The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY SVENING, APRIL 5, MC

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

OsT ia.1711120 rasOlAra.►
THIRSK MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

SOWEBBY PLATE. 4 furlongs 132 yards.
Brother Sam, Silverdale, Little Hannah f, Sir Watt's,
Alice Grey, Oolettedsle f, and Stiff are here.
MOWBRAY STAKES. 4 furlongs 132 yards.
Vesioe, Moll Flagon, Catalogue, Sweet Jamie, The
Ler ler, and Strong Beer are here.

HUNT CUP. About two miles and a haU.
Emperor, Fly by Night, Rosemary, and Friar Tuck are
here.

HAMBLETON PLATE Ooe mile.
My Mary, WI, and Sir Watkin aro here.

knivED.—Hypermnestra, Bernice, Newchurch, Club
Queen, Good Advice, Bonny Belle, Lerma I, Rose of
Avenel, Operator, Hreettits, Bonbon., Vanessa, Jester,
Alexandria, National Guard, Lady Louisa, Warfiow, Ta-
biths, Bramble, Brown Bread, Unfashionable Beauty,
Ranter, Harry James, Warlock I, Oppressor, Changeable,
and all the hunters.

EXECUTION AT HEREFORD.-( THIS DAY.)

(BY zvccnuc rzLzwurn.)
HEREFORD, TCESDAI.

At 8 o'clock this morning Thomas Watkins was
executed in front of the county gaol for the murder of his
wife at Rol:1pol., near Leominster. He appeared very peni-
tent, and cried loudly for mercy. On the previoua night
he made a confession.

The attendance of spectators wee not large, the morning
being very wet. The executioner was Smith, of Dudley.

THE LATE FIGHT BETWEEN KING AND

HERNAN.

TRIAL OF THE PRINCIPALS AND SECONDS.
(THIS DAY.)
(IT IMICIIIIC TMIGIAPEL )
LEWES. Timm; 1.45 P.M.

The quarter sessions for Sussex were held this
day at the Shire-hall, and the greatest interest was mani-
fested to bear the trial of Tom King and Hssoaa, and
others, who took part in the fight between those pugilists
on the morning of the 10th December, near Wadhurat.
All the priaonees, except Travels and Mace, pleaded
guilty.
Travers and Mace ware arraigned afterwards, when Mr.
Roupell said the only offence they had committed was being
spectators at the fight.
The prosecution offering no evidence, the peacoats were
Acquitted.
Ling, Heenan, Tom Sayers, and Jack Macdonald were
then bound over in their tecomesszoes of 100/. each to keep
the peace.

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COMMERCIAL DOCK COMPANY.- (THIS DAY.)

This afternoon, at 2 o'clock, a special meeting
was held to consider the bill now pending in parliament for
amalgamating this company with the Grand Surrey Canal
and Dock Company , Mr. Torrig in the chair.
A revolution approving the bill was submitted and agreed
to.

"Argue," of the Post, writing upon the steeple-
chase at Mato., says :—" Kenny, who rode Lord George,
came frequently acre. Captains Townley and Smith, who
not unnaturally read the riot act' to him in unmistake-
able terms, and were not a little surprised at the indiffer-
ence he manifested on the subject, which, in days of yore,
might have led to unpleasant rev 'ts. Their astonishment,
however, was cleared up on returuing to soak: by hearing
he was both deaf sod dumb, although one of the beet
riders in Ireland. Mr. F. Gordon hr I a very bad fall at
the broo'r, as he not only west to the very bottom of it.
but on eying to the surface was struck down a second time
by a hone striking his head. This blow stunned him, and
he went down like a atone, and savant labourers had to
tread the water for him and drag him out. He is now,
however, all right again, and does not seem to care for his
mishap. Saab are the pleasures of deepleehasing."

