The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-01 00:00:00

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POLICE COI:MTS.—(TB:Ia DAY.)

MANSION-MOUSE,
• DM/10.400X Trjap,
Ferdinand Mae*. 35 • noeseleercial traveller, was
brought before the Lord ;[afar bn a charge of theft.
Tetterday afternoon shoe 4 o'cdoek the prisoner went
into Mr. Allington's dieing-rooms in Alagate High-
street, and had one plate of Imp, and during
the temporary absence of the young man by whom he
had been served put a cruet stand, three cruets, a
I tumbler, two knives, and three moons into his carpet
beg. After he had gone away the articles ware missed ;
end he was then followed and given into custody. Oa
being searched at the station Ave other loaves,
four forks, and a tumbler were found in his
posesseion, but these were not identified by the pro-
secutor. At first he said be had bought the goods
in Rosemary-kuse, and threatened the prosecutor with
an action for damages, but he afterwards admitted the
theft, and be wee also recognised as the person who had
rtolen some silver spoons, Bus., race aboat4l, from another
City dinincroom on the 214th of January last.
The Lord Mayor asked the prisoner how he had been
living
Pawner—Very badly. (Laughter).
Lord Mayor—What are you
Prisoner—Commercial traveller, generally.
The Lord Mayor sentenced him to three months' hard
labour in the House of Correction.

CONVICTION OF ♦ MINNION.I.NT /101
STMTS.

121 THE

Williams Edward, deserthed s•• 'Dish:wary, was charged
with causing an oligazuction in Oollegowtreet,Quisdan-town,
by preaching.
Polies-oonstable William Prim, 293 lit, mid that about
• quarter to 8 on the previous swain he was as duty in
College-street, Camden-town, trim he saw tie defendaat
with • crowd of about 200 amend Wag. The defendant
had • Logs placard, as which wove pebbled llbartratises of
the ill lQsets of intemperance, sad there owe also as it
re/allwg to different,
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be wie----triara tabu outwit.
The defendant said hews.. a mitaienary employed by the
Wart Lendea Auxiliary to plead 'atilt the menporaase
canes sad to sell their gaboas in streets. The
pavement sear where be waa stending was about 90 feet
wide, and the roadway about 70 feet wide, sad therefore
he mold not mom an obarnetion. se the parole who were
around Mm, and who did not number more than 50, were
standing on the kerb and in the roadway.
Mr. Cooke mid he bad nothing to do with the object the
defendant bad in view, for that might be b verb lred sae,
but with the obMzeetion. Any peressiguilty d Mae siesta
wee liable to a penalty of 10e., and it woe quits clear that
the defendant bad brought himself within the meewng of
the law, but as this WAS the first am of the kind that had
been brought under the magietrote's notice, he should only
inflict a nominal penalty of la
The fine was paid.

GREENWICH.
BRIAKINC PUBLIC WWII.

Janes Whiting, a4l;ellPOrta., of Sydenham, was
charged on a summons wiMully and malicious break-
ing • lamp, the property of the Crystal Mao* Gas
Company.
John Morley deposed to seeing the defendant stand
about four yards from the lamp and throw • stone
through it.
Joseph White in the company's employ, said the damage
done to the public lamps was very great, and only last
evening 115 lamps were found to have been broken in the
neighbourhood of Dulwich. In many eases the regulators
in the leave were knocked off, and the gas escaping and
igniting, the lead was melted and the lamp completely
. . .

The defendant said he had not wilfully broken the lamp,
but bad thrown the dose at a person who had thrown at
him.

Mr. Maude said a ■ must be put to such practices,
and in any future ow he should make the punishment a
oommitment to prison without fine. The defendant would
pay a fine of 405., with 3a. 6d. damage and mete, or 14
days' imprisonment.

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*AIDE-Lall.—{TlTS DAY.)
Than was a moderate &Helaine. of millers at Mart-
ians this meraing. The reesipts of wheat from Bees: sad
Lent wets by as mans eidenalv• ; but the quantity ores
Tabsr better thaa ha week. The trade razed needy,
aspeaially for Sae samples, sad full passe wan obtainaL
Show of fan* wheat was good. A moderate bui-
aem was oarebided, st late rates.
For floating cargoes of wheat the &mad was active
and the advance, recently reported, was maintainad:
Maws was quiet, and barley afloat was ddlicult to sell.
Ms malting barley, of which very few samples were
brought forward, commanded full currencies, with a fair
ainquiry. In grinding as well as distilling de-
scrims,however, the transactions were quite of a retail
aharaeier.
The supply of malt was seasonably extensive.
,bales
peopeswd slowly, but at extreme quotations.
Larp supplies of oats wore ea the stands, for which
the trade ruled heavyl at pekoes about equal to Monday.
Beans moved off quietly, at late rates.
Nq change took place in the value of pee.. The inquiry
for them was limited.

