The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1860.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
Res DAT.)

CO'RT OF BANKRUPTCY.
fikforn Mr. Commissioner noblamps.)
1y RI CHARM( carets.
This was the first sitting. The bankrupt was a silk mnr-
ehaut, of totter-lane. His liabilities are 10,0001. ; upsets,
pis.perty kohl a. security. 7,0001. Mr. Henry
Iluttt,rie, .ccmatun, of Old Jewry, and Mr. David Urak.••
fora, .ilk nierehant, of kraal Win. hesteratreet,werechiiseti
trade s..ignees. Mr. Reed, Oreaharuatreeti iS the solicitur
ander the pricesslinps

IN CZ 111111TH AND PATIENT.—LARCF. rAitrar. It THE
/SATHER ?BAD .
This ens the sitting for the proof i.f debts and choiee of
&minces under the bankruptcy of William Smith and Wil-
liam Francis Patient, of Bernalindeey w•mad, tanner. and
leather merchants. trading under the arm of "Smith,
Patient, and rimiC,." The bankruptcy occurred above a
fortnight ego, there having berg a previous attempt at
snaditypup out of court. The petitioning creditors am
3leors. Currie, tankers, of Cornhill, who had discounted
some of the bankrupts' neceptato-e, of the thrifts 11 Law-
rence and Mortiniore (Strratfeild and Co.). The act
if honk is a declaration of insolvency signed
by both the- hisakrupts on the 9th of August. A
Bodement of liabilities and probable Islets (prepared by
Meeers Coleman and Co.) has already appeared. Ths
in round number., are trgi,trigt; esti-
mated by the ionkrupts (including 10,010. from the private
estate .1 Mr. !Muth), 45.004/. to a Imo.,
extent. ore in respect of hills of Mewri. Streatfeild Wad CO.
Prri—fs to the amount of 200,00. Y. were now made. Mr.
'unmans lirookebank, leather-factor, .4 the Leather market,
Bermondsey, and Mr. Jahn Lawfotd, of Messrs. ettllitti
bank, were chosen trade Mr. Canaan is the
efficod assignee ; sad Mews. Murry, Moe, and Hutchings
ate the solicitors ander the proceediar.
Mr. Mews appeared fur the Isinkrupt, ; hut so AllOW.ioCe
we. &eked fur.

IX na w. tacur.Ne.
The bunkrupt len a .hoe manufartuter of Din-entry.
Hu lialublbee are 20,0001.; omen about 4,0001. Mr. L.
Danbrot le the aen.untaat engaged ..0 theme'. Mr. (Nur
and Mr. WetheraU, nearing*. were Yluw.'n trade =ere".
or The ylkitnin under the bankruptcy are Meow. lAter
and Haekwund.

IV J emos CH I,DWICK.
The bankrupt was a siame-merchaut, of Augustus-street,
Regret's-park. This was the tint sitting under the bank-
ruptcy. A preliminary statement of affairs by Messrs. Hart
Brothers, shows dente of Al7ll ; no accurate estimate of the
asset* can yet be made. The following creditors were chmen
assignees:—Mr. Crowther, stonemason, of Nurthowram ;
Mr. Gamete., bookkeeper, of Drunley, Yorkshire ; sod Mr.
11. F. Thrum., grotheman, of Perey.stmsk Belfordaquare.
Mown. Lakkillf mad Rockwood are tito soliciton under
the prociamilima

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LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.-THIS DAY.)

(BT DRMAH AND HIM MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
(rßox OUR OWE CORRESPONDENT.)
Grain market firm. Wheat and Sour is good request at
full prices. Maize steady. Beans quiet. AU other articles
is moth:rote demand, at oadmaged rata Weather fine.

SHARE LISTS.-THIS DAY.

Two oTwow.

The railway share market to-day is better, owing
to the improvement in the weather. An advance of
Ito per cent. has taken place in most of the
principal stocks. Several descriptions are to-day
quoted ex div. London and North Western stock
is quoted 99} to 100, ex div. ; Great Western,
70 to I, ex div. ; Midland, 1231 to 124 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1071 to 108 i, being in
especial request ; South Eastern, 843 i to 87, ex
dis.; Caledonian, 931 to 9t ; and Great Northern,
114} to 1151, ex div.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares remain quoted
li to 1 dis. Great Western of Canada shares re-
main very firm. East Indian Railway stock is in
better demand.

