The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN MINES.

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PREFERENCE SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter, 4 per cent, 843.
Midland Consolidated, 43 per cent. redeemable, 93.
North Staffordshire, 211 to $.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-American Telegraph (Lim.), 151, 1.
Atlantic Telegraph, 30.
Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent., 62), 5.
illy of Moses. Gas (Limited), 161.
City Offices (Limited), 81.
Credit Foncier of England (Limited), 23, 3.
East India Irrigation and Canal, 12.
Egyptian Commercial and Trading (Limited), 3.
Fore-street Warehouse (Limited), 121.
Home and Colonial Assurance (Limited), 11.
Hudson's Bay, 151, x in.
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour) (all paid), 41.
London General Omnibus Company (Lim.), 3, xd.
Natal Land and Colonisation (Limited), 1.
National Discount Company (Limited), 13, 121.
New Quebrada, Land, Rail and Mining (Lim.), 9-16, 1.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 63, In.
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance (Limited), 19.
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance (Limited), 5 1-16.
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 721, 1.
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PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVInrooL, Msg.( 16.—flaisS to-day: Great Eastern, 281 I
—Great Northern, new deferred, 110—Great Western, 40}
I e ll—Lancashire and Yorkshire. 126} 4—London and North
Western, 117 164 } I—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
481 }8 7} }—)(ld, 115 leNortb British, 32—South
Eastern, 67 64 xd —Grand hunk of Canada, 19—Great
Western of (Puede, 12 13-16-111inois Central, t
Luxembourg shares, lin—Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cen , 21—
Nations! Steam (Limited), 16 346 } d.
Mawcuissetit, MARCH IQ—Ebbw Vale Co. (Limited), AR ed.
—Erica 391—Great Eastern, 28} I I }—Greet Northern A, 122}
1M —Great Western, 41 }Of } I-11o* 773 B—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 125}—Manchester„ Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 48
f—Ditts, redeem. pref e p.-31etropolitaa, 121} I—Midland,
1151 }—North British, 313 Eastern, 673 } 6}—New
Granada, 154—Manchester Fire Assurance, e d.
BIRMINGHAM, MatcH 16.—Birmingham and Midland Bank
shares were sold at 160 ; Gloucestershire Bank, at 17. ex div. ;
Lloyd's Bank shares (Limited), 74 prem. : and Metropolitan Ball-
wayCarrlage and Wagon sham., at 9 per share. Clueing prices:
Birmingham Joint Stock Bank shatea, at 303 to 313 Blnainghasn
Town and District Bank, at Ile to 11l
; Birmingham Financial
shares, at 11 to 114: Midland Financial, at If to li4fatiti
Railway ;Oldbury), at 14 prem , saws ;
and ForeCigatririaway Plant shares. at 84 to 8 dis.

A telegram from Plymouth this day say.:—
" The ship Oregon, of Shields, with lead and cork from
Carthagena, while at anchor in Cawmand Bay, struck her
bottom this morning against some unknown danger, when
Captain Ford let go her anchor, and she went ashore
Crew saved. The wind blew very hard from the eastward.
throughout the night. All the merchant vessels in the
Sound, 400 of various nations, rode out the gale In
safety."

THE AHHAULT ON AN OXFORD UNDERGRADITATE.—
The magistrates of the Bullingdon Petty Sessions, the
Warden of Merton College, the President of St. John's
College, and Mr. G. G. Maitland, were on Saturday occu-
pied nearly five hours in investigating two charges of
assault against Charles Randall, foreman to Mr. R. Rip.
pington, of Marston, near Oxford. Both charges arose from
what took place on the 2nd inst., during what is termed •
" paper hunt," or steeplechase, in which the person who
drops the paper is allowed • certain start and to
cross the fields as he likes, while those in the hunt
start together, and by means of the paper track him. He
who reaches the goal first wins. The first ease was for as-
saulting Mr. J. B. Cookson, of Magdalen Hall, for throw.
icy[ • Prong at him while he was riding over the
fields of the prisoner's master. It appftred from the evi-
dence of the prosecutor, which was fully confirmed by two
other members of the University, that while he was riding
at full speed across • field, Randall, who was about 12
yards from him, threw the fork, which went within three
yards of the tail of his hone. Mr. Mallam, who de-
fended the prisoner, stated that according to his instruc-
tions the prisoner stumbled and the prong went from his
hand accidentally. This was denied most positively by the
three witnesses, who declared that the prong was thrown
purposely. Mr. Cookson admitted that there were 10 or 12
persons riding over the fields without permission from the
farmers. The court was cleared, and after some little con-
sideration Randall was fined 31., and lls. costs, with the
alternative of six weeks' hard labour. The prisoner was
then charged with unlawfully wounding Mr. Robert
Stains, commoner of Oriel College, by stabbing him pith •
hayfork. Mr. Symonds, surgeon, said that the prosecutor
was not able to attend. Under the most favourable cir-
cumstances he would not be able to leave his lodgings for
six or seven weeks ; the wound was a very severe one, the '
bone was broken, the muscles were very much injured,
and he considered that Mr. Stains was not oat of danger.
Mr. Manama called four witnesses to prove that the wound
was inflicted by accident. He applied for bail, but the
magistrates refused. The prisoner was again remanded
for a week.

The Chinese sugar-cane has been successfully
cultivated in Texas, in the United States.
The railroads in America employ 200,000 men,
and 1,000,000 men, women, and children wholly depend on
those railroads for support.
The Panama and New Zealand mail steamers
have now performed twelve'voysges within the contract
time, and have firmly established the Australian mall
route vii Panama. These vessels run 7,750 knots without
stopping, in about 32 days. Only a few years since one of
the most difficult problems in steam navigation was whe-
ther a steam-ship could carry coals sufficient to traverse
I the broad Pacific 0011413.—New Zealand paper.