The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-05 00:00:00

THE EGYPTIAN RAILWAY.

The following correspondence has taken place be-
tween the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Lord
Palmerton

To the Right llonourable the Lord Viscount Palmerston,
M.P., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, &c.
The Memorial of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce

and Manufactures at Manchester,
Sheweth,—That your memorialists arc convinced that the
advantages which have beau derived from the passage of
British mails through Egypt have been no less appreciated
by her Majesty's government than by those of her subjicts
who are engaged in commerce in that direction ; and that it
must be • matter of extreme interest to both, that every
practicable improvement in the safe and expeditious trans-
mission of transit mails and passengers through Egypt
should be zealously t romotcd. That your memorialists
bear in grateful remembrance the noble fidelity with
which the passage of our mails through his dominions
was held inviolate by his late Highness Mehemet
Ali, during a period of hostile aggression on the
part of this country ;—thi y have marked with great sa-
tisfaction • continued increase in the friendly and com-
mercial intercourse betwe'e'n the two countries, sine:
peaceful relations were re-established ; and they have now
before them, in a recent proposition from his present High-
ness, Abbas Paella, a direct knowledge of his highness's
desire to make the cotton of his country more useful and
acceptable to us. Your memorialists were, therefore, leas
surprised than gratified to learn that, amongst the prawn:a-
fire amehoratimus contemplated by hi. highness, it had
bevy determined to construct a railway through Egypt;
their disappointment is, therefore, relatively great to hear
that an interterence by the Ottoman l'orte has placed in
extreme jeopardy, if nut rendered atieulutely impracticable,
the execution of a design as important to the general and
commercial interests of this country as to thaw of Egypt
herself. That the said interference of the Porte appears to
your memorialists to cuutravene the condition of the ar-
rangemeuts entered into between Turkey and Egypt in
lull, to which her Majesty's government were a party;
they therefore respectfully pray that your lordship may, in
suck manner us may be deemed expedient, apply all the
Just influence at your command to preserve intact the aka-
dement of 1511, and to remove the difficulties that have
now sprung up, so that the wive and beneficent desiyns of
his highness Abbas Paella, in reference to the projetted
railway, may be promptly and elfectively curried out.
October' 3, Ifial.
Foreign-office, 0- t. t 7, 1851.
Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerdon to acknow-
ledge the receipt of the memorial, dated the 23rd instant,
signed by you out lahalf of the directors of the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce, respecting the questions now pend-
ing between the Porte and the Pasha of Egypt, and I am
to state to you, for the information of the memorialise', that
whatever questions of etiquette and form may have arisen
between the Sultan and Abbas Pasha in regard to tile con-
structMu of a railroad between Alexandria and Cairo, or
in regard to the introduction of the Tauximat into Egypt,
Viscoulit Paluieratou eutertaias uu apprehension that toe
construction of the railroad will be stopped, or that the
local government of Egypt will be deprived of the means of
maintaining order in twit province.-1 am, Sir, your most
obedient humble servant, H. C. AnuiNurox.
Lewis Williams Esq., Manchester Chamber of Com-
merce.

