,500i iti 4,000 , 11,000, .. 6,9091 6,000 1 1.024 1 .. 4000 9,0001 .. 90,0001 44.17001 • 6,0.0 4 6,640 1 .. coool 1.140 612. 4134; 99) 1 .. 8,0001 .. 142001 6,000 .. 1,0241 .. 9,000. 400, 61r, .. 619' .. 1,00.41 1,0001 .. No. I Sh. I - 157,0V0 105. los. la,reilo 1502°13 6661 12.!1?(A 13 . ,a661 60,000 20,00fi 63,000, 15,000! ios:e1!I moool Lsoi,ioaol (i:1!!.1 ioo,oool 50.000. 10,0001 10,000' 14.0001 5,0001 0.010, 691 i 89 101 361 —r3foney 12 31 61 IA I for 9 4 621 1851 41 61 71 as n 11. - pm 721 S 104 37k7 -. 741 I 1001 30101} IC i 101 f I lii 105 23 s 4 46 47 ir 49 ld 17 80 . i 2: 911 96 a a a a 79 81 78 80 101 103 is 106 114 HI 101 103 90 92 101 1021 106 108 103 104 103 105 103 106 104 106 99 101 03 96 92 94 671 199 100 102 100 IR 94 97 99 99e 196 146 105 106 10. Wan I 8f 9; 18 20 570_199. 18 11 20 7 . Bid 4 6 34 4 S a _4. it It 3; 4 82 si if -.-. 40 62 6 6i 6 7 4 4i Si 40 r is ii 1' I; El 99 400 426 2 2i 15 22 8 10 19 20 4 6 1 2 8 10 79 b 2 156 196 90 96 25 27) 3 45 . VO nO 164 171 pno•L 111. 1 P ll 4 11 4 51 01dis 21 21/mat 19 21 2 4 ens 11K 9 , 11414 .pm 11_ 29... I_s par I i— sl iloa 1161 100 105 k 11.0 11.14 : 4 St t 14.0 3.3.6 3.9.0 LOUT.° 147..84 I so 0.u.0 81. 10.. 6.10.6 1 13,17.6 s.to.e 1.13.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.2.0 18.18.0 66.154 zd 15.5411.0 46 7 AMXRIOA. (airummes 711201•11). ARRIVAL OF THZ CITY OF LONDON. (Via Boobs. Paint.) NEW YORK, Jan. 13, Nomura. The diplomatic correspondence laid before Coe- l grass includes an intercepted letter from Captain 1 Marry to Mr. Benjamin Wood, which says "The South is connected with the Gwynn enter prnie. Napoleon will give him all the aid he desires. Ho u ill go out as director-genes al ' in charge of a very peculiar kind of colonisation." In July Mr. Seward enclosed the intercepted cor respondence to Mr. Bigelow, and requested him to present it to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and to inform him that any favour shown by Maxi milian or the French government to the Gwynn, or any other Confederate colonization agents, would tend to increase in America the popular impatience at French intervention, because it will be regarded as imparting dangers to, or. at least, as a menace, against the United States. If these statements are to be believed, Mr. Seward as sumes, with the President's sanction, that the Euipaor Napoleon has deserted his position of neutrality. _ _ On the 14th December last Mr. Seward writes to Mr. Bigelow :—" Your despatch of Nov. 24 seems to discourage on our part expectatio ns of an early withdrawal of the French from Mexico. It must be remembered, however, that the opinions on that subject which you received from M. Drouyn de Lhuys were expressed not only without the Emperor's positive sanction, but also in the absence of any knowledge on the part of the French government of the definite conclusion of the President on the subject discussed. It is desirable to leave no part of those opinions open to mis apprehension. It is signally desirable that we shall be authorised to infer that such expositions of imperial views as are given to us in the name of the French government are made with the Emperor's approval." Lirti b o o L7e . mg to that extent the inmeciatiess of in their lest report. It is proposed, with the the shareholders, to declare interest ote the paid-up capital of the company at the rate of six pee mat. for the past year free of insane tax, which can mime 3,0051. 3s. 4d. ; a resolution to that effect will be submitted. In conformity with the provisions of the articles of amosiatios, two of the present directors, Ur. Abel Chapman, and Hr. Thomas Hood fleodereon, retire by rotation, and being eligible for re.olitetion,_offer themselves o nWI v. The retiring anditom, Mr. W. Oasb and Mr. H. T. Edwards. being bible, offer themselves for tioeleetion. Au extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Soci6t4 Agricolei et Industrielle d'Egypte will be held on the 20th February, at Alexandria. We are officially informed that "the Loudon Bank of Mexico and South America (Limited) have received the half-yearly 3 per cent. dividend. and 3 per cent. amortization fund, amounting to the sum of 7,9961. its. 2d. for account of the holders in this country of their certificates of the British Convention Debt of Mexico of 1851." A private telegram, direct from Point de Galle, received in London