The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-24 00:00:00

TEE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1867.

THE EXECUTION OF BAKER, THE ALTON
MURDERER.-(THIS DAY.)

(BP TELEGRAPH.)
WINORMTER, TUESDAY.
The Alton murderer, Baker, was hung at 8 o'clock
at Winchester gaol, in the presence of 5,000 people. He
displayed great firmness. He was pinioned without be-
traying the least emotion, and walked to the drop un-
aided.

After Ca'craft had put the cap on him and adjusted the
rope, the prayers were prolonged for two minutes, during
which Baker's knees began to tremble and his hands were
clutched. When the drop fell he struggled slightly for a
minute.

He oonfewied to the chaplain that he murdered the
child, but said he did not violate her. He stated that he
mutilated the body with his small knife, and then care-
fully washed and oiled it.

The crowd at the execution wail very orderly.

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION IN MAN-
CHESTER.

SIX LIVES LOST.

Yesterday afternoon, a few minutes after one
o'clock, • terrific boiler explosion took place on the pre-
mises of Messrs. Chapman ►nd Holland, dyers and
finishers, Bromley-street, Ashley-lane, which caused loos
of life to six individuals, injuries more or less
severe to four others, and the entire destruction
of the works. The boiler which exploded was
of Cornish construction—single fined and internally fired.
It was 18ft. long., lift. in diameter, has been in use about
ten years, and worked at • pressure of 251 b. The
engine was at work at the time of the explosion, which is
the consequence of corrosion of the shell plates (owing to
dampness) where they were in contact with the mid-
feather on which the boiler rested. The plates had origi-
nally been of an inch in thickness, but bad been worn
to less than 1-16th of an inch. The boiler was blown
into two parts. The rent commenced at about six feet
from the front end at the bottom of the shell ; it ran
round its circumference and stripped off a length of about
two plates in width. The rent also extended to the back
end of the boiler along the keel or centre line of the shell.
Owing to the explosion taking place in the dinner hour, it
was not known how many men were in the buildings,
and, therefore, the work of removal was rapidly pushed
on. During their first hour's work eight men were taken
out, three of whom were apparently dead. As each was
brought out, he was placed in some vehicle and removed
to the Royal Infirmary, where the medical staff at once
attended to the sufferings of those who were alive. The
work of removing the heap of ruins occupied several hours.
A boy who was killed was the son of one of the firm.
The poor child's head was horribly sh►ttered, and the
upper portion of it was brought to the Royal Infirmary
after his body.

THE PROTECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
POWDER MAGAZINES AT MARCH WOOD.

(ST ITLZGRAPH.)

)N, TUESDAY, NOON.

The F.A. sub-division of the second battalion of
the 60th Rifles have plat passed through here from Win-
chester, on their way to guard the government powder
magazines at ilarobwood.

ANTI•FENIAN MEETING AT NORWICH.

NORWICH, TIMSDAY.

A town's meeting was held at Norwich to-day to
express abhorrence of the Clerkenwell outrage and to
support the government in the matter,

WRATHER RIPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAL)

On o'ol.ooB.
The English funds are fiat to-day, and have
declined 1-16th to per cent., owing to the
resignation of the Italian ministry, and to the
semi-official announcement that French troops
are about to be sent from Toulon to Rome.
Foreign bonds are also dull upon the same
news. Italian of 1861 are offered at a moderate
reduction. Railway securities, however, are
firmer, a further amount of stock having been
bought to cover recent sales for a fall. Banking,
financial, and miscellaneous shares are inactive and
unchanged.

There is no change in the discount market, but
the rate for short loans in the Stock Exchange is
rather firmer at per cent.

- -
Consols are quoted 928 to 4, ex div., for money,
and 924 to ft, ex div., for the account (January 7).
The Three per Cent& Reduced and New Three per
Cents. are at 921 to 4.
In the railway market the principal change is
rise of 4 per cent. in Caledonian stock. About
half-a-dozen of the other lines have also ad-
vanced 8 to 4. The tone of the market
generally is firm. Subjoined are the prices :
Metropolitan, 1164 to I • Great Western,
444 to ; London and North Western,
1131 to i; Midland, 1024 to R ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1214 to I ; Caledonian, 730 to i;
South Eastern, 67 to 4; Great Eastern, 314
to 4; Great Northern, 108 to 109; ditto A,
1104 to 4; London, Chatham, and Dover,
184 to 19 ; North British, 334 to 34 ; Brighton,
50 to ; Berwick, 99 to ; and York and
North Midland, 91 to 92.

