The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-30 00:00:00

MINES.-21118 DAY.

Two o'Creom.
In the mining market to-day East Wheal Russell
and Stray Park shares are dull ; the former are
quoted 11 to }, whilst the latter are marked in the
Stock Exchange, 53 and 52}. Tincroft shares have
been dealt in at 41, and West Caradon, at 7&
Vale of Towey are quoted 10a. 6d. to lls. lid., and.
Tenter Consols, 2} to 2t.
St. John del Rey Mining shares are inquired for,
and have been dealt in at 29, both for money and
the account. Other foreign, as well as colonial
mining shares, are quiet.
The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received by telegram
from Lisbon the following report, dated Morro
Velho, 28th April, 1860 :—Produoe for March,
38,330 oitavas ; coat for March, 8,8391. ; profit
for March, 4,8686.; produce for 20 days of
April, 19,440 oitavas.
At the bimonthly meeting of West Camden Mining
Company held yesteiday, a dividend of 21. and a bonusof 10a.
per share were declared, and 4,028/. Ge. 4d. was can ied over
to the next account. A moat satisfactory report from the
manager was read, expressing the utmost confidence in the
continuous prosperity of the company.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANK-(THIS DAY.)

Since last Saturday the weather in the United Kingdom,
has been very unsettled. Last Sunday night it blew a but.
ricane from the N.W. A great deal of rain fell, and in the
uorth of England a heavy
_snow fall is reported. The tem.
peature has been very oold, and in some places has lowered
to freezing point. Some damage has been done to the
growing corn crops, which now want genial warmth to bring
them fares rl to maturity.
The attendance of the trade in Mark-lane today
was small, the tone quiet, but firm ; prices of most articled!
unaltered. The supply of home-grown grain was small,
and of country-made flour fair. The imports of foreign
grain into London since last Monday were nported this
morning as fair of flour, small of wheat, small of barley,
and small of oats.
WllRAT.—English, held at last Monday's rates. Foreign,
unaltered at last Monday's prices.
FLOUR quiet at last Monday's prices.
BARI= improving in demand at last Mondny's decline.
OAre in moderate demand at last Monday's quotations,
say 6d. per qr. cheaper than lest week.
)31ANIL—FAleilh. and Egyptian quiet at last Megiday's
currency.
PTAS unaltered, at last Monday's prices.
CURIUM QUOTATIONS, DUTT PAID.

WHICAT.-E4lish white, 48e. to 60e. ; red, gin to 56.
per qr. ; Diuituo and Konigsberg, 58e. to 64e. per 4941 b. ;
Rostock, 545. to 58e. • other Baltic porta, 465. to 61s. ;
French, red, 50e. to as. ; white, 66e. to 58a.
FLOUR.-'town, 46e. to 60e. ; Norfolk, 37e. to 38a. pet
2801. ; French, 38e. to 425. per 2ElOlb. ; American (United
States), 2se. to 32... per barrel.
Damn. -English, 26e. to 465. per qr. ; Ratio, 24z. to
355. ; other wrti, 265. to 28e. per qr.
OATS. -British, 22e. to 28s. per qr. ; Russian, 245. to 255.
per qr. ; other Baltic porta, 24z. to 2.54. per
BEAN& -Engliali tick, 33e. to Me. ; borrow, 395. to 42e.
per qr. Foreign, 32.. to 40e. per qr. Egyptian, 33a. to
Gd. per qr.
PEAS. boilers, 38e. to 40e. ; hog anal grey, 345.
to 358. • foreign white, 36e. 38e.
FLOAING Cannozz.--Since last Friday 16 graindadmi
vessel" were reported arrived at porta of call, via.:-4
wheat, 6 Ivirley, 4 maize, 2 rye. The lateet sales
were :-Wheat arrived-New Odessa, Ohirka, Ms Tire
49211 a., less 1. per cent., buyers having option to reject 20
=gaged ; Cads, 80e. 9d per 4801 be. Make arrived-
-345. 6d. per 49211 x., buyers having option to reject
25 qrs. damaged. Barley arrived-Danube, equal to 264.3 d.
per Imp. qr. • Danube, at 275. 3d. per 40911,1.
Wheat continues firmly maintained in pri ; maize and
barley quiet, at prices unaltered liner last lifondar.
There are now off the coast about 10 cargoes offering
sale, viz., 3 wheat, 4 maize, 3 barley.
ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM MAY 18TO MAY 30.
EOOll4O and 84:0444t. Bt h. Berets=
060 .• .. I 4010
SO 4420
6000
•' • '

Mnumt
Earle)

Malt
laglish Sack Roar 70;6 Foreign Flour, barrows, 1300 sacks.