Flour was more sought after, and country qualities were
rather dearer.

Idnesed and rapeseed were doll of sale. Cloverseed was
samedy, otherwise the seed market was inactive. Cakes
were in moderate request.

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,CTDIB DAY.)

(snow own OWN OONNINNOIDIXT.)
The market very strong, end lc bate been psi/ for
Orleans to urine. Betas between 20,000 sad 30,000
Wen

unQonrc~-Lsxa.--(THiB DAY.)

Scam-Only moderate sake ara mewled, at Ann
prices. Jamaica at 35M. 6d. to 345. 681.; Demenws, 29a. N.
to 32a. 61. ; crystallised, 365. to 36.. 6d. ; common Jagger"
Xadrsa, 265. ;
COMM-Th. pat%) palm et plantation Gaylen lam
gone ofr rather irregolarly, at about tima proving Take ,
native Osylon rather WIMP plantetthe Orylsa, Imo sad
fine fine ordinary grey, 61s. to WM 6d. ; bow tabldling to
middling oa, Tbi. to 765. ; geed 80s. to
84a. ; Ins lwr, 88a. ; native (Myths, W, 665. Id.
to 665. ; geed ordinary, 49a. to 60s. ; soak 41b. 6811.t0 445.
Ooccm.-1100 bags et Trbblad said at about the previous
volts ; gray sad mixed red, 635. to 665. 6d., and a few Is*
of Geays at file.
I MIA.- OWNING swoon embalms in request, and there
is now very little to be had ander lo 3d.
Cesare. -A pared has bean said at 117 s. 6d., at aphid'
prise than an now no births' sellers.
area-1 , 000 taw et laralmata sad at ill. 3d. ex ship
100 tam of Bengal ter mini, Bass, Ht. D ;
IL. 10A. ,• sad on the egad 3,069 bap liasmien.
-.a ear 2.--

Comm—After •Impair? adisesire las
spin become very settee, at a farther advance of jeL to N.
per lb.

TALLOW MARKST.—(TIIIB DAY.)
The market is steady. Town Sallow, 42n 6d. ; Peter-
bun Y.C. on the spot, 435. Bd. ; April to Jose, 435. Bd.;
October to December, 44e. Id. ; D•sessiert, 48s.

BOROUGH HOP MARIERT.—(THIEI DAY.)
Yews. Patteadea and Smith report the trade with-
out alteration. Good samples are =woe, and meet a steady
sale at late rates.

COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
Walls End Hettoo, 17s. 6d. ; Walls End Haswell,
17s. 6d. ; Will, End Routh Hinton 17a. 3d. ; Walls Bad
Tees, 17s. ; Walls Sod Orienal Hartiryi7s. 6d. ; Walls
Rad Bradd,yls Iletten,lss. &L ; Walls d st Hartlepool,
16s. 6d.; Walls End South Rollo., 17s. 6d. ;Walls End Hengh
Hall, 16e. 6d. ; Will. End Eden Main, 15a. ; Wan. End
Oosfortb, 14s. &L ; Walls Sad Tustin, 14s. &I. ; Walls
End Hatton Lyons, 14s. 6d. ; Walls End Hawthorn,
14s. ; Walls End Holywall, 15e. 9d. ; Walls Ind
Wilma, 15s. 6d. ; West Hartley, 16s. 6d. ; Hastinis
Hartley, 16e. 6d.—Ships at market, 44 ; at sse,ls.

WIATILIR RATOBT.-(THII3 DAY.)

WnII2IDAT, JOWL I. I LL

11019zr NAarlf.--(Tuis DAY.),

ONZ O'CLOCIL

The English funds are quiet to-day, with very
few deal/op. Sane sitentn is directed to pre-
parations for the monthly settlement to-roor-
row. The rate for continuing transactions
to the new account does not exceed 1 to 111 per
oent. per annum. In the railway market,
Caledonian stock has been dealt in as
low as 70 ; a partial recovery has since
taken place, yet the present price is 11 per cent.
below that of yesterday. A few of the other lines
are also somewhat lower, in sympathy. Foreign
bonds, however, are inquired for, and exhibit
an advance in several cases. Italian of 1861 and
Turkish of 1886 are in especial request. Egyptian
of 1864 are without recovery, notwithstanding the
notification of the dividend.

