The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1860.

influence of Austria in the East during the Rus-
sian war—that Minister who revised the tariff,
reformed the postal service, monied bigotry and
privilege in every degree, restrained 4110 bureau-

cracy, and by his fertility of resource, and energy
of combination, alone for years preserved an
empire wasted by intestine conflicts from
irrecoverable ruin. If Baron Banc; abs,
lutely without temptation, was really the corner
stone of a gigantic arch of fraud, whom ought we
blame—the man or the system 1 What impulse,
what reward, what recognition has honest
public service in Austria 1 Public service Why,
there is no such thing as public service in a State
where an ENITZZOIL is all in all—where good and
bad men alike breathe • stifling atmosphere of
secrecyand repression which relaxes the conscience,
enslaves the intellect, corrupts the heart. Even
in a free country Baron Bacot might perhaps'
have languished in • counting-house ; but as •
Matson= in • free country he would have lived
and died without a stain.

WHAT is the purpose of a Census of the popudad
lion' Is it the collection of social facts, or is it, hie
a general election, • means of evoking expressions
of opinion I We are driven to ask this question
by the singular and unexplained form in which
Mr. Cuve's Bill for taking the Census of 1881
appears. At the last Census inquiry was
directed for the first time to many points
of great interest, and a new and unexpected
light was thrown upon the condition and
habits of the people. Especially was this the
case with respect to education and religious
worship. Why are the inquiries of 1851 not to
be repeated next year t We should then be able,
by comparing tlw answers given All the two °op-
sions, to measure our progress and mark our de-
ficiencies. Mr. Cuves Bill contains no provision
for such an enumeration of the worshippers at
various churches and chapels as was made at the
last Census. That the omission is deliberate is
shown by the insertion of • provision designed to
replace the one left out. Under the fourth
clause of Mr. CLIVeN Bill every person will be
required to state his " religious profession." This
is about the wildest inquiry that ever was proposed
by a Government. Nine persons out of ten make
no direct outward religious profession. Even of
those who fill our churches and chapels a very
large proportion would feel both puzzled and
annoyed at the question. That they attend more
or less frequently this or that place of worship is
a fact which of course stands for certain sym-
pathies, attractions, and tendencies, of which, how-
ever, an observer can form as good a judgment as
the persona themselves. That was the external
fact which the last Census brought out, and so it
was useful. But in the Census of religion about
to be taken—unless the attention of the
House of Commons be drawn strongly to the
matter—we shall leave the sphere of facto
altogether, and be in the region of opinion.
on what points does the State want information,'
when it requires of every citizen, under penalty, a
profession of religion, or irreligion ? Does it want to
ascertain what existing ecclesiastical organisations
are preferred ? Butthat would be not taking • Census,
it would lie a plibi.cite. We ought to be told for
what end this needless innovation is proposed ; why
people are to be asked to interrogate the depths
of their consciousness on • complicated subject,
when their practice lies as open to the observation
of the census-takers as it did ten years ago. I
Nothing can save this inquiry from sheer futility.
If all men held strongly marked opinions, like
Mr. Baran KING or Mr. EDWARD Mur.rti it'
would have some meaning, although even then'
attendance at public worship would be a better
sividenc., of religious affinities than the general
statements that would be made In a Census paper.
The large and thoughtful clam of persons who,
deprecate sectarianism, and only want to
worship Goo in peace, will regard with
dislike the attempt to coop them up within the
walls of some religious denomination. If there is
any class of persons whose course wiU be clear and
easy, it is that of the unthinking and negligent,
who, without having renounced religion, never
present themselves in a place of worship except at
• christening, a marriage, or • burial. Undoubtedly
there is in this class an ample field for the
ecclesiastical activity for which the new Bill
appears to have been framed to give scope. If it
is desired to turn the Census into an engine of
Church agitation, then the Bill is intelligible, and,
we may add, is astutely contrived. But if the
aim and end of a Census is the collection of useful
information, then the provision which is made to
supplant the arrangement under which the
attendants on public worship were numbered in
1851 is one of the worst pieces of projected legis-
lation we have seen for many years.

