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to the judge so to do.—The defendant said that Mr. Burden,
the governor of the prison, toad him that he could not be
committed again.—Mr. Commissioner Bullock : That was
only Mr. Burdun's op.inion. The point was so very nice,
that he (the learned judge) would not decide whether he
had such power or not, with making some inquiries, and
should therefore adjourn the case until the next court day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Before Dlr. Commissioner Foobleague.
THE FORTH MARINE INBURANCH COWL:47.—TM' day
was filed for the proof of debts and an audit in the matter of
this company, the proceedinFs in which we have reported se
they occurred from time to tune. An objection was takes to
a claim upon a policy of insurance effected with the =y
upon a vessel built in New Brunswick, as not a
"British " built ship, although a certain sum had been fold
into court, which the directors were advised to be sufficient
to cover the loss, and satisfy their engagement. An action
at law was now pending on the subject and until that was
settled it was not the practice of this court to interfere, nor to
user "damages" which it would be for a jury to ascertain.
—The learned Commissioner concurred, but thought that
the clamant should be permitted to prove, without preju-
dice, however, to the action which was now pending. In
the meanwhile he would carefully consider his judgment.—
It was stated in the course of the day that the whole of the
company's affairs were now locked up in Chancery, and at
what period the claimants maybe satisfied, or the company's
affairs wound up, it would be impossible to calculate. The
official assignee (Mr. Pennell) has now in hand about 1,5001.
The other cases set down for bearing were disposed of; but
-- of public interest

SECONDARIES' COURT.-RYLAND TAE EASTERN
COCNTIEAKA.TLWATCOSPANT.—Str, —ln your reportot this ellat, tnyaur
journal of this morning, you state that Sir Frederick Thesiger was
counsel for the plaintiff : It should be that he was retained on behalf
of the company, Mr. Beriesnt Shee baring been retained as counsel
for Mr. %land, the plaintiff. It may alto be as well to mention that
the record was not withdrawn, until an amicable adjustment between
Mr. Ryland and the company had been come to.—Tuonas )31100011/2
Attorney for Mr. Ryland.-36, Carey t, Nov. 19.

