The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1865.

The preeverrivia was rho primases owe Tooth's, a very
respeolabis woman. ie widows' weedy living at 23. Satan-
ism%
Mr. Amaid—This is year ova son. I believe ? Do you
wish to praiestrio him!
The mote—l em Wised. His bass has only base
dead them winky sod iss is gulag an Its most shackles
way. He has tam up with the worst of &meters. sad
behaved very ill. Hs &Jab aolluitg of striking am. He
he. struck ma several Mmes.
Mr. Avoid—How eid is he?

The mother--TwQre yean• • He stop out all night, and
is robbing nee of what little I poem..
Mr. Arnold—This is certainly a very 'bookie; state of
things. What proof have you that he conmatted the
robbery he is now charged with ?
The mother—There was nobody else to do it. He took
up • knife last night, sad threabseed to stab me.
Mr. Arnold (slum hearing tie facts of the charge of
felony)—l don't think that this cams is made out, but the
prisoner seems • very fitting subject for s reformatory.
The mother -I should be much obliged to you if you
would pat him is one. The morning after his father died,
he sten& me • violist blow is the eye.
Mr. Arnold—l don't know how much you would be re-
quired to contribute for his support in • reformatory. If
not sent there for an offence, but because his parents cannot
avatirol him, I think they would require you entirely to
maintain him. _ _ _ _

Thy motbsr -I will do all I can, but I have nothing
but what I earn at lb. washtub.

children
The mother—A boy nine years old.
Mr. Arnold—l cannot remand him for the felony, as it
is not proud, bat whoa did ha drib you WV
The molluir—Last eight.
Mr. Arnold-1 shall reamed him fora week for %-
quirks to be made at the reformatory.
The loather—A catholic ow, it you plates.
Mr. Arnold—OortelalT.
TRAYBEi.
CAW or as GOMM..
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Philip Solitierse; ialcitiddle:aistf;;;;, who precipitated
himself tote the Thaws' at Limehosse-bole, as the night of
the 2nd of the pretest month, was brought up ea reassad
before gr. Paget.
The prisoner was Is deep water, sad was saved by a
waterrean gamed M mad his appreaties, H. wr aow
very penitent, and had red well is prison daring his
donation. _

—A
mime table man said be v the foreman over the pri-
soner at the Lime•kila dry dock where he had been em•
played as a labourer seven yearn
Mr. Paget—And he is a man of good character and con.
duet? _ _ _

lila foreman—Yes. sir. I will pat him to work to-day.
Mx. Papt —Very well ; keep an eye upon him, I will let
him ge.
FATIMA Oraystoie, a middle-aged woman, who mired some
acetate of lead in a glue dale, to a publio-lomms, which she
was about to drink, wee bronOt np co remand. and the fol-
lowing letter concerning her from the elaphin of She Hoare
peteetlon, Clerkenwell. mu read
. . .

"Dear fiU-1 frost the hisb•ed of Haanah Orayeloo, who
has promised to athsod the ssexaminatirm tomorrow, may
be bedewed to resume • weekly •Dowsers to his wits, in
which cue his sister, who has .100 promised to be in at.
testlimes, would take suitable care of ikeit and endeavour to
procure employment for her. fibs is is • less desponding
state of mied sod promises to be more cireemspect for the
future, mid would be grateful if allowed to amonspany her
sister.—Believe me, yours very may.
" Onion James, Chaplain."
The prisoner made • promise set to repeat the attempt
to commit suicide, and was allowed to go •t large.

WANDSWORTH.
CAUTION TO LJAIIII9 lIIIIINGCIJMA

Mts. Goodwin, • lady melding at No. 7. Union-place,
Claplitun•road, was summoned by Jobs Boatel!, a cab
driver, for refugia( to pay him the mai of 6e. for the hire of
his carriage.
Ilse defendant on being called upon to plead to the lem-
mas+. mid she considered she wee not liable for the pay-
ment of the amouut claimed.
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The complainant aid ti;ros the ^29th ult. he drove the
defendant, with two children, from her home to the Black-
frian-reed He waited and drove them home. The wit-
ness added. that he was ordered to take up at the defendant's
house at 7 o'clock in the evening, end he returned with
thorn at half-put 12 o'clock.
Mr. loge= thought the complainant was entitled to lls.
upon the mesh' had made out.
The complainant said when he was hired in that way he
never oharpd the full fare.
The defendant's answer to the as was that she under-
stood the cabman would call far them.

