The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

TO THE QIITOII Or THE EXPZEIS.

Stn,—Will you permit me to rectify a state-
ment made in last evening's ll:press. It dates than. t►at
as the morning nervioe at St. George's then were taw
pinions present. Being as eye-wittiest, I must my that
the body of the church was quite full. I did not see coo
pew that was not comfortably full. In everything Ae
quite agree, and am most happy, am a ishureiunaa, to seethe
church restored to its old form—l am, &c.,
139, Cannon-street•road. WIC MO®.

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOT= RAILWAY
(Weems Eirstenme).—Yesterday the governmeet ia-
spector made an official imice of the welters eateetion
portion of the London, lharn, and Dever Him, from
Stroud to ita Junction with the Crystal Pales* seaway, pre.
vioos to its being opened for public traffic, which in as.
Bounced to take place on the Ist of December, the Landon,
Chatham, sod Dover Company bade' mitered into ea
arrangement with the direction of the •yeUl Mese line
for passengers to be conveyed ever their railway either to
the Victoria or the Loudon bridge stations. The works
from Canterbury to Dover are being vigorously pushed for-
ward, and the line from London to Dover will be readyte be
opened for traffic during the nest summer.
EITHLORDINARY CARD OF SHOOITNO. -- A
labourer, named John Ashton, from Waterside. Lancashire,
was shot at Swinden Lodge, near Thuristritie during Thurs.
day night, under very extraordinary circan'idancies, by •
boy, 12 years of age, named Thomas Hoovers. The boy's
father, whose name is also Thomas Herren, is an Inn-
keeper, and is also gamekeeper to a gentleman of the
name of Pilkington. He and his wife deep at their house
at Boast-hill, which is • few miles from Thaddeus, and
for some abort time past their son Thomas and a younger
brother have slept alone at Swinden Lodge, which is
eta or 700 yards from any house. Sir weeks ago the
lodge was entered, and a gun was taken away. The thief
was detected, and committed for the offence. Nevem,
bowever, has since been sufficiently incautious to allow hit
two boys—who as gamekeeper's sou have probably
acquired some familiarity with fre4sress—to bare a loaded
gas st the lodge for their proteetice. Between stoma gad
twelve o'clock on Thursday sight, betels tbs lads ream! to
bed, they were alarmed by kearling feetitipe mid& the
lodge. Almost Immediately afterwards as AMMO was
mesas to enter the lodge, and the eider INA, winsekag
soother attempt was 'boat to be made to meMmplea.
opened the window and fired at a mail oboe Cie nw
standing upon the door-step. The shot took West lo
the left breast, and the man fell down and Wilms*
expired. The boys then ran to Board-bill M aeon
their father whet had occurred, and be Moiled to
Hie plow He found the boomerd to be tae
ma* Aahton, whom he had that day espied Is week
for hies. It appears that Ashton, having
to got taloelealiaia
had gone the lodge, it is supp:sed for the
alsepang with the boys. They, however, failed =gales
him on seeing him at the door, and, in their aiaz tired
the gun without waiting to ascertain who he waa. Whether
Ashton bad forced open the lodge door before he was shot
we are not informed, but there appears to be DO doubt that
he attempted to force an entrance before the buy fired at
him.

MOREY MARRET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLocc.

The funds to-day are a little firmer, but the
improvement in prime does not moped 1-16 to
per cent., business being very dull. In the share
markets there is also an absence of interesting
features. British railway stocks in a few instance,
are slightly dearer, but Great Northern has given
way.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Routes were quoted
460., being rather more than per cent. worse
than yesterday.

