The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1868.

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th. 1.160 OUP"
bank that aortal& same a mosey whisk irked paid saner a ..., in this ••••rial mut MU this dor ed
TOllolliiiol2 pared in Mn 1865, might be treater' as moneys ..••b•r74•1••"•• ler. 7. Law, therteicama eisql=
paid by him on calls. The question was 44 to the validity of direeten, oseopied the arr.
of an arrangement entered into by the directors sad 1 Ta• *nem of tbs dittoottos. white hennas rob.
manager of the bank. whereby the bank directors auburn. liehedokedets• oaken so reed, Mated thetldie QC
tinily undertook, if they should obtain a large rut from ! tut ulll:_aumsaftd,, ..to MAW Ilia lid, se
the shareholders of the Financial Corporation, I with woi,'ol4 to• Do., showing • dams' od°lllo4l
to 1117 to the shareholders the moneys which : 71- 6d.
bad been advanced by them within a limited I
__Zito CffAIIIN4II. in moving lit* et do "NO,
' time la which case the amenitytime, for • call would have 'aid *GT bed had such MI 10 WO
been obviated. The arrangement and the winding-op through—tutr•Pitions weather and the prim if
order were made at the same period. provender, that then wag so wood*: t near
I
Mr. G. M. Gilterd, Q.O , and Mr. Speed supported the were not 1.. r e feeeereldd The vitality of the
application ; Mr. Kerslake, q.c., and Mr. W. W. Kars- . 4•••18•0y wr unimpaired. if then west beet
lake appeared for the official liquidator. I to the early days of the conspanythey would and that are
The Vice-Chanoellor held that the arrangement was I Ihmotoig roiliest l• 1838 was dieselense. They were in
such
an
alteration in the
stetus of the company
m could debt to the amount of 120,8001.; and if he and ears bad
not be justified under the Compare Act, arid refused the not "towed thousands 12101 coda Dot have owned on.
application. That west on down to 1882, and aisle ass they bad
divided from Sto 71) per eat. In HMO the m- rot
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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN RE stn C. R. PRICE, 11ARRI ATP, AND CO.
The debtors were the well known bankers formerly
carrying on business in King Williametreet. They sus-
pended payment in June, 1866, and since executed a deed
of arrangement under the Inset section of the Bankruptcy
Act, 1861, which has been duly registered. It
appear that the late Sir C. R. Price had acted
as treasurer to the City Gaa Light and Coke
Company, and the moneys received by him in that capacity
ware paid by him from time to time into the bank of Price,
Merryatt, and On., to the credit of the company. The
Mike of treasurer was afterwards 'ballet's& but it ap•
peered that at the dens of the stoppage of the beak there
wee a balsam is favour of the Cite Gas Light and Coke
emits b
amount of the sum of 7,073/.
VIC" Sir C. B. Price, at Ain time of tiestegemem,,
was entitled to 50 A shares and 50 B &Ens in the *M.
piny. and he also held • bond of the company for 5001.
The deed executed by the debtors bad been assented to by
the company for 7,073/. 13e. sd. without prejudice to Its
securities and claims against third persons, and the com-
pany had given notice to the trustees that it claimed to
set off the 500/. due on the bond against the 7,0737.,
and that it was also entitled to • lien on the
shares held by Sir C. R. Price. Three dividends had been
paid on the joint estate, all of which the Gas Company
had received. On behalf of the trustees, the court had
since been asked to declare that the claim made by the
company to • lien upon the shares and upon
the bond was invalid, and that the shares and bond
belonged to the trustees as partof theseparate estate of Sir
C. R. Price. The question cause before the court on
several occasions, and judgment was reserved until to-day.
His Honour now decided that the claim made by the
City Gill Light and Coke Company to • lien upon the
shares was invalid, and that they belonged to the trustees
as port of the separate estate of Sir C. R. Price. The
company would be ordered to transfer the shares into the
names of the trustees and psy the dividends to there, but
the parties must pay their own carts.
IN RE JOAN CMM. LEVEE.
This case has been frequently before the court. The
bankrupt who is described as of 114, Cannon-street,
general agent, was formerly M.P. for Galway. He owes
9,01/41., end returns assets 57,81101., thus showing an
assumed surplus of 47,872/.
Mr. Lawrence, as representing the assignees, consented
tea farther postponement of the sitting upon the terms of
Mr. Lever paying the costs. The bankrupt was still very
sanguine that be would be enabled shortly to annul the
bankruptcy.
Adjourned accordingly.

