The Express. — London, England, 1866-05-24 00:00:00

*parting Entelitgnut. 11UNCEESTER RACFS—WEIMSDAT. THS THIAL HANDICAP of 5 SOPS. each, 3 tie with *added ! 'a Anima extra. One mile and a quarmr. N. I Buekley's Wynogay, by Itillenan, dam by 81dcht of-Hand, aged, Sat 101 b . . .... . (llno wden ) Mr. Handley's Custalogs, 3 yrs, .6st 13Ib (Kenyon) Betting AI to 4 on Custalolta. THI PHILLIPS HANDICAP of SO SOPS. , tutzsnoe 2 GOVI. ; hers extra. klre turiongs. Mr. Ealtrett's Edinburgh, by Mountain peer—Honeaty, 4 yrs, Tat 131 b (Whiliay) 1 Mr. J. Palmer's Caithness, 3 yrs, 7st lib !Mel Sib ( extra) !Carroll) Mr. W. Phillips's Persuasion, 6 yrs, 7st sn (llOystead) 3 Tho followLig also ran .—Lucy Long, Wallet, and Sylph. Betting: 7 to 4 apt Caithness, 4 to 1 each apt Persuasion and Sylph, 1.; to 1 each agst Lucy Long and Edin b urg h , and 10 to 1 apt any other. Tin Coos cue of 200 son. in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 soya. each ; winners extra : the owner of the Necoull horse to receive 20 son. out of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. (31 subs) Mr. If. Wilkinson's East Lynn, by Limbton—Miss Tees dale. 4 yes, est 131 h ( Cameron) 1 Mr. Ooodlass's Empress of India, 5 yen, 7st Slb W. Martin) 2 Mr. B. B. JeffeeT's Wild Poppy, 4 yrs, 7st 2lb .....Carroll) 3 The following also ran : Clown, Stoekinger, Cutaway , Gun &ode. Lady Touchstone s. Lozenge, and Saucy Boy. Mr. Bat ter declared to win with Cutaway. Betting: T to 2 apt Wild Poppy. 6 to 1 eget Lozenge, 100 to 15 apt East Lynn, 7 to 1 apt The Clown, 7 to 1 apt Stocidnger, 9 to 1 apt bupreas of India, 100 to 8 apt Cutaway, and sto 1 apt Mr. Barber's two coupled. THE SAPLING STAKES of 6 son each, with 100 added, for 2-rr-olds ; colts, Set 101 b; fi llies, Bat 71b; winners extra. live furlongs. Mr. lobirt's Maggie, by Colsterdale—Patch, Set Tin ;Morris) 1 Payne) 2 J. Snowden) 3 Mr. Stevens' Premier, Bst 101 b Mr. Copeland's Dybbol, Bst 10Ib Highland Mary also ran Betting: 2t04 on ?render. Won by a length; bad third. THE CHENTLitriIiLD HANDICAP, of 5 SUM each, with 50 added winners extra. One mile s ' Mr Phillips's Persuasion, by the Cure—Diphthong, 5 ym, Ost 71h (Cameron) 1 Mr. PluLine's Arkansas, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Handley's Retrousee, 3 gni, Set 121 b 'Kenyon) S Duty Free and Queen of Trumps also ran. Betting: 6 to 4 &gat Retrousse, 5 to 2 agst Queen of Trumps, 4 to 1 spot Arkansas, and 5 to 1 agst Persuasion. TEM MAIDEN PLATE, of 50 soya., for 3.yrolds and upwards; Wei:4l4 for age, with allowances. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Ridley's Cerperby, by Barntou—Bolton's dam, S yrs, 74 (Carroll) 1 Mr. C. Peck, Jun.'s, Bachelor, S yrs, Tat (Hudson) 2 Er. Henderson's Stafford, 4 yrs, Sat Mb Snowden) 3 Reparation also ran. Betting: 2to 1 on Carperby, 4to 1 agst Bachelor. Won by a lergth and a half, five lengths between second and third. Attull'En.--}illy by Gunboat, Kenilworth, Thermometer. Fsriot rot Halt HAJLSTr's PLATE.— ftelinz, Honesty, Dart, .Ark.usst, Helen, Cutaway, Clown, Custalosra. and Lozenge. treAtTeRINOS.—TMADF-911EreS Cur.—All paid but Clown. Lord Couyugham, Helen, Arkansas. Honesty, The Czar, Retrousse, C.irpqr.y, Moulsey, out of all Manchester engagements. PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW. THE GRAND STAND PLATS (Handicap; ,if 50 Mora. Seven fur longs. To name ten minutes after the last race the night bet.), e running, to the Clerk of the Course, at the Grand Stand. THE SALEOUD 1301101:011 CUP of 100 sons. in specie, added to a handicap Sweepstakes of 7 soy& each, 3ft ; the winner of any mice after May 2, at 11 am., value 300 sent., 715: if of the value of 503 soya., 1015: and the second In any race of 500 soys value, bib extra; no horse to carry more than 10lb extra ; the second to receivela soya. One mile 5 furlongs. 130 cubs.) Age at lh Age st lh The Clown 6 812 Dart 3 012 Lord Conynghani .. 4 8 4 Stoic Marry Brailsford .... 4 8 3 Nlxam 3 611 Cuzuvrty ...........8 0 Retrousse Lady of ( 'overdale .. 4 8 0 Gundrede De-.lemma . .... . 5 . 712 eby liabreur or Wool Vildinan S 712 wich—Lady Touch- NV,'. 1 Poppy Past Lynn Tree...tiro TrJve .. Chederfleld Clxiblia ..... ... .. 3 7 7 Duty Free Bellin .. ... ....... 3 7 5 Wallet Lucifer Castanet 3 613 Success +paid) The Czar TIIE IRwr.u. PLATE (Handicap. of 50 sot's, for all ages: the Winner of any race after May 16, at noon. value 50 soya., slh ; of awo, or one of 100, 71h extra s . lb Age . About half a mile. ;21 subs.) Age et lb Q:isen of Trumps Leo.) Long ...... ... 4 8 7 Alberta, by King Tom 3 11 Vynnitay Alice Lee .. . Rbca 4 8 3 Bachelor 3 6 6 by Vedette —Pe- Saucy Boy 3 6 tria dam .... .. 4 710 Hanover ....... . Ea,t ,tailley . Puritan Reparation 4 7 S Gentllle }lying Jib Tu . :: DEbBY Hammes, of 60 soya for all ages ; the winner of soy race value 50 novel alter May 8, at 10 a.m., 51b; of two, or Ono ..f LA fi ,, V I , 71b; or of any race at Livia meeting, 101 n extra. About 5 furlongs. Age at lb Queen of Tromps— . • 9 0 S7lph Lucy Long 4 710 Kenilworth Vol !:Ivla ... . Xtlf:ltruti ..... Th., Onint Rest St miry . ... a 7 0 cby 3abreur or Wool- Csithuesi me 71r en) 3 011 wich—Laily Touch- Permasbni 5 6 8 stone 3 5 7 Age et lb 3 6 2 .3 6 . 3 6 13 . 3 5 13 .. 3 610 WentworthlucLlbez) 3 8 7 Wallet 711? li.,:d Tll4 WILTON HA7P1049 of 5 cove. each, 3 ft, with 50 added, tor all epee; the winner of any race after May 4. at 10 s.m., Irahtt. So nova.. Sib; of two, or one of 100 sow., 71b extra. One Ulla. (14 subs.) Age at lb Age at lb 3lotil3ey Gorlian Knot .... .'5 4 2 The Daanebrott 3 slb fitni.'4incel Wynailay &lila Tel - 70r Lady of th; Tees .... 3 513 Honey Bee . .. TILE NURSKRY fiANDICPiP of 90 sovs., for 2-yr.olds ; winners of n) 401' i. after May 2, at 10 a.m , 3lb ; of 100 soya, 71b extra. ]tali a 11111 e. at lb 6 10 Captive Premier Ft. lb 8 3 7 8 7 8 7 7 _ . Itej.4 - .1 , 1er ...... . . 8 7 lit auclere Atich..n . ite C by Fandango--South• Timbrel tauten i dam High.aml Mary Tho King's Daughter .. •. 8 3 Monmouthshire Leas 7 0 CRICKET. ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN V. UNITED ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN.—This match was concluded yesterday at Lord's, with the following results :—United, first innings, IS6; second innings, 146—total, 3:4. All England, first innings, 112; second innings, 153—total, :'ti ; the United thus winning the match by 139 runs. TRAFFIC RETURNS. _ Miles Pas- lifer- Total, Total, RAILWAY'S open /bangers. ellaudise. 18ed. 1345. Week ending March 4. C L iZ L Great Indian Peninsula .. 7014 5.660 22,135 34,775 24,542 Wee% ending March 24. Madras—South West Line. 492 7,349 6,481 845 397 North West Line. 119 vase ending Aprll 14 BalillaudSanFrineisco 70f 223 443 666 74 Week ending May IS . Beirut and N. Comities 9Yj 1,009 805 1,874 1,856 Limerick and Ennis Limerick and Foyoes . Lundasslerry it Coleraine. 30 171 116 289 291 Wat-rford and Kilkenny 3l , 146 192 333 386 '4Vaterioril and Limerick . 77 539 666 1,206 1,213 Week ending May 6. (Scottish North Eastern . 143 Weft. ending May 19 Pembroke and Tenby . 111 Week ending May 20 Cornwall Great Eastern Graft Northern Great Western V.M2 43,389 37,396 80,784 68.854 Kancashtre and Yorkshire 403 20,07 27,431 47,918 40,137 , Lonion. Chatham, et Dover I Met. Ex. & Branches . 1351 '9,527 1,6117 11,194 9,256 31e:to. En. of 1.. C. & D l2l '2,599 277 2,876 2.500 t Kent ('east Branch London &N. nth Western 12731 57,672 64,416 122,088 114,171 and Smith Western - 2.0,309 7,876 37,185 - Manchester. Sheffield, and 246 6,897 14,630 21,527 18,242 Ilencheater,SouthJunction, Altrineham - 1,089 493 1,582 1.541 ilaml 6771'19,143 33,600 52,743 45.426 North Staffordshire - - 8,933 7, 879 __. 5,480 6,657 105 67 Pouth Devon Ulster 98 1.702 1.811 4.524 4:104 1.245 1,112 %We 2,127 • Includes Whit Sunday. t Of the receipts for both weeks the London, Chatham, and wer Railway Company are entitled to retain 50 per cent. for working the traffic. BItITISH COAL EXPORTA.