The Express. — London, England, 1867-05-17 00:00:00

LAW (THIS DAY.) or la 01' QUEEN'S BENCH. Nisi Prins sittings Guildhall.—(Befuee Th . J us tice Mell,T anti' a I 'oilmen Jury.) • :le first day of the sittings. The list contains ..f this, !so are reniamts and 42 new CMIAtlf. •-. 1 ••for special juries, tint as these sittings only . tl.ree days V.llllleoll iWar casts only are taken. • . i.e on the day's list was made a reutanea by ,•!, .6 t few t., its arrangement, and the copse ' hat the parties were not ready in the follow lonl-1,11, adjourned for half an hone. and • hi. seat on the bench three cases were ..ne adjourned on the payment of costs. .1. , N own- I. narritaws. iiiterplooler issue. • : • t!.r., and Mr. Oppenheim were counsel . • ' ,httif. Mr. Patchett fur the defendant. :aril+ were wine and spirit merchants in the having a branch cetablisliment in S. , Tre firm of Piper and Son, wine merchants in L a, r.' customers o f the plaintiffs, and in October, . indebted to them in a sum of TOW. or SOW., being in difficulty, and expecting s,',.utions for small suns, to be put on . applied to the plaintiffs to lend on an :.s.iguitient of Piper's fur : I,'orsay.silla. Lower Tulamhill, Brixton. The • • ~-iordinaly advanced the money as it was re ,r out executions, and received the assignment Ty, which ultimately, however, turn, I out to 111 W . On the Fitl, October the defendant -I.• f aniture in question, which the plaintiffs now and, r their assignment. .t ,oit.: into the evidence the defendant, at the the framed counsel's statement, consented to • f.,r the plaintiff without costs. . for the plaintiff. 7 .• of the day was occupied in trying the i,.• . r. mi the list, " Pichery v. Woollett," which was bc a brewer's foreman for adleged wrongful ilia . .. • The case has been once heard, the jury then ... b..r.Teil, not being able to agree to the verdict. was devoid of interest. rII E POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) M.tNSION.ROUSE. W .1 .1a Iblethlry, a gentlemanly-looking young man, I.l,right before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of Jo. pL Eo , t.ice, a New York detective Officer, and Foulger, the t .'v .I..tective, charged with forging three cheques for 1"..t.. a, I. intent to defraud the Caruborne branch of the Mawr: Kink, at Truro, in Cornwall. M. 31allius conducted the prosecution. It appeared from a statement that was made by the soli citor for the prosecution, that the prisoner was einployl ae a el.rk at the Camborne branch of the bank above mentioned, where his uncle kept an account. On the l.t ot March he paid in a pretended cheque for on his uncle's account, and lame charly aftrrwards he drew three cheques ting alt ,4- to 1501., in his uncle's name, and obtained the pot• y. and then absconded. It was ascertained that he had 4..ue to New York, and information was writ to that city in reference to the matter, and the prisoner was taken into custody by Enstace, the New York detective. When the pri4oner was told the charge that was made against him. he at once expressed his readiness to accompany the oftaer to England, nod there was therefore no neoes sity to apply to the authorities for an order for his extra. dition. The neceueiry formal fact■ having been proved, the vend or.Nr was made for the removal of the prisoner to Cala , erne, where he will ho examined by the local autho rities. It sppesred that when the prisoner was apprehended, dollso, were found in his posseesion, and the whole of the recasinder of the money was spent. iloW-STREET. AN UNORATEFUL siIIVANT. ne , harl Todd, a journeymen butcher, in the employ of Mr. Webb Thomas Pannell, butcher, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. was charged with stoaliug two pieces of mutton, the property of his master. Mr. Panne ll st a ted that having for some time past gua rded the prisoner, he determined this morning to watch him, and saw him take two pieces of meat from the shop board and place them in the nose-beg. Afterwards when going out with the horse and cart he took the 'lowing out with him. Witness stopped him and gave him into cus tody, the two pieces of mutton being still in the bag. The value of the meat was Is. The prisoner had been some months in his service. His wages were 10s. a week with board and lodging. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and asked the magistrate to deal with the case. lie said he took the meat to eat it himself, being kept short of food. Mr. Pannell said this defence added to the ingratitude of the prisoner, whom he had in the first instance em ployed out of charity. It was utterly untrue. He kept as good a table as any in the trade, and better than the majority. The men were unrestricted in quantity, and the cupboard was never locked. Mr. 'Vaughan said ho considered the prisoner's imputa tion against his master as :a gram exaggeration of the offence, and should sentence him to six months' imprison ment with hard labour. CLERKENWELL CoVERNVENT PROSEC - 1.711 - oi - IMA - ‘ll - 011 NUISANCL —A SCZNIS IN COCRT. Mr. Join Tracy, of 106, St. John - attest , Clerkenwell, Ina summoned before Mr. Barker, by Mr. Superintendent Cannon, of the G division, by direct io n of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for using a furnace so constructed as not to consume its own smoke. The de fendant had been previously convicted of a similar offence on the 12th of June, 1864. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The police having proved that they had seen smoke issuing from the defendant's shaft on several days, some times for more than five minutes at a time, and that the smoke was dense and black, and a nuisance to the neigh bourhood, Mr. John Sanderson, government inspector, said that he bad inspected the premises of the defendant, and in the furnace he found a door suspended by a chain to let down to try and prevent the smoke. The furnace was not so eonstructed as to consume its own smoke. The defendant was fined V. in if46l for the same furnace. The furnace bad been continually smoking ever since. The defendant said he had done all he could to prevent the nuisance, and had spent a great deal of money on the furnace. The smoke was not near ly so bad as had been represented by the police. Mr. Barker said he was determined to enforce the act of Parliament. and he had no alternative but to double the penalty and fine the defendant IW. and costa . The defendant, on hearing the decision, became very err ata!, said he had not had justice, and caused such a con fusion in court that it was found necessary to remove the defendant from the dsck by force. He also wanted to know if be could appeal. Ultimately the defendant paid the money. ♦CM OF DISTIILee. —THE LATR FIRS AT COPENHAGEN IFRF FT, lel INGTON. nil morning police-constable Taylor, 100 N, one of the warrant officers of the court, reported to Mr. Barker that br had made inquiries into the case of Mrs. Cornell, who L.l applied to this court for assistance. Be had akertame,l that on the night of the 11th of May a fire had occurred at the house, - 99, Copenlusgen-street, Islin ton, and all the furniture in it was destroyed and th g e home gutted. The applicant, who got her living by mantling, was nearly suffocated, and had to be pulled out of the flames in her night-elothes. All the roans she had of obtaining • livelihood having been de 'bled by the fire, an appeal was made to the magistrate and the pnblic to assist her to get money sufficient to put.