The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-15 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

After Term Nisi Prins Sittings nt Gaildhail.—fnefese
the Lord Chief Justice said Common Juries.)

This was the first day of the sittmgs. The list contains
146 causes. Of these 01 arc r.‘m.a, -t. and 80 new canoes.
About 37 we marked and special juries.

MR. JUSTICE SHER.

The Lord Chief Justioe, on taking his seat this morning
On the bench, aid—l am very gh.d to be able to state that
tbs announcement in the morning papers of the death
of my brother Slice is incorrect. H.. however, is very ill,
but I am glad to be able to state that he it not dead.
Mr. Temple, Q.C., on behalf of the b►r preaeut, said he
vas very glad to hear it.

COUIIT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittings nt Nisi l'rius in Loialou.-11:efore Lord Chief
Justie, and a Special Jury.)
DE POTHONIER .tM' OTH! H 3 r. Noc,.cre.'
The plaint . were owners of the vessel Busy Lee, which
in July, -Ail:, war ch •ricr‘il by the deficalant to carry
coals to Ancona fel t goserunient. The action
ins to nworer 3.0 f., the teclance due fur freight, and ZttaW.
for ten dz.... demurrage. The ;;.d. was pad into court,
tad the claim for demurrage was .11.1 trod.
so. Geo. Honyn,rn, :Intl Mr. • ,nyon appeared for
the plaintiffs ; and Mr. J. Divan, tj.C., and Mr. W. Wil-
liams for tho defendant.
Evidence was given for the I.l3iiii:ll to show that the
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defendant was 11;1de for tier delay which had occurred in
unloading the coals, becati,e he kel not obtained froni
the ItAliitti 1111CiCiet.:1.;,ters for the thecharge
of tit.. ship, at the rate provitlet f.t in the charter party,
of 21'l tone per day.
The Lord coiet Justice, in the coulee of the case, sold
heolt,ervt.l iu Ctis, as he Ito i rtid in othrr cages, that the
charter party bonded up to hint trat tinst.imped. The
etaittp was immaterial in this el:ie. letcauee there was no
hour upon the charter; !oat be would take tint opportunity
of utentionatt7, fur tho inforota ...no of shiphrokers and toe
publi,., that both ports of a ettortir p trty were required to
•1m s: tiopol. An impicseit.o prevailed that all that was
nece:,ettty tvas to 'letup 'toe lure of the chattel, and then
that they cnt,hl issue an lout of it. This
130WeVcr, was lint Fittth t, tf tepie I ~f a charter party
were imiuttl to other per.on, •uLlt ...ince should hear a
„a.% indeed, a It,. skint!.. Itrger than the
statue rci,iiiit- I for the n!i2hll. If persons with un•
statt.iettl clnit tete sleuth! it %I', • Cary to produce them
in they would have to pay a tile of 101. in each
cost••
The case was not concl.lttetl whin our report left.]

C,..URT OF 1'Ro!;A•1 E.; AND DIVORCE.
(ikfore the duce Oidinary.)
r. AND PICKARD.
Coleri.4e, AtI.I Lr. S.r..ky for the plaintiff ;
N. and Mr. A. ..i.ive:cy Hill for the
; Dr. spinkl, Q.C., as.l Mr. thiderwick for the
•:mu;lent Pickard.
pc,,tioner, far•ner, nt Appleby, married tho
nip in Match, 'l 1::. I a fortune of S,OOO/.,
•iest the of which, haw. vet% was setthd on her to
her i..-Istrate use. The cohabitation lasted about eleven
year,,:thil there were three children lieitig of the marriage.
In I"'• ..e left her house, itod also was now charged with
adult iy with her groom, W.ociston, utiel with a gentle.
man inner in the neighloou inod Pickard. She
denied these allegations, and plead, .1 cruelty and neglegt.
IT: e case had w►de very little progress when we %Wit to
press.]

POLICE COULITS.-(TIIIS DAY.)

GUILD! I ALL.
Rovi:lNt; A c

Jmrttd A ~ ~,, who w .1 as n cigar-maker,
VW: 4 at II:, Iluir.;erCorti,treet, was
lolaCcti at the %kr liefuie Aide, lorn I Lie, charged with
et, ~itri; on Vie Gail in,r. i cwt. of scent Lat soap
Got., the warehouse of 31ts,rs. tirossniith nod Sons,
ICesen e-street.

