The Express. — London, England, 1867-04-25 00:00:00

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A , Alliance Limited Amin Austrian Angie inuptian(Lins.) , Anglo Italian Austra/asia Hanka BritiahColmnbial Bank of tape ..... 1 Back of Otos° (Ladled) Bankof Victotia,Aostral Bank of New Zealand British & Californian(L) British N. MIMICS C. Bk. India, Atts., Clans Chart. Kw. of Inas, in. City Colonial Consolidated Bank (L) , Do. do. New Delhi and London (1.) East London (Lb Rioters lizcbange(tit i .l Inglis and AMIVICSO Eng. Bankit.deJanelroL, Ing.Soold AusL Charts!' intillshand9wedisit Im (L ) perial Bank (Limited) lonian Do. New Land Mod. Bk D0.5e.D00.,1864.10) Lon.aLotatencooke.(Lv Landon and Bra:Man.: Do. New London ItiverPinAn(L Do. New. lan at Wes Do. do. do Loa Ch. Dank of Aosta London and County—. ' Do. do. New London Joint Stock— London I BoatkAtrterail I.7,7i — Cw — wireiragiTi I London t Ve= It London W Merchant Bank Ma) .I Do. New Mercantiledl=i Metropolitan i Midland Bank .(Ltia.) .1 NaMonal of kaMeahaelai National olgi g =ool I. Pro. of . Do. tod & Ird lxa• — : I National Bank • , New Booth Wake I North Modern Oriental Bank ;4;::, trovla BankingOorp.(L) /Twine. of Irelad South Australia Stand. !,t 8. S. Africa Da do._ us. at 6pa trolon of Australia Cram of Inland (Lim), Uska at Lemke FORICION LILIELWAI iatLWATS. au j W' au ' a ~Haynie,o.l.,lt 710 Aire , Central Argentine 'C V P° V.itenst Du Parb at = a ft:pla) Do. Eastern of Trance sass Ihnopenn Central (L) Oreat Laternhourg Jinperlal Meilean (1.) Lembsig-Osermonlla (L) Nans.OLlege ) By the Do. 6 p.e. Tf. r Delp. ger Northern at Franos N. Rail. D. Ayres g 7. p. e De Deterred Norwegian Trunk Prat Ottoman (Smyrna AMID Paris, LyoasAnd !Part and Orleans iraVals(l ) I a°,l ! alrd 3Ptaa I Boial Bwodlah Do. T p amt. em vs and Meow .. , - T)n;Si -. r — eisT. P 4. eau ranioii) g par al 18.Au5t..4 Loa Venetian 1. - SOntltinat7B Portinel Southend France Turin and &trona Wild IfLuatkire Do. ha pie cent Pref West N. W. of Pr&DOP ii ii id ie :d zd ii sir ii , ..• 111 T oe :1 7 8 li 1 2pa 3 1 414 .. . .... 62 64 I = 46 44 pis 4 42 43 7 6441 83 86 , .... .. ... i ts 27 ; Voi 6 11 11K14; 6 4 416 44 48 47 10 86 41 42 43 I 414 24 ig. mi. si ft ea 7* *dal 11 9 dlei 12 1 13 19191 7 I die 110 11 11 6 4 Mel $OB 8 98e "Zi 111418 50 52 15 1/ 30 32 12 13 35 a: * MI 't* 1, 3 dls 2 (s 11j I7i 10 II Ms 1 2 21 }d a le 22 24 II 2Ma 211 2 di SO 22 llf Sidle id 19 . 17.41 a p.r - 1 psi 211 M I 6668 42_ 41I_ _1!!'I is TII-31 1 4 -8 3 U zd' 14 I I 10 alai - -ml pez 1 gal 80 so 111 Li 18 as! 8 zd 8 i 4 , le 19' 4t 44 4 Si Si It ES lib as sa 0 10 id, . e l 1 1 A If 9 , 4 1 13 i 13 i 23 i I i : n 6 1 1 1 I' 2 1 DEBENTUAZ STOCII. So. 1 Pk I itocci. i Pd , :6:11111. 07iifii il.c7iii — r.ll6o Ot. o.Ntlia.6p.e. 1a5..P.1 100 1111,0911 St 0.1 , 162.—W. 11.-ox., I p. et., Jae. a Jll7 ....400 110 96 918,000 86. Lane..tYk4p.c.Jan.tWly 00 680,000 M. 100.11a4pb.Sp.e..Jaa.41Uly. 00 =M. L.llN.W.4p.e.J•a.&Jaly,loo 99 96 1111. Do. sip.e. Jan.& July 100 WIN OS. L.&1 1 .1.W.4p.e. Jea.t Julploo ..•• Illidbed.tp.e.Jaa.*Julydoo 99 93 —.... 1111,. ' X. MU* Z. P. d D.8.,1 &p. 01., 1 , ob. & Aft. . . 100, 11,4191110. 1 1 1 .15tr0..49.0.J0a.4.101yr100 1 14 96 .... 1 ss. 50011t.1.,6p.0.4.404. 100 1 U. Prices. :5 be 93 115 yoannAL ow asull DrltishCoin.dp.et.,llll7l lOU. Do. 1891 Coo. 00..6 p. C., 187744. Do. 6porot,Feb.dAos. Do. 6 paret.bLor. t2174...801 Do. porolimata 186,80131 Do. 6 wet. fro. I 1100,0001 Cooedli Itapsepor.lB7ll ' Do. I Do. do. 1111040 d 0.151649001 Do. do. LOOM 88. US Do. lip.e.Ap.*Ootladd 100.000 Co% too.For.lPsB, Spat 250.0001 Do. 1878. do.. 1.000.000 Do. Is7l d 0... 200,00 u Duo. I por 0t..10711 IDO.OOOI Do. 18781 200,0001 100,000 Do. Do. 1 18111 /08 lecaeo NotalOov.6p.o.Ap.doo. MAW, Now DrunuGov.epur 14136.000 iw South Woks Do?., 6p. cont., 1871 to 8,071.8001 Do. 6p. ¢ 1888 to 1803 6.4,000' D0.6p.e.r,1867 to 1876 160,000 Nay Zealand eptir coat. 1.000,000. Ile. 6par omit. 600.000; Do. 6 per cent. 1801 360.000, Do 40 lalJanaiDee 160,000; N Scotia Bp. a.,1876 1,863.1004 altenaland Dor. 6 p. ct. IS.AusLOov. D. a.,87•77 meow Da. 1876 and upwda. 860000. Vic.Gor.Bp. 0. Jan July 7,000.000 Do. op. at April& Oe FOREIGN MI 0111 ii id 1211 501 60 141 14 114 k lit iq 1031 1111 14 Ili 101 - No. I iiii I Timm. 86, Alamißoe wilted) UM, ! 1 Anglo-BraaGold(Lim.), 20000 2.1 Australian 16.0001 le leaps Como. jutilliedi • 16,0061 ^ t.)tpula vie(Limited) WAS 6 Chou Wee°. tt 8. M 10.000 b Coplapo (Limited) 1 100,1100 ! 1 Don Pedro. N. Del lay 16,030 S East Del Rep (1.1m1201)1 16,000 ! 2 ,Fortuna (Limited) .. —I 60,000 , Prontino&BoUviaGold 10,000 20 !General 613,000 111 IlLapundaat i ted) 16,000 S !Linares ( 7,927 6 , Lus Mao lan 60,000 4 !nautical° (L) 30,030 6 ;Peetarena Got (Us) 10,000 2) •Poutebaudsilver Lead 100,000' 6 !Port Phillip 12,000 64 Royal Cobra Comm 1110,0001 1 Scottish Austral. (La 11,000 21 St. John del Ray (Ltin 1 4.5174' lilted Mexican (Um 30,000' 2 Val Antigolia Gold 11,. 50,000 1 VallansascaGold(Lim.j 10,000 10 Vancouver Coal (Lira.' 6,000 1) Val Swam iLintited 10,000 6 Washoe Gold (limited' 60,000 1 Worthing (Limited) 76,000 1 Yorke Peninsula(Lina) 45.000 5 Yudanarantana (Lim.; Su. 1.411 MISCELLANEOUS. COIIPAIIIB. 66 51 00,00(1 -.-- - 000 10. L• 00,00 01 £lOO.OOO 10,0001 40,0001 10.600 47,000 13,000 116.000 0: 616 1 11,000 100,000 10,000 10n02,6 £llO,llO ort,ooo 7,500 I 18,000 , 112,000 ~o:ouo 00,000 1130113 1.370,W6 15,0001 70,000 !0,000, 10,0001 11,0001 $0,000; io,oeo 100,000 10,000 114000 6,0.10 100,000 - 80,000 60,000 160,000 800,000 w.OOO Angto•AmerlainTal. Aadcun A ttil lg e Tel I r. Do. per cent Australian Agrleul... Australian Y. Letln.(l =gaVaTea liatateuL i l a l terworka (L Do. New Bolckow Vaughan (L ) Bombay or (Limited) Do New &IDA American Lend B. & I. Mag. TeL (L) &ilia Shipowners Canada Company Canadian Loan& Int%) r i ti n o C T= _ _ Slip& L.CoalL City Discount, Limited. Myst Loudon,. Pro.( L. City oil ilan Inspro.(L. Do. lefty of Mosoow Osa (I. L efty Offices ( Um.) (Limited) 00 lis)°;aarc 50 lel Unlon(lna 10 of Africanller.(L. 20 Continental Un.Gaa(L , 25 Cop.M.lngPreflip.e. 10 C. ?OW. ol k oland (1.) 50 Do.of Mauritius (L).. 1 St Crystal Palace .. .... St. Do. Preference St. I t l ir : i i . lie. 6 P. et. Pere. Deb i 20 lug (Limited) __ 10 , tern Assam Tea (L.' 60 it.lnallaLandC.&FligL 20 .g. India br ig. & Canal 60 ' Ebbw Vale . . 20 ligyptianCorn.Wl27l.ll.` Mt. Vet-trio Telegraph I 10 . Do. New 2 !Ing.&Aus.Copper (Lint) , II oF.ng and Foreign Pedit . 100 .02.& Scottishalarha( 10 bairn Fogineering 20 Fore-at ( Warehouse (L: 60 Oellivara (Limited) . IS GeneralCredlt& Ina.(L ) IS Steam Navigation 10 Home &Colonial As.(l , 0 Hoegtowi & Chba Ow 0 Hudson's Bay. 1 Im.LandCo.Slateadlles L I Indian Carrying (Lira.' t. Finan.Soc.