The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1867.

..F TAVERN AN!) LasS ePP
tut 7: LIITs AT Ana'l.Vu.

THE INII,II.ESTS.- (TATS DAY.)
1.. "'clock this morning, Mr. W. Carter,
1.1 s( Surrey. "netted an inquiry at the Mitre
Tooting, as to the valise of the de-
. I.y hey of the Rising Sun Tavern and Assembly
. Xl..iolay morning last, by which four men,
Cutting. Tlllllll3ll Porter, Richard Smith, and
r I.ley lont their lives.
fly 11.15 tatts...l .1 1110111 painful excitement iu
1 T...filtg. 1111,1 large glom.. of 11111,131111 11,1V1`
•liV around the ruins since the tire occurred
• b.. u, 45 sitting the rul.binli with a VieW of al!,
• • ',mains of the unfortunate men whose limbos.
Iced to mere cinders, can only he recovered
This truing a charred leg was flag
:. I there in little flouht that parts of
nun: to victims still remain to he found. None
—is.. were got out entire. and their identification
~....m.roximately arrived at. The destruction of
of the largest in the dintrict, and contain-

exelm.ive of the asseuthly•rount, was cow-
-1 . . 1.11) a toot of the walls was left stapling. Upon
• .ser the i.ro, this morning the workmen found
,• , t., he still smut'', lering, and they ha.l to throw
• .;u c h viewol the remain", of the decease,'

1% :Ili Ilarrincton called :He deposed that lie was
mhnroa employed at the new sewers in the Tooting-
. .1t I o'cloek on list Monday morning, while he w:01
•ity, !.. •.6w a great awl oat looking round lie
• . sum Tatrro ,a 1 fire and he then heard
Fire I" lie was within 100 yards of the build-
., .ru thither. He thought there were more %nice.
than one. and they were male %Meat. Ile
t!••• landlord. Mr. Weaver, and a servant girl
iii the roadway. Neither of them were
Mr. 11"...iver had a coat thrown over
There wen: two men on the roof of the
at the ',hie next the nail. Witness did not
;„ noise or annul of a noise from within the house.
II :•• the wheelright'a house and got a ladder, and
w ail it he enable.' the two men on the roof of the hall-
o—, t. get down. They were not dressed. When witness
n• -t went to the spot the fire teemed to be biasing all over
t limo,. The hall-room was not then 011 tire,but it ignited
ditertty after the two meat gut down. The flames made
‘ery rapid pnigress. He not see any door or window
..Is-u. Ile did not know in what way Mr. Weaver and
y•••. 11:: woman made their main, Witness had not
looked the direction of the buildite, before lie caw the
role: don :mil heard the scream,. ; when lie did look the
dime, were at all the window.. He could not say how
the fire had Listed to where it Mal commenced.

11 me wren said that he was a gardener and had lived
• the ni,•ing Son for two years past. The landlorl of
o horse was Mr. Thomas Weaver. Witness slept in a
roolo on the south ride of the huuee ; another
meted d: .s Bourne slid in the aunt
Pu Sunday iii4d last they both retired for the
lat Iu o'ckwk. Bourne was quite sober, and so was
wits , In the e,rly morning. :divot 4 o'clock. witness
• ion‘c.l by Lonnie. who sail " Get np—house a fire!"
IT. roma was then full of smoke. There was no are in
11„.nsnn. The door was shut. Witness opened it ; but
• f0r0..1 to close it again instantly, on account of the
heat and smoke from the stairs. They nearly
~!lo.ated him and knocked him Imckwanls. He could see
• tames. There was no chance of giving alarm to the
~barn in the hour. They polled open the window sash,
;ot, mi to the roof of the ball-room. They were then
pa down by a ladder.
(The inquest was proceeding when our report left.]

ANOTHER CHILD .IIURDER IN PADDINGTON.

This morning Dr. Lankester held an inquest at
v*,.f. Hall Anus, l'addington•green, on the body of a male
fluid found under the following circumstances :
sophen Burden, a night watchman, employed by the
(;raii.l Junction Canal Company, deposed that abont half-
per thr..e o'clock on Tuesday morning last be saw a
bundle floating on the surface of the wster near the
Weigh-bridge, Paddington. He found the bundle to
e.•ntain the decomposed body of a newly born male child
snapped eight times round in linen 'bandages.
luspector Steer, X division, said every effort had been
read.. to find a clue as to who was the mother of the child,
but without success.

11r. Westmacott said decease' was a remarkably fine
child, it miglied dlbs, and niessurell 20 inches. On making
A post mortem examination be found the umbilical cord
cut but not tied. The parietal hone was severely fractured
a' if its head had been very violently knocked against some
hard substance, and underneath was a quantity of extra-
eamted blood, which proved that the blow had been in-
dicted whilst the dim VIM alive. The mouth also had
is en violently torn across both cheeks. The lungs were
fully inflated, and floated freely in water, and all the other
ogans were healthy.
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against
some fasrson or persons unknown.
rt. is is the seventh inquest held on the bodies of •
I.‘ childrell found in Paddington during the past fort-

