The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY .EVENING, DECEMBER 14; -1866.

31

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MONEY HARKET.-(THIS DAY.) of mercantile establishments. Where both der
bankrupt in addition to his firm in this country was con- • SHOCKING DRATH OP A MARCHANT FROM
netted with a bower in Bubadoes. The assets in . HYDROPHOBIA.
MtiARKt I -LANE.--(THIS DAY.)
this country and in Barbadoes are stated to be very oon- ;
riofdemrrable..
whiAte,sumthe ciaoconun,ool.4iswstareseha:tbi:ntlirealisea• hands e --0,---
_-,.--
An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, coroner, The I cannot be given, one will, and in all cases the
wurysllmllledh
ktvertheless, as the attendance of InCaera ONII O'CLUCM. attendance of empissyes will be dispensed with as
last evening, at the Addington Arms Tavern, Addington- ;ae - q.. . 7__o Eagle& wheat on sale hers to-day was ' Public securities are firmer to-day, owing to the much as possible.
'by trustees under a deed of amignment ; but there are rad, Bow, relative to the death from the bite ef a dog, very favourable character of the Bank of England It Las &heady been decided that the Corn Es ~
return, and a consequent belief that the rate of
disputed claims to this amount.
Mr. Reed, for the assignees, asked for an sajourement indicted hi a railway carriage, of Mr. Jacob Coplestone, 1 equal tae ' a
We were tolerably well irapplied with forei wheat. The
ds moved off slowly, but at prices quite
discount must soon be reduced. The supply of
for three months. Mr. E. Coplestone, 21, Addington-road,
aged 69 years. Monday.
Be'w• mid that . transactions were onlyd model/este, yet holders generall ihanee and also the Baltic Coffee-house shall be ~.
Mr. Brough, for the bankrupt, did not reaist the spplica- y money iu the general discount market is ex 1 sleet on Monday the 24th and a similar decisicin e
tion for adjournment. last,he came home from the City at his usnal hour, 5 o'clock,
the deceased was a wine merchant. On the 29th October were eery firm ia th •
Fleatiim wire or arsiTanwere'. ti t late tee to inirease arge yin anuary, upon the payment Il.e return of the Bank of England for the week a,
on i he tart of the' Committe'e of the Stock Ex '
4
Mr. Denton appeared for the Colonial Bank. ianwiloweatevbenieediing4his.
Hhaenst wdastkob;swunkLupioin.
o.n.i.,ta hendekeorocltakeof I The show of-both inglish and foreignrearley wrass rath. er
extensive, and sales pecte is felly expected.
of the dividlendslan'd tjhe relesae of a portion of the endiaa Wednisday, Dec. 12, compared with that "..
Some discussion arose on a proof for 150/., tendered by
in the quotations. P
the Colonial Bank on a bill dnuunted by them for the North London Railway, after leaving Stepney station • dog I
Malt, the show of which was
bankrupt, which was opposed by the usigneen. It trans- slowly, at Monday's decline
piled that the bank held bills of a similar character to the had jumped up between him and some other gentleman. . large sum nOW in the hands of the liquidatore, ler the previous week, shows the following chaps: -
amount of 5,000/. The proof was ultimately admitted. Ile aske.d, "Whose dog is that" and in a kindly manner I term. good, sold slowly, on former Cunsols, which are scarce amongst the dealers Circulation issue Ei2,477,700 Increase E 271.348 '
Adjourned for three months. patted aon its neck, whereupon the animal bit his ham) ' The import, he • bee b •
was doing in moat kiends t full ' •
nonage the supply of owing deeds- to recent purchases by the Rank, tpulrculsees eeptimiet.:sive 22,093,793 Decrease 619,380 ...
swag nont e a • ,
However a fair average bumness are in derns.ud, and have risen / per cent. Other deposits .... . 17:4,3684252,5.4111 Ilnereanme: 614°,684458 .6-
Government securities in
severely. Deceased was so nervous about the matter ! feriae, rate wea lam
that witness did not think it prudent to ask him any
-- - - -
THE POLICE COURTS. : further questions as to the kind of dog, or whether the
, owner was present. The wounded hand healed up to all foselleacignswwuerewnetberyeinanil,' b notPrr cheaper. The show of . British railway stocks have also advanced,
Otbhaernkingseeundettearteinmtanktnent . . 13,011,222 Increase 54,1A3 a
ut
as well as souse of the foreign bonds. A feature of
Codine and bullion in both
(THIS DAY.) • appearance. On Wednesday the sth December, however, Very few t creme.
We bave no change to notioe in the value of either Eng- g
-e lish or foreign flour
deceased became alarmingly ill. Dr. Woodford was called te - eaneeetimm Moh Place in Peas, on former importance is an improvement of 1 per cent. in
.in at once, and pronounced the ease to be one of hydro- department 19,636,741 purees* 240,9 ff .
, phobia. Deceased's suffering! were extremely severe. He 1 East Indian Railway stock, in consequence of the
. CLEBEENWELL.
supported Monda/s p-rices.rn- -nse-
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-..-
• pertments
CHANGE OF MAGISTRATES. died on Friday, the 9th, saying, " All ! that dog will be seeds were deed; e, aea es ....1 ." ~.,.. j announcement that the directors have resolved to See-la:ay and other trills
', Mr. Cooke, late of Worship-street policeceurt, took bis ley death." Witnese was not able to discover the owner cake' , reconunend in January next a dividend of / per The heat 3,247,63'3 Increase 8,613
r sest this morning for the first time m the place of Mr, of the dog. Notes in reserve ... . .
r d'Eyncourt, who has been tausferred to Marylebone to Dr. Garrett Woodford said that the coat was one of CURRENT PRICES. I cent. per annum, in addition to the usual guaran- Total reserve (notes a.coin)
t fill up the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Yardley. hydrophobia, all thc symptom. being very marked. Witness ENGLISH. I teed interest of 5 per cent. The fortnightly settle- in banking department
, BREAKING A IL4IIIII =G. saw at once when he was called in that there was no hope. Per Qr. i
WHEAT. & a 1 Per Qr. .
ens. a a ment in shares and foreiern stocks is now in course •
These fi u
g res are very remarkable, including the '
g George Butcher, of Alfred-mews, Caledoniansroaa, was There were spasms of the throat and abdomen ;no liquids Fula, Kent, red, old 54 to 65 Scotch potato
s charged with violently assaulting William Girling, of .1, could be swallowed, and there was occadonal mania, but .s., .
w,, n:sy 58 to 631 Irish, black
1 All Saints-court, Caledonisuaread, and breaking his leg on the mind was generally clear enough. The movement of a ... ao. tuts, iwa io 76: „ white 22 to 32 , The demand for money has increased to-daY/ sum of 11,457,6761. F 1 •
e the 2nd sf October last. peperwouldbe sufficient to throw deceased into paroxysm!. aaereas iind Ei
.12. chi 50 or tle cause of the week s
t° I maaa2an Biliga. 42 to 44 owing chiefly to the settlement in the Stock Ex- increase we have onl 1 ' h infl
vto ooa to t e ux of depo- .
