The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-16 00:00:00

TIM EXPRESS, SATUEDAY EVEI4ING, MAY 16..' 1868.

The M‘Gregor Laird brings 4201. and 2,000 doh.
in specie.

FRANCS.

(PROM OOR OWN CORIMPONDX2/?.)
PARIS, FRIDAY Rinnnso.

A telegram from Tunis announces that on May
12th the French Consul presented a new ultimatum
to the Bey, requiring an answer by yesterday
(Thursday) evening. Up to Wednesday at 4
o'clock no answer had been given. The Boy was
in frequent consultation with the English and
Italian Consuls, and his answer will probably have
been guided by telegraphic despatches from London
and Florence.

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POLICE CO URTS.-a HIS DAY.)

MANSION-ROUSE.
AVIACI.T ON A STOCKBROKER.

Jane Wilde, a well•dreseed woman :G yeas of ap, was
brought before the Lord Mayor this morning, charged
with assaulting George Henry Aston, stockbroker, by
striking him on the head with a stick, in Threadneedle-
street. _ _

Mr. Payne, barrister, who appeared on behalf of the pro-
secutor, said the prisoner was tried and convicted, about
lg months ago, at the Middlesex Sessions, for destroying
property to the value of 2001., belonging to the prose-
cutor, and she MY on that oecudon bound over in her own
recognisance. in 1001. to keep the peace towards him.
Nothing further took place since then, but he had
received occasionally lettere of the vilest kind, which he
believed emanated from the Rrisoner, and on Thursday
last, while he was pursuing hu avocation at the Bank of
England she went up to him and ■truck him with
a thick stick, smashing his hat and severely injuring his
head. She was, however, virtu►lly amenable to Sir
William Bodkin, who would sit on Friday next, and be
(Mr. l'a)ne) therefore applied that the prisoner be re-
manded till that time, when he would take steps to take
her before him. _ _ .

The Lord Mayor granted the application and the pri-
alner was accordingly remanded..

BETTING IN LONDON.-{THIS DAY.)

2.30 PAL

There was a large muster and some heavy
transactions took piece over the Derby. Lady
Elisabeth was backed for upwards of 1,0001..
at 3 to 1 ; and Rceicrucian, although laid against
100 to 15 and 7 to 1, was eapperted as soon as
the odds were offered. The most remarkable feature
of the day was the coming of Blue Gown, about whom
10 to 1 was taken outright, 6 monkeys with a start, and
400 to 200, 1,2, 3. The remaining candidates retained
their previous position, with the exception of Green Sleeve,
who was in some request, and invested uponfrom 1000 to 15
to 1000 to 30. Prices as follow :
SOMKRSETSHIRE STAKES.
4 to 1 on the field (o)
DERBY.

3 to 1 agst L7tdyifizabeth (t to £1,000)
6to 1 Roaiornoiaa(off alter 100 to 15 and
7 to 1 had been taken)
105 to 12 Speculum (off, t9to 1)
10 to 1 Blue Gown (I and off)
100 to 8 Paul Jones (t and off)
13 to 1 Orion (t)
100 to 7 Tom Bowline c (t)
20 to 1 Suffolk (off)
23 to 1 ITomui (off)
1000 to 30 Green Sleeve (t)
1000 to 15 Tympanum (t)
1000 to 15 Pace (off)
1000 to 10 St. Ronan (t)
500 to 5 See Saw (t)
1000 to 5 Harvester (off)
3000 to 500 Blue Gown with a start (t)
PLACE BETTING.
Even apt Lady Elizabeth (t)
2 to 1 Rosiorucian (t)
5 to 2 Speculum (I to 500/.)
3to 1 Orion (t to 300!.)
4 to 1 Blue Gown (t to 400/.1
9to 2 I'ncaa (off, stol wl
10 to 1 Green Sleeve (t to 200!.)
Lk/ to 1 Pace (t)
50 to 1 Harvester (off)
MISCELLANEOUS BETS.
400 to 200 agst Rosicrucian 1,2, 3, with a start (t)
Even 100 agst Sir J. Hawley's lot 1,2, 3 (1)
6 to 4 on Speculum v. Paul Jones (off)
3 to 1 on Sir J. Hawley's lot (off, t 4 to 1)
500 even on Mercury v. Pace (t)

...

SHOCKING COLLIERY ACCIDENT.

SIX PERSONS KILLED, TWO INJURED.

Yesterday morning an accident of a most dis-
tressiag and painful 'barmier mourred at the No. 3 pit of
the Cannock Chase Colliery Company. One cage full of
the workpeople had desponded the shaft in safety, and the
emend was being lowered when the chain beets, sad the
whale party, numbering eight persons, was precipitated to
the bottom, a Wahines of about sleety yards. Fatal re-
sults ensued on the spot in some mace, and the moot
frightful Wariee in others. Yesterday *verde& six per-
sons—Ave men and a boy—were reported as dead, and the
two others are not expected to recover. The untoward
and shocking event has, as may be Margined, *awed much
heartrending grief in the neighbourhood—grief heightened
by the fact that wives are made widows and children
orphans by the sad occurrence.