POLICE.—YESTERDAY.
MARYLEBONE.—ROBBERIES BY A CLERK AT A RAIL-
WAY STATION.—John Lester, clerk to Messrs. Deacon and
Co., White Horse, Cripplegate, and who as carriers have
extensive warehouses at the Camden-town station of the
London and North Western Railway, was charged with
having committed numerous robberies. Mr. Humphreys
attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Robinson for the pri-
soner, whose connexions see, it is said, highly respectable.
The court was much crowded, and owing to the fact of many
acts of plunder having been perpetrated at the above and
other railway stations by porters, carters, &c., the proceed-
lags excited con.iderable interest. The prisoner, who was
night clerk, was, at seven in the morning of the 12th inst.,
met in the Hampetead-road coming in a direction from the
station, and had with him a brown paper parcel. Informa-
tion of the same was given to the foreman, and on the
prisoner being spoken to, he denied having carried away
any parcel at all. He was given into custody; his apart
ments in Hartland terrace, Kentish-town, were marched
and in them were found two handsome shawlsi of Norwich
manufacture, and a new hat ; the articles alluded to were now
produced, as were also six expensive half shawls; the latter
were picked up shortly after the prisoner was taken in charge,
and were lying, wrapped up in paper, in the path, along
which he (prisoner) was, while in custody, brought, and the
supposition therefore was that he had dropped the parcel.
The property was identified as having been sent from
various houses in the City to customers its different parts of
the country. And it was set forth that some parties to whom
the goods were consigned had missed numerous articles from
their packages—Mr. Robinson cross-examined the ma-
jority of the witnesses, but did not in any very material par-
ticular shake their eridense.—The prisoner stands committed
for trial upon three distinct charges.
ROBBERY BY A TRADESMAN.—CharIes Reeves, a MAW
carpenter and builder, was charged with having stolen a
large quantity. of bricks, the property of Mr. Fergusson and
others, belonging to the Marylebone and Paddington Joint-
Stock Building Association. On the previous evening, a
look-out was kept, when 49 D saw the prisoner go to a large
stack of bricks, from which he took six, and was walking of
with them, when the officer took him into custody. He
offered to give any money if he might be allowed to go.—
He was committed for trial.—Mr. Robinson applied for his
client to be admitted to bail; securities would be given
to any amount. The magistrate refused to accede to the
request.
WESTMINSTER.—THE How. Ma. GRANTLEY BEEK'.
Lxv.—A middle-aged gentleman, who stated himself to be
the Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley, came to this court, and ad-
dressing Mr. Burrell, the presiding magistrate, said—" I
present myself here in consequence of having seen in the
newspapers an exparte 'statement of an accusation made
against me by persons named Woolfe and Lait. Al-
though I have received no summons, lam here to state my
readiness to meet any charge such persons may bring for-
ward, at such time as the magistrate may appoint. In the
meanwhile, if any gentlemen of the press are present, I trust
that they will report precisely what I have stated, and that
they will refrain from making any remarks until the case is
properly before the public." The hon. gentleman then
bowed to the magistrate, and withdrew.
A Witt.—J. Heid was charged with knocking at the lodge
of Charlotte-street chapel, Pimlico, without lawful excuse.—
Mary Rhodes,who resides at the lodge, said, that the defendant
came there twice on the previous evening, and insisted upon
having an interview with Mr. Kelly, the minister of the
chapel. Upon being told that he could not see him, defend.
ant, who was intoxicated, declared that he would remain
there until he did, and as divine service was about to com-
mence at the chapel she called a policeman and gave him into ,
custody. Witness knew of no reason for defendant's troub-
ling Mr. Kelly,but knew that Mr, Kelly visited defendant's
daughter when she was dying. Mr. Kelly had told witness I
that he would not see defendant.—The defendant said that
Mr. Kelly, the minister of the chapel, came to see his
daughter whilst she was on hffi death-bid, and got her to
slake a will, leaving all her property to his (defendant's)
wife. Mr. Kelly afterwards told him that she had made a
will, but positively refused to show it to him. As he
(defendant) was legally entitled to any property she possessed,
be considered Mr. Kelly was bound to show him the will.
Some household furniture had been removed by Mr.
Kelly's direction, and, added defendant, " the rest my beau-
tiful woman of a wife that belongs to his congregation has
got The defendant's landlord said, that although the will
had been prepared, it had never been executed by the
deceased female; Mr. Kelly and another person,however, on
the strength of the will, were parties to the removal of the
hirniture.—Mr. Burrell said he should discharge the defen-
dant, and as he appeared very excitable would recommend
that the landlord, or some other direr, et friend, should see
Mr. Kelly on the subject of the furniture.
THAMES.—Yesterday, Mr. Joseph Sanders, landlord of
the Blue Anchor public-house, Parsons-street, Ratcliffe-
highway, appeared to answer a complaint under the Mutiny
het, for refusing to receivs two soldiers billetted upon him.
Is appeared in evidence, that the soldiers arrived here in a
Dublin steamer at a late hour on Saturday night, the Bth
last., and were billetted upon the defendant by Inspector
Ellis, of the H. division. A police constable, 6011!, accompa-
nied them to the defendant's house at half-past one o'clock on
the morning of the 9th. The landlord was aroused from his
sleep, and looked out of window, but refused to open his doors,
and returned to his bed. The soldiers were under the necessity
of quartering themselves in the station-house for the night.
—Mr. Sanders. in defence said, he was obliged by the law to
keep his house closed from 12 o'clock on Saturday night
nu' one o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and he was not aware
that there was an exception in favour of the military.—Mr.
Ballantine said, the defendant would be liable to a penalty
for keeping his house open for the sale of beer and spirits
during the hours mentioned, but there was nothing in the
Mutiny Act which said that publicans were not to receive
soldiers hilletted upon them at any hour.—Mr. Sanders ex-
pressed his regret that he should have acted in ignorance
of the law, but all manner of stratagems were used on
Saturday night, after 12 o'clock, to make him open hie
doors by various persons who wanted refreshments, and he
had been put to much trouble and inconvenience by persons
knocking at the door after he had closed his house, and
representing they were the police or soldiers with a billet.
Oh the Saturday night in question a trick of this kind
was played off upon Dim. About half-past 12 o'clock the
bell was rung, and some persons called out, " The police.
We demand admission to see if the house is cleared. He
opened the door, and immediately several persons rushed
Into the house and demanded beer and spirits. He had (meat
difficulty in clearing the house. An hour and a half after-
wards, and just as he had fallen asleep, the bell was again
rung; he concluded, at sueh an unseasonable hour, that be
was being hoaxed, and shut down the window. He had been
a licensed vintualler fifteen years, and no complaint had ever
been made agsinst'him before. Inspectors Donegan and
Scott, of the H division, said the Blue Anchor was the best
conducted house in the district, and that Mr. Sanders was a
highly respectable man. Mr. Ballantine believed all the
defendant said was true, but he was bound to convict him ;
in consideration, however, of the excellent character given of
him, he should inflict the lowest penalty of 40s. and costs.
HAMMERSMITH.—STABBING.—An Irishman, named
Francis Smith, was brought up before Mr. T. Paynter, on a
charge of having, on the 27th of June, 1841, stabbed Red-
mond Barry.—The occurrence took place during an Irish
row, in Jenning's-buildines, Kensington. The prosecutor
had been an inmate of St. George's Hospital and of the
workhouse, and was still in a very weak condition.—The
prisoner was remanded.
THE LATE FATAL FALL OP Hoven IN OLD BROMPTON.
—DISTRESSING CASE.— Mr. Madden introduced to the
notice of the magistrate a young girl, neatly dressed in
mourning, whom he said was Catherine Casey, aged twelve
years, and only child of the man James Casey, who was
killed by the fall of three houses In Alfred-place, Old Bromp.
ton, on Thursday, the 12th in.q. The girl was previously mo-
therless, and by the unfortunate accident was now fatherless,
and without a relative or friend in the world. Since her
father's death she had been taken care of by Mrs. Bryan, a
poor woman living in Jenning's-buildings, who was herself
a recipient of parochial relief, whom he had advised to take
the girl to Messrs. Emmens, the builders, in whose employ
her father was, to see if they would not do something for
her, but all they had done was to take her to a shop and
give her a pair of shoes. He bad, therefore, brought her
before his worship to see if he could enable him to get her
into some asylum, where she would be taken care of and put
out in the world. The poor girl appeared &quiet intelligent
child, but quite broken down by the calamity which laud
befallen her, in the death of her only earthly protector.—
Mr. Poynter commended the kindness of the woman Bryan,
who was present, and advised Mr. Madden to try Manor-
house Establishment, Fulham, which he promised is do.
The worthy magistrate also ordered Mrs. Bryan is, from the
court poor-box, which, he said, was in reality a "poor box,"
being at the present moment empty.
WANDSWORTH.—A MASTER MASON CHARGED WITH
FILONT.—Mr. Henry Hewlett, • master stone mason, To-
siding in lArkhall-lane, Clapham, was charged with stealing

