The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1862.

CANADA COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the above company
was held at Canada-house, St. Helen's-place, at 1 o'clock,
the governor, Mr. 0. FRANKS, in the chair.
The following I the substance of a printed comparative
statement, laid before the meeting, of land. disposed of
and monies received in Oanada from Ist January to 28th
November, 1881 and 1882: 1861, lands sold, 1,880 acres, at
an average of 27e. 3d. ; 1862, 1,821 acres, at 295. 2d. Land
leased for 10 years, 1861, 30,536 acres at 68e. 89.;1862,
26,234 acres at 575. 2d. l'he land leased foe 10 year., con-
verted to freeholds, amounted in 1861 to 49,086, at an
average of 18s. 9d.; in 1862, 24,514 acres at 21a.
The comparative receipts were as follows Re-
ceipts : Purchase-money of land sold and oonverted to
freeholds, 1861, 82.5011. • 1862, 37,1021. ; decrease, 15,3994
Bills receivable, 1861, kat ; 1862, 870 L ; ieeresas, not.
Rent and interest, 1861, 21,8811. ; 1862, 16,6951. ; &creme,
5,1861. Sundries, 1861, 2.1241. ' • 1862, 1,269/. ; decrease,
8551. Total in 1861, 76,7561. ,• 1862, 55,9361. ; decrease,
mu
20,8201. The above figures relating to the receipts are in
The man AN observed that they did not meet under
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the most favourable circumstanoes, owing to the American
war. Since the printed statement was prepared freeh ad.
view had been received. From these it appeared
that :duce the 28th of November the lands sold up
to the date of the advice. were 136 acres, at
21s. 3d. ; lands leased, 121 acres, at 455. Bd. ; lams
converted to freehold, 47 scree, at 525. 3d. ; receipts, 7851.
covrency. The company's collection of money during the
year, as compared with 1861, showed a large diminution,
the lessees having abstained from making the usual pur-
chases. The estimate of the value of land made in 1854
having been considered ineufficient, an amended estimate
was being prepared for presentation to the annual meeting in
March next.

caA resolution, declaring a dividend of 11. per shamution, wu
rried.

The British residents and visitors at Pau have
subscribed the handsome snm of 7861. for the distressed
operatives in the north of England. The amount by been
transmitted to the Central Relief Committee at Manchester.

The days still lose about a minute in the morn-
ing. The sun, which nee on Saturday at 55 minute' prat
seven, will rise at 56 minutes past seven until the sth of
January. Bat sinos the 14th met., to the present time,
the days have gained in all about u►en minutes in the
evening.

FALL OF ARCHED ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM,
AND DOTED RAILWAY.—Tbis roomier, between 6 and 7
o'clock, the inhabitanta of Clapham were alarmed by hearing
a loud cracking noise, as of the giving way of an immense
mass of brickwork, which turned out to be no lees than the
sinking of three arches of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, on the south aide of the Clapham station. The
sinking of the arched is about 6 feet from the level of
the others, and the parapet and brickwork have
been completely broken away. Up to the time
this aooount was written the arches continued to
sink. As soon as the accident occurred, • telegraphic
communication was immediately made to the different
stations on the line, ordering all traffic to be suspended, but
at a later period of the day the trains ran between Vic-
toria and the Clapham-road stations.

FIRE ER CIIRSITOR-STREET.—(FHIS DAY.)--Abollt
7 o'clock am. great occlusion was caused in the neighbour.
hood of Chancery-lane and Cursitoratrest owing to the
outbreak of a fire at No. 19 in the Jut-named street. The
house was one of the antiquated structures erected, it is
said, before the fire of London. This building was let out
in tenements and workshops, the basement and ground-
floor being occupied by a Mrs. Sophia Green, the first
floor was used by Mr. R. Jones as • printing-oalce,
the second floor was tenanted by Mr. Peamiur, a tailor, and
the third floor was used as private lodgings by a Mr.
M'Doriald and Mr. Peagram and their families. The dis-
oovery was made by • neighbour seeing smoke pouring out of
the tenement. In the course of • few minutes men, women,
and children came rushing out of the house almost is •
state of nudity. Fortunately they all =nag: Ito escape,
I but their fui odors and other effects were destroyed.
The moment the anginal were set to work, more impecmlly
the Grasshopper steam-engine, the fears of the neighbours
were &lard, for the steady and unbroken columns of water
prevented the flames from reaching the adjoining homes.
The fire, however, pared through the whole of the rooms
in the house, and partially destroyed the roof. The lease of
the premites having expired a short time since, the insur-
ance had run out ; and the occupants being under notice to
quit, for the purpose of pulling down the building, were
also uninsured. The origin of the fin is unknown.

