The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29,. 1868.

BETTING IN LONDON:7MB DAY.)

2.30 r.its

To-dais proceedings were again rendered note-
worthy by the doings in connexion with The Earl, for the
Bt. Leger, for in the course of the morning he was backed
at all sorted prices, from 7 to 4 to 3 to I, and close upon 1,0001.
was invested upon him from first to last. At the finish
no mare than 6 to 2 was offered, while 3 to l would have
been taken to hundreds. Bing Alfred, Formosa, and
Viscount were all extremely healthy. Beyond Typhoeus
looking healthier, there was no other particular change
either on this or the other events, and closing prices ruled
as follow :

ST. LEGER.
sto 2 apt The Earl (off, 3to 1 t and w)
3to 1 King Alfred (t and off)
11 to 2 Formosa (off, t6to 1)
6to 1 Vuwount (t)
20 to 1 Typhoeus (t and off)
100 to 3 Mercury (t)
1000 to 20 Green Sleeve (t and off)
1000 to 15 Biniseaker (off)
100 to 80 on The Earl, 1,2, 3 (t)
CEBAREWITCH.
33 to 1 on The field (off)
60 to I apt Paul Jonas (t and off)
1000 to 15 Achievement. (t)
1000 to 10 Mum (t)
1000 to 10 Moleskin (t)

CAMBRIDGESHiitg.
10 to 1 agst Warrington (t)
1000 to 10 Tatioaret (I)

sonagsx AT Y.

SI. •

Last evening Mr. &Ahern took bit benefit at
the Prince's Theatre. Ho appeared in the Hero of Ro-
mance and Dientreery Married and Dons Per. There
was an overflowing house, and Mr. Bothers was
recalled (with Miss Ada Cavendish) at the con-
clusion of the first rikce. He said he really felt he
could not kayo the s on ouch' an occasion without
caying a few words. begged to thank his friends in
Heikki:der for the very liberal patronage they had be-
stowed upon him during his brief visit.' He also thanked
the management for the ertreniely spirited manner in which
theyliad produced the pieces— (hear, hear)—and the ladies
and gentlemen of the company for the manner in which
they' ad supported him. (Hear, hear.) He could not thank
his "Moonist," as Artanus Ward celled the man who had
charge of the moon—(biuglifer)—for they had no doubt
seen the way in which the moon dodged about during the
scene in the ruins. (Prolonged laughter.) He mutt also
apologise to the band for having turned them out of their
places ; and be must not forget to thank the little lady by
his side (Mies Cavendish), for the charming manner in
which she had played her part. (Applause.) He was
sorry to say that he was about to take his farewell, for •
time, of his friends in England, and yet he was also glad
to gay it, because he had a_great
_dedre to go back to
Amenca. He bad been in land seven years, but ha
had spent ten years in America, and he made up his
mind some time ago that he would go back and re-visit
the many dear friends he had in the States—friends
who encouraged him when he began his professional
career, for it was begun in America. (Hear hear.) He
really thought he ought to go, and thank them for the
kindly manner in which they encouraged him when he
was almost a lad. He had been often asked by the critic*
why be did not appear in characters more suited to him
than heroes of romance, who made love by moonlight and
to slow mega. (Laughter.) The critics told bum that
his voice was not suited for love making. (Laughter.)
Of course, they bad not seen him in pnvste life—(re-
mewed laughter)—inprivate, he begged to assure them, he
got on as well as most people. (Laughter.) He was re-
minded of the story of a -property man—the person who
provided the thunder and lightning in theatres—
who was superintending a snowstorm, and was sud-
denly interrupted by the manager, who said, " Good
gracious, you are snowing brown." (Laughter.) The
property man replied, " Well, my white paper was all
gone, and I must snow something?' (laughter.) In
like manner, he (Mr. Sothern) could not always have
Dundrearies and David Garrick; and he must anew
brown, not being able to snow white. (Laughter.)
He had been asked by his friends in Manchester if he
could not play here a few nights before he actually set
foot upon the steamer ; but to comply would have been
a breech of faith with the public—Gies; hear)—and he
should therefore say " good bye " on Saturday night.
(Applause.)

