The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-08 00:00:00

THIR,D• EPITION.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
&Hinge is Basco.--(Before Juatises Blackburn, Mellor and
THE HEW r, 11-OOVIINOR ETRE.
Mr. Powell. Q.C. showed cases vain** a rule calling
upon Mr. lyre, late Governor of Jamaica, and also
upon Mr. Vail/ban, mew of the Bowatreet polies
magistrates, to show eatue why the latter should
not bear the matter of a 111L112•101111 taken
out to inquire into certain chaiges that bed been
preferred against Mr. Eyre. He was informed
that Mr. Eyre did not appear. He was instructed by Mr.
I Vaughan, not so much to show cause against the rule, but
I to state the reasons why he conceived he had no jurisdic-
tion, and to take their lordships opinion upon the
metier. He contended that Mr. Vaughan had
no jurisdiction. The proceedings against Mr. Eyre
were taken under the 11th and 12th William 111.,
a. 12, an act to punish governors and others for crimes
committed by them in the colonies and plantations of this
country, and under the 42nd Geo. 111. c. 85, for the trying
and punishing in Great Britain persons guilty of commit-
ting offences abroad bolding public appointments
abroad. The ant act provides that such offsnoes
should be " inquired of, heard, and deter-
mined in his Majesty's Court of King's Bench,
here is England." Those words had received a judicial
interpretation, and were held to be a preliminary exami-
nation by a grand jury and a subsequent trial before a
judge and jury in • public court. The 42nd Geo 111. e. 85,
provides that Al any person who was employed in
a civil or military capacity, Ac., out of Great
Britain, should have committed an offence under
such employment be might be prosecuted or inquired of,
end beard and determined in his Majesty's Court of
King's Bench here in England, either upon an
information exhibited by has Majesty's Attorney-
General, or upon an indictment found, and
that such offences might be laid to have
been committed in the county of Middlesex. The venue
of the indictment must be in the county and the trial in
the Queen's Bench, but aa was very well known, there
was not one King's Bench only bemuse the King's Bench
sits in many places.
Mr. Justice Blackburn—Just ao. If the court ad-
journed to Oxford, the Middlesex jury would have to be
taken there to try the case.
Mr. Powell mid that ill 4 nee affect the real %annuli.
MAW tra44Wile i•-'ett Shelf That under any pro-
m:ad** under them statutes any attempt had been made
to bring such proceedings before justices of the peace.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said it was not likely, as there
bad been only two attempts to enforce the act.
Mr. Powell said there were three cease, but whether
there had been only three or thirty there had been no
case under the set where the proceedings had been taken
before justices. It was for the other side to show affirma-
tively that the justices had jurisdiction.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said that Sir It. Collier based his
application for the rule under the 11th and 12th Viet.,
chap. 42, under which justices exercised their powers is
the metropolis. It was impossible that any case could
have occurred in which this point could have been die-
, cussed.

POLICE COURTS.-(TIIIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
DINING 871111? NONINIT.

Edelsrd Godfret--Wheii;eafelf;sdcfrees, was plawd
at the bar before . Alderman Hale, charged with steal-
ing • gold Albert sin from the person.
Mr. Benjamin Thorpe said he was a retired Inland
Revenue aloe:, sod lived at 99, Oseaston-street, Easton.
road. Last night, about 20 minutes to 12 o'olosk, he
was proceeding towards the Moorgatemtreet Railway
station, when, at the corner of Tenter-street, the
prisoner snatched his gold Albert chain. He put
his hand to his et, and prevented watch
pr=eran oftliar
with it. Ha felfetes-
lowed him, calling " Step thief," and a policeman stopped
him.

The prisoner, in answer to the *harp, maid be was in
great distress, and the gold chain was a temptation to him.
Mr. Alderman Hale committed him for trial.

SOUTHWARK.
DEFRAUDING A RAILWAY COMPANY.

John Drew, 24, &purified as a labourer, wu convicted of
defrauding the Ruth Eastern Railw►y Company by tra.
Telling in a second class c►rriage from hfaklatons to London
without paying the fare.
He was fined 40c. ; or, in default, to be imprisoned for
14 slays.

