The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-28 00:00:00

CRICKET.

LORD'S GROUND.—(THIS DAY.)
NARYLRBONI CLUB AND GROUND V. TNT COUNTY or
BUILRIT.
Play in this match, in which Surrey had, at the time
of drawing stumps last evening, lost two wickets for three
runs in their second innings, was resumed this morning at
Lord's—the weather being again beautifully fine, and the
wickets somewhat more lively—at ten minutes past
twelve. Griffith, the " not out," was faced by
Jupp, and the bowling was again entrusted to
Wootton and Grundy, who had been so destructive to
the Surrey wickets overnight. As usual, both were "on the
wicket-," and Jupp's back play was brought into constant
reqffisition. Griffith played with unusual care, and the
two kept their stumps intact for nearly three-quarters of
en hour, during which time only sixteen runs were got,
amongst which Griffith made liniment off Grundy,andJupp
two (hives to long off from Wootton, besides disposing of
several dangerous balls profitably to leg. When 18 were
telegraphed Wootton managed to get a ball past Griffith's
bat, his contribution being ti; Tom Humphrey succeeded to
the vacancy, and when our de.patch left the ground at 1
o'clock, the seers stood thus:
M.C.C.—Fmnr Immo%
T. Hearne a Stephenson, b Ileartheld
A. winter, b Sewell
B. D. Walker, Esq., b Bess Meld 2l
A. Lubbock, FAQ., b Heartaeld l5
B. B. Ooope4z., hit w, b Hesallield
A. Shaw, b
W. Hone, Zeq , 1 b w, b Sewell S
J. Gruudy, c Griffiths, b Sewell li
B. D. Balfour, b BeartSeld l6
0. Wootton, run out
W. IL Bose, Esq., not out
1-b 1, bl, sr 1

Total
BURBLY.
MIT 111111111419. 11100111) 111111$.
H. Jury, b 0
T. Humplarspnuc Lubbock, b Wootton 1 not out .
G. Griffith, b Wootton
W. Mortlock, c Wootton. b Onundy .. 4
F. W. Noble. Esq., b Wootton . .. . 0
E. Pooley, e and b Wootton l4 b Wootton 1
N. EL Sienbensen, b Wootton 3
Q. P. °mental& Esq., b Wootton 0
Jun= Omer, b Wootton
T. Seven, not oat
J. Hanineld, b Wootton 1
1b1,b2,w ,nb 3 Ibl,bl, w ,ub 2
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Total is Total 34

MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY•
(THIS DAY.)

The sixteenth ordinary general meeting of share-
holders was held this afteraoon, at the offices, No. 8 and
9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, Mr. W. T.
THORNTON in the chair.
The report, which was issued some time before, having
been taken as read. . . . . .

eiraTnitarr mid the report related briefly to the
preliminary arrangements nemesary before the works
could be executed. The most unfortunate circum-
stanor in the past was the necessity of breaking
up the executive staff. Nothing was more difficult in
India than to obtain efficient officers acquainted with the
Indian language and customs. Since the last meeting the
supplemental contract with the government bad been com-
pleted, and an adequate staff appointed. Nine engineers,
highly recommended, had been sent out from England,
and the total staff of engineers at present employed,
including the chief engineer, was 21. Executive operations
were recommenced in February last, but they were delayed
by the requirement on the part of the government of
measurements of all the embankments. He hoped that in
future the works would be prosecuted with as much rsOdity
as was consistent with efficiency and strength. The board
had appointed as its chief engineer Mr. Latham,
a gentleman of ability, who had been with the company
from the first, and was a pupil of Mr. Mendell The bawd
bad no objection to proper government control, but they
objected to a control which, without doing any good, had
caused needless delays, and added 20 per cent. to the cost
of management.
After some discussion the report was adopted.

THE CONDEMNED FENIAN BIIRME.—It will be
seen from our parliamentary intelligence that the govern•
went have decided to recommend her Majesty to commute
the sentence upon Burke, the Fenian, whose execution
was fixed for to-morrow. Public feeling was being strongly
manifested in favour of this step not only in Ireland, but
in London and the province/. A lame annual gathering
of Quakers from all parts of the kingdom n3w assembled
in London yesterday memorialised the government on the
subject, and a deputation, influentially oomposed, wee ap-
pointed to present it last evening. At Birmingham and
Sunderland yesterday public meetings were held, presided
over by the respective mayors, at which memorials in
favour of a awns of clemency were unanimously adopted.
THE FENIAN TRIALS AT CORE.-CARE, MONDAY.
—O'Brien wu sentenced to be banged on the 19th inst.
this morning. Judge Keogh's address did not preclude
hope of mercy, and it is believed that sentence will not
be executed. Six prisoners have pleaded " Guilty" to the
charge of treason felony. Sentence was deferred.
Amport Church, near Andover, ia Hants, was
opened last week, after being restored. Many of the
adornments were furnished by the Marquis of Winchester
and his family, whose splendid seat is situated close by the
church.

