The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1965.

officer for the parish of Clapham, to show Seise why they
should not contribute towards the support of their mother,
Charlotte Sutton, a poor person not able to maintain
herself.
A fourth brother was summoned, but be did not appwr.
The defendants pleaded inability to support their mother.
Mr. Herring proved that the mother was chargeable to
the parish of Clapham, at a cost of 4s. Gd. per week. lie
said the defendant Charles was a greengrocer in Upper
Tooting.
The defendant (interrupting) mid he wu only • cotter-

er
mong.
Mr. Herring said the defendant kept • shop and two . :
horses and carte.
The defendant replied that he bad only one cart and an
old "hack." (A laugh.)
Mr. Ingham—Then call yourself • poste:monger.
Mr. Herring further said that Ambrose was • police-
constable attached to the 0 division, and George was •
keeper at • lunatic asylum at Stoke Newington.
The mother, who was 59 years of age, said she was suf.
feting from paralysis, and was unable to work. Two of her
sons bad given her small sums ; but Ambrose would not see
her, and said he did not know her.
Ambrose questioned hie mother, who said that after her
husband's death, 16 years ago, she was set up in Wim-
bledon with a laundry, and placed is a oomfortable 'mei- ,
Lion. She had five boys to bring up, but they would not i
assist her. ork fell off, and she lost her busiuess. She i
admitted th ishe had a child by • man whom she sum.
moned at that court, but it was dismissed.
Mr. Ingham said there was no doubt the mother could
not work for herself, and the queetion was whether the
defendants ought to assist her or not. Somebody must
. maintain her, and the question was whether her own chil-

dren should or atyangen.
Ambrose said he was a married man, and could not sup-
port his mother. His wages were 21s. Col. a week.
Mr. Ingham then made an order upon Charles to pay 35.
a week, and the other two la. each weekly.
The defendants left the court apparently dissatisfied with
the decision.

WRECK OF THE CORK STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S
STEAMER IRIS. - GREAT LOSS OF LINE
APPREHENDED.

On Wednesday night the Ibis, one of the finest
vessels belonging to Cork, was on her passage from London
to Cork, when close to the harbour part of her machinery
broke down, and the vessel became disabled. Capt. Holland,
her experienced and able commander, took at once every
measure which prudence and skill could suggest to bring the
ship into a safe position, and by admirable seamanship he
succeeded in running the ship into Ballycroneen Bay, which
was the least exposed spot he could conveniently reach.
He immediately made signals of distress, which were
observed by the coastguard officers, and the news that
a ship was ashore was despatched to Cork without an
instant's delay. Immediately that the news reached
the city, two of the Steamship Company's boats—
the Sabrina, under the command of Captain Staveley, and
the Cormorant, under Captain Crofts—were despatched
to render assistance. The former vessel left the river
at 5 o'clock in the morning, and the latter an hour later.
Measures were taken at once to tow the Ibis into the bar.
tour. The stout cable brought by the Sabrina was secured
to her bows, the chains holding to the anchors were
slipped, and in a few moments more the Sabrina bad her in
tow, drawing her in apparent safety out of her dangerous
position. This looked a happy termination of a disaster
which might have been most calamitous, but the
Sabrina had not gone far on her way when the
cable snapped asunder, and the Ibis, beaten by
the wind and waves, began to drift upon the rocks
within. The sea was still running high, and once up on
these rocks there would be little hope of saving the ship,
With courage almost heroic, Captain Holland got into a
boat witb two men, and taking the broken end of the cable,
attempted to reach the Sabrina, which stood in PS close as
she could be brought with any regard to her safety. But
the boat was driven into the surf, upset by the waves, and
of its three occupants, two were dragged
ashore insensible
—the third peri,bed. Of the two saved, Captsin Holland
was one. The vessel continued all this while to drift towards
the shore, and struck heavily upon the Julien Rock. Her
funnel came down with a crash, her masts were shaken ;
and the next moment the sea was making a clean wash
over her.
QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAT MORNING.—The Cork Steamship
Company's as. Ibis is a total wreck. She parted in two,
and when the tugboat Lord Clyde arrived on the scene
each half was about half a mile distant from the other.
The Lord Clyde saved 21 passengers, but it is reported that
as many met a watery grave. Fourteen of the paseengers
managed to get on a raft, but a sea swept all off except
three. It is rumoured that the captain and two men saved
themselves in a boat.

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DRAMA.

