The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-20 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The refusal to pay taxes is becoming more common
in Prussia. M. de Bermuth, a wealthy in'ne-
owner in Westphalia, has lately allowed his goods
to be seized by the tax-gatherer, and they are to
be sold by auction. It is also said that 3f. We'd-
khansen, member of the Chamber of Deputies, and
several other leaders of the liberal parry, have
likewise refused to pay their taxes.

(IPICITIVN lILLEOLLXII.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, oc7. 20.
M. Delangle has been appo;ltc I Snit vice-presi-
dent of the Senate.

MM. Ronland, Forcade, and Chair d'Estange
have taken the oaths of fidelity to the Emperor.
His Majesty has thanked them for having consented
to resign the functions of senator, in order to a.-
cept more active political positions.
The Emperor will hold a grand review of the
Imperial Guard in the Bois do Boulogne on Wed-
nesday.

MARSEILLES, Ocr. 20.

The Bishop of Nimes has published a mandate,
ordering prayers to be offered in favour of Poland
for three consecutive Sundays.

CADIZ, Ocre.l9.

The French mail steamer running between Vera
Cruz and fit. Nazaire was four days late on her
passage to Cuba. The state of affairs in Mezico
continued favourable to the French.

DENMARK.
COPENBAGF-V, Ocr. 19.
_ . _

Prince Oscar of Sweden bas returned to Malmo,
having been present at the festivities at Gliicks-
burg, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of
the birth of the King of Denmark. His highness
was accompanied by Count Hamilton.

The King, who arrived here on the 16th to pre-
side over a council of m;nistera, has returned to
Ghteksburg.

THZ INDIA, CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN

_BOIITHAMPTON, Oct. 20.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Poonah, with the heavy portion of the above mails,
has arrived here. She brings 90 passengers and
2,000 packages of cargo, including raw silk, to the
value of 170,0001. sterling.
The Spanish journals state that the government
had decided on sending 6,000 to 8,000 troops and
1,500,003 dole. to Havannah, to provide against
future contingencies in San Domingo.
At Gibraltar exchanges and freights were un-
altered.

" WARNINGB " ♦r A DISCOITWT. —The law on the
press of the Grand Duehy of Baden contained the system
of warnings. Although it has ceased for some time to be
applied, the Minister of she Interior has addressed a circular
to the authorities Interested, enjoining on them not to give
say warnings, as a new law on the press would be pre-
vented at the next session.

A new comet was discovered on the 14th at
llarseilles by M. Tempel. He describes it as telescopic, rte
position being right ascension 9 deg. 52 min. 44 sec., and
declination 34 deg. 7 min. In the course of an hour it in-
mend a little both in right ascension and declination, so
that it seems to be moving in a north-westerly direction.
About the same time a comet was perceived at Amiens, but
does eat seem to be the same, since it is described as baring
• tail of an apparent length of two metres, while 11. Tempers
talescople, with a mere rudiment of a tail.

A Constantinople letter of the 9th nays :—" The
Salts& in an a shooting expedition. This seems to be his
favourite pastime after the fatigues of goveenment. Sir
Henry Balmer is cruising in the Archipelago, inquiring
into the circumstances of the late conflict at Scio. The
French ambassador is entertaining a party of pees Nimrod/
at a grande chaise in the Black Sis—so that, you see, all
the great of the earth hers momentarily dasseted the
capital."

The famous military academy at West Point, in
the Ilona States, was setabliehed in 1802. The nurehue
of the land and the education of the Psaltery cadets bare
oast the macs about seven malice dollen. In 1779 it was
the stroegast (swilled place in Ameba. In 1782, when the
United SWAG had obtained its Independent* through the
amistance of Preset, Week Pohl was the some of great
animal fativithes In besmear dam birth of the Dauphin of
Frames, and Washiegton danced in public cm the occasion.
West Paint to alto intimately associated wit► the death of
the &IVA Major Andre and the treason of the American
Gees& Arnold.

It is announoed that the second daughter of
Count de Ileatddembert is about to take the coil in the
Convent of the Sacred Heart, at the end of the present
month. The Bishop of Orleans will °Moist* on the
asnake.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(TROY OUR OWN CORRZOPONDINT.)
PARIS, MoRDAY Evzsina.