Mr. ingt7sinpOiet;iOne;;llerthii she never discharged
the cabman at the boom in the Blsoktriars-road, therefor.%
the contract went on for the whole time, and he was entitled
to be paid 11.. if she had paid him, he would have been
discharged.
The defendant did not attempt to my that she discharged
the cabman, but said she did not asleep with him.
Mr. Ingham said he must make an order upon her for the
amount claimed by the cabman.

The d;t7odi;icatiiith7reall;* she did not pay it was be-
cause she thought it was aa overcharge.
Mr. Ingham thee ordered her to pay fie. the fare, and 7s.
male, remarking at the same time that i► wait severe this'.
The defendant said the was col diatatialled.
Mr. Ingham mid it was a little oversight au her part. If
it. had paid the cabman at the house la the Slackfriars-
road, and told him that he amid drive them home if he
°hope to all for them. then it would have been all right.
The fare sad coats wars immediately paid.

LONDON AND GREY-NWICII RAILWAY. (THIS
DAY.)—This aftersoos the boll-yearly niceties of the above
corepoe, wee hold at Grishue-house ; Mr. T. Carney is
the chair. The report and aerostats, which have already
been published, haring been reed from the chair,
resolution adopting them, and also a dividend at the
rate of if. 7s. Id. per amt., or ss. lid. per share, free of
bloom* tax, was out and agreed to : after which, the out-
going directors and auditors were re-elected, and thanks
having been voted to the chairman, the proceedings terra-
mated.
__

THE MORD= AT ALDERSHOT.—At the Alder-
shot petty seaman yesterday morning. Thomas Dumphy,
• gunner belonging to the F Battery 9th Brigade of Royal I
Artillery, at Aldershot, was brought before the keel
magistrates. charged with the murder of Daniel Burns, of
the earn battery, at Aldershot, on the 10th of December.
The prisoner, who wore a strait waistcoat, was brought
into court between two policemen. The caresses jury bad
(mod that the prisooer committed the murder while in a
state of insanity. The prisoner, in answer to the usual
questions put by the magistrate's clerk, said incoherently
that he did not how what brought him there at all. He
made no farther remark. and was then committed for trial t
at the Dan arises at Winchester.
EXTRAORDINARY INFITANCI OF HOARDING MONET.
—A few days ago • work* man of Lewes (an of whore
aged parents died • short time before), presented himself at
the bank of Messrs. Whitfield and 00., and inquired the rate
of interest for deposits. Having been satisfied upon this
point, he emend upon the counter a liana of gold, which
was found to he of no less than 1,1301. in value, the coin
coosisting of sovereigns and half sovereigns. The bankers
were very eaturally somewhat surprised to receive such •
deposit from so unexpected a quarter. The expleeatioo,
however, was soon tendered. The depositor's parents, in.
dnstrious, steady people, it seemed, had been accumulating
this sum timbre the whole of their lifetime (having lived
considerably beyond the span of threescore years and ten),
and had carefully kept it secreted at the bottom of a large
clothes-box in their cottage. The death of the wife render-
ing as alteration in the domestic) arrangements necessary,
brought to the knowledge of the surprised family the fact
it their accumulated wealth and led to its being deposited
in a place of greater security, and wader more profitable
el:sometimes—Sneer Advertiser.
As ENRAORD ORGAN-GRINDER.—On Tuesday
last an amusing iutident occurred opposite Rochester-place,
Bromley. An organ-glider was observed grinding away as
his instrument, but all in vain, for so sound could he get
from it. At length he put his instrument upon the ground
and, amidst the roars of a large crowd, hammered the
organ to pieces. He next deliberately carried the frag-
ments to the opposite side of the road and get them on fire,
The flames having attracted the attention of the police,
police-constable Austen. 49 R., came upon the scene
and
took the unfortunate musician to the station-house. After
• little time, however, Sergeant Gray allowed him to de-
part, being satisfied that the organ was his own property.
It appears that the man went through the Italian war
under Garibaldi, and that he received three severe wounds
upon his heed, which doubtless fully accounted for this
extraordinary freak.—South lesions Gazette.
A FUNERAL PRWESSION SNOWBALLED.—A diS-
modal scene occurred on the gut Sunday In the new year
near Cbaceerater. The funeral procession of • young man
named Sandow, in walking from Twelveheeds to Chao".
water, was set epos by • pog of ruffians, and snowballed
during the reater part of the route by a number of un-
known men and boys, the hats of the followers being
knocked off, and their clothing covered with snow. No
policemen appeared to check the outrage, and the fun of
the geminate?, reached its height as the promotion mitered
the churchyard.
DOUBLE POISONING AT HAM —YelMetday morn-
ing the Seniors Court of the Guildhall at Bath was
thronged to hear the examination of • man named Henry
Fisher, a shoemaker, charged before a [nil bench of magi".
trines with wilfully and malkdoasly administering a guns.
tity of poison to hie wife, Mary Fisher, thereby caning her
death. Sufficient evidence °sly to justify • remand was
taken, and the conclusionof the examionin was adjourned
until Saturday. It &spears he has on one or two eseniens
exhibited symptoms of insanity, sod has been ISSIESSEMS4
in a lunatic asylum. Of late, however, he ham shown no
such traits, but the depreesioe it his trade is supposed to
have worked epos his hangs. Fisher has admitted that
his wife swallowed from eight to eleven teaspoonfuls of the
laudanum. and that he partook of a similar eLuantity.
TASMANIAN GOLD FIELDS.—Mr.U. TM/AM,
writing to the Hobart Taws Mercury from Mangan, says :
"I am telly =avian& the. a remunerative gold field will
yet be toned bare. Hen is one fact. Three men now
weighing is the gail Ima working is obtained in six days
flees. el gold, which was purchased by Mr. Robert Carter,
at Fined. I myself have bees engaged at other work this
week three days, has have eneseged to get enough of the
corded metal to find ration for the week. It only wants
pelisses and pmensesape."

