The Express. — London, England, 1861-04-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAT.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Hann. Xr. Ceeeetheiueer Hotreyd.) ,r Rii , F IL ACr 111•Patrrncr OF • MEW HAN r. .• as applicatio• fur certified, by Theuue t4r.l wader the Arm of Ryder :old Cu.. Yr ugezclutut, N. I'd, Leedeoball-etreet. 11 • Italey, instructed by Mr. Flux. appeared for the Mr. Michael repre.euted ersalitml, v Stinker, of l'ulenow.strint, supported the Wok. • lbjley said this was a ease remarkable in it. feature. ; showing the facilitk• with which people in . • untry could übt:in credit, even where the antecedents were such as to extinguiah all confidence Thin WAS not the drat or 'wood insolvency ; there oi-emithe of failures, and M r. R y d er seemed to have of hawk mail on the commercial community. • that in 1a47, when the bankrupt was in partner .• estate was annual up under inspection. and a diri• • 2.. •1.1. in the pound IK,I he compotualed • reditor. h, the payment o f 2.. in the pound, mad ••• •.o henkrupt. itg:on lea) log only 2%. in the potto4l, rontiAstuuer then tvnAiklered the bankrupt wee not .i to his certilkAte, but on appeal that decision was • ...1. anal the eertiocate sumpermied for two years only, uu incalculable injury on the crediton. There was ,n normou. amount of liabilities, and only 2701. had wed be the olhei.ll misignees. The bankrupt's 1111810.141 was to porehase good. in this • ,;a thorn to Indi a . Il e hail resorted to the r:a li Z .r...oest trek of altering the invoicem he received with •Is, sad afterward. obtaining solvatoe. upon • • . • As had been kept this fictitio us and fraudulent • l'p to the very t the lonkrupt went ou es if he • • ID a position to pay, and them pawning the goods- for ... in ISOM oer lees thee pawning. The .rupt*s . ...log in shame Ind stocks wa s mach discussed under former bankruptcy, and :although be eurroneseed .out any capital he hail engaged is a must dangerous -ilatios speculating in mining shares. There was • • •ti •lotn.• :,.:..2,. In tyro yews and a half the psi.- ..1 espi editor.. had la en %PAM_ or at the rate of ilUtt/. .01 ins oue Ao•ootbt 1.. be eapend e d by a Iria n who bad not two o a crud of bread but at the tiptoes of . mad who Is 1...4 i i•soleesey. The bankrupt, 1 4e••• at A prtatioo for amingemest, kept his creditors alto' I. ugth foe a nisi/le/able tiots—all the adjourn. ot. h... 1 Lean at the bankrupt's own instance with one ptioe„ ao.I be eoukl out tlaerefore take credit for the .re months he had bees lalore the court. The bankrupt al., dealt a to - enurnoilation bills—aa the first lees ..ol bun in pottery insolvency it was dishonest ho part to incur freak liabilities. If the .krupt receivoil los certaticate at the bawls of this NM" •••41.1 b•• tantamount to caring, " ae.l sin again," and Makeups would have to dealt with again by AU or r inboard. st..pher observed that the rwerowrios for two ran ib. 1..r.1e Jests,. seder the fanner baukreptcy ems tr do, .lAM .4 the petits:es. There lad bees aa actual pt made es the trading of 5,1511., which wee rely •...hilr exceeded by the releases together. 71to Osobrupt fella*, fur twylig rode seder the market prior, sad Lel esly altered the invoices to the prices ci the day. t 1 r. tterhay—With aseresmile goods that was a MIMS tint 11.1.4116 1 : 17e i'unesainaieeer--It &ppm, that the bankrupt par -6 1 to the ageoust of :Auld., sail obtained ad. 111 , ...11 to wittua MU/. of that amount. The ordinary ssa sat in Weasel, more than two-thirds of the vales, I.t tatikrept obtained more by iscreasieg the invoice& tttopiev said there mu so easlesce d ibis, ad al • him'. The bankrupt ebi.tr de.dt is iron, speltrr, tiny anal ropper—articlee well kaolin is the market ; so that it ...61 be impossible to perpetrate any fraud. Mach Was Sr dame the facility for settiss into debt, lett the system • eecouraged by the credilars, sail se mull could I:e mid •.se mad., aa the other. The Comenimiomir add the case must be cesehlered es re et a redden character, dealing in soccannedaticia boils sad egmulatioesa, if ad desperate, at least of a very unser cosearacter meseulding is arming shares. Tbe met art teke motile of the previous failures of the beaks rem —even on the last occasion they were adverted to by Leeds Justices. The bankrupt, after the last failure, reearameared larsinme without spina, sod the charge was Ina be had obtained adessoss ea invoices, which he beil slurred to make it appose that the goods cost much mate tLo they really did. It was trim se stated by Mt. that there was ao gelds's.= of this, 44 the we was me of mere enspidat. It e solved itself into ems of reads= ad haprovident trebeg, mei to some eiteat deal* in mernamodatio• hat It .10 appear extrarabiary that • mss who had only Nat rayin,.: his creditor.' but la I. theponad, could evil ii•toia mold to the amount of 50,0110 f. or 60,0001. Ile me sot, however, now to judge of the conduct of the per m who chose to give that credit, but the retro who ali bied it, having no means to my, incept by raising denier. It was mid ths boaknad had purchas ed kr ady mooey_ lie supposed by that he bought with art. name ou a previous purchase, tbus speculating with other m4'. money and imbjectiog them cc well as himself to mo . This could only be called a fraudulent system of meting. Then, ham.: no capital, he had lived at the rate el gent *kV. a year. the looses end ripeness more Ens swallowing up the proem Perhaps the mos estate mune would be to crime the certificate dirtiest, hat haw* wiped to lew the question of testi mks was viewed skew he would out do that, but it for as beg • period as this court was in the Llst of eardicatea. The Lords Justices before emeaded It for two years, it would now be for three year. from the data of the petition; it was thee posed of tbe secood, it would now be of the Old dam. lie could not my that it was a ease of mireidable km or misfortune, the failure having arises bee er seektiote sad the desperate nature of the trading. lbelamisapt wield be without protection for four months. Cps the embosttoo of Mr. Stopher protection was :rutted foeU elm to enable the bankrupt to 'Appeal, and the oulausioe edema to date from the filing of the politica srungetnent. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Jostice Williams.) T ~ ,,,I I doeti,r. a respectable•looking man, surrendered to tate his trial for mieleineseour, iu haring unlawfu ll y snit for sale to Newgete-market a quantity of dimmed MIA iii medlar meat that was good and fit for 'human food. Ir. Shish cuuderns.l the prosecution ; Mr. Cooper was ors' Oar Me dafradaat. rids vat • pressentiou instituted by the direction of the el Loudon, and it appeared that on the 16th I l d el tr ia lary Law quarters of cow beef were seat from MIMI% eared to Mr. Creator's, a meat salesman la Nawydwarrww. 'f ti. meet was conveyed in a hamper, med spass Mr. Creator's opening it, he et ones mw 61 1 had 6.W.uzsd to • dimmed animal, mid he ef adieu to the inspector of the market. Mr. mar. mad he seised the meet, arid it was ordered to be trrino hamper of matt appeared to bare ham emit llehis b 7 the defeu.Luit, and upon his being quark 11 084 be admitted that he had killed and skimped the rid to which the meat beloeged, but said that he had 44.411., been eniricya by l a perm° named Peck to dram the tail that be sent th e meat to London by th a t per "ell and ho had nuthiog more to do with lb' anaaisha. - tam cm the part of the defentlaat was that he hod It *rug as the avert of Mr. Peek. the "wirer of •nmwl, sad wit...sees were also called with to show that the animel was not .litiatoil urns it WY slaughtered, awl that all tlmt we* the watt it was that it wee suffering from • broken rib ..mg met with no accident upon the railway. lry found the ilefewlast r:ntity. hut ttromay menm -I him to merry, on t►e grated that he was alertly a the halals of Peek. who they thought ought oho to .*an is the dirk. were was poolpeted. rat I'..rrot lta , he. use of the late nlrtnters of the (leatatna council. pleaded guilty to no helieteest, Sim with esuheashug and steedatig teu tor of Map. ••nue wee deferred. were thirteen other indi,tments of the MN AIM • p.ixist the priooner. TIIE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) OCILDFIALL. 3%, Ds ox rogs wx x.•rsrs ST ♦ pamsEit rs TWI 1411:EN. 11,..11r11. r • Shie.rt. wimpy* her address, 12. St. Andrew's. `othwarit, sal /,',/rwrd Scurry, a primmer to the • Lech. wer e leoin;ht up on remised helot Sir F. G. . 1 . • . ri.,r4el with conspiring:. with others not in custody, ..sody from various inerehants es the Coatings& • ...loses given on Vie two former tmeasions dierlogied ssi. a •hich the prnoner. undo , the Name Si "Chao, the stl.hrvr given by the female primmer_ •de.l in.lii..ing M. of to fermi era strew her, value r. P. Tore ' f Niov, in Feeney, to seed CO 'trim hats • - .air dew-riot...a. vales IVY. The femak s •ar apprehended while taking the former VI •Is all . ty fret the realer'. alike •ciatr, yeti th e KT...els' sae thua fortutately . sod Baker, the two rat ern who have been aetsvely to lonise up the case . • 1.01 the more valuable lot cr , fell in t o th e h ea d s of "ewers. who soil them to `hoe. Nyeedistreet. foe LV. , I.v when, they were hoolti to Mr. I;•todreff, of St. Paurs-chureb• =V. ; the manufacturer's trade valne, or tint tint, SM • lest,. appeared for the prostration in the two CMOS 'WW2 , * attended to prosecute in ase.ther rase no he- Mr. bermtein, lianil.org. ,defended slygery : and M r . Waren. the • dispense of Stublo's Trade Prntection THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1861. of igreshiunetreet, watched the proceeding, in the interests of various Faglist' and ftweign mercantile Louses. Mr. Martin, the chief dark. having read over the dePo- satiate as far as they were completed, Mr. Laston said, in cousequence of the illness of Mr. Leopenl, a material witue... he was not prepared to corn. Otte either of the cases before the court. inasmuch a the Ne. e. in the first case bad out been able to arrive from Nice in time fur this examination, sod be therefore proposed to ask for a remind. With regard to the female prisoner, be thought it was desirable that she should be discharged, as there was very little .1.04 she was the innocent agent of Seger., and her evidence would therefore be of the utmost importance to the prosevution. Kull, the detective °dicer, said he had every reason to believe that the female prisotter would be able to affortl the ' police mat e ri a l assistaoce in this matter. I Sir F. G Moon and be could see very clearly the female I prisoner had been mule the iimrument of begets, and be, therefore, had no difficulty in discharging her from custody upon her entering into her own recuguisancee in 2W. to ap pear when required. Mr. Orriclem said the case in which he appeared was one in which the prisoner hail obtained a quantity of wine to the value of :ANY. of Mr. Ifernstein, of Hamburg, but, as the further hearing of these charges was about to be adjourned, it s o be more convenient to him to adduce his evidence oisthe oexteuricination. Mr. Lewis mid in that case the prisoner drew the bills even in payment for the wine in hie own name, and he bed been sued upon them, and sufferered eight months' imprisonment, an.l effected