Mr. Ricketts, solicitor for the complainant, having . nia.ageny wee Tay great, all the errtem being extraorde - rea:aiew ` 5B to G 3 , Tick
7 stated the facts, said that the complainant had made a , nanly sensttive. BARLEY. I Harrow
45 to 1,0
O suggestion to receive from the defendant compensation for h d Us' al
e Coroner having stated that the. wart a rio ape M ting - coanteracted by the increase in the securities.
the injuries he had received, but this the defendant .to do with any question that might arise sato the liability aistilling
e declined to make. He had therefore to ea the court not of the railway company for allowing a vicious or Mad dog I 0
O only to fine the defendant for the aasault but to order him :to travel in a passenger carriage among persons unac. easel. NorftL. Tind IN'TIV.:
to pay costs in lieu of compensation. ! quieted with tbeir danger, k 4l to 45 amount of notes in circulation, and, as the circuls-
-72 to 781 Boilers - , Consols are now quoted 88i to /, ex div., for tam is still a 'Millen and a half larger than it was .
The short facta of the cue were these :-Both parties at .0 a verdict "That the deceased died Saff'd
The jury retuensa . Kingdom and Ware 72 to 7S ; FLorR.
i the time of the accident lived in the Caledonian-road. .
from hydrophobia caused by the bite of an unknown dog, Brown 56 to 63, Town made, per 260 ! money, and 88i to 2, ex div., for the account at the correspondine period of last year, there is
e-
sOn the 2nd of October, while in the Queen's Head inflicted whale he was travelling as a passenger in a car- . Mu I les.
public-house, the defendant's. wife assaulted the corn- riage on the North London Railway." New 32 to 341 Household 47 tO GS 1
Its It should be mentioned that nothing was dote ta o OATS. J Country
,_ plainant and scratched his face, and as the oompleinant •
" was trying to get away from them the defendant's son came vette the possible consequences of the bite of the dog until
h. English, feed sr to se i Norfolk and Ruda* . • . . ' til-n id the year shall have passed away. The
potato
a. up and struck the complainut, and then there was a the symptoms of hydrophobia were observed two days acacia, feed
regular fight, at which time the defendant came up. The before death. i i per cent. The latter is called / to 1 prem. the import and export transactions of the week
a. FORTION.
' complainant tried to reason with the defendant, but he said I Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted 58 to 59 ; net exceed 187,0110 a , and as the coin and bullion
Per Qr. 1 Per Qr. ;
he would not Bitten to him, and remarked that uit was an WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) WBRAT. s. a. Oars. s. s. , ditto of l'e63, 3'4, to 2 ; Greek, 13if to 1 ; Spanish row show an increase of 314,427/., it is evident
old grudge he would pay the - (meaning complainant). --e- Dantile Dad &outgo- Danish and Swedish. 24 to 90 •
berg 23 to 29 Passive, 2u/, g ; ditto Certificates, In to i ; Italian that c"'", as well as to ees, is still flowing back front
A looker-on endeavoured to prevent the defendant from 00 to 73 ' Russian
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 8 LN. Itortock & llecklen- I BEAN& tof 1861, 55; to 1 , Mexican, 18/ to 1. the ieternal circuiatien.
ire hitting the complainant, who repeatedly told him that he burg l7 to G 3 I Danish
did not want to fight. The defendant would listen to no • aa !dream
41 to 43 i L need States 5-20 Bonds have improved I per
, lesion, but rushed at the complainant, struck him, and 1 ISes. Danish
B. ot ee lusea.-e--...„ W. e. Ito Russian, hard
threw him down. The complainant got up, when the I is' la D. 9. , soft
res defendant threw him a second time and broke his leg. Nan - --- --- - - - ami;rican, red
haHI 2 „ white -
-to-I Bo rs
i-sus -..MARTMENT.
in. The complainant was in the Royal Free Hospital for some Abort ..j;211:36 88E.. E E 171. cri-: !III"' -
•-I S BARLEY. I Dimas coax.
1 White I
36 to 40 , Central, 771 to 78, being steady. Notes issued i..i.,4.fi,;11,0 I Government debt.. L 11,015,1011
weeks. Leith ...... .19.11 44 S.W. 2,1 W. re ,0.04, 1 Grinding
_.. 3,984,600
'ad The defence was that there was • fair stand-up fight, erdrossan... 29.09 45 W. 4'o W. o '0.20 3 Distilling
)hy and that the complainant's leg was accidentally brolcen. It alarneastle-'29•17 10 W• a 5 W.s W• re 0-301 1 Malting
was also endeavoured to be shown that the complainant ,ee'''eatia•-•••,29.5°481 N•w• ato sew. ho
.0.321 6 OATS. Spann.h „ .... 45 to 60 . \ Silver bullion -
was drunk ; but this was denied, and it was shown that the -"- Dutchibreirung .... !..i7 to 32 American, pce brl... - .
*7 to 3.3 importance, at 151 to 1, and 3/ to P, respectively. ---
us 1......'25-.32 ZS W.S--.W. -3
I -6
WM:W. -e
!07031, t-: 432.4.17,700 , C 32,497,706
ent defendant was the worse for liquor. to 27 , Canadian .. .. 27 to ',3
Holyhead _29.31 47' W.S W. • 7 8 W.S.W. co 0 04j 6 ARRIVALS OF GRAIN, etc., INTO LONDON, BY WATE.I: j International Financial shares are quoted 2 g BANKING nEPARTHENT.
