The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-15 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, II sr 14.—fialse : Great Eastern, 271 8—
Great Northern, A, 1081 1--Locaabire and Yorkshire, 1221--
London, Brighton, and South Coast, 55 c. —London end Barth
Weetern,llll 1 1 c. 1 1 121 12—Manchester. Sbeffiekl,
and Linoolmhtni, 461 6—ilkiland, 106 51 16 ba 6 I—North
British, 331—North Eastern, Berwick capital stot, 100—South
Eastern, 621 I I e. 011 2c. 1 1 I—Great Eastern, 5 per cent.,
1862, 68 c..-1111sob Central, 761—United States 6-20 Bonds, 1862,
72}—Ditto 1866.714-Great Luxemburg ehares, 21 c. 7-16 c. 1 7.16
tl3 16 12.16--Spanish Passives, 211—North Western Bank
tat', f J.—British and Foreign Marine (Limited), par—
Clonal Steam (Laited), 154 f d.—Pacific Steam, 90.
Meactinmen, MAY 14.—The market opened better, and
continued good, with a fair amount of business doing. Great
Eastern, 271 B—Great Luxemburg, 9 5-16 I 7-I:3lL2lreet
Northern *, 1081 91 1--Grand Trunk of Canada, 17 rest
Western of Canada, 144—Great Western, 401— sad
Yorkshire, 123—London and North tt eigent. 1121 111 1 1 12—
'Manchester and Count Bank (Limited), 1f p.—Manchester,
ffileMeld, sad 464 1 ; ditto, Z 6 prefereace,
4—Metropolltan. 118 1n 10611.11,1,11 if
61 1 7—North BritlA, 331 1.1.11—North ?wick)
101—tiouth lnatern, an 111 I —United Mates 6-20 Years'
Bonds, 721—Issudon, Brighton, South Coast, an—Londe,
Financial 231 d.
Bla3113011•11, MAY 14.—The sales to-day were—MniOnsham
and Ataffonishire Gas, a 0 shares. at 26: hallus CarrhiP
shares omburr, at 11 prem. : Patent Nut and Bolt shares, at 31
tin and Patent Shaft and Aintree, new shares, at 1 pres.
Closing prices Stourbridge hallway shares, buyers, at 6;
Wr-
mdnghan and Midland Bank shares, sellers, at 160 ; illaropehlr•
Bank, sellers, at 4 : 111rmingW.a Gas, clam A. sellers. at 129:
Midland Wagon shame, sellers, at 96 ; and Mantes Metal shack
et to Cs.
DUULIN, MAT IS—Three per Cent. Consols, 901—New Three
pm. Cent, Stock, 994—Ditto, for account, Jowl 991—Bank og
Ireland £1(x) paid% Et6l 235—Hibernian Banking CompanyC E
paid:, 37—National Bank (X9O paid). I
4—Provincialßank
1:25 paid:. 84—Royal Bank (610 1, Ml—Union Bank
.Llinited; paid), 121—Dublin and aaigi paid), elf
el %11.11 and Great Western (IWO paid), 661—Dubtin. Widclow,
and Wexford. 6 oar cent. ,1660) redeem. 1856 (all pahl), 471.

One thousand pounds has been subscribed
towards erecting a hospital at Shepton Mallet, in Sower-
setshire. The Prince of Wales, who is lord of the manor
there, is about to be solicited to give • piece of land
for the hospital to be built on.
Tux MURDER AND SUICIDE IN HOXTON.—An in-
quest was held yesterday at the Green Man Tavern, in
High-street, Holton Old Town, by Mr. Humphreys, the
coroner for Middlesex, on the bodies of Henry Thomas
Fletcher and Ellen, his wife. William Fletcher said
he is a shipwright, and lives at 31, Woolsack-place,
Willing-street. Bromley. The deceased, his brother,
was • ship joiner. In September last his brother was
in Melbourne in the ship Result, when it took fire, and
be assisted to extinguish it, and while doing so • large
spar fell and struck him on the head. Since then be had
been most eccentric, more particularly when under the
influence of drink. On Saturday, the 11th inst., about
a qnarter-past 9 o'clock in the evening, his brother parted
from him at his house, and said be was going to his lodg-
ings, and promised to see him on the Sunday afternoon.
He was then under the influence of liquor. lie knew that
he was ► married man and parted from his wife, The cause
of their separation was that when she fell into a fit of
drinking she would sell and pawn everything. When the
deceased man came to his home he talked loud and used bad
language, for which he was rebuked. Mrs. Mary Ann Straw.
son said her husband keeps the Bridge-house Tavern in
Holton. The deceased woman came as servant to her
on Thursday last. She had a written recommendation
with her from a person who professed to have known her
for the last five years. The witness then stated the fade
mentioned in the Express of yesterday. Henry Mead, of
57, Lever-street, • vocalist, and another witness, gave con-
firmatory evidence. The coroner, in summing up, said
there could be no doubt that the man had first shot his
wife and then committed suicide. The next question for
them would be as to his sanity when he ocenaiitted the
acts. The jury found a verdict that the deceased woman
h►d been wilfully murdered by the deceased man, and one
of suicide against him while of unsound mind.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIB DAY.)