The one real feature of the new ministerial ap-
pointments is that, contrary to rumours which had
met with some credit, the institution of Minister
of State as principal talking minister" is pre-
served. That institution, which, it will be re-
membered, has never yet been tried, was considered
as a concession to the principle of ministerial re-
sponsibility—not indeed in name, but in reality.
It was said—and with much show of reason—
that when the Emperor sent his prime minister to
defend government measures in the Corps Legis-
latif he constituted a closer relation between him-
self and the representatives of the people,
than when those more advocates—" ministers
without portfolio "—said what was set down
for them. It is something that the Em-
peror does not make the death of M. Bil-
lanlt an excuse for withdrawing a concession
once made. M. Rouher succeeds to the Ministry
of State with precisely the same attributions as M.
Billault had. The new prime minister has not, as
I have lately had occasion to observe, the reputa-
tion of an accomplished debater. He has, I be-
lieve, generally read his moat important speeches.
Nevertheless, it is now whispered that in the secret
debates of the Council of State he has given evi-
dence of oratorical talent for which he had never
before received credit. That the Minister of
Commerce and friend of Mr. Cobden, who carried
through the commercial treaty, is • thoroughly re-
spectable man and a most able administrator,
nobody contests. Since the Emperor thinks him
the best man to cope with the formidable
opposition which will appear in the Chamber on
November 5 no objection can be made on the
part of the public. Many would no doubt think
it better, as I should for one, if every minister
were to have access to the hone to defend his own
arta ; but the Afoniteur shows that the Emperor is
not yet prepared for any such organic change. His
Majesty, however, feels the necessity of giving M.
Rouher coadjutors, and accordingly the num-
ber of vice-presidents of the Council of State is
augmented from one to three, and there is an
honorary vice-president (M. Vuitry) ; besides, all
these vice-presidents will be, in point of fact,
ministers without portfolio, under another name.
But inasmuch as they have not a seat in the
ministerial council they will not have the same
weight as M. Rouher. M. Chair d'Est Ange, one
of the new vice-presidents, is an eloquent man ;
but it remains to be seen whether his eloquence,
which was rather of an Old Bailey character, will
succeed in the house.

I mentioned some time ago the ex-officio prose-
cution, for a libel on the prefect, of M. Lavertujon,
the editor of the Gironde. The government has
got a conviction, but at the same time a disappoint-
ment. The despicable object was to disqualify the
defendant from standing again for Bordeaux, in
the probable case of M. Curd being unseated on a
scrutiny. This object would have been achieved if
a sentence to a month's imprisonment could have
been obtained ; but the Bordeaux tribunal, not
choosing to do the dirty work turned down for
them, only awarded fifteen days, and so M.
Lavertujon remains in possession of his civil and
political rights.
It was incorrectly stated some few days since
that all the Mexican officers now prisoners of war
in France were shortly to be sent home, and some
people hastily drew the inference that the French
army was about to be recalled. But as all known
symptoms render the latter news highly impro-
bable, the assertion about the Mexican officers was
all the more puzzling for being frequently repeated.
It now appears that the only foundation for the
paragraph in question is that a French field officer
has been sent round to the towns where the Mexi-
can prisoners are interne on parole to canvass them
to pronounce for the Archduke Maximilian, pro-
mising at the same time that those who would vote
for him should be furnished with a passport to go
home as perfectly free men. I do not know what
may have been the success of this step on the whole,
but the Jounwl de Loire-et-Cher affirms that at
Blois out of a hundred officers stationed there, only
twelve listened to the voice of the charmer.

Mdme. Bassinet, wife of the commander-in-chief
of the French army in Mexico, has just died at
Croissy-sor-Seine.
The members of the Mexican deputation are now
assembled in Paris, and wait for the honour of an
interview with the Emperor. The death of M. Bil-
fault having prevented his Majesty from receiving
them, such of the deputation u were to have em-
barked on the 15th by the packet leaving St.
Nazaire, have postponed their departure to Nov. 1,
when they will proceed to Mexico by the English
steamer. In the meantime they have confined
themselves to sending by the French packet an
official report of their visit to Miramar.

WZATHICR IMPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

TUISDAL OCTOBiIt tO. 8 /.71.

