The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1888:

THE WHITTELSEY MURDER.

THE VERDICT.—(THIS DAY.)
(BY RLECTRIC TILIGRAPR.)
CAMBRIDGE, FRIDAY.
At 12 o'clock to-day the jury returned a verdict
of guilty against Grew, the man indicted for the murder of
Elisabeth Brown, cc the 12th of March last. The jury
were absent from the court only ten minutes. Sentence of
death woe thew passed by the judge.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

RIC-LAITIL—(THIB DAY.)
The salmi of English wheat up to our market this morn.
log were very limited. Notwithstanding that the show of
samples was asall, the demand for all kinds ruled very in-
active, and Monday's prices were with difficulty supported.
The general quality of the supply exhibited some improve-
meet.
There was • alight increase in the supply of foreign wheat,
Selected qualities changed hands to a fair extent, on former
terms ; but other description, were very dull, and the
quotations were a shade lower.
The inquiry for floating cargoes of wheat was somewhat
restricted, at last week's decline in value. In other produce
afloat, the transactions were on a very moderate scale.
Fine barley moved off slowly, but no actual change took
place in its value ; grinding and distilling sort. sold heavily,
and late rates were with difficulty supported.
There was only • limited sale for malt, nevertheless
factors were tolerably firm in their demands.
Oats, the supply of which was moderate, moved of
slowly, at about stationary prices.
The inquiry for beans was confined to small quantities,
at late ratan
Peas were a dull inquiry, but not cheaper.
Most descriptions of flour were very inactive, at about
Monday's quotations.
The seed trade was in • sluggish state, on former terms.
In cakes very little was doing.

CVII.IIEN'T PRICE&
}SWUM
Per Qr.
WHINE a. a.
Elam Kent, red 1862 42 to 44
„ Ditto, new 40 to 43
„ Dittoorblkiii to to as
Ditto, new 42 to 60
No;folk and Lincoln
red 1861 4O to 43
„ Ditto new, 40 to at
Malting
Distilling
Grinding 2O to 20
Essex Norfolk, and
Sudolk SO to IS
gingaton and Ware 66 to 67
Brown
LYL
New

Per Qr.
0•13. • •
%etch. feed
potat• to 17
, bill, white
17 to Ti
~ black
__ l6lO 22

TiMck arapa 2O
20to to
UXL
Harrow
Pirko!

--
Griry
10 to as
wwae
II to IN

nova.

'Town made,-;;S:7110
lbs.
Household fit to 114
Country
Norfolk and Suffolk,
ex skip 2B to 31

_
One.
&gbh, teed lB to t 3
n potato 2l to Sal

Wz0,42. a. it.
Dant,lc and Lau -
berg 66 to 65
Blitock & Mooklon-

Pan Qr.
nor I.
Daatsh and Swedlab 18 W U
amnia

al= 42 to 47
Buss Jan, bud
37 to 41
.. soft
American, red
.. Islas; . • • a to a

Dula - aw rt
raptisa matt

I,3B:siton B6 to SS
84 to 17

time COIL
wen. 29 to 32
Yellow _
__ 27 to 39

Grinding --.
43 to le
Distilling
Molting

OAS.

Frottelt, per teat .... 84 to ST
RPlakb. St to Si
Amortoss, per beL .. 10 to t 6
Cooodlait, so to gs
INTO LONDON, BY NATI&
TO DEC. IT, INCLUSIVE.

Datch. 12.7,

18 to 28

feed
AIOLIVALS OF OWN, do.,
CARILIAOI,II,OII DAL 11

I, Wheat.gra Barley. Halt. Oats. Mow.
qrs. qrs. Wk. I sacks.
Inclish and 11C01,01 17202390 2130 SO . . 2170
Irish 2OO
Foreign MOO 7480 .. 16310 1
1
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Total ' 17380 1 9342 2130 10100 .. I 2270

MARKW?b.

LIVIRPOOL curroN k co
tuns DAY.)
(PT ILICTIIO AND airnaxrfosic
(ROY 001 OWN COII/100/lamor.
°MON.—Markel has beta more steady to-day, and the
Inureetiena will foot up about 4,000 hales.
00111 a. —Limited attendance at market. Small busker le
all snide' at rather ampler rates than on Tuesday last.

