The Express. — London, England, 1868-03-05 00:00:00

948THIt mromos,,AigiowAvailimmo,ptmoß kmlB6B SECOND EDITION. LAW INTELLIGENCE . . --(THIS DA.T.) I, Q UITY COURTS. (Before Vice-Oltaaselior Sir R. Mans.) ZX ?LITZ Till MAIM 0011111115TONIZL — NOTION TO 001111/T BIM NOWT rm. This was an application at behalf of tie Olunity Commissioners to commit Sir Robert Peel to Whitemem street Prison for diaolrecliesee be as order requiring him to furnish accounts of the Tantworth School, which was founded by his grandfather, and of which he u the sole trustee. Mr. Whitbread, in support of the motion, stated that re peated applications bad been made for the account' during the hat two years, end that, though notice of the present proceeding had been served personally upon Sir Bober* at Drayton Manor, be did not appear either in perms or by counsel. MEETING OF THE PRIME MINISTER WITH HIS SUPPORTERS IN THE HOUSE OF OOMMONB.-(THIS DAY.) This afternoon, shortly after 2 o'clock, Mr. Dis raeli had an interview at his official residenoe in Downing street with the conserv►tive members of the House of Commons, preparatory to the resumption of the proceed ings of parliament this evening. The Premier himself arrived in a brougham at five minutes before 2, at which time about 60 members had preceded him. The first member to arrive was Sir William Verner, so long anociated with the Orange party in the north of Ireland. Among those present were the following : Colonel Barttelot, Sir J. Pekington, Mr. Henley, Mr. Leader, Lord R. Montagu, Mr. Walpole, Colonel Knox, Kr. W. Knight, Sir G. Stucley, Sir M. Ridley, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Sartre., Mr. Beecrof t, Mr. Egertoo, Lord John Manners, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Stifling, Colonel Duane, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Cohbold, Mr. Edward Karslalce, Mr. Henniker Major, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Laird, Mr. Frealifield, Mr. Egerton Legit, Mx. Cumming Bruce, Mr. Hartley, Admiral Duncombe, the Earl of Mayo, Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Garth, Sir J. N. M'Kenna, Mr. Christopher Sykes, the Attorney-General, the Soli citor-General, Sir Brook Bridges. Mr. Godson, Mr. Peal, Mr. Honfall, Mr. Vance, and Sir John Hay. The number of members present at the interview was about 170. ! The Vice-Chancellor said the notice of motion from some aoeidental circumstance might not have been read, and as Sir Robert was probably now at Whitehall, it would be better the motion should stand over till 1 o'clock, to afford an opportunity of informing him of their application. If Sir Robert should not then appear in person, or by counsel, his Honour would be compelled to dispose of the matter in his absence. When the case sou again called on Mr. Whitbread said inquiries had been made at White hall, and it appeared that Sir Robert Peel was at Drayton Manor, and it wee not known when be would be in town. Mr. Kekewich had just repaired instruction/ from the firm who acted as general solicitors of Sir Robert Peel, to appear and ask for postponement of the motion in order that the right boa. baronet might be communi cated with. The motion was accordingly ordered to stand over till this day week. Mr. DItiI'AILT, in addressing the gentlemen present, Sommenoed by lamenting the retirement of Lord Derby en amount of ill-health, adding that the government would still have the benefit of the noble earl's advice in the eounciL The right bon. gentleman then referred to some of the lending questions of the day, including, it Is. stated, in Lis remarks the Irish question. He after wards alludtd to the position of the government and its prospects in connection with the relative state of parties in parliament. The conservatives, he said, were still in a minority, and could not expect to have smooth sailing or to avoid troubles arising from political conflict, but they had won victories before when in a minority, and might hope to do so again. The right hon. gentleman spoke for about 35 minutes. Ilia speech was an able but exceedingly guided one. Ile was cheered at almost every sentence. The feeling of the meeting appeared to be harmonious, and, so f.nr as it was evinced, even unanimous with regard to the claims of the new government to the support of the conservative party. ...OR BM W. PAOt WOOD. ..or, having disposed of t numbs of ?bleb involi ' of Sir J. Ttottomt and Sir Svistruo kintwiett expressed their regret at the retirement of Lord Derby, and Sir Stilling ID swell said, now that his lordship was relieved from the cares of office it might be expected that his health would be speedily restored, and that he would be enabled again to speak with his accustomed eloquence is the House of Lords. The interview occupied about Mty minutes. TIIE roNvlcrioN OP THE GRAND MASTER OF THE COUNTY DOWN 01:ANOEMEN. REMISSION OF SENTENCE. (RT TELEGRAPH.) (MOH ORR OWN CORIUMPORDINT.) DUBLIN, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. In answer to the memorial presented to the fool Uctitenant, in reference to the ciao of Mr. ..i.am Johnston, the Grand Master of the Oniiity Down Orangemen, and Grand Secretary for Irv!awl, his lordship has remitted the remain der of the term of imprisonment in Downpatrick gaol ; but Mr. Johnston will give securities. PUBLIC MEETINGS.-(THIS DAY.) onsAT WAITERN RAILWAY. This 11:ty the half-yearly general meeting of pro- Orton, wss held at the Oreat Weetern Teretintu, ; Sir D. M.P., in the chair. . . _ The relent, which has already appeared in the Expra %;ngi e, n takes as read, no. rii ,;T: , IAN, in moving it for adoption, said that he regrette.l l.,ing obliged to meet them again without giving them u., .h dividend as he hoped to have been able to do at the Iwt half-yearly meeting. They knew that they met the debentures and the interest upon them as they Ie came due, and this obliged them to trench upon the:r revenue. It was only' by helping themselves that they timid t, deem their position. They renewed 2,591,004 f. of delemt wee, and paid off fi ':(5,000f. temporary loans ."lee they paid :tlO,OllOl. debentures out of revelme, and in to that 200,0001. reduction of temporary loan, leasin, only 173,0001. due on that account. There was no co in ie•Ling the public to help them. They must le 1p themselves. He recommended the raising of 10. 1 ." 