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Scarborough 19.99151 I N.N.W. 16 r 0.77
Greencastle..- 0116711. W.S.W. Si • 0.07
Galway 30.0848, 2 W.S.W. 24 b 0.16
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Portarnotth .410.00 66 11 LW. 8 10 0 0.08
Loudon 30.0467, 2 W.B. W. 710 o 1 -
Dovor 13109 00 1 W.- 10 0 - 1
Yarmouth ... -10.01 67 2 S.W. 6 69 • - $
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ratelsome showers. tine.
W. to N. and N. N.E., Wu? coAns. N.& to N.V. and S.W.,
moderate, One or moderate, tine or
showery. showery.
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N. W. to N.& and back, liourndtany. N.N. W. to E.N.8., mo
moderate to Light, dente, One.

ire-Alt-rost=Calthnees to Lineotn. West= Donegal to Corn-
well South =Channel and Biscay Coasts. South-litetBtrott at
Dover to Lino°amides and Heligoland.

The Weymouth and Isle of Pjrtland Railway is
rapidly progrealsg. Two Mika of the metals hays been
laid, sod the bridge serer the ma is nearly completed.
We have to announce the decease of one of the
reams of the literary world, is the perms of Yr. John
Powyer Nichols, are of the three registrars of the Larry
Feud Society. He was the ooly nos of Kr. John Nichols,
the historian of Leicestershire, and author of the "Literary
Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century," with whom he was
formerly associated IQ conducting, during many years. that
prototype of our monthly periodical literature, the Gentle-
-1.1416 Magazine. Mr. Nichols had bees for mere than 60
years one of the peiniers of the votes sad proosediage of
the Hove of Commons. Ile was Dearly the eldest member
of the Stationers' Company. of which he served r master
la 1850. He died ea the morning of Monday, the 196
is the 85th year of his re.
Puitsuo OGLE TELEORAM—Yesterday her Ma-
jesty's ship Tweed, laden with the last oorignmest of the
telegraphic cable about to be laid down over a length of
1,200 runes, from the mouth et the Perim Ostf dry the
sea car 6) Ifekro, left the worts of Messrs. Hooky and
Co. the ertraotore and manufacturers, at North Wool-

AMERICA.

(aturca's =ram)
(Per the Anglia.)

KEW YORK, Om. 5.

Latest unofficial despatches received at Washington
from the army of Rosecrans disclose no new fea-
tures in the situation at Chattanooga. Both
armies were busy fortifying, the pickets being
within a stone's throw of each other. Two hundred
ambulance waggons, sent within rebel lines under
a flag of trnoe, had returned, bringing in 500 Federal
wounded. While in the hands of the rebels they
state that they were kindly treated.
A despatch to the Richmond Examiner, dated
Atlanta, Sept. 30, states that affairs at Chatta-
nooga remain unchanged. General Rosecrans' sup•
plies are said to be brought to him by waggon trains
from Stevenson, and his forces remained within the
works around Chattanooga, the Confederate lines
extending to the river above and below them. The
Federal defences are thought to be too strong to
watrant a direct assault upon them. Various ru-
mours are afloat of heavy reinforcements having
gone forward to Rosecrans, both from the army of
General Meade and from the west ; but nothing
definite is known to the public concerning such
movements. A despatch to the Chicago Journal
states that over 25,000 troops had passed through
Indianapolis up to Sept. 29, on their way to Chat-
tanooga.

The Richmond Examiner has a despatch from
Charleston, dated October 2, saying that heavy
firing had been going on during the previous night.
Federal movements on Morris Island are thought
to indicate permanent rather than immediate
operations. Two monitors were doing picket duty
near Morris Island.

The New York Herald publishes Southern intel-
ligence, received from private sources, which it
believes to be quite reliable, giving the following
as the disposition and strength of the Confederate
forces :—" Bragg's army is supposed to comprise
100,0C3 men. General Joe Johnston had 30,000
disciplined troops as a reserve at Kingston, fifteen
miles from the battlefield of Chickamauga, also five
thousand cavalry under Pillow, and fifteen thousand
Georgia militia. These troops did not fire a shot
during the late battle, and were only to be brought
up in case Burnaide reinforced Rosman' during
the fight. Lee's army is estimated at ninety
thousand men, the old regiments having been
filled up to the maximum by the conscription, fif-
teen thousand cavalry, and 320 pieces of at ;Mary.
Lee has also a reserve at Richmond of twelve
thousand men under General Elzy. There
are eight thousand infantry near Abingdon,
Vs., holding the line of the Virginian
and Tennessee Railroad, under General Jones,
also 1,600 cavalry under Imboden ; 6,000 infantry,
cavalry, and artilleif at Charlottesville, under
General Garland ; 7,000 troops guarding the rail-
road between Petersburg and Weldon ; 4,000 at
Savannah ; 6,000 at Mobile ; 18,000 at Charles-
ton; 2,600 at Pollard, Alabama, guarding the ap-
proach from Pensacola ; and 2,600 in Mississippi,
under Harding and Loring. In the Trans-Mis-
sissippi Department there are about 66,000 men,
comprising the commands of Generals Price, Kirby
Smith, Dick Taylor, Magruder, Cobell, Holmes,
and Mouton."

