The Express. — London, England, 1868-05-01 00:00:00

letter, lest a private party in a private house should be held by authority to be a public meeting. M. Alaboisette, the attorney of Evreux, has given to the poor-box of the town the 3,001./fr. damages which he recovered for the slanging given him by M. Janvier, the Prefect of the Eure, and which necessitated the dismissal of the prefect, notwithstanding the great favour he enjoyed at the Tuileries. It is now rumoured that the dis missed prefect will be made the editor of a govern ment journal ; and it is even suggested that M. ktouilrillares imperialism not being thought suffi ciently enthusiastic, M. Janvier may perhaps supersede him in the Constitutionnel. The soli darity between the government and the semi official press could not ho better illustrated than by the transfer of an editor (M. Paulin Limayrac) to s prefecture, and of a prefect (M. Janvier) to an editorship. A duel with swords was fought yesterday in the Bois de Satory, near Versailles, between Count do la Jara Collier, an attachis of the Peruvian legation, and a Monsieur P. de Rivuire. The combatants fought for half an hour, at the end of which time the seconds thought the fatigue of their principals a sufficient reason for leaving off, although two slight wounds received by M. de Rivoire were not judged to incapacitate him from fighting. The A relti a• Vat ;rnl, after giving copious extracts from the article of the Debate which I analysed yesterday, says : Those who feel reassured by the indiscreet revelations of the Deeets must be very obstinate optimists indeed. An old edition " Montaigne's Essays" (1538) was sold yesterday at the auction mart for 860 fr. (34!. Bs.). The following racy and essentially French para graph appears in the evening papers : Yesterday a young man and a lady took supper at a fashionable restaurant on the boulevards. In the course of tue evening the yono; man plunged a knife into his bosom. He was carried home. The blood which he boat produced a salutary impression upon him, and ho now e:- prc•sea a firm intention to go on with life. The Bourse was heavy, and for the first time for several months the quotations of the Rente on the settling day were not the highest of the month. Rente foil 1; lc. for cash, and 121 c. for account, closing at ii!Pfr. 25c. and 69fr. 275 c. Italian fell 40c., closin; at 48fr. 30c. ; Credit Funcier ifr. 50c., and Mobilier llfr. 25e. The Emperor and Empress of the French have prouduAl to visit Orleans on the 9th of May, to be present at the Agricultural Show. Some say their Majesties have another object in view, viz., that of making friends with the famous Ultramontane bishop of that district. The head of the Berlin police is now in Paris, ing arri ed there, it is understood, to study the work ,l the police Ig-stein in this capital. This Prussian i;:i—tiouary has already had several interviews with M. Next October, it is expected, the journey be t%,,( n S.lll Francirco and New York across the American continent will be made in ten days, viz., six days railroad travelling and four days' staging. - - A monument to the memory of Luther at Worms is to be inaugurated on Thursday, the 25th June. The files will last three days—the 24th, 25th, and 26th. ; Or Au E OF THE it OF WORCESTER. —l'3 e: , ,r aloes are being made on a grand scale at Badmin ton the approaching festivities. There are to be two grand balls—one on the ltith and the other on the 20th of May. To the first the nobility, gentry, and principal farmers of Gloucestershire and members of their families arc to be invited. The ball on the 20th will be on the sonic brilliant scale, when the company will be chiefly from Wiltddre. The splendid marquee that was used when the l'rince of Wales was at Badminton, and which is 300 feet long, will be pitched on the lawn where the dancing is to take place ; while the noble suites of apartments in the house are to be thrown open on both days. We believe that a third day will also be devoted to festivities, which will be chiefly in the open air, almild the weather permit. —t% RETURN ..F LORDLYTTELToNFILONINFAVZFALAND. —After a :iva months' absence from home, Lord Lyttelton returned yesterday to his seat at Ilaglev, Worcestershire, and the event elicited quite a demonstration in that quiet little place. His lordship left England for New Zealand on Dec. 2 the object of his excursion to that colony being to visit thei Canterbury settlement, where there is a large number of immigrants from the neighbourhood of Higley, and with which Lord Lyttelton is connected, through his family, Ly ties of property. Ile was accompanied by his son, the Hon Spencer Lyttelton, and Mr. Selfe, London magistrate. He arrived at Hagley yesterday after- noon, and there was a large throng outside the railway station tai meet him. A troop of yeomanry escorted the carriage in which he drove to the hall, and on entering the i; cannons were tired in honour of the event. His lord- ship was received by the members of his family and other friends, including the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Sir phen f :lynne, the lion. Carolina Lavinia Lyttelton, Miss Pole Carew, Miss Mary Gladstone, Mrs. John Gilbert Talbot. the Hon. I'. G. Lyttelton, Hon. and Hey. W. H. Lyttelton, &e. His lordship delivered a short address from the terrace of the hall, thanking his friends and neigh boa: a for the kind welcome they had given him. Mem. ~ N SUNDAN'S.—Mr. Clapham, proprietor of the " I:oyal Park," was summoned yesterday before the hmough magistrates for an infaingement of his license, in lt,ving allowed the performance of music in the Pal 0:1 Easter Sunday. The information was laid un kr se , ,. lilt and 102 of the Leeds Improvement Act, and the offenco having been proved, the defence set up was that Mr. Clapham did not know be was prohibit from performing sacred music on the Sunday. The magistrates held that there was no ex- cue whatever for him, and intimated their intention o! im:ictiug a fine of 51. It was seen, however, that, to the sections under vahich the information a... laid, the penalty was to revoke the license. This, the a.agistrates stated, was a more severe punishment than th,y intended to impose. and they resolved to suspend :u.i p..rnt until June IS, with the distinct intimation .t if, in the meantime, there was ar.y further violation 01 the law, the license would be withdrawn.—Leeds him It:)Elt AT ST. HBLEN'A.