The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1861.

a desire to make an affirmation in lieu of an oath, it
shall be lawful for the court or Ma4e., or other presiding
officer or person qualified to take Mdavits or depositions,
ou hem,: satisfied of the sincerity of such objection or of
such desire, to permit such person instead of toeing sworn
to make his or her solemn affirmatioo or declares.
Lion in the words following ; videlicet, 'I, A It.,
do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare that au
oath siouhl not iu toy judgment oblige me more closely to
sick what is true than my deliberate undertaking veto do:
and 1 do solemnly. sincerely, and truly affirm and declare,'
a..e. Which .olden affirmation and declaration shall he of
the same force Rod effect as if such person had taken nu
oath iu the usual torn, and shall la like manner infer the
pains of perjury in case of falsehood"

CONVOCATION or THE CLERGY.-(THIS DAY.)

The procee4lhip of both HOUPONI of Convocat.
were re•emmi this morning, the Upper foam meeting in
queen .ti Beauty-other, awl the Lower Houle io the
Jerusalem Chamber.

UPPER HOUSE.
E:OtATS AND REVIEW&

The Archbishop of CANTTROVNT presented a petition
from the clergy of the deaneries of Kineton and Blocklev, in
the diocese of Worcester, stating that the., essays ap-
peared to them to lie destructive of the formularies of the
church and belief in the veracity and authenticity of
the 110 l v Scriptures, the iloottioeri of the creeds, and subver•
sive both of the Christiati faith end of the fouridatirms
oA religious belief. They believed that a great scandal
had Issoi c.f.,' to th- church, and danger might arise to
weaker minds should views of such a character be allowed
to peas unnoticed. They felt it therefore to be their
bounden duty to record their emphatic protest against
the to contained in these essays, and to refer to
the judgment of the right reverend bishop. and of the
Lower House of tonvesation, the wisdom and exp.,.
diency of taking immediate measures rtspeeting the rune.
INALII4 AND HYMN*.
The Bishop of Sr. ASAP!! presented a petition from the
deanery of Chew, in the diocese of Bath end Wells, praying
the house to adopt measures for prepariug a hymnal for the
use of congregations 4 the I 'hureb of England, a west which
had been bin.; end generally felt by the members of the
English church.

NTW MUMMA!, MTAIVICE.
The nkilOp a NuItWICH presented a petition from the
rand deanery of Ingwoith, to the diocese of Norwich, stet.
ion that very considerable inconvenience has been expe-
rienced from the want of a special service for the admission
into the church of per.ons who hatl hgen privately bap.
lived, or baptised by !sixties not oritaineil ministers of the
Church of England. flu, prayed their lordships to take
such want into consideration, and to draw up and sanction
for the use of the ministers of the Church of England 3
special service for the admix-Mu into the church of persons
privately haptissd. or ltiptisol persons not ministers of
the l!hurch of England.
Their lordships then re..lved themselves into a corn.
mittec, and had not re,mittsl the public proceedings when
this r. port was de-patehetl ; hut it was Lettered that the
question would he as to the establishment of missionary
bishops anion,tst the heathen, and beyond the Queen's
dominion iu the colonial posommos.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Defoe) the Lord Chief Baron.)
Henry Kilter, a private in the Royal Artillery, was
indicted for the manslaughter of Eliza Fisher.
Mr. Joyce coaducted the prosecution ; Mr. Sleigh appeared
for the defence.

