The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-23 00:00:00

Feb. V, ISt&

TIII7IIBDAT Evisnes.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 87f," buyers,"
for the Bth of March, opened this morning at 87!
to 4, and closed at 874 to I. For money the last
price was 87} to 4. The official busiuess report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, fee
money, 875, 4, i; ditto, for account, 871, , 4 -
Three per Ceuta. Reduced, 874, 13 New hro;
per Cents. 874, 1, I, 4 ; India Five per Cent.
Stock, 1021, 4; ditto Four per Cent. "enlaced"
rupee paper, 874 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Omit.
108.
The government broker bought to-day 15,0001.
New Three per Cents. for the sinking fund.
Indian Government securities were unchanged in
price, as were also Exchequer Bills, which were
quoted 6s. to 2s. dia.
Foreign stocks did not participate in the heavi-
ness observable in some other departments of the
Stock Exchange, and the oourse of prices in some
cases was slightly favourable. Spanish Three per
Cents. and Deferred rose 4 per cent. ; Mexican,
Turkish of 1865, and Portuguese, 4 ; and Italian of
1861 and Brazilian scrip, 4. On the other hand,
Greek Bonds and Spanish Certificates were dull,
and declined 1 and 4 respectively.
Bank shares were dealt in to a moderate extent.
Anglo-Austrian, Imperial, Land Mortgage of India,
and New South Wales advanced, and City were
firm. On the other hand, Bank of London,
Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and
China, London and South African, and Scinde,
Punjaub, and Delhi declined. Alliance c!osed at
34 to 4 prem. ex div. ; Anglo-Austrian, at 4to 11
prem. ; and imperial Ottoman, at 3 to 31 prem.
Financial shares were very quiet, au d, with the
exception of a rise of 1-1 G in Imperial Mercantile,
and a reduction of 4 in Loudon Financial, the last
prices showed no change, being as follows :—lnter-
national Financial, 3-16 to 5-16 prem. ox div. ;
General Credit, 4 to 1 prem., sidle. ; London Finan-
cial, 2 to 11 din, ex div.; Imperial Mercantile
Credit, 4 to 1 prem., ex div. ; Credit Fonder and
Mobilier, 31-1 G to 3-16 prem.
National Disoouut shares were last quoted 94 to
f prem. ex the new shares ; Joint Stock Discount,
6 to prem.,
die., being 2s. 6d. lower than yester-
day ; Overeud, Gurney, and Co., 4j to 4 prem. ;
General Ottoman, 31 to 1 prem. ; arld Hudson's
Bay, 174 to 4. e transactions in miscellaneous
shares were not large, but there was a demand for
Home and Colonial Assurance, National Steam
Navigation, Ocean Marine Insurance, Peninsular
and Oriental Steam (new), Telegraph Cough-tic-
tion and Maintenance, and West India. and Pacific
Steam, at an improvement. Millwall Ironworks,
North British and Mercantile Insurance, and
Quebrada Land, declined.
The shares of Charles Laffitte and Co. were
nominally quoted 21 to 31 prem. ; and Mont Ceuis
Railway, 1 to 14 prem.
United States 5.20 Bonds were again in request,
and experienced a fresh advance of 4 per cent.
Erie Railway shares also improved J. The last
prices were as follows :-5.20 Beetle, 694 to ft ;
Erie Railway shares, 531 to f, ex ci,v. ; Illinois
Central, 764 to 77.

MINEIS.—(TiIIb 1)11%)

o'Cioca.

The mining market is steady to:da3 , with is fair
amount of business. Prices genera 'y, however,
show no change compared with those. last current

yesterday.

The late Dr. Dougnth, who was distinguished
for • peculiar proems in the making of br: ..1. died intes-
tate, leaviog personalty to the amount of 211 'lOl.
RESIARICABLS TUSK. —During the pr wilt week a
remarkable tusk or horn has bees exhibit,/ at the gate-
house, Cowbitt Wash, on the *skiing and Horeb Sec of
railway. This tusk. wbioh measures 10ft. din. in length
sad 22 inches in eircamfarasee at the thickest park was
found 10 feet below the surface io szcsratiug for gravel
for the Spaldieg sad March Railway at the pia at Deepiug
St. James. It is is a good state of press., ation. It is
believed to be the tusk of a mammoth, many specimens of
which have been foiled at vasiouo times in .iifferent part
of England.—Stamford Mercury.
Slla CHESSWELL CIIESSWELL AB A JUDOE.--Sir
Creswell Creaswall's chief. if not only fault as a judge,
was a fault of manner. This, at times, win uo doubt trying
to the bar. Bo was too impatient of a slip all oversight.
His new seemed visibly to curl with postern .4 when either
I a speech or an argument displeased bun. II • was too apt
to ride his court with a curb, and the e he enforced
was perhaps too much that of *martinet. Nve believe the
story to be perfectly true. that after be bad t• event times,
as was usual with him while writing down th.- evidence is
a case :afore him. milled out to the counsel wino was ex..
mining a witness, in a peremptory tone, " lop!" at last,
Soiling that no attention was paid to his im; ,rions moan-
syllable, he addressed the counsel, and " Mr.
sad-So, I chill feel obliged to you buyou will atteod to my
request not to go so fast.' Upon h the counsel re-
plied, " Oh, my lord.. I thought your lordsh,.. was address-
ing the saber of the court." Bat we bsl:e,e Ch
ats Sir
Orlearrell Cromwell was in ft peat dams sconscions of
bin manner, and most certainly he did not in'rma to give
offenses for a kinder-hearted man sewer liv: d. We woos
ventured to speak to him en the subject. a• 4 quoted an
Instance where • counsel. who was addressing' a jury before
him, actually stopped, thinking that the ju gels look be-
tokened unmitigated contempt for his argument. Sir C.
Cresswell was quite surprised me being told this, and
assured us that nothing was feather from his thought. The
tenth is that he had °entreated a habit of looi.ing disgusted
when he rally meant nothing. We believe list the chid
muse of this was the ceystel diorama of his int -lied end
his deep and **cough knowledge of law. The one made
him see through a fallacy at a glance, and rendered him
impatient of argnweat or speeds which wee tot directly to
the point. The other made it diffisult for Ilm to restrain
his gust when be thought that comes' wee trying to
paha off upon him bed ifogaz.ne, February
samba.