The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1859.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Ware Mr. Comnieekater Swam)
IN RE WILLOOCR.
This WY the ClRSOiliatiOß sasetiag. The bankrupt was a
builder at liostoz. Hooves to unsseured creditors, MI.; to
those boldiug security, 7,0961.; Property held, valued at
11,65.01.

r. Lams opposed for creditor.. Mr. C. Lewis
altrtlmipt, in examination. state! that he had bum
arrested in August laat. Shindy after he was made bank-
root by Mr. Harman, who had previously removed omit of
Ma property, locks and storm, worth about nee 111. Ms wad
1.
to Mr. Soot, the ground landlord. Gs wham lead in
Locate place had built. Start had *cad the prapartyoralned
'at 2.6001. Had never said it dio not matter, to the prep. ty
would be protected for him when he cams out of prison. HO
furnitore was only veined at 301. A piano had been sold by
Ma wife, when he• was in prima, for about twelve shilllap.
(Laughter). It wee an old oos, and worth very little. Had
sold the camases of some bower in Lucius lila*. mid Dilates
far 3401, The mon was accounted fur la kis balsam-sheet.

A witness deposed that the bankrupt two yeen ego bed
liol. worth of furniture, which he had duos warehoused,
paying a rent of le. 6d. a week.
Two or three other witness, were examined to chow that
tbe bankrupt was indebted to thou, and that they were not
inserted in the belence•st.eet.

The bankrupt denieda4W he bad ever warehoused any
furniture, sad stated that the aniotuns now claimed beyond
whet curtseyed in hie balance-sliest were overcharges.
Mr. Leek submitted that the book. and acc,unte were
meek better than could be ezpvcted from • 41041 In the bank-
rupt's position, and that so benefit would result from is
aduturninent.
His Honour said the act lusts were not such so could be
relied on. The case MUM adjourned sine die—the bank-
rope to come up main when prepared will better amounts,
and to have protection in the meantime

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.
Ix as iLIZADITII ILIUH.

The ass of Mro. Haigh (inn Mil/ pro), the vocalist,
which hue baba repntod la oar papa, setanuns as, and
weak cosoluald.

lir. Lewis (Lewis and Lents) Wormed the egad that the
last instalment of the mum ot 6W as agreed won, bad been
paid by Mr. Haigh, the inaolvat's husband, to Mr. Fred.-
lick Kingsbury, the musical director, to whom the Insolvent
had been pupil; and ha had therefore to apply to dismiss the
. . .

her.gargood, who had appeared for Mr. Kingsbury, ez.
premed his salidietion that tha matter had been satiafaeterily
. . . . .

ThfiZit4blTSZ (Mr. George Clarke) suggested that there
should bee relleenee, In order to ascertain whether all the
debts bed been paid and whited.
Mr. Caaair Murphy toned there was another debt,
and thonght there should ben reference to the oßloer of the
wart.

Mr. Lewis reminded the ootut that the petition wee to ba
dismissed re the payment of the M. It wee agreed upon at
the hearing.
Mr. Sergood rid the turolvent was a married woman,
and it was the only debt of bar own. The petition was to
be dinuiesed.
Mr.