-A brutal assault, which has resulted in the death of the victim, has been committed at St. Helen'r. In Lord-street and Rack Ahiert•street, Gerard•bridge, there are a number of houses which have been untenanted for some time, and which have been allowed to fall into decay by their owners. Theae premises have been lately occupied by vagrants, and some of the most disreputable people in the borough. Night after night the cry of " murder " has been heard issuing from these dens, and so common had this cry become that at last is was unheeded by the neighbours and the police. A woman named Phillia He yes has been living in one of these houses in company with a man named Anthony Fillingham, a drunken fellow who has followed no regular occupation for several years past. Only recently one of this woman's children, a boy four years of age, was sent by the county magistrates to a reformatory for five years, he having become a nuisance to the surrounding neighbourhood by begging for Fil huAtiai.is support. On Monday, the 20:11 of April, this couple, while under the influence of drink, oom toe:iced nghting, and Fillingham committed a shucking ase.ult upon the woman. Not only did be gouge her eye with a i)ker, but broke her breast bone, fractured her skull, threw 'her down stairs, and tore off the hair of her he The woman lay in this mutilated condition until the foil 'wing Thursday, upon a bundle of straw, without r..cei slug any medical attention. On that day, another oc—vant of the house, a vagrant, informed Dr. M'llicholl, • of Cie medical officers of the Prescot onion, of the w . f111'41: . 3 e•odition, and be attended her up to the time of h. a d.!..th. As soon as information was given to the doe: , is:Hingham decamped, but he was subsequently ••ri•:.ll••adcd. On Tuesday last he was taken before Mr. tri Pilkington, ..T.P., and remanded until this morn • ras woman died yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. The stairs and the walls of the house are besmeared with th • of the unfortunate woman.—Manchester FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, as Anna I:irion, aged seventy-aix, of 63, Gray's-inn-road, was ,11 iriug a horse and cart with her daughter along the I;:ay'a-innocad, the horse stumbled, and she was preei o.t.:l into the road. Before she could be got up a two 1 .. or o waggon belonging to the Great Western Railway orvi both her legs. She was picked up and eon to the Royal Free Hospital, where she was attended 1 4 by Dr. J. li. Hill, who found both her legs badly frac and that she had sustained .other severe injuries. rh, unfortunate woman died an hour after admission. 5'11...-1; LNG ACCIDENT.—SEVEN MKS KILLED.— WolLesday evening, about five o'clock, intelligence that a dreadful accident had occurred at shaft on the Caerphilly branch of the Rhymney During the dinner hour a man had been work il.l; to the shaft, and asked to be pulled to the top of the Shortly afterwards six other men joined him to '"n" Ito their work in the shaft. When the engine was P ' e .„ t ,"‘ t , .otion it was found that the gerring had got onto( I before it could be remedied the whole of the !`' '"er.• thrown from the top of the shaft to the bottom, u"lgli of 117 yards,—Cambrian Leaden LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOI7BR OF LORDS. APPEALS. (Present : —The Lord-Chancellor, Lad Cranweeth, Lorl Chelmsford, Lord Westbury, and Lord Colonely.) ROOTLEDOE AND OTHERS 2•. LIW AND OTHERS. The arguments in this appeal from the decision of the Lords Justices were concluded to-day. The facts have already appeared in our columns. The question was whether an alien a cq uired an English copyright in • book composed by him or het which was first published in Eng land during his or her residence in a British colony or dependency. In this WO the authoress, • subject of the United States, had gone to reside at Montreal, during the publication of her work in England. The appellants, Mourn. Rontledge, contended that an alien author (the subject of • country between whine country and the government of this country there was no convention concerning international copyright) could not be permitted to acquire copyright in Great Bri tain, Ireland, and all the colonies, by means of a conoertel sojourn in a colony merely for the purpose of and during publication in England. On the other hind it was sub mated by the respondents that the term " author" as used in the act 5 and 6 Viet. cap. 45, ought to receive a wider construction than had been put upon it, and that an Eng lish copyright attached to all books or works first published in England, whether the author was or was not an alien, and whether resident or not at the time of publication within the British dominions. Their Lordships reserved judgment. Sir R. Palmer, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, Q.C., Mr. Shapter, Mrs Hardy, Mr. Sehomberg, and Mr. Speed, appeared for the parties. EQUITY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Giffard.) LION V. HONE. M.. James, Q.C., replied on the case for the plaintiff this morning. He commencing by expressing his regret at the foul and malignant charges which bad been made against the plaintiff, charge. which the evidence had wholly failed to justify, and which amounted to nothing beyond the basest slander. The decision of the case must turn upon the view which the court would take of a few broad taco. The account which the defendant Home gave of his peculiar powers was by no means clear or intelligible. In the preface to his work he is called a " mystic sensitive." Inn later passage, at page 74, there was n story about a handkerchief, something similar to that which had been introduced into this case. Part of the story was that the word "immortality " was written by the supposed spirit with only one " m," which Home said surprised him at first, but he afterwards re membered that the deceased was much versed in black letter writing, in which such elisions were common. (Laughter.) In another part of the book there was an account of a miraculous cure by Home of a deaf child. There were stories of Horne being raised from the chair in which he was sitting, sometimes unconsciously. He (Mr. James) would read as pail of his speech a letter of Sir David Brewster, in which he said that so long as Mr. Home confined himself to the character of the " Wizard of the West" he should view his exhibition with the same pleasure as that of any other conjuror. rut when he pretended to bring people into physical contact with the departed, and to reveal the secrets of the grave, he insulted religion and common sense, and tampered with some of the most sacred feelings of his victims. In that view he (Mr. James) fully concurred. He would now proceed to point out some of the uncontradicted facts of the case. First there was the story of the handkerchief, all in Home's handwriting. Then there was what took place on the 7th. Nobody could question the truth of what was stated by Mrs. James Fellowes and the boy, who deposed to hearing the hysterical scream of the plaintiff, and the exclamation of Home, "Do not interrupt me. I cannot proceed." Why was the husband's spirit introduced