0,1 '. five per *tot. debenture stock, which mold enable them to pay off pressing claims and reset ve the payment of cash dividends. He le id rot tell them that the Great Western Debenture hse per cent. stock with a margin of 1,000,000/. of revenue is as good au investment as could be made. The chairman vies • vplaned their position before the Court of Chan t...iv. and before the House of Commons, in reference said Thai I! tiny failed in that bill before parliament it would y to call the proprietors together to know what ~.e iA. t hey would adopt. They would, therefore adjourn thi. meeting for a month. The increase of the revenue for h:d•-3car was 44.11001., whilst the expenses had been .1. Their rent charges increased by 12,000 f. The "a it et preference shares had also increased. They C. lc gradually converting the broad gauge stock into rine c.iiige stock out of the ordinary revenue. Thirty. NI• engine* had already been converted, and six others cite nearly ready. The working expenses showed a iliiiiintit ;en at the rate of per cent. A bill would he sidneitti 11 to them for the purpose of abandoning certain hues 11;.I, they could do without. With respect to Lim-, ie. lite with other companies they last year intro- ili e hill for the working of the lines in Devon. These lit ingenienta fell through, but they were taken up again. and lie hoped they would be successful this time. He also 1,10. 1 that the arrengements going no now for a twelve. month • ith the London and North Western would he Re, ceasful, and that they would be on friendly ternis with th. t mammy. The laying down of a double line between 'W..rces.er and Hereford was approaching completion. They gave in the report an account of the works which this intruded to ask the proprietors to sanction. Mr. Salem, the chairnian of the shareholders' committee, • .1,641 the motion. He hoped, like the chairman, tt t they would be able to get a dividend in cash. hut the absence of a dividend arose from decent. , t -, nera over which they had no orintrol. He he. li, veil the accounts of this company were honest, and that there had been no cooking. He did not think it was possible to close the capital account, which some persons seemed to think was the great cure for railway mismanagement. He was in favour of keeping the line in genii and efficient repair, but there were several I'Venalta put down to revenue, which he thought should he put down to capital. As a principle of justice he did not think the interest of present shareholders should be sacrificed to the welfare of future shareholders, that was to say the revenue of a pre sent bolder should not be taken to increase the permanent value of the line for a future bolder. Tbeyhad a good board, and what they now wanted was to increase the traffic, to diminish expenditure, to keep up a friendly feeling to. wards the companies that surrounded them. They wanted re.t, they wanted to get rid of law Baits, they wanted to see their officers engaged in developing the resource. of the line and not in contesting legal quibbles, and by con litilDe themselves to these objects he hoped to see the Greet West, in Company rise in value and to public estimation. Mr. TAYLOR did not think it possible to close the capital sesoont. Mr. PAIMES objected to giving the directors power to tome rentinuously stock dividends instead of cash, end he Amid more the latter part of paragraph 7 of the report be not agreed to. He suggested that the proposed .1 per cent. tit benture stook should be leaned in such a way that if some of the shareholders refused to take it those who .lid might be able to take it in such quantity as would cover tie million proposed to be raised. Mr. ('t it Lulee seconded the amendment. )The meeting was proceeding when we went to press.) MANIN'S REMAIN , .—The journals of Florence and Venice state that the It dian Ministry has approved of the ceremony proposed for the translation of the ashes of Daniel hhinin. According to that project, the remains of the illustrious Venetian and of hi, wife and daughter will arrive at the Santa Lucia station on the evening of the Piet Match. They will be accompanied by gondolas to the church or San-Giorgio-Maggiore, where they will remain with a guard of honour composed of °Seers of the National The next day the remains will be removed with gre4 ceremony to the Cathedral of Saint Mare, where the ieii,ions service will take place, and after which they will La deposited in a vault prepared to receive them. Los, IA ITY. —ln the obituary of the Time:. of this doe is announced the death of seven persons, whosa ivies unionist to six hundred and ten years ; givinj 45 atec,ge of a little over 87 yearn to each. One lady hal reached the extraordinary age of 99 and another 92. Malay glossa lat - 1111 Penh lint IMO le bee OM wad tower* Or mint al the ether end .1 the elm* The Mims lbw wait up to the told %see they wen detective alliork sad thew whet they dld dere. Heade NOM Vol they taws only talking. Re silted Heads If le knew the hark sad he said yes, he did. They thee leek the prima. to the tion•house, hat nothing wee tetrad en them The other ' , man walked if when he saw them appreeeddes the Pri soners. They were watching the Weems Ler three quarters of ea hour altogether. W. Rowland, ?X, said he knew Watson sea thief, and he was convicted at this court in the tsar 1880, and bad three months' imprisonment with hard labour for picking pooko.h. 11: had ;cc: severs: tau rho, sad ordered him out of the City. He had also men him several times leaving the City in company with a female. Whitney said that both the male prisoners had gives fa se addresses, but the female had given a correct address. (harp Legg, detective allow, said he had often sees the three prisoners together and watched them. He saw them the last time about a fortnight ago in the evening between 7 and 8 o'clock. They were all three together and came horn the direction of Blackfriars-bridge ; before they came to the railway-station the woman separated from the men and thy walked on different sides of the road. There was another man who was in the habit of tying with them. He had watched them because be believed they were loitering for the purpose of commit ting a felony. Whitney said they had bad many complaints of robberies in the City in which women bad decoyed men into secluded places and robbed them, cc where they had not robbed them the parties had been knocked down and robbed by some one else as soon as they left the women. The prisoners were sentenced to three months' imprison ment with bard labour. BOW-STREIT. ran BMA OF 1101fIT LINDERO. Mr. Cherierjupp,ebuilder, of the Triangle, Hackney, appeared to a summons, charging him with obtaining a sum of 50i. by false pretenoes, from Mr. Baughan, of Southampton-buildings, Chanoery-lane. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Maynard, of the firm of Dubois and Maynard; and Mr. Jupp was de fended by lii..Thichansui. 