MINCING-LANE,-(THIS DAY•)

Thn market opened for the weelithie morning.
Sun...H.—The lerge public sales are progressiog at about
previous rates. Refined steady.
Comes.--The public sales of this article are also going off
without showing any material alteration in prices.
Tr.....—The Wee conunenced to-day, and thus far haws
sold at previous rates.
Rica steady.
Sinew have gone off at about previous rates.
Rum without alteration.
Markets generally have a steady appearance.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market is steady ; prices are quoted as follows •
Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, Ws. 6d. ; Jame, 51a. 9d. ;
July to Sept., 51a 9d. ; Oct. to Deo., 51s, 9d.

BOROUGH HOP MARIEWf.—(THIS DAY.)
Memo. Pettenden and Smith report the market is Inn ;
the fete cold winds have checked the growth dbiss, sot
Sy gradually inermace.

A ROYAL IRISH DOCKYARD. —For this ones, and
without combating "public opinion," in England on the
grousid of what seems to sr an unreasoning went of jus-
tice to the civil servico"—• service as constantly important
as the military and naval—we will alio venture to ask for
"justice to Ireland" in the shape of • royal Irish doek-
yani, If anywhere • strongly fortified naval station, com-
prising en arsenal, and including • town, within fortifica-
tions, capable of serving as a refuge and • rallying poet, it
required in the United Kingdom, surely it is wanted in the
least united, and therefore most vulnerable part! For
many sufficient reasons, • naval establishment would be
valuable in • country where labour a cheap, end mechanics,
are unusually intelligent; yet whenee, in the event of war,
the emigration would be of a very different sort to than
which now quits Cork ; it would be an ermine, not of
young and ho; eul men, going to seek fortune in • land of
in 159 R, did the English poet, Srenser.—Dublia Unite/Into
flying from that city, sa,
promute, but of trembling WoMen,
itaga:ine, (or Jane. •

EXPRESS. WEDNESDAY Ell'" 144 1860.

LITERATURIL

-',r A.-Printed Beitiih &n-,errris : n Birfory,
• apanieff by Fig. ra and Dissrd bait, of the
..1 e 4 the British field. By WILLIAM Ill` BOGART
J o memoirs, F. B. Sit., and A LLICAN DIM Owens.,
A E.S.E. Nature-printed by Henry Bradbury.
V.. 1. 111, Bradbury and Evans.
Tile third volume of this beautiful work con-
tains the series of Pen-weeds known as Melano-
airrume, those having dark seed vessels and leathery
or toembraceous fronds. This group includes a
number of our commonest and best known sea.
weeds. The first family of the series (thu Fueacee),
for example, contains those familiar forms of our
native alga', which pop and crack beneath our feet
ax we ("Pow the receding tide over the slippery
rocks. They are Jo be found in abundance on
every part of the coast, and form, in
fact, the dark sea-line of our rocky shores.
Odor toadies, such as the Lunirarieie and the
Ciordariee, contain more delicate and beautiful
s eeiinens, many of which are not uncommon,
especially on our southern coasts. Those who
are at all familiar with the sea-side will
recognise at once on opening the volume
many of their well-known farountes. They will
Ind it difficult to imagine, however, at
first, that they are only printed copies, and
not actual specimens dried and exquisitely pre-
served. Nothing can eloped the beauty and sem-
ra,:y of these plates. The student may study them
with a magnifying glass, as he would the originals.
A work so perfect in its illustrations as well as so
full and accurate in its scientific descriptions must
prove of the highest interest and value, not only
to regular inquirers but to all who wish to turn
their annual trip to the sea to pleasant and profitable
account.

.Lorvhm a? a Giant*. An Illustrated Atlas of

London. T. Hodgson, Paternoster-row.
This is a novel application of the territorial-sub-
division method to the topography of our vast
'metropolis ; we have we many a map of London,
but never an "Atlas" before. Instead of unfold-
ing a large and cumbrous sheet which comprises the
whole area, of about fifty square miles, included
within what we call "London," the stranger is
bidden—firstly, to look out the name of the place
Le wants from 7,000 street references alphabetically
arranged, whereby he will be directed, secondly,
to the sectional map, one of thirty-six sectional
"naps, in which the locality is situated. An index
to the hotels, public buildings, and places of
anincentent, is appended. The title of "London
at a Glance" is decidedly a misnomer.

