The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-07 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
=I DAT.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY
(Bekas Mr. Commissiosur Was.)

liNIIPTTCT OP XL TORIISCID, Y.P. POP ownricir.
majediestke Ir baskruptey v made a few days ago
muse Mr. Jam Townsend, anationese of Greenwich, end
me of the WM bora /or that barowta . The adjudication Ir.
girded by Mr. Townsend, and the goatee sow came on tar
hawing
Mr. Turkey opposed the edludication oat bshall of Mr.
Townsend. alleging that es a member of parliament he meld
ng be wade bankrupt in the ordinary way. The alleged ant
of beakruptry in this case wee the awning an admission of
debt is that mart,

bliGeorge nu brb.df of the petiricedan andfter (Kr. Mum-
bard of the Surrey Theatre) supported thcacess=lon, sod
cued the tidth donne of the Bankruptcy hakes
maellaive on the muter. It provided that • aisoker
Imes& slight be made bankrupt on any oda, seta of Usk-
mos/ caninitted by ordinary traders. Is 'appeal of this
iited the we " Esp. Ordatha is ra Matra"
(late lend, Oct. 1863 )
Hie Honour counrined the adjudication, asd is some lo
• farther application sea that ha seir as ream for Mayfair
the advertisement.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS I)AT.

(Bdon Mr. Jutioe Crompton and Mr. lattice Dyke.)
THE INCAS% 1.1 THII HAT At&K,

Upon the applitntioc of Mr. Tindal Atkinson, mussel for
the prisoner, the trial of Giovanni Leal for the murder of
Heloiee Tangbin wee died to be taken the OM in...
case on Th-
day mornin
Mr. 13,xlkin applied to the court to di the trial of Mr.
Glover, for making a NM declaration as to his jurisdiction
to ail as • member of the House of Commons, for Friday
seaming. The Solicitor-General would attend to prosecute,
and he said he believed that day would be convenient for akl
parties.
The court greeted the application.
Jess. Goodbody, alma GoodfoUow, 21, • poet-Mice latter
carrier. pleaded guilty to a coarge of steeling a letter con-
taining money, the property of the Postmamter-General.
He we sentenced to four years' penal servitude.
Witham Jaws Greenfield, 23, pleaded guilty to • charge
of misdemeanour, in having unlawfully conspired with
another person to procure the 'soaps of • prisoner named
Thome Wilkes from the gaol et Holloway.
The oMence Imputed to the prisoner was of rather a sin-
gular character. He had, it appeared, been summarily con-
'fond at the Mansion Home, sad sentenced to 21 days'
Inceiscement ; and on the same day another man,
amid Thome Wilkes. was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment. While the primmer§ were in
the lock-up belonging to the Memnon Home, Wilkes
inquired whether there was any one of the prisoners who
was under abort sentence, and the defendant replied that
he wee sentenced to twenty-one days' impriamment, upon
which Wilkes told him that if he would answer to his name
when they arrived at the prison, sad personate him, he
would give him a sovereign and some clothes, and ho con-
sented to do mo. The effect of this proceeding was that
Wilkes, who had been sentenced to three months' bard
labour, was Maimed at the end of twenty-one days,
sad the defendant served the three months in of him.
The matter would never have been discovered but it ap-
peared that shortly before the expiration of the throe months
the prisoner foooliady boasted of what he had done to some
fellow prisoners, and the fact coming to the know of the
prison anthoritme, the present charge was preferred against
the defendant.

W. Justice Cromptoa esalsooed the deferlaat to be im-
priotesd for three toomthe.

THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAT.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Several young who had been remanded,
:Twith felio4re sti.tr avoostica at the are in Aldgate,
ataday night, were brought cep, and sentenced by the
Lord Mayor to periods of len • roast, varyiog from a
Inca* to sin weeks, with herd tabour.
Gawp Roger., a raapectabea-k.krog boy, about 14 years of
sin was charged with essallag a piece of bacon weighing
four pound!.