A Locruarn MOBBRD. —Yesterday, the agent of
the Protestant Electoral Union, William Murphy, whose
lectures against Itornaniam have recently 000uioned dis-
turbances in the west midlands, was rather roughly
handled in Wolverhampton. The decision of theme:is-
trates ordering the burning of "The Confessional Un-
masked" as an obscene book was being appealed against
before the borough coroner, and Murphy was leaving
the court without pollee protection. He was at once
identified by a number of Irishmen of the lower clam I
These surrounded him directly he bad got clear of the
police court, lint jostled, and then struck him in the
face with their fists. A policeman got amongst them,
beat back the samilants, and took Murphy under his pro-
tection. The mob followed, and several rushes were made,
one of the Irishmen dmwting • knife and attempting to
stab Murphy, but another otBeer acme up, and Murphy
foiled refuge in • public house. The mob continued to
hoot and yell outside until they were driven ofd by the
police.
MATH PROM CHLOROFOILM.—Yesterday an in-
quiry was held by Dr. Lankester at Univenity Collage
relative to the death of FlOllOOO Lennox, aged 9,
wattle the influence of chlorofcens, administered for
the purpose of pert an operation on the eye for the
cure of squinting. Dr. r said that • drachm and a
half of chloroform was not at all too much to give. Hs
wax of opinion that there was some peculiarity of constitu-
tion in the ease. Chloroform bad been used in that insti-
tution on thouseada of patient', and they had only met
with one previous death, which was five years ago. Several
remarks were made by the jury respecting the shocking
death of a child in full health under such circumstances,
which were met with great dissatisfaction by the medical
gentlemen present. The 'my ultimately returned • ver-
diet of " Death under the administration of chloroform
through athadmotnre."

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Oxa o'Cluat.

The transactions in public securities to-day are
not numerous, but the English funds are in de-
mand, and have risen k per cent., owing chief.), to
the commencement of the purchases by the govern-
ment broker for the Sinking Fund. The amonnt
taken to-day is 13,0001. New Three per Cents. ut
91f. These transactions will be continued every
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in New
or Reduced until the sum of 337,7231. is invested.
British railway stocks have been very little dealt in,
and the principal stocks show no movement of im-
portance. Foreign bonds are likewise inactive,
but Mexican are offered, upon the announcement
that the Emperor Maximilian has been made a
prisoner by the liberals. The fortnightly settle-
ment in shares and foreign stocks will commence
to-morrow, and there will probably be no great
increase of business until its completion on Friday
next.

The demand for money to-day has somewhat li
increased, but good bills are still taken at 2O to O
per cent. The rate for short loans in the Stock
Exchange, on English government securities, is
about 2 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 931 to f, with div.,
for money, and 92 to h, ex div., for the ac-
count (June 6), and the Three per Cents. Reduced
and New Three per Cents., 911 to O.
The Indian Five per Cent. Stock is in renewed
demand, and has advanced per cent., viz., to
112 to
Very few dealings have occurred in foreign
stocks, and prices generally are without change.
Greek bonds have improved 1. per cent., while
Mexican have declined 1. Turkish Five per
Cents. of 1865 are quoted 32 to ; Greek,
141 to O ; Spanish Passive, 231 to 0; ditto
Certificates, 141 to 161 ; Italian of 1861, 61}
to I ; Mexican, 16k to I.

American securities and Atlantic Cable shares
exhibit no movement of importance. The 5-20
bonds are quoted 72} to ; Erie Railway shares,
39} to 40 ; Illinois Central, 76 to ; Anglo-Ame-
rican Telegraph, 17# to ; and Atlantic Telegraph
8 per cent. Preference, 4} to j.
Bank shares are steady, with a moderate amount
of business. Imperial Ottoman and Union of Lon-
don are unaltered, at to a dis. and 40 to 41,
respectively, but Alliance have declined 10s., viz.,
to 91 to 91 die.

Miscellaneous and financial shares are inactive.
International are quoted 21 to 11 dis. ; General
Credit, 2 to 1i dia. ; Credit Fonder, 6 to 51 die. ;
London Financial, 22 to 21 dia. ; Hudson's Bay,
16i to i ; and National Discount, 7i to i prem.

