The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-31 00:00:00

LAW I NTELLIGEN4 •h:.
(THIS DAY.)

EQUITY COURTS.
(Before the Master of the Hulls.)

rANKisii conemir—lllnwt.ors e.tsn.
Mr. Miller, for the applicant. asked that the call in this
c.tvc m 1„ ht nut be enforced, as Mr. Dingnan had, notwith-
standing the prop,.r time had elapsed, been allowed to
appeal.
Mr. Kekewich, for the official liquidator, did not object,
on certain terms, which : ppear in the following order :
Payment by applicant of the amount of call
into the Bank of England, at Liverpool, to the
savensc account, Burned's Banking Company, on or
before August S. Balance order on that day in de-
fault of payment. Applicant to pay costs of this lip.
plication.
Thornton's, Peacocites amp BakHiles cases. in the above
matter, stand over until after the decision in Jerviu's case,
now under sipped, has been given.

Axip %;ENTiturr's

'Mese parties were settled on the list of contributories in
the above matter, the former for 500 share. , and both for
another :lOU shares on a joint account. Their names
are on the register for these shares which they had taken
inr the Joint•stock Discount Company.
Mr. Kekewich was fur the official liquiditor ; the Solici-
tor-General, Mr. Roxburgh, Q.C., Mr. Baggallay, Q.C.,
Mr. Lindley, and Mr. Swanton appeared in the matter.

(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P.ige Wood.)

HI RE TMS NATIONAL sTANHARI. LIES AssCHANcit compANy
AND THE COLETT Lift A:44E11.010E COAPANV.—EEI•ARTE
MoiIPHEW.
His Honour gave judgment this morning in this ease,
which was argued on the loth inst.
Prior to December, 1865, the above two companies
vrere carrying on business independently. On the
12th of December in that year au agreement was
come to, whereby it was arranged that the National Com-
pany should purchase and take over the assets of the
County Company. and that the twu companies should be
amalgamated, with a board of direction composed of six
members of either of the original boards. The present
applicant, Mr. Morphew, who was a shareholder and di-
rector of the County Company, took his seat as a member of
the joint hoard in January, 1866, and attended a great
number of meetings. Nothing was done with reference to
shares till the :lath of May, 1866. Before this last date a
resolution had been passed that the proprietors in the
County Coirquiny should have an option of taking
shares in the National up to June, 186 d. Before
this period had expired Mr. Morphew was, by
another resolution of the 2fith of May, placed by the
National Company on their list of shareholders, for
the number of shares which was necessary to qualify a
director, as from the Ist of January, 1866. This was
effected without Mr. Morphew's knowledge, and no certi-
ficates were sent to him. Directly he found out what had
been done, he protested through his solicitor, and thence-
forth took no more part in the direction.
upon this state of facts he sought to he removed from
the list. Both companies are ins course of liquidation.
Mr. J. W. De Longueville GitTard supported the applica-
tion on behalf of Mr. Morphew ; Mr. Fry appeared for the
official liquidator.
The Vice-Chancellor said that it was conclusively settled
by authority that the mere sitting at a board of directors
will not of itself render a man liable for the number of
shares necessary for qualification, even though with know-
ledge of the necessary qualification. Something must he
done whereby he has become liable to the company. In
this instance his Honour thought sufficient had not been
done to bind Mr. Morphew. Before the peeled of election
bad expired, his name hail been placed on the list, but
there had been, as it appeared to his Honour, uo accep-
tance on his part ; for as soon as he knew of the inser-
tion of his name he protested against it, and repudiated
all further connection with the company.
The motion must be allowed with costs, the official
liquidator to have his costs out of the estate.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commiesioner Gonlburn.)
IN RE BRANDON.-NOWEL APPLICATION.

The bankruptcy in this ease occurred 26 )ears ago, and
property to the amount of 1,500/. had recently come to the
catate, through the termination of a chancery suit.
Mr. Rooks now asked for the authority of the court to
advertise for creditors or their representatives. The 's-
oignees were dead; the proceedings were lost; and in
answer to a former notice no creditor had appeared.
His Honour asked what would become of the money if
no claimant came forward. He supposed it would go to
the court fund.