TIE MCRDEIt AND SCIcIDE IN SOHO.—Yester-
day afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquiry in the vestry
room of St. Anne's Church, Soho, respectiug the death of
Mary Ann Mad:more, and her sou James, an infant of
three months of age. The jury, having been sworn, pro-
ceeded with the coroner to No. 45, Greek-street, in the
some parish, to view the bodies. On their return, it was
resolved to proceed first with the ease of the child. lien-
/arta Houisegood woo thereupon called, and said that she re-
sided at No. i, West-street, and knew the younger de-
ceased, whew mother was the female whose death they
had also met to inquire into. The father of the child was
a musical printer. On Saturday last, at half-post seven in
the morning, or thereabouts, she had occasion to leave the
child in bed with its mother while she went out on an er-
rand. On her return soon afterwards she proceeded to the
room door which was occupied by the deceased, when she
found the same locked from the inside. She knocked re-
peatedly, but without receiving any answer, when the
father of the child came up, and at her request he burst the
dour open, and they entered. Site then saw the mother of
the child lying on the floor with her head extended towards
the door. There was a pool of blood on the floor, and a
carving knit, was partially resting on the woman's 'heal-
der, and the blade was un the fluor. There was • consi-
derable wound in the throat, and she appeared
dead. Oa loukiug into the bed witness found the
child therein with its throat also cut, and quite dead.
Mr. Richard Utley Jackson, assistant to Mr. Marshall, a
surgeon, said that he was called to see the deceased persons
on Saturday night last, and on arriving found them in the
manner described by the previous witness. There wai a
deep wound in the woman's throat which had divided the
carotid artery ; she was quite dead, and the upper cxtremi •
ties were getting cold. lie next found the child in bed
with its throat also cut. The wounds in the throats were quite
sufficient, and be had no hesitation in saying had caused
both deaths. The coroner at this stage of the inquiry said
he would leave the ease in the hands of the jury,who would
say whether they had heard sufildeat evidence to enable
them to account fur the child's death. If they were satis-
fled on that point, and came to the conclusion that the
mother had caused the child's death, they would
have no alternative but to return the same verdict
as if she were living. They would therefore have
to say whether she wail guilty of murder or man-
slaughter. Respecting the condition of the mother's mind
they were placed in the same position as the grand jury,
and had not the power at the present time to entertain any
question as to her state of mind. The jury having con-
' suited, they returned a verdict that the child was murdered
by Mary Allll Illisckntore, the mother. The following evi-
dence was then taken respecting the elder deceased:—Mr.
Peter Marshall, surgeon, of 53, Greek-street, Soho, said
that he had attended the mother of the child for mime days
previous to her death. She had been in a very weak state,
but there were no evidences at that time of insanity. After
taking an opiate which had been prescribed, she complained
of having seen a vision. If he had been asked the day be-
fore her death, he should unhesitatingly have said that her
mind was strong. It was, however, probable that insanity
or extreme lowness of spirits might have come on
after he last saw her. Mr. Jackson, on bang re-
called, said that he last saw the mother alive on
Saturday morning about twelve o'clock. lie was then
informed that she had had a very restless night. At that time
she was crying. lie attributed her low state to the fact of
her having suckled the child the greater part of the pre-
viols night. He also heard that she had been alarmed at
some phantom. Mrs. liousegood, in answer to questions
put by the coroner, said that the mother appeared remarka-
bly fond of her child. The coroner having summed up the
ease, the jury returned, as their second verdict, " That the
deceased, Mary Ann Illaclunore, destroyed her own life, she
being at the time in a state of uusound mind."

A NEW COMET.—A letter from Berlin of the 28th
ult. states that Dr. Brown has just discovered, at the Obser-
vatory of Berlin, a new comet, in the constellation Canis
Venaturium. This comet is very luminous, and has two
tails. As it will soon be in conjunction with the sum, it
may be seen in the evening in the north-west, and in the
morning in the north east, at a distance of from seven to
eight degrees from the last star of the tail of Ursa Major.

MONEY MA RKET.

