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PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 109
ondon, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 96
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Midland Bradford pref. stock, 941 4
Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 941
Wilts and Somerset, 90
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Belgian Eastern Junction, 11
San F'aulo gua.:.7 per cent., 81
Ditto (all), 21
south Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20 1

FOREIGN MINES.

Worthing (limited),

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Chartered Tier. of India, London, and China, 704 70
East London, lira., 74 a
English and Irish (lim.), 15
Imperial Bank (lira.), 274
Imperial Ottoman, 18; f
London and County, 574 84
Netrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 234
Standard of British South Africa (limb), 28 71
Union of Australia,
Ditto, new, 31

MISCELLANEOUS.
Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 2j
Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 5
Hudson's Bay, 18
International Financial Society, 121
Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, Rm.,
Ditto, new, 5,
Land Securities, Um., 44
London General Omnibus Company, 21

THE ROYAL BABY'S HEAD NURSE.—Miss Waters,
of Sand, Somersetshire, has been appointed head nurse to
the young Prince.

FALMOUTH AS A MAIL-PACKET STATION.—It is
with much satisfaction that we are enabled to inform
our readers that in consequence of representations made by
the Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow Chambers of Com-
merce, her Majesty's Government have entered into nego-
tiations with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, with
the view of arranging that the company's magnificent
steamers shall in future call at Falmouth to land and receive
their mails. During the past week some of the Royal Mail
Company's officials have been engaged in examining the ex-
tensive dock and rail way accommodation recently provided
at Falmouth, and it is confidently anticipated that at no
distant date the public will derive the full benefit of a greatly
accelerated mail service. We have not heard that any
arrangement has been made respecting the East India mails.
Doubtless, however, this will follow in due course ; the
reasons which have induced the Government to move in
the matter of the West India mails apply with equal force
to the seaborne portion of the East India mails, and we may
leanonably expect that in a short time all contract mail
steamers will land their mails at the most westerly port in
the EngiiHh Channel, and that the inamenee stream of traffic
which pours through the narrow seas will be relieved from
the dangers incidental to the increase of swiftly-propelled
steam vessels, —.Monty Oreirket .141,k2V.

HOUSE OF L ORDS—(This Day).

THE CASE OF THE AEEXANDRA-THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

V. SILLEM AND OTHERS.

Present :---The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, Lord
St. Leonard's, Lord Kingsdown, Lord Chelmsford, and

Lord Wenslydale.

The Attorney-General in replying upon the whole case,
contended that the rules which had been drawn up by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on which the appeal
was fcunded, were in strict accordance with the
Queen's Remembrancer's Act and the Common Law
Procedure Act. The 26th section of the Queen's Remem-
brancer Act, he maintained, was framed expressly for the
purpose of giving a power of appeal, and quoted many high
legal authorities in support of that view. He pointed out
that Parliament would not have been likely to make laws.
respecting the Court of Exchequer in the way contended fo.
by the defendants in this cose.
Lord 'Wensleydale said it was clearly competent for Par.
'lament to make these laws if it pleased.

The Attorney-General said it was doubtless in the power
of Parliament to make any laws it pleased, and
he had not intended to say anything about the
competency of Parliament in that respect, but suroly Par-
liament, if it pleased, was competent to give power. He
claimed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the power
given under the 26th section, with regard to error. The
learned gentleman was arguing on the subject of the pro-
babilities of the legislature.
The Lord Chancellar said the probabilities or improbabi-
lities, unless they influenced construction, were matters
with which their lordships had nothing to do. The two
cardinal points were the extent and meaning of the word
practice in the 26th sec.; and, second, the point which had
been raised in reference to the retrospective operation of the
rules whioh had been made by the Barons of.the Exchequer.
The Attorney-General was proceeding to reply, when we
went to press.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commission©r Holroyd.)
IN RE T. DOBSON.

This bankrupt was a wine merchant in Nicholas-lane
and Kingston-on-Hull, and was one of the trustees under
the eatato of Z. C. Pearson, the extensive shipowner at
Hull.

Assignees were chosen a fow days since, but subsequently
the creditors held a meeting, at which a resolution was
passed for winding up the affairs out of court.
Mr. Brandon appeared for several creditors, and said that
Mr. Registrar Brougham had reported in favour of the
resolution, but it was necessary that there should be a
formal order for the stay of proceedings pending the com-
pletion of the deed of arrangement.
After hearing Mr. Kearsey for creditors, and Mr. Hack-
wood (Linklater and Hackwood) for bankrupt,
His Honour granted the order.

There was a very long list of first examinations, but no,
thing of interest transpired.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS OF A FORGED ORDER.

—John Watson, charged with obtaining the sum of
£l7los. from Mr. John Dickenson Betts, grocer, of Oxford-
street, by means of a forged order on the London and West-
minster Bank, was again brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt.
The prisoner, it may be remarked, presented a cheque for
108, to Mr. Woollane, in the employ of Mr. Betts,
stating that he had come from Mr. Ball, of Duke-street,
tirosvenor-square, a customer, and Mr. Woollens believing
the cheque which was signed " Bateman" to be genuine,
gave him the money and then detained him, and went to
Mr. Ball and ascertained that he had net sent the prisoner.
A clerk from the London and Westminster Bank now at-
tended, and said that Lord Bateman had an account at the
Bank, but that the signature to the cheque was not his
lordship's, nor anything like it.
Mr. Woollens said he wished to state that they had got
all the money back from the prisoner.
After Mr. Tyrwhitt had cautioned the prisoner,
The prisoner said he had nothing to say.
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for trial.

A JUVENILE GAMBLER AND THlEF,—William Knott,
a boy, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with gambling in
the streets.

Sergeant Thomas Jeater, 4 C, deposed that about five
o'clock yesterday afternoon he saw the prisoner with several
other boys gambling with halfpence near Newport-market.
He took the prisoner into oustody, but the other boys ma-
naged to escape.

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether there were many complaints
of he boys, and the sergeant said there were. It is near
the Mission-house, and a gentleman connected with it pro-
mised to attend, but had not done so.

Mr. Henry Robert Wilson, of Cranbourne•street, hosier,
&c., said that some time ago three lads, the prisoner being
the ringleader, robbed him of a quantity of scarfs. The
prisoner managed to get away, but two others were charged
with the robbery, and convicted. The prisoner was a pest
to the neighbourhood.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the boy 40s. or a month.