En; c 61:1, ahout half-pout 1 o'clock
ye,teralay :.Li rii.on he ti.. p,iamier in Windiiiill-
street, Fileihaiy, and I him
soap he leek add to bin, and be said he hail sold
it for a MTh named Lahlwin. They went in search of
Baldwin, hit could not Mel him, and then ho
told the prooner that he ,hotild take him int.,
custo.ly for alio::: a pact:lii4....c containing 1 Cwt.
soap from Me. is. Oh', N SI, Newgste.strect.
At the otatain.house, he a... 4, •• It is of no use, I cannot
get out of in, I .in the thief. ' lie went to the prisoner's
addrt an.l found a packing caw ipioducetll with Memos.
(Iro...o.ith's moue painte I out. tit the mantel-pieta he
found packet of th.• t.rowcittoi 'a scented soap. He
✓ecan.-il from Mrs. Y01111;10,1he. of soap.
ILa. rouse; said she was:, miscellaneous dealer carrying
on i aat No. iolia ill.st rant, ; she hail
kiaiwil prisoner for many ye oa. on Friday evening,
Fob] bought from hit. II one pound packages
of ascot• .1 reap at lid. p.a. !b. Ile saint lie was selling them
for ala . o lao bought them at a sale and that he got
very little oat of thew. On Saturday can gho brought
• 11101,.. Inffil on Monday es eiiing 2u n.ore. all of which
she 1., ta from him at the ',We price. She hall sold
them nod given the rost to the officer.
Mr. '1,...1.. Tapling t:rosaiiiith, one of the partners in
the ant. out the case produced was the one which had
been st lon on the pack in;;;•room at the end of the pas-
ting.. into the street. on Timothy, Feb. 6. The
value of the ea,e was if. It contained 1 cwt. of scented
soap, ont in ,to ',tie at 4 o'clock Oh the evening of
:t was in consequence of having that arse
pole. it y placed a dummy in the spot from which
that wos k.•:, and caeght another thief taking it away.
T.,. 14: clued nal.ing the witnesses any ques-
tion, r•
7rl; :OA thing in at oner to the charge.
Alalitioaii Hale fully the prisoner for trial.
CLEIIKLNWELL.
rlt vc.is IN A N:',It'•HALL.

C. 'rah Haw-Ibis, of 1, Horscehoe-alley, Pinebury, a
r.:l.oetibly-dressed young woman' was summoned for
• to:g John Randall, on S iturday weak lest, as the
IL.; Lnziner.streit, fit. Luke's.
Th. ; of 9, Long.court, Finsbury, said be was
in th.- I !op.:Music-hall, with a young anon and woman, when
:..nt pulled tbe young cum shall.. He told him not
to LC,. .my notice of her, on which she imniediegely took up
a qu.., t pot and threw it and the contents at him and
MTh I.i tu in the face. (.Imses were then thrown about,
and was struck on the back of the head with one of
hie head cut. He Isot a great deal of blood.
IL pumped on the table, and mole his way out as quickly
as po,wl.lc, and proceeded to a do .tor's, where he had his
he.tlan.l face dreamed.

The defendant, in reply to the chaise, said she went to
the sisu.sic-ball because she was told that her yeneg man
wan there with another woman, and when she got these
she found her youmg man with a wom in and they wire
both a-batting and drinking. bhe pulled her young
man's hair and said "Oh, you can treat other giris
but not me," and then the camtplainant said, with n
disgusting expression, " Let her have it." She felt annoys d
at this and took up a quart pot to throw the beer over
him, and it slipped out of her hand and struck bhn in
the face; as for the glasses being thrown about, that
she denied, and accounted for the complainant getting
his head cut by his slipping off the settle and falling on
a glass.

The magietrsts said no duubt the defendant wee angry
at seeing her young man drinking with another woman, but
that was no reason why she should throw a quart pot
at the complainant because he mid something, for she might
have done him very great injury. He (the magistrate)
should require the defendant to enter into her own recog.
nuances to keep the peace and be of. good behaviour in
the stun of 41f. for the nest twelve months.

The defendant hrvinle;WreiinTothe required surety,
left the court, apparently very much pleased.

DARING ROBBERY Fk( A RAILWAY VAN.
Irdsiant PlayjuM, aged 2t, of 1, Walker-street, Ber-
mond- ey, a carman' was charged before Mr. Barker, with
stealth,; a barrel of haddocks from a Missy van, the pro-
fen, the Great Northern Railway Company. Mr.
Weigher. solicitor, appeared for the prosecution.
Tiiiv robbery was committed in the King's-croes.road,
so Lr hack as the commencement of November last, and
line,- then two men have been tried at the Middlesex
mail' and one was sentenced to seven years' penal
seri nude for receiving the haddocks, and the other to 18
months' hard labour for the felony. The prisoner at that
time made his escape, but was apprehended yesterday,
is be was leaving the workhouse. The prisoner
with others, was seen by Thorogood, one of
the detectives of the Great Northern Railway, to go
to one of the company's fish waggons, remove a barrel
of haddocks, place it in a cart, and drive off. When the
prisoner was told the charge ha said he knew the man who
lad been convicted of the robbery, but he had nothing to
do with the transaction.
The prisoner now, when (land upon for his defence,
said it was of no use saying anything here, and therefore
he should reserve his defence.
Mr. Barker committed the prisoner to Middlesex sea-
rions for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
William Jenkfissort and Joseph JoArtiort, deseribed as
medical students, of No. 11, Duncan-terms, Winton,
were charged before Mr. Knox with being drank and be.
harins; in a disorderly manner in the Haymarket.
Police-constable Edward Braman, 158 A R. said that
about lialf•past one this morning he was in the Haymarket
tad saw the two • , who were drunk, arcndn-arm,
sad pushing every person they came near, and
50orishing their sticks and striking persona' hats. The
/Mamma had been two or three times turned out .of

Berna's pnblialieues. He took Johnson into entail, and
another seastahle took Jeakisege.
Police-namable Morgan 55 C gave simibr evidence as
to the prisoner's conduct in the Haymarket, and said that,
while going aleng Mersinly to the station, Jenkinson put
one of his legs between his and throw him, sad after at-
tempting to strike him with his stak, made off, but he
wee again takes into seated, in Oxendonatreet.
The priesaws, In their defame, said they did not in-
tend to do anyone any harm.
Mr. Knox said he did not know what the prisoners
meant when they said they did not intend to do anyone
any harm. They were flourishing their sticks about, and
knocking persons on thew hats, and he (Mr. Knoxl for
one would certainly not like a knock on his head with inA
sticks.

