The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1868.

SECOND EDITION.

BILTTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

130 P.M.

A largo amount of business wu transacted et
the clubs to-day, and Lady EliAasth, Blue Gown, and
Paul Jones were each backed to win several thousands.
Orion did not go very wall, as much as 1,000 to
30 being at rine time laid, but he recovered bis ground
towards the finish, and would have been backed at 16 to
1. The Karl had. an improving look, and Mercury was
several times invested upon. Tom Bowline colt once
more retreated to the 1,000 to 10 division. Closing
prices :

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Sittings in Banao.—(Before the Lorl Chief Justice, and
Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush.)
THZ RUYAN'S BIRTHDAY.
•-• • • • ' '

This being the day appointed for keeping her Majesty's
birthday, their lordships wore scarlet robes and full.
bottomed wigs, end the Lord Chief Justice wore his gold
chain of office. The leurned queen's counsel and serjeants
also wore their fall•bottomed wigs.

DEBBY.
7 to 4 apt Lady Klizabeth (t and off)
7 to 2 Blue Gown (off. 4to 1 t and w)
9to 1 Paul Jones (off, 10 to 1t)
11 to I Orion (off, t 100 to 6)
16 to 1 Speculum (off, t2oto 1)
18 to I. Suffolk (off)
26 to 1 Pace (off. alter 16 to 1 had been t)
20 to 1 Rosicrucian (off)
25 to 1 Green Sleeve (oil)
40 to 1 Mercury (t and off)
40 to 1 The Eta (t and off )
a) to I St. Hunan (t and off)
66 to 1 Forest King (off)
1000 to 10 Tom Bowline c (t)
1000 to 5 Unmet (off)
1,500 even on Orion v. Mercury (I)
Itioo to 200 eget The FAIL with a start (I)
1000 to SO Orion, with a start (off)

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This was an action for an escape against the Sheriff of
Kent, tried before Mr. Justieeldellor, et the last Guildhall
eittings.when thejury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for
231., with liberty to the defendant to move to let the
verdict aside. The defendant pleaded that the execution
debtor, one Bressingtoo, produced to the officer, and gave
him a copy of a certificate under the seal of the Court of
Bankruptcy, which had been registered under the 198th
section, and thereupon be discharged him. The replies-
tion stated that the cause of action spinet the execution
debtor in respect of which the judgment was recovered
first arose and accrued after the making and registration
of the deed. That the plaintiff was not a creditor
when the deed was made. He was not men-
tioned as one of the creditors, and was not
one of those intended to be bound by the deed. The
judgment was obtained upon a bill of exchange, dated
lith April, 1866, due 20th July, 1861. The deed
was made on the 20th of Jaue, 18116, during the
currency of the bill, and it was further shown that the
plaintiff took the bill after it came due and the deed was
executed and just before the writ homed. The question
was whether this wee a debt so operated upon by the deed
as to make the certificate of registration a sudioient justifi-
cation for the debtor's discharge by the sheriff. Several
other points arose in the case.
Mr. Raymond to-day accordingly moved for a rule nisi
to enter the verdict for the defendant.
Rule granted.

PLACE BETTING.
2to 1 apt Paul Jones (off, tsto 21
7 to 2 Speculum (t)
4to 1 Pace It)
6to 1 Green Sleeve (off)
Sto 1 St. Ronan (t)
100 to 1 rnese (of)

FALL OP LEOTARD PROM THE HIGH MONEY MARKET.-{THIS DAY.)
MAMA'.

Last night, just before the performances were
brought to a oleos, an exalting scans took plass at the
Alhambra.

The apparatus which Leotard uses consists of two tra-
pezes suspended from the lofty roof at • distance of some
30 feet from each other. By means of these he affects •
flight from the front of the boxes over the pit and right
to the back of the stags—• distance stated to be 100 feet in
length. He performed this feat repeatedly, with an ease
and grape, and then performed the feat while turning
'Mae multi backwards. But in all those flights the second
trapeze was either thrown towards him before he sprang
from the first, consequently the distance which he tra-
versed in going from one bar to the other was notexcessive. ;
But at length the second trapeze was made stationary,
and Leotard prepared for a grand four de force. Leaving
the perch at the back of the stage, he swung high up in
the air on unit trapeze, evidently intending, when it was
at its utmost length, to jump from it to the one which
was at rat--an enormous distasse. He did not, however, I
jump at once is seemed as if he could mot get the full and
easy swing which he wanted, and three times he
made the essay. At the third awing, when it was evi•
dent to most of the audience that the attempt
would be • failure, be made boldly for the second
bar. People held their breath as he went through the i
air. He, however, fell short of the bar, which he itati
sprung for, and fell upon the mattresses placed beneath.
Fortunately he alighted on his feet, but the shock was
very greet. Leotard's self•possession and coolness were
wonderful He became very pale from the physical effects
of the shock, but be did not move • muscle of his face, and
he bowed gravely to the audience right and left as he
retired backwards on to the stage, and he we enthusiu-
tically applauded.

