The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-09 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(DT ELECTRIC MI:GRAPE.)

PONTEFRACT MEETING. -(THIS DAY.)
LONDESBOROUGH STAMM. T.Y.C.

Woo by • sock.
BOROUGH CUP. T.Y.C.
Glarus

6 ran. Ran halt-an-boor late. •
SPECULATION PLATE. T.Y.C.

Pegs P9fe, to be sold for 401. ; Yarrow, Choker, The
Mite, to be sold fur 20!. each. All are here.
WEST RIDING HANDICAP. One mile and a half.
Lady Durham, Clam, &guns, Douro, and Archery are
here.

WEST YORK NURSERY. T.Y.C.
Louis", Elisere, Roadinella, Gipsy Queen, and Tidy are
here.

YORKSHIRE WELTER CUP. One mile.
Count, Lady Sykes, Dolan, Antique, and Hanover are
here.

EGYPTIAN TRADING COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.)
An extraordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of this company was held this day at the London
Tavern, in accordance with a request received by the board
from the shareholders "for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the present condition of the affairs of the coin.
psny, and of deciding on such steps as it may seem expedient
should be adopted for the future." The directors on
entering the room were greeted with hisses and other mani-
festations of disapprobation. Mr. LARK IN presided.
The ettAl !MAN said the meeting had been called on the
requisition of a numerous body of shareholders in order
to obtain information. The directors, he said, were
OA anxious to give information as the shareholders were to
receive it. As explained by the circular of the 214th
May, they had sent Mr. Laudau to Egypt. His
report was received on Saturday, and was very
voluminous, and they could not give the information re-
quired without a fuller examination of it than they had
been able to give to it ; and, besides, it referred to Mr.
Kay, the manager. The directors were sbut agents.
(Cries of " Oh.") How could they, sitting in London,
manage affairs trans-acted three thousand miles off (Cries
of " What do you sit for then r) He would now call on
the Secretary to read a statement of the directors.

The Socerraier then real the statement. It was to
the effect that it would have been better to have
postponed the meeting till they had been able to
give fuller information. They had been able to meet the
acceptances of the company to the amount of 400,000/.;
but there still remained to be met with in the
next two months further liabilities to the amount
of 250,000 f. (Loud cries of " Oh.") At the same time
they confidently expected that by the same) assistance
being extended to them which had been hitherto accorded
to them, and by the payment of the call they would
be able to meet those liabilities, and thus leave
the company in a position to determine its course for
the future. In the mouth of May they despatched Mr.
Landau to Alexandria, to communicate with the manager
there, and they also sent their London manager,
Mr. Kay. The board were prepared to concur in the
appointment of a committee to consult and advise
with the directors with a view to take measures
to meet the liabilities of the company, it b, iug understood
that no fresh liabilities should be incurred except with the
concurrence of such committee, and that the retort b
submitted to the shareholders at the earliest possible date.
Mr. HEATH said he was disposed to pity the directors
rather than blame them. In company with a director of
the International Finance Company he went through
the affairs of the company, and he believed
that the company might be got out of its
present unfortunate position if proper means were taken.
But if a committee were appointed it should be
one that was not hostile to the directors and to
the Pasha of Egypt. He moved that a committee be
appointed to consult and advise with the council with a
view to enable the company to meet its current liabilities,
it being understood that no fresh engagement
should be entered into except with the con-
currence of such committee, and that a report
be submitted to the shareholders at the earliest possible
date, and that the following gentlemen form the com-
mittee :—Messrs. J. FostcrV. Fitzgerald, James Saunders,
W. Paxton. L. M. Rate, and Macintosh.
A SHAREHOLDER suggested that Mr. Heath's name
should be added.

Mr. 64,1)FR1T proposerl Mr. Boehin, who, he said, had
been the means of bringing about this meeting.

Sir J. W. Hoc seconded.
Mr. Booms then addressed the meeting, and was speak-
ing when our report was despatched.

