The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-09 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
sati.;s at Nisi Prium at Westminster.—(Before Mr. Baron
Martin and (bni:non Juries.)
PESCOD r. BALL. -ASSAULT,
...

rtis waa en actin's for assault. The defendant pleaded
tut ;tufty.
lir Joyce and Mr. Eyre Lloyd were counsel for the
ruatiff, and Mr. Tindal Atkinson for the defendant.
Ile assault took place about eleven in the evening,
aside a Waterloo omnibus in the Walsworth-rasa.
Te plaintiff, a pork butcher, we. a pusenger on the box
.4, and the defendant, who sat near him, had a quarrel
,:b the coachman, and while attempting to aim a blow at
lo struck the plaintiff, injuring his arm and wrist so an
t render it necessary that he should get medical advice.
Mr. T. Atkinson did not call any evidence for the defence,
contended that the assault was of too trumpery a nature
have been mule the subject of an action.
Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, maid he thought the
-a was one which ought to have been taken before a ma-
Ante ,r the county court.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with 81. de-
.iges, which they said they wished should include all the
sts in the case.

BUSINESS BEYORR THE COURT.

The cense list 000 tams 35 awe, only three of which are
:Mints. There are two set down for special juries;
u no special jurymen are summoned at these nations,
:ey will be postpoued until the sittings utter next term.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge °Affinity.)
wittA v. WILLA AND RANNZILSTON.
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!fr. Hawkins, Q.C" arid Dr. Soaks for the petitiooer ;
Ir. Collier, Q.C., mid Yr. M. Lloyd, for the reepoasienk
la 1847, the petitioner, a builder, at Camberwell, roar.
xl the respondent, who was then a mere child of 14.
'hey cohabited for about nips years and had two children
raring that interval. In 1t456 the petititioner
:stituted • suit for a divan*, i mend et thorn,
.2 the ground of adultery ; and when the change in the law
place, the case was to be referred to this court, from
cinch be obtained • judicial separation. The respondent
~s now chug,- :I with adultery committed since 1888 with
barlis Hammerston, • mattress maker, at Whiteehapel,
~th whom it was proved that the had lived as man and wife.
The &stenos *insisted of pleas of unreasonable delay
,),1 also of adultery committed by the petitioner.
[The ease was proceeding when we want to prem.]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Wore Mr. Comrairiouer Goalbws.)

7.< RE 811 CHAILAR SULLIVAN. BAlT.—.arrucinoN Pox
WILEABI.
The bankrupt wee &mitred as Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart.,
f‘reisrly of Ember-court, Kingstoo-on-Thames; thee flag
lieutenant to the admiral of her Majesty's dockyard, Fly'
mouth ; theo of Maddox- street and elsewhere, in chocolaty of
Siddlesse ; than of Etallycotton, RiarCloyse, sod Rock Lodge,
; the of Iloofleur, in France • Mare of the Colon-
ode Hotel, Haymarket ; 'and now a 'prisooer for debt is
esitemoreatreet Prison. The adjudia.tion took place •
tee days ago, and appeared is the Gazette of yesterday.
The benkrupt has been in custody about • week, at the
at of Mr. J. H. Florence, merchant, of Walbrook,
who is a creditor for 6.9491. on judgments. The
esteessot of affairs filed by the bankrupt shows
debts of about 33,0001. Mr. Frederick Beasley,
d Maida-vale, is • creditor for 10,0001., bat this
ie stated to be mewed by • °airspace of hercdrtarnsiste
aid residuary pommel estate of the late Sir Richard Joseph
Ralliflii. made 25t0 November, 1853. Mr. Joseph Stever,
d Baraftwood-plane, Islington, • creditor for 4.0001. ; Mr. W.
S. Trafford, of Dover. street, Piccadilly, 4,0844 ; sad R.
Faroe, D. D., of (lough-bouse, Chelsea, 3.0301., also bold
rarity oe the baskrupt's property. Anseept the sow
cued creditors are :—Mr. Booting, upholsterer, St. James's-
meek 2001. ; Mr. Carew, solicitor, Lincoln's-km.6lW
291. ; Mr. C. Newstead, New Bood.street, 3001. • Mr.
bola, tailor, Saville-row, 2001. ; and Mr. SeurguiLetti,
Woe, Regent-suet, 2301.
Mr Stanford opposed for Mr. Florence, the detaining
ceditor, on the ground that the bankrupt's permanent
maiden?e was abroad.

