The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENIN(3I, DECEMBER 15, 1859.

Mr. Chores booms I saw a paper botweea yea sal Mr.
Chard." I mid, " Ytm woe my solicitor, why did yea mot
tell ma V I Wamegdod say ; If that wee a bOll-." He
mid, "It was sot my duty to tell you, you were as titil-
late/Head el Mr. Chard." I repeatedly said it was kin duty
to have told me. I said " You are sot working for ma, bat
egoism ms," and therefore that mom day I oohed /or
my papers. He rd, " I will nem do say-
thing unfaithful," or something to that effect. Mr.
R* mid Mr. Chard must give me an account. I said
there woo so account, and that it was a ems of forgery and
tread. At his retested toque*, I commit* to take him
km my carriage to Mr. Chard's home, which was them la
Chamorserrece. Chard was not at home, bat whom he did
some he sold ia Mr. Roy's preeesoe that he had dose so-aud-
so, bet 1 said only, " I want to ask you before
Ms. Rey, Is I owe you asytking P" He said, " I can't
say Mil I havens& my groat' 1 said no more, but lilt
the boar, he I saw it yes pig aping me. The next day
I treat to W. Mots baassomd told him to give a notice to
Mr. Mood. (A War of Mama. Roy sad Cartwright to
Kr. Chord, sayings that he vas to understated that he was no
linger * he gent, was read.) Atter the Mk
of July Mr. Ebbing came to me many times,
taking foe remmodiation. I never law Chard sofa
afterwards bat sass, and that was at his home in Brook-
street. I asses bow the bill was filled up for 6,6001. I
asses sathstoyd Lord Ford to draw the 1,0001. bill. The
may framed* I had with him was that I lent him some
mossy, sad he did not pay it. (A Imgh.)
The cromezaminatim by Mr. Chambers was proceeding
whet. oar report left.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(adore Mr. Canimiesinner Goolburn.)
IN RN MANIAS WoILIIALL

The bankrupt wail a etockbroker, af the Royal Exchan
The failure occurred 'owe time ego, end lite figures in the
ease have appeared once or twice an the Arprtss. This was
the certificate madam.
Chulley, for the e.aimaw, oared no apposition.
Mr. Unklatcr lino for lb*
It was stated that notice of swills had been given by
as elderly lady, a creditor, bet ant as ter astable to appear
owing to the inclement state stsbe madras.

Ha Honour, co7;iie;ing hurl el thee that the age
had bees Wore the court, granted an hamediele airtdaits
the awed clam.

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Jimmy seat, lad the abereholthre could thea elect other
is their *au HO emsbt le lay that two-thirds of the gem
were held by wawa wants la Frame, sad by the deed of
rkler®t It was retailed that four of the directors should

be Frenchman. V.
TM necks was then put and wee &dared to be torrid ti
mein ems arias of " No, no."
TM CZAIIMAN then moved a resolution for canoslllag this we
95,193 abuse and borrowing 30,0001.
Tin molka woe carried, and the remaining business pro. 114'
coaded MIL
SHARE LISTS.—THIS DAN.

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The railway share market to-day is extraordi-
narily buoyant. The principal demand has been for 0.
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risen, respectively, 1 and t per cent. There is g
also a rise of per cent. in the South im
Eastern, Eastern Counties, and London and Is
North Western, and off per oent. in several of the
other leading descriptions. The present prices, how- ig
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now quoted 98t to 991 ; Great Western, 891 to 70}; p,.
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to ; London and South Western, 971 to 981; South
Eastern, 831 to 84; Eastern Counties, 68/ to b 9; and
Great Northern, 108 to 107. tt.
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Trunk of Canada stock, which is last marked 44 for se
the new account. Bahia Railway shares have been
dealt in at t prem., and Pernambuco at die. Lom-
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MONEY MARKET.-7111S .DAY.

Two o'Cloci.

The funds are firmer to-day, and a recovery of i
per oeut. has taken place. Business in this
department continues limited, attention being
principally directed to the share markets, where
great buoyancy prevails, notwithstanding the
extent to which the dealers are engrossed
with the settlement. A further important
rise has taken place in South Eastern, Great
Western, Bahia, Pernambuco, Grand Trunk of
Canada, and several other railway stocks, home and
foreign.

The New Indian Five per Cent. Loan has risen
about i per cent., being quoted 104 to hex div.
The opening price of the Three per Cent. Renter
at Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, is 70.60, being per cent.. better then
yesterday.

