The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-21 00:00:00

THE wawa% -WEDNESDAY nan, OCTuBRIti 121,

-RAILWAY, MINING, AND OTHMI
SHARE&-(THIS DAY.)

fClosing prime to 1 p.m.l
COLONIAL GOVE,UNMENT BECI7IIITIPM.
Canada, 6 per oeut., Jan. and July, 187741, 19/1.
Do., 6 rer cent., Jan. and July, 93, 11, 2e.
Cape of Good Hope, 6 por cent., Jan. and July, 18J1,
110 f.
auritius, 8 per cent., Jan. and July, 1878, 107.
New /South Wales, 6 per cad., Jan. and July, 1888 to
IW6, OUI, I, }.
Do., edam. by annual drawings from 1867.76, 102/.
New Zcabuid, 6 per cont., Jan., April, July, and Oct.,
97husede.nmia
nd, 6 per cent., Jan. and July, 1882-6, 10n, 8.
Tasmanian, 6 par mut., Jan. and July, 180 J, 1071, I.
Victoria, tiler cent., April and Oct., 110}.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS.
Caledonian, 73
Great Embers, 401.
Great Western, original, 49.
Lesdas, Brighton, end South Cos* 621, 2.
London said North Western, 112 e,
London and South Western, 83
21:tati, lOW 7, 61.
Do. gateman (div. lira. to 6 per cent. WI Jan., ISM
lOC f.
Metropolitan District, 73.
1121,!,1,1•
North British, =4.
Shropshire Union, 661.
South Easters, 771.
PERPERENOB SHARES.

Great Eastern (East Anglian B), 6 per cent., 16.5.
Do., No. 1 6 per cent.,'
North Staffordshire, 98.
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
North Western, A porp. pref. 6 per cent., losi.
_ _ _ _ BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Grand Trunk of Mortgage Bonds,
Ist charge of 6 per cent. 82t.
Do., Ist preference bonds, 60.
Do., 4th preference stock, Rik.
Great Indian l'enin., pia. 6 per cont., 1101, 11, 101.
Cheat Western of Canada, 14g.
Do., 51 per cent. lends, payable 11377-78, 93!.
ltdadrax, gun. 6 per rout., 1081,
Scinde, Delhi, gee. b per cent., 100, I. i•
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.. -

Bahia and San Prim. (Lira.), gua. 7 per ct., 151, 11, xd.
Buenos Ayres, (it. South. (Lim.), gua 7 p. ct., 174.
Dunaberg and Witolek (Limited) guaranteed n per
cent, 86, id.
. . _

tkalth.Allbtriall and Lombardo-Venetian, 16k.
FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS.
. . .

Orel Vitebsk, Rua. by Russian tioverumunt, 6 per ant.,
83j, 4, 31, I, id.
DRITISII MINES.
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Chiverton, 41. 41, G.
thud Wbeal Vor (Holston), 131.
COLONIAL AND PrMGl47_

Chontair;slditi;iTd
Don Pedro, North del Rey, 2 13-16, I prom.
Fortuna (Limited). 1 15-18.
Ross. Oiando (Limited), t. 9.16, prom.
St. John del Key (Limited), 18,
Yudanamutana of S. Australia (Lint.), 21.
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Agra (Limited), k; """
Do., 11, t, 6,4
Alliance (Limited), 121, I.
Atistmlasia, 421, 1.
Hank of Egypt, 341.
Chattered Mercantile of India, Loudon, and Chins, 301.
Cen(olidatid (Limited),
English and Rio de Javelin (Limited), 01, 9.
Imperial Ottoman, II?, d.
London und River Elate, IQOI. shares (Limited), 11.
Lmodun and ('ounty, 4`.44.
lannhas Joint mock,
IA niliin and Westruitinter, (;E:.
National Piovincial of England, 1001. shares, 1311.
oriental Patik l'orporntion, 4:11, sd.
Union of Australia. Se!.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per ..lit., SO, MU.
Ato,tialian Nlortgage Laud and Finance (Limited), 41.
City of M, row (Limited), :it.
('itdit Fourier of Englund (Limited), 21.
Eri,t India Irrigation Canal. la, I.
Egyptian 9 per cent. Viceroy, gas. by Eaptian govern.
ment, frs.
Electric and International Telegraph, 230.
General Credit and De‘count (Limited), 5:.
General Steam Navigation, 28.
Fludaun's Bay, 151, A.
Natal Land and Coloniaation Company (Lim.), 6 1-16.
National ]};.Hunt Company (Limited), 12. 4.
North Itritimh and Mercantile Insurance, 181.
Royal Mail Steam, 511.
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan. 74k, b.