In answer to Mr. Knox, Inspector bison mad that
during the pest few creeks there had been an increase of
disorderly conduct in the Haymarket.
Mr. Knox tined tbo prisoners Me., or 14 days each. and
ordered the police to detain their sticks.

WANDSWORTH.
THE TIARDAHIPB OP A CAB PROPRIETOR.
Peter Bram was summoned by the police authorities fec
acting as each-chives without being duly licensed by the
coniiissioners. _ _

The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Inspector Usher, a. tache.l to the D division, stated that
on the :Hat ult. he was at Vauxhall, and saw the defen-
dant driving a cab, hearing the licensed number of 1,946.
He was not a licensed driver, as his license hod been taken
away from bin.. Witness stopped him, and asked why he
was driving, ho not being licensed, when he stated that a
job canoe 10:4 the yard, and be took it.
In reply to the invistrate, the inspector said the de-
fend.int was the proprietor of that one number. He also
said that the defendant was continually driving without a
license, and be had been convicted and fined 446.
7.. . . .

The defendant LAW he thought it very hard he could not
drive his own cab, u Lis name and addres4 were on his
license.

The inspector further stated that when the witness asked
him why his regul.r .1, IV cif did not take the job his answer
was that ho was not up.
Mr. (layman said the driver not getting up in the morn.
ing was not one of the excuses allowed by law. The
words in the act were "unavoidable necessity," and it
could not be said that the man not getting up was an un-
avoidable necessity for au unlicensed driver to go out with
tle• cat.. the defendant not being hound to send it out.
The defendant mentioned that his driver did sot come
home with the milt until 1 and 2 n'eloc:: in the morning.
'1 na jib came in for Victona et 'Limn, and be (the defen.
dar.t) thought he would earn a aliding or two by taking it,
us his expenses were heavy. He also complained of the
inspector sending him notices not to work his horses
when they were in a fit state.
Mr. Imynt in said that case was not before him. Me
lined him 20s. and 2.6 costs, for acting as a driver
without a license.

file defendant returned and complained of tho inspec-
tor having use I thread to him aa he was leaving the court
to the effect that ho would have him again.
Ur. Dayman told him to keep out of the iospeetees
way, and he would not have him again.

GREENWICH.
A COI; VAGEOUS SCIIVANT.

William Erotea, a smart active young fellow, dererihing
hi:oself as a bruahniiiker, but refusing his address., wee
charged with attempting to enter the residence of Mr.
George Ifoperoft, Melbourne-lodge, Laurie-park, Syden-
ham, with intent to commit • felony.
:iamb Howlett, servant to the prosecutor, said that
shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday (Friday) afternoon
she imbued the breakfast-rwm of her master's house,
when she was surprised at finding the window open
and the prisoner having one leg inside and in •
stooping position to enter. She called to him, asking
what he IVA 4 doing, when he immediately made off, but
witness jumped out of the window after him, raised an
alarm, and with the aid of two fellow servants succeeded
in capturing and holding him until the arrival of a con-
stable.

The prisoner, in answer to the magistrate, wild he had
r :Ay pa.,t come to London, having been working at Has-
tings. _ .

bergeant Fox, P division, Rid that there wee another
charge against the prisoner, of entering a house at Spice-
ha:ll on Thursday night, when he eacsped ; but the wit-
neves %vele not then in attendance.

Mr. ratteson remanded the prisoner fur further inquiry.

TOE HEALTH OF MIL JCSTICE SHEE.—WO are
flad to learn that the report of the death of Mr.
.lustice Shee, which obtained currency this morn-
ing, is incorrect. It is true that the learned Judge
is at the present time an invalid, but there is no-
thing' in his illness to cause any serious appre-
hension.

The commissioners rent abroad to select the best
model for a rifle ahrrewith to arm the Pope's troops have
just returned to Rome, hiving decided for the American
llemingtvn rifle as modified in England, a simple but solid
model. Some objections to the form of the cartouche have
led to on improvement in it. Ten thousand of these
weapon+ linVe been ordered, and in six months they are to
he iu the bands of l'io Nono's soldiers.

An inlluential deputation waited (says the Dublin
Errrinn mad) on his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant this
day, at Dublin Castle, for the purpose of asking his excel-
leney to urge upon 0, government the expediency and im-
portance of establishin; en Institute of Science and Art in
Dublin similar to that at South Kensington, and for the
purposeof presentin.; a memorial on the subject. His
excellency expressed his concurrence in the slows of the
deputation, sun promised to use his it.fluenoe in forward-
ing them.

