The Express. — London, England, 1867-05-31 00:00:00

LAW INTELLICIENCL. (THIS DAY.) BAIL COURT. at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—(Before Mr. Justice Lu.ll and Common Juries.) lt El FIRTH WIFE. T!. • n3s an action to Tvcover the balance of an account •nnly of a leml.linu outfit to the female defeutlaut. denied his ; had fetid into t. .)..1 had aLio 141,0,41 infancy. To the Later the ,t.. *O,l rejoitiol that the urtisks in question were !!. :rth w...s counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. J. O. w... counsel fur t'.e dcfendauts. plaintiff, Miss stacey, is a milliner and dress. ..ei . e .rrying on business at Weston-super :Mare. case s us that Mrs. Firth, formerly lit: any Sl;a:laud, real .6,1 with Mr. and Mrs. W altby people residing at the e,ton-super-Mare, and having a residence in • a• c.anpanion to Miss Lewis. The defendant. Capt. 1,•!. ...shied for some years at the ]lath Hotel. Weston, • ta.. or three horses. Mr. Lewis was a master of 14.• I .1.. and Captain Firth, who was very intimate with to regulatiy bunt with the hcunds. Miss Shar i aol a..• treated as one of the family, and the result of th c aptain's continued visits to the grove was an engage. itli the young hely. This was about the end of j tie. beginning of lseet. About that time Mrs. Lewis he-n Mr. Lewis broke up his establishment at w,...t0e. and Mies Sharlaml went to reside with Mis Bed foid. .4 friend who was living in Ilirkbeek-terrace in the sane tree. in .1“1111:iry. Miss Shetland sent for the and inform. 41 her she was going on a visit to her int ad husband's relations, and gave her an order for • rh-n required, ..ud also what would he neeeseary %editing. The maim querition for the jury was, ahrtOet the articles that had been supplied to the plaintiff • -dit:ble to the degree. state, and position of the yam.; tidy. who was about to become the wife of an ,at,,er in the :may, awl a member of a respectable family. • stated that her husband would be entitled to a con. sid..ratilt. suns of money, that his expectations were good, and that he had been promised an appointment. She also ad.b.d that the family would settle I,OOW. on bet on her marriage, and she promised to pay the plaintiff is dune, leis',, :mil the balance in September. The goods were supplied. but before they were completed the &forded called on the plaintiff with Miss Sharland, made remarks mon the dresses end was perfectly aware of the orders th at had been given. After the marriage in June nisi p, intiff received a letter from the female defendant, state.; that she was married the previous day, that they were going to Paris, and that on their retain she w o uld .] . .charge the td. In July the plaintiff received a ',cowl letter, in which Mrs. Firth enclosed fit,, and promised to do more next time, adding that it was hart' to spare that, small as it was, but that in time she hues.] to pay all site owed. The defendant had paid hi. into court, as sufficient to meet the plaintiff's demand, and had pleaded infancy. The learned counsel, in stating the plaiutilfs case, said that infants were liable for ne oessari.a suitable to their degree, state, and c edition in society; and the late Baron Alderson defined necessaries to be things without which persons would nee caste in the racial" in which they moved. The defendant anti his wife siiited persons of wealth and grant respectability in the neighbourhood in which they resided, and the articles in question were necessaries within the definition be bad re ferral to. The plaintiff wu called in support of her case. Miss Be•lford also gave evidence in support. The defence was in effect that Mr. Lewis authorised the orderinr f the articles and that Captain Firth was not responsible. The learned Judge ruled that the articles were not nei.e.uries and the plaintiff was 'unsuited. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Justices Willem, Keating, and Smith.) HOPCRAIT r. PAill[Eft. _ The plaintiff was proprietor of tiro papers—tbe London Xe reaatile Journal and the Daily List—and the defendant had been secretary to the Anglo-Swedish Iron Company, which was at the time in course of formation, and was not re gistered. The plaintiff's canvasser applied to the defendant sail received an order signed by him as " Secretary pro tem. - to advertise the prospectus of the proposed company. The advertisements were inserted, and the price, 32/. 125., was now claimed from the defendant personally, upon the pound that as no company for which the defendant could act bad been formed, he must be held personally liable. At the trial a verdict was entered for the plaintiff, sub ject to the opinion of the full court, and the question now was whether a rule to enter a verdict for the defendant should be made absolute. Mr. Serjeant Tindal Atkinson appeared to show cause, and Mr. Waddy to support tho rule. The court said that it was true that the defendant signed the order as secretary pro tem. to a company which did not exist, but as the company did not exist he could not be acting for that, and there was no evidence that he had authority to act for any particular persons. Under these circumstances the defendant must be held to have incurred personal responsibility. Rule discharged. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner HolropL) IN RE CART% BIGHT. The bankrupt was described as an iron agent, of Moor. gsteatreet, residing at Twickenham. Liabilities, 8,910/. ; debts due to the bankrupt (all stated to be doubtful), 2,402/. This was the sitting for examination and discharge. Mr. Dunn, for the assignees, offered no opposition, and the outer was granted. IN RE BOTCHER.—IXTRAORDINART FREAK OF A BANKRUPT. Mr. Read said he had a very unusual application to make to the court. The bankrupt wns a publican, of the Bricklayers' Arms North•street, Manchester-09nare. The &soignee bad take n possession of the premises, in thensual way; but last night the bankrupt had gone with a posse of eight or six men, turned out the assignee vi et arm* installed himself and his friends behind the bar and had ininiediately commenced a gratuitous dkninition of liquor to everyone who chose to go into the place. (Laughter.) His object evidently was to waste the proper,- and destroy the trade. The application was for • peremptory summons, calling on the bankrupt to give up possession of the premises, and that an attach ment might issue in the event of his refusal. His Honour said it was not a case in which the court could interfere. The assignee must take such steps as he might be advised. _ (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE T. P. RONL. The bankrupt, described as bridgmntaster of the city of loolon. residing in Sewardstone-road, Victoria-park, aptlini for his order of discharge from debts of lOW. At the last sitting the bankrupt was onlered to file amended seema ents, so as to show the amount of pension to which he was titled,and also the terms of a settlement made upon wife. Br. Brighton, for the assignees, stated that they were satisfied with th e amounts. I t appeared that the bankrupt's penvion of 100 r. a year had been assigned. At the time be Bade the settlement on his wife he was not solvent. His Honour said that was a matter for the assignees to consider, and granted the order. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAT.) MANSION-HOUSE. THE ROBBERY AT THE VLsTER BANK. f;-,rrie Adier, the prisoner who was charged with h:oaiotudy receiving four 504 bank notes of the Ulster Ranh, Put of a sum of 1,3001. that had been stolen from the clerk to a merchant who was entrusted to pay it into the bank, was this morning brought before the Lord Mayor for further examination. Mr. Mullins, who appeared for the prosecution, said that 'Lace the prisoner had Keen remanded persons bad been broaght over from Belfast to see if they could identify the P ri oller, but they were linable to do so. This being the case, and having regard to the fact that the robbery was committal so far back as March, 1864, although the loaner in which the prisoner accounted for the posses. 'ion, of the notes was very suspicions, he did not think the evidence vu sufficient to justify him in asking for the further detention of the prisoner. The lord Mayor said that the officer was perfectly juatis 6 , 1 in Liking the prisoner into custody, but as no further tr iduee could be brought forward he must be discharged. GUILDHALL If 1.61's ATE txt.ucen TO ROB THEIR EMPLOTERst. For,* r, 17, who gave his mother's address, 4, St. Bloc Anchor-road, Bermondsey, was placed 4t the her before Alderman Allen, charged with counsel "l procuring Abraham Bache to commit • felony by 1 1 , g him to s t ea l some tobacco from his employers, "earn. George and Samuel Goode, No. 51, Newgate-street. Abraham Bache, en intelligent boy, about 12 years of s.i4 he w as in the employ of Messrs. G. and S. Goode, Newkdeetreet. He had known the prisoner sines ~. L ' t 'lar last. On that day, about 1 o' c l oc k in the noon, be saw him at the corner of New gate-street, 41 the prisoner spoke to him. He said he b L 'in°4 witness t get him soe tobacco at 1 per lb., ° and he replied m that he could ;tR do it. He then accused witness of stealing wo from Mr. Goode, which he (witness) denied. !;:litoner persisted in it that he had, and sail that if he t get him four pounds of tobacco he would go and !di d. hors ; but h e again ',hi he would not. They 1 together round the Post-office, and the prisoner told ma teat he had another bey working at Mason's about a 1 :7 a: 0 , who used to get him tobacco pouches, cigar cases, rschanm pipes, nod that be used t o nuke about 2/. !* ,reit from him and that another boy at a shoemaker's *ay two Pairs of boots every night, and that as be found it was right he would be on 14 some more boots. On the same day he saw the THE Et XPRFAS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1867. Prisoner again at the corner of Newgatc-street, awl the❑ he told him that tobacco was easy to get out and that wit. nese could put a pound in his cap and another in his shirt ff he squeezed it in well. He told the prisoner he would not do it. At $ o'clock he met a friend to go home with him. and the prisoner came up to them, and said if witness did not get him 2lbs. of " stuff " by the following day he would tell his master. He did not see the prisoner again until yesterday at the dinner hour when he again threatened that if he did not get the tobacco he would tell Mr. Goode. Witness then told his masters what had occurred, and by their direction went out and told the prisoner he would meet him at 7 o'clock at the Post-office. At 7 o'clock Mr. Alfred Goode, the eon of one of the partners, gave him half a pound of tobacco to give to the prisoner, which he gave in Presence of John Frost, en officer. The constable was standing near when he gave the prisoner the tobacco, and at once took him into custody. John Frost, 51:7, said in consequence of some communi cation he had had with Messrs. Goode he watched the prisoner loitering about under the portico of the post office until the last witness came up and gave him the tobacco, and then he took him into custody. He gave his mother's address ; but ho had not been there for a month. His mother and sister gave him a very bad character. Richard Harmer, 211, Mile-end-road, clerk to Meson. Goode, saw the tobacco given to Pache, and saw him give it to the prisoner. The officer came up, and he gave the prisoner into custody and made the charge at the station. When Frost told the prisoner what he was charged with he pulled the tobacco out of his locket. Alderman Allen remanded the prisoner for further inquiry. BOW.STREET. THE GIODAT IX won' ItX•sQUARK, Frederic Cousins, 17, Henry Jackson: 17, Georne Spenrer, 15, Walter Solomon, 15 John Bonen, 21, Arthur Knight, 21, William Durham, Ili, Georye Yung, 25, and Charles I.Wrr, 21, were charged with creating a disturbance in Wuburn-square, and obstructing the police in the execu tion of their duty on Thursday night. It appeared that, as on several previous nights, • large crowd assembled " to see the ghost," and the noise and disturbance was such that the police found it necessary, in order to put a stop to the riot, to clear the square alto- gether. In doing this they met with considerable resis tance, particularly from the prisoners, all of whom re fused to go away, and endeavoured to maintain their ground. In several instanoes, being backed up by a com pact crowd, resisting in the same way, they presented a formidable obstacle to the officers iu clearing the square. Two had struck the constables. Several of the inhabitants complained of the uproar and riot as excessively annoying and even alarming to the in habitants. In two houses where ladies were ill, appre hensions were entertained that the invalids might suffer seriously from the deprivation of rest and tranquillity. All the witnesses were asked by Mr. Vaughan whether they had seen the ghost, and replied in the negative. One gentleman said there was a rumour that some person had been seen in the enclosure dressed up in a white sheet. Mr. Vaughan said it was really difficult to believe that in this age the public should be so credulous as to turn out in large bodies for the purpose of seeing what no person who had appeared in court to-day had seen, and what they would not see if they waited in Wobnrn-square for fifty years. They had gone there with their minds excited by the invention of some