contained nothing

Chnt.ouiat.—Before Mr. Commissioner Mullett.
INPORTLET QUESTION UNDER THE SMALL DEBTS BILL.
—W. Biddle., a poor-looking man, who had only this morn-
ing been released from Whltecros,-street Prison, where he
has been incarcerated 40 days for neglecting to pay an instal-
ment upon en order made by the court, appeared to a fresh
summons which had been taken out against him.—Mr.
Buchanan, the solicitor for the plaintiff, said the present ease
came before the court upon very singular grounds. The
defendant had already suffered forty days' imprisonment for
non-payment of an instalment of the debt and costs in an
action tried in that court, amounting to 81. 16s. 6d. Several
instalments were due, but he was only committed for the
norpsyntent of one ; and his object in having the defendant
reemmused was to ascertain whether he could be summoned
at saw being ementitted for forty days, and nein re-
cormdttad for eantempt in not paying the other imbilments.
He might be relieved from the payment of that instalment
for while b. had already been in prison for 40 days, but that
isageiesson would notrelieire him from the payment of the
whale debt and costs- and he (Mr. Buchanan) would hire to
haw ill= had not the power to again commit him,
SOS MS 111/illl[
_DONE paid for forty days t—Mr.
Comiadanar Dank add his impremion was that he could
net he reommittad. as ha did not think any power was ghost

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1846.

two slabs of stoae, the property of Mr. Henry Morris, a
person in the same line of business, and residing in Dorset-
street, Clapham-road.—The prisoner and complainant were
both employed, about four months since, by Mr. Wood, a
builder, an fitting up some new houses in Union-grove, Clap-
ham, with marble and stone mantel-pieces and hearths. A
day or two subsequent to the great hailstorm, complainant
missed two out of four stone slabs, which he had de-
posited in a house where both he and the prisoner had a con-
tract to execute. He was unable to ascertain who the thief
was until the previous day, when, in consequence of infor-
mation he received from a man who had been in the pri-
soner's employ, he gave the latter into custody. One of the
missing slabs had been found used up in a job the prisoner
had executed.—The complainant, in his cross-examination by
Mr. Games, the prisoner's solicitor' said the property was
his own. He bad been a bankrupt, but hie fiat was open on
the 21st of last June. He had not got his certificate,
and should not have it until December next.
Mr. Games submitted that the property did not belong to
Mr. Morris, and, therefore, there was an end to the case.
His client was desirous of the matter undergoing the fullest
investigation, and there was bail present to any amount to
answer for his attendance on a future day.—Mr. Paynter
said he should like to have further evidence before be came
to any decision.—George Robins said he had been employed
by the prisoner for two years as a labourer. He recollected
that about August last he went with the prisoner to one of
Mr. Wood's houses, to clear out the water after the storm,
and he then saw four slabs in the kitchen. The prisoner
lifted one, put it under his arm, and left the house with it.
ems-examined by Mr. Games: I did not tell Mr. Morris till
yesterday. I did not say I would lock the prisoner up
before the night was over. His reason for leaving
the prisoner's service was that he was sick and tired of
working for him. He could have been transported twenty
times over, if the truck that he had to draw had been over-
hauled by the police.—Mr. Paynter observed that according
to the witness's own statement, he had been engaged with
the prisoner in stealing repeatedly. Why had he concealed
the malpractices of his master till yesterday /—The witness
fenced with the question, and at last said he was no scholar,
and a poor ignorant countryman; that he did not know
where Mr. Morris lived, and did not like to ask.—Mr.
Games contended that the evidence given by the witness was
unworthy of belief, and that he bad committed perjury, as
he had witness" to prove having heard him tell his aieut
that if he did not give him money, be would lock him up.—
Mr. Paynter said there was evidence before him that the
prisoner had taken a slab of stone, and therefore it was
necessary for his own character that he should appear again ;
and notice must be given to the official assignee. He would
be content with the prisoner's own recognisance in 201. to
appear spin that day week.—The prisoner having entered
into the required recognisance, left the court with his friends.