New QrEEN's COUNAEL.—The following gentle-
men have just been appointed Queen's counsel :—Mr.John
Clerk, Mr. M. A. slwe, Mr. J. A. Rusell, Mr. Vaughan
Richards, Dr. Retiesllev, Mr. Higgin, Mr. IL West, Mr.
11. Matthews, Mr. ingrate? Hill, Mr. Homes Lloyd, Mr.
Fitz James Stephen, Mr. Holker, and Mr. Stewart. Mr.
Serjcant Simon is to receive a patent of precedence.
SAMSON, MOHAMMEDAN. —At Miss Heratul's
reading of " Samson Agonistes" on Tuesday week, the
Rey. Henry Alton, who melded, mentioned a fact illus-
trative of the way iu which tradition deals with ancient
1-gends. As he 'good on the site of the Temple of Gaza,
two learned Musaulmans assured Mr. Alien that Samson
was not a Jew, but a Blusaulnian, and that he pulled down
the temple, not on the head of the Philistines, but on that
of the assembled Christians who had persecuted the
Mohammedana.—darneutu.

WARE.

PM VAIL BILL LEGISLATION._

NEETINOS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES FOR THE
ENSUING WEEK.—Monday, Asiatic, 3.—"Bohipuri Dialect
of Hindi," Mr. Peones. Eskimo°lonised, 7. Royal Academy,
B.—" Anatomy," Mr. Partridge. Tuesday, Royal Institu-
tion, 3.—" Faraday's Discoveries," Professor Tyndsll.
Horticultural, 3.—Lecture and general meeting. En-
gineers, B.—" Supporting power of Piles, • Ste.," Mr.
M'Alpine. Statistical, B.—" Trade with Coloured Racer
of Africa," Mr. Hamilton ; " English and French
Budgets," Major General Balfour. Wednesday, Society
of Arts, 8. Literature, lthampainitus and Game
of Draughts," Dr. Birch. Thursday, Royal Institution,
3.—" Faraday's Discoveries," Professor TyndalL Chemical,
B.—" Chemical Geology," Mr. Forbes. Linnean,
" Characters of OfDpring of Dimorphic and Trimohici
Plants," Mr. Dar. b. Royal, 14. Antiquaries, B.
"Ancient British Tumuli," Dr. Thurnarn. Friday, or
l.—Anniversary Meeting. Royal Institution, S.—
" Macbeth and Hamlet," Rev. M. W. Mayow. Saturday,
Royal Institution, 3.—" Non-Metallic Elements," Pro.
lessor Roscoe.

GUNNERY Ex PERTINENT'S AT SHOT/WRY/MSS.
—A series of trials were made at Bhoeburynees yes.
terday, for the purpose of ascertaining the range and
sccurecy of the new 10-inch rifled muzzle-loader—which
weighs rather over eighteen tons Eleven rounds of 400.
pounds Palliser shot, with • 601 b charge of powder ; ten
shells of 3901 be. weight each, with • bursting charge of
101ba. ; and ten common shells, weighing 3681 be.,
with a bursting charge of 321 ha., were fired.
At three degrees of elevation the solid shot
was thrown en extreme distance of 1,725 yards,
in 4-6 seconds, and the extreme deflection a the eleven
rounds tired was 8.4 yards. The Palliser shells, discharged
by 64Ibs, of pellet powder were thrown an extreme dis-
tance of 1,778 yards,in 4/ seconds of time, and the ex-
treme deflection was only 5.6 yards. The greatest range
made by the common shell, with • 4016. charge of powder,
at three degrees elevation, wu 1,396 yards, in 4'l
seconds, and the extreme deflection wits only 3'2
yards to the right. Experiments were afterwards
made to test the accuracy and range of the 12-lash
rifled muzzle-loading gun, weighing 23 tons 6 cwt,
and having an extreme length bf 12 feet 1 inch, with nine
grooves I'3 inch bread, and 01 inch deep, the spiral in-
creasing from 1 turn in 100 calibres at the breech end to 1
turn in 50 calibres at muzzle, or in other words from 1
turn in 1,200 inches to 1 turn in 600 inches. Its
weight 23 tone &mt. 1 qr. 261 b. The gun was
worked upon the plans designed by Lieutenant-
Colonel Inglis and Yr. Cunningham, for traversing
and training, and the practice was made with a
600th. Palliser shell, discharged by 701 be. of pellet powder,
and the results were highly satisfactory. Kr. Cunning-
ham's gripping barrow for running heavy projectiles up to
the gun, and the overhead railway and tackle, designed by
him for facilitating the leading of the gun, were also
with very satisfactory results.

Yesterday morning Dr. Lankester received in-
formation of the discovery of the body of a men in the Leg
of Mutton Pond, West Heath, Child's-WI, Hemostat*
the hand' being tied together with cooed. The body has
been identified as that of George Frederick Godfrey, •
labourer of 47 years of age. It appears that the deceased
has been out of employment, and while seeking for work
left his wife and family ehargeable to the pariah, but being
apprehended he was sent to the House of Correction for a
mouth. This appeared to have affected his mind, and his
prospects not becoming brighter, he was on Wietla_stin
last to again appear before the magistrates en an ad
gammons, but did not surrender. On Thursday a la=
found on the bank of the pond by the police, and the
drags were therefore used, the math be* Ike lOW el.
the body.

