The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-27 00:00:00

blawdf Irma his nark without their casseos, be hawing
contracted t • serve them as a firemen.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Yr. Nyman, addressing Mr. Bent, said the summons
was taken out under the Banters and Servants' Act, and
before he went WO the ease be wished to know whether
the defendant's work eines within the mainiug of the par-

_lB DAY.)
Own olhool. tw.
The railway market is rather dull to-day, and a ;;';
decline of to fper cent. has occurred in South IA
Eastern, Great Eastern, and Great Northern A in;
stocks. The dealers are still engaged in the settle- s,to
ment of the account.
stock Is Ited 124 1.1. r

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14 16
640 660
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Mr. Bent argued that it did, as the defendant was
elearly a handicraftsman. He was supposed to know a great
deal about as engine before he was able to be a firma,.
Mr. Dayman said that was • point which must be
cleared up to his satisfaction before he could (*avid.
Mr. Bent pointed out to the magistrate that part of the
duty wee to assist the driver to work the angina.
Mr. Lodge, the locomotive fireman at Waterloo station,
said that part of the duty was to make up the fire, grease
sod oil the engine, and attend to the break.
Mr. 'Nyman doubted whether the driver or fireman of
an engine came within any of the descriptions mentioned in
the act of parliament. The only exception which he could
find wee in the we of husbandry, and that was work foe
the manufacture of food. There must be something manu-
factured to bring the case within the meaning of the word
handicraftsman. For instance, a coachman is the oldee
time was not brought under the act, though it k
required great skill to be a °nehmen. but yet he was not alts.
handicraftsman. He was of opinion that there must be so
something more than a calling. He recommended the
company to frame their °Debacle in such a way as to have a.
the remedy in their own hands.
Mr. Lodge said in these cases the company held security 100
to the amount of They stopped 2s. a week from the N.
men's wages until the money amounted to 61., as • dl•
guarantee of their good conduct, and of their not leaving as
without notice. &did not know whether the defendant ti.
had paid the whole amount.
Mr. Dayman dismissed the summons. He recommended W.
both sides to bring actions, and they could be heard toge-

London and North Western . quoteu
to 121} ; Greet Western, 591_ to 1 ; Midland,
123 to } ; Lancastdre and Yorkshire, 120 to V,
} ; Great Eastern, 39} to 40 ; South Eastern, 733 to
74} ; Caledonian, 131 to 132 ; Metropolitan, 133 to ,11
}; Great Northern, 122} to 123} ; ditto A, 138 o.+
to 139. 0•4
Grand Trunk of Canada Railway stock is flat, at 14
30 to 31, but Great Western of Canada shares re-
main steady, at 16} to
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Or."'

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EXTRAORDIRARY SUICIDE.—A SELT,VADE eat
omiLorms.—(THlS DAY.)
•-- Bs.
A remarkable Instance of self-destruction has r,
teetered in • null room attached to the basement of the es.
Suess Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. It seems that da.
foe nearly two years • German named Fellow, by U.
trade a agnate, and of eccentric habits, had been St.
lodging there. Of late hie trade bat saved him bat
little, sod his condition is reported to have been miserable IT
in the extreme. His cheeses for some days had been re- N.
marked by some of the other lodgers, end this morning the Ls
manager of the hotel determined on endeavouring to facer• to
Lin the cause. Accordingly, polioe-constable Gale was 100
called in, and the door of the room in which the nafortonate ~16°
man lived wee forced open, when • sickening spectacle "e"
presented itself. The lifeless body of the man was seen as.
partially lying on a form, facie upwards, with one leg baog-
tt
ing down, the head being nearly severed, and the right hand %IR
daubing a razor. The door was covered with dry clotted sta
blood, from which it is supposed that the act was corn- IL
misted nearly• week since. The arrangement& for effect-
fog his own death must have taken the deceued some time th.
to acoomplish. A wooden bedstead sad a form were et,
the chief articles of furniture in the room, in which was 26
a small cupboard. The door of the cupboard wee II
found open with the bedstead placed near it, the form St-
hear died alongside. The poor fellow had employed a g
hatchet, used in his trade, In which he bored a hole, bet 8,
finding the leverage not suited to his purpose, he merle Lc
mother higher up the handle. This be flied to the bed- al
post by a screw, and a pieta of strong rope was then pro- It
cured, to which was attached • heavy stone. The rope a
at
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was then thrown over the cupboard door—the end being
fastened on the onesidetied the stone hanging over %heather. st
He must then have plead himself on his back on the form, to
railed the hatchet, and put his head so se to meet it when
it fell. In this position be out the rope with the razor, to
and the stone falling on the hatchet his death most have St
been instaatansous.
Wore forcing open the door the constable tore down a IN"
pieta of paper attached thereto, en which was
"written—
Saturday—Gone out ; will not be in until the afternoon. sz
Leave your address in the bar, please." lgp