Murphy recollected the tmderetanding
made on the lamb& end granted the application.
The petition Iwo enuedingly diamiared.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Richard Mr, 19, Margaret Pike: 83, and Margaret
2100,14 U, wars elinged
(silty with the offence el coining. The
✓ests prisoner irde d.
Illr. Bodine gend Yr. Poland OftilloCted the prosecution.
The female prisonsis were itskinded by Mr. Metcalfe.
The facts of this ass be Ikea in Um recollection of
the public, as the primers ban only been very recently en-
•
awned at the poliencourt. It apparel Wit d consignine•
of information received by the peaerr Bros , frmand se
inspector of police, but who has bees wg.s.nlslet and Y
now In th• employ of the sotto:intim of the KM, scesme-
Ettby some other officers, vent so • Mess In Ono-
treet, Vittorio-park, and epos gaining admimike, ens
of the constsblea ma into the back yard, and the odiers
cestied to •• room, which they found to be fastened. They
forced it in with • sledge-hammer, sad upon entering
the room they discovered all the yeisonars. The man
had • weld in bla hand, which he throw down
and stamped upon, sad when Dersinsa: endeavoured to pin
vent him destroylog the mould, he made • violent kick at
him, and be was compelled to plash him on one aids
with the hammer. The women then endeavoured to
destroy other portions of moulds, and the elder one swept
what appeued to be • Daintier of counterfeit shillings
on to the door and into the tire, and it was evident Wed wins
made of soma base metal as they melted almost im
but three or four were piked up which turned out to
counterfeit. The whole of the prisoners made • most des-
perate rensteace and during the struggle with the affairs
the elder woman fell over • chair and received • somewhat
seem injury as the heal, and she expressed a wish that she
had a knife In her perweniort, and mad that it she had abs
would hive ran it into itrennan's heart. Upon the room
being searched third were fopod • tobacco-pipe,
with white metal in the bowl, in • fumed stater. •
tile, a bottle coetaixiog acid, • galvanic battery, and
all the implements usually employed by coiner. is fabricatieg
counterfeit cola. Before the prisoners wins taco away the
woman, Ma/wet Pike, addressed the male prisoner and said
that she had told him • long time before how it would end,
and that it would Tore been better for them all if he bad kept
at hie work.

At the close of duties for the prosecution, Mr. Metcalfe
eaNtuitted that there wan so evidsnoe to go to the jury against
the primmer, Margaret Pike, so she was the wife of it. man,
sad by law wee euppoeed to have acted coder her huabead'a
overnice. He *ailed a weasel, who prodsced a marriage
and
certiwigs.ficate, sad proved that the two elder preosers wellllla

Theieowder said that upon this evidence he was bouad
M direct the jury to acquit the prisoner Margaret Pike.
Ms. Metcalfe then said he could not struggla against •
tesobition in the owe of the yowlers emus but he called •
where who proved that for earns! mouths she bad bus
endeavouring to gals an honest lirelihrs.d,, and theca was
good ground for tailoring that she had acted under the hod-
ratios of her mother. _

The jury returned a verdkt of guilty against *ups*
Ti Fell. bst recommended her to mercy.
The Recorder senteoced the male prisoner to four yews*
penal servitude, and jadgmtat upon the girl woo respited to
the teat session.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

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1.1:= I

Mr. Bonham (to the prlsoner)—How COM you to attempt
to drown yourself
Prisoner—l revert attempted to semen suicide. I was
taken ill, and went down the mem Meal Pet have fainted
away, and fallen among the timbre. I wee se weak ham a
bowel complaint, that 1 was unable te =Weide myself.
, Mr. Dunham—Whet are yon?
Prisoner-1 am a charwoman, and hvu with my husband,
who in a roachman at Knightsbridge.
; Yr. Burchom—Rad you bad any words with your hus-
i hand yesterday P
Prisoner—Oh, no, air ; we live on the bast of twins.
lir. Burcham—Did the prisoner say anything of the kind
at theatation.honse

Police-constable 286 A—No, air. She was in a very gr
boasted state. It might be, however, as she had stated.
Mr. Sunhat:a—l will arum* such to be the cam, and
discharge her. In doing so, I really hope that her story Is
true, and that she emir Wooded to commit suicide.

!RIGHTFUL dOCIAINT al THE INCAUTIOUS'

UBB OP PIIB-418M8.