B. IT. V I W. Ito
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Naha......... 80.11 r 66 52' W I
Abeedeen ... 30.12 r 06 50. N.W. 1
Leith 30.Nr 56 61 W. I' 2
Shields - so.vor 65 so. N.W. 2
Sestbari;; l3o.lar 37 MI E.N.I. 6
Yiussoedh 122.182 66 5t N.W.
Nader I

Ardrawaa 30.23 r 66 65 N.N.W.
Orsemeadl6 .20.20 r 53 511 S.W.
Holyhead _10.87 r 56 51'W.N.W
Liverpool _A80.27 r 66 64'W.N.W •
Valestia __ISOM f5B 661 8.
Cape lbw 90.97 f 59 68 B.W.
Rochs'a Pt 130.30 • 67 641 8.8. W.
Penalises 130.37 f6B 58 N.W.
3o.sa f 54 al N.
Vibp, ',..,'
ithHathay 80..8311,r, 65: :54 2171.1 :
Lowiaa, - ICU rAC 52, N.W.
C. Orls Nue." 80.22 r 67 filli N. W.
Brad --. .371167 66f N.
Imhof'. 112.26 a 66 63 N.W.
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Barometer oarreetod wad reduced to ar deg. at we kwd. Aar
letterer (Agai), 4.011114), • (staady), ladies*, direetios of me
of the wearary with last 14 boom Thanaarafter aapand la
shade. Nitrous Loam with Ha dinette daring lad 94 hours.
L—adas. Weather: h.—Mars aky ; a—doe& (clakialtad)
t.—tog; ; •
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run) ; ; w—gaow ; t.—thoadir. Baialstl, mower hail
malted), Burial; last 34 hours. Bea diaturbsoca
REMARKS.

eifuriSO;it
dA,M, and tomPluldry m=.ol prevail over these
i in the north the Menem during the lad twenty-four
hones /ma bees nearly half an inch ; and readings at other sta-
tions are gessrally higher than they were yesterday, but at
Valentin a fail of CrOtin. has taken place. On oar south-wed
most rowan has slightly diminished since last evening : an the
west coast of France no change is shown since yesterday. Tem-
perature has slightly risen, and is now uniform Strong winds
hem west to math-west blew yesterday in the north and west.
Liot north westerly winds prevail in our el amok but at
V tia • fresh southerly breeze has set fad As Cape Grim Was
the wind reported is very strong hour the north-weat. The
weather is generally eloudy, with fog prevai/ing at pleas in the

CO-opmalvs CoNamm—Yesterday arming
a meeting of gentlemen interested in the promos of the
eo-operative movement was held at 29, Parliament-etreet,
to consider its present aspect, and to take steps to
propa-
gate the principles on *hick it I. founded. Mr. Neal
occupied the chair. It was resolved to hold a co-opera-
tive congress in London in February next, to which all
the co-operative associations in the country will be in-
vited to send delegates.
TIDE CONDEMNED CONVICT MACKAY.--Yesterday
the condemned convict Mackay, for the Norton Folgate
murder, signed a
Georgeion to ter Majesty for the royal
clemency, and Mr. Lewis (Lewis and Lewis), who
defended the prisoner, forwarded the same to the Home
Secretary. Mr. Justice Lush tried the prisoner, who was
strongly recommended to mercy by the jury, and his lord-
ship will no doubt be consulted. It is not true, as stated,
that the Home Secretary bad already intimated that it
wee a case in which the law must take its course. The
execution is appointed for the Bth September.
THE CASE OF Id %DAME ILACLIY.L.—Seven MOM-
ben of the jury have addressed the following letter to
the Timm:— Sir,--Observing in the Times a letter
under this head, denying the truth of the number of the
jury who were for finding a verdict of guilty, I, as fore-
man of the jury, together with my brother jurymen
signing this letter, beg to inform you that 10 Jurymen
were at first for finding a verdict of guilty, that subse-
quently the eleventh, whose name I believe to be John
Blinks, joined in our view, and that 11 was the number
for guilty when we were discharge& I should doubtless
have been able to obtain the signatures of the other jury-
man had I had time to call upon them—l am, air. yours
obediently, Henry Pearson, foreman. D. A. Mes:wet,
W. Robinson, Alfred Bobina, Francis Mom, Charles
l'tuvis, Charles Norman.'.
IMPORTANT TO HISTORIANS.—The Emperor of
the French has for twelve years proved himself to be the
guardian, the apostle, and the minister of peaoe in Europe.

..rHE POLISH LANOL'AriE.—A Jew, the owner of
a hcuse in Wilms which caught fire, cried out, "Firre,
fire," in the Polish language, the use of which is forbidden
in the Weer.. The next day he was brought up before
the magistrate, and fined 24 cochlea for violating the law.

