The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-24 00:00:00

RILMAIULS.

be atmospherical pressure hasph Impaled in the north
and wed, but has slightly decreased to the south and east, ac-
companied by a fresh northwesterly wind at nearly all our
stations, which amounted to a tones Sat Ardroman. It Is now
blowing at Liverpool with the same force. Shields reports a
pie having blown from the southeast. Rain has fallen gene.
raly—er oat at Greencastle and Ardrussati.

The Correspondence of Vienna says :—" News has
been received at Vienna from Tervueren of the health of
the Empress Charlotte, which continues to improve.
Each day the Empress receives the visits of her
relatives, takes short walks in the garden, writes
letters, paints, and nothing indicates any trace of mental
derangement. In a physical point of view, the state of
the patient leaves nothing to be desired ; her Majesty
takes her meals regularly and looks well. Everything
shows that her stay in her native oountty is contributing
to the complete re-establishment of the unfortunate Prin.

cem, wbo besides has not yet been informed of the tragical
end of ber noble husband."

The Marquis de Mouetier, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, received on Saturday, at a special audience, the
new Ambassador of the Taiwan of Japan, who arrived in
Paris about a week since. The mission of this Envoy is
chiefly to explain the liberal p3lier which the Japane
ruler has lately adopted, and to extend the commercial re-
lations of France with that country.

The works of the new opera at Paris are pro-
ceeding as actively as before. The boarding, which was
entirely removed from the elegant facade on the day of
the Emperor's fête, in order to throw open to public view
this magnificent structure, so far as it had been completed,
has in places been put up again, ant workmen are engaged
under the shelter of this covering in finishing the delicate
sculptures and other ornamentation still remaining to be
done. For a long period 860 workmen, without reckoning
the artists, have been employed upon this gorgeous build.
log, but the number is now reduced to 400. The new
edifice will contain 40 busts, 20 largo statues, and four
groups ; and will be adorned with SOO marble ooleunns, all
monoliths.

Some seditious placards in manuscript relative
to the dearness of bread have Mae lately, the Prose states,
posted up by night in various iptaters of Paris. The police
have torn down several of them.

A letter from Carleruhe says:—" A new ecclesi-
astics.' ocedlict is seen in the boriz mi. A recent ministerial
decree requires that young catholio and protestant theolo-
gians shall undergo,before officers appointed by the autho-
rities, an examination respecting their general education.
The Archbishop of Friburg protests against this order, and
forbids his theologians to submit to it. On the other hand
the government seems to intend to have it strictly c..rried
out.

A mendicant living alone in a wretched hut at
Courbevoie, near Paris, in the midst of the most abject
misery and intolerable privations, was lately found dead
on the floor of his filthy hovel, through an aperture in
which he would occasionally protrude his arm to receive
the food charitably offered to him by some neighbours
who commiserated his forlorn condition. A medical ex-
amination proved that the man had died of starvation. A
sum of 30fr. in copper coin having been accidentally found
in this abode of human misery a further search was made,
and immediately under the roof was discovered, carefully
wrapped up in many folds of dirty rags, no lest than
18,000 fr. in gold (72J14

_ • .
In answer to a general appeal for means to pro-
vide a tender for the Chichester school ship, the Bev. C.
Harington, rector of Bromyard, has presented to the
institution the Dolphin, a strong, well-built sea-going
yacht of 93 tons, with all her stores complete.
The cathedral of Winchester was founded in the
second century. The uninterrupted succession of bishops
of Winchester dates from the seventh century. In the
ninth century a guild of merchants was established in the
city, and the latter became the capital of England. This
was in the reign of Alfred the Great. In 1067 William
the Conqueror erected a castle, and in 1089 he established
the curfew in that city. Winchester was for more than
500 years the residence of the kings at England ; many
parliaments were held there, and it has been a flourishing
city for more than a thousand years. In 1667 the plague
raged in Winchester, and it caused such distress that the
inhabitants formed a " charitable society of natives and
citizens" to mist the poor. This week the society will
celebrate its 198th anniversary.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIB DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Bator. Mr. Oommiwdoiter HoiroycL)
IN RE ROBERT PAMIR.
The bankrupt wu described as a commercial traveller for
the sale of woollen goods, in Biahopegate-street. Debts,
218 f.

Mr. Reed opposed his application for release, on the
ground of misdeacription. The bankrupt was in reality •
milliner, as appeared from a bill of axle executed by him
in August last, in favour of his sister.
The bankrupt, examined, stated that he had been
bankrupt in 1861, and again in 1863, he supposed. He
had also compounded with his creditors twine, and been
insolvent 12 years since. Mr. Padfield got • judgment
against him in July last, and in August he gave • bill of
sale to his slater. He was not • milliner ; that was his
wife's business, and he was not liable for the
debts. He bad assigned all the stock-in-trade
to his sister, as security for move, lent at dif-
ferent times during the last 18 months. He had
not been travelling for the last 12 months, the firm he was
employed by having failed. All his debts had been con-
tracted in the last 12 months. He had only earned about
101. in that time. His wife's business had been carried on
12 )earl. " Parker and Co." was over the door.
His Honour held that the description was not sufficient.
In the bill of sale he described himself as • milliner, and
now swore that he was not • milliner. Independently of
that be could not be released. The petition must be dis-
missed.