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100 North Bridal;
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100 Nara Loodor
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108 Swill& wand
100 llooitlelt °
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100 Stropshrso
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PREFEILENCH sseßza.
Midland 4i per cent. Steak, redeem., 97.

I to
WIGAN ILICOTION.THIS DAY.) I rl

(BI ILMOTI3IO

STASI 07 rim TOLL At 12 o'cteen.
Bakerslay
Lancaster

312 lii
296 WO
et

CONTRACT CORPORATION (Lrartripi. et
(THIS DAY.) ise
La
DS t.)

The third ordinary general meeting of the share- iSo
holders was held at 1 o'clock, at the Load* Tavern ;
ICC
Omtain Jiang, M.P., io the chair. 100
TM Castranam mid the directors had felt Mend to meet 10.14*
the shareholders and give them an amount of the manner tap
is which they had performed their duties. In the mouth Be.
of October last they found that what bad been cool- 10
mecoed could sot be carried out, sod the 16
question arose what was to be done to bring 20
matters to • tangible point. Some improvement Z.
bad Mace taken pleas, bat the directors were reduced to it.
three is number, and something must be dose. Hs bs-
limed • committee was to be appointed that day, with the 114
view of swine as muoh as possible from the wrack.
Mr. EDWARDS, the company's solicitor, then entered into 100
• long megawatt of the Mandel position of the eomptoy,
which he summed up by stating that the total loss of the 84.
°mossy amounted to 126,0001., against which them eg,
was 25,0001. in the company's favour, leaving in round
numbers ICO,OOOI. to the bad, or a liability of from 101. gl
to 121. per share. Against this nominal lees there .10
was to be set a claim against Watson and Co.'s tN
estate. Watson sad Co. owed them 168,0001., eg„
besides arrears in cells amounting to 100,0001. more ; and es.
even a small dividend on that amount would be IL
something considerable. A very large sum might 20
ultimately be received by the shareholders from
that estate. In coesequence of some proceedings .""
taken last week the board considered it very desirable to
obtain protection by means of 'lading up, and •
petition for that purpose had been presented in "
the Whereat alike of the shareholders and the
creditors. Mr. Tarquaid had been appointed ad interim
liquidator, aid possibly the shareholders would in • ,
few days see their way to • voluntary liquida-
tion. In conolusioo, he said it was very painful
to him as • professional man to have had to mike
such • statement, but still it would be seen that matters '
were not so bad as had been represented oat of doors.
(Bear, hear.)
[The meeting wee proceeding when our report left.l

VTR EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1866.

MONEY .V.

41-7 -
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14 16
2. 6

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19 11
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FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco (Lim.) inn. 7 per emit., 151.
Sambre and Name 91.
San Paulo (Limited) guaranteed 7 per cent., 16.

ILISCELL&NEOUS SHAM
City Offiest(Limited), 51.
Credit Foam: sad obilkr of Eng. (Lim.), 61. },l.
Da New, N.
Crystal Palaos, 371.
Crystal Palace 6 par cant. Perm& Debenture. 106.
Gemara Credit sad Ramped London (Lim.), 4, 1.
Hudaoo'a Bay, 161,
Imperial Mere. Credit Association (Lim.), 2},1.
Land tisonriticlitintlateda,2l.
Londos and (Limiled),
National Di.oouat Company (Limited), Nsw, issued at 5
31 to b• Paki. 51.
Ormond, Glassy, sod Company (Limited), IQ, 16, 1.
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance (Limited), 71,1.

