The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-11 00:00:00

CABUMATIIB.

Berm, August 11.—The Raineld Gabriel, from Sunderland
to Narva, is stranded on Dagos; ship a meek, crew saved.
Bamoswarsa, August 10.—The Sisters, of Chepstow, from
Newport to this port, sprung a leak and sunk yesterlay, iu a line
with little f3ore and the /lathed= light : crew saved :
little hopes of saving vessel or cargo.

WEATHER EXPORT.-(1111S DAY.)

TUESDAY, ALDUS', 11, 8

A change in the distribution of atmospherical measure boa
taken place since yesterday, and the highest pressuredreportog
this morning are in the north. At other stations the readings
are much lower. In the mouth-west of
inch. are En=tiere has been a
diminution of four-tenths of as lowest at
Holyhead and Penzance. Temperature is lees the north and
west, but on the Channel mad there has been a alight rise. At
southern stations moderate winds from the mouth bars been
yse-
relent, but they have veered to the south-west. On our nortbern
and eastern masts the wind is light, from the eastward. Except
in the south of England, has fallen over our island/7Z
greatest amounts reported from the Irish coast. The sky is
generally overcast, and rain is now falling at mat of our stations.
Thunder it npurted from the west coast of Prance.

ASSAULT UPON A RECORDER.—A pitman, named
William Thom , living at Braadde, was charged
before the Leeds magistrate. yesterday with an assault
upon Mr. John Bramwell, recorder of Durham, and
stealing from him his walking-stick. On Saturday Mr.
Bramwell was enjoying an evening walk by the Wear
side, when the prisoner came up to him in a narrow
lane and offered to lay a wager. The learned recorder
indignantly refused this offer, and the prisoner attempted
to seize his (Mr. BramweU's) dog without success. He
then made an unprovoked assault upon the recorder, seized
his walking stick, and then ran away. The defendant
was tined 3/. and costs for the assault, and the charge of
stealing was withdrawn.—Leeds Merrary.
BRIGANDAGE IN nix PAPAL STATES.-A letter
from Rome states that brigandage in Rome becomes more
audacious. " Several families who were passing the sum-
mer at Fraacati, have returned to Rome under the influ-
ence of fright. A few days back a gentleman named
Sentoveti, a landed proprietor in the neighbourhood, re-
turning in his carriage from one of his farms attended by
a servant, perceived a brigand armed with a double-
barrelled carbine barring the way. The robber
summoned the driver to stop, but the latter
whipped his horse into a gallop, his master, however, re-
peeing a bullet in the shoulder. In the nit of the 3rd
a far more serious crime was perpetrated. The keeper of
the Villa Muti, situated at the entrance to Frascati, near
the railway station, was returning home. Two men
seized him by the throat while he was traversing a small
wood, and demanded a sum of money which they said he
bad received that day, at the same time threatening him,
one with a poniard and the other with a gun. ' The
money is in my house,' replied the keeper, ' when the night
becomes darker you can come with me and I shall let on
have the whole.' The brigands acted accordingly :
led him, his hands tied behind his back, to the town ;
on his arriving close to his house he called to his wife, who
awoke from her sleep. Seeing from the window that her
husband was bound and in the hands of two meu, she
raised a cry for help, instead of throwing the money out
to himt and at the same moment be made a dmparate
attempt to break his bonds. But three stabi from a
poniard extended the unfortunate man dead upon the
ground. and the brigands thou made off."
The Court of Cessation at Paris has just decided
that when the husband and wife cannot sires upon the
choice of • godmother for their child, the tribunals may
eider that the selection made by the father shall be acted
ou even in cases in which =pared in a woos at taut°
shall have been pronounced at the in =ince of the mother,
and that the latter, charged by the judgment of separation
with the custody of the child, may have proposed a%
ft male sponsor her own mother, Ike ooly surviving grand-
! sr( nt of the infant.

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"Wer(44ooH.
In the Stook Itiohinge to-der very
few trimeastions have been reLxocitd, And
pima generally aro . The at-
tendance of members is limited, and it is
anticipated that there will be no important
increase of btudnass for some weeks* Mune. The
government funds are eat, anitherprillsdined per
oak. The movements in railway slicks, which
are unimportant, are about eve* balance 1.
Foreign bonds, on the whole, are rather firm, and
an advance has occurred in some cases. Italian of
1861, however, hays experienced a relapse.
The discount market is quiet, but the quota-
tion for the best Wills is 11 to 1 per cent. The
charge for loam; in the Stock Exchange is 1! to 2
per oent.