Mr. Powell said it was not a statute extending the
powers of justices, but only for regulating the powers
which they possessed before that act was passed. The
RUOIIIeS Bench had a definite meaning, and that court
sitting in Middlesex was not intended to be included in
the general words of the statute, referring to any court
of over and terminsr, and courts inferior to the Queen's
Bench, such as the quarter sessions of the pesos.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said one of the moat important
functions of this court was to sit in oyer and terminer
and try criminal cases.
Mr. Powell said this court was a court of coroner, and
the Lord Chief Justice was the highest coroner in the
realm. He thought it was absurd because their
lordship: were justices of the peace to contend that
such cases as were sent to quarter session should be sent
to be tried in this high court. As he had said, the
" Queen's Bench" was a distinctive term, and was well-
known as applying to a particular court, and the legisla•
ture had always known how to distinguish it from other
courts of oyer and terminer. The court of oyer and
terminir meant by these statutes was the court in the
district in which the accused was found.

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE FROM THE PARAPET OF
A HOUSE.

An inquiry was held by'hir. W. J. Payne, the
deputy coroner, last evening, at St. Bartholomew's Hoy
pital, respecting the death of HUM& Louisa Velloweth,
aged 38 years, who committed suicide yesterday by leap-
ing from a housetop in Cannon-street.
A witness named Frederick Beecher said that at 6 o'clock
in the morning he taw the deceased standing on
the parapet of the 4egsr Loaf. Her face was towards
the street. She appeared to be in her sleep ; but
she jumped off the top of the house, which was
three storeys high, and fell on the pavement. She alighted
on her feet, and then fallbackwards. She did not hesitate,
nor did she spring like • person intending to leap off. He
thought she was asleep ; she was only partly dressed.
Sophia Velloweth .said that her slater was not in
the habit of walking in her deep.
-John Death, pot boy at the Sugar Loaf Tavern, said
that he had known the deceased two months. During
the last month he had often seen her crying. When
asked what was the matter, she observed " trouble."
At 9 o'clock on Wednesday night • young man called upon
her, and after speaking to her for half an hour he left.
Witness did know him. She had been out for half en hour
that evening, and she said that she had gone to see a
doctor. She took supper, and went to bed at half-past 10
o'clock. She slept on the second floor. When witness was
called by the police, he found that she had gone up to the
top of the house and unbolted the trap-doer leading
on to the roof. She bad complained of • pain
in her side. Before she cried she used to say, " I have
had such bad dreams." He never knew her to walk in
her sleep. Ali in the house were asleep when she leaped
from the roof. _

Mr. Justice Lush said the act of Victoria waa intended
to give power to justices to commit for all indictable
offences ; but the learned counsel's contention was that a
justice could not inquire. but that an indictment must first
be prepared before the magistrate could commit.
Mr. Powell said his contention was that, under the
statutes be had quoted, the grand jury must ex parte
find a bill. There was no power to take any preliminary
information. It was never intended that persons of Mr.
lire's position were to be subjected to the indignity
of going before a magistrate like persons who were charged
with petty offences. All Mr. Vaughan wanted was their
lordships' direction ; and whichever way they decided, be
would be happy to obey their directions.
Sir R. P. Collier, Mr. Fitxjames Stephen, Q.C., and
Mr. Payne appeared in support of the rule ; but were not
heard.

Mr. Robert Rams, manager at the Sager Loaf, said
that he did not think anyone had taken advantage of the
deceased. She was a very quiet, steady woman.
Mr. Co►lbrook, surgeon, said that the deceased died at
9 o'clock yesterday. She tried to answer his questions,
but she could not speak. She was dreadfully injured ;
several of her bones were fractured. The post martens
eiatuination proved that she was not enceinte.
The Coroner having summed up the jury returned a
verdict of " Suicide while in • state of temporary in-
sanity."

Mr. Justice Blackburn said the court need not trouble
the other aide. It was clear that the rule must be made
absolute for the magistrate to investigate the case, arid
then, if he thought the charge wan made out, to commit
the accused. He was to inquire and decide judicially, and if
he committed to return the deposition to the Queen's
Bench, where, end where alone, the charges weld be
(Unposed of. It had always been considered, and justly
so, oppressive to go before a jury and prefer an indictment
ex parte, and he thought it would be better if the legiala•
tore was to specifically enact that it should not be done
in any instance, but send everyone before a magistrate in
every instance. The justice has solely to bear and
consider, not to think and determine upon the wee. The magistrate, in this case, having a doubt upon the
point, had acted perfectly right, in taking the opinion of
this amt.
_

