The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-12 00:00:00

TILE FENIAN RISING. i ,,, , r,,politan police force at Dublin are „ • 1., armed with Snider rifles. ; ;mil schoolmaster was brought up at -terday for attempting to climb the walls %I ,•,,: joy Prison, and a young gentleman named , • • •, rta., :wrested last night at Portobello •,. he had loaded pist. , l and ammunition, .l.;•leton kcy that opened one of the gates. t,;;s accepted ft •t. his appearance to-day. h. Lord Motor of Dublin has decided to bring for ditua4cs against the proprietors of Mo,/ for the libellous letter signed ,i,curry.- ciilumns have been organised to scour .:•-!.til.ed parts of Tipperary, Cork, and Water- rite t.!..mbers of the Fenian council arrested in Saturday night have been committed the ,h3r.;,• ..f high treason. 1...r.1 N. iii i‘situAl a circular to the magia it, , i:, ;1.364i of the necessity of swearing .N.ci.d constables, specifying their number, :out I..wcrs. i—rt. all parts of the country are gels , The Fenians are disappearing, but the preparations continue vigorous. Qu., Louth, and Meath have been CORK, MoNDAY SiGHT. insurrection is abating in Limerick, Tippe t r and Clare. At a Fenian council held in the there was considerable recrimination be n th,• leaders and the men, many of the latter The column sent to the Galtees yester .r. has not yet returned. TOE III: tITH Or TIM ROYAL NAVY. —This morn a.,, published, fur the information of parliament, ,tiotical abstract of the health of the royal navy • taco the lit July. 1841, and the :10th June, The view given of the health of the navy for the ,i,ol r, Ferrol to is very favourable. In the ratio of CAMS wed njom the sick hot there was a trilling increase as ~.parcel with tic previous twelve mouths; but the ratios inv:,ll,ling and of mortality were the lowest which bad ~,,irre.l,luring a period of ten years. In the armour-clad the ratio of cases was lower than in say clan of seagoing vessels, with the exception f the secondrates. The ratio of invaliding was also low, I the only class of veosel in which the death rate was 1,, It.s the tint-rate, of which only one wax in coi n-1,-,on. The only iron clad vessel, indeed, in which ac ta. .li., :Ise prevailed to any extent was the Royal Oak. hi the Litter, fever of a specific type and urgent character appears to have been contracted at Malta, but at the date of the caidusion of the report the vessel was in a satia factory condition. The Nord contains accounts of a terrible rail way accident near the Nikitino station on the Moscow line. In turning a short curve a part of the train ran off thy :Ails, and eight carriages were precipitated down an embankment till feet high. About persons were killed, and more than lOU received serious injuries. The Emperor of Austria has just re-established the Polish language for the study of law at Lemberg. All Me examination,' will be made in the same language. The telegram announcing this new imperial concession was re ceived with great rejoicing. -„ - ADMIAmIoN INTO CLUBS.—CIub-land is just now much troubled and full of desultory turmoil, by reason of the number of candidates for admission who are unable to take their way within its charmed osmium The pree mie from without and the resistance from within are much more vehement than those of the unenfranchised who wish for the suffrage, and the now privileged minority who besitatr as to the degree in which they would extend it. The Carlton was chock full long ego, and a Junior Carlton is already be ginning to rise opposite the old one. To gain admis sion to the Athenaeum you must spend half a lifetime in the state of probation. The Travellers is practically inan e... Ode, partly owing to the fastidiousness of those who have the power to admit, but partly, also, to the lhysimil impossibility of affording room to more than a imited number within circnniscribed precincts. Brooks 'e maintains with Whig dignity its inflexible limitation to 5010, which excludes of necessity scores of peers and com moners of undeniable eligibility, but which precludes the annoyance and vexation caused in less exclusive quarters by the putting up of numerous names for ballot practise, with the inevitable results in wounded and missing. There was last week a batfue at the Reform. Six gentle men out of eight were what is called "peppered," an equal number having been blackballed the week before, and this for no other reason that can be intelli gibly assigned than that the house is already too full, and that the beleaguered garrison do not choose to share the necessaries and comforts of life with strangers, how ever iodividually likeable. Not very long ago the present Duke of was refused admission to the Garrick : and the other day the lion. was blackballed at White's though proposed by the Prince of Wales. Instances might be multiplied of well-known members of the world of politics and fashion who have been similarly treated. — correspondent of Mane/,ester Guardian. A FATRIARcItaL LORD CHANCELLOR.—The Chancellor has sufficiently recovered to be able to put his signature to the necessary documents. From a gentleman by the admission of his friends in his 86th, and by the estimate of the public in his 87th year, it would hardly be fair, even in an emergency like the present, to expect mach more. Every one will rejoice at Mr. Black baree's restoration to the full measure of that health which, in his patriarchal age, his warmest friend can wish him. But no true friend of the Chancellor, much less of the government, can desire his longer con tinuance in a position which would task the faculties and endurance of a much younger man. In extreme old age, the unnatural struggle to maintain himself in such a posi tion is on every account to be deplored. A few patriar chal tuen have been found, from time to time capable, at nearly Mr. Elockburne's years, of making an occasional epeteli with a certain vigour and effect. These men were prodigies. But no one pretends that Mr. lllackburne is elipernatund, and no one will question the dignity, red sense, and propriety of the resolution which everybody anticipate & The critical exigencies of the public service invite the immediate retirement which Mr. Blackburn Probably conteuipletes.—lhiblin detain!, Vail. As: iNCIDENT OF THE FENIAN INISURBECTION.— The special correspondent of the Times in Ireland writes : One of the incidents of the insurrection was the cap ture of the police barrack at inliallyknockae, about six miles south of Mallow. This feat of arms supposed to love been achieved by a party of insurgents from Cork. There were Ave policemen in the barrack, and when sum moned to surrender they refused. A volley was at once fired at the window'', and they replied by shooting one man through the &boulder. Upon this the insurgents dis appeared from the front of the house ; for, though called barracks, these police-stations are nothing more than small houses, often with scant accommodation. Unfortunately there were no windows at the rear, and the policemen could not, therefore, defend the back door. This the insurgents battered in, and then, piling up wood at the foot of the stairs, set fire to the heap and with drew. 