The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-30 00:00:00

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THE EXPRESS, EXPRESS, IititTESDAY EVENING, AP= 30, 1868.

received. When taken to the hospital she wee insensible
from concussion of the brain, and her life was in danger.
When apprehended by the police and charged with the
assault, the prisoner justified his violence on the ground of
his wife's unfaithfulness, the evidence of which he had
himself men ; and he now repeated the statement.
The wife protested that what her buebsud had said was
untrue.

The defendant said he should be able to prove that all
he had said was correct, and be wee remanded for the
attendance of the landlady of the house.

THE TRIAL OF BURKE, CASEY,

AND SHAW.-(THIS DAY.)

ACQUITTAL OF CASEY.

The proceedings in connection with the trial of Busk',
Case;, and Shaw were resumed this morning at the
Central Criminal Court.

When Justice Keating and Baron Br►mwell had taken
their seats on the belch, the latter, addressing the Soli-
citor• General, said, as the 'emit of a consultation with his
learned brother, he wished to ask whether the law officers
of the crown thought there was sufficient evidence against
the prisoner Casey to press for a conviction
The Solicitor-General replied that it had been proved
that C.rsey, when at Birmingham, was found in close con-
nexion with Burke, then employed in procuring arms, and
had also lived with him in London under circumstances
from which it must le assumed that he was fully ac-
quainted with Burke 's designs and the way in which they
were curried out.

After some conversation, in the course of which both
the learned judges expressed a strong opinion as to the
insufficiency of the evidence effecting Casey,

The Solicitor-General intimated him determination to
withdraw the case ag►inst Casey, and the jury under the
direction of the bench found a verdict of Nat Gaiity, the
foreman remarking that the coerce adopted by the law
officers of the crown was one that he and bin colleagues
fully approved.

Mr. Y. H. Lewis, who was counsel for Cue;, said ha
had witnesses in ►ttendance who were prepared to prove
that his client was engaged at Messrs. Pickford's at the
very time that he was stated to have been associated with
Burke.

Baron Br newell remarked that though It might be hard
upon Mr. Le'eria's client to be prevented from showing that
be wan innocent, all that could be now done was to act
upon the verdict of the jury.
Casey was then discharged from custody.
Mr. Ernest Jones then addre.sed the jury in an eloquent
speech on behalf of the prisoner Burke. After impres-
sing on the jury the great unportscce of themse, he referred
to the invisible letter of which Mullany spoke at the other
trial, and argued that it was impossible for Burke to have
secreted the necessary chemical ingredients about his per-
son. lie contended that But ke's resistance to apprehen-
sion was the resistance of an innocent man, and one which
every innocent man would otter if he were refused to see
the warrant which had been honed for his arrest. Apart
from the testimony of the four informeis, Mullany, Cory-
don, Massey, and Devaney, the only evidence was that
Burke, under the name of Winslow, bud bought
arms of Mr. Kynock, and he (Mr. Jones) con-
tended that it was not the pert of the prisoner
to show what he bad done with the arms, hut it was for
the crown to show that be bought them for the purposes
which the prosecution alleged. Supposing he had been
connected with some filibustering or revolutionary expedi-
dition in South America, it would have been impossible
for him to have brought over witnesses to prove the fact,
as he was not a man who was rich himself, nor had be
friend.. in • high station of life. If Burke had bought
arms for one of the South American states, it would have
been • breach of the neutrality law, and that would be
an inducement for any man to change his name. Then
one of the principal points in Burke's below was that
notwithstanding the large quantity of arms which he pur-
chased from Mr. Kynock, not one rifle nor revolver sent
by him from Birmingham was found with the Irish in-
surgents. The crown had laid particular strain upon the
fact that Burke hail been seen in company with Veniatui
in Liverpool, but they must notallow that part of the case
to influence them unfavourably wisest the prisoner, for
even if he hail been aware of their designs, and knew
everything about their movements, no criminality would
attach to him. He eared not how suspicions were the cir-
cumstances which affected his client. The crown were
bound to convert them into absolute and undeniable
proofbefore • verdict of guilty could be returned.
rho learned counsel then referred in satirical terms
to the informers, and told the jury that the
evidence of those individuals should be discarded
altogether, as there had been no corroboration as
to material fact, and the prisoner's position was therefore
in no way injured by it. The man Lawrence, who was
proved to have received the arms sent from Birmingham
to Liverpool, hail not been connected with the Fenian
movement, and the only assumption to entertain concern-
ing him was that be was the innocent servant of Burke,
and not the agent of • conspiracy. Remarking upon the
impartiality and the fairness which had been exhibited in
the cases of the prisoners who were discharged from
custody on Tuesday, and in that of Casey, who
was acquitted this morning he asked them to
imitate the sense of justice thus shown by
English juidgea and an English jury, and to show the Irish
ride that nothing brit the spirit of fairness actuated
Englishmen in dealing with offences meteor lees connected
wit Ireland.