Ir appears to be important to the Tories in
Parliament, for reasons not obvious to people out
of doors, to be able to say that the House of Com-
mons was counted out on the Reform Bill. The public
has heard of four attempts to effect this purpose
during the debate on the second reading. There must
be a very great difference between the Parliamen-
tary and the popular estimate of the value of this
marneuvre, certainly a complete misconception
by hon. members of the way in which the public
look at these things. Let us assure our young
legislators that the people by whose activity and
intelligence the daily life of the nation
is sustained do not enter into their jokes or study
their " inner life," but simply regard the House of
Commons as a place where the work of the public
is to be done. If the clumsy trick of Thursday
night had succeeded, nobody would have been
deceived as to the significance of the result. We
all know that the moat devoted members must
dine, and that in the dinner hour something is
trusted to the honour and something to the sense
of decency of the Opposition. The hon. members
who wish to count out the House can hardly sup-
pose that their conduct can affect the public
estimate of the value of Parliamentary Reform
but if not, then their behaviour can only place the
necessity of Reform in a more striking light. What
more effective weapon could they furnish to the
hands of a political agitator than the chance of ex-
hibiting the House of Commons as being of so light
and frivolous a temper as to put • contemptuous
slight on the main business of the session I

Vbc Court.

The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied,
*the Prineen Alice, Primo Alfred, and the Princesses
Hakim aid Leine, visited He Exhibition of the Society d
,reinters in Water-colours yesterday morning. In anew
&ace were the Boa. Beatrice Brig, Hon. &say Catboat%
Lord Hann, Lieelenant-Oedonel F. Cavendish, Colonel the
Hoe. A. N. Hood, mid Captain Du Flat.
Thu Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince
Alfred and the Princen Alice, and attended by the Hon.
Emily Cathcart and the Equerries in Waiting, afterwards
rode on honekeek.

Her Majesty's dinner party in the evening included the
Ditcher of Kent, the Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred,
the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Lady
Susan Melville, Viscount Sydney, Field-Marshal Lard Sea-
ton, Major-General Wylde, Commodore Yelverton, and
Major Cowell.

A deputation of Tinplate manufacturers had an interview
with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson and the Right Hon.
W. Hutt yesterday, at the °Sloe of the Board of Trade
The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Foley, M.P. (Fast
Worcestershire), Mr. H. W. Foley, M.P. (South Stafford-
shire), Mr. Calthorpe, M.P. (East Worosnenhire), Sir Tho-
mas Wilmington, M.P. (Bewdley), Mr. Morris, M.P. (Car-
marthen), Mr. Crawahaw Bailey, Y.P. (Newport Borough),
Mr. Knight, Y.P. (West Worcestershire), Mr. Forster,
M.P. (South Staffordshire), and consisted of Mans. Bid.
dulph, Saunders, Thos. Allawsy, Leach, Spence, T. Brown,
J. P. Budd, Hawkins, and Phillips.

A deputatem on the subject of the Longton Gse Question,
consisting of Mr. J. Lewis Ricardo, M.P. ; Mr. M`Mahon,
M.P. ; Mr. Crawford, AL P. ; Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P.;
Mr. Rilverton, Mr. Blies, Mr. De Ger, Mr. Philips, and the
Chief Bailiff of Longton, had an interview with Sir G.
Cornwall Lewis yesterday at the Home-of&e.

A deputation of bleachers, dyers, and finiehers had an
interview yesterday with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson
and the Right Hon. W. Hutt, at the office of the Board of
Trade. Theßdesitaarlgn «nisi/tort of Messrs. S. Blain, H.
Bridson, R. , J. Whitehead, T. Schofield, J. Cloudier,
W. Honda, H. , and J. R. Borne.
Mr. Sidney Smith, Postinaster•Oeneral of Canada, had
an interview with the bake of Newcastle yesterday at the
Colorusd-ofßee.

A deputation from the Metropolitan Board, consisting of
Mr. Me, M.P., Mr. Alderman Cubitt, M.P., Mr. Bristow,
M.P., Mr. Thwaites (chairman), and Mr. Woolrych, stand-
ing counsel, bad an interview with Sir G. Cornwall Lewis
yesterday at the Home-office.
. .

, .—.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yesterday
to the Governors of Canada awl Newfoundland.