'We were prepared to have held the staircase against the whole of them,' said one of the constables in demnbing the scene to me, ' and we bad no idea that they wer e going to burn us out.' There was a woman in the barrack at this time, and the police asked the Fenians to let her come out. At first they refused unless the police oeuld give up their arms, but ultimately she was allowed to come out. The Ave constables re mained in the barrack seine time longer, until the staircase was burnt away and the smoke became stifling. They would undoubtedly have perished in the flames had sot the parish pri e st, the Rev. Mr. Novell, prevailed upon the people outside to bring a ladder and place it at one of the windows. Down this ladder the policemen came carrying their rifles, which were snatched from them be:. fere they reached the ground. Two or three shots were fired at them as they descended, and one shot grazed the cheek of oneof the party. carryingaway the strap of his cap. When they had been 'beamed and robbed of belts and equip ments, sa n e of their captors proposed to shoot them, and there was much dispute over this proposal. Two men, who looked like Irish-Americans, addressed the crowd, and said the police had only done their duty in resisting the attack, that if they were shot the people would be hung, and that the better plan would be to let them go. Th.-se counsels prevailed. but before the constables were allowed to go every effort was made to induce them to Join the army of the Irish Republic. The promise of commiseione, good pay, and other advantages had, how ever, no effect, and ultimately the policemen were allowed to g, J , away unscathed. The insurgents afterwards en camped on a place called Bottle-hill, near hero, but exe cuted a strategic nioveineut on the other side of the hill with such rapidity when a few troops came in sight that only three of the number were taken. Seeing that one .4 the attacking party had been wounded at the barrack, there was a certain generosity in their release of live policemen. And when severe measures are urged against mere insurgents it must be remembered to their credit that, from wh atever motive, they have been merciful when mercy was hardly to be expected from them, and have forborne plunder and outrage in the country dis tricts they have traversed." LAW INTELLIGNIpB, (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN HE COWF.N. ........ The debtor in this case was a master mariner, of Cliff .psrade, Southend. He had executed a deed pro silini~• for payment of a composition of 2e. tid. in the pound, by two instalments, within two months of regis tration. The deed was registered on the 18th of Septem ber last, under the 192nd section of the ►ct of 1861, and application was recently made on behalf of Mr. Foster, a Ittownting creditor, for ;leave to issue execution notwith standing the registration of the deed. Mr. freed appeared in support of the application, which was resisted by Mr. R. Griffiths, on behalf of the debtor. Mr. l'ommissioner Winslow having taken time to con shier, now gave judgment. He said that Cowen, by the list of creditors filed by him with the deed, stated that be owed 1,121 W., the composition on which would amount to 1401., but in reality his debts were 1,054/. only, as the cl • of some of the creditors were increased by sums amounting to ;W. fia. 4.1 , for interest, and an old debt of 4/. 10/., from which the debtor had been released under a former bankruptcy, and which could not form part of the majority in value necessary to make the deed binding upon Mr. Foster. Amongst the assenting creditors was a Mr. Trounce, who lent Cowen 1701. to enable him to purchase some furniture, and Mr. Wright, who sold him furniture to the value of 120/. Mr. Andr e w Rees was also inserted as an assenting creditor for 35/. in respect of a gold chronometer supplied to the debtor ' and a Mr. Green for Si. in respect of a revolver. The furniture, which thus cost 290/., the chronometer, and the revolver were at the date of the deed and still remained the property of and in the possession of Cowcn he had in addition a boat which was worth about 10/., and a ship called the Helena, which he had purchased from Mr. Foster, but not ' paid for. On the 28th September, being ten days after the registration of the deed, Cowcn sold the Helena for 300/., of which he received 120/. in cash and 1801. in bills of exchange. By the terms of the deed Cowen obtained a release from all his debts, and retained the bills of ex. change, and the furniture and other property, which had cost him 330/. There was nothing in the evidence to show that the property was not still worth the whole amount which Cowen paid for it, and if so he could have paid an additional Its. or more in the pound; it was quite clear that he could have paid a much larger composition, or if there hail been an assignment of his estate the creditors would have received much wore than 2s.'lid. in the pound, for it was evident he, the debtor, would never have sold the Helena for bills of /exchange which he considered bad, and they alone would have paid Is. in the pound. Under those circumstances Mr. Foster asked leave to issue execu tion on three grounds, the last being the important one that the deed was not reasonable, the un reasonableness being disclosed by the facts stateft. The question was whether a dissenting creditor ought to be bound by a deed which dealt with the debtor's estate in the way described. If there was sub- atantial inequality upon the face of the deed, it would be unreasonable, but there was none, and he would rather base his decision upon the ground that as regarded the debtor it was a fraud, and as regarded the assenting credi tors, if their conduct did not amount to fraud, it consti tuted such gross negligence as was equivalent to fraud, and that Mr. Foster ought not to be bound. It was quite clear the deed was prepared expressly to defeat Mr. Foster, and if the debtor had fairly surrendered all his property the law allowed a deed for such a pur poee to be sustained, but it could never be intended that one creditor could deprive another of his fair share of a debtor's property. He should therefore hold upon the authority of " Re Clunie, 10 L T., 1863," that Mr. Foster was entitled to issue execution, and the application would be granted with costa against the debtor. Upon the application of Mr. Griffiths the issue of the order was stayed fur ten days with the view to an appeal. THE POLICE COURTS. (THII3 DAY.) BOW-STREET. AN EXHIBITION 0? STRENGTH. Jolde Doris, alias Gans Gandy, was placed at the bar charged with creating a disturbance at the Coach and Horses Tavern, in the Strand, smashing a sheet of piste glass value tof., and assaulting the landlord and eight po licemen. The prisoner, who is a moat eccentric peraon, has fee. quently been charged at this court with violent and dis orderly conduct, and had only just been liberated from prison after seven days' imprisonment. On the last occa sion he had thrown himself under the wheels of a Han son. cab, and the driver had with great difficulty stopped the vehicle in time to avoid passing over him. On the present occasion he was nearly naked, having nothing on but a pair of trousers, and, more off than on, an indis eribable heap of tatters which he said was his shirt, and the tearing of which be bitterly couiplained