The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1861.

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENI

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Orr imam= msouril.)
SHREWSBURY MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)

HAWKSTONE CUP. Two miles.

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NeeressUa, Derioad. Thu lawyer, Mavourseeo, Orice,
and Rosedale are hum

SHROPSHIRE HANDICAP. About one mile and a

quarter.
Aneurin Prince of Orange, Isthmian, Rosedale, GreT
Hen c, and Priors Imperial are here.

BORI )UGH MEMBEFLS' PLATE. About floe mile.
M. ter Begot, Tyrant, thieved, Pony Pesehum, Poem-
Cwt., Freocatelli, The Lowyer,Waterfeed, Prince of Orange,
Isthmian, reale°, Riogbooe, and Joy an bore.

SPRI NI ; KTF.EPLECIIABE. About three miles and a halt
The Dace. Tumbler, Doubtful, Morgan Rattler, Me.l,,ra,
Wve Nell, Irish Unignot, Lowness, and Griffin are here.

I'sr►.a Dt^rthas.—A return, issued this day to an
order the How of Lords, states that the number of
!musts' weight of paper manufactured in l&Sn was
192,647,W.44 ; in 11150, 217,1127,1!7; in IMO, 2Z3,575,255.
The gross produce in 111$ twee 1,234,6141., and the net
receipt 1,103,754 f. In 111•i0 the gross produce was
1,411,1441., and the not receipt 1,258,464/. Last year the
grow produce amounted to 1,452,8041. ; and the net receipt
to 1,320,1061.

Couacuta &Lamm —A parliamentary return,
issued thin wherein& shows that the total increase of eon.
solar salaries eine* July, 1868, is 13,51171. The decrease by
abolition is 5,650/., sad by reduction, 3,4001., !mein?, a net
increase of 4,4671.
After Easter Sir H. Cairn% will move for a select
committee to inquire into the state of the law of marriap
in Ireland.

General Buckley intends to ask the Under Secre-
tary of State for War on Monday whether the volunteer
corps that propose to go to Brighton for a review on Easter
Mowlay have received the sanction of the authorities for the
purpose._

Mr. Crawford, on Tuesday, will call the attention
of the house to the question of the double income tax ; and
move "that the petitions of merchants and others of
London and other parte of the kingdom, against the levy of
an income tax upon incomes and profits arising in India,
which are already subject to an income tax in that country,
prevented •to the house on the 7th day of this instant
March, be referred to the select committee on income and
property tax."_

THE LATE INVV4TITURE HT THE KING O► PRUHRIA
WITH THE ORDER O► THE GARTER.—A supplement to the
Loudon Urcette was published:yesterday, giving the details
of the proceedings on the occasion of the investiture of
his Majesty William King of Prussia with the ensigns sad
h►bit of the Most Noble Order of the Garter at Berlin on
the 7th instant.

The King of Prussia has sent a splendidly exe-
cuted portrait of himself to Prince Gortschakoff, the Rus-
sian Minister of Foreign Affairs, as a memorial of the
amain, of the King with this minister at Warsaw last year.
The late Swedish and Norwegian consul, M.
Wegeuer, who was an honorary member of the Prussian
Amdetny of Arta has, by his will, left his costly collection
of paintings to the King. His Majesty hoe accepted the
legacy, and his ordered that the testator's wish shall be
complied with ; and, in consequence, the pictures will be
exhibited altogether in Berlin, and will be accessible to
artists and amateurs. The collection is valued at mare than
100,Cal cholera, and consists for the most part of the works
of modern German masters.

The Polish journal, the Glee, of Lemberg, in
Austrian Poland, has been warned for "its tenacity in pur-
suing a line of conduct not compatible with the maintenance
of public tranquillity, in throwing suspicion on the zassesnw
of the Austrian government, and in exciting distrust Cl
Austrian functionaries.

A Paris letter of Wednesday says :—" A grand
soiree was held yesterday at the house of M. Flavin, editor
of the S,He, on the occasion of the snivel of a statue
which has limn presented to him in the name of 'SAWS
Italian committees, as the representative of the liberal
French press. This statue, too large to be placed 1111
Ilevin's saloons, will be shown at the Exhibition of Living
Artists. The soiree was a very brilliant one. Madame
Elston recited soma verses, in which M. Legouvi expressed
his sympathies for the Italian canes, and the musics'
honours of the fete were rendered by the artists of the
Theatre Italien, Graxiani, Gardoei, and Mesdames Pasco
and Marie Battu."