Offi O'CLOCS.

Very few variations are apparent in the stock
markets to-day. Consols are steady, at yes-
terday's quotations. The only movement in
railway stocks is a fresh reduction of
per cent. in Brighton, in consequence of the an-
nouncement that this undertaking is about to be
involved in Chancery proceedings. Foreign bonds
and banking and financial shares are inactive.

There is no alteration in the discount market,
and loans on English government securities are
still offered iu the Stock Exchange at 1 per cent.
Consols are quoted 941 to 4, with div., for
money, and 931 to 1, ex div., for the account (June
4), and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New
Three per Cents., 931 to g.
The only change in Indian stock is a decline of
1 per cent. in the Four per Cents, viz., to 1024 to
103. The Five per Cents. are at 116 to ; the
Bonds, 15e. to 20s. prem. ; and the Debentures, 105
to 4. Bank Stock, 247 to 249 ; and Exchequer
Bi , ss. to 10s. prem.
Brighton Railway stock is 1 per cent. lower, at
511 to 1, but the other leading lines are unchanged.
Caledonian, 75 to 1 ; London and North-
Western, 1151 to g • Great Western, 53i
Ito 4 ; Midland, 107 to 4 ; London and
; South Western, 91 to 93 ; Great Eastern,
332 to 34; South Eastern, 764 to 4 ; Metropolitan,
1114 to 1 ; Great Northern A, 964 to 97 ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 181 to 191.
In the foreign stock market Mexican Bonds
are 1 per cent. better, at 151 to 161, while
Italian of 1861 have declined ;, viz., to 504
to I ; Brazilian of 1865, 761 to 2 ; Chili= of
1867, 95 to 96 ; Egyptian of 1864, 81 to 82 ;
Peruvian of 1865, 83 to 1 ; Russian of 1866, 87
to 88 ; Spanish of 1867, 361 to 4; Turkish of 1858,
61 to 62 ; ditto of 1862, 631 to 64 ; and ditto of
1865, 36 to 1.

The market for miscellaneous shares is
inactive. National Discount, 5/ to 6 prem. ;
General Credit, 21 to # dis. ; Credit Fon-
cier, 2 1316 to 15-16 per share ; Inter-
national Financial, 2 to 1i dis. ; London, 23 to
21 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 151 to 1 ; Egyptian
Trading, 5 to 44 dis. ; Telegraph Con-
struction, 141 to I ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per
Cent. Preference, 5 to 1 ; and Aaglo-American, 221
to 23.

United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, at 71}
to_}.

The steamer Great Britain has arrived off Roche's
Point from Melbourne, with 317,0001. in gold,
nearly the whole of which is expected to be sent
into the Bank next week.
The Council of India will receive tenders on
the 3rd prox. for bills on Calcutta and Madras to
the amount of 200,0001.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

The English funds remain steady, at 94/ to I with
div. for money, and 931 to, ez div. for the account.
Railway stocks are dull, and South Eastern and
Metropolitan have declined 4 per cent., viz., to
761 to j and 111# to # respectively.
Foreign bonds are inactive, but Mexican ex-
hibit a rise of # per cent., at 16 to I.
At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 69fr. 60c. for the account, being bc.
better.

There were no bullion operations at the Bank
yesterday. It appears that the 150,000 sovereigns
mentioned on Thursday were withdrawn from that
establishment for Egypt, and not sent in, as was
erroneously reported.
The steamer Syria will take to-day 150,0001.
in gold for Alexandria, and 4,0001. for Bombay.

The Louisiana, from New York, has brought
11,500/. in specie. About 100,000/. was shipped
from that port on Thursday for Europe.
The silver market is inactive, and bars and
Mexican dollars are unaltered, at Si. Odd. to ss. Old.,
and 4s. lop. per ounce, respectively.