Foreign stocks are dull, but the only alteration
in the speculative descriptions is a decline of k
per cent. in Italian Bonds of 1861, the present
price being 441 to 45. Turkish of 1862 are at
60i to 61} ; ditto of 1865, 34 to • Greek,
12} to 13 ; Spanish Passive, 26 to ; ditto New
Three per Cents., 36 to I ; Egyptian of 1864, 84 to
86 ; and Mexican, 151 to f.
The scrip of the new Portuguese loan is I per
cent. lower, at t to 1 prem.

United States 5-20 Bonds have improved per
cent., viz., to 721 to but Erie and Illinois
Central Railway shares have declined to , the
present prices being 484 to 49, and 871 to 881, re-
spectively.

Atlantic Cable shares are steady. Anglo-
American are quoted 18/ to 191, and Atlantic
Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 41 to f.

A few transactions have been recorded in bank
shares, at yesterday's prices. London and West-
minster are at 68 to 69 ; Union of London, 35} to
36} ; Alliance, 14 to 10} dis. ; Imperial Otto-
man, 1 to 01 dis. ; London and County, 54 to 55 ;
and Oriental Corporation, 42 to 43.

The shares of the financial companies present no
movement. International Financial, 21 to 2 dia. ;
London, 23 to 22 din. ; General Credit, 21 to 21
dis. ; and Credit Foncier, 61 to 6# dis.
The Secretary of State for India in Council
notifies that the rate of interest on East Indian
Bonds will be reduced from 4 to 3 per cent. per
annum on and after the let of January, 1889.
The directors of the Egyptian Commercial and
Trading Company (Limited) have issued the fol-
lowing report, in anticipation of the meeting of the
shareholders called for the 30th inst. :
The directors elected at the adjourned general meeting
ot the company on the 13th of May last now report to the
proprietors the progress they have made eines that
date in the liquidation of the company's affairs,
and submit herewith a statement of the amounts
made up to the 30th ultimo, and duly audited.
In addition to the usual stagnation in business in Egypt
during the summer months, the management has encoun-
tered the utmost difficulty in effecting settlements, owing
to the very great depression of trade, the scarcity of money,
the consequent high rate of interest, andthe unsatisfactory
returns obtained by cultivators for the bulk of their pro-
duce. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the amount of
assets that has been recovered in cash and government
securities is 105,0001. In effecting these settlements, how-
ever, a loss of about 9 per cent. on the valuations
in the last balance-sheet had to be sustained.

The directors join in the opinion of the Alexandria man-
agement (from whom they h►ve received, as requested, a
full and detailed report upon the company's assets) that, in
consequence of the present serious depreciation in the value
of land and general properties in Egypt,a further reduction
must be made from the estimate submitted to the last
meeting. They have accordingly written off an additional
sum of 60,0001. Should, however, the general condition
of affairs in the East improve, the difficulties of the liqui-
dation will, it is hoped, be materially lessened, and the
ultimate realisation prove more favourable than at present
shown. Since the date of the last balance-sheet, 11. per &art,
amounting to 113,1331., has been repaid to the share-
holders ; and, as directed by the extraordinary general
meeting of the Bth of April, 1867, the purchase (for extin-
guishment) of 13,481 shares, amounting to 33,702/. 10s., has
been made. The liabilities have also been reduced by 78,0001.
The directors are applyingjithemselves earnestly to the
further reductionlof the I company's liabilities and the
realisation of the assets, which, as received, will be avail-
able for distribution amongst the shareholders as they may
determine.

HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK.