Darcy-Laar.—Tin part of Falstaff in Henry IV.
was last night represented by Mr. Addison, who has con-
sented to play every Monday and Friday instil farther
notice, to relieve fifr. Phelps. Mr. Addison's performance
is characterised by great ease and natanloeu, and is full of
that personal humour and unction which have made him •
dont wed favourite with London audiences. If it has •
fault, it is a little too brisk, and this was apparent as much
in the walk as in the elocution. The house was very full,
and more justice le now done to the great battle SONIO
because it comes on ► full hoar earlier. The conflict of the
two armies is meet impreeive, the effects being produced
by maims of real men, even more than by aceniery.s

A " SMAKII-Tre AT • COLLI CRT. —A singularly
destructive accident occurred at Killingwaih Colliery last
week, and it is most marvellous, though there were 100 men
and boys down in the pit, and others were about to de-
scend, to one was hurt. About half-past 6in the morning
of Tnuraday the connecting rod hetwese the eogioe sad the
flywheel employed in hauling the coals and men out of the
pit broke ,• the consequence was that the flywheel spun round
with fearful velocity, and ultimately broke into ponderous
fragment.. The engine ran amain, and the cage, which had
been near the surface at the time of the damage, rushed
down the shaft at a terrific rate, and, coming in °masa
with the other tub near the bottom of the pit, both were
smashed, the wire rope attached to them mapping like
thread. In consequence of the accident in the imagine-
home the halogen chain was drawn up over the sheaves,
and fell crashing through the roof of the engine-house,
doing a very serious amount of damage. The age in its
descent broke through the bratticing. and considerable
alarm was created with regard to the safety of the men and
lads below ; but, ea the pit is doubleuhafted, there was
little difficulty in getting them out, and in six hours the
were all at bank. If the pit had been, as Hartley was, with
but one exit, it might have been different. It will be' some
time before the pit is got to work again.
AIRLANCHOLY CASs—There is a very melancholy
case now before the Chief Baron at the Kildare Arise, :
Patrick Coigne., a relieving of cer. was indicted for the
manslaughter of Rosanna Doyle. It appeared from the
evidence that there are a number of unfortunate women
(to which chp• the deceased belonged), who live in the
bushes end behind the ditches in the neighbourhood of the
Carnet Camp ; that they live there day and night, unless
in CYO of sickness, when they go to the poor-house until
they are well, and then return to their old quarters
among the bashes, and their old mode of life. The
Acts for Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland
afford the metes of supplying relief out of the home in all
eases of siokneso which prevent removal and in mess of
argent nemeeity, and relieving offioersare appointed in every
district with a fixed salary, whose duty it is to inquire after
such eases, and afford immediate relief. Romance Doyle
was sick at this place, near the camp, on Saturday, the
17th of October last, and was usable to go to the work-
house. A policeman learned this, and left a note with the
prisoner informing him of her Mate. He did not go to sae
her, but on Sunday morning went tome Bergen, who kept s
donkey and cart for the removal to the workhouse of sick
people and pre a ticket of admission for Romans Doyle,
telling him to bring the donkey for her. Bergen did not
go till Monday, when he (mid her in a very sad state,
lying on the bare ground by some furze, sod without any
covering except an old sack. It took nearly two hours to
get to the workhouse, and rain poured on the poor creature
the whole way. As soon as the hospital nurse saw her she
feared that she was either in a fit or dying, and had the
doctor sent for immediately. Not more than ten minutes
elapsed from the time she arrived at the workhouse until
she died.
_ _