Hra MAJERTY'II DILAWINO-11.0011.--(THIA DAY).
This afternoon, her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Wili-
am the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace and pro.
seeded in state to St. James's Palace, where her Majesty
held a dniwincroom. The suite of state saloons and also
the ante-rooms were all filled with nobility and gentry.
Their Royal Highneeaes Prince Arthur and
Prince Leopold paid an early visit to the Colosseum on
Wednesday last. Mr. Percy Bechhoffner, the youthful and
intelligent son of the lessee, in the absence of Dr. Bach-
hoffner, had the honour of conducting their royal highnesses
over the varied novelties of this interesting exhibition, with
all of which the royal party expressed themselves much
delighted.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and
Lady Mary Cecil arrived in Groavenorequars yesterday
from Burghley House, near Stamford.

The Countess of Clonmel and family have ►rrived
at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square.
The Earl and Count4ele Fitzwilliam have arrived
in Grosvettor-witure---the noble earl from Newmarket and
the countess from Milton Park.

Viecount and Viaeountthia Doneraile have arrived
at 12, Hereford-street, fur the season.

The Marquis and Marchioness Townsend, Via•
eount itaynhain, 11. P., Mr. St. Aubyn, M.P., and Lady
Elianbetb 6t. Aubyu have arrived in Lower Grotvenor-
street.

The Hon. Mrs. Frederick Morgan was thrown
out of a light basket carriage, whilst driving from Rupert%
Castle to Treleg►r Hume one day last week. film sustained
several bruises ►bout the head and face, but is now gradu-
ally recovering.

The Deauand Chapter of LLatuLiff have presented
the Rev. D. Noel to the vicarage of Llanvabon, vacant by
the death of the Rev. W. Leigh.

The next Fox Club meeting will be held at
Brooke's on Saturday, the sth of llay.
Yeatentay there wax a private view of the Society
at Arta Exhibition of the work. of the let• Sir William C.
Ram, R.A.

We (Athew. um) were premature in Mating that
Mr. (lanibart had become the possessor of Mr. Holman
Hunt's picture, "The Finding of the Saviour in the
Temple." The negotiations, we hear, are riot concluded.
. _

Mr. Joseph Miller has bequeathed to the Inati-
tun.° of Civil Engineers the munificent sum of 5,000/.
Mr. Rarey has returned to England after an
absence of seine thirteen weeks in Italy and the East. His
time was principally occupied by his travels in the desert
among the Arida, whose hone•bandling peculiarities he
specially went to observe. It is, we (Illtutrated LOINIOI4
NMI) believe, his wish to complete his cavalry con-
tract, and give fifty Inure public exhibitions in the
United Kingdom, and then leave for America in the
autumn. Belford., where he goes next week, is the first
town on his list.

The auuual meeting of the Horticultural Society
will, by permission of the Lord President of the Privy
Council, be held iu the Lecture Theatre of the Kensington
Museum on Tuesday next, at 1 o'clock. Mr. Nesfield's plan
r aooepted by the council will Ds in an adjoining room,
together with a model of the proposed garden on a consider-
able scale, and also drawing. of the meeting.roum now in
rum of erection.

The extent to which the public have neglected
the precaution of having their pushooks verified has been
illustrated during the lut day or two by the number of
personal applications made for that purpose at the Bank of
Ragland and other banking establishments. It is also re-
ported that so far from other banks having been careful on
the point, the only instance that can he called to mind of
late years of a banker having personally applied at the
Bank of England to check the balance belonging to his fine
oocurrred in the case of Mr. Mtrahan who, with his partner,
Sir John Paul, wail subsequently condemned for appro-
pietas( the securities of his customers.

A correspondent of the Alltelemtm at Florence
writes:—" I heard from an eye-witness of the fact, that no
sooner had the King left the Duoino on Monday, than
crowds of woman of the working chasm, townsfolk, and
antedine thronged to kin the throne on which he had sat,
and yesterday at the Canine races,when imam R 2 was just
leaving the course, a per stonemason, who had been
watching his opportunity for an hour before, pushed
eagerly into the circle around the King, aid when
bidden to stand hack, mu heard exclaiming, " If I have to
go to the galleys for it, I will touch him." " By all mans,"
said the King, who overheard him, " touch me, and
COMO. I love to be in the millet of honest fellow■ like you,
and so you may tell your friend* from me." The poor fellow,
utterly abashed at his unloulted.hw success, came to the
King's side, who was already on horseback, and laid his
band once and again on " Vittorio's" thigh, kissing his
linen each time aa though it were a holy relic, sad then
retired supremely cosiest."