upon the scene at all? Without hesitation be (Mr. James) would say, this was no case of mysterious physical phenomena, of mystical manifestations, or of hallucination on the part of Home. Where a man was found going to a widow woman, and playing these tricks with a handkerchief, pretending to communicate with the dead, and so forth, what could be the result, except that he must be convicted, in any court of law or equity in the world, as a cheat and an impostor? He (Mr. James) had never said that • spiritualist, to be either a knave or a dupe, could not receive • valid gift—all he said was that if spiritualism, in the sense of pretended communications with.the dead, were the motive of the gift, it must fail. The entries in the book in Home's handwriting were a part of the case so damning to the de fendant, that his learned counsel had made every effort to get rid of the effect of it. They bad gone so far as to say it was written by Home at the plaintiff's dicta tion. Several extracts were read. One of the passages were—" We both then heard the voice say, ' Jane.'" In another place the writer says, "Mother was speaking of me, when the spirits came." Was it pos sible to suppose that these passages could have been die toted by Mrs. Lyon? Up to this time what had been the character of this lady ? She was proved to have been pos sessed of an income of i,OOOl. a year, of which she spent 500(. Then, having witnessed these pre tended communications, within nine days of their first meeting, this penurious old lady was found to have made over to a stranger a sum of no less than 24,0)0!., having seen no ono in the interval, except Mr. Hall, who was equally a stranger to her. He (Mr. James) would pass over the circumstances of the will, andof the deed of gift, with the remarks that bad been made upon them. They were all proofs of the influence under which the plaintiff was acting. There could not be anything more corroborative of Mrs. Lyon's story than the character of her instructions to Wilkinson. There WWI to he observed iu them that extraordinary mixture of shrewdness and folly which marked the whole of her con duct. At the very time whilst she was guarding against the possibility of Daniel's changing, and so forth, she was making a purposeless gift to him of 3),0001., which was wholly irrevocable. At the time when she believed she was obeying the dictates of her husband's spirit, her old shrewdness came over her, and she said she would not be an aznuitant—at least she would keep this life interest for herself ; she would not so far put herself in this man's power. Another confirmation was her statement that it was the execution of the mortgage deed which first opened hsr eyes. Her account of this was very natural. She says that upon reflection she could not conceive that her husband's spirit could have wished her to execute such a deed as that ; her suspicions increased ; and she filed this bill. He (Mr. James) thought it not extraordinary that an old lady who had been living so long in an atmosphere of fraud, falsehood, and forgery, should be found to have made some lapses of memory, and to have fallen into some contradictions, but considering the facts that had been proved in this remarkable case, he (Mr. James) hoped his Honour would come to the conclusion that she had been grossly deceived ; and coming to that conclusion that he would make a decree restoring to this lady her property, and protecting the public from a new and dan gerous form of fraud. Upon the conclusion of Mr. James's speech, at about a quarter past 11, the %lee-Chancellor said the case must, of course, stand for judgment. He should probably be able to give his decision on some early day in next term, but certainly not before. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Bitting* in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Blackburn and Batmen.) HOLDSWORTH V. DAKIN. This was • special case arising out of two demurrer?, one by the plainti f f to the defendant's plea to the declaration, the other by the defendant to the declaration itself. The plaintiff, it appeared, had been • bankrupt, and obtained a certificate under the Bankruptcy Act, end subsequently the defendant, who was one of the sheriffs for Mid dlesex, arrested him for • debt which had been contracted prior to the bankruptcy. When arrested he produced his certificate, and ()Limed his dis charge; but the officer refused to let him go, and took him to prison, alleging that the bankrupt must not only produce his certificate, but serve him (the officer) with a copy of it. That was the question now raised for the opinion of this court. The court was of opinion that the authorities were In favour of the defendant's view, and gate judgment ac cordingly. Judgment for the defendant. COITRT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) SHELDON e. 1111:11LDON. Mr. Inderwiok for the petitioner, the wife of a publican, at Spooldin, Staffordshhe. She was married to him i n 'gm Th e y Herd together for about five years, but their union was rendored unhappy by the respondent's drunken and violent habits. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAC 1, 1868. The Gaud male a decree aid ea the grout* al cruelty sad adultery. PATIMIDIM I M) r. PATTINDM gannim. Yr. Staveley , Q. 0., and Kr. Beetle tee the peti- Tie petitioner in this Mt was the Rev. G. H. Pattenden, the head master of the grammar school at Boston. In 1844 his sister died at a school where an aselstant govern ess, Miss Waldron, showed her gnat intention daring her illness. In that year he became attached to this young lady, and eventually, in 1846, he minted her. At that time he was 21, and his wife 20. Mr. Pattenden afterwards took holy orders and occupied situations in union, schools till at last he obtained the principal ship of that at Boston. Ten children were the fruit of the marriage. Some years ago be had staying with him two pupils named Kent, with one of whom, as be grew up, Mrs. Pattenden contracted a remarkable intimacy. Mr. Pattenden remonstrated with her, but she satisfied him that her conversation with Kent was of a religious character. In 1658, however, Kent died of consumption, and on his death-bed he wrote a letter to the petitioner excusing himself for the great error be had committed in alienating the respondent's affections from him. After that the parties were reconciled, and matters went on till 1864, when two persons named Dunn came to the school as teachers. It was alleged that the respondent usd become unduly attached to one of them. In January, 1865, the co-respondent, Ash° was commonly called Charles Louis George Ifotach, but whose real name was George Herzfeld, came to the school as • teacher of drawing and modern languages. About this time one of the children named Gertrude, aged 