The Express. — London, England, 1868-02-13 00:00:00

IC- Ism• a s bun the is Sh e irriTs bi mai dor rubio‘ d the rocas& di ddbr tbr do" sad eow . a ta• 11 " . is a t tie • itZ P "r•ww . Iwo* • WO% DurriaiHe THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1868. SECOND EDITION. EZPI:ESS ornez, Thursday, 4 o'clock. FOREIGN NEWS• (THIS DAY.) THE FRENCH PRESS BILL. It is generally supposed that the Press Bill, WWI ttder discus non in the Corps Legislatif, is a ril ,n of o.ie existing arbitrary system. The ex.- ; ,....ted pre is freedom to be allowed henceforward in fronce iri!l be apparent from the following article, ,I•ech war, under discussion on last Tuesday i.., er y in .lirideel condemned for en offence of the press , periedi , ml, or oilier writing, subjected to the may be, by las verdict of the eawdeenation, sus. I ,Art ryorri the ez, =dee of his electoral rights fee a period ryavrling fire y ears R.,Aiir4 this a rtiele, 3ules Fevre ere:aims " wo vc fce to face with a government which with-, (Ira , : '•` ith one. halal what it appears to give a t..(11(r.” M. Berryer remarks, "there ; . any freedom of dismission," and Link I% la says that "the optional power which the artic!c & IVO the judge was one of its worst fraturts.- ' ' I can understand," said the last r. •' (at a man should be deprived of his • ~cal hts for certain crimes—for instance, t i, ( ; a lan who has created sedition to , t 1c an ambiticn which could only be legiti •fl a,. I,y tl l e employment of lawful means should b, ,:,capa• ;Rated from the exercise of the power ani ochit nee which he obtained by the •vielation • wa " The arrow hit some one, for it was r ~t 1 by the members of the left with a" Hear, AUSTRIAN DUALISM. •stem of dualism in Austria counionally r ,se to disagreeable incidents. It has done now. A subscription ball was given a short • • ince in Preeburg for the families cd the honreds ' ought in the civil contest of 1848-9. General perg, who commands in Presburg, was invited an ball. Instead of replying is a courteous • er, he got into a passion, and ordered his era not to attend. This caused ill-feeling on pArt of the Hungarians, which was manifested l'csth on the recent visit of the' mperor to that • y. The Faculty of Medicine of Pesth gave a ball, .t for the honveds, but in honour of the Emperor. 7 lir y took care, however, to invite the Emperor I..ne, omitting the whole of his military staff. The I , :iiiperor felt hurt and did not appear at the ball-4 theme incidents have given rise to irritated feeling ;3, Loth sides. (1113111101 TELEGRAMS.) BELGIUM. STRIKE AND SERIOUS DISTURBANCES. BRUSSELS, Fn. 13. A strike and serious disturbances have taken -place in the Mareinelle and Gilly coal mines near 4harleroi. Several arrests have taken place. AMERICA. TIIE ALABAMA CLAIMS. QUEENSTOWN, FED. 13. The National Steamship Company's steamship France, from New York, arrived off this port at 3 4 .'clock this morning. After landing passengers lie proceeded for Liverpool. All welL NEW YORK, Yza. 2. The Now York papers contain contra •uctory accounts from Washington regard the Alabama claims, ono stating that iI President has resolved to bring the I..mtion to an immediate issue, while another : ‘. ra that the report has no foundation, but that correspondence on the subject of the claims will once opened through Mr. Thornton. The plan • ' sk•ttlemont by arbitration is said to have been News from Peru to the 12th January confirms disastrous defeat of Prado by the revolutionists 1..1..rt , Arequipa, and states that he retreated in 1..1er upon Lima, narrowly escaping capture. I'l-.10 left afterwards for Chili. Intense excitement , sailed at Lima and Callao. The whole country now held by the revolutionists. OUR PARIS LETTER. (yawl oui OWN coßazurolgoisr.) PARIS, WZDNIBDAT EVENING. 1, siollity's debate in the Corps Legislatif was ' a' spirited and interesting. Several clauses !. • tress Bill were hotly discussed, and some ted results followed. The majority sue , il in getting one more illiberal amendment into consideration ; but, on the other hand, 0n...1 the usual supporters of government were ilisgtisted with the article enabling a police judge ,Ii !wire a journalist of his civil and political riJits for five years, as a supplementary punish tit, in addition to a ruinous fine, that they 'Allied to M. Jules Favre, and brought up an pcsition vote to the unusual number of 59. When M. Pelletan sat down, having taken hothing by his motion, there ensued a battle royal i.pon the clause enabling the correctional judges to trip a citizen of his electoral rights for a news paper article written by him. Even the committee on the bill did not go the whole length which they were asked to do by government. Baron de Iteauverger and M. Nogent Saint Laurens said the immmittee thought the deprivation of electoral rights should only be inflicted in the case of a second conviction. M. Pinard warmly sup p irted the clause in its integrity, and by way of t \ tenuating its importance, lauded the impartiality, wisdom, and discretion of those correctional judges who are only to act upon it when it seems good to them. The minister's line of argument brought tip M. Jules Fevre, who said be saw clearly now the explanation of what was yesterday a mystery to him. Be had been puzzled to conceive the reason why the government insisted obstinately upon the power of prosecuting newspaper article any time within the lug period of three years. It was plain t.