NARROW B6C.ATE FROM Fiji.

A fire broke out in a house in 87mour-steeet,

Euston-road, early this yearning. and two elderly women
sought refuge from the dames upon the roof amidst the
failing sparks. Their danger was imminsat, as well
as that of other inmates ; but all of them were, happily,
nursed by moans of • fire escape. The building and
all it contained mew destroyed.

MONDY MARKET.)-THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

The Stack Exchange is very thinly attended
this morning, and business is little more than
nominal. The general tone is fiat in the absence
of transactions without any pressure of sales.
The news of the capture of the greet
Paraguayan fortress, and the probable early
termination of the war. has imparted a good deal
of firmness to Brasilian stooks. There is also
an improvement in United State* stooks,
but most other foreign securities are un-
changed in prioe. Railways are in some
cases rather lower, but there is no av erage change.
The funds have not recovered the lapse which took
place at the close of yesterday, but they are com-
paratively steady.
In the discount market the general rates for
first-class bills remain at if to 1/ per cent., and
the demand is quiet notwithstanding the close of •
the month. At the Bank of England business is
nil. Advances on the Stock Exchange are nomi-
nally unaltered.
Consols are quiet at 931 to 94 for money and
account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 94
to ; Bank Stook, 244 to 247 ; Exchequer Bills,
16e. to 20s. prem. ; Indian Government &ra-
rities are steady ; the Five per Cents are inquired
for at 1141 to 116 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1041
to # ; ditto Bonds, 20s. to 265. prem. ; ditto
Debentures, 1051 to 1.
The market for English railways is almost

deserted, and prices show little or no alteration.
Great Bask= is ft better, at 361 to I. The
following are the quotations :--Caledonian, 76k
to 1; London and North Western, 113 to 1 ex div. ;
Great Western, 481 to 491; Midland, 1041 to 1031;
London and South Western, 87 to 89 ; London,
Brighton, and South Coast, 611 to 1; Metropolitan.
1081 to /, ex div. ; and London, Chatham, and
Dover, 181 to 19.

In foreign securities, Brazilian are firm, at
771 to 781. Viceroy Loan is 1 higher, at 741 to 1.
In other descriptions quotations remain without
material change. Mexican, 141 to 151; Italian,
511 to 1; Peruvian, 79 to 80 ; Turkish Five per
Cents., 381 to 401.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 1 higher, at 711
to 72 ; Erie Railway, 301 to 31k ; Illinois Central,
91 to 22. Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Debentures are firm at 381 to 391, and the Conso-
lidated Mortgage Bonds at 391 to 391.
Bank shares are rather heavy. London
and County and Imperial are I lower, the
former being quoted at 494 to 301, and the
latter at 161 to 17k. London and Woaminstor
661 to 671; ditto New, 53 to 54 ; London Joint
Stock, 32 to 33 ; Union of London, 34/ to 331 ;
Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 1 prem. ; Chartered Mer-
cantile, 28 to 29.
MisePilDucous shares are without change. Na-
tional Discount, 111 to 1 ; General Credit, 21 to
2 dia. ; Credit Fonder, 21 to 3.
The Board of Trade tables for July have boon

issued. The value of the enumerated exports for
the month was 15,748,2691. In July, 1867, it was
15,562,4301. ; and in July, 1866, 14,957,834/.
The imports in June were to the value of
20,628,5571.; in June, 1867, 21,172,2461.; and in
June, 1866, 24, 587,3691.
A further amount of 37,000!. in bar gold was
sent into the Bank yesterday.
The Continental Exchanges are without material
alteration, except that the rates on Germany are
slightly higher than on Tuesday.
The rate of discount la the open market at Paris
is 11 per cent. • at Hamburg, Frankfort, and
Brussels, 2 ; at Amsterdam, 2b ; at Berlin, 3 ; at
Vienna, 4; at Turin, 4i; and at St. Petersburg,
6 per oent.