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BRITISH POSSISSIONS.

di. IPt I "Amu= 1 Clostni prior 1 Baba to
1 piebrellay. 1 Mil pa.
100 all dillamole•Bl.lsorrwso6 40 ad
R. 160 Boa. &C. Dar. lasise. 631
13 16 De. 66. I. :. . . li Irlig
all Bunalettlakentrostil. of 61
all Do. New —, -.--
10 all Do. Pretenses 6l 74
100 100 Bri/L,Brant,.&Goderich
Op.e. Bb., gag. I, 1872
sedonedbyßut.drilL 76 80 -.
100 100 Do. July 1,1873, ditto 7O 75
100 100 Do. Jima 1. 1874. ditto 6B 73
6 3 Galeutta &S. Eastern 1 dls / pin
0471011. gn
10 3 GspeT.&Dockelp.e.gua. 11 St as
10 7f owst 1 01 die
le 4 Bute= se
81. 100 bat Indian
20 16 Do. Extension F i 1 rib
10 15 Do. Jubbnipore , 1 dla
100 all Do. 41 p. ct. Debent l9 100
100 all Do. 6p. et. do lel II!
20 all Geelong & Melbourne. 111 221
81. 100 Grand Trunk of Canada 31 82 311
100 all Do. 6 per et. Prof. -
100 all Do.dee.Pret.6 p.et Se 7l 74
100 all Do. 6 per et. Debeut SI 67
100 all Do. 7 per Cl. 1882 63 67
100 WI Do. do. 1087 5l 54 52
100 all Do. do. 1872 6B 63
81. 100 Great Indian Peninsula 96 97
19 6 Do. New
10 13 Ot. 8. of India 8.6 p. ot 3 le Ws
101 all Gt. West Canada, Shares IV, 131 131 13
1101 18 Do. New 7l 71 es
100 all Do.lkla,pay76,opt. 93 96
100 all Do. do. 73 opt. LIB OD 93 06
100 all Do. do. 73 withontop. 98 00
100 .31 D0.64p.eL13da.,par.77 90 92
8!. 100 Madras Guar. 41 per et. 8.: 57.
St. 100 Do. do. 6 per ct. 94 95
St. 100 Do. 64 par et. Yates. 87 89
10 10 Do. 4th Erten. do.
Bt. 100 Melb.eorp.ap. etßeods —.
&90 all N. Brunswick C•nada
ebbe 6 cap. sh. 6 7
10 all Du. do. land do. 8 V
f 0 all Do. do. Bap do. 6 7
1e all Do. do. land do. 6 7
f ties. . • (lambed) — —•-•
ft
10 7 Do. Punbub
81. 100 D0.1nd.114.1104.g. Op.& 93 941
10 1 Trinldad.llnalte4,ft,tp I il dls

000,410 St. Commercial lOO
114,000 It. Do. ap. et. Peet. Ma UO
',006,000 St. Nast Mid West India lOO
',0i,610 Bt. London 100
.910.003 Bt. SR Katharine
MAN St. Southampton lOO
000,002 St. Victoria
0,000 10 Do. Fn

