The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1348,

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bill of exchange, on the representation that the party who
negotiated ths transaction, and who was an advertising bill
discounter, would get the bill d;scounted. The jury found
that the transaction wu fraudulent so far as the parties were
concerned who bad directly communicated with the defen-
dant, but u there was evidence that the plaintiff, an un-
married lady, had advanced Mil on the security of the bill,
under the dtrection of the Lord Chief Baron a verdict was
found for the plaintiff for that amount. A rule was after-
wards obtained to set aide the verdict and for a new trial,
upon the grounds of missdirection, and that an inquiry into
the relation existing between the plaintiff and of the previous
parties to the bill, had hem improperly interdicted. After
Baring
t e
h arguments of counsel at great length the rule
was made absolute for a new trial.

miniatures, and gold and silver ornaments, to be Leld as
heirlooms, except such things as I shall specifically bequeath
by this my will; and I an direct that my executors do make
an inventory of all such chattels and effects." The will was
dated in March, 1839, and was followed by several codicils,
by the second of which, dated in Janusry. IllowsBl6, •
th"el dealer tatator,
amongst other things, bequeathed as foe
my will and mind to be that, in adlition o the cks and
things I have in my will and codicil made t
heirlooms all and
singular the miniatures and pictures and silver filagree In-
dian articles, ornaments for tables, and foreign lace, and all
other the articles contained in two green boxes tied with
tape and sealed with my seal, and which are num-
bered 1 and 2, and depuit d in a drawer in my
library ; and also all the miniatures, seals, and all
other articles contained in a small cabinet in my gallery,
shall be considered and taken to be as heirlooms; and I
hereby give and bequeatk them to my executor' as heirlooms
in my family ; and I hereby authorise and direct my execu-
tors to make an inventory of all and singular the articles
hereby bequeathed, and sign the same ; and I authorise them
to open such boxes and cabinet for that purpose." At the
death of the testator in May 1842, Erirlge Castle and the
other family estates attached to the earldom, and which
were strictly entailed by statute passed in the reign of
Philip and Mary, descended upon John, the late earl, who
was the eldest son of the testator. An inventory of the arti-
cles mentioned it, the bequest was made by Earl John, who
delivered a copy. of such inventory to the executors of his
father, but retained and used the articles during his life. At
the death of Earl John the articles bequeathed were
claimed by hi. brother William, the present earl and only
other child of the testator,as heirlooms, annexed, oolong asthe
law against perpetuity would admit of, to tke estates. The ex-
ecutors of the late Earl John also claimed them as the abso-
lute property of their testator, and the present bill
was flied to have the title thereto established under the di-
rection of the court. The parties defendant were the present
earl and his two sons, and the personal representatives of his
brother, the deceased Earl John.—The case having been
argued in Feb. hut, his Honour now delivered judgment,
observing that the limitations in the will and codicil upon
which the question had arisen were clearly not directory, or
such u showed an intention on the part of the testator that a
settlement should be made to effectuate the intention ex-
preseed. The bequest, rather, was one in which the testator
had undertaken to be his own conveyancer, and had under-
taken to frame the limitations himself. That being theme
he was bound by authority to hold, doubtless in opposition to
the testator's intention, that the articles bequuteathed were not
annexed to the possession of the estates, b that they hail
become the absolute property of the late Earl John, and as
such belonged to his representatives.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII.
Sittings in Banco.
PHILLIPS I. CH ABLBS.—BREACH OP PROMISE OF
Maant•on.—Thia was a case tried at the last assizes for the
county of Gloucester, before Mr. Justice Patteson, the
plaintiff being a spinster, 43 years of age, keeping a lodg-
ing house at Cardigan; and the defendant, an attorney in the
same town, whose age is 15. The action was brought to
recover compensation in damages, Er a, breach of promise
of marriage.—lt appeared that on the Gth August last, the
defendant met the plaintif at a pic-Lic party, and, after
some little flirtation, bang smitten with her charms, made
her an offer of marriage in the presence other sister, a Mrs.
Wire, and wished to be married three days after, stating
himself to be worth 9,0401. in possession aid reversion. lie
was, however, induced to defer the happy day until the
14th of the following month ; and the plaintiff meantime
went to Clifton, neer Ilristol, to make preparations for the
wedding, the defendant having previously given her 501.
for her outfit, and promised that the ceremony
should take place on the day named at Clifton.