N0w...,

(...LLISION BETWEEN TWO EXPRIMS TRAINS.—
An accident toe!: place on the Scottish North-
}: astern line, about three miles front Aberdeen—the
express train from the south having run off the
rail., anal the express from Aberdeen having run into
and smashed some of the carriages which were lying
across the up line. The train which ran off the rails was
the expros from the Routh, due in Aberdeen at 10
lunette. pot 4. This train was twelve minutes late
at stonehaven, and proceeded at a very high speed till
ulswit a mile on this able of Cove, when the engine jumped
off :i,e rail., dragging the tender and two carriages with it.
It tore along the line for about ro or 60 yards, and break.
in; utf from the tender, fell across the other line of mils,
the tender fulling across the down line. Marvellous to
state. Cie driver, Alexander liutchart. and the guard, Wil-
liam Hood, both escaped with their livasa, and though they
I :are both le eatained injuries, they werenot consideredeevere.
31,sd of the passenger. were bumped and bruised. anal some
slight ly cut. The start led paasengers anal officials had Manny
nu., •o realise their escape, when another fearful danger
seemed impending over them, for the mail train which
..ve..klar.leen at 4.13 was due at that moment at the
tie-e al t accident ; anal before the wayiuen—who rain
time to .lo MO the train was upon them.
driver, William lbaig, had only about a hundred
yank notice of the catastrophe, but be immediately
Ono off ‘term, reversal the engines, anal put on the
ore.ak. He then leaped off. and has escaped uninjured.
Tito tell train mine into collision with the fallen engine of
ti..,..her train, hut the measures fur lessening the shock so
I..qpily :and bravely effected, were so successful that cont.
par d little alania:;e was done, anal the shock was so
sliL;ht that. though a number of the second-class passengers
were more or less bruised, 1401116 of the heat-class passengers
lordly knew that any collision bad occurred at all. The
pa.sengers by the train which ran off the line walked to
Abenleen ; anal, later on in the evening, the 4.13 mail re-
turaw.l to Aberdeen till the line should be clear. Men
were telalmaphed for trout Perth to clear the line.—Dundee
•i•

Wheal
Barley

SMALLINKC IN ST. PANCRAS WORK HOD MR.
Yesterday. at the weekly meeting of the St. Pancras
Board of thiardiates, Dr. Markham. medical poor-law in-
gactor, !,resented himself before the board, and said he
:rteuded in consequence of a coin ication which hail
Is n made to the Poor-low Henri on the subject of small-
Wt eases in the wards of that workhouse. He had just
d those weedy, anal he meet easy that he icareely
cver saw ar.y in a more unsatisfactory state—a state calms.
heed to opreaal the disease in a moat serious manner. He
I. understood that there hail been not less than 16 eases
the hmse since the fOth November last, and he found
:h t with regard to clothes, not only haul no steps been
' 'can for their disinfection. bait they were tucked under
'ls lied, of the patients anal allowed to remain there till
' • I..atients recovered, and then they were given them to
..a. He found that the sheets and blankets were
changed, anal the nurse had informed him
:1::-t very often patients were put under the
.• awl blankets that had just been used by
ietients, anal that she had to get the sheets
t. ild bkets as best she could. The same remark applied
0, e.• here persona had lied. The things they had used
.e is• d without being disinfected. With regard
th,. suoerintendence of the wards he had ascertained
ts the,• was only one nurse in them during the day,
nark 4mi:et tie night only one out woman, who was
:.p ••:., years of 'age. There was only one night-stool
•aa• s: a. M. awl if more than one patient required it at
a.ye th, y lanai to go across a stone yanl to the place
s' a
-a, .eo ....dim, He could not help saying that this
st.,•• Wil4 a moat dangerom, one, and he could not
t. 'I to extent the disease had been propagated in the
`: • i7. day there were thirty-seven cases in
!"' " “ds. He thought it would be better for the
r I a; . take immediate steps to remedy this
sa a.f t!.inge than to wait for any direct sil-
k!: slid investigation by the Poor-law Magni
• . n. Mr. Watson, and other members of the
I. a I I or. l‘fartallam's attention to the fact that, by
al• ..a: 'i.e. ;,n,l otherwise, they ha-I frequently urged upon
th• w Ituaral the necessity of providing hospital atc-
a....,„ ...la fur snudipos cases. Dr. Markham said he
r that was the ease, and be had no doubt
• - .11 the accominualation in their power. What
.1 of was the system which allowed the wants
t'• • the condition in which he bail found them.
N. tai, said if he was ever surprised at anything in his
' • at the statement with respect to their sheets
' • for they were articles of which there was a
',...1.1.1.ance at the disposal of each ward. He was
‘. • ' •:a i%beat at the statement that the clothes were
d rsuiain under the beds. It was only another
a ..1 the shocking weakness of the present manage-
! •
t." tie it workhouse. A resolution was then passed
a. more nurses, anal refer the whole matter
! • committee to remedy the evils complained of
I 1):.

baying been considerable curiosity as to
'"'' '°^ . •eernment Reform Rill would turn out, we he•
• '.‘e n. 6 iKnition to state that it will eventually

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
BIRMINGHAM MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

LICENSED VICTUALLEILT PLATE. Two mile. and
a half.

Charlemagne ... 1
Ace of Trumps
Sir William ... ... 3
4 ran. Half an hoer behind time.
FARMERS' STEEPLECHASE. Three miles.
lAwyer. Makeshift, Swindler, and Wilford are here.
The remainder of the horses in this race are trained in
the neighbourhood.