Mr. Pater then addressed the jury on behalf of
Shaw. He dwelt upon the circumstance that the
informers, Massey and Devany, did not re-
fer to Lis client, cerydon bad sworn that he
was present at the meetings of American officers
,iu Liveerrppooool, but there was not the 'Ugliest scintilla
'of aorrobontive evident* to warrant the jury in
paying an attention to that allegation. With regard
to the evidence which h.d been adduced to prove the
identity of Shaw as having assisted Burke in Binning-
ham, he argued that Mr. Kynock's identifica-
tion of Casey as being Shaw at the police-court
negatived the force of his testimony on the point at the
re psent triad. Mr. Kynock stated that be knew Mullady
by his red hair; but if that were the ease,
how was it that he had pointed at Casey,
whose hair was black, as Malady ? The second
witness who had been produced to identify Mul-
lady was • man whose evidence was altogether
unreliable, and whose antecedents rendered his story
entirely unworthy of credence. Touching the Fenian
rising near Dublin. counsel reminded the jury
that his client had not been proved to have
been there, nor yet at the attack upon the po-
lice barrack, referred to yesterday. Shaw was arrested
in Ireland, having a loaded revolver at the time,
but he had suffered 15 months' imprisonment
for that offence, and the jury should not allow
it to influence them in deciding upon the charges which
were now brought against him. In conclusion, he again
reminded them that the only evidence of • serious nature
which had been given against his client was that of Cory-
don. He adjured them not to place reliance upon it,
and hoped they would allow Shaw to return to his home,
family, and occupation.
The court then adjourned for a short time.
Ippon its re-assembling,
The Solicitor-General replied on behalf of the crown.
He told the jury to dismiss from their minds the
suggestion of the counsel for the defence that •
verdict of acquittal would be a message of peace
for Ireland, and to consider the case upon its merits
and form their conclusion upon the evidence which had
been adduced. After referring to the contemplated attack
on Chester Castle and the rising in Ireland as proof of
the formidable character of the Fenian conspiracy,
the Solicitor-General proceeded to deal with the testimony
which had been given in support of the charge against the
prisoners. He said it would be idle and futile to
call accomplices if Mr. Jones's suggestion that
the evidence of the informers should be entirely dis-
regarded were carried out. The jury might consider such
evidence with care and jealousy, and examine the motives
which had induced either or all of the informers to
come forward ; but they should see whether it was not so
far corroborated as to justify them in believing in its
truth or improbability. It was not for him to justify the
conduct of Corydon. They all knew he was a bad, wicked
man, for whom they had the greatest contempt, but then
they should remember that he was the instrument by
which the objects of the conspiracy had been thwarted,
and that he had assisted in crushing • scheme which would
have spread death and bloodshed far and wide. There-
fore, instead of being led away by the fact
that Corydon was an informer, and a contemp-
tible informer, they should compare his evidence
with that of the other informers and with that of inde-
pendent witnesses, and see whether it did not contain ele-
ments of truth. The character of Devany, another in-
former, was little above Corydon's. Then they came to
Massey, the third informer, and in referring to him he (the
Solicitor-General) submitted his position and antecedents
entitled him to some consideration at the hands of the