—lNrEsa AT TEN CExTrmEs THE Horn.—Then
by•and-by—generally, however, after eleven, that universal
meal hour—l meet an old woman busily trotting along
towards the Luxembourg Gardena, surrounded by fifteen
or twenty little children, aged from twp or three years to
seven or eight. Their parents pay the old lady about ten
=Aimee an hour to take their children out, and give them
a walk or • game of play in the gardens. It is pretty to
see her convoy her little regiment over a erasing ; it re-
minds me of the old puzzle of the fox, the goose, and the
bag of corn. The elder children are left in charge on one
side while the very little ones are carried over; then one
of the oldest ie beckoned across sad lectured on her care of
them while the old woman trots back for the rest •
and I notice she is much more despotic during her short
reign of power than the old woman boreal,. At !with
they are part all dangers, and safe ie the gardens, where
they may make dirt-pies to their hearts' content, while their
chaperon takes out her knitting and seats herself on a beech
in their midst. Say she has fifteen children, and keeps them
out for two hours, it makes her a little income of hallm-
crown a-day ; and many a busy mother is glad that her
child should have happy play and exercise, while she goes
a-shopping, or does some other piece of housekeeping work,
which would prevent her from attending properly to bee
child.—Frarer's Magazine for April.
STRENGTH OF THE lINFTLD STATES ARMIES.
There are immense differences in the estimates of the num-
ber of men 'ion in the armies of the Unice. Some (says &
Washington letter) make out that we have less men than
we had a year ago, and acme that we have more. The
figures at the alio, of the provost marshal renewal show an
increase of 406.000 to the armies since the Ist of January,
1863, timesharing been added 531,000 and lest 125.000.
The official figures are as follows :—Eelietmente from Janu-
ary 1 to November 1,1863. 68,000 ; from November 1,1863,
to January 14, 1864, 110,000 ; from January 31 to Febenary
28,1864, 90,030 ; product of the &eft of 1863, 40,000 ;
deserters reftroei4 28,000 ; invalid corps 25.000; re.
milistnd veterans, 100,000; blank troop, 70,000; tots],
631.000.

SHIRE GISTS.-{THIS DAY.)

Two eowm

The railway market is quiet to-day, with few
transactions; and prices generally are quoted the
same as at 4 o'clock yesterday. As regards the
principal stocks, the only variation is a
decline of per cent. in South Eastern.
London and North Western stock is now quoted
109} to 110 ; Great Western, 64j to 65, ex div. ;
Midland, 1281 to 1 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
109} to ; Caledonian, 118 to 119 ; South
Eastern, ooi to ; Great Eastern, 47 to ;
Great Northern, 128 i to 129} ; London and South
Western, 98 to ; and Metropolitan, 11S to
1161.
Very little business is reported in Indian, Cana-
dian, and foreign railway securities, and quota-
tions are without variation. East Indian stock is
firm.

W Antwerp & Rotterdam
Balus&A.Vra.;L;grp.e.
ell Rel Man B. Juncuon •
3 B.Ayreed.Southern LL)!
5 all Co Co
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10 Dunaburg&Wltepoitl,l:
10 Dutch Rhenish '1

W Eastern of Prance ,
all I.ld. Itustian pia S p. c
all Great Luzembourp 1
all Italian Junction

all Nam.g Liege LB: the
I all Do.6p. c. Prf. lielg. goy,
all Northern of oe ,
15 Do. N Sh. (Os. at 231 )
all N. Rail B.Ayres g. 7p. c ,
24 Do. do. do
all Norwegian Trunk Prof ,
all Ottoman SnaymaAldin)
all Paris, Lyans,andlledit
all Paris and Orleans
all Itecife et S. Fronde. a '
all lto)al Danish I
Royal Sardinian
an Royal Swedish.
all Do. 7 per oent.
all Sambre and Meuse
all Do. Se per oent. Peet
8 San Paulo Li B.7per ct.
alt Do. do

all 8. Ault &Lona-Venetian
'SouthEsit. of Portugal.'
all Southern of Prance ...1
8 Turin and Savona.—

all West Flanders
W Do. per cent. Prof
, Wert. & N. W.of Franco:

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BANES.