• him, putting together two clauses of thehill, that the object was to have the ggwee of excluding from that h o use an y jo urna li s t soMo might make himself Popular by his writings. On the ere of each a man presenting himself to the electors, it would be always easy to rake up some article written by him within three years which might be held libellous, and then the judges would get a hint to make hies ineligible. It was • dirty device, withdrawing with one hand liberties which it was pretended to re with another. President Schneider several times called on N. Jules FAME, to moderate his Language. M. Ronher avowed that the evils appre hended by M. Jules Favre were ridiculously exag gerated, and he pronounced the stereotyped eulo gium on the integrity of all the judges without ex ception. M. Emile 011ivier followed on the same aid, so X. Jules Favre, and then the obnoxious clause was carried b' itutjority, on which the government cannot pew itself, of 158 to 59. There were a good man y abstelitions. In the Senate. yesterday M. President Troplong announced t l re death of Senator de Marlys Moldisville.. The Petrie says with a vein of irony I that although this osaator will occupy no consider able pluo in history, he leaves very honourable weentira. The choof of these is that being Prefect' of the Haute Garonne, and meeting the Emperor at Bandeaux is the year of that famous speech L'Esupire eat Is Pair, be said to Napoleon 111., " Sire, I hope Rae day your Majesty will make me Prefect of Leann." Oecumstances never allowed tlw Emperor to gratify this wish ; but by way of owasobition be took CI early opportunity to make tie zealous enterer of at a senator. At the Boerne Rea le exactly recovered. the tai get yeeteedey, dolling with a rise of 20c. for calk and 10c. for account, at 69fr. and 68fr. 85c. Delhi rose 25c. ; Mobilier .and Credit Foncier, 7fr. bec. each ; and Comptsir d'Eseasapte, Mr. There seems to be no uneasiness about the Berrien de- agaimet Turkey. HOME NEWS. (THIS DAY.) PUBLIC MEETINGS. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company wee held at the Waterloo Terminus to-day ; Ye. Xenon's in the chair. The report, which warn published some time ago, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said that the falling off in the dividend wsa, as he ventured to prophecy at the last two meet ings, on temporary. The dividend to be declared that day, 51 per cent., warn an honest one, and it had been rifted with more than usual care and circumspection. They had now arrived at the turning point, and he hoped the receipts would henceforward go on incressing. The accounts were kept with great neatness and clearness, and the distinction between capital and ro►enue wee closely adhered to. (Cheers.) Out of 61,00 W. about 50,00 W. was carried to the capital side of the acemuit, and thin had been done with the approval of the auditors. On the revenue aide of the ea emunts, 90,6801. was applied to the maintenance of way, works, and stations. The amount on account of compensation was only 3,7031. The gross revenue compared favourably with that of the corresponding period of 1866, the increase in passenger traffic being 34,8001., and on goods 'inflict 10,40 W. With regard to the expenditure the general result was that they had additional receipts to the amount of 45,6301. at an in creased expenditure of 4,1611. This was creditable to all classes of their officers. The progress made in the execution of the Kensington and Richmond, Kingston end Wimbledon, and Tooting, Merton, and Wimbledon lines was satisfactory. He might mention that claims for com pensation had been made amounting to 183,033/., but the juries only allowed 00,000/., and in two cues of claims for 3,030/. end 3,1001. the jury only gave 55. in the pound. The directors rssolved to abandon the Ilfracombe and Bideford to Torrington exten— sions, The directors would watch the progress of the bill for the working union of the South Eastern, London, Chatham, and Dover, and Brighton lines with great care and attention, for it might affect their interest at several points. They bad been asked to become parties to the above agreement, but they did not think they would be jurtified in entertaining the suggestion. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. Durrow, M.P., seconded the motion. Mr. PAI)I2/21 admitted that the report warn satisfactory, but he suggested that the directors should remain on friendly terms with their neighbours, and get rid of those small lines which were so influential in reducing their divi dends. Mr. VILLESBOISIICT and Mr. ELLIa spoke in approval of the report, and made suggestions with respect to the Waterloo Junction station and the Ilfracombe extension abandonment. After some further observations the report was adopted, and the meeting separated. AORTA STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. At the half-yearly meeting of the elutreholdcra, held at 1 o'clock, at the London Tavern, Colonel Paeasor in the chair, . . . . The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the neje had more than held its ground. The increase of iron carried during • the last half-year exceeded by 23 per cent the amount in 1860, when the iron works were in full employ. Coals had increased by 5 per cent. as compared with the corresponding period in 1860. The pottery traffic had also been satisfactory. He was sorry that with increased traffic there was a diminution of dividend, owing to the expense of renewing the locomotive stock, on which account 18.000/. was still owing. The compensation payments were also very heavy. The report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum declared. BERLIN WATERWORKS COMPANY (LIMITED). The annual meeting of the shareholders was held at noon, at the London Tavern; Mr. Joe C. Sni in the chair. The directors' report stated that " the general revenue account exhibits a balanoe for the kalf-year of 24,27:./. 2s. 4d., from which the board recommend a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, leaving 785/. 