MINCING LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
Suomi. —The market continues dull, and the few sales
reported are at easier prices. Refused is also lower ; brown
lumps sold at 525. ed.
COMM.—The public sales of plantation Ceylon hare
sgain goes off well and at firm rate. ; triage, 554 to 675. ;
low middling cud middling, 735. to 78s. fat ; doe, 88e. ; pea
berry, 804 to 83s.
TL. —A limited basis's@ bas been transacted, including
dusty Coogou. 'S&L to 11d. per lb.
Rtes.-2,000 bags of Madras sold at 10s. 3d.
Res continues in good request at full prices. Demerara,
fair to good, sold Is. 10d. to ls. 11d. ; Cuba, le. &I. to
la. 7d.

FRUlT.—There is only a limited business doing, the de-
mand being steady, but quiet ; former prices are about sup-
ported.
SALTPETRIL is dull of sale, and prices for arrival show a
decline of 6d. per cwt, 395. 6d. having been accepted.
Serrwera has sold at prices recovering the late decline.
Ccrrros.—A limited business has been transacted at
about previous prices.
JOTL—The market is inactive.

RIIIP is in limited demand. Russian bold at 381. lia. to
401. for ohms.

TALLOW M.ARKIT.--(THIS DAY.)
The smarkst is dandy. itiorm follow is quoted 40e. 6d. ;
Polorsimmi Y.O. as Os spot, 41s. ; ail the month, 41s. ;
haaary, 41.. 3d. to 41.. ; Muth, 42.. 3d. to 42. 6d. ;
Aril to Jaw, 425. to 425. 6d.

HIDE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

DUDE:IIIImA. -Itides.-Priose : 564ba. to 64th.., 21d.
to 3d. ; 01416 a. to Mtn.. 3d. to 3tid. ; 7216 a. to 80lbe..
3.1. to 4d. ; Mho. to 661ba., 3 . to 40. ; 88Ite. to
%lbs. 3id. to 40. ; 961 be to 104 In.. 4d. to sd. ; 10411 n.
to 112Ibe, 44d. to 54d. 116 21b1. to 12011 n., sd. to 6d. Hone
►ides, 108. to 11.. Colt oken, lighq 20. 6d. to 4.. ; full. 7..
8111/1011310Y. -411wp skim, polled, 10. Od. to 12.. Od.;
Hotta and half bawls, ea Od. to 10a. Od. ; downs, 6a. 3d. to
7a. 9d.

BOROUGH HOP HA BRET. --(THI8 DAT.)
MIMI. Patioodaa and Smith report a good &mood for all
descriptions of hop as • alight advance's lama moles prior.

SHARE LISTS.-(TRIG DAY.)

Two o'Cr.oos.

Owing to the favourable character of the Bank
return, the railway market is decidedly better
to-day, and the variations in prices are all
favourable. Lancashire and Yorkshire stook has
risen a per cent. ; Metropolitan and Great.
Northern, } ; Great Western and Great Eastern,
} ; and Loudon and North Western and Midland, I.
London and North Western stock is now quoted
1061 to 107} ; Great Western, 63} to e ;
127 to 1261 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 109} to
110 ; Great Northern, 126 to 127 . • Caledonian,,
118} to 119 ; South Eastern, 96 to ; Great
Eastern, 49 to I ; London and South Western,
101} to 102 ; and Metropolitan, 111 to 112.

. .
Indian, Canadian, and foreign railway securities
are inactive, and prices without variation. Dutch
Rhenish shares are dull.

ORDINARY BRAZES AND STOCKS.

