The Express. — London, England, 1867-01-22 00:00:00

4 - TILE REGENTS PARK ACCIDENT. THE INgI'EST- O:i the re-assembling of the court, after our imourt left yesterday, the Coroner, addressing the jury, said be thought the cause of Ike accident might he de monstrated on scientific principles. Scientific men might be found who could s et at the reason for the t:e going away in the 11111111t,rdescribed in the evidence, but lie had no power to call ouch witnesses. Before he could cAll thou he moot h , ln , pareil to pay them himself, a responsibility which he had on some former occasions taken upon himself. tie thought it was rather hard that the (mot a ouch evidence should devolve upon him. The only.loofessional eviileno that he was empowered to call at the public expense woo hat of ame dial man. In some hist:oleos he hail sought authority from the Home-office to peso fm- scientific esideme, hut the answer he received woo th it the Home Secrtrity hail no power to grant it. This difficulty was a great drawback to the satisfactory pro 4 seso of the inquiry in which they were engaged. Alfred Ward said—l reside at St. John's .wood terrace. and am one of the Boyal Humane Society's men. This* are printed direction for our guidance. A Juror asked if them: instructions could be produced? Mr. Young, the secretary, iaid the instructions referred to wen: printed on a card. and lie would read them. . This Waving been done. The wituese then proceeded with hisevielence. lie said— I was on duty upon the lei: last Tuesday, but hail nothing to do with breaking it up round the edges. 1 broke a small portion About 3 o'clock to earn people of danger. It was near she nivel. eliere the ice wits break. Mg Anil cracking into diamond shapes. I was directed by the manse in what to watch this part wish toy basket sledge boat, and wherever I placed it, it. weight made the wat r come up. I cautioned people off. lint they took no heed of me at all. I thought then if I to id.. a hole to get a water mark it would keep people from skating over it. Whilst I was afterwards sitting in my boat this gentleman (pointing to the witness Spencer) calm near me. 1 took my chopper out of my boat at this time, - and put it down one of the cracks to try the thick. near of the ice. The gentleman then came up to toe in an insulting manner, asking me what I was about, and I told him 1 was doing my ditty, and advised him to go off and niake one the less on the ice. I did not break the ice as he saps. but put my ace into the crack. I made no bole, and it wise the premium of rid y boat that brought the water up. The ice as rotten, and it broke first in front of one of the mansions. About 2 o'clock I warned the people off till I was quite h .as I saw a dreadful accident Was coming. I arrived at oarse, the park about 8 o'clock in the morning. and even then the ice was not safe, but I thought we aliemlil be able to get over the day in the name way as ou Mouday, when we had a good many immersions. I apprehended .danger meet 1 o'clock, when there must have been about 800 persons on the ice. The part near the boathouse broke on Monday, and yet the men who lent skates on hire encouraged little boys to go on. These men, in my opinion, coutrihitted in ie great measure to the cause of the accident. • ou Tuesday the people were on the Miami part of the water, which had only two inches of ice on it. The sun had affected the ice very much, and the men playing at " hockey " and the people jumping on and off her:reseed the danger. It was all these things that produced the accident. After one o'clock the ice kept getting worse and worse. 1 know nothing at all about cutting away the edges except this, that it has always been done, and generally about ten o'clock in the morning. I cannot say whether this cutting weakens the ice. 1 was called first to an accident near our tent, but the man who hail fallen in was got out before I arrived. After that I kept on the breed water, and I clearly saw that the hest piece of ice could not last an hour longer, and I said to our superintendent, " Fu. Coil's *Ake get these people off, or there will be a dreadful accid•on by and by." Then came a second accident, near the south shore, when three ells got in. This was about a quarter of an hour before the final breaking up. I called upon the people, " Now go ashore before you allget in," Some of them went off, but many others jeered me, asking who hail put nie in office. I then returned to my boat, which was now a short distance from the long Wand, and in a few minutes• aftfeniaids the third and great incident occurred. There was one greet heaving up of the ice, and in a Pleasant the people were all struggling in the water. It woe before impossible to drive the people off. Yon might just is well have attempted to drive a lamp-poet off, and you can only caution them. I moved my boat with great difficulty, and got two persons into it. I saw niy deputy superintendent in the water, and I dragged him in. We then got three more in, and one was hanging to the side ; but the boat was filling with water, and it would have been dangerous to take him or any others in who called on all sides for help. We got the boat to the south island, and after landing the rescued persons I pushed back again to the broad water. I saw is young man fleeting on the ice, who seemed to take care of every body but himself, and he pointed me to spots where people where sinking all around. I threw him a line, but it did not reach him, and I never saw him afterwards. I did all I could to get peep!e out, and when I found I could do no more, as it was getting dark, I returned to the tent on the other side. My opinion is the people went down all at once, and the ice must have closed upon them like a trap. By the jury—lt would have