2a. 4d. to be carried forward. Continual and urgent applications, it was added, are re ceived for the supply of water to districts out side the present limits of the pipe system ; but, as the Prussian government has the power of p the works at a valuation in 1881, the direction cannot feel justified in expending further capital for the extension of mains unless this clause in the concession be amended." The report of the manager at Berlin, Mr. H. Gill, C.E., stated that in the half-year just closed 360 estimates for house services were prepared for applicants, 392 of which were accepted, and the works carried out. The numbers for the corresponding half of 1866 were 33'2 and 263. The increase in the number of houses con nected with the pipe system was 256, for the corresponding period of 1866 it was 179. The demand for water which i decreased considerably in 1866, during the war, s now steadily increasing. At present 5,500 of the 10 houses estimated as oompriaed in the area commanded by the pipe system, are supplied from its mains. The Outliners, in moving the adoption of the directors' report, observed that it exhibited further program. The dividend had increased at the rate of about 1 per cent, per annum since any dividend at all was declared, and that now declared was very satisfactory. The com pany would soon have sufficient engine power to meet all the demands. The board had, as was stated by the manager, 5,500 houses or blocks of buildings to supply with water out of 10,000 embraced in the area of the pipe system. The houses in blocks comprised, on the average, 50 inhabitants, and if the 10,000 blocks were all supplied the original estimate of the supply of 500,000 inhebitants would be realised. The population of Berlin was, including that in the suburbs, more than 700,000, and the present capital would be insufficient to supply the whole. It remained to be considered whe ther the company should be so enlarged as to embrace all. This could not, however, be done without an expan sion of the concession. (Hear, hear.) After a short discussion the report was adwted, and a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent per annum having been declared, the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. FIVE HUNDRED TONS or COAL ON FlRE.—During lest night and this morning several fires took place in various pate of the metropolitan district, but the following was the most serious of the whole :—Late et night smoke was men issuing from the exten sive coal wharf of Messrs. Naylor, at Botherhithe. An alarm was promptly given and the powerful steam float moored near the walls of the bank, was brought to bear upon It. Upon entering the place the firemen found that fames went raging amongst 500 tom of teals and that the engine-house and machinery were placed in great jeopardy. Ample additional amiatenoe was obtaiasd, and after some hours bard working the brigade "scowled in allaying all tome of any further extmaion of mischief, bet the fire was not entirely extingulthed until a large anemot of pro perty had been bused. CAMBRIDGE lINIVIRSITY FLECTION.--CAXERIDGR, WEDNESDAY ZVENING.—Twin Professor Selwyn, the brother of the Bishop of has placed his Lame en Mr. eleseby's committee. LONDON GENZE.AL 01INLIIIS COMPANY (Loomis). —Tragic receipts kg week ending Folmar, O. 9,8151. Ad. L, INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAT.) EQUITY COURT. • (1118sto VirroChanoellor Sir W. Pegs Wood.) audam e. run arraorouras SAILWAY cearranT. Mr. dumblett, Q.C., and Mr. Z. R. Turner appeared en behalf ef the plaintiff in of a motion to commit Ms. P 1117012, the chairman oi inip gaseliers of the Metiopolitaa Railway Company, for an alleged untempt of omit, in having broken the injunction greeted on the 31st of Jan. last, whereby the company and directors ware re strained from declaring or paging any dividend, except se far as the profits and ether income of the company might be a to such dividend. On the 6th of February a meeting of the oorn gany was held, at whisk • evidend of 64 per out. was •dechr. on the consolidated stook of the company ; and the plaintiff now contended that the declaration of this dividend was uawarraated. Originally the directors had recammended• larger dividend, and his Honour in making the above order bad held that there were three errors in the mode of taking the company's accounts—one that they bad charged general and office expenses to capital, whereas these items ought to have been wholly charged to reivenne—secondly, that a charge of interest on part of the debenture debt (the difference between 1,333,000/. and 449,0001.) to capital, was d thirdly, that oer ' Min sums paid by Meows. Kelk, e contractors, by way of interest at fit per omit, on the 700,000/. share capital of the Tower-bill Extension line, in lieu of penalties for non-fulfilment (such line not yet having been touched) were wrongly charged to capital. In answer to this motion the chairman by his affidavit deposed that he believed and understood the effect of the decree made on the 31st of January to be no more than this—that the two sums for general and office expenses ought not to have been charged to capital account and ought to have been charged to the credit side of the revenue amount, and to be paid out of revenue; and it was admitted that if this had be en all that wu touched by his Honour's order, thedederation of the 51 per cent. dividend would have been right. The other points the chairman considered to be untouched by his Honour's decision, but to be reserved to the hearing. It was ooasequentlp maintained that there had been no breach of the injunction. Sir R. Palmer, Q.C., Mr. G. M. Gifford, Q.C., and Mr. Bristow., for the company and the chairman of directors, were not called upon. The Vice-Chancellor said that as the declaration of a dividend of 541 per cent., except upon the Tower-hill Ex tension, had been actually made, before the but order was made by the court, he would not treat the order as going more than this—that the dividend so declared ought not to be paid except out of sums properly applic able to the payment of dividend. The order did not prevent any payment being made, unless it could be clearly shown to the court at the bearing that such payment was made out of funds not properly applicable to such pay ment. His Honour certainly did not mean to confine his judgment to the two sum mentioned by the chairman ; he referred to them as being two sums as to which, at any rate, he was clearly of opinion that they were chargeable to revenue, and ought not to have been paid out of, capital. t also appeared to him that there was a very