The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-25 00:00:00

MOCKING MUIDIR IN DERBY.

A most atrocious murder was committed in Derby
on Christmas eve, whir has cared cousiderabk weltering
throughout the town, owing to the maga manor in which it
ins perpetrated. It took place in a public house, the sign
ri the Bishop Blase, 'Meted in 'the Moiled" a somewhat
low neighbourhood. The name of the murderer is Arthur
Blend, and that of the victim Edwards, whore deeth
was caused through a stab in the throat with a
pocket-knife. It appear. that when the militia was
fine embodied Bland enter it, but he has left the regiment
some time. He has, tt is mid, roe 6cm convicted of
stealing, and he has sire bran leading a somewhat disso-
lute life at a house of *km in the town. He has often
'compared othre in various perking expeditious. Ed-
wards Ms fse soma Me his. Bring with Blanes
Mr, sad the two men have his. re say-
thing t bat esondeetabis terms with one 11:another.
They have, on several °rewire, quarrelled, and,
about a fortnight book, faegbt. They happened to meet OD
Friday &berms at the Bishop Blass, and drank toners°.
when souse aldermen wasrsked up, mod Myra into the

yard to tight- Mr. Pod, the landlord of th; hottae, pre-
vented the fight from takleg Ow* and Blend end Edwards
Wonted to the tap-room. They had ems mare ebb,
and shook kande , bat soon afterwards Blot made a •olden
plunged with • knife at the throat of Uwe* Mid-
Mg • frightful wound jut based/ the this. Bitted
rushed out covering the Sur. The leemUsed wow Informed
of what toot place, and the maim wee tonne-
diataly domed and delivered Into the wedody of the
pollee. A surgeon was Insult, mat dryad an hie medal,
in about live minute eflerwerde, he Mad lf.dw•ds dud.
The poor fellow exclaimed, glide the wowed we
indicted, "Ohl I am dabbed." The sudden and
shocking nature of the affair mewed luendrede of persons
immediately to meimble round the home. An lammed we
be geld an Monday before the borough eadmer, on the body
of Edwards, who Has at the pubbeholud

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bee of two pleicae—• mate of 17 aimed °maw who ft-
aided et Cattlell-litae, Leith, sad whe woe 1111.16ye1l fa the
shop Lily, lakagiag to Mr. Deem, eel temelteat of
eat trim NA • emu reddieg seer Meelltithieret
barium sae awned *mot LAM ea , the
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Lbw teeter, Wading the awe peace, wee ea-
molt • leg lying ell Medial; with •
boXylal eel; bat the ea radii Wgb at the date, sad
the triad himbig with greet Ma ma were made
to accomplieb deir edged, tied raasrd, Ypeelble, itartag
that the gale would Mew that eat to sea, to ran the
Moop egeoaad. Seeral deleted Mime& belied been
node to do
stsl:6lvarew deletelled to bee the
wad. They went of la a essilear boat, beteg
the deep to Hs We; t when ow lho mot just below
Elocktumn, o streag ewe topeised the heat, tad the fez
tom be to eerie for their Nees. Twat that tidy sir
coded in eying thiarebee—Cameos led the fair teat
being drowsed. The bodes of the dewed wen welted
ashore no Thursday seer the Mee whore the dletroriag
*oddest cowered. sad were oneyed to Usk eshalwa
Nothing kw risco hew heed the sloop, Mild wee nod
prob.bly Meat fir oat ewe: The err tweaba, oboe
see o'clock. Caplet Notter, of the Wig Lisa. • seeenhent
ere lying to Leith 11W Walla to walsowl7
waged below lei Advent dee we may were puffing
oat flea Lith r rank the bre, which tree the ereghlog
eaehor, bat wee idea to laahtle, whew
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alba, lbw imeseeded la graft &Mar.
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bee deedeake,
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two opposing railway otemponiete—cis.. the Gnat Western
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MONEY MARKET.

Caurnue DAY.
This being a close holiday, we have no report to
make.
.. ..