been foolish to place only one caution post up, becau.e the ice was dangerous in all directions, and we should here wanted hundreds of poles. The depth of the water where the three girls fell in was about four feet. 1 have been here all the morning, but I happened unfortunately to be outside when Mr. Spencer was making his charge against me. Mr. Young, the secretary of the Royal Humane Society, was then examined, and after explaining its objects read • statistical statement, from which it ap peared that, in the past twenty years in the Serpentine, Hyde-park, there had lean 1,205,240 skaters, 250 im mersed and rescued, 4 deaths, 3 broken limbs, 148 severely cut or bruised. In the long water, Kensington-gardens, 436,721 skaters, 199 immersed and rescued, and 9 who had been severely cut or bruised. In the round P e Kensington-ganlens, 248,231 skaters, 121 immersed, i broken limb, 1 severely cut or bruised. In the Regent's park, 1,251,493 skaters, 125 imniened and rescued, 1 drowned, 4 broken limbs, l 4 severely cut or bruised. In St. James's-park , 999,609 skaters, 1,216 immersed and rescued. 10 drowned, and 43 severely cat or bruised. Total, 4,201,21k1 skaters, 2,125 immersed and rescued, 15 drowned, 8 broken limbs :mil dislocations, and 219 severely cut or bruised and who received medical attendance. The secretary further read a statement to the effect that re specting the accidents from bathing during the sane time, 119 bathers bad been rescued, 196 suicides rescued, and 43 ditto prevented. Total lives saved, 358 ; said bathers drowned, 24 ; suicides drowned, 120; total lives lost, 144. After reading the above statement, Mr. Young continued his evidence to the following effect :—lf the water in the Regent's-park could be re duced in depth, it would tend greatly to the prevention of fatal accidents, but we have nude no official representa tion to the government on the subject. My duty is to inspect the parks daily, and I visited the Regent's-park last Tuesday . from half-past 11 till • quarter to 1. My object in going round is to see if our men are doing their duty. I went on the ice, and I noticed that it was in an unsafe state—et least in such a state no to make it unwise for people to venture on it. I entreated and cautioned people not to go on. I told our men to try and get the people off ; but it seemed to he emeles The police have orders not to go on the ice. On Thursday last I got the assistance of 25 policemen to clear the ice in Hyde-park at night, and it took us an hour to do so. In some =fences we had to use force, and lam told I rendered myself liable to a charge of assault. I ap plied to Mr. Walpole for the assistance of 200 men to get the people off the hoe before six o'clock, because I appre hended another accident there, but Mr. Walpole said he had no power to give the order. We had ten men and a boy in the Regent's-park. Having specified the appliances the society had in the park to meet cases of accident. Mr. Young continued to say—lt is useless to place up notices, except at the gates, as the public tear them down, and often our appliances arc destroyed. The ladder already re. leered to was broken by the people sitting on it. We Lave had no written report upon this accident, but repot ti are made to me verbally every morning. Within an hour and a half of the oceurrence, complaints were made that two of oar men were drunk, but I saw one of the men, whose name is Mitchell; an hoer after the accill,id, and he was then perfectly sober. We are quite entithed with the exertions of our men. Two were taken to the infirmary, one of them almost in a dying condition. The d•sy after the accident, however, we discherged one man in the Regent's-park, for having been intoxicated. To prevent such accidents in future, I would in the first place strongly advise a reduction in the depth of the water, my to four to five feet, gradiudly sloping to the maximum. The objection to making the water less shal low would be that it would encourage the growth of weels. I think, in the second place, the government might make it a punishable offence to go on the ice while in a dangerous state. A ball should he hoisted to warn people off, and if they remained on after, the police should hare power to take them into custody. I suggested the other day to Mr. Walpole that the park should be closed while the ice is not fit f r use: Certainly there ought to be some authority who should have power to act in all these eases. • By the Jury—la 188.% the income of our society was 1,11.54/., which was all xpended, with the exception of a balanc” carried over of '27 si. odd. I think it undesirable to brealc the ice at the sides. The rush of people was, in my opinion, the prime cause of the accident. Mr. Charles White, of 21, Rt. John'iowood-terrace. gave some evidence tending to show that one of the Royal Humane Society's men had been guilty of gross misconduct the day before the accident. The Coroner said the evidence of the witness was not admiss‘hle, as it applied to incidents which bad taken place before the accident. - - Mr. Charles Edmunds was next examined. He said—l em the superintendent of the Ilegent's-park. I was Ap pointed by the Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, and have held the office since Jawlary, MI. I saw the ice on Monday, and thought it was dangerous, especially on the broad water. and I directed the consubb s both on that day and on Tuesday to prevent persons &dug on as much as possibly could. We havepower to remove people fr ot hs pec k after certain state d hours, but no power t prevent their going on the wafer in boats or the ice while the park is open to the public. It lon been the practice foe many years to break the lee round the islands. so as to prevent the people from getting on to