His Honour did not think that that ought to interfere
lab the eourt's dworetion.
Mr. Stanford said if the hankrnpt were mimed be might
ever appear again. He owed debts of 33,0001., and
loreoce • debt was 7,0001.
The bankrupt, =mined, said he cams to London mix
',eke ago. He bed resided at different places in Frame
xl2 months pnithowsly, principally at Hoedeur, in the
nth of Francs Before that he bad resided eighteen
soothe is the south of Ireland, between Mallow sad Per-
20y, sad at other places—in all about three years.
Mr. Lawrence, who supported the application, maid that
ill those reeideocee were given in the bankrupt's petition.
Bankrupt further stated that be had bets 18 soothe at
3illycottoo, and before that at Sidmonth, in Devonshire,
* two years. That would be about 1888. He was not
hits under him own name then, for a certain reason. He
Ind not lived guider the imam of Captain Smith at the
Colonnade Hotel. Before going to Sidmouth he had
Ivied in lodgings in London. He had no residence in this
wonky at all. It was not his intention to leave the othatry,
bat to live in England. He had come to London to arrange
ratters of different aorta. Had not given instructions to
the waiters at the Colonnade to deny him, bat thought he
sold arrange his affairs better if be was left alone. Did
sot recollect receiving • judgment summons at the Colon-
lade Hotel, or any formal taper.
The Oommusioner—Do you know what a judgment Rim-
noes is ?

Bankrupt—l might know it by the heading.
By Mr. La wrance—l have so other detaining creditor bat
Ix. Florence. The debt was contracted io 1856. I have
anaccomit of the alma advanced.

His Honour did not think it desirable to go into that.
It was a cam where be should require baiL
Mr. Lawrence mid to do this would be to sentence Sir
Gisries to perpetsal imprisonment. These was no charge
of fraud. sad the bankrupt bad no intention of gong away.
Hs had acme bore purposely to berelieved from his debts,
sad it was aboard to moppee that he should want to !tore the
country. He had so mincemeat to do so. He wished to
give up his property for general distribution, heavily taxed
no it was by the exorbitant interest which he was paying on
ha debts He hoped that Sir Charles would not be required
to give had for the bine amount be owed.
Hie Homer and that in such a camas this the tail would
set be proportioned to the amount of debts.
Mr. Lawrence said that if the bail were fixed at 1,0001. or
• smaller amount, it would bear very little proportion to
the petitiesiag creditor's debt. if bail were 'malted Sir
Charles world only have to remain in prime a week or so
leaser, sad thin be would be discharged by the registrar on
hit periodical riattatiou of th., gaol as • matter of coarse.
Haring come here voluntarily, the court would assume that
be meant to remain here and go through the court.
The Commissioner—Has he been loeg to prism?
Mr. Lawrence said be had not. To require him to lied
bail scold be to indict panishment before conviction. Sir
Charles was to infirm health, and his farther imprisonment
might be injurious.
Mr. Stanford said the bankrupt had evaded the deemed
of the petitioning creditor for six years, and had only come
to this court after being arrested. He coeteaded that the
debt had bees emanated by fraud.
The Commissioner—Bat that must appear by the pro-
ceedings, not &Sande.
Mr. Stanford urged that it was not a case for the die.
xenon of the *run.

ThedOmmisZooer— I hope and trust sod believe that I
Jell do no more than judo. to this gentlemaa, as I
'tumid to soy individual, whatever his rank and posiaioa
a life. Bat I thick I should err if I did not call epos
ism to give secority for his appearance, sot in any net-
agenuely large aura of money, but enough to
enure his attendance wider the bthkruptcy.
• am unwilling to say what impression his
inmerous residences and the account be has gives of
Lomeli have made upon my mind. Looking at the feet
tot his residence durisg a length of time has been abroad,
lad that during the tiros he has been in Itnglaod be bas
roe wider a feigned name for two yesrs, I am satisfied that
I ibould not do lentil,e to the creditor. miler 1 asked him
hive security for his sppearance under the bankruptcy.
En will be released upon finding bail, himself ie 5001., and
tiro sureties is MO/. each.