(l tersaalanderedit(L Italian Land Italian Dr*. (Can. Cay , Do. II p - tlds,t. 187 Land Soeuritia-aiUra.). Lond.Aftleas Treding. Lon. & Caladon. IL (Li Lon.CoantyLand 7 43l. ► . Wed. Distrk.6 Load. an. Aso. L. 6 Land. G. OwnfloWC. 10 I Lood.&Giswg.ing rim o.( Load. Provindal 10 !Madras Irrlna & Canal, p. et.s.hylndlanClor. II Warhol' loyeatinent SO Baaritius Land, de. (L 10 Kodit. llzten. Tel. (L ) Warabant Shipping (L) 80. 11111 wall F.l4.2Dock(L; SO 10 Natal Land & Col.C. , National DU. Coto. (L.' U Do. New, Woad 6 15 National Prov. , 100 National gamut Nay.(Ll 10 NartaiddaCoaalron(l 10 Noweenaolldat. Dia. (L 1 New Quebroda. Linked 25 N. Zealand L.&11.6.21.1 .taaland T.& Loan 10 orthernamas Tea 10 Do. B W. N. Brio Australasian (L) 1 50 N.Brit.&llercan. ba.(Ll Ss Ocean Marino Inonn.) so Orion Una, Oriet..al (Lbeltad) 6 Do. New 10 OtiontanlandStaans(L) 10 . 113t t oz i tl i t ee land Invest i 10 • Panama B. Si 1.1 • I Do. do. St. , Lad& SUa.(LI,I 60 'Peninsular & o.6Wana SO Do. do. Now SO Barium Iron 15 Do. Now 26 jtioJ.City Improv.(L ) 10 RIO Janeiro Oaa (lea) 100 b ßoyal Mall Steam St. Scot. Anstalt loved (L) 1 20 , Soa Tenon. d'lLapto(L) 60 S. &blow M. & In. (L ) 26 tioathAttatraltioiLand , St. Badmen* T p elegraph &ri MEW ISO , ToLOosairne.&lllWWL), Do. Do UAW° 10 'Thatneollf army 1n c. ...(2. TAO , W ' Trinidad Petroleum (L 112,500 ! 10 Traat&Agoney of Ann 60,000 , T. & L Co. a u. 100,0001 50 Un. Marino of Unit (L) 25,000 IS ,United DiAconaWarVL) 60,000 6 United C. Wog. 004.- 25,000 5 Do. 10 par ant. wet 110,0001 10 Univers. miwnhems.a ) 10.003 10 Van Land 11111150001 100 Tletroyellkupl(Uor.X. , 16,000 is Norm& Mann (Lira.); W.OOO l 1/0 Wastledin&Pasilloall(L kiii•O toosooo 10,000 4, 000 20,000 10.000 ii:0 . .1 50,000 148,525 5,000 150,900 90,000 10.000 11,640 11,000 10,000 £600,000 0,000 311,5001 MOOD 46,0001 110,000 10,0001 12,500 25,000 51,000 10,000' 10,000 t 5 si 1 1 Oa, 7 pm lipm 2 &I 18 18 db. 10, par oval. N !Idle idls 1 111 / }Pm 4 aMa n %die 40 45 I 13 14 I 1!:?oo f 0107,170 40,000 00,000' 10,000 30,000 30,000 4,0,000 11,000 10,000 14 10,314 4000,000 30.000 10.000 10,000 10000 i:;ooe 16,000 &M,oo° 10,000 10.0001 MIAOW, PREFERENCE SR Manchester, Sheffield, and Line. 6 Manchester,Shefleld, and Lin. red, North Eastern Consolidated 4 per i 10 S 51 P 53 113 5 Poe 11 41 4 6 'I 5 24 U 38 68 61 58 59 13 16 1 97 101 UO 126 7 6Me 6 6do 32 U 00 TO 1 $ no 21 3 1 4 OM II hill 8 84411 D, 7 8 87 8D 'I le TRAPIPIO B.NTURNEL id • Includes Good /Way and lister Sunday. s Good Friday. r cent., 11.1. n. at Gp. c., 1-IG. it., 81. Mlles Par Mer- Total. Total. ILLILWATS. opea. sawn. cluuldiae. 1887. 1886. Week ending Feb. 17. A A A S Great Indian Pentaanhi .. 8151 0,313 35,821 42,U4 37,032 Week ending Feb 18. northern of Buenos Ayres. 19 900 038 Week ending Feb. 23. Iladras—nouth West Una 49! 7,780 7.111 North West Line. 163 2,044 2,123 Week ending March 9. Bohisand Ban Francisco .. 791 214 315 529 712 Week end April 19. Dublin, Wicklow , a Wes .___ ford 107 - - 2,7E8 2,741 Week ending April W. Penitents and Tenby - 272 - W:eit ending April 21. Cornwall Great Northern Great Luxembourg Lancashire and Yerkshlre 403 22,526 26,015 48.660 44,210 London, Chatham, & Dower & Met. Ix. & Branches . 136 11.776 1,455 *13,230 9,490 Metro. En of L. C. & D l4l 2,756 231 *2,927 2,433 London & North Wentern 12191 63,086 62,036 11 6 , 00 2 117,163 London and Smith Woken - 20,009 7,348 17,437 - Manchester SWIM, Lincolnshire sad 146 07,286 14,880 22,165 19,900 Midland 9BO 20 127 34,928 55,066 60,728 _ ... .- - _ North Staff ordidalre(flee ) fIB 6,755 2.402 1001.11 Devoe Ulster THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1867. Pd. 1 al. me.. I Mai.. 94 9G 93 93 96 81 86 63 65 103 106 103 186 xd 10! 194 zdi 104 108 90 31\ 1 10: 104 107 109 106 107 103 106 104 108 I 106 107 104 106 96 97:d 96 96 94 116 f g 87 A 102 103 &Si 89 991 100 ii 102 103 96 99 91 92 106 106 Los 106 loft 1061 S 4 - xd 971 a, I Pd. I Cl. pious. I Sale.. all 1! Par OM . 311 14 1 1-18 A P : 1:1 1 4 la 4 418 : He./ 3 ;pm 15-16 pm I 1 ail. 16 51 i 11;1' Z 22 2 S I 1 I ; 1 : . 2 z ,16 6I 14 165 a 4 S th Par e Si!' n ll 1 Illea— -1 1, all 2 ao sa 100 ? I 11. prior. I Sas. WTI If 21 fl ♦ die die 9) 3) d. 19 14 x In 5 1 1 2111.5-16 114 - i 15-16 151:6 15) 2 5 7 16 II _di. tato ihrtelligtate. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Artut 24. &Milne in 11Anco.—(Before Justices Blackburn, Mellor, aad Shoe.) BANCROFT r. MITCHELL. Mr. Williams said this was an action tied at Manches ter before Mr. Justice Mellor far false imprisonment, &c., when the plaintiff Wal. imamate& The action was brought against the governor of the county gaol at Salford by the plaintiff, who had been taken under a warrant that had been issued against him for the non-payment of • certain sum of money due under the Poor-law Act, which pro 'Med that a son should maintain his parents where he was is circumstance, to do so. There was also a count for excess. his hair having been cut and his whiskers shaved off he was also dressed in the prison dress, and treated in every respect as a felon, instead of as a misdemeanant. The case involved the question whether the money due under the warrant was in the shape of a debt or for penalties, and if the former, whether the plaintiff had nut been relieved from the payment under the Bankruptcy Act. It was contended that the magistrates' order was an order for the payment of money, and not in the nature of a criminal offence. The learned counsel moved to set aside the nunsuit, and enter the I verdict fur the plaintiff for 151. or one farthing, or both. (Laughter.) If the detention was unjustifiable, the verdict was to be entered for the plaintiff for and if it was justifiable, for one farthing for the excess in cutting the hair and shaving the plaintiff, which would have • material effect on the costs. The plaintiff's treatment, it was urW , , was severer than that provided by the Pri sons' :ftulation Act, which came into operation the day on which he was arrested. Rule gr.inted. house. It was anonymous, and in the same band. writicg a.l the other letters, and. moreover. was enclosed in an envelope which corresponded exactly with a packet of envelopes found in the desk belonging to ono of Mrs. Wells' children, to which Miss Cooler could have access. The writer of it appeared to have known what had taken place that very day. Mr. Baron Bramwell—Had it any postmark? Mr. Serjeant O'Brien--No. It was in these terms : —'. My intention when I first wrote these letters was to try and get your nurse out of her place; but as I could not do that, I tried to annoy you by setting you against Miss Cooper, and tending her away to your inconvenience ; but finding I could not do that, I have tried to annoy you. But I now solemnly take my oath that Miss Cooper has bad the last letter she will ever