The OMNIBOSLN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAIL-
WAT.—The proprietors of omnibuses is the northern dis-
tricts of the metropolis have decided upon altering the
routes of their vehicles so as to suit the of pu-
nnets travelling to and from the various stations of the
Metropolitan (Underground) Railway. In addition to
those carriages already running from the terminus
in Farringdounnet to the Elephant and Castle,
Newington-causeway, via Blackfriars-beidge, others will be
placed on that station for the conveyance of passengers to
the railways south of the Thames, and to other parts of the
town. Omnibuses will also be stationed at the Paddington
and Chapel-street station; la waiting for passengers about
to proceed to the western and north-western suburbs.
CHRISTMAS DlNNER.—Yesterday Miss Burdett
Coutte entertained at dinner more than 300 poor people in
the schoolrooms of St. Stephen's, Westminster. Among the
company were Mrs. Trench, the Rev. Francis Trench, the
Rev. Mauro. TennruM, Hancock. Borrodaile, and A. Mosley,
Mr. Garden, sub-dean of the Chapel Royal, Dr. Lanni,
and others. The rooms were beautifully dccotated. Carols
and songs from the church choir and music from a portion
of the Coldstream Guards band, under Mr. Godfrey, were
added to the enjoyments of an abundant and wall ordered
feast. _ _

LIBEL-THE CLYDESDALE BA-NE T. THE "NORTH
Bitrrism MAlL"—This aloe. which was an action at the
instance of the Clydesdale Banking Company and George
Readmen, manager, on behalf of the said joint-stock banking
company, Inwood the printer and publisher of the Saris
British Daily Mail and of the Glasgow Weekly Mail,
printed and published to Glasgow, came on for trial before
the Lord President and a jury, in the first division of the
Court of Session, on Monday, and resulted in a verdict for
the defendant.

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THE CONDEMNED CONVICT OCIOLD.-011r Wor-
cester correspondent informs withal, on Sunday morning,
a communication was received by Mr. Stubb, the governor
of Worcester gaol, from the Horne-office, stating that Sir
George Grey was tumble to interfere with the sentence
passed upon Ockold, and that the law must take its course.
The next morning, hlwever. Mr. Stubb proceeded to Lon-
don, and presented the petition got up by Earl Dudley, the
chairman of the quarter sessions, Mr. T. G. Cutler, the de.
puty-charman, and other magistrates, praying that the sen-
tence might be commuted. Sir George Grey was not in
town, but the authorities gave Mr. Stubb to understand
that there was no reason to hope that the prayer of the me.
morislists would be acceded to. Should no respite be re-
ceived, the unhappy prisoner will be banged at about nine
o'clock on Friday morning. The gallows is being erected
on the county gaol, and the progress of the work is watched
by arowds of idle people, many of whom seem to thiuk the
hideous preparations rather entertaining than otherwise.—
Birmingham Gazette.
A MUTUAL SEPARATION.—At the Leeds Town-
hall, yesterday, before the West Riding magistrates, John
end Hannah King, of Hunslet, were charged with breaking
holly trees. The charge having been proved, it was sug-
gested by the bench that probably the woman's defence
was that she was the wife of the male prisoner, and that she
was acting according to his instructioos.—Mr. J. A.
Rhodes (magistrate)—Are you married? Hannah King—
Yes, sir. We were married at a pled seven miles from
Durham, and seven from Sunderland ; and I told Mr. Pol-
lard be could send.for our marriage lines. Mr. Rhodes—
But were you not married before? Stop, perhaps you bad
better not answer the question. Hannah King—l sin his
wife. Mr. Rhodes—Perhaps it would nos be safe for you
to answer the question I put to you. Don't answer it.
Hannah King—Oh, yes, it is quite safe. I was martial,
but we agreed to separate; and he said I might get married
again, and he would do the sand, so I did so. Mr. Rhodes—
There, yen ate, that upsets your defence. Your marriage
with this Man is invalid. How much better it would have
been for you not to have answered the question. I cautioned
you in the heat possible spirit. The woman looked quite
astonished at the remarks of the magistrate, end did not
seem to comprehend that she rendered herself liable to be
tried for bigamy. For breaking the holly trees the de-
r fondants were fined 40s. each, or, in default, to be im-
prisoned for air weeks.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—FORTY SHEEP BC-
' arm —Mr. Thompson, a Northumbrian fiockmaster, has
a large number of sheep consuming turnips upon the York- ,
shire estate of Lord Carlisle. Forty of the cheep have been
miming, and it was subsequently discovered that they had I
been buried under these circumstances :—ln the field there
was a large corn stack, built upon short pillars, and esti. !
mated to weigh 60 tons. During the late gales the sheep.,.it
seems, had sheltered beneath this stack, and it appears the
I wind had impelled it forward so far as to break down the
I pillars, thus allowing the whole mass to drop upon the
ground. It seems 40 sheep were thus buried, of which 26
I were killed, the rest being held prisoners round the edges of
I the steak.
A TAx ON TELEGRAPH MESSAGFIL —Yesterday
the law requiring a stamp on all telegraph mimeses went
into operation. Messages for which the telegraphic charge
is 20 cents. or under fur the first ten words require a
1 cent. stamp. Messages for which the charge is over 20
cents. for the first ten words require a 3 cent. stamp.
The section of the tax bill relative to this matter says that
no telegraph company, or ite agents or employees, shall
receive from any person, or transmit to any person, any
despatch or message, without an adherive stamp, denoting
the duty imposed by this act, being 'Mud to a copy thereof,
I baying the same damped thereupon, arid in default
thereof shall incur a penalty of ton dollars.—Arricricao