of. Its ragged condition exhibited most conspicuously the remarkable development of his brawny muscles. During the whole time be was in the dock he amused him self by bowing alternately to the magistrate, the clerk, and other persons in court, occasionally muttering complaints about his torn shirt, and vows of future sobriety. Mr. Nicholls, the landlord of the Coach and Horses, stated that about 7 o'clock last evening, the prisoner came to the bar of the house, and throwing down • penny de manded half a pint of beer. Witness refused to serve him, when he swore a terrible oath that he would have it and made such • disturbance that Mr. Nicholls had to get over the counter to put him out. He resisted violently, and smashed a pane of glass in the window. When put out be made a rush at witness and struck him is the face. He then made • diversion by rushing into the road, seising a horse by the legs, lifting the animal to a rearing posture, and resting its chest upon his shoulders. He used a good deal of foul language, and when given in custody resisted so violently that it took eight constables an hour to get him to the station. This was corroborated by Bell, the beadle of St. Mary le-Strand, and by Policeman Hine, 169 F, whose hand he had severely bitten. The prisoner said (as he had said on former occasions) that he would take the pledge and never enter a public. house again. Mr. Flower said the prisoner had made that promise so often that little faith could be attached to it. He feared the prisoner used his strength very badly. The prisoner hoped his worship would deal leniently with him. Mr. Flower said this was not a case that he could deal with at all. The prisoner must be committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. .BWALLOWDIO COUNTIMT.IT COIN. &mud ari.i4l.l - cf.V.;:ii&T.l7t:.;;;;nhar g ed before Mr. Tyrvrhitt with uttering • counterfeit form at the Ship Tavern, Upper Marylebone-strcet, with intent to defraud Mr. Vickery, the landlord. G. White, • barman in Mr. Vickery's employ, said that the prisoners came into his employer's house and called for some drink, and tendered • counterfeit dorm in pay ment. He then sent for • constable, and gave the prisoners into custody. Hugh Tabrer,l43 D, said that while taking the prisoners across Bedford-square on the way to the station he saw the male prisoner attempt to swallow something. He seized his throat and called for assistance, but the pri soner succeeded in swallowing what he had put in his mouth. James °gland, 746 A, said that on going to the last writ ness's assistance he saw the male prisoner trying to swallow something, and whilst searching him at the station he said, " You can have all the soft stuff (bad money) I have outside of me ; all I bad I have now got inside of me " (meaning that he had swallowed it). The prisoner also said, " I can swallow the biggest souper (watch) that you or any other man ever saw." He found a bad shilling upon him. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the police stated that they did not think the female prisoner was connected with the male prisoner. M`Shay said that he met the woman and merely asked her to have something to drink. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, bat consented to take bail for the woman. THE BROUGHAM DINING HALLS COMPANY.—To day this winding-trp matter (before reported in the Express) came on before Mr. Church, the chief clerk of the Muter the Rolls. Mr. Mayhew (Edwards and Mayhew) the mond tor to the liquidators, reported the call ordered of 4s. per share. There was about 1,700 i. in hand, and a further sum of 2,000/. was required, and was expected to be forth- ' coming. On the part of a creditor named Evans it was submitted whetherthe assets should not at oncebe divided. There was the property in Market-street, Paddington, to be realised. Mr. Mayhew said there were negotiations pending. The call had realised en amount, but the largest shareholder had been killed on the Matterhorn, and they expected to be paid by his estate, but as yet the money had not been paid. On the part of the creditor Evans • dividend was pressed. Mr. Mayhew said he believed there would be 20s. in the pound, and if the chief clerk thought pro r a dividend of 10s. in the pound could at once bed The chief clerk said any creditor could bring the matter before him, but at present he had no materials before him on which he could form en opinion. He accepted the report made by the liquidators. In this winding-up matter on a former occa sion a shareholder applied to be removed from the list as he was an " infant" when he took the shares. The question remained over. The Dining-hall in Fleet-street had been disposed of and the money realised for the creditors. THE EASTER VOLUNTEER REVIEW.—There now seems to be every probability that the Easter Monday Volunteer Review will be held this year at Dover. A. committee of volunteer officers have visited the site offered by the town, and it is understool that they will make a favourable report. The railway companies have acted in the most liberal spirit, ►nd there is no doubt the town will furnish the necessary guarantee. As the com mander-in-chief his given hie sanction to the garrison taking part in the review, in the event of Dover being se lected, the proceedings this year will possess an unusual amount of interest.—Maidstone Journal. ~l~f., t., he t tm.tr(rs Itatt;.:ed . the the but ho) 1.. luig snip r_ thing nd that a,irings. 'tit has ) I .st wuck vat deal Lc tho Prince y is lot Lt that that tho 1-'rkitch 1ip..11 W :15 tra case !,‘• wise whose maitre, 'atll44ie. e ill .1., icli c ii. Isilar in I,rstand t Inch aro tEllllll.llt cm if it t.•-•lsi Nip jng to hick the party in ,w that affairs in t: STONE. attended last even. use further erick Mur upying chair was me of the e CUM: of .lerick had g to make .•cling Dr. had been as coming n read the ;position. I .14 the fel nncing the tr. Living to be sub tine men of the gaol in. know these , who, it :ea by the the Lake nd having I hold Loge are also me to be hidden in on Living , if, as the is it likely away with 'eh- story! 41 Living hooks • one have been :ollect that I safely to (usually by I not ahem voted cons wards the .fd himself Anthropists who had I have only Kirk had rag written the alleged led account The search ut received Sir Rode. nccottut of lame story ,pted with. worst part low passed If it had me teleyrw g the ()No r this time. tcture to be president's one was to gstone h.L.I ul science la fellow of nal friend. e then pre. that the which Mr. the books hdtawn is tiairy to be e the end is said to thirty-five tea-room night ago• with, nor -Malt Tax express in hooky, his the "Ten s in direct t we make Mlle to the pea.ers has pis ooension hi Sunday +hot at the nan, in nil. ed for !mai he ahopmen wren 4 and lie kitchen, r. and at a by her to than three ort of fire ling to that ,t+, she maw Hobnea, 3init 'O a‘ ft e l r ' the injured Edwards despatched mune, aur a wound on it once that to a bed in fired, about room until e had shot vwder and before the with felo les, haying the Pn- Dn the body THE RPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 12) 1867. I I to I 3iireme. , AK LE. W. f., ---d.----. W. L l : ',l to 12, lf. D. 1 19. .