77 ehrooiri, of Convocation, for the Seesions June
22 t 4) 30, 1859. E. Thompson, Burleigh-street,
awl Riviugtonsi.
This is the Hansard of the eccleitiastical parliament,
mil for the accuracy of its reports, and for the
careful diligence with which it is revised and
edited, it ham attained a deserved reputation,
...lug moreover at least a semi-official authority.

THE

Rats liddligaut.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-MAT 29.

&temp in coo.—(Baton the Lord Chief Jositioe,/Ir
JusJustios tice Wightman, Kr. Joatdce Crompton, and Yr.
Itlaciburn.)
This was • special paper day, and the court was occupied
dining almost the entire sitting with the ease of
HARBISON r. TER LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST

---
MAILWAT COMPANY.
This was a special case, all the facts having been found by
an arbitrator, and it raised a question as to the construction
of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, of considerable im-
portanee to the company and the public. It would seem that
the course of last autumn the plaintiff, who is &gentleman
of fortune, delivered • carriage, a pair Of hones, and a re-
triever dog to the_ company for conveyanceto Worthing, the
plaintiff being himell a monger by the lame train.
an darting, one of the company's porters
suggested that it would be better if the dog
were pieced in the box with the horse' rather than
in a dog box, and this arrangement was assented to by the
plaintiff. The dog had • collar round his neck which was
the plaintiff's property, and by a chain fastened to this
collar he was attached to • book in the hone-box. The
eas found that the shutters of the home-box were loom
sad were apt to come open, and that the window was not
properly secured. And it is equally certain that du ring
the of the train to Worthing the dog moped out
of the box, and had been heard of Once. Under them
eircuinetanme the plaintiff brought an action to recover
damages for the loss of the dog, which he valued at twenty
guineas.
For the company it was contended in the first place that
they bad not been guilty if any negligence, as the plaintiff
had acquiesced in the dog being placed with the horse..
Secondly, that previous to their taking charge of the dog
the plaintiff had subscribed to • ticket in which
be admitted that the company would not be liable
few the loss of the dog, it its value exceeded 51. --sad that
hat value was not previously declared. That the ordinary I
Ann for the carriage of a dog from London to Worthing
was only 35., which was all the plaintiff paid, whilst in the
cam of doge whose value exceeded 51.,- and whom owner,
wished to ensure them, an extra fare had to be paid of
per cent., or tkL in the pound on the value of the
In excises of 51. Supposing therefore that the plinth)
to protect himself against the loss of the dog, he
ought to have paid • fare of 10e. 611. in lieu of 3s. And
lastly ,it wee contended that even supposing the company
to have ben guilty of neghgence, and supposing that the
notice which they gave to the plaintiff was not a reasonable
one, the company were still saved by the notice, inasmuch
as the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, which
first interfered with the right of common car-
riers to hold themselves free from all con-
sequences resulting from their negligence by the fact cd
their gives previous notice to the miders of goods—Mae.
to the case of doge. On the other head ft was
maintained, on behalf of the plaintiff, AM, that the
company was guilty of negligence in plaMg the
_dog in •
home-box which was not properly secured. 8100011 ft that
the notice which the plaintiff was required to ska previous
to the dog being placed in the train was an unramonabie
one, inasmuch as an invariable per tentage of 2} per cent.
on the value of the dog if over 51., no matter what distance
he travelled, was too high, and would amount to • prohibi-
tion spinet dogs of value being carried along the lines, and
consequently inasmuch as the requirements of the company
were unreasonable, they were not protected by the ticket
which the plaintiff had subscribed. Lastly, it was urged,
in answer to the defendants, that the 7th section of the
Railway and Canal Traffic Act did apply to dogs an well as
to homes, cattle, • and sheep, although dogs were net
specifically named in the section.
The Lord Chief Justice, in delivering his judgment, which
was for the plaintiff, said he felt at the sometime lie should
not be justified in drawing an inference from the facts as
found by the arbitrator, that there bad been actual negli-
gence on either side. His judgment in favour of the
plaintiff was based upon the consideration that the notice
whereby the company proposed to convert their contract at
common law into • special one was void, and
.thought that
the liability of the company, as common carriers, ,till sub-
sisted. Previous to the Railway and Canal Traffic Act,
the 17th and 18th of Victoria, eap. 4, railway
corn-
ponies could have restricted their liability in all
mace by entering into special contracts ; but by
that act the legislature had very wisely limited '
their right to protect themeless from liability resulting':
from their own negligence, except in owe where the cir-
cumstances made it just and reasonable for them to do so ;
that was to say, the conditionwhich they imposed upon
the seeders of goods must appear to the courts to be just
and reasonable. In the preecot case there might be some
doubt, owing to the confused wording of the 9th section of
the act, whether it was intended to extend to dogs ; but in
order to guard against the extraordinary inconsistencies
which must otherwise ensue, it was right to hold that the
section was meant to Include dogs. However, it was quite
clear to his M od that the notice in itsterms was unreason-