them. an .I I gave instructions that the ice should be broken in this The foreman of the jury asked whether it would be ne cessary to take some steps to bring their opinion under the notice of the government! The Coroner said he did not think that any resolution they could come to would induce Lord John Manners to act more readily than he was already disposed to do. They had heard from Mr. Russell that his lordship was most anxious to do all that he possibly could in the matter, and he (the coroner) felt convinced that after what had occurred something would be done to render the ornamen tal waters, and especially that in the Regent's-park, less offensive in the hot season and more safe in winter. Mr. Young announced that the Royal Humane Society had appointed, or were about to appoint, a committee to inquire into the whole subject. The court was then formally adjourned until Monday next, the .. ..Nth inst. The same operations that were resorted to on Saturday and Sunday were continued yesterday. The drags were supplemented by the use of fishermen's net ; and in the afternoon the divers again searched. No bodies were found. The divers brought up two hats, a pair of boots, and a walking-stick, which were handed over to the park constables. They represent the bottom of the lake to be in such a state as to place great obstacles in the way of their progress. In one part at which one of the diver s descended, be found the mud to have accumulated to the extent of live feet, and the average depth of the muddy bottom through which he traversed he pronounced to be :1 feet 6 inches. The broad part of the water, with the exception of Rome fragmentary blocks of ice, is now open and free to the navigation of the boats. The collect ing of ice on the banks proceeded as before, and contributions were made by some of the epee tators towards the necessary funds for remunerating the workmen. The accumulation of ice on the banks con tinues. It is said that previous to the accident large sup. plies had been brought to London from its surrounding districts, and this circumstance may in some measure ex. plain the great falling off that has taken place in the demand at the Regent's-park. Notwithstanding a bitter northerly wind, a large concourse of people, for whom the labours of the divers appeared to possess a peculiar attrac tion, clustered on both banks, and did not quit the park until dusk, when of course the day's search concluded. It is stated that only one fatal ice accident has occurred in this park for the last twenty years, and that was the case of a gentleman who lost ilia life in the shallow water by venturing upon the ice before it attained sufficient strength 1 1 to bear even his own weight. THE WEATHER AND THE PADES.—The frost continues with unabated severity, accompanied yesterday, as on Sunday, with an intensely cold north-easterly wind. Yesterday morning, and during the previous night, the Receiving-house thermometer regiatered 27 deg., or 5 deg. below freezing point. At noon it had risen to 32, where it remained until 8 o'clock last night,. when it receded to 29, showing 3 deg. of frost. The various parks and the ice were crowded during the day, and the evolutions of the ladies and gentlemen connected with the Skating Club on the water in Kensington-gardens was a source of groat attraction to a large number of fashionable spectators who lined the banks in carriages or on foot. The ice in these waters is from t# inches to 5 inches thick, and in good and sound condition. On the Round-pond there were about 5,000 persons on the ice during the day, and on the Long Water about 7,000. No casualties are reported beyond some injuries from falls. On the Serpentine there were 12,000 persons. The ice here is four inches in thickness and sound. No casualties were reported up to 8 o'clock of a serious nature. At that hour there was a large number of persons on the ice following their favourite sport by torchlight. Al on Sunday night the police cleared the stallkeepers out of the park at 6 o'clock, but no attempt was made to prevent the night skating, the strength of the ice removing the fear of danger. The lake in the en closure of St. James's-park was also crowded during the day, chiefly by the working classes. Upwards of 10,000 visitors were on the ice, but without any accident save a trifling immersion or two. THE EXTENSION or THE FACTORIES Acr.—Yes terdsy an important conference of employers engaged in the trades of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire was held in the Town Hall, Wolverhampton, called together by the South Staffordshire Educational Associa tion ; Lord Lyttelton presided, and he was supported amongst others by the Earl of Lichfield, Mr. W. 0. Foster, M.l'., and others. The noble chairman said be could not see why the act which had been so beneficial wherever it had been introduced should not be introduced everywhere. That the principle was about to be extended was clear,from in letter which his noble friend the Earl of Lichfield had re ceived from the Home Secretary. Mr. Walpole wrote that it was the intention of the government at au early dal to ce introdu two bills, the one having the effect of extending the act to large factories, and the other of placing small shops under such regulations as had been recommended. The Earl of Lichfield rejoiced that, from the letter which he had received from Mr. Walpole, in reply to a com munication from himself, it was the intention of the new government to take up that which had been so lung delayed by the late government. Again and Noun he had expressed his surprise that notwith standing the excellency of the working of the Factories Act, and notwithstanding farther the Children's Employment Commission bad so long ago revealed the DO oessay for the extension of the act, yet that nothing had bees done. Come from whom it might, be would accept anything that was good ; and he was glad to remark that, AS the noble chairman had said, " a new broom might I sweep clean." (Laughter and applause.) His lordship referred to the great good effected by the introduction of the act into North Staffordshire. Hie remarks were con firmed by the Kee. Sir Loveleoe Stainer and Mr. Challinor, An employer. Mr. Hartley. late chairman of the Iron masters' Association, and other manufacturers, spoke in opposition to the half-time movement, but expressed their general approval of the principle of the act, and a resolu tion was passed recommending its extension. A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER DROWNED.