BiTTIBH

1811. I Pd. I 2.aftwA2g. I Closing Mom I Salo today
yesterday. to 1 p.m.
100. all Atimaticettlit. Lawrence 60 62 1
St. ,11/0 IBoimear.MC.M.S.lo.6. 106 107 1064
911 'll Do. Now I 1 pen.
10 yi, Do. 1 Shame lpm
11004 all ;Buffalo et Like Ram, 6 64 1
, all I Do. Prefertmoo —
100 100 ,Butf. , Drank& Oodertrail bk
at
; 6p. c. SM. Log. 1,1672
100 103 [ Do. do. July 1, 1873' .. -••
100 INS : Do. do. Jane 1, 1674'
84. .1410 .Cal. el B.ltentora 6p. c. g. 103 106
Bt. 1100 :Cape T. et Dock6p. a c.l 101 103
100 , all IDemerais,7 p.o.per.pmf
Mt. 100 Cut. Bengal gn. 6do lOB 100 -.
St. 100 Mat Indian 40. 6do lO6l 1074 1071
10 15 Do. 0 Miteosion I 4
1 pm
20 ,16 Do. R do lpm
Bt. 100 Grand Trunk of C I anaan 50 21 —
100 all Do. lot prof. Boodo 1 73 75 74
100 I all I 1/0. do. deterrod, 60 61
100 all , Do. 2nd preL Roods , 66 66
100 all ; Do. do. deterred 60 63
100 IMI ' Do. Srd pref. stock '4B 61
100 all I Do. ao. deferred' SS 42
100 . all . Do. 4th pref. Mock
100 1 all , Do. de. deferred. 22 24
81. 100 ,Groat Indian Peolumna 108 109 .-.
20 111 , Do. g. 6 par cent
NO ; . Do. January, 1462
St. VI . fit 8. of India g. sp. ci 105 106
ill 10 I Do 41 pm owl —
et. 1 I Do .
soi all Iflt. Western al Careadal 91 101 -.
101 18 Do. New . 101 1144.1 a
100 ' all , Do. ck.....11deakp69.18711 92 96
100 all Do. do. do. 18774, 86 85 -•
10 2 'lndian Limited 4
10 1 Do. New I —l"'
86, 100 !Madras guar. 6p. wall 1064 1064 1061 6
At 100 , Do. do. Ldosioso 1 100 101
St. 'lOO. 110. do. do.— 98 100
90 2 , Do. Fifth
St. 'lOO Melt/. Corp. 6 per c. WI
60 all If sib. and Hobeoteaßay 67
20 all. N. Rm.& Oan.eis. AMR 3 641
--
St 100 ,31.1t.ofCamilp.e.latp.11. 82 84
84. 100 seine.% sea. 3,116 r MIL I" 107
Bt. 100 Do. Delhi o. lO6 100 1051
20 2 , Do. do. do 1 Wen
Illt. 100 Do. Puldaub do.. , , 105 106 I
St .100 Do. Indus St VIM; do 1101 103 I

DOCK&

MONEY MARKET.-(THIB DAY.)

Two °Tux=

The stock markets opened this morning with
increased strength, owing to the unexpectedly
favourable character of the Bank return, but there
have since been some indications of reaction. The
funds are quoted k per cent. better than they closed
yesterday, and home railway stocls have advanced,
but there is little improvement iu foreign bonds.
As we write, the markets generally are somewhat
firmer than they were an hour ago, but business is
inanimate.

Consols are now quoted 901 to 91, ex div., for
money, and 911 to 1, ex div. for the account
(January 7). The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Console, for money,
901, 1, 91 ; ditto, for account, 911, ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 901, 1, 91 ;
New Three per Cents., 901, 91, 901 ; Bank Stock,
233, 235 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1001, 1 ;
Five per Cent. " eofacel" rupee paper, 104 ; and
Exchequer Bills, 55., 10s. dis.
Foreign stocks have been dealt in to only a
moderate extent. The Turkish Loan of 1862 is
per cent. better, at 701 to 1, and the Consolides
worse, at 451 to 46. Spanish Paesive Bonds
are 1 higher, at 321 to 33, Mexican firm
at 331 to 34, and Greek flat at 251
to 1. Brazilian scrip is quoted 11 to
1 die. Venezuela Bonds do not recover.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian,
1863, 861 ; Chilian Four-and-a• Half per Cents.,
83, ex div. ; Egyptian, 99 ; ditto, second issue,
98 ; Greek, for account, 251, 1, I ;
Mexican, for account, 33/, 1, ; Moor-
isb, 94 ; Portuguese, 1856, &c., 481, 1 ;
ditto, 1863, 481 ; ditto, scrip, 1 prem. ; Rus-
sian, 1862, 881, 1 ; Spanish for account,
531; ditto, Passive, for account, 321, 33 ;
ditto Certificates, 131 ; Turkish, 1862, for
account, 701, ; Venezuela, for account, 23i ;
ditto, 1862, for account, 641, 1.
The Contract Corporation has been very favour-
ably received in the Stock Exchange to-day. The
shares opened at 3 to 4 prem., subsequently
improved to 4to prem., and are now quoted 31
to 31 prem.