Mr. Rooks apprehended that it would go to the bank-
rupt's representatives.
His Honour made the desired order.

TN BE ME S. Si. PETO, BART., M.P., BETTS, AND

cuirrrow.

In this ease, in which the choice of assignees took place
a few days ago,
Mr. Denton, representing the assignees and the manager
of the estate (Mr. Bishop, of Tokenhouse-yard), said he
had to ask his Honour to make an order under the fol-
lowing circumstances. A sum of 30,000/. was about to
peas into the hands of the manager ; in fact it was
already paid into the bank ; and it was desirable for the
benefit of all parties concerned that, pending the settle-
ment of the existing disputes, the amount should be in-
vested in Exchequer Bills. He now asked that the court
should make an order to that effect.

The Commissioner—Have I the power to do that
Mr. Denton—Yes. Your Honour can direct the invest-
ment of assets in any security.
The Commissioner—Oh, certainly, let it be done.
Order accordingly.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THD3 DAY.)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.)

•
Several members asesenbied at 12 o'ckick, but it was
nearly half an hour before there was a 'efficient number to
mak, a house.

PUBLIC moNrmENTs.

In reply to a question from Sir H. VERNET with regard
to the preservation of ancient monuments,
Mr. HARDY said there was no public department to
take charge of such monuments, and they must look to the
growing intelligence of the country for their preservation.
A( BICULTURAL CHILDREN'S EDUCATION BILL.
Mr. FAN-CI:TT, in moving the second reading of this
bill. said the principlim of it had been virtually adopted in
the House of Lords in the case of Loral Shaftesbury's Bill.
But there wete some important differences between the
two bills. By Lord shaftesbury's bill it was provided that
children should attend school 400 hours during winter
and 200 during summer. His (Mr. Fawcett's) bill
provided that children should always attend school
on what was called the halftime system, and in
that respect it diffe,ed from the bill in the House
of Lords. There had been some experience of the
half-time system already, and he was justified in saying
that it hail proved eminently successful. On the previous
day the house had affirmed the necessity of extending that
system to almost every beanlh of industry. On the other
hand, the hued time system hail proved a failure. A
committee had declared that the Print Works Act
ought to be amended. Mr. Paget, an eminent agricul-
turist, had carried out the half-titne system on his
own farm, and found it very beneficial. Having
been brought up in agriculture, and knowing what
were its necessities, he (Mr. Fawcett) was convinced the
half-time system would not be attended with greater dif-
ficulties than the other system proposed. As regarded
harvest time, he had provided that the bill
should be temporarily suspended. It was useless
to enact that school should be attended without
at the same time taking care that schools were provided
for children to attend ; and hence that point was embraced
in his measure. The present state of education in the
rural districts was most unsatisfactory. In many districts
there were admirable schools, but children were
taken away at too early an age, and this evil
was increasing. He had observed that even
where good schools existed many young men were not as
well educated as their fathers. In fact the young men of
between 20 and 30 could not, generally speaking, read as
well as the men of in. This was to be accounted for by the
fact that whereee ionnerly there was^ surplus of labour, and
the leisure time wasemployedin teaming toread,at present
the demand for labour exceeded the supply. Children
were taken away from school too early, either through the
avarice, the ignorance. or the poverty of the parents, and
against all these motives legislation was required. It
legislation met with opposition from farmers and land-
owners they might render it nugatory by not providing
schools, and hence be asked the house to provide a gua-
ranteee that in the rase of all farms of a certain size there
' should be a school within reasonable reach of the children.
By the bill he had thrown the burden of providing schools
on the tatepayers, who would be assessed according to the
value of the property, and it should be remembered that
efficient education most tend to diminish poor rates. It
might be objected that they should wait for the report
of the royal commission which had been appointed.
He believed that on the report of the Education Commis-
sioners presided over by the Duke of Newcastle, there was
sufficient information, while if agriculturists were not
subjected to legislation manufacturers would complain
of a want of impartiality. In this bill, unlike
Lord Shaftesbury's, no distinction was made between boys
and girls ; for he believed that light agricultural work was
as suitable for females as for males. In conclusion,
the hon. member intimated that, having no hope
of success in the present session, he would be
willing to postpone his measure till next session, provided
the government did not meet him with a direct negative,
and was willing to deal with the question.
Mr. A. PEEL regretted that the measure of the right
hon. member for Merthyr was not accepted the other
evening, and referred with the bill under consideration to
a select committee, in order that the whole subject of
agricultural education might have been tho-
roughly investigated. The present system of the
Privy Council was not expansive enough to meet the wants
of the age, lie saw no other way of meeting the evil than
a compulsory system of rating and •oompulsory attendance
at school. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. BEACH moved that the bill be read a second time
this day six months. He did not, however, deny the
existence of the evil which the bill was designed to
remedy.
[Left speaking.l