The following members of the government do not
vacate their seats in the House of Commons upon taking
office:—Mr. Corry, Colonel Taylor, Mr. Nerd Hunt, Lord
Dalkeith, Mr. Earle, Mr. E. C. Egerton, Mr. Adderley,
and Sir James Ferguson.
The first meeting of the royal commission on
the consumption of cowl took place on Saturday. Most of
the members were present, and Mr. John Campbell, of
Islay, was appointed secreta_g to the commission.
DEPARTURE OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE
BELGTANR.—Their Majesties the King and Queen of the
Belgians returned to Brussels on Saturday last, after a
short visit to this country. The King and Queen drove to
the Charing-cross station, and were conducted by the re-
presentatives of her Majesty to a state saloon carriage, in
which the illustrious visitors proceeded by the 10.20 a.m.
train of the South Eastern Railway to Dover. A guard of
honour composed of the 74th Highlanders lined the pier
from the train to the landing stairs, and as their Majesties
passed along the ranks the band played our national an-
them and the guard presented arms, thousands of specta-
tors witnessing the scene. Their Majesties embarked on
board the special steamer Belgique, which, at a quarter
part one, steamed away for Ostend, a royal salute being
fired at both the arrival and the departure.
THE GERMA_V NATIONAL SOCIETY. —At the
ordinary monthly meeting of the London Branch of the
German National Society (Dr. Kinkel in the chair), held
on Saturday last at Seidl, Hotel, rumbury-square, KC., it
was unanimously agreed :—" That the present prospect on
the Continent is a most favourable one for the -realisation
of the long-desired German unity, and that it would be
I highly desirable to support the Prussian arms to complete
their present struggle succemday, which alone could be
the means of arriving at this end." For this purpose Dr.
Genthe's motion, to address the Prussian parliament to ab-
stain all party quarrels and to support the govern-
ment in this war, was unanimously carried.

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The announcement that Prussia and Ita4y have.
agreel to the armistice has bad a favourable &el
upon public securities, which are generally 0 w
Consols have improved i per cent., and It • •
railways and foreign stocks fto I. Italian 1
of 1861 are in strong demand and have ' n2l
per cent. Banking and financial shares have not
varied to any important extent, but the tenlenny
of prices is upwards.
The discount market is rather quiet to-day, sad
the quotations for good bills show a somewhat
downward tendency, owing to the expectation that
the supply of money will be largely increased daring
the next two or three days, through the paymlnt of
the dividends.

Consols are now quoted 871 to a, ez div.,
both for money and to-morrow's settlement, and 88
to 1 for the new account (August).
Italian Bonds of 1861 are in active request, Ind
have advanced 2} per cent. Turkish of 1865 luzve
also improved a, Mexican a, and Spanish Certificates
1. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are now quoted 54 to 56,
ex div. ; ditto of 1865, 281 to 291; Greek, 113 to
Spanish Passive, 191 to 1; ditto Certificates,' 15/
to / • Italian, 1861, 64 to ; Brazilian scrip, 31
to 21 dia.; and Mexican, 16 to 1.
American securities are steady, at the closing
prices of Saturday. 5-20 Bonds are now quoted
661 to 67 ; Erie Railway shares, 381 to a ; and
Illinois Central, 75a to 761.
International rmancial shares are now quoted
1/ to q dia. ; London Financial, 12 to 11 dia. ;
General Credit, 1/ to 11 dis. ; Credit Foncier,
It to 1 dia.; and National Discount, 71 to 81
prem.

HALF-PAST Tams o'CLoca.

Consols are quoted 87} to for money, and ai
to 88 for the account, showing a decline of i pee
cent. in the latter cue compared with the price
current at 1 o'clock.

About 28,0001. in gold has been sent into the
Bank, and 18,0001. withdrawn.

At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Renter'
opened at 68.05, being about per cent. lower.
Mr. H. H. Carman, the liquidator of the Agra
and Masterman's Bank (Limited), has announced
an issue of " Certificates of Indebtedness," with
the object that they shall stand all legal scrutiny,
and be negotiable in any part of the world. Should
this plan be found feasible, it will probably be
adopted in all cases of the kind, and will con-
stitute a great convenience to the creditors of
failed or insolvent companies, inasmuch as they
will be enabled to negotiate immediate advances
upon their claims.
The Consolidated Bank (Limited) have notified
that " the share register is now open, and also
that parties entitled to new shares under transfers of
shares, dated on or before the 30th June last (but
which transfers could not bo registered until the
books of the company re-opened) may obtain the
same by sending in their claim on or before Satur-
day, the 14th instant." The allotment of the new
shares is to be made on Tuesday, the 17th inst.
The half-yearly meeting of the London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway Company is called for the
30th inst.

The half-yearly meeting of the Australian Trust
Company is convened for the Slat inst.
Notice is given that a petition for the winding
up of the Public Works Credit Company (Limited)
is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Wood un the
14th inst.

A meeting of the shareholders of the late Estates
Bank, or the " Alliance National Land, Building,
and Investment Company," is invited by a share-
holder for the evening of the 9th inst., at the Whit-
tington Club.
The half-yearly meeting of the Peel River Land
and Dlineral Company(Limited) is convened for the
20th inst.