jury. Up to the time of his arrest he was determined to
fight foe the Fenian cause in Ireland, and the
circumstances under which be gave information to the
government were such as to justify • belief in his credibility,
and to indicate him as a man actuated by motives other
than those which had induced his companions to give their
services to the crown. Adverting to Burke's acts in Bir-
mingham, the Solicitor-General maid they had the unde-
niable fact that ender a false name he purchased arms and
ammunition to the amount of 2,000 L, and sent them to
Liverpool from time to time. Massey stated that Burke
told him he had purchased arms for the Fenian', and cor-
roboration of Masses statement was to be found in a fact
which be mentioned as having been communicated to him
by Burke, and which was afterwards dower(' to by Mr.
firma, namely, that on one wagon Burke obtained
credit to the extent of 9001. Another circumstance

which militated against the pri•Olier was that arms were
sent from Liverpool to Cork under a false consignment,
and that they were recognised by Kr. Kynook as being the
sAtne am those which he had *old to Burke. It had
been suggested for the defence that Burke was the agent
of a firm connected with Chili, but why bad not evidence

en the point been produced, or why had no amount been
given of the part played by the men Lawrence who re-
ceived the arms in Liverpool? In concluding his remarks
with regard to Burke he wu obliged to my that he thought
the case against him was unanswerable. Referring to
Shavr's alleged participatioa in the Fenian movement, be
called the attention of the jury to the state-
ment made by Corydon, that Shaw attended
meetings in Liverpool, and that he went to Mrs.
Black:wore' house by the name of Mollady. Amelia Tye
had told them abe believed Shaw wu the man who came
to Mr. Kynnek's with a letter from Burke, but she was
not in a position to swear to him pad ively. If the evi-
dence rested there it would be unsatisfactory, but then
they found that Mr. Kynock came forward and positively
identified Shaw as one of the men he bad seen sveiating
Burke in Birmingham, and this evidence of identification
had been corroborated by Fisher, the railwa clerk, whose
character counsel for the defence had needlessly
Corydon deposed that at a meeting in the Zoological-
gardens in Liverpool, Shaw was appointed to go to Ireland
as one of the fighting men. Corydon's evidence required
corroboration, and no more satisfactory corroboration
could be given than the fact that Shaw and another men
were arrested in Ireland, having loaded revolvers in their
possession, and that they were subsequently imprisoned
for carrying arms in a proclaimed district.
At 10 minutes to 4 Baron Bramwell commenced his
summing up.

LA'riEST sposTniti INTELLIGENCE

NEIMAN:ET MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.
Athena . . 2

8 ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SON'S.
Parson walked over.
HANDICAP PLATE.

Marmite
21 ran. Run one hour !rte.
MAIDEN PLATE.

Regols
Capacine filly ...
Sand Loy

10 rate.
£lOO PLATE.
Tat. Royal ... ... . ...
Uruaskoa .. .
a ran. Woa is a seater by 10 leagthr...

SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOWS. T.Y C.
Claymore, Paris. Lava f, Lizzie Hezhain,Seipio, Charles
11., Di Vernon, Mum, Syeee, War Queen, Dr. Grin, and
Mao of Ross are here.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C.
Xi, Bst 121 b; Vern,
Fis
bat bib ; Whitby, Bet 71b ; Tam.
bier, Bst 21b ; Ohs Royal, Rat 21b ; Out and Outer, t ;
Contempt, 7st 101 ; King Victor. 7st 71b; Leases, 7st 71b;
Amour Propre, 7st 71b; Grand Duke, Tat 31b; Airdrie,
7st alb ; Sir David Gam, Got 1216 ; Kettleholder, oat 121 b ;
Cellina, 618 111 b; Helier Skelter, tist 1116; Kingley Vale,
tel 71b; Ninny, ost ilb ; Man, 6st bib; Freemason, tietslb;
Morning Star, Est 41b; Tyrone, Est 41b ; Redivirus, fist.
All are hen.
ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.
sto 4 so Formosa (t)
5 to 2 agat Lady Coventry (t)
10 to 1 Athena (t)
to 1 Franchise (t)
25 to 1 Yuen. (t)
CHESTER CUP.
5 to 2 List PauLlones (t f )
16 to 1 Pried (off)
100 W 6 eget Seville (t)