DERBY.

Fripponier walked over.
HANDICAP PLATS.

Hittorinn
Python
1 okligestion

:ornera
VIII

L; banphine

12 ran

GOODWOOD STAKES.
4 to 1 art Gamer& (t)
sto 1 Vici(t))
11 to 2 Jezebel (t)
6to 1 Clarice (t)
10 to 1 wild Briar (t)
14 to 1 Vixen e It)
100 to 6 Douro (t)
20 to 1 Nine Elmo (t)

IMPORTANT TO VOLUNTEIRS.—THI TOLL QUINTION AGAIN.
Major George Alexander James, field captain of the
19th Surrey Rides, summoned before Mr. Barker David
Levi', one of the collectors at the Manor-house-gate,
Hornsey, to answer a complaint which charged him with
unlawfully demanding and taking toll of and from Major
James, for a horse, the property of the said Major James,
an officer of the volunteer force, who was returning from
duty with such horse. There was a second complaint
against the said defendant for taking toll for a horse
and carriage at the same time and place, contrary to the
statute.

Mr. J. A. Alsop, solicitor to the regiment, attended to
support the complaint, and stated that these proceedings
were taken under the 26 and 27 Vic., cap. 67, sec. 45,
which exempts volunteers under certain circumstances
from paying tolls.
After hearing evidence,
Mr. Barker said there was no word " friend" in the
clause, and it was admitted that the major had • friend
with him in the phaeton. The words in the act were plain
and specified that every carriage should be free whether it
was with or without any conductor, driver, or domestic
servant. Ile should therefore decide that the carriage was
not free, in fact there could be no doubt about the matter
as the parties who could ride in the carriage were named
in the section.

Mr. Alaop contended that as no unnecessary dely had
taken place in returning from Wimbledon, the horse,
which had been used by the major at the review, and
which had on all its accoutrements, was free from toll. It
was a hard ease, for the major resided at Wood-green,
whilst the headquarters of the regiment were at Brixton.
Whenever the business of the °orris was late, the major
would not be able to reach the Manor-house gate until
after 12 o'clock. If the magistrate was against him on this
point, he should like to take a case for the decision of the
superior courts.
Mr. Barker said teat be was rare that it ought to be as
contended for, but he was afraid that the short wording
of the clause was against the oomplainant. Before he
granted a ease on the last point, he would take time to
consider, bat with regard to the carriage he had not the
slightest doubt, and the summons in that ease would be
dismissed.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
SOBBING A POLICE 811GILANT.

Mary Reynold', a young woman, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with being found in the house No. 2, Ben-
tinck-street, supposed for an unlawful purpose.
John Clark, a lodger at No. 2, Bentinck-street, said that
on going home the previous night, about 12 o'clock, and
letting self in with a latch-key, he found the prisoner
on the stairs. He asked her what she wanted, and she
said she was waiting for a young woman who had gone
into the second floor front room, but it so happened that
that was his own room, and be had the key in his pocket.
The prisoner was afterwards given into custody.
Sergeant Homey, 6C, the occupier of the house, said
that on Friday last a robbery was committed in his house,
and on the prisoner being searched at the station two
duplicates were found. He bad been to the pawnbrokers
and found the duplicates related to articles of clothing
stolen from him. A key was also found on the prisoner
which would open the street door.
Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired if the pawnbrokers were in at-
tendance, and the sergeant said they were not, but there
was another charge of robbery against the prisoner.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said. as the prisoner must necessarily be
remanded for the attendance of the pawnbrokers, theothsr
charge (would thee. be gone into.