Ifr.—lasraaea—Conditioad for him appearing to our•
Nader 1

The oomtaissioner—Conditiooed for hie appearance et the
sittings io buikruptcy io the ordinary way. If he in din-
eatiefid with this decision I Deed not tall you that he has
ui appeal ; this order, like every other, w subject to a dil-
ferent opinion, and I obeli be very glad if it is taken.
Sir Charles Was then taken back to prison.

(Wore Mr. Registrar idler.)
IN an sisackumw OCTAVIUS
The bankrupt was an auctioneer, of King Willamette's',
aid of Blackheath. This was the sitting for proof of debts
IA choke of assignees. The liabilities are stated at about
'4WD,. The wiludicatien was on the petition of a creditor,
lir. T. Smith, Montpelier-cottage, Blackheath, late assistant
ad manager to the bankrupt.
Mr. Haw, accountant, Bizet-lane, and Mr. Tow, glass
merchant, Devereuz.oourt, Temple. were chosen trade as-
milones. Masan. Harrison and Lewis are the solicitors
toder the bankruptcy.

A FLOCK or Saw POISONED.—A curious case
rf poisosieg, b which a dock of sheep was destroyed. has been
mews • to the Central (French) Society of Agriculture.
fall-hark said is need in the maceration of the pulp of
beetroot, bet a fanner who fed his sheep with that
vegetable thought fit to add 4 litre* of sulphuric acid
.03r1 1,800 grammes of sulphate of iron to every
1,000 kilogramme* of beetroot. The sheep who ate of
the pulp thus prepared shortly became sick, mid
many of them died. On being °paired by a veteri-
nary surgeon strong boom of violent iodammation
were yinible, and the eetraile haring been subjected to
a chemical analysis it was ascertained that death was caused
by the promote of sulphate of iroe in the pulp. No
doubt could be entertained on this subject, as other sheep,
fed on beetroot vulp to which no sulphate of iron was
applied, continued to be perfectly healthy. It is believed
in some agricultural distnets that sulphate of inn seta more
powerfully on sheep than on oxen. The veterinary surgeon
b o was employed to examine the sheep poisoned observed
in the same farm that cows bad eaten with impunity of the
mme beetroot pulp which bad poisoned the sheep-

MONEY 141ARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two &Qom.

The funds to-day are dull, and Consols are quoted
for the account about per cent, lower th►n they
closed yesterday. For money, however, the price
is nearly the same u before. In the other markets
business is quieter to-day, but prices generally are
well supported. Foreign stocks are firm, and an
improvement has occurred iu several instances.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Reates opened at
69fr. 50c., being 6c. lower than yesterday.
The scrip of the new loans has undergone no va-
riation of importance. Turkish is quoted If to 2
prem. ; Confederate, to 3 prem. ; and Italian, 11
to 2k prem.
Consols are now quoted 931 to 1, cum div.,
for money, and 921 to k, ex div., for the ac-
count (June 9). The official business re-
port is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 93k, 1 ; ditto, for account,
921 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 911, 92 ; New
Three per Cents., 911, 92, 911; Bank Stock, 233 ;
India Five per Cent. Stock, 1091, 110; Five-and-
a-Half per Cent. " enfaoed " rupee paper, 116} ;
and Exchequer Bills, par.

Mexican Bonds and Spanish Certificates have
risen considerably to-day. Egyptian and Spanish
Passive Bonds are also ratherbetter. Turkish secu-
rities are firm, with a favourable tendency. Some
of the present quotations are subjoined :
Turkish, 1854, Loan, 881 to f ; ditto, 1858,
704 to 71; ditto, 1862, 711 to 724 ; the Consolidds,
55/1 to f ; Greet, 32 to f, showing no change ; and
Venezuela, Six per Cents., 55 to f, being still fiat.