INING,

able, and that it was incumbent upon the oumpany to make
out affirmatively that the extra charge was reasonable. On
these grounds he thought the company were liable ea corn.
moo carriers, and the judgment ought to be for the
plaintiff.
Mr. Justice Wighttuan, on the contrary, thought that
the notice was • reasonable one, and therefore his judgment
was fur the defendants.
_ .

14;:JusticeBlacitiMrn—Mr. Justice Crompton having
gone to chambers—said he cunourred with the Chief Justice ;
and therefore judgment was for the plaintiff.
It so understood the cue will be taxa on appeal to the
Exchequer Chamber ; indeed, the cabs altogether shows the
extreme wisdom of going to law with a great company
about a matter of 21g.
Sittings at Nisi Prins at Guildhall.—(Before Mr. Justice
Hill and a Common Jury.)
BROWN r. LEVER.—ALLEuRD NVILIGIDICL

Y 30,

Mr. Hawkins and Mr. futon were counsel for the
plaintiff ; Mr. **eat Bhee and Mr. Thompson Chitty re-
presented the defendant.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages to •
small vessel called the Albatross, by the Golden Fleece, a
lair vessel of which the defendant is pait owner. The
plaintiffs vessel had been moored off the Custom House
when she was run into by the Golden Fleece, which was be-
ing towed into duck, and the damage complained accrued.
The evidence wee most contradictory, it being contended for
the plaintiff that the Golden Fleece had been towed into
the dock at too early • period of the tide, and, on the
other part, that the plaintiff had by negligence contri-
buted to the accident.
The jury found • verdict for the plaintiff—damages 441. 2a.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. -MAT 29.

Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and
Juaticas Williams and Bylea.)
RANSOM! T. THZ ZARTIIIt COURTIER RAILWAY COMPANY.—
THR COAL TRAFFIC.

be want to Andrei* where he remained for some years.
When be returned to Eodaod be had a considerable num of
money, which L• kinsisd ia his business sad other ways.
It was also admitted that Mrs. Leroyd had, two years
ago, whilst Being apart from her husband, got into tad
company, and this ted to her being charged with theft, and
Wog inirwiamed foe live or s x months.
The jury haying heard Um ars to the end, found a ver-
dict for the ddendaid.

was the opinion of some of the jury who were acquainted
with the dissentient juror that his mind was effected.
The juror indignantly denied this, and said his constitu-
tion had suffered through calamity, but his mind was all
right. Ile was there sworn to act according to his ean-
poem°, and he should do so.
Mr. Payne asked if there was any one present who could
put the court in possession of any precise facts upon the
subject.
A juryman said he was aware of same eircumetasswie in
connexion with Mr. (the juryman) of a very painful
nature, which it was believed bad affected his mind to some
extent, but which in no way reflected upon him. He was
at tint sorry to see Mr. on the jury, but did not, from
a delicate feeling of sympathy, mention the matter, or he
might have prevented him being put in the box. It was
very hard upon the eleven, who had agreed, to be locked up
as prisoners because one refused to agree with them through
obstinacy.
The juror said it was nothing of the kind. His mind was
quite correct, though he might have suffered misfortunes.
The other juror remarked that the same thing bad oc-
curred before.