Hoe eCLTURE IN CALIPORNIA.—The Alta's cor-
respondent says :—" No branch of agriculture pays better
than tops. For brewers' use the hops of California have
dn'Able the strength of any imported. It is well demon-
strated that short poles and crags-tr►iling on connecting
cords produce better crops than high poles. The crop for
this first ye►r is 24,0001b5., worth, et 70c. per lb., 16,800
dollars. Next year the plant starts front fixed roots of one
year's growth, and the crops will double. It will be seven
years probably before the plant will lime 44690tian.0

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVKNING, JULY 31, 1867.

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(BY TBLZOILAPIL)
GOODWOOD MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

... 2

- _.. ... .
11 nn.
SWEEPSTAKES FOR FILLIES.
Ines ..
sunflower::: •-• .
:its. to Stafford ... ...
•
C(tODWOOD STAISS.
..__

COWDR tY STAKES. T.Y.C.
Jeannie Deans, Rampart, Benefactress, Ambition, Rein-
deer, Billet, Roue, Reny, and Ulpinui are here.

FINDON !MAKES. T.Y.C.
P.tineltill, Ajax, Vale Enyal, Tibicen, Phmton. Eel
Worm), Chic, &Neon, Mauna, False Alarm, Elmira,
Madrid, an.l Ilerennianus are Imre.
DRAWING•IIOO3I STAKES. Craven Course.
Vauban. Lochaber, Van Amburgh, Lenin of lies e, and
Fowler are here.

HANDICAP PLATE. Craven Course.
Ostreger, 9st 121 b; Volunteer, 9st ; Lunt Ronald,
9st 311 i; Amoy!,nb Chepstow, Net ; Ambition,
7rt4ib : Python, st ; GNenback, Pet 91b ; Narino, list 41b;
C mad Duke, Gat 414 ; and Pyrrhic, :sit 1214. All are here.
SWEKPSTAX}S OF WO BOYS. FOE COLTS. Craven

Course.
Caucasus, Vauban, and Cart Volant are here.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.-(THIS DAY.)

Coastwise, as well as by rail, the receipts of English
wheat were on a very moderate scale, but in tolerably
good condition. Both red and white parcels were finnly
held, but the amount of business transacted was only
moderate.
The market was tolerably well, but not heavily, supplied
with foreign wheat. The demand was only in retail, but
all qualities supported the rates current on Monday.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off freely, at the recent
improvement in prices.
The few parcels of foreign barley on the stamls were
mostly disposed of at very full quotations. There was no
English barley on offer.
The supply of malt was seasonably good. The trade
ruled quiet, at late rates.
With foreign oats we were well supplied, but scantily
with homegrown produce. Fine parcels were in fair
request, at late rates; but inferior Russian barely main-
tained their previous value.
Beans met a slow sale at late currencies.
Peas were firm in price, and the demand for them was,
on the whole, steady.
Flour was firm at former terms.
Linseed and rapeseed were steady, but agricultural nee
were dull. Cakes were held at late quotations.

OA/11. a a
Scotch potato
Lick black
white 2l to 31
BUNS.

Mangan
Tick 3B to 39
Harrow
Pigeon a to a

Grey to 40
Maple 4O te 44
White 4O to 13
Balers
nom__

Town =du- p4;260
lbs.
Household 47 to 49
Country
Norfolk and Suffolk,
ex skip 62 to 46

OAIL S.
Danish and eirelleit St le II
Rumba to ft

iiiiiii:

Danish — is
AMU=
_ _ .

Maple -
37 to St
Boilers ~... ... 37 to 311

INDIAN 0013 f.

White — kk 41
Yellow

FLOOR.