Ows o'Owow.

The stock markets are decidedly firm to-day, and
the amount of business is rather large. Purchases
have been induced by the satisfactory state of con-
tinental affairs, and the prospect of a steady influx
of gold to the Bank. About 600,00 W. is now on
the way from Australia to England, nearly the
whole of which, according to present appearances,
will be retained here. The funds have been bought
to a considerable extent by speculators for a rise,
while an increased number of bond fide investments
have also taken place. The result is an advance of
about I per cent. in Consols, the Three per Cents.
Reduced, and New Three per Cents. British rail-
ways and foreign stocks are likewise in request,
and the changes in prices are nearly all in an
upward direction. The transactions generally will
probably still further increase after the completion
this afternoon of the fortnightly settlement.
There is an increased demand for money to-day,
but it is chiefly in connexion with the settlement
in the Stock Exchange, where the rate for short
loans on English government securities has risen
to 2to 21 per cent. The general charge for the
best paper is 21 per cent.
Consols are now quoted 92/ to 1, with div.,
for money, and 901, ex div., for the account
(Juno 6); and the Three per Cents. Reduced and
New Three per Cents., 901.
The Indian Five per Cent. stock continues in
request, and has experienced a fresh rise of 1 per
cent., viz., to 1111 to 1.
Turkish Bonds of 1865, Spanish Passive, and the
Committee's Certificates are still in demand, and
Dhow a further advance of 1 to 1 per cent. Mexican
are I better, and Italian of 1861 are inquired for.
Turkish Bonds of 1865 are quoted 311 to 4; Greek,
131t014 ; Spanish Passive, 22/ to I ; ditto Certifi-
cates, 141 to 1; Italian of 1861, 521 to 1 ;
Mexican, 161 to k.
In the market for Bank shares the principal
feature is an inquiry for Imperial Ottoman, which
have advanced to 11 to 11 dis. Other descriptions
are steady.

Some of the financial shares exhibit a fractional
rise, but miscellaneous descriptions are unaltered.
International Financial are quoted 2} to dis. ;
London Financial, 231 to 221 dis. ; General Credit,
2} to dia. ; Credit Foncier, 61 to dis. ; National
Discount, 61 to 7/ prem.; and Hudson's Bay, 16
to 4.
United States 5-20 Bonds are higher, at 721
to ; but Erie and Illinois Central railway shares
are without variation, at 42 tot and 76 to 1 re-
spectively.
Anglo-American =a Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference shares have improved 2s. 6d.
to te. ; the former are quoted 181 to 1, and the
latter, 4f to J.
There is a rumour in the Stock Exchange that
Mr. Laing, M.P., is to be the new chairman of
the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
Company.
Telegrams from Bombay quote the exchange
Is. 11 13-16 d., showing a rise of 1-16 d. compared
with the quotation current on the 27th ult., the
previous mail day.
A meeting of Venezuelan bondholders will be
held on Friday next, " For the purpose of passing
resolutions, urging her Majesty's government to
adopt active measures to enforce on the govern-
ment of Venezuela the due performance of its con-
tracts with British subjects, and to consult what
additional measures should be taken to obtain
justice for the bondholders."
An extraordinary meeting of the Acadian Char-
coal Iron Co. (Limited) is convened for the 22nd
inst., when a proposal, made by Mews. Liveacy,
Beattie, and Blackburn, to take on lease, with the
option of purchase, the company's works and pro-
perty in Nova Scotia, will be submitted for ap-
proval.
An instalment of 10 per cent. falls due to-
day on the last Chilian loan, and another of 16
per cent. on Saturday next on the Danubian.
About 20,0001. in bar gold was sent into the
Bank yesterday, and further amounts are expected
to follow, owing to the increased firmness of the
foreign exchanges.
The steamer Tasmanian has arrived from the
West Indies, with 178,0001. in specie.
With the establishment of peace a check has
been given to the drawing of continental bills on
this country, and the result yesterday afternoon has
been an improvement in the exchanges. Bills on
Hamburg and three months' drafts on Holland and
Paris were especially higher. The effect of the sub-
sidence of political distrust, however, is a move-
ment in the exchanges on St. Petersburg, Vienna,
and Italy in favour of those places. Yesterday
afternoon's list is subjoined :