Commander Bell, of the West Golf squadron,
announces that a vary malignant type of fever had
broken out among the United States vessels at
New Orleans; some cases were decided yellow
fever, and others resembled the Congou fever of the
African coast. The disease was not making very
rapid progress, and it was hoped that the approach-
ing cool weather would entirely abate it.
_ . . . . .

The steamer Leviathan was captured by a board-
ing party of rebels from Mobile, off South West
Pass but was subsequently recaptured by the
United States gunboat De Sota.
The steamboat Robert Campbell, from St. Louis
for Vicksburg, was set on fire by an incendiary,
and entirely destroyed. Twenty lives are sup-
posed to have been lost. The steamers Chancellor,
Forest Queen, and Calatroula were burnt at
the levee at St. Louis, also by incendiaries. These
fires were supposed to be the result of a deeply-laid
plot to destroy all steamers in the western waters
that could be of service to the government. Several
persons were recently arrested and placed in irons
in St. Louis, charged with being connected with this
conspiracy. The matter is undergoing a rigid
investigation.
A fight was reported to be progressing on Oct. 3,
at M`Minniville, Tennessee, about 70 miles south-
east of Nashville. The result was unknown, tele-
graphic communication having been interrupted.
Rebel cavalry are reported to be creasing the Ten-
nessee river at Washington.
Advices from Little Rock, up to the 25th tot.,
represent that over 2,000 Arkansas Unionists bad
joined the Federal army at different points.
The Missouri radicals, fearing they may fail to
carry out their measures with Mr. Lincoln, are
about to establish a paper in Washington, advo-
cating Mr. Chase for the Presidency.
The Russian Admiral has accepted an invitation
to visit Boston, with his fleet. The time is not
yet decided on.

ruzgro OF Ms. G. W. Horn, M.P. FOR WIND-
SOIL —For some time past the health of Ilr. G. W. Hope,
who is oes of the conservative members representing the
borough of New Windsor in the Home of Oommons, has
been in a very delicate oonditioe, Indeed, so much la that at
one time it was feared he would have to relinquish his par-
liamentary duties. A short tires sires he retired to Scotland
for the benefit of his native air. So alarming has the Mare
of his health become that we understood his sons have been
summoned from Eton by a telemephic massage, and we re-
gret to say a rumour of the decease of the much respected
member for Windsor was current in the town yesterday,
though no intelligence had been received by the mayor or
public officers confirming the report.
RESIGNATION OF A CHURCH OF ENGLAND MINIS-
TZL—The Rev. Peter Jones, incumbent of Hindley. near
Wigan, has resigned his living, end on Sunday he in-
formed his congregation from the pulpit of kin remises
for taking this step. He said be could no longer declare
his unfeigned assent and cement to all and everything
contained in and prescribed by the cburcles Book of
Common Prayer, as he had done on the admission into
his benefice. It might be said to him, no doubt, that be
ought well to have considered this before he esteemed the
ministry ; and to this be could only reply that the judg-
ments of young men when they entered the ministry
were scarcely matured, and they were prose to mace thaw
becoming modesty—to rely more on the judgments of
others than ou their own. Their scruples were hushed by
the thought that so many good and harped men holding
their opinions had made those eubseriptioss, mid rather
than subject themselves to the Imputation of
or overoonscientiousnees young men were indt=rutioarteig
what in after years caused them immerses The particular
parte of the Book of Common Prayer which offended the
aoomeienoes of some, and which seemed to require revisior,
were the Athanasim Creed, the Baptismal Service, the Vim-
tation Service, the Burial Service, sod the Ordinatioe Ser-
vice. The reverend gentleman then refereed to the labours
of the promoter of the movement of the revises of the
liturgy, and showed what alterations or mansions it was
proposed to make ii the services he bad jest mentioned.
The Baptismal Service, be said, bed ceased Nm the greatest
difficulty, and in this such a asodillostiesi wee sought es
would relieve the minister from the seesseity of seeding
respecting every beptieed child tams it was is sad by bap-
tism regenerated by the Holy Spirit. He niestrosed that
' the Archbishop ad Canterbury and the late asil=
bishops of London were advocates for souse ef these
and he intimated his intention, though retiring bola minis-
tonal duties, of remaining a member dthe aurae of Rag-
land, sad doing all in his power for the minim of the
Prayer Book. The rev. panellise is highly respected by
his parishioners, with whom be has laboured for ten or
eleven years, and this (Tuesday) messing a well-filled puree
is to be presented to kin.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.
(THIS DAY.)