French, per 44 to BO
Spanish „ 44 told
American, per brl .. 27 to t 4
Canadian b 6 to :8
INTO LONDON, BY WATER
THLI WF.EIC.

Bark,. MALL OM& Flow.
qu. kis. sack.
61799 .. 990
.1
61790 .. 1120

IRE BRAZIL MAIL.:.

(Ruffin's TILLICHAV.)
118110 N. JULY 31.

The 'loyal Mail Stain Packet Company's ship
Oneida ha., arrived here front the Brazils, and will
leave at 4 to-day for Southampton, with
14,323!. in specie, 1,852 bags of coffee, 300 barrels
of tapioca, 1:.0 rolls of tobacco, 22?. packages of
sundricA, and 107 1 amengers.
The Shannon, with the outward mail of the 9th
duly, was at St. Vincent (Cape Verde) on the 20th
inst.mt.

MONEY MARKET.-{THIS DAL)

Ws eosocat.

The tone of the stock markets is rather cheerful T.
without any secession of business to have caused
the change. There is still some perplexity on the'
question of the relations of France and Prussia, I
but the inclination of opinion is that nothing '
serious will arise out of the discordant ele-
ments
that have just been producing such dis-
turbance. Owing to this view, the markets
have received some amount of speculative
support of which the funds have derived
the chief advantage. It has, however, been very
small, the main feature being a alight increase of
political confidence ; if it be confirmed, innnt-
meats may possibly be attracted. Railways are
still held in check by adverse impressions as to the
dividends, though the traffics are fairly supported.
A slightly increased demand for money, owing to
the close of the month. It is however only barely
apparent, and it has not varied the nominal quota- '
tions, which for the beet bills remain at 12 per cent,
though transactions are of ectNl at a point lower.
On the Stock Exchange the settlement is producing
some effect, but the terms for short loans on go-
, vernment stocks are unaltered at 1 to 14 per cent.
Consols are firmer, with a moderately good tone,
at 94 to for money, and 941 tot for account.
New and Reduced at 931 to N. Bank Stock is
quoted at 258 to 260, and Exchequer Bills (March)
arc Finn at 21s. to 275. prem.
A partial improvement has been established in
a few railway stocks, but Brighton has not shared
in it ; that stock is dull st 494 to 50; but the new
isunaltered at last night's quotation of 14 to I prem.
London and North Western, 109 to 1 ; ; Great
I Western, 401 to 41 ; Midland, 1131 to 1; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 125 to 126 ; Great Northern,
111 to 112 ; ditto A, 110/ to 111; Great Eastern,
264 to 1; South Eastern, 63 to 4 ; Caledonian, 108
to 109 ; Manchester and Sheffield, 43 to 4 ; York
land North Midland, 91 to 914 ; Berwick, 994 to
:1004 ; North British, 28/ to 1; London and South
Western, 74 to 76 ; Metropolitan, 1194 to 1; Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 4 ; and London,
Brighton, and South Coast, 494 to 50 ; ditto New,
14 to / prem.
The Five per Cent. Indian Stock remains at
1114 to 112.
The foreign stock market is a little better ; but
with few actual variations in the prices. Greek
Bonds are 13 to 4. Spanish Passives, 214 to 4 ;
Certificates, IN to 1 ; Italian, 49 to ; Mexican,
151 to 1 ; Turkish, 1862, 56 to 57.
United States 5-20 Bonds have recovered to 72/
to 1. Erie Railway shares are 48 to 49, and
Illinois are quoted at 764 to 77.
Anglo-American Telegraph, 18 to 4 ; Atlantic
Cable, 311 to 1 ; Hudson's Bay, 144 to 1.

The shares of the International Financial So-
ciety are quoted at 21 to 28 dis. ; General Credit,
21 to dis. ; Credit Foncier, 51 to 3 die. Na-
tional Discount, 61 to 7 prem.
The Hansa has arrived from New York, with
60,0001. in gold.

ILL►-PAST THESE o'CLoci.
Consols are now quoted 841 to 1., both for
money and the account.