SOCIETY FOR THE ENOOURAGEMENT OF THE FINE
REFS.—The thirst etestereirriorse of this society butt evening
was a brilliant affair. Thefiuffolk.streetGallery, in which is
the exhibition of the Society of British Artists, was lighted
up and Ailed with a well-distinguished company of artists
and patrons of art. Mr. H. tntley commenced the
proceedings ,if the evening by reading a brief paper on
the patronage and statue of art iu this country, of
which he took &gratifying and encouraging view. This was
their second vieit to the Society ,of Etntsh Artists, whose
work' ornamented the walls around them, and, looking at
theni,he thought they could say that they formed a display
of which the country had rennin to be proud, and whirl
evidenced a marked and important advance upon the style
of art of thirty or forty years ago. He then announced
that the Earl of Ellesmere bad become the president
of the encMty, and that a marerolzioret would take place
in the Bridgwater Gallery, under his lortlehip's kind aus-
pices, on Friday, the lith May, an announcement which
was received with WWI applause. A coneert followed,
under the dieticians of Mr. Alfred Gilbert, in which a
numerous array of talent lent their assistance. The vocal
department included Madame Gilbert, Mims Palmer, Mies
Theresa Joineries, M. Depret, Mr. Leonard, Mr. Wall-
worth, and Herr Hertounin ; and iu the instrumental,
Mollie. Marie Neck on the pianoforte, Mr. Ben Wells on
the Nuts and Mrs. &onion Clarke on the harmonium.
The amide programme was *elected from Italian, German,
French, sod English composers, and went off with spirit
to the close, the applause being frequent and warmly en•
1
premed.

LATHST INTELLIGENCE.
SPAIN.
MADRID:Ana. 27.
In the confereaes of Wednesday betwesa Mar-
shal O'Donnell and Muley Abbas, all difisulties to
the re-establishment of peace were removed..
Morocco is to pay the indemnity for the expenses
of the war during the course of the year. Being
desirous of regaining possession of Tetuan, she has
decided to advance the time of payment.

deeds committed various irregularit s. At length
it was deemed advisable to make an investigation
into his &train, and the result was the discovery that
out of upwards et 100 deeds executed before him,
he had only registered 24, and had appropriated
the sums which had been given him to pay the
registration dues. The further discovery was made
that to twelve minutes of deeds he had, in order to
deceive his clients into the belief that they had
been registered, forged the name of the receiver.
In addition to these acts, he admitted that he had
put false dates to other deeds, and had by negli-
gence lost the will of a deceased person with which
he had been entrusted. The jury declared him
guilty, and the court condemned him to 10 yearn'
hard labour.

PRESENTATION TO TOM SA YERS.-( THIS DAY.)

This morning the neighbourhood of Mincing-
lase was thrown into an extraordinary state of excitement
by the announcement that Tom Sayers, the renowned
pugilist, would ►ttend at the invitation of the gentle-
men who deal in colonial produce, and who do busi-
ness at the Commercial Sale-rooms, fur the purpose
of receiving a sum of money which had been sub-
scribed as a mark of respect for his late prowess in the
prim ring. Although: the information was confined to the
persons privileged to he present in the rooms, together with
mach private friends as were considered eligible, the news
spread like wildfire through the City, and Mincing-Line was
crowded long before the Champion was expected. He arrived
• few moments before 12 o'clock, and was received with
tremendous demonstrations of applause. He made his way
into the coffee-room, where he was received with great
enthusiasm, and then conducted upstairs into the judges'
room, where the ceremony of presentation took place. Mr.
Seton Lang, one of the most eminent of the merchants fre-
quenting the rooms, ascended the rostrum from which the
brokers sell their goods, and, taking Tom Sayers
on his sight hand, introduced him to the meet-
ing. Deafening cheers followed the introduction, during
which the Champion remained perfectly cool. Mr.
Lang then addressed the meeting in eulogy of Tom Mayen,
and remarked that though the subscription Begged at first,
it soon ran up to 100/., when it was known the renowned
Champion was coming among them. (Cheers.) Many of
the most eminent merchants had subscribed, as well as the
lowest porters about the place, not that they admired
prise fighting, but that they felt the highest respect for •
man who had shown so much courage and endurance. He
hoped that there would be no more fighting, but if the
fates should ordain otherwise, everyone amongst them
would be ready to express a conviction that no foreigner
would be ever able to take the belt from the
gallant fellow beside him. (Tremendous cheers.) Mr.
Lang then presented Sayers with a blue purse studded with
white bee&, containing 100 sovereigns Sayers thanked
the company for the purse, and said lie hoped ho should do
good with it, but as he was no spokesman they must dis-
pense with • speech. He then went back to the coffee-
room, where be was again lustily cheered, and at length
drove off in • cab, amidst thunders of applause from the
outsiders.