International Financial shares are quoted 4/
to prem. ; General Credit, 2} to 1 prem. ; Lon-
don Financial, 81 to 9 prem. ; Mercantile
Credit, 41 to j prem. ; Hudson's Bay,
3 to 21 dia. ; Egyptian Trading, le, to 11
prem. ; Merchant Banking, 31 to 41. prem. ;
Land Mortgage Bank of India, 21 to prem. ;
West India and Pacific Steam, to a prem.;
English and Swedish Bank, 12 to 21 prem. ; East
London Bank, 21 to 3 prem. ; Discount Corpora-
tion, 32 to 41 prem. ; Floating Dock, 1 to It
prem. ; and National Steam,
.11 to 21 prem.

An indication of the prevailing belief that the
present high value of money will not last very long
is presented in the continued demand for six
months bills, in which transactions have taken
place in exceptional instances u low as 7 per cent.,
though the more general rate is Three months
and shorter paper is taken at 71.
The following memorandum, relating to the
Mexican Debt, was forwarded to the Stock Ex-
change yesterday by Messrs. Baring Brothers and
Co.

Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. are advised by the agents
of the boodholders at Vent Crita, under date 13th November,
that on account of the custom duties in somas of *ellen-
tioo, there had been deposited with them $ 90,700, which
will be seattorward at en early date.—London, Dm. 17,1863.
With reference to the Brazilian Five per Cent.
Loan of 1843 (the Empire Fund), contracted for
by Megan. Goldamid, King, and Thompson, the
dividends on which are payable at Metsrs. N. M.
Rothschild and Bona', formal notion is given by
this firm that the bonds in circulation, amounting
to 362,0001., will be paid off at par on the let of
January.
No gold was sent into the Bank yesterday, and
only 17,000 sovereigns were withdrawn—for Mau-
ritius.

The City of Baltimore has brought 1,053,350
dollars in specie from New York, and the America
10,5001. for England.
The barailver by the steamer Seine was sold yes-
terday for Bombay at ss. Lid. per ounce, showing a
rise of id. compared with the price obtained for
the supply by the previous packet. In the inter-
val, however, transactions have occurred at the
present rate. The rest of the Mexican dollars by
the Tasmanian were also disposed of for China at
ss. ld. per ounce.
One of the most important of the many
joint stock undertakings introduced this year
has Maned its prospectus, under the title of the
Contract Corporation (Limited). The nominal
capital is as much as 4,000,0001., in 40,000 shares
of 1001. each, of which one half are to be
issued in the first instance. The board is of the
highest respectability, being composed as follows ;
Mr. George S. Beecrolt, M.IP., director of the Lon-
don and North Western Railway Company ; Mr. W.
Montague Riillie, of Bailie, Brink, Cave, and
Co., Old Bank, Bristol ; Sir J. C. Dalrymple Hay,
Bart., M.P. director of the Portpetrick Railway
Company ; Mr. Octavius Ommanney, of Hallett,
Ommanuey, and Co. ; Mr. Thomas Gooch, of
Gooch and Cousens, director of the Bank of Lou-
don ; Mr. Alderman Delia ; Mr. Stauross Dilbe-
roglue, of G. J. Cavafy and Co.) ; Mr. W. Smith
Dixon, of Govan Iron Works, Glasgow • Mr.
Joseph Boyce, director of the Royal Bank Of Ire-
land, and of the Midland Great Western Railway
Company ; Captain H. J. W. Jervis, M.P.,
deputy chairman of the Great Eastern Rail-
way ; Mr. W. Latham Bailey, of Crawshay
Bailey Brothers and Co_ of Liverpool; and
Mr. Joseph Robinson, of Laurence Pountney-hill.
The London brokers are Messrs. P. Cazecove and
Co., and the bankers are the Bank cf London. The
prospectus is brief. It mentions that the company
" has been constituted for the purpose of under.
taking the execution and construction of railways
and other works, both at home and abroad, a class
of business hitherto exclusively conducted by
private contractors. The largo fortunes which
have been realised by them, notwithstanding
obvious disadvantages, sufficiently attest the
soundness and value of this enterprise."
The company proposes, in fact, to occupy a middle
position between governments, public companies,
&c., and the monied public : the operations of the
fonoer it will facilitate by means of its credit, and
of the security presented in its large subscribed
but uncalled capital, while for similar reasons the
public will probably be willing to provide funds
upon the company's debentures thus secured. The ,1
company will at the same time follow the example
of the joint stock banks and financial associations
in applying its profits as dividend upon a compara-
tively limited amount of paid up capital. It is
understood that subscriptions for a large number of
shares have already been sent in, and the list will
probably be closed on an early day.
_ I