When the time, however, arrived, the defendant waf not
forthcoming, and the wedding was therefore postponed until
the 18th, four days later, to give time for his anise'. Mean- '
while, the plaintiff ascertained that the defendant had on the
ehe
day on which he bad engaged to marry her, led to t
hymeneal altar an old woman, 70 years of age, who was
stated to bee pauper, with whom the defendant had lodged
for 30 yeah, and who hail previously threatened that the de-
fondant should not arry the plaintiff whilst she (the old
woman) lived. Them enerable bride was taken to the church
in an arm-chair, and supported whilst there on crutches.
Upon these facts the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages 1,0001.—Mr. Whiteley, Q.C., now moved for a rule
for a new trial on the ground of the damages being excessive.
and produced affidavits to show that the property of which
the defendant was at present possessed did not amount to
more than 3,0001., with 601. a year from some old houses at
Narteth ; and also that one of the jurymen had stated he
would not hove given more than 2501. damage', if
he had known that the defendant was not ac-
tually worth 0,0001., as stated by Mrs. Wire, one
of the principal witnesses for the plaintiff. It was fur-
ther alleged that two of the jurors were particular friends of
the plaintiff's; that she had got the venue changed to
Gloucester; that no real affection had ever existed between
the parties ; and 'wither the plaintiff's character or prospect*
had sustained any damage by the non-fultilment of the de-
fendant's promise, as she was still keeping the same lodging-
house which she had hetore the defendant induced
her to leave Cardigan. Moreover, it was contended
that if the action had been tried at Cardigan,
where both the parties were well known, a much smaller
amount of damages would have been given. Under ell these
circumstances the learned counsel hoped the court would
grant a rule, which would no doubt have the effect of causin
some
arrangement to be made between the parties.—Lord
Denman repudiated the ideaof a role being granted with such
an object, and thought the conduct of the defen
hisdant h
ad
ad
been extremely cruel. It also appeared that lear
brother bad cautioned the jury not to give intemperate da.
nage,. They were the beat/ judge of what the plaintiff was
entitled to, and the court could not intorfere.—Eule refused.

BAIL CO ariT.
amine In Wm.—Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.
SRIRLDS V. ROCILON.—.UN DERGRADVATEB At OXFORD.
—Mr. Barstow moved for a rule to show cause why the ver-
dict in this case should not be set aside, or a nonsuit entered
pursuant to leave reserved by the under-sheriff of Oxford-
shire, before whom the cause was tried. From the statement
of the learned counsel it appeared that the plaintiff was a
confectioner at Oxford, and the defendant an undergraduntiff ate.
and the action was brought for goods supplied by the plai
to the defendant in the way of his business. The defendant had
put two pleas upon the record ; first that he was never indebted
and also a plea of infancy, upon which latter plea the whole
case turned. To this defence the plaintiff replied that the
articles in question were fit and necessarf for a person in the
position and station of the defendant.—The Under-Sheriff,
in summing up, left this question t• the jury as the only
point in the cue for their consideration, at the same time
observing that he did not consider cakes and confectionery
necessary to be supplied to an undergraduate.—The jury,
however, found a verdict for the lainff, but leave to move
was reserved.—Mr. Justice Coleridge: Take a rule.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
SMITH v. DEARLOYI3.—INKEEYERa' 1,113:O. —This was a
case which was tried at York, in which a verdict was re-
turned for the plaintiff, dameges 301. The action was in
troves for a carriage. The defence wee, that the defendant
had alien on the carriage for a tavern bill. It appeared
that the defendant was the proprietor of the Queen's Hotel,
at Harrogate. In the hut summer the plaintiff came to
that town, and having taken lodgings near the Queen'a
lintel, sent his horses and carriage there, and they remained
from September to December. The plaintiff, although he
did not live at the inn, had refreshments from there, and also
sent a friend of his there, who was received on his credit. A
bill was sent in to the p'rintiff, which consisted partly
of charges for the standing of his carriage
and horses, partly for the accommodation of his
friend, and partly for refreshments supplied to him
(phe laintiff). On the Ilth of December the plaintiff's wi
( being absent) sent for the curriage. The defendant re-
fe
fused to part with it until his bill was settled. This was the
conversion on which the action was founded. The action
was brought on the 13th of December, no tender having
been previously made.—Mr. Baines now moves to enter a
nonsuit, contending that there was sufficient to show that
the plaintiff was so far a guest at the inn as to give the inn-
keeper a lien on the carriage, for although the plaintiff did
not actually live at the inn, still he had had refreshments
there and had made himself liable for the accommodation of
his friend. In the case of " Yorke. Grreneugh" (2 Lord
Raymond), it had been held that a person was a guilt at
an inn if he left his horse there, although he did not remain
himself, because there was a prefit to the inukeeper, and
he was responsible for the horse, and in " Bennett v. Milkr"
(sTerm Reports) it had been held that a person was a guest
at an inn, even it he went there for temporary reaestiment.