Console are quoted 931 to 94 for money, and
94 to 1 for the account. (Sept. 8), and the
Three per Centa. Reduced and New Three per
Cents., 94 to 4.
The variations in railway stocks comprise a rise
of 1 per cent. in London. and North-Western,
Brighton, and South-Eastern, and a reduction of
Ito in Midland and Groat Northern A. Prices
are quoted as follows :—Caledonian, 761 to ;
London and North Western, 1181 to I; Great
Western, 494 to 4; Midland, 107 to ; London and
South Weetern, 92 to 93; Great Eastern, 384 to
1; Brighton, 531 to 1 ; South Eastern, 77 to ;
Metropolitan, 1174 to f ; Great Northern,
1031 to 1081; Ditto A, 1021 to 104; London,
Chatham, ai Dover, 194 to 20 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, UR to 131 ; York and North Mid-
land, 92 to NI; Berwick, 102 to 103 ; and
Ifottit /frittott,4B3; to f.

Some of the foreign stocks are inquired for.
Egyptian of 1884 and Turkish of 1862 have im-
proved 1 per cent., viz., to 8.5 to 86, and 64 to
65, respectively. Peruvian of 1865 are quoted
781 to 1, showing a rise of 1 per cent. ; Spanish
of 1867, 331 to 341, being better; Italian of
1861, 521 to ne-a reduction of 1; the Orel
Vitebsk Railway loan, 831 to 841—a decline of 1;
Brazilian of 1863, 761 to 77; Chilian of 1867,
92/ to 931 ; Mexican, 131 to f ; Russian of
1866, 921 to 531; Turkish of 1858, 661 to 671 ;
and ditto of 1865, 381 to 1.
No variation is apparent in Indian securities.
The Five per Cents. are at 1141 to 115; the
Four, 1041 to 1 ; the Bonds, 201. to 255. prem. ;
and the Debentures, 1031 to 1. Bank Stock, 247
to 249 ; and Exchequer Bills, 13s. to 18s. preen.
Bank shares are neglected. London and West-
minster, 68} to 1; London and County, 51} to
521; Union of London, 351 to 1 ; Anglo-Austrian,
61 to 1 prem. ; London and Brazilian, 30 to 23 dis. ;
Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 1 prem. ; and Consoli-
dated, 1 to I prem.
The market for miscellaneous shares is inactive,
with very few dealings. National Discount, 111 to
$; General Credit, 2} to 2i dia. ; Credit Foncier,
21 to 3 per share ; International, I 1 to 11 dia. ;
London, 231 to 221 dia. ; Hudson's Bay, 151 to 1;
Telegraph Construction, 151 to ; Atlantic Tele-
graph Eight per Cent. Preference, 4to 1; and
Anglo-American, 211 to 1.
American securities are without change of im-
portanoe. The 5-20 Bonds are at 711 to 1; Erie
Railway shares, 371 to 1; Illinois Central, 921
to 1; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 381
to 1; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 381
to 1.

The New French Loan is quoted 1 to 11 prom;
the Swedish, 2 to 2} prem. ; the Egyptian, par to
prem. ; the Canadian Interecdonial, 104 to
1061; and the Tamboff-Korloff, to 11 prem.
Mr. L. H. Evans, the official liquidator of the
Financial Corporation, has announced a further
dividend of as. in the pound (making together 7a.
in the pound) for the creditors, payable at his
office, on Thursday next.
The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western
Railway Company will be held on the 3rd of
September.
A petition for the winding-up of the North
Stafford Steel, Iron, and Coal Company, Burslem
(Limited), is to be hoard before Vice-Chancellor
Medina on the next petition-day.

TWO O'CLOCK.