The forty-fourth quarterly meeting took place
this day, at the offices, 33, Norfdk•etreet, Strand.
Mr. Clatrammrr, the secretary, having reed the advertise.
meet convening the meeting, Viscount Itaisztti.ii, the
chairman, reed the following report of the exesutive cow.
mittee . . . _

"The executive emninittee have the s►tidaetion of sub.
matting, In Chic, their forty-fourth repot: to the members.
the annexed gratifying rottirm for the part quarter, end
the aggregate items for the financial year ending the .iptli of
September, 1883:

Meares Shares 1
Quarters ending I In com- Total leceipts
progress. pleted. Shares.
- - - -•-.--.-...-..
A, ad.
Dee. 24,1802 136 67 303 16,46815 2
March9e, 1381 lOB 24 232 16,613 13 11
June 24, 11432
!Sept. so, we l7B 67 245 23,496 V 4
---
Totals for the year 110
-
180
Totals to Sept. 10, 1881 14,760 3,916 18,686 2439213 2
°and
i..i, W.11'14432 i 0
Kith"-
7-5,537 1-4----,174 -1-9,311 7-0-1,1461:7

The Menus in the receipts of the year 1862-3 over theca.
respondiagyyeaasrr of 1861.2 is 11,9301. 31. The total eatsof
lead to MICIELI, 1863, is 339,3701. Si. sd. ; being an in.
mass over the returns to Michaelmas, 1862, of 15,6811.
15s. 7d. The total withdrawals since the formation of the
society (Sept. 1852), to Michaelmas, 1863, are 205,8.434 ss.
The returns of the register of the order of rights are at
follow :—Completed, 5,061 ; drawn, 3,191 ; seniority,
1,681 ; toted, 9,933 ; deduct rights exercised on estates,
duns, 7,501; unexercieed rights, 2,432. The last share
number on the register by seniority is No. 13,853
and the kat share issued up to the 30th of September, 1463,
wee No. 19,711. The balanceuheet for 1862.3 and the
annual report of the committee will be submitted at the
usual yearly meeting next December. The cendidetes for
the two auditors to be elected by the shareholders this day.
under Rule 30, ere the Rev. William George Goodchild, Mr.
Junes Goad, and Yr. Harding. The committee have the
Omani to state that they have reelected William Ast•
bury, Rsq., sad Newnham Winstanley, Esq., es their
two auditors, and when the members hay Dominated
their two auditors, the society's accounts for the put
year will be audited in doe comae. The Henikkk Road
estate, West Worcestershire, was allotted at Worcester, on
the 27th of August, after a public meeting, at which Sir
E. Lobsters, Bart., presided, and at which Viscount
Ranelagh, the Hon. and Rev. W. Till hot, and the How. Robert
Boy -ke, attended as a deputation from the board, to explain
the general workiag of the society, and the mode of
went of estates. The meeting was highly satisfac-
tory, and the sale of land has been equally ;
and as the Renwick Road estate is within an easy
walk of Worcester sad of a first-clue station, hay
gravelly soil, Mends high, with fine views of the Malvern
Hills, the property bbiiddas fair to be speedily built upon.
The Ipswich estate was offered for isle on the Bth of July,
after a public meeting at which Viscount Ranalagh was the
chairman, supported by J. C. Cobbold, EeR., M.P., the
Hon. ad Rev. W. Talbot, and Captain Jervia, mem.
berm of the board. After some plots had been selected,
wish was expressed by inhabitants of the town that the
formation of a crescent, leaving an open space in front for
ornamental gardens, shonld be abandooei, smiths whole of
the land thrown into allotment. A new plan hes bees
issued to meet the local views. The estate ad.
keine the liamiford Hall villas, and is close to
the @tattoo, and is essentially building land. Os ing
to the over live of railway which will soon pass
through the Kentish-town estate, it has been requisite to
issue a new plan of allotment for this increasing neighbour.
hood. The station Sal be within a few_
estate,
yards of the pro-
=, The second portion of the Woodhouse
teed, which will be offered for sale has been included
in a new plan, affording facilities for the erection
of either small or large houses, which are much
required in this healthy district. The executive
committee will allot the Avenue estate, Bevois
Mount, Southampton, after a public meeting iu that toe a,
on Wednesday, October 21. The laud has been divided into
44 building plots, ranging in pi iee from 444 per plot up to
4184 The eleventh anniversary was completed on the 7th
of September but ; and the executive committee moot
enter on the twelfth year of the Comm native Land S iety
without a word of congratuittion to the shareholders on
its prosperous progress, with a renewal of the assurance on
the part of the board that no eaertioos shall be saved to
seer-a its continuous proepetity."

DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY BY FIRE.
(MIS DAY.)

About three o'clock a.m. a fire broke out it] the
premines of Means. Everlceland Knight, nomad victuallers
and proprietors of the Imrimongen' Arms Tavern and Coo.
cert-rcom, No. 9, Bohon's-teirace, Millwall. The thrall
commenced in the mooed room, and rapidly extended to the
spirit rooms adjoining. Mr. Roberta arrived with kir
" Royal Trite Blue engines, and times of the brigade from
the City end east-sod stations attended. The tire could
not be extingaished until the back concert room, at least
thirty or forty feet long, and nearly am broad, wee burned
out, as welt as the spirit rooms. The melee both buildings
are also burnt off, and the back windows of dwelling and
stairs, and the rest of the house is also severely dammed.
The loss, which is heavy, will fall upon the Imperial lire.
Mies.
A very destructive fire took pleas shortly before 1 o'clock,
is the premises of Mr. J. Fondike, a tobacco manufacturer.
No. 71, High-sweet, Shoreditab. The damage done will
amount to some thousand pounds sterling, for the whole
of the back workshop may be said to be destroyed,
the roof wee bemired off, the stores at the back of the work•
shops were also burned out, and the upper part of the
building is severely damaged. The loss will fall upon the
Phceaix, Royal Exchange, the Royal. and the Men:setae
fire-offices. The premises of Mr. H. Beale, liceased vin
teener, and proprietor of the Bull and Pump tavern, No.
72, are also damaged by smoke, water, icc.
An explosion also took piece in the premises of Mesas.
Vanderplank and Peerless, cloth worker', carrying es
baaiems at No. 19, Lower Whitecrom-street, Cripolegata
The disaster was caused by an escape of some chemical Pris.
paraders which blew up the ceiling and flooring in the
ground floor warehouse. The inmates fortunately mewled
in prevesting the fire from extending.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Coannieskeer Goldin:raj
Le as JACOBS.
The bankrupt was a solicitor's clerk, of Horton.
Mr. R. Griffiths opposed the bankrupt's application for i
release, on the ground that he was in custody for a debt
contracted by a breech of trust.
The Commissioner—And does that appear by the pro.
ccedinp? That is the point.
Mr. Griffiths said the bankrupt hal been clerk to Mr.
Spyer, solicitor, who bad entrusted Dim with a sum of
money, and the bankrupt had applied it to his own pur-
pose'.
The Commissioner—Does that appear by a judgment?
Mr. Griffiths said it did not, but the court bad held in the
case of A. Logan that parole evidence might be given of a
debt being contracted by freed.
His Honour said that was a ease where the conduct of
the bankrupt was so outrageous and fraudulent that the
court, in the exercise of its discretion, bad refused his re.
lame.