THZ CHAILPIONSHIP.—Tho Era of to-day says :
" We have authority to state that arrangements have been
made for Sayers and Heenan to fight again iu two months'
time. The gentleman who acted as referee in the late fight
will not appear in that capacity again, which is to be
regretted on every account. We presume the rules of the
ring will be rewind before the next fight." Bell's Life vet
hopes both man may be persuaded to agree to a draw,
and shake bands over the matter. " The only alter-
native to which Heenan is disposal to agree to is this,
that two belts shall be made, to be paid for by subscription,
each to be a Esc simile of the old belt. That one shall be
given to him and one to Sayers, and that the old belt shall
remain in our hands to be fought for by any persons who
think they can win and wear it. A somewhat similar
proposition was made last week by ourselves, but
rejected by both men. We think, under the circumstaaoes,
however, there would be no disgrace on either side in agree-
ing to it. We Lave it from the beat authority that steps
v4l indubitably be taken by the powers that he to stop any
future meeting, and that in the event of its being attempted,
• tion will be commenced fur what has already taken
piece, which will otherwise, however, be overlooked. It is,
therefore, fur the men and their backers to decide whether
they will heave the law further or not." Beira Life also pub-
lishes a list of subscription.. collected at Newmarket fur Tom
Sayers. The following are amongst the subscribers : The
Earl of Stamford, 1001. ; his Grace the Duke of Beaufort,
; the Earl if (llaseow, 501. ; the Kul of Chesterfield,
20/. ; the Earl of Autieeley, 101. ; Viscount Cliftlei, 101. •
the Earl of Coventry, RN. ; N'iseount Exmouth, 101. ; the
Earl .if Stnithiuoro, 101. ; the. Earl of Portsmouth, 101. ;
Count liatthyany, 101. ; Lord l'ourteneY. 10/_ the Hoe.
Admiral Rom, IOC; Lord Paget, 10/. ; the Earl of Win-
chelseit, 10/. ; the Eitrl of Lincoln, 10/. ; Sir W. Cudriog-
ton, 101. ; Vi.w.unt Awltner. 6/. • the Hoe. Col. Fee-
'ester, fit, ,Itc. The total sum mile:Mal at Newmarket was
6851. Bell's Life has received $ll. 15e. in small Bums.
"In addition to the above T.ini ha received one hundred gui-
neas, collected by the gentlemen of the Stork Exchange,
which he hoe deposited with us, to be added to the annuity
fund. Two noblemen of distinguished rank, and auother
gentleman, have authorised us to put down their names for
201. each, but have not given us permission to publish their
titles. A large sum has been collected by the merchants
in Mincing-lane, which is to be presented to Toni this
day (Satunlay). About WY. has been collected in
the House of (201111110/01. At Liverpool about 1201. has been
mimed, which is to be added to this fund, and in other
places such a feeling has been exhibited that we have no
doubt the sums already announced will be at least doubled
by next week. We have to acknowledge a remarkably
liandainie riding whip, subscribed for by the ladies and
gentlemen connected with the New Britannia, Theatre,
Huston, as a token of their recognition of Tom's bravery
and determination. The whip lies in our possession until
called for by the Champion."
AN ANZHICAN M.D. AT THE Leven.—ln the
list of presentations to the Queen at the levee on Tuesday,
is the name of " Dr. Augustus Hamlin" of New York, by
the United States Minister." It appears, by the Sporting
Life, that a Dr. Augustus Rawlings, of New York, is
amongst the supporter of Heenan, and "is use of
the American party who came over to England to act as
• correspondent to one of the New 'York journals
and, in toujunction with Mr. Wilkes, conducted the illus.
tent4d paper brouuht out in England after the fight." The
name member of the medical prviremiou has written the fol-
lowing curious oertificate, also printed in the Sportiay Life:
—" Morley's Hotel, April 20.—Dear sfr,—ln an-
swer to your request of this morning, relative to
the journals, who, in reporting the details of your
contest with Sayers on Tuesday, stating that your
eyes were blinded and rendered incapable of continuing the
fight—l do hereby certify that I was called upon in the
emergency, and immediately after the contest, to examine
your eyes. The right was closed, hut the left though swot-
lea, the sight (sir) wee clew and distinct.—(Sigual) Augus.
tus Rawlings, M.D. To Mr. J. C. Hesuan." Mr. Wilkes
was also presented to her Majesty.