Yesterday forenoon a frightful accident, result: ad
from the incautious use of Imarms, occurred at Camberwell.
About twelve months ago Mr. Thomas Hum, a man
who had been for forty years one of the moat • atenkive
formes and market gardeners in the metrop b., died,
leaving four orphan children, throe sons and a daughter, and
leaving his property to be carried on for the benefit of all Ms
children alike, and under the supervision of the eldest son.
The family were ono of the moat united In the pariah,
end nothing could eland the harmony observable in their
residence in John-street, Commercial-road, Camberwell,
until it was marred by the unfortunate occurrence we are
about to describe. On Sund►y last • young lady, •
particular friend of the family, spent the day with
them, and remained there on • visit, and on the following
morning, after breakfast, this young lady and Miss Horn,
an amiable young woman of sixteen, took down a gun,
which hung up in the parlour, not having the slightest
idea at the time that it was loaded. Just ea they. had done
so, the second brother, James Hum, aged eighteen, en-
tered %beeper! meat, and struggling playfully w I tII him sister and
the young lady for some moments, succeeded in getting therm
away from them andplaced itanderhlsakonlder.Theinatantbe
did ao the gun went off and the charge striking his sister on
the forehead, literally carried away the roof of her skull,
scattered her brains about the apartment, and she instantly
dropped at his feet • lifeless terve. The shock which the
unfortunate youth, as well as the young ►ady who was pre-
lent, experienced may be conceived. In fact the.
shock to all the members of the family has
been indescribable, and the unfortunate °entrance has
thrown • coneiderable gloom over the neighbourhood.
Yesterday Information of the unfortunate calamity was
forwarded to Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, to appoint
• time for the inquest.

LONDON DISCOUNT COMPANY.-ITRIS DAT).

This afternoon the usual half-yearly meeting of the share-
holders in the abo►e company was held at the London
Tavern, Mr. fichekideld, M.P., chairmen of the board of di-
rectors, in the chair.
The following is the report of the directors:—" After the
payment (Amnia expenses, making an ample reserve for
ken on overdue bilk, and •llowing for rebate of interest
on bills not metered, the available surplus amounts
to 6,1421. Be. Id. This result enables the directors
to recommend s dividend for the half-year et the rate of 6/.
per cent. per annum, free of Income-tar. which will absorb
4,5481. 141. 2d., leaving • balance of 1,593/. 14s. sd. to be
cared to the credit of the next half-yearly account"
The report wu adopted and the dividend duly declared.

SHARE LISTS.-7HIB DAY.

Two o'CLooL

The railway share market to-day is firmer.
Midland stock has improved 1 per cent.;
Caledonian and Great Western about j
per cent.; and some of the other leading
stocke, per oent. North British, however, has
receded 1 per cent. Present quotations tress follows :
London and North Western, 94 to I ; London and
South Western, 95k to 96 ; Lancashire and York-
shire, 951 to 98; Midland, 1021 to j; South
Eastern, 22 to k per share; Caledouian 88 to ;
Great Western, Obi to ; York and North Midland,
77} to 78; Berwick, 93 to ; North British, 62 to k ;
and Eastern Counties, 12j to j per share.
French and Lambsrdo-Venetian Railway shares
are quiet, with little change in price. Northern
of France are now quoted 37 to I ; Paris
and Lyons, 33 to Lombardo-Venetian Old,
to 1 prem.; ditto New, k to prem. East Indian
Railway stork, after being marked 101 f, has re-
covered to 102 to Pernambuco shares are marked
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MONEY MARKET-THIS DAY.

Two o'OLoot.

The funds to-day are slightly firmer, bat the ac-
tual recovery in Consols Beauty exceeds 1-16 per
oent. The share markets are steady. English
railway stocks present a slight tendency
towards improvement. Throughout the Stook
Exchange business is very limited, owing to the
prevailing political uncertainty.
At Paris to-day (Tuesday), according to Mr.
Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Recites
opened at 68fr. 10c. for the present set-
tlement, and were subsequently quoted 68fr. Ik.,
showing a decline of bo. compared with the last
price of yesterday. The telegram reports " share
liquidation difficult."
During the whole of the morning the scrip of
the new Austrian Loan was nominally quoted 2
dis. to par, but within the last few minutes
the broker who usually acts for the agents
of the loan hu come in as a buyer, raising the price
to to 1 prem.

