The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-05 00:00:00

duty as foreisuses, or any other or higher dut r, that
those to which subjects of Um country arc ILhle law*
similar circumstances.

ART. AI V.—Tte subjeota of either of the two high est.
erecting parties in the dominions and poe,essitets of the
other, shall bo exempted from all compulsory military es,
vies wha•ever, wheth, r ia the army, navy, or pelisse'
guard or militia. They shall be equally exempted fronisll
judicial and municipal charges and faactions whatever, as
well as from all contribution% whether pecuniary or in tine,
imposed ea • compensation for personal oervieu; and, timelly,
from forced loans end military elm ti no or requisitions.
In regard, however' to judiciel and municipal charges sag
functions, those shall be 'levied which ere consequent upon
the possession of real property. or of a lease; and in nowt
to military exactions and requieitions, those which ell eub-
jecis of the country may be required to tarnish as banded
proprietors or ea (erasers.
ART. shall be free for each of the two high °De-
tracting parties to appoint consuls-general, ceneule, vice-
commie, and consular ogente, to :wide in the towns and ports
of the dominoes and pusoessions of the other. Stich con-
eujs-general, Connie, oCeconsuls and mauler agents,
however, shall not actn upon their functions until after they
shall have boon approved end admitted, in the mat f
by the government to which they ore sent. They shall
exercise whatever functions, and enjoy whatever privileges.
exemptions, and inimanities a. are or shall be granted then
to ociasule of the meet favoured nation.

ART. XVl.—Any ship of war or nurebant-Teasel of
either of the high contrasting parties which may Le com-
pelled by etre."' of weather or by amid- sot to take abetter in
a port of the other, shall be at Hearty to redo there"; is pro-
cure all nem usury stores, and tt put to r.ea again, without
paying any dour other than such so would be payable In
similar case by a national vessel. In cos, however, the
master of a merchant-vessel should be under the necoutity of
disposing of a part of a merchandise in order to defray his
e ,he shall be bound to contemn to the regulation'
airtas reiffseof the place to which he may have come.
If soy ship of war or merchant-teasel of one of the high
contracting parties should run aground or be wrecked
upon the coasts of the other, such ship or vessel, and all
parts thereof, and all furniture and apportmances belonging
'hereunto, and all good* and merchandise saved therefrom,
including any which may have been cast late the sea, Cr the
proceeds thereof if sold, as well as all papers found on
board such stranded or wrecked ship or vessel, shall be given
an to the owners or their agents when claimed by them.
If there are no such owners or agents on the spot, then
the mine shall be delivered to the Brit'sh or
Russian consullteneral, consul, or vice-consul, in whom
distract the wreck or strewing may have taken place, upon
being claimed by him within toe period fixed by the laws of
the country; and eirh conaula, owners, or agents, shall pay
only the examine incurred in the preaervat on of the Imo.
perq, together with the mirage. or other expenses, watch
would have been psyable in the like case of a wreck of a 'a-
tonal vessel. .