------ - Nairn 3007 82 .N.E. 6 , N.E. she 'O.OB, 3 Aberdeen 3304 31, N.E. 4 N. ac —: • Leith UN 115 I.& 4 1 74.3. se —j 4 Ardrossan 29.98 32 E. 3, E. cb — I 4 Oreeneastk 29.94 34 E. 7 1 E. se —, 3 Vslentla 13.5034 N.N.W. j4' &W. to 9.24 3 Cape Clear 19.43 40 K. I 4 1 K. Or ,41.16 7 Liverpool— 19.86 35 K I 1 I LL so .0.05 1 Holyhead 110.77 35 3.14.3. I 6 &N.& se 0.02 7 Pe/mince 49.5648 8.3.. ,4 1 W. ofr 0.06 4 Brest 19.5348 N.N.E. I, 5 I &W. 1 fr 0.0 6 Lorlent 49.6150 E. I 4 8. i or 0.12 3 Rochefort D0.61 50 8.3. 4 8.3. lor 3.08 5 Plymouth 20.50 45 1 I. 7 & co 0.07 4 Weymouth 10.60 38 Y. 3 3.8.3. or 0.34 4 Portsmouth 23.71 371 N. 3 K. 'or 0.07 4 London 19.79 33 Z.N.Z. Yarmouth 29.34 35 L 4 Z.N.E. o' 2 Scarborough 19.92 35' LICK i 6 N.M. hs 0.02 5 shields 19.99 35' &E. 1 I N.K ea 6 Helder REMARKS. The pressure of the atmosphere it nearly the Name as it was yesterday morning in the south and west, but has Increased in the north and east. Temperature has decreased in Ireland and slightly 10 England. The winds are easterly, moderate to strong, the most marked exception being at Valentia, whence It is reported N.N.W., fresh. Rain has fallen in the ,oath of Eng land and of Ireland. Snow is reported from several stations in Scotland and England, and hail from Nairn and Scarborough. In 1884 14,142,000 letters passed between Eng land and Europe, 6,547,000 between England and China, India, and Australia, and 6,592,000 between England and the West Indies and the American continent. SHOCKING DEATH. -Yesterday Mr. A. Marlin, coroner for the borough of Windsor, held an inquest at the Lord Raglan Inn, Spits!, upon the body of William Free man, aged 34, • bandsman of the Royal Horse Guards, who was killed by • kick from a hone on Saturday morn ing. Charles Henry Bourne, a member of the Royal Horse Guards band, said he knew the deceased, who was a drummer. The accident happened on Saturday, the 9th inst., about a quarter past 9 o'clock. He had been to the mom* at the back of the riding school to exercise, and, while returning, dismounted for the purpose of taking the horses to the stables. They had proceeded about eight or ten yards after dianuronting, when the horse of the de ceased made a sudden bound. The deceased, who had hold of the reins, was turned completely round with his back to the horse, which immediately kicked out, one hoof going about a foot over the head of the deceased and the other hitting him on the back of the neck. Deetand staggered for • second, fell on his right side, and then turned over on his back. He was taken to the regimental hospital, but was dead when he arrived there. In answer to questions from the coroner, witness further said he be lieved the hone deceased was in charge of was a very bad one to lead. The horse did not belong to the deceased, as the band bad no horses, but they generally went every Saturday to receive lessons in riding. He did not think the deceased knew anything about the animal. Witness had since heard that it was a vicious horse, and had done damage to two or three other men. After some other wit nesses, including Riding-master Boswell, had been heard, and the medical testimony of the staff-assistant surgeon, Dr. Lloyd, had been taken, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." MACKEREL—During the past week from 40,000 to 50.000 mackerel were caught by the Cornish boats, a very large proportion of which supply was sent to London. Prices varied iron, 32a. to 38s. per tax score. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. (THIS DAI.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held at noon at the London Tavern, the Right lion. J. B. WORTLEY in the chair. The report, which has appeared in the Express, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, commenced by apologising for his absence from recent meetings, and intimating that the deputy-chairman, Sir Curtis Lampoon, would supply any deficiency on his part. He again congratulated the shareholders on the improved position of the company. Although he could not announce such a dividend as be hoped some day to announce, he could congratulate them on the state of the cables. Both cables were in better working order than when operations began, and tutted of only five or six words a minute there were fifteen and in some oases as many as twenty-five. (Cheers.) The average receipts were for some time at the rate of 8001. a day. The charge was then reduced by one half, namely, from 20?. to 101. for only 90 words. For some time after the receipts were 9001. a day ; they had now risen to an average of 1,000/. ; and on one day they were as much as 2,0001. (Cheers.) A further reduction of tariff was agitated for ; but meat weighty con siderations had made the directors hesitate. The directors were unanimous in favour of an ultimate reduction • but the receipts were at present sufficient to pay the Angl o Company the 125,000/.• year to which they were entitled, and further to pay Mr. Field's lines and still leave a margin, as he hoped, of thirty or forty thou sand • year ; and though be was in favour of a further reduction ultimately he hesitated to recommend that at pre sent because the temporary loss would fall on the ma The company war subject to a fraud arising from what was termed the system of packing. A number of ingenious gentlemen sent a message of twenty words which was so arranged as to convey more than one message. " How do you do r and other phrases were managed in such a dicey as to convey perhaps in some instances twenty messages instead of only one. A reduction of tariff might do away with that fraud. Alluding to the company's bill in parliament, the object of which was, he said, to enable them to raise additional capital for the development of the undertaking, he remarked that an intimation had been received that morning that the opposition had been withdrawn. He thought the share holders would act wisely in providing for the remuneration of the directors. For nine years his friend Sir C. Lamp oon and Mr. Le Breton had been assiduous in their attend ance; Captain Hamilton, Mr. Samuel Gurney, sad Mr. Field had also given valuable assistance for a shorter period . ; and when any profits were divisible they ought not to be left unremunerated. The valuable services of his friend Mr. Sevres', the secretary, also deserved a substantial recognition. Sir Ovens Damson (deputy chairman) said, since the completion of the cowpony's great work, the directen had bad more trouble than at any previous period of its history. The payment of 125,0001. • year, in order to secure the object, was now • heavy burden, and any in terruption on the other side was a serious diameragement. That interruption included 62 days out of 120. When the cable of 1864 was lost bonds to the extent of 100,000/. were issued. Had the cable of 1865 succeeded, they would not, of course, have re quired much additional assistance, and the shareholders I would now be receiving 30 per cent. A large portion of the bonds were now overdue, and they remained a charge on the estate. The Telegraph Construction Company attached the funds of the Atlantic Telegraph Company In the bands of the Anglo-American Company. Somaof the directors of the Construction Company, he believed, now regretted what was done, which of CORM in creased their difficulties. They had