The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THWIDAY.)

OOURT ON OOWXON PLIAS.
MOND 00138. T.

intim, at NY Pane fo Lendos.--(Befor• Mr. Julies
Koalas sad • Ousaioa Jury.)
TATIIAM O. 000 M.
nil was as settee to realm damages to °magus., of
• edifies width happeoth ea the Thames es the 96x1 Name
lest.
Mr. Clarke appeased for the plaiatiff, aad Yr. D.
rasa% Q. 0.. for the dearth's,.
The *lathe was tits saaaging rarest of • kilowatt's'
waled the Qum of the Clippers. Ned the defendant was a
pilot, who oa the oserthie agouties wa• is charge of Ore
Stelae eturner. The Que. of the Clippers had bees
replied, sod was lying, moored to a buoy, off Lissehoeser
whoa the Elias raa iota bar striklag Far on the alarm.
The eau for the &loudest wt s that Oar be hod bees&
the steamer sat of fat Ncii, he mu • lot of
mule thead. floating down with the tide. Ceder the
idronanetaaose be thought the beet Wag was to stop the
, way of the steamer and let bet drift, but white drifting the
wind caught her oe her starboard bow sod drove her against
tits Queen of the Clippers without airy fault oo his pars.
The jury tined ter the plaintiff for the amount clamed.
M. is. sd.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE,
(Waft the Judge Ordinary.)
NAN= AND win. V. RADOM/ AND *THINS.
The plaintiffs propounded the will of Henry Jonas, late
of Welo4ool dated the 21st of April, 1880. The defen-
dant, Mr. Hardin, aka ass barreled under a former
will. pleaded endue eximentioe and hiseprinity, and that the
will was procuec by the nada talineace and fraud of the
plaintiff and others. Another defendant, Mr. Marrow, the,
whew sad sext-of-kin of the deceased, pleaded undue as-
entice.
Mr. Coleridge, q. 0., Dr. Stake, and Mr. Shepherd as
=lfor the pinata! ; Mr. Field, Q. 0., Mr. E. Kan.
d Mr. ll'lntyre for Xi. Harding ; and Mr. Searle for
Mr. Murray.
The deceased was a pliabian, who had practised for
mss Van at Webby's' and Ia that asighbourisood. sod
be died in Much, 1864, at the ap of 86, lanai property of
the value of between `.OOOl. rod 30.0001. He was awi
dower, his wife having died in 1657. He had no childra, and
by the will is question be left the whole of his property to
Mrs. Marta, the piece of his deceased wife, and appointed
her sole easeatrix. Mr. Harding woo a nephew of hie die
cast I wife,sed thwill fa his (avast wart made is Kay, 1857.
The testator was described an having bees eloseillogly
clever is hininfatessisi hie, but a very silly man, with a work-
ass foe f to love with young ladles. His wife wee
Mated to have a very droop minded woman. At her
death in 1867 ha invited Mrs. Martha sad her habitat) to
' live with him, promising to leave Mr all his property. Mr.
Mar W, whowasa surgeon oar York, was amen aliases&
laa hetet length he oonseated, the beater *seating a paper
anthoa Isima to live is his house, manage his affairs, and
Vika his practice. The ornamental wont on happily for 1
a short time, bet ow day Mr. Martin being very mach aa-
awed at the removal of some tiviatoses from the garden,
aid his wife. She told her uncle about it, and he
gave her a kiss ad told her not to mind. Her
Inishand caning is aad seeing this had a violent quarrel
with her ad Mena her. She left home is oecsequesosatid
went to her sister, who hod married • scripture reader is
London, named Hadaide. A racinediatioe was afterwards
effected, and the Headialdsa accompanied her home ; but
instead of Mare* to town they remained in
the testatee's ham, and, it was alleged, attempted to
expel the Martins. Comment altercations were the result,
ad there at last drove the testator out of his tined. A Dow.
' mission de Inaatioo was procured, ad Mr. Hardin was
sprinted committee of the parson. There had since ban
preeesdiegria Cliamest7.
Oa aremaxanimatioa a letter was put late Mn.r Mar-
ties heed, in which she had told her husband that her
awls was &Minh, sad that she could tiara him road her
fingers se stbetemsel Of this she could give so emplane-
ties, except I she was very &axiom to persuade her ba-
bied to accept the testator's invilaboa.
Af ler this, the will was abandoned, the defeedasts agree-
lug mot to press for cats.