nje The magistrate fined the defendant 205., and ordered Penz.ance.... 29.59 49 W.N.W. I 5 a W. :rt. 0.40 3
see him to pay 4/. costa ; or, in default, to be imprisoned and Breit .. '29.73 52. W.S.W. I 6 7 W.S.W. ' fro 0.51 6 CARRIAGE, FROM DEC. 10 TO DEC. 13, INCLCSIVE. 'tO ..).- dis. ; London Financial, 194 to 181 dis. ; ereprlitere Capita ia.!.s- 3.1.00 Government Becn-
ReJ-t
ihe kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for six balletic 29.69 54 W. 111 8 S.W. Iro 0.35 7 Wheat. Barley. Halt. Oats. Meer. . General Credit, 2g to 21 dia. ; Credit Foncier, Noes Deposita Lie- Dead Weight Ail-
ed, weeks. Kochetort 29.84 54 W. 147 W. ~ ro 1.34 5 ..., 0.,...,,,,,,,, qrs. qr.. 1 qrs. J qrs. bele. sacks. 1 . •._ ang Excheir, nutty;
Plymouth .. 29.57 48. W.N.W. IBBW.I m 0 26 6 see_sa•---- Imo 1:70 I 1820 130 .. 640 lagto i iii,t. ; National Discount, 9g to la prem. ; sev. twee Com- . Other Securities
lof The defendant, who said he would not pay the money, w„rmouta
.1 23 48 47! W..N.W. , 5 8 &W. loe 0124 4 ..'""%,... rola of N &Dowd
• • •1•• I - • • •• I and Hu lson's Bay 164 to i Notes
the was locked up in default. Portsmouth.. 29.48 45 W. I 5 9 N.W. !ro o.la 5 "rem- 23070 11430 1.. , ;.1520 woo stso ` 90 • Debt, and Div. Gold and Silver
an- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. London ... 29.42 41 W. j 3 7 S.W. brc 0.27 - --i- --- - 1 The dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, announced taunts
Mu- SELF-ACCUSATION OP ROBBERY. Yarmouth.,. 29.37 42 W.S.W. ja 8 WN.W. 'c- i 2 Total . 29C8d , 12600 1 1S:0 . 5.550 I, 6600 5330 Other Deposita .... 1.,,42'.,551 1
Scarborough. 2.).21i 43 W.S.W. 1 4 N.W. !co 0.10 2 by the liquidators of Ovcrend, Gurney, and Co- sieso asy and other
ore,. Thomas Webater, about 18 years of age, respectably Shields 29.22 43 &W. .2 2 B.W. 'o• ' 9 bills
and dressed, and who said he lived at Brampton, was charged Heider •- - - '- - - !-. - -
-1 - LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN I'iLtRKETS. (Limited), amounts to a total of about 500,000 a , --
felt before Mr. Knox with stealing a Cashmere shawl of the --- •
ere. value of 3a. 6d., from the ahop of Mr. Win. Shayer, hosier, anDinwt,,,hetengirthw etsst i.ileuvtri•
,o!drhaarre, and.
von our owe southern (ST ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) De:. 13, 1866. F. MAY, Deputy Cashier.
I upwards of 2,000 creditors.
tod• T 29, Piccadilly. bee ery strong and squally, (FROM OOR OWN CORRESPONIW-NT.) -.--- .
and are still fresh from the westward, while on our northern
Mr. WM. Shayer, tn., said that on the preview even- cease' they are light and southerly. I meters continue un- Corrox.-The market continues steee.y, and males will 1 Advice; from Liverpool anno .
unce the failure of THURSDAY EVENING.
ing the primmer WRS rought into his father's shop by a steady, and in the north of Scotland they have fallen below 29 foot up about 10,000 or 12.000 bales. Messrs. Grant, Murdoch, and Co., East Indian and Consols, which closed yesterday at 88/ to ft,
constable, the prisoner having told the constable he had inches. Temperature has declined on our eouthern coasts, else- CORN.-Market moderately attended. Fair business in I ex div., for the 10th Jarmary, opened and closed
Am. taken R shawl from the shop. The shawl was the property where it has remained nearly stationary. A large anwunt of wheat at full prices of Tuesday. Flour slow and rather .
1 African merchants, with liabilities estimated at
eeday at the same quotation. For money the lasi
of his father. ruin has fallen at Parlance and un the west coast of France. easier. Beans 6d. lower ; Saida 395. 6d. Barley al. lower. I 250,000:. or 300,000/. price was sag t,, . The official business report i
Police-constable Adams, 135 C, said that on the previous Oats and oatmeal exceedingly dull. Indian corn slow sale ; 1
-- -.--- a - 1 An extraordinary meeting of the English and as foams :-Thiee per Cent. Consols, for money
„„b evening the prisoner gave himself ep to hare dean that top price of mixed 38s.
M B h E • • - '
"6 'he had stolen a shawl, at the same time handing it to han. r. ruce, w o was ducation Minister in the I Swedish Bank is called for the 15th of January, asg, i,, I, 4 • ditto, for account, 881 ; Three pe
[um-
-1862 lie asked the prisoner where he had stolen it from, and he late government, made a speech at Oldh , last night, in • ,
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) i " 11% hen the particulars and result of the negotia- •
Cents IteaLed, 871, i, 1, / ; New Three pe
said he would show him, and took him to Mr. Shayees, an ELECTRIC ANT) INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) 87a " 1 ' • annuities, 1883, 121 • Ban
tions which have taken place between the directors centa9 •4'"' ' ' -
I°Pl' where the shawl was identified. He took the priaoner to 1•• h b tated t
wlae s a some length his views on a question (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) S:tit:ii 2491 ; Iddia Five per Cent. Stock', 1061
r )7- the station, and on searching him only found • knife and which has a special interest for Mancheater at the present Factors ask la. advance on wheat, which checks buil- and the Scandinavian Credit Share Company will 16 • 'ditto-Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee papei
till! pocket-book upon him. The prisoner refused his address, moment- the question of the elementary education of ness. Barley slow at last week's price. Beans and oats Ise communicated to the shareholders."
they
• Dlr. Shayer said the prisoner stated that he had done it the poorer classes. Possibly, he raid, they would be unaltered. Ma
through want. At a meting of Frederick Symons and Co. (Li- The India Five per Cent. Stock and Five ye
i was all agreed as to the duty of the state to pro-
In answer to the charge the prisoner dated that he took • , MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DAY.) mited), held on the 10th inet., it was resolved Cent. Rupee Paper were a little more offered.
I re- vis e a system of education, either by local or by central
the shawl, but not with a dishonest feeling. He wanted
e but SCGAR.-The market is firm at the recent advance. The The transactions in foreign stocks were upon
to get into the police station, and did not know how to get action. He should be in favour of local action, and he had • that the undertaking shall be wound up volun-
i first private sales include British West India, at 28e. cal. to ,
.a, ~ • • h very moderate scale, and the tone of the mark
_,... in, so he took the shawl, and then gave himself up. no objection to the principle of the compulsory powers als.6d.; Cuba Muscovado. at 305.• (Porto Rico at 30s. 61 ; tar' 'Yi under the supervision of t e court. was Sat. Brazilian of 1852, &c., and 1865, as W 4
::::7,,, . Mr. Knox asked the prisoner whether he was williag to sought by the Manchester conference. lie confessed, to 31s. ea.; called Manilla, at 29e. ; grainy afauritius, at ; The general meeting of the
`"" give any account of himself. The prisoner merely said he shareholders of the as wins „f th, El,
elitian bonds and Spanish Thr
however, " that he should like, before he had recourse to 365. fid. ; and grainy Jaggery Madras, at 255. Refined is I
resided at Brompton. 'London Joint Stock Bank will be held on the 17th per Cents., declined I to 1 per cent. ; Turkish
ir the firmer for all descriptions.