Consols are officially marked 981, cum div.,
for money, and 951 ►nd t, ex div. for the account.
The present quotation is 951 to t, ex div. for the
10th of January. The Three per Cents. Reduced
have also been dealt in at 951 and ; the New Three
per Cents., at 951 and ; the Indian Four per Cent.
Debentures of 1859, at 97/ and 1; the New Indian
Loan, for account, at 104/ and lex div. ; and Ex-
chequer Bills, at 28s. prem.
The foreign stock market is more active, and upon
the whole somewhat firmer in character, although
there is little change in price. The Turkish
Loan of 1864 is quoted 77$ to t, and that
of 1868, 88 to;. Eqnador Bonds are marked 121,
being heavy. Sales are recorded as follows :—Buena
Ayr's' Six per Cents., 771; Belgian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 981 (exchange 25fr.) ; Chili= Four-
and-s-Half per Cents., 871, ex div.; Dutch Two-and-
s-Half per Cents., 851 (exchange 128.);
Eqnador New Consolidated, 121 ; Mexi-
can Three per Cents., for account, 221
New Granada Active, 181 ; Peruvian Uribarren
Four-end-a-Half per Cents., 811, 82; Portuguese
Threeper Cents., 1863, 481 ; Sardinian Five per Cents.,
851, ex di,. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 461; Turkish
Six per Cents., 1854, 771; ditto Six per Cents.,
1868, for account, 118, 681; ditto Guaranteed Four
per Cents., 1041; Venezuela Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., for account, 281.

The shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance Com-
pany are quoted 1 3-16 to 1 6.16 prem., and those
of the Universal Marine, 7-16 to 9-16 prem.

The Norfolk has arrived off Penzance from Mel-
bourne, with 68,064 ounces of gold, worth 272,0001.
The relief afforded by the falling-in of government
annuities forms an important set-off against de-
mands for the national defences. Next month the
Long Annuities, amounting to 1,180,1241. expire, as
well u other Annuities to the amount of 308,0001.
Adding the 318,3181. of Annuities which expired in
October last, we arrive at an al:owlet° decrease of
about 1,784,0001. in the annual charge of the National
Debt. _ _

A rumour that the Emperor of the French is dis-
posed to inaugurate the new yeu with fresh de-
monstrations of a pacific character tends to impart
confidence in speculative circles, both hers and on
the Continent.

The demand for money yesterday inLombardistreet
was moderate, at per cent. At the Bank, business
was rather limited. In the Stock Exchange, loans
on government securities were readily obtainable at
2 per cent.
The ensuing settlement in shares and foreign
stocks has been fixed for Friday, the 30th inst.
The Ripon has arrived with the heavy por-
tion of the mails from Australia and Bombay,
and about 14,0001. in gold ; the Baxonia, from New
York, with 38,0001.; and the Tagus, from the
Peninsula, with 12,6101.
About 20,0001. in gold "was raised on Tuesday
from the wreck of the Royal Charter, making a total
of about 270,0001., out of 322,0001. brought on

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freight.
The Bombay mail is expected in London about
the 21st inst.

At a meeting of holders of Equador Bonds this
day resolutions were puled expressing indignation
at the revnt suspension of dividends on the foreign
debt.

The directors of the Trinidad Railway announce
that all the preliminaries have been completed, the
plans and estimates having been agreed to by the
colonial legislature, tested by an eminent engineer
here, and approved by the board. A meeting will
accordingly be called in the middle of January, when
the directors will give a full report of their proceed-
ings since the lest meeting, and will develop their
plans for the prosecution of the enterprise. Lord
Harris, late Governor of Msdrss, and previously for
eight years Governor of Trinidad, has joined the
board ; as has also Mr. Rennie, of the arm of Cavan
and Co. All scrip is to be sent in for exchange for
registered shares.
It appears that the terms granted by the directors
of the Great Ship Company for the loan of 40,0001.
for six mouths on mortgage of the Great Eastern are
7i per neut. per annual. The lender is Mr. Mac-
kenzie. _ _