COURT 01 BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Nr. Omaniletiofter Hoiropi.)
IS Is JAS. =WARD MILL —mama utmactio.
The bankrupt was described as of the Stock Itichange
and of Norwood. The adjudication was me hie own peu-
Moo. RI beadle's' are Mated about 19,0004
Kr. N. Reed sow moved to demise the petition on the
=slthat several creditors were omitted from the pre-
y statement of amounts. At the sitting for chaise
of 'wageless, held on the 28th ult., several creditors with
debts amoustiag to 1,2801., proved sad voted is the choice
which was ferried by the bankrupt's Meads ; and it now
appeared that nom of this. creditors were included in the
" three days statement." The bankrupt had rime made an
affidavit amending his statement hut he had only does
thin after pollee was gives of the present motion.
It was contended that rheas could not be accidents],
as the debts were of large , one alone being upwards

of 6801.
Yr. Bagley, for the trade soignee, who rememated
creditors for 5,6001, opposed the motion, sad csontended
I that the bankrupt, who could derive no advantage from the
eimitnimes, should be allowed to amend his statement. The
only result of diensimig the piMteen would be that a fresh
one would be immediately fib* aad the modifies would be
I put to thempenseofimothersittingfor the choked aseigmes.
Kr. &mood, on behalf of the bankrupt, also opposed
Ye wiles. The parties supporting it were a batch of
ammeyleeders, whose claim for interest were meet matt-
I tent, ia mem mese as mush am 110 per cent.
His HONOR mid that having regard to the 93rd section
of the act of 1861, and the rules and orders made there-
' under, be Mt bound to say that the petition ought
to be' diamond, as the owsiasious from the statemeut
Iran of very emidemble amount. The bankrupt had
had the optics of applying for eztended time in which to
Ale his statement. Surds en application was always gni:staid
is was et magnitude. The statement was required to be
full, true, and accurate; in this ease not only were
there ornimicies, but several dilate wen inserted
as being "about" so mash. The mouse that the omission'
were uaisteatiosal °mkt ad be admitted, nor could the
• to amend be remind after so Meg a time bad
the choice al amalgams having takm place. The
petition must therefore ha araieaea.

al MI 110T1011. -APPLICATION YOB strissa.
The Unkempt was a was Neereliaak Walbrook.
Debts about 10,000 i.
Mr. Oriffiths, is support of the appliestir, stated
that affidavits had been filed, as ered at a pats
vier 'Ming. Is proof that the release of the
bask:apt would be of advantage to the estate.
A girt number of creditors had wiped a ontifioste
that is their belief the milers of the bankrupt was atoo-
lately seareary to insist in realising the property, which
was *speeded to yield 20e. in the potted on the bankrupt's
estate. Amongst those creditors were Messrs. Baas and Co.,
Mager Bellingham, and others.
His Hower asked whet the user consisted of ?
Mx. Griffiths said that the bankrupt was one of four
partner in a distillery in Albany.drest, Regerat'r
perk, lately herrn as Grimble's distillery. Disagreements
Laidarisen between the parer procasdings in Chancery
Lad bees tree, sad the Master of the Rolls tad
am& an order OR the bankrupt for the payment
of 6,0001. Far soauesepliree with this order he
bad been is melody tour mouths. His separate
ester retired of his share in the distillery, which was said
to be worth 100,000/. ; and his personal services were noier
nary for its massonssok
Kr. Brougla, ea behalf of ereditare for 3,0001., supported
the application.
Mr. Irma, in opposing it, contended that the application
might to bar been made to the Master of the Hells.
His Honour said the application must stand over till after
the choice, mars the bankrupt is the meantime could give
bell.

Mq,!- J7,,g

'4140V

MONEY mAßrin-olus D. 11).