CRAVEN (TV. Three milea and a half.
Cenii•ere. Oaterley, Ceorgiaria, Hightlyer, Ethel, and
Thane arc here.

CILtND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Three mi?es

anal . half.

Meanwood, Marble Hill, Tiger, Comberten, Sprite,
Agnes, I)ertilot Asthore, King of Hearts, Whe!drake, Sir
William, Little l'eter, Greenland, Grace Darling, Roe-
sington, Sinking Fund, Sea King, Sylph, Dick Turpiii,
King Arthur, Havelock. and Despatch are here.
FORFEJT. Frank, Arlescott, Merrimac,
Dahl, and Rogue.

SCURRY HANDICAP. Two miles.

_ ..... _
Ace of Trumps, list 71h ; St. Maximum, list ; A:meg,
lOst 121 h; Jacob, lOst 121 b; Whehlrake, 10st 121 b; liratuly
Apple, Mat 10113; Amu-. 104 101 b; Still, lOst 1011, ;
Osterley, 104 Glb ; Owen, 10st Glb ; Bird of Passage, 104;
lost ; Savannah, 104 ; and Miss Dodson. lOst.
All are here.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.--(THIS DAY)

Coastwise, as well as by rail, the receipts of wheat from
Essex and Kent were very moderate, and although there
was a slight improvement in the condition of the produce,
the quality was by no means satisfactory. The dulness
which characterised the markets of last week gave way on
Monday to a season of comicirative activity, mid the
' general aspect of the trade to-day exhibited no falling off
when compared with that day. For both red and
white parcels there was a steady demand, and Mouday's
improvement in prices was established.
The supply of foreign wheat coastwise as well as ex-
granary was good. Choice wheats were in steady re-
quest, and for such high rates were obtained. hey:lot
sorts moved off slowly, at previous currencies.
Floating cargoes of wheat attracted more attention ;
neverther►eu, business did not assume important dimen-
sions, owing in a great measure to the paucity of cargoes.
The trade for other descriptions of produce afloat was qn kt.
The show of English barley was limited, of foreign good.
The inquiry was in a sluggish state, at the rates previously
current.

We were seasonably well Aupplied with malt, in which
very little wa■ doing, on former terms: . .

Oat* were tolerably firm in prioe , although the demand
for them wax far from active.

Beans were dull, and prices were with difficulty sup-
portmL
In peas, sales progressed slowly, at previous quotations.
Flour was quiet. The top price of town-made WU 575.
per teals'.
Rather more business was passing in agricultural seeds.
Linseed and rapeseed were dull. Cakes were drooping in
value, with a heavy demand.

CUMILENT PRICY&
EXOLISIL
Per Qr.
WHIM I. a.
Goo; Kest, red, old 61 80 66

OAT&

„ —new 54 to 63
Do. white, old el to 74
, new 64 to 66
Norfolk and

Per Qr.

Scotch potet-07
Lrish, black
wlute
BW$
_ _

a. a.
t 9 to 95
. 2-2 to 30
21 to 24

ew;•-• 5l 10 a
BLUNT

Mangan
Tick
Harrow
Pigeon
PILL

to 39
.. 3Y to 45
42 to 441
31; 44) 37

Vatting .
Grinding.

33 to 62
$9 So 43

)ALT.

Rolex. Norfolk, and
ontrolk 7O to 75
Klagstou and Wars 70 to 75
Brown 66 to 64

RIM

32 to 38

OATS.

English, teed:.
&ask feed ..

24 to 30
.. 27 to 36
.. 34 to 30
Foci
Pet t/r.

WHIST.
Dantsiesnd Konigs-
berg 59 to
Rostock & Mecklen-
burg Hi to 67
Dantok ..
Russian, hard
soft
American, mit — to
white to
11AltLiT.

Grinding
Malting

SO to SI
34 to 3S
Z 6 tO 39

Grey...
Maple.
Boilers

37 to 33
;VJ to 4o
40 to 41
to

FLOUR.

Town made, per 480

Ins.
Household 66 to 66
Country
Norfolk and Suffolk,
az ahlp 43 to 46

Ter Qr

OATS a.
Danish and Swedish 24 to 20
Russian
Bltaxs.

Danish .
EgYPDsn

PEAS.

Vaple
BoUere

38 to 42
39 to 40

~ 38 to 88
37 to 38

iNDIAM
Mite Si to 18
Yellow

?Lon..

French, perairriT... 45 to 52
OATS. I Spanish „ .... 4, in 62
Dutch brewing 22 to SI , Ann riean, per bd. .. %to St
feeding
ARRIVALS OF GRAIN &c., INTO LONDON, BY WATER
CARRIAGE, Tllld WEEK.

Hannah and Scotch'
Irish
Foreign

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oat& I Maur.
qra. qrs. qrs. lsla 'sacka
220 110 1240 180 .. 830
400 140 :: 1480 f .. 800
Teed I 620 100 I-1240 11680 113*
COMPARATIVE QVANTITIES AND PRICES OF ()RAIN.
POE THE WEEK 'POING POP TIM 00,14114PoNDLN0 want
Ira. 0, 1807. us 1446.
Qra. Average. Qr 4. Average.
—.47,844 .. 814. 44. Wheat 67.166 .. 455. &I.
—.50.379 .. 474. 3d. Barley 65.734 .. 33a. 64.
... 7.638 .. 245. 84. Oats 11.336 .. 23a. lid.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(TROY °us ow coaarmemsmorr.)
The market quiet but steady ; sales about 7,000 or 8,000
bales. Prices arc the same m yesterday.

