The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1867.

I'IIosECUTION OF COLONEL NELSON AND

LIEUTENANT BRAND.

DOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Ait application was made to the chief magistrate,
WA. TI As Henry, by Mr. Fitzjames Stephen, for war-
rnnt for the Apprehension of Colonel Nelson and Lieut.
Bland, on the charge of the wilful munler of Mr. Gonlon,
at Morent Bay, in the county of Surrey in the island of
Jam.tica. in October, MK%

Mr. btephen, with whom was Mr. .T. Home Payne, was
instructed by Messrs. Sheen and Roscoe. He stated that
the actual prosecutors were Mr. John Stuart Mill, the
member of parliament for Westminster, and Mr.
Taylor. the member for Leicester, both now present-
The name of Governor Eyre was not at present included
because that gentleman was not at the present moment
within the jurisdiction of the court. There was no doubt,
however, that he would be ready and willing to
meet the charge, and they haul an intimation
from his solicitor, that he would attend upon
doe notice. He was desirous of doing perfect
in,tice to all parties, and must, therefore, state that Mr.
Eyre haul shown the most honourable and courageous ile.
termination to meet most fully and f►irly every
responsibility properly devolving upon him. He
(Mr. Reuben) was sorry that the great questions
at issue • could not be decided upon a less grave charge
th,n that of murder, the parties who instituted the prose-
cution being actuated solely by motives of public justice,
and not by any petty party or personal ill-feeling. But he
should contend that the act, if, as he alleged, illegal, was
an act of murder and not of manslaughter. The deliberate
putting of a man to death illegally was murder, and
was not excused either by the good faith or
ignorance of the parties or by the argument
that they acted under orders of superiors. Mr.
Stephen went into an elaborate statement of the
motives of the prosecutor., the facts, and the law of the
case, contending that the question at issue was
whether the law of England was supreme, or whether
the sovereign had power in time of rebellion to suspend all
law and set up a military despotism, with absolute power
over the lives of the subjects of the realm.

Inc application was Still being heard when our repoit
left.]

STORM OF WIND.--LOSS OF PROPERTY AND

LIFE.

An extraordinary scene was witnessed last night
and this (Wednesday) morning in Loudon and the
country. In many places the inmates left their houses,
and took shelter in the open streets,expecting to hod their
habitations every moment blown down. Several houses in
Albert-terrace, Park-road, Peckham, bad their roofs partly
stripped and stacks of chimneys blown down.
Trees were either blown down or their branches torn off.
Three barges were forced from their moorings, and could
be noticed upon the top of each other. A boy and cc man
who put off to right the vessels are reported by
the people at the steam boat pier to have been drowned.
Three barges were blown over and sunk in the
Surrey Canal, one laden with tar, and a boy
on board was drowned near Rotherhithe entrance. Two
other barges were also sunk between the St. George's and
Trafalgar bridges. On the Thames, all the =all craft,
not a few wherries, were drifting about in confusion,
barges were floating bottom upwards, and whether their
respective crews had eaciped or not it is impossible at
.pre-
sent to speak with any degree of certainty. The inquiries
during the morning at Lloyd's and the mercantile marine
offices as to the safety of the ships coming from Ply-
mouth and Falmouth were numerous, but no authentic
information had been received.

SERIOUS CHARM! AGAINST A YOUNG( WO.VAN
AT HACKNEY.

Mr. Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, held an
inquiry but evening at the Old Mermaid Tavern, Church.
street, Hackney, touching the death of the new-born child
of Emma Brockway, ,‘ domestic servant, 22 years of age.
It appeared that the young woman in question four
mouths ago entered the service of Mr. Goodwin, at Grove-
cottage, South Hackney. No suspicion was entertained
of her condition. last Saturday morning she appeared to
be ill ; and upon a fellow-servant, Amelia Morns, going
to her roots, she refused her admittance for some time.
When at length Amelia Morris was let in, she
found the accused on her knees, wiping up some
blood. Still no suspicion arose. Later in the day the
family sent her home to her father, at 5, Albion-road,
Hackney, on account of het illness. She carried a bundle
with her in the cab. At home she went about the place,
but seemed to be very ill. The next day her father, while
walking in the garden, found a bundle wrapped up in
muslin in the dower bed, and upon opening it discovered
a child. Having no idea that it was his daughter's child,
be showed it to a neighbour, and the police were called in.
Inspeltor Gibbons said that he saw the young woman
Emma Brockway, and said " I want to speak to you about
the child that has been found in the garden." She then
admitted that the child was hers, and she said that she
had been so frightened that she did not know what to do.
He searched her boxes and found baby's clothes in them.
Dr. F. Niblett said that the child was full timed and had
breathed ; but lie could not say whether it haul had an in-
dependent existence. There were no marks of violence an
the body.
The Coroner said that as the law stood the medical
testimony, that it was impossible to depose to the separate
existence of the child, put an end to the case. The law
was very defective and unsatisfactory in requiring evidence
of separate existence that could hardly ever be obtained,
and there was no doubt that it would be altered during
the present erasion of parliament.
The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased child
was found dead in • garden ; but that the evidence failed
to prove whether it had a separate legal existence."
The mother of the child is now in custody on the charge
of conceahuent of birth.

SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.)

llha o'Ormeta.
The railway market is uther firmer to-day, and
a recovery is observable in some of the chief lines.
Great Eastern and Great Northern (Original) stocks
have improved per cent. ; Great Northern A, j ;
and London and North Western and Midland, f.
Groat Western, however, has declined A.
Metropolitan stock is now quoted 127 i to 3 ;
Great %Vattern, 534 ; London and North
Western, 123 to • Midland, 1222 to ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 128 i to ; Caledonian,
117 to 119 ; South Eastern, 72g to ; Great
Eastern, 331 to / ; Great Northern, 1181 to 119 ft;
ditto A, 1281 to 43 ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 19! tog ; and North British, 38 to 39.
Foreign and colonial railway ehares are steady,
at the closing prices of yesterday.
ADINANY SHAM AND Sit,
811.1Pd.1 RAILWAYS I CU:Marriow I to 1 aad.sso-447
. Dam

oIDINANY BRAJJS AND NNOCILS.

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MOYEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Om o'CLum.

The transactions in the stock markets to-day
are upon a limited scale, and prices generally
are without variation. The tone, however, is
rather firm, and a slight rise has occurred in some
cases. The public are not investing to any im-
portant extent, hut, on the other band, they are
not sel:iug, a., that the supply of stuck is com-
paratively small. Consols are steady, at the
clueing prices of yesterday, while some of
the British railway stocks and foreign bonds have
advanced. Amongst the miscellaneous shares,
National Discount have slightly improved, while
Hudson's Bay have receded. The monthly settle-
ment in the funds, which will be completed to-
morros , still engages the attention of the dealers.
The inquiry for discount is still moderate, and
choice bilk are taken at 21 to 21 per cent. It is
thought in soi::•_ quarters that the directors of the
Bank of England will soon reduce the rate. espe-
cially as the withdrawals of bullion for the Conti-
nent have ceased.

Consols are now quoted 90,1 to 2 both for money
and to monow's settlement, and 90i to 7, for the
new account (March 7).

Turkish bonds of 1863, Spanish Passive, and
Chilian scrip have risen per cent. ; but
Italian of 1861 have declined to the like extent.
Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted M to I;
ditto of 1865, 30:: to k ; Greek, 13z to 10 ;
Spanish Passive, 221 to 4 ; ditto Certificates, 141
to ; ; Italian of 1861, 644 tog ; Mexican, 1% to
; Russian Scrip, 14 to prem. ; and Chilian
Scrip, gto prem.

States 5-20 Bonds are quoted 72 to 1,
being 2s. Cul. lower ; Erie Railway shares, 39/ to
40j. showing a rise of ss. ; and Illinois Central,
80 to 811.

Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference shares are unaltered, at 154
to t, and 3/, to g, respectively.

International Financial shares are quoted 114
to 2 dis. ; London Financial, to 161, dim. ;
General Credit, 2/ to 2 dia.; Credit Foncier,
51 to dia. ; National Discount, 8/ to 9 prem.,
ex div.; and Hudson's Bay, 151 to 10.
The directors of the British Land Company
(Limited) have issued their annual report, in anti-
cipation of the meeting to be held on the
22nd inst. The balance of profit, after paying the
interim dividend (7,000/.) amounts to 31,9351., out
of which a further dividend of 5 per cent. and a
bonus of 10 per cent., free of income tax, are re-
commended, making a total payment of 20 per cent.
for the year. The balance left to be carried
forward is 12,000/.

The seventh general meeting of the London and
Lisbon Corkwood Company will be held on the 14th
instant, for the purpose of receiving the report
of the directors. The half-yearly meeting of
the Southampton Dock Company is convened
for the 27th inst., and the half-yearly meeting of
the London District Telegraph Company for the
the 28th idem.

