The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-06 00:00:00

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WARTICOIT.
Goverment

rides
W ei nclugh (i t
Anding
Dead -
salty)
Other Securities
Notes
Gold and Sliver
Cola

614,02

L 40,84.169
IV. MILLI:IL Chid Culikr.

THURSDAY STUDIO.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 891 to 1; ex
div. for next Tuesday's settlement, opened this
morning at 891 to 4, sad closed at 89f, sellers."
For money the last price was 891 to /, and for
the February settlement, 901 to The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 891, i ; ditto, for account,
891, 90 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 881, 89 ; New
Three per Cents., 89, 881, 89, 881 ; Bank Stock,
239, 238, 240; India Stock, ahut;ditto Five per Cent.
Stock, 1031, I ; ditto, for aooount, 1031.
The India Five per Cent. Stock has improved.
Exchequer Bills were quoted par to 6e. prem.
In the foreign stock market there was no altera-
tion of general importance. The scrip of the new
Maul= Loan improved 1 per cent.; and Greek
Bonds and Coupons, Portugueee, and Turkish of
1868, Ito I. On the other hand, Guatemala Bonds
declined 2 per cent. ; Venezuela of 1862, 1 ; ditto of
1864, I ; and Confederate, 1 per cent. Turkish
Bonds of 1863 were quoted as much as 4 per cent.
lower than yesterday.
The shares of the other financial companies
were fist, in sympathy with the decline in
International Financial. London Financial
fell be., and Imperial Mercantile and Credit
Fonder and Mobilier, 2e, ed. General Credit
shares were scarcely lower. The closing quotations
are annexed,viz. :—General Credit, 3 3-16 to 6-16
prem. ; London Financial, 8f to 1 prem. ; Im-
perial Mercantile Credit. 34 to 1 prem. ; and Credit
Fonder and Mobilier, 3 to if prem.
In the market for bank shares an impiovement
was quoted in Alliance, Bank of New Zealand Bra-
zilian and Portuguese, Chartered Bank of indil
Australia ; and China, European, and Provinc.
Banking Corporation but Bank of Hindustan,
London, Hamburg and Continental, Mercantile
and Exchange, and Metropolitan and Provincial,
were weaker.

Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 164 to I ;
Egyptian Trading, 1.4 to 1j prem. • Joint Stock
Dumont, di s. to par ; and National Discount,
u. to 114 prem., being sa. to 7s. 6d. lowa:than
yesterday. The variation in the shares of the
latter company was canted by rumours relative to
the coming dividend. Australian Mortgage, City
of London Real Property, East India Irrigation,
London Mercantile Discount, Mauritius
Mill Wall Ironworks, Peninsular and Orliert
Steam, Oriental Inland Steam, and Universal
Marine Insurance shares, were all inquired for.
Gellivara fell 21. Ottoman Sochit‘ Ginirale were
quoted 24 to 21 prem.
United States 5.20 Bonds were quoted 45 to 4.

Victoria Government Debentures. were firmer:

MINES.-(Tillti DAY.)

Two o'CLool.

The operations in British mining shares conti-
nue upon a very restricted scale, and the tone gene-
rally is dull. East Grenville shares are quoted
5 to k, being better ; Great Vor, 31i to 32,
showing a fresh decline ; East Caradon, 15 to ;
West Caradon, 8 to 8 ; and Great South Toigus,
3 to
Foreign an-1 colonial mining shares are still neg-
lected ; Santa Barbara, however, are inquired for.

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NA 14111101... KP „OS MA wow( gaisrioN.