his release from prison by cora pouudieg with his creditor fur • suin of money. With regard to the mistement io.iiie at the last exaniination that, the primmer had deftwinled foreign houses to the extent of 0,000 , ., he was instructed by Segers to deny that there was any truth in that assertrin. The prisoner wag then remanded till Saturday, the 20th of the present month, when the mac will be taken at 10 o'clock in the morning. now-STREET. A PRFAWCIOCr RIGGAIL &MOW Wilson, a diminutiv e urc hi n , s t a t e d to b e n i ne ran bat apparently not more than six, wAs charged with . As the prisoner on entering the dock be. same is to the magistrate, his bead not approaching near to the tup of the bar, he was lifted up by the gaoler and p l acid standing on a seat. His appearance wee curiously grotewpie. His little figure was bundled np in the oddest conceivable heap of raga, and hi tiny fingers grasped the handle of • broom. which seemed far tow Feat • lout for such a wee child to carry. He seemed to be in great terror of the court, and was crying desperately. Policeman Bowyer said he was on duty in New Oxford street, and saw the prisoner begging in hoot of Means. Motile% circulating library. He had the broom in his bend, bat was not sweeping. Ile ran after ladies and gentle men going to the shop or leasing it, and if they refused to give him anything he made grimaces at sheen. Witness sent bun away several times but he continually returned, and at hut witness was obliged to take him in custody. Many ladies an; gentlemen be Mndie's had complained of being annoyed by him, and Medi. bad declared that if witoessdid not remove hies they wield wrote to the toruniUsioeiers of Police. If assiisry a genilemen from Mudie's would attend to press the 34. My Sought that was unnecessary. # young glum who lives in the seine house with the poionsee moan, bore came forward. and said his mother had eight Andrus, and war very poor. He was sent out to swum a enrediag, bat his mother did sot tell him to beg. Mr. Henry—He is too yoneg to go nut s wee pi ng awe tow it is net St work for so mall • child. Th. yang women said if the magistrate would let the prissier go he should not be allowed to go out bogging Upon this umlentanding W. Henry discharged the primmer. i,; Tt. Ili 91. II el. II ii. 111 Si. IU st. 11 1 11. 11 k. 1111 11 11.1 lie l5 al 111. a~~ia iii Ii ~i iii .: iii 1: ii 11l II IL Il !Se lIL 11 L 11 IL 11 u 11 •i II •1. II M. 11 • II 11l li 114. 11 11 . 114 aL I 14 K.ll SHARE LIS7S.-(THIS DAY.) Two o'CLocc. The railway share market has experienced a general fall within the last hour, in consequence of the receipt of disquieting telegrams from Paris, which hare also thrown down Consols. The reduc tion, compared with the closing quotations of yesterday, amounts to per cent. in Great Western stock, an d I to in most of the other principal lines. London and North Western stock is now quoted 95} to ; Great Western, 70 to I ; Midland, 110- to 124} ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 110 3 t o 111 ; Caled nian, 95 to ; South Eastern, 84 to ; Eastern Counties, 491 to 3 ; Groat Northern, 110 to 111; and Caledonian, 95 to I. Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares have de clined to 2 to 11 dis. Great Western of Canada Railway shares bare advanced. DADY anon 11717411 I NW isdag - ONDOLUIT gamin; AND STOCKS. ntru..W•LA ... itonrifid ISO I Blit„lmt Jana an I Bladitamb nun al▪ l 100 bootankaaMMAM&C Balnissine 'C..lodualaa lOork and Bandon an Clarnwsn a Do. A i A Do di,. until MI Dn. b p.c. Iv timid to B. sal Dublin and bont Juc. MI !Ana, Yank & Andan 100 Brit Anenn 100 Illsatarn .ftuntles 100 liastorn Union. Stook A 10111 Do. 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Consols have accordingly fallen, and are now quoted Ito per cent. lower than they closed yesterday. The impulse comes front Paris. Various vague rumours are in circulation, which, in the absence of confirmation, we refrain from re• producing. Amongst other points, the movement of a large body of French troops is spoken of. The share market, after showing firmness, has likewise fallen. At Paris this morning, according to Hr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted 67fr. 65c., showing a decline of sc. siuce yesterday. The monthly return of the Bank of Femme (given in another column) shows a decrease of 720,0001. sterling in the bullion. Consols are officially marked 911, 1, and for money, awl 92 for the account. The present quotations are 917 " buyers " for cash and 911 to 1 for the 9th of May. The official business report is as follows Bank Stock, 227 ; Three per Cents. Re duced, 90, 1 ; New Three per Cents., 901, 90 ; India stock, 220/ ; ditto Five per Cent. stock, 1001, 1, 1 ; ditto Bonds, 255., 205., dig. ; Five per Cent. " enfaoed" rupee paper, 94 ; ditto Five-aud-a-Half per Cent., 1001 ; Exchequer Bills, ss. din. In the foreign stock market business remains extremely slack. There has, however, been more inquiry for Mexican Bonds, which are marked for money 24 and Scarcely any Nisi- DMA has taken place in Turkish Bonds, a hich have booome weaker since the fall in Consols. Sales are recorded as follows :—Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 98 ex div. ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Ceuta., 1860, 80, ; Chilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 824 ; Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, 984, 4exdlr. ; Mexican Three per Cents., 24, 24 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 014 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 494. For" o'CLem. Consols are quoted 911 to I for money, and 911 to 'for the account, showing a rise of i per cent. since 2 o'clock. It can hardly be said that the reduction in the Bank rate of discount warn generally looked for yesterday. Those persons who antici pated it based their belief upon the rapid influx of gold to the Bank ; upon the fact that the establishment was underbid by other money-dealers to the extent of fully per cent. ; and upon the peculiar movement which occurred in the Stock Exchange on Wednesday afternoon. It was universally perceived, however, that the rate could not be kept at 0 per cent, for more than a week longer. The concession at the Bank has produced a good effect in commercial circles, and will probably be hailed with great satisfaction in the manufacturing districts. That the step is a proper one is indicated by the circum stance that in the open market yesterday afternoon the best bills were discounted at 42, and even 4* per oent. Both at the Bank and in Lombard-street the demand at the reduced rates was only moderate. Any further action that may hereafter be taken by the Bank will probably be limited to * per cent. at the time. For the present, however, it will be necessary to watch the effect produced upon the exchanges by the rapid fall in the value of money. In consequence of the alteration at the Bank, the London joint-stock banks lowered their rates for de posits from 44 to 4 per cent. The London and Westminster Bank give only 3 per cent. for sums below 5001. The discount establishments have m duced their rates for money at call from 4* to 4 per cent., and at notice from b to 4i. About 50 0001 . in gold was taken to the Bank yes terday, making 456_,0001. since the date of the re turn last issued. Further remittances are known to be on the way from Constantinople. Should the forthcoming return of the Bank of France be favourable, it is surmised that a reduc tion in the rate of discount at that establishment to 4 per cent. may soon be looked for. Although the liabilities of the Preston Old Bank are stated to amount to between 000,0001. and 700,0001., it will be seen by the subjoined circular, which hs been issued by Mr. Henry Newsham Pedder, the surviving partner, who had not taken as active part in the management, that the estate is expected to pay, if not 20e. in the pound, a very favourable dividend. This conclusion is doubtless based to a considerable extent upon the large landed property of the firm. The senior partner, Mr. Edward Polder ' died on the 19th of March, and the subsequent examination of the books showed that he had overdrawn his account con- siderably. The money appears to have been expended in the purchase of land and the enlarge ment of his residence at Ashton Park, Preston, upon which be is said to have laid oat 50,0001. It is believed that rumours got into circulation respecting the unfavourable result a the inspection of the books, and that a run commenced ; it was thereupon determined, in order to prevent any pre ference prejudicial to the general body of minters, to close the doom. Many of the creditors are farmers. To prevent law proceedings and to allow time for investigation, a petition under the private arrangement clauses was presented on Wednesday at the Court of Bankruptcy at Manchester. The circular Wind by the firm is as follows ; Old Bank, Preston. Aprillo, 1881. Dear Sir,—ln coneequence of the sudden death of my late brother and partner, Mr. Edward Pedder, who bad the entire management of the bank, I have been engaged for the brit few days in looking over the accounts, LEW in trying to form new arrangements which would give eadifaction and security to thn public. Iu this latter attempt, lam sorry to say, 1 have not been successful, and, after eon. sultetion with some of my beat friend., I have mule to the conclusion that, in ,justice to all parties, I had better close the beck, and have tie affairs wound up. From the account., as they stand in the books, there would appear to be suffi cient to pay all demands in full ; but. in any rase, there seems no probability of any serious &Soleil:1. regret for any inconvenience this may cause the numerous friends of the bank, and with gratitude for all past kind. nem, I remain, dear air, your obliged and obedient servant HENRI NEWbEI 31 YEDDER. It is understood that the estate of Mr. James Crichton, of the Baltic Coffee-house and Dundee, stands in a much less favourable position that, was expected. Although the liabilities (90,000'. or 100,0001.) are partly covered, it is con.itlered goes tionablewhether the ultimate dividend will be more than 10s. in the pound. The meeting of the Great Western Railway Com pany of Canada, heldyesterday, excited coneklerable interest, owing to the paper warfare which has been going on fur some time past, and to the imputa tions which have been cast upon a Minister of the Crown. The directors' report was received and entered on the minutes ; the dividend recommended was declared at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum ; the committee of investigation appointed on the 4th of last April was discharged ; and it was resolved that the expenses of the committee be sent in to the hoard and settled. The Eastern Counties Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of 3,0751. ; the Midland a decrease of 1,350/. ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire a decrease of 4231. ; the Lan cashire and Yorkshire a decrease of 944!. ; the London and North Western an increase of 1,510/. ; and the North Eastern a decrease of 2,6341. A letter received from her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Sulina by the Board of Trade, and itddres.ett to Lloyd's, announce; the formation of a nor and dangerous bank off &dins mouth. Messrs. Joseph Walkerpm., and Co. have been appointed agents for Lloy ds at East London, Cape of Good Hope. THURSDAY Bynum. Cenaal., which closed yesterday at 92 to I for the 9tb of May, opened this morning at the same quotation, declined to 911 to 92, recovered on the movement at the Bank to 92 to 1, and, after again relapsing, closed at 92 to 1-16. For money the last price was 911 to /. The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 91t 1,1, 1, f; ditto for ac oonnt (May 9), 9 4, 911 ; Three per Cents. Re duced, 90, i i ; New Three per Cents., 901, 90 ; Thirty Years Annuities, expiring in April, 1865, 151 ; India Stock, 220 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 1001, 1, 1 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1866, 951, 961 ; ditto 1800, we ; ditto Bonds, 285., 30s. dia. ; Five per Cent. "enticed" rupee parr, 932, 4, i ; ditto, Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 99 , 190 1 wing to the accumulation of unemployed money, a rise of 3a. occurred in Exchequer Bills. The closing price was 3s. dia. to par. The radian Five per Cent. Stock was again in quired f.e. for investment, and was marked 1001 to I 1001 for money. The Five per Cent. rupee paper was quoted 931 to 94 ; and the Five-and-a-L'alf pee Cent., 99.1 to 1001. India Bonds were marled 28a. and 30s. die., being still heavy. The foreign stock market was very dull. Scarcely any chimp occurred in prices. Mexican Bonds closed at 232 to / ; the Turkish Loan of 1854 at 701 to 1, ex div., and that of 1858 at 531 to j. In the market for bank shares there was a re daction in Bank of Australasia, and a slight ilia -1 provement iu Union Bank of London. London and Westminster Bank continue in demand. Electric Telegraph stock was quoted rather lower. 1 The closing quotations for shares in new under takings to-day were as follows :—Ooean Marine In suranoe, ai to g prem., being again better ; 1 Thames and Mersey Marine, 11 to 1/ prem. ; Universal Marine Insurance, Ito 1 prem. ; Lon don acd Provincial Marine, par to i Prem. ; East In ha Irrigation, 1 to 1 die. A fres'a rise of 1 per cent. took place in United States Five per Ceuta. COMMERCIAL - AND MARKETS• MARK 7 LANK:- . (11118 DAT.) The weather continues remadeddy fine, and very . favour able to the drying of the lead and outdoor agricultural oper,itioc. in general. The wind is Mal from the north-east The fre s h supplies to this market since Wednesday have been very limited of English wheat, barley, and oats, but How rather improving. Match or Irish oats none reported since last day. The foreign arrivals of wheat, which were heavy in the early part of the week, are moderate piece Wednesday, from Prussia, Denuark, and Spain. Of flour, a few Spanish sacks in addition. Barley, nose fresh in-; and oats, the large arrivals have fallen oft, the fresh arrived cargoes being from Sweden and Denniark adv. 'the English wheat trade to-day is extremely dull, and Mouthy's, prams are barely supported. Foreign without change, but not much doing. Barley.—filow trade, at late rates. Malt. —W ithout change from Monday. Oats.—A little doing, at the reduced quotations of Mon day for fine corn, but inferior and out of conditioned samples bang on b and. Flonr.—Tnule not very brisk. American maintains quotations, but other descriptions barely as good as on Yonder. Bemis fully as dear; grey pees rather dearer; white without change. Seeds are rather more brisk and firmer, owing to improving weather. Frnermo IIAIiGOES.—Not much doing. For wheat and barley scarcely so much money obtaining. Willat —English : Essex and Kent, white, new, 38e. to 625. ; ditto, floe old, 68e. tolls.: ditto red, new, 40. to Ws.; ditto, be, oil, 654. to 64.. ; Norfolk, he., fine, old, 63. to 70e.; red. new. 49e. to 601. Foreign : Dental; 88s. to 70e. ; line. 70s. to 765. • Konigsberg, 61s. to 645. •. ditto, , sites, 67.. to 72a; kaitunk, 664. to 68s. • fine, 68e. to 701.; American white, 645. to 70a ; ditto red, 58s. to 64e.; COSediat 655. to 68s. • Basuei.—EogliAls staltingr g , 41.. to 4Ge. • fine, 47a; Finding, 29a. to 315.; and clistilling, 31.. to 32.. per qr. ; (weir grueling. :Na. to 37..; ditto &galling, 30.. to 36a.; malting, 40s. to 41a. Matt. Essex and Norfolk. 60.. to 62a. ; fine, 66.. to 74.. ; liingston and Ware, fine, TOL to 75a.; brown, 54.. to 60.. OATS. —English feed, 235. Od. to 26.. Od. ; potato, 26.. to 30.. , foreign, :I .od. to 2Ge. En. 34. i. to 33... . BEANO. —English tick, Si.. to 35e. • barrow, 355. to 395. ; . pigeon to 39& • forWo, Masagici ' 2Gs. to 32%. ; tick, We. to 40s. ; 11044:berg, Ai. to 46.. ; Epptiao, &is. to 395. PAAO. —EugliAh boilers, 40s. to 445.; wiute sod blue, 40s. to 445. • TO.lign, 42.. to 445.; grey, 36.. to 405.; foreign. 425. to 43c. Rona.-English town, 55. to 511. ; ditto fine, 55a. to his.; country. 445. to 49e.; Norfolk and Suffolk, 35. to 41s. ; Fren.:l2, 465. to 50e. pee sack ; American, 31s. to 34..; Canadian, 31s. to 345. ; Spanish, 46e. to :As. FWATING Cancun, all C. F. and 1.-Wbsat : Berdi asaki and MArice.cple, per 4921ba., 575. to 091). ; Ohirka, 62a. togs. ; Palish (Mena, per 48015., red, 535. tu 58e. ; white. 82e. to 635. ; Danube and Galata., 45e. to 51e. ; Egyptian, 48a. to 445. Rule) , Egyptian and Syrian, per 40015., Ma to 37t ; Odessa and Linnube do., 214 e. to 25. Beans : Egyptian, per gr., Vs. to 38a. Maize Odessa and Galati. pee 49211 w., 40a to 425. ;'broil and Bulgarian, per 48015., Ws. to 40s. ; French, do., 35. to 40s. ; American, do., 37.. to *A. Seeds, dos : emery seed, per qr., 565. to 65. ; Hempioad, per qr., 41s. to 445.; 3fustard seed, per bushol, white, 1.35. to 15a. : brown, 15. to 14s. ; Linseed, per qr., anwhing, 50i. to 575. ; Limed anahing , cakes, Eaglieh, per 100, W. 15s. to 13!. ; American, thin, in brls., per ton, ill. to. to 111. ; do., thick, round and oblong, 101. to 101. 