The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENENG, DECEMBLE 17, 1868.

bal debt • Did net knew wig Mg become
ee~Neekat lad ettemakuied wit! kit =tit
Nr. Willue erN eat the Ira Its let were
ereillere Ice IMSt. eat they that if the
biebrept were set at liberty more would be beard
et Ma.
• sir Mem said le would not Mean a bankrupt if
eulleleat mum weld be shown for detaining him. Here
time wee no widow* of any intention ea the part of the
bankrupt lege est et Ike way.
The bankrupt ended that he had any rook intention.
Be had attested the meeting of melba% thong! ism
sed then to be arrested, and
oath that be would attend the sittin
gs under his bank-
Tur
Lumley, fora creditor, said the court had ordered
that the amended description should be advertised, and
this bad not been done.

The Commissioner—lt smears that the day for advar.
tieing has not core. yet. The bankrupt's solicitor must
see the advertisement inserted, and I 4411 hold him re-
!Towable for that duty. The bankrupt may take his
Mean.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before Baron Cleasby.)
SIM WILL IPOBOISIT.
The he of Jobs Sporty, who was charged with forging
the will of Henry Trimmer, was about to be pro.eedod
with this morning, and the prisoner was placed at the
bar.

An intimation was, however, given that one of the jury-
men was too ill to continue to perform his duty, and a
medical gentleman was examined, who stated that ho had
been called in to attend the gentleman in question, and
found that he was suffering from disease of the lungs, and
that hemorrhage was to be apprehended. He there-
fore expressed his opinion that it would be dangerous that
the gentleman in question should continue to act.
Baron Clemby said that under these circumstances the
only course that could be taken was to discharge the jury,
and the trial must commence de novo.

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A discussion then arose u,, to what course should be
taken, and eventually the matter stood over.

sriuors MIAMI AGADINT A KILDICAL YAM.
llama* William_ Popp:mill, • surgeon ailing at
Mile-end. surrendered to take his trial for the man-
slaughter of Hannah Clifford.
Mr. Daly and Mr. Cunningham prosecuted; Serjeant
Sleigh and Mr. F. H. Lewis were for the defeuoe.
This case was one of a very serious and important nature,
but the evidence is unfit for publication in detail. The
deceased was a married woman about 30 years of age, the
wife of an eating-house keeper, in the Bethnal-green.
road. She was confined on the 13th of November, and
the allegation on the part of the prosecution was that the
defendant, who was called in to attend her, had by grossly
unskilful and improper treatment caused her death.
The defence appeared to be that there was no such
negligence se was imputed to the defendant, and that the
fatal result was solely owing to accident, and unavoidable.
The case was proceeding when we went to press, and
was likely to occupy a considerable time.
(Before the Common Serjeant.)

IP~lli M, kiZrm,-- DiZileJur7W; indicted for
stealing the sum of 171. 3s. Uld., the monies of Joseph
Deny and others.
Mr. Besley conducted the prosecution. The prisoner
was undefended.

In his opening statement Mr. Bosley said this
was the first prosecution under an act of par-
liament passed last session, at the instance of
the Recorder of London, entitled "an act to amend
the law relating to larceny and embezzlement." The in-
dictment was preferred not so much for the punishment of
the prisoner at the bar as for the purpose of enlighten-
ing those who were members of trades union societies as to
the; law on the subject. The circumstances under which
the set of last session was passed were as follow:
It appeared that in the year 1835 an act was
passed- which was intended to give the benefit
of a summary conviction of defaulting officers
of trades unions that was accorded to friendly societies.
From 1856 to 1867 members of trades unions who mis-
applied their funds were sentenced to imprisonment, and
it prevented frauds on the pert of trades union officers.
In the beginning of 1867, however, a question was raised
whether trades union societies were entitled to this
summary power, and upon full discussion taking place, the
judges, whilst believing that there was nothing criminal
in the regulations of trades unions, held that such regule!
tieing were in restraint of trade, and were illegal in that
sense, and that trades unions wore therefore not entitled
to this summary conviction under the act of parliament.
A very widespread opinion then extended itself among
trades union officers that they could embezzle and appro-
priate to themselves, with impunity the moneys of their
brother workmen. The question was afterwards a little
cleared by a decision of Justice Lush, who in the cased an
officer charged with forgery, ruled that the man was also
a co-partner in the concern, and that he was guilty of
forging the name of the co-partnery. The question of
property did not arise, and thus it was ruled that whilst
an officer could be convicted of forgery, he could not be
convicted of appropriating the funds in which he had a
beneficial interest. To put a stop to this state of matters
the Recorder's Act was panted on the 31st of July this year,
and it enacted that a member of a co-partnership guilty
of converting to his own use the property of a partner-
ship should be treated as if be was not such member. The
prisoner was the treasurer of an Operative Bricklayers
in Shoreditch, from December, 1867, to June 27,
1868, and there was a dafitheacy of 173. odd in his ac-
count. Ile admitted that he had appropriated part of
this sum, and said be had lost the remainder, and he pro-
mised to repay the money, but on the day after the pass-
ing of the acthe absconded. The question was whether
the offence was committed before or after the passing of
the act.
The jury found the prisoner Gei/tp, and he was sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