mime difficulty shoat the payments received from Messrs. Kelk. But no further payments would now be paid till July or August, and therefore, although his Honour thought the directors might well take into consideration what position they would be in with respect to their payments in August next, he felt he could not at present lay his hand upon these items. His Honour then adverted to the view he had entertained that the interest upon the difference between two sums of 1,333,0001. and 449,000/. ought not to have been charged to capital account, which had to some extent been modi fied ; that nothing he had heard to-day had satisfied him that the payments received from Messrs. Kelk could be credited to income. However, ash. had already said, he was not now authorised to go into the pest accounts of thecom pany,as he had been invited to do by the plaintireconneel, and, in other wordsjto stay the payment of the whole dividend. That was net the intent of the order • and as the only items with which he could at present d eal were those to which he had referred, he should make no order on the present motions, except to direct them to stand till the bearing of the cause, moaning the cute, linters the bill were sooner dismissed, in which case the defendant's coats would be costs in the cause. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) HOOTON V. DINNNTT AND MINN. Mr. Serjtant O'Brien and Mr. G. H. Cooper for the plaintiff. Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Searle for the de fendants. . . This was a reit relating to the testamentary dispositions I of Ananias Dennett, a builder, at Nottingham, who died on the 12th of November, 18.66, leaving a wife and four children, and property estimated at 8001. in personalty and 6001. a year in realty. He was a man of 45, and had died of a tumour on the brain, which took him off rather un expectedly and without much previous confinement to his bed, though he had for a couple of months complained of excruciating pains. Though represented to be a fond father and an affectionate husband, be had contracted an adulterous intimacy with a young woman named Lydia Hooton, to whom by a will of the 9th October. 1866, he had left an annuity of nor., besides one of l'fif. to her daughter by another man, and he had inserted in his will the singular provision that if his estate failed his concu bine should at any rate have her legacy free from de ductions. Getting dissatisfied with this arrangement, he made a new will (as was alleged) on the 9th of November. by which he reduced his gift to Lydia to 1001. This was written out for him by John Peat, his clerk, and attested by the testa tor's brother Robert, and by Peat. Probate was opposed, however, by Hooton on several pleas, but substantially on the ground of forgery ; in proof of which she called Mr. Chabot, the expert. This gentleman admitted that he was considerably staggered by the evidence of execution, but still, looking at the peculiarities of the testator's alleged signature, he could not consider it genuine. [The case was proceeding when our report left.] COURT OF ADMIRALTY. (Before Sir R. Phiflimsy.) THE GREAT EASTERN. This ease, mentioned in the Express of last night, was concluded at the rising of the court. Sir James Anderson, the captain, and Mr. Yates, the re sectary, were called for the defence. The Solicitor-General gave up the claim for stores, and contended that Si, James Anderson had held himself out as agent for the Steamship Company. His lordship reserved judgment. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. ClIAlOl_ OF EMOOOLINOt A waLartmetaY;e7n;h;aii:;;;;;diorie Blanc, was brought before Sir R. Carden, charged with being un lawfully in poseession of a quantity of tobacco, for the pupa's of evading the payment of the duty. A Custom House officer named Mortimer stated that upon the arrival of the Baron Guy, Hamburg steamer, at the Custom House this morning at 9 o'clock, he and some other officers went on board for the purpose of examining the passengers luggage. Among the were some belonging to the defendant, and he packager of hint if they oohtained anything liable to duty, and he replied that they did not. He did not find anything in the luggage liable to duty, but the appeannoe of the prisoner exciting his suspicion, he searched him, and found about two pounds of foreign manufactured tobacco in his breast pocket, and his coat pockets. Upon this discovery he took the prisoner into custody. The defendant, who did not understand English, said be was not aware that he was doing wrong. The officer said that he showed the prisoner a printed paper in French sad German inquiring whether he had any thing in his possession liable to duty. Sir R. Carden told the prisoner he was sorry to see a man bearing such a distinguished name as Louis Blanc charged with smuggling. He should fine him 30s. The fine was paid. GUILDHALL Thomas Childs, a clerk, living at 133, Downham.rcad, Kinpland, was placed at the bar before Alderman Salo mon', ILP., charged with embezzling several sums of money belonging to his employers. Henry William Hopper and he was a warehouseman in the employ of Messrs. R. L. Cox and Co., ribbon manu facturers, No. 7, St. Paul's-churchyard. He goods from Messrs. H. J. Dixon and Bona, of fl i , lr ti ab r! mardery, amounting to 111. 18e., and on the 24th of Sept. he paid the prisoner that amount lee dimwit, and saw him sign the receipt produced. Thomas Wain London *gent for Mama. Dixon and Sons, of Kiddenknater, menet manufacturer, said the prisoner bad been their clerk for about four years until he discharged him about three weeks ago. When in their service, the pristine! wan authorised to rood/e money for them and it was him duty to account for all monies received by him on the day that he received them. The prisoner had not accounted to him for the 111.18 e. nor any part of it. Joseph William Pewits, detective odder, said from in emotions he received at 9 o'clock that ulsg, he went to 133. Downhaorroad, Kingfield, and took theprisoner into custody. He told him the charge and he made no reply to it. He also told him he would be &ergo' with reeving 331. 