The stock markets are generally dull, owing to a
preponderance of sales. Consols are at 922 to 1,
ex div., for money, and 924, ex div., for the ac-
count, being slightly worse in the latter case com-
pared with the price current at 1 o'clock. Home
railway stocks are lower, sales having been made
upon the announcement of a decrease of 10,0001. in
the London and North Western traffic, compared
with the corresponding period of 1866. London
and North Western stock is quoted 1132 to 2 ;
Midland,lol2 to 1022 ; Metropolitan, 1151 to 116;
and Caledonian, 722 to 732. Foreign bonds are
rather flat, but prices show no change of import-
ance in the abeence of business. _ . .

About 15,000 sovereigns from South America
have been sent into the Bank. The demand for
money at that establishment has somewhat in-
creased. _ . _

It will be seen from the subjoined summary
of the financial requirements of five of the
principal companies, that in spite of the hopes
entertained by railway reformers, of checking ad-
ditions to railway capital, there rarely has been a
time when such large sums were being asked for ;
and even allowing for the delay that may occur
before the whole of these amounts will be called
up, the prospect is a serious one for this class of
property, especially if account be taken of those
companies which have not yet had courage enough
to step forward with a statement of their financial
needs.

Midland £5,000,000
Caledonian .
Brighton, 500,0001. cash in stock. say 1,000,000
MetrotranruDistrict
2,000,000
100,000
Gnat ,sty

An extraordinary general meeting of the Mann-
' tins Land Credit and Agency Company (Limited)
will be held on the 6th of January.
The traffic receipts of the Cape Railway Com-
pany for the month of October were 3,5781., against
3,3481. in October last year.
Creditors of the London Discount Company
(Limited) are required, by the 18th Jan., to send
the particulars of their claims to the liquidators,
Vice-Chancellor Malins having appointed the 31st
Jan. for adjudicating upon them.
A petition for the winding up of the London
Chemical Company (Limited) is to be heard before
Vice-Chancellor Stuart on the 17th Jan.
Share certificates deposited at the office of the
Anglo-Mexican Mint Company will be ready for
re-delivery, in exchange for the deposit receipt,
on Friday next.
The third drawing of debentures of the Ottoman
Railway Company is to take place on the Ist
January.
In addition to the dividend due the let of
January on the Ottoman Loan of 1863, the Impe-
rial Ottoman Bank have announced that on the
Ottoman Six per Cent. Loan of 1865.

MONDAY EVIII7IIIO.

Consols, which closed on Sati7rciayiit92ls;l.
ex div., for the 7th January, were to-day alter-
nately buyers and sellers at 923, and at the close
were offered at that price. For money the final
quotation was 921 to i The Three per Cents. Re-
duced and New 'Three per Cents. were quoted at
3 o'clock 92f to I. The official business report is
as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
924, 3,e: div.; ditto, for account, 921, 1, ex div. ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 921, 4; New Three per
Cents., 923, 1, f, ; ditto Two-and-a-Half per
Cent., 751, ex div. ; Bank Stock, 240; India
Stock, shut ; ditto Five per Cent., 1111, 4, 12,
ex div. ; ditto Four per Cent., 1004, ; ditto Five
per Cent. " enlaced ' rupee paper' 108 f ; ditto
Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 108+, ; ditto Five per
Cent. Rupee Debentures, 1872, 102} ; ditto 1882,
1031, 4 ; ditto Bonds, 535. prem.
The India Five per Cent. Stock, after being
marked as low as 1114, came into better demand,
and was last dealt in at 11.2.

There were also more inquiries for Exchequer
Bills, which were quoted 255. to 295. prem.
Foreign stocks showed dulness. Italian were
offered, owing to the announcement this morning
of the defeat of the ministry : the bonds of 1861
declined g per cent. ; those of the Maremmana
Railway, 1 ; and those of 1865, 4. Egyptian, in-
cluding the Viceroy's Loan, fell to 1 ; Chili= of
1867, ; and Mexican, 4. Spanish Passive, how-
ever, rose g per cent. ; Brazilian of 1863, 1 ; Spanish
Deferred and Peruvian of 1865, ; and Portu-
Tse, 4.
he Egyptian Nine per Cent. Loan scrip was last
quoted f to 11 prem. ; ditto, paid up, 964 to 91; the
Honduras Government Railway Loan, 11 to 2
prem. ; and Portuguese scrip, 4 to 14 prem.