16, was taken ill. Hersfeld professed to have some knowledge of medicine, and saw the child • good deal. A considerable intimacy thus sprang up be• tween them. Bernfeld began at last to develop • great deal of arrogance to the servant* ; and in the November following the petitioner dismissed him. Bernfeld went away, and at last obtained a situation at the school of the ltev. J. Ingle, at Exeter, which he kept for some short time. After he left, a letter arrived on which Bd. postage had to be paid. Mr. Ingle, thinking it important, kept it for some time, and being unable to find where Bernfeld was, he at last opened it. It proved to be a very warm epistle from the respondent to Herzfeld. It was communicated to the ptitttioner, who separated himself from the re spondent, and began the suit. Mr. hill stated that he had obtained an attachment against the respondent for circa , lating a series of foul libels against her husband. but as she was in ill-health the writ had never been enforced. The respondent (who did not appear) had sent three ducu. merits to the t,tueen's Proctor, and the learned counsel pro fessed hinrselt anxious on the part of the petitioner for any inquiry that it tuight be thought desirable to institute iu the puldie interest. In support of the petitioner's cue servants were called who proved that they had noticed considerable inti macy between the respondents. While the child Gertrude was ill one of them had seen them lying on a bed together; but the respondent said they were only resting themselves. On auuther occasion however, Mn. Pattenden had gone to assist, as she said, the servants in their preparations for a FAA's lunch that was to be given on the speech day ; but, instead of helping them, she had spent a couple of hours with the co-respond ent in his bedroom. Letters of a penitent character, wliich had been received from the respondent by the petitioner, were also put in. Sir J. Wide said he was quite satisfied ; and added that the wife's letters seemed to show that she had no sort of ch..rge whatever to make spinet her husband. There must, therefore, be a decree nisi, with costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTOY. (Before Mr. Commissioner HoLoyd.l IN RE H. R. MAYNARD. The bankrupt bad kept the Adam and Eve public-house, Bowling-street, Westminster. He applied for his dis charge from debts of 3,11801., against which there was pro- perty of 1,303/.. held as security. Mr. Menus, for the cs.sisnees, did not object to the bankrupt having his ender, but asked that ho should pay the costs of the adjourned sitting, as there were no assets. His Honour granted the order on that condition. (Before Mr. Registrar liszlitt, sitting for Mr. Commis sioner Goulharn.) The learned registrar sat and disposHid of some unop posed cases. The cases in which opposition arose, of which there were several, was adjourned to a future day, the registrar not yet having received the authority of the Lord Chancellor to act as deputy-commissioner. Seeing the great public inconvenience thus occasioned, it is to be hoped that this state of things will not be suffered to exist long. MONEY MARKET.-(77118 DAY.) ON2 O'CLOCK. I The Stock Exchange is closed, this being the day fixed for striking the half-yearly balance at the Bank of England. We have, consequently, no beanies to report in stooks and shares. There is a fair demand for money to-day, and no transactions are reported in bills below 2 per cent., the beak minimum. The joint traffic return of the Caledonian and North British Railways shows this week an in crease of 1, 4461 . over last year. The subjoined notification has been issued by the Ban!: et England : Notice is hereb► given that in order to prepare the dividends due on the sth July, 1363, the balances of the several accounts in the following funds will be struck on the night of Tuesday, the 2nd Jane, 1963, viz. :-3/. per oent. Clusoiidated Annuities ; New 5!. per cent. Annui ties ; New 3/. 10.. per oent. Annuities, 1331; New 21. I.os. per amt. Annuities ; Annuities for Terms of Years; India per cent. Stock. On Wednesday, the 3rd June, the above-named funds will be transferrable without the dividend due ou the sth July next. East India Stook.—Shut, Friday, 12th Jane, 1363; open, Monday, Gth July, 1363. May 1. 1343. The numbers are published of 2,794 bonds, amounting to 75,3001., of the Ismail Pecha loan of 3,387,300 i., which were drawn on the 23rd April, and are to be paid off skpar on the 7th July. Advil:tea from Melbourne report the shipment of 734,0001. in gold to England. Including the Amount previously advised, the total on the way is no less than 1,609,0001. The steamer Great Britain left I Melbourne for Liverpool on the 15th of March, I and has doubtless a considerable portion of the above amount on board. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Wednesday, the 6th May, a special settling-day in the scrip of the Six perCent.,Debenture Stoc:: of the Metropolitan District Railway Company, which is to be marked in the official list. The committee have also ordered the New Five per Cent. Deben ture Stock of the Great Western Railway Company to be officially quoted. The committee will meet specially on Wednesday, the 6th May, to consider an application to mark the New Three per Cent. Bonds (1867) of the Spanish government. The Great Western Railway tratlic return shows this week a decrease of 4761., compared with the corresponding period of 1867 ; the Great Northern, an increase of 1 : 6041. • the Great Eastern, a de crease of 2,9011. ; the London anti South Western, a decrease of 6771. ; the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the Metropolitan Extension and branches, a decrease of 1,4401. ; the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an increase of 81. ; the North Eastern, an increase of 6,1161. ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an increase of 1,037/. ; and the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, a decrease of 1,3771. The adjourned meeting of tho shareholders of the European Bank (Limited) was held yesterday, when a long discussion took place with reference to the great losses of the undertaking, and the question whether the directors could be made legally responsible for them was fully discussed. No resolution, however, was arrived at upon this point. The liquidators' report, which has already been printedand circulated, was adopted, and it was announced that the creditors have agreed to the proposals already put forward for a settlement of their claims. Under this arrangement, which has also received the sanction of the Court of Chancery, a further dividend of Is. 6d. in the pound was paid to the creditors yesterday. At the meeting of the Bahia Gas Company (Limited), held yesterday, a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum was declared upon the ordi nary shares. meeting washeld yesterhy of the Fairbairn En gineering Company (Limited), when a dividend was declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The "Italian Irrigation Bondholders' Protection Association," of 110, Cannon-street, have yesterday issued a circular, in which they express their regret that their " efforts to come to tenus with the com mittee in Crosby-square, and the representatives of the company, with a view to taking the Canal Cavour out of bankruptcy, !rive not been attended with success." The committee add :—" Under these circumstances, your committee feel that the best course to be pursued is to await the course of events in Italy ; and the General Agency (Limited) will continue, under our supervision, to protect your interest s in bankruptcy.' _ . At the meeting yesterday of the Paraguassu Steam Tramroad Company (Limited) the directors' report was adopted. We have received a copy of the second annual report of the "Colonial and Foreign Banks Gua rantee Fund." We extract as follows : The trustees, in presenting the second annual report and statement of receipts and expenditure to the 31st March. 1868, have the pleasure to state that during the year 291 new policies have been granted, making, with 318 granted during the previoaa year, the total number of policies Mined to date, 609. The subscriptions on the 21 1 1 new policies amount to 8,7871. 10s., making, with 9,5211. 11s. previously subscribed, the total subscriptions at date 18,3091. ss. The reserve fund at the same time amounts to 8,057/. ss. Bd. Creditors of the Southampton Imperial Hotel Company (Limited) are required to send the par ticulars of their claims to Mr. Edmund Pullein, the official liquidator, by the 23rd of May, the 10th of June having been appointed by the Muter of the Rolls for adjudicating upon them. Subjoined is Messrs. Culverwell, Brooks, and Co.'s report of yesterday's hide sales : At the eighth series of hide sales for the year there was a good general demand, and for all descriptions fair to full prices were realised. East India.—Ox and Cow.—The small quantity offered was well competed fur both by the home trade and exporters, and full pr oes to an advance of id. per lb. were realised. 55 247 hides offered all sold. East India.—Bu ff alo sold freely, and full rates were ob tained. Leather.—East Indian sold well. Australian was strongly competed for, realizing an advance of d. to per lb. Salted Hides. — Aar ian were in good request ; all offered bringing !all prices. Cape realised late rates ; also Gibraltar and Lisbon. Tangiers were in fair request, bet prices may be quoted id. to id. per lb. lower. Dry and Dr salted Hide — Cape —Cape were well competed for. Tangiers were in steady request ? and measly sold ; but prime generally were rather smear. Bark.—Mimosa was all bought in. THIRD EDITION. - - - POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. "CAPTAIN AVASH " AND THE " WEISHER4 " Tlontaz Burnham, desc:ibed u a woodcutter, of the Sussex Hotel, BouverieUreet, Fleet-street, was charged before Mr. Knox with being concerned, with another man not in custody, in stealing from the person of Mr. Robert Southwell Greville Nugent, of No. 5, Sussex-place, York road Lambeth, 21f. in silver. . . Mi.. E. Lewi., of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosecution, and in opening the case said if his in structions were correct the robbery with which the prisoner was charged was one of the most daring ever committed. the other man, not in custody, having seized the prosecu tor's arms and held him while the prisoner took 20s. in silver from prosecutor's pocket at 7 o'clock in the evening in Windmill-street. Prosecutor—Yesterday evening about 7 o'clock I went into the Catherine Wheel public•house in Windmill-street, and on my coming out of the house a man seized my arms while the prisoner took a pounds worth of silver from my trousers pocket and also my purse, but I took my puree from him. They then went away but I afterwards saw the prisoner and gave him into custody. The prisoner —Have you not seen me before ? Prosecutor—No. The prisoner —Are you not a " welsher," and one of those who " pick op" persons and never " part"! (pay.) Prosecutor—No. I was not quarrelling about a bet with a non, pe and refusing to pay. Frederick Buckingham, 149 A Reserve—About a quarter after 9 the prisoner was given into my custody at the Catherine Wheel—a house which is frequented by " welshers." The prisoner said, " Where is the other men gone tot" and then that he knew nothing of the affair. —— - The prisoner—l was all day drunk but I believe the affair arose out of a bet. The prosecutor I know Ina• mately and he is telling a parcel of lies. Sergeant Shillingford. 4 C—Lest 'night at half-past eight, I was acting as inspector at Vine-street, when the prosecutor came in and said he had been robbed by two men. I asked him if he knew them and he said he did and that he had treated them at the Catherine Wheel, Windmill-street, and that the landlord knew a friend who was with him. I have visited the house frequently, and it is resorted to by " welshers " and sharpers. J have seen the prosecutor at the house, and also ilia friend Macdowell, and also the prisoner, who has been convicted. The prisoner —Yes, I had nine months for stabbing Tom Paddock. Gordon, 33 C—The prisoner is known as "Captain Smash," ands a companion of " Welshers." Mr. Lewis—Tho prosecutor informs me that be d :2 treated the prisoners friend, but that the prisoner with them. Sergeant ShillMgford— On my asking the prosecutorwhy be did not give the persons into custody at aloe, or speak to the polioe, he said that he did not see any police, but there were two stationed close to the house ; and he also said that the men ran away, but afterwards that they followed him to the station. _ _ Mr. Knox—After such false swearing 1111 I have heard on the part of the prosecutor. I must, notwithsteading the prisoner's character, disoluirge Mm. SHOCK iNo SUICIDE.—A gunner belonging to the 6th brigade of Royal Artillery, named James Cox, com mitted suicide at the Gun-white. Barracks, Portsmouth, yesterday morning, by placing the muzzle of a loaded car. bine in his month, discharging it, and so blowing out his brains. The body of the deo:slued was found in No. 5 closet by a comrade named Edmund Ryan, the deceased's bead being blown to pieces and the brain, scattered about. It appeared that the deceased had frequently been absent at tattoo-roll, and as • consequence had suffered much confinement and near him, when his body was found, wu apiece of paper, on which the following word, were written : " Miss Parley, Bedford-street, Bognor. Sussex.