3e. from Mr. Harbottel, and other ems be keen to his employers, and not imeountlng Ice the. He made no reply. The prisoner wee remanded. MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) On ethoos. The satisfactory tenor of the advices from abroad, the plethora of money, the drooping tendency of the corn market, and the diminution in the with drawals at gold from the Bank for exportation, have imparted inc eased firmness to most public securi ties to-day. Consols are in request, at an improve ment of 1 per cent. Home railway stocks are very firm, chiefly in consequence of the announcement that the application to restrain the direo tors of the Metropolitan line from passing a dividend for the half year at the rate of fit per cent. per annum has been dismissed this morning by Vice-Chancellor Wood. The stock of that company was officially marked at the commencement of business as low as 1061, but has since risen to 1101 to 1111, being nearly 4 per cent. better than yesterday. Some of the foreign bonds have likewise advanced. The fortnightly settlement, which still engages attention, will be completed to-morrow. The demand for money is still moderate, and the supply very large. The rate for the best paper is If per cent., with exceptional transactions at lf. Short loans are offered in the Stock Exchange at 1 per cent. Consols are quoted 93f to f for money and the account (March 6), and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93f to 3. The railway market is decidedly better, in conse quence of the legal decision in the case of the Me tropolitan Line, as referred to above. The stock of that company has improved si per cent. London and North-Western has advanced 1; Caledonian, I ; Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern, it ; Midland and South-Eastern, j; Great Eastern, 1 f ; and Great Western and London, Chatham, and Dover, /. The quotations are as follows : 1 Great Western, 46/ to / ; London and North Western, 1191 to / ; Midland, 106/ to ; Lan- ; cuhire and Yorkshire, 127/ to / ; Caledonian, I 761 to 77/ ; South Eastern, 724 to ; Great Eastern, 301 to / ; Great Northern, 10811 to 109/ ; ditto A, 1101 to I ; London, Chatham and Dover, 18/ to I ; North British, 344 to 35 ; Brighton, 46 to ; and Berwick, 1051 to 1064 ; York and North Midland, 98} to 94 ; and London and South Western, 87 to 89. Bank of England stock is steady, at 248 to 250. The Indian Five per Cent. is at Illf to 1121, and the Four per Cent at 101/ to /. Exchequer Bills are quoted 20s. to 255. prem. Foreign stocks meet with enquiry, and a rise of / to per cent. has taken place in some of the speculative descriptions. Annexed are the quotations : Turkish of 1862, 61i to 62/ ; ditto of 1865, 32/ to 331 ; ditto of 18'58, 63 to 64 ; Chilian of 1867, 87/ to 88/ ; Greek, 124 to 13 ; Portuguese scrip, 14 to / prem. ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 36/ to ; Italian of 1861, 43/ to 44/ ; viceroy's Loan, 77/ to 78 ; Mexican, 16 to ; Peruvian of 1865, 761 to 1 ; and Brazilian of 1866, 75/ to 76. American securities are inquired for, and have advanced k to per cent. The 5-20 Bonds are called 71/ to 72/ ; Erie Railway shares, 481 to f ; and Illinois Central, 884 to 89. Atlantic Cable shares are firm. Anglo-American, 19/ to A ; and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 5 to 4. Bank shares show steadiness. Anglo-Austrian are at 3} to I prem ; London and Brazilian, 30 to 28 dis. ; Imperial Ottoman, /to dia. ; Consoli dated / to / prem. ; and London Bank of Mexico, 8 to 6 die. The shares of the financial companies are un changed, apart from a reduction of 2s. 6d. in International Financial—viz., to n to dim. General Credit are quoted 2il to if die. ; Credit Fonder, 6i to diz. ; and London, 22 to 24 die. The advice, from Liverpool announce the failure of Messrs. Gilchrist, Smith, and Co., shipowners, but their unsecured liabilities are stated not to exceed 7,000 i. The creditor, have decided that the estate shall be wound up under inspection. HALY-PANT Ores O'CLOCK. COlllOlll and foreign bonds exhibit no further movement, but Caledonian, London and North- Western, and London, Chatham, and Dover stocks have advanced it to I per cent., compared with the prices above given. Metropolitan, however, is I lower. HALT-PART THREE O'CLOCK. The stock markets are generally somewhat flat ter, upon realisations. Consols are at 931, both for money and the account, being 1-16 per cent. lower than at half-past 1 o'clock. The reduction in railway shares amounts to sa. to 10s. Cale donian are quoted 761 to 1 ; Metropolitan, MI to ; and South Eastern, 721 to Foreign bonds are Ito 1 per cent, worse. Italian of 1861 are called 431 to 44 ; Brazilian of 1865, 75/ to I ; and Spanish New Three per Cents., 361 to 1. About 66,0001. in bar gold has been taken from the Bank for abroad. At Paria to-day the Three per Cent. Rental opened at 68fr. 87c., being I per cent, higher. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE " IdirrEOß'S " LITTER.—(THIS DAY.) LATEST UOVKIEE'NTS AND EARLY SPRANG SVENTI3. TO TEO MOTOR OF ?R ELTIRIMO. fin,—Turfosem must gird up their loins for a busy spring campaign, every day now bringing indiums item of news to indieate how brilliantly it will epos an Tuesday next ; and I ass safely prognosticate that Ihriela will afford the bast two dap' sport ever found Ilvese. Not many hours after my last letter was penned, seem totally new names were introduced into the emeeket for the Lineelnaltire Handicap, at least • dome pro mising at this 'writing to "go for the eseetry," whilst at the finish • field of a more we tsw dozen will probably be made up. King Cbmsding. es I suggested, has turned up tramps again, • p&p that he had with Mount Palatine on Monday isaming, whereby the idea was erroneously entertained that the latter was the better horse, having enabled his party to get on to their satisfaction ; so that, ea he is in ea good form as ever he showed