—Ott Friday the Trinity boat took over to the Lonphips Lighthouse, near Land's End, the usual supplies of water and provi lions for the three lightkeepers on duty, and before the boat reached the mainland again the black Hag was hoisted at the lighthouse, which was not perceived by the Trinity boat's crew. The crew of a fishing boat that was a short distance off, seeing the signal of distress, pulled to the lighthouse and found that • man was drowned. It appears that Anderson and Graham, two of the light keeps, had wide' in landing the provisions, and then remained on • ledge of the rocks washing clothes. Sud denly a heavy sea came in and washed Anderson into the water, and he was carried away by the great run of tide which prevails there, and soon disappeared. Mr. Smith, the head lightkeeper, sent • letter ashore by the fishing boat announcing the melancholy fact. It is singular that Anderson sncceeded the man who was drowned at the Lonphirs Lighthouse a few months ago. It might not be generally known that the force of the sea and tide is so great at the Land's End that frequently a boat cannot be got across to the lighthouse fur a week or ten days, or even more, in rough weather. 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The water is principally supplied by land drainage. In the summer we have a supply from the Middlesex Water-works, but there has been no necessity to obtain any front this source during the last eighteen months. lam not aware that there has been any extra drawing off recently. The water, when the sluices tue'open, escapes into a sewer. • By the Jury—The pnvate gates were open as a pre caution, to prevent the railings mil fencing. of the park from being damaged. I know no means of emptying the lake except by the existing outlets, and it would require a month to draw the water otf by that means. The steepest part of the lake is about 12 feet, of which 2 feet at least is composed of mad. In the shallow part the mud is 18 inches deep, and is of a very " sticky" nature. Formerly the sewers of the adjoining residences emptied themselves into the lake, hut that is not the case now, nor do any of the houses obtain their water supply from this source. The area of the water is about eighteen acres, and the ice broke on six. A sewer passes antler the lake at a depth of Ig or IS feet, and I believe a trench might be made to get into it in the space of a day or two. If emptied in this manner there would be difficulty in getting water to 811 it up again. Mr. Charles Burrows, the acting superintendent of the D division of police, before the court adjourned, asked permission to snake a brief statement in reply to the ob servations that Mr. Young had nettle with reference to the power possessed by the police. He said the police had power to arrest any one on the ice who was guilty of tres• passing, doing wilful damage, or committing any other offence against the law. He iad done duty in and about the Regent's-park for the last twenty years, and he had never been applied to for assistance by any of the Humane Society's men. • . . In reply•to questions from Mr. Young, Mr. Burrows admitted that he had told that gentleman he had no power to prevent the people going and remain ing on the ice where it was considered to be unsafe. He did not understand that Mr. Young had made an applica tion to hint to interfere in any authoritative form. The Coroner said be proposed now to adjourn until that day week. In the meantime, though he hoped it would not be the case, other bodies might be found. Five of the persona whose names bad been published as missing had turned up, and he trusted that the others would be .dis• covered to be still alive. Lain inteilfgentt. EQUITY COURTS.—JAN. 21. (Before Vice-Chancellor Molina.) RE OVERLND, GURNEY, AND CO. (1.1)117E14-OAKES' AND 14E01 CASEY. Mr. Mellish, of the common law bar, following Sir it. Palmer, for the official liquidator, stated in reply to ques tions from the Vice-Chancellor, that so far as he was aware no change took place in the board of directors be tween the formation of the company and it. stoppage, and that there was no dividend declared, the meetings being annual and not half-yearly. Mr. Glasse mentioned that the provisional liquidator made a report, from which it appeared that the company earned a grata profit of 2 - ,3,000f., and a net profit of 221,0001. Mr. Melliab, in applying himself to the question of law, assumed, for the sake of argument, that the Attorney- General bad succeeded in making out that his clients were induced to become members of the company by fraudulent representation, though in his opinion that was an allegation which could not be sustained. But the question was really and truly a legal one. It was true that the legislature had deprived creditors of all remedy in a common-law court in the case of a com pany being wound up, and had confined their remedy to the Court of Chancery. But that arrangement was made simply for convenience of administration, because the common-law