PROBUTTION DT TER

OP POLICE.

Charles Norsk police constable, 462 N, was summoned
before Mr. Cooke, at the instance of the c insiioner of
P,"" - to - the of diving

the Metropolitan t'olioe, answer w. charge
been guilty of neglect of duty as a police-coastal:La of the
Metropolitan Police in not patrolling his beat for three
hours and forty minutes on the morning of the 14th inst.,
whereby a burglary was effected thereon at the pariah o.
Islington.
The case was proved by the evidence of other constables.
Inspector Taylor, N thermion, having remarked that these
proceedings were instituted by order of Captain Harris,
said if the beat had been properly worked by the de-
fendant, a burglary which was committed in Union-
square would have been prevented.
The defendant's plea was that be bad to work three
beats instead of two and a half, and that he had been
mistaken in the time.
Mr. Cooke said the case was very satisfactorily proved,
and he therefore sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of
5/., or to be imprisoned for a month, adding that this
was probably not the worst part of the punishment the
defendant would receive, as he supposed that after his
conviction he would be discliargetL

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
THREATYYING LETTER!! TO A DOCTOR.
Jews Emery Knowles, formerly servant to Dr. Henry
Parfitt, of Pall-null, was brought before Mr. Knox
charged with using threats and sending threatening letters
to Dr. Perlin.
Dr. Parfitt said—The prisoner was formerly my servant,
and was discharged on the 314 of October for general in-
attention and dirty habits. While in my service he
threatened to burn my house down, and since he has left
he has sent me letters which I will swear are in his hand-
writing. _
Dr. Parfitt handed the letters to Mr. Knox, who read
them as follows:—" Dr. Pisrtitt, I suppose you got my
letter on Sunday. 1 followed you from Warwick Chapel
home. There's no mistake ; if I was a single man I would
have been in Newsate. I have not boon in bed for three
nights. My wife is fast harrying to her grave through
your cruel treatment, and you and Mrs. Portia are the
ones, with all your dupes, that still makes revenge
rankle in my heart, . .I have been offered
many a situation without your recommendation,
but something tells me you ought to be punished
first. . . You may thank God my wife was with me
in Oxford-street when I met you, or I would make a
public show of you. I will linger till every stitch is off
my back till I see you. You are a perfect coward. I
have composed a bit of poetry, and you shall have it for a
Christmas-box if you live so long. Mat God soon take
my wife from me, for she would sooner die than speak of
you or yours, Lut come what may—kindnem or unkind-
nerm—l will Lave toy revenge, so help me Ood.—l am a
madman. "J. H. Kwowuts."
The second letter was in similar terms.
Dr. Partin—l saw him yesterday in Pall-mall, evidently
waiting for me. He was hanging'behind a cart, and look-
ing through the wheels towards me.
Mr. Knox—Was he in the habit of getting drunk
Dr. Parfitt—l never saw him drunk, but his could take
a good deal before he would get drunk. He gave way to
pa-ROIL
The prisoner—Although I wrote the letter I never Lad
any evil intention towards you. I have acted in a strange
way, but it was through vexation.
Ann Leonard and Emily How, two servants of Dr.
Parfitt, spoke to hearing the prisoner threaten to burn
down Dr. Parfitt's house.
Anthony Herring, 60 C, raid—Last night, about 9
o'clock, I went to No. 10, Monmouth-court, and told the
prisoner I had a warrant for his apprehension, and he
said he would go' quietly. He said that Dr. Parfitt had
discharged him without a character, and that he was de-
termined to know the reason why. He said he had never
vaulted Dr. Parfitt, but would have done e° had not his
wife been with him, and that he was writing Dr. Par-
private history, and saint to expose him, and that
it would cover ids sheets of foolscap. Ha also said that
be was starviag. mid could not get a situation, and that
be would sears bo is lobos than atarve.
The prfareer—l have dose av I am very hasty, and
at limes don't know what I do. I have been in the army

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81100ZINO 724011 DY nor nu►aa.