The sixth call of 11. 108. is to be paid on the Five
per Ceut. Preference shares of 1864 of the Great
Easteni Railway Company by the 18th inst.
With regard to the growing crop of o.tton in
America, Messrs. Neill Brothers and Co. report as
follows, under date of New York the 2Oth ult. :

We hear this week very favourable reports of the wea-
ther, both by mail and telegraph, from almost all parts of
the South. A good deal of cotton had been planted as the
rivers fell, and, late though it be, partial crops may be the
result. With the improved weather great progrees was
being made in clearing the fields of weeds and grass. and •
much more cheerful tune prevnils aniong the planters, who
now begin to admit that things arc not so hopeless as they
seemed.

SATURDAY EVEYU(G.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 87i to q, ex
div., both for money and next Tuesday's settle-
ment, opened this morning at the same quotation,
and after declining to 871 to closed at 87 to
For the August settlement the last price was 871
to 84. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 87t1, Et, jf ;
ditto, for account, 87i, 11, ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 862, 4 ; New Three per Cents., 84, >fi ;
Bank Stock, 24.7, 8 ; India Five per Cent., 1034,
; ditto Four per Cent. Bonds, ss. prem.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

OPTE O'CLOCI.

In the mining market to-day there is a tlemand
for Frontino and Bolivia shares at Ils. to 13s. ;
but Chiverton Moor and Prince of Wales are
flatter, at 51 to t, and 15s. to 17s. respectively.
East Caradon are quoted 7 to I ; East Grenville,
2; to ; Great Laxey, 19 to 20 ; Trcliavean, sto
67 ' and Tincna, 10 to 11.
The annual meeting of the Yorke Peninsula
Mining Company (Limited) is convened for the
18th inst.

A petition for the winding up of the Godolphin
Hill Mining Company is to be heard in the Stanna-
ries court on the 14th inst.

COAL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Walls End Hetton, 20.. 3d. ; Walls End Haswell,
20s. 3.1.; Walls End Stewarta. 19s. Fwl. ; Walls End South
Hetton,lMs. 3d.; Walls End Tees, 20a. ; Walls End East
Hartlepool. 205.; Walls End Hartlepool, A's. ; Walls End
Braddyis Hetton, 19.. 9d. ; Walls End South Hartlepool,
199.; Walls End Neagh Hall, 19a. 6d.; Walls End Cara-
doe, 19s. 6d. ; Walls End Kelloe, 19s. 3d. ; Walls End
Trimdon Grange, 17s. Gd. ; Walls End Hetton Lyons,
17s. 6d.; Pensher Primrose, 17s. ad.; Tanfield Moor Butes,
14s. GtL ; Huddles Hartley, 17a. 3d.--Ships at market, 47 ;
at sea, 30.

THE POACHING MURDER IN STAFFORDRH/RE.—
On Saturday William Collier, a small farmer living near
Cheadle, Staffordshire, was examined at the Police Court,
on the charge of murdering Mr. Thomas Smith, under the
appalling circumatances mentioned in our columns on
Saturday. Superintendent Woollaaton, of Leek, st4ted
that a portion of a broken gun and a ramrod had
been found near the spot where the body of the
deceased was found, also the double barrel of a gun,
all of which have been identified as belonging to the
prisoner. He also stated that marks of blood had been
found on the clothing of the prisoner. The prisoner made
no statement further than stating that he had cut his
finger, perhaps hinting that his clothing had become bloody
from this cause. Mr. Webb, surgeon, Cheadle, said that
the deceased, Thomas Smith, bad met his death from a
fracture of the skull. He considered that it was one of
the most atrocious and brutal murders that had ever been
committed. The prisoner was then remanded until Thurs.
day next.
ANOTHER DEATH BY LIGHTNING. A cue of
death by lightning occurred at Slinfold, in Sussex, on Fri-
day evening. Mr. K Holden, a farmer residing in the
neighbourhood, was walking in his fields when a violent
thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain, commenced.
Izceeded to a kind of shed or outbuilding, doubtless
thin that it would afford him safe shelter, but it ap-
pears that be had not been there many minutes before
the displacing
struck his place of reface, scattering the roof
and displacing the rafters. Mr. Holden wai shortly after-
wards missed at the homestead, and on a search being in-
stituted he was found dead in the outbuilding. The un-
fortunate man appeared to have been killed instantaneously
by the lightning, his clothing being burnt and torn to
shreds, and his shoes cut from his feet, the soles separated
from the upper leathers.