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20,000 100 Agra and V. Ser. Bank . 50
10,000 100 AllianoaLon.RLlverpool 23
10,090 100 Do. New l5
100,000 90 Anglo Austrian
20,0001 10 Anglo Italian iLlmited)
22,600 40 Australaida all
7,600, 40 Do. New PO
10,000 15 Bank of Eapt
6,000 100 Bat* of Londoo ' 60
25,000 20 Bank of Otago (Limited;
10,000 100 Hank of Queensland 5L 50
90,000 60 ilanl of ifictoria,Austria' 25
5,000 100 Haut of Wales (Lim.)
60,000 10 Bank of New Zealand
60.000 20 orazilian&Portuguestal 6
15,000 60 lint. ft American Fd.sl 15
20,000 60 British & Californian ;I, 6
20.000, 60 British N. America all
12,600 10 Char. Bk. Brit. Column' 10
$1,200 20 C. lit. ludia,Ans., Cad-
7,000 20 Do. New

20..000 25 Chrtrd. Y. of
8.000 100 City

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20.000100 Colonial I 25
200,000 10 ICoosolidsLed Bank (L); 4
6,000 100 Continental
I°,ooo 60 East London (Limited) 6
• 0,000 60' Do. New
10,000 100 ,laglish and Irish I IJm l6
25.000 20 Eng•ScotAtAasLChartd ; all
10.0001 60 :English and Swedish (LI 10
40,000 6) European Bank Limited; 10
10,000 100 'Hindmin.Chlns&Jap.,L; 25
10,000 100 Do. New ,
10,000 100 Imperial Bank, Limited 20
136000, 20 Imperial Ottoman lO
100,000 20 Land Morillk. India (L • 2
10,000 100 London Bank o: Scot. (I. IS
10,000 100 London and Brazilian
6,000 100 Lon.B.Ayres&R.Plate.l 4O ;
20,000 25 • Do. do. New 2l
6000 100 'Lon., Mr., &S. Staff. IL 20
50,000 20 Lon. Ch. Bank et Anstrl. all
10,000 100 London and Colonial ,L. 15
20,000 60 'London and County... TO
6,000 100 Lon. frianilm.Con.l.z.(L), 13 ;
00,00) 50 London Joint Stock lO •
10.000 100 Lou. and Northern ( , 16
20,000 20 Loudon ,t South African all
kOOO 20 Do. Po. New I all
10,000100' London S.Amerlcan.L , 7 •
6,000100 Lon. & S. Western ILZra., 20 •
60,000 10' Lou. & Westminster . ; 10
10,000 100 Merchant liank,llm.).:! 7 •
20,000 60 Mercantile & Eschan,L. 10 ,
10,000 100 Metro. & Prov. bank tL 20
10,000 50 51 etican Lim.)
6,000100 Midland Hank ;Lim.)
10,000 100 National of Liverpool L, 10
10,000 100 :N. Pro. 0: 1400 land. New 42 '
25,000 20 New South Wales all I
6000 100 New Zealand (Limited) 10 ,
60,400 25 Oriental Bank Corporn. all
20,000 100 Provine. of Ireland . 25 •
25,000 20 &ludo, PunJ., & Delhi (L,
1000 20 Do. New 7i
16,000 26 South Australia all
10,000 100 Bland- of B. & Africa 17
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MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two °Two&