'HIS DAL)

Owl tilhoow.
The news from Germany, with respect to the
progress of the quarrel between Austria and Prussia,
has had a prejudicial effect upon stocks and shares
to-day, and prices are dull. The funds exhibit
chief depression, and have declined to
per cent. English railways have also given way
in some cases, bat foreign bonds and financial
shares are steady ; Imperial Mercantile have
experienced a fresh reduction of 2s. 6d., on the an-
nouncement of the call. The shares of the discount
companies are rather firm, and those of Overend,
Gurney, and Co., show a recovery of 2s. fki. Ameri-
can securities are better. The amount of business,
on the whole, is limited, attention being still di-
rected to the settlement of the account, which will
conclude to-morrow. .

The discount market is very quiet, but, owing to
the diminished supply of money, the rate for choice
bills is firm at 51, to 6 per cent. In the Stock Ex-
change short loans on English government securi-
ties are not obtainable below 6 per cent., and ap-
plications have accordingly been made to the Bank
for a considerable amount.

Consols are now quoted 861 to for money, and
84 for the sth April.
Foreign stocks are inactive, and the only notice-
able movement is a rise of per cent, m Spanish
Passive Bonds. The prices are as follows :
Greek, 141 to f ; Mexican, 24 to 221 ; Spanish
Paseive, 271 to f ; ditto Certificates, 161 to i ;
Turkish, 1862, 68 to 1; ditto, 1865, 371 to 1 ;
Brazilian scrip, 1 to o dia., ex div. ; and Italian,
1861, 601 to
The Viceroy of Egypt's new loan is rather dull,
at} to 1 prem.
The Rifleman has arrived from Sydney with
46,5001. in gold, making a total of nearly 400,0001.
to be disposed of, the bulk of which is expected to
be sent into the Bank.
International Financial shares are now quoted
to 1 die. ; General Credit, par to prem. ;
London Financial, 6 to 51 dis. ; Imperial Mercan-
tile, 21 to 2i die. ; Credit Fonder and Mobilier,
11 to 1 prem.; Overend, Gurney, and Company,
1/ to 1 prem. ; and National Discount, 71 to 8
prem.
The Stock Exchange is expected to be closed on
Monday next (Easter Monday), as many of the
members will be present at the Volunteer Review
at Brighton.
About 6,0001. in gold was sent into the Bank
yesterday.
The amount of Australian gold known to be now
on the way to England is 434,0001. The Rifleman
has 46,5001. on board •, the White Star, 27,0001. ;
the Lanarkshire' 74,5001. ; the Result, 70,0001. ;
the Damascus, 54,0001. • the Champion of the Seas,
64,5001. ; the Norfolk, 75,5001. ; and the Win-
nington, 22,0001.
It is stated that the recent large shipment of
specie from Marseilles to the East by the steamer
Said consisted chiefly of Mexican dollars, and that
they were sent in anticipation of an advance in the
China exchanges.
Advioes from Liverpool refer to the failure of
several speouletors for a rise in Grand Trunk of
Canada Railway stock.
The directors of the Imperial Mercantile Credit
Association have just announced a call of 5/.
per share. This measure, it is said, is dictated
less by actual wants than by a wish to take every
precaution, and, consequently, the call is made in
two equal instalments of 21. 10s. each, payable on
the 16th of May and the 15th of June next. On
the 100,000 shares of which the company is com-
posed, this call will produce the large sum of
500,0001., thus raising the paid-up capital to one
million sterling. The measure is a strong one,
but, though affording s further significant indica-
tion of the pressure of the times, will tend to
place the undertaking upon a more solid basis.
The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
traffic return shows this week an increase of 1,7631.
over last year; and the South Eastern au increase
of 1,6641.
The receipts of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway for the month of February were 408,864
dole. against 327,269 dole. in February, 1865, and
179,041 dole. in 1864.
An official memorandum from the secretary of
the Great Western Railway of Canada informs us
that from the accounts of the half-year ended 31st
of January last, the board have decided on recom-
mending a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum free of income tax, leaving • balance of
11,0001. to be carried over, which includes the sur-
plus of the previous half-year. For the cor-
responding period of the previous year the dividend
was at the rate of only 2 per cent. per annum.
The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company is called for the 25th April.
The second ordinary meeting of the British and
Californian Banking Company (Limited) is to be
held ou the 16th April, when a dividend will be
declared.
A call of it. is to be paid on the shares of the
London and County Land and Building Company
(Limited), by two equal instalments, viz., ten
shillings on the 20th April and ten shillings on the
20th June next.
Formal notice is given that a petition for the
winding np of the Contract Corporation (Limited)
is to be heard before the Master of the Rolls on the
21st April.
Creditors of the Peninsular, West Indian, and
Southern Beak (Limited) are required to send par-
ticulars of their claims to the liquidator, Mr. Henry
Chatteris, by the 30th April.
The preparations yesterday for to-morrow's set-
tlement in shares and foreign stocks were generally
conducted at much the same rates of " contiuus,
lion" as at the last settlement The amount of the
outstanding speculative transactions is unusually
limited. The following shows the terms generally
current yesterday :
Great Western Railway stock
Loados and North Wasters
Milked
Great Northern A
Metropolitan
North Eastern—Berwick . • • •
Ditto York
North British
Greed Trunk of Canada ... •
Great Wasters of Moeda... •
Erie
Illinois Central, paid up
Luxembourg
General Credit
Radom 's Bay
°versed, Guroey, and Co. . •
Greek