foolish person, who wanted to see how far people could be deceived by • repre sentation that they had seen something in a sheet, which, if it had ever been seen at all, was not • ghost, but some person, and who, if be had received a good thrashing, would have abstained from repeating such conduct, and the 'ghost would never have been heard of again. These victims of credulity and ignorance created much annoyance by disturbing the quiet of the neighbourhood and preventing reasonable people from passing to and fro with as much freedom as they ought. There was a considerable distinction between the cases. Much allowance might be made for credulous boys, but some of the prisoners were of anage when they ought to know better. If people could not be got to exercise their own common sense and reason, and keep away from these dis turbances, it would be • question whether they were not indictable for a nuisance. Frederic Cousins and Henry Jackson, who had gone so far as to kick at the door of • house in the square, with a foolish notion of exciting the ghost to come forward, must each pay a fine of 7s. ; George Spencer and Walter Solomon, who had themselves bean knocked down by the crowd might be discharged with a caution ; Brown, who assau lt ed a policeman, must pay 10s., or be imprisoned for 7 days ; Knight and Young must each bebound over in 101. for 6 mouths ; and William Durham, who had also committed a slight assault, must be imprisoned one day. Charles Carr was discharged with a caution. CLERK ENIVELL. ONSLAUGHT ON A BULB:KHAN BY A RICTURNED CONVICT. John Williams, alias John Aley, alias John Radley, a returned convict, was charged before Mr. Barker, on re mand, with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. William Bedon Edwards, 143, Copenhagen-street, Islington, and stealing therein 61. 13. 10d., a silver watch and gold chain four dresses, and other articles of the value of 161. 10i. From the evidence of police-constable Waghorn, 107 Y, it appeared that at about half-past 10 at night be saw the prisoner carrying a bundle, and when the prisoner saw him he put the bundle over some railings, and called out, " Let her lie there she is drunk." He examined the bundle, and found that it contained the articles men. tioned in the charge, but the prisoner, who had entered the house, was endeavouring to make his escape by the rear, and had got into a neighbour's yard, when the constable was called and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner was very violent, hit the constable, and broke his nose. A most desperate light ensued between the prisoner and the constable for about ten minutes, when assistance came up, and the prisoner was conveyed to the police station. After the prisoner was locked up it was ascer tained that the things that the prisoner was carrying had been stolen from the house of Mr. Edwards. The constable felt the effects of the prisoner's violence for some days after the attack. Policeaergeant Cook, 8 Y, said the prisoner was a most notorious thief, and was convicted at the Middlesex seuions on the 23rd May,lBs9,anil sentenced to seven years• penal servitude. The prisoner mid he was guilty, and asked the magis trate to decide the case at once. Mr. Barker committed the prisoner to the Middlesex amnions for trial. FASHIONS FOR JUNE. (From Le Fotitt.) Although the robe fourreau and the short cos tume appear to be the styles, par excellence, of the present season, they are made with such various modifications that perhaps it will not be difficult to adapt them to most tastes. For example, the abort dresses are made in all possible styles. Short skirt over one to match, or of contrasting colour ; skirt caught up by bows ur rosettes ; skirt plaited up square at the sides ; tunic rounded and short in front, open at the sides, and longer and square at the back ; long skirt, but so caught up as to appear tied ; skirt tied up at the back and sides ; in brief, skirts drawn up to various heights and in various ways, or short, open, &c. The palet4t matching the dreu is very generally worn with these dresses. Some of the prettiest of these costumes are made of black taffetas, the bottom trimmed round with a double bias of green, blue, or violet; the under-skirt having two or three narrow flounces, and the short black palettit with a bias or piping to match. The " Greek " and " Jewess " sleeves are coming more and more in favour ; they are more especially suitable for dresses of a rich material. The " Greek " sleeve s open quite to the top of the arm, and cut squ a re. Th e Jewess " is a wide open sleeve, but made round and slightly pointed. They are both made very long. To the robe fourreau, with its long train, tunics arc sometimes added, or the front of the dress is made of a different colour to the other part of the robe,. forming a Wilier or plastron ; in the latter the trimming is generelly placed on the body in the form of a Spanish vest, round in front and quite short at the back. Blue, maize, and bouton d'or are, perhaps, the favourite colours just now, but many dresses are of a blue-gray or a pearl-gray. Embroidery of silk and beads is very much used as a trimming ; also plaits of silk, either matching the dress or *of a different shale; but nothing is more in vogue, as a trimming, than satin. Long sashes, tied behind, are much worn, as well al the peplum ceinture of jet. The newest bonnets are very small fanebons shaped rounded at the back, the part resting on the chignon , trimmed with lace or beads and delicate sprays of flowers ; but, without doubt, the very small bonnets require more skill in the arrangement of the trimming than the coiffures worn a year or two ago, as it is no small difficulty so to place the flowers, feathers, or ribbons (and, in some cases, all three of these) on so small a foundation without over crowding it, and so giving the appearance of heaviness ; however, this is AO art which many of our modiste, have attained, the proof of which we have in many elegant and becoming coiffures. The trial of Condon and O'llfahony was resumed at Cork yesterday, and occupied the entire day. The prisoners were acquitted and discharged. They were cheered through the streets by a vast crowd of the lower slam The Lancet has been to see the "ghost in Woburn 'square," and is able to arm that the whole evi dence of anything out of the common is confined to the existence of a patch of light falling upon an arbour at the north-east corner of the enclosure, and which is perfectly evident to any one looking through the railings on the west side of the square near the spot. " This light is, we believe, nothing more than that thrown by a gas lamp at the north end of the square, and which, passing through a gap in the shrubs, is cast in a somewhat remarkable man ner upon the spot in question. We would strongly recom mend that the light should be temporarily extinguished, when we believe that both the ghat aid the consequent excitement would subside simultanemely." LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (BT TELEGRAPH.) CROYDON MEETING.