A tragical occurrence has just taken plaoe at
Beaton (Marche). Lepe&tier, mayor of that plasm
had died from as attack of apoplexy, whit* returning
from the funeral of IL Ravin. Hs waft still • lying
unburied, when a disputa ea some question of in-
tweet arose between his son and his daughteee hue.
band. The former at length lost all control over his tom-
par, and on his mother intervening and reproaching him
for his Insamonly behaviour, be discharged the contents of
eatun into her aide, wounding her dangerously. Re then
went into a field ancliblew out his own brains.

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tooted es the heater of Lyabliaaa proolanatbna,
has been muted at Magma Sidon* when PM*
distnebiutose have rectally w Place.

rdirOVAJEARIET.—asia DAY,
ONE O'CLOCK.
In tie Stock lisciaanp to-day a better 'ten-
dency is apparent, owing to the more favourable
diameter of the advioes from abroad, and to the
advance yesterday in the Freaoli funds. The
transactions We more numerous, and mesa*
almost entirely of purchases. Console are wit out
alteraticn, but an advance is observabl in
many other moor:ties. As regards railway stocks,
Metropolitan is in good demand, and it per omit.
higher. The ries in foreign bonds ranges from
to h per cent., the principal movement being in
the Orel Vitebsk Railway loan and Turkish of
10416. United States 6-20 bonds are inquired for.
Then is no alteration in the discount market,
and the rate for loans in the Stook Exchange ia
still 2 to 2k per cent.
Console are at 921 to f, ea div., for money,
and 921 to I, ex div., for the account (Jan. 6),
and the Three per Cleats. Reduced and New Three
per Cents., 921 to h.

The railway market is rather firm. Metropoli-
tan stock is in request, and } per coat, better, at
102/ to 103. Great Western and Great Eastern
have risen 1, viz., to 481 to i and 411
to respectively. London and North Western,
111; to 1121; Midland, 111; to 112 k; London
and South Western, 87 to 88; Brighton, 44
to 49; South Eastern, 79 to 1 ; Great Northern,
1061 to 1061; ditto A, 1081 to 1; Caledonian,
73/ to 74 ; and London, Chatham. and Dover,
161 to 17.

An improvement is apparent in nearly all the
speculative foreign bonds. Turkish of 1865 and
the Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan have risen 4 per
cent. ; Egyptian of 1868 and the Charkof-Axof
Railway Loan, I; and Italian of 1861 and Pe-
ruvian of 1865, 4. Subjoined are the quota-
tions : Brazilian of 1865, 78 to 4 ;
Clam of 1887, 96 to 97 ; Egyptian
of 1884, 834 to 4 ; ditto of 1868,
74 to 4 ; Italian of 1881, 561 to 1; ditto
Tobacco Loan, 31 to 1 prem. ; Mexi-
can, 15 to 4 ; Peruvian of 1865, 811 to a ;
Russian of 1888, 891 to 90 ; ditto Nioolai, 654
to 1 ; ditto Orel, 794 to 80 ; ditto Mosoow-
Jaroalaw, 784 to 3, ez div.; ditto Charkof-
Azof, 14 to 14 die. ; ditto Charoow-Krementsohng,
1 to 03 dis. ; Spanish of 1867, 324 to 1;
Turkish of 1858, 611 to 624 ; ditto of 1862, 621
to 634 ; and ditto of 1865, 391 to $.
No variation of importance has occurred in
Indian government stocks. The Five per Cents.
are at 1111 to 1121 ; the Four, 1021 to 103 ;
the Bonds, se. to 10s. pram.; and the Deben-
tures, 1043 to 103. Exchequer Bills, March, par
to as. prem. ; ditto, June, 3s. to Bs. prom. Bank
Stock, 240 to 242.
Bank shares show no alteration. City, 111 to
124 ; Imperial, 174 to 184 ; London and County,
501 to ; London and Westminster, 664 to 674;
Union of London, 38/ to 391; Anglo-Austrian,
71 to 81 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 13 to 11
prem.