• , provenderlees than last year by 51,0001. and spends. The pries of
provender had kept up to a samosa moment to have t:
them a good dividend. Sinoethe last wiestag they
changed their securities, and had gained mow then 2,000 i.
by the imam:diem The rewiring le the pas)
pricyear hadof demened by 16,1761., sod the min
provender wee 11,0001., making wow.
In all, a for which was beyond their seatrol. With re-
gard to street railways be did not think that p a-Haase.
would ever congest to give up a parties of the pablle
roads to a private company. They bad sew no liabilities
except what was covered by the meats.
Kr. S. HEMEL= noonded. What the nehmen bad
stated as esooneting for the present &premiss at the
company was so patent to all that it men Ind assert-
nee. If then was on WOOS width the preen' depres-
sion should teach them it wee that this and eH ether
sompanies were subject to vidisitudem They.should es-
dearest neemenin the erne amine of fide Thth demendon.
e edWetien van% prevender Mahe in the , me com=
wi yerr
bars, which was moceireltranryltad ever '
had
half-year. Besides the depression in trade generally
aecessarily affected the receipts.
A SHAREHOLDER asked what bad been the saving from
the reduction of duty and the abolition of tolls.
The SECRETARY gave • series of roe sowing that the
saving from that source was 20,00 .in the half-year.
Kr. S. HERAPATH remarked that besides their reserve
fund they had all their omnibuses and lire stock, and they
were not ineumbered by any debentures.
A SHAREHOLDER said the general body of shareholders
received but small dividends, while the directors received
large remuneration, std though there were eight of them
they divided the remuneration intended for pin*. He
thought there should be a nesmittee of three to investi-
gate their affairs, and report to the special meeting al-
rcady called fee the 17th of Yarn.
Mr. HITCHCOCK considered that it was the duty of the
directors to make the concern pay. H. knew an omnibus
proprietor whose vehicles ran from Camden-town, mad
none of which ran on the Sunday, and who made it pa,,
and why should not the company!
Mr. Noon said in 1864 they paid 7i per cent. pat
annum. At that time the mileage duty was 26,3801. ;
now it was 6,3911. The tolls then were 3,5171. ; now they
were 1,8791. At that time their advertleing in the omni-
buses yielded them 1,946/.; last year 2,8391. Lest half-year
It cost them for horse-feed and litter 127,02-..2. In the
same period of 1864 the cost was 102,6231., showing an
increase of 24;4001. ' • but this amount was more than made
up by the saving in the mileage duty, in law and parlia-
mentary expenses, and by the increase in the receipts fee
advertising.
A SHAREHOLDER complained of the large amount of the
remuneration to the directors-3,0001.
Another SHAREHOLIMR objected to the appointment of
• committee of investigation. Committees of forcetiga.
tics always did more harm than good.
[The discussion was proceeding whoa our report left.]

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

MAIISION•HOUSE.
EXTRAORDINARY CAIX Of HOUSEBREAKING DT DOTS.

Char Se ninon r ,14,Ja men Dillon,ls, and EdiivralDefoss,
16, were charged before Alderman Sir Robert Carden with
breaking into the °Moe of Messrs. Leathwait and Simmons,
newspaper meats, Pops's Head-alley.
It appeared that Seymour had been in the employment
of the prosecutors for about ten weeks, and that on Thurs-
day last he abstracted the koys of the office. The premises
were locked up as usual on Saturday evening, but on
Monday morning the place was all found in confusion,
and a cash-box containing Si. lie., e4htpone postage
stamps, and 16s. in silver had been stolen. Last night
Detective Chester went to Xiidenheadeourt, where Sey-
mour resided, and on questioning him he said that he bad
committed the burglary in company with the other two
boys, James and Edward Dillon, acoem to the office
having been gained by climbing up a gm-pips to the
tlat roof, and thence dropping into the room, after
cutting out the skylight. Sixteen shillings in
silver, and the postage stamps were then taken out of the
desk, as also a cash-box, but the latter was left on the
roof unopened, the prisoners having got out by bringing
the steps up from the cellar.
-,-gabiopealeakian see, sesippmeiLra three weeks' sad
t*o months' hard and Jame. MOW was
diseharged, as it was not clear that he had been aniterasa
in the robbery.