MINE&-(THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.
The mining market is moderately active to day,
with a good demand for East Caradon, New
Lovell, and West Chiverton shares. Annexed
are the prices :—West Chiverton, 64 to 85 ;
East Ceradon, 4to 44 ; New Lovell, 17s. 6d. to
22a. 6d. ; West Kitty, 108. to 15a. ; East Lovell, 84
to ; West Frances 274 to 30; Providence, 27 to %i;
Cluvertoa Moor, oi too6l ; East Russell, 15 to 20 ;
Chiverton Valley, 44 to 4} ; Great Vor, 174 to
194 Great Laxey, 164 to 17.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are quoted
as follows :—St. John del Rey, 19* to 204 ; Don
Pedro, 21 to g pm. ; Anglo-Brazilian, 1. to pm.;
Pestarena, gto die. ; Chontales, 2} to ; Roane
Grande, 1-16 die. to 1-16 prem. ; Anglo-Italian,
par to prem. ; United Mexican, 11 to ; Fron-
tino and Bolivia, k to g ; and Poet Phillip, 14
to 4.

RAILWAY, MINING AND OTHER
SHARES.-(THIS DAY.)

[Sales to-day to 1 p.m.]
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Canada Government, 6 per rent., January and July, 1877
to 1884, 1034.
Do., .t per cent, January and July. 90, ).
New South Wales Government, 5 per cent., 1884 to
1896, January and July, 964,99 4.
New Zealand, 5 per cent. 4.
Do , G per cent., 1891, Jun* and December, 1091, k.
Queensland, G per cent., 1891,Jan. and
_July, 1064, it.
ORDINARY SHARKS AND WOC'EN.
Caledonian, 751.
Great Eastern, Ai, I.
Great Northern A(A receives no dividend until IS per
sent. has been paid to B), 97), R.
Great Western Original, 541,L.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, ,I.
London, Brighton, and South t, 521,1.
London and North Western, 1164.
London and South Western 92, 904, 1.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Western, 43:, 4.
Metropolitan, 1124, 4.
Midland, Rai, 4,1.
North Esatern, Berwick, 1034.
South Eastern, 74.
PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Western, South Wales, guar. 44 per cent., 18,59,
74i, I.
Do , West Midland (01/ord). Ist guar. , 103.
North Eastern, 44 per eent. redeemable, •
Do., Stockton and Darlington 13, 6 per cent.. 129.
—....—.... —.„

PREFERENCE SHARES AND rrocis.
London, Brighton, 41 per cent., 1858, 871, 1.
• Do., 1861, 88, f.
London. Chatham, and Dover, Metropolitan Extension,
B, 6 per cent, 36, 7.
Midland, 5 per cont., optional to convert to ordinary
stook, Sept. 1, 1869, 171.
Do., 5 per cent 91.
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Buckinghamshire, 911.
London and Blackwell, 881.
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, guar. 5 per cont.,
104.
East Indian, guaranteed 3 per oent, 11 IL 11.
Great Indian Peninsula, guar. 5 per oent., 109, I.
Great Western of Canada, 14,1.
&hide, Delhi, guaranteed 5 per cent., 102, f.
Do. (2/. paid), 2a.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam,
Great Luxembourg, 10, 9/., 13.16.
Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidm), 31, f.
Recife and San Francisco (Lim.), guar. 7 per ct., 101
di,. war.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian. 141.
FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS.
Great Luxembourg, 17f.
Orel Vitebsk, guaranteed by Russian Government, 5 par
cent., 791, 1.
San Paulo. 991.
South Italian, 5.
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN MINKS.

Anglo-Brazilian Gold (Limited), 13.16.
Don Pedro North del Roy, 21, 5-16, pm.
Port Philip, 1
St. John del Rey (Limited), 20 ht }.
Yudamainutana of South Australia (Lint.), 21.
DOCKS.