15s. ; Baltic. 01. to 91. Se. ; Marseilles 21. ss. to 10/.5e.; Baps cakes, to 51. 10s. Scene.-I;aint7, 40a to b6e. ; hemp, 44e. to 45. ; rape, per hut, 30i. 41 331. ; ditto ditto, foreign, i:2l. to Mt. ; lin seed, per qr., to 00s. ; cerraway, per oat., 30s. to 325. ; Glover, red, -; Is. to Gan. ; white, 55a. to 85s. ; foreign red, ; white, G.se. to 849. ; trefoil, 245. to 25. ; corhode:, zo 20t. ; mustard, brown, per bushel, 13s. to 15a ; white, to 15. ARal VALS INTO LONDON FROM APRIL 6 TO APRZL 11. Engtah and Scotch. Iziah. Forman. . l2OO 1 .... 20670 ' WO 7010 860 1000 " smo ...._ ... 0.1111 Malt /bar "Meat ' , Omaha ; rocakra. 1.14) sacks ; and I,tlo brig. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) (BY BRITNII AND IRI6II NAGNITIC TLIZARLP:I.) (mom OUR OWN coaßrsecnroorr.) The rnart:et has been dull, and there is hardly auy change to relort mace Titer , lay, the transactions being restricted to the P.lpply ,f pressing wants, and buyers generally hove obtained a slight udrontege in vices. MINCDIG LANK-(THIS DAY.) • SCCAR. —The market hme been uniforrnlT steidy this week, end tie tendencies of the market lite., boa upwards with a etre, 4t:iened tone generally, partly arising from the better pnuiti,a of the money market. The quotattous of rein xi are quoted Erni at the extreme priets o last trees. • _ . . . . . Ciivreg.— Meru has been a limited business done chiefly in F colic &di. at fully previous rates. Tim.—The :rode have bought rteadily what their current wAnts rag died, and the general tone of the market has decidedly improved. It 24. —Pro. ions rates have been with some difficulty Ma. with a :mall business done. k rentun, steady. ttrtcs hd. e .old steadily this week. ft.u.r.nrrak.—Prices have been about supported, bat the Atli. le u clua. .eacte g,serally hare had • teudency to timxuess this TALLOW HARKET—(THIS DAY.) The market is steady. Autiexed are the prices :—Towu tallow, net uuh ; Petersburg Y. C. oo the spot. &s. ; April to June, 575. 3d. to 575. lit ; Outober to Decentim.r. Ka. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (DY ILFCTILIC EPSOM SPRING MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) WATERLOO PLATE. °emend Her ... A*o Bl o • • • • Oliver . 8 nn. WALTON STAR HiMons* ... Parasite Herbison 6 ritn. Won easily. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Parmesan ... 12 ran. NEW TWO•YEAR-OLD STAKE& Throequirtere of • mile. The Despot, Patriot, Parefoz. limbs* King of Ilearfa, Callapyge, Boootbelle. sad Fsbrifves are PAID FOMIT.—Cain sod Astern. TEI MARRIAGE LAW.--(THIS DAY.) --..--- This afternoon a public meeting of those opposed to seek a change in the marriage law u would allow mar rags with a wife's sister, WY held at Willis's Rooms, St. Jamas. The chair was taken by Vies.Cbsooellor Sir W. PAGE W 001). Among those present were the Bishops of Salisbury, Wean, and Carlisle, the Dean of Westminster, tie Hem Joseph Napier, the Rev. Dr. Irons, the Res. Canon Jennings, Lord John Thymus., Mr. A. B. Hope, tho Rey. A. W. Thorold, wr. Roundel' Palmer, Mr. Whateley, dos. Resolutions and petitions to both Howes of iarlianseut in furtherance of the object were adopted by the totettiolt. WHOLIRALZ POIRONINO Of CHILDREN AT BRISTOL —The greatest excitement prevailed I. the city of Bristol as Wedseeday evening by the report that a large number of children had bites poisoned by eating nuta, which they had fogad is the streets Upto *airy being made at the Royal lefirmary it was found that them was good founda tion' fur the report, two fewer than sixteen children having been taken to that institution suffering front the effects of some poisonous substance which they had taboo into their stomachs. Upon the arrival of the children there emetics were at once administered, and one of the wards pm ' muted the appointee of the cabin of a ship during squally weather, the children -whose ages_ ranged from three to ten years—lying their full length upon the floor, writhing under the influence of the strong potion given to them fur the purpose of throwing the poison off their stomachs. Up to eleven o'clock at night twelve of tho sufferers bad been discharged from the tafinsery, but four of them still remained in a very dAngerous state. The came of this wholesale poisoning is attributed to the chil dren having eaten some nuts which were being unloaded from a ship at the quay, and taken to Messrs. Miller sad Yaeger's, glee inanufacterers, Ropewalk, and whisk the children had somehow become possessed of. The set is somewhat similar to an acorn, and amain. a white kernel, which is eatureteil with an oil useful fur dyeiog purposes, sad which is of a very poisonous nature. About two years ago a similar occurrence to the present took place, but it well of a more serious nature—several children losing their lives through it. AccIDENT TO A LAID:II COTTON SHIT, ARAB LIVERIIN)I. —Yesterday morning, while the Amenesa ship Marquette, bound from New Weems to Liverpool, was heiug towed into the Mersey she teak the ground ea the tongue of the Hurls), atwl, notwithetaeding that four steamers tagg ed at her for a considerable peeled, she no mined bud - aed fast, sad was deep is the sand when the tide receded. Fortunately the weather was fi lm, otherwise, with a bail sea on and a heavy wied, the chances are the vessel would have gees to pieces. As it is, should the weather become toeripertitona nil the vessel still rondo stranded, UNTO is no doubt whatever but that *be