MONEY MARKET.
_ __ THURSDAY EVINING.

The weekly board was held at the Bank to-day, but
no alteration was made in the rate of interest. The directors,
in this abstinence of action, when urged by various motives
of interest, and even by representations from without of
banking interests anxious to see the value of money raised
officially higher, have acted wisely in the judgmentofrellect-
ing men. There is reason to hope that no overruling neces-
sity will arise on this side the new year to induce a departure
from their present policy. The rates of money may be, and
are generally conceived to be, too low, but this would cer-
tainly be the least convenient season possible in the public
interest for making any change in a higher direction.
The funds remain without alteration, and with more than
the usual absence of business. Consols were 941 to 1 for
money and time. Reduced Threes, 931 to 1. 'l'hree-and-
a-Quarter per Cents., 951 to 4. Bank Stock, 205 to 6.
India Stock, 256 to 8. Long Annuities, 91 to 15-16ths.
Exchequer Biller, Be. to Ile. prem. The decline in the
latter would seem to imply that sales may have been pressed
in some quarter, and it is supposed by the Bank, which is
believed to be a large holder. Under present circumstances,
of the ready absorption of money in various new channels,
more particularly in railways, Exchequer Bills are not so
easily placed in quantities as heretofore. Merchants
and traders have less unemployed capital at command
for temporary or more permanent investment. The sales of
Exchequer-bills to-day were quite unimportant, but the
market was so weak that the premium declined upon the
first operation. Should the Bank be forced into the market
as an avowed seller, there can be little doubt that, at the
present rate of interest carried by the bills, they would soon
be forced to a discount.
There is little to report about foreign stocks, in which,
however, the transactions were more numerous than of late,
although in amount the aggregate was of little consideration.
Mexican were quoted 21/ to 21, abroad margin sufficiently
indicative of the unsafe tenure on which the conversion
bonds are considered to be held. Spanish were quoted
lower: the Fives, 251 to / ; the Threes, 27 to 4. The self-
nominated committee of Spanish bondholders seem, in
their proceedings, to be more anxious to be bawd
of on the Stuck Exchange, and to influence prime,
than to work steadily, firmly, and quietly, in the onerous un-
dertaking of bringing the Spanish government to a due sense
of the obligations of national faith and honour. With a
government so utterly devoid of principle as that now exist-
ing in Madrid, at the head of which is Senor Isturitz, a person
well remembered on 'Change, the enterprise is hopeless
enough, supposing the partite delegated by the committee
were of the standing and of the ability to command a hearing
in behalf of the bondholders. Portuguese were 36 to 8. Bra-
zilian, 84 to 6. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 59 to
the Fours, 911 to 2.
ENGLISH
Stack, 205 6
3 pßanker Ct. Red. Anna, 934 4 4
3 per Cent. Consols, Anna., 941
New 31 per Ct. ADM., 951 4 4
Long Anna., 1860, 91 15-16

5 per Ct. Brazilian Bonds, Acct.,
Nov. 30, 85i
Ditto New, Nor. 30, 854
94 per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 12
Guil., ssJ
Ditto, Equador Bonds, 31
3 per Ct. Mexican, Acct., Nov. 90,
22 if
4 per Ct. Portug. Bda., 974

MOS.
Ditto, 1859, DI
India Stook, 257
Consols for Acct., 941
Excheq. Bills, £l,OOO, 11d., 9118
Do., Small, 8 12
4 FUNDS.
5 per Ct. Spanish Bds., for Acct.,
Nor. 30, 251
5 per Ct. Spanish Paglii‘C Bonds,
51
3 per Ct. Spanish Bds., for Acct.,
Nov. 30, 37
24 per Ct. Dutch Each., 12 Guil.,
59 9
4 per Ct. Dutch Certs., 911 11