DANCING-LANE.—(TIDS DAY.)
131•11 AR. —The market continues quiet, and prices arc
barely supported. The private sales include Jamaica. at
:Pls. lid. to :its. ; Berbice and Demerara. 32a. to :Cis. 6d. ;
crystallised. :17s. to 375. 6d. ; unclayed Manilla, 265.
Refined without change.
Corrr.E.—At the public sales good quality sells steady,
at full prices ; common sorts at a alight decline. Planta-
tion Ceylon, triage, 345. to 3145. lid. ; fine ordinary to low
middling. 71s. Rd. to 765. ; middling. 795. lid. to irys. ;
good middling to bold, Ms. to tll s. ; native good ordinary,
his, ; bold, 70s. 6.1. to 71s.
TEA.—The public sales of Indian teas are progressing
steadily ; goal qualities at extreme rates ; common, in
some cases, at barely the previous currency.
FRIIT. —No public sales were held to-day, and privately
the demand is limited.
CAM',IA LICK EA. —3OO boxes sold at 11.3.6 d.
Rice.—Nn sales of importance reported.
Rrm.-100 puncheons of J:11111lIC.I. soil at steady prices.
drama.—The quarterly public wale. are progressing with
spirit at fully yesterday's currency.
SALTPETRE-120 bags of Bengal sold at 19s. '.FI. for re-
fraction 21.
Correa.—The market is more steady, a fair business
having been tran•azted at the previous currency.
Joie and Erste arc unaltered.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is gat at the following juices :—Town
tallow, 43.. 3d. ; Petersburg Y.e., cut the Ir.
March, 43a. ; April to June, 43e. ; June, 43e.. . ; October
to December, 43e. 9d.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THTS DAY.)
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report the demand
limited to the immediate wants of consumers. Stocks of
both English and foreign being in a very reduced state
causes prices to rule very firm.

A letter from Munich, dated the 7th, in the Nord,
says:—" A brilliant court ball took place yesterday : the
King, the Queen-Mother. King Otho and Queen Amelia of
Greece, all the princes of the royal family now in Munich,
and Prince William of Hesse, were present. The King's
betrothed attracted all regards by her beauty and grace.
The dancing was commenced by the King and the Queen
of Greece, Prince William of Hesse having the King's
affianced bride as his partner. His :Majesty and his in-
tended afterwards joined in several dances, and conversed
with many of the guests. All the members of the iliplo.
matic corps, with the Pontifical Nuncio, were present."

DEATH OV TILE CORONER FOR NORTH STAY-
FOROKIIIRIL—Wo regret to have to announce the death of
Mr. William Harding. solicitor, end coroner for North
Staffordshire, which took place on Saturday, at bin resi-
dence at Cohridge. Of late years the duties of the office
have been frequently very
heavy and arduous, and it is
believed that the recent inquiry into the colliery explosion
at Talke, o% er which he presided, greatly harassed him,
And probably affected his health. Mr. Harding was the
oldest coroner in England when be died. and during his
long tenure of office he held upwards of 7,000 inquests.—
Birmingham Post. _

MEATH FROM THE CATTLZ DISEASE. —A butcher
of Liege has bunt died in consequence of a casual inocula-
tion of the virus of the cattle disease. He had been
engaged iitslaughtering the infected animal. at Hamel!,
and in cutting up a body bad aceulentaly scratched his
hand, which swelled up with such rapidity as to render
medical aid of no avail.

SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.)

Otrx o'Gtoot.
British railway stocks are still pressed fur sale,
and show a fresh fall. Great Eastern is promi-
nently heavy, and has fallen per cent. The
other leading lines have also declined kto A. The
transactions are still chiefly in connexion with the
settlement.

Metropolitan stock is now quoted 126 k to ;
Great Western, 491 to g ; London and North
Western, 1221 to A ; Midland, 1231 to 11 ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to ; South East-
ern, 70. t to 1; Great Eastern, 311 to ; Great
Northern, 120 to 121 ; ditto A, 1281 to ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to 181 ; and
North British, 371 to 381.
Foreign and colonial railway shares are rather
dull, but prices exhibit no change of importance in
the absence of businesx. East Indian are quoted
BY3I to 1061 ; Lombardo-Venetian, 161 to R-; and
Grand Trunk of Canada, 21 to 1.
s.
to I p.m.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

&IL I Pd. I ILILILWATI I Ilingid4e." I

IL 1100 . Bristol and Exeter
IS. 100 Caledonian
IS 100 Cambrian —.. ..
• 1 all Cork and Bandon.
O all Cornwall..
IS. 100 ' Duldia and Dolfast.lone
11. j 100 Dundee,l'erthotAbdJo
00' ail 'East London &lip Cart
00 10 Do
IL 100 Glangowand 0, Western
IL 100 Great Lateen Ord. till
1.0. 100 -

100
100
100
100
100
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Do.A J A rec. no dle..lan.
Do. It l Men. e. Is paidli
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10t. South It West. (Ire.)