have, and you shall never have another. May God forgive me for ever writing such letters. Once I should have liked to have seen nurse sent away, for I bated her. The writer of these letters has lived with yon. You know her as well as you do nurse. I know you and nurse quite well ; but I know very little of Mies Cooper. Once more I take my oath that thin is the last letter you shall ever have. I did not live as long with you as nurse did, but I know you an well. I confess all I have said is untrue. I am a liar, or I never could have said what I have. I never, by all that is sacred, will write to you again —either of you." Mr. Baron Bramwell—That rather seems to be the letter of a person living in the fainily, because instead of using " the ' before nurse, the writer speaks familiarly of " nurse." The learned baron also remarked that he (lid not see how these letters could be worth 1001. to the plaintiff unless she was the author of them. Mr. fierjeant O'Brien—That is exactly the way in which I put the matter. The Lord Chief Baron--It is impossible not to feel that the jury might have been influenced by the consideration that if they found this young person to be the author of these letters it would be her immediate and butting de struction in this world. They found that there was not sufficient evidence to justify them in saying that she was the writer—not that she was not the writer. Mr. 4erjeant O'Brien was insensible to the considera tions which might govern the jury in that respect, because he was satisfied that throughout greater kindness could not have been shown by any human being to Miss Cooper than had been shown by Mr. and Mrs. Wells. The Lord Chief Baron—The folly of Mr. and Mrs. Wells was, that, having reason to suspect Miss Cooper as the writer, they did not give her back her letters and send her about her business. Mr. Serjeant O'Brien submitted that they would hare acted wrongly if they had done any inch thing, as the letters contained foul libels upon members of the family. Although Miss Cooper left at the end of November, Mr. Wells paid her salary up to the Ist of February following, but she claimed the cost of board and lodging daring that time. The learned counsel then referred to the evidence of the experts, and said, that although the suggestion was that the letters might have been written by one of the domestic servants, there was no false spelling, and that a scientific word which an illiterate person might be sup posed to be not able to spell. had been correctly spelt. The Lord Chief Baron said he should have been glad at the trial, and would be so still, if a stet processes could be entered. Mr. Serjeant O'Brien—l should have no objection to a stet prooessus as regards the whole proceedings. The Lord Chief Baron—But before a suggestion for that purpose can be made, you must show you are entitled to a rule. Lltnnately, the court granted a rule nisi to enter a ver dict for the defendant on the count for trover. Rule nisi. COWAN T. MELBOURNE. This was an action for the breach of an agreement to let the St. Anne's Assembly-rooms, at Liverpool, for the de livering of lectures, and was tried before the Recorder of the borough in the Passage Court, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. Littler now moved to enter averdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The rooms were let to the plaintiff for two Sundays, and he distributed placards about the town stating the nature of the lectures to be delivered. One of the subjects was, " The character and teachings of Christ—the former defective, the latter mis leading ;" and another, " The Bible shown not to be more inspired than any other book." The defendant said that these were irreligious, blasphemous, and illegal lectures, and refused to allow them to be delivered. The learned counsel said the real question was the spirit and intention with which the lectures were to be given, and that if the author only proposed to express the opinions which he sincerely entertained, without any desire to annoy or in wilt other persons in their beliefs, they did not bear the character assigned to them. The Lord Chief Baron said, in his opinion it would be a violation of the duty of the court to have any hesitation upon any of the points raised in refusing a rule. What ever °entrant might have been entered into by the de fendant, no doubt could be entertained that he was justi fied in preventing his rooms being used for the puma's mentioned. It needed no authority to show that Chris. tianity was part and parcel of the law of England, and to publicly attempt by argument and reasoning to prove that the character of oar Saviour was defective and Hia teach ings misleading was blasphemy and impiety. Not only was the defendant justified in refusing the use of his rooms for the purpose in question, but he was bound by the laws of his country to do all in his power to prevent them being so used. Mr. Baron Martin expressed the same opinion. Mr. Baron Bramwell said that the use of the rooms in the way proposed was clearly illegal under the 9th and 10th of William 111., which provided that those who in writing, printing, or preaching, denied that the Christian religion was true, or that the Holy Scriptures were by divine authority, should be subject to the penalties therein mentioned. He added that be was glad in ar riving at the name conclusion as his learned brethren, as these placards must have given great pain and offence to those who read them. Rule refused. Sittings at Nisi Prius.—(Before Mr. Baron Channell and Common Juries.) These were the second sittings at Nisi Prins in Term. The list contains 42 causes, of which six are entered for special juries. An unfinished case occupied the court the greater part of the day. The other asses disposed of were of no public interest. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. APRIL 24. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WIGHT V. WIGHT AND FIELD. In this case, in which it will be remembered that the jury lately found for the respondents, the court dismissed the petition, and condemned General Wight in Dr. Field's costs. It refused, however, to give Dr. Field the costs in curred by him in a previous and abortive trial HANCOCK (TAMMY CALL= PEATY) V. PLATT. In this case the court pronounced a decree of nullity, in conformity with its previously expressed opinion that the lady was insane at the time of her trial. Dr. Spinks, Q.C., dated that the present condition of her health was not such as to justify the respondent in carrying the case any further, and he therefore, with great regret, submitted to the finding of the court. Decree accordingly. begged to be allowed to join him again in order to receive some money to which they were jointly entitled. Leave was given her until 5 o'clock, and the prisoner again quitted the house. In a short time afterwards, in consequence of a communication made by the errand boy, Mrs. Tuck was induced to examine the drawers in her bedroom, end dis covered that they had been opened and ransacked, and an opera cloak and two petticoats abstracted. Suspicion at once attached to the prisoner, and the o ffi cer Brown was sent for, and he, accompanied by Mrs. Tuck, proceeded to the house of a crimp, in a retired court in Batcliff High way, where the prisoner was found, and taken into custody. On her being searched a qitantfry of duplicates relating principally to property stolen from her employer's premises was found upon her, and two embroidered petti coats, a rich child's cloak trimmed with white fur, and • second cloak were now produced by the pawnbroker, and proved to have been pledged by the prisoner on the pre vious flay shortly after one o clock. These articles were identified by Mrs. Tuck as her husband's property. Detective officer Brown proved the capture, as already stated, of the prisoner, whose real name was Kent, and who had cohabited with a well known crimp prior to taking the situation in the prosecutor's family. The officer applied for • remand to enable him to trace the valuable property which was still missing. The Lord Mayor granted the application, and the pri soner (who had nothing to say) was remanded to Saturday next. JaiNO Randall, 18, deecribed as being a porter , was charged with being concerned with one Henry Taylor (already committed for trial), in obtaining on the 29th March divers merino shirts, value 305., and on other dates divers other valuable goods, from Mews. Morley, of Wood-street, Cheapside, with intent to cheat and defraud. _ _ It seemed that the man Taylor had formerly been in the service of an extensive retail house in Regent-street, and while so employed had been in the habit of coming with orders to Messrs. Morley's 'warehouse, sod being supplied with the goods. After his dismissal, which had beenunknown to the prosecutors, he came several times, representing that he came as before from his employers, and thus obtained large quantities of goods, until by accident the fraud was discovered, and Tlor given into custody on his last visit on a similar erran d. It subsequently transpired that the prisoner Randall was mixed up in these frauds, and on the previous night be was taken into custody at a common odging-house, in George-street, Bloomsbury, where his companion Taylor had taken up his abode. On Randall being searched, the officer Waller, 121, found upon him no less than 74 pawnbrokers' duplicates, all relating to goods obtained from wholesale houses. One of these duplicates related to a merino shirt which had been pledged by the prisoner. This was produced and identified by Mr. Henry Gardner, of Mews. Morley's, as one of the six fraudulently obtained by the man Taylor on the 30th March last. This was pawned by the prisoner on the same day. On the application of Waller, the officer, the prisoner was remanded to Saturday next, with a view to enable the former to trace the other property to which the dupli cates found on the prisoner related. GLENNISSON V. ROBERTSON. Mr. Gibbons said this was an action against the Glow worm newspaper for paper supplied, tried last week before Mr. Justice Mellor. when the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for V.I. The plaintift was the agent of a Belgian paper maker, and the defendant was the registered proprietor of 300 shares in the Strand Printing and Pub lishing Company, to which the Ohnoteorm at one time belonged. The lA , teecortot had since twice changed hands. The learned counsel mo%ed for a rule for a new trial or for a nonsuit, on the ground that there was no evidence to fix the defendant with the contract. In fact, it was not made b him or by his authority. Mr. Justice Mellor said there was no evidence to show the change of proprietorship in the Uloinnorwt, but it was shown that the defendant was the proprietor of the paper to the extent of 300 shares in the company to which the newspaper belonged. Mr. Gibbons said the contract was made by a person named Bailey. since dead, who wan not in the defendant's service at the time he made it, and there was no proof of agent Rule refused. MITCHELL r. LACZT. Mr. fierjeant T. Atkinson said this was an action tried at Guildhall before Mr. Justice Lush, when the jury re turned a verdict for the defendant. It was an action for negligence in so conducting a Turkish bath whereby the plaintiff was severely burnt. The learned counsel moved for a rale for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was against evidence, and surprise. The Turkish bath in question was situate d iu Commercial-road Feat, and when the plaintiff was in the hot chamber he felt faint, and called to the assistant. He heard him on the third call, and on coming into the room plaintiff asked him for a glass of water. The assistant left to get the water, but he remained away so long—upwards of five minutes—that the plaintiff, overcome with faintness, fell on the hot tiles, and was severely burnt on the whole of one aide. Mr. Justice Lush said the evidence for the defendant WM that no delay or negligence took place. The assistant fetched the water immediately, and it was whilst the plaintiff was drinking the water that he fainted and fell. The plaintiff was a very heavy man, and the assistant got him out of the room as quickly as possible. The medical man said that if the plaintiff had consulted him, he should have objected to his taking a Turkish bath. Ho (the learned judge) was not dissatisfied with the verdict. Rule refused. BAIL COURT.-Apßii 24. Sittinp at Nisi Prins at Westminster.—(Before Hr. Justice Sheet and Common Juries.) • • • • His lordship was occupied until he had to rise to attend chambers, about the middle of the day, in hearing a part. heard case of no particular interest. IVe therefore relent, our report. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-APRIL 24. Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Pigott.) COOPER I. WELLS. This was en action by Miss Cooper, governess, against a surgeon in practice at the West-end, and having a resi dence at Hampstead, to recover damages for wrongful dismissal from his service, and also to recover the ponies aim of certain anonymous letters whieh had been ad dressed to her. The trial, which extended over the greater part of two days, took place at Cluildhsli before the Lord Chief Baron, when the jury found a verdict for the plain tiff with N. damages for the wrongful dismissal, and also a verdict for the plaintiff on the count in trover, with 100/, damages, to be reduced to le. in the event of the letters being returned. Mr. Serjeant O'Brien on the part of the defendant now moved for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, and also by leave reserved to enter a verdict for the defendant on the second count, on the ground that the plaintiff had no property in the anonymous letters. The principal question was whether the plaintiff was the write* of those letters. It was a singular case and surrounded by that fund of interest which generally belonged to an undiscovered mystery, but he confidently believed that when the letters were closely examined they would themselves yield up the secret and point to the real author. He ventured to say that the evidence in the case fell little short of demonstration that the plaintiff herself was the writer. The Lord Chief Baron—You must first deal with the preliminary question, whether, even supposing the letters are in the plaintiff's hand-writing, they are not still her property, so as to entitle her to a verdict on the trover count. Mr. Serjeant O'Brien said that Miss Cooper entered the service of the defendant as governess to his children in February or March, 1865, and appeared to have conducted herself with great propriety until she left. She and the servants and two children lived in a cottage at Hampstead, while Mr. and Mrs. Wells resided at their house in town. In December, 1865, two or three anonymous letters, addressed to Miss Cooper. were delivered at the house, and she handed them to Mrs. Wells. Singularly enough, the writer complained of Miss Cooper's conduct to the children, and said that when she went out she met and walked with gentlemen, and neglected the children. Mrs. Wells told her to pay no attention to anonymous letters, adding she did not herself, and took the first letter shown to her and threw it in the fire. She also told her if any more letters in the Fame hand-writing, came, she was not to open them, but to hand them to her. In Mirch, 1886, another letter of the most fearful obscenity came. It was addressed to Miss Cooper, and contained the foulest impu tations both upon her and Mrs. Wells. Miss Cooper banded it unopened to Mrs. Wells, who kept it for the purpose of discoveries the writer. A second, a third, and a fourthof the same Character were received, and Mrs. Wells made it known among the servants, who consisted of a nurse, • general servant, a gardener, and a charwoman, that she would give IW. reward for the discovery of the author. She also dismissed one of the servants. This, however, did not stop the letters. One addressed to Miss Cooper referred to an incident which occurred in the house two days before it was smitten. One of the servants had the tooth ache, and Mrs. Wells gave her some chloroform, and the writer said that Mrs. Wells had nearly slept • servant to death. This affsir could only have been known to the servants in the house and this young woman, or to some one to whom it might have been communicated. In another letter it was said that Miss Cooper would have to take charge of all the children, and that while she would have all the trouble the nurse would have all the credit. In November Mrs. Wells suspected herof being the writer, and ultimately it was arranged that she should leave at Christmas, the state of her health being one of the reasons given by Mrs. Wells. A day or two afterwards another letter was received in which this circumstance was men. tioned. The Lord Chief Baron—Your cue is that no one knew of this circumstance excep t Miss Cooper and Mrs. Wells. . . Mr. Serjeant O'Brien—Precisely. The letter was as fol lows :—` Now, Mims Cooper, you see that what I told you has come to pair : Mrs. Wells is going to send you away, and pretends it is your health. She knows very well it is nothing of the kind. Nurse knows all about it, and glad enough is she—so she said herself." The nurse had lived with the family 11 or 12 years and was living with them dill " She hates you—she is always finding some fault with you to M. Wells, and Mrs. Wells believes her far before she does you. She is a dreadful lying wretch is that nurse. She will be found out listening at the doors before long. She is jealous of you, that is the whole of it. She does not like the children thinking so much of you. Don't seek to stop after Christmas." The day before this was written Mrs. Wells had a conversation with her, when it was arranged she should leave at Christmas. " They will only laugh at you when they see the last of you. She is a nasty interfering creature, nurse ; she must nave a word to say upon everything. Why I wrote these letters to you was for you to give Mrs. Wells warning instead of her *ending you away. Emma (the nurse) listened at the door and knew all about it before." Afterwards Mrs. Wells accidentally found some of Miss Cooper's undoubted hand writing, and, on being shown to Mr. Netherclift, the expert, he pronounced it to be by the same hand as had written the anonymous letters. Without communicating her suspicions, Mrs. Wells told Miss Cooper that she wished to see her father on the subject of the letters, on which she seemed greatly distressed, and begged her not to go to her home, alleging as a reason that her mother was a vs ry passionate woman. She however gave Mrs. Wells her father's address in the Borough. This was on the evening of the 26th of November, between 5 and 6, and afterwards Mrs. Wells went to town. About nine the same evening, when Mrs. Wells returned, she was shown a letter, addressed to herself, which had been found in the letterbox attached to the gate of the MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Bodkin.) Jane Bahia . , 15, Algae Fergesow, 18, Sarah Tester, 15, and kabe ll a Jreiand, 15, were indicted for attempting to set fire to a dwelling.house, in the possession of Rosins Hargrave and others. There was a second indictment against Jane Baltiek for stealing the sum of 11., the moneys of Jane Lerman, in a dwelling-house. They all pleaded guilty to the different indictments. The prisoners were all inmates of the Industrial School at Lisson-street,Lisson.grove, for the reformation of protes tant juvenile offenders,andon the 18th January, at 3 in the morning, the matron, Mrs. Itosina Hargrave wan awakened by a girl named Plum, and on going down stain she found the kitchen in a blaze, and a large quantity of clothing that had been placed on a clothes-hone was neatly destroyed. The stairs bad also taken fire, and bad the matron not gone down at the moment and poured water on it, the h ouse would have been burned down. The motion was called, and she gave Ferguson a very bad character. She said she was the most desperate girl she bad ever met with. As to lialtick, she was a thief of the worst description, and she believed she was the ring- leader of all the rest. All the others had behaved very ill, and their friends being unable to do anything