Two e'Osetit.
The funds are firm to-day, the 'monthly settle-
ment, fixed for this day, showing that the
public are withdrawing a considerable
amount of Moak from the 'market.
There is, however, no further improvement in
prices. Foreign bonds are fins, while a few of the
chief home railways snow a little fatness. Beni-'
nips generally is very quiet.
The discount market is quiet today, and the
supply of money large. The quotation for the best
perm is 21 to 3 per cent. In the Stock Exchange
leans from day to day on English government man-
tilla are obtainable at 2 to 21 per coot.
At Pans to-day, according to lb. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cant. Relates opened at
67fr. 30c., showing a fresh ries of a per cent.
Consols are now quoted 901 to f, ex div., for
money, and 90j, "buyers," ex div., for the so-
count (August 8). The official business report is as
follows:-Three per Cent. Consols for money, 901,
f; ditto for account, 901 ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 891 ; New Three per Cents, 891, 1 ;
Annuities, 1885, 141, 1; Bank Stock, 248 ;
India Stook, 214, ex div. ; ditto Five per Cent.
stock, 1041.
Foreign stocks are firm, except Confederate,
which has declined about a per cent. There is
an improvement of I per cent. in Turkish secu-
rities, including the Consolidis, and 1 in Mexican
Some of the present quotations are sub-
joined :-Turkish, 1868, 73 to 74 ; ditto,
1862, 711 to 72, ex div.; ditto Consolidlis,
49/ to 504 ; Mexican, 231 to 241, ex div. ; Span
ish Passive, 291 to 30 ; ditto Certificates, 141 to
1; Greek, 21 to 211 ; and Confederate, 71 to 81.
Transactions are recorded as follows :--Egyptian,
1864, 941 ; ditto 1001. Bonds, 941 ; Greek, for
amount, 21 ; Italian for account, 641, ex div. ;
1865, 771, ; Portuguese, 1853, 4711,
os div. ; ditto, 1856, Au , 471, ex div.; Russian,
1850, 88a, ex div. ; ditto 1862, In{ ; Spanish
Certificates, for account, 141; Turkish, 1862, 71},
ex div. ; ditto for account, 72, 711, ex div. ; ditto
1001. Bonds, 711, 721, ex div. ; ditto, 1865, 461.
International Financial shares are now quoted
11 to f pm.; General Credit, 1 9-16 to 11-16 prem.;
London Financial, 7 to prem. ; Imperial Mer-
cantile,2l to prem. ; Credit Fonder and
Mobilier of England, 31 to I prem., ex div.; Hud-
son's Bay, 15{ to ft, ex div. ; and Egyptian
Trading, 1 to 1 dim.
The nominal quotations for the shares of moss
of the new companies are subjoined :-Russian
Iron Works, Bto 10 prem. ; Downs Docks, to 1
prem. ; Atlantic Telegraph preference, par to
prem. ; London Bridge Land, 1 to j prem. ; Gla-
morgansbire 1r0n,21 to I prem. ; London Quays and
Warehouses, par to 1 prem. ; Barnes Banking, Ito
ti prem. ; London, Windsor, and Greenwich Hotels,
11 to n prem. ; Blakely Ordnance, 31 to 1 prem. ;
East London Railway scrip, 1 to 3 prem. ;
London sod Mediterranean Bank, S to 1 prem. ;
London Merchants, 21 to 11 die.; British India
Trust and Agency, to 2 prem. ; Peruvian Rail-
ways, 21 to n prem. ; and Dalbeattie and Kirk-
connell Granite, 11 to 2 pram.
The shares of the Hop and Malt Exchange and
Warehouse Company are quoted to-day 11 to 21
prem.
On the release of the dividends, which will com-
mence on Saturday next, some millions of money
will, in the aggregate, have to be repaid to the Bank
of England on account of the loans and advances
made by that establishment during the last few
weeks. Nevertheless, it is believed that the supply
of money in the discount market will be increased.
Saturday next will be a rather important day in
the India trade, a large amount of bills then fall-
ing doe.
About 16,000/. in gold was bought by the Bank
yesterday ; there were no withdrawals. During the
week 120,000/. of newly imported gold has been sent
in, end 30,0001. taken out for export.
The City of London has arrived from New York
with 20,0001. in specie ; the Glasgow with
13,0001. ; and the Germania, with 3,00 k., for
England.
The bidding' for 25,00,000 rupees in bills on
India took place yesterday at the Bank of England.
The proportions allotted were-To Calcutta,
1,741,000 rupees • to Madras, 35,000 rupees ; and
to Bombay, 660,0(10 rupees. The minimum pries
ems as before, vir..l ls. 101 d. on Calcutta and
Madras, and ls. 101 d. on Bombay. Tenders on
Calcutta and Madras at and above Is. lljeL, and
on Bombay at and above 25., will receive in fulL
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 3,4911. over
last year ; the Midland an increase of 1,4111. ; the
Metropolitan an increase of 518/. ' the Great
Western an increase of 701. ; the GremNorthern an
increase of 2,9641. ; and the Great Eastern an in-
crease of 661.
At a meeting yesterday of the shareholders of the
Delhi Bank Corporation it was unanimously re-
solved that the bank shall be designated " The
Delhi and London Bank (Limited).'
At the annual general court of proprietors of the
Atlas Assurance Company, heldyesrday, a divi
dead of 115 s. per share, free iome-tax, was