—The court took time to consider whether they would
grant a rule to show cause.
BATTY v. biARIOTT.—LEO•LITY OF • FOOT BALE.—In
this case • rule to show cause had been obtained to set aside
the verdict and enter a nonsuit. It appeared that a foot race
was to be run between the plaintiff and • person named
Askew, and they each contributed a sum of 101. to form a
prize for the winner, and the sum was deposited with the
defendant es a stakeholder. The race was run, and a dispute
arose as to which was the winner; but the defendant pail
the 201. over to Askew, on the decision of an umpire that he
had won. The plaintiff protested against the pay-
ment, and subsequently brought an action for his
contribution ; and a verdict was found in his favour
kw 101.—Mr. Ogle now showed cause against the rule, and
argued that this was a contribution to an illegal game
under the statutes 16 Charles 11. c. 7, 9 Anne c. 14, and
8 & 9 Vic. c. 109, sec. IS, and therefore the plaintiff had a
right to recover back his money from the stakeholder.—Mr.
Rill, in support of the rule, contended that the foot:race WWI
a legal game ; that the statutes cited did not apply to it, as
they did not prohibit such games, but imposed penalties on
persons cheating at them;
`anew wheinnerre e whole stall
contributed was to be pa , i tth was not an
illegal wager.—The Court, in giving judgment, said that the
first question was whether a foot race wz.s a legal game, and
if it were not it was only rendered as by the statute of
Anne; but they were of opinion that that statute was
repealed so far as it was applicable to that point. If the foot
race was not unlawful, and the money
padshd beim
toutedcontributed
by. the two parties contesting the race, awarded
winner, it was difficult to see how it differed from a wager,
which was made unlawful by 18 sect. 8 and 9 Vic. c. 109.
But it was evident by the proviso of the section that it was
the intention of the legislature that it was nit to apply to
sums contributed to be award( to in
a wner, and this case
came within that proviso. The plaintiff, therefore, was not
at liberty to rescind a contract which he had entered into to
contribute to a lawful game, and was not entitled to recover
back the money he had subscribed. The rule for a nonettit,
therefore, must be abeolute.
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POLICE.—YESTERDAT.
TILE MURDER IN WESIMILNSTER.
WESTMINSTER,— W. Tonkin was charged with the
wilful murder of Maria Eden, by stabbing her. The pri.
sorer is • good-looking young man, about 23 years of age,
and appeared to be in great agony ; and trembled.—Police-
constable Hobson said : Yesterday morning I was on duty in
Resent-street, when I heard the cry of" Police" from Vin-
centstreet. I immediately ran to the spot with a Mr. Keene,
who told me that a man had stabbed a woman, and found a
woman lying on her face, partly on the kerb and partly in
the gutter. The woman was insensible. She was not bleed-
ipg. We lifted her up and discovered a wound under the
collar-bone. I took her to the surgery of Mr. Pearly,
the divisional surgeon, who examined her, and found she
was dead. The body was thin removed to the workhouse
Policeman Scott "aid he knew the prisoner. He saw the
prisonce and a female coming across Regent-street on the
p us night. The prisoner said " Good night." lie
knew the prisoner from having been gaoler at the time he
and a young woman were charged at the station on the 24th
of March with having been drunk and disorderly. lie then
went round part of his beat, aud on returning to Holywell-
street the prisonir stopped him, and he (witness) in
consequence of what he said, went to the shop of
Mr. Pewee, the surgeon, where he saw the female, whom
he recognised as the one he had item the prisoner with. lie
searched her, but only found about her a key and the hand-
kerchief produced. Ile and Wright got the stretcher, aud
took her to the workhouse. As they were waiting at the
door, a girl came up and said the female lived in Dame-
' street. lie then went to the stat:on-house and hod the
' charge-book searched, in order to discover the res.deuce of
the prisoner, which was found to be No. 7, Vincent-row.