It is notified that the trander books of the
Oriental Gas Company (Limited) will be closed
from the 31st inst. to the 4th pros., inclusive, for
the preparation of the interim dividend warrants.
The annual meeting of the proprietors of the
Atlas Assurance Company will be held on the 3rd
of July, to receive the report of the directors, and
to declare a dividend.

The following relates to the New Granada Debt

Mesas. Baring Brothers and Co. have ale day received
remittances on account of New Granada dividends as fol•
lows :

From Coatom•hooae of Boats Marts 12,186 17 8
of Cartigtos

£2,522 14 6

The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit-
tance of 6721. 3s. 7d. on account of the dividends
on the debt of Ecuador.

All parties who take an interest in the welfare
of Spain must have seen with satisfaction that she
is about to take measures for restoring herself to
that degree of credit which her large resources so
well entitle her to enjoy, by taking in band the ad-
justment of her debts. The present Finance
Minister, who enjoys a very high personal reputa-
tion, deserves great credit for the clear manner in
which he has placed his budget before the Spanish
parliament. By including together the ordinary
and extraordinary expenditure, as is done in
England, instead of framing two budgets,
one for the ordinary and the other for
the extraordinary expenditure, the minister by
done much to simplify the accounts. In the re-
marks which the minister has introduced into his
report to the Cortes, he has intelligibly pointed out
the injury the nation has sustained by the non
settlement of its debts, and the expediency. of re-
moving this source of mischief. It is, indeed,
time that this settlement should take place.
Rather more than eleven years have passed
since the 29th April, 1856, when a meeting of cer-
tificate holders took place at the London Tavern,
with Sir John Fitzgerald, M.P., in the chair, and
the committee was appointed for following up this
claim with the Spamsh government. Many repre-
sentations have during that interval been made
from time to time by the committee to the Spanish
government, but, perhaps, none of a more effective
character than when the committee placed before
the government the opinion of eight of the most
eminent jurists in Madrid, stating, in terms which
did them honour for their frankness and clearness,
that there was no ground in law or equity on which
the claim of the certificate holders could be re-
sisted. Let us hope that the records of these
proceedings are about to become matter of history,
and that we shall soon see an active renewal of
financial intercourse between Spain and Great
Britain. _ _

The official journal, The Correspondeneia, of
Madrid, of the 22nd inst., contains a copy of the
memorial presented to the Cortes of Spain by the
Committee of Spanish Certificate holders.
About 80,0W0/. in gold was bought by the Bank
ycsterday. A large poi lion of the recent arrivals is
being refined, and is expected to be sent into the
Bank during the present week.
The advices from Sydney, via Panama, announce
the sailing for London of the William Duthie with
20,5001. in gold.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Thursday, the 30th inst., a special settling
day in the new shares (1867) of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and Friday,
the 31st inst., for the scrip of the New South
Wales Government 5 per cent. loan for 832,0001.
Both are to be officially quoted.
The necessary forms for the payment of a
further dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound to the
creditors of the Bank of London having been com-
pleted, Mr. Coleman the official liquidator, will
pay the same on Thnrsda7i and Friday next.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week a decrease of 4501. compared with last
year.
From the report of the directors of the London
Chartered Bank of Australia, to be presented at
the general meeting on the 7th June, we make the
subjoined extracts

In accordance with the terms of the charter of incorpo-
ration and deed of settlement of the company, the direc-
tors now submit to the proprietors their fifteenth annual
report, accompanied by the accounts, duly audited, and
showing the position of the bank's affairs to the 3lst De-
cember, 1866. The commercial panic with which this
country wee visited hut year, could not be without its
effect on business in central, and it produced its reignite
in Australia, affecting with especial severity the colony of
New South Wales, where in September last it created a
financial crisis of great intensity, involving the failure of
several large mercantile firms. Your directors are
gratified to be able to report, that notwithriand-
leg these exceptional circumstances, the general
business of the bank has not suffered, and the
result of the past year's operations has been sal irfactory.
On reference to the amounts it will be seen that after the
usual deductions, and also after making allowanoe for bad
anddoubtful debts, there remains to the credit of profit and
lose the sum of 63,5701. 15s. 10d.—out of which the
directors recommend : firstly, that there be carried to the
" Colonial Building Fund" the sum of 3,0001. ; secondly,
that a dividend be declared for the half-year at the rate
of 8 per omit. per annum, free of income tax, which will
amount to 40,0001. • and thirdly, that a bonus of 1 per
cost., free of harem; tax, be on this occasion added to the

above dividend. which will sheath 10,0001.-53,0001.
Leaving to br carried to next scoonnt a bassos of
10,570/. 15e. 10d. _

The Indian Branch Railway Company (Limited)
have received the following telegram from thcir
agent, dated Cawnpore, the 24th inst.: " First
month's passengers, 12,000 rupees ; goods, 400 ;
expenditure, with salaries, 5,500 ; goods now in
creasing will increase rapidly with through booking
on Ist June."