This matter originally aims before the court in 18W, and
has mice been several times under dismission. The ques-
tion now raised was whether a rule should be made abso-
lute for an injunction against the railway company, for-
bidding them to give any undue advantage to the trailers in
railway coal brought from Peterborough over the traders is
sea-borne coal brought to Ipswich and other porta.
On the part of the complainant, it was said that the ar.
rangementa of the railway company were calculated to ruin
the trade of the Ipswich coal dealers ; whilst, on the other
hand, it wee said that the Ipswich dealers wished to acquire
a monopoly of the coal trade for twenty or thirty miles
round Ipawkii, and it was further said that if they suc-
ceeded in their object, the public in that part of the country
would suffer to the extent of having to pay from be. to 10a.
more a ton for their coals.
The Lord Chief Justice said the coal tariff of the com-
pany was founded upon a principle which had been sanc-
tioned by the court, that the company had a tight to charge
less for carriage to persons who sent large quantities of
coal to be carried for long distances. The advantage given
to the Peterborough dealers in this case was upon condition
that they should send full train loads of 200 tons to Le
carried into a lucidity known as " Nu. 8 District," and in
which Ipswich was. The complainant contended that.the
company had, under pretext of complying with the
pnap— le which their tariff embodied, given to
the Peterborough dealers the privilege of sending
small quantities into No. 8 district at the lower rater ap-
plicable only to large quantities. It did not however
ap-
pear to him that the complainant had made out that the
company had carried ands on soy terms not consistent with
the tariff. He therefore was of opinion that the rule should
be dischareed, but as there were some eircuruvtances which
at first eight apparently justified Mr. litensome in making
this application, it would be discharged without oust&
Rule discharged.

Sittings ii Nisi Prins in London.—(Defuse Mr. Judie,
Listing sud B (uounon Jury.)
=LOYD AND WIVI v. ILDWAND.S. -MASI lIIPILLSONIIINT.

This was an action to recover damages in consequence of
ta. plaintiffs having been given in charge by the defendant,
who pleaded iu justification of Ma conduct that the plaintiffs
had stolen 2951. from him, and secondly, that he had rea-
sonable and probable cause to suspect the planditfa of having
robbed him._

The dissentient—Yes ; eleven of you were for acquitting
and I was for convicting, but as you were on the side of
mercy I gave way. Eleven of you are now for convicting,
I em for acquitting, and sa I am on the side of mercy I
shall not give way.
Mr. Payne said juries mart act with the view of justice
according to the evidence, and not go against evidence out
of considerations of mercy. They must either find the man
guilty or not guilty, or the intermediate course must be
taken of discharging them without giving a verdict at all,
and that could only be done upon proof that a longer con-
finement would be injurious or dangerous to their health ;
they must go back to their room.
Before they retired the dimentient juror protested against
one juror getting up in the box, and publicly stating that a
fellow juror was out of his mind. He was not out of his
mind, though his constitution had suffered, and the asser-
tion that he was not of sound mind was not only untrue, but
• most ungentlemanly one to make.
Mr. Payne said the question was not in a shape to be dealt
with by the court then.
After the jury had been confined for eight boars under
lock and key, without refieshment, it was Misted that one
of them was suffering from disease of the heart, and was
very unwell.
Mr. Payne thereupon sent for Mr. Lyrics, • the surgeon
to the Westminster prison, who examined the juryman in
question, and stated on oath that from the symptoms he per-
ceived and the statements the gentleman made, he be-
hayed a longer confinement might result in a fit, which
would place his life in imminent peril. The excitement
might bring it on.
Mr. Payne mid upon this, he should discharge the jury
from giving • verdict, and the prisoner would be tried again
next session!. _ . _

This vas accordingly, and the court adjournoxL

Mr. Chambers and Mr. Pewee appeared for the
plaintiffs ; Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Tindal Atkin-
son for the defendant.
The firstminied plaintiff was a cab proprietor in the
nemhbourhood of Bethual.green, and the defendant was a
de+rler in homes and corn. Ou the night of the 31st of
August last the defendant was at a public-house near where
the plaintiffs lived, and he remained there some hour. drink.
iag, leering his hone and cart scantling outside. The
plaintiffs were in and out of the house during this time.
Ultimately the defendant gave two men into custody for
robbing him, and the first-named plaintiff, who had before
this gone home, heard the disturbance and followed the
parties to the station.bouse, where the defendant charged
Mm with being ormeerued in the robbery. The inspector
having inquired into the matter an well as ho could, re-
fused to take the charge, but the next day defendant
charged both plaintiffs with having robbed him. They
were takes heifers the magletnite, and after an adjournment
they were discharged.
A good deal of evidence was given on both sides in refer-
ence to the please' justification, awl it was admitted by
the plaintiffs commit that in 1851 Mr. Lemyd was
charged with rewiring stolen property, and entered into his
own recogniessose to the amount of 401. or tOt. to appear •
second lion before the magistrate, but instead of appsaruig