—The total exports of coal from the ports of Great Britain, during April, 1886, amounted to 888,490 tons, showing a total increase as com pared with April, 1865, of 157,987 tons. The report of Messrs lligtinson and Co., of Liverpool,showe the exports from the northern ports to have been during the month of April, 1366, 466,504 tons, an increase over mime month of 1845 a 63,973 tons ; from the Yorkshire ports 13,205, an increase of 13,664 ; from Liverpool, 54,951, an increase of ; from London, 4,271, a decrease of 1,781 tons ; from the Slvern ports, 264,365, an increase of 66,796, and from the Scotch ports 65,194 tons, an increase of 6,445, The exports coastwise from Liverpool during April, 1866, were 11,773, an increase over April, 1865, of 1,776 tons. The total imports of South Wales and other coals coastwise into the port of Liverpool during April, 1866, were 4,969, almwing a decrease as compared with April, 1865, of 6,847. During April, 1866, 227,645 tons of sea-borne coals were imported into London, being 13,639 tons less than imported during April, 1865. By railways and canals there were imported during April. 1866, 250,890 tons, showing an increase of 11,511 tons as compared with April, 1865. (Advertisement.l-11oLLOWAY'S 01:cram/yr ♦ND CoMpliC3tion Of Diseases. -- Ulcerations, abscesses. swollen glands, and other disorders arising from unseen and unsuspected causes may be cured by the use of this euxllent Ointment, aided by Holloway's purifying Pills. The printed Latructinus in which the remedies are wrapped are suffickntly explicit for the guidance of any invalid with moderate intelli gence. Holloway's medicaments can always be used with advan tage and without danger. }•or more than a quarter of a century the)• have Proved t►emselves tole a treasure to the poor afflicted with disease. Both the ointment and Pills are especially adapted for militnry and naval men, colonists, and travellers, who cannot everywhere nbtdn medical assistance, but may always successfully doctot themselves with Holloway's remedies. lain EnttUisence. TREATMENT OF THE SICK IN sHoRENTair WORKHOUSE. BAIL COURT.-MAr 23. bitting, at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—{Before bir.Justice Yesterday Mr. Humphreys, coroner, held en inquiry at the Green Man Tavern, Holton, touching the death of Moses Mitchel, aged about U years. Sophia Wood, paid head-nurse of the sick ward of Shore ditch workhouse, was the first witness called. She said that the deceased was • pauper patient. He came under her care last Tuesday, she beMeved by Dr. Clarke's orders. The following day he was visited by Dr. Clarke. He said on the Wednesday morning that he felt better. After dinner time witness was going a round, and when she came to the last bed (deceased's) she was much surprised to find him dead. She had not seen him from 9 till 3. Witness had • paid nurse under her. The under nurse bad five wards to attend to, and she could not always be in one ward. Witness's duties were so numerous, drawing the beer and arranging various things, that witness could not be always in the ward. Witness could almost be positive that the deceased did not suffer any injury while in the ward. He vomited • great deal ; it was like blood that he threw up. There were 23 patients in ward No. 16. Edward Parry, a pauper inmate, said that he had been a clerk, but was at present in No. 16 sick ward of Shore ditch workhouse. Deceased complained of pain on Wed nesday last. He appeared more prostrate on Wednesday than on the previous day. On Tuesday he was sent a meat dinner, but he did not eat much of it. Wit ness told him that he should go to bed and have his clothes taken away. He declined to do so. Wit ness told him that it was the rule to go to bed and give up his clothes. Witness assisted in the ward, and bad his clothes in consequence, although he was a patient. Witness gave deceased a bath, and admi nistered remedies for the flux, from which he was suffering. He got tea, ke., on Tuesday night. An inmate wardsman slept in the wardat night. Onthe Wednesday, at dinner time, witness noticed that deceased was eating pea soup, and witness having heard the under nurse say that she would endeavour to get some beef tea for him, witress told him not to eat it. The beef tea was got, and he par took of it. At twenty minutes to 4 o'clock he was found to be dead, but still quite warm. He never made any complaints. The Coroner—The ward is under the charge of • head nurse and under nurse, a pauper wardsman, • youth as a helper, and yourself? Witness—l only acted voluntarily. There was no I advantage in food, tic.. to me. Coroner—You were merely an amateur ; but as you apparently did more for the deceased than any of the others, I supposed you were on the staff. Ellen Harding, under nurse, said that the deceased got medicine at 11 o'clock on Wednesday ; he got none on Tuesday. Thewitness afterwards corrected this statement by saying that she gave him a does of " plaster of Paris" on the Tuesday. That was without any special orders ; she hadit by her, and the man said that he had been taking it before. Witness was allowed to give plaster of Paris to those who had a touch of diarrhrsa. On Wednesday she had not seen Dr. Clarke when she gave him medicine. A bottle was sent up labelled, and she gave some of the medicine in it. Dr. Clarke told witness on Tuesday to watch deceased carefully, for he was very bad. Witness considered that she carried out those instructions. Charles Itoberton, a pauper inmate of Shoreditch workhouse, said that deceased wee ill in the workhouse several days prior to the 10th inst., when he went out, and on his return said that he bad got medicine from a chemist which had done him a great deal of good. He afterwards got medicine from the wardsman. The medicine was labelled " plaster of Paris." It was • solution of chloride of lime, capsicum and tincture of peppermint. He asked for the doctor, and after some hesitation on the part of the wardsman, be was allowed to see the doctor on Saturday week, who ordered him to go on with the plaster of Paris. He saw the doctor a second time, and was told to go on with the same medicine. The doctor did not examine his pulse, 4:c. The next day (Tuesday) the inmates reported to the labour master that it was dan gerous to have the man in the yard (No. 1) in such a state, but although it was then 6.30 a.m., nothing was done until 12 o'clock, when a message came that be was to go to the infirmary to see the doctor. Mean while nothing was done to save the deceased. He was going in with the stream to the dinner when he was told to go to the infirmary. He had been suffering severely from the severest form of diarrhoea. On the Saturday the doctor had given him a bottle of plaster of Paris. On the Wednesday morning that bottle was sent for to be given to him in the infirmary. Edmund Wynn, another inmate of No. 1 ward, corrobo rated the last witness, and said that after the state of the deceased was reported to the officials on the Tuesday morn ing all the inmates of that ward were, in the usual routine, locked in the ward. There were no means of communicating with the officials then until dinner time. There was no bell, kc. The ward communicated with a yard in which the oakum sheds were, but the yard was cut off from the front of the premises. On Tuesday morning deceased asked the deputy master if he might go out to get more medicine from the chemist; the deputy-master told him that he should be attended to. Deceased thought that he had taken too much plaster of Paris, and that it had " bound him up." Unless by kicking at the doors, there were no means of communicating with the officers when the ward was locked. The master of the workhouse contradicted this latter statement, and asked the witness whether he had not him self gone up at times into the sick ward. The witness said that sometimes if a gate was open lie went up by stealth, but certainly not to see an