The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-18 00:00:00

TEE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1867.

the eoliths, but he afterwards stated that one of the other
hors had two rabbits, but he threw them away. Witness
afterwards went to a shed in a meadow in Crescent•road,
where he found the other two prisoners. On searching the
shed he found the skins which corresponded with the
bodies of the rabbits brought to the station. He also
found a sack in the shed, in which there were pigeon's
feathers and some rabbit's Huff.

Taylor said he had nothing to do with the pigeons.
Other boys slept in the same shed.
Kempster informed the magistrate that Taylor bad been
in custody before.
Matthew Johnson Wood, a shoemaker at Clapbam•
common, said he saw the prisoners yesterday morning.
Wardell was carrying a parcel. He saw them go to a ditch,
and when they returned Wardell was without the bundle.
Subsequently witness went to the ditch, and found a
bundle, which be took to the station without opening it.
The bundle was opened at the station, when it was found
to contain the skinned rabbits and fowl.

The gardener to Mr. Huggins identified the skins u be-
longing to two of the rabbits which were stolen.
The prisoners denied all knowledge of the rabbits.
Wardell also denied carrying • paroeL
In reply to the magistrate, Xempater said the fowl was
dressed, and he believed it bad been stolen from a poul-
terer's shop.
Mr. Hayman remanded the prisoners for inquiries.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BLACKERIARS•BRIDGE.

(THIS 1-A- Y. T

SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.

At half-past 9 this morning a serious accident
occurred at the works now in progress for the new bridge
at Blackfrians. At the time named, about • dosen men
were employed in lowering one of the caissons in oonnexion
with No. 3 pier, and the machinery appeared to be in per-
fect order. The caisson. used in the construction of the
new bridge weigh, on en average, between sixty and eighty
tons, and twenty of them have already been successfully
placed. The machinery employed in lowering them
consists of a powerful crab and chains made expressly for
the purpose. They are placed ou a strong stage supported
by huge timber piles. At the commencement of lowering
the caisson this morning nothing was observed calculated
to occasion the least alarm to the men engaged. Suddenly,
however, one of the chains gave way, and such was the
force of the shock that the second chain (the only means
of support) also broke, and the monster caisson fell
into the water, thereby causing the stage, machinery,
and piles to fall with • loud crash. The twelve men who
were on the stage in the act of lowering were precipitated
into the water amidst the broken timber, and it is a
miracle that any of them escaped with their lives. A num-
ber of men engaged in other parts of the works now
came to the assistance of the unfortunate workmen, and
eight of them were extricated with but alight scratches.
The remaining four were so injured as to render
their removal to Guy's Hospital imperative. One
poor fellow had his arm broken, another had
his leg broken, • third met with severe injury to
the head, and the fourth is represented to have sus-
tained a complication of bodily injury. In each case the
nervous system has been much shaken. The cause of the
catastrophe is supposed to be • defective link in the
chain. The contractors have paid marked attention to the
sufferers lying in the hospital. The operation of raising
the cawous will be • task involving much labour.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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THE DERBY AND OAKS PROPHETS.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE BISHOP OP
SALISBURY'S VISITATION.

The Lord Bishop of Salisbury held his triennial
visitation at Bridport on Thursday lest, when there was •
large attendance of clergy and churchwardens. The
charge is of a voluminous and elaborate character, and is
principally devoted to a vindication of the follow-
ing doctrines :-1. That certain men have had en-
trusted them by God, as fellow-workers with Him, super-
natural powers and prerogatives; 2. That God has been
pleased to give to them His ministers the power of so
altering the elements of bread and wine as to make them
the channels of conveying to the soul for its subsidence
the refreshing body and blood of Christ; 3. That as Christ
the ascended Lord is ever pleading, vo the clergy, His
ministers, plead on earth that which He pleads in Heaven ;
and, 4. That God, who alone can forgive sins, hath
delegated to them His representatives the power and
authority of expressing to those fitting to receive it the
pardon of their sins. He proceeded to say that there was
a time to speak and • time to keep silence ; and he believed
the time for being outspoken had arrived in his diocese,
and he had, without any mental reservation, God knew,
acted on that conviction. At this point, the Rev.
William C. Templer, the rector of Burton Brad-
stock, stepped from his seat into the aisle, in
front of his lordship, and exclaimed with much
fervour, " I believe there is a time to speak and a time to
be silent; let those that are on the Lord's side follow me,"
and he turned and walked out of the church, followed by
one churchwarden. This scene created a profound im-
pression, and his lordship was for a moment apparently
much disconcerted. Intense silence prevailed for a minute
or two, and then his lordship said, " I would only
remind you that this is a court, and the clergy
are bound to attend it, though their consciences are
not bound to receive all they hear. Of course a
person may be punished for any contempt of court." He
then proceeded with the reading of his charge, but be-
fore he had concluded, though he omitted what he said
would occupy several hours' reading, every churchwarden
had left the church, and the clergy manifested signs of
wearinese. In the afternoon the churchwardens held •
meeting, and unanimously adopted the following address
to the bishop, which was signed by 34 of them :
" My Lord,—As churchwardens of the several parishes
within your diocese, we have this day attended your
triennial visitation, and heard the charge delivered by
you to your clergy. Feeling that we have also responsi-
ble duties to perform, in endeavouring to preserve our
reformed church from innovations and practices
inimical to its pure faith, we avail ourselves of the
occasion to express our deep regret at some of the
opinions and doctrines therein enunciated. We believe
them to be at variance with those principles for which
our forefathers so nobly and enoomefully struggled more
than three hundred years ago, when they protested
against the errors of the church of Rome. Rnter-
taining the highest possible respect for your lord-
ship's personal character and office, we nevertheless
feel it incumbent on us to assert our belief that
nuke' a check is at ones and promptly made both by
clergy and laity to those innovations and practices which
are alien to the feelings of all sound churchmen, • consi-
derable portion of those who are now sincerly devoted to
the establishment will be induced to withdraw to dissent-
ing places of worship, or be insidiously attracted towards
the church of Rome, and thereby destroy the harmony and
weaken the confidence which has so long and happily
existed amongst them."