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No. I elt 4 ',MN. I Pd. lOL pekoe. l holm
.... .. Otta.oov. 0 p.e. Jan.& Jul 100 112 111
.... .. Do.. per cent., 1070 lOO
.... .. Do. 6 per oent. 1800 lOO —.—
.... .. Do. 6yer cent., 1881 lOO
.... .. Do. Spur et. Feb.rfang 100 110 112
.... .. Do.6per ct. /Dir.& Sep 100 113 116 —.
mese J Do. 6 per oent
4 Do. do. Betip 106
.... .. New Brunsw.oov.6 p. et lOO 1064 1064
.... .. N. B. Wale, Civ. 6p. e. 1800 100 99 100
..... .. Do. 6p. e., 1171 to 1876 100 99 100
..... .. Do. 6p. e., 1888
—.. .. Nova Scotia op. et. No
.... ..I Dab. redeem. 1876 lOO 107 108
.... .. &Masa flovAlp.e. Bonds 100 108 110
—.. .. Vac. Ov. 6p.c. .1 in.& July 100
.. Do. do. 6p.c.5ne.e006. 100 1694 1004 994 4
JOINT trod &Laza.
No. I IN. I BABIL I Pd. I la. prima. 1 Ulm
10,000 1001 Agra and U. Om tisr.k . 60
11,00600 260 60 I A
Bank of pt uetradasla
all 010 6
II NI
10, Egy lOl
10,0000001 110
Bank of Loudon 6O 60 01
10,0001 10 Hank of Turkey 3 Ii 14 dls
10,000 '6O British N. Americo ou
wool, so Chart. Bank of India,
1 Australia, and China . all 204 204
06,000 25 Clutrd. Mere. of India,
a and China all 32 14
6000 100 ate
10,000 100 Co
olant.
40,090 20.11 Cont.olo of Canada sll
25,0001 100 Corn. of Lornlon
26,0001 10 Bog. ficot.Ctual.Cbartd all 15 164
06,000 i 10 G. Bank of Switzerland all
36,000 10 Lon. Ch. Bank of Aosta all 14 14
IS,OOOI 60 London and County
00,009 i 60 London Joint Stock
20,000 20 London d South African 1 1 04 Ns
/10,000 100 Lon. and Westminster 2O
10,000 100 (Nat. Pron. ot ingland 4l
15,0001
20,005 110 INatlonal Bank
26,005 SO 'New South Wales all —•—
60,400; 26 (Oriental Bank Corpora all
25,000' 20 Ottoman Bank
10,000 100 'Provincial of DANA 115 --.—
e,OOO 10 Do. New
16,000 26 South AustreDa au
40,000 26 Unica of Amtrak'
00,000 60 ,Union of Loudon
I,oooi 100 Tait, Mutual N —•-•

No. I eh.) 008P41030. IPdI CL velem. i Ceitc.
10,000 t 10 Anglo-Med= ILiat all LSI 144 -
20,0001 26 Australian Urged 111 1111 18 -
360 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Lint).- all -, - -
47,000 10 Berlin Water...nits .. all 44 54 -
. 50 Brit. American Land 4O 20 11 -
6,000 50 Brit. & Irish Mss. T•L A all SS 17 -
3,201 10 Do. It 7 pat a =UM all is 21 -
11,700 10 Do. 0 -
b,016 324 Canada land all 114 117 -
3,0001 10 Channel Islands Tel. (L) all - - -
160,000 St. Cop. Mg.ofing.& Smelt all - - -
12,000 26 Do. Prat 74 per tent. all 144 154 -
1,002026 It. Crystal Palace -
100,620 St. Do. Preference -
260,000 St. Do. 6p. et. Perp. Deb lOO 106 108 -
700,000 St. Electric Telegraph -
7,100 26 Do. New -
70,000 5 Ens. and Aust. Cop. -
20,000 15 Gen. Steam Navigation 14 - - -
&VON I Crest Slip (Limited) , all 4 4 -
100,000 1 Do. 174 per cent. Pref. I 4Os par 4
11,001 6 Lon. District TeL fL) 34 2 dim -
60,000 10 !London Discount (L.) - II 11 4ls -
204,000 4 'Lon. Oen. Omnibus Co. all 1 14 -
50,000 20 Madras Into. & Canal 1 24 24 pm -
*O,OOO 10 Medlterransatillec.TeL all - - -
12,000 10 Nadler. Be. Tel.((La) all 3 4 -
00,000 26 National Diaconal Co 5 14 11 illa -
6,010 10 NerbadditCoalabOa(L) 6 1 1 als .-
11,510 10 Netherlands Land .. - all 4 --
50,000 6 Do. 3p. e., is. at 1 dis, ell a 1 -
1,726 100 N. Bross. &N. Soot. La. 40 - - -
lascena IN. Brit. Australasian- aD is 1 -
1 Oriental O
.all 1 -
6060,,000000 1 Do. "New Shares" -
10,000 10 Orien. In. Stun. (Lim.) A 6 - - -
10,000 10 Do. do. B 6 - - -
600,000 St. Peel Meer Laud &Ma 100 47 50 -
10,000 60 Peal's. andOetem. Slum all 74 76 76
10,000 SO Do. New 2l 124 124 pa 384
40,000 20 Bad Sea & lad. TeL 44,
.c. for 10 ye by Hr. Off. all IS 134 -
10,000 60 y hos -
10,000 16 Do. New all 5 0
15,000 100 Royal Mail Steam - Ii 50 U •-
2,000 St. Scottish Aust. Investas. 100 1112 126 -
1a,201 26 South Australian all IS It -
75,000 1 Submarine TeL Scrip
4 I -.
76,000 1 Do. do. Registered all ...
60,000 10 Trait & La. Co. 17p. Can 5 - - -
10,000 100 Vaa Dillninell land mg • 10 -

