The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-10 00:00:00

SEIZURE OF 4 89110011A1! ANDMURDBR OF

TEE GREW BY PIR4TEB.

-SYDNEY, Sr. S.

The Marian Benny (schooner) has been seized,
and her crew murdered by the natives of the Solomon
group.

ILLEGAL PEOCISSIONS.—The secretary of the
Scottish Reformation Society has called the attention of
the Secretary of State to an illegal Popish at
Rom, Herefordshire, but as yet nothus. g bas been done.—
Bulwark for November. _

DESTRUCTION OF A LIVXRPOOL-HOUND PllllO-
- Spa.—lntellig!eno• was received in Liverpool yes-
terday that the L. H. Cotton, from Cleveland to Liver-
pool, had been totally destroyed by fire shortly after
leaving the former port. fibs had • cargo of pebroleam
on board, which it is supposed became soddenly ignited.
The Novelty, from Labrador to Plymouth, is reported to
have been Oandued at sea.
CAFE OP 0001) HOPE, 1867.—The a • ping
entered and cleared at ports in this colony to
628,232 tons, no less than 436,370 tons, or rather more
than 82 per cent., being under the British flag. The
imports were caked at 2,416,4091., being an increase of
nearly half a million on those of the preceding year.
though varying but little from the average el the lost tam
years, during which the resources of the colony bus bun
developed to a very large extent. Her exports during the
year 1867 were valued at 2,630,6001., which though
a decrease of nearly 70,00 W. on those of 1866,0 a
may be regarded as highly satisfactory 0
ing the low rate at which wool, the staple com-
modity of the colony, has beenvalued during the put year.
Of this article alone more than 36,000,000 lbs. were ex-
. red, valued at 1,927,6281. and the remaining
1 ~0001. is nearly accounted for'by the following items :
Copper ore, 120,0001. • ostrich feathers, 76,00014, goat-
skins, 66,0001. • and sheep-sides, 94,0001. During 1867 the
revenue collected was 890,8261., and the expenditure,
886,1971. ; but these totals are inclusive of loans raised
and paid off, which were respectively 281,0001. and
189,6001. The debt of the colony is 1,101,660, being less
than half the value of its
e
OVTWARD BOMBAY x=
OF OCT. 24-30.--
Sem, Nov. 9.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Babette sailed at 1 p.m.
_yesterday for Bombay.
D OLOZAOA AND OZNISAL irwr..—ln many re-
spects those two men are a perfect contrast, but they have
long been bound together by the ties of an old and inti-
mate friendship. Dolce is a dry taciturn man of action—
Oloraga is the fluent speaker and the wary diplinhatieti
the former a Ant-rate in the field, where his ems. and
coolness have repeatedly been proved—the bete; enalleas,
patient,e and of excellent counsel in the cabinet, Me *rely
taken at fault. The very appearance of the BM is
u dissimilar as their natures. halos, who has keg had
indifferent health, is meagre, bilious, sallow—leaker the
soldier, but also the conspirator. To most eagle his as-
pect would recall the well-known line, "Ton OMNI lath
a lean and dowry look." Olosaga, on the contrary, is
portly, rubicund, unctuous, with remarkable dark eyes
and a genial manner. The two men must be Ready Um
sera age—sixty, or thereabouts—but both would look
than they are were it not for Duke's ill-health
olmega's family affliotions. About two year, ago
the latter lost ea only daughter, the joy and delight of his
widowed heart—a creature in the prime of youth,=
beauty, and very recently married. This was a
grief. his depair was such as to alarm his Meade, who
lest he should destroy himself. In their anxiety
they purloined his maces, and his
beard —white from
sorrow rather than from years. He relief a travel
—he wee already a political isll he with his
old friend Duloe, lately from the laerative post
of Captaia-Oeneral of Cuba,
ma else heart=fht home
with him a wife he bad they married, of enor-
mous wealth. At hie age this sudden penes might have
weaned many men from compiracy, and have induced
them to take ther ease and abandon political struggles,
It was not so with Daly—nay more than it has been with
Prim—and the two friends soon understood each other,
and agreed upon • plan of action.—BLickwessrs Magazise
for November.
Mies Agnes Zimmermann is about to leave
Fagiand on a tone in fiennany, having accepted acme.
scats to play at some mamba et the principal mow&