O' Pool, servant to • tradesman in Leadenhall-market,
mid that on the previoaa night at It o'clock he oilseed the
piece of bacon from the stall bard. He saw • boy, not the
grimace, move away very mysteriously, sad him
to have stolen It he went after bun and found the bacon at
the prisoner's feet. Thinking that the prisoner was non-
ward with the other boy, he gave him into enatedy. They
appeared to be talking together.
The prisoner's &thee, • very respectable artisan, bare
stepped forwead sad wad that his eon was a very industrious
herd-vr.oking youth, and was frequently engaged with him-
self at work (rum so o'clock in the morning till eight, nine,
Ind ten o'clock at night. He had bees oorupied m this
manner with him all day yesterday tall else st night, when
be went fora walk with a conain. The fisher added that he
wee peristly certain test his eon. who was well provided for,
wee not gMky of the otknos with which he wee charged.
The Iced Mayor—lt may be that it was Ms coo= who
seenelly teak Um bacon.
The hithes—No; my lord, I think not, kr they lost each
Or Warn they resoled the market.
The Lord Mayor destred the lathes to fetch the cousin, and
Its manned to thajirtiorrsom M a 'bort time with him.
• The mask sold that he walked with the primmer sa far ea
UM Kart ad•gsks, when he missed him.
The winter, 0. Pool, said that the cousin was not the Ind
whe Mole the bacon, sad a person who attended for the pro•
nester said that the latter did not believe the primmer to
hive heel any hand in &tattled the beam.
The Lord Meyor said he dal not benne the prisoner to
Mee been connected with the thief. His lordship advised
the primmer for the future to go straight home sad stay
dere after he had Mine has day's work, sad not to loiter
shoat the at.. 4.1 night.
He wee then discharged.

LAMBETH.
SACIIIIA43I.

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11IissisM Sesitk, • girl fourteen years of age, was
before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with stealing •
sum of bibles, preysr-books, and bymn•booke, from
Iduabsili Charch.
Mr. Powell, the clerk of the old perish church, Lambeth,
mid that entitle' the last week • number of valuable prayer-
books, bibles, sad bynan-books, belonging to tb. congrna-
aka, were Mewed Pima the eborcb, and be wan at a loo• to
casertire bow they could bars been taken, as the °Moms
et:steeled with the c►arch and himself kept • sharp
look oat. On to. evening before, at four o'clock,
b• saw the prisoner mane out of the church,
sad aware that it been locked op from eleven
iamb in the forenoon his suspicions were aroused.
He quartkmed and asked her what she had about her ? She
replied " Sus had got nothing about her but some bread sad
meat, which she wall then eating ; " but he inaisted on
marehlar her. She told him she had on pockets about her,
and oa feeling her down ills did ant appear to bees nay,
but perceiving her rather fldgetty, he turned up bar s►awl,
said found a bible and prayer-book under her vin. Hs this
took her to the station, and when searched them • pocket was
Land slung behind heron which were seven more books taken
from the church. Mr. Powell added that be should not be
able to ascertain the whole number of books mining
until Sunday, when the congregation seseenbled. One of the
hooka mimed was • bible belonging to Dr. Young, • member
of the congregation, and • magistrate of the county of
Surrey.
The prisoner refuasd to ea whether elle had been to the
church before, or what ales intended to do with the hooka
found on her.

--171ermother, a dereablookiag woman, said the prisoner
had been kept to school from her Infancy, and wanted for
nothing, en that she had no temptatlot to steel.
The coastal:de la the ease informed the magistrate that
from information he forayed he had no doubt there was
another girl conseeted .ith the prisoner in the robberies,
sad requested a ranee&
The prisoner was accordingly remanded.
SOUTHWARK.

♦NACLT.

Army aremisedam, • teJI, powerful looking female, well-
born' is the Mint, wee brought before Mr. Combs, charged
with committier • ninideroue we on Mary Dwyer. by
:7Z her on the brad with • brae eaDdleetick, an/ inflict-
serious wounds 11s to place her life in jeopardy. A
tblidollte was produmA trot: the hospital, setting forth that
Mary heeler was admitted with SBMI cuts OM her head, Lad
that at indent she was not out of deem.
Mr. Combs 'eked whether there was anyone to court who
lbw anything of the transaction.
the MistPolioe-cain the eatabile Reid, 236 Id, raid be wee om duly neer
, Buroueb, about half-peat twelve o'clock,
whim he heard MOO d " Murder :" proceed from a lodging-
hors Dear the sad of the street. Oe going there he saw the
prima and two or three other parties round the layered fe-
male, who told him that the primmer had struck her over the
heed with • cendleetick, at the same time atteaspekag to murder
her. Witham had the primmer mewed, sad onsveyed the
Injured female to the bonsai, where she wee attended to
end pat to bed. Wit.. a afterwards found the candlestick
lath tent sad covered with blood. There woe also blood
in the prisoser's clothes.
Mr. Combs asked whether there was anybody prima who
eaw the primacy sink, the female?
Reid replied in the negative, but the prisoner acknow-
ledged to him "that it served her right ; she did it, and
would do it again." Me therefore asked for • remand for a
few days.
Mr. Combs asked the primer whether she had scything
to say why she should mot be remanded ?
ea* ?DOW that she had maim to ay. They had all
bola drinking and a quarrel OMAN
That vas all the know
about it.
Mr. Combs rouredut her.

(IT icscrato m'AGA/am.)

THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

THIS DAY.
LSO
Cearisr HANDICAP PLATE. A.F
.. .. ..
Earfisar .. .. ..
7 ran.