Gnat Wetter,' -
Do.fitoorV.l.Onank
Do. Booth Wales

Do. Do. N e
Lancashire & Yor=
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ILonto.l,Chatham,&Dov

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Loodoo&SouthWeateda
Mats. Shot., & Uncoils&
!Metropolitan
Do.
Do. New
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Do. sSt Johns-wood
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Do. £9 Shares
Do. Bina. & Darby
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N. Esaiera—Derwick
Do. G. N. IL Pura
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Do. York
Do. Carlisle
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110 123 i
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110 Do. do., 1866-6 l6 2 pin
15 Do. do., 1866 1 6
100 Northiltaffordahlre CS 72
100 N. &8. Western June ll5 120
'lOO Scottish Central
100 Shropshire Union
'lOO South Devon 443 48
100 South Emden.
all Stalues,Woldiaghamokc 9 10
'lOO Taff Vale
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COLONIAL GOVERNMENT

era) B2Ol/814 IN. I CL prima psalm.
,00,000 IdlibliColnallp.M.,lB7l 100 - - -
100,000 Do. 1806 160 - - -
.... Can. Gov. 6 p. c.,1877.81 100 90 101 100 191
..... Do. ilperct,Feb.&Aem 100 96 100 -.
.... Do.6perct.Mar.&Sei 100 100 1112 -
11,114,806 Do.lperctlanAJ 160 86 87 -
586,808 Do. 6 per et. Ins, -
100,000 Capeof 0 flopeeper.lB73 100 101 108 -•
.. •• Do. dal/IMMO 100 106 107 -
..... Do. do. 168000 100 104 106 -
Do. do. 1830.91 100 102 104 -
216,0001 Do.fme.4p.&Get.l9llo 100 91 93 -
100.000 Cerlou,Nov.l,63,6pet 100 101 103 -
100,000 Do. 1878, 410.. 100 106 108 -
1,000,00e' Do. 1872 d 0... 100 106 106 -
209.000 11m/rides. pee et.,111711 100 102 104 -
100,000, Do. 1878 100 108 106 -
100, .. Do. 1862 100 103 106 -
000. Do. 1896 100 106 107 .-
166,900NataL Gov.flper amt.. 100 96 100 -
; DM, New Bruns.Gov.ilperct. 180 96 97 05e
1,135,800 New South Wake Gov..
sv. mot., 1871 to 1876 . 100 91 98 921
3,621,800 Do. 6p. c.lBlB to 1803 100 U 66 95 51
850,000 D0.6m.c.r.1927 to 1875 100 04 06 -
110, New Zeeland 6per cent', 100 100 102 -
1,00. Do. Sper cent. ! 100 844 8.54 864
500.000 Do. 6 per cent. 1891 ; 100 102 104 -
10J, Do.de.ldelJnne&Dee I 100 1001 1014 -
260.009 Novailootla Op. c.,11176 I 100 97 99 -
1,860,100 2pmensland Gov. 6p. 66.1 100 92 94 -
B.Anst.Gov. 6 p.e.„57-77 100 - - -
761,600 Do. 1876 and vestal 100 MS 107 -
860,000 Vle.Gov.6p. a. Jut July 100 105 106 1064 1
,000.000! Do. Op. et. Aprll&Ge . 100 1074 1084 1071 181
FORZION 11.AILLWAY14.
sh. 1 ed. 1 llartmala gnaw geese. I Was
10 . all Antwerp & Rotterdam 9 94 -
90 all bahl.:Pra.(l... nr.7p.c. 12 13 121
5 1 all Belgian Z. Junction .. 14 2 -
90 all 8.9.yre5,11.8.,g,79 cL(L) 15 17 -
10 18j Central Argentine .... 9 Bea -
100 ! all Coplapo - - -
10 , all _ Do. Extension , 2 8
100 76 Dun/drug & Witpk.(l ) - -
10 1 16 Dutch Rhenish
144ipm -
10 1111 Do. -
20 . all Eastern of France -
40 ilB European Central (L) l6 IS dis -
20 an Great Luxembourg -
90 , all Imperial Mexican (L) 6 6 -
10 I all Lemberg-Cremowitn(L) 144 12 -
10 I all Namallege t
_By Shit 9 -•
IP all Do .6 p.c. Pit i Behr. gm 171 14
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16 . all I Northern of France
10 ' all N.Rail. R. Ayres g.7.p.0 l4 54
10 AD I Do. Deferred ... •-•
10 all Norwegian Trunk Pref - •- -
10 all Ottoman (Smyrna Ildhs 21 31 -
10 all , Paris,LyonaandMedit. 89 87 -
10 all Paris and Orleans .
M . all Recife &S. Francis. (I ) 9 If ,-
10 110 ditoral Sardinian - .- -
5 all • Royal Swedish -
4 all Do. 7 per cent. -
20 I all iSambre and Meese -
ee 10 ! all I Do. fjpernt. Pref -
20 I all Ron PauloiL) 9.7 per M. 13 14 -
20 all B.AustALom.Venetlan 161 161 161
90 16 Muth East of Portugal - - dl. -
10 all Southern of France 221 234 -
20 all Turin and Savona -
81 all iWest Flanders 7l 2
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10 i all . 110. 53 per cent. Pref 9
10 all West & 7.. W. of Fresno 114 24 -

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10 Anglo.ksuencanTel(L.).
10 ./Iffilo-e Mat -.I

St. Do. Sper cent.
25 ,Awstrallan Acricul
85 lAsstndlaall.l.etra.(l
10 liaanarabTakV...
10 Waterworks (1.