Great complaints having been made about the
high charges exacted by the different railway com-
panies in Austria for goods in transit to England,
France, and Germany, the Austrian Minister of
the Board of Trade has determined, in the interests
of industry and commerce, to endeavour to obtain
a modification of the present high tariff, and, for
this purpose, has convened a meeting of all the
managing directors of the various Austrian lines,
the result of which will shortly be made public.
At the meeting yesterday of the shareholders of the
Millwall Freehold Land and Docks Company, the
report of the directors was unanimously adopted.
The chairman stated that the progress of the docks
since their opening had been satisfactory, a steady
increase taking place in the receipts. He also
said that about 30,0001. more would be required
for the purpose of enabling the directors to close
the capital account, and when the negotiations
which were now taking place as to the best mode
of raising it were concluded, the shareholders
would be called together and their consent asked.
The ordinary general meeting of the Alum and
Ammonia Company (Limited) the One
Products Utilising Company was held yesterday.
Mr. Angus Croll presided. e usual dividend at
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared.
This will absorb 4,2001., leaving the amount of
undivided profits at 2,6151.
A petition has been presented to the Court of
Chancery by two contributories, one of whom is
also a creditor, for the winding up of the London
Jute Works Company (Limited); and it will be
heard in November next before Vice-Chancellor
Malins.
The last issue of Messrs. Maemillan and Co.'s
" Clarendon Press Series "is a popular work on
book-keeping, by Mr. R. G. C. Hamilton and Mr.
John Ball. One of these gentlemen is accountant
to the Education Committee of the Privy Council,
and the other is a member of the firm of Wilier,
Ball, and Co. ; and the two are co-examiners in
book-keeping for the Society of Arts. These posi-
tions are a security that the work is a practical
work of the first order.
Mr. Schwatze's wool price current gives the
following report of the present series of public
sales :
The following wools have been offered in our public
sales up to August 27: 16,877 bales Port Phillip, 4,112
bales Van Diemen's Lend, 21 202 bales ftdmy, 6 bales
Swan River, 16,766 bales New 10,661 Wee Cups,
4,968 bales Adelaide, 296 bales sundries; total, 74,776
bales. Of this quantity about 11,000 balsa hays been with-
drawn. There is no change in the portion of Australian
wools, but Capri have during the last four or Aye days
suffered a treat decline of IL, and sell now quits as e
as in the beginning of the November sales Let year ;le
scoured and fleece are even id and ld. cheaper.
bulk of the wools is taken by the home trade, as foreign
buyers are still thinly. represented, and operate cantioualy.
No particular complaints about bad trade are advanced ,
but businese is evidently not sufficiently brisk to prevent
the large quantities from pressing upon the market in an
unprecedented manner.

MINES.-(THIS BAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

There has been very little business doing in
home mining shares to-day, owing to the absence
of the greater part of the members. Annexed are
a few of the present quotations :--Chive ton Moor,
6t061 ; Cook's Kitchen, 101 to 11 ; Devon Great
Consols, 403 to 406 ; East Caradon, 21 to 21;
Great Itetallack, 31 to ; Great Vor, 13 to 14 ;
Herodxfoot, 39 to 40 ; Marko Valley, 7/ to ;
North Treakerby, 9s. to lls. ; Prince of Wales,
355. to 375. •, West Beton, 150 to 160; Wheal
Beton, SO to 52.
Foreign and colonial mining shares remain
steady at the following quotations :—f3t. John del
Rey, 191 to 201; Don Pedro, 21 to 1 prem. ;
Anglo -Brazilian, par to prem. ; Pestarens, Ito
&s. ; Chontales, 2to 1 ; Roses Grande, to
die.
; United Mexican, 11 to 2 ; Frontino and
via, tomet; Port Phillip, to 1; Yndana-
mutana, 41 to .
The BUN& report of the metal market is from
the circular of Messrs. Von Dadelazen and Northe:

Only a moderate amount of businem continues to be
done in the metal market ; prime remain Omit the same.
Iron : Priem of Webb. and Staffordahire iron have a

strengthening tendency, and the makers age well sup.
ttzeith orders for some time to come. An extensive
has been dons in Scotch pig. Iron : Mein*
price, Us. 3d. each Copper is a trifle easier, but mon
;oracularly Chill bare, Whisk have deolinati to 871. 10e. in
Liverpool Wallowa have been done at 791. ; Burrs no-
minally 801. • India sheets, 781. to 781. 10s. ; English raw
.very ' Tin : Straits maintains its Floe at 9U.
caeb. . There is not much offering, but at the same time
there is but httie demand. Banc* nominally 941. English
tin steady. The Dutch market is quiet at ell. Tin
platesocalinne in fair demand at previous quotations.
Lead is doll ; good soft pig, 181. 16e. ; L. 8., LW. Spann :
A ,tl6 is reported of 50 tons common brands London, at
191. 10s. ; and 200 tons outports, September and October
delivery, at the muse MOO ; special brands nominally
201. 7s, ; V. 8., nominally tot.