The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-22 00:00:00

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PAUPERISM 711 1866 AlfD 1867.—A parliamentary
refers, lamed this stands, gives a oxopustive statement
01 the numbs of penpas of all classes (except lunatic paupers
minxes and vegetate relieved out of doors) in receipt of
relief cm the Ist day in each week In the quarters ended
Michesheav 1866 and 1857 respectively, In unions, &c.
Pros this document it spars that the numbers
of peepers relieved In the anions on the last day
of the fourth weak of October, 1866 were—indoors,
17,726; out-door, 63,775; total, 91,601. This year
OD the same date, the numbers were, Indoor, 27,927; out •
door, 64,931; total, 92,858, being an Increase of 1,357. The
total of the sieves divisions of England and Wales was, In
1866, indoor, 116,326; outdoor, 706,946; total, 822,271. In
1867, Indoor, 116,861; outdoor, 706,034 ; Vaal, 822,883,
being an Masse of 614, er 0.07 per est. The divisions
which show • decrease ere—The eastern, 2,676; the south-
settee, 2,699; the west midland, 2,925. The north•
western division shows an increase of 4,899.
THR 012sTIAM POISONING CARL—mi. cue
has been exciting considerable interval in Oleegow end the
Eaglesham diatriet. The indictment abases the panel—
Thomas or Walker—with the murder of Agnes Mont.
gantry, in Eaglets', and the attempted murder of Mr.
end Mrs. Mason, in late-street, Waseca. by ewes of prus-
sic add. About ninety witness and tidy podonions are
adduced for the prosecution. The Lord Justice Clerk is un-
derstood to have come to the west specially to preside at
this trial, which it expected to extend over thrsdays at least
Ales. Moodie, Es., the junior counsel In Miss Smith's '
as hes been retained for the deletes, and • been juridical
mum la anticipated, ea the and melba evidence is
add to be peculiarly delicate end debateable.—Biaegoto Deily
I Ka&

Ttet LEVIATIIAL—The launching of the Leria-
arol not be resumed until the nest springs which
Imps et tie close of the year and commencement of the
arming yew. In the course of Saturday and yesterday
stem* glop of labourers were employed in driving pike
kir the macs of fresh buttresses nearer the cradles. The
hydasoniczesee which will be applied on the rionaptlan of
the *II be more than double that to which the
isthilea =beta subjected. Then ere to be twels ed-
ema She osntfostes to * even sad ha
oa the cradles and ways. On Saturday, at -high water, she
W M bat ell Who of vats under ha bottom.

MONEY MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoor.

The funds this morning showed continued buoy-
ancy, and at one period a fresh rise of
1 per oent. was momentarily attained. Sales
were then pressed, and an extreme reac-
tion of 1 per cent. ensued, from which there has
been no recovery. Prioes are now quoted about k per
cent. lower than at 4 o'clock yesterday.
Consols for the Bth Jan., after reaching 931 to 1,
are now quoted 9n to ex div. The Three
per Cents. Reduced are marked 921 to 931; the
New Three per Cents., 93 to 931; Bank Stock,
2171 to 2181; Exchequer Bills, 6s. to Is. die. ; Ex-
chequer Bonds, 1869, 98 ; and India Bonds, 20s. dia.
Turkish Six per Cents. have receded to 961
to /, but most other foreign stocks continue
in good request. Sales are recorded as fol-
low,: Brazilian Old Five per Cents., at 971 to
961; ditto, for account (31st Dec.), at 97 to 971;
ditto, Five per Cents., 1829 and 1839, at 951 ;
Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, at 97/ to 97 ;
Equador Provisional Land Warrants, at .31 ;
Guatemala Five per Cents., at 63 ; Mexican Bonds,
at 19/ ; ditto, for account, at 201 and 191 ;
Portuguese Three per Cents., 1863, for ac-
count, at 441 to 44/ ; Spanish Old Three
per Cents., at 411 ; ditto, New Deferred Three per
Ceuta., for account, at 261 ; Turkish Six per Cents.,
for account, at 96k and 961; ditto, Guaranteed Four
per Cents., for account, at 1011 to 1011.
At Paris to-day (Tuesday), according to Mr.
Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 67fr. 95e. ex div., for the account, and
were quoted at half-past one o'clock at the same
price, showing a further advance of / per cent.
Amongst the favourable features of yesterday was
a large arrival of specie from the United States, and a
purchase of 100,0001. Reduced Three per Cent. stock,
for delivery to-day. This purchase was attri-
buted to banking account. Many bankers who sold
their reserves of stock prior to or during the panic
are anxious to get it back without paying too high a
price, foreseeing that the present extraordinarily
high rates of discount will not be maintained much
longer.

In the discount market the supply of money is
most abundant. Good bills are negotiated at various
rates from 91 to 8 per cent., according to quality.
At the Bank, large sums continue to flow in, whilst
the demand yesterday was light. The business of the
Bank consists now of receiving, not of paying.
Their " reserve " must be rapidly augmenting, and
the disposition to look for an immediate reduction in
the Bank rate of discount is decidedly increasing.
In the Stock Exchange there is also a large sup-
ply of money, and much difficulty is experienced in
placing it. Loans on government securities for a
week were obtainable yesterday at 4 to 5 per cent.
The amount of gold purchased by the Bank yester-
-11 day was about 80,000.