The earnings of the Erie Railway Company for
the month of April, 1867, were 1,217,143.52 dole. ;
and for April, 1866, 1,153,440.84 dole. ; showing an
increase of 63 702.68 dohs. ,

The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 10th inst.
shows an increase of 1,0211. over last year.

MONDAY ERWIN°.
Consols, which closed on Saturday at 914 to 1, ex
div., for the 6th of June, opened this morning at
the same quotation, and closed at 91/ to 92. For
money the last price was 931, with div. The
Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per
Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock 914 to 1,. The
official business report is as follows:—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 931, 4, j, 4,5, with
div. • rditto, for account, 911, 1, ex div. ; Three
per dents. Reduced, 911, ; New Three per Cents.,
911, 4, ; dank Stock, 251, 3 ; India Stock, 220 ;
ditto Five per Cent. 112, 111, ; ditto Five per
Cent. "enfaced " rupee paper, 1031 • ditto Five-
and-a-Half per Cent., 1081 ; ditto 'Bonds, 60..,
555. preen.
The India Five per Cent. stock was more offered
and declined, being last marked 1111.
Exchequer Bills were firm at 225. to 275. prem.
The tendency of the foreign stock market gene-
rally was not unfavourable. Chilian scrip and
Italian bonds of 1861 were in request, and rose 1
and 1 per cent., respectively. The Viceroy of
Egypt's Loan improved ; Spanish Certificates, d ;
and Spanish Three per Cents., New Deferred, and
Turkish of 1863 and 1865 (Six per Cents.), as well
as Venezuelan of 1862 and 1864 1. On the other
hand, Peruvian of 1865 declined 1 per cent. ;
Mexican and Russian of 1866, • Greek and Rus-
sian scrip, ; and Turkish of 1885, 1.
The amount of business in bank shares was ex-
tremely small, and prices were unchanged, with
the exception of a rise of 10s. in London and West-
minster and 2s. 6.1. in Consolidated (new).
There were no transactions of importance in the
ahares of the financial companies, and prices
closed about the same as on Saturday, being as
follows :—lnternational Financial, at 24 to 1/ die. ;
General Credit, 21 to 1/ die. ; London Financial,
22 to 21 die. ; and Credit Fonder of England, 6to
51 dia.
Very few dealings occurred in Atlantic Cable
shares, and prices showed no movement of im-
portance. Anglo-American left off at 174 to 4 ;
Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Preference, at
44 to A • Telegraph Construction 2/ to 1/ die. ;
and Atlantic Telegraph, original stock, at 46 to 50.
Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 164 to 4,
showing dulness, and National Discount, 7.4 to
# prem., being steady. In the market for miscel-
laneous shares, Electric Telegraph rose IL, and
Land Securities 10a., while Royal Mail Steam
declined 11., Peninsular and Oriental Steam 10s.,
and Ebbw Vale 63.

Colonial government securities were inactive, and
the only movement was a rise of } per cent. in
New Zealand Five per Cents.
American securities were inquired for, and
showed firmness. The advance in the 5-20 Bonds
did not exceed * per cent., but in those of 1886
and 1868, which have of late ruled relatively too
t
low in price, it ranged from 2 to 2 . Massachusetts
rose 1, and Erie Railway shares I. Prices dosed
as follows :-6-20 Bonds, 72* to ; Erie Railway
shares, 39k to f ; Illinois Central, 76 to * ; At-
lantic and Great Western Railway Debentures,
28 to 30, ex coup. ; Consolidated Mortgage Bonds,
21*to 22.

MINE&-(THIS DAY.)

Oirs o'Ciaag.

The amount of business in the mining market
to-day is rather limited, and prices generally are
unaltered. East Cern Brea shares are quoted
nto ; East Lovell, 8a to ; ; East Russell, 24 to
Great Retallack, 4to I ; Marko Valley, 4 to
; ; Chiverton Moor, 4; to 151 ; Prince of Wales.,
Us. 6d. to 555. 6d. ; West Chiverton, 63; to 64} ;
North Crofty, 4} to a.

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