- dime another mangle and a few necessaries. Sr. Barlser said he was glad to hear a favourable ac count of the applicant's character, and directed th a t she should receive from the poor box ; and any subacrip tons that were sent to the court would be 'forwarded to her. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DAMAGING A ;EIC. Rambl Saran, a boy, TREE IX and Beery llTl/E-P Sara', his father, were charged before Mr. Knox, the former with damaging Stein Hyde -park, and the latter with being drunk and ellY Oxfuril.street. P olice-constable Haylor, 747 A, said that yesterday evening he wagon duty near the Vietoria-gate, Hyde-park, 1, 1111 he saw the boy breaking some boughs off a tree and PLcing them over his father, who was sitting down, and aPpeared to be drunk. He asked the boy what he was doing, and be replied " Only having a game." He told the boy must take him into custody, when the father so much interfered with him, that he was obliged to get another consh,ble M keep him off. After taking the boy to the nation, and as he was leaving it the father followed him tato o xford-street, and said, " Yon vagabond, you have locked up my son." He told him to go away, and as he would not, and got a large crowd round him, he was compeller, to lock him up. The father sail he had only left his work an hour and a half• and therefore had not had time to get drunk. Mr. Knox Paid he was of a different opinion. inspector Harrison said the father was drunk. The boy had I een locked up all night. Mr. Knox—The boy has been locked up all night, and if he has done wrong there is more than an excuse, having a drunken father. The boy will be discharged. As for the ether defendant he will have to pay 10s., or seven days, mid f would advise him to keep himself sober and not sot las son a bad example. WERTMINSTER. NOCTURNAL AIIIIIENVITIL Irdlinnt Rid9f, apparently about 4.5 years of age, de embed as " a gentleman," was charged with ringing bells and knocking at doors without lawful excuse. Jam,.. Hill. 212 T, said that at 2 o'clock this morning he ' found the defendant drunk ringing bells and knocking at doors in Gunter's-grove, Brampton, and took him into custody. Mr. :ielfe—What have you to say to this? Ikfendant—Quite correct. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1867. Mr. .Sete—.Very incorrect, I think. I)efeti.l.int I believe 1 wua ringing at my own house. Mr. Selfe- Why you have given your addreas on the police-.beet at Paddington. Defendant--Yee, but I live in Glinter's•grove as well. Mr. Selfe—}low many bowies did he knock and ring at ? Policennui— At three. Mr. Selfe (tu defeudant)—llo you live in three bowies int;i!ntt.r's•grTe ?. Defendod—Next door is a friend's, and finding I could not get WU, ugy ?we house I knocked there. 16: tielfe--And the other house Defendant- That's unfinished. Mr. belle—Then it was not much use knocking or ring ing there. Policeman- Why it was the other side of the way, sir. Mr. belle—This is hardly an samun meat of persons not over yooog. 1 thought it was confined to suckling medi cal students mid those sort of people. As you area" gen tlent.m" you are tined 20s. The fine was immediately paid. WANDSWORTH. SPFNDING A HONEYMOON. rt Trig 1ff0,(,, gentleman, of No. 9 room, Claren don Hotel, Anerly, was charged with travelling on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, and refusing to pay his fare ; also with ass suiting William Reach, ticket collector at the Clapham junction station. The collector stated on the arrival of a train at a late hour the prisoner was found asleep in is second chow car riage. He woko him up and asked him for his ticket; but he had not one, and ref - Used to pat) , the fare. The prisoner struck him in the carriage and after he had assisted him out of it. He used abusive language. Pri.oner—Did I strike you at all ? Witness—Yes ; in the carriage and out of it. Prisoner Sir Richard Mayne is my wife's first cousin, and he shall remove you. . . Mr. Daytnan —I don't think Sir Richard Mayne has any thing to do with the ease. . . PiWooer (to the witnesid—Did you drag me out of the carriage 411.1 . 1p0ck um down? Prisoner texcitedly)—You ate a liar. Mr. Daytona -Th.tt is not the way to conduct yourself, to call a witness a liar. _ Prisoner—The treatment I have received is enough to make a man angry ; but I beg your worship's pardon. Mr. Dayinan then remarked that it appeared to him that the a..sault was committed in trying to remove the prisoner from the carriage. He was liable to a penalty if he attempted to travel without obtaining a ticket ; but he (Mr. Da en) did not see that there was any power to remove him unless he annoyed passengers. An officer of the company said he understood the prisoner was drunk. Mr. Hayman informed the officer that the charge was not so stated. The prisoner said he gave his name and address, as he was stopping at the Clarendon Hotel, Anerly. Ho was spending his honeymoon, and he did not wish to bother himself about the fare, but he considered he had been very badly treated, and therefore he refused to pay it. He wanted to get out at the Crystal Palace station, where he was known, bat he fell asleep, and was awoke by the wit. ness, who pulled him out of the carriage. Mr. Dayinan said the prisoner must be discharged, as there was no power to remove him from the carriage. He, however, recommended him to pay the fare. The prisoner readily acquiesced, and as he left the dock said he would first have to pay a visit to his " uncle." BArrorr UNION.