Consols are officially marked 931, 1, and 1,
for money. The present quotations are 934
"buyers," for cash, and 984 to 1 for the Bth Dec.
The official business report is as follows:—Bank
Stock, 232 ; Three per Gents. Reduced, 911,
1,1, 1, * ; New Three per Choate.,
911, 1, 1,1 ; New Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 77 ; Thirty Years Annuities, expiring
in April,. 1885, 161 ; Indian Jive per Cent.
Stock, 1859, 1034 ; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1868, 961 ; ditto 1869, 961 ;
your per Cent, " enfaced" rupee paper, 774;
ditto Five per Cent., 951, 1 ; Exchequer Bills,
40., Ze dis. .1
The Turkish loan of 1864 has risen'
1 per cent., being quoted 734 to 1.
That of 1868, after being marked 581,
has relapsed to yesterday's final quotation-
16¢} to 4. Mex%esn bonds remain fiat, and Sardinian
;firm. Sales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian
Old Five per Cents., 984, 1; ditto Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 1860, 89 ; Buenos
Ayres Six per Cents., for account, 95 ; Belgian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 964 (exchange 25fr.) ;
Mexican Three per Cents. for account, 211 ;
New Grenada Deferred, 8 ; Russian Three per
Cents., 1869, 621, 1 ; Sardinian Five per Cents.,
for account, 874 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1864, for
account, 731, 1 ; ditto Six per Ceuta., 1868, 681;
ditto for account, 581, 1, 1 ; ditto Guaranteed Four
per Cents., for account, 1014, 1.

Foos o'CLocx.

Consols show no change composed with the prices
current at 2 o'clock being quoted 93 for money,
and 94 to # for the account.
Great ease contbines to prevail in the discount
market, and the best bills up to two months are
taken readily at 6 per cent. At the Bank the
applications yesterday were consequently very
limited.

The first portion of the 2,000,0001. of silver
which is being transferred from the Bank of France
to the Bank of England arrived on Saturday, and
another parcel came to hand yesterday. In the next
Bank of England return the effect will probably be
seen in the item of " Silver Bullion^ in the issue
department, which for some years peat has been
marked by a blank.
At Vienna on Saturday the Five per Cent.
Metallics declined I. per cent., and the exchange on
London rose to 136.50.

The second iovertment in Bank Stock by the
Accountant-General for the Court of Chancery, in
the came "Montefiore v. Gnedalla " was made on
;Saturday last, when upwards of 25,0001. New
Three per Cent. Stock was changed into that se-
curity. The price paid was 234. The last invest-
ment in Bank Stook under the same suit, we under-
stand, will be made in a few days, when 30,0001.
more will be bought. Several other trust accounts
of equal importance will, It is said, be similarly
exchanged in a short time both by the Acwountant-
General and by private trustees.
The fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign
stooks will oomnience to-morrow and terminate on
Frta . •
lie Liverpool cotton market yesterday very full
prime were obtained, and the sales amounted to
12,000 bales.
The advice. from Manchester report the failure
of another Greek firm in the Levant trade,
that of Mr. Stephen C. Agelaato. His liabilities
are computed at about 60,0001., but the liquidation,
it is thought, will not be very unfavourable.
It being required that creditors who intend to
oppose the grant of bankrupts' certificates shall
give three days' notice of their intention to do so,
seven notices of opposition have been lodged in the
Bankruptcy Court within the last few days in the
case of the certificates of Meters. Laurence, Mar-
timore, and Schrader. Amongst the opposing cre-
ditors are the London Joint Stock Bank, the Bank
of London, and the National Discount Company.
In the Sheriffs' Court on Saturday a verdict was
returned by the jury in favour of the crown in five
eases where tax collectors sought to recover a total
Nam of 2,0021. lodged by them in the bank of
Messrs. Robert Davies and Co., in Shoreditch.
The question of the right of the crown to take pre-
cedence of the other creditors under the bankruptcy
may perhaps be disputed by an appeal to a superior
court.

The fint portion of the new copper, or rather,
we believe, bronze coinage was issued yesterday,
consisting of pennies, half-pennies, and farthings.
The execution is very good, and the uew coins are
altogether much handsomer than the old ones, but
their comparative smallness immediately strikes
the attention. _ _

