The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVkNiNG, DECEMBER 3, 1864.

THE EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OP A 3OLDIEE
IN THE CITY. ,0

At the resumption of the inquest in the case of
the suicide of James Feat, a soldier of the 3rd Bath, by
IL W. J. Payne, depnty•ooroner, last night, in St. Bo-
tolpuced:h's vestry-room, the following additional evidence was
add
Lanos-Corporl Wells, of the 3rd Buffs, rid that during
that afternoon Inspector Mitchell directed him to go to lied
deceased's widow at Putney, but to be back at the rernmptice
of the court. He set out, but when be was within a mile
and a quarter of the house be found that he had only just
time to get back at the meeting of the court, and he there-
fore returned without seeing the person he was to fetch.
Coroner—Then we must do without her, and hear what
you have to say as to the state of deceased's mind.
Witness rid that the deceased used to become almost mad
when he drank. Some years ago his stepmother had
struck him a blow at the back of his head, which crushed in
the skull and caused a contusion of the brain.
The doctor could find the crushed place if he examined the
head. If it was pressed he used to berme delirious.
Dr. Fowler—The whole head is blown away.
Several witnesses were then examined, and from their
statements it appeared that the deceased had received a
short time since, from his wife, the money to purchase his
discharge, but that be spent 21. of it in treating his irom-
redo before he left the regiment. He wrote two
letter, to his uncle asking him to make up this
deficit, but he got no answer. He got leave of
absence, and came to town on the 22nd November,
and on the next day he paid for his passage to
the United Stare. Finding that the ship did not sail till
the 28th November instead of the 24th, as he had expected,
he drank heavily sad bought a pistoL On last Friday night
he paid ser.,y his last twopence for a girt et
ale at the Green Dragon, la Bishopagate, saying,
" I will have this if I never have another." He went
straight back to his lodgings in the China Coffee-house,
Blab° to-street, end blew his head to pieces, as has been
alrreeaaddy reported. He was stated to have been much
attached to his wife, and he was known to have had her
portrait ; but the photograph which he had crushed wider
his heel the moment before he shot himself was destroyed
beyond the possibility of identification.
The Coroner said that the mai was a most singular one.
There could be no doubt that the deceased had suffered
from rental aberration, consequent on the injury to his
head ; and that finding himself without the money to pur-
chase his discharge, and in the position of a deserter, he
killed himself while deranged,
The jury returned cas"Zt of " Suicide while in • state
of unsound

• SHARE lildTll.—(2'Hlß .041%)

Two o'OLooz.

The railway market is inactive to-day, but the
tendency generally is not unfavourable, the
variations in the principal lines being about
evenly balanced. Metropolitan, London and
South Western, Great Northern, and Great
Eastern stocks have risen to per cent.,
while London and North Western, Midland,
and South Eastern have receded k to k.
London and North Western stock is now quoted
118 to I • Great Western, 77Lto 78k • Midland,
136} to 1'37 ; Lancashire and Yorkshu'e, 114 to
; Caledonian, 131 to 132; South Eastern, aq
to 3 ; Great Eastern, 48 to}; Great Northern,
133 to 134 ; London and &nth Western, 98 to
99 ; and Metropolitan, 1213 to 122 f.
Eastern Bengal, Grand Trunk of Canada, Namur
and Liege, and Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean
shares are dull, and other colonial and foreign lines
inactive.

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Great Western, West Ithdland, guaranteed shares 5f per
Isca, 5i to f.

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Namur and Liege, gua. 14f. p. an. by the Belg. goy., 811.
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Royal banish, ltii.
San Paulo (Limited) gua. 7 per cent. (161. paid), Hi.

MONEY MABEET.-(TEIS DAY.)

Two °Two&

The stock and share markets opened flatly this
morning, but the tendency is now rather better.
Consols are steady at the closing quotations of yes-
terday, and British railway stocks have improved
in some instances. Spanish Passive Bonds and
Certificates are again in request, and have ad-
vanced.

There is a good demand for money, for a Satur-
day, at 6k to 7 per cent. for the best three months'
bills. In the Stock Exchange the rate for short
loans has declined to 4to 5 per cent, the inquiry
having diminished.

At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted
85fr. 85c., being 1 per cent. better than yesterday.
Consols are now quoted 89 to 1, ex div., for
money, and 891 to 1, ex div., for the account (Dec.
8). The official business retort is as follows
:
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 891,
89 ; ditto, for account, 891 ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 881, 1 ; New Three per Cents., 881,1 ; Bank
Stock, 237/ ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1031, 1;
ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 971 ; Exchequer
Bills, March, Si., 65., 3s. dis. ; ditto June, 58., 6s.
dia.