The funds to-day are rather flat, and Consols
have declined about j per cent. Home railways and
foreign stocks are steady, except Mexican
Bonds, which have declined in consequence of
the continued delay in the formal acceptance of
the crown by the Archduke Maximilian. Atten-
tion is still almost exclusively directed to
banking and financial shares, in which
a very large amount of business has
been done to-day. In a few instances,
including Imperial Bank, prices have given w;,y
upon realisations, but the market generally is
steady in character.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted
66fr. 05c., being se. lower than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 91k to 1 both for money
and the present settlement, and 911 to 92 for the
new account. The official business report is as
follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
911, 1, t; ditto, for account, 911, ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 891, k ; New
Three per Cents., 891, ; Bank Stock, 236 k, ca
div. ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 104, 105,
1041 ; ditto Four per Cent., 99 ; ditto Bonds, 3..
dis. ; Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper,
104 k ; and Exchequer Bills, 75., 2s. die.
Mexican Bonds are per cent. lower than ye.
terday, being now quoted 45 to k. Greek
are steady at 252 to and Passive at
35l to 2. Turkish Consolides are I lower,
at 53} to 2, and the Turkish Loan of 18432 bet-
ter at 712 to 72f. Transactions are recorded as
follows:—Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 102, 1011,
ex div. ; ditto 1863, 882, k, 2, k, ex div. ;
Egyptian, 101, 100 f ; ditto second issue, 101 ;
Greek, for account, 25k, 1,2, 1 ; ditto
Coupons, for account, 11} ; Italian (Marem-
mane Railway), 74 ; Mexican, for account, 452,
44j, 451 ; New Granada Deferred, 9 ; Portuguese,
1856, &c., for account, 491 ; Russian, 1862,
91} ; Spanish, for account, 531 ; ditto
New Deferred, for account, 46k ; ditto
Passive, for account, 331, ; Turkish, 1838,
for account, 692 ; ditto, 1862, for account, 712, 72;
ditto, 100/. Bonds, 721 ; Venezuela, 1862, for ac-
count, 60.

The Essex has arrived from Melbourne, with
93,0001. in gold.
Venezuela scrip is quoted 14 to 11 prem., mil
Lemburg and Czernowitz Railway 1 to 14 prem.
International Financial shares are now quoted
to f prem., ex div.; General Credit, 61 to I prem.;
London Financial, 121 to 131, ex div. and ex new ;
Mercantile Credit, 10 to !I prem. ; Hudson's
Bay, 184 to 19f ; Egyptian Trading, n to
prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 44 to prem.; Imperial
Financial, 7 to 4 prem. ; Credit Foncier
(Great Britain and Ireland), 6 to 4 prem.;
City Offices Company, 34 to 4 prem. ;
Fore-street Warehouse, 44 to 5 prem.; Oriental
Financial, 2 to 4 prom. ; Central Argentine Rail-
way, par to f prom. ; and Ottoman Financial, 4
to 1 prem.
Although yesterday was the 4th of the month, the
discount market was rather quieter, and the supply
of money somewhat more liberal. The terms for
choice bills, however, were maintained at 6 per
cent. At the Bank discount office business was
also lea active. The market will now be influenced
by the anticipation of the dividand, payment of
which will commence on Friday, the Bth. In the
Stock Exchange money was easier at 4 to 5 per
amt, for short loans on English Government
securities, a portion of the supply being derived
from the repayment of Brazilian Government Bonda.
About 60,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the
Bank yesterday for Alexandria. The specie and ,
bullion by the West India packet were delivered
to the bullion brokers, and the residue of the gold
was taken for abroad. The demand for gold for ex-
portation is strong.

The Parana, from Brazil, has reached Southamp-
ton with 7,8631. in specie.
About 365,5001. in gold has been shipped from
Melbourne to England during the month.
The quotation of exchange just received from
Shanghae shows a rise (i.e., a movement against
England) of id., or 'per cent., and that from Cal-
cutta id., or per cent., compared with the rates
previously to hand. The quotations from Bombay
and Canton are unaltered. Subjoined are Mr.
Reuter's telegrams :
Bombay, March 16.
Exchange on Loudon, 21. 2d. Money easier.
Calcutta, March 16.
Exchange on I ondon, It lid. The capital of the Bank
of Bengal is to be doubled.
Canto), March 1.
Exchange on Landon, 4a. lld.
Shanghae, February Et.
Exchange on London. 6e. sd.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Friday next a special settling day in the shares of
the following companies, viz. :
Ottoman Financial Association)
(Limited)
Imperial Financial (Limited) To be markel
South Eastern Banking Com- in the
pany (Limited) I Daily Lists.
Imperial Bank (Limited), newi
shares
Charing-cross Hotel (Limited)
Wallachian Petroleum (Limited).
To be marked in the bi-weekly list.