Mr. Knox remanded him, that the police might make an extreme measure of that iert, to make a trial of some
COFFEE.-The public sales of plantation Ceylon have !of January, "to receive the report of the directors, 18',',5, ;; ; Greek,
•1 ; attic Spanish Pasaivisand 'Mexico
ck for inquiries respecting him. intermediate measure." gone off heavily, but at about the previous currency. ; and the announcement of dividend." I Behan bonds of 1865, however, were in i
l that WANDSWORTH. MR. DOULTON, 311. P. AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.- Triage, 26a to 535. • ordinary to nrialling grey. 58s. to I need and edvanc el 1 per cent. Russian of 18
would EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY BT A TRADESMAN. One of the most stormy political meetings held in the me- 7es. ; middling to fi'ne middling coloury, 80,. to BSs. The eleventh annual meeting of the Oriental In- 1' ' • •• -
and Turkish of 1662 were also li higher.
hat it John Wilacm, a greengrocer, carrying on business in tpo
ro hs for years took place last night at the Institution, TEA, RIcE, and SALTPETRE continue quiet. land Steam Company will be held on the 27th inst. .. . - • roe
Application has been made to the eoifitint
oes of Park-road, Ceipham, was placed in the dock before Mr. Walsworth.. • Mr. Doniton, the Adullamite member for PEPPER.,--A small parcel of good Singapore sold at !kl. We understand that the funds for the January
red by Ingham on a charge of dealing about 101 be of coals value Lambeth, invited the electors and non-electors of that Rum.-. 4) punchenes of Demerara sold at Is. 64.1. the Stock Exchange for the appointment of
one penny, the property of Messrs. Charrington, coil mer- borough to meet him. They responded in great force ; but I 10. 81. ;50 puncheons of Berbice, at lc sid. ; and a payee
t°
I (.1. •d
1 d • Ic. f nil of the Imperial Ott man
1 Ivl en an am Ing 11 o sett ing (ayin t le new Russian loan. The sc
1. I • I
onnsel clients, at New Wendsworth Station. the honourable gentleman found it impossible to get •, of East India, at ls. 4,,,d. , Loan of 1662 have been received here. v. ill ee ready for delivery to the subscribers :in I
and a Mr. Smyth, of Westminster, defended. a hearing, although, it a said, the room had j Fitt:lr.-Valencia taisins and Turkey figs Fell steaaily, at ; About 2,0(811. in gold was bought by the Bank lai:t .iistant. The bast quotation for it Le-day 9;
it to • George Dyer, clerk to the prosecutors, stated that, on been, as far aS poesible, packed with his I previous prices. Other articles are quiet. I yesterday. There is no demand for exportation, .
:.; te 1 prem.
Tueeday, the 14th inst., he was standing on The railway- adherents. The meeting was announced for I Corr( ea-The market has become dull, and previous owing to the liminess of the exchanges.
bridge overlooking the wharf, when he Raw the prisoner, eight o'clock, but as early as a quarter before six, outside ' prices are with difficulty supported. The City of Washington has arrived from New
B. who bad purchased half a ton of coals from the ,loint the private door or stage entrance to the lecture-hall, a JIITE.-About 3,000 bales sold, at steady rates. MINES.-(TIIIS DAY.)
Stock Company, take two pieces of coal from those be- number of gentlemen were assemblecl-each armed with a York with 27,0001. in specie, and the Bremen with
longing to Messrs. Charringtsn, and throw them up on to ticket which gave the privilege of a private entree to the pat- TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DIY.) 15,000/. -...---
Ows o'Ctoos
his load. As he came away, witness stopped him, and told gasser. A sergeant and
.constable of police a kept ' -mentioned Australian gold ships are .... .. .
••
The market is steely. Town tallow is quoted 43a. ala The under
Inner ; him to return the coals belonging to Means Charrilton the aoor, which closed against all unprovided with the , This being s_itii e •• ,
''''ne (lee the dealers are engai
! von the way to this countr • viz. :-The auf-
Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 445. ; January to March, nor • 3 t • .
• • • ' • 'lct at rte t' 1 t ta
He took up a lump weighing about l'Slbs., and sea he talismanic ttc e . a a qua r•pas six a moa every sea i 44s 3d. • March, 445. 9d. folk, with 73,500/. ; the Wave of Life, with with their accemits. East (Sweden. Marko Vall
tist at had only taken that little piece. Wanted told him to on the platform and the front seats in the hall were occu- • , Priiice of Wales, Clijord Amalgamated, f
se and take it back to the wharf. The prisoner then got down pied by the ticket-holders, the consequence being that at a 64,1/001. ; the Sir John Lawrence, with 37,5001. ;
she was and mit the pieces back on the wharf. Witness believed later hour-half•past six-when the front doors were HIDE .MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) and the Wooloomonloo, with 23,0001. The total is U• 9
1 1 • h wever are in ileina
Pis .sper m ....• • BAArei, 0 _ t. _
East Camden are quoted 4S to 5/, ; Starke Vali
by the the prisoner took two or three pieces. He Min sure there thrown open, a large number of electors who Caine pre- LEADENHALL.-Hides : 561bs. to 641b5., 20. to 3d.; . 200,000/., of which 62,500/. is due.
ion. A was more than one piece. Pared to take pal tin the proceedings had to con- ealbs. to 721b5., 3.1. to Od. ; 7211 a. to 801 be., 3.1 t° i Advices from Sydney announce several failures, • - s •
3" to 41 • l'ruiper United, 11 to 2', : Prince
cauaed In cross-examination the witness mid he was 20D yards tent themselves with standing-room at the end 3d. ; 801 be. to ealbs., 30. to 30. ; 681bs. to 961b5., W•iles t's to 2iis • Cliontales, 2g to ~.... ; Cliff
owing to the continued tightness of the monev •- ' • e. • _ • •
wedding oil the wharf, when he taw the coals taken. The prisoner of the hall. The front row of tho gallery Was 3. d. to 41. • 9elbs. to 10411 w., 4d. to 41(1. ; 1041 be. to - Autaleaniated, o's' tu 61 ; and North Crofty, 21 t
I. began did not say he believed the pieces were hag own. He had occupied solely by a party of pottery lads. The ' 1 Mese *ale 42d. Horse hides, 9s. to 10s. ea. eau market. The most important were those of
..Mesers. 0
is. She been a customer of Messrs. Charrington. entire proceedings partooe of such disorder and tumult i skins, light, 2s. 01. to 4s. ; full, 7s. I Threlkeld and Co., auctioneers, and Wilkinson ..-....-e---,.---.-.