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10 Do. New
100 Bolckow Vaughan (L )
6 Bombay Gas (Limited)
6 Do Now
SO ,British American Lad
St. B. & I. Nag. TaL (L)
20 Dritish Shlpowners
SA Canada Company
10 Canadian Loan& lue(L )
20 'Ceylon Company
10 I Mete A shares
10
10 City Discount, Limited.
• CityofLondonft.Pro.(L)
SO City Million Irapro.(L.)
SO
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:City of Moscow Gal (1 !I
'City °Meta (Lint.)
Colonial (Malted)

ICommercial Union( hut)
Com. of Atrloanliar.(lo
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22 27
63 69
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Do. 6 p. et. Peep. Deb.
Darieellag (Limited)
DiseountCorporatiM(L:
Eastern Assam Tea (I.
Indialand,C.& Ftn(L
E. India trete. & Canal
Ebbw Vale
ItcyptianConi.otTrtt.(l )
Electric Telegraph ;
Eng.&Aue.Copper Val;
Eng. and Foreign Credit
Cott& ScottlahNlarin.(L
Pairbairn Euginetaing
Inwe-it (Warehouse (L )
Ciellinun (Limited)
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Hudson's Bay
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MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

ONO o'Oruoz.

English government securities remain flat, owing
to political uncertainties and sales of stock by the
liquidators of failed companies. Consols ex-
hibit a fresh reduction of i per cent., both
for money and the account. British railway shares
have likewise given way, as well as some of the
foreign stocks. Greek bonds, however, are still
inquired for. The transactions in the other de-
partments of the Stock Exchange are quite unim-
portant, and prices generally are unchanged. The
fortnightly settlement, to which attention is still
principally directed, will be completed to-morrow.
The demand for money is still moderate, but
the supply has somewhat diminished, owing chiefly
to the payment to-day on the Great Indian Penin-
sula Railway debenturos. The best three months
paper, however, is still taken at I to g per cent.
belowthe Bank of England m;ninwia. The rate for
short loans in the Stock Exchange is 21 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 002 to I for money, and
901 to for the account (March 7).
Turkish of 1865, Spanish Passive, and the Com-
mittee's Certificates have declined I, per cent., but
Greek hare improved 1. Russian scrip is also
better. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted 56
to 57 ; ditto of 1865, 31 to i ; Greek, 141 to
; Spanish Passive, 22„ to / ; ditto Certificates,
141 to ; ; Italian of 1861, 544 to 1; Mex-
ican, 171 to 18 ; Russian Scrip, 21 to prem.;
and Chilian Scrip, I to ;11 prem.

American securities and Atlantic Cable shares
show no variation of importance. The 5-20 Bonds
are quoted 73 to 1 ; Erie Railway shares, all to
2; Illinois Central, 81A to 82 ; Anglo-American,
151 to g ; and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent.
preferenc,-, 21 to 3.
International Financial shares are quoted 21
to 2 dis. ; London Financial, 18 to 17 dis. ;
General Credit, 21 to 21 dis. ; Credit Fonder,
5 tosl dis. ; National Discount, 81 to 9 prem.,
ex div.; and Hudson's Bay, 151 to 16.
A meeting of the Natal Land and Colonisation
Company will be held on the 28th inst., when it
will be proposed to increase the capital by tho crea-
tion of 36,500 shares of 51. each, bearing a prefe-
rential dividend of 7 per cent. per annum.
Tho annual meeting of the Commercial Union
Assurance Company will be held on the sth of
March.

HALT-PAST THREE o'CLocc
Console are fractionally better, at 901 to for
money, and so/ to 91 for the account.
No bullion operations have occurred at the Bank.
About 8,000 sovereigns, received from Lisbon,
were sent into the Bank yesterday.
The steamer Syria, which is expected to reach
Southampton on the 10th inst., with the heavy
portion of the Calcutta, China, and Australian
mails, has only 13,070/. in gold on board, the rent
of the amount which reached Point de thine by
the Australian packet having been forwarded to
India.

On Change yesterday afternoon the rates for
bills on Frankfurt and for three months drafts on
Hamburg were again slightly more favourable for
this country. On the other hand, the Austrian
exchanges continue to decline. The rates were as
follows :
Amsterdam, 3 months, Han to 11.191 ; ditto, short,
n 11.16 to 11. ; Rotterdam, 3 months 11.181 to 1139; ;
Antwerp, 3 months, 26.371 to 2140; months,
3 months,
26.374 to 25.40 ; Hamburg and Altana, 3 months, 13.81 to
13.81 • Berlin, Cologne, te., 3 months, 6.25 to 6.26;
St. Petersburg, 3 months, 31 to 301 , Paris, short, 25.124
to 25.224 ; ditto, 3 months, 25.35 to 25.40; Marseilles,
3 months, 25.35 to Z. 40 ; Prankfort-on.theMaine,
3 months, 1191 to 120 ; Vienna, 3 mon 13.0 to
13.5 ; Trieste, 3 months, 13 to 13.15 ; " , 3
months, 48 to 471; Santander, 3 months, 48 to 471; Cadiz,
3 months, 49 to 481; Seville, 3 months, 49 to 481; Malaga,
3 months, 48 to 471; Valencia, 3 months, 481 to 48 ; Bar.
selves., 3 months, 481 to 484 ; Whoa, 3 mouths, 48 to
474 ; Saragossa, 3 months, 48 to 474 ; Leghorn, 3
months, 26.80 to 26.90; Genoa, 3 months, 36.80 to
26.90 ; Naples, 3 months, 26.80 to 26.90 ; Palermo, 3
months 26.80 to 26.90 ; Messina, 3 months, 26.80 to
26.90 ; Lisbon, 90 days date, 524 to 62; Oporto, 90 days
521 to 32.
- - -

