The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-14 00:00:00

EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENNO, JULY 14, 1868.

Act, they could nut get security from any one but the
treasurer. There loci-es would fall heavily upon the mem-
bers who had subscribed them. Unfortunately the so-
ciety had suffered much by the embezzlement of their se-
creterice. The prisoner received 16[. a year.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
The Court inquired what the prisoner had to say in gn-
awer to the charge.
The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had
done, and if the Almighty would give him assistance he
would endeavour to be a better man. He had six children,
and circumstances got over him.
Mr. Payne, in pluming sentence, said this was a vary
serious case. Under all the circumstances the sentence
was 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour, which ho
hoped would doter others from committing such a bad
offence.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OP COMMONS.—('llllB DAY.)
The SPILIMI toeli the chair at HP mimeos puit 2
o'clock.

THE ABYSKIIIIAN EXPEDIIMN.
Sir It. ANSTRUTHER wished to mit the Secretary of
State for War, " whether Me travelling allowance of offi-
cers invalided home from Alsyminia had beers disallowed;
and, if so, for what reason."
Sir J. PAKINGTON regretted the terms iawhich the
question was put, as they midst lead people to.believet
first, that Abyssinian officers coming home invalided did
F o entiiely at their own cost, and next that officers in the
Abyssinian expedition had been treated differently
from officers employed in other parts of the world.
The expense actually thrown on officers under such cir-
cumstances as were referred to was of comparatively man
amount, and a new rule would shortly be issued by the Vier-
office the object of which would be that invalided officers
would come home free of cost to themselves. (Hear,
hear.)

ELECTION PETITIONS AND CORRUPT PRACTICES

AT ELECTIONS BILL.
The house then went into committee ow Chi. bill.
[Left sitting.]

MONEY MARKET.-(211IS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

The markets for relic securities are quiet to-
day, and the variations is prices are confined to a
few stocks. Presh business is checked by the
settlement, and by a vague fear that the introduc-
tion hereof foreign loans wilt load to extensive re-
mittances of gold to various quarters. It should be
bonne in mind, however, that the amount in the
Bank of England is about 22.490,0001., and that
extensive supplies are on their way from
America and Australis to this country, nearly the
whole of which, according. to present appearances,
will be sent into the bank. The English funds are
steady, at tie closing quotations of yesterday.
Some of the railways have risen. Foreign bonds
exhibit no important movement.
The rate for bills is 11 per oent., and for loans
in the Stock Exchange, 1.
Consols are quoted 941 to 1, ox div., for
money, and 941 to 1, ex div., for the amount
(Aug. 6), and the Three per Cents. Reduced
and New Three per Cents., 941 to 1.
Some of the railwaystoeks are inquired for. Groat
Western,GreatEastern,Brighton,and South Eastern
have improved } to a per oent., while London and
North Western and Metropolitan have declined to
the like extent. Annexed are the prices :—Cale-
denten, 701 to 71 ; London and North Western,
1131 to 114 ; Great Western, 481 to 1; Mid-
land, 1041 to 1; London and South Western,
911 to 921; Great Eastern, 371 to 1;
Brighton, 64 to 631 ; South Eastern, 741 to ;
Metropolitan, 1131 to ; Great Northern, 102 to
103; Ditto A, 96 to 1; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 191 to 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1271 to 1281 ; York and North Midland, 921
to 931; Berwick, 1021 to 1 ; and North
British, 34 to 1.

The changes in foreign stooks are evenly
balanced. The Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan and
Turkish of 1865 have advanced 1 per cent., while
Egyptian of 1864 have receded /, and Peruvian
of 1863, 1. The prices are as follows :
Brazilian of 1867, 761 to 77 ; Chilian of
1867, 921 to 931; Egyptian of 1864. 811 to
821; Italian of 1881, 521 to 533, ex div. ; Mexi-
can, 153 to t ; Peruvian of 1865, 791 to 1, ex
div. ; Russian of 1866, 911 to 3 ; ditto Orel: 83,1
to 843 ; Spanish: of 1867, 351 to 3, ox div. ;
Turkish of 1858, 653 to 66 ; ditto of 1862, 63 to
64, ex div. ; and ditto of 1865, 391 to 1, ex div.
A few transactions are reported in Indian secu-
rities, at yesterday's prices. The Five per Cents.
are quoted 1143 to 1151 ; the Four, 104} to
105 ; the Bonds, 275. to 325. prem. ; and the Deben-
tures, 105 to 1. Bank Stock, 243 to 245 ; and Ex-
chequer Bills, 16s. to 20s. prom.

