The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-30 00:00:00

SHOCKING AFFAIR AT KIRKHAM.

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A dreadful affair occurred at Kirkham, near
Preston, on Sunday night. It appears that a party of Irish
harvest men went to the Swan Inn, where they had some-
thing to think. About 11 o'clock they became very noisy,
and the landlord, Mr. Henry Itawcl;ffe, expressed his desire
to clear the house. He asked the men to go, but they
refused. He then seized one of them, named Garrety,
who seemed to be the worst, and got him into the lobby,
but was unable to eject him. Subsequently he went to
the door, sod gave au alarm with • dog whistle. This
brought a policeman named Fletcher to his assistance, who
tried to get the men away, but he could not do so. The
officer then went out and whistled, and Sergeant
Lofthouse came up, and Carroty was apprehended.
The other Mailmen then turned out of the house. A man
named James Cain, his wife, and Patrick Cale' their
nephew, tried, but iceffectually, to rescue Garrety, who
was taken to the lock-up. The three Caine then ran away,
but weie pursued by the police. Whilst the officers were
thus eogrged, they were informed that Rai/cliff', the
landlord, had been killed. They then went to the Swan,
where they found Rawlins almost dead, and attended by
two Burgeons. It appears that after the officers had left,
the door of the Swan Inn was immediately closed, and
Rawcliffe and bis eldest daughter, a girl 11 years of age,
went into an upper room, with • view to see what was
going on in the street. At that time the crowd in front
of the door bad gone away, and Rawcliffe was about
leaving the window. Hie daughter bad gone just belf=
but she had not proceeded very far before she
• great crash, and, on looking round, observed her
father with his heed near the window. She went up
to him, when, to her horror, she found that a poker had
been driven into his eye. It had been burled at him from
the street. She did her utmost to extract the poker, bat
her effort, were ineffectual. She immediately raised an
alarm, and several neighbour came io. Rowell&
was found lying on a chair near the wiedow, bleeding
profusely, and with the poker still protruding_ from his
right eye. A man named Smith tried to pull out the
poker, but for some time his efforts proved unavailing.
At length he placed the unfortunate man's head be
twee his knees, and even then it required all his forge
to extract the poker. Of course Baseline was quite I
insensible. Two medical men were sent for ; but Rawcliffe
died an hour afterwards. The poker had entered trader
the lower lid of tire eye, and had thence passed into the
brain.

Yesterday, Garrety and the three Caine were brought
before the Kirkham magistrate.. Garrety was committed
for two months for assaulting the police, and the others
were remanded until Thursday.
Yesterday, the inquest was opened, and after some formal
evidence bad been prim, the inquiry was adjourned until
Monday nett. At prevent nothing definite is known as to
who threw the poker at deosaaed.

A correepoedent writes that after the hearing of the
ease at the Police Court, the landlady of the (biles vo-
luoteered a statement to the effect that on Sunday night
James Clio ran into her house and seized a poker, se•
Mg that he would have somebody's life, or some eon
dis should have his, that night; and that he took the poker
out with him a few mantles Wore the landlord was skeet.

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Consols are now quoted 931 to for money, and
931 for the account. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
money, 934, 4 ; ditto, for account, 934 ; Three per
Ceuta. Reduced, 921, 92 ; New Three per Ceuta.,
92, 1 ; Red Sea Telegraph, 211 ; India Five per
Cent. Stock, 1081, 1 ; ditto Four per Cent. De-
bentures, 1864, 101; ditto Bonds, Ma. preen.;
Four per Cent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 94 ;
ditto Five per Cent., 1041, 105 ; ditto Five-and-a-
Half per Cent., 1121 ; Exchequer Bills, March,
His. prem.
The foreign stock market is active to-day, but
the variations in prices are not very important.
Turkish Consolid6s are inquired for, and
have advanced per cent., being now
quoted 381 to 1. The external stocks
are without change, the Loan of 1854 being
quoted 851 to 861 ; that of 1858, 68/ to 1 ;
and the scrip of 1862, to 3 dia. Italian
Five per Cents. are firmer, and Venezuela
Three per Cents. flatter. Mexican and Spanish
Passive Bonds are steady. Russian Scrip is now
quoted 1 to 14 prem. ; Venezuela, 3 to I prem. ;
Portuguese, 2 to 3 prem. ; Peruvian, 11 to 1 die. ;
Egyptian Loan, first issue, 891 to 904, ex die. ;
ditto, second issue, 5 to 6 prem., ex div.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Bra-
zilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1862, 1858,
1860, 944 ; Egyptian second issue, 401. paid,
54 prem., ex div. ; Italian Five per Cents.,
for account, 714, 3 ; ditto (Maremmana
Rail.), 721 ; Mexican Three per Ceuta., 341, 1 ;
ditto, for account, 341; Moorish Five per Cents.,
941 ; New Granada Two per dents., 261; Peruvian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 971, ex div. ; Portu-
guese Three per Cents., 1853, for account, 461 ;
ditto, scrip, 15L paid, 2 prem. ; ditto paid-
up scrip, 454 ; ditto Three per Cents., 1856,
1867, 1869, and 1860, for account, 451; Russian
Five per Cents., 1862, scrip, 1/ prem., 1 ;
ditto Five per Cents., paid-up scrip, 941; Sardi-
nian Five per Cents., 831 ; Spanish Passive, 22/,
1 ; ditto Certificates, 101, 4 ; Turkish Six per
Cents., 1864, for account, 86 ; ditto, 1868, for ac-
count, 69, ex div. ; ditto, 1862, scrip 501. paid,
dia., par, 1 die. ; ditto, paid-up scrip, 674, ;
Venezuela. Three per Cents., 281 ; ditto, for ac-
count, 281,1.
The improved tone of the Bourse in Paris,
taken in conjunction with the sustained advance in
the Italian Five per Cents., and the rise in the
Vienna exchange, has been the subject of some
remark. It is suggested that the firmness of prices
points to the maintenance of the status quo in Italy.
There are objectors to this interpretation who attri-
bute the movement to an understanding between
the Emperor of the French and the cabinet at
Turin on the prompt solution of the Roman ques-
tion. Looking to the excessively unsettled state
of affairs in the south of Italy, and the
disaffection in Sicily, which it is impossible to
conceal, there is reason to consider the former view
as the more correct. If, however, we take into ac-
count the long inert state of the Paris speculators,
and the low price of Rental as compared with the
value of money, it is, after all, very possible that
the rise is simply prompted by circumstances some-
what more favourable than those of our own money
market, inasmuch as the harvest in France has
been good ; and, although there is a large amount
of capital unemployed upon the market, in conse-
quence of the contraction of the trade with Ame-
rica, the interests of France are, relatively with the
mass of the population, less involved than are our
own in the present crisis ; and hence there is more
room for a rise in the French funds. The Italian
Loan, being very extensively held in Paris, would
benefit from an advance in Bente; and the Aus-
trian exchange is nearly always susceptible of in-
fluence from the joint action of French and Italian
stocks.