The Bank of Holland, which on the 2nd ultimo
reduced its rate of discount to 4 per cent., has
further lowered it to 3i per oent.
The committee have passed a resolution, subject
to confirmation on the 11th inst., to the effect that
" the Stock Exchange shall in future be dosed on
the lst of January, Easter Monday, Whit Mon-
day, the lst of May, the let of November, and the
26th of December, unless it is specially ordered
otherwise by the committee for general purposes.
When either the Ist of January, the Ist of May,
the Ist of November, or the 26th of December falls
on a Sunday, the house is to be shut on the follow-
ing day."
About 9,000 sovereigns, received from Lisbon.
were sent into the Bank yesterday. No bullion was
withdrawn for the Continent. The City of New York,
front New York, has brought 6,0001. in specie. The
bar silver by the Mexican packet was sold to-day
for the Continent at bs. Opel. per ounce, showing a
decline of N., owing to the rise in the Dutch ex-
change.
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The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
firmer, and the rates for bills on Holland and
Paris were quoted more favourably for this country.
The Vienna exchange, however, has declined. The
usual list is subjoined :

Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.18} to 11.19; ditto, skit,
11.16 to 11.17 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11.184 to 11.19 ;
Antwerp, 3 months, 23.374 to 23.40; Brussels, 3 mouths,
25.374 to 23.40 ; Hamburg and Altana, 3 months, 13.84 to
13.82 • Berlin, Cologne, lc., 3 months, 6.25 to 6.26;
St. Petersburg, 3 months, 314 to 314 , Paris, short, 25.124
to 25.224 ; ditto, 3 months. 25.35 to 25.40; Marseilles,
3 months, 25.35 to 23.40 ; Praollort.on.the.lLains,
3 months, 1194 to 1192 ; Vienna, 3 mon 13.15 to
' 13.20 • Trieste, 3 months, 13.15 to 13.20 ; 3
months, 48 to 474 ; Santander, 3 months, 48 to 472;
3 months, 482 to 484 ; Seville, 3 months, 482 to 484; Malaga,
3 months, 474 to 47/ ; Valencia, 3 months, 484 to 48; liar.
celona, 3 months, 482 to 484 ; Bilbao, 3 months, 48 to
472 ; Saragossa, 3 months, 48 to 471 ; Leghorn, 3
months, 26.774 to 26.85; GlllOOl4 3 months, 26.774 to
26.83 ; Ropiest: months, 26.774 to 51.85 ; Palermo, 3
months, 26.77 to 26.85 ; Messina. 3 months, 25•.774 to
26.83 ; Lisbon, dap date, 52 to 514; Oporto, 90 days
date, 52 to 514. _ . _

The proposed dividend on Great Northern
Railway stock is officially notified at the rate
of 8 per cent. per annum for the half-year, against
81 for the corresponding period of 1865, and on
Midland at the rate of 6k per cent. per annum,
against 7. The latter announcement was not made
until after the close of the Stock Exchange.
The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
traffic return shows this week an increase of 1.128/.
over the corresponding period of 1866 ; the Glas•
gow and South Western a decreaeo of 071. ; and
the Metropolitan an increase of 5461.
At the meeting yesterday of the Millwall Free-
hold Land and Docks Company the directors' report
was adopted. An amendment moved by Mr.
Head, that the proceedings should be adjourned
for three weeks, with a view to enable shareholders
who were not present at the meeting to Ma more
closely into the affairs of the undertaking, was
negatived by a large majority.
From the report of the directors of the Austra-
lian Agricultural Company, to be presented at the
half-yearly meeting on the 12th inst., we extract
the following
The cash at the bankers in London on the 31st of Decem-
ber last (including bills since 'natured) amounted to
9,0341. Is. 24., out of which the directory are prepared to
recommend the appropriation of 7,5001. to the payment of
a dividend of 7s. red. per share, free of leonine tax.

Wo are requested to state that Mr. George
Worms has declined to be appointed one of the
Committee of Investigation of the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway Company.
With reference to the proposal to revive the mer-
cantile business of the Oriental Commercial Bank
(Limited), Mr. Demetrius Pappa has issued a
circular in which he states that applications for
the shares in the new company must be sent in by
the 15th inst., "as it is determinei on that day to
close the list, and then if 5,000 shares should not
have been applied for by the shareholders of the
bank, to abstain from any allotment."
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance gas,
dock, and other shares, as given in the Stock Ex-
change list of last evening :