London and St. Katharrni.4.
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Agra (Limited), A, 10, 4.
Chartered Mercantile of Indio, London, end China, 29.
Imperial Ottoman, 104.
London Chartered of Australia, MI.
Loudon Joint Stook, 334.
Leaden and Westminster, 684.
Oriental Bank Corporation, 42, ad.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited), 234•
Ceylon Company (Limited), A shame, 3.
Commercial Union (Assurance), 5, 4.
Emden 9 per omit. Viceroy Loan, guar. by Egyptiar.
Lev*, 893, i•
Electric and International Telegraph, 165.
General Credit and Discount (Limited), 54.
lindson's Bay, 144, 4.
Italian Irrigation (Canal Caroni), 24.
North British and Mercantile Insurance, 174.
Oriental Gas (Limited), 64.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 584.
Rio de Janeiro Gas (Limited), 224.
Royal Mail Steam, 62.
South Australian Land, 36.
United Kingdom Telegraph Company (Limited), 10 per
cent. pref., 74.
Viceroy 470 (Mariests) Luau, 714, 4.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
On 721.101APH.)
tram ova ova 0011118POIMIIIIT.)
The market quiet, but steady. Sages about 10,000
balee.

lIIIINOING-LADE.-(THD3 DAY.)
SCGAIL -The market continues active at • further
advance of 6d. per owl. The sales included low date
Bengal, at 275. ed. ; unalayod Manilla, 28e. to 28e. 6d. ;
cloyed, 31s. 3d. to 325. 6d.; Mauritius' 30a. to 345.;
Demerara, 325. 6d. to 33e.; Berbioe, 33e. ; Jamaica,
335. to Me. 6d. ; fit. Hitt., 33e. 6d. to 34a. ; Antigua,
33e. 6d. to Me. Refined also continuos to advance. Low
lump are now quoted at 41e. 3d.
Coerce'. -T'hedemand for good qualities continues's:Sive,
and extreme prices are paid ; other kinds Ind buyers at pre-
vious rata ; ADO to fine ordinary plantation Ceylon,
665. to 71e. 6d. ; low middling to 'middling, 735.
to 78s. tkl. ; good and int ditto, 80a. to 8916
lino, 94n 64.; pea b, 86e. to 92e. • native Ceylon,
mdinary, 455. ; good oaeeryinary, 49a. to 56.; tine ordinary,
52.. to 63a. ; bold, 565.
Tae'.-The public galas of Indian are • g rather
irregularly,ao compared with the public rule.. Fine qua-
litiea at 2d. to 3d. below ; other sorts at ld. to 2d. per lb.
above.

Rice.—The market matinees quiet.
SPICE 21.-400 bags of pimento sold at fan prim of 20. to
21d.; 2,500 bap Cochin pepper at 3fd. to 31d.; other khaki
dull of sale ; 200 Woof white sold at the previous value ;
folt to Pod 801gortM 541 to 50. NototoP 100Paaltugoo
at barely ths previous value :small, la to la sd. ; odd
Meg, la. Gd. to la 7d.; good, Is. 11d. to 2s. 4d. ; bold,
3s. id. ; 19 packages of mum at la. ed. to 3s. ; very
inferior, 10d. to 11d. Oluger—Common Jamaica (ma-
tinees to decline, and is now 3m. below the last ails
The better kinds remain steady, very low to bold sold at
335. to 925.

Faum—Ournusta are in more active ragtime, and sold
at la. pax cwt. advance.
Boa.—A small parcel of Demerara sold at la. 10c1. to
la. 101 d.
Elaurwrim—A small parcel of Bengal sold for cash at
20a. refraction 41.
Cocsuaza..--NO begs of Tessa& were sold at the public
isles at full prises to Id. par lb. advance. Silver, 3s. Id.
to Is. 7d. ; black, 34- 3d. to 44. 5d-
OAYKI3 fair to good, sold at 19s. 3d. to 194, 6d.
Corrox.—Only moderate sales are reported at previous
pram
Juts—About 3,000 bales sold at the full value. Rejea.
Sion; 161. ; °mimeo, 161. 15s. to 171. 15s. ; medium,
181. 10a. to 20/. ; good sad Ilse, 22/. to 221. se.

TALLOW MARILET.—(IIIII3 DAY.)
The market is uschasied. Tows tallow, 41s. 9d. ; Peters.
ban Y.O. ea Ow spot, 445. 3d.; April to Jaw, 445.' 3d.;
October to Dosomber. 445. 6d. ; Doowsbor, Mo.