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocz.
The English stock market to-day has shown much
more activity, the business on private account having
been both varied and extensive. In addition to
the investments of the National Debt Com-
missioners' broker more confidence in the main-
tenance of prices has been exhibited, and, though
the news of the defeat experienced by the
French ministry on the question of urgency for the
new electoral law caused a slight feeling of weak-
ness, it was only temporary, and the market now
ranges at a further improvement.
Consols, which closed at' 71 to 98 yesterday after-
noon, were this morning for a short time marked at
the same range, but during the greater part of the
day the quotation has ruled at the improved rate of
98 to 4, both for money and the 12th, being a rise
of as compared with Monday's prices. For the
next account of the 11th Dec., the quotation is 981
to 1. The official report of the day's transactions
embraces :—Three per Cent. Consols, 98, 4,971,9%;
ditto for account, 98, A, 971, 98; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 971, 1,7, 1; New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 98:, 1,1; Long Annuities, 1860, 7 ; ditto
30 years, 1860, 7 3-16 ; Bank Ettock, 214 Z, 214.
Exchequer Bills have been rather more inquired
for today, and the rate has fluctuated Is. The
major part of the business has been transacted at
,525. to 3J S . prem., but the present quotation is the
same as yesterday, viz., 51s. to 545. prem. India
Bonds arc marked at a decline of Is., sales having
offered at 575. prem., and the rate being now 565. to
595. prem.
There is not much movement in foreign securities,
and the alteration in prices is unworthy of notice,
except for Spanish Actives, which have improved to
201, an impression being entertained in some quarters
that the newagitation which is being organised against
the confiscatory scheme of Senor Bravo Murillo may
possibly bear more ;mit than was at first expected
from it. It is perfectly plain that the only plan
for those of the Spanish creditors who make a
stand against the arbitrary sacrifice of one-half of
their claims accruing from arrears of interest, is to or-
ganise a regular, never-ceasing, and efficient agita-
tion by which their right may be constantly kept
before the Spanish government and the English and
foreign public. The result of this course, which has
occasionally been deviated front to the great injury
of the bondholders, cannot fail to be beneficial, ea the
experience of those interested in many of the South
American and other foreign loans abundantly
testifies, and the expense necessary to main-
tain such an organisation is, as compared
with the large amount of the interests in-
volved, a matter of no importance whatever.
The bondholders must not forget that there i
a powerful party in Spain willing to make a handle
' of the injustice done to the foreign creditors for
turning the present ministry out of office, and such
being the case it is difficult to say what may not be
the extent of benefit derivable from an energetic
agitation. The business figures noted to-day are as
fol ows:—Chilian Three per Cents., 6.5,1. Danish
Five per Cents., 1011. Dutch Four per Cent. Cer-
tificates, 90. Mexican Bonds for account, 14th
Nov., 251, 25. Portuguese Five per Cent. Con-
verted, 1841, 31 ; ditto Four per Cent. for account,
331. Spanish Active Five per Cent., for account,
201 ; ditto Passive, 51. Venezuela Two-and-u-
Quarter per Cent., 36 ; ditto Deferred, 121.
In the market for foreign exchange yesterday, bills
were not very abundant, and the transactions therefore
of a limited nature.: Paris was a shade lower, short
being done at 25.20 to 25; ditto, 3 months, 25.37! to
421. The demand for Amsterdam that has prevailed
for several post days continued to-day, and short was
done so low us 11.171 to 18; ditto, 3 months, 11.19
to 1. Hamburg remained as last post, 13.101 to 11.
Nor did Frankffirt change: it closed 1207, to 1. Bills
un Italy were dull, Leghorn being 30.70 to ; only
Naples found purchasers at 401 to I. For Messina
and Palermo no takers came forward, and drafts on
those places remained over. 'file market for bills on
Spain and Portugal was still more depresses' to-day,
and all negotiations were effeettsl in favour of buyers.
St. Petersburg was inquired for at 36Z to 37, without
any paper offering. ienna and Trieste advanced
rapidly from last post's quotation of 12.30 to nearly
12.50, in consequence of yesterday's price front
Vienna coming 10 kreutzers higher. These fluctua-
tions give to the commercial transactions with Austria
a very unsettled and unsteady character, and neces-
sarily limit mercantile operations with that country
materially. The undue advantage that a speculator
might have over the merchants by earlier informa-
tion, is now frustrated by the telegraphic exchanges
of the previous day being published in the early
editions of the Times and Daily News, to the great
benefit of the mercantile community.
The bullion market is without change, the arrival
of the West India steamer, due to-morrow, being
looked forward to.

Under the head of o Appointments and Changes
in Banks," the Banker's Magazine notices the union of
the Berks Union Banking Company with the London
and County Bank, dating from the 9th ult. The
branches were five, viz., at Reading, Abingdon,
Wallingford, A%, indoor, and \Vantage, and under the
new arrangement these, as well as the head office,
arc carried on as usual, with the exception that the':
branches at Abingdon and Vantage are merged in
similar establishments already possessed b?• the Lon-
don and County Bank at those places. The capital'
of the Ikrks Inion Banking Company was, 36,750 f.,
and the number of shareholders, 61. It was formed
in 1911. The post of manager of the Derby and
Derbyshire Bank is now filled by Mr. William Tur-
pie, in the place of Mr. Malcolm Sinclair.

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