There was a fair demand for money yesterday at
1 per cent. The inquiries at the Bank of England
were upon a moderate scale.
About 70,0001. in gold was taken to the Bank
yesterday.
The steamer Tasmanian, from the Wert Indies,
has brought 433,5001., viz., 293,5001. in silver, and
140,0001. in gold. The amount of specie by the
Asia, from Boston, is 5,0001. The Tyne hag reached
Lisbon from Brazil with 28,2911.
The Mexican dollars by the Seine, from the West
Indies, have been sold for China, at ss. nd. per
oz., being Id. above the price obtained for the pre-
vious supply, but the same as that current in the
interval.

Telegrams received in anticipation of the Brazil
mail announce the stoppage at Rio of Messrs.
Feria Brother and Co., merchants and bankers,
owing, it is stated, to the failure of Meagre. Rostron
and Co., of Manchester. The house is highly re-
spectable, and tke liabilities are understood to be
very considerable.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 5,2011., and the London,
Brighton, and South Coast an increase of 5,2281.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange has this
day appointed Thursday, the 2nd of October, a ape.
cial settling day in the shares of the United King-
dom Shipowning Company (Limited), which, how-
ever, are not to be marked in the official lists.
The arrival of a large number of ships, princi-
pally from eastern ports, was announced yesterday,
in addition to a long list on Saturday. The dock
companies, which of late have been rather slack,
will consequently have plenty of business during
the next few weeks.

MONDAY Erzirnto.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 9.3 g to
for the Bth of October, opened this morning at 041
to 4, and so closed. For money the last
price was also 931 to 4. The official busi-
ness report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Console, for money, 931, 9, ; ditto for account,
031, Three per Cents. Nedueri 911, 92,act
New MTh} per Cents., 91/, 92, 91 , 924 ; is
Five per Cent. stock, 1084, f. ; ditto Four
per Ceot. Debenture', 1863, 101 ditto, 1864,
1011 • ditto 1864 or 1866, 1004 ; nor per Cent.
" enfilced " rupee paper, 93 ; ditto Five per
Cent., 105.
The preparations for the foreign account have
been completed to-day, and there has been no
great demand for money in connexion with the
settling. For the 15th October operations have
been mostly at unproved prices. Turkish Six per
Casts. of 1862, and the scrip, have advanced more
than any other foreign securities, owing to purchases
made to curer speculative sales, as well as for bona
fide investors. The Six per Cents. close 67 to 1,1
and the scrip has recovered tot to 1 die. Turkish
Consolidec have stood at about 38 throughout the
day; and close 371 to 384. Mexican stock has
been firmer, and closes 344 to J. Italian Five per
Cents. have also been inquired for at an advance
of 4, 711 to 4. Venezuela stock has been influenced
byepsculative purchases on the rumoured announce-
ment that news bad reached London of the ratifi-
cation of the loan. The closing price of the stock
is 28th 29, and Of the scrip 21 to ,
The conversion of 60 per cent of the unpaid sala-
ries
of offisials in Constantinople, is an item of addi-
tion to the issue of Consolidis which does not appear

SMITHFIELD HAY MARXICT.—(THIS DAY.)
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