SHARE LIST&-iTHIS DAY.)

Two o'Ozoow.

The railway market is quiet to-day, and prices in
most instances are unchanged. An regards the
principal stocks, the only variations are a rise of
cent. in Metropolitan, and a decline of
inSouth Eastern and in Caledonian.
radon and North Western stook is now quoted
122 to ; Great Western, 79} to 80 ; Mid-
land, 146} to ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1164 to
031; South Eastern, 86} ; Great
Eastern, 47 to 484 ; Great Northern, 186} to
137} ; Cal onian, 132} to 133 ; London and
South Western, 98 to 99; and Metropolitan,
1254 to 4.
Lombardo-Venetian shares are in demand, at an
advance ; and Dutch Rhenish exhibit firmness.
On the other hand, Great Luxembourg and Namur
and Liege are dull. Indian and Canadian lines
are without alteration.

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FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and 9011 Francisco (Lim.), pa. 7 per neat., 14i.
Dutch Rhenish (16/. paid), 211.
Great Luxembourg, 124,
N.mur and Liege gut 14fr. par sac. by the Belgian
sveroment, 81. xd.
940 Plinio (Limited). via. 7 ask (161. paid), 1:41, ad.
South Austrian and Lonsbeislo-Venstion, 211, i.
Turin and Sever (141. paid), 6 ad.

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Nortbern 5 per met., 1124.
Yidlead Consolidated 44 per met. irredeemable, 1004.