Transactions are recorded as follows : Bra
zilian, 1004 ; Egyptian, 100, 994 ; Greek, for
account, 324, 4, 32 ; ditto Coupons, 151,
15 ; Italian, for account, 714 ; ditto Ma-
remmana Railway, 804, 794 ; Mexican, for
account, 374, 4,4, 37, 4 ; Moorish, 944 ; New
Granada, 164, 4 ; ditto Deferred, 94, 4 ;
Portuguese, 1862, 494 ; Russian, 1860, 914 ; ditto,
1862, 934, 4, ex div. ; Spanish, for account,
544 ; ditto Passive, 344, 334, 4 ; ditto
Certificates, 114, 4,4, 4 ; Turkish, 1868, for ac-
count, 704 ; ditto, 100 i. bonds, 74, 73 ; ditto, 1862,
for account, 72, 714, 724, 714 ; Venezuela, 1862,
554, ex div.

HALF-PAIR Two o'CLocc

Consols are without change, at 93} to cum
div., for money, and 94 to k, ex div., for the
account.

The commercial demand for money was again
active yesterday though not quite so pressing as on
Thursday. In the general market scarcely any busi-
ness was done below 3 per cent., and the appli-
cations at the Bank of England were accordingly
to a good extent
The final instalment of 10 per cent, less the
dividend, falls due on Tuesday next, the 12th
inst , on Messrs. Rothschild's Rumian Loan, intro-
duced here in April, 1882.
The exact amount of specie engaged for trans-
mission to Brazil, to-day, by the steamer Parana,
is 365,4231., of which 358,1201. is gold, and 7,3001.
silver.

The advicee from Melbourne by the mail just
announced report the shipment for England
during the month of 389,6001. in gold.
The tendency of the exchangesyeeterdayafternoon
was again unfavourable. Subjoined is our usual
list

Amsterdam, 3 ntoetha, 11.17* to 1 ; ditto, 3 days,
1L 15 to 16; Rwtiam, 3 meths, ILl7* to 3 ; Anteerp,
3nionths, 25.40 to 5 ; Hamburg, ms. kazoo, three mootbs,
13.71 to' ; Paris, 3 days, 25.171 to 221 ; ditto, 3 months,
25.421 to 71 ; Frankfort-es.MwrMaisti, 3 months, 1191 to
1; Petersburg (per rouble), 3 months, 35i to 1 ; Vienna,
a. So., 3 imbibe, IL2O to 25 ; Trieste, elf. So., Smooths,
11.20 to 25 ; Madrid, 3 months, 49 to * ; Qsdis, 3 months,
481 to 49 ; Leghorn, 3 mouths, 25.50 to 5 ; Gems, 3
months, 25.50 so 5 ; Milan, 3 n.onths, 26.50 to 6
Naples, 3 months, 25.50 to 5 ; Palermo, 3 months, 26.521
to 71; Masons, 3 months, 25.521 to 71; Lisbon, 90 days,
521 so 63; Oporto, 90 days, 53 to a.

Subjoined are the rates of disoount now current
on the Continent, viz.:—Paris, $1 per cent. ;
Vienna, 5 ' • Hamburg, 24 ; Turin, 44 ; Frankfort,
; Amsterdam, 3} ; Berlin, 31 ; Brussels, 3 ;
and St Petersburg, 5 per cent.

A fuller " preliminary statement" of the " Im-
perial Royal Privileged Union Bank of Austria
(Limited) has been issued. The subscription,
opened through Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill,
has attracted so much attention that three-fourths
of the proposed capital of 2,000,0001. has already
been covered. A copy is given of a letter, j net re-
ceived by the promoters, from the Barou de
Thierry, in which he authorises them to take the
necessary steps for securing the capital and to issue
the prospectus to the public.
An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the
Anglo-Portuguese Bank is called for the let of June
to sanction the proposed amalgamation with the
London and Brazilian Bank

A new company is in course of formation, to be
called the National lJnion Life Assurance Com-
pany, with a capital of 100,0004 Amongst the
advantages to insurers which this company proposes
to offer is a method of appropriating bonuses on
policies, by means of which the sum assured is to
become payable during the insurer's lifetime.
The official returns show the net earnings of the
Northern Railway of Canada for the first quarter
of the present year to have been 6,5121. sterling,
against 8741. for the corresponding quarter of 1862,
and 1,2001. in 1861.