The committee have also ordered the shares of
the Marine Investment Company (Limited) to be
officially quoted.
Under the combined auspices of the International
Financial Society and the Anglo-Austrian Bank, the
prospectus is issued of the Austrian Railway referred
to in our impression of this evening. It is styled the
Lemberg-Czernowitz Railway Company (Limited).
The object is to extend the railway communication
already subsisting between Vienna and Lemberg to
Czernowttz, near the Moldavian frontier, where a
further prolongation through Moldavia to Galati.,
on the Danube, will be hereafter carried out by an
independent company, to which a concession has
recently been granted by the Chambers of the
Principalities. Apart from its forming portion
of an unbroken and direct railway communication
between the Baltic, the German Ocean, and
the Black • Sea, through the centre of Europe,
this Lemberg-Czernowitx Railway is regarded
by competent judges as one of the most
liberal concessions ever made by the Austrian
government. An essential feature is a guarantee
by the government of a fixed sum of 150,0001.,
payable in silver money, as • net annual revenue,
and this guarantee, after providing for the pay-
ment
of 5 per cent. interest on the bonds, and for
an annual sinking fund, will leave a clear 7 per
cent. applicable to the share capital. The total
amount of the company's capital, as settled by a
contract with the eminent contractor, Mr. Brassey,
is 2,450,0901.—viz., 1,200,0001. in bonds, which
have already been taken, and 1,250,0001. in
shares of 201. each, for which applications are now
invited from the public. We understand, however,
that a large portion of these shares have already
been subscribed for. The contract with Mr. Bras-
sey provides for the payment of 6 per cent. interest '
during construction. It is scarcely necessary to
remark that the names connected with the under-
taking are highly respectable, the committee of
directors in England being Mr. S. A. Beaumont,
M.P., Mr. F. Engelhardt, both directors of the
Anglo-Austrian Bank, and Mr. J. P. Brown West-
bead,
M.P., deputy chairman of the London and
North Western Railway. And in Austria, Prince
Leo Sagieba, president of the Carl-Ludwig Rail-
way, Count Wladiniir Borkowski, director of the
Car Ludwig Railway, and Mr. C. Klein, president
of the Vienna Chaninu. of Commerce.

The directors of the British and Californian
Banking Company (Limited) have ounclinled an ar-
rangement with the well-known firm of Faulkner,
Bell and Co., of San Francisco, for the acquiaitioa
of their banking and exchange busineaa. Mr. James
Hell, of that firm, will be a local director at Sas
Francisco, and Mr. Henry D. Harrison, of the
IMMO house, will join the London board.
The annual meeting of the Great Southern of
India Railway Company is called for tho 21;th
inst., and that of the Demerara Railway Company
for the 29th inst.

The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steams
Packet Company is convened for the 27th inst.
The first ordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of the Bank of Queensland (Limit I) in
called for the J9tli inst., when a dividend is to be
dechsred. _ _ .

The Clarence Hotel Company, which is erecting
a first-class hotel in the ce itre of the Marine l'arade
at Dover, and a considerable portion of whose
capital has already been subscribed, is now inviting
applications for the remaining shares. The directors
state that they have concluded a " very favo,irable"
contract for the erection of the hotel with Mr.
Levis Glentou' the constructor of the (.rand Hotel
at Brighton. The total capital of the company is
7:1,0001., in 101. shares.
The subscription Hit of the Atlantic and Great
Western Itailisay Second Mortgage Bonds, payable
in London, will be closed to-morrow. It is under-
stood that the applications are very numerous and
greatly iu excess of the amount to be allotted.
We are requested to state that the share list'of
I the West Worthing Investment Company (Limited)
will be closed on Thursday next, the 7th inst.
It is also notified that the share list of the
Central European Bailway (Limited) will be closed
on Saturday next, the 9th, for Loulou ; on the
12th for the country, and on the 14tli fur the
continent.