in his beet days, the King must do good battle for Newmarket. What is to beat him is hard to say, especially as the Czar has not crossed the Channel yet, the Frenchman's friends beginning to fear that when he does arrive he will not have time to recover from the effects of the journey; but Disowns!' of Purveyor and Rhine Wine do not appear to be much afraid of anything—the former, in fact, threatening actually to per all before him in the betting, so satisfactorily did he acquit himself when put through the mill. Artesian, I understand, helped to measure Purveyor, his decline in the market Ulna being easier understood than that of another or two upon whom the public were evidently once too sweet. It will take a good three-year-old, however, to win, judging from the statistics of the last few years, Anglo-8a:o• and Blamer& getting no nearer than third with fiat and Est slb respectively in 1864 and last year, end Treasure Trove only getting home a neck first when he beat old Ssecharometer, receiving 3st 71h two years ego. Ar cadia's wretched third to Suburban is the only other "place" the youngsters can boast of since the sst nb minimum in handicaps was resolved upon ; and my im pression is that, if King Charming should fail to give the weight away, the Czar has too much the beat of the three-year-olds to fear them, besides which we have the " soft " Easby—and Grey Stocking, Indigestion, and Skirmish, in case of accidents—to keep them in check. Not only on the flat, but across country, shall we have some fine sport at Lincoln, the Grand Steeple chase being far from spoiled by the Birmingham results, though it would be premature to discuss this before Monday next, tempting as Greenland may appear after his forward running to-day. The proceedings on Sutton Coldfleld were of more immediate importance to those interested in the Grand National, several candidates for which performed during the two days, including the early favourite Shakes peare, who ran simply a respectable hone, and not like a wonder. Had Sightlyer been left in the Aintree affair, he would certainly have been " heard of" with only list to carry, as he won his two races like • good horse, leaving More and Charming Woman so fax behind on the first cloy as to quite put their pipes out apparently. In the great event we had three Grand National horses unplacied, viz.., Musketeer, Woodbury Hill, and the rogue Archi medes, who made a very sorry clibilt at his new line of business, and did not cut so good a figure (and that was bad enough) as another of Lord Stamford's ones famous racehorses, Brick, did in the Craven Cup. It wag a splendid race between the Nun, Benue*, and Greenland for the Grand Annual, being too clam for the winner to have much chance at Aintree with her 10ib penalty, which will easily allow Shakespeare to turn the tables, as he will meet her on 121 b better terms. But perhaps the Duke et Hamilton had • better representative than t►e immortal one in Jimmy or Jack of Trumps, the market having warranted such a supposition , for some time past ; and I have only further to observe that the whole of today's form looks moderate when Benazet could so eerily win with his Ilst 121 b. When last they met, Gameboy beat the king of black and red by about twenty lengths, Hall Court separating the pair, and hence my selection of him " with • start " would probably have been justified had he been pulled out, considering he only had to concede ne for the beating ; nevertheless, it was gratifying that another of my fancies, the Nun, should win in him absence. There were more notorious absentees than this Gameboy, the two earliest backed, Sylph and The Doctor, failing to put in an appearance, and from all accounts the latter's case is so bad that be is likely to become a very troublesome patient, about whom the layers of 1,000 to 5 and 1,000 to 10 for the Grand National need not be nervous. Busy as the industrious makers of " books" were over the Birmingham events on Tuesday and yesterday (what • sad straight those who wanted so much to " pepper " the Doctor and Sylph must have been planed in by the de struotion of the great midnight place of rendezvous ! they have found time to create a new sensation over the Two Thousand and Derby, independently of the "bringing back " of Blue Gown, and inclination to shake the Roof crucian's faith. Poor Typhoeus is again under fire, though what ho has done wrong this time doss not exactly transpire, and it may be that it is oozing out his owner I. doubtful shout running him for the Two Thousand. Perhaps confidence will be restored before I have occasion so address your readers again, so far as the Derby is con corned ; but till then he is a question that must lie on the table.—l am, Sic METEOR. Thursday morning. BETTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.) 2.30 P.M. There is not much change to record on the Lin ooloshire Handicap, the prices remaining much the same with the exception of Easby, who receded to 25 to 1 offered. For the Liverpool Grand National The Lamb, Chimney Sweep, and Helen were all in request, as were Yr. Barber's and Lord Coventry's lots ; about the fret named 8 to 1 was taken to about 200/., and the same price about the l►tter to 150/. For the City and Suburban The Breach was supported to some 2,0001. or 3,0001. No change on the Chaster Cup or other events. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 8 to 1 opt King Charming (t end off) 11 to 1 Purveyor (t) 100 to 6 Grey S tocking (I end off ; 20 to 1 w) 20 to 1 Lewis (off) 25 to 6 ssay (off) 25 to 1 Mid E wife (off) 25 to 1 Skirmish (off) 40 to 1 Alnaley (off, t 1000 to 20) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL 100 to 8 eget Fen (off) 100 to 7 Tennyson (t) 100 to 7 Ttreelannm (t) 100 to 6 The Lamb (t end off) 100 Daisy (off) 20 to 1 Pearl Diver (t) 25 to 1 Cbimeey Sweep (t) 25 to 1 Helen (s) 30 to 1 Despatch (t) 100 to 3 it) 8 to 1 Lord Coventry's lot (8 f) 8 to 1 Mr. Berber's lot (t f) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 1000 to 25 eget The Breach (t end w) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 70 apt Viridis (off) 20 to 1 bergeldio (off) 25 to 1 A Booming (off) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 5 to 2 apt Rtrientotan (off) 100 to 6 Typhotros (off, t2O lo DERBY. 