1. , ./../ WO ...ft Tisaaihro • , LIVERPOOL MESTING.—(THEI DAY.) It appeared that on the 13th December last, Mr. Japp applied for a loan of 504 to Mr. Benghazi, who advances money on mortgage, offering as a security a mortgage on hie furniture. He stated that the furniture was his own, that he had never made any assignment or given any mortgage on it, and that his debts did not exceed 1001. Mr. Seymour, • clerk in Mr. Baughan's employ, was sent at once to take an inventory of the goods, and on the following day, the 14th, the de fendant called at Mr. Baughan's office to receive the money. At Mr. Baughan's request he made • declara tion to the effect that his furniture wee free from incumbranoe, and that bis debts did not exceed 1101. Upon this Mr. Baughan advanced him the 501., repayable by periodical instalments extend ing over twelve months. Shortly afterward, he became bankrupt, and his account rendered showed his liabilities to be over 4001. It then appeared that the furniture was not his own, having been assigned toe Mr. Wallington. Mr. Baughan was examined in proof of theme facts. He mentioned that be asked Mr. Japp if he had ever been bankrupt or made an amipunent ? He said he had not. He also said he had never made • bill of sale or assign. meat on his furniture. He at first said that his liabilities did not exceed 50/. Witness sold him to be sure, and advised him to make a calculation of what they were, adding that in the present state of the bankruptcy law, it was necessary for his (witness's) own security to see that it was not involved to any great depth. (The Feet of Mr. Baughan's evidence went to sup port the facts as above stated.) He granted the loan on the faith of Mr. Japp's statement that the property was unencumbered, and that his debts did not exceed 1101. In croes-examination by Mr. Buchanan Mr. Beast= denied that Mr. Jupp ever made a distinction between secured and unsecured debts. If he had known that the =was encumbered he should not have the loan. If the encumbrance was no small that after paying It off there would be enough left to pay bi that would make no difference. He would no( lend on property that was encumbered at all. Witness advertised to advance money. The advertisement (pro duced by Mr. Buchanan) was from him. At the request of Mr. Buchanan, it was read. It was as follows :—" Money advanced at • day's notice, from 301. upwards, to actable householders, upon their furniture, without remand or law costs, reps to is by instalments. This advertiser does not r: us lend money m b without security of any or at an un usually low rate of interest ; but is willing to do so at a fair remuneration for the risk and working expetdree attending this class of security. As this does not emanate from an agent, apply personally to Mr. Baughan, 34, Southampton-barldings, Chancery-lane. Advances also on deposit of deeds, not on bills or personal security." Mr. Buchanan asked the complainant whether the "risks" so emphatically alluded to were not the very risks involved in this cams. Mr. Heathen said that was not so. The " risks" alluded to were those which naturally belonged to such inveet ments, and did not include the risk of being misled and chested by false statements and perjurous declarations. Witnesses were called to prove the defendant's bank ruptcy, and also that before and up to the 14th December, and until his bankruptcy, defendant was indebted to them to various sums, amounting in all to considerably more , than 110/._ _ . _ _ _ _ The defendant being asked by the magistrate if he wished to make ■ny statement in defence, said " I leave it in the hands of may solicitor." Mr. Buchanan—l shall say nothing. It is unless to fight against daylight. The defendant was committed for trial. The winter meeting of the National Rifle Asso ciation took place yesterday, at Willis's Rooms, under the presidency of his Royal Highness the Cake of Cambridge. There were also present Earl Spencer, Earl Ducie, Colonel L. Lindsay, Sir J. Burgoyne, Lord Moreton, General Hay, &c. At a meeting of ragged school superintendents and teachers held in Manchester yesterday, a resolution was passed declaring that no measure for extending edu cation would be complete unless it gave power to compel the attendance of children. The organisation of the French National Guard ap pear, to be finally determined. Each department will have a battalion to be divided into companies in proportion to the number of men in each. Then are to be 94 battalions— s9 for the department', besides three fee Perim, and two for Lille. Tar. LATI Mss. Gs Onfin Corse.—On Tues day the grave closed over the remains of this estimable lady —a &oghter of the gnat Mrs. Bidden', and widow of the author of the "Colatitudes of Mao." Mn. Combo hu survived her husband nearly ten years, Mr. Combs having died in the autumn of 181113. They were married in 1833, end during the 2 years between these dates, Mrs. Combo was her husband's inseparable companion in all his journeys ; spending three years with him in a tour through America, where he lectured in most of the principal towas, and collected materials for his important work on the United States. To this work Mn. Combs untri buted a description of the there scenery near Portland, in Bikini!, which was much admired. Mr. and Mrs. Comb* travelled math on the outineat, and spent occasionally a whole winter abroad. After Mr. Combe's death his widow lived for the most part abroad, often suffering frau ill.health, and she died at Nioe on the 19th ult. la ao cadence with her wishes, bar body was brought to Edinburgh, and interred beside that of her husband in the Dean Cemetery. Mn. Combo was the last survivor of her own fatally, her bro th ers and Aden having Keels cubed her.--Scothana. SCICIDI or • CONVICT.—On Monday a prisoner at the Portland convict establishment committed suicide, under punier oirtnunstenose. It Ma= that he was • pensioner, but having committed an offence, foe widish he was sentenced to seven years' penal servitiads, of wane him pension mimed. This seems to have preyed on his naiad, and be become " peculiar." On Monday ems* difference wale between him and • fellow convict, and • ensued. For this be was reported, and marchal lm j ig re his call. These apartments SO arranged around • quadrangle, and consist of three tiers, this. above the ground door having, of course, • balcony in frost. The convict was taken to the upper range, and, as he walked along, he suddenl7 pulled his cap ever hie eyes. sad vaulted over the railings, falling • depth of between 30 and 40 feet. By this rash act be sustained fatal Wary, bat he lingered for some hours, and then died.