yesterday, states -as fol lows :—" Latest dates from Chnia : Hong Kong, ISt January, 1866 ; Shanghai, 26th December, 1867. ; Foo Chow Foo, 26th December, 1866. Ex port of tea for the fortnight 7,000,00011 x. Very good demand. Exchange in Hong Kong, 4s. 7d. Quiet." MONDAY Evzumfo. Consols, which closed on Saturday at 81 " buyers," for the Bth February, opened and closed to-day at 87* to I. For money the last price was 86/ to 87. The official business report is as fol lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 87, 6* ; ditto, for account, 87* ; Three per Ceuta. Reduced, 861, 7 ; New Three per Cents., 87, 6*, 7 ; Bank Stock, 247; India Stock, 208 ; ditto Five per Cent., 102*, I ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper, 108 ; ditto Four per Cent. Bonds, 15e. prem. Indian government securities were steady. Ex chequer Bills were unaltered, at ss. to Is. die. The foreign stock market continues heavy, and the general course of prima to-day was again un favourable. Mexican Bonds were especially de pressed, and fell * per cent., owing to the news just received from New York. Greek declined ; Spanish Certificates, * ; and Spanish Passive, Brazilian Scrip, and Turkish of 1862 and 1865, to 1. On the other hand, Italian of 1863 improved 1 per cent., and Italian of 1861, ff. The scrip of the new Egyptian Government De benture Railways Loan opened this morning at * to 1* prem., and had declined at the close to * to prem. The list was closed at 12 o'clock to-day for London and the country, and will be closed to morrow for the continent. The shares of the financial companies were heavy, and a decline of Se. took place in London Financial and Credit Foncier and Mobilier. International Financial and Imperial Mercantile were slightly lower. The last prices were as follows :—lnter national Financial, is to prem.; General Credit, 1* to 2 prem. ; London Financial, 3i to f prem. ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, 2* to f prem. ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier, 31 to A prem. MINES.-(THIS DAL) Oxs o'Osoorl There is little demand to-day for iritish mining securities, and prices generally show no variation. Wheal Seton shares are now quoted 225 to 230 ; East Caradon, 7to 4 Cliff or d Amalgamated, 184 to 19 ; East Grenville, 3 to 3 ; South Frances, 21 to 23 ; \Vest Caradon, 9 to 10 ; and Chiverton Moor, 6 to 4. The Master of the Rolls, on the 13th instant, ordered the St. Cuthbert Lead Smelting Company (Limited) to be wound up. The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining Company (Limited) have received, per Estra madure, the following report, dated Morro Velbo, Dec. 16 :—Produce for November, 42,427 oitavas; fr0m4,776 tons stone; yield 8,419 oitavas ; cost for November, 10,217/. • profit for November, 6,134/. produce, 11 days of December, 17,095 °haves yield, 11,717 (Mayas per ton. The Duu Palau North del Key Bold Mining Company have received advicea from Captain Thomas Treloar, who reports that "the produce for November amounted to 2,504 oitavas of gold." COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTONS CORN MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) SLItCIIIO AND INTARNATIONAL TILIGNAPH.) (FROM our, OWN CODILERVJNDIENT.) GoTroN.—The market rather quiet. Salo about 6,000 bales. CORN.—The market moderately attended. Wheat rather quiet. Flour dull. Indian corn hat; mired, 295. to 295. 6d. Galatz, 31a. to 335. Oats and oatmeal unaltered. Beans quiet. MINCING-LANE.—(TIIIS DAY.) SUGAU.—Tbe market hu opened heavily, and beyond British West India the sales are not important, including 250 bags of brown Bahia at file., and a few lots of filauntiu. Refined is more steady, there being au improved demand. COPPIE.—The market is finn for all colonial descriptions, there being buyers, but few sellers, at last week's currency. COCOA.—Tee demand is very active. About 1,000 bags sold since the last public sales, at rising prices. TNA. — Tbe market remains quiet. Rum AND SALTPETILL—No este& reported. HILL-1,000 bags of old Necranzio sold for cash at lbs. bd. GINGER. —SOO bags of Bengal sold at the full price of 2Ge. ' CorroN.—The market is steady, but quiet, at the pre vious currency. Tinnevelly sold at 160. to 17;d. for fully fair to fully good far; Bengal middling to fully good fair, Md. to 130. TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market is quiet. Town tallow is quoted 465. 