-{THIS DAY.) WELTER HANDICAP. One Wk. 3lttaketeet .. ... ... .. Victoria ... .. . . . Vis Lat ... . ... . ... 6 rAn. STIt()I'D-GREEN PLATE. Three-quarters of a mile. British Tar . . 1 Humphry Davy . . Bigote ... ~. . .. 8 ran. III'RDLE RACK. Two Toile& C mtraband , Diamond,Needle Can, Oldmin "ter, Little Dick, Golden Cross, Lydia, Pirate. Tottie, Hippolyte, Hake, Dovedale, Bedhake, and Humphrey Davy are here. NORWOOD STAKES. Five furlongs. Quirina, Bayleaf, Hopleaf, Amazon, Nursery Girl, Bin nacle, Vicious, Colenso, Evergreen, and Sea Gull are here. SCURRY RACE. Half a mile. Kiss Fanny — , Bawaney, Lute, Adamant f, Linss, Sunnyside, and Lucy Long are here. NEWTON MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) LYME PARK. Pero President Lincoln Catton 5 ran. SOUTH LANCASHIRE TRADESMEN'S CUP. One Belmont Paxton Sundeelah mile and ;qTzaTtei: ... i ~ ... 3 B tan.— WARRINGTON HANDICAP. Five furlongs. Cranbury, Mr. Pitt Queen of Trumps, Edinburgh, Rel. mont. Gay Tom, Cuadra*, Tortuga, Squire, Madam Bosco, and Esmeralda are bore. CRICKET. THE OVAL-(THIS DAY.) SURREY r. LANCASHIRE. This morning, at L minutes to 12, the weather being beautifully warm and the company again numerous, play was resumed in this great match. When the stumps were drawn last night, Lancashire had lost seven wickets for 345 runs, Ricketts, a colt, having kept in the whole day, with 153 attached to his name, and Hickton (another colt) having obtained 26. These " not outs" resumed the hitting at time specified, the bowling being again entrusted to Griffith and Whale. The former, in his second over , clean bowled Hickton without adding to his overnight score, and the total denoting 3411, Mr. Whittaker succeeded to the vacancy. Whale began bowling well—three maidens in succession—the colt was patient as ever, fast or slow it mattered not, his hitting was "as be fore." When :60 was telegraphed, Sewell superseded Whale, but made no impression. Ricketts gave half a chance to the bowler and Whale, who was fielding near him. The ball touched both their hands, but neither could secure it. Griffith tried the other aide of the wicket, but Mr. Whittaker hit him away to long on for three, and served Sewell the same. Mr. Whittaker nearly ran out, but it did not quite comeoff ; 380 now were posted, and at that point Whale tried an over at the pa vilion end, and Sewell delivered over his wicket. After these changes but few runs, and those singles, wore got off the bowling for some twenty minutes, when Mr. Noble relieved Sewell with the score at 390. The monotony was interrupted by Mr. Whittaker, who made a sweet drive off Whale, between the reporters' " box " and the pavi lion, for 4. Despite the various changes, the two bats men held on their course, and just as our despatch left the grounds, at 1 o'clock, a clapping of hands announced the entry of the Lancashire Eleven into their fifth hundred. Those who wish to see good cricket should hasten at once to the Oval. Score: _____ LANCASHIAE.—FIan liwntos. C. Coward, c Pooley, b Grilllth Iticketta, not out B. B. Rowley, Esq., a Collyer b Orilltb 7B Holgste st rooter b Noble l6 Burrows b GAHM ll F. Coward b Griffith A. Appleby, Esq . th 1 b w b Griffi Hlektuu b Griltlt X Whittaker, Fay., not out Smith I. Urinal* Smith nl, 1.1.1 e, w 5, et-b 1 Total EASTERN BENGAL BAIL WA Y.-(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held at noon, at the London Tavern, Mr. J. F. LEirx in the chair. The report, whioh was issued some time before, haring been taken as read, , The CHAM mIR AN oved its adoption. He said it showed if not a large a steady increase in the traffic of the railway, the receipts being 6,0001. in ex cess of those of the corresponding half-year of 1865, and 68,000/. altogether; while the working expenses showed an increase of only 2741. The board had repeatedly urged upon the manager in India the necessity of endea vouring to diminish expenses, and that gentleman now held out hopes of reduction. The increase in the receipts was mainly attributable to the goods traffic. But for the prevalence of famine and fever the passenger traffic would have been much larger. In the number of first and second class passengers there was an actual increase over the corresponding period of 1865 of 5,400, showing that the opposite state of things as regarded other passengers was owing to temporary CAWS.. He then referred to the commercial depression in India as another drawback which was not likely to continue. Alluding to the steamer service, he showed that it had yielded a gross profit of 11 per cent., and stated that there had been a gradual increase in the number of passengers in the steamboats. At the last meet ing a proprietor urged upon the board the desirableness of increasing the rates for carrying goods. Since then im portant additions had been made, and it was hoped that the result would be beneficial to the company. Moreover the board had at length convinced the govern ment that it was not desirable to interfere frequently with the fares and rates ; and the Secretary of State for India had sent out instructions to the effect that maximum charges should be fixed by the various Indian govern ments, and the managers of the different rail ways left to determine what should be the precise charges. It was a most favourable feature that the com pany was now beginning to convey cotton from the north west. As regarded the permanent way, the board were endeavouring to substitute iron for wooden sleepers, the perishableuess of wood being the chief cause of the great expense of maintaining the permanent way. Orders had been given for the sending onto( ten miles of iron sleepers as an experiment, and he hoped the result would prove satis facto After some discussion the report was adopted. Eighty landholders and farmers of the wealthy class have just drawn up a petition to the Pope for better protection against the outrages of brigands in the country. The address was presented to his Holiness by four of their number a few days ago, Signor Giansanti being the prin cipal spokesman. The Pope disapproved the idea of any force being established having the character of a national guard, and was so offended at the freedom with which Signor Giansanti protested against the condition of the country, that his Holiness reminded him that the Castle of St. Angelo had been restored by the French, and that there would be a room in it ready to receive him if be con tinued speaking in the same strain. Most of the extensive farm. in the Carupagna around Home belong to the Homan princes or to religions corporations, who let them to the mere-anti di Campagna at rents which have gene rally been trebled during the last 20 or 30 years. The de putation were charged to represent to his Holiness that if the farmers were not better protected they would not be able to meet their engagements, and must protest against being held liable to fulfil the conditions of their leases. RO YAL MIINIFICENCX.