Very few bargains have been recorded in mie-

cellanoous eharue. Hudson's Bay are rather flat,
and have declined 2s. 6d., viz., to 131 to 14 ; Na-
tional Discount, 111 to In ; General Credit, 2
to 11 dis. ; International, If to lf dia. ; Tele-
graph Construction, 16 to ; Atlantic Telegraph,
Right per Cent. Preference, 211 to 1 ; and Anglo-
American, 31 to 1.
United States 5-20 Bonds have improved per
cent., the present price being 741 to 1 ; Erie Rail-
way shares, 271 to a ; Illinois Central, M ;
Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 401 to
; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bond*, 42
to 1.

An extraordinary meeting of the proprietors of
the East London Bank (Limited) will be hold on
the 24th inst., when resolutions will be submitted
for changing the name of the undertaking, for re-
ducing the capital, and altering the regulations
contained in the articles of association.

TWO O'CLOCK.

The government funds are steady, at the above-

mentioned pries'. Railway stocks show dulness,
and Great Western, Great Eastern, Metropolitan,
and Great Northern A have declined to } per
oent. Egyptian of 1668, and Peruvian of 1866,
are to lower. Anglo-American Telegraph
shares have re ceded 2s. 6d.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

Consols etre dull, and have declined 1-16 to i
cent., viz., to 921, ex div., for money, and
§2l to ex div., for the account.

Railway stocks are without change of import-
ance. Caledonian, 731 to 71; Brighton, 481 to
49 ; Metropolitan, 1021 to ; South Eastern, 79
to ; Midland, 112 tol ; (heat Eastern, 411 to ;
and London and North Western, 1112 to 112.
Foreign bonds are dull. Turkish of 186.1 arc
per cent. lower, at 391 to 1 ; Italian of 1861, 361
to :; Peruvian of 1863, 811 to I ; and Spanish of
1867, 326 to 1.
The sum of 8,0001. in bar gold has been sent
into the Bank.

At Paris this ntoruing the Three per Cent.
Bentes opened ut illfr. 47e. for the aeeotmt, being
I per cent. lower.

Another failure was announced in the Stock
Exchange yesterday, but the liabilities we•re very
limited.

The mail steamer Nova. for the West Indies,
will take to-day only 939/. in specie.
The bidding. for 100,0001. in bills on Calcutta
and Madras were made yesterday at the Bank of
England. 76,9001. was allotted to Calcutta and
23,1001. to Madras. The minimum was the same
as before, via., Is. Ild. Tenders at Is. 11/d. on
both presidencies will receive about 77 per cent.,
this rate being Id. higher than on the last occa-
sion. The amount now allotted, however, is
100,0001. less than before. These results show a
further increase in the demand for the means of
remittance to the East.

The directors of the Chartered Mercantile Bank
of India, London, and China have declared a di-
vidend of 3 per cent. (free of income tax) for the
half-year ending the 31st inst., payable on the
Ist January.

The transfer books of the Indian Tramway Com-
pany (Limited) are to be closed from the 19th
met. till the 2nd January, for the purpose of
making up the half-yearly dividend warrants.
The Bank of New South Wales have given
notice that they will pay the half-year's interest
duo in London on the let January, on all deben-
tures issued by the New South Wales Government.
Mears. J. Henry Schroder and Co. have an-
nounced the dividend due on the bonds of tho
New Orleans, Jackson and Groat Northern Rail-
road Company.

The coupons of the Egyptian Government Rail-
way Debenture Loan, due the Ist proximo, and
the bonds of Series E, Nos. 20,001 to 2.3,000,
drawn for redemption; aka the novo= of the
United Danubian Principalities !light per Cent
Loan of 1867, due the lot proximo, and the bonds
drawn for rodem&:on are advertised for payment
by Messrs. Prnblingind Goschen.
A letter addressed to the committee of the Stook
Brehm on behalf of the Committee of Spanish
Passive Wat givesll public notice
wi be offere d by that 64
Vilb s qp=orany new Spanish loan until the