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rill LONDON AND 3OJ:171 ws.;rizzy 4711
Tta ZWLIND IL4ILW4

In the cause of railway peace, and in the interest
alike of shareholders and the publis, it iiiimportsat
that whenever amicable tendencies are manifested
by railway managers they should be reciprocated to
the utmost. It is not encouraging, therefore, to
notice the character of the reception that seems
thus far to have been given to an offer which the
London and North Western Railway Board has re-
cently made to the Midland, at the instance of and
through the Midland Committee of Consultation.
In the report of the Midland Railway directors
• complete silence is observed with regard to the offer
in question, whereas the London and North West-
ern directors, referring to the subject of " the
abandonment of the Carlisle and Settle line and
the use, in its stead, of the Lancaster and Carlisle
line," say that they have made to the Mid-
' land Company a further distinct offer in writing.
We believe we are correct in stating that the terms
offered and referred to in the report of the Midland
Consultation Committee, and also in that of the Lon-
don and North Western directors just published, are
—the Midland Company to have either joint owner-
ship of, or running powers over the Lancaster and
Carlisle line, and the right of fixing their own rates
, and fares, the non-admission of which was their
I only objection to the former offers, although it was
accompanied by the power of appeal to an arbi-
trator in case of need ; and the Midland to pass
traffic over the line to the extent of 50,15001. a year.
The offer also contained the basis of more extended
, arrangements between the two companies, in-
eluding the abandonment of competing lines,
where possible, and the utilisation of each other's
lines instead,. As the Settle scheme will cost the
Midland not leas than 2,000,0001., the interest on
which at 5 per cent. is 100,0001. a year, the offer
steno one deserving all consideration, as they will
thus obtain what they require for 00,0001. a yoar,
and for which otherwise they will have to pay at
least double that amount annually.

PARLIAMENTARY BrNlNrss IA THE EICSUISO

The following orders of the day stand in the House of
Cowmona book for next week :
0111EILI OF TN! DAT.
Habeas Corpus busprusion ilreland) Act Continuance
restiing ; Public Dep. etc:mut. (Extra Receipts)
Lill—committee; Supply—committee; Wive and Sloane—
C4).2111404(1.

Tuesday.
Industrial Saoola (Ireland) ma.
Wednesday.
Bank Holidays Bill—second reeding; Life Policies
Nomination Bill—second reading; Compulsory Church
Hates Abolition Lill—second reading.
For Thursday and Friday there aro no orders of the day
fixed.

Sir C. Bright intends, on Monday, to endeavour to
elicit from the Secretary of the Treasury whether the go-
vernment intend to bring in a hill fur the acquirement
end working of electric telegrnphs in the linitcd King-
dom ; and, if so, when it will be introduced.
The government Rill for the Representation of the
People in Scotland will be introduced by the Lord-Advo-
cate on Blonday.

Mr. T. Itariiig will, on Tuesday, ask the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs whether any diplomatic relations
exist at present between this country and the government
of Mexico ; and, if so, of what character they are. And
whether her Moiety's government intend to take any
measures to enforce the due execution of the conventions
previously entered into between the two governments in
favour of British creditors and bondholders.
The two following notices of motion for Tuesday may be
added to the list of those which appeared in yesterday's

_
•' Viscount Enfield—Special and Common Juries.—
Select committee to inquire and take evidence as to the
law and practice relating to the summoning, attendance,
and remuneration of special and common juries, and to
report to this house as to any alterations which ought to
be made therein."

" Mr. Coleridge—Oxford University —ln muutitttoe of
the whole house to move, Eat the chairman be directed
to move the house that leave be given to bring iu • bill to
repeal certain tests and alter certain statutes affecting the
constitution of the University of Oxford, and the °plisses
in that university."
On Friday Mr. O'Beirne will mem for a select committee
to inquire into and report to the house on the best means,
whether by government aid or otherwise of encouraging
and assisting the creation of an independent proprietary of
small freehold estates in Ireland.

The three Church Rate; Bias stand for emend reading
on the 11th proximo.

The following are the new standini;ders whieh Kr.
Dobson intends to move on Tuesday, after calling the at-
tention of the house to its private bill legislation:

iegislotion:
New Standing Orders to follow Standing Order 92.
A.

The committee of selection may, if they think fit, refer
any private bills to the referees, instead of toe committee
of the house, with power to the referees to inquire into the
whole subject matter of such bills, and to report them,
with or without amendments, to the home.
B.
A mart of referees inquiring into bills referred by the
committee of selection shell coosist of not less than fear
referees, of whom not less than two shall be members of
this house.

Repeal standing orders 93, 95, 96, and 97.
Repeal standing order 131 (competition to be a ground of
locus standi).
New Standing Order 131.
It shall be competent to the referees on private bills, if
they think fit, to admit the proprietors of existing works
to be heard upon their petition against a private bill re-
lating to similar works within a town or district served
by Rion, on the ground of ateenoe of public advantage.
New Standing Order to follow Standing Order 13'3.
The owner of lands or other perty tote taken under
the powers of a private bill shall be entitled to be lewd
on the allegations contained in his petition against the
preamble and clauses of such bill, or against part only of
such bill, as the referees shall think fit.
Standing Order 133.
At the end add the words " or against part only of suds
bill, as the referees shall think fit. 7 _

Standing Order 151, s. L
Omit the words " The financial arrangements made or
proposed by the company formed for the execution of the
railway."

On Monday the Marquis of Clanrieartle will
call the attention of the House of Lords to the quastion of
tenure of land in Ireland.