the anti= was otrared to distil-bate to the
=Vdividsmt et 111. ahem,
a. Ild. per I. share, with the
=
ditisleadot total of 211 s. r
ending
and of 33a. par 201. 'hares for the year ending
April 30, 1865.
A general meeting of the London and St. &oda-
rile Docks Company is called for the 25th inst.. wad
• half-yearly meeting of the East and West India
Dock Company for the 14th inst.
Formal notice is li:ran that a petition for the
winding up of the British and South An adeus
Stearn Navigation Company (Limited) is to be
heard Wore Vice-Chancellor Wood on the 15th
inst.

Creditors of the Madrid Bank (Limited) are re-
quired to seed the particulars of their claims to
the oflicial liquidator by the 7th of August, the flth
November having been appointed for adjudicating
upon them.
The directors of the Trinidad Petroleum Com-
pany (Limited) have issued their report, in antici-
putt= of the meeting convened for the 10th inst.
We make the following extracts :

Oa he formation the directors aossidered it their first
duly lo mosrtaa, by personal inopeetica and ioquirr is
Tasidad, the real value d the property nisi& this, bad pro-
visiesally bought Mr. &role was therefor, Wooed at
the earnest repeat of him co-directors, to proessd tf;re ;
and be reported that there was oil the company's estate
asphaltum aais d produeiog oil to an nalisaited ex-
boat. Your directors have been able to make more 'doss-

Woos= terms for the purchase of the property than was
liret arranged, the purchasethoney being redwood frets
50,0001. to 16,0001., thereby mimes, the capital of the
oompsny from the charge of 1,000 folly peid.ep sham,
sod without teeming any expense fur promotion or pm-
*Meaty expense'. The threaten Whig desirous of meet.
Minim whether the oil mild be produced cheapest is Eng-
lard or Trioidad, seat out a practical chemist sad ressaiter,
with sateiest micitinery to make experimeets, also to
inquire with refireees so the climate, whether skilled
Europeans could be safely sod out, sea to report as
to the sulliciseev of native or imported labour. This gar
Noma has retuned ; sad, after mature oimideratios, the
dimmers have come to the conclusion that it will be more
silthatageous to distil the met:al:am in this country. In
palmetto* of this °pinkie they have leased land st Silver
tows, sear the Viesoria Docks, with power reserved to per
elms the trashold, on which they are media, waits whisk
n vapidly appeasable( tomplettoo. The &wears bare
already est op twelve Marts, sad distillation has COW
mooed. The directan have seeds arraegentests fee the
ask of asphaltum ie Antwerp, to the extent of about 800
tons a month for distillates there, by which they expect to
realise the profits area( from the sale el 200 toes of all
ppr acetl, without iooarriag any outlay for meohisery.
Tile sided asphaltum for paving and othr like purposes
promises to equal their full expmistioes, and already ssary
2,000 tons have been sold by the eorapany. From this
source them tits directors expert to derive • large profit.
The directors have fall econiiissos is the sneers of the
company, and they have every moos to believe that they
will be enabled, at their mut meeting, to declare a large
dividend.
Notice is given that the hat days for repairing
applications for shares in the London. Windsor, and
Greenwich Hotels Company are Tuesday, the 11th
inst., for London, and Thursday, the 13th, for the
country.
With reference to the market for American secu-
rities, Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports as follows :
The buglers Is the Losdee market for Amerieth securi-
ties has hese active sines oar last, though is '.moot
scareely up to the avenge of the met few weeks, Meted
States 8.20 Beads bath rooted between 71 sad 725, say
further advance in them beieg shacked by the feet that
they are relatively about six per cost. higher here then in
New York. In Illinois end Erie shares the inuissetioss
have boa memerous, sad there has been good buying of
the former to more the steak and cash dtvideads which
will be paid in New York es let August ; the last price is
85i to j, a ries of 2 dole, ea the week. Brio ramie steady
at en adman of about a quarter of a dollar.
The Scotia, from Calcutta for Hull, which was
rather overdue, arrived off Plymouth yesterday. At
Lloyd's fifteen guineas premium had been paid to
effect fresh insurances upon this vessel, owing
chiefly to an impression that she bad met with bad
weather, a ship which sailed at the same time
having subsequently got into a hurricane, and lest
her rudder, is. Transactions are also reported at
twelve guineas premium upon the Sumatra, from
Bombay to Liverpool, which is 1131120 chat overd no,
and is presumed to have met with severe weather.
Mr. Banter's telegram, dated Bt. Petersburg,
July 4, gives the following quotations :
Exchange on London, 3 months, 3215.16 ; Ham-
burg, 3 months, 281 ; Amsterdam, 3 months,
1.581; Paris, 3 months, 334 f. New Imp
Loan, 106 ; Imperiales, 617, quiet. Tallow for
future delivery, nothing doing ; do. on the spot,
20,000 pods at 46} ; do. for shipment at 48.