nd moss The witness added that during the last twelve months RA are seldom witnessed atapublic meeting in this country. I ISERMONDSET.-Slieepskins : Polled, 10s. to 115. ca.; ' Brothers, merchants, the liabilities reaching respec- RAILWAYS.-(THIS DAV.)
y struck Messrs. Charrington bad lost a large quantity of coals, and For about twenty ininotes Mr. Doulton persevered in ! Kents and half-Ineds, 7s. fid. to Bs. 6d. ; downs, fa. 6d. to 1 tively 400,01/01., and upwards ef 100,0001.
ler bed, they could only account for it by acts of pilfering. addressing the reporters, who, being withal a foot of 6a. ed. Messrs. Joubert and Boucher, merchants, J. and ONa o'Ceoca
ran at- The manager to Messrs. Charrington said they had lost him, were just able to catch the drift of bis remarks ; --• • -
eid been 300 tons of coals within the last eighteenmonths and it had but while he was in the act of speaking a rush was made to BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS D. 7 1
Ay ‘. E. Row wholesale druggists and chemists, and The railway market is firm to-day, and mos
L having become a very serious matter. the platform, and " confusion worse confounded" prevailed Messro. Pattenden and Smith report that the trade Cherch 'Brothers, merchants, had also suspended. 1
tee chief lines have advances..
1 Great Weis
tquently Mr. Smyth said the prisoner had been • respectelee until mr. Neaten eel retired. Then smother easiness' I throughout the week has been steady, with a very bare I The highli satisfactory announcement 19 made steck has Me:roved s per cent. ; Midland
,unnuitY. tradesman for many years and had borne animpeschable NMI elected, and a series of resolutions were carried con- supply of choice samples, prices ruling firm. that the ast Indian Railway Company have Great Norther'', 5 ; London amid North West
ca. The character. At the outset it did appear an improbable thing (tetanal; Mr. Doultou, approving of Messrs. Gladstone, resole: d to recommend the payment, on the sth e ; Metropolitsn, Loielon, Chatham, and Do
focation, that he would forfeit that character for a pennyworth of Mill, and Hughes, and pledzing the meeting never to .......,.....'"
judicial coals. His explanation was that in loading hie coals he cease from its efforts in favour of reform until manhood January next, of a dividend of 4 per cent. per and North British, 1 ; and Lancashire and Y
dropped one or two pieces. He picked up some, thinking suffrage. " protected by the ballot," shall be concmled by TUE CATTLE SHOW.- (THIS DAY.)-To-day. t , .
he ' annum on this company's stock and share capital, shire and South Eustern, 1. Caledonian, liowe
ese] they were his own, and threw them into his cart. After the legislature. great Metropolitan Cattle Show will close, and wdbin :in addition to the usual guaranteed interest at 5 remains heavy, and exhibits a fresh red.Lction ,
urging the magistrate not to send the prisoner to gaol, alit. CoWEN M.P., ON THE ALABAMA Causes. four days the whole of the splendid specimens .of per cent. This is doubly satisfactory, fur whilst per cent.
Dlr. Smyth called -Mr. Cowen, Se.P., in the course of bia address to the cattle exhibited there will, in accordance . with the shareholders will welcome an addition to their Metropolitan stock is now quoted 121 i te
A wituess, who said the prisoner was formerly a licensed electors and non-electors of Newcastle, an Tuesday, made , the requirements of government, have fallen. victims .ne•
i >me a sum equivalent to the amount to be dile Great Western, 19 to 1 ; London und N
s atualler and now caned on the business of a green- the following observations on the question of the Alabama !to the butcher's knife. The visitors at the hall this morn- . 7
Sty. Tee grocer in Clephani, and that he had always known him te claims :-" I had a ['stiffen forwarded to me from a 1 ing were of a highly respectable class. .
Throughout the tribute(' as dividend beyond the guaranteed Western, 1131 te Ill;/ •,- Midland, 1191 to ]
be. The bear a g c a •
ood h racier public meeting in this room, in the early part of this ! show the attendance on each day has been most satmfac- ease, will be applied in reduction of the Cidedor
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123:5• to r, ; , c
twee/. , Mr. Ingham said nothing but the prisoner's good chs- year, praying the House of Commous to allow the ques- I tory, showing that
.the exhibition.. of
.cattle still held. • sum hitherto advanced by the government lb; to 117 ; South Eastern, 621 to
~. ;
sl largely racter had saved him from being ignominiously sentato tion between this counter ana Anisrica, arising out of the I a very prominent position in the public mina. A moans°
India] .71 on account of the guarantee. This is in ac- Eastern, 25.1 to 'elki ; Great Northern, lle to
se it „ets prison rind kept to Mail labour. He then fined him 5/. Alabama depredations, to he referred to arbitration. lof laat year's figures with this year s is Fec . . 7 in
c,
'tetanal with the terms of the contract, 1
-'Y ditto A, Islei to 1 ; Linden, Chatham,
I loss. with the alternative of two months' imprisonment for the I :areal with the prayer of that petition ; and I sin ; favour of the present show. Yesterday about 30.000 VIRIIOIII .
red int° a unlawful possession. now glad to learn that there is some prospect of the , passed ehrougla the turnstiles and paid their shillings, . which one-half of any sum earned in excess of Dover, 152 to 16 ; and North British, 34; to
; Lewine, quedion being reconsiaere•l ; and if Lord Stanley reopens ; toeing 3,000 in excess of the attendance on the car
- the guaranteed rate goes to the shareholders, and East Indian Railway stock is in delieuel,
ja
countrY The will of the late Thomas Ph' Q C h this discusaime with the . United Stem! govern , ,_ _
ment I • responding day last year. The exhibition claws at ' the other half to the State, for the purpose above has improved 1 per cent., viz., to 105:: te 1
onsigning inn, . ~ as think he will in that particular be deservang 110 ' 1 k h'
of support. I•0coc t is evening, and if one may judge from the • described. Lombardo-Venetian and Grand Trunk of Ca
obtained been proved by his executors. It bears date Aug. 1, 1:4;11. cannot conceive
.anything being more serious to this 1 rite at which people were passing irnto. the awalirtattLi);climk. ,
; The Imperial Ottoman Bank have given notice are steady, at 15; to 1 and 181 to e reepectivs
siSorie It The personalty has laeen sworn under 20,000/. The tea couatry than a misunderstending with America calculated I beforedthat time a larger numbe f mei
• • that the interim dividend on account of the profits t For tJalays •ii:are Lists see pay .1.1
hose Con- to lend to a war. I would never have England submit to entere than on any previous day.