THE St7CIDE OP THE SECRETARY OP AN
INbURANCE COMPANY AT CORNHILL.

INQUEST.—iTHIS DAY.)
This afternoon Mr. \V. J. Payne, the City
coroner, held an inquest in the board•roolu of the Scottish
Union Fire and Life Insuranoe-office, 37, Cornhill,
epectiag the suicide of Mr. Frederick G. Smith, aged 66
years.
The first witness called was

Mr. John E Smith, of High Holborn, brother of the
deceased, who said that since August List Mr. Smith had
been very depressed. At that time he was married, but
he regretted the step he had taken immediately after-
wards. He seemed to be much concerned about his future
prospects in this world, and was under the apprehension
that be was " eternally lest." On Thursday last be said,
"My soul is in hell," and that he did not ' belong to his
family, but to the
. . _

Henry Gerrard, messenger at the insurance-office, said
that be had known the deceased fifty years. He was a
changed man since August last. He was depressed and
melancholy. On last Saturday at 12 o'clock be said he
was very poorly, and that it wee his brain that wu
affected. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon ho went into an
upstairs room over the board-room and shot himself by
placing a revolver at the back of his head and firing it off.
Richard Burrows, a *boors= in the employ of Mr.
Crane, gun maker, of the Royal Exchange, said that on
Saturday last the deceased came into his master's shop
sod asked to be shown a revolver. He said, " Will it
kill a man ?" Witness said that he would not like to
stand in front of It at 50 yards distance. He then said
"That will do." And be purchased the revolver saying
he wanted it for the of killing • man.
The Coroner said tit was putting a loaded pistol into
the man's hand. to destroy himself.
Mr. Robert Went, clerk at the ineurance•office, said that
deceased appeared quite calm and did his usual business on
Saturday. He had never spoken at the office about thieves
breaking into his house at Camden-town.

The Coroner said that the deceased might h►ve been
examining the pistol, and one of the barrels might bare
gone off by accident. It was far the jury to say if that
was as.

Dr. Dudley said that be believed that the mind of the
deceased hart been impaired for some time. He had
attempted suicide in September last.
The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while of un-
sound mind."

INDIA AND CHINA MAIL.—MZSIIINA, MARCH 3.
—The Menageries Imperial's idealiser Meer* with the
above mail, pawed hers yvaterday evening. _ .

Last evening a lecture was delivered in the
interest of the South London Working Men's College, at
the rooms of that institution, in Collingwood•street,
illackfriarwroad, by Mr. F. T. Palgrare, M.A., on the
"Signs of the Timm" The chair was occupied by the
principal of the institution, Professor Huxley, LLD.,
V. H.S., and there were also upon the platform Mr. A. H.
Layard. H.P., Mr. T. Hughes, H.P., Mr. Westlake, &c.

ALTERATION OP Ai. TILSIT Nitiss. -
street and New-street, Golden.equare, having fallen into
disrepute, the Metropolitan Board of
o Weelm en the
application of the vestry of St. James's, Westmiiister, boa
ordered the name f th two streets to be sholished
and the whole line of thormighfue to be called Ingest re!
plass. The subsidiary names in the following thorough-
fares are also ordered to be abolished—Talbot-road,
Paddington ; Avenue-road, Bow ; Alderminater.road,
Bermondsey; Guildford-road, South Lambeth ; and the
houses re-numbered. The board lately ordered that Red
Lion-street, Holborn, should be incorporated with and
named Lamb's Conduit-street; but on the remonstranoss
of the inhabitants that theirs, being the oldest of the Red
Lionstreet• in the metropolis, should not be the first to
be altered, the board bas rescinded the resolution, and
that Red Lion-street remains as of old.

ITALIALW OPKILL IN LONDON. —Mr. F. B. Chatter-
too writes to a coot= :—" Since the Bth December
—that is to say. the day the lamentable fire which
destroyed her Majesty's Theatre—negotiations have been
OD foot between myself, as lessee of Drury-lane Theatre,
and Mr. Mapleeon, with a view to transferring his
enterprise from the no longer existing boards of
Her 'Majesty's to those of Drury-lane Theatre. These
negotiations lave programed with no other vicissitudes
than usually accompany transactions of this kind, em-
bracing very complicated details and matters of fore-
thought, and have now arrived at a point which I may
call maturity, as the only remaining condition for their
fulfilment, viz., the consent of the committee, is virtually
granted, or at any rate no obstacle in that quarter is to
be anticipated. Having observed no signs of vacilla-
tion during she progress of these arrangements, either
overt or implied, and Mr. Mapleme accepting the ea=
condition to open Drury-lane Theatre for Italian
during the term of the engagement, I may well be sur-
mised at all I have read, which planes Mr. Magileson, not
between two stools, a perilous position enougn, bat pool-
tively seated on two stools—s marvellous achievement, all
will admit, even for an impresario."

