The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1868.

THE .
METROPOLITAN HORSE SHOW.

The public interest in harem is not to die away
with the last echoes from Epsom. Before beta are
paid and the faces of numbers have resumed their
wonted expression after the settlement,"
the great annual show at Islington—for
such it may now be called—invites the
multitude to a more minute and deliberate
inspection of horses—one, too, in which the
useful is judiciously blended with the orna-
mental. The general arrangements for the
present show are decidedly superior to those of
last year, or of any preceding one, and the public
will have a better opportunity than ever of in-
dulging leisurely criticism or interest. The area
in which the horses are to display their merits,
the space ronnd it, and the general appearance
of the building, are all that could be desired
to render a visit at once pleasant and safe. Under
the roof there is an ample and graceful awning
forming an effectual protection against the sun and
an agreeable finish to the general aspect of the
hall.

The number of horses entered in this exhibition
is 372, including no less than 135 hunters, which
will of course form the main attraction in the public
estimation, by reason of those steeplechase feats
which always excite the admiration of visitors.
The show of carriages and other articles of a use- i
ful character, arranged in the arcade and galleries,
is extensive and varied, and, as usual, invention
has done its best to attract attention by novelty.
In the more useful departments of this adjunct
are to be iwen patent pea 'limners, patent milk
churns, and butter making machines, horse
clipping machines, chaff-cutting machines, clip-
ping scissors, agricultural carts, Milburn and Co.'s
dessicated cattle food, billiard tables, stable fittings,
specimens of harness, patent tube wells, agricultu-
ral and horticultural implements, miniature clocks,
horse medicines, &c.
The judges for the present year's show are the
Earl of Macclesfield, Viscount Combermere, Lord
Kesteven, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Ray,
Colonel Kingscote, C. 8., M.l'., and Mr. Harvey
M. Farquhar. During the judging of
the second class of hunters, in which the
Prince of Wales is a competitor, and
also of the Arab class, in which his royal highness
also appears in that capacity, Colonel Kingsoote
will not, he has declared, act, as his close connec-
tion with the Prince, in reference to his stud
might appear to savour of unfairness.
The judges entered the ring this morning at pre-
cisely 10 o clock, when there were present 500 or
600 persons, chiefly connected with sporting circles.
They were accompanied by Mr. John Clayden, the
chairman ; Mr. Sidney, secretary and manager;
and Mr. R. Leeds and other directors. The fol-
lowing was the order of judging and the pro-
gramme of the day :-Ist. The four classes
of hunters—stallions—classes 13, 14, and 15
and after class 15 hacks in the following
order, viz., classes 5 to 10, the parade of
prize horses to conclude the day's programme. The
prizes were distinguished by a blue riband for Ist,
crimson second, orange third, and green for com-
mended specimens. The Prince of Wales,
it was understood, had signified his intention
of being present during the day in company with
the Crown Prince of Denmark, but in the course
of the morning a communication was received that
the visit was postponed. It is believed that the
Prince will be present on Monday. In the ring
with the judge' were the Viscount de Montemar
and the Count Morny, as agents of the French
Emperor.
The judging was a slow process, arising 'chiefly
from the immense number of entries, there being
no less than 50 in the first-class of hunters.
Class 1. Hunters—Weight Carriers. Equal to not less
than 15 stone. First Prize, 80f. No. 12. Captain E. H.
Heygate, R.E., Buckland, Leominster. " Mountain
Dew." Black brown, 16 hands 1 inch high, G years, by
The Era, by Plenipotentiary. Darn, Whiskey, by Wind-
, hound. Bred by Exhibitor. Price, 500 p. Second Prize,
40/. No. 20. Miss E. R. Fyler, Heffleton, Wareham,
Dorsetshire, " Tyrconnel." Bay, 16 bands high, 6 years.
Sire by Anglesea ; dam by Slinge. Priem 400 p. Third
' Prize, 20!. No. 5. John Anatruther Thomson, Esq., Brix-
, worth, Northampton, "Borderer." Bay, 16 hands lj
inch high, 5 years. Sire by Little Hastings. Price, 500 p.
In the competition for the above prizes 9 hunters
were put at the hurdles, but very few of them took the
jump clearly. Noe. 31 and 38, however, took it with great
ease and readiness.

HER MAIRSIT'S THEATRE MI'RE'

HAYMARKET.