100 to 6 opt Typhoon (off, t2oto 1) 20 to 1 Blue Gown (off, t26to 1) PALLING IN OP A RAILWAY TUNNIL. IT, THITIMID67 A tunnel fell in yesterday on the Central Wales breath of she Leads& sad North-Waders Railway. • Iran had just pared threash. The trate bre boss shore reeneed, the yeaddrars, however, having to walk ever the 111224 The " Wheel at is the greeted fieneilien Tay et as Imam "It wil as Err Isellehe the so al= aldl&"— Na lvistloor. "IS IstsV tio rest !MIMS dffiM•lfi err lovisig."—llany sta li ttima. " Itotrory toms Ss bow MY= = 11 4: —is& Mot as aims& ant aurae. fee 1a Or, otr 12 srs of 12 loom cons=o" fay tows ta 11.~.1115. Id. 012112 AL PALACI. Own SHILLING DAY.— p a d oft. ( w an t o Clots Lanier Mirsorecks WZDIERIDAY. 12.--delaidasione ca lamest, 1.222.; comae, Owe meow mew tee petit, .e 4 ample% ale Abet by amen Make* 4713; Seta vibes; 3,134 111 pad 111. 11•01112 0 21111 1 1‘ 1 SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. Pales to-day to 1 p.m.] ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 304. Groat Northern A (A receiver no div. until 6 per cent. has be= and to B), 109 f. Yorksh ua ire, 127, 64. London, Chatham, and Dover, Metro. Erten. A, 124. London and North Western, 1184, 19. London and South Western, 874. Metropolitan, 1064, 74. Do. Erten. (div. lim. to 6 per at. till Jan., 1870), 994, 9, Midland, 106], 4. North Eastern—Berwick, 1064. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Bombay, Bar. and Central Ind., pa. 5 per sent, 103. Eastern Bengal, gun. 5 per cent., 1064. Grand Trunk of t&msda, 16, 4. Great Indian Peninsula, gas. 5 per cent. 1094. Greet South of India pa. 6 per cent., 1034. Madras, gun. 5 par 'sat, 103. Owls and Rohilcund, gas. 6 per cent., 1064. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Diinabarg and Witepek (Limited), 71. Sambre and Maass 54 pa vent. preference, 94. OOLONLLL GOVERNMENT fiIICURITTEL Canada Government 6 per cant, January sad July 1877.84,994. Cap* of Good Hop, 6 per cant., April and October, 1895.1900, 108. New Brunswick Government, 6 per esaL, January and July, 994. New South Wales Government, 6 par mak red. by ann. draws from 1867 to 1875, 99]. New Zealand 5 per rank, 974, 84, 8. Ditto 6 per wont, 1891, Juno and December, 107. Nova Scotia, 6 per cent. 1866, 99. Queensland 6 per cent, 1891, 1034. k toriaGovernmank 6 per Cent., April and October, I 112. JOINT . STOCK BANKS. A C trlt i r. A ' lll. =poem (hissma, 91, Leaden Olintassi Imam Ada* Landes sad Wisslar, 681, 71. Ditto &rip. homed “ 101. pm., some d whick los barn e• 17aloa of Losisa, BRITISH WNW Prime al Wake, 34. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN NINE& Part Phillip, 17.16, 6.16. Bt. John del Roy (Limited), 20i Yudanamotana of & Austr alia (Limited), OBLIGATIONS. Ord Vitebsk Bail., gun, by Russian PT. 76g. PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern FirWii:, ceder. at iper et. pm., 107. MISCELLANEOUS Anglo-Amerisan Telegraph (Lim.). 191, Athintie Telegraph 8 per cent.. 102/. City Discount (Limited), 21. City of Moscow Gas (Limited), & Egyptian 9 per cent. Viceroy Loan 921, 1. 2. General Credit and Discount (Limited), 51. Hudson's Bay, tit International Financial Society (Limited), 3, 31.16. New gushes& (Limited), 1. Oriental Gee, New (Limited), 1 7-16. Peninsular and Cliental Steam, New, 1867, 31. Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 771, /. 11117E&-(THI6 DAY.) thrs o'OLooz. The mining market is firm to-day, although attention is chiefly directed to the fortnightly set tlement. Prince of Wales shares are quoted 69e. to 71s. ; Great Vor, 19 to / ; Wheal Seton, 86 to 88 ; West Drakewalla, 11s. to 13s. ; Wheal Gren ville, 30s. to 325. 6d. ; East Lovell, 8.1 to ; New Lovell, 10a. to 12s. 6d. ; Stray, 3 to 4 ; and North Crotty, 21 to /. Subjoined are the quotations for foreign and colo nial mining shares, :—St. John del Rey, 20 to 22 ; Don Pedro, 2f to ft prem. ; Anglo-Brazilian, par to / prem. ; Pestarezus, die. to / prem. ; Chontales, dis. to / prem. ; ROW Grande, par to / prem. ; Anglo-Italian, par to prem. ; United Mexican, to ; Frontino and Bolivia, I to ; Port Phillip, 1 5-16 to 7-111 ; Cents' American, dis. to par ; and Anglo- Argentine, Ito Prem. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (THIS DAY.) (er TZLZOILLPH.) (TROY 009 OWN 00142111POIMWW.1 The market quiet. Sake about 10,000 or 12,000 balm MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DA Y. ) SVC/LB.-The market continues in the same doll state se previously reported. The moderate sales effected are at prices in buyers' favour. Demerara, mold at 29e. to ; Jamaica, 30s. to 325. 6d. ; common Jiggers 245. 3d. ; cloyed Manilla, 28a. 3d. Refined continue l t id cra of sale ; fair to good titters, 41s. to 41.. lid. ; oommatt. piton are again cheaper. Comas.-The public sales of East India have gone off heavily at about p revious prices. Plantation Ceylon, fine ordinary to mi • grey, Mb. to 695. ; 72v. to 735. 6d. ; middling oo oury, 78s. GI. ; native Ceylon, good to fine Ortfinarr, 50e. tkl. to Ms. ; small, 49r. Tea.-Itiminess is doing to a limited extent, at firm priors. FRUIT.-There is still a good inquiry at previous prices for common qualities of currants ; other articles remain quiet. SPICEN have generally sold at fully previous rates. Nutmegs, small to bold, Is. 3d. to 3a. 150. ; mace, middling to good, 2s. sd. to 3e. Rd ; cloves, Ceylon, 10d. ; cinnamon,Ceylon, first pile, 2a. to 2s. 4.1. ; second, is. 10d. to 2s. Id.; third, Is. lid. to la I Id.; fourth, Is. 6d. Pepper, Penang black, 31d. ; Singapore, 3gd. to 3A.; white at former prices, to add. Rtes.-About 4,000 begs have been sold, &Ham, 9s. 3d. tolls. 6.1.; Dacca, lls. 91. ; white Bengal, lie. 9d., and old Rangoon, at 13 cash. Saco.