tater, after giving various specific and pecuniary legacies to dishonour or imposition, but if we have been in error re- I Wru.s AND BEQCESTS. -The will of Mr. William of the year ending the 31st inst. of 10s. per share
had been several fle f •
o is newts and relations,bequeaths a life interest •
will be payabla .---- --e----------------------
nece bad specting the Alabama, I cannot see what dishonour there . Henri- acechen, merchant, of London and Drewlen, was (the limit allowed by the statute:), . c .
ew York ;in thereat of hispropertytehis sister, Mrs. Lyddon, anda life can be in rectifying the mistake. Private indisi•luals ; proved in her Majesty's Court of l'robate on the 17th ult., sm and after the Ist January, on both the old and Ft- tiNIONT:EIt"i' AND Pot LTEREP-S ~L
: assignees interest to his niece, Miss Lyadon, with remainder to her never hesitate to rectify mistakes, ana there is no reason ;by his sons, the Right Hon. George Joachim Goschen, 0.0.4Nk; NI, 0 IME:cr. -Last evening a public n•eetic
the new shares of the bank.
ced for a children, whom failing, the testator's brother has a life in- why nations should not do so also." I M.P., and Mr. Charles Hermann Goscben, the executors.
I The G . Hal t fli trn shows Lela at Queen's...lairs Chapel,
reat N% estern i way ra cre u Westminster, to yr
'l'llE SEARcIi FOR BODIES IN THE OAKS COLLIERY. ; The personalty in England was aworn under eOO,OOO/. • De itte-Aso
terest ; and on his death the residue is to be divided be- a,
afa, ' red al tl e cor- this moveinent. 3lr. Joseph Payne., P-,
asked for stator died at Ghent July 2S, aged 74. The will this week a decrease a 4041. compa wi 1 i ied the chide. A resolution was passe
tween his nieces, Mrs. Eleanor Stirling and Gertru•le -,;-c-' of
kwilling hands joinedwheetiyetily e t
y ine
'lige 7shoefaeoeusiderable length, and bears date July 12, 1865, : responding period of 1865 ; the Great Nor.hern,
jpruedsgsing teuelidesieet regret of the meeting at th
Stirling, and their children. Mr. Phiun died, on October atigenT;:t rasmorelattraanrh
leaeamen owf ere thus eanpleisayet•if. ' 'with a codicil on lath of same month. The bequests, which an increase of 1,0381. ; the Great Eastern, an in- culties which beset every effort to pares iticSound,anydTi.
Ire the lia- 31, sudaenly, of disease of the heart, at his chambers in One of the most affecting scenes which the per- ' are in large amount!, are chiefly confiued to the members of crease of 9711. ; the London and South Western, Bill which walid give geneuratrl emit i
, the bank- Pall-mall, in his 53n1 year. Ile was unmarried. sons so engaged came upon was the discovery of more his family. To his wife he leaves the interest of 85, •an the North Eastern, an in- that as there is no fish er et 1 - als;kl:t enlSsunaa)
long while than tw.enty men nearly the whole of whom were annuity of 2,8001.. and the sum of 39,000/. absolutely. His
' • an increase of 8511. ; 1 11:- dl) V ht* t'i • `••• nil:.
d and nobility sold gentry Wi 1 in yig u .e. .. 3
Yes to that At the usual quarterly meeting of the Committee I locked in each other's arms. They had faced death sons George and Charles are appointed residual/ legatees. crease of 2,431/. ;• the Manchester,. Sheffiel ,
of the jounnyteen by ordering their goods to le a
ng ; and as of Joint-Stock Banks in London. held recently at , together, and had carried the friendship of life to the To his sons Henry, Alexander. and William, each 20,000/. Lincolnshire, an increase of 1,24 e:. ; the Lance-
Saturday instead of Sunday mornings. Another ree
C, it would the London and Westminster Bank, a discussion • very threshold of the grave. Others had evidently been To his daughters Fipny andhMaria, inerthee evevnest oaf their shire and Yorkshire, an increase. _of 4 120/. ; the erpre 1 the thanks of the meeting to some feu hi
took place upon tho expediency of extending the • swept away while taking leave of each other, and ie the rearraing in tbl:.ldifetune of te r mod\ , h lea 1 vte,ery North British, an increase 0
•b• ; _
f -Al. th'e London, ' - ilies a the 'West-end, who, by discountenaucinj
d. I still re. liberal sum, ies an equal share wit i his other i augh re 1' fa°
rad' Le
1- Id' iini bed the Sunday labour of
*ncluding the Metropo itan day t ino, ...e in s
period for notice of withdrawals and deposits. At : tHe,orromure‘ndi
tconfusicnir ;sof tle momentf ott:,ieeirsr
Glee Chatham, and Dover, i
./ Not aon the demise of their mother in the reversion of 70,000/. incre of 458/. ; journeymeu. It was stated that many of tly.t.pi,
present 'even days' notice is required, unless under few were the% Vord in thee °altitude of prayer. A more He bequeaths to his sister 'Frederica a moiety of some Extension arid branches,o
an
a dec f 881 • worked from fourteen to eighteen hours on work la.
lona-street, special arrangement, , ~
by all the joint-stock banks . • wful spectacle than that presented to the searchers on landed property at Hohenstadt, she being in possession of the Metropolitan Extensi n,
rease
o ' ' from eight to ten Lean ou eundays, or forty hours I
h rt. dth' 1 1 ' t H pried& a -tCo t an increase of 101.
in debta of except the London and Westminster, whose deposits Wednesday night could hardly be found, even on a battle. the ot
oetr,po toa;viann
reoviougisle .
ievrensistr
here. .
oft„. and tho ken as , more than a imeli,uic.
)1. are repayable on demand. Considerable stress (says the. field. Horses, coal tubs, and in some cases mendand laas, 11,
f lent in value.' He bgeTueaths tywgo sums of 5,000/. elich in ' Tho Anglo-Italian Bank (Limited) announce ANOTHER DEiTILUCTIVE FIRE NEAR DEW.:
il ' . LIR • the extensive works known .
inkrupt, he were heaped together in one
•confused mass, an
.some o delay that must necessar s -enter y morning.