TREATMENT or INVALIDS. —You hear of moes;
dying of this dissent or of that disease, but what t
really do die of, is of questions I believe I hen • pretty
strong will—some people would may it amounts to withal
-
ales ;but when I am unwell I lase all strength of will, sad "
cannot bear to be bothered with questions. Will you
have your gruel made of or of barley Will you have
your vapour bath now! When will you take year medi-
cine '" These weighty question—and they are weighty to
the poor sick man—thoroughly overcome me. New I am
quite serious. An invalid might to be teemed mentally
and morally am he is physiatUy, namely, with
gentleness, yet with perfect &mane. Dda't give him
any choice about anything : don't bunks his mind with
decision : remove from him all responsibility, whisk Las
fatiguing a thing. I have no doubt that the excellent Kim
Nightingale has said all this in her way, bat I ventrometriat
in mine. A perms in loath can hardly have a
of the helpkeeirdeabilify of areal invalid. Thereon
ease don' not disturb my equanimity when I es well ; bat
when I am ill, the question of grits or barley is an freer-
powering one, sad nisei the poise seven Watt at be/A.—
:Warm Males Merazin for Nara.

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The trying gretthe may oldest boats—QM
would be toe** see wing—a armee el wie-
lder, as well wasighte SAM .am *pp, sad 1
shoeld not be ashiseked al a lifladmer epplierlag
typos the Wiwi* the Dealer sad Bemuse
, have ~ be /Hakes ter lise sake et the
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home they have IsaiKlitaKeeKeeeKee shoes Iv
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.or ham any of the Duke of fismilteet's Ihreella- ' Ad
lot, Garas being backed in sensed now by the foibles's at
the Corsolvin interest, espeoisay for • "pleat." The Fan
mystery is still kept up ; loth if she is all alive, Kr.
Barber nay still be bathe his pair, et whom Helen
might prove the beat, and have the bedsit of wadding.
ton's services I. pretension to Fan. Mr. Hanley
evidently manes Dualism with both Pearl Diver
and Hesse, bet has booked the Miter for most
money. Hr. Stadd's Despatch and Clansman
too, are each supported, though it is pretty evident Oa;
heavy-weight hail bows found the better of the twain.
Ammar the other "revivals" are Huataanau's Daughter
sod Theisisios, two vary dangerous elastomers. Never-
theless, Despatch should beat these, the cerise and white
and the brown and white being Mill the most dangerous
colours against CHEM= Swam' and DANT, ill my
opinion, notwithstanding The Lamb hes bees tried highly
enough with Bennet to " walk in."

LI% EBPOOL Cur.—Brows Bread, Christmas Carol, and
Citron, are all in a " dicky " dale, and there will not be
many to oppose Knight of the Garter. He is es route,
sad should just about win, in the absence of Foresight,
who declined in a most suspicious manner sines apparently
good mosey was pat on him. The best of the outsiders is
Aggravator.—l am, am, METEOR.

(DT TZLZOBAIIi.)
LIVERPOOL MEETING.—(TRIB DAY.)
MERSEY CUP.
Master Willie walked over.
LATEST BETTING.
GRAND NATIONAL.
7 to 1 apt Chimney Sweep (t)
7 to 1 The Lamb (t)
9to 1 Moose (t)
100 to Dairy (t)
100 to S Tuseulanam (t)
100 to 7 Fait (t)
100 to 6 Aleibiade (t)
20 to 1 Nun (t)
SCRATCRED.—Tennyeen, Laurence, Sea King, Jupiter,
sad Port Royal.