—A correspondent of the Western Morning News mites :—" The Queen is about to perform an act of great munificence. During the five years that she has remained in retirement she has neces sarily accumulated • large portion of her privy purse al lowance, which under happier circumstances would have been spent in royal hospitality both to her own subjects and to foreign princes. Her Majesty ha s resolved to give no less • sum than half • million sterling for the erection of a convalescent hospital. The matter hitherto has been kept very quiet, but I have reason to believe that the money has been already made over to trustees, and the royal bounty will, before long, be made known officially. The new inatituti on will be built more especially in connection with St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and the treasurer and other o ffi cials of that renowned charity will be among the trustees. It is proposed to , end about 200,0001. in purchasing the site and erecting the building, and to keep the remainder of the sum in band for the present. Of course, the Convalescent Hos pital will be built at • considerable distance from London, so es to give the inmates the advantage of pore air. The Queen is said to have been moved to this act of bonen°. levee by the noble example of Mr. Peabody. It is possible that a recent action on the part of the Empress of the French may also have been an inducing motive. Her Majesty has lately given up • beautiful chateau neer Lyons for a purpose similar to that which Queen Victoria is now promoting." MINES.-(THIS DAY.) Owe o'Ciocz. L*the mining market to-day there is a good demand for West Chiverton, R heal Basset, Great Vor, Prince of Wales North Crotty, Devon Great Consols, Chiverton Moor, and Chiverton shares. The settlement will be completed this afternoon. Some of the present quotations are as follows . West Chiverton, 64 to 66 ; North Crotty, 41 to ; Devon Great Console, 400 to 420 ; Wheal Bainet, 67 to 77# ; Chiverton Moor, 41 5 ; Great Vor , 171 to 18(Wheal Kitty, 17s. _. to 225. 6d. ; Chi verton, 611 to f ; Prince of Wales, 658. lid. to 665. 6d. ; East Russell, 2i to f. At the meeting yesterday of the Mineral Rights Association, the directors' report was unanimously adopted. It was officially mentioned that two or three enterprises, introduced to the board, may be taken up, and, if so, profitable results are expected. RAILWAM-(THIS DAY.) Ors o'Ctums. - - The railway market shows a further important rise, although the best prices of the day have not been maintained. London, Brighton, and South Coast stock has risen 11 per cent. ; London and North Western, Midland, and Great Northern (ori nal), 1 ; Great Eastern, Great Northern A, and London, Chatham, and Dover, 1 ; and Metropolitan and South Eastern, g. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 1244 to 125 i ; Great Western, 441, to 45 ; London and North Western, 115; to ; Midland, 112/ to 113 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 128 to ; South Eastern, 68g toe ; Great Eastern, 32$ tot ; Great North. ern, 113 t to 114 t ; ditto A, 113 i to 11 , 4 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 184 to 19 ; and Brighton, 60 to 61. [For to-day's Share List ass pap 4.1 COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& MARK-LANZ.L(THIS DAY.) There was a very poor show of English wheat here to day. Sales, ►owever, progressed slowly, but at prices quite equal to Monday. Fine foreign wheats were quite as dear as last week, with a fair demand. Inferior parcels, however, were very dull. Floating cargoes of grain were very inactive. No English barley was brought forward, but the show of foreign was on the increase. The trade was firm, and the quotations were well aupported. Malt was in full average supply, and sluggish request, on former terms. The sale for oats was steady. In prices, however, no change took place. Beans, owing to their scarcity, were quite as dear as on Monday. In peas, next to nothing was doing, at late rates. The flour trade was steady. Seeds and cakes were a slow inquiry at previous quota tions. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN, de., INTO LONDON BY WATER CARRIAGE THIS WERK. Whoa Barley. Mat. ate. Mar. an. yr. ors. qrs. sack. Ms. Ilah and Scotch 1090 130 5/40 .. 1490 .. Irish rorslin • • • • • • 20070 6130 08210 5860 Tagil 21160 6260 I 2740 114310 4470 .. Kase, 7270 qrs. LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKET'S. (THIS DAY.) (BY TELEG ItA PH. ) tram ova OWN coaszwrorannrr.) COTTON. —The market steady at improving rates. Sales about 15,000 bales. CORN. —The market fairly attended. Wheat and flour in limited demand, and prices are in favour of purchasers. Oats and oatmeal without change. Beans tad. per qr. lower. Indian corn dull of sale, and 3d. to 6d. per qr. cheaper. Mixed American, 395. to 395. 3d. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) (THIS DAY.) (IT TELEGRAPH.) (PROW OUR OWN CORRINPONDINT.) . . . . . . . With fine weather, the wheat trade is quiet, but last week's rates are fully supported. In other articles no change. MINCING-LANK--(THIS DAY.) SUCAR.—There is still a fair demand, at fully previous prime. Demerara sold at TA. 6d. to 315.; crystallised, 37.. 6d. to 38a. 6cL Jamaica, 30s. Gd. to 31a. Gd. ; un clued Manilla, 245. ; clayed, V.& Refined is in more re quest, at firm prices. COFFEE.—For common kinds rather euier prioes have been accepted ; good and fine find ready buyers at the full valuations. Plantation Ceylon sold, triage, 495. to 661.6 d.; ordinary small to fine fine ordinary, 695. to 75e. ; low middling and middling, 765. to 82.. Gd. ; good middling to bold, 83e. to 88s. ; peaberry, 90s. to 945. Native Ceylon, bold, 70a. ; good ordinary, 63a. Gd. TEA.—The market remains quiet. The duty payments in London for the past week amount to 1,184,9081b5. Ric .—The market continues quiet. Rum.—The market is firm but no sales of importance are reported. INutuo.—Business has been done in East India descrip tions at quarterly sale's rates. Carrnic.—There is a moderate steady demand, without change in value. Jure continues in request at fully previous prices. Maur remains firm, and 34/. 