—The annual meeting of this union, consisting of minister and members of Baptist churches throughout Great Britain, was held yesterday morning in John-street Chapel, Bedford-row. There was a numerous attendance of ministers, delegates, and visitors. The chairman of the union, the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, having delivered an address upon sacerdotal ism in the church of England, the secretary presented the report, which took a brief survey of the present condition of the entire denomination. That condition it pronmneed to be one of steadily-increasing prosperity. The additions reported in their tables did not, indeed, appear to be quite equal to those of last year, but so many new churches had been formed beyond the average number, whose membership was not yet reported, that the total increase might be reasonably inferred to be larger than before. Thirty-nine new chapels had been opened at a cost of 59,2651., supplying accommoda tion for 24,:)..30 worshippers, while twenty-nine chapels had been enlarged or improved by the addition of school roomy, at an expense of 17,068/., making a total outlay under this head of at least 75,n1/. In addition to this the income of the college had been 14,646/. • their mis sionary societies, home and foreign, about 40,001. ; their building funds, 6,1511. • their ministers' provident and benevolent societies, 2,0004 ; their tract society and edu cational board at least another 1,000/. ; making a free con tribution to the cause of Christ of about 140,000/. on the part of the Baptist denomination during the year, exch. awe of the support of its ministry. The report having been moved by Rev. Mr. Bailhache, and seconded by Rev. James Spurgeon, was carried unanimously. Some formal business was then transacted, after which the assembly adjourned until this day. lanai RsitivsYs.—rsoon after the meeting of the House of Commons yesterday, a number of !deb members assembled in the tea-room, where several Irish peers also joined the conference. The object of the meet- mg was to consider the report of the Royal Commissioners upon Railways, and to determine what steps should be taken with regard to the railways in the sister island. Lord Dufferin was called to the chair. The which were of a merely formal nature, reser: e l m it naming of a committee, to draft resolutions for con sideratim at an adjourned meeting on Tuesday next. Upon a subsequent day • general meeting of peers and member of the House of Commons interested in the wel fare of Irel.nd will be called, when, after due deliberation and discussion, the collective wishes of the Irish legisla tors will be laid before the government with all the weight and influence to be derived from united action. A contemporary states that there is a confident belief that Lord Naas, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, is engaged in maturing a plan of reform in connection with the railways of Ireland, not adverse to the ideas of English economists, yet calculated to gratify both the Irish proprietary bodies and the Irish people. DEATH OF MR. W. MCCONNELL. —WO regret to announce the death of Mr. W. McConnell, the well-known draughtsman on wood, which took place on Tuesday. The deceased gentleman had natural talent which only needed instruction and refinement to have won for him a good place in the ranks of art. He contributed to many of our popular periodicals, but will be best remembered by his illustrations to Mr. Sala's "Twice Round the Clock," which were full of spirit. Mr. McConnell for several year worked in harmony with Mr. C. H. Bennett, whom he has survived but so short • time.—Star. THE SUPPLY OF COAL TO THE METROPOLIS.— The total quantity of coal now supplied to the metropolis is at the rate of 5,600,000 tone per annum, or 7 per cent. of the entire yield of the United Kingdom, of which about one half is carried by sea and the other by railway. For the month of April the division was nearly equal, as 664 ships carried 274,272 tons against 271,789 tons forwarded by rail way. The district sending the most is Newcastle, which is credited with 125,629 tons ; the next in order being Derby shire, with about 90,000, one third of the entire quantity carried by railway. The total sent to London will be—by sea, 50 per cent. ; from Derbyshire, 17 per cent. ; York shire, 10 per cent. • ' and the remainder is forwarder' from collieries in Staffordshire, Lancashire, Wales, &c. The qualities most in request for household purposes are the Hatton, Harwell, and some of the Wallsends, and the Bilkstones of the South Yorkshire district. The most valuable coal is the Wigan cannel, which is considered the best for gas-making purposes in the kingdom. Newcastle and Wales supply most of the steam coal, both being on the Admiralty list—an advantage not enjoyed by the York shire and other coalmasters, although their "herds" com mand a large sale for the iron and steel works, and also for the merchant steam @ernes. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. —For the week ending 11th May, seventeen attacks of cattle plague have been reported, being an increase of seven on the last return. On the premises in New North-road, Islington, infected on 4th May, three additional attacks have occurred, and the animals have been killed by order of the inspector, as were also 10 healthy cows. Four fresh outbreaks of the disease have been reported ; one in Shepperton-mews, New North-road, Islington, on premises belonging to the owner of the stock above mentioned ; of 4 animals, 1 bull and 2 heifers were attacked and killed by order of the in spector. Another outbreak occurred in a stock of 30 cattle at Stoke Newington-green, in the Finsbury district; 9 animals contracted the disease, and were killed by order of the inspector, and the remaining 21 were slaughtered healthy. The same inspector reports that he found a cow suffering from cattle plague in Mare-street, Hackney, which he ordered to be killed and buried. The remaining outbreak is reported from Blyth, near Retford, Notting hamshire ; in a stock of 14 animals, one cow was attacked, and was killed by order of inspector. A Naw OnJecrioN TO Exmernoxs.—There ought, I think, to be some sort of statute of limitations about international exhibitions. They serve as land marks in the records of social life of an unpleasant kind. I observe already that ladies of a certain—or uncertain — age are beginning to repudiate all recollection of that first and fairest of the series, which sixteen years ago owed its beauty to the genius of a some-time English gardener. Yet, though their memory is short in this respect, mine is long; and I can remember strolling, with some of those of whom I speak, up and down the leaf-arched nave, and crushing by the side of others into the cage where the Koh-i-noor glittered in its glory. From these recollections I can form positive conclusions as to the dates of these ladies' baptismal certificates which might possibly not be coinciding with the received and current opinion to which they are understood to have given their sanction. So in like manner I am afraid, if ever the weak desire of con cealing my years should grow upon me, the fact, that I knew the old Glass Palace well, will be brought up in judgment against me. It is all very well now, but ten, twenty, thirty years hence, the survivors of those who visited the first building will not perhaps be over-eager to recall their reminiscences of its glories. If we are to have exhibitions at the intervals of every decade or so, we shall possibly grow to think that poor old Colonel Sib thorpe was not quite so mad as we fancied at the time, when be waged deadly war against the late Prince Con ores hobby.