TYRO STAKES. Half a mile.
Baden, Brontia, Beautiful Bird, Hilda, Hagar, and Lady
in Waiting are here.
TRIAL STEEPLECHASE. Four mike and a quarter.
Chimney Sweep, Astrolabe, Daisy, Beasset, The Doctor.
Pensioner, Huntsman's Da titer, Faa, Gann, Bride-
v onn, The Lamb, Captain Crocus., Claasnian, Helen,
and Sylph are here.
SPRING FLYING STAKES Half a mile.
&Met, Pantaloon, Calling, Moonbeam, Skylark lady
Clinton, Dawdle, Flying Jib, Absentee, Spitilre, Madame
Bosco, Rinaldo.*, and ftikwopher an here.

American securities have been dealt in to a fair
extent. The 5-20 Bonds are at 711 to 3, being 1
per cent. better ; Erie Railway shares, 431 to 44,
showing a decline of i ; and Illinois Central, 881 to
891, a rise of I.

The announcement of the arrival of the screw
steamer Somersetshire, from Melbourne, with
30,0001. in gold, has been received with satis-
faction, some anxiety having prevailed of
late with regard to her safety. To effect fresh in-
surances upon the vessel, 40 guinea' premium
have been paid ►t Lloyd's within the last few days.
A petition for the winding up of the Arni Marble
Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-
Chancellor Stuart on the 13th of March.
The half-yearly meeting of the Van Diemen's
Land Company will be held on the 19th inst.,
when a dividend will be declared.

ANNUAL HURDLE RACE. Two miles.
Astrolabe, Steamboat, Pearl Diver, Tumult, •
KK
,
Faa, Moose, The Clown, Musketeer, Brick Arabi
Thalamus, Chorister, Owen Roe, and T. Rock are
hare.

DEWING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.)

2.30 p.m.

To-day there was but a small attendance. Very
little was done, and on the Liverpool Grand National there
waa no change. Quotations as follows :
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL
6 to 1 apt The Lamb (off)
Chimney Sweep
)(t and off)
9to M oose (t and off
100 to A Daisy (off)
100 to 7 Tuseulanum (t)
100 to g Via t 100 to 5/
•
20 to The Nun (t)
Zi to Captain Crowded (t sad off)
25 to Astrolabe (t and a)
2.5 to Mumma (t)
CS to Huatsoaa's Daughter (off)
5o to Neils (t)

The directors of the London and County Land
and Building Company (Limited) have made a call
of 11. per share, 10s. of which is to be paid on the
20th inst., and the other moiety on the 26th of
April.

The directors of the Llanberis Slate Company
(Limited) have made a call of 10e. per share, pay-
able by the 6th of April.

HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
The markets for public securities are generally
firmer. Consols are in good demand, and have
advanced per cent., viz., to 931 to t. Railway
stocks have risen a to a, the most important
movement being in Brighton. With respect to
foreign bonds, Spanish New Three per Cents. and
Turkish of 1865 are to 1 higher, while Italian
of 1861 have receded a.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have announced
that they will pay, on the 9th inst., the dividends
due the lit December last on the New Granada Old
Active Bonds at 7s. 7d. per 1001., and on the De-
ferred Bonds at 2s. 4d. per 1001.
The following relates to the New Granada Debt :
—" Mears. Baring Brothers and Co. have this day
received, on account of New Granada dividends,
7761. from the custom-house at Cartagena.
March 2, 1868."
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
I this week a decrease of 1311. compared with the
corresponding period of 1867, and the Brighton an
increase of 41W.

The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
of Canada, for the week ending the 28th ult., shows
a decrease of 4,3401., compared with the corre-
sponding period of 1867. It is announced that the
Iline has been blocked up with snow, but has since
been cleared. _

An informal meeting of the London shareholders
in theCaledonian Railway Company was held yester-
day at the London Tavern, pursuant to an invita-
tioa in an advertisement which was pub-
lished in the iournala of yesterday morning. Its
‘ ostensible object was to afford explanations to
such of the London shareholders as may be unable
to attend the meeting called for the bth instant" at
Glasgow. We are informed that the following is
a resum4 of the proceedings :
Colonel Seibold anted at same heels into the position
of the company, sad the cirerwelemses which rendered
the sew esphel newt/my, aad the swum in which it was
to applied. Three was ewe dissweita of a oonverss-
tiara ehareater, at the rashers el which the following
resolution was enaniessely etlepasd :—" That in the
opiate of this meeting it L far the interest of the com-
pany that the board of direetors should receive at the
Twain called for the sth Mask the support of the share-
holders, sad that the creation end lasso of the proposed
new stook should be esastioned, in order that the credit of
the sompeity may be fully maintained."