LONDON AND NORTH WRSTERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

A special general meeting of shareholden was
held at noon at the Ruston station for the purpose of con-
sidering the following bill now pending in parliament:—
" A bill for conferring additional powers on the London
and North Western Railway Company in relation to their
own undertaking and the undertakings of other com-
panies, and for other purposes." Mr. Moos occupied the
chair.

The CHAIRMAN said that in consequence of mistakes
which had arisen on the part of the shareholder, of the
Chester and Holyhead Railway, the directors had resolved
to postpone the consideration of the claim in the bill re-
lating to that fine.
Mr. CoPtAirD eomplainsel that in the notice which had
been sent to the shareholder, no notification had been
given of the nature and objects of the meeting. He
thought there wag something underhand.
The CHAIRMAN objected to the use of the expression
" underhand." At the present time there was an undue
alarm in the mind of the community and therefore it
happened that the notice which sufficed on ordinary occa-
sions did not now satisfy the shareholders.
Mr. COPLAND said he understood it was the intention of
the directors to introduce a clause in the bill before the
House of lards by which the lease under which the Lon-
don and North Western held the Chester and Holyhead
Company would be repudiated. A large number of gen-
tlemen had invested their money on the faith of that leant,
and he hoped the chairman would give a satisfactory expla-
nation of the matter.

Mr. WHITE, who said he was a holder of guaranteed
stock in the Chester and Holyhead Railway, also desired
to know if his position would be altered by the step con-
templated by the directors.
The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret at the statements
that had been made, and assured the shareholders of the
Chester and Holyhead line that the directors of the Lon-
don and North Western did not contemplate any repudia.
tion. The public outside did not like the bonds of the
Cheater and Holyhead Railway, and those of subsidiary
lines, and they, therefore, proposed to make them bonds
of the London and North Western Railway. There was
no intention to change the position of the shareholders.
The Souterroa of the London and North Western Com-
pany explained the legal effect of the clause in question,
and corroborated the assertion of the chairman.