will break up, ea she hes in • very critical part of the Greet Derby Hank. The Miirmiette is • floe American-built ship, sad wee towed te ma from New Orleaus on the tlith of February lest. She has on beard an immense cargo of cokes, via., 4,11 o), bales At the thee the vessel grounded she was charge of a pilot. Attempts wiU he made, it is saul, to discharge hes as she lies, and then, if poesible, dust her es • high tile. Tits Tzsataut threisre ACCIDENT IN DCIII/I. Tl• inquest on the bodies of the pence* drowsed is the canal, after extending to three days, was caseliedeil on Wednesday. The Jury returned the following verdict : " We bad that the several parties lost their lives by simple drowning. owing to the omnibus accidentally hacking into the chamber of the easel ; sod, further, we do, not attach my blame to any parties, believing that every nue exerted himself to the hest of his judgment on this. sad oconine." Tho odaod—.. We to ; to sail the attention of the Canal C...mpany and the Rathmioes Commisnioners to the stead.. state of the Portobello-bridge, and the great want of light therms, foe the protectiou of the public from a re. curlews of an-bleat ea this much used thoroughfare," The foreman also said that be waa nested to state by some of his brother Jaren that th e y omnibuses Ovoid have Meeks henceforth. —.-..-. TIIR SOUTII LANCAMIIIIM STULL—ft is Melan choly to mad the coofessious which stow mid then drop from the lope of the men who are sowed is the suicidal strike is Mouth Lane...hire. It required no prophet to tell us that the wearers who hare thrown themselves aid their families out of limed, are enduring the pang. of west : hut we may rent sowed that it was under no ordinary overtire that nee of the speakers at a meeting of operatives, held at Staly bridge, yesterday Media...day}, uttered the folloonoug words :—" They (the committee) bad to go round, and they raw more than the meeting : penises who had ns 1. a good appearance were sow actually in great driver." The turn coats sre being sadly disappointed in their expectatioms of suplirovt. The pecuniary wristsace they have received has, leaked, bra so small as scareely to justify the r e o f th e wind " support "at all ; but still they have twain, d t o b o ld out for smother week at least.—Meat /deer Gaardian. ILS 221 Mil g ym ISS M I" NI 24 N 100 N 47 N 01 62 $1 Is 46 42 121 123 la 120 116 101 120 122 romuos SAILWAYS. imATI. - — LT/aim - Am a miiramil vaupwir Ardkomws iSoklattklt a l i flr-a a ll 1= 1. M OrsiaseuseC. tmermat Illas MIL *K.".054 , niat;ilTU;;;l;l. Estate= of Franco . . bd. Kaman p•a. 5. p. c Gt. Central of !Yana:. alllestaxabs. Omit NIL ▪ itallas Jumada' sit Ilai• Onalaave Al Dela nC Moo. .d Turnhout all Mom red Geneva AWN% Antonia al lisimalheriLl . y . tlt• all o. oa.e.Pvt. Detain,. nn Nordisaa et 111 _Da No. are. 'x.;;;;X:rfiail ad ParlsAyonsoutd .IL all Paris aad Orleans 1;;;Co• — •12 - 1' 7;1;15eWg777.7 la mod Inmaistarg all QOM* and Yrsseatt WI Royal Danish all Royal Swedish 611 IN.. 7 per cent. all Semler aad Meuse all lb. ;4 percent. Prof. a ItsnPsulo(llns.4.7pert.4. 14 ft Aust.* Los•Venetims 011 esetthern of intnee all West Flanders MI lb. 14 'per cent. Piet 441 Wert.* S. W. et France. • ;Wooersot Aiutrta all ,Wleatedsa ..... 111 114 tor sao ! 107 100 zd f4NOll$ 100 e 101 108 108} 108 HO 104 1071 ▪ . 0 0 se 100 e 1071 104 - M 100, MI 1071 I 1041 10611 d No. ILA OUdWillSil. I imlcs. pekes. I see.. -li---- 10 Akabolkisleao /Oat - an 131 141 - IS Ariakenee Sorkal 19 24 SO - • 10 Left WMerweirte sU 44 al - 110 Reit. Autericea Lad 4O - - .. SAN SO Irk& !dekko& TeL A.DSi 10 tin N Ds. 11 140 4 , UR Me e 1 II N -. 141/0 II Do. 0 tilli 1111 . Lod aU 11S 117 - 10 . bleeds TeL (L) aU -.-. - alol* IL ; :te .V.ol Lg.& Melt .11 -.-. - I,WNIS et. Palace MAO K. rretormace lOO 102 106 - ISSAS IN. Da. II p. U. Pin. Deb lOO 106 IN ... WO* N lkalladietrolg.ll Canal I 1 1 die - TANS M. Mask Misery* - ZW SI Do. New U - - die - OM I sad Aust. Cop. - an 81 84 - IS Om Steam a Navigates' 14 - -.- num 1 omit ship (lingual. .2 sn 4 - 1/41110 1 Do. 171 per cent. ry44. an a MON a Leo. Nikki Tel (1.) lll - - ah NUN a (ha. Onalbee Oe .ll 1 1/ - MOM U Kokos brigs. di Canal 1 1 11 pta - M 10 Midltervaaeaailte.TeL au - - - 11.000 10 Neil*. Int. Tel (Llia.) all ill 11 - SONO 16 National Naceast Co a 11 1 die - 6.000 10 NerbeddsCeatitlrea(L) I 1 01 db - 11.110 IS Netheilaade Lad . - 011 - - - 40,000 6 Do. 'p.c., to Alfas an 1 1 -. 1.291 100 N. Brous. ON. toot Ld. SO 4 10 - KMI N. Brit. Australasian all a 1 1 . total Oaa - MON 1 Do. .. New Nana' -ILI dk 4444 - 40, 10 10. eta liks.l a 41 111 dla - MON ft Pell . Neer Lodi Ma 100 47 SO - ONO SO Peak. sadOetes. Steam all 68 70 401 S SONO SO Do. New SO 91 101 1 9 k Pee MMNM 10 new Dha TeL 0.41 all 1 /1 1 sd -sd is Illiverey Dram - IS Do. New all 4 6 9 - IN Royal Men Neste N 60 SI 101 1 IKON St. • Lk. lambs. 140 U 4 IN - 14, U lb Austr T el. Peralia's Lad an S 2 St - It 1 • ne k - 10 1 1 - 100100 1 De. da. De. do. liesikered ai an all a l 1 I 9 .. Mk 10 . 1 As.ot Lakalla (Unite L ad) IDA Issas I 4 Ipm 50.00 1 IS Co.U.Cmadada 11 - - - M 0 Ua. Mask= T.I. (L). 1 4 die Ipm 10.010 100 as limee's Lad NI 114 101 id -:4 MINEII.