9d. ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 475. Gd. ; April to June, 485.; March, 48s. ; October to Deoember, 495. to 49e. 3d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade at last day's prices. Prime clover, from 12 - Is. to 1375. 6d. ; iofertor ditto, 100 s. to 115 s. ; prime hay, 100 s. to 110 s. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 9.55. ; straw, 3iis. to 42a. MR. G. V. BROOKE.—OUT readers will be re. joiced to learn that there is reason to believe that this distinguished tragedian is not amongst the number of thole who perished in the steamer London. Rel.tives of Mr. Brooke, who reside in the neighbourhood of Belfast, state that he was too late in applying for berths in the ill•fated steamer, and at once started for Australis by the over. land reute.—Belfast News• Letter. A PARTY SNOWED•UP.—On Thursday week (tLe morning of Forwood's execution) several vehicles left Fr versharn for Maidstone. One, containing a party of four, commenced its retarn journey about 4 o'clock, and on ap. praehicg Stookbury stuck fast in the road at a spot where the snow which had fallen during the day and the previous night had accumulated to the depth of fire or six feet. Seven other vehicles were also stopped by the snow near the same place. The horses were extricated, hut the carriages had to be left and dog out the following day.— South Eastern Gazette. AN OYSTER BED APPRAY.--BLIGO, .TAN. 20.-- Yesterday 30 men, with six boat', with apparatus for dredging and armed. proceeded from Dooan'a Island and Strand-hill to the Linda oyster beds, the al. leged property of Sir Robert Gore Booth, M.P , for the purpose of taking oysters. Some days previous Mr. James Martin. the steward of Sir Robert, had 18 or 20 boats manned with about 100 men, armed with edge knives, icc., to receive them. As soon as the " pirates" were observed rounding the Rock Light the opposing party, with Mr. Martin and Jones C. Henry at their head,proceeded from the shore to meet them. The " pirates," not being the least daunted, entered the dredging grounds and commenced operations, when &desperate fight ensued. Several people oE the surrounding neighbourhood were collected on the shore to witness the segagement. The fight continued for upwards of en hour. Several of the combatants having bean wounded that not with the firearms, as they were not brought into requisition ) the pirates being overpowered by an overwhelming force, finally made a retreat, leaving one boat and five of the crew in the hands of the conquerors, who brought them prisoners to the preemies of Sir (). Booth. Sir Robert spoke to them calmly on the wrong' anti injuries they had daily committed by trespaasing on his property. The names of the persona captured are—Hugh Peony, Pat Few, J. Ward, J. Burns, sad Pat Banks, and spinet whom informations were sworn before Charles Gore Jones, Esq., J.P. of Rotighley. who eocianitted them to jail until they should find bail to appear at petty . sessions at Grange. Subsequently warrants were issued on informs , dons for illegal dredging at the same place, against James Farrell, Bryan Finnegan, Darby Leyden, Thomas Costello, and Pat Gomm& AU the parties have been brought to I Sligo, and lodged in the county jail —lrish Times. MONEY ILIRKET.-(THIS DAY. Ora o'Ozoos. The stock markets are slightly firmer to-d►y, owing chiefly to the satisfactory tone of the Speech just delivered by the Emperor of the French. The transactions, nevertheless, continue limited, and prices generally have not varied. Consols exhibit a rise of per cent. for the aeoount. There ' is also a slight recovery in some foreign bonds, but English railways and banking and financial shares are mostly without variation. Great Eastern Rail way stock, however, has further receded. The demand for money continues moderate, and the supply large. The rate for the beat three mouths' paper is i to 7} per cent., or to below that at the Bank of England. _ . Consols are now quoted 86; to 87 for money, and 871 to j for the account (February 8). The foreign stock market is rather firmer, and a slight recovery, ranging from /to per cent. has occurred in Spanish Certificates, Brazilian scrip, and Mexican. Italian Bonds of 1861 have receded 1. Some of the present quotations are subjoined, viz. : Greek, 14 to 14 ; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 391 to 1, ex div. ; Spanish Passive, 25j to a ; ditto Certi fi cates, 14 to ; ; Brazilian scrip, ato prem. ; and Mexican, 211 to j, ex div. The scrip of the new Egyptian Railway Loan is steady, at I to iR pitaus. American securities are steady. 