The demand for money is lees active, while the
supply has somewhat increased. The rate for bills,
however, is still 2 per cent. Loans are obtainable
in the Stook Exchange at 11 to 2 per cent.
Consols are quoted 93 to 1 both for money and
to-morrow's settlement, and Three per Cents. Re-
dueled and New Three par Cents., 911 to
Home railway stocks are dull, owing to a pre-
ponderance of sales. Caledonian is heavy, and
the present prioe 70} to 71 —is 11 per
rut. lower than yesterday. The reduction
other lines rangps from Ito 1. The
, are as follows :—Aaledonian, 701 to 71;
seilliasik-Ilfsekouxll4-ten disci
Mite I ; Illet to 106; Inielion
`1 t Weiners, MI to 4; Otest Eiukern,
; Brighton, MI to i ; South Eastern,

_ 734 ; Metropolitan. 1123 to 113 ; Great
Northern, 103 to 4 ; ditto A, 96/ to 974 ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 183 to 19 ; lanceahire and
Yorkshire, 1264 to I ; York and North Midland,
92 to 95 ; Berwick, 1004 to 3 ; and North British,
334 to 34.

The foreign stock market is firm, and a rise of 1
to 1 per cent. hie occurred in Italian of 1861,
Mexican, Spanish of 1887, and Turkish of 1865.
Egyptian of 1864 is quoted 82 to 83, being the
same as yesterday, after allowing for the deduc-
tion of the half-yearly dividend. Sub-
joined are the prices :—Brazilian of 1865,
711 to 721; Chilian of 1867, 891 to ;
Italian of 1861, 491 to It ; Mexican, 151 to 161;
Peruvian of 1865, 781 to 791 ; Spanish, new, 36 to
1; Tmikich of 1858, 5111 to 66 ; ditto of 1862, 63
to 64 ; and ditto of 1865, 34 to 1.

. -
Indian stocks are unaltered. The Five per
Cents. are at 1131 to 1144 ; the Four, 1004 to
101, ex &v. ; the Bonds, 28e. to . Ws. prem. ;
and the Five per Cent. Debentures, 106 to 4.
Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 10e. pram.

The dealings in Bank shares are upon a very
limited kale. London and Westminster, 67 to
68 ; Australasia, 66 to 57 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ;
Anglo-Austrian 4* to prem. ; London and
Brazilian, 34 to 32 die. ; Imperial Ottoman to
prem., showing a fresh rime of 2s. 6d., and Con-
solidated, j to 1 prem.

The shares of the financial companies are in-
active. General Credit, to die. ; Credit Fon-
der, 7} to i dia. ; International Financial, I to
13 dia. ; and London, 26 to 25 die.
With the exception of a rise of ss. in the Tele-
graph Oanidamelion, viz., to 121 to 14, there is
no variation in miscellaneous %hares. National
Disommt, to 6 prem. ; Hudson's Bay, 141 to ;
Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, se
to 1 ; and Anglo-American, 22 to }.
United States b-20 Bonds have improved per
- to;, but Erie and Illinois Central
at 40* to 44 sod

89} to 90, respeotiveli
At the annual meeting of the Tourney to Jurbise
and Linden to Remelt Railway Company, held at
Brussels on the 28th alt., the distribution for the
half-year ending the Slut Deoember last was fixed
at 841. 80. per share on the dividend shares and
do. on the preference.

Petitions for the winding up of the Imperial
Steam and Household Coal Company (Limited) and
Bawlan Hall Collieries Company (Limited) are to
be heard before Vice-Chancellor Mali= on the
17th inst.

HALF PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
The stock markets are quiet, and prices show no
movement worthy of mike.
Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen have notified
that the coupons of the Egyptian Government
Loan of 1864, dne the Ist April, and the Bonds
drawn for redemption, will be paid at their offices
on that date.

Mews. J. Henry Schroder and Co. have an-
uouneed the dividend due the lbth April on the
Four and a-Half per Cent. Swedish Government
Low of 1864, for 2,223,0001. sterling.
_ _

Messrs. Bischoffsehein and Gold;thmidt have
put forward a prospectus in which they an-
nounce that they have contracted with the
Banish government for the issue of the expected
Spanish Colonial Eight per Cent. Loan," for
which they are now prepared to receive subscrip-
tions. The amount is 2,335,0001. nominal, or
2,171,5501. effective. The price of issue is 981.
per cent., of which 5 per cent. is to be paid
on application, 15 per oent. on allotment,
and the remainder in monthly instalments, the
last being on the 20th of August, when a coupon
of 21. for intermediate interest becomes due. On
payments in anticipation 4 per cent. discount is to
be allowed. By the operation of a cumulative
sinking fund the bonds are to be repayable in fifteen
years from the Ist March, 1868, by half-yearly
drawings, the first of which is to take place in Ja-
nuary, 1870. The prospectus specially mentions
that this loan is "for the use of, and secured upon
the revenues of, the Spanish colonies of Cuba,
Porto Rico, and the Phili Islands ;" and from
further /who:dare which have been furnished to
us, it appean that the proceeds are to be applied
in liquidation of debts, the interest on which
has formed a heavy charge on the revenues of these
colonies.