ea....ye....
The goods and merchandise eased from the wreck shall be
exempt from all duties of custom, nAese cleared for con-
sumption. la which case they shall pay the mane rate of
duty as if they had bit imported in a national vessel.
In the cue cith- r of a tumid be driven in by straw of
weather, run agr und, or error-keg, the respective towels-
general, consule, vice-consols, and consular agents Rhea, if
the owner or meeter or other agent of the owner is nut pre-
sent, or is present and requires it, be euthotired to Interpose
in order to afford the necessary assistance to their tellow-
me
coontryn.
AZT. XVII.—Th. coaates-general, consul', rise-consals,
sad consular agenta of either of the high congealing parties.
tosidiag in the domitions and poseeesions of the other, shall
receive from the local authorities such es-i.teace at oan by
law be given to them for the recovery of deserters from ships
of war or merchant vessels of their respective countries.
ART. XVlll.—The lonian Islands being under the
protection of her Britannic Majesty, the subjects and vessels
of those islands ehall =joy, In the derniniune and porseesions
of his Majesty the Emperor of Rivets, all the adeastages
which are graneed by the present treaty to the aubjecta and
vestels of Great Behan, as soon as the government of the
lonian Islands shall have agreed to greet the some recipro-
cal advantegss in those islands to Itutedan sable is and
vessels; it being undemtood ohs!, in order to prevent
abuses, every lonian veal claiming the benefits of the pre-
sent Is b., froniahed with a patent signed by the
Lord H• Commissioner or his representative.
ART. IX.—The etipulations of the present tresty chill
be applicable to ail vessels navigating under the Russian
flag, without any distinction between tie ltuoian mercantile
marine, properly so eared, end that which belongs mom
particularly to the Grand Duchy of Finland, which firms an
integral part of the empire of Itaaga.
la regard to commert and navigation Is the Russian
posseesions on the north-wed comet of Am-rtes, the eon.
tontion concluded at St. Petersburg on the 18th (28th)
of February, 1826, shall continue in force.
ART. XX.—The high oontraving parties being desirous
to secure, each within lie own dominions, complete and
effectual protection against fraud for the manutse wee of
the other, have egreed that any piracy or fraudulent Mafia.
tioa in one of the two countries of the mmufacturere or
tradesmen's marks originally affixed, bezel fide, to goods
produced M the other, in attestation of t nit. origin and
gu•bty, shall be 'Wetly prohibited end retreated. • Her
Britannic Majesty engages t i rexeratuelid to her parliament
to adopt such measures as way be required to enable her to
give the more complete execution to the etipulatioas of this
article.
her. XXl.—The high coalreerng parties reserve to
themselves to &Gimlete moodier, by a Aretiel convention,
the mains of reeir. racelly protecting copyright in works of
litenteure and of the fine arts, within their respective do-
inloions.
Arm. XXII.—Tbs present treaty of cornmesse and navi-
gation shall remain in face for ten yeas from the date of the
exchange of the ratificotions ; and further, until the expEra-
tion of twelve month, after either of the WO contracting
parties shall bare given nett, e to the other of its intention to
terminate thessine; each of the high contracting puttee
re erring to itself the right of giving such notica to the other
at the expiration of the first nine pars, or at say time after-
verde.
The croquet treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications
shall be exchanged at London In six weeks, or Doom if
poesible.
la witness whereof the respective plenipotenfiarits hat*
&trued the same, std have a ied thereto the seal of their
WOW.
Done at St. Petersburg, this twelfth day of January
(thirty-brat day of December), la the year of oar Lord an
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine (eight).
JOHN F. CRAMPTON. (L.S.)

8 ART. I.—The commercial interwar*, of i
Rie.yia with the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway being
regalaud by special stigulutions, which may hereafter be
renewed, and which do not form part of the wernlyti,na ap-
plicably to foreign commerce in general, the two high cone Ir
tracting turtle., being desirous of removing from their cont-
dal relation• every kind of doubt or cave for discussion,
bare agreed that those special stipul.tions granted In favour
of the commerce of Sweden and Norway, in coneideraVolt
of equivalent advantages granted in theee countries to the
COMIIINCO of the Clued Dully of Finland, stall In no care
apply to the relati .116 of commerce and navigation established
bets een the two high contracting partite by the preecttt
treaty.
SZTARATE ART. ll.—lt 111 equally understood that the
exemptions, immunities, and privifrges hereinafter-men-
tioned, shall not be considered is at variance with the prin-
tip!. of reciprocity which forms the buis of the treaty of
this date, that is to say :
1. The exemption from navigation dues during the first
three Tetra, which is enjoyed by vessels Lunt in Russia, and
belonging to Russian eubjects ;
2. The permission granted to the inhabitant. of the oust
of the government of Archangel, to import duty free, or cc
payment of moderate duties, into the pore of the mild go,
Tantrum, dried or salted Bah, ae likewise certain kinds of
furs, and to export therefrom, in the stone manner, corn-
rope and cordage, pitch, and raveneduck ;
3. The privilege of the Russian American Company
4. The Immunities granted in Ruyan' to certain English
end Netherland Companiee, called "Yacht Clubs."
SEPLICATIS ART. lll.—The present Sevin'. A Helm shall
have the same force end validity as if they were inserted,
word f r word, in the Treaty signed this day. They shall
be milled, and the ratifications thereof exchanged at the
suns time.
In witness whereof the respeotive plenipotentiaries have
signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their
arms.