The mails from Calcutta, China, and Australis
are c :pected to be delivered iu Londuu iCUUIt Z. the
12th iubt.

MONDAY Er ENDIO.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 91 t.,) I
fur the Bth instant, opened and closed to-day at.
the same quotation, both for cash and the present
account. For the May account the last price
was 914 to 92. Tire official business report is
as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
• ditto, for account, Oli ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 89f, I, ; New Three per Cents., 891.
ti ; Bank Stuck, for account, 238. ex div. ; Indus
Five per Cent. Stock, 1041;, ; ditto Four per
Cent. Debentures, 1866, 99k, ; ditto Bonds, Ba.,
35., 8.1. die. ; Five per Cent. " enfac,:d " rupee
paper, 104 i.
Indian Government securities remain steady.
India Bonds were dealt in at Bs. to 3s. die. Exche-
quer Bills were Is. better at 7s. to 2s. dis.
The amount of business in foreign stocks was
moderate. .

Great excitement has again prevailed in the
market fur bank shares, the transactions in which
to-day have probably been the most extensive ever
known. Ins few instances the advance has led to
realisations anal somewhat lower prices. Thus,
Alliance Bank, Chartered Bank of India, Australia
and China, anal Imperial Bank have closed lower
than on Saturday, the final quotation for the latter
being 24 to 25 prem. These, however, are quite
exceptions ; nearly every other bank on the list
has experienced an improvement varying from 10a.
to 1/. 108. per share. City Bank shares were in
great request, and have risen 111. A-ea Beek
advanced 31. ; Bank of London, 41. ; Merchant
Bank, 21. 10s. ; Bank of Wale*, London and
Buenos Ayres Rink, London Joint Stock Bank,
and London and South Western Bank, 21. After
the regular hours, the shares of the Land Mortgago
Bank of India rose to 2f to 23 prem. ; and Anglo
Italian Bank to 13 to 2t prem. Anglo Austrian
Bank were steady at 14 to 14 prem.
Hudson's Bay shares were firmer at 19 to 4.
Egyptian Trading have risen to 34 to 33 prem.
Discount Corporation, Berlin Waterworks, Bombay
Gas, Electric Telegraph, National Discount, Joist
Stock Discount, Rhymney Iron, Oriental Inland
St Pm, and Universal Marine Insurance shares
hare all improved.
The shares of the financial companies continua
in active demand, and a very large amount of busi-
ness has again been done in them, leading to a
further almost general advance, averaging se. to
10s. per share. The closing quotations are ea-
nexed, viz.:—International, 71 to if prem., ex
div. ; General Credit, 61 to 4 prem. ; London.
' Financial, 13 to prem. ; Imperial Financial,
6 to 6f prom. ; Mercantile Credit, 91 to 101 prem. ;
Credit Mobilier, 4 to 44 prem. ; Credit Foncier,
54 to 6} prem.; And Financial Corporation, 3 to
3t prem.
The closing (but in some cases merely nominal)
quotations for shares in new undertakings are
subjoined, viz. :—Lend Securities, lf to 2 prem.;
Consolidated Discount, 1 dia. to par ; Fore-street
Warehouse, 4 to 5 prem.; Smith, Knight, and Co.,
21 to 3 prem. ; Queensland Sheep, 1 die.
par ; Gellivara, die. to prem.; City Offices,
33 to 4 prem. ; Bonelli's Telegraph, fto 14 prem.;
European Central Railway, 3 to If prem. ; Otto-
man Financial, 4 to 1 prem.; Silver's Indiarubber,
f to 14 prem. ; Home and Colonial Assurance, 2 t•
3 prem. ; Oriental Financial, 2 to 3 preru. ; CIO*
Engineering. 2 to 2f prem. ; Mauritius Credit Fon-
cier, par to f prem. ; and Naticual Financial, If
to 2 prem.
New Zealand Six per Cent. Debentures were it
demand, and rose about 1 per oent.