At Paris yesterday the Three per Cent. Rentes
rose fully i per cent., closing at 67.63- ex div. for
money, an 67.83 for the end of the month.

The accounts from all the other continental stock
markets announce a further improvemtnt. At
Vienna the increase of eenfidence in financial circles
has caused the exchange on London to fall from 10.30
to 10.22.

At Hamburg the best bills can be discounted at 4
to 5 per cent., money accumulating rapidly. The
demand for stocks and shares is brisk, bat there are
no sellers, even at higher prima than those now
current.

A slim of 40,0001. in gold has arrived from the
Levant, of which 28,0001. is received by the Otto-
man Bank.

The specie and bullion ex the steamer Parana,
from the West Indies, &c., were delivered yesterday.
The 92,0001. in gold is expected to be sent in to the
Bank.

The 338,000/. brought from New York by the
Africa will also be delivered to-day, and la ex-
pected to go into the Bank. About 10,0001. is stated
to be on French account.

The steamer Niagara has taken out 27,5001. in
specie to New York.

The advice, from New York are decidedly a al/-
factory. The rate of discount, for Hrst-class bills, is
now 9 to 12 per cent. per annum.
A feature of yesterday's business in the Stock Ex-
charge was an increased demand for all the gua-
ranteed Indian railway stocks. The announcement
that the British government have formally notified
to the East India Company their intention to bring
in a bill for abolishing the double government has
determined fresh purchases. These securities have
always been in great favour with investors, and the
belief that the authorities will now do their utmost
to promote railway works tends to encourage
holders and to stimulate investments.

' It is well known that thePernambueo (Recife and
6so Francisco) Railway Company enjoy a Brazilian
guarantee of 7 per cent., viz., S per cent from the
imperial government and an additional 2 per
cent. from the provincial government. It is under-
stood that henceforward the company will look to
the imperial government for the whole 7 per cent.,
the latter undertaking the settlement with the pro-
vincial authorities. In many quarters this arrange-
ment is regarded as almost equivalent to an imperial
guarantee of 7 per cent. to the company. It is also
understood that the government will grant 5 per
cent. per annum upon bonds to the amount of
400,0001. This sum will be applied to the purposes
of the company, and the calls upon the shareholders
will be thus rendered lighter. In these arrangements
the government are actuated byan enlightened wishto
promote the prosecution of the railway, the comple-
tion of which cannot fail to add greatly to the pros-
perity of the districts through which it is to ruo.
The first section of the line is expected to be opened
in January.
It has already been explained that to each of the
new 7 per cent. bonds offered by the Illinois Central
Railway Company is attached the option of sub-
scribing for 25 shams of the company at per, et any
period until 1861. Some large transactions have
taken place in the "options" attached to the new
bonds at 10 prem. per share. In other words, parties
arc found willing to pay ten dollars per share for the
option for three years of taking up shares at par.
Should the shares rise within that period to anything
like the value attained some time ago, the purchasers
of the option will of course exercise their right and
net a considerable profit ; on tha other hand, should
the shares not ascend beyond ten premium, they
will law the ten dollars per share now paid for the
option. Such transactions are essentially specula-
tive, and even partake of a gambling character, yet
suit the views of some operators. The way in which
such a transaction benefits an existing shareholder
who subscribes to the new loan is thus Supposing
that he subscribes 1,000 dole. for a new seven per
amt. Bond, and sells at 10 dole. per share the option
of 25 shares thereto attached, he pays in reality only
760 dole. for the bond, and, in the event of the loan
being only partially taken up, and a call on the
shares being thus rendered necessary, he could pay
in, on account of the call, instead of cash, at the rate
of 1,000 dole. the bond which has only cost him 750
dole. The project is ingeniously devised with a
view to induce existing shareholders to increase their
stake in the undertaking, ef the prospects of which,
especially with the floating debt cleared off, a ma-
rline opinion is entertained by the parties inte-
rested.

The Six per Cent. Debentures of the Grand Trunk
Railway of Canada, which at the worst period of
the recent panic were unsaleable at 64, closed yes-
terday afternoon at 84 to 86, showing a clear ran of
20 per cent. within a few weeks.
The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
of Canada presents a decrease of 3,1791.,
compared with that for the corresponding period of
last year. This is lea unfavourable than the returns
lately published.
Por some time past a system has been adopted
at Hamburg of affixing the names of eminent
slippers of brandy upon common spirit, menufac-

tured in that city, and exporting it to the colonies
where those shippers had acquired a consider-
able reputation. Upon detecting this fraud, in
one instance, Messrs. Denis, Monnit, and Co.,
through an agent, instituted proceedings in the
Court of Chancery, the issue of which was, that the
defendants were compelled to disclose the names of
the vessels by which the brandy was forwarded.
Instructions were then despatched to Mel-
bourne to take legal proceedings against the
consignees. The result has been fortunate,
both for Messrs. Denis, Mount:, and Co., and
for other shippers whose lables have been
pirated. We subjoin from the Melbourne Argus
the following extract of the judgment given in the
Supreme Court by Mr. Justice Barry—a judgment
which has been received with much satisfaction by
throe interested in the trade, both here and at