-Flour has been mid at the previous prboes of ifs. fid. to 19e. ; pearl at fully fid. per cwt. decline ; ordi nary to fine small, lfie. 3d. to Its. 3d. ; ordinary to good larzre. 6d. to 17s. 6d. witoOr is dull of sale. St. Vincent's sold at 2:d. to 4d. ; Natal.* toed. . . RumlLllWailes are too trifling to give quotations. brutoo.—The quartely sales will conclude to-day ; they are progressing without further change in value. CUTCM.—Further sales of fine Pogue have been nude at [s2s. 6d. _ - - COTTON. —After • temporary decline the market has spin been active, at fully the late advance. JU TL. —There is a steady market for this article, at full prima to a slight advance, except for fine qualities, which, are rather ewer. Rejections sold 141. ; common, 15/. 10a. low medium to good old, 16/. se. to 15s. ; good medium to good new, 18/. 15s. to 191. 10e. ; fine, 201. to 211. TALLOW MARKET.—{THIS DAY.) The market is quiet. Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 41e. 9d. ; spot to March. 42.. 6d. to 42e. &1.; March, 42.. 6d. ; October to December, 43e. 6d. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. (THIS DAY.) . . The supply of beasts is not so lug; as en Thursday lust. Trade is cot brisk, but Monday's quotations are pretty well maintained throughout, indeed a few choicest may be stated rather dearer. The number of sheep is a fair average, and trade for them about the same as on Monday. There is rather a better supply of calves, but choice ones are still dear. Our foreign supply consists of 50 beasts, 520 sheep, 81 calves, and 20 pigs. Per stone of 41ba a. a. ad. 1 rsr stone at etas. e. el. s. d. drat Soots, Heralds. 4 8 4 10 Bust Dna& 0 0 666 Short-horns 4 4 I S Bid lAag w 0015.... 4 a et Second gaol bands 2 6 3 4 1 Do. do. Shorn.... 0 0 0 0 Calves ..... 3 e 5 5 loss hssoand .las/ 3 ! 4 6 PT — '''' but Dos& HU -brleds 5 pigs. 110. 'mad laalb 4,830; WYSS, 113; WIATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) THURSHLY, nill.Oll2T 11, II A.M. : 1 1 I'. 0 1 Nollwas. W. bes. B. T. W. 16......--... L. IMP 17 12 L ...--- --•-• — Soars _- 22.77 1 W.S.W. S.W. ae - 1 Aberdeen .. 20.001 LW. W.N.W. o - 2 Lath WOW W. W. o - - Ardraomm 10.151 &W. /LW. ro - I Beesoomtio MASI W.S.W. W.& W. au I - Valenti* - 20.831 LS. W. S.W. ebo - I Cape Clem MAU S.W. &W. a . - I Lobes Pt 30441 461 W. 8. 1 11. W. e- I 1 ,I Wow& 10.301 & W. e - 1 ' ll•lyboa& 80.271 S.W. 1 W.N.W. oe - - Panama, - Won L 1 N.N.M. ma - S Dna .-- 10.421 N.E. I N.N.L a- 4 lortsmi 30.891 N.L W. a - 2 Rochefort WWI L &N.& b - I Plymouth 113.441 Z. N.N.W. ber - 1 r a = 20.421 N.W. L •- 1 10.27142 1 W.N.W. N. so - 1 Whim WWI W.S.W. iB , l W. boo - - Themen4b 80.101 W.B W. S.W. am - 2 Ilsobanneb 30.20141 W. N.W. be - t Sides 80.171 , N.W. N.W. am - 2 Porta 1440 W.N.W. I - - al - - Bkudemusa - &W. 3 I Lyooe 20.47 1 N. - - - I b - - H•ereoCam 80.2tri 7 N.E. 8 8 W. 1 b 1 4 Bercuseter carntoted and reduced to to deg. et sea lova Wars r t I (daudy). indicate dtrection ad inosionot thensgary within Mum Thermatister exposed in shade. Estreaus loran, with itsdiructiew durtn last 14 hours. L—calm. Weathar: b.- Dian sky ; e.-cloud ( ): L— tdd • h.—Dail: L- 11 1 11 thitig ; @ism o.—overand (dull): r. a—enow t.—thunder. Manful], snow au hail mashed), during last u have Bea disturbance RE!l_Alqq3. • costiauous and very coaddershis diminution in barometrical Cunirbas tikes piece at all our sistbass slam yes aau e ignilag to three-tenths alas hick aenertly rd ,but the decrease has been as much as six-tenths at Nairn. considerable Miami:e edits between the readlcp at Nairn and A the region of low pressures, whilst those at places on the meat are still comparatively high. On the west coast of banes a diminution In temperature Is shown of about 9 degrees, bet ia our blends the weather Le warmer everywhere. light south. westerly winds now prevail over the British Isles, Guevara nil Presence and Plymouth, where tt is calm. The wind is hem lira aorth-esat on the west coast of ?ranee. Prom the south of ing. land fog sad mlat are reported, and the weather generally Is ovine east Mrs. Cobden, in sending to the Manchester Examiner a copy of a reply from • sympathetic 00111/1•Zi011. Eat from the Chamber of Commeres of Verviers. mseselm that it IA her earnest wish to arrange ' with a view to publication, a collection of her hair band's letters on the subjects which engroased his political life, and would be obliged to any friends in poi. I session of such documents, if they would grant her the loan of them for that purpose. VACANT COSPOKATZ Orrice. —A very ancient dire in the Corporation of London—that of Hooper a Guildhall —hag )oat become vacant by the retirement, from failing health, of Mr. Jonah Tom*, in whore family it I mar he said to have been hereditary for nearly 80 pan. OALLANY ACT or • LADY.--011Sunday afternoon, an the Rev. Mr. Pawner, and Kra. Pengdialre were taking a walk en fit. Labia's sands, Jaen, sear to fit. Matthew's Chapel of Ease, they perceived a man, rather uneouth in apps rance, rush dress the sand hem the road, run some dista ce into the me*, end this deliberately lie down. Kr. and Mrs. Pangessers berried to the spot. and Kn. Pangdastre, without • moment's =boldly into * of*water to the nurse the= She had to proceed as fee ea to bar waist before the could reach the unfortunate mar Lying bold of his by his cost, she eseeseded ha arming him to the shore. ' Ardennes Ming at hand be was removed to the neared bone, and reereution he grad= I eoveredotter which he lef ba Merol i ee, ul without ' ' either his rime ce the awe of his attempting the rash not. MB STSAND Knew HALL. —Today as applion lira was made at the Balls (Umbers to settle • etas, pee the alga liquidator ia this matter, for the tel Mr Mester of Use Rolle am to the priedl7 of =a of certain neaten. Moe sorrel body of 411“. will ad, it is expected, be paid • dividend. The aid duck 1(a ball) sade the trier. 6 4 r kikr kid Mn WY tied e of the ison The end miii- Vert , Pa Mr. d.P., , at ,, ths ents other tared !rain, On Dent ague *Alio ; time A wan r e sa citOr meal on tt ex• ire his eters'. y WO iig WAS 3 f 1 ' i f