The circumstances of this case were of a very pecu-
liar and distressing character, the offence imputed
to the prisoner being that he had caused the death
of his own sister by starvation, neglect, end M-
ange. It appeared that the deceased was about five
and thirty years old, and that she had formed a connexion
with a centlemau at Southampton, the result of which was
the birth of four children; they separated, and the deceased,
with her children, went to live with a Neither at Carlisle,
the gentleman referred to making her a monthly allowance.
In December, 1859, it appeared that an arrangement was
made that the deceased should go with two of her children
to reside with the prisoner at Woolwich, and he was to
be paid 5/. per month for providing fur her. Shortly
after this, one of the children was taken away, and the
allowance was reduced to 3/. ss. per month. It appeared
that at the time the deceae.sl went to live at
the prisoner's house, she was in a very weak
state of mind and almost imbecile, and upou the attention
of the parish officers being called to the case she was found
lying naked in bed, wrapped up in • dirty rug, and in a most
filthy state, more like an animal, as stated by one of the
witnesses, than a human being. The unhappy woman died
on the '23rd of January, and upon a poet mortem
examination the stomach was found to be very small and
°attracted, and there was extensive disease of the brain,
which was the immediate cause of death. One witness,
who lived in the same house with the deceased, stated that
she had repeatedly heard her scream out in the night for
food. These were the main facts of the case, but it appeared
in eroms-examination that while the deceased was at Carlisle
she was frequently Tarr violent, and used to tear her
clothes off, and that she was unable to control the calls of
nature, and it also appeared that very frequently after she
had had a hearty maul she would rail out for food, and
would eat raw vegetables in a voracious manner. It was
also proved that the prisoner generally left the house eve 7
morning at seven o'clock, and that he did not return until
sit o'clock in the evening, and there was no evidence to
show that be had ever been guilty of any act of cruelty
towards the demand.

The Chief Baron, at the close of the evidence for the pro-
secutiou, rid it appeared to him that there was no cane to
leave to the jury. The deceased seemed, undoubtedly, to
have been in a most miserable condition, but this appeared
chiefly to be attributable to the malady from which she was
suffering, and he did not see that there wee any evidence to
show that the prisoner had been guilty of any wilful
neglect.
The jury then returned a verdict of Nut Guilty.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

SERIOUS CRAWL
RiAanl Hodyson, aged 36, described as a potato
merchant and greengrocer, of 62, Albert-street, Islington,
was placed at the Ler before Mr. Barker, charged with
feloniously committing a rape on the person of Rebecca
Walker, 14 years of age.
The complainant, a pretty, innocent-looking child, said
she had been servant to the prisoner. On Monda7 week Last
the prisoner's wife, who is living apart from ham, fetched
away her daughter. On Tuesday night she made her bed in
the front parlour, and wanted to lock her door, but
the prisoner would not give her the key. She put the chairs
against the door, and in the course of the night she was
awoke by finding the prisoner in bed with her. The wit-
ness then gave evidence which was quite unfit for publica-
tion, and which wan confirnied by the surgeon.
Mr. Wakeling, for the prisoner, said he was instructed to
deny the charge in tote.
Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoner for trial.
Mr. Wakeling applied that bail might be taken, which
was agreed to.

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MONEY NARKEI.-(THIS DA}.)

Two o'CLooK.

The funds to-day are dull, but not lower than
yesterday. Very little business is going forward,
apart from the settlement in shares and foreign
stocks. Throughout the share markets the varia-
tion in prices is trifling.
At Paris this mornitg, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened
at 68fr. 05e., being the same as yesterday.
The scrip of the new Indian loan is in better
demand, and is marked 100} and 1001.
Consols are officially marked 94 and I for money,
and 91f and 1 for the account. The present
quotations aro 91!, "buyers," for cash, and
912, " buyers," fur the 7th of March. Thu
official business report is as follows : Bank
Stock, 234 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i, ;
Now Three per Cents., 91f, ; India Five
per Ccut. Stock, 100, ; ditto. Scrip, 100, i, ;
Exchequer Bills, Ga. dis.
The foreign stock market is very inactive.
Yesterday's advance in Mexican Bonds is supported.
The Spanish Coupon Certificates continue in demand.
There is an improvement in the Turkish Loan of
1854 ; the loan of 1854 is quoted 691 to 70. Sales
are recorded as follows :—Chilian Six per Cents.,
102 f ; Mexican Three per Cents., 23/ ; ditto,
for account, 24 ; Russian Three per Ceuta.,
1859, 601, ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
for account, 491 ; ditto New Deferred
Three per Cents., for account, 41f ; the Commit-
tee's Certificates, GI ; Turkish Six per Ceuta.,
1858, for account, 55k, ; ditto 1001. bonds, 561'.
The high range of the exchanges is beginning to
draw gold over from the Continent. This is an
important feature. About 55,000/. arrived on Mon-
day, of which it is understood that a portion will
go into the Bank of England. Injudiciously, as
many people think, the Bank have selected this
moment for notifying a reduction of one penny per
ounce (namely, from 765. 7fd. to 76e. 60.) in the
price at which they will buy Russian half-imperials.
The alteration, made at a critical moment, may
have a tendency to discourage the influx of that
coin. It is well known that, upon former occasions
when our money market has been so tight as to
draw geld from the Continent, the bulk of the
supplies have come in half-imperials, a coin which
has a free circulation in nearly every market in
Europe.

