The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.-(THIE DA Y.)

BTueics.

Britioheolm. 8p.d.,16721
I Do. 18961

Can. af.;;;.llp. e., 187144.
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Do 6percd.J =AL)
Do. &per et Ins.
O'Dea G Hoped p0r.1873
Do. do.lBBo-1900
Do. do. 1800-90
Do. do. 1890-91
Do.6p.e..Ap.drOct.l9oo
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Ows o'CLoci.
The markets for stocks and shares still present a
downward tendency, owing to a preponderance of
sales. Bank shares are especially heavy, and a
further serious reduction has occurred in many
cases. Agra and Masterman's exhibit especial de-
pression, and have been dealt in as low as 17i, or
7i discount. Bank of London are officially marked
10 discount, with 101. paid, so that a holder,
with a view to avoid future liability, has given
away his shares. British railways are rather
weaker. Foreign securities have also receded.
The fall in the English funds does not exceed
1-16 to per cent. The shares of some of the
financial companies are lower, the chief decline
being in London Financial and Credit Foncier
and Mobilier.
The demand for money to-day has somewhat
increased, and the rate for the beat paper
is firm, at 10 per cent. The publication
of the Bank of England return to-morrow
morning is awaited, and, if the figures are
at all satisfactory there will probably be
some disposition to take choice bills at a fraction
below the Bank rate. The charge in the Stock
Exchange for short loans on English government
securities is 10 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 86} to 2, with div., for
money, and 8b to it, ex div., for the account
(June 6).

bilolori,Nov7lBl3B,6p.ct
1878, d 0...
' - --- •

Do. 1872 d 0...
Mamitlase per ct.,187b
Do. 1878
Do. 1882
Do. 1886
Natal. Gov. 6 per cent..
New Brani.Gov.eperct.
New South Walee Gov..

6 p. cent., 1871 to 1878
Do. 5 p. c.lBBB to 1892
New Zealand 6per cent.
Do. bper cent
Nova Scotia 6 p. c.,1875
Queensland Goy. 6 p. et.
B.Aust. Gov. 6 p ct.. 1868
Do. 1878 and upwds.
V1e.60v.6p. 0. Jan. July
Do. Bp. ct. April&

104 106

100 10E

FOREIGN B.
Ottoman 'Smyrna to Aidin),
San Paulo (Limited) guarant
South Austrian and Lombaz

WAYS

ie.,' 7 per cent., 14.
do-Venetian, 111.
LNEOUS.

Ceylon Company(illted):s:
Commercial Union (Insurance), 53.
Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Limited),
2,1),
Credit Foncier of Mauritius (Limited), 5.
Fore-street Warehouse (Limited), 111, 1.
Gen. Credit and Finance of London (Lim.), 1,
London Financial Association (Limited), 41.
London General Omnibus Company (Limited), 31.
National Discount Company (Lim.), 101.
Ditto New, issued at 5 pm., n to be paid, 31, 1.
North British and Mercantile Insurance, 101,;.
Ocean Marine Insurance, 21.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, (New), 47.
Scottish Australian Investment (Limited), 120.