—Afacrniifon's Maga:Me for May. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (BY TELEGRAPH.) HARPENDEN MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) TRIAL STAKES. One mile. Medea, Kate keeene7(tOliesoliio7.ioilf.), Impostor, Skipper, Miestiasima f, Vedette e, Order, Pas de Charge, Teets) (1001.), Mr. Pitt (aot to be sold). All are here. ALtNOR STAKE:3. Half a mile. Haymarket, ilinsjidCSpiteful, OOnstanee, Osprey, Alarmist. and Rob Hoy. HARPENDEN HANDICAP. One and a half mile. Hopviue, Hungnam Dormio, The Vocalist, Faint Heart, Olivia, Nutrition, Belzoni, Magpie, Vandyke, Chevalier d'Esprit, Oauthleen, Lady Lincoln, Little Ben, Knight of Downe, and Florican are here. ROTHAMSTEAD STAKE& T.Y.O. Tom Coke (sold for 1001.), la Sorrentina, Miss Charlotte, Sunnyside, Premier (501. each), Lille, Si, to Glowworm, Chanticleer, Crown Prince, L Dinette, Isabel, Marionette f (:101. each). All are hers. HANDICAP PLATE. T.Y.C. Mr. Pitt, Haden, Reindeer, Crown Prince, Handley Croat, Magpie, Skipper, Dayrell, Despair, Wild Bee, Lydia, Feeley, Lucy Long, Ropiest?, Belzoni, Faint Heart, Vampire, Fury, Sweet Boy, Fanehette, Mime Fanny, Little lien, Merry Monarch, Tortuga, Bonnie Boon, Little Raga muffin, Ammunition, Violet De Clare, and Ruyan are here. TWO-TEAR-OLD STARES. Nutpecker, SUMTleStmon, llierioo, La Belle Jeanne, Lump Sugar, Nutriment, Shamrock, and Drogheda f are here. WHEATHAMSTRAD HANDICAP. One mile. Redan, Mazurka, MT* Wild Bee, Hopleaf, Lydia, The Vampire, Cauthleen, Fanehette, Floriean, Violet de Clare, and Seagull are here. SCURRY HANDICAP. T.Y.C. Crown Prince, Flying Jib, Reindeer, Monk, Minnie, Miss Fanny, Premier, Handley Cross, Glowworm, Baa quin, Lucy, Alga, Merry Monarch, La Sorrontine, Ho leaf, Knight of the Grove, Little Ragamuffin, Violet do Clare, Mexico, Brendee, Isabel, Constance, and Seagull are here. BETTING IN LONDON. -(THIS DAY.) HALF-PART TWO O'CLOCK. There were very few members in London to-day, and among those who were present, the discussion of the accident to The Rake formed the chief occupation. Indeed, the market may be said to be for the moment paralysed. In the course of the morning 40 to 1 was laid against The Rake, and almost any price could in all pro bability have been obtained. The few quotations obtain. able are as follow : DERBY. 7 to 4 agat Vauban (off) sto 1 Van Amburgh (t) 100 to $ Markman (t) 400 to 10 The Rake (t) CRICKET. LORD'S GROUND.-(THIS DAY.) lIARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND a. BRICKER BOOKERS (ARMY CLUB). This morning at a quarter past 12 play in this match was resumed. When the stumps were drawn last night each aide had completed an innings. The weather was somewhat more genial, the wind having shifted from the east. There were bet few spectators present. The military sent in Messrs. Ricardo and Dos cawen to face Messrs. Shaw and Nixon', bowling, The first wicket (Ricardo's) fell with the score at one, the second (Boscawen's) at 14, of which he made 8 ; the third went with it at 16, Shaw being the executioner in each in stance, as he was also of Mr. Elphinstone, when the tele graph denoted V, of which 10 was his contribution. K NICILIRDOCILM.—aitOOND INNINGS; Capt Ricardo b Shaw Hoo. G. boscawen b Nixon Mr. Zlphinstoue b Shaw Capt. timid tiot out Capt. Newnan b Shaw Total. ... n DEBT OF VENEZUELA.-(THIS DAY.) A meeting of Venezuelan bondholders was held at soon, at the London Tavern—Mr. J. GERSTENBERO in the chair—for the purpose of passing resolutions urging her Majesty's government to adopt active measures to enforce on the government of Venezuela the due per formance of its contracts with British subjects, and to consult what additional measures should be taken to ob tain justice for the bondholders The CHAIRMAN observed that nearly 18 months had elapsed since the last meeting, the committee not wishing to call the bondholders together without necessity ; but now there was something to be communicated. Most of those present must have seen a question put by Mr. Ooschen last Monday, and the reply of the Foreign Secre tary. That reply was like the blast of the trumpet, sum , retiring the bondholders to do something for their own protection. (Cheers.) It was of no use now to talk about the honour and integrity of the Venezuelan government. A year or two ago that government made a proposal which amounted to a reduction of the debt to one-third of the amount ; and the object even of that was not to pay the one-third, but to entrap the bondholders into a consent to the confiscation of their own property. When that offer was made the bondholders refused it, at the same time intimating their readiness to accept any payment on account as some indication of honest intentions. Nothing had yet been done towards paying even the proffered 15 per cent, of Customs duties tendered in lieu of the 55 per cent. of general duties. (Hear, hear.) The delay on the part of the committee was to be accounted for by various causes, including their having had to deal with three different foreign ministers at home and three different English chargia d'affairesat Venezuela. Had there not been three foreign secretaries, a British man-of war, if not a whole fleet, would long since have been sent to Venezuela—Rtheersj—the conduct of whose govern ment had been characterised by the British government in the strongest language. ThelB,4oo dollars taken from the company's agent after the i had been handed over were at tt moment actually British property. (Hear, hear.) He then quoted the question of Mr. Goschen and lord Stanley's reply on Monday last. When be came to a re mark of his lordship that the question of taking steps of • different character from those which had been taken already was one of " extreme gravity," A BONDHOLDIR asked " Why extreme gravity!" (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The CHAIRMAN in replying, said he believed Lord Stanley was quite with the bondholders on the ques tion, and recommended other steps, but that the cabinet no doubt wanted first to he assured that no other course was open. He then went on to say that the honour and dignity of the British government was clearly involved in this matter, three successive foreign secretaries having de manded redress. He then referred to a refusal of Earl I Russell to receive Signor Blanco, a representative of the Venezuelan government, because he was disgusted with their conduct, and said that that request was afterwards made by Signor Guzman, the chargé claffaires of Vene zuela in this country, an excuse for refusing to grant him (the Chairman) an interview in reference to the claims of the bondholders. The Chairman con cluded by moving a series of resolutions to the effect that the time had now arrived for her Majesty's government to adopt active measures to enforce on the government of Venezuela the due performance of its