Rule absolute.
COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
DRYSDALE Y. DRYSDALE, CORSI?, AND CANE.
Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Mr. Inderwick appeared for the
petitioner ; Dr. Neaps, Q.C., end Mr. Searle for the re-
spondent ; Mr. Price. Q.C., and Mr. Butt for Mr. Corbett ;
and Mr. Staveley Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Willis for Mr. GUM
This case was resumed and concluded. It was a peti-
tion for divorce on the ground of adultery committed by
the wife of a merchant's clerk in London. The fovea-
dent had fallen into intemperate habits, and had in
consequence been separated from her husband.
While living thus apart from him she was charged
with having committed • criminal offence with the
respondents and with a Frenchman, of whom nothing
precise was known. The case rested chiefly upon the evidence
of • servant at the house where she lived. On behalf of
the co-respondent Corbet great stress was laid upon the
alleged unsatisfactory evidence of this witness ; and on
behalf of Cane evidence was also given to prove an alibi on
the occasion sworn to.
_ _ _

At the close of the judge's charge to the jury,
Dr. Spinks said he was satisfied that the ch►rge against
Gans was a mistake, and with the consent of his client he
withdrew it.

Sir J. Wilde said the jury would probably have oorce to
the same conclusion ; and the question ►rose whether as the
servant had so positively sworn to Cane her evidence could
be relied upon as to the other co-respondent
'The jury were deliberating when our report left.]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RR GEORGE CRUIZINHANR, JUN.
The bankrupt, described as an artist, publisher, and
newspaper proprietor, of Mabledonplace, Burton-crescent,
and Fleet-street, applied for his release from custody.
His debts amount to about 2501., and he attributes his
difficulties to losses sustained by the publication of •
comic weekly newspaper called Toby.
Mr. C'hidley eased that the application might stand
over until after the choice of assignees, but
His Honour saw nothing to take the case out of the
ordinary course, and made an order accordingly.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)

IN RE LEWIN BALFOUR, JUN.
The bankrupt wu described u of Spring-grove, Middle-
sex, late of Mission-row Calcutta, trading in partnership
with two others as general merchants.
The liabilities amount to 392,631/., and the assets are
returned at 257,000/. ; and they are in course of adminis-
tration by the assignees of the firm in India, which is also
bankrupt ; the liabilities above stated beir.g those of the
firm.
His Honour granted the order.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

(Beton Bann OhanselL)
THE ALLEGED FORGERIES AND FRAUDS UPON THE
ERMA BANKING COMPANY.

At the sitting ofthe court, Mr. Ttoates Edgelew, for
a merchant, carrying on business in the City of
London end also at Leeds, surrendered to take his trial
upon various indictments for eonspiring and fraudulently
obtaining from the Leeds Banking Company the rum of
120,000/.
It will be recollected that this case has now been
standing over for nearly twelve mooths, and it has been
postponed from time to time at the instance of the de-
fendant, and in December last Ur. Justice Lush made •
peremptory order that the trial should come on at the
present session. On Wednesday, however, when the
trial was appointed to be taken, another applies'.
tion was made on behalf of the defendant to postpone
the trial, but Mr. lustiest Wilke expreeeed his opinion
that he ought not to grant the application, and tired
Friday for the trial to come on. In consequence of this
order all the witnesses for the prosecution were now in
.ttandance.l
rerjeant Ballantine, who appeared for Ithe de endent,