— Pus to right to my dear mother. I am misbell." A coroner's inquest was subsequently held, and the verdict returned was that the deceased had committed suicide by shooting himself, but that there was no evidence to show the state of his mind at that time. A CASE OF SHOOTING Two SWEETHEARTS. In December last we gave particulars of the shooting of two ymlng men, named Dickinson and Cruickshank', who went at midnight, on the 14th of that month. to serenade the daughters of Mr. Mathew Douglas, farmer, near Distington, Cumberland. On Wednesday they brought an action against Mr. Douglas in the County Court at Whitehaven, each claiming 501. damage'. It was shown that Cridokshanks has, as the result of the gun being discharged in his face, lost the eight of one eye entirely, while that of the other is very dun, there being shot in it yet ; and Dickinson has several shots in his body, from which, Mr. Dick stated, he would always suffer pain. The question before the court was, was Mr. Douglas justified in what be did? And the plaintiff gave evidenes with the view of showing that their proceeding' on the night in question took more of the nation of a freak than anything else, and that their object could not be misconstrued into a felonious one. Defendant's solidi tor said that Mr. Douglas lived in a very lonely situa tion, that he was under the impression his disturbers were robbers, and that be meant to lire over their beads, not to higthem. The Judge (Mr. T. A . Ingham) said no doubt the youths had acted 'improperly, but eve went thing went to show they we not burglars ; and he Id to impress upon Mr. Douglas, and on everyone else, that even Flring he had seen them going away his pie ,he had no right to shoat them. AA to the plea he did not mean to shoot them, that was inadmis sible, because, supposing be meant to fire over their heads, but hit them by accident, he would still be liable for the damage. Defendant was ordered to pay 501. to Ora*. "beaks and 401. to Dickinson, and to pay all aorta. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET MZETI3G.-(rm9 DAY.) HANDICAP PLATE. Vasiaa • • • Th esp e Palmer ... . . . Amour Props . . 13 ran. . MATCH. Hinton boat Horoary. HANDICAP PLATE. T.Y.O. King Victor . . Adrunantlwa . Xi Ferti4:l . 31 3 15 ran. NEWMARKET STAKES. Earl walked over. SWEEPSTAKES (Two-yr-olds). Cyclamen ... Sandboy Pero ... ... 4 ran. SWEEPSTAKES (Three-yeara and upwards). Claymore Paulin* ... 2 Adman ... 6 ran. .. . HATCH.—BIue Gown and St. Ronan off. NEWMARKET STAKES. D.H. The Etri, Athena, Itedivivus, Blue Gown, Ritualist, end The Sph)nz are ben. TILE CONDUCT OP BUSINESS IN THE ROUSE OF COMMONS. On the meeting of the house, on Monday, Mr. Gladstone will move that the standing order of the sth day of August, 1853, reserving the right of her Majesty's ministers of placing government orders at the head of the list of orders of the day, be suspended ; and that the other orders of the day be postponed until after the order of the day for the committee on the Established Church (Ireland). Garibaldi sent the following reply to the invi tation given to him to attend the anniversaryfat in honour of the departure of "the Thousand" for ItarsaLi : " Caprora, April 14,1861.—My dear Friendt,—Accept a cheer from the bottom of my heart for your honourable memory of the sth of May. The people have, indeed, need to honour the great facts of the revolution, but especially to shut up the shop of the priests, who are more despotic than tyranny itself.—Yours for life, G. GARIBALDI." SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 1. —The Hamburg-Ameri can Company's steamer IiaIIIIDOIIia, from New York, passed the Needles at 11.10 a.m. to-day. QuEENSTOWN, MAY I.—The National Steamship Company's steamer Pennsylvania, from New York, ar- rived here at 8 a.m. to-day with 84,000 dole. She landed passengers and proceeded for Liverpool. GRAND TRrlf R RAILWAY or CANADA.—At the meeting of this company yesterday, the result of the poll was that the report of the director' was adopted. It will be remembered that amidst much excitement the chair man's motion to adopt it was lost by a majority, and a poll was demanded, nod for that purpose the decision was de ferred. It transpired, however, that at the poll no hos tile votes were recorded. During the tumult Mr. Hart ridge shouted a request that all who were against the directors should leave the room, in oonsequence of their disagreement with Mr. Watkin's riding on a previous wotiou. Some did leave, but a large portion of the mal contents rem►ined, although they took no part in the poll. THE DUKE OF EDINBERGH.—To the medical profession, which is never backward in its loyalty, the case of the Prinoe is of especial interest as an example of a somewhat rare, though not by any means unknown, fortuitous occurrence—the panne of a ball along a rib for a considerable distance without any injury to the viscera of the chest or abdomen. Thai Guthrie, in hie " Commentaries," speaking of this accident says : " It is a rare exception to ageneral rule, dependent upon the ball being reflected from something solid Which it cannot penetrate—such as a button, a piece of mosey, a rib, hc." The ball in all probability was fired somewhat obliquely, and this favoured its course around the chest. It was, perhaps, fortunate also for the royal patient that his cowardly assailant at tacked him behind, since the tissues of the back would offer more resistance than the thin chest wall in front. It may be remembered that the un fortunate bandsman who fell a victim to Fenian hatred last autumn was fired at directly in front, and the ball passed between the ribs, and traversed the lung, finding an exit behind. As the latest accounts pronounce the Prince convalescent, we may hope that, though inju ries of the chest-wall are not without some danger to the important organs in the vicinity the good health and youth of the patient, combined with the solicitous oars he has received, will have fully restored him to health before he reaches these snores—Lancet. We are happy to say, the Lancet remarks, that Sir James Clark is recovering steadily, thouti s lowly, from his late severe illness. This was a a atta c k o f bronchitis, accompanied by great prostra , which, with the feebleness of heart consequent on ad vanced age, at one time caused considerable alarm. Now, however, his medical attendants, Dr. Sieveking and Dr. Rough of Bagshot, consider him to be making progress towards recovery. CAPITAL PrNIEIRYINT.