—Shwa Lorne Journal. Daisoithors QUA MELLING. —A new danger to be dreaded is railway travelling was brought to light on Tues. day lest, as the Yeovil borough 110111110116, the that probably ham Dover matured the mind of the reader, bat that is, semetbeleas, quits palatable. Lit him cosorive for • sem meat an express train rushing ales( at the rate of sixty miles an boar ; the shiver and We Walser have woe& of difference ; they fall oat, sad in the sod fall al the sagiat, is a struggle. The inwelsthea N the Awry we may leave imagination to 'apply. This le by so means so remote as not to be reek is the nth if peinlbilities, bemuse the case to width we tiger mien eat of oireumetinees ialmoit in • pessiel with sash • lomibl• suppedtion. Francis Sweet, a Maims as as ens's., in the employ of the London and Beaty-Weeleen, was summoned at the instigation of the ,by William Jeans, • driver on the T ri m taisi T, • breath of the pima The men had q threatened to mew Sweet's head off, sad Swath aims mid if be did, he'd pat • pick into his. Mr. Waft defended Sweet, sad Mr. Bent appeared far the eamplow, who einriderad it neesseiry to prothwite, berms II the quarrel had esiumed on • journey serious . might have ananad. The bench ordered them beat ire bound over to keep the pesos for three most a. It all be • astiehotkat to the public to know that the men & net now wort ea the more engine, Sweet having becalm Jackman had threatened to throw him the setae Ware.— tikertirse Journal. WiTrfal. PALACIL orrn 9=n tuo DAY.•— WILDNZSDAT, Kamen 4.—Admissions oa payment, 829 dais by Mann Wbb,1,538 ; utal Adios, UsT. ZPFBT KAIMET.--arHES DA id ONE O'OLOCE., Notwithstanding the shames of unsatisfactory pewafrom abroad, the drooping tendency of the corn market, and the abort supply of stook at the monthly settlement, which will be completed this afternoon, COTLSOL are dull to-day, and [ exhibit a fresh reduction of I par cent. Some speculative operations fora fall have been entered into, upon a belief that the incremed demand for money may lead to considerable bond f ide sales on account of bankers. Railway and foreign stocks ' are inactive, and prices show no decided move ment. There is a good demand for discounts, while the supply of money continues to dina'nish, owing to the revenue payments to the Bank. The rate for the best three months' bills is ll per cent., or only I below the official minimum. ..,, Consols are quoted 921 to 93 for money and the Ind of April, and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 911 to 92, ex div. The railway market is inactive, and the only change in the principal stocks is a reduction of per cent. in Caledonian, London and North West ern, Midland, and London, Chatham, ani Dover. ' Annexed are the quotations :—Caledonian, 824 to 1; London and North Western, 1151 to 1, ex div.; Great Western, 45j to 46; Midland, 1061 to 107, ex div.; London and South Western, 84 to 86, ex div. ; Great Eastern, 294 to 30; Brighton, 484 to 4 ; South Eastern, 724 to 73 ; Metropolitan, 1114 to 1, ex div. ; Great Northern A, 104 to 105, ex div. ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 18/ to 4 ; York and North Midland, 95 to 4, ex div. ; Berwick, 1024 to 103, ex div. ; North British, 344 to 35 ; and Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 126 to 4, ex div. With the exception of a rise of per cent. in Grand Trunk of Canada, viz., to 151 to 16, colonial lines are unaltered. Great Western of Canada, 16 to 1 ; East Indian, 1094 to 110 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 109 to 4. In the foreign stock market Italian of 1861, Turkish of 1865, and the Viceroy of Egypt's loan have advanced 4to per cent., while Mexican have declined 1. Subjoined are the prices : Brazilian of 1865, 71 to 72 ; Chilian of 1867, 87 to 88 ; Egyptian of 1864, 86 to 87, being dull ; the Viceroy's Loan, 74 to 4 ; Italian of 1861, 45 to 4 ; Mexican, 154 to 4 ; Peruvian 1865, 76 to 1 ; Russian of 1866, 864 to 874 Spanish New, 38 to 4 ; Turkish of 1858, 584 to 594 ; ditto of 1862, 604 to 614 ; and ditto of 1866, 321 to 33. The market for Indian Government reouritits is rather firm. The Five per Cents, are quoted 1124 to 1134 ; ditto Four, 100 to }, cxdiv. ; ditto Bonds, 30a. to 355. pram ; and ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 105 to 4. Bank Stuck, 249 to 251 ; and Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15e. prem. Bank shares are inactive. Lor.don and West minster, 671 to 681 ; Union of London, 331 to 341 ; Anglo-Austrian, 31 to 4 prem. ; London and Brazilian, 34 to 31 dis. ; Imperial Ottoman, to dis. ; and Consolidated, I to f prem. Financial shares are unchanged. General Credit, 22 to 4 dis. ; Credit Fonder, 71 to 61 dis. ; Inter national, 21 to 11 dis. ; and London, 26 to 24 dis. Miscellaneous shams are inactive. National Discount, 6to 4 prem. ; Hudson's Bay, 141 to ; Egyptian Trading, 41 to 1 dis. ; Telegraph Con struction, 13 to 1 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, fl to 1 ; and Anglo-American, 20 to 4. American securities present no important change. The 5-20 Bonds are at 711 to I ; Erie Railway shares, 47 to 1 ; and Illinois Central, 89 to 1, show ing a decline of 4 per cent. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols are inquired for, and show a recovery of i per cent.. viz., to 93 to 4. The changes in the railway market are confined to a few stocks. Cale donian is in good request, and has advanced 1 per cent., the present price being to f. Great Eastern is a better, while Metropolitan and Berwick have declined 11 to *. The only alteration in foreign bonds is a reduction of 4 per cent. in Italian of 1861 and Turkish of 1865. About 18,000/. in bar gold for the continent, and 25,0001. sovereigns for Egypt, were withdrawn frau the Bank yesterday. TU transactions since the date of the last return have resulted in a with drawal, on balance, of 212,0001. for abroad. The Sarah Once has arrived from Melbourne with 14,500/. in gold ; and the City of Baltimore, from New York, with 15,000/. The St. Laurent, which has reached Brest from New York., has 182,500/. in specie. The biddings for bills on India were held yester day at.the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were—To Calcutta, 19.06.000 re. ; and to Madras, 94.000 rs. The minimum price was fixed at Is. 101 d. on Calcutta and Madras. Tenders on those presidencies at Is. 11d. will receive about 22 per cent., and those above that price will be allotted in full. No tenders on Bombay were in vited. These results indicate a revival in the de mand for remittance to India, the terms being lees favourable