THE MrREAT TESDS —The fionth Australians
seem alive to the importaisen of pushing the Murray trade
at this juncture. Io a nowt paper we me Do fewer than
bye steamers advertised to start with cargo within a fort.
night The telegraph is to be extended to the border, and
the channel of the Lower Murray is to be cleared of snap.
The extensioe of the railway to the river, however, would
be the surest method of securing a fair share of the river
trade, sad towards that no effective stepe have been takes.
—South Anent/Urn priprr.
PAU:NT-OP/10a MCSIEUM, SOUTH Marronrcrrolr.
—Nombre' of visitors for the week ending Jan. 7,
2,364: total number since the opening of the musses free
deny (12th May. 1808). MOM
80012 KENSINGTON Musetrx.—During the week
iodise Jas. 7„tlie visitors have bees as follows:—On Mew
day, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), open from 10 am.
to 10 p.m., 11.888 ; ea Wednesday, 'Musky, sad Mew.
stodeate' day (admission to the Dallis. 644, epee hem 10
me tin 4 p.m.. 1.829 ; total, 13.717. Frees the sow** d
ISO maws, 5,050,2630.
Mirsorvirrix Faso HOIIPITIS, DirrossEris-
Noon, CITT.—Tbs sareepte auntie el penes& reneeed
during the week seen Jae. 7, vas-Alaisa. WO ;
sartkol, 666 ; total, 4656; el vista OD were am eases.

MONEY MARM-(IBIS DAY.)

Two o'Oloos.
The stock markets to-day are generally steady,
notwithstanding the inactivity of business. The
funds are quoted about i per cent. lower
for money, but the quotation for the
new account is unaltered. Other securities are
in nearly all cases supported at yesterday's quote-
tions. The Confederate Loan has improved, and
1 Turkish securities continue in demand. •

In the discount market to-day the supply of
money seeking employment is large, and first
class bills have been negotiated at 51 per cent.,
although the more general charge is bi. The rate
for short loans in the Stock Exchange is 31t to 4 per
mint.

Consols are now quoted 891 to /, ez div., for
money, and 90k to k, ex div., for the account
(February). The official business report is
as follows :—Three pee Cent. Consols, for
money, 89/, 90, 891 ; ditto for account.
90k ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89, 1 ;
New Three per Cents., 89, k, 89 ; Bank Stock,
240 ; India Stook, 215 ; ditto Five per Cent.
Stock, 1031, 1 ; ditto Four per Cent., 97k ; Five
per Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper, 102 k.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Routes were quoted
87fr. 10c., being the same as yesterday.

The Confederate Loan has touched 53 to 55
to-day, upon statements that the expedition
against Wilmington has failed. The price is ,
now quoted 1 per cent. higher than it
closed yesterday. Turkish Bonds of 1858
and the Consolidds are 4 better, while
Mexican Bonds show dulness. Some
of the present quotations are annexed,
viz. :-Greek Bonds, 231 to 4 ; Mexican, 28
to 4, ex div. ; Confederate, 52 to 53 ; Spanish
Passive, 324 to 4 ; the Certificates, 144 to ;
Turkish, of 1858, 714 to 4 ; ditto 1862, 70
to 701, ex div. ; and the Consohdis, 491 to 4,
Transactions are recorded as follows :-Brazilian,
1852, 1858, 1860, 831 ; ditto, 1863, 834 ; Belgian
Four►nd-a-Half per Cents., 984 ; Chills!)
Six per Cents., 1001 ; Dutch Certificates,
981 ; Egyptian, 974, 4 ; ditto second issue,
1001. bonds, 97 ; ditto 1864, 951 ; Greek, for ac-
count, 234, 4 ; Italian, 044, 1, ex div. ; ditto
Maremmana Railway, 1684, ex div. ; Mexican,
for account, 284, 4, 28, ex div. ; ditto
1864, 264, 4,4, ex div. ; Peruvian, 1862, for account,
784, ex div. ; Portuguese, 1856, &c., fur account,
461, 471, ex div. ; Russian, 1822, 904 ; ditto 1850,
871, ex div.: ditto, 1862, 891; Spanish, for account,
471 ; ditto New Deferred, for account, 41
ex div. ; ditto Certificates, for account, 144 ;
Turkish 1854, for account, 894, 4 ; ditto, 1862,
for account, 704, 3,4, ex div. ; ditto, 100/.
Bonds, 704, ex div. ; Venezuela, 1862, for
account, 471.
International Financial shares are now quoted
24 to 4 prem. ; General Credit, 34 to 4
prem. ; London Financial, 84 to 4 prem. ;
Imperial Mercantile, 34 tog prem. ; Hudson's
Bay, 164 to 4 ; Anglo-Egyptian Bank, to 1
pram. ; and Ottoman Sociiitil 04n4rale, 24 to I
prem.
Egyptian Loan scrip is now quoted 14 to 4 prem. ;
Danubian, 1 dia. to par ; Monte Videan, 21 to 31
prem., and Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Certificates of Debenture, 4 to 14 prem.