We read in the Era :—" The Evening Mail news-
paper was disposed of by auction yesterday afternoon,
pursuant to an order from the Court of Chancery. The
property was put up at 1,5001., and it eventually realised
2,0001. The Mail was established in 1769, and the dirt.
donde to its proprietors varied from 1,4587. in 18G2 to
8001. in 1866; its circulation averaging a little more than
3,000 each issue. The name of the purchaser did not
transpire." _ _

A letter from Rome to the Hama Agency states
that a monk, Father Curd, who enjoy. some reputation in
Italy for eloquence, recently insinuated in a sermon that
the Emperor Napoleon was acting hypocritically in the
services rendered to the Holy See. A " painful sensation"
was in coneequence cre►ted in Rome, and the French am-
bassador bad a conversation with Cardinal Antonelli on
the subject. The Roman secretary of state at ones de-
clared that the Pope bad already administered a severe
reprimand.
"The recruitment effected Lest month in
Russia," says the Journal de Poem, " gave 92,104 men, of
whom 78,283 are from 20 to 23 years old, and 13,821 from
25 to 30. Classed according to religion, there are 82,487
orthodox, 4,644 Roman oatitoliat, 2,170 Lutherans, 1115
Dissidents, 864 Jews, 1,787 Malicesetans, and 26 Pagans.
Out of the total number only 7,861 know how to reed and
write. In the kingdom of Poland the recruitment, gave
10,156, thus distributed as to creeds :-8,265 °Mingles, 862
'United Greeks, 437 orthodox, 584 Lutherans, and 8 old
believers ; 1,025 being able to read and write."

The Okerivari Publishes s woodcut in which
England, in the gnus of an astronomer, is repreeested
looking through a teleseope at the star Theedore• is the
far distance, and, in eonannence, never sees the wen of
Fenianhan open at her feet, and into which a fall seems
imminent.

A letter from Rome of the Bth says :—" Rome is
getting rather fuller, but not nearly so crowded so is noel
at the beginning of oareiraL Loren of sosiety an din.
twanged .at the paucity of balls, end an ant
has been made to supply the &Using by subseriptka
meetings at the Dantesque-WI, wham Mtn a week,
you might fancy yourself as New York rather
than Bea, so prevalent are Amorists beauties in the
rooms. Mrs. Hooker's Wednesday seeidibles are the meet
agreeable Minima is Born, and her rain el apartniens
in the Bonaparte Paine is sdadrably adapted ger tbe re. i
eusSss of her nomeree• guests. Lent 11.1 d. inns Rees
toncerow with his brother, the Hen. George Villiers. as
well as the Hen. Hobert Onennor, ILP., who is renter
in to Entlawl to nem* his otalkaristan datim".

I LIST IN151.4'1111104;101, (141 r AZ 00.11P4191,
(LIMITST),—(IIII3 DdY.)

The adjourned extraordinary general meeting
of pe,prietere was held en 1 'Mork at the Cruty Termittee
Hotel, Cianon-strest ; Ur. J. Thomas in the Mud:.
The Onmansa expensed pewit lire, is eom
sequenso 411 the nenotiatioes with the governmeat
iWag completed, it would be nseemary to adjourn
a. Thos ersrament bad, he mid. offered to &dream
a loam of 100,00 W., oa the esaditioa that the
Behar verb were mirresidered to the government.
To this the bvard aseseted bat • new act of parlia-
ment meet be passed, to authorise the surrender. The
term' of the lose had sot his. settled. The
sovernment had cratinned its loan is order to
enable the works to be serried ea, and no detriment would
arise from delay. He otnolodost by moving an adjourn-
ment sine die o blob was adjourn-
es by Mr. A. Kssualau,
M.P., sod oarital unanimously.

WIATRIM ILEPORT.-(THIE4 DAY.)

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Holyhead 30.0-. r 43 W.N.W. 5.3 W. 0 010. -
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Lyons 30.40 3.4 N. - - b 1 -

Baroinoter corrected and today/a to 32 des. at aea lereL Tha
letter. r I s (steady), indicate direction of
andion•d the mercur) within last II hours. Thermometer exposed
In shado. Ifstreme force, with its direction derlag Wet U hours
I.—eaten. Weather: b. hive sky c. - dead' (detached): L
fog h.--hall 1.-112htaitig : —Welty (tm) a—overcast
(dull); r.—rain; e.—enow ; t. —thao.ler. snow or
hall ,raelted), dorlsot Leas 24 hours. Boa ollstarbance,

MOAWsrill.

71-/11D91. OA Y.

ws arelims.
IA tto• Stook lb oitange today the transactions
show a peepondsavisea el selssond the tone°, neatly
all the narkstsisuntavourable. It is intieipstal tints
farther large amount of gold will be taken from
the Bank for the Onttinsat daring the next few
days, in addition to as ty supplies that may come
to hand from AIM trails and the West
Indies. Consols openechat a trilling improvement,
but stock ha. sinus been freely offered, and the
present quotation is per amt. lower than yes-
terday. Foreign Bonds ase.^.lao worse, especially
Egyptian, Turkish, and Spanish. Railway securities
however, meet with inquiry, sal some of them ex-
hibit afresh advance. Colonial Government de-
bentures, as well as banking, Snannisl, and 'miscel-
laneous shares, are inactive.