The tenders opened yesterday at the Bank• of
New Zealand for the 300,0001. of Canterbury (New
Zealand) Government Biz per Cent. Debentures
amounted to 47,550/., of which only 3,900/. was
at and above the minimum. of 92. Tenders will
be received at 92 for the amount remaining unal-
lotted up to the 15th inst. In view of the conti-
nued demand for colonial government securities
in the London market, it would appear that the
temporarily unsatisfactory character of these results
is chiefly attributable to the unpopularity of the
system, now so generally adopted on such occasions,
of making the public bid, us it were, in the dark.
Many small capitalists do not understand this mode
of transacting business, as is indicated by the ex-
travagantly high or unduly low prices which are inl
some instances sent in. _ _ _

It is announced that the Crest Indian Penin-
sula Railway CA;Mpany have placed the re-
winder of their debenture capital, of about one
and a quarter million, which has been in course of
issue since November last. These debentures,
which possess a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent.,
are an excellent security. The holder has the
option at the end of five years of either receiving
back his capital intact or of going on fur five years
more, while the company have no such option.
In the Rolls Court yesterday there were some
proceedings in connection with the settlement of
the list of contributories of the Blakely Ordnance
Company (Limitsxl), when many moat discreditable
revelations were made.
_ . .

The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of Mill., compared with
the corresponding period of 1866 ; and the Glas-
gow and South Western a decrease of 1361.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Great Eastern
Railway Company, held yesturtlay, Mr. Samuel
Laing, M.P., was duly elected a dinar, in the
place of Sir B. C. Kerrison, Bart., 51.1'., rtsi;,med ;
and at a bowl meeting hold subsequently, Mr.
Laing was elected deputy chairman of the company.
At the meeting of the West India and Pacific
Steam Ship Company, held on Monday at Liver-
pool, a dividend of 12s. 6d. per share was declared.
The half-yearly meeting of the Australian Agri-
cultural Company was held yesterday, when a divi-
dend was declared of 7s. 6d. per share, free of in-
come tax. Thu cluiirmiui stated that although the
progress of the undertaking is not very rapid it
keeps moving, and that they havedono particularly
well in the stock department anal in the coal trade.
At a meeting yesterday of the Brighton Hotel
Company (Limited) the report of the directors
was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum declared.
The half-yearly meeting of the West London
Wharves and Warehouses. Company is called for
the 27th inst.
A petition for thewinding up of the Continental
Gas and Water Company (Limited) is to be heard
before Vice-Chancellor !Halms on the 22nd inst.
Thepreparations yesterday for to-morrow's settle-
meta iu railway and other securities showed gene-
rally a limited amount of outstanding transactions
to be adjusted, and a very moderate supply of
stock, in consequence of which the terms for carry-
ing
over in nearly all cases were light. The fol-
lowing shows the rates generally current :

OONTANGOS.
OPrninit Closing.
Anglo-Ametican
Atlantic t per cent. Pref 2.s. to 44. .. M. to 4s.
Great Eastern
Groat Western torn to 1.16 .. 1.10 to 11
Great Northern A.. 446 to 7-16 .. to 1
Loudon and North-Western t to t • • t t to
Loudon, Chat., and Dover 1.64 to 1.10 .. 1.32 to 146
lonembire and Yorkshire I to t .. even to 1-16
Munch, Shelf., and Lincoln. ;lack to even .. I to 1
Metropolitan t to I to t
Midland even to i .. even to
Darer; thackto even .. 3-16 to 1-16b1C.
Luxembourg
Illinois
Erica
l'nited utstes 3.20 It..nds
Gmnd Trunk of Canada
limit Westent of Canada W. to tid. .. W. to •Jd.

Sl.Ljoineil are the quotations of insurance, gars
and other shares, us given in the btu& Esehr.nuti
Het of Lit evening :
Insurance—Alliance British and Foreign, 124, ; Coin-
menial Union, 4i. ; North British and Merranide
15; Ocean hlaiin,, 2n. ; Thames and Mersey Marino
(Limited), 44,.1 4:: U.dnn Marine, Liverpool (Liu.itinia,
i 4, 4 ; Univer.al M-.rine (Limited), 2f.
Gar Light and Colo: —City of Moscow (his, 18, 11 4 ;
Great em,tral, 11,;. ; Phcenia, New, WI ; surrey
sume.,l3; ; WChUr:.. ; ditto B, 7.
Docks--London St. Katharine, 62.
Waterwrirks-11...:!:, 121, ; ditto New, 7.7, ; East
London, New, 2'l.