The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 7,3891., the
Great Western an increase of 1,8181., the Great
Northern an increase of 2,1131., and the London and
South Western an increase of 1,6931.
The traffic of the Illinois Central Railway for the
first three weeks of November was 72,000 dots. more
than in the same period of last year, and 16,000 dole.
more than in 1868, the great year for railway traffic
in America.
The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
Railway of Canada, received yesterday, shows an
increase of 891.
The directors of the National Provincial Bank of
England have declared a half-yearly dividend at the
rate of 8 per cent. per annum, payable the 13th
January.
The arrangements are notified in connexion with
the payment of the half-year's interest on Oriental
Inland Steam. Ceylon Railway, Madras Irrigation,
and London, Tilbury, and Southend Extension Rail-
way shares.
The Union Bank of Australia will pay the half-
year's interest upon the debentures of the provinces
of Canterbury and Wellington, New Zealand.
The half-yearly dividends are advertised on
Spanish Consolidated and Deferred Stock.
1 esterday was "making-up day" in the railway
share market. Business in thisdepartment has latterly
increased, and has comprised a considerable number
of speculative purchases; yet the amount of the
'floating speulation for the rise appears to be only
moderate. We give below the rates of " continuation"
quoted in the morning.
London and North Western Ito 6-16 per ant. °on-
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Great Western ito per cent. do.
Midland 3-16 to* par cent. do.
Lancashire and Yorkshire 3-16 to per cent. do.
Berwick I to I per own. do.
York and North Midland 3-16 to I per coat. do.
Caledonian
South Eastern 3-16 to per cent. do.
North British
Great Northern -16 to 6-16 per cent. do.
Shefildd
In the afternoon, except as regards Caledonian
stock, the rates of " continuation were generally
lower. Lancashire and Yorkshire stock was scantily
supplied.

With reference to the market for American secu-
rities, Mr. E. F. Eatterthwaite reports as follows :
Since our last there has been an improved tooe in the cha-
racter of the market in London for American securities.
United States and other State stock revosin quits firm.
Money for laveetnient (motioned, to go Into New York Ceu-
Mal end Pinnsylvania Central Bonds. Michigan Central
Bonds are move inquired for. The movement for reorganis-
ing the Erie Company makes rapid progress ; the improved
earnings impart great oehfifencs is the future effsire of this
concern; these COCUOIOWICOW beee induced bayou of all
classes of its mourioes. The market is quite cleared et First
aced &mood Mortgage Bonds; the Thirds are very firm et 65
to 66. Illinois shares era firm at about 40 disoutint; there
Naos a disposition to buy freely at anything under 40 dis-
count.

WIDNISDAY genuine.
Commis, which closed yesterday at 961, "sellers,"
tx di,., tor the 10th January, opened this morning
at 931, receded to 961 to 1, end closed at 961 to 1.
After the close of the Stock Exchange the price wu
rather better, at 931. The official business report is
as follows.—Three per Cent. Consols, for money
(shut), 061 (with dry.); ditto, for account (10th
anuary), 931, L 1, 1 ex die.; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 961, 1; New Three per Cents., 961, 1. 1;
the Indian Four per Cent. Debentures, 1838, 971
ditto, 1869, 971,971,971,971; the New Indian Five
per Cent. Loan, for mount, 1031, 1031, 1031 ex
div.; India Bonds, 66.,035. poem.

The closing of the transfer books of the New Indian
Five per Cent. Loan has been followed by sales. The
price fell per cent., leaving off at 103; to ;, ex div.
After the clogs of the Stock Exchange, the quotation
was 103! to 104. The Indian Five per Cent. Rupee
Loan was firm, at 96; to 90, and the Five-and-a-Half
per Cent. at 103 to 4.
Exchequer Bills advanced Is., closing at figa, to
31s. prem. The Indian Four per Cent. Debentures
continue in demand.

The foreign stock market did not participate in
the improvement observable in some other depart-
ments of the Stock Exchange. Turkish stocks were
flat, and fell Ito per cent., the loan of 1864 leaving
off at 773 to and that of 1868, at 66 to 1. Meat-
can Bonds were slightly weaker, at 221 to Rus-
sian Three per Ceut. bonds were firm, at 86 to f.
Equador were marked 13.
Bank shares of most descriptions remain very firm,
the supply iu the market being scanty. There were
more inquiries to-day for those of the London Joint
Stock Bank and Union Bank of Australia. Union
Bank or London were nominally quoted rather
lower. Van Diemen's Land shares were heavy.
There was also a reduction in Royal Mail Steam and
Peninsular and Oriental new. Great Ship have re-
covered to 10e. 9d. to lls. 3d. per 11. Commercial
Dock stock was dealt in at 103.
The shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance Com-
pany were quoted 1 3-18 to 1 6-16 prem., and those
of the Universal Marine #to prem.
The Five per Cent, debentures of the East Indian
Railway Company were quoted 11 to 2 prem., and
the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. par to j prem.