METROPOLITAN OATI'LE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
_ _ _

The supply of baste is short, and although trade
is not very brisk, Monday's quotations are well
maintained. We bare a large supply of sheep,
and the trade is slow, yet on the avenge
prime remain *mitered ; Were is, however. s
in daaneg out. Lamb trade is active, but prime are no
better. Too are lower. One foreign euppO conidabs of
130 beads. 1,065 sheep, and 227 calms.
lir One cd 0. Tr skim cd SOL L 4.
101 l bet Sonata 4 8 e Ng Destill-belatt 4 0 4 10
1864 444 Bog Lia. 4.004.... 0
kora qua be** S • 8 De. do. Shonk.... 4 4 4 0
041884
Pigs 0 4 Do. do. Sham— S 8 4 1
INA 0 0 lambs 0 4 7
Soak as market. 620 &seep aid lsuls. 418881 NOM
.

ErMYTICYLILD HAY MARKET.—(THLS DAY.)
Mr. Marks Aimee lades reports trader follews
Pint eat cloven sad good meadow hay ia demand. lair
nor fodder slow trade. Prime meadow hay, 904. to 88a. ;
inferior ditto, 65. ta 75.. ; clover, old, 90s. to ;
mead eat. 70a. to 90s. ; straw, 30a, to 311 s.

3

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

The stock markets are generally firm to-day, and
the variations in prices are mostly in a favourable
direction. There is an increased amount of busi-
ness, both speculative and bond Mr, owing to
the favourable character of the advice, from
abroad, and the prospect of a further in-
flux of gold to the Bank of England.
Consols are inqnired for, and show a trifling
advance compared with the last price of
yesterday. Some of the railway stocks have
slightly improved. Foreign bonds have been
bought to a considerable extent, and are decidedly
firm. Penivian and Brazilian of 1865 are in
prominent demand. The latter have been pur-
chased upon the satisfactory tenor of the crews
from Rio. The Stock Exchange will be closed to-
morrow the let of May, according to custom.
There is a fair demand for money, and the rate
for the best paper is fully 2 per cent.
Consols are quoted 94 to 1 both for money
and the account (May 5) ; and the Three per
Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 921 to O.
The railway market is firm, and an advance of 1
to per cent. has occurred in several of the prin-
cipal stocks. Caledonian, 751 to ; London and
North Western, MI to ; Great Western, 54g
to g ; Midland, 109/ to 1 ; London and
South Western, 90 to 92 ; Great Eastern,
341 to ; Brighton, 52i to South Eastern,
741 to ; Metropolitan, 1121 to 1;
Great Northern, 1021 to 103 ; ditto A, 971 to
2 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 180 to 1;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 1 ; York and
North Midland, 94 to 95 ; Berwick, 1021 to 1031 ;
and North British, 331 to 34.
Foreign stocks are in request, and the general
tendency of the market is upwards. Peruvian
Bonds of 1865 aro in especial demand,
and have experienced a fresh rise of /
per cent.—viz., to 831 to 84. Brazilian of 1865
are quoted 741 to 751, being 1 per cent better ;
Italian of 1861, 48/ to;, showing a rise of 1;
Spanish of 1867, 35,, to 1, an advance of 1;
Turkish of 1862, 634 to 64, 1112 improve-
ment of 1 ; ditto of 1865, 341 to 35, being
higher ; Chilies) of 1867, 96f to 971; Egyptian of
1864, 791 to 801 ; Mexican, 151 to 1; Russian of
1866, 86 to 1 ; ditto Orel Vitebsk, 791 to 1, ; and
Turkish of 1858, 591 to 601.
The Indian Five per Cent, stock is 1 per cent.
lower, at 116 to 1, in consequence of realisations.
The Four per Cents. are quoted 1011 to 1; the
Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. being Is. worse ; and
the Five per Cent. Debentures, 105 to ; Bank
Stock, 243 to 245 ; and Exchequer Bills, 12s. to
17s. prem.

The market for bank shares is steady. London
and Westminster, 671 to 081 ; Australasia, 53/ to
541 ; Oriental, 41/ to 42f, ex. div. ; Anglo-Aus-
trian, 4.1 to 1 prem. ; London and Brazilian, 28
to 26 dia. ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to a prem. ; and
Consolidated, # top prem.
There is no alteration in miscellaneous shares.
National Discount, 51 top prem. ; General Credit,
21 to dis. ; Credit FoncMr, 71 to 7 din. ; Inter-
national 2 to 11 dia. ; London, 23 to 21 die. ;
Hudson's Bay, 141 top ; Egyptian Trading, 5 to
41 dis. ; Telegraph Construction, 121 to 13 ; Atlan-
tic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 51 to g ;
and Anglo-American, 23 to /. .