earned more by 10/. messages than by 201. ones ; and he was now of opinion that they would soon be able to earn more by sf. than by 101. messages. He then entered into details in support of this view. In the four weeks ending the 23rd of February the earnings of the company with 101. messages averaged 9754 per day, while in the 15 daya from the 24th of February to the 10th of March, though the wires were cut by the Fenian, the total earnings were 15,5391., making an average of I, . • day. (Cheers.) He believed that in two or three months they would be in • position to reduce to 5/. with advantage to the company. He then made an appeal to the shareholders to 'mist the directors in paying off bonds which were coming due, adding that that would in crease the amount which would be available for dividend next July, and that both the late and present attorney generals were of opinion that the bonds were prior as • security to what was payable to the Anglo-American Company. Mr. ROBERT Hears believed that the company would greatly benefit by further liberality. They had not yet arrived at anything like a maximum of business. In his opinion a modification of the tariff would lead to good results, and the name and address ought not to be charged for. That was the best mode of meeting the packing system. He concluded by moving, " That in the o pin ion of the shareholders of this company it is desirable that the minimum amount for a message should be reduced to M., the said message to include 10 words. exclusive of the address and the sender's name, which shall be free, provided they do nut exceed Ave words ; the tariff for all addi tional words to be as at present, 10s. per word." He added that he had no wish to move this u an amendment. Sir C. Laxpeote objected to this proposal on the ground that it was certain to interfere with the dividend in July, and hoped Mr. Heath would withdraw it. Colonel STRANGE hoped that some explanation would be given of the stoppage of the Newfoundland land lines. Mr. Comm Flew entered into explanations on this sub ject. Every delay had been charged to the Newfoundland lines, whereas in theworst months of the year—November, December, and January—they were only out of working order eight times, and once it war caused maliciously. There would soon be three independent lines from Heatt's Content to New York, and they would be made as perfect as money could make them. (Chews.) Mr. Hearn suggested, as one mode of avoiding frond by the packing system, that the address of the person to whom the message was sent should not be delivered ; it was quite sufficient if the message itself reached its destination. ' In reply to • question, Sir C. LAMPSON mid the average earnings per day from the commencement in July last were 102/. Ih reply to a further question, Captain HAMILTON (a director) stated that the interest of the moneys received by the Anglo-American Company was put to the credit of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The report having been adopted, the retiring directors were re•slectaL . . . . .. . Mr. HEAvit's proposal having been again brought for ward by that gentleman, and seconded by Mr. MORGAN, Sir C. LAMrmow again deprecated any immediate reduc tion, sod observed that the present rate of earnings would pay the 8 per cent. preference interest, and yield • dividend of 4 per cent per annum on the old shares. On the other hand, an immediate reduction to .5/. would involve, be believed, • loam of 2/. per week. (Hear, hear.) He added that be had been almost threa tened by the American prom for opposing a reduction in their favour. . . The CHAIRMAN expressed himself in favour of some speedy reduction in the case of the American press, so as to enable it to give, for example, daily a short summary of the proceedings in the English parliament over night. The suggestion of 11r. Heath as to the address appeared so him moat valuable. Mr. erns Flaw took the same view. He would make any concession that would bring more business and larger receipts. Captain HAMILTON (a director) believed that a reduction to .5/. would almost entirely do away with packing. Mr. HLATH'R resolution was ultimately withdrawn, the Chairman stating that the subject of it would receive the immediate attention of the board ; and the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. In the neighbourhood of Preebourg, in Hungary, • few days since, a woman was charged 11 ith being the receiver of stolen goods, which were found in the cellar of her house. She had been most of her life a Jewess, but about six months ago she was converted by a priest of the church of Rome. The date of birth ram in Hungary from the date of baptism. Therefore the woman, when on trial, made the ingenious plea that she was an infant not come to yeah of discretion, and could not legally be convicted. The intelligent tribunal, after serious °agitation, held her defence to be a good one, and acquitted her. The widow now finds herself to be in an excellent position. Being legally only six months old—though virtually over 40— she can use her years of indiscretion to thieve or commit other crimes without fear of legal consequences. __ . . SOUTHAMPTON, Maiten 12.—The New York and Bremen Steamship Company's steamer Baltic pawed the Needles at 12.16 p.m. to-day. THZ SrEwer.. CONIMISIIIONS.—The government have determined to issue immediately special commissions for the county and city of Dublin, and the counties of Limerick, Tipperary, and Cork. As there seems to be come confusion in the public mind with regard to the pre liminaries imperative in the case of prosecutions for high treason, we may remark that fifteen clear days' notice must be given by the judges in issuing the precept for the summoning of the juries, and that subsequently ten days' notice must be given to the prisoners arraigned, along with the names of the jurors, and a copy of the indictment. The prisoners must be tried singly. It may be also useful to remind the public that so j eal ous is thelaw of the safety of the subject in charges of the kind, that should evidence provable by a new witness be found, after the names of ' the witnesses have been handed to the prisoner , it could not be presented against HONE ?Rom blExteo.—Advices from Antwerp state that the Belgian troops on board the RhUne were landed on Saturday evening by means of three steamers, which went out to meet her. The grenadiers came in the first, their band playing the Brabanconne, and were received with immense acclamation. Then came the Pl "airy, and last the voltigems. The men, as they landed on the quay, were met by their mothers, wives, sisters, and sweethearts, and a long scene of embracing and con gratulation ensued. There was no official reception, but soon after the landing two detachments of the regular army, headed by their bind, arrived and escorted the new comae to the quarters prepared for them. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHELMSFORD MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) TRIAL STAKE. Three-quarters of a mile. Court Card, Dutch Admiral, Armadillo (sold for 1001. each), Trile, Mille. de Vendome, Musa, Isabel, Rebecca f, and Miss Sparrow (sold for 001.). All are here. TWO•YEAHDLD PLAT& Half a mile. Churchill, CAysicum, Glen Xorriataa, and Derry are here. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Half a mile. The Jealous One, Chantilly, Trifle, Constance, Northern Star, Alice Bray f, Turn-Out, Demonstration, and The Gentle Staphenl are here. CHELMER HANDICAP. One mile. Redan, Cadiz, Impostor, Vandervelde, Hopvine, Musi cian, 31olly f, Clatford, Dannebrog, Pinchbeck, Python, Ariel, Court Card, Leaves, and Dutch Admiral are here. STAND PLATE. Half a mile. Cutler, lOst ................ Ar m adillo, R,t Rib ; Voihynia, llb ; Rertie, Bst ; Goodfellow, 7st 111 b ; Ratty, let tlb ; La Sorrentina, 6st 12113 ; Jack of Clubs, 6,4 Gib ; Bravura, Get 4113 ; Carlotta, Get 21b ; and Yard Arm, sst 716. All are here. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SON'S. Half a mile. Luly Glencoe, Haymarket, Demonstration, Pelios, and Stockholm are here. CHERTSEY MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) WOBURN PARK PLATE. Two mike ante quarter. Sir Bobby, Comberton, Sinite, Stiff, Cutler, Ballet Girl, Confusion, and Over the Sea are here. CHEBTSEY OPEN HANDICAP. Three miles and a half. Gams, Harold, Sportsman, Robin Adair, and Mrs. Nag gleton are here. BETTING iN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.) HALF-PAST Two o'CLocs. Very few members present, and but little doing. Quotations as follows : CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Dolby (t) 20 to 1 Newland (t) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 12 to 1 , apt Vauban (t) V) to 1 Van Amburgb (off) DERBY. 9 to 1 eget D'Estoumel (off, tloto 1) 9to 1 The Rake (of► ) 'lO to 1 Marksman (off ) 1000 to 3.S Juliu■ (t) 1000 to 30 The Palmer (t) 4000 to 30 ForeMght (t) DISCOVERY OF TREASURE AT HARTLEPOOL. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. An extensive and extraordinary discovery of trea sure trove has been made on the sea-beach, midway between West Hartlepool and Seaton Carew, opposite to a farm known as Carr Howie. The recent severe weather and heavy sea has been the cause of all the surface sand being washed from the beach at this locality, and for upwards of a mile along the shore layers of peat and pebbles alone form the surface of the coast, and it is in the midst of the pent that the singular discovery has been made. It appears on Sunday afternoon some working men were walking along the beach, and being astonished at the extraordinary appearances of the beach, by the deposit of such a quantity of peat, curiosity caused them to dig a portion of it over with sticks that they were carrying, and they turned up several coins which, were embedded in the peat. They were quite black, but, on rub bing them, they found that they were Spanish dollars, about the size of a ss. piece. They renewed their search, and found a large number, but the tide was approaching and they had to desist. A report was soon spread about the town of the extraordinary discovery, and when the tide receded hundreds of people were on the sands in search of treasure. During the whole of the night the people were working with lamps, and some of them got as many as 90 of these coins, which are worth about 4s. 6d. each. Alto gether some hundreds of coins have been found, but no estimate can be formed of the exact number, as people who find them 'decline to acknowledge the number they get. Besides these coins, which are of the reign of Carolns the Third and Fourth, dated from 1720 to 1804, some gold coins have been found, a gold crucifix, and sonic gold rings. Yesterday morning the scene nn the beach was almost in• describable. Some thousands of people were assembled as though it was some gold minethat had been discovered, andmen, women, and children wereengagal in searching for the treasure. People were armed with all kinds of spades, rakes, picks, shovels, and the women and children had even stripped their fire-places of the coslrakes, and were engaged in the general search. When anyone made a " find" they generally rushed from the crowd on to the banks to analyse the contents of the piece of precious peat. Some pieces of peat were taken up covered with the coins, and one man is said to have got as far as 6f. worth in a single lift. When persons were lucky in picking up the coins a general cry of pleasure was given by the crowd, and it appeared to make each person work harder in his search. The deposit of so many coins at this place is accounted for by the fact that in the year 1829 a vessel called the Duck, of London, came ashore at this particular spot. The wreck was purchased by Sheraton and Co., and when it was broken to pieces about 300 f. worth of Sranish dollars were found concealed in the timbers of the ship. The vessel had formerly been a slaver belong to a Spanish port, and was captured by the English and sold to a gentleman in Woolwich. There is no doubt that these coins had been also secreted in the vessel, but had been washed out when she became a wreck, and had been covered over with sand from that time until now this stormy weather has removed the sand and exposed them to view. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TV DAY. IlitAica U. • A.m. MONEY NAREST.-(771113 DAY.) Ups o'Osucat. The English funds are decidedly firm, with a considerable amount of business. It is understood that some extensive purchases have been made on , banking account, owing to the difficulty ex perienced in employing money in the discount of commercial bills. At the same time investments on orders from the public continue on a steady scale. Consols, as well as the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., have accord ingly risen I per cent. The advance in most of the foreign bonds and home railway stocks amounts to about but Caledonian and Great Western have improved to The latter stock has been sold lately to a large extent by speculators, who I are now buying back. Banking, financial, and miscellaneous shares are still neglected. The amount of business generally would probably be still larger, but for the circumstance that the fort nightly settlement will commence to-morrow. The discount market is quiet, and the rate for the best bills unaltered, at 21 to 3 per cent. Short loans are obtainable in the Stock .Exchange at 2 per cent. Consols are now quoted 91 to 1 for money, and 9U to 4 for the 10th of April. The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. are called 891 to 1, ex div. Foreign stocks are in request. Italian of 1861, Danubian scrip, and Mexican have advanced 4 per cent., and Spanish Passive and Russian scrip, 4. IChilian scrip, however, is 4 lower. Turkish of ' 1865 are quoted 291 to 301 ; Greek, 16 to ; Spanish Passive, 211 to 221; ditto Certificates, 141 to 4 ; Italian of 1861, 54 to ; Mexican, 18 to ; Russian Scrip, 24 to 1 prem. ; Chilian Scrip, 24 to 21 die. ; and Danubian Scrip, 14 to 1 die. United States 5-20 Bonds have improved 1 per cent., and Erie Railway shares 11, but Illinois Central are unchanged. The present quotations are :—The 5-20 Bonds, 741 to 4 ; Erie Railway shares, 401 to 1 ; and Illinois Central, 771 to 781. Atlantic Cable shares present no variation. Anglo-American are quoted 151 to 4, and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 21 to 4. International Financial shares are quoted 21 to 4 dia. ; London Financial, 18 to 17 dia. ; General Credit, 21 to 21 die. ; Cred't