EXCHANGES AND STOCKS ABROAD.
Paws, Nov. 18.—Three per Cants., 8225 ; Five per Cents., 117 30;
Four-aml-a•Half per Ceuta, 112 ; Four per Cents., 106; Belgian Five
per Cents, 1840, 1394 ; Naples Reines, 102 25 ; Roman Loan, 100 ;
freseury Bonds, 31 4m. Bank Shares, 3170. Exchange on London,
(30 days), paper, 25 43; cash, 23 43; ditto, (90 days) paper, 25 35:
east, 25 32j.
MADRID, Nov. 12.—Three per Cents., 334, paper; Four per Cente.,
214 ; Five26l. per Cents., 21j ; Passives, 04. Coupons, 20. Exchange on
London,
VICIMA, Nov. 11.—Five per Cents. 1081 ; Four per Cents., 094 ;
Three per Cents., 70j ; Loan of 1834, 157; Ditto, 1839, 1264; Bank
Shares, 1,660.
Anrwcar, Nov. 17.—Exchange on London, 25f. 66c.—ditto, two
months, 231`. 45e.
Amerszinsit, Nov. 17.—Act. Debt, Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 561
381 ; Do., Three per Cents., 704 701 ; Do., Four per Cents., 9lj 914.
Commercial Company, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1724 173 j. East
India Loan, Four per Cents., 91 914.—E:change: On London, 12 2 :
two months, 11 93 ; on Hamburg, 33 62 ; two months. 35 25.
llsmstrao, Nov. 14.—Austrian Pive per Cents., 110 bills; Back
Shares, 1,570 bills; Russian English Loan, 102 bills; Ditto, Five
per Cents. Hamburg Certificates, 101 a bills, 101 i money ; Ditto,
tat Series Inscriptions, 106 bills; Ditto, Hope and Co., 3rd and 4th
Series, 97j bills; Ditto, in Certificates, 964 bills. New Four per
Cents., Stieglits, 87 bills ; Spanish New Five per Cents., 184
bills, 18j money. Dutch Actual Debt, Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
58 bills. Danish English loan, Three per Cents., 84 money.—Ex-
change on London—St. Petersburg, Nov. 6, 391 1-16.

FRAUDS BY THE OWNERS OP BONDED WAREHOUSES.
—We understand that an investigation of a very serious
character will shortly be brought before the public, in which
frauds upon the revenue of au entirely new character will be
disclosed. The fact, as far as we can at present ascertain, is
this :—ln the course of evidence adduced before the late Go-
vernment Commission of Inquiry, held at Gwyder-house, it
tram-jilted that certain whartiagers had, for the advancement
of their peculiar business 'or otherwise, been long in the
practice of delivering goods in their charge under bond to
the merchant, without the payment of duty, giving him
credit until it might suit his convenience to pass the neces-
sary "Rome Consumption Entry ;" and this terra of accommo-
dation has sometimes extended to years. The system of book-
keeping of the customs' officers does not admit of stock-
taking at certain periods, and therefore affords a facility to
such irregularities. In the first view of this affair it would
appear that the injury done to the revenue would simply
amount to the lose of interest upon the capital thus detained;
but should a destruction of these bonded warehouses by fire
take place (and within the last few years two instances have
occurred in which the premises have been totally destroyed)
the crown would be exposed to a very large amount of fraud,
without the possibility of detecting tile guilty parties. For
in this we the authorities would relinquish their claims
upon all goods destroyed by such accident, and as it would
be apparent on the face of their books, that all those articles
which had illegally passed into consumption were among
those consumed in the conflagration, the parties who were
merely cheating the government of interest upon the duties,
would be necessitated to pocket the amount of the duties alto-
gether.—Merrantik Journal.

MEXICAN LOAN AEPAIRS.—The following circular has
been sent round for publication to the papers, which,
although not favoured with a first copy of it, we deem it
right to publish for the information of those conoersed.
Slr,—The Mexican government barb* withdrawn ha =from
the home of Mews. kW fiebasidar and Co., of this al* me,
in a dim** dotal the Mb of IlegMeeks, ressiie lam to.,
rMiiathe Mode, gasommis, aid wow Mai they might have
tLerpowee, reistinglothe ems* er baraffmg t,
Wilda we mewl toeamil gigs&
mlnk Use Disk at until the
Moslem goemineont new its me-
dlars to lean timie Moneta, se it very desirous of
dotinS. liinseAm.en grinned myself at Mews. Schneider
W Co.'s kr the purposes aboremestioned, those
wribmsa mewl * noy with tbe orders of the govern-
ment, I border give yobbo tice that the said Mews. John
Itiamteder Ch. Wye awed to be the agents of the Mexican govern.
mast, and thst no aet or grobeeding of theirs in that sweat* mime the
wind of the leet peshst wili be edormiedged by the said
welt, iommusit es by OW maveysetts indractions were recere7l7;
Wm, withdrowlng Mresmay, sett dte them to deliver over to
me tie tlmiyPllttf4 dolownit, psu lag thereto. Requesting
am asely meememet thus beiog of public Interest, I
nom* mwsbeiliot me m;
lies 7 Mmoom, Consul of
IS.°
Wan. 'Tan., the respectable' house
.of agency, will
kg k proper doubtless to offer an explanation to the bond-
holden of their conduct, apparently so inculpated in this
circular. On the arrival of the last packet, it was stated on
the best authority that, on an application made to them,
they distinctly declared that they had ceased to be the
agents of the Mexican government. On the day after, how-
ever, it is also stated on good authority (we have it from the
party himself), that Messrs. Schneider declared themselves
still in etatu quo as agents, fully competent to carry
out the conversion, and prepared to do so. More
than this also ; it was formally, and an from authority, an-
nounced in • certain morning and evening paper that the
conversion was approved of, ant confirmed by, the present
government of Mexico, and, therefore, that Messrs. Schneider
remained the agents as before. No well-informed person