10s. is still demanded for clean St. Petersburg. TALLOW . MARKET.-{THIS DAY.) The market i■ steady at the following price■ :—Town tallow, 41s. 9d. ; Petersburg Y.C. on the ■pot, 435. Cd.; June, 43■. 6d. ; October to December, 44.. 3d. ; December, 445. 9d. HIDE MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) LICADINHALL —Hides : 561 he. to 64th.., 20. to 3d. ; 641b4. to 7226., 3d. to 30. ; 721 b.. to 80th.., 31d. to 33(1.; 80th.. to 881 b.., 3i,L to 4,L ; 88th.. to 961 W.. 4d. to 4 1. Horse hides, 9.. 6d, to 10s. 6d. Calf skins, light, 2.. to 44. ; full, Ti. Bignmonnscr.— Sheepskins : Downs, is. Od. to fts. Od. ; lambs, 3s. Od. to es. Od. ; shearlinp, is. 41 to ls. lid. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIR DAY.) Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that the demand for all descriptions is steady, at sn advance of ss. per cwt. since our last report. Fly continues on the increase, the attack being of a more general nature than baa been known for many years. THE PRINCESS or WALES.—Daring the week her royal highness has been allowed to sit up in a chair ; and very early in the ensuing wee k th e necessar y c h anges in the " splints" now in use will be made, so as to allow the Princess more freedom. The joint affected is rapidly losing all tendons.' and recovering its natural shape. The progress of the Princess during the week has been entirely satisfactory.—Brifiah Medical Journal. DAMAGES FOR AN ACCIDENT BY A BOY.—An im portant trial to recover damages for personal injuries caused by accident has just taken place before the Civil Tribunal in Paris. In the month of July, 1865, the Prince of Yalentinoia, a younger son of the Prince de Monaca. while in the playground of the school attached to the chapel of St. Mesnun, near Orleans, of which he is a pupil, threw • pebble in sport at another boy, named Caffarelli, but missing him, struck in the eye a young man named Yvonneau, aged 22, who was preparing at the same establishment to cuter ecclesiastical orders. The injury was of a most serious kind, and resulted in • total loss of sight in that eye, although the young man was under surgical treatment for a year. He had been forced to abandon his intended career in the church, and had even been refused employment by a railway company, in conse quence of his partial defect of vision. M. Yvonneau now brought an action to recover damages, de manding • stun of 15,000 fr. for loss of time, surgical treatment, dc., and a life pension of 6,000 fr. • year in addition. The Prince of Monaco dial not deny his respon sibility, but considered the amount asked for exaggerated, alleging that the blindness hail arises from a detect of vision from which Yvonneau had suffered since his birth. The Prince offered • total sum of 10,000 fr., which he eon sidered would be sufficient to indemnify the plaintiff. The court appointed M. Tanlieu and two other medical men to examine the eye, and their report confirmed the defence put forward by the Prince, that the loss of sight did not actually proceed from the accident, although at the same time showing that the infirmity from which M. Yvonneau had originally suffered might have been , cured by a proper treatment, but in consequence of the wound was now irremediable. The court, taking into con sideration all the circumstances, condemned the Prince t o pay a Him of 10,000 fr., in addition to 2,000 fr. which M. I Yvonneau had already received, and else to constitute on 1 the latter an annual pension of I,2Dofr. The defendant was I likewise ordered to pay the costs of the suit. THZ NEGROES AND THE New ORLEANS STREET CARS. —We are glad to notice the settlement of the vexa tious street car question in New Orleans. The coloured men have made this • sort of a test of the recognition of their equality with whites, not only in New Orleans, but in other cities. The former masters could not bear to put themselves on a level with their late slaves, and, on the other hand, those who would not object to seeing disturbance of the public peace, which might be for their benefit, have perhaps urged the matter with an intempe rate zeal. The question has, however, received its only proper solution s in a general order from the several corpo rations instructuig their conductors and drivers to make no distinction in their passengers on account of colour, which is fair enough, as personal contact was not the real objec tion, white masters and mistresses and coloured ser vants having always ridden together.—Boston ddrereiser, May 15. MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) oxs o'OLoaz. The highly satisfactory character of the Bank of England return, the fall in the value of money, and the favourable weather for the harvest, after the recent rain, caused the stock markets to open this morning with extreme buoyancy. Con sols were in very active request, and were officially marked as high as 9511, with dividend, for money, and 94i, ex div., for the account. The rise was greatly assisted by the announcement of the failure of three members of the Stock Exchange, who have been speculating for a fall in Consols. it being consequently necessary to buy a consider able amount of stock to close their accounts. A partial reaction has since taken place, upon sales to realise profits, which in many cases must be large, owing to the extent of the late advances, but the present quotations show an improvement of i per cent, compared with those last current yesterday. Most of the other securities have also partiallyrelapsed from the morn ing's rise, in sympathy, yet are generally much better than yesterday. The rise in foreign stocks and British railways amounts to i to 1 per cent. Much excite ment is apparent, and the amount of business ge nerally is very large, including many purchases for investment. The fortnightly settlement will be concluded this afternoon. The discount market is rather active to-day, owing to the extent to which bills had been kept back in anticipation of a reduction in the Bank rate yesterday, the Stock Exchange settlement, and the arrival at maturity of a somewhat large amount of Indian paper. The general rate of dis count, however, is still i to I per cent. below the Bank minimum. At Paris this morning the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at 70fr.10c., being nearly I per cent. higher than on Wednesday. Consols are now quoted 95 to }, with div., for money, and 93,1 to 3, ea div., for the ac count (Juno 6), and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93 to I. It is understood that the rate of interest on Ex chequer Bills will at once be reduced to 2} per cent. The government brokerhas bought to-day 13,0001. New Three per Cents. for the sinking fund, at 931. The foreign stock market is extremely firm. Turkish Bonds of 1862 have improved 1 per cent.; Turkish of 1862 and Greek, ; Italian of 1861, 1 ; Mexican, 1, &c. Spanish Passive, however, have declined I. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted 58 to 59 ; ditto Five per Cents. of 1866, 331 to 34 ; Greek, 14i to 15 ; Spanish Passive, 241 to 1; ditto Certificates, 15} to 1 ; Italian of 1861, 54 to 63} ; Mexican, 171 to it. London and Westminster Bank shares have ex perienced a fresh rise of 2/. 10s., viz, to 110 to 115. Other descriptions are inquired for and firm. Financial and miscellaneous shares participate in the upward movement. International Financial are quoted 2to 1/ dis. ; General Credit, 12 to I} die. ; Credit Fonder, 5 to by dis. ; London Financial, 22 to 21 die. ; Hudson's Bay, 164 to 1 ; and National Discount, 71 1 to j prem. American securities are steady. The 5-20 bonds are quoted 72i to ; Erie Railway shares, 394 to 40 ; and Illinois Central, 70} to 77. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are in demand, and have risen 7s. 6d., viz., to 181 to Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. preference are 2s. 6d. higher, at 4 t i to }. A petition for the winding up of the Cache: Company (Limited) is to be heard before the Master of the Rolls on the Bth of June. HALF-PAST THREE OCLOCK. The English funds exhibit a fresh rise of & to i per cent., the present quotations being 951 to ii, with div., for money, and 93& to 94, ex div., for the account. Most other securities are also very firm. About 69,0001. in gold has been sent into the Bank. Two-and-a-half per Cent., which is now the minimum rate of discount, is the lowest rate known since the 24th of July, 1862, when 2 per cent. was touched, yet the week's Bank return, given below, viewed in conjunction with the continued decline in the rates in the general market, shows that the directors had really no alternative but to take the step now an nounced. The accumulation of coin and bullion is especially remarkable, the amount now held -20,417,2831.—being the highest known for fourteen years, i.e., since the lit January, 1853, when 20,528,0001. was reached, the rate of discount being then reduced, as now, to 2h per cent. The highest stock of the precious metals lever held by the Bank was 22,232,0001. on the 10th July, 1852, when the rate of discount was 2 per cent. 15aless the harvest should disappoint expectations and necessitate an export of gold, there seems no reason to believe that even the present low value of money will cause the surplus to be readily worked off, for trade shows no signs of revival ; foreign loans will probably meet with only a moderate de gree of encouragement ; and any investments which the public may be tempted to make, in impatience of the low rates allowed for deposits by the banks, can have no effect, as what one banker parts with soother obtains. At the same time it is worthy of remark that the stagnation of business is general throughout Europe, and that the position of the Banks of France and Holland is unprece dentedly strong. The joint-stock banks now allow lf per cent, per annum for money on deposit, instead of 2, except that the London and Westminster give only 1 per cent. on sums below 600/. The discount establish ments have reduced their rates for money at call from 2 to If per cent. ; at seven days' notice, from 2} to 11 ; and at fourteen days notice, from 21 to 1.. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., have just published, in the form of a pamphlet (printed by Darling and Son, Eastcheap), sonic further corres pondence which they have had with Senor" Nunez respecting the distribution of the funds in the Bank of England applicable to the payment of the Mexican dividend, due Ist July, 1866, and also their correspondence on the same subject with General Almonte, Mexican minister in London. The result is that the money has been handed over to Messrs. Barings by General Almonte, and will be paid very soon—as quickly, in fact, as the arrangements can be completed. Advices from Madrid give a cheering view of the effect expected to be produced by the measures in hand by the Finance Minister, a confident feeling prevailing that they will be of a character to re establish the credit of Spain throughout Europe. It is expected that the present week will not pass without the minister making known the details of his plans, and it is to be hoped that they will prove' such as will realise the expectations entertained of them by the parties interested. About 201,000/. in bar gold was sent into the Bank yesterday. The steamer Union, from New York, has brought 11,0001. in specie, while the Allemania has taken 20,0001. from England for that port. As one cause of the large remittances of gold lately made from the United States to this country, it is stated that persons desirous of remitting have been deterred from buying bills in the usual course by reason of the distrust which lust grown up re specting the position of mercantile houses on that side since the failure of Messrs. Watts, Crane, and and Fraser, Trenholm and Co. Co.,he following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared at the Bankers' Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, May 22. The total is 52,071,0001. In the previous week it was 57,468,0091. so that the inference is adverse to any idea that t rade is reviving : Thursday, 7,986,0001.; Friday, 9,112,0001.; Saturday, 9,653,0001.; Mon day, 8,293,000/. ; Tuesday, 9,348,000/. ; Wednes day, 7,679,000/. Total, 52,071,0001. The meeting of the Midland Railway Company, held at Derby on Wednesday was shorn of some por tion of its interest through'an intimation from the chairman that the much-canvassed bill for amalga mation with the Glasgow and South Western Com pany was not ready, the result being that se ad journment was necessary. The beneficial results of the anti-extension agitation promoted amongst the proprietors are shown, however, in the fact that additional outlays of capital contemplated in three bills brought before the meeting were aban doned by the board. The meeting was adjourned till Tuesday next. The Great Western Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of 4,1001. compared with the corresponding period of 1866 (Whit-week); the Great Northern an increase of 2,7851. ; the London and South Western an increase of 2,8611.; the Great Eastern a decrease of 6,0631. ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire a decrease of 18,1321. ; the North Eastern an increase of 2111. ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lintolnshire a decrease of 6,6711. the North British an increase of 1,4011. ; the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, including the Metro politan Extensionfand branches, a decrease 0f9871.; and the Metropolitan Extension, separately, a de crease of 5371. - - The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have issued their report, in anticipation of the half-yearly meet ing called for the sth June. It has already been mentioned • that the interim dividend usual at this period cannot be declared, and the directors now state that the "accounts to the 31st March exhibit an excess of expenditure over re ceipts to the extent of 36,000/., without making any provision for insurance or depreciation." The causes of the falling off in the company's revenue have already been referred to. The directors con clude by intimating in plain terms that, if the company are to continue bound to the present onerous and costly conditions of a mail service con tract, now that they are exposed to the competi tion of a foreign company, subsidised far more highly than their own, they must look to our go vernment for a " very material addition to the subsidy ;" and, considering that the postal ser vices with the East are connected with a commerce now representing about 110,000,0001. annually, the directors say that they "cannot but feel con fident that an enlightened consideration of the whole question will be taken by the government." The following is the report of the directors of the Bank of British North America, to be presented at the annual meeting on the 4th June : The court of directors have the satisfaction of sub mitting to the proprietors the annexed statements of accounts, and of congratulating them on the continued prosperity of the bank therein exhibited. This will be further seen by a comparison of the net profit of the bank for the last four years. Thus, in 1863, the amount of net profit was 61,4131. 14s. 7d. _• in 1814, 72,5691. 16a. 3d. ;in 1865, 77,877 1 . 13a. 3 d.: in 1866, 78,802 f. Le. 4d. ; and this result has been obtained after making liberal provision for all probable losses. The court of directors under these circumstances feel warranted in making a further increase in the dis tribution to the Proprietors, and they have ac cordingly declared, in addition to the usual half-yearly dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, a bonus of 11 per cent. This will leave the sum of 3,102/. sa. 4d. to be carried to the rest, which, including that addition, amounted on 31st December, 1866, as per annexed state ment, to 149,V3/. 10s. 81, or, deducting the bonus now declared, say 15,0001., to 134,2731. 10a. Bd. Warrants for the amount of the dividend and bonus, together 455. per share, free of income tax, will be forwarded as usual on the sth July next. The directors have the pleasure to add, that the accounts received from the branches up to this date compare favourably with those of last year at the same period. The Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company notify the proposed issue of the balance of their share capital, in 201. shares, bearing 5 per cent. guaranteed interest. The return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday, May 29, compared with that for the previous week, shows the following changes : Circulation lute £:34,227,7rA Increase E 754,800 Circulation active 22,9'"1,170 Increase 157,720 ?Odic deposits 8,843,011 Increase 2;8,147 Other deposits Oovernment securities is banking dement 12,886,314 No change. Other socarit in banking department bulli 18,883,405 pet IRAN 238,917 Coin and on in both departments -- 20,417,283 Increase 753,215 Seven day and other bills 432.486 Increase 2,915 The Rest 3 ,11 9 ,932 Decrease 28,415 Notes in reterve Total reserve (notes k soda) in banking department 12,458.113 Increase 595,495 The fresh increase of three-quarters of a million in the coin and bullion, and of nearly 600,0001. in the reserve, fully explains the reduction in the rate of discount made to-day. Of the coin and bullion nearly 200,0001. must have been received from the internal circulation. The Bank's dis count business has continued to decline at its minimum rate of 3 per cent. BANK OF . An Account pursuant to the Act week ending on Wednesday. ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Ile e for the the rith day of May, 11167. , ARTNENT. • Government debt 111,018,100 lOther aecuritree aottit3loo Gold coin and bul lion 13,567,705 Slyer bullion Ism= Dii4 Nato. bawd £34,257,765 i L34.2naa £34.W.765 ssitatio LI 5:4, Res Proprietors' Capital Xl4 ~ 000 t Public Deposits (lo chiding Etch N., 13sv. Banks, COO - =is. of Nations& Debt. tad Div. _ - PARTNER. Government IWO rities Other securities Notes Gold and Wirer Cola reexiniT 8.843,011 Other Deposits &y ea da) sod other Bilis Z14,237,4= 1,119.618 MAT Sa. 18C7. L 44.457.8 3 ,1 F. MAY. Depaty Cashier. TNt*RWAY ECIMING. Consols, which closed yesterday at 92A to ft ea div., for the kith of June, opened this morning at 92:: to 1, and closed at 931 to 1. For money the last price was 94l to 3, with dir. The official business report is as follows:—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 941, 1,3, 3,3, 3, with div. ; ditto, for account, 921, 4, ex div. ; Three per Center. Reduced, 921, 1,3, : New Three per Cents., 921, 3, # ; ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cent., 76, 3 ; Red Sea Telegraph, 191; Hank Stock, 251, 3 ; India Stock, 220, 21; ditto Fire per Cent. 1111,4 , 12 ; ditto Four per Cent., 97 ex. dir .; ditto, re per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 103 ; ditto Bonds, 60s. prom. The India Fire per Cent. stock was firm. Exchequer Bills were quoted 22a. to 275. prem. It will be seen by the subjoined notification, which was posted to-day in the Stock Exchange, that the rate of interest on East India Bonds is to be reduced from 5 to 4 per cent. per annum : " The Secretary of State for India in Council hereby gives notice that the present rate of inte rest on East India Bonds, viz., five pounds (51.) per cent, per annum, will cease and determine on the 31st May, 1868, and that from and after that date such bonds will carry interest at the rata of four pounds (4/.) per cent. per annum.—(Signed) J•ler.s Feßoussox.—May 30, 1867." COAL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Walls End Hetton, 19s. ; Walls End Haswell, Is. ; Walls End Tees, Ms. 9d.; Walls End Original Hart.lopooi, 19n.; Wall.. End Cassop, lns. 3d. ; Walla End Godorik• 17n.; Walls End Tunstall, 17s ; Wall End Hartoa, 170.; Walls En.l Hetton Lyons, 17s. ; 16s. 9d. Wylam. 16s. ; West Hartley, M. 6d. ; Hastings Hart ; ley, ISs. 6d.—Ships at market, 23 ; at sea. GO. It appears front a parliamentary return issued this lay that the expenses of the Totots. peigato. Great Yarmouth, and Ltncaster petitioar, liatt2llllteil in lin to 1 I p 4