AII:VDEAeON DI:NIHON ON THE CHURCH.—The
Venerable Archdeacon D 81164.11 has commenced his visi-
t.ition of his archdeamnry for the present year. His charge
is a ver, voluminous docuuwnt, an I is entirely devoted to
comments. on the present aspect of church affairs in parlia-
ment. The venerable gentleman laments that the time
"is full of comes fur deep anxiety," anti that the
church 14 England la in extreme danger. Whilst thankful
that the friends of the church have recently shown
more determination to co-operate for the defence of the
edablisbnient, he regret' that in many districts there is
a great want of seal on the subject, and that the enemies
of the church are far more active, zealous, and energetic
than her friends. lie looks upon church-rat.* as one of
the great foundations of the established relirion ; " pull
out the stone, and the building must sooner or later
fall ;" and he considen that the existence of the same
institution is bound up in the preservatiou of the very
letter of the premed ritual. After reviewiug the &habits
on church rates in the House of Commons, Archdeacon
Denison turns his attention to the recent recommendation
of the contmittee of the House of lords, which he attacks
with as much severity as he does the Abolition Bill of Sir
John Trelawny. There is no hope, lie nays, for the church
unless her tucks will oppose every isumlidate fora mat in
parliament who will not uphold chute • sun and the church
ritual in their ititegrity.
THE UNION JUNK FRAUDH. —The examination
of Pullinger was again merely formal, and be I. further re-
-1111111314 till Friday next. At present, it appears, he in.
tends to make no defence. An idea has I NMI expressed
fiat the fact of Ilia having been a partner in the leek as
a holder of shares may operate as a legal impediment
to the success of a criminal prosecution; but the pas-
sibility of advantage from a plea of that kind was
put an end to seventeen years ago by an act introduced
specially to meet mu& maim, and which provides that pelt-
nership shall be no bar to a pnasecution for fraud or other
criminal offence. The 1,240/. misappropriated by the
junior cashier Isyttleton is an addition to the 21i3,00101
made away with hy Pullinger, but no doubt la now
entertained tint the whole extent of the evil has
been iliaeoveretL Pullingor and Lyttletost both gu a
security to the bank to the amount of 1,0001., winch
will, of coarse, be recovered. It is reported, alto,
that about 8,000/. or 0,0(0/. has already been realised from
assets of Pullinger in the hands of stockbrokers, and there
may he a hope of further WHIM. Lyttleton, from all that
can be ascertained, is believed to have been a rimers victim
of Pullinger, but there is an expectation that another indi-
vidual will soon be in custody. The fact that the fonts d
passbook was not written by Pullinger has been established
by the voluntary evidence of a person um...immixi with the
hank, whom he eniploved to make tla. entries. The next
regular meeting of the Union Haul. w ill take place about
nine weeks hence.—Times.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittings in Benv.7(Betor! Loid Chief Justice Erle, end

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Justices Byles and Keating.)
The above-mused judges eat this morning, but had no sooner
taken their seats than two of them were sent for to sit in
the Court of Criminal AppeaL The consequence was that
the Lord Chief Justice was left alone, and after hearing
motions the court rose.

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.
This court sat for the first time to-day during the present
term. The learned judges present were the Lord Chief
Baron, Justices Bytes, Keating, and Blackburn, and Baron
Chatinell.
TIIE QUEEN r. reaccis LOOSE-FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
The prisoner was indicted at the Norwich Aaiun before
Mr. Justice Williams under the following circumstauoc : -
On the 20th of July the primmer became bailee of Richard
Carmway, deceased, in the amount of 40f., and he was in.
dieted for that he did fraudulently and feloniously
convert the same to his own use. In other
counts he was charged with stealing, and with a
common-law larceny. Carraway wax treasurer of a lodge
of Odd Fellows, which was a friendly society, and the pri-
soner was one of the trustees. By a resolution of the
society, made July 26, 1859, it was resolved that 10'. should
be paid into the bank of Moors. Gurney, atfakentuun,
and the prisoner having received :t to take there, trans.
ferred it to his own use. At the trial the prisoner was
convicted, the learned judge reserving fur this court the
question whether the conviction was good.
Mr. Metcalfe, on behalf of the prisoner, submitted that
the conviction was bad, inasmuch as the monies alleged to
have been embezzled were laid as the monies of Carraway,
the treasurer. By the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 63, see. 18, the
real and personal property of friendlv societies was vested
in "the trustee or trustees" and not in the treasurer.
Cain's case, 2nd Moody, had been cited at the trial, but
that did not apply, as the conviction in that case was under
the 10th Geo. IV., c. 58, by which they roperty of friendly
societies was vestal In "the treasurer.