SY lITe-(721I8 DAY.)
ONE crow=
Liiifiiiimpt general Wel prevails that the Bank
trytisato of Iheerint will soon be raised
rifijor MM.; yet the stook markets show
a faconeablo tondifficy. An upward move-
malt of 1 par oent. swears to have
beat fully discounted, while purchase are
enoonrW by the important advance yesterday
in the biroh funds and the satisfactory tenor of
the speeobee delivered last night at the Lord
Mayors banquet. The English fund. are Ban, at
the closing prises of yesterday.
Railway esourition present no varialisn of import-
ance; but several of the foreign 'bonds, including
the 6-20 and Italian; of 1861, have experienced a
fresh rim. During the next few days attention
will be directed to the fortnightly settlement.
There is a geoid supply off maw in the dl count
market, yet, in anticipation of in advance in the
official rate this or next week, the charge for the
best paper is as high as 2to 21 per ant. Them is
aonsequintly a rather active hand at the Bwk.
Advances on English Oovernment Securities ass
obtainable in the Exchange at Viper sent.
Consols are quoted 941 to 1. for money and
the account (Deo. I) ; sad the Timm per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Gents., 921 to 1.
The only change in railway stooks- it a recluo-
tion of per cent. in London and Nati:Western,
vie., 1111 to 1 ; Great Western, 491 to- 1;
1111 to 4; London and South Western,
871 to 881; Great Eastern, 421 to ;
Brighton, 491 to 1; South Eastern, rite 4;
Metropolitan, 1061 to 106; Great Northern,
1041 to 1061 ; ditto A, 1031 to 104 ; Caledonian,
73 to 1, ex div. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1271 to 1281; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161
to 171; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, 471 to 48.
There is a good inquiry for foreign stocks.
Turkish bonds of 1868 have improved per cent.;
Italian of 1861 and the Nioolai Railway loan,
1; and Spanish of 1867, 1-18. Subjoined
are the quotations : Brazilian of 1865,
771 to 781 ; Chili= of 1867, 941 to
96; Egyptian of 1884, 811 to 82; ditto of
1868, 731 to 1; Italian of 1861, 561 to 56k;
ditto Tobacco Loan, 21 to prem. ; Mexican,
161 to 161; Peruvian of 1865, 81/ to
4 ; Russian of 1866, 901 to 1 ; ditto Nioolai Rail-
way Loan, 661 to 1, ex div. ; ditto Orel, 81
to ; ditto Moscow-Jaroelaw, 811 to 821 ;
Spanish of 1867, 341 to 1 ; Turkish of 1858, 69
to 70 ; ditto of 1862, 681 to 691; and ditto of
1866, 411 to 42.
No alteration is apparent in Indian securities.
The Ten-and-a-Half per Cents. are quoted 215
to 217 ; the Five, 1142. to 1154 ; the Four, 1021 to
103 ; the Bonds, 168. to 20s. prem. ; and the
Debentures, 105/ to 106. Bank Stock, 244 to
246 ; and Exchequer Bills, 16s. to 208. prom.
_ _

Bank shares are without variation. Alliance are
at 13 to 12 dia. ; London and County, 482 to 49/ ;
Union of London, 33/ to 34/ ; London and West-
minster, 622 to 83/ ; Anglo-Austrian, 6/ to 7 prom.;
Imperial Ottoman, 1/ to 1; prom.; and Consoli-
dated, 1 to l prem.

The Market for miscellaneous shares is inactive,
and prices are unaltered. General Credit, 21
to 21 dis. International, 1 3-16 to 1 1-16 dis. ;
Telegraph Construction, 151 to 1; Hudson's Bay,
141 to 1; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent.
Preference, 31 to 4 ; and Anglo-American, 211
to 22.

United SWIM 3-20 Ronde skre iu demand, and
per cent. higher, at 74 to 1; Erie Railway
Shares, 271 to 1; Illinois Central, 961 to 97 ;
Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 361 to
37 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds,
381 to 1.
The scrip of the Charkof-Azof Railway Loan is
at 1 to 11 prem., showing no change.
The directors of the Otago and Southland In-
vestment Company (Limited) announce that the
accounts for the half-year ending 31st July last
have been duly audited, and that the result enables
them to declare the usual interim dividend at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax
payable on or after the 11th instant.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Railway stocks are inquired for, and Great
Eastern, Brighton, South Eastern, and Caledonian
show a rise of Ito j per cent. As regards foreign
securities, the only fresh change is an advance of
#in Turkish of 1863. Consols are steady.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
Console are steady, at 941 to i both for money
and the account.

In the railway market the chief change is a rise
of 1 per cent. in Great Western stock, viz., to
304 to 4. London and North Western is quoted
1114 to 4, showing an advance of 1; Caledonian,
734 to 1 ; Brighton, 494 to 50; Metropolitan, 1054
to 108 ; South Eastern, 774 to 1 ; Midland, 1114
to 4; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1274 to 1281.
As regards foreign stocks, Turkish of 1885 and
the Ord Vitebsk Railway Loan have advanced
per cent., the present prices being 424 to and 81
to 4, respectively. Italian of 1861 are at 554 to
56, showing a decline of 4; Nicholai, 654 to 4 ;
Spanish of 1887, 344 to 2 ; and Russian (Charkof)
Scrip, to 1 prem.
No gold has been sent into or takon :from the
Bank to-day.
At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rontee
opened at 71fr. 73c. for the account, being Sc.
better.

The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Thursday next a special settling day in the New
51. Ordinary Shares of the Metropolitan Railway
Company, which are to be marked in the official
list.

The following memorandum, relating to the
East India Irrigation and Canal Company, has
been forwarded to us from the India-office :
" With reference to the statement that the terms
of the proposed purchase of the East India Irriga-
tion and Canal Company's works, by the Secre-
tary of State for India, include 'a further sum
sufficient to cover compensation to the managing
body and officers, and thus to exonerate the pro-
prietar7 from all liability in that respect,' we are
authorised to state that the terms provisionally
agreed to by the Secretary of State, in regard to
that sum, are 'to give 50,0001. as a bonus to be
appropriated at the discretion of the shareholders,
with a stipulation that no claims for compensa-
tion on :ctereciart of the company's officers, or
others en on the works, shall be made on the
Secretary o State.' " . _

At the meeting yesterday of the Trust and
Agency Ooinpany of Australasia (Limited) a
dividend was declared at the rate of 10 pee cent. per
annum.

At a meeting of the proprietors of the North
of Scotland Bank, just held at Aberdeen, a divi-
dend was declared of 10 :per cent., 18,0001. was
carried to investment account, and 40,0001. of
undivided profits was added to the paid-up capital
of the undertaking, raising it to 320,0001.
A

from the Brazilian Street Rail-
way Company (Limited) informs us that the
receipts for the month of September last were
10:915 541 dole. (about 1,0011.), as against 7:284 480
dole. (about 72814 in the corresponding month of
last year.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mews. T. and
W. Newland* and Co., of Glasgow, and Newland*
Brothers, of Rio di Zaneiro, it was resolved to