The supply of money in the discount market
was rather Letter than of late; but there was little
disposition to do business below the Bank minimum.
At the Back of England a moderate demand was
experienced. _ _ .

In the Stock Exchange the rate for short loans
on English govennneut securities was about per
oeut., but up to the 7th of March, 74 was given.
Some of the Paris advioes continue to express
hopes of an early reduction in the rate of discount
of the Bank of France, which is now 7 per cent.
A sum of 48,0001. in gold was taken to the Bank
yesterday, while 40,000 sovereigns were withdrawn
for transmission to New York by the Etna, which
will sail to-day, and which will take an additional
amount.

The continental exchanges continue extremely
firm, in consequence of the dearness of money here.
In some instanct:-. yesterday afternoon the tendency
was still upwards.
The Liverpool cotton market yesterday is re-
ported very firm. The sales reached 10,000 hales. H
The decision of Mr. Commissioner olroyd, in
the case of Messrs. Laurence, Mortimore, and
Schrader, will be given in the Court of Bankruptcy
on the oth of March next. _ _ . _ .

The directors of the Agra and United Service
Bank have declared a dividend of 2L 10m. per
share for the pant six months, with a bonus of
1!. per sham, which makes 12 per cent. distributed
to sharehohlors for 1860.

At the meeting to-day of the Victoria Dock Com-
pany, the directors' report was agreed to. The
number of ships which entered the company's
docks during the year 1860 was 2,682, representing
85U,T37 tons, against 2,522 ships, or 116,1:;1 toes
in 1859.

The seventy-second half-yearly general meeting
of the shareholders in the ileneral Steam Naviga-
tion Company was he'd yesterday at their offices, 71,
Lombard-110.0ot ; John Wilkin, Esti., in the chair_
The report of the directors and a statement of the
accounts for the year endiug 31st December last,
were read to the meeting and unanimously adopted.
The customary dividend at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum and the usual bonus of 2s. 6d. per share
wore declared. The sum of 35,000/. wax carried to
the reserve fund, and about 11,0001. to the credit
of the current half-year. The thanks of the pro-
prietors were voted to the chairman and directors
for their continued services in the management of
the company's affairs.
At the annual general meeting of the British
Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company, held yes-
terday, it was stated that the new policies for the past
year wore 057, representing 170,0113/. ; the total
income, 03,170/. ; and the accutdulated fund,
193,200/.
Thu annual meeting of the Van Diemen's Land
Company in called for the 14th of March, when a
dividend is to ho declared.

A call of rd. is to be paid on the preference
shares in the City of London Brewery Company,
by thu 25th of March.
Considering the high value of money, the rates
of "continuation" on British railway stocks yes-
terday were low, indicating a scanty supply. 'The
following shows the terms generally current at the
coinmeecement of businessintlie morning

London mud th Western to MI Per cent.
cositango.
Great %Vestern -16 to 3-10 per cent. do.
L611M+11:TO and Yorkshire -16 to 1 per cent. do.
B. raid:
Mi.huidll to inescent. do.

York and North 3lidland ll6 t-oli-16 per cent. do.
Calmlonian 34G to I per cent. do.
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VI j Poi mot. do.

North Batiah

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1-16 to :4-16 per clot. do.

lu the afternoon the rates of "'continuation"
bhowed a tendency to increase. South Eastern, fur
example, carried to 5-16.