to this country by 2 or 2h per cent. than on the last occasion. The Midland Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 456/. over last year ; the Lon don and North Western, an increase of 1,6431. the Great Northern, an increase of 4261.; and the Great Eastern, an increase of 2,1241. The traffic receipts of the Erie Railway Company for the month of January were 1,01,320 d 01.., being 112,763 dots. more than in January, 1867. The gross traffic returns of the Atlantic Telegraph Company for the 28 days of February, 1868, were 39,9271., against 25,916/. for February, 1887. For the additional day (the 29th) in February this year the receipts were 1,8131. A note in the return says : The following are greet daily returns in each men From these, when the aomants are adjoined, the maim' out payment., averaging aboat 40 per cent., have to be deducted in favour of the Neefenad and other companies drifted in receiving and trassmitting Wand. The remainder is available for the az dividends of the AnglirAreerican and Atlantie Oompanias. - - - - - - - - The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, for the week ending the 18th ult., were 21,8101. sterling, being 783&. lees then -in the corresponding week of last year. An eitrsordinszy general meeting of the Manri , titis Land Credit and Agency Company (Limited) I is called fur the 17th inst. , when an interim divi dend for the half year is to be declared. I At the annual meeting of the Canadian Lend and Rmigratioh Company (Limited), held yester day, the directors' report and the balance-sheet were unanimously adopted. The fifth ordinary general meeting of the Mer chant Banking Company of London (liinilled)-01 be held on the 19th instant. Creditors of the Wholesale and n Company (Limited) are required to eiders of their claims to Mr. S. L. the liqui dator, by the 31st instant Creditors of the County and General Gas Übe-, tamers Company (Limited) arc required to send the 'particulars of their claims to Mr. W. J. White the, accountant, of KrogeArmet, Cheepside, Olbe of the , ollicial Ity the 4th of April, ehir•lilth of that month having boo appointed for edjecii dating neon them. • A petition for the img up of the South Lees Estuary Nei elpany is to be beard before V . _ • _lls en the 13th i 1 petition for the what ed the Lonadale Ar idellron Company ( Lim a te be heard bettire Vito Chancellor Stuart on the 13th taut, The subjoined et oa tbenterket fur American seoutftes'is from lara. tatterthwaite and Co. : We hays had a tolerably steady marker in London for Ameriesa government stvurities,with only malerate trans. actious. 5-23 Bonds have ranged frost 711 to 711, closing meetly so this day week—via, 711 to f. In Virginio Six per Cant. Bends share has been a marked Improvement. mesh confidease being felt is the ability of the State to previa, the aterest. For !Unica shares there continues a steady demand , sad the market bang bare of stock. they have improved a farther one per ant., closing exactly 82 .1 In Brie shares the ficanntions have been violent, reflectimg very math the extraordinary ratimmests in New York ; they 140114 very fine at 171 to OIL There has been a marked inquiry for Atlattic and Gnat Western Consolidated Mortgage Bend; and r eif ys &add ha been effected had is not bear for the acof bonds o n the market ; they have leached 271, closing steady at 281 to 7. The annexed memorandum is from the Com mittee of Confederate Cotton Bondholdf n : 32, Nicholas-lan e , March 4, DM& The Committee of Cotton Boadholdees (issued by Messrs. Schroder lad Co.) beg to inform the bolder. of them bonds that they have appealed to the ergs's*/ public opinion in the United States with a view of (Mahn. Mg their powerful advocacy in favour of the oottoa ISM as well as the ALabatna chime being referred to arbitsstiaa and decided mmording to the strict principles of late , mimeos' law. All the bondholders require is a fair field and se femur. The "Clerks' Supply , association (Limited)," which has established temporary stores at 8, Little Winchester-street, commenced operation!) yester day, and issued its price list for the quarter ending the 30th June next. The subjoined, on the silk market, is from a cir cular of Messrs. Durant and 00., dated yesterday We have a fairly current market in silk. The indica- Bons noticed in our eironlar of the 7th ultimo of " an anxious watching of the market with a view to action as soon as It was felt that the right moment bad iurived," soon brought forth fruit, and throughout the whole month, with ooessional short hesitations, we have had full current business—without any general quotable advance, still is many oases improvement of prices might be detected with out difficulty—and the busman now doing is at the ex treme rates. The deliveries are highly favourable, the largest for the lest two years, sufficient to prevent an in crease of stock, dill no great affair, and as being only foe one month it would be premature to look upon them as any certain indication of a decided change on the part of manufacturers to a return to the use of Asiatic silk • stiff there are not wanting symptoms that su c h is ready the ease. Whether from the comparative exhaustion of the supply of European tille r or the very wide difference in price, or both combined, is not very clear, but in any cue the prospects for the ooesuniption of Asiatic silk would seem more hopeful Chanter many months. Japan silk has shared in the general improvement of demand, and pro bably in the stiffening of prices --the deliveries are good in proportion to the stock. In Bengal silk we have nothing particularly of moment, but loo silk especially se ems t o feel the effects of t he supposed diminution in the stocks of European silk. Tho annexed report on the leather tr ide is front a circular issued yesterday by Messrs. T. J. and T. Powell : The leather market et the pare month has shown eery little variation ; the general character has been steady and rather quiet, and prices have been nearly stationary. Light sole leather tms rusintained Its advanced value, but it is not satisfactory to find that while South American butts have been difficult to move, and In some O&M are I sold at lower rates, the hides from which they are pro duced a:e advancing, and the prospect of an immediate re• &lotion is not apparent. We can only hope that the ma jority of tanners are still in stock of hides, and that the present scarcity will not be of long duration, so that prior may be brought niers into aocordance with the value of leather. The imoplise of leather is general dories the month have net been large. Stocks remain about the lama ea at the eou.akenmanent of last month, and there is every reason to anticipate the continuance of an a consumptive demand. Raw goods.