Foreign stocks are heavy, and prices have given Brom' National Discount Company (Lim), 104. ..
-
Ditto New, issued at 5 pm., nto be paid 3}, 4.
North British and Mercantile nsunince, 164, e. way. Turkish Bonds of 1865 and Spanish
Ocean Marine Insurance, 21. Passive have declined 1 per cent. ; the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, (New) 47.
Scottish Australian Investment (Limited), 120. Committee's Certificates, i ; Mexican, i ;
__. _._ Brazilian scrip, i ; and Italian of 1861, 4.
PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are now quoted 57 to
—.--
sS9pa;ndisintt°rasolBllYB4•3ls, 172;1. 181 2;9d;itGtoreeCekr,ti96lcathtesi,°il2i is
LTVESPOOL, MAT Tx-Sales to-day:-Great Eastern, 361- • . - • . - ' 111:
3reat Southern and Western, all-Lancashire and Yorkshire,
to 13 ; Italian of 1861, 384 to i ; Brazilian scrip, ye
1191-London, Chatham, and Dover, 261-London and North
Western, 116 15; 16 1 16-North Eastern, 108; ditto Carlisle,
;and
5-2080
139- •Butfalo and Lake Huron, 4 1.16-East Indian Five per Cent., 10 tii
. 8 dis.
LaMexican,nd were flat and have 1511 s
thl6,
°f
V
1011-Grand Trunk of Canada, 191 1 19-Erie, 421 cash-Five-
umted states
Twenties, 65 51-Great Luxembourg, 12 ; Ditto Five per Cent.
Obligations, 31-Alliance Bank, 1 } d.-Eastern Exchange Bank, declined i per cent., viz., to 632 to 644. On the Al
3 d.-British and Foreign Marine Insurance, 1 1-16 1 p.-
Liverpool, London, and Globe, 61 p.--Queen Insurance, 11-16 p. other hand, Erie and Illinois Central Railway r 1
C. .'
-Liverpool Exchange Buildings, 26-National Steam, 91 d.- shares are 4 better, at 42 to A and 76 to i re- si,
West India and Pacific Steam, 5 d.
fintinsonsw. MAT 23.- Business done: North Staffordslure spectively. A
Railway, at 731-and Birmingham Banking Company shares at
24 per mare. Closing prices : -London and North Western Rail- International Financial shares are now quoted C:
24 to 2 dis. ; London Financial, 17 to 15 d •
way, 116 buyers-Midland Railway, 124, buyers--tireat Western
Birminghamliin,iii,o.i
('anal,
6tetedo
S 7
-oldels-Lloyd's
per Lent., 742 toprem72
1-., General Credit, 31 to 3 dis. ; Imperial Mercantile, 1
sellers-Nottingham Joint Stock Bank ,United , 1 dia., sellers-
Birmingham Alliance Fire Limited ,Ito f IliS-Muntis Metal 10 to 8 dis. ;Credit Foncier, 3!•,i to g dis.; Overend,
:Limited., 11 to 1 dis.-and Steam Cooperage and Cast (Limited,,
Gurney, and Co. lB to 16 dis. ; and National
11 dis., buyers.
Discount, 52 to 64 prem.
WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) The extinction of the well established and highly
—e— profitable Bank of London has excited a very
TnuttSDAT, MAT 24, 8 LX. general feeling of regret, the opinion being 11
B. T.I w liFtOl2 F. D. 5. ' Extreme.
Isr _ Sea,a 1 universal that nothing but an extraordinary
's° series of mistakes could have caused it to
I l — drift into so complete a state of collapse. The
Nairn - 1 Bank of London has fallen into the too common al
Aberdeen o.ll' 49 E S.F. 3 2 E N.& b - 3
Leith - 3 error of quitting the banking field and embarking w
Ardrossaa 30.03' 541 N. E. 8 2 S.W. b - 2 largely in the operations of the financial companies. t(
It has acc.epted money repayable at short notice,at
Greeucaatle 29.../9 55! E. 2 3 S. b - 1
Valentin 29.81 60, E.S.E. 3 1 E. b - 1
,pe Clear - I •-! - -I - - __ _ and employed it in, or made itself liable for, en-
gagements of indefinite duration. As long as its ti
Liverpool 3OOI 53 ES E. 3 3 Eti. B. b - 11
Holyhead - 4
Penzance_ - 3 credit stood high the error passed md>. g
Brest ..
'orient - -
served, but directly. difficult times appeared the
bank becameupon,"
Rochefort 29.69!03' E. 414 E. eh ' - '• blown and the usual c'
Plymouth - 2 result followed in the shape of a pressure from
Weymouth - 1 4 depositors and other customers. During the ',l
Portsmouth 29.89. 53 E. 414 S.E. c' -
London
Yarmouth 29.97 45 E.S.E. 61 4 E.N.E. he 1 - 4 the bank have in this way become almost coin- 1
Scarborough. 30.07 52. F. 2 i I
1 N. ex, -
i' 32
I pletely exhausted, while its securities are of no ,
30 l'r 53' N.E. 4I t N.E.b -