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In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon
the only alteration was a movement in favour of
Italy. The list is subjoined :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.19/ to 11.191 ; ditto, short,
ILI7 to 11.18 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11.19 f to 11.191 ,
Antwerp, 3 mouths, 25.374 to 25.424 ; Brussels, 3 mouths,
25.374 to 25.421; Hamburg and Ahem., 3 months, 13.61 to
13.101 ; Berlin, Cologne, A.., months, 6.27 to 8.2'74 ;
Bt. Petersburg, 3 months, 324 to 32 ; Paris, short, 25.15
to 25.25 ; ditto, 3 months, 25.324 to 25.374 • Marseilles,
3 months, 25.324 to 25.37 A ; Frankfort-on-the-Mains,
3 months, 1204 to 1204 ; Vienna, 3 months, ILB2A to
11.874 ; Trieste, 3 months, 11.824 to 11.874 ; Madrid, 2,
months, 481 to 481; Santander, 3 months, 481 to 484; Cadiz,
3 months, 484 to 481; Beville,3 months, 481 to 484 Malaga,
3 months, 484 to 484; Valencia, 3 mouths, 484 to 481
Barcelona, 3 months, 49 to 481 ; Bilbao, 3 months, 481
to 481 ; Saragossa, 3 months, 481 to 484 Leghorn.,
3 months, 27.70 to 27.80 ; Genoa, 3 month., 27.70 to
27.80 ; Naples, 3 months, 27.70 to 27.80 ; Palermo, 3
months, 27.70 to 27.80 ; Messina, 3 months, 27.70 to
/7.80 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 511 to 514 ; Oporto, 90
days' date. 511 to 51A.
The weekly return of the Bank of Franca shows
the following changes :

Coin and bullion
I Bills dismounted. Decrease 960,000
Notes in Gin:abeam
Private deposits lncenses 500,000
Advances
Treasury balance
The increase in the coin and bullion is large, and
raises the total to no less than 47,093,0001. ; while
the slackness of trade is proved by a further consi-
derable diminution in the discounts and circu-
lation.
The rates of discount now current on the conti-
nent are as follows, viz. : At Paris, per cent. ;
at Frankfort, Hamburg, and Brussels, 2 ; at Ams-
terdam, 24 ; at Berlin, 3 ; at Vienna, 4 ; at Turin,
44 ; and at St. Petersburg, 64 per cent.

At the meeting of the Anglo-American Telegraph
Company, held yesterday, a dividend of 12s 6d. per
share was declared, and the directors were au-
thorised to pay quarterly dividends in future.
The agreement with the Atlantic Telegraph Com-
pany was also confirmed.

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The annual meeting of the shareholders of the
Soci4b3 Financire d'Egypte is called for the 10th
of July at Paris. The meeting will be made ex-
traordinary, to modify certain articles of the
,statutes.

It is notified that the share list of the Anglo-
Mediterranean Telegraph Company (Limited) will
be dosed on Monday, the 25th inst.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and waterworks shares, as given in the Stock
Exchange list of last evening :

Insuranoe--Allianoe British and Foreign, 121 ; Com-
mercial Union, 5; Imperial Fire, 3394, 341 ; London and
Provincial Marine, 11 ; Oman Marine, ; Thames and
Me Marine (Limited), 41 ; Universal Marine (Limited),
64,1-16,4.
the Light and Coke—City of Moscow Gas, 64 ; Com-
mercial, 32, 3 ; Great Central, 13, 121, 134 ; Imperial, 63 ;
South Metropolitan, 67, 8, ex div. ; Westminster Char-
tered. 48, 74 ; Ditto, New, 37, 4.
Docks—Esst and West India, 120; London and BC
Katharine, 454, 6.
Waterworks—Berlin. 144 ; Best London, 113, 1141, 13.
Annexed is a report of yesterday's sale at the
" Open Stock Exchange (Limited) :"

MlDwall
Tea Company, 201. fully paid, 17s. Gd. ;
Freehold Laud andDooks Compan7,3lf per cant;
Agricultural Hotel Company, 10!. fully paid, 2 3-16 ; Con-
aolidated Land Company of Franco, 10/. shares, 20s. ;
Credit Fanciers, 101. fully paid, 215.16, 3 ; Guildhall Ta-
vern Company, 101. fully paid, 31.; Provident Clerks and
General Guarantee Association, 41. paid, 2} ; Poysisian
Land Grants per 1.000 acres 18s., 20a.• roprriol Land
Company of Marseille', 201. 'Bonds, per
Clank of 1865, 361 per amt.; Roam Grande Gold Mining
Company, 14s. paid, 19a.ditto, Six per Cants.,
1865, 59i • Egyptian Viceroy Loan, 73 per cent.; Royal
Swedish Railway, 51. fully paid, 21.; Spanish New Three
per Cents., 38 9-16 ; London and County Land Building
Company, 41. paid, 20a.; City of Moscow Gas Company,
i 25!. fully paid, 5 346 ; Chontales, 51. fully paid, 38a., 21.