The re-building of this great opera-house has
just commenced, under the inipenintendance of the
Marl of Dedlff'll architect, Mr. Lee ; the eon-
tractors being Mews. Trollop. and Bons, the well-
known builders. By the terms of their conliract,
they are to have the house ready in forty weeks
from the present time, oe to pay a forfeit of 1,0001.
a week for every week they go over that period.
The old lines of the building, we presume, will be
preserved, as they could hardly be improved by
any theatrical architect •, but the little bijou
theatre will not probably be replaced. The seating
capacity of the old house was under seventeen hun-
dred seats, or loss by three hundred than the seat-
ing capacity of the New Queen's Theatre in Long-
acre. This will be increased in the new house.

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THE, STORM OF YESTERDA K

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

Reports from all parts of the metropolis and
its suburbs concur in stating that the heavy storm of yea• ,
terdaty was the most severs which has been experienced
Mune June, 1866. At St• Stephen's Church, Southwark,
the steeple of the fine sake was struck at ten
minutes past 1 o'clock, sad the lightning then
ran aloes the roof, and broke it up in • remarkable
mantier. In the same locality • chimney stack was struck
and much damaged, and a mass of bricks and mortar
fell into the room on the third floor, and injured a little
girL AtCamberwellfour houses were damaged. At Peekbara
the lightning, besides damaging two houses, killed a horse
belonging to a gentleman living near the Rye, and de-
stroyad • fine elm tree. Several houses were struck by
the lightning In the West•end, and one in Cumberland-
street was greatly damaged.

NAVAL INTNLLIGKATE.

THE CHANNEL E3QUADHON.

The Arum and Nat-n Gmette says that the ships
under the orders of hear-Admiral \Warden, C.B , are,
it is stated, to prooeedto the coast of Ireland for a month's
cruise, not only to test the sailing, steaming, and other
qualities of the different iron-clads, but to accustom the
officers and men to the various evolutions which would be
practised when in right of the enemy. Our contemporary
also says that Rear-Admiral Ryder'semployment asseeond
iu command of the Channel Squadron, is tocoritinue only,
so we are informed, for a period of five months, when he
will be replaced by another officer of his rank, who will,
when he has acquired knowledge and experience, in his
turn make room for a successor.

Retired Director-Oeneral of the Medical Depart-
ment of the Royal Navy, Sir John Liddell, K.r.8.,
F.R.S , expired at his residence in London on Thursday.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 29.—APPOINTMENTS.—Lieu-
tenant Robert W. Foster, to the Rapid; Navigating Sub-
Lieutenant Alfred L. Ethelby, to the Pallas : Acting
Assistant Surgeon Robert Grunt. to the Canopus ; and
Clerk Regivall C. Hodder, additional, to the Formidable.

RAILWAY, MINING, AND OTHER

SHARES.-(THIS DAY.)

[Sales to-day to 1 p.m.)
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Canada Government, 6 per cent., Jan. and July, 1977.34,
1051, 4.
Do., 5 per cent., January and July, 93.
Cape of Good Rope, April and Oct., 1890.1900, 109
Ceylon, 6 per cent., November, 1871. 110.
Mauritius, 6 per cent., 15th May and 15th Nov., 1882,
1061.
New Brunswick 6 per cent., Jan. and July, 104.
Natal Government, 6 per cent.. May and Nov., 1061.
New South Wales Government, 5 per cent., 1888 to
1896, January and July, 991.
New Zealand, 5 per cent., Jan., April, July. Oct., 11.
Nova Scotia Government 6 per cent., 1886, 1031, 3.
Queensland, 6 per cent., 1884 5, Jan. and July, le6.
Do., 6 per cent., 1891, 1091.9.
Victoria Government, 6 per cent., ( April and Oct.,
111,,11.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
Caledonian, 744, 5.
Great k:astern, 352, S, j,
Great Northern, 102 i. 3.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1294, 3i.
London, Brighton, and South Coast, scrip. nt.
London, Chatham, and Dover, 204, 1.
London and North Western, 115 i,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Linoolnshire. 44j.
Metropolitan. 111!.
Midland, 1014, 7.
North British, 33i,
North Eastern (Berwick). 103 j,
South Eastern, 77j, 6L, an.
PREFERENCE SHARES.

London and Brighton, 5 per cent. guaranteed, No. 4,
1034 to :I.
North British, 5 per cent., No. 1, 90.
North Eastern Consolidated, York, 11., and S. Purchase,
104.