Mr. Griffiths proposed to examine Mr. Spyer in proof of
the hand.
Mr. Nicholson, who appeared for the bankrupt, objected
that evidence of conduct could not be given at this stage.
His Honour concurred. If the bankrupt had acted as
stated he might have here criminally indicted.
Mr. Griffiths mid that if the charge were reserved until
the bat sitting he should not be able to bring the °sae 'coder
the 159th section, as breach of trust was not one of the
offences against the bankrupt law recognised by the new
act. Here the bankrupt bad applied to his own purposes
301. of the money of his employer.
The Commissioner—Assuming these facts to be proved,
that is not a ease within the act of parliament to refuse
the bankrupt's release. Were 7to bold so, we most let
in every aggrieved creditor to oppose a bankrupt's raisins
from custody. The legislature has clearly pointed out the
time when the bankrupt's conduct and mode of contracting
his debts are to be considered; not on his application
for release from custody, but on applying for his
order of discharge. In some rare cases, which I hops will
not inmates In number, the fraud has been so outrageous as
to Woes the court to exercise Ito discretionary power, and
to refuse the release. Here the employer of the bankrupt
bare not treated the matter as a crime, but as a debt ;
• and were I now to entertain this application,
the bankrupt would be punished twice for the
same offence. The power of release was no
doubt given to the court in favour of the creditors in ceder
that they might have the benefit of the bankrupt's swish
ince ; but it is now generally employed by the debtors for
the sake of obtaining their release. In this case I see no
objection to the bankrupt being released from custody.
121 Si ZOOM VACHER.
The bankrupt was a commission agent, trading under the
firm of " Baker sod G 0.," in Watling-street and other
This was an adjourned application for rebus
rem custody. He owes 2,7201. of which 1,0001. is stated
to be doe to Mr. Year Morison, late of the
Bank of Deposit. He attributes his Insolvency
to bad debts sad hardness of trade. A former
application for release, made on the 7th of September,
was refused because the bankrupt was insufficiently de-
scribed in the petition. He was now described as of Albert..
terrace, Riper/der, and of Church-street, St. John's-wood;
cf Bichmoad-mad, Bayswater ; of Brockaley-vilhs, Homer.
ton; of Lime-street, of Crutchedfriars, of Canterbary-ter-
room, Bermondsey; of Howley.place, Lambeth; and of
Watliog-street.
Mr. Dowse opposed, on behalf of the opposing erudite!,
Mr. Catio. Though the bankrupt had amended his peti-
tion, his description was still inamorata, for he bad omitted
one meet Importimt place of residuum.
His Honour mid that that was rather ground for die.
Edwin the petition than refusing. the application for release.
Mr. Dowse mid this was a registrar's adjudication. The
bankrupt had contracted 2,7001. of debt in three yews, and
be was bound to let the creditors know all the places when
be had lived or carried on business and contrasted debt..
He led added five addresses to his original descriptwa, and
stated that he had traded as "Baker and " Co.;had
also traded " Lemon: sad 0a.," and of this ;hew was no
mention in his petition. He was now informed that this
was not a registrar's adjudication, but that the bankrupt
bed petitioned in forml pauptais.
Mr. F. Saddler, builder sod painter, of ChaaomT•laila,
deposed that at the letter end of last year he knew the
bankrupt sa alielato rheum is Lambeth. He gave a re-
ceipt as "E. Baker and Co.* In May list he Hawed some
zinc plates to be engraved " Lamm and Co." saying that
be had taken a freed partner. Had seen the plates up at
his place in Watlingutreet. Hie debt to the saner
was 241.

His Hower .id it was clear the bankrupt had ad In-
serted all the names tinder which be had traded.
The bankrupt, in examinatioo, stated that be had neither
been bankrupt nor insolvent before. He expected Mr. La-
mour to join him as a partner, but his promisee turned out
to be nothing but smoke. (A laugh.) The phew were
ordered by him as clerk to Mr. Lemony—
His Honour said the bankrupt not having stated all the
names under which he had traded, the court refused to
grant the release

IN RH !LIZA ASHWORTH.
This was as bmotreaty cue.
Mr. K. Reed asked for a re veeting order (equivalest to
annulling is a heakraptcy), and stated that all .*a creditors
had been sathded. The report of Hr. lam the registrar
had been made, stating that all nemesia, prdimicatiss kid
been complied with.
His Hoocar declined to make the order without the at-
Madames at Mr. lamb. There were creditors to them:boast
of 4,0004, and in such an important case he would not act
without the mod conclusive stridence.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before the AssistontJadia.)