Amsterdam. 3 months, 11.19 to 11.194; ditto, short,
11.164 to 11.174 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11.19 to 11.194 ;
Antwerp, 3 months, 25.374 to 25.424 ; Brawls, 3 months,
25.374 to 25.424; Hamburg and Altana, 3 months, 13.9 to
13.94 ; Berlin, Cologne &a, 3 months, 6.244 to 6.25;
Bt. Petersburg, 3 months, 314 to 31 , Paris, shmt, 25.10
to 25.224; ditto, 3 months, 25.31 to 2.40; Marseilles,
3 months, 25.324 to 95.374 ; Prankfort-on-the-Maine,
3 months, 1191 to 1194 ; Vienna, 3 months, 13 to
13.20 ' • Trieste, 3 months, 13 to 13.20 ; Madrid, 3
months, 484 to 484; Santander, 3 months, 484 to 484; Cadiz,
3 months, 494 to 49; Seville, 3 months, 494 to 49; Malaga,
3 months, 484 to 484; Valencia, 3 nionths, 48) to 484 ; Bar.
oslocua, 3 months, 49 to 484 ; 3 months, 484 to
484 ; Heragoses, 3 months, 484 to 484 ; Leghorn, 3
months, 26.90 to 27; Genoa, 3 months, 26.90 to
27 ; Naples, 3 months, 26.90 to 27 ; Palermo, 3 months,
26.90 to 27 ; Marina, 3 months, 26.90 to 27: Lisboa,
90 days' date, 524 to 52 ; Oporto, 90 dim' date, 524 to 52.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 2,7581. over last year;
the Metropolitan, an increase of 209 f.; and the
Glasgow and South Western, an increase of 13/.
The honorary secretaries of the Western Rail-
ways Shareholders' Association have issued a cir-
cular, in which they publish the following com-
munication' received by them from the London
and South Western Railway Company, and they
intimate that " the committee of the association
is n.lt sufficiently infonned as to the advisability of
the shareholders consenting to or voting against
the bills to be submitted for approval, and have
given power to the delegates to vote as they think
best after hearing the arguments of the directors."

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London and South Western Railway,
Secretary's-office, Waterloo-bridge Station, May 6.
Dear air,-1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the sth instant, requesting to be informed, as to
the amount of capital which will be authorised to be
raised for new works by this company's pending amend-
ment bill. The answer is 50.0001. in sham or stock, and
16,006/. borrowing powers. The objects fo• which these
amounts are sought to be raised, is the formation of two
small lengths of railway at Wimbledon, of which the
larger w submitted, in deference to a suggestion
m►de by • committee of parliament in the last
session. It is considered that all these works will he
useful in the future working of the company's lines, and
the bill contains powers to abandon in the same locality
• line which the company was authorised to make in
1865.—1 remMn, dear sir, yours faithfully,
FREDERICK CLARE, Secretary.
_ . .

H. S. Ellis, Fiq., Fair.p.ulr, Exeter.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
and waterworks shares, as given in the Stock
Exchange list of last evening :
Insurance—Alliance British and Foreign, In ; Com-
mercial Union, 3j, 1!616; London, 46; London and Pro-
vincial Marine, I, li, 1 ; Ocean Marine, 191 ; Thames
and Mersey Marine (Limited), 5.
this Light and Coke—lmperial Continental, 92, 3,44.
Waterworks—Berlin, 111.
The annexed memorandum is from the London
Stock and Share Company (Limited) :
At to-day's auction of the London Stock and Share Com-
pany the following were among the sales effected :
Alhambra Company (Si. p od). 11. to 4L 15a. per share;
Bedford Pantechnicon Company (71. paid), at 12a. per
share; Brighton Laundry Company (fully paid), at 21s.

per share; China Steam Ship and Labium Coal Compasy
(U. 10a. paid), at 7a. 601. to lla. ; Dageabem Dsc Caw
paily (fully paid up), Ms. to 25a. ; Day and Son (71. 10a. .
paid), at ss. ; Freemasons' Tavern Company (51. paid).
Is. 6d. ; Guildhall Tavern Company (fully paid), aS
31. 17a. 6d. to 41. ; Imperial Land of Ramifies ;
tares, at 61. 7a. gd. to r*/. 12a. 6d. ; Isle of Wight Railway .
(fully paid), at 31. 15s. ; Lanham Hotel Company (fully •
paid), at 31. 6s. ; London, Chatham. and Dover Railway
Preference B 6 per cent. stock, at 31) per cent. ; Soutla
Kensington Hotel Company (fully paid), at 3e. per share.