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Western, 6 per cent., Irredeemable, 1366, 1024
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Vale of Heath. 98.
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
_ _ _

Dorn., !Sunda, and Cent. India, guar. 5 per et.. 104,
East Indian, guaranteed per cent, Illa. 12, 114, 3.
Crank Trunk of Canada, 16a.
Do. let preference Bonds, 43i, 44.
Do. 4th preference Stock, 10.
Madras, guaranteed 5 per cent., 1064.
Oude and Ruhilcund, guar. 5 per cent., 10.:•.
&lade, guaranteed 5 per cent., 1O3:.
1)0., Delbi,lo33, j.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 7-16.
Bahia and San Francisco (Lim.), gua. 7 per cent.. 151.
Dunabur& and Witepsk (Lim.) gua. 5 per cent., 79.
Great Luxembourg, 11.1, 12k.
Lemberg•Ozernoisitz, gun. 7 per cent. (Lim,), 15.
Namur and Liege gas. 14f. p. an.), 101.
South Austrinn and Lombardo-Venetisn, 15, 1,

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

(ME OVLOCII.

Ruiner; in the Stock Exchange to-day is lees
active, -as usual on • Saturday, but the
tone of the markets is firm, and the changes in
prices are in an upward direotion. Consols and the
Three per Cents. Reduced, and New Three per
Cent. have advanced 1-16 to 4 per cent. Some of
the foreignsecuritieshaverisen f to i. Railwaystocks
are without any special alteration. Financial
shares, which have been almost entirely neglected
for some time past, are inquired for, and an im-
provement is reported in General Credit and Inter-
national Financial. The recent advance in United
States 5-20 Bonds is maintained.

The rate for the best paper in the discount
market is to 11 per cent., and for loans in
the Stock Exchange, 1 to 1/.
Consols are quoted 95/ to 96, with div., for
money, and 94} to I, ex div., for the account, andl
the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three
per Cents., 9411 to /.
Railway rtocks are unaltered, apart from a
decline of a per cent. in Great Eastern,
the present price being 35/ to 4. Cale-
donian, 74/ to 1 ; London and North-Western,
114 to it ; Great Western,s3l to 54 ; Midland,
1061 to 107 ; London and South Western, 91 to
93 ; Brighton, 52/ to 53 ; South Eastern,
77 to I, ex deb. ; Metropolitan, 112 to s ; Great
Northern, 102 to 103 ; ditto A, 97,/ to ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 90 to I ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1281 to 129 ; York and North Mid-
land, 94 to ; Berwick, 1021 to 1031 ; and North
British, 33/ to 34.
There is a good demand for foreign stocks, and
the general course of prices is favourable :—Rus-
sian of 1866, Spanish of 1867, and Turkish
of 1858 and 1862 have improved I to f per cent.
The quotations are as follows :—Brazilian of 1865,
711 to 78 ; Chilian of 1867, 95/ to 944 ; Egyp-
tian of 1864, 811 to 82/ ; Italian of 1861, 51;
to / ; Mexican, 16/ to /1; Peruvian of 1865, 86/ to 87 ;
Russian of 1886, 874 to 881 ; ditto, Nicolai,
641 to 65/ ; Spanish of 1867, 37; to ; Turkish
of 1858, 63/ to 64/ ; ditto of 1862, 65 to 66 ;
and ditto of 1865, 37; to 38),.

Indian stocks are without variation. The Five
per Cents., art at 1161 to 1171 ; the Four, 1031
to 1041; the Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. ; and the
Debentures, 105 to Exchequer Bills, are Is.
lower, at is. to 12s. prem. Bank Stock, 246 to
248.

No movement is apparent in Bank shares.
London and County, 521 to 1 ; Union of London,
34; to 351 ; London and Westminster, ill to 2 ;
Anglo-Austrian, 5 to prem. ; London and
Brazilian, 30 to 25 dia. ; Imperial Ottoman, 11
to 11 prem. ; and Consolidated, 4 to „preen.
Miscellaneous shares are inactive, but General
Credit and International Financial have risen
2s. 6d., viz., to 21 to 1 dis. and to 14 dis.
respectively. National Discount, 51 to 6/ prem.;
Credit Fonder, 21 to 3 per share ; London, 23
to 21 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 161 to 4 ; Egyptian
Trading, 5 to 41 dis. : Telegraph Construction.
141 to 1 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent.
Preference, 4 15-16 to 5 1-16 ; and Anglo-Ameri-
can, 2'21 to ex div.
United States 5-20 Bonds are unaltered, at
72;; to :"!,.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols are rather ea-.ter, and have declined 1-16
per cent., the oresent prices being 95y for money-
and 94g for the account.
Railway stocks have r.Teded g per cent. in
some cares. South Eastcrn, 7.6 i to ; Midland,
106 g to b ; and Metropolitan, 111 to 1121,.
Foreign stocks are still in request. Mexican are
quoted 16,1, to g : Peruvian of 1865, 87 to 1, ;
Spanish New, 37:: to ; and Turkish of 1865, 38,`.
tog.