officer. With a view to ascertain the correctness of the state ment that the medicine given on the Wednesday in the infirmary to the deceased was merely the remains of the plaster of Paris, given him by the doctor on the previous Saturday, the nurse Harding was recalled. She said that the medicine was now thrown away, but she believed the bottle was full when it was brought up to the sick ward ; but if she was to think of all these things, she would have to " make an almanac of her head," which she was not going to do. The pauper wardsman said that the bottle was full when he saw it on the Wednesday. Mr. Painter, master of the workhouse, said that de ceased had been an inmate of the house since August, 1865, and that he was a carman by calling. Dv. Tebay, of the Greycoat Hospital, said that the post mortem examination showed that deceased died from syn cope, or failure of the heart's action. Exhaustion from diarrhoea might tend to such a result, but deceased's heart was weak. He attributed the death to natural causes, with the qualification that the under officials ought to have laid more stress on the symptoms, or rather urgency, to the medical officers at the latter stage. The coroner having summed up, The jury returned the following verdict—" That the deceased was found dead in Shoreditch workhouse ; and that his death arose from the mortal effects of syncope from exhaustion ; and the said jurors do further any that they are of opinion deceased ought to have received medical attention at an earlier period of the day before his death ; that the wardsman ought to have given greater facility to deceased to see the doctor ; and that there was neglect on the part of the paid nurses in leaving the deceased to the I care of the pauper inmates." I'm Lush and Common Juries.) This yrs the first day of the in term Nisi Prius sittings. CALDWILL tl. SMITH. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 100/., drawn on the 7th April, 1864, for three months, and endorsed to the plaintiff, together with 5/. 18s. 6d. interest. The de fendant by various pleas denied his liability. Mr. Pearce and Mr. E. Bailey were counsel for the plain tiff ; Mr. Murphy was counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff is a licensed victualler and the proprietor of a dancing academy in Dean-street, Soho, and the defendant carrieson business at 4 ands, Leadenhell-market. When the bill was drawn the defendant was in the employment of, or bad a share in the business carried on at the market by a person named Brookes. Plaintiff had had business transactions with Brookes, and when plaintiff was 'faked to advance the money he consented to do so if Smith would draw the bill and Brookes accept it and endorse it over. That was done, and when the bilk became due Smith, on application to the plaintiff, obtained time, and the bill was not presented. At the latter end of 1864 or the beginning of 1865 Brookes passed through the Bank ruptcy Court, and Smith succeeded to the business, and was now carrying it on. Smith afterwards supplied good' to reduce the amount of the bill to the extent of 211. lls. 31., for which credit had been given to him, and a Bankruptcy sum of 16/. 4s dividend of th e from the Bankruptcy Court. The question waa defendant's liability. The defence was that the bill was not presented, and consequently no notice of dishonour. Brookes denied that he ever asked for time, and said that if the bill had been presented at the bank where it was made payable it would have been paid, as there were assets with which to meet it. Smith denied the statement made by the plaintiff and his witnesses, and said the goods were not supplied in payment of the bill, but were independent trarsactions, for which the plaintiff was liable to him, and for which he sent in the account Brookes said he had paid the plaintiff several sums, amounting to upwards of 101., for holding over the bill, in which case he would have absolved Smith as the security, but it was denied by the plaintiff, but be said he did receive some money from Brookes on his I 0 U. The jury ultimately returned a verdict for the defendant. THE GREAT FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 o'clock, the goods warehouses of the London and North Western Railway Company . and the Great Western Railway Company, covering an immense area of ground in Liverpool-road, Manchester, were dis covered to be on fire. In the course of an hour from the discovery of the fire one immense pile of warehouses, mainly stored with oil, cotton, and grain, was a mass of flames from end to end, and the roof and floors had fallen in, so that it was gutted, and walls and woodwork were crumbling away bit by bit. The Manchester City Fire Bri gades were on the spot, with the whole force at their com mand, in a short space of time, and the flames shooting high up into the atmosphere, and spreading a red glow of heat far and wide over the scene, telegraphed the news of fire to places many miles from the city, so that a great concourse of people soon gathered about the doomed pro perty. The pile in which the fire commenced is called No. 2 warehouse, fronting toCharles-street, and theflames,in spite of all effortstoarrest theirprogress, soon spread to No. 1 ware house, occupied by Messrs. J. C. Bunter and Co., which was fi lled with cotton, madder and madder root, and the buildings bounded by Lower Byron-street, Chester-street, and Water-street appeared to be enveloped in flames. The yards between the various warehouses are intersected b railways, on which were long rows of trucks, piled up with every conceivable description of merchandise, but these were mostly saved by being shunted out to open sidings OD the railway. The man of fire was so grat that the efforts of the firemen were mainly directed to cutting off the approach of the flames in various directions, so as to save property which had not been already attacked, and in this they were eminently successful. For instance, No. 3 warehouse was saved in this way, the firemen taking their station inside and directing jets of water upon the wood work and all the more vulnerable points of the build ing and its contents, with great success. No. 3 was the largest warehouse, and was used by the consignees of goods for storage, and these included flour, butter, oil, Rus sian tallow, lard and corn. The fire burnt with great fierceness up to 4 o'clock before the fire police appeared to have fairly gained command over it, and from that hour to six a sensible impression had been made upon it, but it was late in the day before all the flames were completely extinguished. The Manchester fire brigade was joined soon after the fire commenced by that of Salford, and engines belonging to private individuals from a distance were sent to lend all the aid they could. The firemen made great efforts through. out, and a large number of civilians made themselves useful in removing goods from positions of danger. The offices of the companies in Liverpool-road, and which once formed part of the original Liverpool and Manchester terminal railway station, were saved, as also was the residence of Mr. Thomas Kay, the principal agent of the London and North Western Railway Company. Mr. Kay was absent from Manchester, but was communicated with bytelegraph. The books and papers of the company and Mr. Kay s fur niture were removed during the fire to a place of safety. It is too soon to form an estimate of the amount of damage sustained, but moderate estimates place it at over 100,001. and some people say it will probably be nearer to a quarto; of a million. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY. WEDNISDAT, MAT T. 3.— Admission' on payment, 8,429; ditto by season tickets, 1,875 ; total visitors, 10,304. • I f THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1866. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-MAY 23. —-- - - - Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Channell.) The court was occupied during the day with the mew trial paper, but none of the cases disposed of were of suf ficient public interest to render a report necessary. Sittings at Nisi Prins.—(Before Baron Pigott and a Common Jury.) CANON r. WALTON. This was en action for false imprisonment. The defen dant by his pleas said that a felony had been committed, and that he had reasonable and probable cause for believing that the plaintiff had committed it. Mr. Serjeaut Atkinson and Mr. Prentice for the plain tiff ; Mr. Serjeant Parry and Mr. Thomas for the de fendant. The plaintiff had been a clerk to the defendant, Captain Walton, the proprietor of the Great Western Horse Riding Establishment, Paddington, and had been given into cus tody by him for stealing two sovereigns and a shilling, and locked up at the police station from Saturday until Monday. After the plaintiff's case had been concluded, Mr. Serjeant Parry said the defendant never had any ill-feeling towards the plaintiff, but undoubtedly a rob bery had been committed, and acting upon his belief at the time, he gave the defendant and a boy who was also in his service into custody, but afterwards the boy con fessed that he was the sole perpetrator of the offence. The defendant now withdrew all imputations on the plaintiff, and consented to a verdict being entered for him for 251. Mr. Baron Pigott said the case had been before him at chambers, and he could say that as soon as the defendant found the plaintiff was innocent, he did all he could to set matters right. He thought the defendant had now acted rightly in agreeing to a verdict. The verdict was then entered for the plaintiff for 25/., all imputation derogatory to his character being with drawn. It appeared that the magistrate before whom the charge was preferred dismissed the case. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. _ _ MAY 23. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) IRELAND r. RENDALL. Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Dowdeswell, for the plaintiff ; Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks, for the defendant. The Rev. Mr. Ireland, of Stamford Peverel. Devonshire, propounded the will of his [Lister, the late Mrs. Randall, and probate was resisted by her husband. It appears that in July, 1863, Miss Ireland wan married to Captain Rendall, and by the settlement executed on the occasion she was secured an absolute power over the disposal of her fortune. In 1864 she hsd a child, and in May last she died in a second confinement. While on her death-bed she made her will, by which she left her brother her property till her children came of age, unless her husband should allow him to bring them up. There being no pretence for disputing the validity of the instrument, Sir J. `Tilde decreed probate, and condemned the hus band in the costs. THE POLICE COURTS. WESTMINSTER. JoAm Collins, a tall, powerful man, was charged with gross misconduct at the house of Mr. Humphreys, the Duke of Clarence, Market-street, Westminster. On Mr. Humphreys standing up in the witness-box the magistrate requested him to state his complaint. Mr. Humphreys—He is not the man. Mr. Arnold—Who is not the man Mr. Huinphreys—The man standing before you. Mr. Arnold—What do you mean' You gave a man named John Collins into custody last night. Is this John Collins' . . _ The police—This is John Collins. Mr. Humphreys—But he is not my man, whatever his name is. Mr. Arnold—Where is the constable who took the charge, John Smith ! John Smith stood forward. Mr. Arnold—ls this the man you had given into your charge last night! Smith—lt is the same. Mr. Aniold—What do you say to that, Mr. Humphreys! Mr. Humphreys—l say that this is not my man ;he was much shorter. There is some mistake. Mr. Arnold—This is very extraordinary. Police-constable Aspinal—This is the man I helped to take. Mr. Arnold—Can anybody throw any light upon this matter ? Defendant (with a strong Milesian accent).—Sure not the man at all. Sergeant Buckley—There may by possibility be some mistake, for this reason— after the man charged by Mr. Humphreys had proceeded a little distance he was rescued by sonic friends. The constables pursued, and finding this man crouched behind another at the Two Brewers, they no doubt took him, believing him to be the man. Police-constable Aspinal—This is the man. Mr. Humphreys again stood in the witness-box, and said, " He is not the man." Mr. Arnold—Then he is discharged. SOUTHWARK. Thomas Lattimer, sergeant-major of the 48th Middlesex (Havelock/Al Volunteer Rifles, appeared before Mr. Wool rych for final examination, charged with assaulting Mrs. Phrebe Wearham in a first-class carriage on the North Kent Railway, on Monday last. Mr. Henry Allen, the prosecuting officer of the Associate Institute for the Protection of Women and Children, was again in attendance on behalf of that society, and Mr. W. Edwin appeared for the prisoner. The prosecutrix went on Monday with her daughter and her husband to Charlton with the 48th Middlesex Rifles, and in returning at night in a first-class carriage the priso ner got in, although it was full. Just 3.1 the train was starting she and her daughter made room for him to sit down, when he acted improperly towards her. She told him he was a beast, and that she should require an apology, when he again assaulted her, and made use of disgusting language. On the arrival of the train at the ticket oollect ing station in the Spa-road she gaveinforruation to the rail way authorities, and ho was given into custody. A daughter of the witness said she saw prisoner take hold of her mother, but did not see exactly what he did. Her crinoline was lifted up and she heard her mother call him a beast for acting indecently towards her. He made use of very disgusting and bad language. Mr. Edwin said he did not wish to contradict the state ment of the prosecutrix, but he was instructed to say that she must be mistaken as to the assault being intentionally committed. It was a pure accident. His client was drunk, owing to having to supply 500 men with refresh ments and drinking too much instead of eating. He fur ther contended that the prosecutrix's crinoline got di a. arranged on making room for him, and as he was putting his hand oat to steady himself he might have touched her, as stated, but not purposely. Under these circumstances, there was a doubt in the case, and he trusted his worship would give the prisoner the benefit of it and discharge him. Mr. Woolrych observed that it was a case for a jmy therefore he should commit him for trial, but would accept bail for his appearance at the sessions. New ACT ON PARISH 07FICER8.—Yesterday the new act was issued to provide for superannuation allow ances to officers of vestries and other boards, and also the Metropolitan Board of Works, including the chairman, who become disabled, by infirmity or age, to discharge the duties of their office. The superannuation is not to ex ceed two-thirds of the salary, and not to be assignable for debts. No officer is to be entitled to superannuation on the ground of " old age" who has not completed the full age of " sixty." Gratuities on retirement may be granted to aims when not entitled to ouperannustion. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, to consider the following bill now pending in parliament : A bill to confer additional powers on the Metropolitan Railway Company ; to enable such company to alter or im prove portions of their authorised works, and to acquire additional funds; to confirm and authorise agreements with other parties; to extend the time for completing certain works ; to amend the acts relating to the oompanyt and for other purposes." Mr. J. PARSON in the chair. Mr. BuEcHKLL, the solicitor, having read the heads of the bill, The CHAIRMAN said the bill provided for alterations and additions to the exising line and works, in connexion with the extension line. It proposed to raise 1 , 00 0 , 00 01 ., and to borrow 300,3001. It provided for the better ventilation of the stations on the existing line, by open ventilation works on the Western extension. The only thing it had re ference to was the arrangement with the Marquis of Har rington. The marquis was a minor, and the compan warn required to give six months' notice to his guardian of their intention to take his lands. The notice was given to the solicitor of the guardian of the marquis, his mother. The marquis'aguarthan contended that the notice should have been given to her, and not to her solicitol . , and filed a bill of Chancery against the company. They could not have the line stopped, having taken extensive lands, and this would remove the difficulty. The stations at Baker-street, Portland-road and Gower-street, on the existing line were inadequate to meet the increasing traffic. The traffic had increased from 200,000 to 400,000 per week, and that increase might go on to 500,000, and even 1,000,000 persons per week. The Portland-road station could only take five car riages. They proposed to make it take seven carriages, ha was one of the objects in view. They took a great deal of property, especially in the Euston-road, and such im provements at the station would be one way of making the line do 40 per cent. more work. According to the present system of working the line two trains could not be on the same line between two stations at once. The trains were signalled by telegraph. They might, in travelling between Farring don-street and King's-cross, have observed a temporary stoppage of the train, there was a telegraph station in the I middle there, which did not allow a train to pass until the line was clear to the next station. If they could put up I telegraph stations between each of the other stations, they would double the number of trains. If they had those two methods of increasing their station accommodation and telegraph stations, and if they could carry 600,00 0 persons per week, what could they do when these adjuncts came into operation. The doubling of the Metropolitan Railway would be postponed for years. The bill, besides, contained a variety of things, all essential for the interests of the company. This was a time of great panic, and some gentlemen were compelled to sell their property, and the directors, in order to meet the wishes of the shareholders, were desirous of adjourning the calls or to diminish the works. As to the western extension, they had sufficient funds in hand, and were therefore determined to finish it at once. The engi neer stated that it would be finished in the spring of 1867. For the use of the station at Finsbury the Great Western guaranteed them 6 per cent. on the outlay of the station, and a minimum of 25,000/. toll for running over the line, but they could not get this money until they made the station. The directors thought that the agreement by the Great Western Company and the London, Chatham, and Dover Company was tolerably well secured. The plans of the station were under conaidera tion, and the cost of the station would be about 400,0001. The next thing he had to mention was in reference to the purchase of the City lands on the western side of Farring don-street. As he said before, warehouses would be built there, and leased to a warehouse company. The railway company would have the benefit of the ground floor, con sisting of about three acres in extent, and of four per cent. on the outlay. He could assure them that none of the provisions of the bill would be put in force in 1866, unless with the sanction of the shareholders. There was one thing in it, and that was, to give them two more years to complete the works. They had received an intimation from the Great Northern that there was no necessity for an early completion of the widening of the line from King's-cross to Farringdon-street. He concluded by moving a resolution approving of the bill. Mr. GILPIN, M.P., seconded the motion. The resolution was then carried unanimously. The meeting was then made special, to confirm a con tract or arrangement with respect to the working, use, and maintenance of the Metropolitan and St. John's wood Railway. The CHAIRMAN explained that the company would work the railway at 50 per cent. of the gross receipts. The line ran through a populous district, and could be worked with profit, as the Metropolitan was worked at less than 50 per cent. He would mention that the number of pas sengers interchanged between the Metropolitanßailway and the Hammersmith Railway was in March, 1865, 240,92-3, and in March this year, 406,200. A great deal of this was obtained by the connexion with the Metropolitan ; separate it from the Metropolitan, no one could tell what it would do. What had been obtained by the Hammersmith could be obtained by the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood. The bill was approved, and the meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. METROPOLITAN AND ST. JOHN'S-WOOD RAILWAY. Yesterday a special general meeting of this com pany was held at the offices, No. 17, Duke-street, West minster, for the purpose of considering agreements which had been entered into with the Metropolitan Railway Com pany with respect to the working, using, and maintenance of the St. John's-wood line by the latter company, and also to ask for authorisation to raise additional capital under the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway (Extension to Hampstead) Act, 1865 ; Mr. WM. AUSTIN occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they would remember that in the original prospectus the company was started upon its own inerita, and the subscriptions of the public were depended upon to carry it out. The public had not, however, re sponded to the appeal, and the result was that certain ar rangements had been made with the Metropolitan Railway Company. The wholeof theworks onthe line had progressed satisiactorily and had been so vigorously forwarded that he had no doubt the line to the Swiss Cottage would be com pleted and opened by the end of the year. They had com municated with the Metropolitan Company, and it had called forth an answer stating that all 'natters should be legally settled before they went to the expense of pro viding the rolling stock, &c. The result, however, had been that better terms for the shareholders had been obtained. The Metropolitan Company were to work the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood line for 50 per cent. on the gross earnings. The Metropolitan Company were to allow the St. John's-wood Company • rebate of 121 per cent. on the gross through traffic over the whole of their , system, until their company (the St. John's-wood) should pay a dividend equal to six per cent ; and before the St. John's-wood Company pay a larger dividend than 6 per cent., they were to repay the Metropolitan Company any sum paid by way of rebate with interest at the rate of 5 per cent., and the agreement also provided that the Metropolitan was to have the option of taking the St. John's-wood line at any time within five years from the opening at 6 per cent. in perpetuity. The SOLICITOR of the company read the heads of the two agreements, explaining the details. The CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption of the agreements, which, having been seconded by Mr. W. Lee, M.P., was unanimously agreed to. . . . . The CHAIR;AN said the next business was to ask the shareholders to give the directors authority to exercise their borrowing powers under the Metropolitan and St. John's wood Railway (Extension to Hampstead) Act, 1865; he asked them to give the board the requisite autho rity, leaving it to their discretion u to the time at which the shares should be placed upon the market ; and he moved a formal resolution, authorising the raising of new share capital to an amount not exceeding 200,000/., by the issue of 20,000 shares of 101. Mr. Lee, M.P., seconded the resolution. In answer to