—The import is again limited, and the transactiomi are chiefly confined to the two public sales of the month, which show fall rates for all kinds of sole leather bides end East India kips. The private sales include a parcel of Rio Grande ox hides at a decided advance in pr sea. The stocks on hand ere is the aggregate extremely small. At Leedenhall yesterday there wee not • large &apply of teeth leather, and the at tendance of buyers was small. Light Englishi butte sold readily at preeus rates, and there was also • good de mand mid for light dressing hides and good light English ders. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) Males today to 1 p.m.] COLONIAL GOVERNMENT 1321111RITIES. Canada Government, 6 per feat., January and fly, 1877.84, 991, I. Do., 5 per cent.. January end July, 86, f. New South Wake Goverarest, 5 per cent., 1898.96 January and July, 55e, 1. New Zealand, 5 per east., 88, 1, 71. , 6 per asst. 1891, 1024. ft: l4" M Government, 6 per eel, cent. *ober, 1124. , 1801, April and Oev ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Caledonian, 52 4, 4. 3 1. Great Eastern, 30. 4. Great Northam, 107, 1, 64, ad. IX.. A. (A receives no dividend until 6 per mut. nos been paid to B), 1041, 4, ad. Great Westent--Original, 454, 6, 51, 6. Londos, Brighton, end South Gent, 484,1, 94, 121. London, Chatham, end Dover, 181, 1. London and North Wasters, IL% 1, ad. Ketropeliten, 1114. Do.--Eateusim, die. limited to 6 per neat, till Jas., 18704,105. Midland, 1064, ;, ad. North Eaetern—Bern{ek, 1021, ad. South Eastern. 73, 21, zd. Staines, Wokinahain, and Welting, 91, ad. PEEPER/INCE SHARES. Great Fastern—Eastern Cowan* Extension, No. 2, 77, ed oreat Northern, t per oent. redeemable at 5 per oent. prem., IU6. lildbutd, Consolidated 44 per amt. redeemable, 95, ad. BRITISH 1"0118BSSIONS. Bombay, Bar. and Gent. lndi► gua. 5 p. e., 103, Eastern Beng;hl, Guarantied 5 par dent., 105 i. Great South. of India, gas. 5 per cent., 104.1. Great Western of Canada. 15i. Madras guaranteed 5 per cent., 103. Oude and Rohlleund, eta. 5 per cent., lOti, 5. Soinde—Delhi, guar. liper east , 101 j. FOREICIif RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, sq, Central Argentine. guaranteed 7 per musk, L. Dutch Rhenish (all paid), Do. (Nevi, Sambre and Reuse, gun. 54 per cent. preference, 9g. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 15. OBLIOATIONS. Orel Vitebsk RAO., gua. by Rama govt., 774, 4, 4. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 84. BRITISH KIM. But Lovell, A. COLONIAL AND !OREM NINES. Don Pedro, North dal Boy, 21, 4 prin. Port Ptelip, Roma Grande par 1-16 dim Jobs dal Bey 161, I, I, 17, 151. Ignited Moziasa 11. _ _ Jong? STOOL BANKS. (Limited.B% B British North4Bl, 9. OW. . Englis l2l h, Scottish, tad Anatnlisa Chartered, 171. Landon and Brazilian Waited), U. 12 . Do. New, 14. London Ultaterod at Alaska's., 33g. Landon awl Wentanbader, Mg, 1. Midland glindted), 114. Matinial. Provincial el England, Sod and :ird issue, 34. Union of Loudon, 34g, 4. MISCELLANBOUS. Anglo-Amorist= Ealagragih (Limited), A. g. Anglii-Mezieut Mint, 17g, 18. Atlantan Telegraph, 34 Do., 8 per amt.. 10.3 g, 10. Ciig of Messow (Limited). &Ct.. Oosnanweial trnew Gkanonenae,_ Oa* 116•44 4 fteand %WWI, 3 MG. gika;Vamp 1.004 9 i. Watobowse (Liaised), DX, and Discount (Limited), 3. Fll3lloCill Society (Limit.h S. I. sad Canal gua. 5 per et. thy lad. tow., 1114. land Credit and Agars, (liagarid 4, 11.1*. r egad Oriental Steam, Now, 18M. 8. Tirol Olontruoldni and Makatiasaes (Dhatted). 12413 me, eR NS7I3 (NBBB3llBO Lw44441. 34. OrautooW Cotut MAsvarr s Maki this day's marked sere appeared to be lathier mon to took at shost.apises, itta. bealpwa end we saw cake sepost oar lost gootottoos. d Oats and copal Newly.. IrspOna liana w ab, ad err abaaper, tooting sorts to* Bar 'nada& aerial lower OR ootiport*, waking Ono. rag unaltered. Latliegg lb lowa oat wL - 7sek, r liked Aniesioan Ms. a PP ND LUZ thus op polies is Oarairan esatherais awarriaalrHa slarai cad alai* II a far easila bare rararralatfa am daft as beams awl . 1 01 flara I walaWl LaMar. dalM Ast retailers were told la wee vArring fr om T. o MANDIOAP PL&TE. OnAue id, ... ... 1 ... ::: i 7 ran. FAO PLATE. Bags/ beat Oceans. Knight LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. tbe Garbl 1 Sister b. Vadafb . . . . 3 STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. Three miles. Astrolabe. Deby, The Doctor, Detob, The Plover, Pearl Diver, Laws, Game, Roost, Moir, Archimedes, L S. D., Sincerity, Clansman, The Nip, and Lttle Peter are here. WELTIR FDLYDICAP. Three-quarters of a smile. Master Willie, Langhase, The King's Daughter, Peggy, Madame Boseo, and eltiralry are here. ARRlVZD.—Cluistmas Carol, Feodor, and Sister to Vedette. BETTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.) 130 r.m. The muster of members was very small, and only a few Leta were Ind for small ameants on future events. Quotations se follows : CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to 1 apt Names (t) 23 to 1 geldis 33 to 1 B A lin ber kheolis (t) It) 33 to 1 Knight of the Ostler (off) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 25 to I sad Mandrake (e) CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 50 to 1 sot PAshwort atrician (off. t4oto 1) h (t) LOSS OF AN OSTEND MAIL PACKET. AND NAONCTIC OSTEND, lLtacn 5. The Ostend boat Ruby ran ashore at the en trance of the harbour at 6 a. ma. She is expected to be a total loss. Captain Grant, Mr. Pierce. Russian saes aenger, and four other pawners with the mans, were safely landed. —Post. Seemed Edition. DA Y.) OIL O'CLOCK. There is rather more business in the mining market to-day, and the tone is slightly firmer. Subjoined are the quotations for the shares which have been chiefly dealt in, viz., Great Wheal Vor, 19 to 20 ; Chiverton Moor, 6 to 6} ; West Chiverton, 61 to 63 ; New Lovell, 12s. 6d. to 15a. ; Prince of Wales, 3 to 3/ ; East Lovell, 81 to 9; East Caradon, 4 to 4}; Wheal Seton, 82} to 87i, Whoa Grenville, 275. 6d. to 30s. ; North Treskerbv, Vs. 6d. to 30s. ; West Kitty, 10a. to 16s. ; West Drakewalls, 10s. to 12s. Bd. ; and Okel Tor, 12s. 6d. to 15s. SL John del Rey shares have experienced a fresh decline of 10a., via, to 15} to 6}. Don Pedro, 2 to } prem. ; An,glo-Brardian, 1-16 dia. to 1-16 m. ; Pestarena, } to } dis. ; Chontales, 1} to dis. ; Rona Grande, 1-16 dia. to 1-16 prem. ; 10-Italian, per to } prem. ; United Mexican, 1} to 2}; Frontino and Bolivia, 9-16 to 11-16 ; Port Phillip, 1 5-16 to 7.16 ; and Central Ame rican, } die, to par. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (nlll2 DAY.) (BY 12LICILAPII.) (PION 00k OWN 001UMPOWDINT.) The market continues dearer, both on the spot and to arrive. Sales about 20,000 balm, or more. ]ZINCING-LANE.--(THIS DAY.) tioona.—The market is quiet at the preview currency . , at which only limited sales are reported. including Jamaica. at iNs. 6d. to 33a. lid. ; Dm:Genus, 31a. INd. ; and French beetroot, No. in, at 32a. Gd. Refiaad—dried goods are less is request, and prides favour buyers. Pieces dell et sale. Corric.—Colory lots of plantation Cowles' are the only paroels in request, at steady ptions, other kinds dull of We. Plaatatiam Ceylon, sold—ordinary to fins ordinary, 615.t0 68e. 6d.: fine ordinary to low middling, TOn 6d. to 735. ; middling and good middling, 76e. to 826. Gd. ; the paresis of native Ceylon offered were mostly withdrawn. Tons.—The private market continues quiet. Ran is to more active request. 400 puncheons of Demerara sold at le. 91d., a few lots at le. 10d., with tins at 6. , and Berbion at is. 9d. .. . . . — Brit:Ea.—There is a steady market for most articles at fall pins. Pepper: Common Penang, 3gd.; Singapore, 31d. so 314; ditto white, 31,d. to ligcl.; Penang, sgd. Mace, le. 6d. to 2a. Nutmegs, email to fair, is. 3d. to 2s. 541. Cloves : Pensieg,logd. Ginger : Jamaica, common to hold, 425. to Ms. Arbowurior. —This article continues dull of sale. Rica.—On the spot only small parcels are reported mold. Balton, 10s. Rangoon, 12s. 3d. cargo of the latter sold at lie 9d. for the continent. lunioo.—Tims public salmi progreee very steadily at 9d. to Is. abort October sale rate*. _ _ _ Cacetasal.bassold with spirit at Id. advance for. Zemin silver, from 2s. 11d. to 3.. 4d. Gminize.-1,300 bales solihat Ha. 9d. Sm.rrirrum-300 bass sold at 19a. 31. for refraction 4/. Corrox.—Tba market km beams, very active at a fur ther advance of Id. per lb. Jun is hamoderato request at steady rates ; COIDIMOS sold, ill. 13t. to 17/. ; mediums, 171. 10a. to 19 1 . 10a. ; good and fi ne, 21/. to 211. 13s. TALLOW MARILICT.-(THIS DAY.) The market is quiet. Spot and Marsh, &L to 43e. ; AptiL 42e. 6d. to 42e. Ad. ; Zane 43a. to 435. 3d. ; October to Deeaeber, 43a. 6d. to 43a. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. (TRIB DAY.) We have a short supply of hew* and they are eonse- Tautly readily disposed of at fully lisesday's rabic We have a fair supply of she", bat the demand is ales pod, mad prices an o,D supported. Tbe sous of the sadist geoerally has Improved. Moles salsas are memo mad dear. Our fondest supply seeds% el 14 beasts, 145 shtep, .4 calves, and 5 pip. Pa Nom of 8113 c •I.• LI Per Imo of Wis. d. d. Bed loots, Herat& 4 4 10 led Dust 11141633 k 0 0 0 Beg .4ores 4 4 8 Bat Lose-w00k.... 4 8 0 116 en• qui bomb 34 1 De. flo. Mara.— • 0 0 Calves Flo Rid Dam! Ml•breds 6 4 lambs Bomb 68 s 631•81, AN: imp ara IsmBs, 00; 661•46. 86: Om 110. 8311TH7EILD HAY MARK.HT.--(THIS DAY.) Kr. Chariot James 111w4ow reports Wade dew, at tho tol lowbig prima esoadow bay, 75a to 80o.; Weldor ditto, 535. 705. alma old, 95a to 100 t. ; inferior ditto, 705. 90 0 . ; Au, 30s. to Ida PROVIRCIAL SHARI mAiunirs. LiIr=POOL. Ml•= 4.-Bdia 1•416 p : Coladoodt k nt B . LI Ii a —Brest Itoloon, Nora 3o—l sad T ni sad n—Losidan and Vloolark 116 sd—mie.i. Q ni—itoutb Zona; MS listalo and lake gum, Grand Trunk of Canada. Mad= id Dilasda. 3-1-1 I{6 - - Bete, 41 I— United Blain " I dada. 71 —Ditto (65„' 706 — lim b ed , Dutch Blienfah, ii{{ p— lantennes 13-16 p—'li mo 1 and Mersey Marino (lindisdl, 11l ad jp— Amiss Tole = 6, 86-l u = Bled lindiel. Bd— grid U lid.lm t OM 4 ' —Bsdaio r dotralideria, MY - I $ Itlirrink 47 i I—diroat Intim liii c i l* . lortharie brand Trunk el goads. 166—Great at Omit ti—LaPea•kiro lasuranee, I p.- - Lanalatrt and —Olll6, New Trokresee, WTI i p—Leadon. and South Coast. 40 I 6 e 0 } 19—Liodon and Noah 11•1 IS 888 Btiti—Mimakniatr,ibedidd. BM Ilesdirbili Ai-- dm. aa pea. 3-16 —llafaopoDian. Mit ly lll l.o Ti—Natirmallitasin LlJadial).B. i 1 —Nora I-3mM Rootarn, 1 I—Timms asad aarance lindtedl, 1 It !Ca:ad Maas 5-110joan —Manchester Cartlogs, et —Driettaa,Trear, ap. ate per Cent Stock, ITT New, TIF—U Tina dirk ad -Usk* Bank. 111 p—Moseii.erger Oriamidil 1001•01. ti IItIMINAHAN, %WU 4.—The tronniatinao Nab mildest to day wars io Midland, Delotak sad Bah Na OWL, Ili 181—Nottiughant Joint Stack lash, at ead& shares at 114 i i—and BOO* wits, st AS 176 per attire. • Goa dam =at 4S—Btrudnghano No ci rl i va e rflak . Nfliwk ra_Si — eud and lardy' Solway Pona Oat% room miaow- PIIBNONAL itsriasonorfoit. -.-- -Wo understand that Kr. Woke, Monism, M./NU MANS with Mr, J. S. ▪ hokum Fawoott, sad elbow. 1•11111• 1 11•6 a mai* lain of Mr. Hare's MAN* fee WI isprewaissisit at allorelass, which Iho Woods to osbraigio Ilsssasiiwtfria. of inalmosi tido wise, if wads &wail ars a foroor oak ogrortosity. ii itCplo of lib soksooo - foTowo so tier tea oilman of maw =- porlool nomboro Loop" Vast loolotrat adjourned obrobboa fokifrolkso. itatAwlay t a il, tanda• Whitewe ~is9qas.tfea AO be mood tbio moolso or eat,—Woolini Magary. i The Vi motions, none of whim. _ -.olied my question _. pablle ' intoned, retired finally, this afternoon, at half•past I o'clock, from the court over which he has presided since January, 1853. His Honour stated yesterday that he left no arrears of petitiosa or adjourned summonses ; and that there are only ten causes rips for hearing. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. , (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WHITAKER (St/LIMON TO THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER) Y. DAVIS; O'REILLY AND KELLY INTERVENING The 134;licitOr-ieO;rii, for the Duchy of Lancaster ; Dr. Spanks, Q.C., and Mr. Indervrick for the defendant (the executor) ; Mr. Serjeant Parry, Mr. Littler, and Mr. Edge for the interveners. This wag • suit relating to a will alleged to have been executed by John Chamberlain, lets of Liver pool, on the 20th of December, 1804. It was propounded, as a rustier of form, by Mr. Samuel Davis, as e xecu tor for Mr. John Davis, but the whole contest lay between the inter veners, who were legatees, and whouked fur probate, which probate was opposed on the part of the Duchy of Lancaster, the testator being illegitimate. The testator was of real property to the amount as was sup of about 150,0001. He was a person of low, vicious and penurious habits, and he died at his house in Bold-street, Liverpool, where he had been living in a state of the most disgusting squalor. The property was divided by the will between his illegitimate sister and his