Done at St. Petersburg, this twelfth day of January
(thirty-first day of D,renibw). in the you of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and Ofty•nine (eight).
JOHN F. Clt MPTON. (LS.)

VIM LLIT Mums"' ourrrz.)

WAIbOTEICZ, Fen. 4.—. The Queen has been gra.
ciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of dui
Ri flat Hon. bir John Young. Bast., K.0.C., M.G., sometime
her Mss e.ty's Lord High Comuresionor in ?miter the United
St dos of the lonian Wands, to be an ordinary nomber of
the r vil division of the second doss. or Knights Come
mender., of 'he Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. I.—The Queen has
bees p'essed to appoint the Hos. Spencer Cecil Branson
Pon.onby, now ctn.& gentleman usher to her Majesty, to be
gentleman maser daily water to bet Ilajoety, in the teem
Sir Henry Wiliam dee Vcoas, Bart resigned.
I /OWNING-STREET. Fen. 2.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint Colonel Sr Henry Knight Storks,
K.C.8., to be her Maje ty's Lord High Commisioner in and
f r the Unt ed States of the lonian Islands.
FOIEICIB-OTTICE. FEB. I.—The Queen his been
pleased to approve of Mr. Itasca D. Mri errill as Consul at
dn. y fa. the United (Rates of Amca; of asi Jorge
Zermatt y Romero, as Vies Consul at Malta ; of Don
Emig= de Aaarmundl, as Vie Consul M Newcastle-upon-
Tyne ; and of Don Caddo do Pedrorona, as Vice Consul at
Southampton, for her Msjeety the Queen of Spats.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 3.—The Queen his
been this day pleased to appoint Sir Robert Te.ver
of GsreeroA &r: , to be sher'ff of the county Pal=
Lancaster,for the year maul, g.
THE YRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER,
BUCCINOMAIt•GATI, Fan. 8 --John Ttelsayne, of Hennas',
in 'lie county of Cornwal, Esq., hsa been aipoin.ed sheriff of
the county of Cornwell.
CROWN-OFTICE, FEB. 4.—Member returned to
eerve in the present par isment. Borough of Baton: HS.
li 4TII Henry Adams of the sail borough, Esq., Reeorda of
the borough of Derby.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(71115 DAT.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

atthypit, litaeo.—(aofore Lard Chid Justice Coottros,
led hotleme Williwno, Crowder, sad Willis.)