It appears that at tie shareholder' meeting of the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company,
on Thursday last, three directors resigned their
seats ; the chairman was properly re-elected, but it
was found oat the next mooning that the meeting
had no power to re-elect Wawa Hilliard and
Water, who- will now have to go through the due
course of re-election, according to clause 11 of the
Arrangement Act, 1867.
The directors of Haloombe and Co., Back Con-
tractors (Limited), have deelared an interim divi-
dend for the halt-year ending December last, at the

MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) I rate of 12 per cent. per annum, free of Moores SU,

I .n. . ,FA r . .., alggibmcioL I ailleals:ll4llcd.iiill Slar We dentirence Society,
The sletiraturkell are inactive to-dai, SU! at the twenty-fourth annual meeting,
1.0. illimillf McArthur in the chair,
vir7 191=r. Fruit blial.9ll9,.***9l,„,llgitosizi76:4ll4llse new business of the society for
Iby the tea* of the ricrfmaralnin Tor &IN* pew is reendos was 367,9154, yielding i Efnitedlalaiim, Astrid as by this tamporaiyabasepaion in annual 11111011111•11 WNW Be. I Id., and that the
lof coney to pay the half-yearly railway dimmed& balm., o\ll.4ll,siteiptif over disbursements was 59,5091.
i conaolis which proarationa for the Mualy Met,.. tis. od., s - . being added to the insurance fund,
lisolatt eat Friday hare commenced, are without lad inc 299116: I t i'43,_74_5 1601. 8s Ro.. .
Ma ay of ,ei• variation. Most of the railway stocks are also tin- coasaasy awry
5e
the directors' report --War-Q
altered, but Caledonian anti' London, Chatham, and insaitsfaetory isms to the position of the company.
Dover are still offered, ants have experienced a They have pciest\d through a period which has
moderate decline. Thant is a slightly been most trying -•12c1 aia°B2°us to shipowners,
'sr the shareholders on their
inquiry for some of the fozeign securities. alk4l.l:o,,,„°°ftgro"thmot oi,, oe earnings of the past year.
The discount market is quieter, but it is thought rbrla di;idenitr';f 5 per
.nt , and to to the:
AIWA the demand will somewhat increase later, m rearm fund a balanoic:f .4,5001. The sompany's
timp day, in connection with the paper matu- fleet of five fine ships are new all well employed in
ring to-morrow, the 4th. Chaise bills are not taken the Eastern trade.
below 1/ to 11 per cent.
Consols are quoted 93 to }for money and next
Thtinday's settlement, and the Three per Cents. tercet
Reduced and New Three per Cents., 911 to 92, ex of April next.
Company
Cr. It is authoritatively stated I.Nat an arrangement
Rul
hes been made by which the p.eYinent off thse in-
waonheobligations of the a o,•thern o pat
will be resumed i vow the month
The new clipper composition shirr Elmstone,
Home railway stocks are very inactive, and Captain Tomlinson, is reported in the Downs
prices generally are quoted the same as yesterday, yesterday with a cargo of tea, in 106 da,vs, from
h
Caledonian
end lemon; Chatham,
and Dover have Shanghai, being the quickest passage yet make this
declined Ito 4 per cent., the present quotations IsilapnAt the meeting of the Geographical Society ott 901 to 814 and.l7l to 184 respectively. South next Monday evening, at eight p.m., at Burlington
&Mew is 4 better, at 721 to 4, ex div.; House, a paper, which promises to be of an mat-
iee:lon and North Western, 1151 to 4, ex resting character, is to be read by Mr. Alfred
div. ; Great women; ei to 4 ; midland, Waddington, of British Columbia, "On the Geo-
-1004 to 4, en div- i London and pouch fililiPhY alonbiwoilikaainn ittverlsanodflttriute." Columbia
Western, 85 to 87, ex div. ; Great Emitime. 294 The Marseilles corn market has received a check
M}; ; Brighton, 461 to 47 ; Metropolitan, 1101 to by the arrival of 200,000 hectolitres of wheat, and
rAbr.; Omit Northern A, 1044 to 4, en a reduction in price is considered inevitable.
v..t idirseimoudiktgb 4 AL
eV. ; Bernick, 1021 to 103, ix v. ; 'Worth
/Wish, 344 to 4 ; and Lancashire and York-
shire, 1.251 to 126, ex div.
Some of the foreign bonds have risen 4 to 4 per
mat. Milian of 1867 are at 87 to 88 ; Egyptian
of 1864, 86 to 87 ; the Viceroy of Estypt's loan, 731
to 744, being 4 per cent. higher ; Italian, of 1861,
45 to 4 ; Mexican, 151 to 4, showing a rise of 4 ;
Peruvian of 1865, 76 to 4, an advance of 4 ; Rus-
sian of 1868, 864 to 87 ; Spanish New Three
per Cents., 361 to 36 ; Turkish of 1858, 581 to 591,
ex div. ; ditto of 1862, 604 to 611 ; ditto of
1866, 324 to 4 ; and Brazilian of 1865, 714 to 4,
being 4 per cent. lower.
Indian securities show steadiness. The Five
par Cents. are at 112 to 1 ; the Four,
100 to 1, ex div. ; the Bonds, 335. to 38s. prem ;
and the Five per Cent. Debentures, 106 to 4.
Bank Stock, 240 to 251 ; and Exchequer Bills,
10s. to 15s. prem.
Bank shares exhibit no alteration worthy of
notice. London and Westminster, 671 to 684 ;
Union of London, 334 to 341 ; Anglo Austrian, 34
to 4 prem. ; London and Brazilian, 34 to 31 die. ;
Imperial Ottoman, 4to 4 die. ; and Consolidated,
i to s pram.
Financial shares are inactive, at the following
prices, viz.:—General Credit, 24 to 1 die. ; Credit
Foncier, 71 to 61 dis. ; International Financial,
24 to 14 dia. ; and London, 26 to 24 dia.
Very few transactions have been recorded
'in miscellaneous shares. National Discount,
6 to 4 prem. ; Hudson's Bay, 14 to 4 ;
Egyptian Trading, 4/ to 1 dis. ; Telegraph Con-
struction, 121 to 134 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference, 54 to 4 ; and Anglo-Ameri.
can, 194 to 4.