placed the slightest faith in those announcements. But it is +
not the less true that, in the quarters where they appeared,
it was plainly enough stated that the authority fur them was
the house of agency themselves.
These extraordinary descrepanciee have to be reconciled, as
as doubtless they will be, by Messrs. Schneider. Whatever,
and however just, the reprobation of the conversion scheme,
it is only fair to a house which bears a character so respectable
and unsullied, to say, that except in the character of govern-
ment-appointed agency, they have never appeared to be
mixed up directly and personally with the conversion opera-
tion. In all remarks on the subject heretofore, this distinc-
tion has invariably been defined.
We are told that Mee rs. Schneider decline to comply
with the requisitions of Senor Mendoza, on the grounds
that the present government of Mexico cannot be considered
as constituted until the meeting of Congress. This excuse
we must say is inadmissible, inasmuch as the preceding
government was provisional only. The present is a govern-
ment de facto, equal to the exercise of authority, and recog-
nised by the official organs of this country. Again, Messrs.
Schneiders are said to argue that they cannot part with the
securities in their hands, because they consider themselves
as acting in the intermediate sense between the government
and the bondholders, and might therefore be held liable by
the latter. The answer is, that they have never hitherto
pretended to represent the interests of the bondholders, and
by them were never authorised in that respect. They are,
and can only be, the agents of the Mexican government, by
whom paid ; and such, if we are rightly informed, has been
the tenor of their replies to bondholders secaing information.
Now, the late house of agency, upon whom so much op-
probrium was undeservedly thrown, did, upon the conver-
sion which they conducted, deposit every old cons erted bond
in the Bank or England, so that, should the conversion,
operated according to official orders as it was, not be ratified
bl the government, every bondholder could receive hack
ha original bond. We record the fact for the instruction of
Messrs. Schneider. We shall not enter more upon the sub-
ject at present than to remark, that every converted bond
carries upon its face the proof of its invalidity. The decree
of Congress authorising a conversion, is endorsed upon these
bonds, but with the omission of the sum of deferred bonds to
which alone it was applicable. Messrs. Schneider may be right-
fully acquitted of any part in this conversion transaction,
which does not correspond with their undoubtedly respect-
able standing, and they will readily explain what, at pre-
sent, appears ambiguous in other respects. The fact is. that
the discreditable affair was concocted in Mexico. by parties
not unknown. Some of them may chance to find that, how-
ever presently profitable, it may come to interfere unfavour-
ably with their business connexions in the north. They have
forgotten the salutary saying, rte autor ultra crepidant.

RAILWAY NE WS.
The market was flat and rather hearyyeaterday,and,
as we anticipated, with an inclination of prices downwards,
should sales be attempted. Few orders for sales have yet been
received from the country, but in the present state of affairs
they may be expected. It would be difficult to effect any
large operations without a corresponding sacrifice upon pre-
sent quotations. There is rather a portentous pause in rail.
way bu.iness.
The tendency of the Liverpool share-market was rather
downwards, in the speculative stocks, except Birmingham
and Oxfords and Dudleys, which improved, the former to 71
and the latter to 61 p. Iluddenfields and Dewshurys were
lower than on Wednesday, and Thirsks did not improve as
was expected from the state of the London market. Cale-
donians are marked higher, 1 to 1 dis., but there was no
business done.
The Manchester market was quiet and inactive : compa-
ratively few transactions were effected, and generally at
lower prices. Birmingham and Oxford Junctions were done
at 7 to 74 p.; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester at 131 p. ;
London and North Western (new) at 131.
At Leeds the share market was not so active, although an
average amount of business was transacted. Leeds and
Dewsbury's declined from 151 to 141 pm. Huddersfield and
Manchester from 51 to 51 pm. Ormskirks from 51 to 41 pm.
York and Newcastle (Preference) from 5} to 5/ pm., and
York and North Midland (Preference) from 101 to 10 pm. ;
whilst New Thinks advanced from 2a. 6d. dis. to 51. pm., and
Leeds and Thinks from 11 dis. to 1 dis. Dewsbury Branches
and Extensions were quoted a shade higher.
There was again a tolerable amount of business transacted
at Birmingham, but prices had a downward tendency. There
were sales in Ambergates at 6s. 3d. p.; in Stour Valleys at
21, but ultimately at 11 p. ; in Shrewsbury and Binning-
hams at 11 p. • Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction
'p. • Shropshire Unions at 6s. 3d. d., and Shrewsbury, Wol-
verhampton, and South Staffordshire. were done at Bs. 9d. d.
The market at Bristol was scarcely so acti%e, although
prices are pretty well maintained. Birmingham and Oxford
Junctions were done at 81; Bristol and Exeter (New), 9 ;
Caledonian (half shares), 21; Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock, 11 prem. ; Great Western (new shares), 71 to
71. Is. 3d.; York and Newcastle Preference, 51 prem.
The market at Hull on Wednesday was less active than on
Tuesday. Prices, however, were fully supported, and an
improvement was observable in some quotations. Eastern
Counties (York extension) were done at 375, p. • North Bri-
tish (quarters), at 86s to 85s. and 85s. 6il. ; ditto (new quar-
ter scrip), at 23.. to 225. Gd. p. ; and York and Newcastle
(new), at 81. 6s. 3d. (ex. new) p.
RAILWAY SHARE LlSTS.—Lorense, Nov. 19.