640801; are quoted 961, "alien," for money and
the Bth inst., and 961, exactly, for the 9th March.
The Three per Cents. Reduced have been dealt in
at 951 to 96; the New Three per Cents., ►t 931
to 96; Bank Stock, at 2271 ; the Indian
Four per Cent. Debentures, of the first issue, at
981 to 991, showing a fresh decline; India
Bonds, at 225. to 265. premium; Exchequer
Bills, of both issues, at 345. to 375. prem.; and
lExchequer Bonds, falling payable in May next, at
100/ to f.
In the foreign stock market the transactions have
been rather more numerous, and in some instances
prices are slightly firmer. The fl rs t series of the Turkish
Loan is now quoted 6/ to 81 din., and the second, 7
to 61 dn., after being marked 7f dia. The Six per
Cents. of 1854 are slightly firmer, at 90f to f.
Sales are recorded as follows s—Brazilian old Five
per Cents., 102, 1021 ; ditto Five per Cents., 1829
and 1839, 1011 ; Milian Six per Cents., 1031 ;
Danish Five per Cents., 1011 ; Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 86 (exchange 12 fi.) ; Peruvian Four-
and-a-Half per Cints., for socount, 911,92 ; ditto Three
per Cents., for acct., 71; Portuguese Three per Cents.,
1863, 461 ; ditto for account, 471; Spanish New
Deferred Three per Cents., 30 ; Turkish Six
per Cents., 1854, 901 ; ditto for account, 901; ditto
Six per Cents. 1868, first series, for account, 781;
ditto,;second series, for account, 71 dia.

It is not to be assumed for a moment that
Mears. Rothschild have contracted to take the
Austrian loan on their own responsibility; they
have, doubtless, taken it merely on commission.
Even under this condition, surprise is expressed
in many quarters at their bringing forward
the project at so inauspicious a time. It is
pointed out that the subeoription list will be closed
at 11 a.m. on Monday next—i.e., one hour previous
to the delivery of the speech of the Emperor of the
French, at the opening of the Chambers. The failure
of this loan would be merely a repetition of the fate
of the Anglo-Austrian Loan of 1862 for 3,600,0004,
at 90 per cent, of which only a comparatively
limited proportion was taken here. The present
price of the latter is about 87 to 89 per cent., but
there is scarcely any market for it I for, although
holders might be found willing to sell, with a view
to exchange into the new loan, an attempt to realise
any important amount would be fruitless. It is
probable that subscriptions to a limited amount
may be
.sent in through London houses by con-
tinental applicants; but, according to present ap-
pearances, little English capital wilt be embarked.
The fate of the foreign loans raised here last year,
the anxious position of politics, and the certainty
that, in the event of war, the present will be only
the first of a series of Austrian loans, each to be
issued at a lower price than its predecessor, combine
i to induce caution.

The discount market yesterday was easy. For first-
class bills 2} to 21 per cent. were the terms generally
current. The applications at the Bank of England,
though more numerous than during the last day or
two, were still very moderate. To-day a pay-
ment of a million sterling falls due on the Victoria
Government Loan.

About 10,0001. in American gold, ex the Alps, was
yesterday sent into the Bank.
The 661,4001. in Australian gold by the Swift-
sure and Blackwell was delivered yesterday, but too
late to admit of any portion being sent into the Bank.
The amount purchased for the Continent up to yes-
terday afternoon was about 225,0001.
The specie by the steamer Africa from New York
is 94,9001.
The steamer Thames will probably reach South-
ampton about the 10th Feb., with the 75,4001. in
gold, and the heavy portion of the Australian mail,
ex the Columbian. The light portion, via Marseilles,
is expected to be distributed on Friday or Saturday
next. The Columbian was detained at Melbourne
three days after her contract time to allow of replies
being sent to the October mail by the European,
which had arrived out.
In the wheat market yesterday prices were not
essentially different from those of Monday last.
In the tea market the price of common congon
has risen to 13d.
The official announcement of the Lancashire and

Yorkshire Railway dividend at the rate of 4 per
cent. per annum, against 4! per cent. per annum at
the corresponding period of last year, has excited
disappointment. From the intimation put forward,
however, the directors apparently deserve credit for
adopting a much more honest and legitimate mode
of dealing with the expenditure for the renewal of
rails and parliamentary costs.
The dividend on the stock of the East Lancashire
Railway Company will of course be at the same rate
as that of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company.