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Worrnouth
Partelouth
Yarmouth—
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Toulon
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Barometer corrected and reduced to Et deg. a$ sea level. The
letters r (rielog), f (falling). a (steady). indicate direction of
modonet tharnercary within LA 14 hours. Thermometer exposed
an sheds. lairecue gone, with its diroctlon darts)gs lass 14 hours.
Weather: b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds ( ) ; 9.
tog ; l.—lightning; (easy): o.—overcast
(dull) ; r.—rein; a—snow ; —thunder. lain-fall, spew or
hill malted), during last 41 bourn. Sea tletorbanos.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DA T%)

ONE O'CLOCK.
Bugloss in the Stock Exchange to-day is con-
fined to a few securities, and the variations in
prices are unimportant. Consols are steady, at the
closing quotations of yesterday. Railway stocks
are inactive, but Caledonian is inquired for, at •
moderate improvement. Foreign bonds are un-
changed. Bank stock has experienced • fresh
advance. Exchequer Bills, on the other hand,
are still offered, the low rate of interest afforded by
these securities still inducing sales on the part of
bankers.

There is no alteration in the discount market.
Loans are offered in the Stock Exchange at 1 per
cent.

Consols are quoted 941 to /, with div., for money,
and 921 to 93, ex div., for the acoeunt(June 4), and
the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three
per Ceuta., 92/ to 93.
The amount of business in home railway stocks
is moderate, but the market is firm. Caledonian
is in demand, and has risen 4 per cent., viz.,
to 741 to /. Brighton is / better, at
531 to 54 ; while Metropolitan has de-
clined I, the present price being 111 k to
112/. London and North-Western, 1154 to 4 ;
' Great Western, 53/ to / ; Midland, 107 to / ;
London and South Western, 90 to 92 ; Great
Easters, 331 to 34/ ; South Eastern, 76/ to e ;
Great Northern, 102 to 103 ; ditto A, 964 to 974 ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 18i to 4.
_ .

The foreign stock market .is unaltered.
Brazilian of 1865, 751 to 76 ; Chilian
of 1867, 95 to 96 ; Egyptian of 1864,
81 to 82 ; Italian of 1861, 411
to ; Mexican, 151 to ; Peruvian of 1865,
84 to 83 ; Russian of 1866, 861 to 874;
Spanish of 1867, 34 to 1 ; Turkish of 1868, 59/ to
601 ; ditto of 1862,62 to 63 ; and ditto of 1865, 341
tot.
Indian stocks exhibit no movement. The Five
per Cents. are at 115/ to 1161; the Four, 1021
to ; the Bonds, 15s. to 20s. prem. ; and the
Debentures, 105 to 1. Bank of England Stock
is in request, and H. higher, at 246 to 248. Ex-
chequer bills, however, have declined Is., viz. to
7s. to 12s. prem.
A few dealings have been recorded in bank
shares, at yesterday's prices. London and West-
minster, 701 to f; Union of London, 341 to / ;
Oriental, 411 to 421 ; Anglo-Austrian, 4/
to 51 prem, ; London and Brazilian, 30 to 25
dim. ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 1 prem. ; and Conso-
lidated, 1 to I prem.
As regards miscellaneous shares, London
Financial have declined IL, the present
price being 23 to 21 dis. ; Hudson's Bay
are 2s. 6d. lower, at 14 to 1 ; National
Discount, 51 6to prem. ; General Credit, 21 to
dis. ; Credit Foncier, 74 to 7 dis. ; Inter-
national Financial, 21 to 11 dis.; Egyptian Trading,
sto 41 dia. ; Telegraph Construction, 141 to 1 ;
Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent., preference, 5 to 1 ;
and Anglo-American, 221 to 23.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, foreign bonds, and railway stocks are
without any noteworthy change, apart from a rise
of per cent. in South Eastern, viz., to 751 to 76.
About 50,000/. in bar gold was purchased by the
Bank yesterday. The influx is expected to con-
tinue, owing to the firmness of the Paris exchange.
The Java has arrived from New York with
141,000/. in specie, and the Virginia with 17,0001.
About 60,0001. in gold was shipped from New
York on Thursday for Europe.
The steamer Great Britain, from Melbourne,
with a large amount of gold, has now been at sea
61 days, and will probably soon arrive.
The steamer Tanjore will take to-day 26,300/.
in specie for the East, of which 13,4001. is gold and
the test rilver.