The speculative movement of the put year baying
consisted so largely of the creation of new banking,
financial, and other joint stock companies, it is
perhaps not surprising that a pause is experienced
now that the speculative portion of the public are
anxiously waiting for the approaching general
meetings. In a few weeks the results of the past
working of a vast number of public companies will
be officially made known, and the public will
then be better able to judge how far the
new projects have fulfilled the anticipations and in-
tentions expressed in the prospectuses.
The fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign
stocks will commence to-morrow I" continuation
day") and end on Friday.
About 16,0001. in gold was bought by the Bank
yesterday. There were no withdrawals. It is un-
derstood that the bulk of the recent supplies from
America will be sent abroad.
The steamer Oneida took yesterday 7,8001. in
silver, and 2,4001. in gold, for Brazil.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Monday next a special settling-day in the shares of
the following companies :
Eastern Assent (Limited).—For bargains saterediatosel
sad attar th Oat. laat—to be marked.
Natal Investment tlAmited).—For bargains entered into
on and after 2nd Sept. last—to be marked in the twice-a-
week lists.
Yorke Peninsula Mining (Limited).—To be marked in sub-
stitution of the 800 Accord Copper Muting Company.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 3,003/. over last year, and the
South Eastern an increase of dO9l.
We are officially informed that Mr. Thomson,
manager of the London office of the Alliance Bank,
has resigned, having accepted the managership of
the Bombay branch of the Bank of Hindustan,
China, and Japan.
A communication, notifying that the payment
of the instalment of 10 per cent. due on the 17th
inst. upon the Certificates of Debenture of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company for
2,800,0001., is postponed until the 17th of Feb-
ruary, has been forwarded to us for publication.
The dividend recommended by the directors of
the International Financial Society (Limited) has
already been announced in the Bxpre.ss. The
second report of the directors has been issued, and
is as follows :
The directors bare the pleasure of submitting to the
shareholders the account of the company's operations dune(
the peat year. In conformity with the intuition expressed
at the last meeting, the company's securities have, on this
occasion, been valued at the market price on the 31st
December last. The account" made up on this buis, show
a net profit, after deducting all curtest expenses, of
103,80131. lls. 2d. The directors recommend that this
amount be appropriated as follows :-Ist. 37,5001. to pay-
ment of interest at 5 por
_cent. per annum on the called-up
capital, whereof orre-balf (or two shillings and sixpence per
share) was paid by way of interest on account io July last ;
2nd, 37.5001. to bases of 5". per share, to make,
with the half of the above interest now pay-
able, a total dividend ol 7s. 6d. per share,
bang altogether a payment of 10 per out. per annum, free
of income tax ; 3rd, 5.4281. 4a. 9d. to reserve fund, is coy.
fortuity with castles No. 25 of the articles of ansociatioe,
reining the total amount of this fond to 23,429/. 4e. ad.
This, sitar deducting the necessary amuse for income tax„
will leave a balance of 20,9191. lls. lid. to be carried for-
ward to new amount. The directors bus, a accordance
with the provision' of the articles of use:beton, filled up
the verwery caused by the retirement of Mr. Mobile, by the
election of Mr. Emblem Mackintosh Rata. Messrs. Behest
Palmer Harding and Edwin H. Galswortby, the auditors
appointed at the last meeting, offer themselves for re.
election.
The second ordinary meeting of the shareholders
of the National Bank of Liverpool (Limited) is
called for the 24th inst., at Liverpool.
A general meeting of the Westminster Brewery
Company (Limited) ie convened for the 12th inst.
At a meeting of the directors of the Illinois Cen-
tral Railway Company, held at New York on the
22nd alt., it was resolved :
That a dividesd et Ave per cent,, in cash, fres of mem.
melt tee, be paid on the Ist day of February nu; to the
holders of full-paid shares of this ..s7t.regiotered the
20th day of January pert ; and that the Meader boobs to be
ckesi on the said 90th day et January, sad opened ea the
3rd day of February.
The rats of insurance upon the Castle Howard,
overdue from Shaughae, with 879,500 the. of tea,
has risen at Lloyd's to 50 guineas premium.
The official export list of port wines shipped
over the bar of Oporto during the year 1864 shows
a total of 36,619 pipes, of which quantity 29,942