Insurance—Atlas, 91, w ; Commercial Union. 4 15-16 ;
Indemnity Marine, ifiA ; Loudon, 41;, ; Ocean Marine,
211, 1 ; Thames and Mersey Marine (Limited), 5 3-10, A,
I, 3-16, A.
Gas Light and Coke—Bombay (Limited), 4 546, I, A,
G; ditto, New, 2A ; City of 3loscow Gas, lb, 17A, Is ;
reat Central, 111; London, ; Plernix, WA, 2,34 ;
Western, 13 ; ditto B, 61, 7 ; ditto C,
Docks—London and St. Katharine, 61;, 2.3, ex die.
Waterworks—Berlin, Nee, 5A ; Lambeth, 1011.
The annexed memorandum is from the London
Stock and Share Company (Limited) :
Sales were made yesterday at the weekly auction of the
London Stock and Share Company, of Credit Foncier
shares, at 5 du. ; Colonial Couipcuiy. 1.1 dig. ; Ceylon
Coffee, dig. ; Guildhall Taverns, 2 dia.; Iron Screw
Collier Company, 2) dig. ; Illinois Centrals, at ;

(new shAree), 2', ; London Engineering and Iron
:Shipbuilding Cumpany. 24i dia. ; Royal :iwediah Railway,
41 dia. Ghana W the London and Lisbon Corkwood Com-
pany made 22a to 245. ; lo.perial Land of Marseilles,
24.. lid.: seottisb kistr.dian Xining Company (If. each,
luny per share Westminster Impress-
ment'. 11;/. to 71. rs. ; and Specie basis, 4/. to 4/.
per bond VAG.: Railway, 4/.:,a. to 4/. 7a. lid per share.

TUISDAT EVININS.

Consols, which closed yesterday ii 90 to 1, both
for money and next Thursday's settlement, opened
and closed t.,421:iv at the same quotation. For the
7th March the last price was 901 to I. The °theist
business report is as follows:—Three per Cent.
Consols, fur money. 90,,, I. 4" ; ditto, for se-
count, 90t. t. k: Three per Cents. Reduced,
89k, 914, ; New Three per Cents., 891, 90/, 89i;
India Stock. 'll5, 4, 14* ditto, Five per Cent.
1071, : di'to Five per Cent. enlaced " rupee
paper, 1(114. ditto Bonds, 275., 304. prem.
Indian wo-..-rron.-nt securities were quiet

'!•Il ; remain at 10s. to 14s. prem.

w.
There .i, ii.creased iunount of business in
foreign stoc.:R Thrkish of I.+44;ii and Mexican were
in good den...u.i. ;ld a.tranced to per cent.
Turkish of mil N 62, u well s& Veneguelan of
1564, ale.. and Portuguese }. New
Grenadian Three Cents., however, were offered,
and fell 1 p...r copr. Spanish Passive were I lower,
and Gree'..

The seri:, • the new Chilian Loan, the settle-
ment in been faced by the Stack Ex-
change C-uut .tt.e for Monday next, was quoted
this morniog :1!4 30:4 as 7, to 1 prem., but had de-
dined at the Ci,ae to to b prem.
The shares ~7 the financial companies showed no
variation of importance, with the exception of a
fresh rise of 10s. in London Financial. Prices closed
as follows :—lnternational Financial, 2 3-16 to 2
1-16 dis. : General Credit, 2 3-16 to 2 1-16 dis. ;
London Fi: 171 to 161 dis. ; and Credfi
Foncier of England, to 4i dis.
Atlantic Cahic shares were dull. Anglo-Americal
closed at 1N ex die., being 2s. 6d. lower;
Atlantic Telegraph S per cent, preference it
3 3-16 to Cris, showing a trifling decline; and
Telegraph Construction, at 3 to 2} dis.

KINE&-(T1118 DAY.)

Oirs o'CLooz.

There is a good demand to-day for British
mining sh:zes. and t rices have improved in several
cases. Wheal Seton, however, have declined 10/. viz.
to 100 to 118. Northerofty are quoted 5/ toy; Wheal
Buller, 2s. to 27 ; Providence, 27 to 28; Cook's
Kitchen, 12 to 13 ; East Gunnislake, 2 to f ; Great
South Tolgus, '2os. to 225. Bd. ; East Russell,
to f ; and Prosper United, 3} to }.
Since the above was written an improvement
has occurred in the market, especially as regards
shares in tin mines. A telegram just received
frost Cornwall announces a rise in the standard of
tin ores of 2f. per ton—common to 831., and refined
to 851.

The Cootutto, from Port Augusta, South Aus-
tralia, has arrived, and brings about 40 tons of
copper and 28 tons of copper ore, for the Yudana-
mutana Company. The Goolwa, from Port Ade-
laide, now about due, has on board 21 tons at
copper and 10 tone of ore, also for this company.
At Pendeen Consols meeting yesterday the ac-
counts for the three months showed a loss of 6881.,
but the general balance-sheet exhibited a credit
balance of 2661. A call of 4s. per share was made.