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
again firm, and a tendency in favour of this
country was observable as regards bills on Holland
and Italy. The list is subjoined :
Amsterdam. 3 months, 11.191 to 11.191 ; ditto, short,
11.17 to 11.18 ; Botterdiun, 3 months, 11.194 to 11.191 ,
Antwerp, 3 months, 2.'5.371 to 25.40 ; Brussels, 3 months,
25.37/ to 25.40; Hamburg and Altona, 3 months, 13.91 to
13.104 ; Berlin, Cologne, ke., 3 months, 6.27 to 6.271 ;
Si. Petrsburg, 3 months, 321 to 321 ; Paris. short, 25.15
to 25.23 ; ditto, 3 months, 2.5.32'. to 2.5.37,1 ; Marseilles,
3 months, 25.324 to 25.37 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine,
3 months, 1201 to 1201 ; Vienna, 3 months, 11.521 to
11.871 ; Tleste, months, 11.821 to 11.971 ; Madrid 2
months, 481 to 481; Santander, 3 months, 481 to 481; Oadis,
3 months, 481 to 481; Seville,3 months, 481 to 481 ; Malaga,
3 months, 481 to 481 ; Valencia, 3 months, 481 to 481 ;
Barcelona, 3 months, 49 to 481 ; Bilbao, 3 months, 481
to 481 ; Saragossa, 3 months, 481 to 481 • Leghorn,
3 months, 28.20 to 28.30 ; Geos, 3 manta, 28.20 to
28.30 ; Narks, 3 months, 28.20 to 28.30 ; Palermo, 3
months, 28.20 to 28.30 ; Messina, 3 months, 28.20 to
28.30 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 511 to 511 ; Oporto, 90
days' date, 51/ to Mi.

At Paria the rate of discount is now 11, per cent.;
at Hamburg, Frankfort, and Brussels, 2 ; at
Amsterdam, 2 ; at Berlin, 3 ; at Vienna, 4 ; at
Turin, 4} ; and at St. Petersburg, 6 per cent.

At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Belding,
Keith, and Co., in the American trade, held on Thurs-
day, a committee was appointed to investigate the
estate, and to report to an adjourned meeting.
The liabilities are estimated at about 50,00 W.,
while there appears to be little or nothing in the
shape of assets. One partner has been in the
United States for some months, and the other left
London on the eve of the stoppage, taking with him
the balance of cash standing at the credit of the firm.

The failure of a member of the Stock Exchange
—a " jobber"—was announced yesterday, but his
liabilities are understood to be limited. His diffi-
culties had been caused by the recent rise in Con-
sols, in which he was a speculator for the fall.

It may be remembered that at a meeting of
shareholders in Overend, Gurney, and Co. which
took place in March last, a committee was
appointed for the purpose of conducting proceed-
ings at common law against the directors. Since
that meeting it is understood that the committee
have raised a considerable fund for the purpose of
defraying the expenses of the actions contemplated
to be taken for the pro rata benefit of their sup-
porters.

At a meeting yesterday of the Fairbairn Engineer-
ing Company (Limited) the directors were autho-
rised to reduce the shares from 10/. to 6t.

Drawings for the redemption of the debentures
of the Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited) are
to take place on the 22nd inst.

Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and waterworks shares, as given in the
Stock Exchange list of last evening :
Itururanee.—Alliance Marine, 25 ; Atlas, 101 ; London,
47/ ; Marine, 100 ; Ocean Marine, 191, 1 ; Hock Life,
; Universal Marine (Limited), 5.
Gaslight and Ooke.—City of Mosoow Chu, 4f, 4 51, 1,
6,5, 1 ; European, 131 ; Imperial Continental, 99(, 101 ;
London, 621, ex dtv. ; ditto Parliamentary, 25f ; Phmnix,
27 ; Surrey Consumers, 13, ex div.
Docks.—East and West India, 121, l ; Loudon and St.
Katharine, 451.
Waterworks—Berlin, 14.
Annexed is a report of yesterday's sale at the
" Open Stock Exchange (Limited) :"

Confederate States Loan, 1864,.1,000 dollars Riot per
Cent. Bonds, 10e. ; Guildhall Tavern Company, 107, tally
paid, 3 5-16 ; Provident Clerks' and General Guarantee
Association, 41. pad, 28 ; Hop and Malt Warehouse
Company, 10/. fay paid, 61. ; Worthing Royal Sea Howie
Hotel Company, 3/. 10a paid, 45a ; Credit Fonder of
England, 10/. fully paid, 11. ; Poyaidan Land Greats,
Mosquito, 21s. per 1,000 acres ; Orel- Vitebsk Railway, 5 per
cent. int. teed, 79per cent. ; Company, 21.
fully d, 1 13.16 ; Consolidated Land Oien nd
ry of
France 201. Bonds, 6 per oast. int., 416.18 ; Ina ra
Company of Marseilles2ol. Bonds, 6 per cent. in 6/. 10e.;
Hodges Distillery Company, 26/. fully paid. > ; New
te:orads Company, 4/. paid, se. 6d. ; ConsoNated Laud
y of France shares, 10/. billy paid, 20e. 6d. ; Me
-
tan Railway Warehowdasi Company, paid, 641-
Oriental Hotels Company, 101. fully pakl,