with them, they were sent to this reformatory. They confessed to another inmate that they set the place on fire, and when spoken to about it they all admitted that they had done so. As regarded Rollick, she had committed the addi tional offence of robbery, for she had broken open a ser vant's box, took from it a sovereign, which she bad spent in gloves, cakes, and sweets, and ahe had previously been convicted of robbery. The Assistant-Judge said they would find the difference between a reformatory and a prison, and sentenced Bal tick to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 1 months, Ferguson for 18 months, and Tester and Ireland for 12 months each. THE POLICE COURT& MANSION ROUSE. .. Mary Tarr alias Kent, aged 24, and described as being a domestic servant, wan brought up in custody by Detective-officer Charles Brown, and charged before the Lord-Mayor with stealing an opera cloak, two petticoats, and a large quantity of female wearing apparel, the pro perty of Mr. Jabez Tuck, printer, of Union-court, Old Broadetreet, her muter. From the evidence of Mrs. Tuck it appeared that the prisoner applied to her for the vacant situation of one of her domestic servants about a month ago, and gave a reference as to her character. On Mrs. Tuck visiting the referee she received an undeniable character of the pri soner, which however hod turned out to be false. In the comae of the previous morning the prisoner had several times left the house without the knowledge of her mis tress, and on her return the last time about two o'clock, after an absence of an hour, she stated th►t she had been to mast bar brother,who had just returned from abroad, and )LUtLBOROUOH-STRENT. John Woolfender, Thomas Seekroyd, and WilliansGracie, three operative tailors, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with intimidating Ann Newland, a Milani's, for the pur pose of preventing her from following her lawful occu pation. Mr. Sayer, from the offioe of Mr. Edward Lewis, appeared for the defendants. Ann Newland, wife of a Juliet living at No. 10, Silver street, said about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon she was coming out of fir. Poole's tailoring establishment, in Sarile-row, when the defendants came up to her, and ordered her to open a bundle which she carried. They opened the bundle and looked at some clothes which she bad received for the purpose of making alterations. They wanted to see to the bottom of the bundle, but she refused to let them look. The court, which was filled with journeymen tailors, here beoarne a scene of momentary confusion. Mr. Tyrwhitt maid be would not permit any bullying by a parcel of journeyman tailors, nor by any one else. If they did not behave with decency, he would order the court to be cleared. Complainant continued—She had worked for Mr. Poole for 11 years. Mr. Poole came out of the house, and seeing how she was beset, gave the prisoners into custody. By Mr. Sayer—No one assaulted her. They did not say that if she persisted in working for Mr. Poole, they would do something to her or her husband. She showed them what she thought proper on the bundle, and nothing else. Mr. Henry George Poole, tailor, of Saville-row, said he had employed the complainant and her husband for about II years. In cons equence , of there being a "strike" among the journeymen, pickets" were placed about to see that no one worked for him. While talking to a gentleman, he saw the complainant struggling with the three prisoners. The prisoners were searching her bundle to ascertain if she was taking work away, intending, of course, to stop it if they objected to the kind of work. The men on strike would not allow anyone to work for him. Seeing the complainant crying, he went forward and desired the pri. arners to go away, and on a policeman making his appear ance he gave them into custody. Mr. Cutler, tailor, No. 8, Hanover-street, was in Mr. Poole's office, and saw the prisoners surround the com plainant and seise her bundle. The prisoners placed the bundle on the window-sill and opened it. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired if the prisoners belonged to the picket. Witness said they did, and, in reply to Mr. Sayer, said two of the prisoners took hold of the bundle, but he could not swear which two. Mr. Bayer, on behalf of the prisoners, was ready to admit that the prisoners had no rightto search the complainant's bundle, but he denied that any intimidation had been used. The prisoners had no doubt been guilty of • com mon assault in law, but it was an assault of • trivial description only. The object of the prisoners in looking into the bundle was merely to see what was in it, and oar tainly that act could not be construed into an attempt at intimidation. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the tailors' proceedings had not reached that point yet ; when it had, they would learn how it would be dealt with at that court. That a set of men who could earn ample wages, and who set themselves up as high-class and intelligent workmen, should meddle with an old woman's bundle, was a poor and paltry thing, and no doubt the public would think so. It would perhaps be enough in the present case if he ordered the prisoners to find bail, each in 5/., to keep the peace for six months. Loud applause having followed this decision, Mr. Tyrwhitt remarked that he could see by the manner in whieh his decision had been received by the assembled tailors the extent to which the affair was likely to run, but he gave them full notice that the justice of the country would meet any violence they might be guilty of. Bail was tendered and accepted. Richard Martin, a well-dressed man of no fixed resi dence or occupation, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street police-court, for further examina tion, charged with stealing three gold embroidered shawls, value 1201., the property of Meagre. Lewis and Allenby, silk mercers, No. 159, Regent-street, under circumstances already reported in our columns. Other cases of a similar kind were now gone into, and the prisoner was remanded. The number of tradesmen who had been victimised by the priauner appeared to be almost without limit, and the amount of property fraudulently obtained beyond belief. From Mr. Curling, tobacconist, Regent-street, goods to the amount of 1311. were obtained ; from Mr. Shipley, harness maker, 1201. ; while lodging at the British Hotel 600/. worth of diamonds were obtained from Mr. Benson ; and 401. worth of cigars. The prisoner has gone by many other aliases than those already given. Messrs. Lewis and Allenby have been most energetic in bringing this remarkable offender to justice. In addition to 30,000 circulars sent throughout the kingdom, they offered 1001. for the prisoner's apprehension. As