MATCH etc ZOO.
Streamer and Mire Wklp ere both here.

£lOO PLATE. E.M.
Fiehermas, Brother to Farthlagele, Monarqua, Ki%ride,
May Morn, Wouvermaits, Brother to Bird-on-the Wing,
Brannon f, Humbug. lissome, and Tester are here.
Brituta. Ot r.—Fli Olympus, Star of Albion, King
William, Ermalaior, ma mey,d Gunboat.
ENTRY FOR £5O PLATE, for "2-yr-olds. Melt Ab.M.
Cults, Bst 7lb ; 011ie,, get 31b.
lisimook, Commodore, Bridget, Marquis, Fancy Boy,
Ortelen,Marryman, Host, Zing* and oby Pyrrhus the First
—Butterfly.

COLUMN STAKES. R.M.
Fcestunmar, Pampa, Fly-by-Day, Knight of Kara, and
&at of W East, are here.
P►ID 7011.1911T.—Aulord, c by Alcoran, Antinomy, Go-a-
Head, Anmekt, Memorial, and I by Weatherbit—Moose
Dear.
ENTRY FOR SWEEPSTAKES of 10 goes. T.Y.C.
Earancisr, Rip Van Winkle, and Olympus.
OTllla ARBlTALl.—llazaming Bird, Cymbar, Heroine.

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
6 to 1 apt Tow*balite (ofj)
CHESTER CUP.
26 to I eget Adams (t)
25 to Blackthorn (t) in one bat
26 to I Botany (t)
26 to I Melissa (t)
25 to 1 Kelpie (t)
33 to I General Bouquet (t)
66 to I Saunterer (t)

DERBY.
10 to 1 opt Toivtiollte (oft)
20 to 1 Rapp um (t)
25 to 1 Rel
60 to 1 Etbiopkit(t) (0
50 to 1 Fitaroland (I)

GREAT WESTRRN OP CANADA RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

This da , at noon, the usual half-yearly meeting
of in the Great Western of Canada Railway
Cowpony was held at the London Tavern. Mr. ROBERT
GILL, chairman of the board of directors, presided.
The report, which hes *trendy appeared In the Express,
Males that the traffic during the last half-ar as
tempered with the corresponding period of 1867, shows
• deerame of 82,2481. 3e. Bd., but I. only 12,6241. tie. 6d.
hoe then for the previous six months. The actual working
of the half-year were 182,3141. 17e. 2d., against
1 6181, le. Bd. in the previous yea, while the wet of main-
taining the permanent way wee 24,4261. 13s. 2d. The net
ga et the line during the six months amounted to
14rMV. ltle. 4d., which after payment of interest on the
bonds and loans was moat to 61.135. 6.1. per cent. per annum
upon the expenditure on the opened lines.
The 011 AIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
Meted that it was simply a statement of Mete. Only one
thing had occurred since the report was printed. The go-
vernment of Canada had Hated their readiness to ht the
company psy off the government loan by two instalments,
and already by the conversion of bonds the directors were
now enabled to make an arrangement to pay off a mann
amount to admit of a large saving of the Wine& now
paid to the government. If • similar amount could be Mimi
In the sane way, and paid over to the goverment et July
next, the total saving would be 40,0001. • year. wee
now cheap in England, and in face of that feet thusority
of the shareholders might wish to have the sew Ave per omit.
bonds issued, without any convertible cannon brag et,
Mead to them.

A letter from Mr.. Brydgee, the assaigiag director in
Canada, was then read. It stated that there was no hope
of the traffic this spring, but there was wiry prospect that
in the Summer and autumn the revival albedo In Canada
and the United States would induce a canesponding increase
in the receipts of this railway. The writer strongly urged
the directors to convert the government debt into a
preferential stock, convertible or inconvertible, es might be
thought beet, end concluded by stating that the prospects of
the railway were never brighter than they aro so present.
Mr. HUTCHINS observed that in the general belanoe-sheet
there appeared this Item, " Balance doe to tankers and
contractors not paid on the 31st of January, 367,166f.17.. 3d."
How was that ?