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onees•gh,
the stair aisalliseisla immaii rata, a whetter LO !NI( lorv--livair-viv6---
at , wan a ea's. impartial sad llellegasry whom. •r.- , MN? 1' .' , JIM gmasgage.) •1 .' •:blw .
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was pregiseed So be talon, the Amiss •prLifinsw
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having- been virtually abandthed by the
and that he bad goat abroad upon his hosirpaima below Ilk •'
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a subpaisa Nicht be served upon him, sad I. his sheath i. - '-• .. 01"! ~..., • .
the defendant could not proem& to trial. He put I. 1, '') ' • •'0 llflrilVai•
sildimfts in rapper* of his applioaMea. • ili •7? of. n• . ,
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Mr. Gifford, Q. 0., who, with llfri;=as Weeded to 4. -6.•• '','• 6,,.. ••!.• e..• rm.. ''
prosents,streasousiyoppoesd the a fltepeelpoom
went, and said that these rep.. ,
calculated to utterly wear out thelEFildMi= ,61140. s 101131IIIIiii P&L
entirely the fonds that were at • for •
en the pram:utiles. He said that Mr. Justice Willey a
order was a permaptory the that the trial should come oa
at the present sosics. •• •
T .
Baron Chambell said he was aware of that but he could an.
not help *betroths that the present application was made 0/11198111 STAIN.
upon a. 'Mimi, fresh ground. He was always nawilling •••
to try a prisoner upon a serious charge la the absentee if a •• •
witness who might be able to give important evishisce,
and in the present Matinee he thought the applicatioa for tf
a further postponement ought to be granted.
Mr. Giffard wished that his lordship would make a
peremptory order for the trial to °erne on at the June ma-
sks.
Serjeatit Ballantine—There Is no such thing as a
peremptory order. Suppose the defendant should die?
(A laugh.)
Baron Channell said be thought he ought to a maks sa
enter that the trial should come as at the June session,
and the cats was accordingly formally postponed until
then, the defendant being liberated upon the same rimer
Mistimes as heretofore, namely, himself in 3,0001. and two
sureties I. 1,5001. each.

13POttAt

3
byes.

t) per or..
Queensland, 6 per cent., 1891, Jan. and July, 1061, 1,
Victoria Government, 6 per cent., 1891, April and Oc-
tober, 110:3, 4, 4.
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
Bristol and Exeter, 82.
Caledonian, 7:4, 4.
Great Eastern, IQ, 4, ;.
Great Northern, 1024.
Do., A(A receive' no dividend until 6 per cent has
been paid to B), 961.
Great Western, Original, 54, 31.
Do., West Midland—Oxford 313.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 127 11.
London, Brighton, and South t, 53i, 21, 3.
London, Chatham' and Dover, 183.
London and North Wasters, 115,
Metropolitan, 1121, 12.
Midland, W 7.
North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, 1313.
North London, 118.
Do., 1866, 114.
South Eastern, 744.
Staines, Wokingham, and Woking, 104.

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rweats, Aar.)

. " O'CLOCIL:
101.
With themmeption of thenaglieli funds, which
hew imilealsed• 3.16dt ts•tipsr sent., the mark
tete foe %mink% are dull to-day. The
Puneettain position of the Ministry tends to
check bona fide purchases, and advantage
is taken of this eimumsteace by the usual spoon-
labors for a fall The amount of business generally,
however, is very limited. Some of the railway
stocks have declined i to I per cent. Foreign
bonds are without any noteworthy change.
&chequer Bills are again !latter, upon additional
Isles by bankers, who find that they can obtain
a better rate of interest in the dimount of com-
mercial bills than that afforded by these securities.
The demand for money is moderate, and the

16 and 744 to
1885, 751 to
; Chili= of 1867, 95/ to 96 ; Egyptian of 1884,
78 to 79 ; Italian of 1861, 48/ to i; Peruvian of
1866, 831 to I ; Russian of 1866, MI to 87 ;
Spanish of 1867, 35j to f ; Turkish of 1858, 59}
to 60* • ditto of 1862, 62 to 63 ; and ditto of 1866,
341 to /.

The Indian Four per Cent. stock has declined 4
percent, the present price being 1014 to 102. The
Five per Cents. are at 113 to 1164 ; the bonds,
225. to 275. prem.; and the debentures, 105 to 4.
Exchequer bills are 2s. lower, at 10s. to 15s. prem.
Bank Stock, 244 to 246.
Some of the bank shares are in moderate re-
quest. London and Westminster, 694 to 4 ;
Union of London, 341 to I ; Oriental, 412 to 421 ;
Anglo-Austrian, 44 to 5 prem. ; London and
Brazilian, 30 to 25 ilia. ; Imperial Ottoman, I to
4 prem. ; and Consolidated, A to f prem.
The market for miscellaneous shares is quiet.
Telegraph Construction, however, are in-
quired for, at 141 to g. National Dis-
count, 54 to f prem. ; General Credit, 24
to f dis. ; Credit Foncier, 74 to 7 dis. ; International
Financial, 24 to 11 die. ; London, 23 to 21 dia. ;
Hudson's Bay, 15 to 1 ; Egyptian Trading, 5 to
dis. ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Prefe-
rence, 5 3-16 to 5-16 ; and Anglo-American, 231
to 1.
United States 6-20 Bonds are still in demand,
and exhibit a fresh rise of 1 per cent.,
viz., to 704 to 71. On the other hand,
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
and Consolidated Mortgage Bonds are 4 lower, at
28 to 4 and 31 to 4, respectively. Erie shares, 46
to ; and Illinois Central, 95 to 4.
The Spanish Colonial Eight per Cent. Loan,
fully paid up, is at 91 to 914 ; and the Scrip, 2 to
14 dia.