With regard to the Austrian Five per Cent.
Loan of 1869, which to a small extent was placed
in this market, the Austrian government an.
nonnoes, through Messrs. Rothschild, that the
coupons may. be optionally presented to the govern-
ment agents in Paris at the rate of 25f. 500. per
sterling.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. announce the
half-yearly dividends on the Russian Four-and-a-
Half per Cent. Loan of 1880, and the Chilian Four-
and-a-Half per Cent. Loan.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange bare
authorised the Metropolitan Extension B shares of
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany to be marked in the official list, as well as the
Caps of Good Hope Government Six per Cent. De-
bentures. The application for a settling day in
the shares of the Anglo-Spanish Smelting and Sil-
ver Mining Company was also considered, but, be-
ing opposed, was adjourned until Wednesday next.
It is understood that the combined committees
have decided upon a plan for the settlement of the
debt of New Granada, and have forwarded it to
the Minister of that Republic at Paris, with a view
to its being sent out by the next packet, the powers
of the government to deal with the matter being
limited to the Slat December next. Some
of the holders of the deferred portion of the debt
express fears that their interests have not been
sufficiently oonaidered in the arrangement sug-
geeted.
The annual court of proprietors of the Royal
Exchange Assurance Corporation is called for the
19th December, to declare a dividend.
The Climatic has arrived from China with
027,0001bs of tea.

MONDAY BMWS.
Console, !bich closed on Saturday at 934,
"buyers, for the 6th December, opened this
morning at the same quotation, and closed at 98/,
"sellers." For money the last price was 961.
The official business report is u follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 931,1, ; ditto for
account (Dee. 6), 93/4, ; Throe per Ceuta. Re-
duced, 911, j, 92, 9 Cifew Three per Cents.,l
911, 92, 911 ;In 'a Five per Cent. Stook,
1859, 1031, 1,4; ditto Four Cent. Debentures,
1868, 961 ; ditty Bonds, Os. dis. ; Five per Cent.
"enfii" rupee paper, 951, ; ditto Five-and-s-
-nail per Cent., 1011.
The Indian rupee paper was steady at the late
improvement, the Five per Cent. being quoted 96
to ; and the Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 101 to 1.
The Indian Five per Cent. Stock of 1889 was
likewise firm. There were some purchases of India
Bonds at 6s. dia. Szobequer Bills were quoted
to 2s. dia.

Turkish stocks were steady in the morning, but

declined per mat. towards the close. The Loan
of 1864 loft off at 73 to ; and that of
1868 at 68* to I. Sardinian Bonds were firm.
Mexican were fiat, closing at 211 to .
The traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada, for the week ending Nov. 3, were
17,4381. sterling, being 5,4221. more than for the
corresponding week of last year. The grog* re-
ceipte from the Ist July last have been 248,6801.
'sterling, being 66,123/. more than last year.
The price of Illinois Central Railway shares, which
comes quoted from New York equal to 42 disoonnt,
is supported here at 33 to 32 die. New York and
Erie sharce arenoted here 30, and at New York
equal to about .
Bank shares to-day were quiet. Union Beak of
London4were inquired for, and Bank of Turkey fiat.
A fresh decline has taken place in Mediterranean
Extension Telegraph. Royal Mail Steam here
firmer. Great Ship have fallen to 4e. to 4s. 6d.
per 11.
A considerable fall took place to-day in United
States Five per Cents., in consequence of the panic
at Now York. Virginia Bonds fell 2 per cent.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings were as follow :—Oosan Marine Insur-
ance, 11 to 21 prem. ; Thames and Mer.ey Marine,
to 1 prem., being firm ; Universal Marine In-
suranoe, 1 to I prem. ; London and Provincial
Marine, to ; East India Irrigation, 3-16 to
1-16 die ; and Great Kanawha, to prem.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two &Own&

The mining market continues active and arm.
The immediate tendency is still favourable. The
principal transactions have been in shares in New
IS,stott, Wheal Seton, East Wheal Russell, Emit
Basset, Wheal Margery, BryAbil, and Herodafoot
mines. In the Stock Exchange shares in the last
mentioned mine are officially marked 30.
St John del Rey Mining shares are fiat, and have
been sold at 28. English and Australian Copper
have been dealt in tat 20 and 21, being steady.
Copiapo are marked Si.
At Wheal Nelson waging, held yesterday, the amounts
showed a balance of 1231. against tits mina. A call of 3s. 6d.
par share was made. Tha report was considered satirfac•
tory. Mr. W. J. Duadord was appointed secretary.