ther&ttateerr said the balance dae Ix the bankers had
sloes been paid off, and the bankers now owed the company
money. The amounts duo to contractors had also bees
greatly reduced.
Mr. HvcieTMe MSS /Lid to hear that, but how did the
Mir.
pt the
The CHAIRMAr= various sources, including 200,0001.
paid up in calla.
Mr. HUTCHINS—HOTS sash does this company owe the
Canada government ?
The CMAIRMAW who' 770,0001. sterling.
The Rev. Mr. Ptonnan urged the sheraholdere,
in face of • reduced sad reducing traffic, to put up
with • fire per cent. dividend now, and reserve the
other half per cent. proposed to be divided to-day
to equities the autumn dividend, or to meet any
oontin‘ancies that might wise during the current lutlf.year.
He was apprehensive that next half-year they would not be
able to declare more than 41 per cent., if go much.
The CHAIRMAN did not egress with the reverend pro-
p ietorr.
Mr. Cox asked for some seplanation as to the connexions
of this company with the Detroit sad Milwaukie Railway.
The CHAULNAN said the company had lent the Detroit
and Milwaukee 150,0001., and they wen now mortgagees
in posesesion.
Mr. SMITH wished to know what were the outstanding
liabilities in conaexime with the Desjardins accident. The
company bad already paid 40,0001. for compensations. He
also wished to be Mrmsd of the extent of the company's
borrowing powers.
-

The C;ILIMAN laid the outetanding claims were
Bast. There was an act sow before the Canadian t=
tore for limiting the company*, borrowing to half It. capital.
Hitherto the borrowing powers of companies he the American
Continent bad been unlimited. At preset the taping Gitlin
company wee more than double its debt.
The report was then adopted, and a dividend if the rats al
if par cent. per =OWN far the half-year, declared payable on
re after the 28th instant.

71;47611ATRNA; the nmo red " That the peopesed I. el
770,00 W. sterling ere per mot. perpetual debenture Mot
with the option of war ertibillty to IN3, for the 3.
ertlagnighing the debt due to the governmentP".
Canada, be
spprosod."
Aker a diecussion upon the question of coevertibility,
Mr. HOTS/ moved as an amendment "That the pro-
Vlogue of guaranteed perpetual debenture stock
ibe purpose of extinguishlog the debt to the provin-
cial government of Canada be approved, and that
it be ride either with or without the option of conversion
into shams, or in any other way as may appear most expedient
to the directors."

—Mr. B. HeAn recooded the amendment, which was put
and carried unanimously.
The proceedings closed with the weal compliment to the
chairman and directors.

THE BANK Or ENOLAND.—.7IIIIII DAY.-This
morning the election of directors for the eriming year took
place in the Bank Parlour. The promedinp wen cat-
dotted by ballot, and therewith was follows :—Mi. Thome.
Baring, M.P., Mr. Wessel* M.P., Mr. G. Lyall, M.P.
Mr. Thomson liankiry, M.P., Mr. J. G. Hubbard, Mr. C.P.
Huth. Mr. Alfred ladkent, Mr. T. C. thnitb, Mr. E. H.
Palmer, Mr. G. W. Mormon, Mr. J. Morris, Mr. A. Mathes
new, Mr. T. Masitermaa, Mr. J. Malcolmeon, Mr. J. B.
Heath, Mr. J. O. Beason, Mr. J. A. Guthrie, Mr. G. J.
Gembew, Mr. H. Wollaston Blake, Mr. H. H. Emu, Mr.
Travers Buxton, Mr. A. B. Campbell, Mr. W. Cotton, and
Mr. J. Paulson Currie.

ELECTION OP Alt ALIMILKAN.-158711 DaW.--Thit
stermeg the Lord Mayer west to the School-bean, la
Lime-street Ward, for the purpose of proceeding with the
au:doe, in the MOM of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, de-
emed. Mr. J. J. Magi, of Leeilahell-ebewi so well
ksown on account of his etewsexion with the rehtbeeted 'Mo-
tile Hell Farm, wee the only candidate. He wee declared
duly elected.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following
gentlemen haying undergone the necessary sestet:mikes
for the diploma, wore admitted somber* of the College at
the meeting of the Court of Bitatoiaers on the 6th MM.,
its.: Meagre. John William South, Leeds; Alfred
Rickards, Leeds; Jobs Walter Hopkins, Leeds; Charles
Vaughan Simmons Bennet, Baverfordwest ; Henry Janes
Alford, Taunton, Somerset ; James Africanus Beale Horton,
Olonciester, Sierra Leone ; William Broughton Davies,
Wellingnm, Stem Leona ; William Alexander Summers,
Ilminstar, Somerset ; Newbold Piakfurd, Manchester ;
Rebut Shirley Belcher, Burton-on-Trent ; Thomas Joyce,
Stamford-hill ; William Cumpetione, Market Rasa, LM-
cobtabire John Dairies, Testining, Monmouthatdre ; cad
Charles William Ochlltria. attaton-shnos, war
At the same meeting of the oourt Mr. William Diokson
Smyth, of her Majesty's ship...4o=4oam, passed kis as
salaseisa m rued eargeca. TEM gentlemen Nes previously
tom eillmiseed wieselier el the esibge,W dtpiseaa bearing
deer March 31.

CZ TM!. PALM IL SHILLING DAT....
TUMMY. AruL &—A± .i "a permit, 5,230 ditto
by isms Muds, 790; kW, 0.920.