There he went in company with Inepecter Cumming', and
found Sergeant Wright and Policeman Wight with the pri-
soner in their custody. He was taken to the station-house.
Mr. Arthur Keene, of Page-street, Westminster, said
that on Sunday morning, when at the corner of Vincent-
street, he heard a faint cry or rcreech. He went down
Vincent-street, in the direction from which the cry pro-
ceeded, and saw a figure in the dark corner of the street.
It was the body of a female lying on the ground about three
yards from a court. liar feet were near the kerb-stone, and
her head about three feet from it in the road.. She lay on
her face, with her arms folded mid. r her. lie passed her
alieut a yard, when he saw the priomer, who was standing
between the pier of the gable and the post. lie asked him
what he had been doing to her, to which he gave no reply,
but he came ahout one paco towards him. The witness
went on to s .y, tt I put the question to him again, but
again received no atswer. I asked him if she
was his wife, and why he dad not go and lift her up. '
He then went twit feet towards her. Before I asked
him if she was his wife, the woman raised herself very
feebly about six inches from the ground, but she sank down
immediately into her former penmen. When he went to-
wards her, he said ' Maria.' lam not sure that be slid
' get up,' but he mentioned her name. lie immediately
turned round and said, ' I have killed her—l have stabbed
her with that knife,' at the same time exhioiting a knife
to me in his left hand. (The knife, a common clasp one,
with a long blade, sech as those used by persons of the claw;
of the prisoner, was here produced. The prisoner trembled
violently, and hung down his head.) I could only observe
the blade. That, to the best of my belief, was the knife.
I looked up and down the street for assistance, but not
seeing any person near, I did not like to leave him. I again
asked him what he had done, when he said, ' I have I
stabbed her with that knife,' at the same time moving
his arm up and down. I waited • short time for assist-
ance. Whilst I was wetting the prisoner said, 'Call the
police ; I will give myself up.' As he appeared very
parsiee, and not likely to go away, 1 proceeded to
Regent-street, in search of a policeman. I knew there
were two men standing at that corner. I bcaogght them to
give assistance, as a man had cabbed a woman, and one of
them called nut ' Police.' I said' lam afraid he will make
off,' and one of them ran down the street immediately. (The
prisoner here sat down, and leant Lis head upon the dock.)
The police and several other persons then came, who lifted
the woman up and placed her against the wall. She was
then alive, but quite insensible. I, however, opened her
eyes, brought her over to :the lamp, and on opening her
bosom a wound was discovered just below the throat, and a
little towards the left breast. The wound was such a
one as the anife would mese. She was then alive, i
for she opened her eyes and moved her mouth. She was
then taken to the surgeon's."
Sergeant Wright : lie gave directions to have the woman
taken to Mr. Pearee's. This wan done, and he saw that
gentleman examine her. lie then had her taken to the
dead house of the workhouse. Whilst there a woman came
up, and he asked her to look at the female on the stretcher.
She did so, and said her name was Maris, sad gave her ad-
dress. Policeman Wight and he went to the residence of
the prisoner 7, Vincent-greet. His father looked out of the
window, and he was bald they wanted his son. lie came
down and opened the doer, and showed them into the par-
lour, where they found the prisoner in bed apparently in a
sound sleep. Wight called him several times by his name,
but he did not answer. I clapped my hand, continued the
witness, upon him, and he sprang up in bed, and said to
the constable who was with me, " What do you want, I
Harry?" The constable told him he bad been ill-using
" Maria." He got out of bed and sat on the side of it.