HER MAJESTY S THEATRE.
MISS BATEMAN'S FAREWELL BENEFIT.
Farewell benefits, when the actor or actress is an
old and wall-tried favourite of the public, retiring into O-
vate life after a prolonged theatrical career, are generally
very melancholy things. The performers and the =dime*
feel a natural regret at parting, the final speech is spoken
end received with what, in reporter's language, is called
" visible emotion," and even the curtain appears to Heger
before it falls. Farewell benefits, however, when the actress
is 'own, and the retirement is only a prelude to a happy
marriage, is a very different ceremony ; and such a
benefit wee taken last night by Miss Bateman
at fier Majesty's Theatre. Miss Bateman came to us a few
seasons ago with an Anglo-German play, called Leah, and
made her first bow to an English public (if we except her
juvenile performances in England) at the Adelphi Theatre
The pastoral simplicity and emotional power of the play
secured its popularity with mixed audiences, not only at the
Adelphi, but throughout the country, and the fortunate
actress gained a firm footing on the English stage, partly
by her own merits, and partly by the merits of the drama.
The unfortunate Jewish heroine became the talk of the
town, and the idol of the picture shops. Miss Bateman
performed other characters, with more or lass sucesse, but
the statuesque grace which probably helped to make Leah
popular was hardly so effective in Fazio or the Hunchback.
The character chosen last night by Miss Bateman for her
final appearance in England wee " Juliet," her " Romeo"
being Mr. J. C. Cowper, from Liverpool. A performance of
this nature is beyond the pale of criticism : it would be
useless to praise it, and ungracious to condemn it. The
house was crowded and friendly ; every entry and every
point was loudly applauded; sad the balcony and potion
scenes were received with the loudest applause. Her power-
ful passages were the most effective. The general cha-
racters were well represented, Mr. Howe playing
Mercutio, and Mrs. Manton the Nurse. We believe Mir
Bateman has undertaken to perform Juliet in America for
three mouths before her deal retirement from the stage,
Mr. J. C. Cowper being =peed as Romeo ; and It is a
singular fact connected with her former reprimeetation
of this character in America that her Romeo was Wilkes
Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. She is en
actress whom we should have been glad to have retained on I
the English stage—not because we think she has nothing I
to learn, but because we think the English stage is in I
want of all the talent it an get.
At the close of the tragedy Little Daisy wee produced,
in which Miss Bateman's two juvenile Meters sustained the
principal characters ; and at the close of the performance
Mies Bateman delivered the following sdrbrees
Ladies and Gentlemen,—lt is always a sad, hard task to
bid good bye to (needs. Can you wonder that it is very
difficult for me to utter, not the simulated woes of a stage
heroine, but the earnest expression of what I feel in
addressing for the lest time an audience from whom I have
received so warm a welcome and such generous kindness
that I shall always speak and think of yen as friends?'
While I say this •• I think on more than I behold." It is
not alone the London public to whom I wish to ackeow. I
ledge my deep indebtedoess. In every place I have visited
—Liverpool, Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow Manchester,
Bath, and Bristol—the most liberal patronage, the most
unequivocal success has met me; but more than all, a
social welcome so genial, so heartfelt, that I forgot I was
only a stranger and a sojourner and learned to cherish wish
affectionate regret the remembrance of scenes for ever sew-
ciated with so much generous kindness. In all probability
I shall see them and you no more. I return to my native
country—to the public that first cherished my dawning
abilities, to the home which early association has endeared
to me. But the joyous thought of my welcome does not
over-master the deep sadness of my farewell. Your great
poet has sung of " benefits forgot "—mine will not be of
them. In the quiet hours of home life to which I look for-
ward at bveryse of my dramatic career, I shall think of
you very, e often, for I know there are those here to-
night, whose facto I have never seen, whose good wishes
go with me to my distant home. Some of you will perhaps
like America for my sake. I shall always love Engbsod for
yours. Like your favourite, poor Leah, " I wander with
my people." Like her, also, I say, God bless you! Good
bye.

,CONEY MARKET.-(11118 DAP.)