HER MAJ wry's TREAT'S CONCICRT
The Christy's lliestrels Imes secured this room for the
ensuing four months, opening no Monday evening next.
Amonget their many eovelties will be • new burlesque by
W. Brough,
Sr. Alla% TNEATRIA—Miss Herbert, whore
clever acting, in oosjunctine with Mr. Alfred Wigan, is the
hie of St. Trope_ itas elicited gamma admiration daring
the peat mime at this theatre, announces her benefit for
Thursday mat, when the career of that popular drama will
be within two nights of its termination.
ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—Mr. and
Mrs. German Reed bring their present entertainment to a
close on the 23rd inst., awl follow it up by an entirely new
series us Poker Mooday. lo this they will again be, joined
by Mr. John Perry, whew return to profesiional life has
excited very greet interest in the metropolis.
ROYAL COLLEAIit or SURGEONS of KNOLAND.—
The following members of the college having bus elected
"fellows" at previous meetings of the council, ware admit-
ted as mesh at a meeting of the council on the 13th inst.,
viz, Melees. Thomas Taylor, lienoett's-bill, literminetin,
diploma of membership dated April fi, 1821 ; Richard Yates
Ackerley, Eyelike, Liverpool. May 18, ISA Atka Webb,
Calcutta, July 19, ISM ; Samuel Wood, The Abbey,
Aetilleey , July, 14, lei ; Lewis Smythe, Royal Semen
Bessati, At 19, MO •• Hoary Cape,
bar sty's I Army 1., HMO; Robert Bowes,
Rile May 11,1844 ;Jams Broad, Great Homer-
sliest, livwpeel, May b 1841; James Harrison,
Medical Santee, J 7, 1843 ; and Robert lit3=!
Highampkie, Jesuitry 13, 1843.
TSB ROAD MUSD'S.— Widen% !lollyPress
says :—" Report* of the most amemerdlaary character ware
akrgialtrianal and Bath yesterday respectiagthis mysterious
grime, and were the maw of considerable exciWrnent. One
repent stated that a new chain of evidence had bees
obtained connoting Miss Constance Kent with the crime in
a polities, manner ; and others bad it that that young tidy
had made some sort of confession. We have good authority
for saying that both reports are utterly without foundation.
The ease has mounted no new feature Woos the mecum-
dances were last before the public, mud at present there
mem as little hope as ever of the mystery finding a solo.
Mom" We were in possessicia of the rumour with regard
to Mime Constance Yost, hat refrained, from prudential
motives, from giving eurree7 to it, rotting as it did es
each appamotly little foundation.
BURSTINO OF THE BRIOORWATER CANAL.—On
Monday morning last an accident., involving a vast amount
of demises to the property of the Bridgewater trustees, and
the entire stoppage of their trunk, occurred a few mils
from Werrington. At Lumb Brook. is the township of
Appleton, the canal embankment is 2.1 feet above the adjoin.
kg land, acid the rued to Grappenitall Heys pares under
h. This embankment gave way on the south-wet side,
nom* an ismers breach, down which the water rushed
with great velocity, carrying with it immense quantities of
mend, earth, and block of stone. The wing wall of the bridge
on that side was completely swept away. "Stops," or
good gates, were brought into requisition as soon as prac-
ticable, but owing to one of them being in an ieeffee-
tive state, the Sow of water was not arrested so noon as it
might have lees. Some cottages in the immediate neigh-
bourhood were several feet deep in water, but their occupants
sustained but little damige beyorid the inconvenience
and trouble caused by the inundation. The some now Fre
seated is that of a complete wreck ; great blocks of stone, de.,
lie about in indescribable confusion ; and about 7,000 cubic
yards of earth, ke., which formed the bed of the canal, has
been carried into the lower gruntel and the road by the force
of the current. Nothing is known as to the muse of the
accident. The very morning that it occurred, and only an
hour or two previously, the inspectors passed the place and
failed to ASSTe anything wrong. It is, however, attri-
buted to the late severe (rout, and to the strong winds
modes lets to bump against the side of the canal. On
Weduesday, about a hawked navvies and other workmen
cionmeneed the work of restoration, and a meat outhber
mom will be put on as soon as practicahle. It will be about
a month before the traffic can be resumed. The damage
has bees variously estimated, but it is certain to amount to
some thonaands of pounds.
THE STRANDED B.rumsnir Qcnex VICTORIA.—
This mast was socesadully floated on Wednesday evening
from her berth, on Cremyll Beech, Plymouth, abont half-
past six o'clock. Ono government tug and three merchant
tugs waisted on the occasion. She had been previously
made alumni tight, so that hi r dookev engine kept her free.
After else was floated off, the tugs brought her round to
W Plymouth Great Western Cooks, where she now lies
to Warty in the Austin dock. and wadi he rinsed in the
ching-dock yesterday. During her transit from the
to the dock, the wind was blowing very fresh from
the earthward, which, combined with its being so close to
high water before she came off, gave Captain Russell,
wino superinteedel her removal, ample work to do. She
has been " bogged" by her accident, so that much atten-
tion wOl be required in placing her on the blocks in the
'graving-dock ; but in this case, the resources of the Great
stern Docks will be favourably exhibited by the facili-
ties they will afford for repairing this he vaseL