He then asked the question, "Is she dead ?" twice. I told
him she was, lie asked where she was, and I replied in
St. Margaret's workhouse. lie then threw himself on the
bed, in agony and grief, and exclaimed, with his hands to-
gether, "Oh, my God, I have done for her!" After a
minute or two we induced him to dress. Seeing the state of
excitement he was in I took the precaution to search his
clothes. In the right-hand pocket of the jacket he has now
on I found a knife, the point of the blade of which was
covered with blood. We took him away with tie, and as we
passed the end of the street where the woman had been
found he exclaimed, " Oh, my God, I can't go by that place;
there she stands looking at me." After • little persuasion
we induced him to go. When he had pained the street he
said, There now, I will go with you. It was owing to that
soldier; but perhaps he will be sorry for it now." On the
way to the stadon-house he raid, " The knife has done it for
her, and the rope must de it for me."
Police-constable Wight corroborated the evidence of the
last witness.—Inspector Cumming said that he took the pri-
soner into his private mom, and caused him to undress. ,He
found blood on his left hand, on the palm end the two middle
fingers.
Mrs. H. Darling said the eeeeaseil, Maria Eden, had lived
at her house about nine weeks last Saturday. She said she
was a married woman, and that her !unhand was a brewer,
and worked at Thorne's brewery. She said he would pay
the rent. The prisoner came home with her when she took
the room, and remained every night with her for a fortnight,
but she never knew him to bike his noel three. After that
he came only occasionally. 'Eliey sometimes had a few words,
but they were very trifling, and they gear nil, made it up
soon after. She was a very sober female. fa ntan
Mr. 0. Pearse, surgeon, of L, Regent street, Vincent- tedo-- ..........
square, was next examined.—The female was brought to my .3.7, c.btioVirg,`,4):,;;„;K
house about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. She was quite if, Do. Pre ferruce ... .1
dead. She had a horizontal wound about three.quartera of 26 ti Do.
an inch in length above the lower end of the st coed rib. 1 26 '^i,V2t, it.l:: & it. i'.l
passed a probe into the wound. It extended vertically down- li u„,Caitca.),;pcprt.l
wards about two inches and a half. I tore open her dress, m &etc. asst • • I
but found no other wound. I cannot nay whether any vital 61 t.t.5143-...°21
part was injured without &post modem examination. About 5504 D . mwt";:i Ewir.
two ounces of blood trickled from the wound.—Mr. Bro- 150 80. S, shares
derip : Well, sir, you say the wound was above the second /3 I sjiirti 1
Undue .
rib. I suppose you have studied anatomy. Tell me, con- 1,42),, Do-! tut,. ,2".•
sidering the vital parts in that locality, if you Dave any 10' Do Deartd.ina
doubt that the wound was the cause of death I—Mr. Pearse :10 ~.....1,,,,..,,t1.••• •• tw• •
I have a doubt upon the subject—Mr. Droderip: What 1 1n',",,, .
yew '
caused her death ?—Mr. Pearce: I believe the wound did. 611 is, Am. 2 mu
—Mr. Broderip : Would such a knife as that cause such a tel 6., 1.1...1.'61" • •
wound ?—'.air. Pearce : It would. et, Edieberee a Way.
la 1 Irv. 6 Awes
Mr. Ercultrip : Pri•oner at the bar, if you wish to make 124 Do. 4 Mora . ..
any defence lent now ready to hear you. Have you soy- 22 #,..,_.. iY, 1,.„.1.1r.
~,,,. .
thing to say.—Prisoner (in a low voice) : No, sir.—After if,1,:ign0,77„,..
the depositions had been read over, Mr. Broderip said, iti ri,,J,,,,,t yorsiii
owing to the doubt on the surgeon's mind as to whether the 40 Cit.doutbai Samy,
wound was the cause of death, it would be necessary to re- litl'i,t. :1,'4. Z; Lh al '7::
mend the prisoner on this charge of wilful murder until 3r) Do. Amour. ....
Wednesday, in order that some competent medical man it) /Po. .Inr, 151. •
might be appointed to make the necessary investigation.— 13 iOlgt vi=
The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday. nil Lo. t Awes ..... •
CLERKENWELL.—ASaAIrLT WITH INTENT TO MUD: 5., ' 130. •gil.•••••••••
Init.—Caroline Adams was finally ixsmiackl, charged by t9ollibtan.l%.;;:., jl;:l'et„„,—*:
Sarah Anna Davies with hawing ti,aulted her with intent 9 I De.. d,...._22irJs ..
ofe hud:
everlst osifiicAeribrcile
been in
prisoner, so
101,ttfiLenwu aErind:vs...t.
rudacrwrreaitslh,with the prooecutrix, met her in the 2111 DDt 11:= ••••• •
wahlaerngeshkeuattbacyks,edhichher,shane dwarawt 11111,;:a.m.niired...tat.Aiain..noaas.