PaiL state of Maine has paid over two millions of
dollars in bounty for rooruits.—Bootoa paper.

SHARE L11325.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'thoox.

Although the fortnightly settlement is now com-
pleted, the railway market is inactive, and most
of the leading stocks are without change.
Great Western stock has declined k
cent., while Great Northern has improved
4, and London and North Western }.
London and North Western stock is now quoted
97} to ; Great Western, 674 to 68 ; Midland,
1281 to I ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 109} to
} ; Caledonian, 1161 to 1164 ; South Eastern,
881 to ; Great Eastern, 46k to ; Great
Northern, 125 to 126 ; and London and South
Western, 101} to 102.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares are rather
less firm, at 31 to } pram. West Flanders are in-
quired for. Indian railway stocks are buoyant,
especially Bombay and Baroda and Madras.
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MONEY KIRKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two °Twat.
The funds to-day are again firm, but scarcely
higher than yesterday. Business is limited, except
in the discount market, where much activity pre-
vails, in connexion with the adjustment of balances
ion this the last day of the year. The transactions
in English railway stocks have been on the most
restricted scale possible, but prices are steady.
In the foreign stock market the tendency of quo-

tations is still upwards.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Routes opened at
70fr. 05c., being sc. lower than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 94 tot ex div., for
money, and 92k, " buyers," ex div., for the ac-
count (January 8). The official business report is
as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,

921, , ditto for aocount, 921 ; Tbree per Ceuta. Re-
duced, 921, i ; New Three per Cents., 92}, 1;
Red Sea Telegraph, 22 ; India Five per Cent.
Stock, 108 f, 108 ; ditto Four per Cent. Deben-
tures, 100} ; and Exchequer Bills, 95., 10s., 12‘,

prem.
Business in foreign stocks has been to s fair extent.

The Turkish Loan of 1858 has riseuto 71} to ',which
is also the quotation for that of 1862. The Bonds
of 1854 are quoted 84} to 85 ; and the Con-
oolidds, 411 to }, being firm. Greek, Mexi-
can, Venezuelan, and Italian Bonds and

, .
Russian scrip are ,better, and Portuguese very
firm. Venezuelan scrip is quoted li to 1
dia. ; Portuguese scrip, 4} to i prem. ; and the
Peruvian Loan, 93 to it. Transactions are recorded

as follows :—iustrian, 671 ; Egyptian, 95/ ; ditto,
second issue, 941, I ; Greek, 161, a ; Italian, for
account, 74, 1; ditto Maremmana Railway, 76,1;
Mexican, for account, 321, 1; Moorish, 961 ; Peru-
vian, 1862, for account, 931, a, 93 ; Portuguese,