The Lonl Chief Baron said the court was unanimously of
opinion that the conviction in the present form could not
be sustained, but must be quashaL
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonbienque.)
IN HE YKANCIis AND CREEK.
. .

Thane bankrupts were bottle, ale, and wine merchants, of
Great I. Helen's. Their application for certifiesite was
opposed by Mr. Linklater for the assignees on various
grounds ; and they were supported by 3l r. Lawrence.
His Honour, in giving judgment, reviewed the whole of
the bankrupts' trading, and came to the conclus
sion that it did not present • single merit:).
rims feature. It was commenced with insufficient
capital ; it hail been conducted recklessly in respect
of accommodation bills; it had been continued long after
they were insolvent beyond all reasonable hope of
retrieval. The book-keeping was bad ; and the per.
sand expenditure was virtually abstracted from the pockets
of the creditors. Their unsecured debts and liabilities
were 11,300 f., and there were no assets sufficient for a
dividend. Freer's certificate must be tuspended two years,
and Francis's three years from the lost examination (both
of the third class when granted). Fnincia would remain
six mouths, and Freer three months without protection.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
SINGULAR CHARGE.

...
A styli+hly dressed young man about 25 years of age, who
gave his name as Thomas Smith, was charged with uttering
• counterfeit half-crown under the following circumstances:
Mr. James Russell, stationer, of Cannon-street West,
✓id yesterday the prisoner went into his shop, and uked
for sispennyworth of receipt stamp*, tendering in payment
• half-crown, which witness inimediately detected as • very
bail one. He told tho prisoner it wee not good, and he
(prisoner) took it, and looked at it, and then took out his
puma and tendered a halfsoverei,m, which was • good
one. Witiieu then said the half-crown looked very much
like one that he took ahout two months back, upon which
the prisoer, without saying a word or waiting for his
change, ru,hol out of the shop, leaving the prosecutor in
pOK/Sellai.,ll of the half•sovereigu. Prosecutor followed him,
overtook hue, and gave him into custody.
The Lord Mayor—Have you any questions to ask, pri-
mmer

Prisoner—No, my lor4 ; but I wish to say that as soon
as the witness told me it was a bad one, I went out to throw
it away. I did not run at all.
The Lonl Illayor—But how do you account for le..vinz the
half•overeign behind?
Prisoner—Well, my lord, I WAA not aware it was a half.
sovereign. I was under the impression that it wee •
peooe, and was quite astonished when the witness told me
I had given him a half-sovereign. I did nut notice it in the
eonfusnin of the moment.

Alfred Merritt said ho the prisoner throw the !mat-
o-own down the area of a house close by Mr. Russell's.
Police-con.table 493 said the half-crown, and also the
six receipt stamps, were found down an 417.1, and that he
took the prisoner into cust.sly, aml found him 1/. lie. 3d.
in good money, and four oeparste nix; ennyworths of re•
ceipt stamps, and one sixpenuywurth of postage stamps.
The Lord Mayor said it was suspicious that the prisoner
should have run out of the shop, leaving the half•.uvereigu
behind him, as well ss his refusal to give his name and ad.
dress ; but as the evidence was hardly strong enough to en.
sure a conviction the prisoner must be discharged.
Discharged accordingly.
UILDHALL.
. _

James Amadeu, Darql Penn, and Wm. Bennett, were
charged with the following robbery from the person.
Mr. Brant defended Bennett and Aep len.
Mrs. Llewellyn, of the Leipsic.rosil,Cimberwell, mid alto
was attending a missionary meeting at the Albion Chapel,
London-wall, when the three prisoners gathered round her,
and she felt Penn preasing against her, and immediately
after she heard Bennett say " We will go out this way.
She missed her purse, and having nsson to suspect the
pumas , she gave them iuto custody. The purse wee
found in the body of the chapel with the money untouched
inside.

ennui-examined— She WY s ire the three prisoners were
acting in concert, mind she WY positive her purse was safe
ten minutes before she missed it, mad that the List time
she had it in her baud she replaceil it securely in her
pocket.