WIEDIIIIIDAY Emma.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 901 to 'l, ex
div., both for money and to-morrow's settlement,
opened this morning at 901 to 1, and dated at 901
to 1. For the Bth of August the last pries ,
was 901 to 1. The official business report
is an follows :—Three per Cent. Console for money,
901, 1 ; ditto for acoount, 901 ; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 891 4, f, I; New ThreeperCents.,B9l,
/, 1,1; New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 72 ; OWL
Stack, 260, 2481 ; India Stock, 215, ex div. ;
ditto Five per Cent. Stook, 1044, 4 ; ditto Font
per Cent. Debentures, 1866, 100/ Five-and-a-
Half per Cent. " enfaoed" rupee paper, 1091.
The India Five per Cent, stock was steady.
Exchequer Bills remain quoted par to 4s. prem.
Mexican Bonds were rather fiat, and declined
per cent. There was also a reduction of in the
Turkish Loan of the present year and Venezuela
Old Bonds, and of in Peruvian, but, with these
exceptions, foreign stooks showed a favourable ten-
dency. Turkish Consolidis rose 1 per cent., and
there was an advance of about 4 in Greek, Egyptian
of 1864, Italian, Spanish Three per Ceuta., and
Russian Bonds of 1882.
National shares were last quoted to-
day 101 to 111 prem. • Joint Stock Disioonnt,
Ito I dim.; Bp rptian Trading, to dia. • Ottoman
Soei4t4 Genie, 21 to 31 prem.; Hudson's Bay,
151 to 1, ex div.; and Lion Brewery, 11 to 2 itrm
There was a recovery of about if. in City of
Improvements shares. Trinidad Petroleum were
also inquired for. Continental Union Gas and West
India and Pacific Steam were heavy.
As regards the shares of the financial corn
heaviness prevailed. London Financial 1:1=
Sc., and moat of the others 2s. 6d.
.per Aare.
The closing quotations an annexed, Tm.:—Later-
national Financial, 14 to 4 prem. • General Oredit,
19.16 to 11-16 prem.; London liinaniffid, 74 to I
prem. ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, 2 3-16 to
5-16 prem. ; Credit Fonder and Mobilise, 31 to

i Pei&
The closing (but in many cases nominal) quota.
lions for shares in new undertakings are sub-
joined :—Peruvian Railways, 21 to 34 prem. ;
Loadon-beidge Land, to 44:Tem. London and
Mediterranean Bank, 3to prem. ; Blakely
Ordnance, 34 to 4 prem. ; lamorgan Iron and
Coal, 24 to 3 prem.; East London Railway scrip,
to 1 prem. ; ditto, paid up, die. to par ;
Railway Credit, 1 to 2 prem. ; Phosphate of
Lime, 4 to 1 prem. ; Enamelled Iron, 11 to
21 prem. ; Parkfield Iron, 11 to 24 prem. ; Bat-
need's Bank, 1 to 11 prem. ; London Merchants,
11 to 1 din ; LOI&S, Greenwich, and Windsor
Hotels, 11 to 2 y•rem.; Samuel Bestow and Co.,
/to 14 prem. ; Liverpool and Dublin Stamm,
to 2 prem. ; Hop and Malt Exchange, 1 to 2
prem. ;General Exchange Bank, 1 to 1 prem. ;
Atlantic Telegraph Preference, 4 W 4 prem. ; and
London Quays, par to 4 prem.
United States 5-20 Bonds closed ki Ili to 721,
being firm. Atlantic and Great Western Itailersy
Debentures were steady, at 86 to 88.

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