In the discount market yesterday considerable
activity prevailed, owiog to the necessity of pro-
riding for the engagements which arrive at ma-
turity during the next two or three days. Little or
no beanies was done below 21 per cent., and the
applications at the Bank were numerous.
At the meeting yesterday of the holders of the New
Grenadian Bonds the terms offered by the govern-
ment of New Granada for the settlement of the debt
were unanimously rejected.
It was officially announced yesterday that the Stock
Exchange will be closed on Monday, the committee
having confirmed the decision at which they arrived
on Monday last. Throughoat the City there will be
almost a suspension of business.
The wheat market remains quiet, at former
prime.
Of the 28,0001. in specie on English account
brought by the steamer Arago, 18,0001. consists of
gold, and the rest of Mexican dollars. The gold was
purchased yesterday for the Continent.
The imports of the precious metals this week have
been limited to about 203,0001., comprising 137,7001.
in Australian gold, by the Niagara, from Alexan-
dria, 37,4001. by the Africa, and 28,0001. by the
Arago, both from New York.
The custom-house weekly statement of the exports
of the precious metals direct from London includes
only 380 or. of gold and 13,000 or. of silver, the
whole of which was despatched to Boulogne.
The other shipments have included nearly the
whole of the imports above recorded, as well as
154,8221. in silver by the Behar, for Alexandria and
the East, and 54,0004 in silver, by the North Ame-
rican for Canada.

The steamer Baron Cosy, which arrived in the
Thames on Thursday from Antwerp, brought nearly
30,0001. in silver. _ _

on 'Change yesterday afternoon there was an in-
creased demand for bills on Holland and Hamburg,
for whisk rates rather less favourable to this country
were established. Paper on St. Petersburg was
quoted quite as high as on Tuesday. The quota-
tions are shown below:
Amandara, three maths, 11.17 to 1; ditto, short,
11.16 to 1 • Botterdem, three months 11.17 to
Antwerp, tine maths, 26.30 to 6 ; Hamburg, waft
I tattoo, three maths, 13.01 to 7 ; FUJI, three timm=
26.10 to 16; San, ante months, 26.30 to 6 ;
omitte-Mehm, throe months. 1181 to 1; , pr
rouble, ease months, 361 to ; Virina,larab.2
three month% 10.40 to 2 ; Triads, ditto, three
nimbi, 10.41 to 4; Madrid,, three months, 01 to 1;
Cans, Ores
maths, 491 to 1 ; Leghorn, three months,
20.671 to 621 ; Genoa, me soothe, 25.46 to 60 ;
Naples, toes ametha, 401 to 1; Palermo, three maths,
1221 to 123 ; Messies, three maths, 122 i to 123; Limbos.
90 da15.621 10 it Orono- 90 dare. 62t to
The bills drawn by the Finanee Committee of the
Council of India biaatrhsea. out-going mail represent
only 1921., all on l
Application has been made to the Committee of
the Stock Exchange to admit the shares in the
Orand Russian Railways to the privilege of quo-
tation in the official list. The Committee will
probably give their decision in the matter in the
course of a few days.
One of the causes of the late rise in the Russian
exchange may be found in an article entitled
" Financial Proposals," in the St. Petersburg jour-
nals of the 14th Dec., dwelling at onsiderableimgth
on a project often entertained, and very natural and
feasible—namely, that of funding a large part of the
paper money now current in Russia, and standing
at late at a discount of 3to 4 per cent. In the
article referred to this project is very fully discussed,
and its advantages as well as difficulties are very
fairly illustrated. There would, it is thought, be no
difficulty in converting a non-interest paying into an
interest paying debt; and even the partial accom-
plishment of this, though of course adding to the
periodical claims upon the exchequer, would form
an important step towards the establishment
of a sound system of finance. The article,
which is considered to be semi-official, and
thrown out as a feeler, concludes with a
promise to return to the subject. If Roods
possesses a patriotic and spirited financier,
a plan of this kind might be carried through trium-
phantly, to the great benefit of the conntry. It is
certain that until measures be taken to relieve the
nation of the present excessive amount of inconver.
tibia paper, its commercial and industrial energies
cannot he brought into full play ; and there is room
to doubt if even a foreign loan, unless accompanied
by other measures of a remedial character, would'
prove more than ac.astre of the existing evil.
The Committee with the negotiation of
the new issue of Victoria government Bonds have
not yet come to any drawn with regard to the
terms and manner of the operation. There is a re-
port that public tenders will be invited, as was done
with the Indian government debentures and with
the New Zealand guaranteed loan.
The li of the British Telegraph Company
(Limited hos convened a special meeting of the
sharehol for the 31st Mat., when he will propose
the confirmation of an agreement for the transfer of
the company's property to the British and Irish and
Magnetic Telegraph Company, in consideration of
the delivery of clam B and class C shares in the lat-
ter company for distribution amongst the share-
holders of the British Telegraph Company.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an inertias of 6031.