came to Great Britain. The five largest shippers
were :—Bandeman and Co., 3,398 tpe.s ; Cockhurer
&lithos, and Co., 2,766 pr0af:4711124 13akdrP
2,118 pipes ; Martinez, ' and Co., 1,8111
pipes ; (Miley and Cramp, 1,571 pipes.

MOIIDAT Emarnse.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 891, both
for money and to morrow's settlement, opened this
morning at 89/ to 1, and closed at 891 to 90. Foe
the February settlement the last price was 901
to 1, the " continuation " being 5-18 to 4 per
cent. The official business report is as follows :
—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 80j, 90 ;
ditto for account, 89/, 4, 90, 891; Three per Cents.
Retuned, 881, 89, al, 891; New Three per Cents.,
881, 891, 89; Bank Stock, 239, 240; India Stock,
215, 213 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1031, 4,1;
Five-and-a-Half per Cent. " mimed " rupee paper,
1001.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was again in-
quired for, and rather dearer. Exchequer Bills
were quoted par to se. prem.
The foreign stock market was generally firm.
Italian stock was in request on French account,
and rose 4 per cent. Confederate Bonds opened
flatly, but afterwards improved, and closed 1 per
cent higher than on Saturday, but S per cent.
above the depressed point touched after the recog-
nised hours on Saturday afternoon. Turkish Con-
solidde th owing to the statement
in the Levant Herald relative to the pro-
peed consolidation of the Turkish home debt.
There was also an improvement of 1 per cent. in
Turkish Bonds of 1854, / in those of 1862,1 is
Russian, 1 iu Spanish Passive and Mexican of
1864, and 1 per cent. in Mexican Loan scrip. Sar-
dinian Bonds, in contradistinction to the movement
in Italian, declined 1 per cont., Guatemala Bonds
receded 2 per cent, New Granada 1, and Greek 1.
' A reduction was also quoted in Moorish.
In the market for bank shares a renewed decline
took place in Alliance. Midland and South
Eastern Bank shares were also quoted rather lower,
but English and Swedish, European, Standard
Bank of Africa, Anglo-Austrian, and Anglo-
Italian Bank shares, have all improved ; the ad-
vance in the latter was IL per share, owing to the
part which is kiting taken by this establishment in
the arrangements for the sale of the Italian crown
domains.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 161 to ;
Egyptian Trading, 14 to 11 prem., being firm,
owing to the favourable statements relative to the
coming dividend ; National Discount, 101 to 111
prem. ; and Joint Stock Discount, to 1 die.
Scottish Australian Investment stook rose 2 to 3
per cent., and there were inquiries tca City of London
Real Property, North British and Mercantile In-
surance, and Socidt4 Financier. d'Egypte. Laud
Securities were flat. Ottoman Sociatoi GtiouSrale
were quoted 21 to prem.
The shares of the financial companies were in
demand, and rose in most cases 2s. 6d. to ss. per
share. The closing quotations are annexed, viz.:—
International Financial, 2 7-16 to 9-16 pram. ;
General Credit, 3 5-16 to 7-16 prem. ; Louden
Financial, 81 to 4 prem. ; Imperial Mercantile
Credit, 31 to 1 prem. ; and Credit Fonder and
Mobilier, 31 to 1 prem.
Victoria Government Debentures were inquired

for.
United States 5.20 Bonds have again risen it to 1
per cent., being quoted 46 to 47.