MINEB.-(THI8 DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

In the mining market to-day the principal fea-
ture is a renewed demand for Chiverton shares,
which have risen to 31 to 61, consequent upon an
improvement in the mine. Great Vor are
at 121 to 131 ; Drake Walls, 17s. 6d. to 20s. ;
CaMeek Fells, 12s. to 14s. ; Frank Mills, 21 to 3;
West Great Work, 21 to 1 ; Marko Valley, 81 to
; Caen Brea, 13 to 17 ; East Caradon, 41 to ;
North Crofty, 273.6 d. to 325. 6d.; Prince of Wales,
38s. to 40s. ; New Lovell, 16s. 6d. to 18s. 64. ;
West Drake Walls, Ms. 6d. to 10s. 6d. ; and West
Chiverton, 611 to 21.
Annexed are the quotations of foreign and colo-
nial mining shares :—St. John Del Rey, 171 to 1,41 ;
Don Pedro, 21 to 3 prem. ; Anglo-Brazilian, tbs.
to par; Pestarena, 11 to / dis. ; Chontales, 11 to
Z ; Rossa Grande, 7-16 to 9-16 preen. ; ditto (paid
up), 1/ to 1 ; Anglo-Italian, par to 1 prem.;
United Mexican, 14 to 2/ ; Frontino and Bolivia,
11-16 to 13-16 ; Port Phillip, 11 to 1 ; Central
American, 1 dis. to ear; Sao Vicente, par to
prem. ; Genera Brazilian, par to , prem. ; Ituda-
narnutana, 11 to 2:i ; and Nurbudda Coal and
Iron, 21 to 2 dis.
The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received the following
report, dated Morro Velho, September 17 :—Morr
Velho produce for August, 7,306 oitavas, from
4,819 tons ore ; yield 1•675 oitavas per ton. Morro
Velho cost for August, 4.9331.; loss for ditto,
2,034/. ; Morro Velho produce for 11 days of Sep-
tember, 2,336 oitavas, yield 1.280 oitavas per ton;
Gaia produce for August, 1,882 oitavas from 817
tons ore ; yield 2.220 oitavas per ton. Gala cost
for August, 468/4 Gain profit for ditto, 337!.;
Gaia produce for 11 days of September, 639 oitavas;
yield 2188 oitavas per ton.
The directors of the Sao Vicente Mining Com-
pany announce a call of 10s. per share, payola() on
the 23rd of November.

A somewhat 01)WMO, ward meeting in Mambos-
ter, held last night. was selected for the announcement
that the addretets of Mr. hoary and a second conservative
candidate for the city will be out on Thursday. The
meeting has been called to form a committee for MeMock •
~trcet ward, preparatory to a canvass of the electors in
that neighbourhood, and the chairman being asked for
whom they wine to canvass said he was not prepared to
answer the ituestlon, as the matter had not been decided,
but there was no lack of candidates.

DEAI II OF THE OLDEST 211.1 N IN EMMA:4'I.-
17041er this heading the Times contains a letter from Mel-
ts ilium rotating to the death of Richard Purser, in that
town, on the 12th instant, at the ago of 112. In proof of
this extraordinary longevity it is stated that Punier was
cowman on a farm at Robiuswood-hill, near Gloucester,
when the Rev. James Coinmeline (born was curate
of the adining peril of Rousted, and that he was work-
ing in the dockyard at Sheerness in this year the Royal
Giorge was sunk (1782). Ile was fully 40 when he ruarried,
and he leaves a son aged 6:1. He has gone out to day
labour until the last seven years, and looked halo and
ruddy to the lust.
ESTRAOI:IONAItY i) IN LEEDS.—aIt the
Leeds Town-ball, on Monday, an extraordinary system
of swindling was brought to light, on the occasion of five
men, named Thomas Calvert, John Parkinson, John
Rhodes, Henry Kitching, and Henry Connor, being
placed in the dock charged with fraud. It would seem
that several publicans in the neighbourhood of Wakefield
and Iluuslet have of late been victimised by a gang of
men, who pretended to sell spirits at a cheap rate, and in
consequence, Superintendent Hunt and several officers
have been on the look-outforthe sharpers, and ou Saturday
all the 'simmers were apprehended inDock-strait. Calvert
was uecompanitsl by the prisoner Rhodes and anotherman,
all of whom the officers saw walk up to a cart which con-
tained the other three privanins and six stone bottles, vary-
ing in capacity from two to eightgallons. All the prisoners
having been secured, the bottles wont) examined, and then
the ingenious nature of the fraud was exposul. They
were found to have been first three-quarters filled with
saw-dust and rand, after which plaster of Paris in a
state of liquefaction bad been poured in up to within
about an inch of the neck of the bottle. When the plater
solidified it left a hard bed, which prevented the spirits
from escaping, hut in order to avoid detection front the
action of the spirits upon the plaster, it would seem that
the small quantity required to till it was only poured into
the bottle ininwiliately lofore delivery. Parkinaou had in
his pocket a small bottle containing, spirits, which he throw
to the ground, said with reference to the charge of fraud
he said that tho publicans wore rightly served fur purchas-
ing such low-priced spirits. on the application of Mr.
Hunt, aII tho prisoners worn totaandorl.—Lads JGretsry.