At Paris tc-day the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 69fr. Tic. for the account, allowing
no change.

The Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday
next (Whit-Monday).

Bar gold. valued at 105,000/., was purchased by
the Bank yesterday.
The steamer Ripon will take to-day only 3,419/.
in specie for the East.

' dock, and waterworks shares, as given in the Stock
Esclenge list of last evening :

Insanutos.--Oessa Maria% 1W ; Phoenix, 126, 8, ex
div.

Gas Light awl Coke.—Borabay (Limited), 4L ; City of
Moscow Oss, 5, 1 ; Groot Central, 13/. 13 ; ImPeria. 63 ;
Storey Consumers. 3, 1 ; Westminster Chartered, 471, >j ;
Ditto New, 861, 7.
Plmakoldlmad sad Dock, 331.
Wetorweeks.—Derha, 141.
We are requested to state that the list of appli-
cations for she Mule of 411,0001. firat mortgage
sterling bonds, of the European and North Ameri-
can Railway Company, will be closed on Tuesday
neat, June 2, at four o'clock.
It is notified that the May drawing of the Otto-
man Loan of 1863, and of the Ottoman Six per Gent.
Loan of 1865, took place in Paris ou the 23rd inst.,
and that a fiat of the bonds drawn for payment at par
on the Ist July next may be had on application
to the London agency of the Imperial Ottoman
Bank.

A branch of the National Bank is to be opened
at No. 282, Pentonville-road, King's-cross, on
Monday, the let of June.
The reports to hand from the chief con-
, tinental corn markets state that though there is
a further decline in some places, sellers generally
are opposing more resistance to the downward
tendency. in some markets the tanners are hold-
ing out ; but at Marseilles on Wednesday holders
were extremely desirous of realising, especially as
regards supplies front the Danube. Beetroot and
flax are stated to look most promising in the whole
of the southern parts of France.

MINES.-(THIS DA K)

ONE O'CLOCK.

Very few dealings have been recorded in borne
mining shares. Chiverton Moor ale quoted 6to
61; Clifford, sto ; East Caradon, 3 to 4 ;
Great Vor, 16i to 17 ; Marke Valley, 6 to 7 ;
North Treskerby, to ; Prince of Wales, 425. to
445. ; West Chiverton, 60s. to 625., tx aiv. ; Wheal
Grenville, 30s. to 325. 6d. ; and Wheal Seton, 80s.
to 85s.

With the exception of a rise of 2s. 6d. in Don
Pedro, viz., to 2,1 to :1 prom., foreign and colonial
milling shares art' without variati.m. St. John
Del Rey, 17i to 184; Anglo- Brazilian, kto prem.;
Pestarena, gto r die. ; Chontales, IL, to ; Rossa
(Irande, 3-16 to:,-16 prem. ; Anglo-Italian, par to
prem. ; United Mexican, lit to $ ; Frontino and
Bolivia, ; to ;; ; and Port Phillip, 11 to ;;.
The subjoined report on the metal market is
from Messrs. von Dadels; en and North
A very moderate amount of basineia has been done in
the metal market since our last rep-irt. With the exception
of tin, which has somewhat declined, prices have under-
gone no change of importance. Inm. —Sm. few fresh onlers
of 'Welsh awl Staffordshire iron have been given out at
previous quotations. Scotch pig iron is steady, at fstb.
rash. Copper.—There u still au abstime of demand for
manufactured, which has its effect on raw, which is ob-
tainable much below smelters' pi ices. \Vallaroo has
changed hands at Rail. cash, Burro is obtainable at 83/. 10s.,
Chili ingots 791. to 801. ; hors 711. 10s. to 771. Tin.—
, Straits has gradually declined to 921., at which there are
now sailers. Banca nominally 9:11. In Holland the
niniket is flat, at 555. English tin is steady. Tin plates
continue dull. Lead has maintained its position, good
soft English pig 151. 7s. 01. to 10/ 10s. ; L. 8., 19/.
12s. 6d. ;W. 8., 21/. rm. Spelter.—The rosaket is some-
what quieter; after a sale of 100 tons at 201. 13e. 6d. ex
ship London there are now selling at 201. 10s. in ware•
house here and in Hull, special brants Ss. extra.