simple obligations to British subjects ; that, considering the course which had been previously taken by three foreign secretaries, the honour and dignity of the government necessitated im mediate action ; that an additional ground for such action was afforded by the fact that the citizens of other coun tries, after having suffered in the same way as the English bondholders, had obtained redress, and that the Dutch government is now willing to co-operate with the British in active measures • and that Messrs. Baring should send a special commisiener to Caraccas invested with the requisite powers to enforce the obligations contracted to- wards Bntish subjects. Mr. E. Jzoopts seconded the resolutions. In the discussion which followed, Mr. k'iztnexpressed his regret that the 1864 bondholder, were dot summoned to the meeting. The CHAIRMAN, in reply, observed that there had that day been • meeting of 1864 bondholders at the office of the General Credit Company, and that on the ground that they had a separate mortgage, they had determined to act separately. . . _ The resolutions were adopted unanimously. Mr. }lrmo then proposed that the 1864 bondholders should be invited to co-operate with the other bond holders, but after some discussion the motion was with drawn on the ground that those bondholders had seemed indisposed to unite. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Arran PrED MURDER AT DUBLIN. —A desperate attempt to murder, attributed to Fenian., was committed at Dublin last evening about 10 o'clock. A man named Aylward, who was formally arrested under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, and subsequently released, was I met in the street by an acquaintanee, who asked him-to take a walk. They went along the Orand Canal, and on reaching a lonely spot above Charlemont-bridge. Aylward's companion turned suddealy round, pre sented a revolver, and fired at him. The ball slightly t% his temple. Aylward E shouted, and was imme surrounded by seven or eight others, who fired a volley at him. Hie clothes were riddled, but be escaped without further injury. His assailants made off. Earlier in the evening a gentleman named Walsh was stabbed In North King•street with a knife by a man named O'Rorke, who afterwards gave himself up to the police. COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& MARK-LANE.—(THIS DAY.) The supply of English wheat on sale in our market to-day was very limited ; nevertheless, as the attendance of millers Was mall, all kinds chan hands slowly, at Moudny's currency. The transactions in foreign wheat were trifling, at pre vious rates. The show of samples was good. In floating cargoes of grain very little was pesaing, on former terms. Fine barley was scarce, and quite as dear as last week ; bat grinding and distilling sorts were a slow sale. There was a moderate demand for malt, the supply of which was tolerably good, at full prices. Good sound oats were steady in value ; but inferior qualities commanded very little attention. The show of foreign was extensive. Beans moved off slowly, but at very full prices. Peas were quite as dear as on Monday. The flour trade was very quiet. Linseed moved off freely, at quite previous retie ; but other seals, as well as cakes, were a dull inquiry. MOM CURRENT. Ran Per Qr. Willal. I. Doe; Nest, red, old 06 to 72 new 59 to 71 „ Do. white, old IA k 76 new 69 to 71 Norkii and Llacula red, new _ 56 to 59 Pw Qr. _ os s. s. &Maar, 2B to 34 L W 28 .. wluts 22 to 90 BARLgT Waiting Distilling 31 to 60 .. 37 to 42 .. 32 to 34 MALT. lbw; Norfolk, sod Suffolk OD to 73 lUngstou and Were OD to 73 Brows l4 to 113 Rix New 33 to IT BwL Wausau Tick 33 So 37 Harrow PWsaw 4l to 4,; Ora — i zt: Boilers Pima _ .. St to 40 .. 41 to 44 410 to 42 .. 40 to 42 oArg. English feed g 31 g Beach, had 3 . 031 Per Qr. Willi?. is s. Dantzic and Konigs berg Rostock & Meeklen- 62 to 71 = Russian, hard Soft red „ white _ BAILLET Town made, per -- S9ll lbs. Household ld to St Country Norfolk and Suffolk, ex ship 4S to 47 Pa. Qr. . t 9 to 70 69 to 02 E 6 to GI . 68 to 84 0422 I. A Danish and 'Swedish 24 to 30 Russian Bun. Grinding . Distilling Mating 30 to 32 .. 33 to 311 . Jetew Danish Eigyptian PIIAL _ _ _ Truck por 44 to U Spanish .. 46 to Al . American, 'twat par Canadian .. TT to ARRIVAL OE GRAIN. &a, INTO LONDON BY WAS= CAMMACK MAY 11 TO WAY lt Must Barley. Malt. i Oatn Mbar. In. an. qrs. [lra sack] twin l EWII2 and Scotch CO 160 1950 : : • • 1190 Foreign 35270 1 90 .. 50360 .. -- 1 - Total OATS. Data brewing .. Maple soilen . e $7 to $O 33 to 41 Iwbui Oosa. White Yellow 34 to 41 ST to te FLOOR. .. 24 to SI . 21 to 28 LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. (HT MEG (raow out: OWN CORRESPONDEKT.) Coring. The market steady. Sales 15,000 baloa. CORN. —Wheat and flour extremely quiet ; prices are nominally unaltered. Beans, Saide, new and 01.1, 375. 6d. Oats and oatmeal unchanged. Corn dull, 6d. per qr. cheaper; mixed, 41s, rid. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) (THIS DAY.) Off TELEGRAPH.) (PROM ODE OWN CORRFAPONDIENT.) Wheat trade quiet ; but the supply of good qualities being scanty, late rates are about supported. Other articles unaltered. MINCING-LANK.—(THIS DAY.) ScroAn.—There is a better demand, chiefly for West India, at previous prices. Trinidad sold at tie. Gd. to 29.. 6d. ; Merbioe, 295. 6d. ; Jamaica, 30.. to nu Cal-; and brown Mauritius at 275. Gd. Refined dull of sale without change in prices. COFFIE.—Finn prices are paid for all qualities. Planta tion Ceylon triage sold at 47.. to 645. ; fine ordinary to fine fine ordinary, 704. Gd. to 775. ; low to fine middling, 775. Gd. to 90s. ; peaberry, 89s. to 935. Gd. Native Ceylon, good to fine, 645. to 72a. 6d. Cocoa.-200 bags of common Trinidad sold at the recent &reline. TEA. —The business doing continues very limited. Ann.—Jamaica continues in ropiest ; about 100 pun cheons sold ; common, 2s. Cri ; fair, 2d. ; and line, ss. Belem—Privately 500 bags of Zansiber cloves sold at 3 lrel6d. to Md. 200 bags of west coast Penang pepper at 215.16(1. ; and 800 bags of Pimento, at 10. Rtes.—The market continues quiet. lirtneo.—The demand for desirable qualities of Bengal has become very animated, at fully last sale's rates ; other kinds proceed as before. CorroN.—The demand has again become quiet. JOT/L-400 bales sold at steady rates. TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) The market is steady. Prim az; , quoted se folrows : Town tallow, ele. 9d. ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 435. 3d. ; June, 434. 3d. ; October to December, 445.; December, 445. 6d. HIDE MARICET.—cTHIS DAY.) LZADKNHALL.—Hides lifAbs. to 641 b.., d. to 3d. ; 641ba. to 721b5., 3d. to 30. ; 721bs. to 8016.., 3jd. to 3id.; 80Ibs. to 861134., 35d. to 4d. ; 881bs. to 961b5.. 4d. to 4id. Hors@ hides, 9s. to 10s. Od. Calf skins, light, 2.. to 4s. ; full, 7.. Od. BERMONDRZT.