ONZ O'CLOCK.
There is no business going forward in public
securities to-day, the Stock Exchange being closed,
by order of the committee.
The discount market is quiet to-day, and
the supply of money good. The quotation
for choice bills is 6 per cent. The charge for ad-
vances on government stock till Tuesday is 5 to
5} per cent.
There was a good demand for money yesterday,
both at the Bank of England and elsewhere, and the
rate for good bills was 6 per cent. Preparations
for the holidays have influenced the market. In
the Stock Exchange loans till Tuesday were wanted,
and 5} to 6 per cent. was paid on government secu-
rities. Some applications would have been made
to the Bank but for the circumstance that the
200,000!. stock, bought by the Court of Chancery
two days ago, was paid for yesterday.
At the meeting yesterday of the Venezuelan bond-
holders of 1862, resolutions were passed refusing the
offer of Senor Antonio L. Guzman, the commissioner
from Venezuela, of .15 per cent. of the customs
duties of La Guayra and Puerto Cabello, and re-
questing Messrs. Baring Brothers to solicit the aid
of Earls Russell and Clarendon, with a view to ob-
tain the full 55 per cent. pledged. It was also re-
solved that, as "the committee of Spanish American
bondholders bad accepted 1,000!. from the Vene-
zuelan government," a vote of want of confidence
be passed upon that body, and they be requested to
resign office. This resolution will doubtless lead to
' further correspondence.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
yesterday. The 276,000!. by the Kent, from Mel-
bourne, has been purchased fo; exportation to the
Continent and the East.
The steamer Great Britain has arrived from
Melbourne in 63 days, with 498,000!. in gold, and
the Massilia, from Alexandria, with 3,228!. The
arrivals on Thursday and yesterday have thus
reached nearly 800,0001., a portion of which will
probably be taken to the Bank.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
generally firm. The rates were as follows :
Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.14 to 1 ditto, 3 AM. MIS
to 1 • Rotterdam, months, 12.14 to 3; Antwerp, 3
months, 25.474 to 524 ; Hamburg, me. boom, 3 months,
13.91 to 4
• Parrs, 3 days, 25.10 to 17/ ; ditto, 3 months,
25.371 to 424 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months, 1204 to
1 ; Petersburg, per rouble. 3 months, 301 to 4 ; Yuman,
eft. 60., 3 months, 10.773 to 821; Trieste, ditto,3 months,
10.77 i to 821 ; Madrid, 3 months, 463 to 4 ' • Cadiz.
months 474 to 1, Leghorn, 3 months, 23.60 to 65; Genes,
3 months, 25.60 to 65 ; Milan, 3 mouths, 25.60 to 63 •
Naples, 3 months, 25.60 to 65 ; Palermo, 3 months,
25.60 to 65 ; Messina, 3 !meths, 25.60 to 85; Lisbon,
90 days, 511 to 4 ; Oporto, 93 days, 511 to 1.
The weekly! return of the Bank of France shows i
the following changes:
Gain and bullion
Bills discounted
Government deposits Decrease 188.000
Notes in circulation Decrease 660,000
Private deposits
Advances
The French Bank has gained in strength, and the
demand for money has diminished considerably, as
is shown by the increase in the bullion and decrease
in the discounts.
At Paris the rate of discount in the open market
is 4 per cent. ; at Vienna., 5 ; at Hamburg, Turin,
Amsterdam, and Brussels, 6' at Frankfort, ;
at Berlin, 7 ; and at St. Petersburg, 611 per cent.
It is announced that the next outward mails for
India, China, Singapore, Australia, Mauritius,
Natal, New Zealand, , will be made up at the
usual date, viz., the evening of the 26th inst.
(next Tuesday).
A second dividend of 4a. in the pound was de-
clared yesterday in the case of the Leeds Banking
Company, payable in about three weeks from the
present time. This makes 12s. in the pound, and
further payments to the creditors are expected.
The Bank of London will hold its meeting on
Wednesday, the 17th January, for the purpose of
declaring a dividend, and at the same time bring-
ing forward a resolution to divide each 100!. share
in the capital of the bank into 5 shares of 20!.

each.
The Imperial Bank will hold its ordinary general
meeting on Tuesday, the 16th January, when a
dividend for the half year, ended the 31st inst.,

will be declared.
At the meeting of the London and Liverpool
Hotel Company, held yesterday, the total available
balance was stated at 4,743/., and a dividend was
declared at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free
of income tax.
The Merchants Company have made a call of Si.
per share, payable on or before the 15th January.
It is officially intimated that " it is not intended to
make any further call during the year 1866, but
shareholders can if they desire it pay up au addi-
tional bl., and become entitled to a minimum gua-
ranteed intereetof 10 per cent. per annum, provided
notice of such intention be given to the company
on or before the 15th January next."
The directors of the Colonial Company (Limited)
have appointed Mr. E. Ballard, who has been up-
wards
of 25 years with Messrs. Cavan and Co., to
take the management, and Mr. Glenny, from the
establishment of Messrs. W. Burnley, flume, and
Co., to be secretary, and will commence business
on the Ist proximo.
The South Australian Company will, on the 15th
January, pay a half-yearly dividend at the rate of
7 per cent. per annum.
The coupons on the First Preference Six per
Cent. Bonds of the Northern Railway of Canada
are announced as payable on the Ist of January.
It is notified that in consequence of the holidays
intervening, the share list of the Angle-Danish and
Baltic Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will
be kept open till Tuesday, the 2nd of January.
The letters of allotment of Charles Lafitte and
Co. (Limited) were posted last evening.
Scarcely any alteration took place in bank
shares.

FRIDAY ECZNVIO.
°insole, which closed yesterday at 87i to ex
div., for the 9th January, opened this morning
at 871 to /, and closed at 872 to I. For mouey
the last price was 87i to The official busiuebs
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 871, I, ; ditto, for account, 87:, I, P.,
; Three per Cents. Reduced, 87, I, 7 ; New Three
per Cents., 87,) 7 ; Annuities, 1885, 13 13-IG ;
India Five per iCent. Stock, 102 i, 1, ; ditto Five
per Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper, 102, ; ditto
Bonds, 19s. prem.