The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-10 00:00:00

TO TIM HONOR OF THZ ELPILIIB.

Sra,—ln several papers of the 4th lost it was
stated that the Porobastor, transport ship, was that morning
under order. to leave the Royal Victualling-yard, Deptford
for the larva, of embarking 300 oonrictaforAuckland, New
from the convict primes of Chatham, Portland,
and Portsmouth. This intimation having caused may 001/-
anted with and interested in the matey mach alarm, I have
to request you will permit me to make knows that the 'tato-
meat la enormous, sod that I am in a position to state on
authority that the ship Porchasear la about to convey °au-
'lets to Gibraltar, and sot to Auckland, New Zealand.—l
am, ha, JOHN MORRISON.
Offlos of the New Zealand Government Army,
3, Adelaide-plan. Laotian-bridge,' Oct. 8.

A Faarntmnacr BANKRUPT.—The county magis-
trates, in Liverpool, were occupied daring several boors on
Saturday in bowleg a charge of fraud against a man named
Luke Madden, who her ben for =ay years a wholesale
butcher in Liverpool, and is sow a bankrupt. Oa the 18th
of April last, be bought of Mr. Edward Bohemia*, at the
Old Swan Cattle-market, twenty-two head of cattle, for
395/. 155., and sold theta immediately afterwards for 3901.
Ile. sd. Out of this he paid 1631. to his goo, who had ad-
vanced moony to him ; arid also 10N. to his brother-in-law
who had lent him moon at various tired= Robinson applied
for hit moan, sad Madden said be could sot pay, bat
would soaks an arrangement. This he failed to do, and
Robinice issued a writ. Thereupon Madden petitioned the
Court of Bankruptcy. The assignees had failed to realise
more than 161. upon the estate. The poisoner was com-
mitted for trial. The magistrates commented to moon bail ;
but it was not forthcoming.
TIM CIRCULATION OF COI7NTEIR7RIT SOTRIIRIONS.
—Counterfeit sovereigns motions to come into the Bank
from various quarters, leadiog to the impressire that the
usurious coinage has been conducted, contrary to previous
belief, on a rather coosiderable scale. Country Makers have
been lately overhauling their specie deposits to discover
what amount, if any, has reached their Mods. The Beak
of Eoghuid authorities have invited the Master of the Mint
to take action in the matter ; bat the suggestion has been
declined, and the whole matter referred to the Leeds of the
Treasury. Although the counterfeit sovereign has only
sow comae to light, there exist no data foe ascertaining the
period daring which it may have berm in circulation, prosibly
circulating in the colonies, were light noise abound. It
his even been suggested that the same system may have
been carried on with gold mina mare exactly representing
the sovereign, and consequently oast from more perfect
dim. On this amount the Bank is causing sovereigns co
hand to be tested by the " ring "—a by no means infallible
led even as respects the prevent light uovereigros, which
greatly differ as to sound. The matter a certainly one of
amoral comers ; and we must coders we are far from
shoring in the regret expressed by erstaia official pertain
that the fact of these counterfeit sovereigns being brought
to the Bank should have obtained publicity through a own.
municatim ham a bank offing, for we think that the authors
and abetters of the tread will thus be more promptly
detected the by any other course. It is somewhat singular
that only at the Bask should the fraud have been made
I apparent. Indeed, it is so long mime a similar hand is
known to have been carried out that all ruspicione where
I the coin proved to be gold, was lulled. The minety of
quarters from which the light sovereigns are brought are
calculated to baffle attempts to discover the onaterfeiters.
Money Jferket Review.
CLoaa OF TRII RAILWAY EXCURSION BRASON.
The South Eastern, Limbo, Chatham, and Dover, Loudon
and Merin; Lando. and South Western, and Great
Eastern Railways brought their excunion season to a close
yesterday, it Meng. owing to the favourable weather,
already hem protracted for a fortaight beyond its usual
period. The greatest amount of excursion patronage during
the past memos has been bestowed upon the London,
ChatMm, aid Dover line, in its Herne Bay, Margate.
tea, and Dover excursions, an average number of
fßoanariegthy Weise having left its priaeipal metropolitan
stenos for Wm places every Sunday and Monday. The
South Eastern excursion traffic to Margate and Ramage*
which has been carried on with great success for several
years, has been materially interfered with by this competi-
tioo of the London, Chatham, and Dover, aid where three
and four trains were formerly required to carry this portion
of the South Eastern excursive traffic, one tram now suffices
on all ordinary occasions, and thin by so mein overcrowded.
The tide of popular patronage thus running in favour of
the Loudon, Chatham, and Done line, an oily be anointed
for from the fact that the CO= piny advertise their route as
being 27 miles shorter thee that of the South Easters, for
the accommodation is far superior on the letter line ; aid,
after all the cry of 'swim dieters*, they perform the journey
within half-an-hour of their rival, while they allow the
excanionista the privilege of stopping half.an-Mur later in
the evening. It is tot, however, only from the South
Eastern that the London, Chatham, and Dover line hie
abstracted excunion traffic. The Leedom and Etrightoe,
which for many years poet have been in the habit of des-
patching four or eve trains full of excursionists to Brighton
on the Sunday and Monday, now seldom exceed half that
number; while the Sunday Southampton sod Portsmouth
excursion of the London and South Western, once so largely
patronised, is sow used only in • limited degree. The
Great Eastern has this season also largely extended
its excursion traffic, and opened up many charm-
ing sac -aide spots hitherto closed against the London
excursionist, each of the above companies, however, state
their excursion seasons to have bees highly remunerative ;
and considering the huge number of puengen carried by
them excision trans, in tibia there se a large admixture of
the rough, carelemand NONNI/ element, the small number
of casualties which occur speaks well for the arrangements
of the various companies, and the are and attention of their
cmPl4s4.

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Homceopatbic practitioners, and the medical
profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most health-
tal of all beveragea When the doctrine of homeopathy was
first Introduced into this country, there were to be obtained no
preparations of cocoa either attractive to the taste or acceptable
to the stomach . the nut was either .applied to the crude state
or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice.
J Epps. of Loudon, Horeceopathic Chemist. was hider:ea in the
year NIP to tarn his attentiou to this subject. and et length
succeeded. with the assistance of elaborate machinery. in being
the first to produce an article pure In its composition, sad so
refined by the perfect trituration It receives in the process It
through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
ror ;mural use Spd, Cocoa is dleUsgulshed as an Inelgorattag,
rettibreakfast Inverses, parades a most delicious aroma.
ffaseath la Ids work. " Adulterations of rood," says :
" Cocoa costar a great variety of Important nutritive princi-
ples—every ingrediest necemary to the growth sad eurAnurres
of the body." Again :—" As a nutritive, cocoa stands ver7 mach
higher than either coffee or tau" threcrams—Two teasposatala
of the powder Ins breakfast cap, Oiled ap with bet water
or milk- Sold hi tththaed fib. fib., and llb. Labelled bp
groom. widesdrae. aal slimista —I A