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670 1,128
666 1,032

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-,ii.,TaAizitne) 748 10181
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Week ending March 9
North Eastern
Stocktonead Darlington — 760
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BOARD 07 TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 12.—The
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade hare received from the Seezetarf of State
for Foreign Affairs a aopy of a notice iuued by the Portu-
guese Board of Health, decLring the port of Rio de Janeiro
to be considered infected with yellow fever ohm the 21st
January last. —Gentle.
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY. —...
TBOSSDAY, Wawa 14. —Adnileione on permed, 1,421 ;
ditto by seam 'lasts, 823; total, 2,364-

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two u'eLot,w.

The reduction in the rate of discount of the Ban k
of France, combined with the continued improve-
ment in the accounts of that establishment, ans I
with the purchases of gold by the Bank of England,
has caused a rise of 3 per cent. in the
English funds to-day. The stock markets generally
are firm. In British railway stocks an advance of
to 3 per cent. has taken place.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
68fr. 25c., showing an improvement of rather more
than 3 per cent. since yesterday, owing to the
movement by the Bank of France.
Consols are officially marked 92, 914, 923, and
913 for money, and 923 for the account. The pre-
sent quotations are 913 to 923 for money, and 923 to
3 for the 10th of April. The official business re-
port is as follows :—lndia Five per Cent. Stock,
1003, ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures,
11858, 953 ; Exchequer Bills (June), 45., Is., 55.,
dia. ; ditto, March, 35., Is., 55., prem.
Mexican Bonds are comparatively quiet to-
day. A fresh rise has taken place in Turkish
Bonds ; the loan of 1864 is now quoted 733
to 3, whilst the last transactions reported in the
issue of 1858 are at 543, ex div. Other foreign
stocks are well supported. Sales are recorded as fol-
lows :—Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. , 1860,
854 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 631 (ex-
change, 12fr.) ; French Four-and-a-Half per Cent.
Rental, 94fr. 373 c. ; Mexican Three per Cents.,
for account, 243, 3 ; New Grenada Active,
151 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
913 ; ditto Three per Cents., 1859, 611 ;
Spanish New Deferred Three per Cents.,
for account, 413 ; ditto Passive, 171, 3 ;
Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, for account, 73 ;
ditto Six per Cents., 1858, for account, 533,
1543, 54, 3, ex div. ; ditto 1001. bonds, 563, ex div.
It was announced by telegraph yesterday evening
that the Bank of France lard reduced their rate
of discount from 7 per cent. (at which it was fixed
on the Bth of January, the previous charge having
been 53) to 6. This announcement did not come to
hand until after the close of business in the Stock
Exchange. It was received with great satisfaction,
as confirming the general impression that the return
to be published to-day will show a fresh im-
provement in the position of the Bank. The move-
ment may also be taken as the forerunner of a
similar action by the Bank of England at no distant
period.
There was a good demand for money at the
Bank and in other quarters yesterday, but more
irregularity is observable in the rates, transactions
taking place occasionally at a considerable reduc-
tion from the Bank minimum.

The amount of gold, mostly continental, pur-
chased by the Bank yesterday was 136,0001., while
28,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for transmission
to New York by the Africa on Saturday. We have
reason to believe that the amount of gold bought
by the Bank on Wednesday was 134,0001., and not
64,0001., as stated in the journals.
A good deal of the gold lately received from
abroad has come from the Levant, and further
amounts are expected from that quarter.
The Melbourne advice' report the departure for
England of the following gold ships, viz :—The
Result, with 29,335 oz.; Alliance, with 31,513 oz.;
Lightning, with 28,844 oz.; and the Southampton
with 21,544 oz. The Monarch, with 22,407 oz.,
reported by the previous mail, is also at sea,
making the aggregate on the way hither 133,643 oz. ,
worth 534,5001.
Private telegrams quote the exchange at Hong
Kong 4s. 9d., and at Sbanghao 6s. 51.
Advice' from Brussels mention the stoppage of
hi Leon Gauchez, whose liabilities are said to
amount to as much as 100,0001.
A rather important failure is also rumoured in
the metal trade at Moscow.