An extraordinary meeting of the Metropolitan
Railway Company will be held on the 28th inst.,
for the purpose of considering the provisions of
a Bill " for enabling the Metropolitan Railway
Company to make a Junction line in the parish of
St. Sepulchre, in the City of London, for
giving effect to arrangements with other com-
panies, for extending the time limited for the pur-
chase
of certain lands, for amending the acts
relat-
ing to the company, and for other purposes."
The annual meeting of the proprietors of the
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and
China is called for the 19th inst.
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

The share markets remain flat. Railway stocks
have declined to I per cent. since 1 o'clock, the
most important movement being in Caledonian.
Consols and foreign bonds are without change of
importance.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
Consols are dull, and have relapsed 1-16 to 1 per
cent., the present prices being 93/ to 94, with div.,
for money, and 921 to 1, ez div., for the account.
Home railway stocks show a fresh decline of 1 to
1 per cent. Caledonian, 7411 to 3 ; Metropolitan,
112 to 1 ; Brighton, 521 to d ; South Eastern, 74
to 1; Midland, 1064 to 1071 ; London and North
Western, 1141 to 1161 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1271 to 128 ; and Great Western, 631 to 1.
Foreign bonds exhibit no special alteration
Italian, 481 to I ; Orel Vitebsk, 79/ to 1 ; New
Spanish, 351 tug ; Turkish of 1885, 341 to 35 ; and
Nicolsi, 64 to 1.
About 60,000 sovereigns have been taken from
the Bank for Brazil.
The important decrease (8,6451.) in the week's
traffic of the London and North Western Railway,
by comparison with last year, as referred to
yesterday, arises from the circumstance that the
return of last year included the traffic of Chester

suo tarausasta aur money Ls wooers's', area the
• . HANDIOAP MATH supply good. Nevertheless, the rate for choice
111. ••• ... - • ...
Jib ... ..• ... I bills is maintained at 2to 2} per eent.
... :1 Canals are quoted 94 to }, with div., for money,
, ••• • •
6 rat. and 921, ex div., for the account (June 4),
CITY PLATE. and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three
•... 1
• •
... •• • • per Cent.., 92} to 1.
3 The railway market is dull, and several of the
* 4 ree• principal stocks have declined } to } per cent.
2
NORTHERN HANDICAP. Caledonian, 751 to 76 ;London and North Western,
1. to oa As mid (a)
rto 7 'pi Paul Jowls (off) 1151 toe ; Great Western, 633 to 54 ; Midland, 107
to } ; London and South Western, 90 to 92 ; Great
RAI Y, MINING, AND OTHER Eastern, ssi to } ; Brighton, 53} to } ; South
' ARBB.—(THIS DAT.) Eastern, 741 to 1; Metropolitan, 112 to } ;
•
leeks ky 1 ] Great Northern, 102} to 103 ; ditto A, 97 to } ;
te4 to p.m
00 ' GOVERNIIIINT GROORITHIII. London' Chatham, and Dover, I.Bi to i ; Len-
Owed%
Jemmy sad July. 901. ,_ eat,6pse east..Jeaaary sadJely, len csabire and Yorkshire, 127} to 128} ; York and
to 1884,1. . '
cut North Midland, 94} to 96 ; Berwick, 1023 to 103} ;
De., , t.
Caps dope, 6 per Gent, Also and °Meter, and North British, 33} to St.
1800 to l' .. 4. No alteration is apparent in foreign securities
Ceylon , mat., November, 187 A, 114.
Natal f • ' II pr east., Kay and Nev., 1 with
,the exception of a rise of } per cent.
irft• ....
I 5 per cleat, by sea. draws. from 1867 to ,
viz., to 15} to- 16 and 791 to
1875,101. 1, respectively. Brazilian of 1885, 751 to'
New Zealand, 6 per cent., 1891, June and Deo:, 112._ i : Chilian of IRB7_ onl t., on • ir..,.....;... ~.v " asts