courts had not the machinery which would enable them to settle such complicated matters. The simple question was whether Mr. Oakes was or was not a member of this company within the meaning of the :18th section of the Companies' Act of 1862, at the time of the winding up. That section enacted, that in the even t o f a company formed under the act being wound up, every present and past member should be liable t o con t r ibute to the assets to an amount sufficient for the payment of the debts and liabilities; of the company, the costs of the winding up, and such sums as might be required for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories amongst themselves, with the qualifications that past members should not be liable, after one year from the date at which their membership ceased, and that in limited companies no contribution required from any shareholder should exceed the amount unpaid upon his shares. He con tended that Mr. Oakes ought to bo liable in this cue, because he held himself out to the creditors as a member • but the point on which he relied was that Kr. Oakes really was a member within the literal meaning of the Stith section. It was an established rale of law that • contract procured by fraud was not a void contract, but was void able at the option of the party defrauded, and could only be rescinded subject to the rights which innocent third parties had acquired through the contract. The first ob ject of the original Winding-up Act was to enable share holders to obtain contributions inter se, in order that the whole burden of the debts might not fall upon a few selected members, and the substitution of winding up in Chancery for proceedings by judgment, was a mere change of machinery for greater convenience, and was not intended in any way to alter the poai tion of creditors with regard to persons who were members of the company. The learned counsel cited, in support of his argument, that a contract tainted by fraud was only voidable at the election of the party defrauded, and could not be set aside to the prejudice of third parties ' the judgments of Lord Campbell , in "The Deposit Life Assurance Company r. Cryst, Henderson ro. the Royal British Bank, ,. and " Daniel r. the Royal British Bank ;" and contended that the le gislature, in giving to companies the position of a corporation, had no intention to alter the principle upon which their decisions were founded. But he submitted that all the authorities before 1862 might be set aside, and that there was no case under the Act of 186?, to which they could refer upon this question of whether a person induced by fraudulent representa tion, to take shares in a company, and who had not dim covered the fraud or repudiated his liability up to the time that the winding-up order was made, was liable as a contributor in the liquidation, and that therefore the Act of 1862 had to be construed now for the first time. In answer to the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Roxburgh said the directors of this company were not elected by the shareholders, but were appointed by the articles of amociation. Mr. Mellish proceeded to argue that there was not in this case such legal fraud as would make the contract voidable at law. To constitute a legal fraud at common law, them must be moral fraud, and it wax a misfortune that the word had been applied to transactions which did not involve any moral fraud at all. To make this pros pectus fradnlent at law there must be either some representation of what the directors knew to be untrue, or a reckless representation as to which they did not know whether it was true or false. No one could read this prospectus without noticing that it contained no state ment of assets and liabilities, no mention of the profit which hid been made of late years, and in fact no information whatever with respect to the affairs of Overend,Gurney,and Company, and the natural inference would be that it was purposely silent upon these points. No man of sense could fail to see that from some cause or other the state of affairs was purposely concealed, and if the assets and liabilities and the profits had been truly stated by the members of the old firm to the directors of the limited company, and they came to the conclusion that the terms were such as could not fail to ensure a remunerative return, their judg ment might be a mistaken one ; but the statement of it in the prospectus oould not be •fraud. It was admitted that • full revelation of the affairs of the firm was made to the incoming directors, and it was idle to say that they did not bona fide believe in the success of the concern, for they proved their confidence by the large amount of their own money which they invested in it. Mr. Roxburgh, on the Rams side, bad nothing to add to the arguments of his leaders. Mr. Cole, who appears for Mr. Oppenheini and other creditors of the company, observed that nearly 3,000,000/. of the amount of the creditors claims were at present unpaid, and it was proposed by these motions that they should look for their money to seven or eight gentlemen whose liability was limited by the act of parliament to 1140,0001. originally. This company was in operation only nine months and ten days. and in that time the cash re ceived amounted to 197,327,7961., and the cash paid to 197,661,365/., bringing the total of the transactions up to the enormous sum of 3941 millions. He was surprised that 696 persons should be found to give countenance to an application of this kind, which he was confident would not be accorded to by the court. Replying to the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Roxburgh stated that Mr. Peek bought 1,000 shares in October, 1865, at 7 3-16 and 7i premium, and another 1,000 shares at 6f premium, in