Helder ' - ---•- -I - - -i- i - avail to meet the financial commitments now about 1:
Shields
- to mature. Under the circumstances, therefore,
PROBABLI
FRIDAY. OR Nulty/nig SATURDAY. the arrangement just made with the Consolidated I g
Varying winds, mode- COASTS. Varying. strong to Bank, and the chief object of which is to protect I
rate to strong, gene- m'skrate, with some the interests of the depositors and other custoiners, I
rally fine. rain in plams.
KS. E. to S.S. W .strong. WRSTBRX. As above. had become imperative, and is, perhaps. as good a
squally, with rain lu one as could have been devised,' provided it will
ma... 11.
Easterly to southerly, BOL•THERIL Similar to above. stand the legal test to which bill-holders will pro-
-1,1
1 fresh to strong, bably quickly put it. A petition for the winding i
squally, unsettled. up of the Bank of London by the Court of Chan-
Chiefly easterly, hut EAsTRIIN. Similar.
varying, fresh to cery has already been presented by the directors,
strong. and it is understood that a meeting of the share-
Northern-Scotland. western-Ireland, Wales, and adjs. holders will be immediately convened, to decide
COSICISAL Southern-English Channel and Bay of Biscay.
Ea.stern-latstward England and North Sea. upon the best mode iif liquidation.
About 40,000!. in gold was withdrawn from the
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. -Yesterday a , Bank yesterday for exportation, making a total ..f
general court of the governors of St. Bartholomew's Hoe-
I 369,0001. for the week. A further considerable I
pital was held, at which the Rev. William Mayou Daniel, 'amount is expected to be taken out to-day.
8.A., of Wadliarn College, Oxford, was elected Vicar of The suspension is announced of Messrs. Robin- i
Little Wakering, Essex, in the room of the Rev. John son, Cory-ton, and Co., private bankers, of Man- I
Edyvean Cummins, M.A., deceased. + chester. The difficulties of the firm, whose trans- I
'fire ATLANTIC CABLE. -On Tuesday about 900 ' actions have not been important, are ascribed to I
miles of the new Atlantic telegraph cable bad been safely
the stoppage of the European Bank, which acted I
stowed away in the tanks Liu board the Great Eastern.
I
The receiving hulks, the Amethyst and the Iris, are con- as their London agents. The liabilities are under- ;
scantly plying between the ship and the company's works stood to be moderate. I
at Greenwich, and about 60 miles of the cable are safely Messrs. Kynaston, Sutherland, and Co., colonial I
stowed away every twenty-four hours. Notwithstanding ' brokers, have also failed, with liabilities amount- :
the vast stowage capabilities of the Great Eastern, it is •
mg to about 100,090/. The liquidation, it is •
found that she will not be able to receive the enormous
bulk required, and the Atlantic Telegraph Construction expected, will be of a satisfactory character. The I
and Maintenance Company I Limited) have chartered the original firm of Charles Sutherland and Co., which ,
Medway, a screw steamer belonging to the British and carried on the same description of business for
American Steam Company, to take a portion on board. many years, was dissolved in December last, when
The dledway arrived alongside the Great Eastern on the present house was formed. The following cir-
Tuesday, and arrangements wilds
will at once be made for re-
shipping about 500 miles of the old cable front the main tank cular has been sent to the creditors :
on boanl the latter ship to a tank prepared for its reception Sir,-It is with extreme regret we have to inform you .
on board the former. Another screw steamer, the Albany, that in consequence of the failure of some of our principals, :
belonging to the Diamond Steam Packet Company, has also we are under the necessity of suspending payment. We
been engaged to assist in the enterprise, and the Govern- have handed our books to Messrs. C. F. Kemp, Carman, i
ment have again granted the services of her Majesty's ship Ford, an I Co., of 8, Walbrook, whom we have instructed !
Terrible to attend on the expedition. According to present to make up oar accounts, and who will be in a position in I