The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, Den. 22, compared with the pre-
vious weekly return, shows the following results:
Cfreuladoa Wee
Ciroalasices active 19,706990 Decrease 40,268
Pabbidepostio 9,660,818 lacrosse 1047
Other dipoles
Gorsepsemat sseezitise la . . .

--bilik*dertlntod. 10,808,691 Without shindies
of hir aleuritios in banking
dorarlinent 18,491,120 Immo 606,617
Vain sad Whoa in both

&prime's's
SST= day zed ether Wk 762,694 Demme 11.1811
The Bat
foX 11011734;i•exi 13,242,060 Integre 186,846
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la Walther dsyeraueat 18,918,007 Ismer 114,883
The Bank's discount business has largely in-
creased; but, owing to the increase in the deposits,
principally in the " other" deposits, the " reserve"
presents a mall increase. There ,ts also en increase
of moderate amount In the coin and bullion, owing
probably to the reflux of sovereigns from the °sentry.
The Gazette statement of the mosuesent of eke
maims metals for the week ceding Wednesday last
gives the following totals, vis. :--Importo of gold,
683,2441.; exports of gold, 402,9901.; imports of
230,4531.1 exports of silver, 418,8231.

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ex div., far the 11th Jan., were alternately buyers
and sellers this morning at 981, and closed
at 96i to 97. The official business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols for an-
emia (11th Jan.), 981, 97 ex div.; Three per Cent.
Reduced, 971, 971, 971 ; New Three per Cents.,
On, 971 ; Thirty Years Anna., expiring in April,
1886, 181 ; Bank Stock, 2261; the Indian Four per
Cent. Debentures, of the flat ism, 991, ; Three-
' and-a-Ralf per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, Wing pay-
able in May next, 1001.
Exobk/aar Bills, both March and June, remain
quoted 36e. to 395. pram. India Bonds were dealt
in at 14a. to 16e. prem.
In the foreign stock market steadiness prevailed.
Bank shares to-day were unaltered in price.
European and American Steam shares exhibit a
further recovery, and Mediterranean Extension
Telegraph a fresh fall. Electric Telegraph stock
was rather flat, and Royal Mail Steam Blares in
demand.

Subjoined is our usual weekly report of the metal
market :
Bunsen bas not been astssolve during the week, but suffi-
cient bee bees dose to keep a fair tone to most meson. Copper
keeps remarkably firm, and even buoyant. Iron sells at 101 l
rates. Lead is a shads bettor to demand, sad prior have
stiffened. Speller has likewise stiffened in price, and is more
' firmly held. Tin meets but little attention, and transactions
have been inconsiderable. Tin plates are In request at Ira-

proved rates.
Bombler sad fit. Aubyn sampled on the 15th inst. 129
tons of ors, the estimated value being 2,6501.
Wheel Basest sampled on the 20th inst. 390 tons, 14J tons
of good guilty.
East Basset sampled on the 21st inst. 120 tons of good
ore, being the produce for one month.
At Wheal Wray a call of 2s. 61. per share has been made.