Nurs—The quotations of lines in Roman characters denote actual
transactions: those of lines in Italics sellers' prices.
PAID.
82 Manchester, Leeds 2O 22p.
38 Do. 4 shares 9 10p.
2 Do. 1 shares.. 51
5 Do. 1,4/ths S 51p.
01 Do. Sixteenths l4 2p.
42s Do. Extension ll Ip.
40 Manchester ¢ Biros 73 75
9 Do. 1 shares A 124
5 Do. Do. B 124
1 Do. Do. C 81
12. Manch., Buz. 4. Mal 11 11p.
2 Manch. & houthimp l4
100 Midland 12640en
24 Do. New 311 e. n.
2 Do. New ........ 1
too Do. Bins.. dileriy. 100 sen
10 Newcastle & Ber 114 31 1
a Do. North Shields
S Newsn. ¢ Chester!
ist
15 North British
11 Do. 4 shares. l4 a. L
5 Do. Fifths. 7
11 Do. 1 shares. 4 1
00,Norfolk OM 133
9 Do. 4 shares 3IP.
0 Do. Extension.
.9 Northern & Eastern 7
Lle.Scrip(iss.3 dir ) 24 28p.
211 Do. shares 1134
I Do. New 28
Is North Staffordshire B4 1 1p
North Wa1e5.......
11011., Wester., & WM. 81
5 Perlasiouth Direct l4p.
7 Preston and Wire 341 5
11 Do. a shares 4 5
)0 Sheffield 4 Manch._
Do. Linoobs.
4 Scottish Central 74 13tp.
,Scottish Midland I3i
Shrewsbury & Birm 144 1
Union .1 Id.
eat Devon i 7 54.
Eastern and -- "

19
-t.a.tiigh. & Dudley 61 f p.
Btrat.mActllrffisitri 1120631230
Birm.& Oxford June. 94 9
Bristol nod Baster-. • Bp.
Do. New • 84
Bristol & Clatter__ Si
Hosekinghanthire ld. Ip.
241 I 4
Do. shares 1 1
Chester 4 4 Holyhead 321 Id. 1
Churnet and Blythe li 1
Cornwall I
Direct Northern 1 2 11
Dublin & Belfast Joe 5 24
'Eastern Counties 23 1 2:
Do. New 74 i 4p.
Do. P. 3 per Ct. No I D. 2:
Do. Do. 2 Ip. I
Do. Ifni. Extension 1
East Lancashire
Do. New lO 1 1 1
East Lincolnshire 2 11 2
Eastern Ono* 14 16p.
Edinburgh &Glasgow 76 31
Do. 1 shares. 24 201 41
Do. j shares A lBl 11
Edinb. & Northern l3 1
Ely & Iluntingdon
lEarfer, Icon., Dora Id. 1
2f
Glasgow, Kum.. dyei6B 7 11
Goole, Done. & Sheff.,l 4p.
Gt. So. & West (Ire.) 291
31. North of England. 2371 .
Do. N.cw.... .
38 3.•1 56p. 1
40p.
1161 I9lp I
13,5 3 I
1769
1848 18 4
10 I Ip. 3.
..4,,74 3,

PAID.
90 fAberdeen.