MINE&-(THIS DAY.)

ONX O'CLOCK.

The mining market is unchanged.
West Chives.
ton, 72 to 74 ; Wheal Chivertan, 2to ; Prince
of Wales, 45p. 6d. to 465. 6d.• Chiverton Moor, 6
to 61 ; New Lovell, 16e. to 21s. ; Great Vor, 17s
to 18 ; Wheat Mary Ann, 22 to 23 ; " heal Tee-
lawney, IN to 19} ; North Crotty, 21 to 2* ;
and Clifford, 51 to si.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are quoted
as follows :-St. John del key, 18* to 19* ; Don
Pedro, 2to prem. • Anglo-Brazilian, 3-16 to
5-16 prem. ; Roam arande, 3-16 to 5-16 prem. -
Pestarena, to die. ; Chonteles, 11 to 2 ; ignited
Mexican, to ;an Port Phillip, 1; to
The directors of the Devonshire tireat Consoli-
dated Copper Mining Company, at their board
meeting, held yesterday, declared a dividend of
7,1681., being 71. per ahare arising from profits on
sales of copper ores sampled in the months of
January and February last. After payment of
the same there remains in hand • balance of
17,2711., in cash ore bills not at maturity, and re-
served fund, applicable to the general purposes
of the company.
The subjoined report on the metal market is
from the circular of Messrs. Von Dadelszcn and
North:
Only a moderate amount of business has been done in
the metal market since our last report. Prices in many
instances are a shads easier, although holders do not press
sales. Iron-The accounts from Wales and Staffordshire
rennin of the same charscter. Makers are moderately sup-
plied with orders. Scotch pig iron has receded to 525,
cash. Copper-In the absence of any demand for menu-
faetured, holders of tough and best select from secondhand
are disposed to make a slight concession in price • the
uneaten, however, are very firm. In foreign, a moderate
amount of business has been done. Barra, 83/. 10s. nomi-
nally ; Wallsroo, 821. 13s. ; Chili ban in Liverpool have
been done at 761. and 76/. 10s. A large business done in
Chili refined ingots, but priers have been kept secret-
nominally 791. Tin-The market has been quiet, and only
a moderate amount of business reported. Prices are a
shads easier, and fine quality Straits now obtainable at
93/. Bence is nominally 95/. 10s. In Holland the
market is dull, at 55f. English tin is steady. Tin plates
etc very dull. Lead-A slight concession in price has
brought out some orders. We quote good soft English
pig, 191. 7s. 6d. to 191. 19s. •, LB., 19f. 12s. fat. ; W. 8.,
21/. se. Considerable business in Spanish soft silver lead
at lower prices. Speltea-The market has an improved
appearance, and an advance of se. per ton established.rved
We quote common brands in London and cutports,
201. 19s. ; specials, fa. extra. V. and S , 201. re.

RAIL WA Y, MINING, AND OTHER
SHARES.-(THIS DAY.)

ISalos to-day to 1 p.m.l
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT BECIIRMV.

Canada Government, 5 par cent., July, 1877
to 1884,92 i, 4.
Cape of Good Hope, 6 per cent., April and October,
1890-19C03 109.
New South Wales Glovernment, 5 per neut., 1888 to
1896. January and July, 991,
Do., 5 per cent., redeemable by annual drawings from
1867 to 1875, 101.
New Zeal And 5 per met., 99.
Do., 6 per cent. 1891, June and December, 112.
Queenalaud, 6 per cent. 1891, January aud July, mai.
Victoria Government, 6 per cent., April and October,
111, 10#.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
Caledonian, 75,44.
Great Eastern, 33.1.
Great Northern, nr2l.
Do. A(A receives no dividend until G per cent. has
been paid to B), 97.
Great Western, West Midland, Oxford, 31.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128,
London, Brighton, and South Count, 514, 4,4, r, ;,
London, Chatham, and Dover,
London and North Western, 115, 4, 15.
London and South Western, 914.
Metropolitan, 1114, 4.
Ditto Extens. div. lint. to 6 pr. ct, till Jan.,1470,1064.
Midland, 107.
North Eastern—Berwick, 1034.
Ditto—Leeds, 51t4.
Ditto—York, 94..
South Eastern, 76x.
Staines, Wokingliam, and Woking, 101.

PREFBRENCIE SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent., 86.
Great Northern L per cunt, redeemable at 5 per cent.
prem., 106!.
Great Western, West Midland, Oxford, lit guar.. 1024.
North E.urtern, Stockton and Darlingtrn, B 6 per cent.,
128.
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Shrewsbury and Hereford (Si. paid) 1011.