There is a fair demand for money, partly in
connection with a largo amount of Australian
paper, which will arrive at maturity during
the next few days. The rate for choice bills
is 1# to 3 per cent. Short loans on English go-
vernment securities are obtainable in the Stock
Exchange at 1 per cent.
Consols are quoted 93 to 1 for money and
the account (March 5), and the Three per Cents.
Reduced and New Three per Cents., 931 to
Railway stocks are in request, and a rise of 1 to
percent. has taken place in Metropolitan, Great
Western, Loudon and North-Western, Lancashire
and Yorkshire, and Caledonian. Annexed aro tho
' quotations :- Metropolitan, 1118 to g, with divi-
dend ; Great Western, 401 to 471 ; Londonand North
Western, 1191 to 1; Midland, 107; to ; Lan-
caiihire and Yorkshire, 127 g to g; Caledonian,
fl to 781 ; South Eastern, 73/ to g; Great
Eastern, 30 to 3 ; Great Northern, 108 to 109 ;
ditto A, 1091 to 1101; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 19 to 1 ; North British, ati to 35i;
Brighton, 461 to I ; Berwick, 1051 to 1061 ; York
and North Midland, 931 to 901; and London
and South Western, to 86, ex div.

Foreigm stocks are still offered, and the changes
in prices are in an adverse, direction.
Egyptian of 1864 and tho Viceroy's Loan
have declined f to per cent., owing
to the prospect of a new loan ; the former are at
83 to and the letter at 752 to 76f. The reduction
in most of the speculative kinds ranges from to 2.
Turkish of 1853 are quoted 63 to 64 ; ditto of 1862,
611 to 62,1, ; ditto of 1865, 32i tog ; Chilian of
1367, 874 to 88 ; Portuguese scrip, Ito If prem. ;
Spanish New Three per Cents., 33; to 361; Italian of
1861, 43g to ;,1 ; Mexican, 15 to 10} ; Russian of
1866, 89 to ; Peruvian of 1365, 75/ to 762 ; and
Brazilian of 1865, 742 to 751.
Indian stocks are maintained at yesteri!ey's
prices. The Five per Cents are at 1111 to 1121 ;
the Four, 1013 to ; and tho Bonds, 355. to 40s.
prem. Exchequer Bills are 4s. worse, at 15e. to
20s. prem.
American securitieshave been dealt in to a
rate ext;:nt. The 5-20 Bonds are at 71} to 72 ;
showing a decline of f per cent. ; Erie Railway
shares, 49 to 1, being I better ; and Illinois Cen-
tral, Ba-sto 891.

Atlautiz. Cable shares are quiet. Anglo-Atatrican,
19e1 to ex div. ; and Atlantic Telegraph
per Cent. Preference, 5 1-16 to 3-IC. Telegraph
Construction show a decline of as., viz. to 121
to 13.

Bank shams present no movement. Lonann nd
Westminster are called 67 to 69; Union of London,
to 34k; Anglo-Austrian, 3i to I prctu. ;
London and Brazilian, 30 to 23 die. ; Imperial
Ottoman, to dis. ; and Consoli,lated, 2to
prem.

The shares of the fnancial companies are with-
out variation. General Credit, 2i v, 4 dIS. ; Cre-
dit Foncier, 7 to 61 dis. ; International Finan-
cial, 21 to 1i die. ; and London, 24 to 2-2 dis.
A few dealings have been recorded in miscella-
neous shares. Hudson's Bay are 2s. 6d. lower,
at 14i to .. National Discount r.re quoted 6to
prem.; and Egyptian Trading, 42 to dia.
Owing to the absence of a...l:vile' from Australia,
and to a very small supply of bills on Paris, a slim
of 106,0001. in bar gold was withdrawn from zhe Bank
yesterday forabroad, betides .50,000 sovereigns for
Alexandria. One muse of the alai is tinuersu:od
to be the receipt of large supplies of foreign stocks
from carious parts of the Continent. in c.imequenee
of the recent rise in this market. Pace.. ma for
wheat and preparations for :he new Frer.eh Lu.in
hare probably also tended to increase the
for bullion for abrciad.

Now York telegrams report the shipment of
75,000/. in gold fur Europe.
The amount of A cstraiian gold known fa be at
sea is 344,500/, of s Lich the greater portion is now
due. The Australian, from Port Phillip for Lan-
des, with 1%,300/. in gold, and the Lightning,
from Geelong, with 18,500 i., were spoken with on
the llth tit. by the Star of Peace, the arrival of
which was announced on Tuesday.
No alteration of importance occurred yesterday
afternoon M the foreign exchanges The rates
were as follows :