arrangements advantage w.ll be taken of the spring tide on a few days to submits statementof affair* to our creditors. I
the 'tith of June to get the Great Eastern out of the Please furnish them with a statement of your claim. In
harbour. In is day or two afterwards she will start for the meantime soliciting your forbearance-We are, sir,
Beerhaven, and remain there for about a fortnight, when yours faithfully, KY NASToN, SUTIMBLA NI o, and Co.
she will again start to lay the cable. 24, Mincing-lane, London, May 22.
A BOY ATTAcKED BY A LEOPARD AT SHEFFIELD. At the informal meeting of the shareholders in
-A boy, named Sanderson, living in Spring-lane,Sheffield,
Overend, Glititey:, and Co. (Limited), held yester- :
had a narrow escape on Tuesday evening, while in one of
the shows on the fair ground. There was a large number day, the following resolution was unanimously I
of persons present, and the crowd pressed the lad near to a adopted : 1
cage containing a leopard. The animal immediately passed That this meeting be adjourned, and a committee I
its paw through the bars, and in endeavouring to seize fonned. with Mr. Kingthote as chairman, to communicate
Sanderson, lacerated his head and face very seriously. The with the directors and liquidators, and make a report as
wounds were dressed at the public hospital, and he was early as possible of their recommendation, and to take '
able to walk home. such steps as they may be advised and deem requisite, to
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A POLICEMAN AND TWO withdraw the petition from the Court of Chancery, or to 1
Bu ROI-AMC-About 2 o'clock on Thursday morning a des- get it to stand over with liberty to apply.
perste encounter took place between P.C. Macey, of the
._,, At the meeting yesterday of the Commercial Bank I
Somersetshire constabulary, and a couple of burglars at ,
Tottenlown, some few hundred yards beyond Knowle Uorporation of India and the East, a long and
turnpike, on the Wells road from Bristol. Passing near the angry discussion took place with reference to the
villa occupied by Mr. Josiah Thomas, architect and city mismanagement of the company's affairs, and it I
surveyor, the constable suddenly heard a voice call out in a was eventually resolved that the undertaking shall
low tone, " Joe .." The officer's attention was immediately
be wound up by the court, pursuant to the Corn-
ea
directswed to the house in question, when he saw that the
as full on in the breakfast-parlour. He jumped over panics Act of 1862 petit
, and that the pending ion i
the railings, and found that the window was up and the be preee
blind had been cut away. The gas was put out as he ap- Harding,
eded with.. It was also decided that Mr.
of Harding, Mullein, and Co., shall be
proached the window, and two men suddenly jumped out, proposed to the court as official liquidator.
knocking hhu down as they came through the window. The Numerous petitions for the winding up of the
officer received a blow from some blunt instrument. European Bank (Limited) are advertised in the
On getting up he wall attacked by both burglars, one .oursals.
using a screwdriver and the other a short iron bar. With . I
much difficulty Macey at length succeeded in drawing his ' A special general meeting of the London and
staff, with which he defended himself, but not before South Western Railway Company will be held on
be had received an awkward wound in the nature of a stab
the 7th June, to consider a bill introduced into
in the forehead from the screwdriver. Aiming a blow parliament by the Great Western Railway Com- i
!
against his antagonist, who held the latter instrument, be
knocked it out of his hand, and the burglars, who had PanY-
IroAn
ltehfetirthespeir lesdhoe,
us
pon
tthhee premises,he
d tacrmnbotirf.hinat
e.thetotowaprdosf I peantditiocnoaflorethome
Company
ite
ling(Limupodf
(Limited)
t(o,llbeamhorgeardan
hill
Bedminster. Macey, who was bleeding freely from the
wound iu his forehead, found it useless to follow them, The Anglo-Mexican Mint Company announce
as they quickly outstripped him, he having • thick overcoat before Vice-Chancellor Wood on the 2nd June.