-(THIS DAY.) Two o'CLoci. A moderate amount of business has been done this morning in home mining stocks. Marks Val ley Wheal Ludcott, Providence, Wheal relawney, West T Caradon, East Cam Brea, and Copper Hill shares have been chiefly dealt in. In the Stock Exchange East Basset shares are officially marked 104, ex div., and East Wheal Russell, 7. !Foreign and colonial mining shares show no alteration of importance. General Mining (Nova Scotia) have been dealt in at 23i ; St. John del Rey, at S 1 ; and United Mexican, at sf. - _ . _ _ We have received a copy of the prospectus of the flan-y-pwll Slate awl Slab Company (Limited). The quarries which it is intended to work are situated in the parish of Feetiniug, Merionethshire, and on the same mountain range as those owned by Lord Palmerston and others. The sett referred to adjoins their boundary, and is described as a direct continuation of their seam, and as consequently producing slate rock of precisely the same character and quality. The property is held under lease for forty years on conditions considered favourable. As regards convenience of transport and water power, the natural facilities of the property are favourably spoken of. The purchase-money is to be 10,0001, viz., half in cash by instalments, and half in shams. The capital is fixed M 30,0001., in 51. shares. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO SUFFOCATE A FAlntt.y. At a meeting of the Keane° magistrates, held at Lincoln on Friday, • woman, named Fanny Moore, was charged with having on the previous Saturday evening. attempted to murder by suffocation • man named Holmes, he wife, and four children, who reside is an adjoining house, under the seine roof, at Baaaingham, midway between Newark and Lincoln. The complainant said that he was in bed on the night iu question, when he wee startled by brimstone funies coming into his room out of another rem, under which was one occupied by the defendant, who had previously throateuel that she would "do for them all." He ran for • police-offioer, and his cliff. diet, were carried downstairs by his eldest son. He after wards went into their room, and saw brimstone in a utensil near the door. The woman, in reply to the magistrates, denied having committed the offence, and laid all the blame upon her husband, who was present. As there was not suf ficient evidence to pia*, them on their trial for attempted murder, it was only left for the magistrates to bind the hue bawl over in his own recogniaunoes of 101. for the good be. haviour of hie wife for six months, and to order him to pay all the expenses incurred.—Nutting ham Journal. GUNPOWDES EIFLOOION AND Loan OF THREE I.I%M—A fatal and most disastrous accident took place on Wednesday, at Pool, near Ceinhorno, in consequence of a violent gnopowder explosion on the premises of the safety fuse inanufactory, which is situated near the railway sta tion. About one o'clock—at which hour, very fortunately, the workmen were at dinner, or otherwise the loss of hu man life would probably have been much greater —persons in the neighbourhood of the building were startled by bear ing a loud, booming report, and in a few seconds the id., was darkened with stones, wood work, Sc. Upou au ex amination of the deais, it was found that the explosion bad most unhappily mused the instantaneous death ad two girls and one boy; two other girls being badly injured. The bodies presented a shocking sight, the injuries being of • severe character. Tie roof and walls of the building were quite demolished, and the machinery rendered perfectly useless. The sad event has ocausiouial cossiderable gloom, especially among the cnipluytp. The cause of the explosion is at present unknown. TBE FRENen ARMY 11113YRIA.—General Beaufort Pus published the following order to the expeditionary corps in Syria :—" %pont, March 27.—His Excellency had Pasha has just received from the Sultan an autograph letter, in which his highness expresses his congratulations on the subject of the effort* made to solve iu a suitable glimmer the important question of Syria. The Sultan, in rendering justice to those praiseworthy exertions, deigns to signify his satisfaction at the conduct of the officers and soldiers of the brave army which the Emperor of the French, his sincere friend atel ally, has emit to Syria conformably to the terms tae convention of Paris. The general com manding the expeditionary cogs is happy to trutaimit the expression of that satisfaction to the troops paced under his ,alers as a ad of the services rendered by them, and as a testimony t hat their action will not have bass fruit. lax —Bnexruar." FIDE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) LEADENIiALL —Hides-5611w to &41b.., ; 641*. to 72ihs., 3PI. to 3{4. ; 72110. to SAW.. 3;1 to 41. ; %1.. to albs., 44. to 414. ; :M 10.., 4} I. to 5.1. ; L'3llo. to 1041b5., 54. to Md. Home Wes, Bs. tots. 6d. skins, light. 2s. to 3'. 64. ; full, 6s. BBP.MONDSZT. —Sheep skins—Polled. 9s. to 11.. ; Kent." itar-iareds, se. to Vs. ; Dom., 'o. A. to is. fd. ; Lambs, 31. ed. to 4s. ; sktorlings, 1.. Id. to Is. 24. BOROUG a HOP MARKET. -(THIS DAY.) Manus. Pattenden and Smith report that Acre is an im proem; market for all fine samples of both old mid new bops. COIL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Walla Eod T. IA. Walls End Hartlewd, 19a. al. ; Walls Eod Haugh Hall, 174. ; Walls Eod Csnaop, 17a. CM. ; Walls End Kell e, 17% 9J. ; Walls End Eden x ;; ; ; ;, l,a. ; Walls Erol Framwellmte, 17s. ; ad-, I. ; Walker Prhorom, r.k. 6d. ; Craghead, 16a. 6a., 17s. 9d.-33 skips at market. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. LrliltPOOL. APPIL IL—Cak lonian Stock, 1:16i 96—lathers o : :o - r.,Hahargh, Perth, awl Denote. Vi—Lanea- Aire awl Yorkehlre. 111/-I.andon and Nor th ‘v eaten.94 ithellhild. rad Uneoln, 111 ISt—Midland Stock, 124: 1111—Ditto New Shama, 1 11 p —North British Stork, 62 62y—North livdera, Derrick Capital Stook, 1021 102t—thtba, York Capital ht rk, 001 tweets Capital stock. 00 twi— South Bu ern, 211 25—Buffalo and lake Huron, 4 16.16 5 Truitt •-f t!anada, s—Great Ln.temboarg, ; U3—Newt ork and Briz, It:. 1 I