MINE&-(THIS DAP.)

ONE O'CLOCK.
In the mining market to-day there is • fair
demand for the following shares, at the prime
given, viz.:--(treat Vor, 18 to 19; East Lovell, 8i
to 9 ; Prince of Walea, 3 to i ; West Drakewalls,
10a. to 12a. 6d. ; Wheal Beton, 86 to 90; East
Caradon, 4 to 4} ; Providence, 24 to 26; and
Drakowalls, 12a. to 14s.

Foreign and colonial mining slums are dull, at
the following quotations:—Bt. John del Rey, 16
to 17 ; Don Pedro, 2 to 11 prem. ; Anglo-Bra-
zilian, par to pram. ; Peatarenw, to ;
Chontalea, to g die. ; Roma Grande, par to
prem. ; Anglo-Italian, par to prem. ; United
Mexican, I to ; Frontino and Bolivia, pto ;
Port Phillip, 15-16 to 7-16 ; and Central American,
1 dia. to par.

SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

[Sales to-day to I p.m.]
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECCRITIDA,
Canada Government, G per cent., January and July,
1877-84,94.
Do., 5 per cent , January and July, 86, I.
New South Wales Government, 5 per cent., 1888.96,
January sad July, 9:4, j.
New Zeeland, 6 per cent., 1891, June and December,
r,j. . .

(imamate's& 6 per cent., MN, 1021.
South Auatraluut Government, 6 per cent., 1878 and
upward., January end July, 109.
Victoria Government, 6 per oent., April and October,
114.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
Caledonian, 81, I, 801,
Great Eastern, 294, 304.
Great Northern, 1044, 54, ad.
Du. A. (A receives no dividend until 6 per sent. Su
been paid to B), 1054, ad.
Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 95, ad.
Great Western—Original, 45, 4.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1254, 4, ad, and an.
London, Brighton, and South Coast, 464, 7, an.
London, Chatham, and Dover. 184.
London and North Western, 1154, 16, 154, 16, ad.
London and South Western. 85, (4.
Metropolitan, 1104.
Midland, 1001, 4,7, 64, 7, ad.
South Easters, 724, 2. 4, ad.

PHIFPRENOB SHARES. -
London and Brighton 6 per cent. gnu. (W. E. end
C. P.), 10$).