Foncier, 61 to 61 dia. ; National Discount, 74 to 4 prem., ex div.; and Hudson's Bay, 151 to 161. HALF-PAST ONE o'CLocx. Consols have experienced a fresh rise of !. per cent., the present quotations being 911 to 1, for money, and 911 to # for the account. The half-monthly settlement in shares and foreign stocks will ro to-morrow (" continua tion day") and end on Friday. Steps are being taken for the distribution amongst the holders of Mexican Bonds of the sum of 130,0001. now lying on dividend account at the Bank of England. It would appear that this sum will suffice for thirteen-fifteenths of a half-yearly dividend on the bonds. The Scrip Certificates of the United Danubian Principalities Eight per Cent. Loan will be ready for delivery on the 14th inst. Letters received yesterday morning from Con stantinople announce that Aristide Bey has been appointed the Turkish High Commissioner (Haig Oomiemsaire Imperial) of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, in lieu of Edhem Pasha ; and that Sadek Effendi, a very capable and honourable man, has been appointed governor of the General Debt Office. The prospects for the harvest are favourable, and the sheep tithes of Roumelia are yielding this year considerably more than last. The Chamberlain of the City of London is in viting applications at par for City Debenture Bonds, to the amount of 200,0001., bearing 41 per cent. per annum interest, payable half-yearly bi coupons at the Bank of England. The money is required for the erection of the Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market at Smithfield. The bonds are for sums of 1,0001., 5001., and 1001. each, and have ten years to run. The steamer Syria will take to-day only 16,750/. in specie (silver), for Bombay. The silver market is quiet, with few transactions, and prices are unchanged. The French mail steamer from Mexico, which is now due at St. Nazaire, is expected to bring about 500,000/. in bar silver and Mexican dollars, of which about half is on account of the French government and the rest for London. _ _ _ _ _ The South Eastern and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway traffic returns both show an increase of 1,4431. over last year. At the meeting of the Ottoman Gas Company, held yesterday, the directors report was adopted. The following resolution was carried, with two dis- sentients : That in the opinion of this meeting the report of the committee of shareholders which has been circulated among the proprietors is based on wrong inferences, and is calculated to injure the general interests of the company, and to throw discredit upon the undertaking. It is said that Mr. Mawkshaw's award is in favour of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Com pany, and for 77,8011. and costs. At an extraordinary general meeting yesterday of the proprietors of the Anglo-Eaptian Bank. the resolutions previously passed, for the reconstruc tion of the undertaking, were confirmed. The fourth ordinary general meeting of the City Offices Company will be held on the 28th instant. The Russian (Vyksounsky) Iron Works Company (Limited) have notified to the dissentient share holders that the debenture bonds of the company will probably be ready for issue on the 20th inst., in exchange for the share certificates. Travers Circular gives the following comparison of the present position of the Bank and the price of Consols for the week ending March 9, 1867, with the corresponding periods of the two previous years : 1887. 186 Cs. 1885. Bank bullion £19,373,965 114,030,504 £14,758,007 Bank reserve 10.8%3,845 7,416,245 8,729,080 Notes in circulation 22,497;110 20,734,423 19,830,930 Rate of discount . . 3 per ct. 7 per et. 4} per et. Consols for money . 4101 86i 881 MONDAY Evzitnra. Consols, which closed on Saturday at 901 to 4 for the 10th of April, opened and closed to-day at 904 to 9t. For money the last price was 901 to 1. The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 904, ; ditto, for account, 904, 1 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 884, d 9, ex div. ; New Three per Cents. , 881, 9, ex iv. ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 108 4 , 4, 4 ; ditto Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper, 1024 ; ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 1034 ; ditto Bonds, 40a. preen. There was a demand for the Three per Centa. Reduced and New Three per Cents., which expe rionced a rise of 4 per cent., closing at 88; to 89 ex div. It is stated that these st oc ks have been purchased to a considerable extent of late for ac count of the Post-office Savings Banks. The India Five per Cent. stock was firm at the late advance. The March Exchequer Bills were quoted Bs. to 13s. prem., and the June 12s. to 17s. prem. The foreign stock market was decidedly firmer to-day, with an increased amount of business. Turkish Bonds were in good demand, and those of 1858 and 1862 improved to 1 per cent. The loan of 1865 was better. Some of the Egyptian, as well as Russian of 1862 and 1864, and Italian of 1865, and the Maremmana Railway, rose to 1 Mexican, 4 ; Italian of 1861 and Portuguese, ; and Russian scrip, .4. On the other hand, Danu bian Old Bonds, Russian of 1850, and Brazilian of 1865, fell per cent. ; Spanish Passive, ; and the Committee's Certificates and Chili= Scrip, 4. The dealings in bank shares were upon a limited scale, and prices showed dulness. Colonial and Standard of British South Africa declined 11., and London and River Plate (new), and Oriental, 10s. Union of Ireland, however, improved 11. ; and Consolidated (new), 2s. 6d. Financial shares were unchanged, with the ex ception of a reducti..n of 2s. 6d. in Credit Foneier. Prices dosed as follows .—lnternational Financial, itntnaajdia.; General Credit, 24 to 1 dis._; London • , 18 to 17 dia. ; and Credit Foncier of England, 6d to 4 dia. Anglo-American Telegraph shares wets in de mand, and improved 55., closing at 154 to . Atlantic Te:egruph Eight per Cent. Preference were quoted 2 3-16 to 5-16, being slightly higher, and Telegraph Construction, to 1 dia., showing no change. Hudson's Bay shares closed at 15} to 164 : National Discount, at 74 to 8 prem., being bs. better • and General Ottoman, at par to 1 prem. The s hares of the Colonial Company were heavy, and fell 2'., vie., to 12'. to 10/. din., with 151. paid. City of ht wow Gas, Peninsular and Oriental Stearn, and Rio Improvements declined Pls., and Natal Land ss. ; but Credit Fourier of Mauritius improved 10s. Colonial 4overnment securities were without variation, with the exception of a decline of 4 to 1 per cent. in Canadian Five per Cents. United States 5-20 Bonds were dot, and fell per cent.. Vintinia Six per Cents. also receded 1, while Erie Railway shares improved 2, some of the securities of the Atlantic and Great Western Rail way, Ito 2 ; and Illinois Central shares, Prices closed as follows :-5-20 Bonds, 734 to 744 ; Erie Railway shares, 384 to 39; Illinois Central 774 to 784 div. ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, 31 to 32 ; ditto Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, 231 to 244. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) ONI O'CLOCK. The mining market is steady to-day, with a fair amount of business. Some of the present quotations are as follows :—Great Vor, 191 r to 204; North Crofty, 5;.