New-road,
ehero".l:ll3""Moduth'gBd thet . all 1!
:shtashtte.—The prisouer was committed is, Lk, miry ......
1 t
seriously i
t.ilnuriane raw. odunndeet the
dangerous
hunsai
tor trial. _ ea Lerawsenvererest
MARYLEBONB.—AIsOLICITOIt STEALING JEWELLERY. IS 1: th,,,..
—Mr. William Blackman, of the firm of Wilton and I.li kulrhura ......,
Blackman, solicitors, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn, was e, V. ,41,1±s.__,_
....I
charged, upon his own cuidaasion, with having committed a MI IL'. '1.4`,.17Z.d.,1
robbery.—A police constable deposed that on that morning .6' 00.Lireeot.tenters
the pei•oner accosted him in Oakley-square, St. Pancras, and 33 lloliudderstif
said that he wished to give himself up for haring robbed his noo fr0.,,,yrz(i1,17.
sister, who rend( el at Rye, Sussex, of some jewellery and Is I Ivo,
other things, at the same time alleging that what he had 9 I Do.4,s7utres l,
I done preyed heavily upon his mind, and he was afraid that E ,L,7,1":1,111.',!, 11,7.
...;
'it would be the death of his two sisters, Ile was taken to isi DG.7.4,,,.::',, „ ,I.
the station-house, and be there took from his pockets so
41 Doi' rel. b perEimi ,
rings, brooches, and more articles of showy jewellery, as also bift..eli.o.r:gceSk 1 rownos ar.u..Ars.
80uk,,,e a Amis..
a gold wawa (the latter article proved to be the pri:oner's ,1„,r„,ja.,,,,,6„,,,,„.1 Coco/ Fr.lor.di Yes, 12 ,
own).—Mr. Wilton remarked that the prisoner bad gone to s 4 Do. Nese ... .Ifo.l. IDutc.l abenleb.
Rye to endeavour to arrange affairs with his sisters, in whose te lin'illl, S.C. 11 Etat ludo
Do Com Eighths
house au execution had been put, and that he certainly I D.,:d..0,,• ~,,,590.: a Louraind in &Man it
7 lAtrembown7
brought away the articles named, the worth of the whole of to mapecr.Cnv.ap.Ct. 40 45 16 Namur and Leap.- 3
them being somewhere about 10s.or 12.5. Mr. Wilton added, 50 Do. do. 1651
that he believed that when prisoner gave himself up his mind Dr•ologere°n "e", : ~a 6 Orkom d; BortlaW 4$
44 Owe isui .... ..... 3 M.
was somewhat disordered.—Mr. Broughton considered it to London s• N. V. °Awn 124 766 le pa,t. si,d 1,..... u a
necessary that name further inquiry should be instituted, and 22 De. is/tares LA01,16 7p. Paris and Orleans.. 16 20
remanded the prisoner until next Monday.—He was liberated 2 Do. hew .. .3i te 10 Paris and Mum— .11 14
2 Do. Fifths.. • ..14 a Pares & Stroao.rg . 161.
on hail. v., Do.it.. i.i.l:t . Rouen and Harry .. 6 A
I SOUTHWARK. —AsSatt.T.— Jeremiah and Thomas 1ia.D.4.04.111 a a 011 i 2p. JO Sambre and Meow.. 41
York were charged with committing violent assaults on l'' • 100:U1-113: lei's*. ',', Tears •,I
James Littleton, an aged man living In Lock's-fields.—The VIM* ASSIL 10...410nt1eD; 03; 0106grilti, G 3 ; Venice. Milan, 44
complainant stated that on Saturday night, as he wassittirg LI„mo. a

MONEY MAP 'CET.
moNDAT ES ENING.