Cognac
his Honour said that, eithere were several matter of fact
dented in this ease—such as whether the plaintiffs had such a
use of this mark as to otestitute a right to it, and whether
they ever sold under it—at drat he was in doubt whether ho
should not send it down ea an issue in law, before he pro-
nounced his judgment on the bill. On further conciderat ion,
however, be had resolved to grant the injunction, as that
would not injure the defendants ; for, if they did not mean
to use the plaintiff.' name to deceive the public, they could
wash the labels off the bottles ; and this would not injure the
sale, as they stated in their answer that brandies were sold
by sample m Melbourne.
The corn market yesterday was very dull, at the
previous Monday's rates. The number of floating
cargoes of grain arrived at ports of call since last
Friday is 16. Some of the country markets are
reported rather firmer, but in France the tendency is
downwards.

MONDAY MYINIPS.

The rise in the prices of public securities con-
tinues. At one period this morning the funds
attained a fresh advance of 1 per cent., a stimulus
being imparted by the failure of a "jobber" in tl o
Stock Exchange, who had effected large speculative
sales of Consols and of French railway shares. A
reaction of 1 per cent. ensued, but towards the close
renewed buoyancy prevailed, and the latest quota-
tions were fully 1 per cent. above those of Saturday.
Consols for the Bth January, which closed on Sa-
turday at 921, " buyers," opened this morning at
921, to touched at 93, "buyers," and closed at 93,
" sellers," ex div. The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Consols for account (Jan. 8),
921, 921, 93/, 92/, 92j, ex div. ; Three per Cents.
Redumd 921, 92/, 93 ; New Three per Cents., 921,
931 ; Thirty Years Annuities, expiring in April,
188.5, 171; Bank Stock, 218/, 218; Three-and-a-
Half per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in
1858, NI, 99 ; ditto, 18S9, 98 ; India Bonds, 20s. die.
Exchequer Bills were rather dull, at tar. die. to
par. India Bonds were firmer, being purelmeed at
200 discount.

The market for foreign stocks participated in the
general upward tendency. Turkish Six per Cents.
were purchased as high as 96, and closed at 93: to
1, or a per cent. higher than on Saturday. The
Guaranteed Four per Cents. Tore 1 per cent., being
last quoted 101 to 1. The inquiry extendtd to
Spanish, Portuguese, Niexican, Grenadian, Perm ian,
Sardinian, and -Russian stocks, and in most cases an
advance was established.

Bank shares to.clay were firm, with more inquiry.
Those of the English, Scottish, and Australian
Chartered Bank advanced Is. Ottoman Bank and
Bank of Egypt shares were also firmer; the former
closed at 17f to and the latter at 4) to 4 die. Agra
and United Service Bank shares were officially
marked 10 prem. Australian Agricultural, Peel
River, Van Diemen's Land, and Electric Telegraph
shares were all inquired for, with an upward ten-
dency: Netherlands Land Preference also met with
some inquiry. Crystal Palace shares closed at 1 4-16
to 7-16 ; some large sales were effected at 11.
Canadian Government Six per Cents, chow a
fresh rise of; per cent.
The shares in the Indus Steam Flotilla mere
quoted 7-16 to 9-16 prem.

MINRA-THIS DAY.

Tw•o o'CLocic.

There is still no sign whateverOf a—r;vivarof
business in British mining stocks. In the Stock
Exchange no transactions are officially reported;
prices, in most cases, are merely nominal.
Foreign and colonial mining securities arc also
dull. tailed Mexican shares have been dealt iu
at 31.

Subjoined is the °Mei d list of pride in the
Mining Exchange yesterday:

Devon Great Consols, 422}, 427+ ; East Alfred, 2:: Lady
Bertha,ll3.., 19e.; West G reaville, 4e. 94., 5e., ie. 94., 6..3J.;
Wheal Edward, 6Z, I, 6/. 16e. 3d. ; Wheal Kitty ,Evient),
16, 161.

MON OLT WILNINO.

Business in home mining stocks remains generally
inactive, but transactions are reported from the Stock
Exchange (although not included in the official list)
in the following descriptions, viz.:—Great Wheal
Vor, at 18s. to 195.; Wheal Edward, GI to 7 ; South
Frances, 222 to 223; Tamar Consols, lbs. 6d. to
16s. 6d.; Sortridge Consols, la; South Cern Brea.
4to4k ; Virtuous Lady, 225. to 234. 6d.; Vac of
Towef l6s. 6d. to 15s. 9d.; Wheal Tehidy, to
if ; and Lady Bertha, 19s. Wheal Bitty ;Lelunt;
shares were quoted lower.