In the market for bank shares, Anglo-
Austrian are 2s. 6d. better, at 51 to prem.,
ex div., while Imperial Ottoman have declined to
the same extent, the present price being 1 to 11
prem., ex div. London and Brazilian, 30 to 23
die. ; Consolidated, it to I prem. ; London and
Westminster, 691 to 1 ; London and County, 501
to t ; and Union of London, 331 to t.
As regards miscellaneous alarm, Hudson's Bay
and Anglo-American are 2s. 6d. lower, at 14 to
and 211 to 1, respectively, but other descriptions
are unaltered ; National Discount, 61 to 1 prem. ;
General Credit, 21 to 2 dia.; Credit Fonoier, 21 to
31 per share; International Financial, 11 to
die. ; London, 22 to 20 die. ; Telegraph Con-
struction, 131 to 141; Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference, 41 to 1.
. .

American securities are fiat. The 5-20 Bonds
are quoted 721 to I, being 1 per cent lower ; Erie
Railway Shares, 431 to 44}, showing a decline of
1 ; Illinois Central, 100; to 1011, a reduction of 1 ;
Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 351 to ;
and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 351 to 1.
Swedish Loan Scrip is at 11 to 21 prem., and
Tamboff Kosloff at 11 to 2 prem. There is no
price at present for the New Egyptian Loan.

TWO O'CLOCK.

The government funds are without variation.
Railway stocks are in request, and Caledonian,
South Eastern, and Great Northern A have im-
proved 1 to 2 per cent. Some of the foreign
bonds, including Italian of 1861, Mexican, and
Peruvian of 186.5, have also advanced to to I.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

The stock markets are generally rather firmer,
owing to purchases for the new account. Console
are quoted 941 for money, and 941 for the ac-
count, being fractionally better than at 2 o'clock.
Most of the principal railway stocks have risen
/ to 1 per cent. Caledonian, 701 to 711; Brighton,
521 to 53/; South Eastern, 741 to 1; Midland,
1041 to 1; London and North Western, 114/ to
; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 1 ;
Great Western, 481 to 1.
Foreign stocks meet with inquiry, and show a
rise of 1 per cent, in some cases. Spanish of 1887,
3.51 to 36 ; Turkish of 186.5, 391 to 1; Orel. 831
to 841 ; Nicholai, 66 to ; and Sardinian, 731
to 741.

At the bank to-day no bullion operations have
been reported.
At Paris to-day the Throe per Cent. Bentes
opened at 70fr. 25c. for the account, being about
the same as yesterday.

The Paris Journals contain the prospectus of the
Egyptian Government Seven per Cent. Loan of
1868. The loan consists of £832,300, or 20,807,500
franca of Seven per Cent. Bente, representing
£11,890,000, or 297,250,000 francs of nominal
capital. The contractors are the Societe Generale
and Messrs. Oppenheim, Alberti, and Co., at Paris
the Imperial Ottoman Bank, at London: and
Messrs. H. Oppenheim, Nephew, and Co., at
Alexandria. The issue price is 76 per cent., with
dividend from the 15th instant. The dividends
are to be payable on the 15th January and 15th
July. The loan is redeemable at par in thirty
years, by drawings by lot, which are to take place
in May and November in each year, the first draw-
ing being fixed for May, 1869. The payment of
the coupons is to take place at Paris, London, and
Alexandria, at the fixed exchange of 2.5 f. to the
pound sterling.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have
appointed Monday next a ' settling day in
the Five per Cent. P Debenture Stock of
the South Eastern way Company, which is to
be marked in the official list. The committee
have also ordered the stock of the Weymouth and
Portland Railway Company to be officially quoted.
The directors of the London Joint Stock Bank
have resolved to declare at the general meeting to
be held on the 16th inst., the usual dividend at
the rate of 121 per cent. per annum.