A meeting wee bold Oik•t British School-room.
Basseksy. on Wednesday
_o Waviest. the seiabbik-
met id • Werldag Men s Bohm Amod••INI is Mee
lansehip. JIM Coessillor ithentira was a the eradr. and
XL Baal% M.P., was sena' the paillsease presest.
Ma Baurm, in talrodueng are of the rsabstines, m-
=ho sfactka at the hauguratiou of the amona-
sled sidenned the Wean= of the guffaw te the
weddeg daises, taking advantage of Si. adagiums pasted
se them claps at the reeeet esesereata• meellimg as
Leads to form an 411/11/*Valta set Adnilki• I/4•1•••
the anservailves. There was ems thug Mr. Boa
OM said whoa was very remarkable. He said,
le ail the varied elements that go to niestitote a
peat people, himself (that is the working mien) is
ease the esnmitial," thin wee to ase, We wane, eager
Vitt the may ceseatial, iedispeemble eleasest is ecology.
erSee.) That was a re ry stress steeled exprasioe
as singular Mat the only essenial element to • area
people should be the only element which had so dare is
the noperestetios of the peopte ((Mete.) Could this
be just . Could it be sums ? Wee it ever wise is • cum-
menity like ours to mono" injustice ? Could injustice be
practised for any length of tune with impurity sad with
gaiety ? He fully believed that It mold not ; that It MN
react sad toad saw those Wee pacified it. Yr. Mess
thee dialed that the istrodeetim of the working name
way measures proposed would swamp all ethers. LordEssiell
proposed, and Mr.- L. King and he followed with the same
=l&ion, that thine who cosepted premises usosistige of
ee of lot. • year should have a wogs, and that Wee
who occupied ptemisss in boroughs of the value of el. shoeld
bent she franchise. Whet would this great " revolutionary
immure" have amounted to? Why it would have added
shalt onafileh to the whole number of the constituency. It
would have added about onathird in the boroughs, but, Y
they added the aunties, the whole "Magee world probably
say have been about one-fifth. His calculation, ea hew
SS he could make it, was that the proportion working pen
would beer to the upper cheese would be soma/deg like a
heath. And this was • nvolutioaary measure I This was
the way in which the upper end middle classes were to be
swamped by the introduction of this onapiunively small
subs" of additional voters. He should like to know which
elms would be swamped by each as arraeipmest as that ;
the danger was neck more that she working ohms minority
would be swamped than that the upper sad middle deism
would be. (Hear.) This objection was an absurd and puerile
initettaties, whisk showed what men would do whose pre-
judices were &smiled in cosjuriag up phantoms to tiara the
country. Is 1860, whew Lord Reseal' proposed his bill,
Berl Grey obtained • committee of the House of Lords to
Umpire into the probable operations of that bill, bit object
being to lied out whether that ball would hare tae efforqt ut
hairoduang this vast and swamping majority of the wails(
sham into the sew egestitueocief Earl Grey had meetly
published • book upon the subject of reform. Did lie soh is
Meg book that he was menaced by the result of the timing
over which he presided that it was proved that if sudi •
=assure were adopted the upper and middle clams iambi
be swamped. No, he said oo such thing. He showed no
her what epos that subject, sad what he said would lead
to the inference that be coosidemd the idea with which he
went into the committee was satisfacterUy disproved by the
evidence. Facts had since been obtained from official sources
which confirmed the calculation made by Lord Russell, and
watoequently by himself, likewise that the sotios was alto-
gether fallacious. After some further argument to show
at the eztensiou of the franchise would tend to the Im-
provement of those who received it, as well as to the is-
enesed stability of our institutioas, Mr. Bain, and that
• regolu.imi had bees put into his hands, whieh was DA
101/01111 —"That further delay in remedytug the injustice,
▪ it has been repeatedly asksowledged by the leaders of
both parties is the fiats, would be derogatory to the Me-
ssner of parliament, and destructive to politics] morality."
He believed they all knew the facts upon which this MO-
ktiou wee fouling. The last parlianitut was distinctly
seinmed by the coustituromse of England to carry Lord
Itmeall's Reform Bill. There were two bills before the
ementry—the one Lord Derby's, the other Lord Raissilh.
Lord Derby dissolved paha:nest and appealed to the
country, and before the dissolution Lord Rusiell gave an
realise of what he intended kis bill to be. He knew pee-
Seedy well tbat he watt beak to parliament pledged is
devour of the more liberal and exteeded plan—(beer, hear)—
end he suosidered it his duty to do everything in his power
to may it out. For that ream. what alias turned their
hack on the cause, or at least suspended autism for • time,
H samol to !um that it was his duty to take it up and to
wake the propositions he had doge. (" Hear," and cheers.)
Be tames it was as *auras upon all good faith sad spas
all morality not to carry out pledges which rem lad
gives. They had Scriptural authority for saying that tf •
men swearetb, even to his ows hurt, cad changeth sot,
helm to be blest. It would have had • great effect spot
Si. country if they had absolutely brought forward and
persevered with their manure, rued if they had doge so,
the Reform Bill would have been carried by this time.
Be ballet ed that now, in the last hour, is the last anion of
parliament, just before the members had to meet the coun-
try, the beat policy of the gamesman would be to hang
forward such • measure and stand or fall by it. (Loud
sheers.) U they went to the country, M what way would
they be received if they had not met their pledges? It wee
infinitely better to behest's, and thee to go to the constry
end ask for the opinion of their constituents, than to go to
the country without having made any serious effort to fulfil
their pledgee (Hear, hear.) His opinion was that the
wisest policy would be to introduce such • measure. lie did
sot say it would be carried—posubly it would be beaten in
the house ; but Ist them go to the country, and thee upon
the country soul.l rest the responsibility. His
belief was, that bevies faithfully coos their duty
to the country, such • parliament would be returned
as to render the carryiag of the measure certain. ("Hear,
bear," sad cheese.) He had some ociondarable hope that
If the goterespet would stake their •Lk•WOC• epos it—
especaLy if that angularly able and eloquent mac, Mr.
Gladatone—(load chsera)—would take it up—that the came
would be carried. (" Hear, bear," and cheers.) His friend
Colonel Edwards said, at the disseggiveit to Yr. Beecrott,
that the wbigs could carry a reform bill. He meld
tell that bou. geatiemse the mart important and the main
Naos why they could not de so ; it was bemuse immediately
opposite to them there eat such a large number of tories I
who wore determined to shelve the bill. (Laughter and
sheers.) Colonel Edwards said that he (Mr. Baines) was to
ride this reform hone, and added that the horse would
kick so much that he would be glad to dismount him.
Clerainlys he most say he should ride the reform:home.
(Lengtihr sad cheers.) He believed that • better horse was
sever mounted. (Cheers.) He believed him to be sound,
of good wind and limb. sod of great power and endurance,
and they might rely upon it that he would sever get down
until the battle was woe. (Cheers.) But then be did sot
want to ride the fore horse. He wanted some mat of
standing before the country, as a leading stassernan gad as
• minister, to own and take that patios. His appeal was
to Mr. Gladstone to take it. (Cheers.) There was no wan
better fitted for the position, and he Mould be prouder to
be his follower in the measure, than if be himself had led
where he had sot much hope of success. His own duty was
quite clear. He should certainly adhere to this cause until
the sod, or to the end of hi. life— (cheers) ; and if be could
be the mesas of Wiwi; out a man like Mr. Gladstone—and
they could second him in this—he would have greet
and soignee hopes of success. (" Hear, hear," sod cheers.)
The first thing to be duos was to form associations such se
the present. (Heat, hear.) He was glad to see this pro-
Wang orautieatiee, and he had felt great satisfaction in
'dimming the countenances of those before him, betokening
es it did an intelhence end apprecirama of all the proceed-
Heings. was convinced that all he saw before him were
entitled to the franchise which was enjoyed by their fellow-
countrymen, and should not be treated as the subjects of
despotism were treated. (Cheers.) He rejoiced that they
were doing their duty. He hoped they would influence
their neighbours to do theirs, acid if the country does its
duty, he believed ultimately, and bider° very lone, that
they would see a measure parsed which would redound to
the credit, to the harmony. and to the proeperity of the land.
(Loud cheers.