illegitimate daughter. The document bad been drawn by Mr. Boyle, a solicitor, at Chester, but he was not present at the execution, and the evidence of the capacity of the deceased (who was at that time almost at the last gasp) was of the very slightest. Indeed the court doubted whether there was any case to go to the jury. The position of the defendant was very peculiar. Chamber lain, to save himself the trouble of managing his estate, had executed a deed conveying it to the late Mr. John Davis, a land agent, to hold for him (the testator) and for his heirs and assigns. There being noheirs and assigns. Mr. Davie's representatives claimed the property themselves ; and they took no part in the present contest. [The trial had not concluded when our report left.] COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Hr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RN JOHN MTH. The bankrupt was described u formerly of 1, Great George-strut, Westminster, and of the North London Brick Work', Crouch-end, Hornsey-rise, contractor and briekmaker. The adjudication wu made on the petition of the liquidators of Smith. Knight, and Company (Limited), in which the bankrupt held 10.000 shares of 50/. each. The accounts (prepared by Mr. H. B. Bird) return the following large figures :--Creiiters unsecured, 2,5921. 10a. ; liability to the creditors of the firm of Smith and Knight, 18,6112/• liability in respect of 10,000 shares in Smith. Knight. a nd Company (Limited), together with interest, 222,1091.; contingent liability in respect of 25P. per share not celled up, W. 0,000/., making a total indebtedness of 493,144/. Assets :—Property given up to the assignees, 4,0001. ; ditto, held by creditors. 3,0001. ; and a doubtful claim upon a dock company of 137,163 i., which now forms the subject of an arbitration, the debt being altogether disputed. The bankrupt stated that the shares in Smith, Knight, and Company (Limited) were allotted to him by the company in respect of a moiety of the business of Smith and Knight under agreement of the 21st of March, 18 i 4, the share capita of the company being thus made up :-20,000 shares of 50/. each issued to public ; 10,000 shares to Mr. Smith ; and 10,000 to Mr. Knight. This was the sitting for the last examination and dis charge. Mr. Reed appeared for the assignees. He said the case was intimately connected with that of Mr. Knight, also a bankrupt, and with whom Mr. Smith was formerly in partnership. In April, 1864, the business of the bankrupts was sold to a company for 230,000 f. Of that amount 55,0001. was paid in cash and the remainder in shares, and it would be neeeseary to trace what bad be oome of the money. Mr. Smith had since been engaged in large transactions, mere particularly as a brickmaker in partnership with a Mr. Heart and others, and further particulars of those trauma. tions would be require.d. It was also in contemplation to apply for the amalgamation of the proceedings with those under the failure of Mr. Knight, but the ass ignees desired further time for consideration before making • — formal — ipplic4ion upon the subject. It would also probably be more convenient for the assignees to take • short adjournment of the sitting in order that they might ascertain exactly what accounts they required sad notify their wishes in that respect to the bankrupt by means of • requisition. In answer to the learned commissimer Mr. Reed stated that the sense assignee and manager had been appointed under each bankruptcy. His Honour granted a• adjournment. POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.) MANSION-HOT/a& IXTRAORDINART CONDLIT O► A MM. law William Armor, a respestablydressed yarn' man, was charged before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Sir Robert Carden, sitting in petty sessions, with theft, sod obtaining money by false pretences. The prisoner was a clerk in the employment of Mr. George Satohwell, wholesale tea dealer, 146, Upper Thames-street, and on the 14th February he ab sconded, taking with him a sum of 21. 10s. 6d., which had been received is payment for land taken from old tea chaste. On the following day he sent a letter to Mr. eatchwell, stating that be was In and that be would return la • day or two, but as he did not make his appearance inquiries were made at his house, and it wan smertained that be had sold of all his furniture, and removed elsewhere. It also appeared that in the beginning of January be represented to his em. ployer that his mother was vary ill, and that in the event of her death he would become pensioned of 1,11001. A few days afterwards he mid she had died, and he requested a loan of 61., which Mr. Satcbwell gave bim. On the morning of the 28th February, Chester, a City detective °Meer, apprehended him in-A house in the Gotten road, Peckham, which was well known to be a resort of thieves, and it was found that his mother bad died some years ago, and that he had a wife, aithough be had repre sented to his employer that he was a dngie man. He was sentenced to three months' hard labour. GUILDHALL ♦ DANGEROUS oLiaiFirrTO PRISON._ Janes Hands who per his address at Long-lane, J Bermondsey ; on* Watson, who mid he lived at East-street, Lambeth-walk ; and CetAerthe ifesailtoe, • prostitute, living at 2, Herbert's-buildings, Waterloo road, were placed at the bar on wi th loitering in Fell-street, Philip- lane, re allt Iltr a pesiage, and Sunning-lane, with intent to commit a. felony. It appeared that about 8 o'clock in the evening, while detective oflieers Whitney and Green were on duty sear the General Post-office, they saw the three primness sad a man not in custody takes together is St Anithe lane. A gentleman passed, and the female assisted him, be being at the time apparently the worse for liquor. They went up Simisirbou, sad the man not in custody passed thaw, sad loth up a position at the end of the lane while Hands and WP:ron remained at the other end in Gieeharn.street. They stayed there some time, and then they all went threi Bars Head-pirege across Wood-serest into Philip-lane, the man not is custody leading the way. the woman sad gestic:ma following, and the two sale prisoner following them. There the man not in custody timed himself at one end of the lane, the two male prisonen at the ether, and the woman and the gentleman steed talking sheet half- way op the lane. They were then joined by !price, another detective, and followed into Leadoweall, Wood-street, and Fell-street, where the three men task np similar positions again. They remained then 'seem time when the gentleman parted from the woman and went towards Monk well-street Hands and Watson is m& J