I The steamer City of Paris arrived yesterday
from New York, with 231,1001. in specie.
The dollars by the West Indies steamer Douro
were sold yesterday at 4s. 11.1.4. per ounce, and the
bar silver at ss. Old. The latter price shows no varia-
tion, but some transactions had taken place pre-
viously in dollars for the French mail for the East
at 4s. 112 d. The Pantheon steamer is expected to
arrive shortly with 800,000 dollars on board.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
steady at Friday's rates, being as follows :
. . .

Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.191 to 11.19 E ; ditto, short
ILIB to ILI9 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11.191 to 11.19; ;
Antwerp, 3 months, 25.371 to 25.421;5rura1., 3 months,
25.371 to 25.421; Hamburg and Alton*, 3 months, 13.91 to
13.9 E ; Berlin, Cologne, Ac., 3 months, 6.26 to 6.261;
At. Petersburg, 3 months, 324 to 32 ; Par* short, 25.121
to 25.22; • ditto, 3 months, 25.321 to 25.371 ; Marseilles,
3 months, 25.35 to 25.371 ; frankfort-on-the-Maine,
3 months, 1201 to 1291 ; Vienna, 3 months, 12.95 to
13.0 ; Trieste, 3 months, 12.95 to 13.0 ; Madrid, 3
months, 491 to 49; Santander, 3 months, 494 to 49; Cadis,
3 months, 491 to 49 ; fkrille, 3 months, 494 to 49; Malaga,
3 months, 49 to 481 ; Valencia, 3 months, 49 to 481; Bar.
colons, 3 months, 491 to 491 ; Bilboa, 3 months, 49 to
481 ; Saragossa, 3 months, 49 to 481 ; Leghorn, 3
months, 27.10 to 27.20 ,• Genoa, 3 months, 27.10 to
27.20 ; Rapine, 3 months, 27.10 to 27.20 ; Palermo, ;l
months, 27.10 to 27.20; Messina, 3 months, 27.10 to
27.20 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 521 to 52 ; Oporto, 90 days'
date, 52: to 52.
The allottees of the new stock of the Brighton
Railway Company are pressing sales simply because
it bears a premium which they are anxious to
grasp. It would appear, however, that this is an
ill-advised operation, and that it would be more
advantageous for such of the shareholders as are
not in a position to inoreaae their stake in the com-
pany to part with a proportionate amount of the
old stock and keep the new. This course, amongst
other advantages, will tend to rescue the company's
' credit, which may be still further prejudiced should
indiscriminate sales oftho now issue be persisted in.
The Antwerp and Rotterdam Railway Company
have issued forms, by signing which the share-
holders intimate their consent to receive payment
of the dividend duo on the shares for the year 1866
in obligations of the company of 300 f. each, yield-
ing an annual interest of 15f. These obligations
will be taken in payment at the rate of 21'5f., so
that there will be given one obligation and five
francs in cash for twenty share coupons. The
shareholders will also receive 3f. 75c. as interest
from the Ist of August to the lot November next.
At the meeting of the shareholders of the Bank
of Egypt, a dividend was declared at the usual rate
of 10 per cent. per en for the half-year.
5,000!. was also carried to the reserve fund, which
is thus raised to 50,0001., and a balance of 8,810/.
remains to be carried forward to the next account.
At the general meeting of the Bahia Steam Nevi- !
gation Company (Limited), held yesterday, the
directors' report, which has already been referred
to, was adopted.
At the annual general meeting of the Australian
Agricult,usl Company, held yesterday, the report
was adopted, and a dividend of 10s. per share de-
clared. Mr. Robert Palgrave, one of the audi-
tors, was elected a director, in the room of Mr. G.
S. Thornton, deceased.
' The fifth ordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of the Laugham Hotel Company (Limited),
washoldyesterday at thalrtl. The recer.iion of the i
report of the directors was deferred, and a com-
mittee of consultation was appointed, with the
view of investigating the state of the affairs of the
hotel, and the meeting was adjourned to Nov. 1 to
receive the report of the committee.
At the meeting of the Australian Trust Company,
held yesterday, the usual dividend of 6 per wont
was declared, and the directors and au t.irs wrjr.
re-elected.