Times) was laid on this as operating sensibly in times of t t f his soes George Joachan and Charles Hermann, that, owing to the Devroury were tote
his fatber, the banes were so much dtsagured, more by dirt than rus or Prospect 3FII, Birstal, near ,
into busi- panic or pressure, and eventually the discussion was ad- . mutilation, that their friends could hardly recognise them; for the benefit of
.their wives and families. The reside, et elapse before the shares in the new bank are ready
ed b fir and damage was done to the am°
on in the iourned to the neat meeting, on a suggestion that, if the some had to be identified by a button, or a shoe, or his property.he divides into three parts, lea.ving two-thwda
. for de .
livery transfers of the shares of •
the old bank atm,' y e' • a I.l' • whicl
from 15,0001. to 1.4,000/. The main ui ing,
id after a London and Westminster Bank will adopt the system pur. some part of their tattered garments. By midnight nearly hereof to his son George, and the remaining third to his can be registered till further notice, if made in a yards long. 22 wide. and six storeys high,
_mei she. p•
Soon Charles. He directs that a s of 1,000/., free of e- -
a din conformity with regulations obtain- of the Birstal Joiut Stock provision end Clotbinj
oeing taken sued by all the other banks of seven days' notice, no eaten- 50 bodies had been brought to the
berre, and the• drive
ii l y duty, shall be ditaled amongst the clerks employed Lorin en pa y and was crested in 1844. The owners of the
•not at all a • se:a increasing throng at the pit .an . to.ok a pain ii. y . able at their offices. s• -n-
' ' d ' h R l Fireaffice, and the tee
his. Two sin-
n will be neces ,it being understood that the unani- cited interest iii the duty of identifying the bodies. in 1
ha mercantile house of burliness. ade u ton tee mg are insure in t e oya
bankrupt mons opinion of the representatives present would receive At times the bodies were brongbt up so rapidly that the ME . . - .
LANCHOLY Rolovor AccineYr -On Satur- A call of 51. per share has been m 1 •
th Liverpool Loudon, and Globe. About lao well
his later due consideration from the senior establishment. space reserved for them at the pit mouth was quite d.y last a very melancholy accident occurrea un the shares of the City Offices Company (Limited),
aree
wii a
out of employment at a time when t
sectation of A register of the performances of the telegraph to as relatives and friends claimed the dead Portpatrick and Creels-Douglas Railway. As the goods
crowded, and . • • payable on the 3lit of January. unusually dull.
had been fCI Do 1 ed' I also t
they were carted away, covered with blankets, and in many tram rom wit e- ug as was proce mg a ong u 'The Merchant Banking Company of London j ApANEsS VisiToßS. -Two young officers 1
Both these India during the first nine months of the current year cases followed by weeping women and children. .By en midelay, and had passed the bridge at Greildiok, near (- •
L ted) have made a call of 5/. per share on the
imi , ing to the howl-11okt of the prince ef If igo, wbo _
:rept looked ; shows that the messages in that period were 22,836, of early hour in the nionitng the work of construcan air- Palnure Station, where there is a rather short curve in - pavas_e on the tentate of the .Tapanese empire, arrived here on 7
g• ht shares numbered 10,001 to 10,000, . 111
i felt that he ' which 22,610 were of a commercial or private nature, and ways was rapidly progresslng, and all through the nig the. line, from some unknown cause the train,
_cton-
_th
0_ by the barque Wave. They are en route to Pitila•
ability of his 276 were government deepatches. The larger portion went relays of men were sent down to expedite the duties of the . suiting of engine, tender, and 18 trucks, ran off he h f January next. re they purpose remaining for five ye
lish and Foreign Credit s'Ale .
Men below. ( rails and were preaipttated down the embankment At a meeting of the Eng - order to acquire a thorough knowleclee of
:ow:ern and through Turkey, and the average time occupied by that
es a much INCREASE or INBANrrv.-It need not excite our- I with' such violence that the engine and tender were Company (Limited) held yesterday, resolutions were science and to acquaint themselves with th
,_ d t route wes 4 days 11 hours and 13 minutes, the shortest f nearly e undertaking, and ners and customs of the " greas republic."
so o-u prise to mad that three large asylums for the county of , separated, and the latter thrown a disittance o a passed for a reconstruction of th
ras DO dou t transmission having been 2 hours and 4 minutes, and the a
Middlesex are full, and that extended accommodation for ; twenty yards from the former. The true s
tweerer
and y
h "seethe the reduction of the liability on the shares. the curiosities exhibited by them to their
xtravagance. longest Zi days. By the route vie Russia the average time the insane pcar is urgently required all over England. i all smut. hed oar
tteaped on lltii: tof of oonre a o
er oat denstroye'd. But, I The ninth ordinaxy general meeting of the sentare were a pair of two-banded swords, made
tded for six was 10 days 8 hours and 5 minutes, the shortest trans- The subject is now under the serious coesideration of , tr: Fii.
lr part
ntic:ble toe ilectdtesesolf the four men in charge of shareholders of the Imperial Think (Limited) IS 6. t teel and as sharp as razors. These swords w
It, meting 12 mission being 11 hours 10 minutes, and the longest 20 the Commissionerein Lunacy, who edit advise the Home- • loon man and had been in their family for 400 year
ime ; protec- ,_ office. The question before them is not so simple as it e n, o amp rem ,
th
irai .1 hn C hen/ a an wee killed on the elt°t, called for Tuesday, the 15th January, for the pur-
stated that in dapen a connoisseur oonld tell the
M d th 24th instant, has been curiasitr, ‘llLh the 7 took Purt!clflar p re
•wable at the °ay' es
may seem. A very general feeling has arisen that the I bemg 11 Fell
• *te•-y =oohed to atoms under the ponderous
this important bishopric was recently offered to the Rev. been carried far enough, and that the lunatic sad idiot pan W beep, breekonan, had one, r . . ,
Prod in • th h d and feu -Ayr Adrentser.
lain to the Queen, and honorary canon of St. Paul's Cathe- ings or in private dwellings. It must not be thought that rece ieson e ea_ .
dial, but declined by him. It is now thought not unlikely insanity is increasing because more asylums are required. A couple were aaked in c urc pose of receiving the report of the directors and
broken and wee auditors, and for declaring a dividend. weapon by inere'a lookine at it. This ie a piece
tiler r
A circular, soliciting a general banking hal- seised of. Toe hari-kari sweed was ano
to
day for on ay, e
h •h at Sibsey, on sent to most of the London bankers. It seems
official is
rep .
24th and Wed- •
It is used for the parpose of sminde.; for when a
graded by his superiors he consid
ito the coo. THE DISHOPRIC OF CALCUTTA.-It is stated that system of building enormous and expensive asylums has I engine ; David Lawson, driver, was btu
lly injured i Robert • ledge that our most eminent annquanans are
upt sad Mr. J. E. Kempe, M.A., rector of StJatmees, Piecedilly, chap- may be better cand for, at lees expense, in smaller butld. severely inpued on the head ; and ohn Higgin , Furl,
h • had The improved modem treatment has done much to diminish Sunday lad asonairks the Stanford Mercury) whose united certain that on both Monday,. the . , . _ perOtt„ to 1111 ,
e, *sliding sa that one of the two Indian bishops, from their aving • • • • kill le self whioh he does by drat
imination and some years' experience of Indian affairs, may be translated the number of lunettes, who are not now in th ' tend d bride-
greater nume- ages amount to more than 130 years, ein e n sday the 26th inst., busmess will be either ihan,,,mp„ ti.,,.,,„,may wo„ ha firerais.-1
being upwards ee 9
led, but the to the metropoh
'ten see of Calcutta, and a new appoint- rical proportion to the population than they were ten groom haring tamed 70, and the bride wholly or partially suspended in tha great majority Hasid.