In the foreign stock market the chief feature is a
renewed demand for Spanish Passive Bonds and
Certificates, which have risen and per cent. re-
spectively. Consolid‘s and Mexican have also im-
proved 4. Some of the present quotations are as
follows, viz.:—Greek, 23 to ; Mexican, 204 to
; Confederate, 594 to 604 ; Spanish Passive, 334
to ; the Certificates, 154 to 4 ; Turkish
Beads of 1858, 714 to 4 ; ditto 1862, 71
to ; and the Consolidcis, 464 to 4, ex div.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian,
834 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents., 964 ;
Greek Five per Ceuta., for account, 23;
Italian Five per Cents., 1861, for account, 644, 5 ;
ditto Maremmana Railway, 714 ; Mexican Three
per Cents., for account, 294, 4 ; ditto 1864, 274 ;
New Granada Two per Cents., 28, ex div. ; Peru-
vian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,lB62, for account,
824 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 1856, 1857,
1859, 1860, 1862, and 1863, for account, 471 ;
Russian Five per Cents., 1862, £7, 864 ; ditto,
1864, 88 ; Spanish New Deferred Three per
Cents., for account, 414 ; ditto Passive, for account,
324, 334 ; the Committee's Certificates, for account,
154; Turkish, Six per Ceuta., 1854, for account,
884 ; ditto, 1862, for account, 714, 71 ; ditto,
guaranteed Four per Ceuta., 103 ; Venezuela, Six
per Cents., 1862, for account, 50 ; ditto, 1864, 42,
414, 424.
International Financial shares are now quoted
24 to pram. ; London Financial, 94 to 10
prem. ; General Credit, 24 to 34 premium ;
Imperial and Mercantile Credit, 34 to prem. ;
Hudson's Bay, 164 to I ; Ottoman Socicit4
Gendrale, 24 to prem. ; and Anglo-Egyptian
Bank, 4 to 4 di..

Egyptian Loan scrip is quoted I to }prem. ; Danu-
bian, I to i prem.; and Atlantic and Great Western
Railway Debentures, par to I prem., being again
lower.

Esxv-rser Two o'Oxoca.
Consols are unchanged, at 89 to 1, ex div., for
money, and 89* to ex div., fur the account.
The Sussex has arrived from Port Philip with
27,0001. in gold ; smith° Pennsylvania, from New
York, with 50,0001.
It appears that gold to the amount of 188,5001.
was shipped from Melbourne for England during
the month.

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
quoted much the same as on Tuesday. Subjoined
is our usual list:

Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.19 to ; ditto, 3 days,
11.15 to 4; Rotterdam, 3 atooths, 11.19 to 4; Ant-
werp, 3 mootha, 25.57 to 624; Hamburg, ms. boom, 3
mouths, 13.8 to ; Paris, 3 days, 25.15 to 25 ; ditto, 3
mouths, 25.574 to 64 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months,
120 d to ; 84. Petenburg (per rouble). 3 mouths, 294 to ;
Visor. eff. do.. 3 months, 12.5 to 10 ; Trieste, ed. do.,
3 mouths, 12.5 to 10; Narlrid, 3 months, 461 to 4 ;
Oadia, 3 montlia, 47 to ; Lelhorn, 3 mouths, 20.721. to
74; Genoa, 3 months, 25.72 to 74 ; Miles, 3 months,
25.724 to 74 ; Naples, 3 mon s, 25.724 to 74 ; Palermo,
S months, 25.724 to 74 ; Bassos, 3 meths, 25.724 to
74 ; Lisboa. 9U dam 51 to Oporto, 90 dark 51 to 4,
The quotation of exchange at Shanghae, accord-
ing to the telegram just received, shows a decline
of as much as 20., while that at Canton has re-
ceded Id. The Bombay exchange is 1-10.1. higher.
The former movements are in favour of this
country.
The weekly return of the Bank of France shows
the following change.
Oslo and bullion
Bills dismantled
Government dspinidi increase 243,000
Notes is Looms, 3110,000
Private deposits
Advances ... Decrease 40,000
The magnitude of the increase in the bullion is
somewhat remarkable. The demand for money, as
shown by the falling off in the discounts, is at the
same time slack.

The following shows the rates of discount torrent
on the Continent, viz.:—Paris and Brussels, sit
per cent. ; Vienna and St. Petersburg, 6 ; Turin,
Amsterdam, and Berlin, 6} : Hamburg, 4 ; and
Frankfort 41 per cent. Ours is still by far the
dearest money market.