lONIA I. WILLIAM,,9.-1 ALS! itirntssittualti.
ILI. Ir.. AD ecteni turtrurffir &Magee upcn three erode
—fiseciaptiatoitueat. malicious prosecution, and the
I,i !alas. had ioito..perly reused the pieta tiro
-eats to he *us', 'F be ease was tried before
?Jr. lova. Crown. r at Chwer, when hls lordship
there was n evidence upoa the last point,
asul I ra. to thu .0.-on 1 the def,ndmat bad reasonable and
putt.' Is titre. fur ts h., he did. As to the Glee imprison-
Wit, the d.f.n7.Lt pleaded in juatittratka that shortly
lat,re I:,e sit IDA tot Ay, • certain person., to the
dsietutact tu,kwiwo, greatly resembling the pitsiabff, had
Sri nuaudy stolen frau& htsoffius• rash-boaaud in nary.
It it the plaintiff was about the pre:Rives user the thee, tad
hal .n tipportunity of r .oinsitting the felony. That • puma
n,orutt e.g the pieiatilt was seen coating eleadsetinely boa
tee iraaieta, earryiag with hint ocausithimg reeembUag a
csatt-bus. TWA the *rad, after the hleay, was ezinekied
lad pro untritielholary sod mum =rows. Ups Ares
growths the deleadaat eaepered tbeilatetuf of the
klosy. the trial veldts., wee relied, proved err
of the farts la this plea, bat it wee ant proved that ttr
pLi4t.l tad piece untru, sad wait .4ra:tory swore, 111
h meter. rule.l ell a the p.m' was sot suflicienly
prund. It was sow a ,lauttted that hi. lordship was we eg
is so d. deg, isad fur,her that the verdl/41 fer the plaintiff
wee gab*. the twist n. 'upon the qtu stkis wt.c thee the du.
ardor lied gins the p laioud is c.iirge at all.
Mr. Morena Lloyd aerated te bow ranee ag .vest a rule
fur a Mint trid, 4a4 Me. and Mr. McLaiyru tu sup-
port the nil..
The Lord Clief.livaire es'd it appeared that the questice
wh.-ther the plea pr act cr Dot bad sot bora 1J mai-
neatly brourltt Etta • the 1+,0901 jade. at the trial, b.” was
the &fondant. c asn*l was r Ate tent of * etrLetuponthe
pl-a of am du In 'hot way it 14.•1 havietted that there
had been •to aria fur there wa. nor d *Of that the plea
had hew oulutaatially pros.l. Throe mast, thurelun.., hi •
ow MAL
Stale abroleta

COURT OF BANLRUPTCT.
(Mara lb. Cam—'— m— nablsom.)
zig at Tat BATTDIN AND VOltala SULLTINO COVTANT

(hirras).
The ,ial patiiina f w winding.ep had bras prolate! Is
tko• ewe. and to-day was appestat far the hearing. The
/vita, I. Mr. Sp, war Pt,.teal Phuser' of Grow-
villas, Llighbury. •Lo slake himself to be a share-
holder sod threes,' of the computy, and elm •
testa at for 001. to: nr mey alvanoed. Frs. the slit
~tioaa In the petition aad .®diva, It appewel that She
company on n, amplest. 1 Apnl 21, 1148, with • maimed
*vital of 10,outtf., fa 2.000 shares al M. ash. Tlw *bast
Le which it wt. eatath.Lad wee to pacer* or take es Imes
tbe wasitiag fersecee and premier of Xr. Medea Lea,
Waage at Eonl %Chu', Bow. Os alleassed of
the Arne 21 10a. per tar* vas awaited to
to pet& The directors named it She irespostNl me,
sad atterwelde regig ered, were Xi. JIN &AK
et Tilhagtoa-plats, Hassey, the pellticrew ; Mr. Merles
of fit. Juicer road, Holloway sad Kr. Jams
Whitaker, of lluewee-road, DtJatoo. bard thaw Uwe
were rely bee other abaralw'dere. Mr. We laterwat Is
She works et 1131 W bed bees parchmed foe SOW. la ere sad
600 psM-.p darer. sad he was appointed general mitesaw of
'be company. There woe the must allegatioa that the poll-up
capital at toe tympana, 1,3301, had hem Met or teems. on.
avealal.lo ; also that ;w„ of the dire tore, Mr. lloh a awl
Mr. Whit iker, hail to ,NIDC dowisalifkd through wit-pay-
load of tall., and that Mr. Secs had left Enzlund Grit
Calif wan; that the petitioner had sleety auhatt SOW.,
but C.,.0 .baretoldera aid declined to pay arty potties
of 'ho e ,Il.; that Ile-re woe fon idsver out-sued;
*a I that .4 he la sitaita th,:alsr list showad a
labium of 37:,t. •ittiltst ILccowpony.
equate,-stn leap. oat', has 111-4, whisk ewe! that Mr.
Wit iew the getar.l manager of tha Sierra Nevada Lake
Wets and Ktaine C ',party, had been swat out to Celiforals,
la hl la.t. on *La loe CM. lof the company; mt chit in
7 to say feet there was a bales°, is favour of the sompauy
of ::1f