The English funds remain dull, at 931 to 94,
and 94 to 1. Home railway stocks are offered,
and a reduction of to 1 per cent. is
apparent in London and Forth Western,
Midland, Great Eastern, and Metropolitan.
The only change in foreign bonds is a decline of
in Italian of 1881, and Spanish of 1867.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
Consols remain dull, at 931 to 94 for money,
and 94 to 1 for the account.
Railway stocks are slightly better in a few cases.
Metropolitan, 1161 to 117 ; Brighton, 53 to 1;
South Eastern, 77 to 1; Caledonian, 761 to / ;
Midland, 1061 to 1071; London and North
Western, 1161 to # ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
130 to 1; and Great Western, 491 to 1.
As regards foreign bonds, Spanish of 1867 and
Turkish of 186.5 have improved 1 to 1 per cent.,
viz., to 331 to 341 and 381 to $, respectively; but
Italian of 1861 are lower, at 53/ to 1. Orel,
831 to 841; and Nicholai, 661 to 1.
Bar gold, valued at 100,0001., has been taken
from the Bank to-day for abroad.
At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 70fr. 25c. for the account, being sc.
lower than yesterday.
The subscription list of the new French Loan
closes in Paris at 5 o'clock on Thursday next, and
in London, at the offices of the General Credit and
Discount Company, at 2 o'clock, on the same day.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have
appointed Thursday next a special settling
day in the English Scrip and paid-up Scrip for
4,000,0001. of the Egyptian Government Seven
per Cent. Loan of 1868, which are to be marked.
The Committee have also ordered the shares of the
Union Steamship Company to be quoted in the
. official lists.

The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 1221. over last year.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
of Canada, for the week ending the 7th inst.,
shows a decrease of £1,171, compared with the
corresponding period of last year.
The prospectus has been issued of the Tower
Subway Company, with a proposed capital of
12,0001., in 1,200 shares of 101. each. The object
is to establish under the Thames a subway be-
tween Tower-hill and Southwark, for the convey-
ance of passengers and parcels. It is mentioned
that " the mode of communication authorised by
the company's act is a line of steel rails laid in a
tunnel under the bed of the river, on which an
omnibus carriage will travel each way, and be
brought to the surface by hydraulic lifts; the
journey, from the top of one shaft to that of the
other, will occupy about three minutes;" and that
" the time necessary to complete the work is not
expected to aimed eight months."
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Coin-
psny will be held on the 27th inst., and the half-
yt arly meeting of the mortgagees on the 28th.

A fire broke out three days beck in the village
of Buren, sear Caen, and in an exceedingly short time
destroyed thirty buildings. A boy of seven years of age,
paying with Inciter matches, happened to throw one still
alight among some oohs-pods in the yard of a farmer
named Italia, and the man, being WI dry as tinder, caught
fire at one.

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and whae Beton shame.
Anse ay the quotations of foreign and oolo-
nial shia7e:—flt. John del Bey, 19 to 90 ;
Don Pedro, 24 to ; arum ; Anglo-Brazilian, par
to prem. • ntales, 2to ; Prontino and
Bohvia, to # ;
Mae Vicente, par to 4 prem. ; errioan.
lf to t; Port Phillip, 1 9-16 tat 11.16; Petite-
masa to dis. ; and Yudanamutana, 4to 1.

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

[Closing pnces to 1 p.m.'
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT BECURITIZEI.
Cltnada, 6 per cent., Jan. and July, 1877-84, 104, 4.
New Zealand, 6 par cent., 1891, Jan., Aprd, July, awl
ctbber, 98.
Quaeoalsad, 6 pet cent., Jan. and July, 1891, 1061.
Ilurnaalan, 6 per cent., Jan. and Jody, 1896, 1061.
Victoria, Cper cent., Jan. and July, 1891, 114 g.

tiR/SINABY RUBES AND aroma.
Bristol and Exeter, 82i, 3.
Great Eastern, 381, 8.
Great Northern, 1861.
Great Western, ongutal, 491,
Lanceakire and Yorkshire, 130 • i•
London, Brighton, and South '
London, Chatham, and Dover, 20.
London and North Western, 111,21.iire,
London and South Western, 92, .
Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc 43k.
Metropolitan, 117 k, t, 18*.
Midland, 107, 2.
North Eastern &KUL 56), 7.
Do. (York),
North ft.fordehire, 683.
South Saidera, 771 I.
'IPSEPUBENCE SEAMS AND STOOK&
Midland, A and B, 6 per cent:, 104, 6.