these cases have of late become exceedingly numerous, several of the leading houses have combined to prosecute wherever swindling has occurred. Therefore he (the learned counsel) had to state publicly that the oomplainant had not the slightest stigm a attached to her character, and all previous imputa tions were unhesitatingly withdrawn. Mr. Woo'rya said that as far as the disch arg ed artilleryman's evidence went on the last occasion be looked upon it in an unfavourable light, and had he attended that day he intended to have interrogated him at some laigth. As for the young woman, she gave her testimony with great clearness detailing a history of her life for some beea, swearing positively she never saw the artilleryman fore, and was never in the service of Captain French, as he averred. Thiir.iinrth was quite prepared to contradict the state ment of the artMeryman,bet after what had fallen from the learned counsel it would be idle to do thin. In alluding to the evidence of Mr. Richards, the dealer in essential oils, be could show that he was not entitled to credit. Re should like to know whether the artilleryman was in court. (Laughter.) Mr. Mackensie said he was not, and he did not think, under the circumstances, he waslikely townie voluntarily. Mr. Smyth understood then that his evidence and that of Mr. Richards was withdrawn from the case Mr. Metcalfe replied in the affirmative. Mr. Richards was here called forward and examined. He maintained that the evidence he had given on the pre• vious occasion was quite correct. Mr. Metcalfe here said he had two other independent witnesses to call on defendant's behalf to support his inno cence. He called . ^ ate Ann Been, who said—l am a married woman, and my husband worb at Sanderson's in Cannon-street. On Saturday evening . the 13th inst., about six o'clock, I was at the London-bridge terminus, waiting to go to the Spa road. My husband's brother was with me, and as soon as the train an question come up he opened the door in which were the complainant, the defendant, an elderly female, and a porter. The defendant was sitting near the door as the complainant was getting out, and he did nothing in. decently to her. He had • book in his right hand, and art. gearedto be pushing her crinoline away with his other hand _ _ Mr. Mekaife—Did you see him commit any act of in decency Witness—No, sir. There was Boeing of the kind. I was standing with my face towards them, waiting to get into the carnage, and there were also seven { persona behind me. If any indecency had taken place I must have seen it. Mr. George Frederick Blackstone said—l am a clerk in the Customs-office in her Majesty's Dockyard, at Wool _ wioh. I was In the next com;artinent, fails; from the engine, and noticed the defendant sitting near the door. I saw the young woman getting out at the same time I got out. Mr. Metcalfe—Did you see anything improper being com. mitted towards her by the defendant Witness—No, sir. There was nothing of the sort. I should hare remained, only I was in a hurry to catch J. North Bent train. Mr. Metcslfe—l believe you wrote to Mr. Mackenzie! Witness—Yes, air ; as I was satisfied there was no in. committed by the defendant. de ;d e netcalfe here said that was all the evidence he had to offer. He trusted that would be sufficient for his wor ship to dismiss the charge against the defendant. Mr. Smith said he was instructed by the friends of the complainant to protest her and her character, which had been much ma ligned on two other occasions. Her evi dence was supported by her mother and a railway porter, who saw all that occurred, and if those three persons spoke the truth the case was made out against the defen dant. He did not wish to impute perjury against any of the witnesses except the artilleryman, who bad thought it wise to keep away ; but he conside red that his worship ought to send the case to another tribunal, so that a jury might say on which side the truth lay. If his worship did not do that a reflection would be cast on the young woman's character which might injure her reputa tion for the remainder of her life. Mr. Woolrych said that he had all the evidence, and had carefully investigated the whole of the circumstances, and could come to no other decision than to dismiss the charge. Had he thought that there was any reflection upon the young woman's reputation, or that her cha racter would roooiyo any injury from this examination ' he should have sated otherwise, but such had not been the case. There had been a total absence of prevarication all the way through, and that she had spoken the truth he was satisfied of • but still be deemed it his duty to inves tigate the whole of the circumstances thoroughly. The learned gentleman (Mr. Mackenzie) on the first occasion acted very mildly towards the young woman, imputing no improper motive towards her i but then on the next exa mination the discharged artilleryman came forward and startlinggave most That there had een and strang some p e , evidence t i ns , 1 in :g; ease he very much suspected, but not with the defendant's knowl There had been nothing to show that the d i ed arta! eqman had not decidedly committed perjurhe trusted a severe punishment would over take him. All the chairs against this respectable young woman had been now withdrawn excepting the statement of Richards, who still adhered to his opt that she was the same young woman who accosted him a month ago. Now be (the magistrate) bad no doubt he was mistaken, and as his evidence was so unsatisfactory he should dis miss it from the case altogether. His worship then carefully went through all the other evidence pro and con., and was satisfied that if he sent the defendant to the sessions for trial no ry would convict. The statements of the young woman, h er mother, and the railway porter were contradicto ry in many points. One said the defendant opened the carriage door, another said the young woman did it, and the other said it was opened by some one outside. Now that had been confirmed by Mr. Garrett, who sat sidewaya in the next compartment, and saw all that occurred, and by Mrs. Bean, a witness examined that day. Putting the whole of the evidence together, was there any reasonable probability of a convic tion? He thought not, therefore he dismissed the charge against the defendant. In doing so, he said that he had no doubt that the oomplaimuit had been • inp,,table young woman all her life, and that her character had not been in the slightest degree affected by this examination. The defendant having bowed to his worship left the court with his friends. At the request of. Mr. Smith, a warrant was granted against the ex-artilleryman for perjury. SOUTHWARK. The leer. Geor9e Capef , anal;tiieppel , of Carshalton, as hitherto reported, appeared before