UNCABTINU THE STAG.—The fever of excitement
was then at its height. The genii rumbas stared wider
than ever, the big boys stepped back a pa= or two, and the
little ones trembled, many of them waling themselves at
home again. But whoa the fat boy squeaked the order to
Let 'im out !" there wee • feeling of dieappointneena
throughout the throng ; for there were neither bane nor
bounds, and those who =pouted to see the stag "tart off
directly, thought he would be over Itainford Hill before
they could ever get him out. Oa this point, however.
they were presently =deceived, for 'Louie the door was
opened by the old riatlecutio in =ergo, creeping cautiously
ag the top of the van and ehosibig the bolt, yet uo deer
appeared, and those who dent take • peep in from either
gide, law a rather dockeyfied-looking animal backing its
idstquarters agaiost the far end of the vehicle, as though
It wanted to be out that way. But the old &oedemas in
pro, who had • loss whip, much at the service of the
animal, proceeded to =minister the butt end through the
ventilator ; and after sundry downward thumps, producing
• series of indignant snorts and stamps, it at litegth
operated beneficially, causing him to jump out and, heed
is air, to trot leisurely down the avenue of spectators,
amid the derisive =outs and yells of the mob. In truth
the Benicia Boy was not • very wild or impaling looking
animal, his coat being dull and worn in parts, while one
of its aides was powdered with whitening caused by •
native rubbing wants the wall of its town-bowie is Picker-
ing Nook. Stall the Boy could go wham inclined, and had
given our fat friend some severe loads out, =lnd on one or
two OCCA/aOl2ll bad been lost altogether, or Jack Rogers
having got rid of his muter had pretended to lose him in
order that be might indulge in • drink, and resume the
spoil ou the following day. But the Boy was not to be de-
pended upon—sometimes be would go, and sometimes he
wouldn't, in which latter awe of course, there was nothing
for it bet the dookeynsee's alternative that we sistabo•ed
before, of lumping him, an unbecoming proceeding with
• beast of roomy. All enmity about his sow 'mamba*
maps wee speedily dispelled by the leherely trot be now
took about the laws— looking this way semi that, as though
be hardly knew whether he wield go so er ooms beak to
bis boa. He seemed quite easy about the nutter, very
"alike as animal put ma trial for lig kte. At one WINF, in-
deed he looked as if he would make far the palm, bet
lbws be wee frustrated by the intervestion of the khalifs-
amid Join lowa from the house for the vegetables.. He
the. looked le at the dairy, sad Inally trotted aft slows
the earriage drive, past the gaudy-gated lodges, end se on
le the turnpike.—Mr. koinforifs 44terrids. January
arnalss.