1 70.0001. T'ne ment =sae to either Madras or Bombay.-Timee years ago.-Laiteet. of 60 '.

LSGLAND.
7th add eth Vic.. c. 82, for the
the 12th day of Dec., 186 U.
•ARTIEFAT.
Government debt L 11,015,1011
Other securities 3,1184,900
• Gold cobs and bul-
llion
I Silver bullion ...

:PARTMINT.
Government Seen-
rities iincluding
Dead Weight An-
nuity;
Other Securities
Notts
Gold and silver
coin

£44,105,011

TRURMOAY EVENING.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 8811 to ft,
ex div., for the Ruh January, opened and closed
-day at the same quotation. For money the last
price was sag to G. The official business report is
as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
Mg, it, 1., 4 ; ditto, for account, 881; Three per
Cents. Reauced, Bn, ; New Three pee
Cents., 871, ; Annuities, 1885, 12 ; Bank
S:.0&••, ''l9l; India Five per Cent. Stock, 10G1,
6 ; ditto Five per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper,
The India Five per Cent. Stock and Five per
Cent. Rupee Paper were a little more offered.
The transactions in foreign stocks were upon a
very moderate scale, and the tone of the market
was eat. Brazilian of 1852, &c., and 186.1, a.s well
as some of the Egyptian bonds and Spanish Three
per Cents., declined to 1 per cent. ; Turkish of
; (;reek,', ; anti Spanish Passive and Mexican,
I Italian bonds of 1865, however, were in de-
inand, and advanc:d. 1 per cent. Russian of 1859
and Turkish of 1862 were also 1 higher.
Application has been made to the committee of
the Stock Exchange for the appointment of is
settling day in the new Russian loan. The scrip
v. ill ready for delivery to the subscribers m the
6::1 stunt. The last quotation for it to-day was
tv 7 ,rem.

Owe o'CLooL.
This being s-2ttling day, the dealers are engaged
wit:t their accounts. East Ceradon. Marko Valley,
Prince of Wales, Clitford Amalgamated, and.
P.l.(.sper United shares, however, are in demand.
East Caradon are quoted 4T-; to 61 ; Marke Valley,
:I: to 41 ; Proper United, I to 2', : Prince of
\Vales, 245. to :his. ; Omutales, 2gto ; Clifford
Amalgamated, to G 4 ; and North Crofty, 21 to 3.

Ou o'Ctooi.
The railway market is firm to-day, and most of
the chief Inlet have advanced. Great Western
stock has iiw,roved per cent. ; Midland and
Great Northern, 1 ; London and North Western,
; Metropolitm, London, Chatham, and Dover,
and North British, 1 ; and Lancashire and York-
shire and South Eastern, 1.. Caletbanan, however,
remains heavy, and exhibits a fresh redaction of
per cent.
Metropolitan stock is now quoted 1211 to ;
Great Western, .110 to ; London und North
Western, 1131 t, 110;1 ; Midland, 11% to 120 ;
Lancashire awl Yorkshire, 123:1 to T.; Caledonian,
lb; to 117; South Eastern, 621 to 1, ; Great
Eastern, to ; Great Northern, 11:; to 114;
ditto A, to it ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 15 to 1t ; and North British, 34 to
East Indian Railway stock is in deimunl, and
has improved 1 per cent., viz., to 105:: to 100 i.
Lombardo-Venetian and Grand Trunk of C
are steady, at 15; to and 181 to t 4, respectively.
IFor Lt is see

F MOW:MA AND For LTEREES* SUNDAY
Mt.% i.;;E:cr.—Last evening • public n.eeting was
hula at Queeu.sesquare Chapel, Westminster, to promote
this movement. Dlr. Joseph Payne, Deputy-Assistant
Judge, occupied the chide A resolution was passed ex-
pressing the deepest regret of the meeting aayt tTra he
ng diffi-
culties which beset every effort to pass a Sunddi
Bill which wonid give general satisfaction : mid hoping
that as there no fish or poultry market on Sunday a, the
nobility and gentry will kindly lighten Cie smday work
of the journeymen by ordering their goods to de sent on
Saturday instead of Sunday mornings. Another r' solution
expressed the thanks of the meeting to some fo
ing hundred
families at the 11-end, who, by
discountenaucSun-
day trading, 1.:.d diminished the Sunday labour of many
journeymen. It was stated that many of the men still
worked from fourteen to eighteen hours on workurs aweek slays, and
from eight to ten hours on Sundays, or forty ho
more than a meth:ode.
ANOTHER DE,TILUCTIVE FIRE NEAR DI:W.:BERT.
—.Yesterday morning. the extensive works known as the
Prospect Birstal, near Devroury, were totally de-
stroyed by tire, and damage was done to the amount of
from 15,00,0. to 14,000 t. The main building, which is 41
yards long. .i 2 wide. and six storeys high, was the proy
of the Birstal Joint Stock Provision and Clothing Coes.
pony, and was created in lecl4. The owners of the build-
ing are insured in the Royal Fire-office, and the tenants in
the Liverpool, London, and Globe. About 1
when 50 woikpeopleis
are thrown out of employment at time trade
unusually dull.
JapaNese VISITORA.—Two young officers belong-
ing to the houseihold of the Prince of Higo, who is a po-
tentate of the Japanese empire, arrived here on Tnes&y
by the barque Wave. They are en route to Philadelphia,
Where they purpose remaining for five years, an
order to acquire a thorough knowledge of naval
science and to acquaint themselves with the Mai-
ners and customs of they great republic." Among
the curiosities exhibited b them to their many
visitors were a pair of two-handed swords, made of TNT
fine steel and as sharp a. razors. These swords were Wl-
looms and had been in their family for 400 years. They
stated that in Japan a connoisseur oonld tell the age of a
weapon by inere':y looking at it. This is a piece of
ledge that our most eminent antiquarians are not pos-
sessed of. Tne hari-kari sword was another article of
It which they took particular pleasure to exhibit.
It is
need for the purpose of nucide ; for when a Japsoses
official is reprimanded by his superiors he considers it im-
perative to kill himself, whicsh he does by drawing tang
sharp weapon transversely &mom his bowels.—Nete York
Hasid.