A peculiar but almost general feeling of uneasiness,
for which no one seemed able to account on any suffi-
cient grounds, was apparent to-day both in financial
and commercial circles. The still tumultuous
meetings in l'aris ; the Schleswig-Holsti.in im-
broglio; the loans decreed for Prussia i—were the
prominent foreign causes aw.igned. More wary ob-
servers were found, however, to look nearer home for
a solution of the enigma so unsatisfactorily expounded, '
and assume to have discovered it. The run upon the
Irish savings banks is one of the facts protruded
in this category, and there is rea'on to believe
not without some foundation, but for serious mischief
to circulation, or to credit, even if it extended to the
sum total of the deposits, the utmost success of such a
run would be a bathos the most ludicrous. Again,
small rumours were bruited of an incipient similar run
upon the English savings banks. This run, however,
has been pointed out under this head fur months past.
But the run, as then shown, was not for cash, or for
specie, but for transfer into a better-yielding secu-
rity. The savings banks dole out about 2/. 19s. per
cent ; Consols yield more than 31. Humble depositors
now are, it will be seen, far in advance by inZelligence
of the mere hoarding propensity. They can calculate
by fractions, and interpret the compound of accumu-
lation.
There may be more or less in the reasons here sug-
gested for the heaviness in the funds, and in stock
and money business, to-day. Separately, they do not
seem of importance, and are readily susceptible of
explanation; in the aggregate they posse,sed weight.
It is proper to notice the fact, as fact it is believed
to be, that a considerable outflow of bullion and specie
is now going on from this country. We know of
buyers and partners of large wholesale houses carry-
ing out daily their thousands of hard sovereigns to
pay for foreign goods—French, particularly—and
larger stocks than common, because sovereigns,
against notes of the Bank of France, or other French
bank notes, or against French rentes, or treasury
bonds, or French railway shares, will command from
30 to 50 per cent. lesser prices and better bargains.
The gold will ever beet the paper that,
not convertible at will, must infallibly lose
caste and credit. France will be the great loser from
the want of credit, for industry must be sacrificed
by it. But great bargains there, and on a continent
in revolution, must carry off British gold. The cel-
lars of the Bank will be emptied to all the extent
possible ; but the gold must and wig come back.
Consols opened at 821 to; for both money and
account, and beyond that ascended one fraction only.
They descended subsequently, and scarcely with a re-
action, to 81 to I for money and account. Reduced
Threes 801 to Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
8I to 1. Long Annuities, 81 to 5-16. Bank Stock,
186 j to Bj. India Stock, 228 to '230. Exchequer
Bills, 40s. to 438. premium. India Bonds, 18s. to
225. premium.
In foreign stocks generally there was an improve-
ment, without much disposition to speculation. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 38 to 40 ; the Fours,
55 to 60. Russian, 73 to 82. Spanish Fives, 101 to
111 ; the Threes, 194 to 20j ; Passive, 24 toPor-
tuguese, 14j to 151. Mexican, 141 to 15. Peruvian,
29 to 31. Brazilian, 58 to 62. New Grenada, 121
to 14j.

CNOLIBII
flank Rook, 100 85
3 per C. Roiluoed Anna, 905 5
3 per Cent. Can. LUL/. 821 14 2
11 2 15
Nese 31 per Cent. Anne., 811 i 11 1
Long Ann., . 38 year., rap. Jan. 6,
land, 81 5-15
vozsacil
5 per Ct. Itrasillan Bilk, 51 2
Ditto, tAadl, 621 3
Duni, NCK, 1543.110
1 per Cent. Grenada Bond., 125
b 'wet. bleak:an. 16411, 1111 1
Do. Aoct., April 20,111
6 per Ct. Peruvian DAL, 30
3 per Cent. Portunuex Bonds, 15
Dpm Ci. Portnoy. ..4 ltd., U 16
itto, Acct., 15

71., NEM.
Inli Stock. 231223
Indio Honda, ElnOn. 1820 u, n
Po.. under Li.t.o. 18 pm.
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Do E3OO 44 " 1 nra
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/ St., 80 2
8 ter Cent. Spanish 13.1 z., dlr. from
tor-1640,11 lei
Ditto, Derive Bonds, 28
3 po r Cent. elpanhh Boob, 201`.,4
Ditto, Acct., April 21.20/
21 Per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 19
-ice Dutch M:change, 12
4U CZ.
38
4 per Cosh ditto Certilloatts, 55

RAILWAY NElf3.
Except North Staffords, still in decline, we had a
better tone of the market for shares generally yester-
day, with a more decided tendency to improvement ia
the leading lines. French shares however were heavy.
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