—Capitia punishment has just been abolished la Saxony. A remarkable fact is that the principal defender of the bill in the Chamber of Deputies was the Procureur-Oensral, who in the course of the die:tendon gave the following de. tails as the result of similar measures in other countries:—" In the Duchies of Oldenburg, Achelt, and Nassau the penalty of death was suppressed in 1849, and there has never been felt any necessity for re-establishing it. The first-named of thins states, in afterwards adopting the Prussian code penal, did away with that punishment. In Tuscany it was revived in 1849, but no capital execution has taken plate in that country since 1831 ; in Austria also it was restored, but at the same time the admission was made that during its abrogation the number of capital cases had not increased. In Wurtemberg, on the other hand, where the punishment of death had been abolished from 1851 to to 1853, crimes were said to have increased during that period; but the assertion is open to conte s t a ti on . Various trees are now cut into a certain size and shape, and strips are shaved from them by machi ner y, as wide as rolls of paper hanging. The shavings are wetted and placed on walls with poste and brush like paper. One room can be finished in bird's-eye maple, another in white wood, cherry, chestnut, &c.—New York Paper. At Orchard Portman, near Taunton, a gigantic ask tree was struck by lightning a few days ago, and every limb was torn off and carried a distance of 20 yards. The trunk was stripped of its bark, and was split from top to bottom. A man who witnessed the circumstance was struck down with the lightning and remained unconscious a whole day. Tie - N - 110;ring is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, April 29 : A correspondent of a San Francisco paper writes :—" A curiously mixed race 1 / 1 growing up in Cali fornia owing to the intermarriage of Yankees and Digger Indians, Irish and Chinese, Mexican and Malays, Portu guese and Sandwich Islanders, Engliah-Canadians and mimeo, French and Apache, and the English language— ibis lienage of Milton and Shakespeare—has suffered immutably in consequence. I entered a bootmaker's shop, mad said to the shopkeeper, ' Yon speak English ?' He easwered promptly, ' Si, Senor, oertainmen t you bet.' Here was • mixture of three lanin I found that the bootmaker prided himself on epasr n g English like a native." 07,636,000 A Fix WooD.—A fir wood—one of th e gran d es t, I GEO. DERBYSHITZ, Chief Inspector. gravest, loveliest, most solemn places to be found in this Bankers' Clearing-house, April 30. world. To enter it is like entering • cathedral ; the The total was raised by the Stock Exchange settle bronzed and slender shafts are like the ppoolisbed pillars of a ment on th e 29th . temple ; the curved and pointed ea overhead, with their solemn depth of shadow, are like its fretted roof. The weekly return of the Bank of France shows Under foot the earth is brown and soundless, with • the following changes : carpet of fallen needle-like kaftan, which have died away can ma d b u lli on from their places, as we do, unrnineed in the eternity of m e dw ceun t e d lnc ease 1,800,000 the life of which they formed an undiatin. N o t e . i n circulation guishable part. There I. seldom the chirping of Private deposits Deems* 120,000 birds, or the hum of insects to be heard, but Advances always • low, shivering, awe-stricken murmur T reasury w arm running through the topmost, trembling breaches. They used to tell me, before I had ever stood upon the sea- The principal feature is the large increase in th e shore, that the sound of the waves was Ike that oseedeue discounts and note circulation. With the present ripple of sighing in the tops of the pine -trees ; but there increase of 136,0001. in the coin and bullion, the le no liquid splash here, such an the water rings out total in raised to 46,606,0001. musically, none of the rhythm and rhyme of the sea, but The return o f the Bank of England f or t h e wee k in its stead a euppreased, almost breathime, sacred tone of • vi edneeda awe, which fi lls one with a profound quietude of spirit. y, April 29, compared with that for There: is no other sound like it ; no eoppise like a Sr. the previous week, shows the following changes : coppice. The yew-tree is too gloomy and too ghostly, Ghcralstice isme 04,387,470 Increme g 71,905 the beech too earthly and sensuous ; one is almost a Oiresdation motive 24,151,105 lacr osse 211,086 heathen among either of them • but in a fir-eoppice, Public deposits 4,800,103 Increase 550,934 silent and subdued, one is a Ch ristian in a Christian tem- Other napes& pie. And the silence is ma ailed ! All about on stand Government securities in those unnumbered shafts which support the e roof banking department 13,277,696 No change. above, and there is no crackling of branches, or rustling of Other securities in booking dead leaves, as you walk to and fro along its aisles. If department 18,083,775 kerma, 260,937 you listen very closely, you may bear the very faint, tiny Qin sad bullion in both map with which the 6r-Dona unloose their sealed soaks, departments to est free the winged seed within them. But there le no gem day and other bills— 465,748 Decrease 7,149 other sound ; and your own voice ggrocowe sorter if you The gem 3,107,502 bermes 3.901 Moms to disturb the almost divine by say weir& Notes to reserve al human speech ; until, with a el* answering te the Tehdreesno (seine a coin) derma sigh through the trees. You tan' ewer b bles in Inushiss deaseat••• 11 • 4.8 47 3 / Peereeme 1 06489 soothing level and calm, and set year fees A NN mere . . , t oner & th e c h a tt er i ng w a n e you left mg an b eer me ._ Notwithstanding the withdrawals of private de- Army for May. 1 posits, the deposits have increased on balance, but, Thursday, April 23 - - 0 9,921,000 Friday, April 24 8,710,000 Saturday, April 25 Monday, April 27 8,093,000 Tuesday, April .28 9,774,000 'Wednesday, April 29 owing to the revival in the demand for money, as indicated by the increase of 250,9271. in the advances on private securities, the reserve has declined 106,2991. In the coin and bullion there is an increase of 106,788 i., which corresponds pretty closely with the amount of gold sent into the k from abroad during the week. BANK OF . As Aooount pm t to the Act week ee Wednesday, 111.1711 Noir laud £31387,4701 £31.3i7.47.) BANKING DI =dal Capital 414.141.000 S. 07, PQM:. Davoslts On eluding Exam., Say. Beaks, Own. fula. of National Debt. and MY Sot:aunt& • 4,900,109 Other DaPO4da 12,1016,y93 Soren da) and other 111114 M1..14.1,152 April 3J. 1363. "NOLAND. i 7th and Sth Vie., e. St for the , the Nth day of April, laNi. PAA7IIII(7. 007.1ratnali debt 411,01:1,10 Other se:uritiee— 1 0 8 0 1 00 Gold coin end bul lion 13,347,470 Silver bullion — 4114,3117,470 PLETWIIIT. Govortunont Som. rl O .l. Other Sectai tin vows Odd and ether Coin 1,246,416 511913;:.52 O. FORES.I. Chief (Awhile. THOLSDAT ZVI:NMI. Consols, which closed yesterday at 94 " buyers," both fur money and next Tuesday's settlement, opened this morning at 94 to h, and closed at 93k, " sellers." The Three per Ceuta. Reduced and. New Three per Coate. were last quoted 921 2 to showing a rise of k ; Bank Stock, 243 to 245 ; Exchequer Bills, 12a. to 17s. prem. ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 116 to k, being lower ; ditto Four per Cent., 101 k to 102—a fresh rise of ; ditto Bonds, 225. to 275. prem.—a decline of Is.; and ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 105 to k. The official business report is as follows : Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 94, k, 3k, 4; ditto, for account, 94, ; Three per Cents. Re duced, 921, ;, k ; New Three per Cents., 923, k, k ; Bank Stock, 243 k, 5 ; India Five per Cent. Atock, 1161, k, ; ditto Four per Cent., 1014, k, ; ditto Five per Cent. Rupee Debentures, 1872, 103;.f, 4 ; ditto 1877, 109 ; ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 105 i ; ditto Bends, 275., 22a., 23a. prem. In the foreign stock market the transactions consisted almost entirely of purchases, and the course of prices was very favourable. Brazilian bonds of 1852, 1853, 1360. and 1865 rose to 1 per cent. ; Egyptian of 1864, k ; the Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 1 ; ditto Nine per Cents., k ; Chilian of 1866, 1 ; Greek Bonds, k ; ditto Coupons, ; New Grenadian Three per Cents., "ex all," and Deferred, as well as Peruvian of 1865, Turkish Six per Cents. of 1865, and the Nicolai and Orel Vitebsk Railway loans, I ; and Spanish New Three per Cents. and Turkish Five per Cents. of 1863, k. Italian of 1361 were excep tionally dull, and declined k. ifINES.-(THIS DAY.) ONE O'CLOCK.. Both the Stock Exchange and Mining Exchange are shut to-day, and no transactions are going for ward in mining shares. The Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Com pany announce a distribution of Is. per share on account of the 11th dividend. This will absorb 4,8751., and, after making the usual addition of 457/. to the reserve fend, 1,740/. is left to be carried forward. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. ALMIC-LA.NE.--(THIS DAY.) Fresh up to our market, to-day, both coastwise and by rail, the arrivals of lloglibh wheat were again 'limited. All kinds met a dull inquiry, ne‘ertheless in sales concluded the extreme rates of Monday last were realised. The show of foreign wheat was extensive and of fair average quality ; but the titmand ruled very inactive, at stationary quotations. Fine malting barley was very firm in price, and grinding and distilling qualities commanded rather more money. The floating grain cargo trade continued very firm. Wheat arrived and on passage was sought after at full values ; barley and maize were steady, linseed and rapeseed quiet. The malt trade was inactive, but no change took place in the quotation. Good . sound oats met a steady sale at full prices, bat inferior parcels were rather cheaper. Beans commanded the late advance, with a fair der-and. Linseed and rapeseed were dull, and toadir g downy ard.s. All English seeds were neglected. Peas were very firm in price. Maize was held on former terms. The flour trade was inactive, bat no change took place in the top price of tows:Hind° qualities. Foreign and country marks were without alteration. ARRIVALS OF GRAM INTO THE PORT OF LONDON BY LAND AND WATER CARRIAOH FROM APRIL 21 TO MAY I, BOTH LNCLUSIVE. rnellh Ind Scotch .... Whoa& Barley. gri• qri. 680 290 ii4o I 3 1 - 3790 LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) (Br Tzugoaare.) (TROY 001 OWN coaizseoNozwr.) Oorros.— The market is quiet, but steady; and the sales are probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. CORN. —The market is fairly attended. Wheat is slow of sale, and prices are in favour of buyers. Flour is dull, and 6d. to Is. per sack cheaper. Bums, peas, oats, and oatmeal are nomina ll y unaltered. Indian corn is quiet. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—{THIS DAY.) (er rusewArw) (now ova owir cowararonwzr.) Wheat trade quiet and prices nominally u last week. In barley, beans, and oats, no change, and sales limited. PAINCING-LANG.--{THIS DAY.) Stratt.-The demand is less active, but in the business done extreme rates have been paid. Jamaica sold at 335. 6d. to 35e. ; Demerara, 33e. 6d. ; St. Vincent, 33a. 6d. to 345, 6d. ; Havana, 364. to 375, ; Mauritius brown and low yellow, 325. 3.1. to 345. 6d. ; grainy, 38e. ; Manilla Mimeo. vado, good, 28s. 6d. Refined : Very full "prices are paid for o f descriptions, and common lumps are again firmer. Cores:B.-The public sales of colonial have gone off with increased competition at full to extreme rates for desir able parcels. Plantation lon, good and IMO ortinamt 675. 6d. to 69e. ;fine fine and low middling, 70s. to 735. ; middling and good ini 75a. to 855 . ; fine middling to fine, 86s. 6d. to 91s. • :males ordinary to good oMinsry, 535. 6d. to Me. ; fine ordinary to good mid. Wing, 695. to 84a. Ts:A.-Tint market for China teas oontMues quiet. Cocoa.-SOO bags Grenada sold at 495. 6d. Rice.-No sale of importance reported in this article, except 600 tots of Siam at 10s. 71d. ex ship. Bur.-100 puncheons of Demerara sold at 2s. CorroN.-The sales ail confined to small iota. There are no buyers at late rates. 4 . 06 , Jmr..-The market is steady, but quiet. SuArrrits.-300 begs of Bengal sold at 205., short prompt, far refraction 4, being the previous value. INDIGO.-For the next quarterly sales 6,400 chests are now declared. GAMIIIBIL—There are buyer, of fair to good quality at 17s. :td. to 17a. 6d. TALLOW . MARKET. —(TH111 DAY.) no market is steady. Town tallow, 41s. 9d., set; Peters• burg Y.O. an the spot, 445. 3d. • April to Jun*, 445. 3d.; October to December, 445. 6d. ; December, 455. HIDE MARKET.—(THIS DA3IdY.) 0 LEADEMIALL.—Hides :-661bc to 841b5.. to 3.; 811 b a. to 721135., 30. to 441; 721 b. to y Ma., 4L to 4td.; 90Ibs. to 881 b.. tOol. to 401.;881ba. to 981 b.. 44d. to 4/d. Horse bides, 81. dd. to 10s. 6d. Oaf skim, llOt, 2s. to 4.; full, 7. ihiIIIONDSZT.--Sheepskini :—Downs. is. 6d. to Bs. 6d.; lambs, 3s. to 30. 9d. ; shearliogs, Is. Id. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—{THIS DAY.) Mewl. Pattenden and Smith report the trade quiet, quotations being nominally the same. COAL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Walls End Hodes, 18s. Bd. ; Walls End ESIIWen, 18e. 64. ; Walls End Original Hartlepool, 18s. 6d ; Walls End Ha il 001, 17s. ; was End Bredd,yra Hatton, Ns. 9d. ; Walls Had Rummell !tattoos, 18e. 3d. ; Walls Sad Cando, 17s. 9d. ; Walla End Thl) . _raley, 16a. 9d. ; Walls gad Hatton Lyoas, 16e. ; Wed :ey, 16. 6d. ; Hastings Hartley, 16s. 6d.—Ships at market, 88; it Ni. larasppor., It I.—The Lamm titesingjap City of London, which left New York on th e 25th i ns t. f or this port, brings 17:',000 dols. in specie on freight. r. Malt. OYI hoar. cm. I qrs. brb. 2450 I 120 1170 .. 19610 . 1080 2450 19058 .. 2850 I