A call of 31. is to be paid on the shares in the
Mercantile and Exchange Bank (Limited) by the
21st inst.

The report of the directors of the British Pru•
dtutial Assurance Company states that the amount
of new business transacted during the year is
16,4711. in policies completed and paid upon. The
annual premium income is now 56,4811. The ba-
lance in favour of the company last year was
41,3391. 19s. 6d., and after paying and providing
for 4,6/13/. 19s. Id. (the profits declared at last
meeting) there remain/ a present balance of
49,8531. 175., showing a surplus upon the year of
13,1971. 16e. 7d. Interest at the rate of 5 per
cant, is to be paid to the shareholders on the 15th
instant.
The letters of allotment of the London Financial
Association will be issued early nest week.

...
The letters of allotment of the New Zealand
Banking Corporation were issued yesterday.

FRIDAY EYEING.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 92} to ex
div. for the 9th of June, were tint marked this 1
,
morning 92} and closed at 92} to 4. For 1
money the last price was 93} to with div. Thal
business report leas follows :—Three per Cent. Con- I
sole, for money, 934, 4,4, cum ; ditto, for
account, 92}, }, ex div.; Three per Cents. Reduced,
915, 3 ; New Three per Cents., 913, 3 • Thirty
Years Annuities, 1885, 145 ; Bank Stock, 2341,
235 ; India Stook, 231, 230 ; ditto Five per Cent.
Stock, 1094, 110 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent.
"enfaced" rupee paper. 1151.
The India Five per Cent. Stock remains steady,
at 109 i to 110, but the continued demand for
money has caused a fresh fall of 2s. in Exchequer
Bills, which closed at la. to 4s. prem.
Extensive transactions continue to take plane in
foreign stocks. The tendency of prices to-day was
decidedly more favourable.
Ocean Marine shares closed to-day at 10
to 10} prem. ; Universal Marine, 1} to
05 clis. ; 'Mimes and Mersey, 25 to 3} pram.
Commercial Union, I to l} prem. •, North British
and Mercantile, 17} to 18 ; and Oriental and
General Marine, 1 to 1} prem.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-day were sa follows :—Britiab and
Bore•r Marine, to prem.; Bank of Otago,
I to prem. ; London Bank of Scotland, 3 to 1
prem. ; Anglo-Indian Cotton, } to I prem. ; Oriental
Tea, to 1} prem. ; English, 'Belgian, and Nether-
lands Bank, I to 1} prem. • General Steam Culti-
vation, } to prim. ; Sardinian Railway, } Lo 3

prem. ; Soutbampton Imperial Hotel, 1 to
pram. ; Cannes Hotel, 4} to 5 prem. ; Mediter-
ranean Hotel! 24 to 24 prem. ; London Finan-
cial Association, 14 to 11 prem., being better ;
Union Marine. If to If prem. ; Empire Marine,
to prom. ; Menniutils Union Assurance, to
prem. ; and West Surrey Tanning, to prem.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoow.

In the mining market to-day, EraZlia;set
shares are very heavy, and have declined to 97} to
100. This quotation is 171. lower than that
of yesterday. Wheal Seton are also worse
at 265 to 260, and East Caradon at 37f
to f. Wheal Ludcott are quoted 5f to f
and Great Fortune, 38 to 37, ex div. Cambrian
Gold shares have been dealt in in the Stock Ex-
change, at f dia., being firm ; Providence at 41 ;
Tincroft at 193 ; and Wheal Ludoott at 53
and N.
Foreign and colonial mining shares are rather
active, but prices generally are about the same as
yesterday. Don Pedro, East del Rey, General,
St. John del Rey, and Yndanamutana have met
with chief attention.