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MONEY MARKET.-THLN DAY.

Two O'C LOCI.

The stook markets to-day have quickly responded
to the 'improvement iu the weather. The fund,
have risen a per cent. British railway stockm, par-
ticularly Lancashire and Yorkshire, have likewise
advance4L There is a rather animated demand, at
higher prices, fur several classes of foreign bonds.
The feeling gcourally in the Stock Exchange is
more hopeful.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter opened, at
68-06, being the 3114113 as yesterday.
Consols are officially marked 921 and 931 for
money, and 93 and k for the account (Sept. 6). The •
present quotations are 93 to k for money and next
Thursday's kettleineut, and 93} to* for the 11th Oct.
The official business report is as follows :—Three
per Ceuta. Reduced, 931, k, # ; New Three per Ceuta.,
931, ; India Stock, 218 ; ditto Five per Cent. Stock,
1869, 103 g ; ditto Bonds, Ba. dia. ; Five pet
Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper, 96 ; Exchequer Bille,
4s. to Is. prem.
A fair amount of business has been done in the
foreign stock market. The tendency of prices in
numerous instances is upwards. Peruvian, Portu-
guese, and Mexican Bonds are all inquired for.
Buenos Ayres Bonds are still rising ; the
Active are marked 92. Greek Bonds are
in brisk request, and have been dealt in
as high a, 10. A rise of per cent. has
likewise occurred iu Turkish ; the Loan of 1854
is quoted 731 to 74 ; and that of 1868,
6011 to 61. Pelee are recorded as follows :
—Anglo-Austrian Five per Gents, 79 ; Buenos Ayres,
Six per Cents., for account, S 2 ; ditto Deferred,
29; Greek Bonds, 9k, 10; Mexican Three pee
Cents., for account, 211, 1 ; Peruvian Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 96* ; ditto for account, 97 ;
ditto Three per Ceuta., 731 ; ditto for account,
73} ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 1853, for
account, 43;„ 44 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1860 (scrip), 1 prem. ; the Spanish Com-
mittee's Certificates,6; Turkish Six per Cents.,lBs4,
for account, 731, 741, 74 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1868,
; ditto, for account, 60i, }, i ; Venezuela Three
per Cents., for account, 22k. _ _

The Leaping Water has iarrived from Melbourne
with 158,500/. in gold. The Kangaroo, from New
York, has brought 150,8004. _ .

The amount of gold taken to the Bank yesterday
was 24000. The Tyne has reached Lisbon from
Brazil with 34,0001. in specie.
The Mexican dollars by the bat packet have been
disposed of for China at 6s. 2id. per ounce, being
id. above the price obtained for the supply by the
last Mexican packet. A limited amount by the
Seine, which arrived on the 13th inst., was placed,
however, at ss.
The Midland Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 3,004/. ; the Manchester, Shef-
' field, and Linoolnahire an increase of 1,316/. •, the
Lancashire and Yorksltire an increase of 4,5751. ;
and the North Eastern an increase of 3,1981.
The traffic on the 687 miles of the South Austrian
line of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway Company
for the werk ending August 18 waa 31,9=., being
19,250 i. leis than iu the corresponding week of 1859
on the same number of mike ; and that on the
Lombardo-Venetian line 4,6461., showing a de•
crease of 3,7371.
A special meeting of the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway Company is called for the 14th
Sept, to authorise the directors to borrow on mort-
gage a sum of 30,000!.
The half-yearly meeting of the Submarine Tele-
graph Company ts called for the 7th Sept., to de-
clare a dividend and to consider a communication
from the French government relative to the eetab-
lishment of a line of telegraph between Dieppe and
Newhaven.