% to ; ; East Lovell, lei to ; Prince of Wales, :Zs. to 555. ; Bryn Gwiog, 17i to 20 ; West Chiverton, 69 to 61 ; Prosper United, fl?. to ; N. , rtli Treskerbv, 2to 1; Drakewalls, 12s. to 14s. ; West Drakewalis, Ba. to 10s ; and Tin croft, 14 to t. RAILWAYS.-(THIS DAY.) On olhoix. The railway market is firm to-day, and the gene ral course of prices favourable. Great Western and Caledonian stocks are in chief demand, and have risen „," per cent. Midland, Lancashire and Yorkshire. South Eastern, and Great Eastern are /to higher. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 1211 to ;, ex div.; Great Western, 43 to 1; London and North Western, 117:: to /, ex div. ; Midland, 1171 to , ax div. and n. ; Lancashir and Yorkshire, 125 k to /, ex div.; Caledonian, 115 to 116 ; South Eastern, 68f to ; Great Eastern, 201 i to Great Northern, 116} to 117 i, ex div. ' • ditto A, 1221 to 2, ex div.; London, Matham, and Dover, 17 to ,} ; and North British, 33i to 34). Some of the foreign lines are inquired for. Lombardo-Venetian shares are ss. better, at l 6 to 17. Colonial railway securities show no change. (Fur t Sitars Lists see page 4.1 COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. ___ _ _ 'THIS DAY.) (BY ELSC7EIC AND INTERNATIONAL lILLEGRAPH.) (PROM OEN OWN oosiusposnerir.) CurruN.-3larket unchangmL Sales about 6,000 or 8,000 halos. CORN.—The market well attended; wheat in good re. quest at late rates of Tuesday. Floor a shade better. Beans and barley unaltered. Oats and oatmeal quiet. Indian corn very littl:. on offer-38s. paid for mixed. MINCING-LANE.—{THIS DAY.) Stolle.—The market has opened very quietly at about last week's currency ; the sales are chietly confined to British West India. Relined is less active, hut the busi ness done has been at the previous value. CI)7FLE.-100 casks of plantation Ceylon sold ..t full prices ; 100 casks and . d 0 hags native Ceylon, good nary, ; superior. 721. Tea.—The market remains quiet. Rics. —Recently and not previously reported, 1,000 boss of Rangoon sohl at I Is. 11,1. Rum.-IUU puns. of Jamaica sold at the previous value. Parrea.-300 Img, of common Penang sold at 2 15-144 Corrox.—There is au improved demand at firmer prices. Jury—A large budness kw been done for arrival, about 14.010 boxes, at IT. to W. 10e. Inutuo. —The public sales of Guatemala are pru‘rcasing very steadily at extreme prices. TALLOW MARKET.—(TRIS DAY.) The market is firia to-day. Town tallow is quoted 41s. Od. ; spot. 435. ; March, 4.15. ; April to June, 4 4.; October to IMmmber, 445. Deliveries to last e.ening, :381 casks. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.(THIS DAY.) lir. Charles James Easton reports trade at the Id lowing price, viz.: -Prime clover, from 100!. to 110 s. ; inferior ditto, s'Al. to B*.ls. 6d. • prime second cut clover, 90s. to 955. ; inferior ditto, Eds. to 70e. ; best green bay, 84a. to 90s. ; prime meadow bay, 755. to 85s. ; inferior ditto. bss. to (i.e.;. straw. 40a. to 46e. PROVINCIAL SFIA.RE MARKETS. LITIMPOOL, MARCO 11.--Sloe todsty: _Great Eastern, Great Northern hew Prred ete, 109—Great Western, 1271 - 1 . I 3 I—Laneashire and Yorkshire, 1241 3—London and N Wahine. ; 11 i ad—Manche-der, Sheffield, and Lined*. 'hire, 473 S—lletyrlltan, 1211 3—Midland, 1161 317 a all North British. 24 3—south Eastern, 681 81 f—Bulfido and Lake Huron 4 4—Grand Trunk of Qtaada, 191 I—Great Western of Canada, 13 1215.16—Athintic and Great Weston 7 per cent Comalinated Bonds, 24—Erie. 381 11 I—Unit...l state 5-20, 1662 7 t--ditto 1865. M r —Great Imaernbmirl glares. 10 1346 I —Qu c en Insurance. 1 .1. don limbic (Limited., p. Auglo•Annati Telegraph. 16116. MAECH 11.—The market opened better, and timed strong at the quotations. Anglo-American Telegraph Li n utsd 1:4 I—htman, and Lake Huron, 4—Consolidated Bank Limited 7-16 p.—Distriet Bank, 17 p.-2.'bior Yale Comfany, d. —fries, 94 9 si G re a t Eastern, Mt 1 1 13 —Graf Luembourg. 101 — Gnat Northern A ltel 12 hand 'rank of Canada, 114 }--Urged Western of Canada, 14 12 Li-111 Western, 44 lEi3 2/ Z 3 211 I—Glino4, 7711—Lanraishire and Yorkshire. 12'ci,—Loadoes and North Western 1171 114—• Manchester, Sheffield, and linoohishire, 471 ti 1 }—Ditto all peel , 61—Metr000litan, 1213 j f — 1 — Midland. 116 17—North must, 31-80tith Easters. gel I tnited States 3-20 Years' Bonds 74—Turkish hive per Cent. 30-111fickinint l'urebase, 911— ("Won Bank, 21 p. Bfaurtionau. Marten IL—'lie saes to-day wens—ln Birming ham Beni:lna Conn..) . dimes (Limited . 11 teem Ra ilway ; Ralway u rrlage Oldbury . at 11 prem. it end Foreign Ra Plant dimes, at ti dia. (loam prices:--tireat Western Bir mingham Guaranteed Three-and-a-Half per (Vette., at CZ, sellers; ditto Preference Sit ver Cents., sellers, at 113: Lloyd's Bank shim (wigged 74 to 8 prom.; Nottingham Joint Stock Banks. buyer 21 die Staffordshire Joint Stork Bank, at If pram. buyers Metropolitan RaUway Carriage and Malmo shares. aft B to 94 : : and Patent Shaft and Axletrte duxes, at 31 to 4 wen ni z tit, Mauro 9—Three per Cent Consols. 901—New Three per Cent. Stock, 89 881—Indis Five per Cant. Aged ,traniderable at the Bank of Ireland'. Io7—National Bank 00 paid . 63—National of Liverpool . Limited., 101 l paid% 141 —Royal Bank alO paid'. Sq.-Belfast and Northern Counties! all paid, 45—Dublin and Kingstown il.to paid), 1941 —Graaf southern ant Western /KlOO paid', 90—Gublin, and Kings teen, W. RICHARI , WEAVEIL—Yet Richard Weaver, whose taste in hymns upon this showing is so questionable, is in. himself a person very far above contempt, and in prime has now and then a knack in expressing - himself that •• good many of us might envy. The title in which he glories, and by which he is known in his religious world, as" the Converted Collier and what he was, as well as what he is, is his perpetually recurring theme, and one which evidently costs him no effort. For what we have said of reverence applies in • great measure also to re pentance with this class. Shame, properly veldt:Mg, then Is none, in the lavish confessions of these ictalwart sin ner ; and for the reason that the preacher pins rather than loses in the estimation of his hearers by the magni tude of his errors. Wonder is the especial delight of the vulgar, and grace attmets them most by what they regard as its crowning miracles. A lady once asked of her maids why she would walk four miles to bear • rousing preacher, when the parish clergyman wax so good ; the reply was, "They say he was an awfu' bad man once." Thr re ie. we cannot doubt, a secret sena' of power in Richard Weaver, in that he capped the companions of his sinful days as much in oaths, fighting,and in general blackguar li.m s e be now rises above them as a man sought after and w endered at by pious crowds. And, moreover. by cannot but feel that his training in the cowl-pit, and the furious reli.h with which he threw himself into such pleasures and enjoy ments as cone in the way of drunken colliers, do give him a swing and impetus that what be calls "systematic and grammatical preachers " miss in their retrospect. More especially do denunciations conic easy, and the te r ror, e t the judgment, to a man over whew lips oaths , once flowed like water in the running brook.—Bkriwoud's Afasa:iibt for March. 1