Mr. COPLAND proposed a resolution which expreseed the
dissatisfaction of the Chester and Holyhead shareholders at
the explanation of the chairman.
The CHAIRMAN said he could not put the resolution, and
declared that the meeting, as far as those shareholders
were concerned, was adjourned.
The bill relating to the Bangor and Carnarvon Railway
was then passed unanimously, and the bill referring to the
lease of the Tenbury line was adjourned to the 2nd of June.
The CHAIRMAN then said that the remaining bills solely
affected the London and North Western shareholders.
The meeting was proceeding when the report left.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY DI —The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. C. A. Weber as consul at
Demerara, in British Guiana, and of Mr. Thomas Williams
as weed at NUMMI, in New Providence, for his Majesty
the Kiag of Pros.—Garotte.
MIDDLE-CLASS SCHOOLS CORPOILITION. —The Go-
vernor and Company of the Bank at England have contri-
buted 1,0001. to this corporation.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
ENBUINO Wm.—Monday, Asiatic, at 3, Anniversary
Architects, at 8 ; Society of Arts, at 8, " Pottery and
Porcelain," Mr. Chaffer& Tuesday, Horticultural, at
3, general meeting and lecture ; Royal Institution,
at 3, " Spectrum Analysis," Professor Millar ; Statistical,
at 8, " Judicial Statistics of England and Wales," Mr.
Haminiek ; Ethnological, at 8, Anniversary; Engineers,
at 8, " Optical Apparatus for Lighthouses, Mr. Chance ;
" Removal of Organic and Inorganic Substances in
Water," Mr. Byrne. Wednesday, Geological, at 8, "Bone
Caves of Malta," Captain Spratt ; " Lisa of N.E. of
Ireland," " Fossiliferous Development of A etetonits negot-
iates, Great Britain," Mr. Tate ; " Rhsetic Bede, Gains-
borough," Mr. Burton. Thursday, Royal Institution, at
3, "Ethnology," Professor Huxley; Mathematical, at 8,
" Properties of Bi-circular Querties," Mr. Crofton;
"Angles and Parallels," Mr. Ellis ; " M. Hermite's Ex-
pulsion of a Certain Elementary Integral," Professor
Sylvester ; Royal, at 8} Zoologiml, at 84, " Osteology of
Wombats," Dr. Marie ; "Birds from the Lower Amazon,"
Messrs. Relater and Salvin,-, ,
ei]li popotamus," Dr. Crisp ;
" Eggs of Hintaratnpus lee us," Mr. Ramsay ; Anti-
quaries, at Bi, " Runic Calms and Clegg Almanacks,"
Dr. Davis; " Earl Stanhope's Portrait of Empress Leo-
nora," Mr. Scharf. Friday, Linneen, at 3, Anniversary ;
Royal Institution, at 8, " Falling Stars, 1866-7," Professor
Herschel Saturday, Royal Institution, at 3, "Ethnology,"
Professor Huzlev.—Athencesm.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RICEIPTS. —The traffic re-
turns of railways in the United Kingdom tot the week
ending May 11, amounted on 12,792 miles, to 727,8251.,
and for the corresponding week of 1866, on 12,512 miles,
to 702,0701., showing an increase of 280 miles, and of 23,7551.
The gross receipts on 14 of the principal railways in the
United Kingdom amounted for the week on 9,247 miles,
to 608.4061., and for the corresponding week of last year
on 9,014 miles, to 589,4281., showing an increase of 193
miles, and of 18,9781. The increase on the Great Eastern
amounted to 395/. ; on the Great Northern to 1,0781. ;
on the Great Southern and Western, to 8941. ; on the
Gnat Western, to 1,1921. ; on the Lancashire and York-
shire, to 1,077/. ; on the London and Brighton, to
3,0451.; on the London and South Western, to 3,5711. ; on
the Manchester, Sheffield, and LinoolnAire, to 1,2031.; on
the Midland, to 3,3511.; on the North British, to 1,5711.;
on the North Eastani, to 1.3111. ; and on the South
Eastern, to VW. ; total, 21,4471. But from this must be
deducted 3461., the decree', on the Caledonian,
and 2,123/. on the London and North Western,
leaving the increase as above, 18,878/. The re-
ceipts on 52 other railways in the United Kingdom
amounted on 3,54.5 miles to 119,4191., and for
the corresponding week of last year on 3,459
miles to 112,642 J., showing an increase of 86
miles, and of 6,7771. The goods traffic on the 14
systems of lines above mentioned amounted for the week
to 341,6481, %plait 335,8991., showing an increase of
5,7491. The passengers, parcels, mails, &a, traffic on
thee" lines amounted to N 7581., and for the correspond-
ing week of 1866 to 253,5291., showing an increase of
13,2291. The total receipts for the past week show a
decrease of 8,6441. as compared with those of the pre-
ceding week ending May 4.

AWRY NABKIT.-(THI8 DAY.)

01111 010141011.

The stock and share markets are very firm to-
day, owing to the diminished demand for money, the
prospect of & large amount of gold being soon taken
to the Bank, and the improvement in the weather.
The amount of business is considerable, and,
although it consists chiefly of transactions to close
speculative accounts, an increased number of
bond fide purchases are reported. Consols
continue in prominent request, and exhibit
a fresh rise of per cent. The Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents. are higher,
while the advance in most of the British railways
and foreign stocks ranges from to 4. Atlantic
Cable shares show a partial recovery, upon the pub-
lication of an official letter with reference to the
accident to the cable of 1866.

The discount market to-day is quieter, and the
supply of money has increased. A large amount
of Australian paper, which has just arrived at
maturity, has been provided for. The charge for
choice bills is 21 per cent., being lower than yes-
terday. The rate in the Stock Exchange for
advances on English government securities is 111 to
2 per cent.

Consols are now quoted 92} to I, with div.,
for money, and 91 to I, ex div., for the
account (June 6); and the Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents., 9011 to I.
The Indian Five per Cent. stock is steady, at
112 to It.