Yhearea t Ship Company announce that the final
call of 2e. 6d. per share on the increased preferen-
tial capital of 100,000/. will be payable on the lit
of October.

The third series of colonial wool sales, which
commenced on the 19th ult., terminated yesterday.
The catalogues comprised 88,772 bales as follows :
Sydney, 7.1,428 ; Port Phillip and Portland Bay,
26,173; Van Diemen's Land, 10,651 ; South Aus-
tralian, 5,188 ; New Zealand, 12,078 ; Swan Riser,
1,020 ; Cape of Good Hope, 10,224.

, .
With referenoe to the market for American secu-
rities, Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report as
follows:

The market for American securities continnes firm, and
during the past week there has been a fair amount of burl.
nor do;ng both in State stocks and railroad bonds.

THURSDAY EvZNBIG.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 924 to
15-16, opened this morning at the same quotation,
and closed at 924 to 93, both for money and
next Thursday's settlement. For the 11th Oc-
tober the last price was 931, "buyers." The
official business report is as follows :—Three
per Cent. Consols, for money, 924, 93 ; ditto,
for account (Sept. 6), 93 ; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 934, ; New Three per Cents., 931, 4, 1 ;
Bank Stock, 2311, 231 ; India Stock, 218 ; ditto
Five per Cent. Stock, 1859, 1031, 4,4, ; ditto
Four per Cent. Debentures, 1859, 964, ; ditto
Bonds, 4s. die. ; Five per Cent. "e " rupee
paper, 94 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1014.
Indian government securities were steady. The
Five per Cent. stock of 1859 was quoted 1034 tc
Exchequer Bills wore unaltered, at Is. to 4s. prem.
In the foreign stock market the only movement
of importance was a rise in Mexican Bonds, which
closed at 214 to t.
Bank shares to-day wore steady. Those of the
London Joint Stock Bank wore inquired for. Na-
tional Discount shares were rather firmer. Royal
Mail Steam improved about 11. Great Ship have
recovered to Be. 6d. to 9s.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings were as follow:—Ocean Marine Insurance,
2 1-16 to 3-16 prem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine,
1:o 9-16 prem. ; Universal Marine Insurance, to
prem. ; London and Provincial Marine, to
• ; Gellivara Company (Sweden), I to 1 prem. ;
Bast India Irrigation, die. to par ; City of Lon-
don Brewery Preference, 2 to 24 prem. ; Royal
Cremorne Gardens, Ito prem.

MINES.-THIS DAY.

Two o'Cwci.

The settlement almost exclusively occupies the
attention of the dealers in the mining market to.
day. The transactione havo, accordingly, been,
few, and principally confined to shares in net
%wet, 'rreloweth, East Wheal Russell, Alfred
Console, Wheal Mary Ann, and Wheal Kitty
(Lehint). In the Stock Exchange Wheal Mary
Ann are officially marked 24.
St. John Del Rey Mining shares are firm, at
yesterday's improvement, being marked 271.
Other foreign, as well as colonial mining securities,
are inactive.

The ifiteatorn of the St. John Del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have just received by tele-
gramfrom Lisbon the following report, (Intel
oVelho, July 28 :—" Produoe for June, 31,423
oitavas ; Duet for June, 7,4341. ; profit for June,
4,4041. ; produce, eighteen days of July, 17,880
oitavas."
At Wheal Grrneetins on Wednesday, the amounts
showed a debit 66tb,m6 of 2751. 7a. Dd. A call of 10s. per
share was made.
The Botallack Ibm:recounta, prevented et the meetsm
of sharehottleTs, shotretth beance la hand of 1,51t1/. es.

EXTRAORDINARY ATVIALIT ♦1 FRAUD. —WNW.
hay was fetching 51. s toe. s well•todo fanner in tie Isle
of Nan bid hirneelf is a load, sad his weight of mu, e was
added to that of the hay. Babes the bay was shipped the
trick WAS detected, and after another weighing 7h. :II was
deducted from the ptice.—Ciunhcrinwi Parquet.