dmsterdius, 3 mean; 11.191 to 11.1911; Milo, short,
11.174 to 11.181 ; sus, 3 mouths,
_ll. Di to 11..191 ;
Antwerp, 3 mouths, 23.r...1 to 25.334 ; Inasals. 3 months,
25.374 to 25.374 ; Hamburg sad Alloon.3coosiths. 13.94 to
13.91•• Berlin. Wogs% net 3 risonths, 6.73:4 to 8.27
Bt. Petersburg, 3 rgoatbs,72}.l". 321 Pm* saart.2s.lo
to 25.20; ditto, 3 mouths, 25.24 tom ; Msmeilbss,
3 mouths, 25.N4 to 25.:Z4 ; Proaddomomeho3tme.,
11 mouths, 110/ so ; Vienna, 3 mouths, 11.1r24 to
11.974 ; Thee" 3 months, 1L2124 to 11-9,74
mouth 481 to 48j ; &mitaador 3 mouths, 486,0 48$ 0.. t
3 months,s
484 to 4144; &m
illi,Smooths, 484h:6484; lialsgs,
3 mouths, 484 to 434 ; Ptionsio.3lstootho. 48a NAN; Bor.
Wens, 3 months, 444 to 4/11 g Missio. 3 masa", 481 so
484; Borogosek 3 months. 484 to 484; Legbork, 3
months, 29.391 to 29.40 ; Gomm. 3 mouths. 24.30 to
29.40; Naples, S months, 29.30 to 30.40 i Pala% 3
months. 29.30 so 26.40; ltemliso. 3 mouths. 21130 to
19.40 ; Lisbon, 90.days' do*, 514 to 514 ; Owls. lb slays'
dote, 514 to 511.

At Pixie the rate of discount in the open market
is now 1i per cent; linessals, 2 ; Hamburg and
Frankfort, 2} ; Amsterdam, 3; Baffin, 31; Vienna,
4 ; Turin, 5 ; and St. Petersburg, 8 per cent.
The Madras Railway Company have paid into
the Treasury at the India Office the sum of
435?0001, on account of the new IRIS of share
capital.
The Committee of the Stock Keelungs have
decided'that Metropolitan Denney stock shall be
quoted in the official list "ex interim dividend,"
bat, owing to the legal cemplications in ocreesrion
with the affairs of this omapemy, many of the
demises stM pianist in refusing tetranseet business
in the stock with the dividend cif, and conse-
quently most et the dealings today wan 'eighth*
dividend to bepaid to-morrow. la this eau= the
dssi hope*" avoid any difficulties width might
c=l/ arise ,in the future, in the meatet
aided in the Court of Oheneary thenthe
ier tent diridead has been improperly &c-
-lam half-yearly meeting of the Dinienham
Manisa) Dock Company will be held en the
2ffik inst.
Anal coat of the London Amok* One~
will
ea be heldear&d on thellith of Munk whose
le
/he einted vmsling et the North nail 10.
=di, bum:l4=A belt=
ea etteemmat to the Sith.
The enabler, meeting at thelleglialumillileoliiii
Mein* Imentee Oampivradmilealt mitmated
for the Ilet fare
The ordinary meth( et taw Lovas sad Be.
Imam Lend sad Clompsair
vii be UM on the** * the deiPsetlettin
a dividend. dm. •

$3

Subjolised .are. the goirigtieie al kwerneste, gas,
and dock shares, se given ti Ire Stuck Exchgage
list of lasi evening :
1/%111 .IMilittaastatca;
DM plebe In. Apyratifj, : !Amnon
via= matfte, ; Mae , Mew
(Limited), 4j.
Gediget and Coke—Bombe, (Lhaitedi, 616 , • Ditto
NOW, ; City liestew Gee, Ite ; Coetleeelal Union
134 Ireperlel Clandeestal, 65 ; Banff Con.
INID•11, ; Winsmieeter Oluinered, 42i.
Docks— sad West Laois, IAI4 ezUv. ; Londe*
and At. Retharine, 49160, ex die. ; Southampton, fn.
According to some of the Paris advisee, the new
French loan will be ientiod at 67f. 50c. snaking
of
the
75c. price 68f. 25c., including the March coupon

It is proposed to consolidate the State debts of
the Bey of Tunis into a 6 per cent. stock, and a
commission has been established in Paris with
this object. The 20th inst has been fixed for the
commencement of the conversion.

Fiernse ivieure.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 9n to both
for money and the 6th of Mar* opened this
morning at the same quotation, and cloud at 931,
"buyers." The Three per Cents. Bedewed sad
New Three per Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock
93j to t. The official business report is as fol-
lows :—Three per Cent. Congo* fee money, 931,
, , • ditto, for account, 93f, ; Three pee
Cents. Bedewed, 931, ti ; New Three per Cents.,
93;!, g • Red Tea Telegraph, 1911 Bank Stock,
249 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 112 f, 112, 12f ;
ditto Four per Cent., 104, k; ditto Four per Cent.
" minced" rupee paper, 87t ; ditto Five per Cent.
Rupee Debentures, 1882, 104 ; ditto Bonds, 355.
to 40s. prem.
Indian Government securities were steady.
Exchequer Bills were fiat, at 18e. to No. prem.
In the foreign stock market the principal change
was • fall of I to 2 per cent. in most of tho Egyp-
tian bonds, owing to the statements published
this morning with respect to a contract having
been entered into by the Viceroy for a new loan.
Tho Railway debentures and Nine per Cents., how-
ever, declined only about 4.. The Viceroy's Loan
wu dealt in as low as 75,;., being 2 worse, but after-
wards recovered to the last price of yesh!rday.
Spanish New Deferred and Brazilian of I tikis also
fell ; Peruvian of 186.-s. t ; ; and Spanish
New Three per Conte., 1-16. Italian of 1861 were
exceptionally firm, and rose I.
The shares of the financial companies were
quiet, but General Credit rose Ze. 6d. to fie. Prices
were quoted as follows :—lnternational Financial,
2 to 1t die., ex div. : General Credit, 2k to k
din., ex div. ; Credit Fonder, 7to die:; and
London, 24 to 22 die.