The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

WORSHIP-STREET.
IV. Scan Lien, • master bricklayer, living in Charlotte-
street, Willow-walk, ShorAlitch, was charged with causing
the d-datli of Thomas John Taylor.
Dzeeased had been for some time in the employ of the
prisoner, and about two o'clock on Saturday last was in his
tompany at the Coach and Horses public-house, Chiswell-
' street, fur tho purpose of receiving bia wages. Shortly
afterwards they were observed quarrelling in Type-street,
by two persons named J. B. Sibbald and It. Cresson, who
swore that prisoner said to deceased, "If you tell me
that again, I'll give you something that shall
do for you," instantly after which he struck him
with his fist on the head, from tke effects of which deceased
staggered against a window and then fell to the ground.
He was carried to Mr. Powell, a surgeon, who on examina-
tin pronounced him dead.
'''Medical evidence was given of death having ensued from
a blow under the ear. la
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Mr. Heritage appeared for the prisoner, who said that he
had only struck deceased with Lis open hand, and in de-
fence. st
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner.
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SURREY ADJOURNED QUARTER It
SESSIONS.—THIS DAT. ss

The Adjourned Quarter &WOO foe He mat/ of Surrey
commenced this morning, at the CO-,ssiluman Newing-
ton-causeway, before Thomas Puckle, Seq., (chairman), 26
and a full bench of magistrates. The grand jury 23
having been sworn, the chairman in hi- address,
said the Calender was unusually heavy this sessions, there SO
Irving ninety-six cases for trial, several of which were of a
very serious nature. Ile had, however, to inform them
that it was not owing to the increase of crime iu the 17
county, but a recent alteration which had recently It;
taken place in the law of the Central Criminal Court ; ttt
and of the 96 cases for trial there were 30 or 40 which were So
formerly tried at the Central Criminal Court, that made
the number of prisoners for trial at these Sessions about the N.l
usual average. The alteration certainly had been of great le
convenience to the public and a vast saving of expense to as
the r se

county.

MINES.
(From the Duly Para.)

S►TL'AD►Y EVEN IN O.

A considerable amount of business has been dune
during the week in some particular classes of mines,
including Alfred Consols, Tremayne, West Provi- SO I
deuce, West Caradon, Trevylian, Trehane, and some
others, but in most of the speculative descriptions al
business is slack, and sales can only be 111.
effected at reduced quotations. It is a feature as,
of the present period that the regular dividend SO
paying shores are much inquired for and eagerly Lt
caught up whenever offered, the attention of the
public having become directed to the remunerative let
character of investments in many of these undertak-
ings, which divide large profits, are usually by no It'
means difficult to convert, and in many cases offer so
the prospect of a still more brilliant future. On the '
ether hand, many of the mines which at present
stand on the non-dividend paying list arc much neg-
lected, in many instances undeservedly so. With I;
the increase in the amount of capital seeking invest- 13i
ment, and the disinclination of the public to invest 91
their surVus in either railway shares or foreign 1.1..%
stocks, while the high price of the English funds
renders them, with the contingence of the mur Kl
-
ket falling, unsuitable as a medium for the la
remunerative cmpleyment of capital, it appears ex- V.,
tromelv probable that a considerable amount of rao-
ney will flow into :lining enterprise in one direction so
or another, in which case a beneficial influence will r 5
of course be exercised, beginning with favourite is
shares, and extending through the other departments
10
of the market, whilst at the Miele time a spur will 16
be given to fresh enterprise. ei
From various indications, however, we are disposed 11-1
to augur that the direction into which capital will ts
now chiefly flow is foreign mining. The strong in- it.,
dimements which the extensive prosecution of quartz
mining in California holds out to joint stock, 30,
in preference to individual enterprise, have already, '
in fact, been responded to, and the columns of
the Daily News have in the course of the ";
week brought, under notice two companies whose SO
proposed operations embrace this particular branch
of enterprise, and, singularly enough, in localities so
closely contiguous. We allude to the Agua Fria and tr
Ave Maria Gold Mining Companies. In the shares
of the first-nanasl undmtaking a spirited business SO
has been done it the Stock Exchange during the 33
last few days, and they have been run up to a pre-
mium of 1/. as. per share, previous to allotment, so 99
that each share of 11. is at present worth 24 ss. This is
will give some idea of the interest excited. It is not 13
probable, however, that the public avidity for gold ri
milling will be left unsatisfied. The two companies 121
above alluded to will, in the first instance, call 33
up 150,000/. The early part of next week will witness so
the issue of another scheme with a capital of 100,000/.,
making a quarter of a million, and it may be con-
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sidered certain that the example will be speedily iso
followed in other quarters where the note of prepara-
tion is already heard sounding, so that the amount of In
capital that will bo required for the prosecution of /9
these adventures within a very short period must be ei
set down at half a million at least, and, judging from
present appearances, it certainly seems likely that to
the shares will be quickly taken up, and the under-
taking set going with very little delay.
A consideration of some interest to a large branch FA
of mining business is involved in the cheek, which
seems to be now permanently given, to the decline
in the price of silver. After its lengthened down-
ward movement the market is now firm.
The following are the latest quotationsof the market :
Alfred Consols, 135, 14; Bedford United, 7 75 ;
Condurrow, 105; Tremayne, 261 ; West Providence,
100 ; Treviskey, 203, 210 ; Trelawney, 40, 41 • Tre-
how, 15 151; Tn:leigh Consols, 3; 'North ItOskear,
170 ; Morlly n, 31, 35 ; North Downs, 335 ;
Botal-
lack, 200 ; Butterdon, 7: 8; Wellington, 3, 31;
Mary Ann, 56, to 7 ; Wheal Comfort, 20 ; Rings-
ton Downs, 3,31.
Foreign : Australian, 3, 1 ; St. John del Rey,
201, 211; Cobre, 331, 45 ; Copiapo, 3, 0 ; Santiago,
4 1 ; United Mexican, 2