American securities show firmness. The 5-20
Bonds are without variation, at 701 to ; but Erie
and Illinois Central railway shares are better,
at 461 to 47 and 95 to respectively. Atlantis
and Great Western Debentures are St 291 to 1 ;
and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 33} to 34.
The Spanish Colonial Eight per Cent. Loan fully
paid up is firmer at 91 to 911 ; and the Scrip at
2 to If dis.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
The English funds are dull, and have relapsed
1 per cent., the present price being 93i to 94.
With respect to railway stocks Caledonian is in
good demand, and has risen I per cent., viz., to
761 to 761. London and North Western is quoted
1161 to 2 ; Great Western, 541 to ;, being} better;
Midland, 1091 to 1, showing a decline of 1 ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to ; South Eastern,
741 to i ; Brighton, 521 to i ; and Metropolitan,
1121 to 2.

The speculative foreign bonds are to I lower.
Italian of 1861, 481 to ; Spanish of 1867, 351 to
; Turkish of 1866, 34i to l ; and Orel Vitebsk,
79l to
No bullion operations have occurred at the Bank
to-day.

At Paris this morning the Three per Cent.
Rentes opened at 69fr. 42c. for the account, show-
ing no change of importance.
There were no transactions in bullion at the Bank
yesterday. Since the date of the last return there
has been, on balance, • total influx of 110,0001.
from abroad.

The Cuba, from New York, has brought 20,000&
in specie, and the St. Laurent 124,0001. The latter
has reached Brest. A further sum of 50,000/. was
shipped on Tuesday from New York for Europe.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week a decrease of 6,1361., com-
pared with the corresponding period of last year,
and the Midland an increase of 703/.

At the meeting yesterday of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company the directors' report wee adopted,
and a dividend of 11. per share, free of income tax,
declared.

At the meeting of the Trinidad Petroleum Com-
pany (Limited), held yesterday, the directors' re-
port, which described fully the present position
of the undertaking, was adopted.
A dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum,
less the amount paid in November last, has been
declared by the Lemberg Czernowitz Railway Com-
pany• .
At the meeting on Tuesday, at Liverpool, of the
proprietors of the Eastern Exchange Bank
(Limited), in liquidation, it was resolved that upon
the pigment of a final balance of ss. per share,
which will make 41. 15s. 6d. returned out of 61.
paid up, the liquidators shall take as their re-
muneration the remaining assets of the bank, which
are estimated to realise between 1,0001. and
2,0001.

The annual meeting of the Cape of Good Hope
Telegraph Company (Limited) was held yesterday,
but the proceedings were simply pro formd, and
an adjournment to the 20th of May agreed to.
The half-yearly meeting of the Regent's Canal
Company was held yesterday, when the available
balance was stated at 19,8081., and a dividend of
12s. 6d. per share, free of income tax, was de-
clared.

The adjourned annual meeting of the Van Die-
men's Land Company will be held on the ith of
May, when the directors will recommend the pay-
ment of a dividend for the year 1867 of 3s. 6d.
per share.
The subjoined report on the market for American
securities is from Memn. Satterthwaite and Co. :
There his boss veay little ;sorrel beam s@ in the Lrodea
mesas for American seennties mime oar last ; United
Mates Government stooks have been well supported, sad
sine at a fractional mimeos on the nuotaticse of this day
week—vb., 701 to f, for 1862 iutie and 691 to I, for 1868
bead& Ms shares have been neglected, and at 464 to
di, show se altar/ice ; but Illinois Central have beta to
wad demand, sad leave off nearly 2 per oast. higher, the
het poles being 94i to 96t. The inquiry for =sok Re-
demption Sterling Bonds his continued, and one per omit.
higher prim is asked for them, bat Atlantic and Great
T. esteem Consolidated Bonds and Debentures are both a
shade lower, the former being to 31, and the latter
291 to t.