About 4,43001. in bar gold waa withdrawn from
the Bank yesterday for export.

The meaner livlace Las arrived from the River
Plate with 31,0001. in specie.
Telegrams received yesterday from Bombay, dated
the 25th inst., quote the exchange on London
11 15-led., showing firmness.
The only alteration in the exchanges yesterday
afternoosi was a considerable movement in the
rates in favour of Italy.
- •

A telegram from alsagow yesterday announces
that Colonel fhilkeld, the chairmen of the Cale-
donian Railway Company, has at lest resigned,
and that the meeting is adjourned till the middle
of April.
The failure of a northern speculator in Caledonian
Railway Stock was reported yesterday.
The directors of the Chartered Bank of India,
Amtrak*, and China, at the general meeting to be
held on the 22nd April, will propose a dividend at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the halt year
ended on'the Slst December last.

A circular
itles6it been issued by the liqui-
daton.of the Joint Stock Bank (Limited),
Mesas. C. F. p and Henry Chatteris, pr.
paling to issue promissory notes for the romaietng
es. is the pound &Ohm dm on July Wand Jan. le
neat, prevailed the creditors will waive their claim
for interest. It is hoped that the proposal will be
aeleoviam will thus be made for the,
t of the creditors' claims at an early date,
and the future e of the liquidation will be
considerably modified, • further circular to

the shareholders ham been issued explaining what is
pro to be done.
The London, Brighton, and South Omit Rail-
way traffic return shows this week an increase ci
4,1001., compared with tbeoorresponding period MI
1867 ; the Metropolitan an increase of 4061. ;
and the Ol.ssgow and South Western an increase
of 3331.

At the annual meeting of the Rio de Janeiro City
Improvement. Company (Limited), held yesterday,
the report, which was adopted, showed a prost of
21,4831., out of which a dividend at the rate of
per cent. per annum was declared, after
a sum of 8451 to the credit of the sinking
and leaving • balance of 1,5131. to be ci:gel
forward to the next account. A for of not leer
than 15,0001. has been sustained by the company
owing to the extraordinarily adverse state of the
Brazilian exchange.
A meeting of the Telegraph Construction and
Maintenance Company ( Limited) was held yesterday,
when a dividend was declared of 24 per cent.,
making, with the interim dividend paid to the
proprietors at June last, a total distribution al
5 per cent for the twelve months, free of income
tax.

At the meeting yesterday of the Fast India
Credit, and Finance Company (Limited), the
was adopted. The chairman expreesed a hope that
another return of capital will be made to the
shareholders in about twelve months, and stated
that the directors are " n " the securities it
order not to sacrifioe them at • present dom.
dated values.

It is announced that the subscription list of the
Fore~•gn and Colonial Government Trust will be
daaedlto-morrow. the 2nd inst., for London, and es
ths Zlitel2StitOrae.•
Sod do* shares, as given In the-Stock Exchange
hot of hit evening :
*is LION and Ocdoe-Imperial 63, 2 ; Leadon, 63, 4 i
Winton' B, ex die. ; ditto C, 4, ex die.
Watarworks-Graad Janetioo, .
Dooke-Lendon and St. Katherine, 49j, 4; Southern..
ton, 73, &
Subjoined is the report of the aide yesterday at
the Open Stock Exchange (Limited) :
Hop and Malt Exchange, 41. 17s. BJ. • Library Cour
pony, 6 per cleat. pref., 31. 9d.; PrAin Three per Coat.
Lean2s. 6d. ; Royal Swedish , 2e. 3d. ; Ceylon
Coffee Patsies Company, 13e. Bd. ; en Brewery,
2s. 9d. • Indiana Southern Railway, 7 par cent. Mon-
gage BOnds, 20a. 6d. ; Rama Grande Gold (14s. paid).
; 13s. 9d. ; Loudon d Liverpool Hasa, INK debentures;
•, Telegraph Cotetmetion, L3l. ; Patent hususslis
Loom, 14s. 6d. ; Hadsea's Bay, 14L ; Bahia and fies
Francisco Railway, 144 ; Confederate 6 yaw Cent 1664,11 a.
to lls. 6d. per 1,000 dole. ; Library Company, 71, pref.,
4s. 9d. ; Consolidated Land Company of France
18e. • Poyaisien Land debentures, 14s. 3d. per 1,00.
mai; Credit Fowlers, 2j ; Alhambra Company, 4j ;
Hercules Inearance. 4s. 9d. ; London Engineering, 19e.
According to telegrams received yesterday from
Holland, only 10,600 slabs of the 61,000 slabs of
Banc* tin were offered for public sale by the Dutch
Trading Company, and were disposed of at 56f.,
equal to 961. per ton, laid down here. The remain-
der were bought in.

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