The Eastern Counties Railway traffic return
shows this week an increase of 1,222/. ; the London
and North Western, an increase of iii 41.; the Mid-
land, an increase of 1,6721. ; the Lancashire and
Yorkshire, an increase of 5611.; the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, an increase of 3101.;
The traffic on the 748 miles of the South Aus-
trian line of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway
Company for the week ending March 4was 35,4381.,
being 7,5171. more than in the corresponding week
of 1860 on 687 miles ; and that on the Lombardo-
Venetian line 4,201/., showing a decrease of 2,1501.
and the North Eastern an increase of 2,0681.
The directors of the lonian Bank have declared
a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum.
The seventh ordinary general meeting of share-
holders in the Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China is called for the 28th inst., to declare a
dividend, and will be made special to authorise the
directors to apply to the Treasury for permission
to issue notes payable to bearer on demand at
Sinapore.
The bill of the United Kingdom Electric Tele-
graph Company went before the committee of the
House of Commons yesterday. The committee de-
cided that the preamble wan not proved, on the
ground that the company provisionally registered
under an act of parliament of 1851 was not fully
registered within the period prescribed by law. The
merit, of the bill could not therefore be discussed.
The chairman of the committee said, however, that
the committee would have been very glad if they
could have recommended the proceeding with the
bill. It is thence inferred that a favourable view
would have been taken had this course been prac-
ticable. We are informed that the directors in-
tend to ask for a suspension of the standing orders
in their favour, in order that they may be enabled
to introduce another bill in the course of the pre-
sent session. _ _

We are informed that clauses have been inserted
in the North London and Blaekwall Railway Bill for
the branch line from Kingsland to Liverpool-street,
providing for the continuance of quarter-of-an-
hour trains to and from Feuchurch-street and the
North London Railway.
There was a fall yesterday of 1 to 2 per cent. in
Grand Trunk of Canada Railway bonds, and of
4 per cent. in Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway
stock, in consequence cf the announcement (already
referred to in these columns) that the former
company is not in a position to meet the interest
due to-morrow on the latter company's stock.
At the meeting yesterday of the Van Diemen's
Land Company, the directors' report, recommend-
ing a dividend of be. per share, free of income-
tax, was agreed to.
The Master of the Rolls proposes, on the 22nd
inst., to make a call of 11. 10s. per share on the
contributories of the Herald Life Assurance So-
ciety.
The half-year's interest is advertised on London
and Greenwich Railway preference stock.

With reference to the market for American secu-
rities, Messrs. W. Bell, Son, and Co. report as
follows :

The market for American securities during the pd week
has showed a decided improvement. The eeteai transac-
tions in State and City. stocks have been more numerous, at
generally improved prices. There has also been a consider-
able demand for the beat description of railroad bonds,
more particularly for those of the New York end Erie and
Michigan Central lines.

The Capiolani has arrived from China with
640,9001 b. of tea.

Mr. Spaight was on Wednesday appointed agent
for Lloyd's at Limerick, and Mr. Q. E. Clayton
agent at Seville.

THCBSDAY lIVESINO.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 921 to k for
the 10th of April, opened and closed to-day at 22/
to 1. For money the last price was 911 to 1.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 91/, L, 92, 911, i :
ditto, for account (April 10), 225, i ; New Tbzec

par Ceuta., 911, g ; Bank Stock, 235 ; India Stock,
221, 273 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1001, f,
100, I, 1, ; ditto Scrip, 1001; ditto Four per
Cent. Debentures, 1858, 951; ditto 1859, 951, 1;
ditto Banda, 19s. die.
The scrip of the New Indian Loan wee last
quoted 1001 to f for the account ; the Five per
Cent. Rupee Paper, 941 to f • the Flve-and-a-
Half per Cent., 1001 to 1 ; the 'March Exchequer
Bills, par to tie. prem. ; and the June, 6e. to
2e. dis.

In the foreign stock market increased activity
was observable. Mexican Bonds were in demand
in the morning, and rose to 24 to I, but at the
close a relapse had taken place to 241 to R. There
was an advance of I per cent, in the Turkish Loan
of 1854, which left off at 724 to I. The issue of 1868
was last quoted 53/ to 1, being Ito fper cent, higher
than yesterday. other foreign stocks were steady.
In the Bankruptcy Court to-day, there were
some further proceedings in the case of Messrs.
Davies and Troughton, bankers, of Shoreditch,
and of Messrs. Walker, straw hat manufacturers,