WCliam fkiraidt:l.s,jeseller7waiadiated for stereisg
three diastase, the property of Messrs. Keller sod Co.,
wholesale diamond merchants, of 8, Ilattompren.
me prisoner pleaded sot guilty.
Mr. F. H. Lure conducted the prosecution, issiected by
Mr. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street ; Mr. Sleigh, be
dieted by Messrs. Wakelin& defended the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis, in opening the case to the jury, stated that
the prosecutors in this case were Messrs. Keller and 00.,
&mood merchant,, amymg on business at Na 8,
Hatton-garden. About Test 1.2 on the Ist of
October, the prisoner came to their place of laminae%
and asked to be shows some diamonds. Mr. Caner, clerk
to the firm, showed him three parcels, and from the
whole he selected 13. He asked for one of a peenbar
shape, and was told that they bad not one of the kind,
and that they would telegraph to Birmingham for one.
Frequently he was observed after touching the diamonds to
stroke his moustache, and it was evident that Le secreted
some in his mouth. He left, end proceeded to the house of
Mr. Lowle, gold miner: in Long-lens, Smithfield. He bed
bees there is the mouses and sold some gold for 18,. 4d.
He offered Mr. Lewis some diamoods for sale. Mr. Lewis
rafted to buy them. After the primmer had kit the
home is Hatton-garden Mr. HIM, • yang man in the shop,
made a communication to Mr. Caesar. Mr. Cesar followed
him to the home of Mr. Lewis, and saw him coming oat,
when he gave him into esetedy.
Christian Cesar, after being sworn, said—l am clerk to
Messrs. Keller and Co., diamond mercheata. Ka 8, Haftoo-
garden. On the Ist of October the rimier came te oar
plate, and asked to look at some diamonds weighing two
carats each. I showed him three parcels of diamonds. He
chose 13. Buboes them separately, and each ore be gave ins
to weigh. !weighed them a o thaw melee (A. pair abeam is
a glass ease were produced.) He looked at a parcel of
rabies and said that be would cell foe them ova the marrow,
and represented himself to be an Amorists jeweller, lately
carrying on business in New York. He then went
out. The young man in our shop mods a commis-
nicatioo to me which iodooed me to follow libn.
I saw him take something out of hie pocket
end breathe on ft. That is the way to detect
good diamonds. I told Hues to follow him, and west back
to the shop, and on looking over the diamonds I missed
three wieder: 8 carats, Hams returned to me in about
testy missies. and stated that the prisoner was at the
shop of Mr. Lewis, gold refiner, of Long-lane, Smithfield,
and 1 west there, and on finding the prisoner gave him ieto
custody. He mid that he lodged at • coffee-house at Bat-
tings, and that his name was William Schmidt.
Cross-eramieed by Mr. Sleigh.—We have a very large
stook. There are five men employed about the shop. They
ally buy and sell precious stones. The stones are all kept is
as iron safe. I did not weigh diamonds at any particular
Mae before the prisms: come.
Some further evidence having been addend, Mr. Lewis
said that was the ease for the prosecatioo.
Mr. Sleigh weds a very able and impressive speech as
the part of the prissier.
The funishist4arlp summed up, and
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The AssistaaaJadge seatened Idea Se be kept in meal
servitude for three years.

THE POWS COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERIC W ELL.
1177611P111D eotcroa THROCGR DISAPPOINTIMIT a con.
Lomas Dakin, a young woman, about 20 years of p, a
domestic servant, was charged before Mr. Harker, with at-
tempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into tot
New Haver at &ohs Newiegton.
from the wide** it appeared that the defeedaet far
some time pat had been keeping company with * yawn
masa, sod a-few nights since they bad some words, and he
left her to go away. She took this very much to heart,
and *steed el goy busk* her isHasiabooMt drown
the Grose-laves, and threw biresU thi liew Meer.
for art* mos ems plane( baud her series far amides*,
and eseaseded to getting her out. Her escape with her hie
war a very narrow 011111.
The deadest. who had been is the House of Detsotiou
and been spoken to by the chaplain, said she was via, sorry

for what she had done, and would never act a.) foolishly
any more.
The mother of the defendant, a respaetable•looklog, hard-
working woman, mid that she wool take her daughter
ba •k with her to the country.
Mr. Barker, after addrenleg the defendant in vet. feeling
terma upon the folly sod wickedness of the act of attempted
self•marder, discharged bar with a caution.