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Bombay, Bar., and Coat. India gue. sp. e. 1034.
East Indian, Oueranteed 5 per cent., 109 j.
Great Indian Peninsula, gua. 5 per cent 11194, 9, 1.
Great South. of India, gun. 5 per cent., 1031, 4.
Great Western of Canada, 151,
Madras, guaranteed Si per cent, 103.
&dude, guar. 5 tper cent., 1014, 1.
Do., Delhi, 1004.
Do., Punjaub, 1011.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dunstan and Witespk (Lira.), gun. 5 per Gent., 714.
Dutch Rhenish, 23i.
Lemberg-Crernowita, gun. 7 per cent. (Lim.), Mi.

OBLIGATIONS.
Orel Vitebsk Rail., ens. by Rumian govt., 7114, 7.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 81.

BRITISH NINES.
East Canulon, 41.
Marks Valley, 61.
West &ton, 185.
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN MINKS.
Cheetahs Gold iusd Silver Killian (Limited), 31.
Doo Pedro, North del 'try, 24.
restores& United Gold (Limited), 21.
St. Jobs del Rey (Limited), 17, 16, 174.

JOINT STOCK BANK&
Alliance 14itted), 111,12.
Bank of , 34.
Onnoolida (Limited). 44.
English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, 17.
Imperial Ottoman, 91,1.
London and South Western (Limited), 154, 16.
London and Westminster, 681, 8.
Ditto Sorip, Waned at 101, pm., none of which has been
paid, 474, 7.
National Provincial of England, 2nd and 3rd issue, 38.
Oriental Bank Corporation, 424.
Union of Australia, 504.

Atlantic Telegraph, 55:.,u21. "--
Do. do. 8 per omit.. 106 ,
Berlin Water Werke ted), 143.
Bombe Gas (Limited), 41.
Credit Fattier of England (Limited), 31.16.
=t9 per cent. Viceroy Loan, 891.
ad International Telegraph, 1721.
English and Australian Copper (Limited), 11-16.
Fora-street Warehouse (limited). 101.
General Credit and Discount (Limited), 4 15-16.
Ottoman Gas (Limited), 11.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 58i.
Bio de Janeiro Ott Ireprovsments (Limited), 171.
Scottish Australian Investment (Limited), 120.
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance (Limited),
1, }.
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 733, 4, 31.

DITIRMINRD BIIICIDI OF A BRIGHTON LOW INI/ -
ROMS KIZPZIL —Yederday afternoon, a sad and deter-
mined oases' suicide occurred in the airing groundia emanec.
lien with the police cells under the Town-hall. An infor-
mation having been laid before the lates, a
warrant bad been Vaned for the appr• .1 Mr.
Harry Crorford, a lodging-bonse keeper, of 89,
King's-read, on the charge of siting kis wife.
The warrant was duly executed, and shortly
after 1 o'clock yesterday, Mr. Oroxford was age.
prehanded by Detective Maas, sad taken to the
police station at the Town Hall, and salve.
gawkily eoneeyed to the sells in the basement. The
primmer wee, however, not looted in a cell, but was,
se usual, allowed the range of what is known so
the ...wag ground," a wide passage running between
the roc" of oells ; and at about 3 o'clock be asked
PelisecsoMahle Mitehell, who acts as turnkey, and
who was downstairs at the time, if he might have a
gloss el stout. Penmen who have not been examined
Were the magistrates are of eaves not ander the re.
strielions imposed on those who have bad their herein,
end Mr. Cranford was allowed to have the stout, with
which he wee "applied by Mitchell. The latter then
left him ; bat in Mae emus* of tea minutes, ow less, lie
found the unfortunate man limegiV the seek to a
bar 01111 the dew of eve of the and whisk, with
ethers, was Axed in as cilia apse" for the purpose
el ventilatnion. The deer of Mm sell, as well as that of
tit d
the aring one, was had
bars by sod he
apparently himself up by saillibe
of tie belt sr leek of sae the deem anal , ,
a pies' el stiles doubled myna the bar, &nolo
hang lahomif, his fest base Villa 'beat a foot of the
=No thee ins leselkellitehell in coning him
ad Mr. ?enfold, it. surgeon, was almost im-
mediate/7 ea the "fee
were itini.—Dplinii ;s inimminer. but alerts te restart animation
ORTSTAL PALAOI. - ONZ SHILLING BAT. -
MONDAY, Kum S.—tawdrier en HOW;
Me by seem Milks* 6,363 ; gleist •