1853, 481 ; ditto, for account, 491 ; ditto 1862,
44, ; ditto scrip, 41 prem. ; Russian, 98 ; ditto
1850, 931; ditto 1862, 941, ; ditto scrip, f,
prem.; Sardinian, for account, 821; Spanish, for ao-
count, 551 ; Turkish, 1854, for account, 85 ; ditto,
1858, for account, 711, },l, ; ditto 1862, for ac-
count, 711, ; ditto Guaranteed, 1031 ; Vene-
zuela, 24, 25 ; ditto scrip, 11, 1, 1 dis.
The demand for money yesterday was again very
active in all quarters, and little business was done
below 3 per cent. At the Bank of England, how-
ever, the applications, though considerable, were
not of so pressing a character as on Monday.
The following sums have been received, by the
present packet, by Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.
on account of New Granada dividend funds, viz. :

Banta Marta, 2,3131. ; Cartagena, 7511. 25.. sd. ;
total, 3,0641. 2s. sd.
The new Consolidated Peruvian Loan of Messrs.
Heywood, Kennard, and Co., has been confirmed
in all its details by both Chambers of Congress.
The interest falling due on the let of January will
be duly paid by the financial manta, Messrs.
Antony Gibbs and Sons. The bonds will be signed
and delivered in a few days.
The arrival of no less than 887,0001. in specie was
announced yesterday ; the Shannon, from the West
Indies, having brought 685,000/. (417,000/. in
silver and 268,000/. in gold), and the Monarch, from
Melbourne, 202,0001. The Tyne, which has reached
Lisbon from Brazil, has only 1,5001. in specie.
The 1 arrival of specie by the West India
packet will not, it is anticipated, prejudice the price
of silver, since this metal can be forwarded to the
Continent at a profit, at the present quotation
(ss. lid. per ounce). The supply by the Shannon,
however, will not be placed in the hands of the
bullion brokers until about a week hence, owing to
its magnitude.
Bills on the Continent yesterday were in more de-
mand, and the tendency of the rates was not favour-
able to this country. The movement in favour of
Anatria, continuos to form a feature. Subjoined is
our usual list :

Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.161 to 17 ; ditto, 3 days,
ILI4 to 15 ; Rotterdam, S months, 11.161 to 17 ; Ant-
werp, 3 months, 25.40 to 5 ; Hamby, ma bum, three
months, 13.61 to 1 : Paris, 3 days, 24171 to ; ditto,
3 months, 25.40 to 5 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months,
1181 to 119 ; Petersburg (per noble), S months, 351 to 1;
Vienna, eff. So., 3 months, 11.80 to 90 ; Triage, eff. So.,
3 months, 11.80 to 11.90 ; Madrid, 3montes, 49/ to I ; Cadiz,
3 months, 49 to t ; Leghorn, 3 months, 25.55 to 60 ;
Genoa, 3 months, 25.55 to 60 ; Arias, 3 months, 25.55
to 60 ; Naples, 3 months, 391 to 40 ; Pider., 3 months,
1191 to 1: Messina, 3 months, 119/ to 1; Lisboa, 90 days,
521 to ; Oporto, 90 days, 52t to to 3.
Owing to the dulness of the continental ex-
changes, there was yesterday a partial revival in the
demand for gold for exportation, and a portion of
the supplies just reported from Australia and the
West Indies is expected to be sent away.
The telegrams from Melbourne recently stated
that 400,0001. in gold had been shipped during the
month. Of this amount only 202, the amount
jest arrived by the Monarch—appears to have been
despatched for England, no gold ships from Mel-
oourne being known to be now at sea. The York-
shire, which was to sail from that port for London
on the 27th of October, is expected, however, to
bring a considerable sum, 10,562 ounces having
been entered at the Customs on the 24th of October
for shipment by her. From Sydney only two vessels
with gold are understood to be on the way, viz.,
the Hollinside, with 20,000 sovereigns, and the
White Star with 20,000.
A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Janvrin,
Grassie, and De Lisle, who recently failed, is con-
vened for the 13th of January.
At the first general meeting of the Commercial
Union Assurance Company, held yesterday, a divi-
dend of 4s. per share was declared, payable on the
lat of Janus . The proceedings were of a highly
satisfactory character. The details given by the
chairman, Mr. Peek, were exceedingly explicit as
regards both the nature and extent of the business
already transacted by the company during its as
yet short career. Unqualified satisfaction was ex-
pressed by the shareholders at the unusually mode-
rate amount of the expenditure and the preliminary
disbursements. Upon these points, particularly
the latter, the experience of this company contrasts
in a marked and very satisfactory manner with that
of other large undertakings lately brought forward.
An extraordinary meeting of the New Brunswick
and Canada Railway and Land Company is called
for the Bth January, to receive a report from the
directors and the committee of co-operation ap-
pointed on the 6th November, and to pass a resolu-
tion that the company "cannot, by reason of its
liabilities, continue its business," and that it is
advisable to wind it up.
The half-yearly meeting of the Mediterranean
Extension Telegraph Company is called for the Gth
I February.
We understand that instructions will be sent out
on the sth proximo, by the next Cape mail, to
arrange for the investment in the colony, on first
mortgages, of the capital already paid up in the
South African Irrigation and Investment Company.
Subjoined are the present quotations of insurance,
gas, dock, and other shares, as given in the Stock
Exchange list of last evening :
hisuranoo.—Allinaos British and Foreign, 141 ; Commer-
cial Union, 51 ; Equity and Law, 71• LAW 14e, 84 ;
sad General We, 7 London and Provincial Marine, If ;
North British and Mercantile, 15* ; 00• In Marisa, Ili,
12 ; Phoenix, 146 ; Provident Life, 411 ; Thames sad Mor-
ley Marine. 41 ; Universal MarMe,
Gas Light sad Coke.—Cilot London B, 8; European,
sow, 5 ; Great Central, 164; Imperial, 86. ix div. ;
Imperial Coatiseetal, 70, , 70f, sad 68/, ex div. ;
United General, 311. 1.
Docks.—DMßlo9, 82

Cent. stock, 1071, 1081, I; ditto, for acovent,
1081; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1804
104 ; ditto Bards, 29a. prem. ; Five per Osat.
" enfaoed" rupee paper, 1051; ditto Five-and-a-
Half per Cent. 1121.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was quoted
108, to 1, ex div. ; India Bonds, 26a. to 2111.
prem. ; and Exchequer Bills, 9a. to 13s. prem.
Business in the foreign stock market was not
very active, but the course of prices continues
upwards.
The prices of colonial government securities con-
tinue to move upwards. A better demand wasex-
perienoed to-day for New South Wales and Victoria.
In the market for bank shame the tendency of
prime was favourable. Bank of Queensland, Eng-
lish, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, London
and South African, London and Buenos Ayres,
Ottoman, Union Bank of Ireland, and Bank of
New South Wales were all quoted better. On the
other hand, Chartered Bank of Inuia, Australia,
and China, and London and Colonial Bank were
heavy. In miscellaneous shares there were in-
quiries for Great Ship and Ottoman Gas. Canada
Land have receded. Netherlands Land Enclosure
remain depressed.
Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at to 7}
prem. ; Thames and Mersey, 2 9-16 to 11-16 prem.;
Universal, 11 to ion' ; North British and Mercan-
tile, 15 to ; Commercial Union, to 1 prem. ;
and London and Provincial Marine, die. to par.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings were as follows :—London and Northern
Bank, par to prem. ; Bank of Scinde, Pnnjaub,
5.,,d Delhi, par to prem. ; Bristol and South
Wales Zinc Smelting, to 1 prem. ; Soci6t6 Finan-
cibre of Egypt, to prem. ; London, Birming-
ham, and South Sta orclahire Bank, to prem.;
Anglo-Portuguese Bank, to 3 prem. ; and Oil
Wells of Canada, to I
prem.
The new shares of the Atlantic Telegraph Com-
pany remain quoted to 1 prem.
The Maiden Queen has arrived from China with
1,055,430 lbs. of tea ; the Philomena with
684,73511:a.; the Oithona with 864,7001 hr.
Ocean Mail with 569,558 lbs. of tea and 568 bales
of silk ; and the Sir W. F. Williams with
1,003,1881t5. of tea and 406 bales of silk.