TUESDAY EVIMING.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 91# to forthe
7th of March, opened this morning at the same
quotation, and closed at 914 to }. For money the
last price was 91} to ft. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 91#, f, ; ditto, for account (March 7),
913,', ; Three per Centa. Reduced, 914, 2, ?, ;
New Three per Cents., 913 #, # ; Thirty Years An-
nuities, expiring in Anril,lBBs, 16,4 ; Bank Stock,
234 ; India Stock, 222 ; ditto Fire per Cent. Stock,
O, I,• ditto for account, 100 ; ditto, Scrip,
A, ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentur, w 1858,
951 •, ditto !tom's, 235. dis. ; Five-and -a-Half per
Cent. "enfaced" rupee paper. 1001.
The scrip of the New Indian loan w.. 4 very
steady, at 100 to 4. Exchequer Bills were quotel
fis. to Is. die.
In the foreip; stock market the principal de-
mand was for Mexican 80n.b,, which acre favour-
ably affoctel I.y purchases to close speculative
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reactionary party. The price wine I; per oent.,
closing at .t.'3l to 24 for the present settlement, and
2:31 to 241 for the new account. The Spanish
Coupon Certificates have improved to to 4.
Peruvian Bonds remain very firm. The Anglo-
Permian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. were
marked 985, inclusive of the dividend due on Friday.
The Turkish Loan of 1854 was last quoted 694 to
• and that of 1858, 644 to 4, being rather firmer.
The Emigration Commissioners have taken up
the Mangerton for the conveyance of passengerss to
Moreton Bay.
The Foam baa arrived from Chini with
720,600 lbs. of tea.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LoßDK—TvralPtr, Fn. 21,
keisiips met at 5 o'clock.

.1.4!....4 41F ILL F.‘mr

The I .hol,.jtt\PttKlt, is moving the second readiag
of t►r Lill, had he believed bet very few 114C11% hue him
*...t►l ha. WI t.. their lonirhips to Rive a a•cood
nudity' 4..1.1e1L Ti.. leo waeof the -.topical pssiblecliar.v!.
ter. li we. not to r the avett of the :aw affecting Hone
miaeraltie toner. Haat Co. bill was inter/ed, but to umke
lb. etowty Law wore effectual than it was at pprt.t•ut. Ili
lb. 'width.: law it war Deco ary that two biaiyehoLlers
it.f.ani a`ain.•. (1.. w home., for which they received
Ito' each . aud that pia•iag them in the light of
I,4nors. ,;ate thOtietiter 11 dithered diameter to whet
:h.• law 'metaled. sad made it very difficult to give
.•tta:t to the law as it sow stood. This was nee
.•t wnes :Medi ilwanourn, is which the costs were
I.e atatute allowed. By the existing law the keeping of e•tre
,4 those hoitere was, itself w 111OLlettlitlatAlt ; but the law
only pr.. wheal that whoa thoee houses become oulearable
they should be halieteal. Ile proposed to add tor uew
.rrimml for the iodoctuient, gut only to simplify the process
h., which shrewishly Lew might be carried out of ac u. itele
it mate effective. All. therefore, that la- ailed of their loo!•
ship' Ira. to 40 %flat they had dime is so nhuy
.4114 r ore►—that we. to Untidily tie node by which emu,
itteurnol, could he revover...l. The law of Englanis d
this very difficult matter bad always re-
garded thew Molar+ as evil% though there were 6-rrat
ffiflkulties iu auppremihg them altogether. The law had
ovoidal the great moral evil which atterail. in utle•r countries
tl.c lip etle:fag .4 those lonises sad bringing them no ler
the dint t Marlow or the Low ; but it had been cousikred
that 'hue don, hour.. could mot be altogether auppressed
they shoal.' let discouraged to the utmost, sad that the law
Weald he ready wheuever those hooks pressed them-
selves ou puldk to laity; it. ie. wilties to bear wpm.
them. He did sot ask then, to make any dilfereeree what-
ever ae to the status of those howee., but merely to hos-
Oily the roode by which the majesty of the law aliould be
properly uplirl4. t. h• bud uo reason to anticipate any
rahjeetical would he made to the seemal tnailiug of the bin,
he Wooly bandy stalled its &dads.

Toii;liii3iiii•ial;d no objection to the
rissiple of the bill proposed by the right rev. preLite ; but
as it would involve • charge apes the public_ revenue, and
was, elorosolvollt, • pulley hill, the House of Common
would 11.3 olds refuse to receive it. He therefore earnestly
asked bi. r gbt mv. (hi ad to withdraw the bill ; if not, he (the
I,rd 11Am:raw) should feel it to Le his duty to move
that it he mail a &scowl tune that day sit months.
titer a short enevenetion, is the course of which Earl
tin s N% ILIA! mirk a few rctuarks,
Thu bill wee withdrawn.