5-20 bonds are now quoted 661 to j ; Erie Railway shares, 57j to ; ; and Illinois Central, 751 to 76. The Ben Lomond has arrived from Port Phillip with 36,000/. in gold. International Financial shares are now quol to prem. ; General Credit, 11 f to 2 prem. ; London Financial, 3g to g prem. ; Imperial Mer cantile, 21 to prem. ; Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 311 to prem., ex all, being lower ; Overeni, Gurney, and Company, hto prem. The shares of the English and American Bank are now quoted 1 to If prem. ; London Steam Towing, I} to 2 prem. ; and Charles Laffitte and Co., 21 to prem. HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK. Consols are quoted 861 to 87 for money, and 871 to It for the account, being k per cent. lower in the latter instance compared with the price current at 1 o'clock. No bullion operations have occurred at the Bank. . . Vv It has often been remarked before that, though the prices of public securities may be supported with considerable.steadiness in face of even a sudden rise in the value of money, the maintenance of that value at a high point for weeks together discourages holders, and causes stock to fall from their hands. All experience proves, however, that that is just the time when the bond Ale buyer has the best chance of investing on advantageous terms. The new rules of the Committee of the Stock Exchange were confirmed yesterday, with a few slight alterations, which do not affect their general sense. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Thursday, the 25th instant, a special settling day in the shares of the following companies :—Gale's Protected Gunpowder (Limited), to be marked in the twice-a-week list. Accidental and Marine Insurance Corporation (Limited), not to be marked. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 1,1691. over the corresponding week of last year, and the South Eastern an in crease of 1551. At the meeting yesterday of the London Financial Association (Limited), the chairman mentioned that the advance to a tirm of railway contractors (Messrs. Watson, Overend, and Co.), whose diffi culties have already been referred to, amounted to 402,0001., but the whole is amply covered by securities. Several shareholders complained of , the reduction in the dividend from 15 to 10 per cent. per annum, urging that the difference ought to have been made up from the reserve fund. The directors' report, however, was ultimately adopted. The meeting of the Consolidated Discount Com pany (Limited) took place yesterday. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, expressed his regret that the accounts are not more satisfactory, but reminded the shareholders that a profit of 8,0001. has been made during the pant six months, although it has been used to cover losses previously ' incurred. The company are unable on the present occasion to pay a dividend, yet be has every reason to hope that the future results will be more favour able. It is notified that an extraordi nar y meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Egypt will be held immediately after the annual meeting on the 2nd of February, when "the directors will submit a resolution authorising the increase of the capital of the company by the issue of five thousand new shares of the nominal value of 251. each, and pro viding for the terms of issue, and for the allotment and disposal of such new shares." The following is the report of the directors of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Company (Limited), to be presented at the second annual meet ing on the sth of February : In submitting the annexed statement of amount" apper. taming to the operations of this rompaey daring the year 1865, the directors an enabled toreport to the shareholders the steady sad satisfactory program of their undertaking. By rderenee to the balance-sheet now presented it will be observed, that not only the premiums realised , but also the balance of revenue, after deducting all carnet contingen cies, are etesiderably in exam of the Ism items for the ;' I " I, j I • • 1 I B i ; I I ' 0 I I ri