(Before Mr. Registrar Spring Rim)
IN RI Wll. EMIL

The bankrupt was a licensed victualler, of the Duke of
York public-hone*, Munster-street, Regent's-park. He
came to the court on his own petition, awnibing his failure
to losses sustained by taking the above house, the vane of
which bad been over-stated. The debts are 5,7621.
This was the find sitting. Mr. Reid, of the firm of
Neville, Reid, and Co., wine merchanta, Suffolk-lane, was
chosenassignee. The solicitors under the proceedings are
Maws. Nash, Field, and Lnyton.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(TM DAY.)

(Before the Common Se ''rant.)
Jacob Henry Cohen, 32, a gentlemanly-looking man, wbe
had been admitted to bail, wee indicted for feloniously
forging and uttering an order for the payment of 41. le.,
with intent to defraud the Photographic and Stereoscopic
Company, carrying on business in Cheapside.
Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Straight prosecuted ; the prisoner
was defended by Mr. Ribton.
The charge was preferred under rather novel eircum-
starless. The prisoner was employed by the prosecutors
as • photographer and frame-maker, and it was the
custom, when he had any pecuniary claim upon them,
for him to hand his bill to Mr. Reed, the manager, who put
his initials " H. R." to the bill, and the prisoner then took
his bill to the cashier, and received the money. On the
sth of July the prisoner appeared to have gone to the
cashier and presented a bill for 41. ls. for work supposed
ter have been done by him, and which bore the letters
" H. R.," and the cashier, supposing this to be a genuine
signature, paid the prisoner the money. Mr. Reed cause to
the office shortly afterwards, and the fraud was imme-
diately detected, and it turned out that on the very same
day this pretended bill was presented, the prisoner bad
dined with Mr. Reed and another gentleman, and that
he asked the prisoner to pay his share of the reckoning
and said that he was going to receive some money and he
would pay him, and also the sum of 21. 101. which he was
indebted to the company. In addition to this it
was proved that another order for 2/. 18s. ed. had
been presented and paid • few days before the sth of July
under similar circumstances, and when the prisoner was
told that he would be given into custody be began to cry,
and said that he should commit suicide if the charge was
persevered in. Subsequently, however, when the prisoner
was under examination before the Lord Mayor, he told Mr.
Reed that he might have looked over the matter if he chose,
and that if he persevered in making the charge, he would
do all he could to ruin him. After the prisoner received
the 41. ls., it appeared that he paid the 2/. 10a. that he
owed to the company.
Mr. Reed, who was the principal whams, of course, in
support of the prosecution, was cress-examined at conside-
rable length, with • view, apparently, to show that he had,
in tome way, authorised the conduct of the prisoner. He,
however, declared most positively that there was not the
slighted foundation for such a suggestion.
The trial is not over, and is likely to last some wander-
able time.

TH2 FONORAY UPON THE BANK OP =GLAND.
The grand jury have returned seven true bills against
William Henry Hodgson, the surgeon, for forging transfers
of Consols stook, with intent to defraud the Bank of
England.

TN' WIEDER IN THE LINT-LOAD.
The trial of the Frenchman, Louis Bordier, will some on
to-morrow, and the case of John Wiggins for the murder
at Limehouse, will also be in the list. Both prosecutions
will be conducted by the Treseluy solicitor, and Mr. Rib-
ton has been retained to defend Wiggins. No
learned counsel his yet been instructed on the part of
the prisoner Bordier and there appear to be ground.
for believing that hisintention is to plead guilty to the
charge, if he is permitted to do so. A prisoner placed
in his position is generally advised by the court to plead
not gtulty in order that all the facts may be legally proved,
but if the prisoner should insist upon confessing judgment,
as it is termed, he cannot be prevented from doing so.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
John Owen, 39, labourer, was charged with burglary in
the dwelling-house of John Scott, and stealing therein six
bottles of cordials and two bo ties of brandy.
Mr. Daly conducted the prosecution. The prisoner wee
undefended. _ _

John Scott said be kept the King's Arms, Bethnal
and on the morning of the 6th September be was awakens.
by h • a noise in the cellar. On going down stain he
found six stone bottles of cordials removed from the
wine to the beer cellar. Two bottle,' of brandy were like-
wise removed. On the previous evening he had secured
the doors, but they bad been foreib'y broken open. Polio"
mutable Eastwood sew the prisoner come up the trap,
and he was then appreFended.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and a previous
conviction and sentence of five years' penal servitude was
proved against the prisoner.
The learned commissioner sentenced him to tan years'
penal Ben Ands.