Do. Were
Do. New
heat Western
Do.; shares.
Do. j shares
Do. Fifths
Do. New

Held
, Moneela
Do. Extension 3 11
Hull and Selby 108 109 11
Do. I Owes 29p. 1
Do. l shares ll 12p. 1,
, /per. d Bury St Rdis 19. 11
Do. do. Norwich.— 2ior. 41
LancasterCarlisle. 18 • 11
Do. New lO 1 61
Leeds and Bradford 5 1 6
, Leeds and Thirst l6 1 I
Do. New 5 N
Dew* Dews., Manch 36 51 21
Do. do. Br. sh.(Blue)111 101 4(
Do.do.Extes(Green)l4l 3i 2(
Leicester 4 Bedjord 3 id.
Leices.4 Birsninyham!
Lis. Man. & N. June 21 1 /
London & Blackwell-1 It
Do. New 1 lip.
Do. Ns:tension
Land. Brighton S.Co 591 1
D.,. Do. Flfths 49
Do. Do.Guarn. 3 p.O 10
London 4 Greenrich:9 91
Do. Preference l2l 23
London and North
Western 1951 7 64
Do. 1 shares 201 211 p
Do. New shares.— 1
_ _
19 '
_en 66
eths 51
.1291
121 1
1.1
.1161
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Do. N. (431.
Do. N.
a(d*. kW.)
,4 Do. N. do. 1614 4
6 South W es
Li Waterrord y )(liken
Ins West Riding Union..
16 Wilh,Som. &Weymt
t 3 York and Newcastle
6 Do. New
I Do. Preference ...
Tat and North Mid.
II Do. 6 shares
* Do. Selby
10 Do. Extension__
2 Do. Preference
5 Do. P..&W. }Ltda.&
FORIIOII RAILWAY
Id and
lirlOUl,2lMlLVtatalit
2 IlDemerara
4 IDendre Valley
51 Direct Bornb.t3l
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5s East Indian
Ss Gt.Southn.of M
Ss Great Wes!. Defspol.
3 Gt. Nor. Tram Can.
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21p.
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Luxembou
Do. Fifths 1 1 8 Namur andni.leore
/b. Eighaa 10 Orleans and iersoal
Do. N. 84.1 JI •
6 Orleans & Bordeaux.l
Do. 401.51 t., L. 4. M. 5 Paris & Lyons, Constl
# London & S. Western 20 J'aris and Orleans...
Do. New Conn Bths 20 Paris and Konen....
t 4 Do. New I 5 Paris ¢Strash. Coe
I Litt. New lllonen and Harre....
21 London & York
24 Lon., Solis., & Yeovil' I I 14 SYrashourit ¢ 8a1e.119 9
15 Lynn and Ely 11l 5 Tours hantes Oanst f Id.
15 Lynn and Dereham 115 l6 (Weal Flanders 34 3d.
Lincaroos, Nov. 19.--Salas :—Chester, Birkenhead, 51—Do. (A eh.)
231—E. Counties, 221—D0. (York exten.), 14 p.—London, North
Western, 1951—D0. (new oh.), 131 p.—Do. (1 eh. G. J.), 211 p.—
Midland, 127 (ex. new).—Do. (new oh.), 41 p.—Newcastle, Berwick,
141 p.—North British (4 ob.), 21 18s. 9d. 3 p.—N. Union (A), 220
Sheffield, Manchester (4 ph. No. 3), / d.--8. Pastern (new sh. N 0.4),
lle. 3d. p.—York, Newcastle, 391 (cx. new) —Do. (pref. ski.), 31 1 p.
—York, Selby (501. ob.), 381 p.—F- and W. Riding Eaten., 101 4 p.—
E. Lancashire (late Blackburn and P.), 44 E. Lancashire. 54
new 41 p.
(ex. add. shares;-Grimsby, Sheld, 31 4 d. Huddersfield C.
and R. (13 pd.), 3 p. ex. Int.)—Do. (exten. Owes), 335. 9d.
3p Leeds,Der;lieerir pilprria (I thlri—, 1/. (branches,.
, theater, 365. 3d. d.—Ambergate, 61. 3d. Ir.—Birkenhead,
Cheshire Jun., 14 p.—Birmingham, Dudley, 61 p.—Bir-
mingtiani, Oxford Jn., 74 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, and N.W., 11 d.
Buckinghamshire, par.—Fleetwood, l'reston, W. Riding, par.—
Glargow, Dumfries, p. —Liverpool, Mane.hester, Newcastle Jn.,
1, ls. 3d. p.—London. York, 1 d.—Newry, Warrengioin_skreli,l%-
N. Staffordshire, 31 p.-Bbrewsburv, Hereford, 1 el. '
Wolverhampton, 8. Wewdshire, 'd.—Shrewsbury, Birmingham
(A), 14, 1 p.--Ellaropshire t'n. R. and C. Be. 9d., 1 d.—Sbeftleid,
E.) Linoolnshire, 1 d.
—Trendding—all4, Midland Gr. Jn., 11 p.—Wharfdale
(late N. , ra 11
Dutch Rhenish, 1 d.—Gr. Luxembourg, 34, le. p. 3d., 1 —Demera6.—Jimal p.—
ea S.
Midland, 1 p.—Ooo.e, Doncaster, par. Manchester, Midland,
Grimsby, 1 d.—Manchester, Southampton, 1 d.
Psalm, Nov. 18.—Paris and Orleans, 1,207 50 ; Farb and Rouen,
875 ; Rouen and Havre, 667 4 - Mignon and Mantilla, 840 ;
Strasburg and Mk, 217 50 ; Centre (Vienna), 562 50 ; Bordeaux, 310 ;
North, 827 50; Paris and Straeburg, 477 50; Tours and Nantes,
485 ; Paris and Lyons, 496 23 ; Dieppe and Fecamp, 352 SO.

ro4 ►d.
.1?! 27

LONDON.—TRINIDAD RAILWAY.—A meeting of share-
holders in this undertaking was held yesterday at the London Tavern,
for the purpose of receiving from the committee of management a
report of the progress made to the present time in furtherance of the
scheme. Thomson Ilankey, jun. IN., the deputy-chairman of the
committee, presided on the °cession, and there was a considerable
assemblage of proprietors. After a few introductory observations from
the chair as to the object of the meeting, the secretary reed the
which stated that the number of shares allotted was 12,000, 0nr21.4.
of which the deposits had been paid, making a cum of 28,1121. los.;
and the deed of settlement had been signed by 402 shareholders, re.
presenting together 10,673 shares. Mr. Curtis, the engineer of the
company, had made a complete and perfect surrey of the line, waisted