a'Shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said it was a mistake to imagine that the bill for the extension of the line to Hampstead-heath bad been rejected. That bill had already been passed, and the one thrown out was for a line scram Alexandra park. The resolution was then carried :unanimously, and the meeting separated. BARKED'S BANKING COMPANY (LIMITED). —A meeting of the creditors of Barned's Banking Company, convened by Messrs. Lace, Banner , Littledale, Gill, and Bardswell, solicitors, at the request of a largely interested insurance company, was held on Tuesday at the Law Asso ciation Rooms, Cook-street. There was a numerous at tendance, but reporters for the press were not admit ed. Mr. Ambrose Lace, who presided, stated that the com pany he represented thought it desirable that the affairs of the bank should be wound up voluntarily under inspection, in the same manner as those of the Borough Bank. A motion to this effect having been proposed and seconded, a long and disorderly discussion took place. Mr. W. L. Brown proposed, and Mr. Jamieson seconded, the following amendment :—" Resolved, that in the opinion of this meeting, Barned's Banking Company (Limited) should be compulsor wound up in accordance with the late decision of the Muter of the Rolls, in order to an investigation into the causes which led to the failure, and some of which his lordship did not hesitate to characterise as fraudulent ; and to the exposure, and, if possible, the punishment of the offenders, be they who they may." Upon a division the original motion was declared to be carried by a small majority. Mr. Cope then proposed that a committee of five should be appointed to watch over the interests of the creditors, and to summon them together when they considered it necessary. The motion was car ried ; and amongst the gentlemen appointed were Messrs. Henderson, W. L. Brown, and Cope.— Litrrpoot Mercury. • HEALTH AND STRENGTH RESTORED ET DI7BAREY'S DELICIOUS RESALE'S'S ARABIOA 1000, which cures without ms Mane or ineenvenienea dyspepsia (indigestion), eesgh, asthma, oonsamption, debility, constipation, diarrhom, palpitation, ner vous, bMom, liver, and stomach complaints. It saves fifty times Its wet in other remedies, and is the hest Pied for infants 60,000 cares annually.—Da Barry aad Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London, W. In tins, at Is. I.d. ; 11b., 2a Pd. ; 121te., ; 2411 a., 405.: also still, Oracechorchatreet 4, Cbeapalds; 63,160, and 296, Oxiordsgreet ; and at all Orecera—(Advsethipmat.l COMMERCIAL BANK CORPORA EAST. TION OP INDIA AND THE An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of this bank was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. J. Lowliness in the chair ; for the purpose of considering the beat means of winding up the company. The Seoarraer (Mr. D. Allardice) having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN stated that since the meeting of the 23rd of April, he regretted to say that circumstances had arisen which had compelled them to suspend the operations of the bank. Shortly after the meeting was held they re ceived a communication from the London Joint Stock Bank, to the effect that, owing to the manner in whichthe shareholders had received the report of the directors, they felt compelled to withdraw the credit for 200,000/. which they had with that bank, and which was a yearly credit expiring on the 20th of June. The directors had several interviews with those of that corporation, and they were for some time in hopes that they would induce them to alter their determination ; but shortly after wards they received telegraphic &dykes that considerable drafts were coming before them from their foreign agents, which would have exhausted the credit granted by the London Joint Stock Bank to a considerable extent. Those telegrams were accompanied by advice, to the effect that cover would be sent by subsequent mails for the over draft, but, unfortunately, the application which they had in con sequence to make to the London Joint Stock Bank was made at a time when the first squeeze of the very severe credit panic was experienced, and the London Joint Stock Bank felt that unless tangible security was offered it could not render them assistance. The China mail arrived on the 14th inst., and if the London Joint Stock Bank had accepted the drafts brought by it their credit with that bank would have amounted to 243,0001., whereas, the actual indebtedness of this bank to them they not accept ing such drafts, was 140,000/. At the ti me they went to the London Joint Stock Bank for assistance they had telegraphic advices that draftawould be sent by the Bombay mail for 9 lace, or 90,000/., and they were, of course, compelled to acquaint the London Joint Stock Beek of the fact that between the arrival of the China mail, on the 14th, and the expected arrival of the Bombay mail, which arrived last evening (the 22nd), they would not be in a condition in any way to cover their drafts, and under those circumstances the London Joint Stock Bank felt that they could not prudently accede to their application, consequently they were obliged to suspend operations. The shareholders were aware that the Bombay agency got itself into considerable difficulties last year, which difficulties were fully placed before them in the month of June, and Mr. Cartwright, one of their directors, who had gone to Bombay to look into his own affairs, told them that to his great surprise Mr. De Quadros, their agent, had been lending large sums of money upon securities of very doubtful value, and that he very much questioned whether it would ever be got back. The whole amount he found outstanding was 75 lace, or 750,000/. In consequence of that letter, and communications from the agent himself, showing the difficulties in which he was placed, it was resolved to send out Mr. Angus, the chief manager, who bad not long before been at Bombay, to make a thorough investigation, and to realise with all convenient speed, without regard even to the popularity of the bank. The directions framed for Mr. Angus's in struction were extremely stringent, and authorised him to take severe measures in the interest of the bank where such were necessary, and he was to realise at any sacrifice which was not ah absolute sacrifice of the assets of the agency. Mr. Angus accordingly proceeded to Bombay, and from time to time informed the directors of the steps he was taking to secure the assets. His communication also contained a report of the state of affairs, for the pur pose of the results being stated in the balance-sheet to be submitted to the shareholders at the April meeting, and a careful examination of the accounts showed that the total sum outstanding amounted to 796,000/., and of that amount Mr. Angus estimated that 89,000/. would be lost. Mr. Angus returned on the 9th of April, after the report was prepared, end before it'.waa submitted to the shareholders, and he informed the board that such was the state of affairs in Bombay that it was impossible to realise anything at pre sent, and that almost the whole of the sum he had men tioned was now outstanding. The sum, therefore, which was locked up in the Bombay agency must he taken at the whole amount of 796,000/. It appeared from a report from the Shanghae agency that on the death of Mr. Wiggins, their late manager there, the amount of 681,0001. was out standing, the greater part of it being on good securities, it being advanced to large merchants, and in sonic cases on land. The amount outstanding on other agencies was in all 1,696,108/. The bank having suspended, the question for the shareholders was, what was the best course to pur sue under the circumstances, and provided they could get the consent of the creditors ; because any decision the shareholders came to must be subject to such consent. It was plain that it was impossible to realise their assets at once without very considerable losses, and