Mr. Woolrych for final examination,charged with indecently assaulting Mary Ann Fraser, the daughter of a pensioner of the Scots Fusilier Guards, while getting out of a third-class carriage of the South Eastern Railway at London-bridge, on Satur day evening, the 13th inst., the particulars of which have already appeared in our columns. Mr. Smyth appeared to prosecute, being instructed by friends of the young woman ; a gentleman watched the case on behalf of the South Eastern Railway Company ; and Mr. Metcalfe, instructed by Mr. Mackenzie, of Gresham house, appeared for the defendant • Mr. H. Allen, the prosecuting officer of the Assockte Institute for Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women was present on I behalf of that society. Mr. Metcalfe observed that before any further evidence was brought forward he had some few remarks to make which no doubt would save the time of the court. At the lest examination, a young man who gave the name of Seymour, and who swore that he had been honourably discharged from the Royal Artillery, at the same time producing a certificate of discharge, gave a detailed account of the complainant being in the service of Captain French in 1863 and 1864, during which time he kept com pany with her. Inquiries had been since then made about him, and it bad been discovered that the whole of his statement was a tissue of falsehoods ; that he was a deserter from the Royal Artillery, and that the certifi cates of discharge were forgeries. In justice to the com plainant he made these observations ; also in justice to Mr. Mackenzie, who had been imposed upon by him. He voluntarily called on that gentleman, who was startled by the statement he made about the young woman, and his reason for doing so, he told Mr. Mackenzie, was that she had jilted him. Not much faith was put in that statement, as Mr. Mackenzie did not like his story, and he told him at the time if he attended at the police-court to give evidence he must not expect a sixpence from him. Since be had given that evi dence Mr. Mackenzie had discovered that he had not only committed perjury, but had forged the certificates he pro duced. There was also • man named Richards who gave evidence on the last occasion, and he had no doubt mis taken her for another young woman. He (the learned counsel) was satisfied of that, as she was • young person of excellent character, having for some time lived in the service of Colonel Hepburn, and since then with Mr. Maitland, of Croydon, who up to the present time kept her situation open for her until she recovered from her Printed and Published by WILLIAM Kill Sank ei I" P Lwabardatreet. Inthe City of Leedom. Mater. at th• Os., I. Lerabarttatreet. In the Meisel of Widlistrisra .. TlitrliDAT, AP= 26. IW. MARKETS. LEATHER—Very little Wainer has been transacted in lea ther since oar last report. On Tuesday, as is usual at Easter, no market was held at LmAenhall. The supply of trash Imo& is moderate, and no article is particularly In request. Prices are =altered. COTTON.—LiVESPOot, Aran 24. Larger lousiness, lout prices are still irregular. Estimated sales to-day, 12,000 bale% including 3, 0 00 specalation and export 8.000 American. od. to 14d. ; 400 Pernank de. , 111 d. to 12d. 70 Maranhao. 60 Stanek. and Malin, 111.2.; 200 Egyptian. I.d to nid . 10 , , 5.280 Surat , 00d. to 100 d. : Bengal , Made, Irc • Bd. to ed • Pair : fair Oomravruttee, *1 fair Broach. 01d.; fair B 7414 fair Egyptian. • fair Bernina, 111 d. ; middling ll.lcopi.; middling Orleans, 11d. CORN.—Bonox, APRIL 24 —We had a small supply of shelf at our market, which met a fair sale at late rates. Spring core was la request, at fully the prices of this day selinight. Wheat, red, Its. to ate.: white, fits. to this. Oats, 24e. to 30s. Beans, 451. to 4Ts. Outsoow, APRIL 24.—At this day's market wheat Bold slowly, at the prices obtained during the week. Flour brought is. per sack over last quotations, but most buyers being tees tously sup plied, sales were limited. Malting barley difilcult to seff, although offered cheaper grinding sorts steady. Oats 61 Per boll, and oatmeal fully Is per load dearer on the week. Beans and peas unaltered. Indian corn, from absolute scarcity, brought extreme prices on the spot is retail, and ed. per boll advent* wanted to arrive. CATTLE —SOUTHALL, A Tau. 24.—WIth short supplies, trade ruled brink to.day. Mutton made from 4s. al. to 6.1 W.: Louh. 7. to Bs. ; pork, 3s. ed. to ea ed. per stone of Slbs., sinkiu4 the offal. 00A111.—LospON, APEX. 16.—Holying] Nan, Ws. 6.1.: Lam bert's West Hartley. les. 3d. ; West Hartley. 171.—Eden %nu , 17& &sham Primrose, 15s. dd. : Walls End Hewn Pts : Walls End Caradoc, Pit: Walls End Comm,. 18s.: Wall% End Hartlepool, 181.: Walls End East Harti'pnnl 13a. 5.1 W llll End Tees, lds. 3d.—Ships at markst, A 9: sold. E. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BRETT.—AprU n, at Beekentuun, Kent, the wife of Brett, Esq., of a eon. DRISKKLL —April 22, at Camberwell, Mra Thomas Driskell, a lon. "[ASTI 50. S.—April Ri, at Queen Anne-street, Cavendish.souare. the wife of Dr. C Hastings, of • daughter. HARDOTTIA—ApriI Pt' at Chester-terrace, Regent's.uort, the wife of W. Uarbottle. of • daughter. HENLEY.—AmtII2, at The Cedars, Putney, the Hun. Mr% Robert Hen„ of a daughter. VlNES.—Amiltl, at Birlingham, Perahore, the wife of the CO. T. IL Vines, of a son. MARRIRGE3. ORREN—ANDERSON.—ApriI V, at the pariah church, Bend" by the Rev. L. Green, C. D. Green. liendon. to carotin,' Mary. daughter of the late J. Anderson, EN., Glasgow. MAIMS—B/0W NCKER.—ApriI at St. James's Chun h. Tun bridge-wens, by the Hon. and Rey. A. Brodrlek, capbon G. Mains, Royal Marines, to Barbara Harriet Diana, daughter of the late R. Brouncicer, Bay., of Boreridge, Dorset, TRIPP—JONES.—ApriI 23. at St. George's. Ilanoverstittare, by the Rev. 0 P. Vincent, G. W Tripp. of Granville park. heath, to Caroline Ada, daughter of Jesse Jones. of Thondott house, Camden-road Villas, N. W. DEATRS. • --- - BARRY.—ApriI 24, at Irrapoi —.. l,l, George Arthur, altea 3 Yea" and 7 months, the elder child of John Ueorge Barry, turmoil of London. BEN HANL—April 22, at Upper Baniabury-street, Islington. d. S. Benham, F:.s/s., aged Itt. COWELL —April 22. at Convene. near Wadehridge, CornaslL Mrs. Mary Letitia Frances Powell, widow ol the late Lieut.- Colonel J. 0. Cowell. HART.—April 22, at Bruamels. Emma, daughterof W. Bart, Leto of Avenue-rord, BestertVapark. LITTLE. —April 2!, at Hastings: G. H. Little, Esq., aged 42. WOKNLY.—ApriI 23, at the residence of hb brother, 27. r crescent, Portland-place. Maurice B. Worms, £iq., late of the island of Ceylon, aged nr. Y A RDLEY. —April 23, at Hutton-park. Kent, Ckuient John, the second moo of Sir William and Lady Yardley, rind IL 61f 60f 32 ' 10 - .~ :~~•I - 67 22 i li 2