The North Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of L 3331. over last year ; the
Midland an increase of 1,7961. ; the Lancashire and
Yorkshire an increase of 3,6281. ; and the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an increase
of 1,5831.
The directors of the Merchant Banking Com-
pany of London have this day made a call of 51. par
share, payable on the 15th of January.
The first ordinary general meeting of the British
and American Exchange Banking Corporation will
be held on the 7th January.
The West of England Insurance Company have
appointed Mr. George W. Cooke, of the Globe
Insurance Office, to be their London manager, vice
Mr. Anderton, who is about to retire.
The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland
have notified that a dividend for the half-year
ending Christmas, at the rate of 4 per cent. on the
paid-up stock, and also an extraordinary dividend

of 30s. on each 1001. share, and .12s. os each 10i.
share, will be payable on the 16th January.
The directors of the Dutch Rhenisn Railway
Company announce, on account of the first half of
the current book year, a provisional dividend of
IL 6.90 (11s. 9d.) per share on the 161. paid shares,
and of 8. 8.62 (14s. Bd.) per share on the fully paid
shares.
It is notified that the Bank of New South Wales
will pay the half-year's interest, due Ist January,
on the New South Wales Debentures issued under
the authority of the Government Railway Act,
1864, and the Public Works Loans Act, 1866, and
negotiated through that bank.
The following is Mews. Culverwell, Brooks,
and Co.'s report of ye'terday'a hide sales :
At the 944 k end last Urine of hide sales for the year there
was & fair demand, the greater portion of the qteantity
offers:it! sold. East India—Ox sod Cow—Celestta
re in we request, both for home consumption sad ex-
Port, realised fully last sales prime. Itadrie, Pondi-
cherry, tec„ also sold freely, but at a reduction of id. to
id. per lb. epos previous quotations. The analysis of the
ask is mass Weide& new weer 13,290 brought for-
ward from former mks, sad 11,822 Haden, Pondicherry,
lac.; in all 133,301 hide', of which 115,500 were sold. Rest
India—Buffalo were in fair demand. Leather— Zest ladies
was in steady request. Silted Hides—.tustralim met
with a good demand at a reductios of per lb. Cape
sold fairly._ South American were all sold. Dry and Dry-
malted Hides—South American were mostly langht in.
Horse Hides—Dry—South America were nearly all sold.
N.B. The first series of sales of the new yeeris 61,1 for the
14th January. 1864.
The return of the Bank of Englaud for the week
ending Wednesday, Dec. 16, compared with that for
the previous week, shows the following changes :
CArculation irsue
Circulation active
Public deposit' 9,103,738 Inners 473.983
Other deposit
Government securities in
banking department 10,762,330 Increase 50,000
Other securities mbanking
department
Coin and bullion in both
departments 13,675.474 Increase 1366,857
Seven day and other bills 642,259 Decrease 25,906
The Hest
Notes in reserve
Total reserve (notes &cas
in banking department). ' 8,524,90 increase 1,059,392
- -

_ .
The changes shown in this return are unex-
pectedly favourable under nearly every head of the
account. Both the government and the private
deposits have increased, and a portion of the other
securities having at the same time run off, the ad-
ditional gain thus resulting to the Bank has raised
the total amount of the week's increase in the re-
serve to no lees than 1,059,3921. The amount of
imported gold sent into the Bank during the week
was 347,0001., while the withdrawals of sovereigns
for exportation were 39,0001. ; the inertia's now
shown in the coin and bullion being as much as
666,8571., it is evident that the reflux of coin from
the internal circulation is proceeding with increased
force.

WICK 07 INGLAND.—A. Account poroosot to the Ad na
aad eth Via. a I; tar Oa week cadmic as We4neiday, Ilse. 16.
UM

MRS WE/

Notes fammd wei.sitiAT

loVaTen nt debt dll.oll.len
Other 5,1334.900
Gold coin nod bul-
lion

537,506.111
BANZI3IO DI
Proprietors' Capital 414104030
Bast 3AN1.9611
Penile Deposita (la-
clacUng
Bar. Banks, Com-
mis. of National
NOR sad Div.
Aecta.) %MTN
Other Deposits 13,204,068
Maven day sadother
Bills 3n.2.50

1827,506.U4