claim. of the Pooive bondholders shell hove bus
wholly settled. . I

WAWA 111117210. AND OTHER
811ABAW8.—allI8 DA r.
perm pima M L rm.)
ooLoinAL oonuannerr siouirrni.
New 6 pAr cert., ar. mei /sly, No.
Di., I. Jam, 1891 OW, N.
ova
8 pa, mi. w and Di, 19 led
7, a& id
N &arm apes oat, 111 Y, 1884 left.
unaumgam, • per rest, jam st.l
jutlfS34, Mug.
Victinieuidmil,azwikApeU male
AND eroormoe‘ 1, 1.
Calsderier, 731,1
Greed aim.,, 41 ,
GreM Nerthern (A receives no 4zd6ma .dad liar
cent• has bur paid toDo. ). 1061.
Great ars, Origbud. 4.
, &We nth Waft Sit 81
Lasiss, Brighter, sr d scam Cori, 49.
Learn, Chadman, era Dover, lei.
Lanier nod North Western, 1111, 12.
Midlerll2.
Mstrepedlisa, 1021, 3, 21.
&
LINER LEASED AT FIXED RENTAIA.
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 6.
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Born. , Bar., and Coat India, lira. 6 per at., Me, 1.
Rea Beduin, . 5 cent., 109, 83.
Great Indian Peninsula, guar. 6 pm cent., 107.
Great Western of Canada, 141, Ir.
Wadies.
_guar 5 per rest., 1084, 1.
Bands (Delhi), guar. 6 par cent., 104, 31.
FOREIGN RAILWAY&
Great Luxembourg, 104, 11.
Ottoman (Smyrna to &din), 31.
South Audania and Lomberlo.Verstian. 161,
FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS.
Great Luxembourg (redeem. a 5), 31, 11-li.
Mosoow-Jarcelaw, gem by Kneelee Govt., 781 1, f.
iitebek, guar. by Remain Governamt, per mate
COLONIAL AND FORNIDN KUM
Don Pedro, North dot Big, 3 3-14,1, pea.
Scoria' Australia (Limited), 1.
Vancouver Coal (Limited), di.
Bank JOINT &POOR BASED. of gypt,
Colonial. 4E 331.
1.
Imperial °Mame, 11.
Lembra and Cenaa:Otle.
Lender hint '1161,1.
Larkin and W OA
Merupoliten (Limited), 4.
Oriental Beak Corporation. 421.
Union of Australia, 49.
Union of London, 39.
MISCELLANIOUIL
Anglo-American TeleuraA (Limited),
Angio-Mediterranesa l'graph (Limit 10$;
Atlantic Telegraph, 281, 9.
Do., $ per cent., 731.
Credit Former of England (Limitedla
Engin& and Australian Copper %wait
Panama, New Zealand, and micelles Mal
(Limited), 11.
Telegraph Calmtruction and Mainterarce (Lim), 1611, 1.
Universal Marine Insurance (Limited),
Viceroy of Egypt (Kedged') Loan, 76t.

rarz&-crsra DAL)

ON WOLOCZ.

Shares in tin mines; are in requostt.;:day, and
show an upward tendency. Some of the present
quotations are as follows :—Great Wheal Vor, 11
to 121 ; Tin Croft, 16 to 161; Trumpet
Consols, 15 to 16 ; East Trumpet, 2k
to 21; Wheal Grenville, 325. 6d. to 335.; Worst
Chiverton, 39 to 60 ; Chiverton, 61 to 6k;
Drake Walls, 17s. to 19s. ; East Lovell, 84 to 9;
East Caradon, 7/ to 8 ; Great Western Mines.
24 to 21 ; Prince of Wales, 275. 6d. to 305.; Weal
Caradon, to 4 ; Chiverton Moor, 6t061 ; North
Crofty, 255. to 275. 6d. ; Providence, 33 to 34 ;
and Botallack, 175 to 200.

Annexed are tho quotation!' of foreign an!
colonial mining aharea John del Bey, 14k
to 13k ; Don Pedro, 31 to prem.; Anglo-
Brazilian, 1-16 dis. to 1-16 prem. ; Pests-
rens, lf to k dia. ; Chontales, 2f to ;
Roam Grande, 7-16 to 9-16 prem. ; Angle-
Italian, kto prem. ; United Mexican, If to 2 ;
Frontino and Bolivia, 3-16 to 7-16; Poet
Phillip, 12 to 2 ; Sao Vicente, If to 2 prom
Taquaril, 1-16 to 3-16 prem. ; Yeas:mm.lton*.
2 to ; and Nerbudds Coal, 21 to I dia.