December. Mr. L. Webb, who was with Mr. Cole, drew attention to the distinctions between Ship's case and the present. Mr. C. Barber appeared for Mr. John Stephenson, • private gentleman, who deposited 12,000/. with the com pany • few days before it stopped payment and who ob tained from 'Vice-Chancellor Kindersley leave to attend these proceedings at his own expense. He contended that there was nothing of • false or fraudulent character in the statements of the prospectus, and that the names of Mr. (lakes and Mr. Peek must remain upon the list of con tributories. The Vice-Chancellor did not wish an imputation to rest for a moment where it was not deserved, and he believed that there was no intention to charge the direction with anything in the nature of a fraud. There was no doubt whatever that all that was done was done in good faith, grave and lamentable as was the mistake they committed. The point which the Attorney-General pressed was, that if these gentlemen had told the public all they knvw, they would in all probability have been unwilling to embark in an undertaking which had contracted so large an amount of bad debts. Mr. Bristow° opposed the application on behalf of two persons representing shareholders who admitted their lia bility. His clients were Mr. Bowker and Mr. Peek, soli citors of Gray's-inn, who held eighty shares each as origi nal &Rotten, and who had paid their calls ; and be sub mitted that it would be a very hard cue if those who acknowledged their just debts were to have their liability increased the success of such applications as these, to say nothing of the gre►t delay and expense which at tended such proceedings. Mr. Muse, with whom was Mr. Foots, addressed the court for Means. thirdon end Rennie, two of the directors of the limited company who were not connected with the old firm, arguing that the prospectus was drawn up in per fect good faith, and that the directors had good reason for the view they took, that upon the terms stated the busi ness could not fail to beprofitable to the shareholders. Mr. Rennie in his affidavit stated that the legitimate busine, was very extensive and lucrative, and that be still believed the good-will to have been worth 500,000/., and there was nothing in Mr. Gurney's examination which in any way contradicted that statement. At the conclusion of the learned counsel's address the further hearing of the case was adjourned till tainorrow (this day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—JAs. 21. Sittinp in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush.) DINNTRON r. HARDING AND OTHUS. Mr. Quain, Q.C., made in this ease a very novel application. He moved for a rule enabling the plain tiff to proceed against one of the defendants as if personal service had been made upon him. The defendant Crocker is a lunatic in a private lunatic asylum, and hitherto the plaintiff had been deprived from serving Lim with the process of the court. The keeper would not allow access to the lunatic. The wife had been served with the writ, and requested to serve it on her hosbaad, but she declined. There had been no inquiry de lunatico, and no committee had been appointed to manage the lunatic's affairs, and consequently the plaintiff was entirely set at defiance. Mr. Owen, the keeper, did not state that the serving the writ on the lunatic would have any possible injury on him, but declined on the ground that he would not permit an 7 one in his establishment to be served with process. If his application could not be entertained in that form he was to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. The Lord Chief Justice—The keeper does not suggest that serving the lunatic would be prejudicial to him ? Mr. Quain—No. The Lord Chief Justice—Then, should not your appli cation be for an attachment against the keeper for con tempt of this court in not permitting its process to be served! JANUARY 22, 1867. Mr. Justice Blackburn said it appeared.to him that the keeper's objection to allow any one to be served with pro cess was a contempt of this court. The serving a writ might not affect a lunatic's health, hut bringing him up on an habeas might. Rule for an attachment against the keeper was then granted. BAIL COURT.—JAN. 21. Mr. Justice Shee was engaged the whole of the morning in trying an action on a bill of exchange. The case bad not concluded when his lordship had to go to chambers. this court on the 18th of October, 1861, when he was sen tenced to two years' hard labour. Herbert Reeves, prison officer, proved a previoua con. viction of four pars' penal servitude Against Brown on the 27th of Kash, 1863, at the sessions of this court for rub bery from a dwellimphouae, and he had then been four times previously convicted. 1•;01 previous conviction was proved against Johnson, but it was stated that he was the constant companion of thieves. The Anostent-Judge sentenced Driscoll and Brown to he each kept in penal servitude lot seven years, and John eon for five years. John Thateher, 15, was indicted for stealing 10 cotton handkerchiefs. value 4s. 01, the property of William Howell and another. The prisoner pleaded guilty. On the 10th of December Inspector Carpenter, of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, was in Wilton-road, near the Victoria station, and beard the re port of a fog signal, and at the same moment he saw the prisoner standing near to a cart that had just paused over the fog signal. Knowing that the fog signal could not pro perly have been obtained. he seized the prisoner, and on searching him found another fog signal and ten handker chiefs. The fog signals had been taken from the Victoria station, where the prisoner's brother was employed, and the handkerchiefs were identified by Mr. Howell, of Warwick-street, Pimlico, where the prisoner and his brother were employed as carpenters in fitting up the shop. The Assistant..ludge sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned and kept to bard labour for three months, and to have twenty stripes with a birch rod. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-J . 21. Sittings in Banco.—(Before Justices Willem, Keating, and Smith.) The court waa occupied all day hearing the continuation of the argument in Mills r. the Corporatmn of Colchester, in which the question was the mode in which licenses to dredge oysters in the river Colne should be granted. The matter waa not concluded when their lordships rose. Sitting* at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.—(llefore Mr. Justice Myles and a Common Jury.) ALCM I. DITCHBURS. This case arose out of the following circumstances. The Alexandra Saloon Steamboat met with an accident in the pool which necessitated some repairs being done to her machinery. The consequence was that she was sent to the plaintiff's yard, near Victoria Docks, and work was done to the amount of 1181. Is. Md. This amount it was now sought to recover. 31r. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Turiary appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. hay for the defendant. It appeared that the Alet.indra was owned by a limited liability company, of which the defendant was a director. Another circumstance was that the defendant, having been for a good many years a shipbuilder, he took a somewhat active part in reference to the repairs of the vessel. • The case for the plaintiff was that the defendant personally gave the orders, and that the work was done upon his credit, whilst on the other hand the 01,1 was that the fact that the vessel belonged to r. company was written upon the vessel, and also appeared upon placards banging in the saloon ; and that the defendant acted only as one of the company, and never intended to take upon himself any personal liability. The jury found for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER -JAN. 21. Sittings in Banoo.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Channel! and Pigott.) SOWERBI r. COLEMAN AND OTHERS. This was an action of trespass, and it now came before the court upon a demurrer to pleas which raised the (ideation whether the defendants were entitled to train and exercise homes upon some land known as Lilly . Hoo, near Hitchen. The defendants set up an alleged imme morial custom on the part of the inhabitants of Lilly and the hundred of Mitchell and Perton to so use the land at all seasonable times of the year. For the plaintiff it was contended that this being profits prendre, it could not be the subject matter of a custom ; and secondly, that even supposing there was such a custom it was too large to be upheld, inasmuch as it conferred on the inhabitants of a district which was not co-extensive with the parish in which the land was situated the right to go upon the land for the purpose in question. In no case had it been de cided that the inhabitants of one parish could enter into a district outside that parish and claim a right of this kind. Sir Ceo. Honymaii, Q.C., and Mr. Archbold were heard for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Morgan Lloyd for the defendants. . . . . . . . . . The Court thought the plena setting up the right claimed could not be supported. The claim was too wide to be reasonable, became the effect of it probably would be to deprive the owner of the land of its beneficial enjoyment, and therefore the demurrer would be allowed. Judgment for the plaintiff. Sittings at Nisi Prius.—(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.) His lordship sat from II to half-put I. and disposed of several cases, but none of them presented any feature of public interest. These wore the second nisi pries sittings in terni, and the list contains 21i cases, two of which are for special juries. Mr. Baron Bramwell adjourned the court at the early hour named to attend chambers. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—J . 21. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE TORIUNCE. The bankrupt was a tea-dealer, of Omen uare, Brighton. He came before the court with debts of 2, . no assets. Mr. Aldridge called attention to an important omission in the bankrupt's accounts ; he bad not stated the consi deration for his debts. An adjournment was ordered for amended amount.. IN RE ALPHID HOOP. The bankrupt was described as a gentleman of King street, St. James's. the Salisbury Hotel, Fleet-street, and numerous other addresses. Debts, 3,963/., of which 6001. are on accommodation bills. Some of the debts am for the hire of opera boxes, hotel bills, hats, clothes, and hire of horses. The accounts not having been filed in time, an adjourn ment wax ordered, and the bankrupt was directed to file a cash account. (Before Mr. Commissimer Coulburn.) TRADER DEBTOR HUIIMONR. In the CYO of a trader debtor summons, affidavit was made by the debtor of a good defence. In answer to a question from the court, he stated that he hod executed a trust deed, which was a bar to the action of the creditor. Mr. Reed, on behalf of the creditor, proposed to show that the deed was invalid, several large creditors being omitted. His Honour held, on the authority of a case decided by the Lords Justices, that he could not inquire into the validity of the deed. The instrument itself was primal facie a defence to the action ; its validity would have to be tested at a future stage. The costs would abide the event of the action. IN RE nortnEß. The bankrupt was a vitriol manufacturer, of Paul's wharf? and of Norwood, Surrey. The debts are 15,7741., of which 1,2861. was due to unsecured creditors; asset& returned at ; 289/. had been mild into the