The dividend on the stock of the Greet Southern
and Western Railway Company of Ireland is
officially announced at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum, with a surplus of 10,0001., against the same
rate at the corresponding period of last year.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have,
so far as they are concerned, summarily cut
short the dispute respecting the character of the
treatment sustained by the Geelong and Melbourne
Railway Company at the hands of the Victoria
government, by fixing Monday next, the 7th lost.,
as special settling day in the new Victoria Bonds,
and authorising their quotation in the official list.
Considering that the committee, in adjourning the
matter on the 17th inst., were avowedly actuated by
• desire to receive farther intelligence from Aus-
tralia, that no intelligence has since come to hand,
but that the telegrams this morning announce that
the Australian mail is only a few days' distant, to-
day's decision has excited considerable surprise.
'The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 6741.
The weekly traffic return of the Great Western
Railway of Canada, just received, shows a decrease
of 2,2681. sterling. A note attached to the return
intimates that this sum " includes a small amount of
local traffic on the Sarnia line."
The annual meeting of the North British Aus-
tralasian Company took place yesterda. The sum
applicable to a dividend amounts to 12,9221., out of
which a distribution of 61 per cent., free of incases
tax, was agreed to, leaving • small balance to be
added to the reserve fund.
The annual meeting of the East Lincolnshire
Railway Company. is called for the 18th Feb., awl
will be made special, to authorise an application to
parliament for power to convert the mortgage debt
into a perpetual irredeemable 4 per cent. Debenture
Stock.

The half-yearly meeting of the London and Black-
well Railway Company is, called for the lbth Feb.,
when it will be proposed to consolidate the paid-up
shires into stock.

' The second ordinary half-yearly meeting of tt.
Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company is
called for the 7th Feb.

MOXIMI EVPNINO.

The announcement of the Austrian Loan ha.. natu •
rally prejudiced the stock markets. The funds pm.
sent a fresh decline of Ito 3.16 per cent. News at
a further fall on the Paris Bourse contributed tc
strengthen the adverse tendency. The government
broker made another purchase of 20,0001. stock ; ant'.
these operations, which have represented of late a
minimum of 120,0001. per week, aggravate the glut
of money in the Stock Exchange. In every quarter
speculative transactions are kept within a narrow
compass, pending the re-assembling of parliament.
fixed fur Thursday.
In nearly all the other departments of the Stock
Exchange, including the markets for Eng tist..
French, Lombardo-Venetian, and Indian rail es.
shares, sympathetic heaviness prevailed. The :tut-
mentioned securities are additionally prejudiced bt
the magnitude of the amount afloat in the Stogy:
Exchange, coupled with the expectation of anotht
Indian loan.
Conaels, which closed on Saturday at 951 to 1, fo.
money and the Bth February, opened this morning at
the same quotation, but had fallen at the close to 95.
"buyers." For the 9th March the last price wet
951, "sellers," the " oontango" being only about
1-16 per cent., in consequence of the short supply of
stock. The official business report is SO follows :
Three per Cent. Console,for money, 951, 4, /, j,
ditto, for account (Bth Feb.), 96,1,4, i; Three pt.
Cents. Reduced, 96, 961, 951 ; New Three p.:
Cents., 96, 951, 961,951; Long Annuities, expiring
in lan., 1860, 1 3-16; 30 Years Annuities, Jan..
1860, 15-16; Thirty Years Annuities, April, 188 i.
18( ; India Stock, 221 ; Indian Four per Cent. Dt--
bentures, of the first issue, 991, 991, 991.
The New Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were likewise

officially marked 79g.
It being assumed that the next Indian loan wi.
be raised in 4 per cent. debentures, the existing secu-
rities of this description retain a drooping tendency.
and were pressed for sale to-day as low as 99).
Exchequer Bills have again declined is., beim?
quoted 345. to 375. prem. India Bonds remain firr..
and were dealt in at 225. to 26e. prem.
The foreign stock market was dull.