probably, there fore, the shareholders would consider a voluntary winding up would be the most desirable way of realising the assets; but upon that point they bad taken counsel's opinion. There were three modes of winding up ; the first was under the deed of settlement and charter, which authorised the court to proceed to wind up on its being certified by a joint report from the court and the auditors that the business of the company could not be profitably prosecuted ; another mode was to wind up either voluntarily or compulsorily under the Joint Stock Com panies Act of 1862, which however necessitated the regis tration of the company, and required the consent of all the shareholders ; and the third mode was to pio com pulsorily to wind up under the Winding-up Act, in which an official liquidator would be appointed by the Court of Chancery, and all further proceedngs would be under the direction and with the approbation of that court. At first sight it appeared not so desirable to wind up in that man ner, because an official liquidator might not be so interested in the affairs of the bank as a large shareholder; but it had the advantage of preventing any creditor from taking a hostile step. He believed that there would be little difficulty in inducing the creditors here, chiefly con sisting of large banks, to act in a manner which would benefit the shareholders ; but unfortunately they had to consider the creditors at the different agencies, who would probably throw much difficulty in the way of winding up voluntarily under the deed of settlement. The board had accordingly taken the opinion of eminent counsel, one of whom was Mr. Mellish, of the common law bar, and having put the three alternatives to him, they had received the following reply in answer to the general question, " What in your judgment is the best mode of winding up the com pany, having regard to the three alternatives!" " Having regard to the position of the affairs of the corporation, the probable proceedings by creditors abroad against the assets of the corporation, and to the period which must necessa rily lapse before the company could be wound up, either under the provisions of the deed of settlement or the charter, or could be registered and wound up under the Companies Act of 1862, we are of opinion that the compulsory winding-up will be the most expedient course to adopt. We think the position and status of the official liquidator would facilitate any proceedings which it was necesss y to take in India or China, and to secure the protection of the assets abroad for distribution among the creditors." That really embodied the whole of the case, and he thought, under the circumstances, it was the best course to adopt. Mr. PARAVICINI inquired whether the shareholders would be permitted to name the official liquidator without any opposition on the part of the board. The CHA IRMA N --C,ertiunly, with the consent of the Court of Chancery, and great weightno doubt would be given to their recommendation, provided the creditors did not oppose. It was entirely &question for the shareholder's. Mr. ANGUS then read a balance sheet, drawn out by him after investigating all the security, which showed a total estimated loss of 502,769 i., leaving a capital of 824,6491. Mr. HARRISON stated that it now appeared that 796,000!. of the capital had been lent on shares, which was strictly prohibited by the deed of settlement and the charter, and he inquired whether that was done with the knowledge of the present directors. He had taken a very large interest in this concern on the faith of the honesty of the directors, and not , when the bank had collapsed, he found that four- fi fths of the capital had been expended upon these rubbishing shares. The interest of the direc tors in the bank was as nothing compared with his, and he wanted a distinct answer to his question. Mr. ANGUS stated that the advances were made entirely without the knowledge of the directors. Mr. HARRISON—This board was only formed two years ago, and by their own admission they have lost more than half a million, and have put in jeopardy 800,000/. more. They have shown the greatest imbecility and incompe tence, not to say worse, and it is impossible to be other wise than indignant at the conduct of persons who profess to be able to manage other people's money and who throw it away in this manner. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Antics, in reply to a question from another share holder, informed the meeting that no loss, to his know ledge, had occurred under the head of bills receivable, but that as they became due they were paid or replaced by others. Mr. PARAVICINI said that it was quite evident they must wind up, but be should like to hear the correspond ence between Mr. Cartwright and the board. The CHAIRMAN then read the correspondence, com mencing with a letter from Mr. Cartwright, dated Bom bay, May 13th, and received on the sth of June, stating that he was surprised to find how much money had been advanced by Mr. De Quadros on shares in various under takings and schemes which had filled Bombay during the past two years, and which advances, 56 lees of which, ac cording to Mr. De Quadros' statement, had been sanc tioned by the original board, seemed to have been made in • time of general confidence. He did not impugn the judgment or discretion of the board, but he must point out to them that those undertak i ngs were very poorly re presented in the market, and that the sooner Mr. De Qua dra@ got in the money the better; but he warned them that any undue pressure would precipitate matters and cause serious loss, there being universal distrust at Bombay. He also read a letter, dated the 17th of May, which reached England on the 16th of June, in which Mr. Cartwright, after referring to an attack of illness, which prevented him from going to the bank and investigating matters im mediately on his arrival, and stating that he had seen Mr. De Quads in April, when he assured him that all was going on properly, expressed his astonishment and alarm at finding, on subsequently going to the bank and making a cursory investigation, the enormous amount of the loans, and expressing his opinion that Mr. de Ouadros had been caught by wily native speculators, b -- ,T mill y eaa by WO rates of interest sad sheet ileb; e 7 ' large amounts on securities of &tannin% ag es. Mr. ARAVICCINI complained that, knowin g el affairs in Bombay, Mr. Cartwright omitted to and allowed the board to dealers a 10 per cent. ' • at the meeting which wee held alter his exsag na ti a, previous to the receipt of his letter. The Chisrestair stated that Mr. wee severely from the out, and was ba ° e ar i t do e w tk y his own a ff airs, which were in a critical state. Be was sent out by the bank. He then read th e histse n th ea • to Mr. Angus on his going out, authorising hies to tak e most stringent measures to got in the lase& Mr. HARRISON asked whether the directors we n a when they made the certificate required by th e Trade that half a million of money had bean Hat t% rifles, not only unauthorised, but ab sol utely • 1 , , the charter. His own belief wee that thew o f capital was lest, and that the ahareholders would b e on to contribute to meet their liabilities, sad t o la m a the bankrupt stock that had been advanced. The CHAIRMAN—The question is of a very offemb ee I ture, because it imputes wilful misrspreseatatiaa to board, but I can state that the first unimatka e s these loans was from Mr. Cartwright's letter. pl ea.) Mr. ANGUS stated that when he left Boob.. 14th of October, 1864, they had not a s i ng l e d ie 4:'"' in the Bank of Madras and Bombay, and he belie* had some railway securities in their possession, b o a could not exactly remember whether any money b a g lent on them, or whether they were merely Wald* custody. At the time the loans were m a a a b la Guadros thought that the security was peen* being considerably under the market