that a dividend will be payable on and after the
on at the time. Returning to the house, he succeeded, after
ringing the bell for a considerable time, in arousing the ' 2nd June.
inmates, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, their servant, &c. It I With reference to the market for American secu-
was then discovered that the burglars bad opeqgd the
fol-
window of the breakfast-room by smashing a smalgpiece lows, under date last evening
to :
of glass close the hasp. Raising the lower sash they I ritios Messrs. Satterthwaite and Co. report as
We have to note • further depression in the London I
cut away the blind, and found very little difficulty in
market for American securities during the past week.
forcing the ridiculously small shutter-bar-scarcely Some considerable amountsof stock have been placed on
ro stnger than • piece of hoop-iron-with which it was the market, and the apprehension that, when our low
fastened. They had not gone further than the first room, quotations are known In New York, • corresponding
however, before they were interrupted, and they only
depression may take place there, has deterred buyers from
succeeded in stealing three or four silver and plated spoons, coming forward so freely as they otherwise would have
a spade guinea, and a few old coins. A small timepiece done to avail themselves of the large profit that would
_ which they had taken from the room was found on the accrue on shipment of bonds and shares to New York if
_ ground packed up ready to be taken off. The men's boots
rices are maintained there. On aelvioes received to-day
were also found In the house. It appears that the offenders
ty the Hibernian, which are to the evening of the 12th I
had made two previous attempts to break into houses in itist , quotations show a difference of quite 6 per cent. in
the same neighbourhood that evening, one being at the
United States 5,20 Bonds and 10 per cent. in Illinois and
villa of Mr. Cambridge, where they were disturbed. Erie shares between the two markets, as 5.20's at 102 in
Despite this, however, they had the boldness to make a
New York would work out with exchange at 141 i equal to
third attempt, in which they were interrupted by the
714 here, while the closing quotation is 644 tots. In the
officer. Although Macey had several stabs from the screw- same way Illinois and Erie shares respectively should stand
driver in his overcoat he is not Lunch injured. It was
864 and 52
ascertained that the burglars purchased two pairs of boots at while the closing price for the former is 76
to 4 and for the latter 42} to I only.
of some men at a limekiln at Bed
Bedminster at a later hour in Messrs. Keith and Co. of Langbourne Cham-
the morning. The police are making an active search for
been, Fenchurch-street, have put out an adver-
the offenders.-Sherborrie Journal.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 23. Sales to-day:—Great Eastern, 381—
Great Southern and Western, 9ll—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1191—London, Chatham, and Dover, 261—London and North
Western, 116 15; 16 16—North Eastern, 108; ditto Carlisle,
139- •Butfalo and Lake Huron, 4 I.lB—East Indian Five per Cent.,
1011—Grand Trunk of Canada, 191 19—Erie, 421 cash—Five-
Twenties, 65 s}—Great Luxembourg, 12 ; Ditto Five per Cent.
Obligations, 31—Alliance Bank, 1 d.—Eastern Exchange Bank,
3 d.—British and Foreign Marine Insurance, 1 1-16 1 p.
Liverpool, London, and Globe, 61 p.--Queen Insurance, 1 1-16 p.
—Liverpool Exchange Buildings, 26—National Steam, 91 d.-
West India and Pacific Steam, 5 d.
BinmrmonAbt. MAY 23. Business done: North Staffordslure
Railway, at 731—and Birmingham Banking Company shares at
24 per share. Cloeing prices : —London and North Western Rail-
way, 116 buyers—Midland Railway, 1201, buyers—Great Western
Birmingham Guaranteed Three-and-a-Half per Cent., 72 to 72 i
liinoinghom ('anal, 86 to 87--Lloyd's Bank Limited`, 91 prem.,
sellers—Nottingham Joint Stock Bank ,Limited , mile., sellers—
Birmingham Alliance Fire Limited ,1 to IliS—Munns Metal
:Limited., 11 to 1 din.—and Steam Cooperage and Cask (Limited.,
11 dia., buyers.