--Mr. Begley appeared in support of the petition. Mr.
G. E. Mania for the eompsay.
Mr. Bagley submitted that, eves on the statement of eer.
count. 661 by the compost), themselves, these could be no
oppoeition bt the whir. Mr. Low hid received his 6001.
and the 500 ahem; and the only meets of the company sow
were the eat and firers,. Their debts =toasted
to 9141., sad the stock war only vetoed at 2661.
Mr. Bates, • sh.ireholdar of 200 *berm, had Od
within on them, our had Mr. lii4dbettile, • holder of Shy
'harts. Mr. Plumer, the petithieer, and his brother, hod
raid 1,000/. ; sod the lab de *f she em ant paid by theether
sLireboldera was UPI, 6001. The debts had gine on in-
ere wag, tad the cab dinaiatableg until the amount in hand
was reeurvil to 11. 13.1, 61. By sec. 67 of 19 and 20 Vie.,
etriorver three quarters of the *vet of • company
Cm lon, a *Audios-up brier might be aide. It wee
tale Mr. LOWeti, neva manager, and /dr.. Caeh, the
rerraary, who iirught to prolong the extreme if the
tompany.
Mr. Martin ertrn.d that the word. is the art o dire.
cur tees of the *iv t. 11,.• Milli be taken to 1.1...311, not the
paid up, but t'.e a nit, J vapitaL
Thu Commisou-r—Tliss is the numerous tantrum* and
Ohm sempsales, whore the Imadiag is elm et uniformly in
this furor—" Cep a% nue million," sothisg could lir done
until they bed lost 760.0001. P
Mr. Marti& mad this war • hod et company, and that
made ill the Jiterearan_ _ .

sm quits clear that raft's' mesas
whet has bre% ~ctually brought la sad is sat:data* fur the
Ir. is tripoars •rf tha comrasp.
Mr. tiliirt,o ,Aihoottitel that this ktas of the preutiare sad
pin• at Boa aught to be coaridarsd so put • f the pod-up
capital. which would thus thataast to 2,6921., soil it wee
iscusubent oa the paitioasr to shoe that three-karths of
this Mil tees kat. Dsdarthat the debts of the c ❑,past',
tam rthatimod as &teak Wows of 1,3001.

=Ust how lease k..r and plant wall-
ebb for the populist a day.?
Mr. Nash said 'bet mono might ionised upon
The Cosiselealccer—A sear of the knee awl pleat would
be the dietroetios .f your lumina as; therefore it could
only to =BM arel'alsil by stopping the boien....s.
Mi. Yortis—A cell might t. took up.o the eturchol
The Conials&ostr—Mi• will they con.. when ycu t all!
hir.lllsetio bed so doubt that they might be made to pay.
flees we. ao peesence for .eying that they were not solvent
Dialts. there were god debts.
Thu Comainloser-1 bat is • mere matter of estimate by
lbialistoolitest. We bar a greet deal of " K .od dalts" in
ads mart, sad it oftm Minims that sot thrre-geartere of them
en. real... 1. I don't coneidar debts i..xlL•efg%lhe in accountant
*wear+ • Lea they are so. W. no too tot.oh of Mot in We
r Arm

Mr. Martin airi di it 'h r. w;n 175/. of goii I debit, gni it
P`kly-irr TI. a•.
Tb Coiniumaner—'ll. it make. the dant. look all the
were. Tb. pat. 11,41 a teat of the •oleo of tbe•e debts. 1
tone*" t bat t►rerfourbs of the oap til Ea, been he. or be•
rem lam Ida& The order mia.t go.