— Sheepskin.: Downs, 7s. Od. to Bs. 6d. ; lambs, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d.; sbearlinp, Is. 4d. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mears. Pattenden and Smith report the market in a healthy state, with a very bare supply of both English and foreign. Currency— Mid and East Yenta, 81., W. 96., and 111. lls. ; \Veald of Kent.% 71. 10a. to 81. 10s. ; Sussex, 71. sa. to 8/. COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Walls End Hatton, 18s. 6d. ; Walls End lambtoss, 18s. ; Walls End Haswell, 18a. 6d. ; Walls End South Hatton, 18s. 6d. ; Walls End Tees, 18s. ; Walls End East Hartlepool, 18a.; Walls End Original Hartlepool, 18s. 3d.; Walls End Braddyli Hetton, 17s. 6d. ; Walls End Hatton Lyons, 16s. 3d. ; Northumberland Main, 14s. ; Wylam, 16e. 94.; HolyweU, 16s. 9d. —Ships at market, 29; at sea, 35. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. tavareou MAY 16.—nalss to-day : Cheat Eastern, RBI 441 —Cirest Western, 42 1 1 j—Lancealdre and Yorkshire, IU-14 —London, Brighton, sad South Coast, 671—London and North Western, 112 1 11 1 1 I—Midland, 106 t 71 4—North Eastern, Berwick capital hock, 1011—North liitallorWre, 70—South Eastern, 634 144 4 41 4 15 4j—Buffalo and lake Huron, 4 Grand Trunk of Canada, 18—Great Western of Canada, 16 1.16 —Erie. 4' United States 5-10 Brands, 11182. 72}--hutch Rhenish, Sp —Great Luxemburg shares, 10 7.16 1 5-16 4—Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited), If d.—National Steam (Limited , 184 d. MANCMIIIIMIL MAT 16.—The market was generally better, and a fair business was done, prices closing ruin. Anglo-Ameri can Telegraph 'Limited:, In—Atlantic Telegraph Prof.B per cent., 911—Great Eastern, P(ll—Great Luxemburg , 104 7-16-- Great Northent A. 110 }-- 0-rand Trunk of Canada. 1 — Great Western of Canada, IS - Great Western, 42 4 i 11 44 f I-- Illinois, 761—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1331 1 4 4 4 31—Loedna and North it astern, 112 111 12 14 I—Manchester, 511•0ekl, sad Uncolnahlre 451 7 —Metropolitan, 1184 1 17—Midland, 1064 7 71761 7 1 1 7—North British, 34 - South Eastern, 1131 1 4 1 4 5 44'1 11- -Stareley Goal and Iron Company -Limited., 131 p—Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance (Limited), 31-16 4 p.—United Statess-30 Years' Bonita, 7 244—West Hartlepool, 7n—Loadon, Brighton, and South Coast, 874 7—Great Western 6 percent.. A2O shares, 17—Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated tiorigme Bonds, 211 81111/111MIAM, MAY 16.—The soles In-day were In Rbwiingharn Joint Stock Bank shares, at 304: Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon shares, third lame, at 4 dh. : South Staffordshire W shares at 6: and Patent Nut and Bolt shares, at 4 sire (10 , 01 , ra , prices: Sou th Staffordshire Railway stock, I 3 to 84 ; lit am Ban king Company slimes. at 11 to 14 preys ; Iloyd's shares, at 74 to 71 prem.: Nottingham Joint Stock Bank. at 34 to 3 dla ; Birniirmtmm Financial, at 14 to 11 din; and Midland Financial, at 14 to 11 dia. A case which promises to become a cause e&bre will, it is said, be brought before the committee of Tatter sall's to-morrow. ll.waroaaN POETRY. —But even if ho had been full of poetic speech, he would yet have found that the half of his posy remained unothered, for although we have speech enough now to be " cousin to the de ed as Chaucer says it must always be, we have not yet enough speech to be even cousin to the tenth part of our feelings. Let him who doubts recall one of his own vain attempts to convey that which made the oddest of dreams entrancing in loveliness—to convey that aroma of thought, the con scious absence of which made him a fool in his own eyes when he spoke such silly words as alone presented them selves for the service. I c►n no more describe the emotion aroused in my mind by a grey cloud parting over a grey stone, by the smell of a sweet-pea, by the sight of one of thole long upright pennonsof striped grass with the homely mine, than I ean tell what the glory of God is who made these things. The man whose poetry is like nature in this, that rt produces individual, incommuMeable moods and aniffitions of mind—a sense of elevated, tender, mar vellous, and evaneeeent existence, must be • poet. Every deem of such a feeling is a light-brushed bubble rendering visible for a moment the dark unknown sea of our being which lies beyond the light. of our consciousness, and is the stuff and the region of our eternal growth. But think what language must become before it will tell dreams ! before it will convey the delicate shades of fancy that come and go in the brain of a child !—before it will let a man know wherein one face differed from another face in glory !—.Argosy for May. MONEY MARKET.-(THI8 DAY.) Uwi o'Owox. There is a fair amount of business to-day in I public securities, and the tendency of prices, on the whole, 18 still favourable. Consols are in request, and have risen 1 per cent. both for money and the account. A similar movement has occurred in the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents.—partly upon an impres sion that the purchases by the government broker on account of the sinking fund will soon commence. English railway stocks are better in several cases, the most important variation being in Great Northern. A few of the speculative foreign bonds, however, exhibit a slight reaction. The inquiry for discount to-day is fair, and good three months bills are not taken below '2l per cent. Short loans on English government securities are offered in the Stock Exchange at 2 per cent. Consols are now quoted 921 to , with div., for money, and 901 to 91, ex div., for the account (Juno 6); and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 901 to 1. The Indian Five per Cent, stock is still in de mand for investment, and has experienced a fur ther advance of per cent., viz. to 1121 to 1. In the foreign stock market Greek Bonds are inquired for, and show a rise of 4 per cent., but Turkish of 1865, Italian of 1861, and Mexican, are k lower. Turkish Bonds of 1865 are quoted 301, to 311 ; Greek, 140 to ; Spanish Pardve, 22/ to ; ditto Certificates, 144 to ; Italian of 1861, 511 to 0; Mexican, 162 to 0. American securities are rather dull. The 5-20 Bonds are unchanged, at 721 to 4, but Erierand Illinois Central railway shares have declined per cent.—viz., to 42 to 4, and 76 to 4, respectively. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are steady, at 181 to / ; and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, at 41 to I. A moderate amount of business has occurred in bank shares. Union of London are in request, and 10s. higher, at 384 to 394. Imperial Ottoman are firm, at 1 to 14 dia., but Alliance show dulness, at 11 to 104 dis. A slight demand is observable for financial and miscellaneous shares at the prices of yesterday. International Financial are quoted 24 to dis. ; London Financial, 224 to 214 dis. ; General Credit, 24 to 2i du.; Credit Fancier, 63 to 4 dia. ; National Discount, 7g to 4 prem. ; and Hudson's Bay, IN to 4. The annual meeting of the SocilltiS Financier° d'Egypte will be held on the 29th of June, when a balance-sheet for the year ending the 30th of April will be presented. The shareholders will be asked to decide whether the operations of the under taking shall be extended beyond those stipulated by Art. 15 of the Statutes. HALF-PAST THREE 0 CLOCK. Consols are quoted 923 to 1, with div., for money, and 901 to j, ex div., fur the account, being about the same as at 1 o'clock. No gold has been sent into the Bank, but a considerable total is expected to be taken there during the next few weeks. At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Renter opened at 09.35, being sc. better than yesterday. The Rhone, for the West Indies, will take to day only 5,0001. in specie. The steamer Persia is bringing nearly 400,0001. in gold from New York to England. It is understood that further considerable amounts will be brought by tither vessels, the balance of trade being against the United States, while there are only small im ports of 5.20 bonds from that country, with which debts in Europe have been largely paid on previous occasions. The proprietors of the Brighton Railway Com pany have gained their point, and done justice to themselves. These first fruits of the agitation lately instituted ought to put now spirit into railway shareholders, by showing them the secret of their power, if they will but unite in oppo sition to the extension schemes of directors. The report of the Brighton committee of investigation will be looked for with great interest, and it is to be hoped that the truth will be laid bare, without sparing any one. It is reasonable that inquiry should precede action. The committee of the Stock Exchange have appointed Monday, the 20th inst., a special settling day in the A 8 per cent. Redeemable Preference shares of tho Belgian Public Works Company (Limited), which however are not to be marked in the official list. At the second annual meeting of the shareholders of the Societe Ginifrale de l'Empire Ottoman, held at Constantinople on the 2nd inst., the report of the Council of Administration was received with satisfaction, and the dividend for the year ending the 31st De cember last was fixed at one Turkish lira, or 186. 3d. sterling, per share, exclusive of the interest of six per cent. already paid. The dividend is to be payable at Constantinople on the let of July next. The annual meeting of the International Land Credit Company was held yesterday, when a divi dend of four per cent. was declared. It was stated that there is every prospect of the operations of the company in Hungary and Italy turning out satis factorily. A meeting of Italian Irrigation bondholders was held yesterday, when a committee was appointed to act in conjunction with the directors fur the pro tection of their interests. A general meeting of the Nerbudda Coal and Iron Company (Limited) is called for the 30th inst A general meeting of the British India Steam Navigation Company will be held on the 29th inst. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have announced the dividends due the lit of June on the Chilian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan. The following has been received as the list of transactions at the public sale yesterday at the "Open Stock Exchange (Limited) :" RAILWAYM.- Buenos Ayres Great Southern, 1411. Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Six per Cent. Bonds, 91 per cent. ; Great North of Scotland, original stock, 20 to 201 per cent. ; Great Western (West Midland) Five per Cent. Stock, 65 per cent. ' • London and Brighton, ordinary stock, 571. 15e. per cent. ; Royal Swedish, 3s. 3d. to 4s. per share ; Varna Railway, 31. 2s. 111. to 31. 7s. 6d. per share. 311053.-Anglo - Brazilian Gold, 17a. 6d. to 114 a 9d. ; Chontalea Gold, 31.65. 3d. to 31. 7s. 64. ; Don Pedro N. del Key, 2/. 19s. ; East Lovell, 81. 10s. ; Frontino and Bolivia, South American, Ba. 6d. ; Prince of Wales Copper, 2/. 12s. ; Pro s pe r United, 21. 10a. ; Bosse Grande, Bs. 9d. ; West Chiverton, 681. MISCILLLANZOI:S.-Alhambra Company, 4/. 17s. Gd.: Anglo-American Telegraph, 181. 12s. 6d. •, China Steam and 1.11411.1111 Coal, 21. 17s. ed. Co 31. 21. 6d. ; Commercial Union Assurance, 31. 2s. lid. ; Confederate States Cotton Loan, " Souders," 5/. 12s. 6d. per cent. ; Dagenham (Thames) Docks, 30s. ; Freemasons' Tavern, 7s. to 10s. ; Grosvenor Hotel, 3/. 12s. Gd. ; Hop and Malt Exchange, ii/. 17s. 6d. ; Hudson's Bay, 161 . 5/s. ; Imperial Land of Marseilles, 3s. Gd. per share ; Imperial Ottoman Bank, 81. 10s.; New Consolidated Discount Company, 11.175. lid. ; Star and Garter Hotel Company. 21. 10s. ; 8,0001. Spanish Certificates, 14i per cent. The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared at the Bankers Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday. The large increase on Wednesday was occasioned by the settlement in the Stock Exchange :-Thursday, 9,554,000/. ; Friday, 9,453,0001. ; Saturday, 9,321,0001. ; Mou e ay, 8,301,000/. ; Tuesday, 8,968,0001. ; Wednes day, 18,177,0901. -total, 03,774,0001. The subjoined report on the wool axles is from a circular of Messrs. Dutton and Ferry : _ The second series of colonial wool sales commenced this day ; the catalogue comprised 4,1r30 bales, viz.—Sydney, 586 ; Port Phillip, 2,564 ; Tasmania, 293 ; Adelaide, 270 ; New Zealand, LIR • 'and Cape, 36—total, 4,930 bales. There was • good attendance Mr home and foreign buyers, and prime, as compared with the March sales, show a re duction on Sydney wool of ld. to lid. per lb. • Port Phillip. ltd . ; ditto grease, Old. to ; New Ze aland, led. The arrivals up to date are as follows :—New South Wales and Queensland, 36,541 ; Victoria, 87,812 ; Tas mania, 9,611 • South Australia, 20,523 ; We s t A us t ra li a, 2,208 ; New gealand, 29,240 ; total Atudralasiaa, 195,835 ; Cape of Good Hope, 27,770; total colonial, 213,105 hake. _ • Annexed is a report of yesterday's indigo sales : Pitons have ruled rather dearer to-day for good and fine shipping qualities of Bengal ; other aorta are quite aa firm.. yesterday. The parcels of dry leaf Madras and Kurpah passed to-day were chiefly withdrawn above value. 2,164 chests pa.sed to-day, of which 1,343 chesta were withdrawn, 21$ chests bought in, and 613 chest* sold. Total quantity passed, 5,300 chests, of which 2,067 have been sold, 2,589 withdrawn, and 649 bought in. The return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday, May 15, compared witk that for the previous week, shows the following changes : Circulation issue ....