Foreign stocks are in request, and decidedly
firm. Turkish of 1865 have improved f per cent.
Spanish Passive and Italian of 1861, I ; Greek
Spanish Certificates, and Mexican, 1, tic.
Turkish Bonds of 1865 are quoted 31} to
; Greek, Itti to j ; Spanish Passive, 221 to 1 ;
ditto Certificates, 14} to ; Italian of 1861, 51} to
; Mexican, 161 to 17.
American securities are without change of im-
portance. The 5-20 Bonds are quoted 721 to 1.
Erie Railway shares, 42 to f ; and Illinois Central,
76 to f.
Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference shares are ss. to 10s. better,
at 17/ to 18 ane 4 to f respectively. Atlantic
Telegraph old stock has also risen ri per cent.
viz., to 45 to 50.
Bank shares have been dealt in to a moderate
extent, at steady quotations. Union Bank of
London are quoted 38} to 39} ; Imperial Ottoman,
11 to lf dia.; and Alliance, 11 to

Financial and miscellaneous shares are quiet.
International Financial are quoted 21 to if du. ;
London Financial, 22} to 21} die. ; General Credit,
21} to 21 dis. ; Credit Fonder, 6} to a dis. ;
National Discount, 71 to I prem. ; and Hudson's
Bay, 161 to
The numbers are published of ten shares and
sixty-two bonds of the Lemberg-Czernowicz Rail-
way Company, which have been drawn at Vienna,
and will be paid off at par on the Ist November
next.

An extraordinary meeting of Cray's Chalk
Quarries Company (Limited) will be held on the
4th of June, " for the purpose of increasing the
capital, by the creation of 1,000 new shares of 101.
each."

Two O'CLOCK.
Consols are now quoted 92} to k, with div., for
money, and 91k to t, ex div., for the account,
being k per cent. higher in the latter came compared
with the price current at 1 o'clock.

No gold was seat into the Bank yesterday, but a
large amount is expected to be taken there during
the next few weeks, owing to the firmness of the
foreign exchanges.
The City cf Washington has arrived from New
York with 71,0001. in specie ; and the Cuba, from
Boston, with 12,5001.

The bar silver by the West India packet was sold
yesterday, for Holland, at be. Old. per ounce, and
the Mexican dollars at 4s. hid., showing a decline
of id. and id. respectively. here is no demand
for the East, and the improvement in the ex-
changes has checke4l the inquiry for the continent.
A further almost general improvement took
place yesterday afternoon in the foreign exchanges.
The rates were as follow :

Amsterdam, 3 months, 11191 to 11.191 ; ditto, short,
1117 to 11.18 ; Rotteniam, 3 months, 11.191 to 12.0 ;
Antwerp, 3 months, 25.40 to 95.45; Brussels, 3 months,
26.40 to 25.45; Hamburg and Alton*, 3 months, 13.9 to
13.91 • Berlin, Cologne, ha., 3 months, 6.20 to 6.24 ;
St. Petersburg, 3 months, 311 to 31 ; Paris, short, 26.10
to 25.221; ditto, 3 months, 25.35 to 26.40 ; Marseilles,
3 months, 25.35 to 25.40 ; Prankfort-on-disMaine,
3 months, 1194 to 120 ; Vienna, 3 months, 13 to
13.10 • Trieste, 3 months, 13 to 13.10 ; Madrid, 3
month's, 484 to 481; Santander, 3 months, 484 to 481: Cad*
3 months, 491 to 49; Seville, 3 months, 494 to 49; Malaga,
3 months, 4&1 to 484; Valencia, 3 mouths, 484 to 481 ; Bar-
celona, 3 months, 49 to 484 ; Bilbao, 3 months, 484 to
484 ; Wagers, 3 months, 481 to 481 ; orn, 3
months, 27.15 to 27.25 ; Genes, 3 months, 27.15 to
27.25 ; Naples, 3 months, 27.15 to 27.25 ; Palermo, 3
months, 27.15 to 27.25 ; Messina, 3 months, 27.15 to
27.25; l.isboo, 90 days' date, 621 to 62 ; Oporto, 90 days'
data, 524 to 52.

At Paris the rate of discount is now 2} per cent.;
at Hamburg, Frankfort, and Brussels, 2.1 ; at
Vienna and Turin, 5 ; at Amsterdam, 3 ; at Berlin,
2} ; and at St. Petersburg, 8 per cent.
The directors of the London Chartered Bank of
Australia have decided on recommending, at the
next annual meeting of the proprietors on the 7th
proximo, the usual dividend at the rate of 8 per
cent. per annum, with the addition of a bonus of
1 per cent.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week a decrease of 3461., compared with the corre-
sponding period of 1868.
The following relates to the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway.