The Express. — London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.. _ CTWS DAY.) EQUITY 001110. (B e fore Vim Chancellor Sir R. T. Kinderaley.) won v. CITY OP LONDON RILL PROPEXIT COMPANY. y e nt wan given to-day upon the motion for an to restrain the defendants from props ng with the emotion of certain new buildings between -lane sad Bi o cing-lane, which it is alleged will obstruct the lot of the plaintiff's ancient windows. The plaintiff is the owner of No. 37, Mincing-lane, and the question woe the court related to certain rooms at the back of hi e house which were used by colonial brokers for the m a y of West India produce. Br. Osborne and Mr. Bristowe were for the plaintiff ; sat ffr. Glasse and Mr. G. N. Colt for the defendant. Tin Vice-Chancellor felt very great doubt as to whether incase was one of those in which the court ought to *One, there being great difficulty in eliciting as to the =sirlight which would be shut out by the new . The question between the parties would have t o be determined at the hearing of the cause, and in con wiring how he could beat deal with the present motion be h e t come to the conclusion that the mischief of panting tyei4unction would be far lees than refusing it. The injune e* therefore would be granted until further order or until *hearing of the cause, the plaintiff undertaking to be uswerable for damages, to give notice of a motion for a does, and to accede to any reasonable application for s teaming the hearing of the cause. He suggested that in Os meantime an experiment which had been made in the *once of the defendant& to test the obstruction by r ising sail cloth or tarpaulin to the height of the proposedwilding' should be repeated before both parties, awned by a number of scientific men. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) HAWIESLIT e. BARROW.—JUDGICIENT. In this case a wife, who had been twice married, Me- Mod under her mooed coverture a paper revoking a will which she had mad* during her widowhood. The repreeente tires isf the second husband prayed that probate might be granted of both papers, contending that although the de mised had power to make a will under her first marriage isttlemsnt, she had no power to make one when she had spin become a married woman. Sr J. Wilde, however, decided that she had, and granted probate of the later instrument only.: COIJRT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE J. C. DALTON. Mr. Reed appeared for the assignees ; and Mr. Lawrence for the bankrupt, at this adjourned sitting for examination mad discharge. Mr. James Carter Dalton was • solicitor, practising at 3, George-yard, Lombard-street. The accounts filed in this case disclose debts and liabi lities amounting in the aggregate to 20,189/., of which in,1301. were incurred on account of Matthew Shield (lately bankrupt) • the assets consist of property surrendered, Mk; g ood and doubtful debtors, 1,5671.; and property i. the ebaannds of creditors, 2,1451. By consent of all parties an adjournment was ordered aria the 13th July, pending the completion of certain s pecial accounts which Mr. Dalton had been required to famish. Mears. Hart and Co. are the acoountanta engaged in the Yes es. and Mr. James Cooper the manager of the estate. Ili RE °SORGE GARRAWAY. The bankrupt was described as of Riches-oourt, Lime- And, merchant. He was adjudicated upon the petition of the Fore-street Warehouse Company (Limited) ; and at the first sitting Mr. Slater, one of the directors of the company, was elected assignee by the votes of a large body of the creditors. This was the sitting for examination and discharge. In the absence of the necessary accounts an adjourn ment was ordered. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before the Recorder.) DARING STREET ROBBERY., Williams Robe*,Lors:2B, Stet Green, 21, and Charlotte Green, 14, were charged with stealing a watch, the pro perty of Charles Bluntly. The prosecutor was a country gentleman, and on the 23rd inst., about 12 o'clock in the day, he was looking into a shop in the Poultry, when the prisoners placed themselves near him, and the two women covered the man while he put his hand into the prosecutor's pocket and took out his watch. A constable belonging to the City police saw what wee going on, and seized all the prisoners, and it was then found that the swivel of the watch had been broken and the chain was hanging down. The male prisoner then handed the watch to the constable, and said that some one had put it into his hand. The jury found the prisoner Robinson guilty, and acquitted the two girls ; and evidence was then given that Robinson had been several times convicted, and had been sentenced to penal servitude. The prisoner, who li a cripple and walks with a crutch, said it was true that he had been before indicted, and he had passed seventeen years and a half in prison. The police were always after him, and he could not get any honest employment, and he had several times thought of committing suicide. The Recorder sentenced him to seven years' penal ser vitude. . ----- George Murphy, 19, was charged with a robbery with violence, in company with two other persons, upon Liuie Magee. Th.; prosecutrix in this ease was a respectable lady, the wife of a clerk in the city, and in the evening of the 19th of April she was about to go into the Commercial Hotel in Skinner-street, Spitalfields, when she was attacked by two men, one of whom struck her a violent blow in the eye, which made it bleed, and the others kicked her, and she was robbed of a brooch, and some saver. The prisoner and his companions got away, but the prisoner was taken into custody on the same night, after a violent resistance, and he was positively identified as having been concerned in the outrage. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was ordered to receive twenty lashes with a cat o' nine tails, and to be kept in penal servitude for five years. (Before the Common Serjesnt.) AN ARTFUL IKIIIGER. Thomas Jones, 24, labourer, was indicted for feloniously stealing divers gold coins, the moneys of John Wilfred Seller, under the subjoined singular circumstances. Mr. Poland conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Daly defended the prisoner. The evidence disclosed that the prosecutor is the land lent of the Burrage Arms Tavern, in the Plumstead.rodid, Woolwich, and from the testimony of the barmaid it appeared that the prisoner caul,: to the bar between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening of the 9th of April last and called for a glass of ale, with which she served him and then retired into the bar parlour. The prisoner had a long whip with him and there was a quantity of silver coin piled up on a shelf behind the bar, together with seven sovereigns and half-sovereigns ready to give change to customers. The barmaid heart the coins rattle and then saw the prisoner extending the butt end of the whip towards them, and very shortly afterwards he left the house in a very hurried manner. The barmaid at once missed two sovereigns and one half sovereign from the pile on the shelf, and alarmed the prosecutor, who went forth with in pursuit of the prisoner, who was running away down the road at the top of his speed. The prisoner was stopped by Mr. Bell, an ex-inspector of police, who intuit him by the throat, and a sovereign dropped from his mouth. He was conveyed to the police-station,when lin mouth was again examined, and the officer saw in his mouth two gold coins, one of which, a half-sovereign, dropped on to the floor, and the other, supposed to be a sovereign, the prisoner swallowed. The half-sovereign vas found to be marked with bird lime, and so also was the butt end of the whip, and on the prisoner there was found a tin box containing bird lime of so strong a cha racter that on being tested it was found to be capable of raising a half-pint pewter pot, and it was clear that by these means the gold co i ns h a d b e en abstracted from the shelf in the prosecutor's bar. The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty, and The Common-Serjeant sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for the term of two years. SURREY SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. (Before Mr. J. K Johnson, Chairman.) RfirIBEHIES AT THE CHTsTAL PALACF- Fbrtry JoneA, SS, and Jitn. Thomix, 34, were indicted for stealing a purse containing a quantity of silver from the person of Sarah Rvlett, in tie Crystal Palace. Kr. Joyce prosecuted on behalf of the Crystal Palace Company ; red f rom the prisoners were undefended. it app e a red the evidence of Sergeant Ham, an active detective officer of the P division, that on the after noon of Good Friday last he was on duty in the Crystal P allet, when he saw the prisoners pushing about the Crowd. Knowing them to be thieves he watched thew, tad saw them press upon tho prosecutrix. Thomas put bis hsnd into her pocket and withdrew something, which be banded to the other, when witness seized hold of the 'tier, and found a purse on him containing some silver said a railway ticket, which the prosecutrix identified as her Property. In capturing the prisoners they had a "wre struggle , but eventually they were conveyed to the *doe house. The jury found them Guiltu ; and The Chairman sentenced each to 12 months' bard labour. Morgan, 30, described on the calendar as a tailor, twided guilty to stealing a watch from the person of w.,,,ry Wiseman on the pl a tf orm of the Cryst a l Palace Aualway, Sydenham. 4 1 143eareci that on Good Friday evening the proeestitor the act of getting into • carnage at the Crystal Palace station when he felt his watch go. On turning *Tied he saw the prisoner leaving him with the watch in 110 band. After some difficulty he was secured. , ard esmh. mad pale ardi the of 1• 5 rest bi Le u. ttA re mei& eg Plans • is anion mg*. tho Dad ItS isszted, th▪ at lb :‘ p & IXT ▪ I.oa_ I . th• e ~ ~a~l! ressa' ' Wig" The Chairman asked if the prisoner was known. Sergeant Ham replied in the negative. He was a stranger, to him. The Chairman doubted as to its being the prisoner's first offence, but as he was not known he would gin him the benefit of that by passing a light sentence. He ordered him to be kept at hard labour for six months. LNIYI'HiIt PICZPOCKNr. Jam Soda, 18, pleaded g uilty Vo;ii;aline a purse from the person of Bans Wilson. The prceecutrix and her husband were looking in a shop window in King-street, Borough, on the evening of the 1 14th of March, when the prisoner stooped between them and managed to steal the purse from the lady. Her hus band saw it in his hand and followed him, when he turned round and threw the purse in his face saying, " There's the lady's puree, let me go !" The husband, however, secured him and gave him into custody. Several former convictions having been proved spinet him the chairman sentenced him to seven yeses' penal servitude. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. MARTENS AND SIRVANTIL—LNPORTANT CONVICTION. Patrick Comerford appeared before Alderman Stone to answer the following complaint of Mr. Charles Samuel, of Ludgate-hill, for that he on the 16th day of April last, beinga handicraftsman, to wit, a tailor's cutter, and having contracted to serve Charles Samuel in his business of a tailor, in the said City (of London), unlawfully did absent himself from his said service before the term of his contract had been completed, against the statute, ko. Mr. Sidney appeared for Mr. Samuel, and said that the defendant had oa the 21st November, 1864, entered into a written agreement with him to serve him for five years as his cutter, at a salary of 41. per week, and at the end of the time if he behaved himself he was to have a present of 501. He continued in his situation until the 16th of April last, when he went out in the middle of the day, came back intoxicated, did nothing more that day, and after leaving in the evening never returned. Mr. Samuel subsequently found that he was in the service of Mr. Poole, at 403, Strand. He was p roc ee ding under the 34th cap. of Geo. IV., sec. 3, b r Vi ce l i i2 there were threwe of dealing with the defendant, the first was to discharge him the second to abate a por tion of his wages, and the third was to send him to prison for any term not exceeding three months with hard la bour. It was his (Mr. Sidney's) instruction not to ask for the discharge of the defendant, nor for the abatement of his wages, but to press for him commitment to prison. He had been treated with great kindness by Mr. Samuel, and had left him just at the commencement of the season, when he was getting busy. Mr. G. Smith, manager to Mr. Samuel, proved the agree ment between that gentleman and the defendant for five yeses at 41. per week and also that he had absented himself without leave since the 16th of April. He also stated that he had frequently got drunk, hut it had been overlooked, and on one occasion he met with an accident that laid him up in the hospital for some time. He be haved very well for about seven or eight weeks afterwards, and then relapsed into his old habits. Defendant said that he got drunk, and was ashamed to go back for a few days, and then he heard that another man had been put in his plies, and therefore his absence made no difference. Alderman Stone said that as a commitment was asked for he had no alternative but to send the defendant to prison for one month with hard labour. When he came out he would have to resume his work or again to go to prison. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COWARDLY ASSAULT ON A GIRL. Rd'ert Cousins, a musical instrument maker, of No. 13, Market-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, with assaulting Jane Hatton, a I girl, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Hatton, the landlady of the house. It appears that the mother of the prisoner was making a disturbance on the second-floor landing of the house when Mrs. Hatton went up to tell her to go into her room as she was annoying the other lodgers. The complainant followed her mother upstairs, when the prisoner rushed out of the room, having nothing but his shirt on, and struck the complainant three violent blows on the mouth, cutting it and smothering her with blood, and then ran into the room and locked himself in. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a cowardly and unprovoked assault, and fined the prisoner 405., or a month. WORSHIP-STREET. SAD RESULTS OW ALL FURIOUS DRIVING. David .Baker, badge 11,372, was charged with furiously driving a cab and causing severe injuries to • man and woolen. James Hudson, • cabinet maker, stated—Last night I was returning home, accompanied by my wife, and when near the Whitmore Head public-house in Roston, the pri soner passed us. He was drising a cab at such a rate that but i for our stepping back he must have knocked us down ; instantly afterwards, a man and a woman, who were in the act of crossing the street, were knocked down by the horse, and the vehicle ran over both. My wife picked the woman up, but after some minute■ ■he became insensible, and we thought she was dozed. Defendant did call out, but made no attempt to pull up. There is not any particular traffic in the street in question. He was driving at a rate of eight or nine miles an hour. Sergeant Hopper, N was near the spot, and heard a cry of " Stop him." I saw two gentlemen stop the defendant. He was perfectly sober, I believe. I sent for • doctor, by whose directions the injured persons were removed to their home. I saw them there last night ; the female could not speak. This morning she is better. The medical gentleman for bade their attendance here this morning. Defendant insisted that he was not driving at a greater rate than six miles an hour, and his master gave him a good character. Mr. Cooke directed a remand, and refused to take bail. The exportation of lambs from the Isle of Wight for the London market will not be half so great this season as is usually the case, owing to the high price of meat in the island, and to more stock being about to be raised. About 6,000 lambs are usually exported from the island. The lamb season there has been a fruitful one. CumiLorrE WINSOR. Immediately after the decision of the judges with reference to the case of this wretched women she was taken back to Newgate, and after having partaken of some refreshment she was at once taken to Exeter gaol in the charge of one of the warders. It appears that since she has been in custody she has con ducted her:Rif very well, and in a manner becoming her awful position, and although ske d;11 not offer any opposition to the course that was taken upon her behalf, she was to a certain extent completely passive in the matter, and it would seem from observations that were dropped from her that she has all along been pre pared for the worst, and did not entertain any ex pectation that she should escape the sentence of the law. It is a fact that is probably not generally known that the government have paid the whole of the expense of the legal proceedings that have been taken on behalf of the prisoner, the advisers of the crown cowl (tering the points that were raised to be of such importance as to render it advisable that a solemn decision should be come to by the judges upon them. The prisoner was, of course, utterly unable to find the necessary funds, and the government felt it their duty to do so. ACCIDENT TO MR. STEA.YENSON, OF TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE.—A serious accident occurred at Cam bridge on Sunday afternoon to Mr. I). Fenwick Steavenson, li. A., of Trinity Hall, a gentleman well known amongst lovers of aquatic sports, and who is also the indefatigable secretary of the Cambridge University Boat Club. Mr. Steavenson rowed No. sin the late University race. Mr. Steavenson and three companions had been taking an airing in a waggonette, and were returning to Cambridge down • dangerous slope known as Barrington-hill, when by some reason or other the horse became restive, got the better of the driver, and finally bolted. Mr. Steavenson's companions escaped without injury. One slipped off the vehicle on danger being apparent ; but at last there was a capsize, and this resulted in Mr. Steavenson, who stuck to the reins to tLe last, being found on the road with one of his legs broken. I He was conveyed to his rooms in Trinity Hall. Dr. Humphry was sent for, and it is understood that time and patience are all that are necessary for his ultimate recovery. Meanwhile the crew now nominated or in training for the next University race will madly miss his valuable assistance and advice. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night last, about ten o'clock, two men and a boy on board the Veracity, of Wells, Captain William Smith, lying at Crown Quay, Sittingbourne, had a narrow escape frorr a watery crave. It appears that Smith had been dein..., some repairs to his vessel during the day , and had left a left a large hole in her just above the water-line. The vessel is & schooner, and was laden with coals, of which she carried about 100 tons. He had taken 27 tens of coal out of her, and thinking that she was all safe the two men and the boy retired to bed and were soon fast asleep. The captain was in his cabin reading a newspaper when he found that his cabin floor was covered with water. He immediately got up and called the men (one of whom was his son), and the boy, and to their consternation they found that the cabin was flooded, and that the water was more than a foot deep in the forecastle (where they slept), that it was sir feet deep in the hold, and that the vessel was filling fast. They got on deck as beat they could, and their clothes, which were all wet. It was then discovered that at low tide the vessel had become so embedded in the mud, that on the return of the tide she was not buoyant enough to float. The captain and crew remained on board till nearly 12 o'clock, when they were obliged to leave her. She was afterwards entirely covered with water, and the provisions, such as biscuits, meat, 'err, tea, coffee, , &c, were spoiled, and everything on the ship was of course thoroughly saturated. The crew then went to the house of Mr. Brown, Crown Quay, who made them a good fire, gave them some coffee, and put his two downstairs rooms at their disposal. They remained there during the night, and in the morning, when the tide had ebbed, they set to work to pump and bale the water out of the vessel to get her afloat with the next tide ; but it was not until 12 o'clock on Sunday morning that she was cleared.—Maidstone Joareal. EXPRESS, TI,JSDAY E, O, *AT •AK. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE Om unarm ensamax.) BATH MEETING.--(THIS DAY.) LANSDOWNE 'TRIAL STARER. One mile. Mr. Pitt, not to be sold ; Longboat, ditto ; Lord Craven, to be sold for 6001. ;Ra 5001. ; King Hal, 4001. ; Todle ben, 4001. ; Pelios, 400 t. ; Out-and - Oaten , 4001. ; and Mrs. Stratton, 001. All are here. COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE. One mile. Siberia, Polio., The Raven, Mongrel, Lecturer, Viceroy, Jack-in-the-Green, Princess Dagmar, Tattoo, The Drum, Lady Florence, The Rattler, The Brigand,Grace Clitheroe, Isabella, Bitter-Sweet, and The Stinger are here. FIFTEENTH BIENNIAL STAKES. iiMaht Ophicleide, Cantine f, Laps, Collins, BoonseartZ , Faux Pas, Seville, The Hermit, Opoponaz, St 4 Fenn iu • Harpenden, Land Tax, and Arundel are here. BEAUFORT CUP. Two miles. Lord Zetland, Todleben, Ackworth Effervesoenee, Dalby, Breadalbane, The Miner, Friday, John Davis, and Eland are here. PAID FORFlTL—Regalis, Moubwy, Privateer, sad Gladiateur. FOURTEENTH BIENNAL. One mile and a half. Cotillion, King Hal, Robin Hood, Peer, Ceylon, Lochiel, Monk of Avon, and Mr. Pitt are here. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE BATH HANDICAP. One mile. Muezzin, Siberia, Bradarnante, Viceroy, Wild Bee, Brigand, Contraband, Drum, Blegance Bitter-Sweet, and Stinger. The we ghts have been raised 81b. All are here but Muezzin and Bradamante. STAMFORD ELECTION.-(THIS DAY.) (BY ZLKCTBIC ThLBGRAPH.) STAMFORD, TMOIDAT. Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hai was returned to-day for Stamford without opposition. The hon. baronet spoke at wine length in returning thanks. THE REFORM LEAGUE. The following reply has been received from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the address of the Council of the Reform League: " 11, Downing-street, Whitehall, May 7, 1866. " Sir,—l am directed by ,the Chancellor of the Exche quer to acknowledge the receipt of the address forwarded in your letter of the 4th init. Mr. Gladstone is much gratified by the kind expressions wed by the members of the council of the Re'ormLeague.—l have the honour to be, sir. your obedient sirvant, " Wm. B. GUBDON. " Mr. Geo. Howell" ELECTION COMMITTEES.-{THIS DAY.) DEVONPORT. The select committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return of Mr. Fleming and Mr. Ferrand resumed their inquiry this morning at .11 o'clock ; Mr. C. W. Wynn in the chair. Mr. Fleming, examined by Mr. Ponce—l was an unsuc cessful candidate for Devonport in June, 1865, and was returned at the subsequent election in July. I believe that the election wee conducted on the most pure principles, and I never authorised any illegal ex penditure on my behalf. I remember having a cup of tea at the house of a man named Egbert. I never authorised him to put it down in his bill against me along with the rest. I never authorised the payment of money to dockyard labourers for the toes of time. I never heard of anything of this Dort until this petition was pre- seated. Cross-examined—My agents were Messrs. Beer and Rundall. My election expenses amounted to 3001. According to the published account, the expenses were 3321. I have not yet paid the balance. Re-examined — 17 do not intend to pay one farthing towards the sum paid to the dockyard labourers. By the Committee—The question of a petition first arose about January, just before the meeting of parliament, and long after the election. Mr. Cneetham—Mr. Phinn, when before us yesterday, told us that he made a declaration at one of his meetings that he would not pay a shilling for loss of time, or under any guise. Did you make a similar declaration publicly? I stated certainly on one, but I believe on several occasions that I was determined to fight the election on the moat per fectly pure principles, and would not sanction the slightest illegal expenditure. Mr. Ferrand was next called. He said—l have been a candidate for the representation of Devonport on fivo occasions, and have been successful in two. I had not the slightest knowledge of the system of payments to dock yard men for loss of time, until this petition was pre sented. I gave distinct notice to every committee at the last election that if one sixpence was spent illegally and our opponents became aware of it there would certainly be a petition. lam not aware that on any occasion I paid any sum of money illegally. I stated in the presence of the two innkeepers who were eta amined yesterday that I would not allow a farthing in treating. The borough is a very extensive one, and it was necessary for the proper management of the election that we should have a considerable number of committee rooms. I visited all the committee-rooms, and took great pains to see that nothing went on illegally. I have not authorised any illegal payment. I do not intend to pay a farthing for any such purpose. Cross-examined by Mr. H. James—l had no professional paid agents. Messrs. Rundall and Beer acted as my agents. I have not received any election account, hut that was a matter of arrangement. I have paid all my accounts for previous elections. Ilbelieve I bad detailed statements of the expenses, but there was nothing in them about payments to dockyard men for loss of time. I have not been asked to contribute anything towards the ex pense of the last election. There was an arrangement that, as I had been at the expense of four contests previously, my candidature at the last election should not cost me anything. This closed the case on behalf of the sitting members. Mr. Price, Q.C., then addressed the committee, con tending that although small payments might have been made to some of the dockyard voters for loss of time, they were made without the knowledge and consent of the sitting members, and those gentlemen could not be held responsible for them. [Left sitting.] GALWAY. The committee resumed their sittings to-day, at 11 o'clock : Mr. Hussey Vivian presiding. Also present : Mr. Yorke, Mr. Banbury, Mr. Oliphant , and Mr. Powell. Counsel for the petitioner, P. 0. Lever : Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, Q.C., and Mr. Indervrick. Counsel for the petitioner, Mr. .Archd. Stubber : Mr. Muntagu Chambers. Q.C., and Mr. Ribton. Counsel for Mr. Michl. Morris, one of the sitting mem bers : Mr. Ilialwell, Q.C., Mr. Blake, Q.C. (of the Irish bar), rind Mr. P. S. Stephens. Counsel for Sir Rowld. Blennerhassett, the other sitting member : Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Mr. Coffey, Q.C. (of the Irish bar), Mr. Waters (also of the Irish bar), and Mr. J. Pope Hennessy. ' It was arranged that as far as possible the two returns should be heard together—that is to say, that evidence ap plicable to both should not be repeate.i. I The following additional evidence was given in support of the petitioners case : I Michael Duggan, shoemaker, examined—Was canvassed for his vote by Mr. Morris. Mr. John Pierce was with him 'at the time. Did not promise to vote for Mr. Morris as he was inclined to vote for Mr. Lever. Afterwards heard there was a meeting of shoemakers at l'ierce's house. ! Went there. Pierce told the meeting that wit 'ness had refused to vote for Mr. Morris, and they cried, " Turn him out." Witness left the room and Pierce followed hira, and said he would see him all right forsl. if he would vote for Morris and Blennerhassett. Witness did so, and got a card which he brought to Pierce, who said he had not money to pay the 5/., but would do so when he got 841. he was expecting. Only got 2a. 6d. from him. Saw Pierce about to pay two men and witness upbraided him, and he said he had no money to pay him. I The two men went upstairs, and when they came down they said they had been paid, and they gave him a treat " " it. Crow-examined—l first told this about Mr. Morris and Pierce being together about a month after the election, when I was seeing how I could recover the money from him. All Pierce said when I WWI canva.aing was, " There's Duggan." I was in a public-house at the time. I was angry with Pierce for not giving me the money. He jumped over the counter one day to beat me. (Laughter.) Mr. Powell—Why did ho do so ?—llecause I was teasing him for the money. Re-examined—tierces wife gave witness 7s. 10cL in drink. That was all he got along with the 2s. fid. To Mr. Oliphant—There was something printed on the card I got, but I'm blessed if I remember what it was. (Laughter.) [Left sitting.] EARL SHAFTESBURY AND " ECCE HOMO. "—At meeting of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, held on Thursday last, the Earl of Shaftesbury, who was in the chair, spoke as follows of the new and popular theological work, " Ecce Homo." "See; said the noble earl (we quote the report in the Rerordl, " how men are deluded, how they are misled by those who should be their guides. (Hear, hear.) I confess I was perfectly aghast the other day when speaking to a clergyman and asking him his opinion of that most pestilential book ever vomited, I think, from the jaws of bell, I mean ' Ecce Homo'—(hear, hear),—when I asked him what was his opinon of that book, he deliberately told me—he being a great professor of Evangelical religion — that that book had excited his deepest admiration, and that he did not hesitate to say that it had conferred great benefit upon his own soul. Why, if we are to have this miserable and uncertain teaching, if the guides to whom we look for light and help can approve such works as that, how can we expect that the maw of the people, the mar even of the educated middle classes who are supposed to think for themselves, will not be led to wander out of the I right way r MINE& -(THIS DAY.) Ores *Mom There is very little business in the mining market to-day, and prices generally are nominal. West Chiverton shares are quoted 68 to 70 ; Chiverton, ; Chiverton Moor, sto ; Clifford Amal gamated, 7f to Si ; Tincroft, 10} to 11} ; Frank Mills, to 6 ; South Darren, 31 to ¢ ; Chontalee, to pram. ; and Mineral Rights, par to prem. At a general meeting of the Roses Grande Gold Mining Company (Limited) held yesterday, the balance-sheet and report of the directors were adopted. The chairman entered at great length into the present and future prospects of the under taking, and, relying on the statements of Captain Treloar and the company's own agent (Captain Brokenahar), with the necessary time and expendi ture, he expressed confidence in remumerative re sults. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS (THIS DAY.) (n ELICTRIC AND INTIRNATIONAL TZLIORATR.) (rime oui owrr CORIMPONDNNS. CorroL—The market in consequence of the ,tats of affairs on the Continent is again depressed, and the prices are in favour of buyers. Sales about 5,000 bales. et. CONN.—The market fairly attended. Wheat in good Bt• demand at 2d. per eentAl advance. Flour held tirt for fid. to L. per sack advance. Susi- a s new rather restricted. Indian corn fully 9d. dearer, at. and the market cleared ; mixed 29e. 6cL Yeas Se held for 43e. 6d. Oats Id., and oatmeal 6d., dearer, and Nt et fair sale. HINCING-LANE.—{THIS DAY.) Scosa.—The market has opened quietly, at about last 04, week's prices. The amount of business done at present is St. very limited, the rubhe sales occupying the attention of St the trade. Refined—Dried goods continue firm, but are in less active request. Prices quiet. 'i t t " . Comma. — O nly a limited bugnetes is doing, at unaltered gt, prices. at. Tzt. continues extremely quiet. St. Row.—No sales reported. 84 RlCE—There are buyers at about late rates, but no sales St at. are reported. at. Pcpraa.-3,000 bap of Singapore sold; short prompt, gg ; full prompt, 3fd. St. INDiuo.—The quarterly public sales of East India com- 10 menced this morning, and are progressing heavily. Fine 10 Bengal are bought in. Consuming sorts sold at 3d. decline, Ir o and Madras at 4d. decline. 10 BAurrrrita.-2,600 bags of Bengal sold ; refraction 3f to 8". 2, at 235. 6d. ; refraction sto 21, at 235. to Ms. 6d. ; re- 9 fraction 6, at 225. 9(1. ; and a small parcel of refined st. German, at 235. 26 Carrot' continues dull of sale ; prices show a farther " St. decline. SL TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ;11. The Market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 45e. 3d.; St. Petersburg Y. C., on the spot, 475.; May to June, Is St -46e. 9d. ; June, 475.; October to December , 46 5. 6 d. 25 SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS to DAY.)IIO Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade fi rm at last day's prices. Prime meadow hay, from 100 s. to 110 a. ; inferior ditto, 80s. to 955. ; rowen, 60s. to 80s. ; clover, old, 120 s. to 1355. ; second cut, 90s. to 120 s. ; straw, 38s. to 441. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. LTTIRPOOL, MAT 7.—Great Eastern, 381—Great Western, 531 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1184—Loudon and North Western, 1183 t 17t—Metropolitan,12 6 1 1 71 I—Midland, 1213—Ditto, 5 .! avi shares, 13 p.—North Eastern, Berwick capital stock, 1081 8— South Eastern, 72—Bu ff alo and Lake Huron, 44-7 rest Western . of Canada, 155—Erie, 48 7—lllinois Central, 78 74—Great Luxem boon shares, 125 1 1.16 12—Alliance Bank of London and Liver- lq pool 'Limited , 41 d.—Bank of Liverpool, 29 s—Eastern Exchange Bank Lirnitedl, St d.—Mercantile and Exchange Bank !, 718 d.—Maritime Insurance ,Limited , 15-16 d —Queen Insur ance, 1 (I.—Royal Insurance, 3 p.—Liverpool United Gas, 201— Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 442 id—National Steam ;Limited,, 8 4.—West India and Pacific Steam, 4d. MANCHESTER, MAY 7.—The market for all English stocks lower. American improved on the receipt of 'drifts of higher pricy from New York. Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co. Lintitedi, 54 p.-- Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4 5-16 3 --Consolidited Bank 1 Limited , 4 3.16 p.—Erie', 464 71 8 71—Great Eastern, 384 —Great Luxembourg, 123 1 12--Great Northern A, 1351 6 44 5 - Grand Trunk of Canada, 21 1--Great We•tern, 533/ General Credit , Limited).l/ d.—filinots, 79 85 87: 7 Lancashire and Torksh , re, 1194 90 191 f—London and North Western, 1191 t 1 181 1 18 173—Manchester Sheffield, anti Lincoln, 005 1 90 fat 55 9 91 —Metropol itan, 129 81 8 7t—Mcidcan, IS 171 Midland, 1211 }—North Eastern " tiers ick," 1084—Overend, Gurney, and Co, ,Limited), 11 d.—South Elfaterll, 721 A 2lt 2 5 I I —l7 , nited States 5.20 Years' Bonds, 68 674—Turkish Five per Cents. , 301 I.4l—Manchester Carriage Company, 15 p.—Credit I Yonder, 11 d. The late duel at Rome between Count Ricciardi and the Marquis Costa continues to be the subject of con versation. The Pope has ordered that they shall both be punished according to law. The Major-domo of the Apar tolic Palace has been named judge in this case. Count Ricciardi has given himself up ; the seconds will also be arrested; the son of Baron Hubner, one of them, has quitted Rome under pretence of rejoining his regiment. Great numbers of swallows died last week in the south of England, owing, it is be ,, eved, to the cold weather. A number were picked up dead in Millbrook churchyard, in Hants. It is suspected that they arrived in this country just as the cold weather had set in, which prevented them from finding their usual insect food ; that being exhausted with their long flight, half-starved, and nipped with the cold, they dropped down dead. They were remarkably thin, their breast bones coming almost through their skin, and they weighed under iciz. each. 'THE NEW CATTLE PLAGUE REGULATIONS. —At Highgate Police-court yesterday two young men, named William Milton and Jonathan Eaton, were char ged with unlawfully removing four cows from Culney-hatch Railway station without a license. The defendants, who were in the service of Mr. Clarks, farmer and cowkeeper, were seen by the police driving four cows from the Great Northern Rail way to their master's farm without a license. Mr. Clarke said the cows belonged to him, and he had received them from Hitchin. He did not know that he was offending against the regulations of the Privy Council, under the Cattle Plague Prevention Act. The railway authorities were to blame, as they hail received the necessary licenses. A railway porter produced several licenses from the com pany, which were inspected by Mr. Bodkin and Colonel Jeakes, the sitting magistrates. Mr. Skaife, the clerk to the bench, said the regulations had not been oomplied with. There was no licence to remove the cows from the station to Mr. Clarke's farm. Mr. Clarke said he did not know what to do in the matter. The railway authorities would not keep the cows, and he was obliged to remove them. The police did not know what to do, and magistrates hardly knew how to act under the new regulatins. Mr. Bodkin said an offence had been committed, and for the safety of the public the regulations of the Privy Council must be enforced. Mr. Clarke had incurred a penalty of 2u/. or an imprisonment of one month. The bench fined him 10s. for each cow and costs, making 2/. be. The de fendant begged for a small fine to be levied, but the magis trates told him he had been leniently dealt with. If he had a complaint against the railway he could proceed, but the public safety demanded the infliction of a penalty. STO4:FiI NG THE RIVER STOUR WITH SALMON. —The first practical step towards making the Stour a salmon river was taken yesterday (Saturday). A considerable number of young salmon were offered to the Stour Fishery Association, with which to stock one portion of the river, through the kindness of Mr. Frank Buck land. These fish have been carefully nurtured in the ponds of the Zoological Gardens in London, and are now two and three years' old fish, in a healthy state, and quite ready to take their departure for the sea. Major Cex, who has taken a great deal of in terest in this question, and Mr. Kingsford, whose whole soul is in the work, went up to London yesterday and brought down the fish in properly constructed receptacles, to a point on the river Stour close to Sturry, particularly suited for their reception. The two gentlemen arrived with their precious freight by the evening train ; and we understand that the little fish reached their destination all safe and without the slightest accident. They were duly com mitted to what, if not their native,may fairly be called their adopted, element ; and after being allowed to remain there a short time the obstructions which prevent their imme diate descent to the sea will be removed, and we hope and trust that a goodly number of the interesting strangers may come back to us again to found a colony of salmon, and to increase to an almost indefinite extent the capabilities of our river both for sporting and for commercial purposes.— Kent/A Gazette. SINGULAR ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NoRTH-WEBTERN RAILWAY. —Yesterday morning, MI the 6.45 a.m. train from Liverpool was on its way to this city, and just after passing Astley, the guard saw a gen tleman fall front one of the first-class carriages, and strike against • telegraph post. On the arrival of the train at Ordeal-lane, an engine and a truck were sent to search for him, and he was found lying insensible where he had fallen. He was taken up and brought to the Man chester Royal Infirmary, where he remained insensible the whole of yesterday. It is said that he was on his way to Grimsby. There was only one other occupant of the compartment in which the unfortunate gentleman rode, a foreigner, whose name and address have, we believe, been taken by the railway authorities. Upon inquiring at the Infirmary last evening, we ascer tained that the sufferer was Mr. Nathan Goldbaum, of Chestnut-strest, Liverpool, and that be had sustained injuries to the back and bead. Mr. Ooldbaum revived about five o'clock, and, when asked to state how the acci dent occurred, said he was reading a newspaper, and felt a draught from one of the carriage windows, which was open. He got up to raise the window, and on trying to same the window-strap stumbled against the door, and fell out of the carriage heed foremost. The carriage door mast have been unfasted.—Marackeler Guardiatt. SHARE LISTS-{THIS' DAY.) On o'CLocx. The railway market is extremely heavy to-day, and a further decided fall has oocurred in prices. Metropolitan stock has declined 2 per cent. ; Lon don and North Western, 1 ; Great Northern A, f ; Midland and Caledonia, • Great Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ; and South Eastern and Great Eastern. London and North Western stock is now quoted 1161 to 117; Great Western, 53 to ; Midland, 129} to f; ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1184 to 119 ; Great Northern 120 to 121 ; ditto A 133 to 134 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 34 ; South 'Eastern, 71 to • Caledonian, 1254 to 1964 • Metro politan, 124 4 to 125 ; a nd London, Chatham, and Dover, 24 t 28. Grand Trunk of Canada stock has experienced a fresh fall of I per cent., being quoted 20 to 21. Great Western of Canada shares are also lower, at 14 to 154. ORDINAIN BRAZES AND MOM gh l Pd. RAILWATS I C rett r elV es altntr 100 ,linewl and isacter 1100 Caleilonlau 100 "Cambrisp_. tIY vl 125 127 55 23 LS 16 8 6 67 70 70 71 .itTI Cart aac! Bandon . 11l :Cornwall. 100 !Dublin and BelhultJunc' 100 tomdee,PertludAbd in' all I Rant Loudon Scrip Cart .100 Do . iOO Olsegow and S. Western; 100 'Great Eastern Ord. St. 100 Do. & Ang. Stk.. N 0.2 100 'OreatNorth of Scotland 100 +Great Northern .. 20 15 Os 111 115 58 30 1 7 10 . 0 1i0..1i j Area no dlv. un-I 100 , Do. B 1 til6p. c. is paldS 100 . Do. New kw. a' 25 pm. 60 I Do. Ord. Def. Div. Stock 100 Ot. South it West (lre.l 100 ! Great Western .... . 53 1 531 100 Do.StourYsLOtta.Sik 100 , Do. South Wales .. , 100 Do. W. Mid.--Ortord 1001 Do. Do. Newport 100 Lancashire k Yorksuir : 100 ,Lon..Brightn.kS cast 100 London,Chatham,ltDov 100 Do. Met.Exten.Atip.c. 100 London & North Westu. 100 London&SouthWestern 100 IMan. Met., &Lincoln& 100 Metropolitan 7 Do. New 8 Do. Sztauslon all Metropolitan District 101 Do. do. do. , 8 Do. &St John's-wood 100 'Midland 6 t Do. C.. 0 Shares 100 i Do. Birm. & Derby. ill 'Mi d Kent 1100 IN or& British 100 ; Do. Edin ,Perth.Dund. 1100 N . Eastern—berwlck 101 Do. G. N. Pure 100 Do. Leeds 100 Do. York :100 Do. Carlisle all Do. Stock &Darling. 19 Do. do., 1800-01 100 :North London 7 I DO. do., 180 t 7 ! Do. do., 1866 'lOO NorthStaifordshint St. 100 N. & 8. Western June St. 100 'Scottish Central St. :100 'Scottish N. K. Aher. Stk St. .100 Scottish Midland. St. :100 :Shropshire Union St. 100 South Devon 57 50 SS 40 S 4 SS 114 119} 93 96 24 66 1171 118 92 98 5 59 50 9 127 1% If 11 Tga t 1 put 90 fa 1211 1211 I} 11 pm 91 92 bS SS 25 22 101 106 e 74 71} luS 109 36 361 10 11 pm 120 124 1 2 pm 1 fpm 73 7b 108 112 148 150 08 08 'lOO South Eastern all Staines,Woklnghamote 'lOO Tali Vale Do. C .100 Vale of Neel ,100 Waterford & Kilkenny 6 ':Waterloo & Whitehall 'lOO West Cornwall 48 60 71 72 3 II 140 143 1 3 p 1 100 103 52 64 JOINT STOCK BANKS : BANKS. jPdICL 60,0001 50 'Agra& Iliisterman's 1. 2: 10,000 50 Albion 40,000,100 AlliauceLon.&Liverpooll 2: 100,000 1 20 'Anglo Austrian 40,0001 50 . ..Anglo Egyptian lim.f P 20,0001 60 Anglo Italian it uoited . 2 11,300 20 .Asiatic Dank Curdiew 1' 30,000, 40 Australasia 1 2 12,500, 20 'Danko( British Columbia, ■ 12,500' 20 1 Do. New, Issued 2 pm.l 10,000. 25 'Bank of Egypt • 40,0(0: 20 Bank of London 1 1 25,0001 20 Bank of Magi. Limited.. 1 10,000 100 Iltank of Queensland L. 20,000 Danko! Vietoria,Austral. , 60,000; 10 'Bank of New Zealand 1 40.000 50 itarned's Bank (Limited 1 60,000. 20 Illnuillan&Portuguese LI 1 20,000 60 ,Britieh&l'aliforulan L 20,000, 60British N. America . 73,500. 20 CharlesLallitteil,Co. : I L. I 60,00) 20 ,C. Ilk India, Ans.. China 30,000 25 :Chart. Mer. of India,,tc 60,000 20 'City 20,000 100 leolonial 40,000 20}1Com. Dank of Canada , 40,000 25 iCom. Bank of India, ite ' 2/0,000 10 Consolidated Bank ,L • I 10,000 50 Delhi 1111,1 Loudon 20000' 50 East London 'Limited -60,000. 9A Eastern Exchange 30,000 30 'English and American / 20,0001 15 'Dogfish Joint, Stock -L 33,000 20 lEnit.SeotckAusl.Chartil 20,000 50 'English:end Swedish L. 45,000 50 European Bank 'Limited 10,000.100 Illindusii.Chinaied ap. • L • 10,000 100 I Do. issued at 20,000'100 Do. New • 20,0001100 !Imperial Bank 3.lmited. 133,000 20 lmperlal Ottoman 07,5001 20 Do New 6,000, 23 ' lonian 6.000, 25 1 Do. New . ... 103,000 1 20 Land Mort. Bk. India •L 1 600,0001100 • 150.5p.c.1 eic,1304, m. 20,000 50. Los. Bk.of Mexico,&s. 13.0001100 Loudon and Brasilian 22,000; 201 Do. New 6,000,100 'London& alverrlate L 20,000; 25 1 Do. New, iss. at lj pm 50,000 1 20 I ton. Ch. Bank of A nstrti 30.0001 60 'London and Couuty , 72,000 50 London Joint 25,000' 20 London &South Atrii . an 10,000 100 Lon. kS. Western Lim. 6,000 1 60 London & Vetieznol,l L 63,00, inn London ,t Westminster.' 10,002 190 ,Merckrant Bank Lim., • 5,000 100 1 Do. New 6.),000 50 •Ilercantile&Exeliiin L. • 17,150 lot: Metro. A; Pros - . Bank'! • 6,000 100 Midland Bank Lila 20.000 5 National of Australatag 20,000 100 National of Liverpool 10,000,100 N. Pro. of England .... 40,000; 50 National flank 37,500. 20 .New South Woks 10.0001 10 . New Zeiland Linnted 50,0001 20 North Western 00,0001 25 Oriental Bank Cortiorn 20,0001 20 OrientCom.D.Llateid.r. 25,000 1 20 , Do. go. lateN. I. 21,090 20 iDo. 'l.'. later.e, 27,210/ 50 Provin.llankingtsorp. L 20,00000 Ili - ovine. of Ireland 37,0001 20 •S:iinile,Putij.,& Delhi L 12,500! 20 • Do. issued at 2pm 31,0001 2: South Aa.tralia 17,051 100 Stand. of II s. Africa 10,000:100 Do. do. 167. at': 40,000 1 25 'Union of Australia 10,000.100 Union of Ireland Lim 20,000 1 50 .Uulou of Loudon 10 42 4 2 tits! 8 5 di4 : 11 00Is 10 7 Ws, 8 8 dis, 9 12 6i Ho 18 19 xa, 80 32 21 22 II 2 dis , 16 13 dls I 8 9 pmmi 20 10.0!si - 4 - 4aiii 4 i4iud' 47 4U 19 20 xd 37 34 18 20 46 48 si 4 pm 32 33 11 01414 21 11.114 1 2 Ms par, 7 6 die 20 20+ 9 7 dm, 94 Sidla 10 12 10 12 10 12 6 7 pm, jdis ipm: 93 23 I Tdis parl pia par xdi s+~l I I° 101 1 , It 21 61 2u I 76 76 . 15 . 47 46 all 14 16 21 4 3 411 14 4 2 di* 31) 9,1 96 25 19 22 10 5 7 10 9 741 a '2O 6 5 die 20 16 06d1s 4 16 2ipliv 10 4 6 pin t 2 73 75 i all 40 48 , i 1 Oil par 7i 2 2 pm all 44n 4620 d ed 44 6 Id 7 is ! 4 dis 10 5 4 diel , 451 84 so; !10 tile 6 —ells - j all. 35 37 25 14 12 elk 10 9 7 dla ' all Lo 52 22 , 5 5 dls 15 • 62 64 - . 62, 2 BRITISH POSSES.SIONS. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India guar. 5 per sent., 102j,3. East Indian Guaranteed 5 per cent., 103, Grand Trunk of Canada. 21. Great Indian Peninsula. guar. 5 per cent., 1061, 1, 8. Great Western of Canada. 15. Madras, guaranteed 5 per ce nt., 1001, 100 j, 101 j. Scinde, guaranteed 5 per cent., 991. Scinde, Delhi, guaranteed S Txr cent., 98, 27:. Scinde, Punjaub, guaranteed 3 per cent., 9%. PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per ceut. Stock, ss. Great Eastern, Eastern Counties Extension, No. 2, 96, 7. Lanca.hire and Yorkshire, G per cent. Stock, 120 7. Lancashire and York.J.ire, per cent. (Blackburn Pur chase), 96. North Eastern—York, H. and S. Purchase, Iq. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam 13/' Great Luxembourg, Ilf, A:11. Imperial Mexican Railway (Limited), 9. Sambre and Meuse, fib, t. South Austrian and Lombard o -Venetian, 113,11, ad. MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph (Lim.), guaranteed 8 per cent., 21. British Shipowners. 31. Ceylon Company (Limited). 103. Credit Fonder and Muliilier of England (Limited), 31, 21, 31, 21, 3, 3 le,. Ebbw Yale, 183. Egyptian Commereial and Trading (Limited), 2 1. General Credit and Fimines of London (Lim.), 11, 2, 1. Imperial Land Comp. of Marseilles (Lira.), 7. dis. Imperial Mere. Credit Afoot. (Lim.). 73, 1, International Financial Society (Limited), 21, 3. Land Securities (Limited), 2i. London Financial Association (Limited), 9 3. London General Omnibus Company (Limited), 3e. ilk Ditto Discount Company (amited), 111 Ditto New, issued at r, 3) to be paid, .3'l. Overend, Gurney, and Co. /Limited), 131, 1, 121. Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 73. Ditto New, 50. Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining (Limited), 23. It is stated that the engagement between Madame Gnu and Mr. Mapleton bat been cancelled. 120 let 134 136 MONEY M. 'HIS DAY., sse 7} irt 20 15 0 53 i i 3 RISE IN THE BANS BATE OF DD3COUI T. ORB O'CLOCK. 119; 153 41 3 117; IGI 911 66 7 126 4 5; Si 6/ 81 I 110 1 r 1071 641, 71} 1 } Sales. 181 19 18 4! 21/ 2 19 18;} d'. - ul xd 37 19 71 8 71 ♦1 6 2,.) 6 LI 24i • 5 ti 3 3 3 id 22 461 7 95 al 41 The English funds opened this morning at a re duction of 1 percent., but a recovery to this extentlusi• since taken place, upon large repurchases by previr, ous speculat ,rs for the fall. British railways and some of the foreign securities, howe ver, show at further important decline. Amongst the financial, shares Imperial Mercantile have advanced, while Credit Foncier and Mobilier have declined. United States 5-20 Bonds have also gives way. The applications for discount to-day are not large, but the lowest rate for the best bills is 7 per cent. Consols are now quoted 864 to 4 both for mone/ and to-morrow's settlement, and 864 to I for the; new account (June). In the foreign stock market Italian bonds of 186 L have experienced a fresh fall of 1 per cent. Brazi lian scrip has also declined 4, and Mexican 4. On the other hand, Spanish Passive Bonds and CM-- tificates have risen and 4 respectively. Some of the present prices are as follows:—Turkish, 1862, 59 to 61 ; ditto, 1865, 284 to 4 ; Greek, 104 to 114 ; Spanish Passive, 224 to 4 ; ditto Certificatas4 144 to ; Italian, 1861, 37 to 4 ; Brazilian scrip, 9 to 8 dis. ; and Mexican, 164 to 1. United States 5-20 Bonds have declined 1 per cent., and Erie Railway shares 14, but Illinois Central arc steady. The present quotations are as follows :-5.90 bonds, 66 to 4; Erie Railway shares, 45 to 46 ; and Illinois Central, 761 to 4. international Financial shares are now quoted 24 to 24 dis. ; London Financial, 104 to 9} dis. ; General Credit, 24 to 1I dia. ; Imperial Mercantile, 71 to 7 dia. ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier, 21 to 2 die ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 2 to 14 dis. ; and National Discount, 61 to 7 prem. Two o'CLocit. The directors of the Bank of England have Bud. denly raised the rate of discount from 7 to 8 per cent. Consols, which were quoted 861 for money and to-morrow's settlement, have thereupon declined to 86i to We are authorised to state that the news in tie Vienna Press!, that the Italian government haws entered int. tteptiations with Messrs. Fnthling and Go.ielteu fur raising a loan, is entirely lID- founded. About 01,000:. in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday f,r exportation, viz., 2,000/. in bars for the Continent, and 68,000 sovereigns for Brazil. The ships slacduff, Suffolk, Mediator, Royal Standard, :del Donald M`Kay have arrived from Melbourne, with 237,000/. in gold, which is ex pected ta be sent abroad. The Asia, from Boston, has also brought 4,5001. The Chariot of Fame, with 34,5001., is the only gold ship known to be now at sea from Melbourne, but the Australian mail, which is expected to be delivered in about a week, will announce the des patch of additional supplies. Subjoined is a copy of a privatetelegram received yesterday from Point de Gable :—Latest dates from China—Hong Kong, 14th April ; Shanghai, 7th ; Foo Chow FO o, 3rd. Export of tea for the fort night 1,000,000 lbs. Exchange in Hong Kong, ; 4s. 71d. Freights at R'hampoa, 75a. (I) per ton.' Telef,rrains from Bombay announce a panic in the stock au 1 .hare markets, and refer to the antici pated failure of a largo Parsee speculator, with enormous liabilities. The individual in question is stated to have been worth, about eighteen months ago, upwards of 2,000,000/. sterling, but last July his wealth was greatly reduced by the tremendous fall which occurred in all securities. At that period, however, the prices of c o tton, in which he was largely interested, were looking up, and his stoppage was avertel. He has been identified with the 1" Back Bay Ileclamation Company," and most of the other speculative schemes introduced in Boni ! bay. Tile shares of the Back Bay Company have declined , par ;at one time they stood at a very ' high id, ie.' um, and as recently as the taeginning of last in , were dealt in for delivery on the let of August ladt at 10,000 rupees, with 5,000 rupees paid. The liquidation of this speculator's estate was expected to be very unfavourable. The advises from South Staffordshire report the failure Messrs. Gibbs Brothers, of Deeptields and Bull's-bridge ironworks, with liabilities amounting to about 25,010. The amount of government bills on India, for which tJuders will be received at the Bank of Eng land on the Nth inst., will be rupees 32,59,000 (325,000/.) The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Thursday, the 10th inst., s special settling day in the second issue of shares in Renter's Telegram Company (Limited), which are to be marked in the Twid: a ‘Vcek List, and in the shares of Skidmore's Art ALoadaeture3, &c., Company (Limited), which are not to be marked. With reference to the accountants' report on the affairs of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), the subjoined explanatory memoran dum li:ts been issued, bearing the signature of the I two firms which have been engaged in the task. It may, perhaps, be as well to add that, in addition to the collateral securities referred to in the account ants' reaort, the company has in each case the in dividual s::curity of the borrowers for the whole amount : An some misapprehension appears to exist with reference to the date up to which the value of the securities was esti mated fur the purpos,i of oar report on the affairs of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Assoiiation (1.h0it.,1), we beg to state f.:.at such estimate had rA,tien to, the date of the report itseif namely, the sth instant--although the books of the association were balanced to the 14th ultimo, as a basis on which to rest the general examination. TURQUANI), YOUNGE..., AND CO. QILTER, BALL, AND CO. London, M.,y 7, Main;. in the Egyptian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited) yesterday summoned the comjaay, and also the secretary personally, to appear bcfore the Lord Mayor. The summenses were three in number —namely, two against the company, and one against thc secretary. The two former churged the company with neglecting to keep and to produce a registry of shareholders, while the third charged the secretary with failing to produce a register •.F mortgages. The two first summonses were dismissed, the Lord Mayor thinking the company had performed what the law re quires. In the third case his lordship inflicted a nominal fine of 5/., on the ground that the issue of 700,0001. debentures made by the company - some time ago was a mart gage within the terms of the act. . By way of appeal, however , against this decision, a WO for the Queen's Ben ch was agreed to be stated, the defendant contending that the debentures in ques tion do not form a specific charge uponany property of the company. The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of 1,1781., and the London, Brighton, and South Coast a decrease of 9511., compared with the corresponding date of last year. I The receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 20th ult. were 15,6%1., being 7971. more than in the cor responding week of last year. I Travers Circular gives the following comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the price of Consols with the corresponding date of last year : At present. Samedatelartyenr. Rank billion Rink r,•eccar Rate of .litcount Price of Consols FRENCH PRODUCE TO SOUTHAMPTWN.--VIRLOR , - don and South Western Company's steamer Atalanta ar rived here on Tumidity, with a (largo consi.ting of 9.7.0 eases of eggs, 00 sucks of barley, and sundries, for London. The OMER, CaptainG. Clements, of the same oompany,arrived. on Wednaiday, from St. xao, withs.3oDpac of butter, 200 eases of eggs, and sundries, this being the List ottan i City of heater imported in owe voyage to floodlit: 2 l=z I their _principal destinations being London , Bi en! " and Woartahampton.—Host' Advertiser. • • 12 pm' : i pm : rt i on• jvassi _TM Rad" •rnisli: ronibs lily of 1 01 .. re Fort ad WI P o * be es'