1-16 to 3-16 coot.
•
to et
$0 • tt
7.16 to 9-1 „
7.16 to 9-16 „
1.16 ti 3-16 „
3-16 to 316 „
Is. to le. &I „
9d. to la. 3d. „
le. to le. 6d. „
7 to 10 per cr.
&I. to 9J. cont.
&L to le. 6d. „
6d. to le. 6d. '
7 to 10 per ct..
Marlow
Spanish Certificates -32 to 3-32 „
Turiciela 1865 Loan l-16 to A
Mated States 5-20 Bends . • 3-16 to 5-16
Virginia 6 per CentB to 15 per at.
The annexed memorandum supplies some fur-
ther particulars, received by letter and telegraph,
relative to the loss of the ship Spirit of the Ooean :
The ship Spirit of the 030111. R. Carey, master, from this '
port, boned to Hades, N. 8., with a valuable cargo, and I
12 cabin peseengers, posed through the Doves en the 21st i
inst., and econinteriog the terrific S.W. gale of lain Friday
was mania( for Dertmoath Nay
to pt shelter, when she
strut* ea the Prawle Rocks, west of the Start Liglith,l2.ll4
sod booms a complete Wreak within ten minutes. Of the
pasesogers and crew, oily !oar of the letter were saved,
the chief officer, Creighton Jenkins, so throe able
seamen, who maneged to eteape more or less injured. The
ere were Mr. and lbs. Cooke sod four children ;
Mr. Cooke (sephaw) Weirs. B. Brown, J. &Bay, J.
Stewart, E. Joao, sod O. Luis, betides a crew of 17
Jenkins, men
eronsistiag of Revile Cary muter, who leaves a wife sod
four children ; Creighton enkins, chief mate ; James IF.
Wood, wooed mate; Joseph Hill, thrpeactrot Patrick
Wysese, steward ; Diedrich Cook, cook ; J Gainer,
Wm. barite, Getup Wilmont, James Mailer, ter, Orker
=
IN John Palmer, George Athers,_ George lee,
Wood. Charles Brown. sad James WOurra. The
=lf the Coma was two years old, 1,100 toesborthen,
A 1 at Lloyd's, and wee owned by Oesate Orosbaw
lan d Co., of this this. The ship and saris wore valued at
about 65,000 f., the loss of which will faß epos
the Looks heeerssee Moss sad eadeevriters.