It appears that the three boats which hat L beta
..ht,tined to work :he new route of the English and
French Stoant Transit Company (Limited), ail
Thames Haven :aid Boulogne, have befit :mr-
chased fr.on the London, Chatham, and Bova
Railway Company. for the conveyance of IV! I Oar
passenger tiatt;t: were constructed.
The quartorly F • of indigo outnmenct ‘l, this
day. The f01i0v.::.,; report is from Messrs. ii. W.
Jewebury and U.. :

We beB, t,. tor,.. Ct.t the guar telly .:.1..,; of :,.digs
coupe need this .h.y. cowdating of 7,197 chests (incl.a.ling
4,:54:. anat.- of ul be:-.olt or on rvui,
former sat .. an.l tall.•lS ill second Itai.dal. Them
was a fair attendm ae. ..:id the sale opened steadily ; these
aeared to he a fair ammint of orders. Fite la looks
above 7s. lamely inaintAnr.l last sales' trice,. but a.nything
below that price a0...1 fro. 3.1. to 4.1. ithoie t)ctehei ram.
Dry leaf Madras sad- 't at ht.: sales' prices. Kurpm.a, which
are scarce in the sale. realised 4d. to Cal. advance ou Octo-
ber, und sometimea 111(lre for the finer ow.lities. °odes
I sold from par to :Ll...dr:dice. The following are the pro-
' portions of the ilitivreut sort% viz. :—Beuga.i. one-oth
good and fine, and four-fifths middling and ordinary. The
/Imams, one-third p sl and tine, and two-thirds
and ordinary. The Mtirpoh, one-fourth good and fine, aid
three-fourths iti.l.rang and ordinary. The Oudes, one-
fourth good "Ali rile. and three-fourths middling awl ordi-
nary. The itimlipacaid awl Manilla, chiefly or.,inary.
1,702 chests have passed to-day, of which MS were with-
drawn, 2!4 bought in, and 7M sold.

TUESDAY EVFIIING.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 91 to I for the
7th of March, opened and closed to-day at 901 to
91. For money the last price was 902 to The
official business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 901, 1' • ditto, for so-
count, 91, 00; ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 901,
90,1 ; New Three per Gents., 90, 1 ; ditto Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 721 ; Annuities, 18F5, 13,
12 15-16; Bank Stock, Z 2, 3; India Five per
Cent. Stock, 1071, 2,7, ; ditto Four per Cent.
" edema" rupee paper, tin ; ditto Five per Cent.,
1021 ' • ditto Five-and-a-Half per Ceut., 106 ; ditto
Bends, 265. prem.
Indian government securities remain steady.
Exchequer Bills were firm at lls. to 15s. prem.
Foreign stuck& were dull, with few trio-ism:oms.
Turkish Bonds of 1602 fell 1 per cent. ; the Six per
Ceuta. of 1865 1, Spinis Certificates, 1, and
Passive and Italian of 1861,1. Ureek and Tiirkialt
Five per Cents. of 1865, however, v.ereitiquized fur,
and ruse 2 per cent. Peruvian of 1662 were 1.
better. The Viceroy of Egypt's Loan was I par
cent. higher.
Tho scrip of the new Chilian Loan was flat in
the morning, but closed a fraction better than yes-
terday, at Ito prem.
Bank shares were little dealt in, and the only
change* were a tire of 10s. in Merchant and
National of Liverpool, and a reduction to the same
extent in Chartered Mercantile of India, London,
and China.

The shares of the financial companies were gene-
rally rather flat, but the only variation of import-
ance was a fall of 10s. in London Financial. Prices
closed us follows :—lnternational Financial, 21 to
2di ; General Credit, 2il to 24 dia. ; London
Financial, 18 to 17 dia. ; and Credit toucher al
England, 5g to .5! dis.
Atlantic Cable shares were quiet, and Anglo-Ame-
rican and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Preference
closed about the same as yesterday, at l to
and 21 to 3, respectively. Telegraph Construction
were ss. lower, at 2: to 2/ die.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Oa °Tram.

Tho mining market is inactive, and prices anw
quoted the same as yesterday, being as follows :
Wheal Basset, 64 to 66 ; Wheal Buller. 25 to 747 i ;
Great Retallaek, 465. lid. to 484. Ga.; North Crotty,
sto 1; Prince of Wales, 345. to 365. ; Great South
Tulgus, is. otl. to 10s. ; North Treskerby, 24 tot;
Wheal &Arnow:, to 110; West Chivert on, 59 to 61 ;
Chiverton, 81 to ; Dmkewalls7 2lb. to thbi. 6d. •
South Grenville, Bs. to 10s. ; and East Seton, tic.
to Bs. The settlement still engages the utteution
of the dealers.

At the Prinue of Wales Mine meeting, yesterday,
the ace is showed a cash balance of 131 g. es. lid.
Thu liabilities exceeded the assets (providing fee
thu costs for the next three, months, and not credit-
ing the retinue) by 624/. 12s. I Id. A telegram
was received to the effect that the ore jest sampled
amounted to 1:9 tuns, of which tot were of 10., and
47 of 91 produce, worth at the present prbe et
copper from 71. to 7/. 101. per ton.