Mi.flean, • hosier, in the Walwortb•toarl, said he
was at the chapel, and saw the priaoners crushing
among the crowd • on hearing Hrs. Llewellyn ,•sclitiw that
she had been robbed of her pure•. he detained the prisoners,
and immediately after she hell up the purse and said a
gentleman had picked it up for her.
Cruss.e►amined.—'l9rey were all going in the direction of
the aide door, but he considered they ame misuciatss from
the fact of Their going the rime way.
Polka constable H said lie hail Kern all the prisoners
in the company of convicted thieves, but lie was nut aware
that either of them had been convicted.

Polinemen 114 said the prisotwns had given false ad•
dreeven.

Mr. Board submitted there was no case against soy
of the prisoners, illat.llll.leil as there was not the slightest
evidence to show either that they were seen making any
attempt upon the lady's pocket or of their having the purse
in their possession. The probability was that when
the lady put her purse lack it hung in the folds
of her dress and fell where it was picked up, and
ho therefore trusted that the prisouers mitt not be sent to
prison upon such doubtful evidence.
Ahlennau Mouliery said he had no ilould the prisoners
were in the chapel for au unlawful purpose, and that they
had Mrs. Llewellyn's purse, for which he should ouninut
them to the Heise of Correction for six weeks.

CLER K EN W ELL

DARING ROBBERY 617 I.IAT--N-7;ICTIIRRN RAILWAT.-

CLZVISK CAITURL

A gentlemanly attired unto, with a .mall dank moos*
tache, who gave the name of Jonfelt Luau, aged 21'., who
refused his address, and said he was of no °mutation, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt rimmed with sosiling
from the (treat Northeru [railway Stati ~,,, King's ('non, a
pmtmantssu, contawing two riding 10111‘11, a piece of
Berlin wool work, and other artieles of the value of ad.,
the property of Captain Wilkiuwne, of the 9th Foot.
On the night of the 31st January t'aptain Wilkinson and
his wife travelled to town from Darliugtou, by the tram
that arrived in town at 9.30 no At the cud of the jour-
ney the imptain'a portinantasin could not be lonia ; and
information was given to Mr. Wilhelm., the inspector
of the line, and a reward of 10'. was offered for
the apprehension of the thief. Mr. Williams traced
the pnsoner to the Taviutock hotel, and there
found the portmanteau, with tart of its conteuts gone.
The prisoner, who had stayed there only a few ilays, had
decamped without paying his hill. Thu day after tin lob-
bery the prisoner powinsl mime of the piopertv at Mr.
Attenboniugh's, 19, ltionaollly, mud yesterday lie again
went to piiwu sumo other property, alma Feb.-constable
3 Wheatley, 08 A, 11/1111 called, and the prisoner was given
into custody. On the primmer was found it double-
barrel ride pocket pistol, maker's 1111111 4;1111,011. Lou-
don, a packet teltsicope, with W. It., and pot of a
receipt stamp in the inside of the owe, a pawn ticket for
a pedieneter pawned for If. fiet,two stock reistijd.iii 1 he name
of Mr. (leorge (tanker, eon for 1491. 1611. 2.1., dated 1200.1.
Mitt, and another for 4W. Mi. dates( 10(1, .1141111a1V.
189, Mullane, Moshe% being the brokers. lean
what has tmospirol it WOlllll Weal 411114 the plimmei kse
for some time been in the habit of mobbing hotels iltsl
way stations, and is a 1404 expert thief.
In defence the prisoner, with a groit deal of emotion,
said—l received the portmauteati 011 the night it w... u,
without knowing that it had been so takeii, end for rhei.er-
pose of disposing of its contents. My emniediou with the
person from whom 1 i ceived the portmanteau lias
become of such a nature that I hind allow the law to take
its course without giving any information al to the
from whom I twelve.' it.
. .

A cabman wce here eAllwl, who iwure.l faking the let•
waver redo porteantLent Oat the eight of the rohher) hom
the railway to the T 41% tick Hotel.

I)rvi sat mewl great pima., •b* due to the F... 2
broker, aiid retuautkAl the pritouct until Wedue-vt.. uaa.