The failure is announced of Messrs. Wilson,
Bowles, and Co., respectable East India and
general merchants, of Mincing-lane. The total
liabilities of the house, which has been established
nearly seven years, reach about 250,0001., but the
direct engagements do not exceed 60,0001., and it
is thought that the estate will pay a dividend of
about 15s. in the pound. The stoppage is said to
have been partly caused through a considerable
amount of produce belonging to Messrs. Wilson,
Bowles, and Co. having been improperly dealt
with by a member of a respectable firm of brokers,
without the knowledge of his partners. The cir-
cular issued is as follows

Sir, —We regret to inform you that • combination of
leases by failures, and the depreciation in the value of pro-
duce, has placed us in the painful ition of suspending
payment. In the present depressed state of the produce
markets, and the uourteloty as to the time within which
our saute abroad can be collected, we have not felt justified
in aooeptiog the proffered assistance of friends to meet our
immediate engagements, but we hope for • satisfactory
liquidation of oar estate.
Mesas. Coleman, Torqued. Youngs. said Co., are pre.
paring • statement of our affairs, which will be submitted
to our creditors at an early date.—We are, &c.,
WlLsos, Bowus, AID CO.
9, Mincing-lane, Loudon, LC., Dec. 2, 1864.
Mr. Coleman, one of the official liquidators of
the Northumberland and Durham District Bank,
yesterday obtained the consent of Vice-Chancellor'
11(inderaley to pay a further dividend of oue shilling
in the pound, on the 20th and 21st of this month, at
Newcastle . • thus making the aggregate amount of
dividends 19s. 6d. in the pound.
The annual meeting of the London and West-
minster Bank is convened for the 18th January.
.

The prospectus of the Telegraphs News Asiocia-
tion (Limited) is issued. It is mentioned that the
object is "to furnish the press and the public of
England, the continent of Europe, and the western
world, with a fuller and more regular supply of
telegraphic intelligence than the present system
providea." It is °untended by the promoters that
there is both danger and inconvenience in what
they term "the dependence of the press and the
public, both as regards expedition and expense, on
a single source of supply." It is mentioned that a
staff of expernoed correspondents has been orga-
nised " at all points within the range of the electric
wire," and that "special arrangements have been
made for procuring early and accurate, and, in man
instances, exclusive information in connection with
the American civil war, and the progre s of the new
Mexican empire ; while from China and the East
Indies intelligence will frequently be transmitted

rift St. Petersburg, when other sources of informa-
tion are silent." The capital is fixed at ;dl,oool. in
5,1100 shares of 1% each.

Fammr imam.

Consols, which closed yesterday at &if icTE Cm
div., for the Bth instant, opened this morning at
the same quotation, and closed at 894 to 4. For
money the last price was 89 to 4 ex div. The
official business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 894, 4,4, 4, ex div. ;
Five
ditto for account, 894, ex div. ; Three per
t Cents. Reduced, 884, - ; New Three per
Cents., 884, 4, 4 ; Indii per Cent. Stock,
1034, 4, ex div • ditto Four per Cent. Debentures,
1866, 974 ; ditto Bonds, 65., Bs. prem. ; Five-and-
a-Half per Cent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 194
The India Five per Cent. Stock was dull.
The March Exchequer bills were quoted bs. dn.
to par, and the June Gs. to Is. dia.
In the foreign stock market Spanish Passive
Bonds and Certificates continue to meet with at-
tention, but there was less fluctuation, and the
1 closing prices were the same as yesterday. Turkish
Consolidski were much depressed, and fell I percent.
Italian and Mexican declined 4, and Turkish Bonds
of 1868, 4 ; but Turkish of 1864, and Peruvian im-
proved 4 per cent. ; Venezuela of 1864, 1; and Greek
Bonds and Coupons, 4 per cent.
In the market for bank shares there were only
partial variations. Agra and Masterman's Bank,
Bank of Egypt, English, Scottish, and Australian
Chartered, London Chartered Bank of Australia,
Standard Bank of Africa, Provincial Banking Cor-
poration, and Imperial Ottoman Bank have de-
clined : the latter closed at 64 to 4 prem. Bank of
Queensland and South Eastern Bauk shares were
firmer. _ _ _

Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 16 to ;
Egyptian Trading, ; to 14 prem., being fiat ;
National Discount, 104 to 11 prem. ; and Joint
Stock Discount, 4to dies. Peninsular and Oriental
Steam, Commercial Union Insurance, and tient-
vara shares were quoted lower. North British and
Mercantile Insurance and National Financial have
slightly improved. Ottoman Sociitd ()inertia shares
were last quoted 24 to 2i prem.
The shares of the -financial companies were
rather more offered, but the decline did not exceed
2s.fid. per share, except in London Financial, which
declined be. The closing quotations arc annexed,
via:—lnternational, 2f to prem. ; General
Credit, 21 to 34 prem. ; London Financial, 94 to
I prem. ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, 3i to
prem. ; and Credit Fancier and Mobilier, 34 to
Re=