„ 233,092,15.5 Increase 2129,42% Circulation active 11,1F14,54.1 Increase 37,616 Public deposits 7,534,212 Increase 127,a5.5 Other deposits Government securities braking department 12,886,314 No change. Other securities in banking department 19,258,506 Increase 37,610 Coin and bullion in both departments Seven day and other bills 459,102 Increase 1,304 The Rest 3,145,955 Increase 7,453 Notes in reserve Total reserve (notes & coin) in banking department 11,060,772 Increase 77,225 Owing chiefly to the increase in the deposits, a slight addition has occurred in the reserve. There is also an increase of 114,9201. in the stock of the precious metals, which must have wholly arisen through the return of coin from the provinces, the import and export transactions of the week showing a balance of 40,0001. against the Bank. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act week ending 011 Wednesday, lige Notes Usual /1.33,002,665 1.23,01104656 LIMING IN = Walt Capital L 14,558,000 3,146,966 Public Deposita (in cluding Exam., Bev. Beaks, Om lois. of National Debt, end Div. _ ENGLAND. i 7th and Stn Vie., e. ft. ter the , the 15th de, of May, IBC. PARTIIINT. Government debt 511,015,100 1 Other securities 1,984,001) Gold vain ..d hel lion 18.097.,655 Wife [milieu — A 133.095, as TAaT UT. Government Sent rtraes (Melodist Dead Weight An a 118.314 Ottr it rsmuitlas Al lo t 31.41.306 Notes Gold and Sliver Coln . 7,534,212 Other Depuidta . 17,513,3E3 Seven day and other 459,102 143.206.692 fA3,145.5011 T. MAY. Depute Cashier. May 16. llt. THU REDAT EVENING. Consols, which closed yesterday at 901, "buyers," div., for the 6th of June, opened and closed to day at 902 to /. For money the last price was W 2; to 2, with div. The New Three per Cents, and Three per Cents. Reduced were quoted at 3 o'clock 90; to 2. The official business report is as fol lows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 921, ki :hr t e 1; ditto, for amount, 901, f, /, ex div. • per Cents. Reduced, 90.2„ 2; New Thre e per Cents., 902, 1, 2, ; ; ditto ive per Cents., 1061, ; ; flunk stock, 251; India Stock, 217; ; ditto Five per Cent., 111 f, 12 ; ditto Four per Cent., 96;, ex div. ; itto Five per Cent. " en faced ' rupee paper, 1021, 1 ; ditto Bondi:, 525., 495. prem. The India Five per Cent. Stock is still rising, under the influence of a continued demand for in vestment. The last transactions recorded were at 112. Exchequer Bills remain at 21s. to 265. prem. There was rather less demand to-day for foreign stocks, and a few of the speculative descriptions showed a slight reaction. Italian of 1861 declined 2 per cent. • Turkish of 1865 and Russian scrip, ; and Spanish Passive and Certificates, 5. Brazilian of 1863 were 1 lower ; and Russian of 1862 and Turkish of 1858, 1. On the other hand, Turkish Guaranteed rose 1 per cent. ; some of the Egyp tian, Mexican of 1864, and Spanish New Deferred, 5 ; and Chilian scrip, 1. In the market for financial shares London Finan cial and Credit Fonder were inquired for, and rose 11. and 2s. 6d. respectively. General Credit showed firmness. Prices closed as follows :—lnter national Financial, 22 to dia. ; General Credit, 21 to A dia. ; London Financial, 23 to 21 dia. ; and Credit Foncier of England, 6k to 2 dis. Atlantic Cable shares were quiet at yesterday's prices. Anglo-American left off at 181 to 5. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Preference, at 41 to ; ' and Telegraph Construction, at 1: to 12 dui. Atlantic Telegraph original stock was quoted 1 to 2 per cent. higher. Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 161 to 5, being 2s. 6d. better, and National Discount, 72 to prem., showing a rise of is. 6d. Very few deal ings were reported in miscellaneous shares, but the changes in prices were in an upward direction. Trust and Loan of Upper Canada improved IL; Ceylon A, East Indian Land, Land Securities, and Rio Improvements, 10s. ; and Thames and Mersey Insurance, 21. 6d. London and St. Katha rine Dock stock declined about 1 per cent. Some of the New Zealand bonds rose 5 per cent., but other colonial government securities were quoted the same as yesterday. American securities were inactive, and prices un changed, with the exception of a decline of 3 per cent. in the 3-20 Bonds, and a rise of 1 in Virginia Six per Cents. Prices closed at follows :—d-20 Bonds, 721 to 5 ; Erie Railway shares, 425 to 2; Illinois Central, 761 to 1 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, 27 to 29, ex coup.; Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 211 to 1. The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 23rd inst. for the supply of 300,0001b5. of soap, 15,000 bushels of oats, 400,0001b5. of cocoa, and 15,0001b5. of pepper. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) Owi &Cum. The mining market is steady to-day, with fair demand for shares in some mines, including Tincmft, Providence, and East Russell. The pre sent quotations are as folios. :—Tincroft, 145 to 15 ; West Caradon, 95 to 104 ; Great Limey, 18 to ; North Chiverton, 41 to 3 • East Camden, 5} Ito 6 ; East Russell, 4 to j ; West Chiverton, 65 to 66 ; Prince of Wales, 51s. to 535. ; Great Re tallack, 44 to 5 ; and Wheal Seton, 110 to 115. With reference to the Anglo-Italian Mining Com pany (Limited), it is announced that the whole of the 8,500 shares have been appliod for, and that no further applications for shares at par can be enter tained. Applications for the remainder of the issue—viz., 4,ooo—at 2s. Gd. per share premium, will be received up to and including Tuesday next, the Ist in The price was yesterday quoted ito Prem- RAILWAY&-(THIS DAY.) Ors o'OLooi. The railway market is firm, and prices have further improved in some cases. Great Northern stock is in good demand, and has advanced 1} per cent. London and North Western has risen j, and Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Great Eastern 1. On the other hand, London, Chatham, and Dover has declined 1. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 1171 to ; Great Western, 421 to ; London and North Western, 1121 to 113 ; Midland, 1071 to ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 124 g to t; Caledonian, 10Gi to 101 ; South Eastern, 64i to 1 ; Great Eastern, 281 to 1 ; Great Northern, 11 0 to 111 ; ditto A, 110/ to 1111 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 17} to 18 ; North British, 331 to ; and Brighton, 561 to 57. [For to-day's Share List see page 4.1 The entries for the National Horse Show at Islington closed on Wednesday. The exhibition promisee to he without any exception the best ever held in London ; and so extensive were the nominations that upwards of 100 entries were returned for want of accommodation. The hunters' prize will be contended for by upwanle of 100 horses from the best provincial studs. The stallion boxes are all full, and a dozen thorough-bred sires will be exhi bited. Among the curiosities 14 an Indian pony, Which carried its owner when heating buffaloes in the minim adjoining the Rocky Mountains.