value, bat tinned bad since. The loss seemed principally t, been on reclamation shares, which went to an n ano premium, said he himself wrote to Mr. d e Guiana , ploring him to disregard all such premiums, and lab lend the money on shares. Before the Imitated present corporation took place, it was intended tie charter should be applied for for the old Ca l m eei Bank of India, but when the solicitors i n tk e were consulted, they recommended, as the sell course, the re-formation of the bank u n d er • a# • and, on the Ist of June, 1865, the presenteorpankeik over all the business and liabilities, bill reru * f ee nd .0 on. Mr. lilaav7rr thought it would be very desire* If Angus would state the amount of the loans at Shoo Mr. Annus accordingly stated the amount at the agencies, the total being 1,075,1451., be also me account from the balance-sheet of the nature of the ties, observing that some of the loans which lad p si out bad were made prior to December, 1884, b i t time they be li eved them to be fully secured. Some further conversation of a penonal sain s h ia sued, in which Mr. Wilson charged the directors-.sick exception of Mr. Campbell, who still held 200-inshi =their shares down to the qualificthos s ix ce with taking advantage of his knookip shares at a premium, and escape loss. Mr. LEGAT inquired of Mr. Angus whether, ses s h, was with such stringent powers from the board, rat, to realise were futile or not, and whetherhe had* some further loans? Mr. AN01.78 replied that when he got to s a l ! found affairs generally in such a state that th e Al i seemed to be utterly prostrate and insolvent, NMI quite impossible to make any sales worth Maga* comparison with the vast amount of the stock isekei • He attempted to realise, but at that time he cosy et 10,0001. Things Improved a little afterwerds, od s sales were made The public had an ides that'll% could not keep its doors open long, and there mitt distrust of it that he found it absolutely neomso m i to revive public confidence, to make some rug k e en upon promissory notes, but no loss had occurredthatha (Hear, hear.) Mr. Pruwwenrl said that they bad bad a guar, talk on the subject, and it was nukes to diameter& further ; the whole facts would come out in the *am and he should move the following resolution corporation be wound up pursuant to the Competakh 1862, and that the pending petition for that rape I proceeded with ; also that Mr. Robert Palmer &do the firm of Harding, Tully, Whinney, and Oibtes,k pi posed and recommended by the shareholders r tie& liquidator." Mr. HARRIRON cordially seconded the resole* et was supported by Mr. Connor, who blamed the UM not only for the manner in which they had sirup the affairs of the company, but for selling their in with the single exception named, down to the mom their qualification, and also for the mode is sir shares were allotted, and the undue numbers Isis # the board. The CHAIRMAN said, that as to the allotment, in • some doubt as to whether the shares could be Amid the premium at which they were issued, thatXr. brother acted as the broker of the compsny, sods tion was made that no more than 200 should be to any single individual, and be, in comma wifi members of the board, had 200. Mr. WiLisow—How many do you bold now? The CHAIRMAN said it was quite true that keld down to his qualification on account of the high to which the shares went, and everybody sou at do what he thought proper with his own pererty, saw nothing to justify the shares being at sot s premium, but the public were of a different spurs, he sold. (Derisive cheers and laughter.) 1111 upon Mr. Wilson that he had himself gone to gut' mation from Mr. Allardice with respect to the of the shares, and having bought in consequence no right, now his expectations were disappointed, to that gentleman with taking advantage of the mate sell his shares. The fact was it was the ashy action Mr. Allardice had had, it had been brought is attention of the board, and Mr. Allardice had INK and would not have, any dealings in the Marta A was afterwards passed restricting the compare' from dealing in the shares. As fa as he (the was concerned, although he had sold kiosks/widget the qualification, he had never, in the ordiary the term, trafficked in the shares of the company. In reply to a question from a SHAREHOLDER, The CHAIRMAN stated that the communication sole the directors of the London Joint Stock Bank rims their own shareholders the London Joint Stock M id a ivnegrbfheancretha partl y t was in th wri at a l s ing th'e an ba d lan on ce e aheet reakm did fw a= prehended that greater losses had occurred Ma &pre and therefore they did not deem it prudent to cam the credit or make further advances. lutions, es Th Th e resolution onerem w u r en t ding hen di th vi e d w ed lding u p of into tw i o seper the and the other the appointment of Mr. Enda( M liquidator, and both of them were carried unasimosit The proceedings, which lasted nearly three WA& terminated. MARKETS. TALLOW.—WagisnAr EviNin.—Theasztel iss Hat on the spot and for June, which were galledwmi wally sellers at 424.; but steady for October to Donate , at 454.3 d. to 455. 6d. LEATHER TRADE—There has been os demand for leather during the past week. Do low high rate of discount, and the unsettled stab 11 the money mszket, naturally tend to lessen the irsacelot The stock of fresh leather, however, is melerstO N prices are generally unaltered. As is tuns] at Wks tide, no market was held on Tuesday at leaded's!' CCYTTON.—Lwatroor, MAT 23.—There bamboo* inquiry to-day, and prices are steadier. Sales today bales, including 1,500 speculation and et American, 9d. 15d. ; 900 Pernam, &c., 12 1 1 so! 20 Maranham, 130.; 500 Mamie and Albilo a ' 6 2 250 Egyptian, 170. to 27d. • 100 Sniyrns,_ 2,130 Surat, 50. to 110. ; M a dras, 9d. ; 04 2 P4 lee., ; 100 Peru, 13d. to 140. CORN.—Boorox, MAT 23.—We had a Non 0a,,.. wheat, the trade was slow, and prices were is bow ur buyers. Oats and beans same as last week. 110,114 1 465. to 48e. • white, 505. to 52a, Baaali 44 " .. '' Oats, 255. to 28s. CATTLE—SouI-HALL, Mar 71—There TOO Zr. mend to-day, and sellers made a tboroogk Mutton made from 4s. 6d. to 65.; lamb, 7i. to lai ,— pork, 4s. to ss. per atone of Sibs. sinking the offd. BERTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DUO BRABROOK.--May ft, at ill j t ll T ies. llB. road, the "MI al it brook, Req., of • hter. FOX.—May 22, at Glodaugucesterigad, llyde.parkleulaa °4 • Fox, Esq., of • son. MACANDILKW.—May ft. at Bprlng.grove, the wife 411 ' Mac Andrew, of a daughter. wifeof r t 0 SMITH.—May 22, at Princesgardens, the 8111:2- a • daughter. Al 17n.—May 22, at limbo ',pavement, K. - e A. Sh, M.D. ,daughter. Wirt mi . —t May 13. at Begent . street,, the w ife of Yr. - w • • son. MARRIAGES. / BAREY-BPRINJETT.—May 22, at Lewisham t•_•;••• -- ,„ e ie Barry, Esq., of Granville-park. Blackheath, to ltaa daaghter of Umtata W. 8. P. Bpringett LUCAS—DRZWEIT.—May 22, at the Friona ElA... to 7D j E an"e A_Y dAughd LOOC Alhi:d i r f B'soLo-ftfnNio—hfelKilaaL::22,cssWa..t 17411 :t r .t b a sak ::: 1 . . 5. gsine 011 Ce. ham, Norwich, by the Rev. E . J . goor. parld 0 . late D. fiandernan, of Kirkwood, Lorkerbie , daughter of Colon.' Cockburn, of Smola* Norm.- DEATHS. COLQUHOUN.—May 20, Ellen V daughter of D. D. Esq., of Warwick Villas, Maida•hill, ORHATOBLX.—May 21 Ade , at Ealing, W. °restores. Bik e . HAINEB.—May 21, lelne,tritapt Mr. J. HAMA P. buildin, aged it ROBEILTB. gs —May El. John Philip Umplagh , aa of J. TA be T ris* UM. ll.4.. —Sta ol y Be a, r w ki lie ai' o vd t 7 T. aa stuni. • street, Hanover-square, aged 10. WILIARD.—May 21 at rue Notre Done do CMOS Louisa, widow of the late Major N. Willard. --- ---- —— - - - - - e tilKi Ptinted end Published by Wn.t.tAsi KING HAIM 0 Lombard-street. in the City of London...ll l :4MM Unice in Lombard-street. to the Pr edad u ' Taus:MAY. MAY U. 1886 ,~ s dt. 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