Bank. Mr. Lawrence, for the asaignees, did not oppose. The materials in course of manufacture would be realised for the benefit of the estate ; the premises, plant, &0., were taken by the mortgagees . It was desirable that the bankrupt should have his discharge, in order that be might assiet in carrying on the manufacture and realising the proceeds. Mr. Bagley, who represented the executors of the de ceased mortgagee, was desirous of having further accounts. The bankrupt had not shown the disposal of large amounts of cash which had conic into his hands. Looking at the email amount of enacts, the case was clearly one for further inquiry, and ought to have been so treated by the "IX; Honour said that as the mortgagee had not proved against the estate, be could not entertain the application of Mr. Bagley ; but with reference to that, and looking at the largeness of the figures, he thought that time should be given for inquiry. An adjournment would therefore be ordered. - - MIDDLESEX SESSION& Edward Lee, 21, was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William IVoolridge, and stealing therein an umbrella and other articles, the o Richard Charles Toms, and two coats and other articles, the property of Henry PohL The prosecutor lives at No. 26, Richmond-road, Barns bury, and between 12 and 1 o'clock on the afternoon of Christmas-day, he went out, leaving the doors and win dows closed and fastened. He returned borne about half past 7 in the evening, when he found the front parlour window open at the top, and the Venetian blind pulled down to the bottom of the window, and not in the state it was when he quitted the house. He then went and un locked the front door, but could not obtain en entrance, as be found that it was chained inside, and he beard the footsteps of some one running down the stairs. He gave an alarm, and went to the ganlen of the next house, where he found a man who began pelting him with atones. In moment afterwards the prisoner was seen getting over the garden wall into the street, and having done so he was followed by several other persons. As a policeman came up the prisoner was unable to make his escape, and was given into custody. In the garden were found some bundles containing a large quantity of property packed up and ready to be carried away. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Herbert Reeves, warder at the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, put in the following convictions against the prisoner: —Three months, 21st April, 1660; three months, August 10,1660 ; two months, January 19, 1861; three months, April 17, 1661 ; three months, September 5, 1861 ; three month', September 25, 1862 ; two months, June 25 1863; three months, September 4, 1+163, and since then three years' penal servitude at the Lewes' sessions. He was at the present time on ticket-of-leave. The Assistant-Judge said any eoervations would be thrown away upon such a person, and sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for seven years. Charles Brown, 26, Joint Dris../f, 22, and Am ry J"hn• son, 23, were indicted for breaking and entering the ware house of Peter Smith, and stealing therein 4 coats and 42 pairs of hoots, valuu W., his property. Mr. Itibton prosecuted. The prisoners were undefended. Stephen Election, police-constable 433 K, mid at about half-past five on the morning of the 15th of January he saw the prisoners and another man in Devonshire-street, and Brown was carrying a bag. When Brown saw him he threw down the bag, and in it were found a great many pairs of boots that had been stolen from the premises of the prosecutor, 49i, Gloster-street, Commerdal-read. It appeared that the prosecutor's pren.ises bad been entered by a side door, and a jemmy found upon one of the prisoners corresponded with marks npon the door. The jury found all the prisoners Guilty. Robert Smith police-constable 47 11, said he was present at the Central Criminal Court on the 22nd of September. 18(73, when Driscoll was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour for felony. He was also present at the sessions of THE POLICE COURT& MANSION-HOUSE. Joha Turner, an elderly man, having the appearance of a respectable tradesman, was charged before Mr. Alder man Salomon (who sat for the Lord Mayor) under the following circumstances : From the evidence of Frederick Glidden, constable of Leadeuhall-market, it appeared that about six o'clock on Saturday evening, from information he received, he was in. duced to follow the prisoner, who was in the act of leaving the market, carrying a leg of pork in his hand. He asked the prisoner where he had purchased it, on which the prisoner smelt at the joint, and said as it was not nice he should take it back. The witness said he would assist him, and brought the prisoner and the joint back to the shop of Messrs. Jeffries and Son in the market, when Mr. Jeffriee denied that he had sold the joint to the prisoner, who was accordlngl7 taken into custody, and charged with the illegal possession. At the police-station the prisoner repeated that he had bought the joint from Mr. Jeffries, and had told him at the time that he could not pay for it until the following Saturday, on which Mr. Jeffries told him that he mu.t go to the counting-house and arrange that matter with his son. When stopped with the property in his possession, the prisoner was leaving the market, and not proceeding in the direction of the counting-house ; and further, Mr. Jeffries bad denied that he had given the any such directions, as he was never in the h iab of trust ing Saturday customers. The prisoner gave a correct address. When called on for his defence, the prisoner said he waa the worse for liquor, of which a small quantity took a great effect upon him. He besought the alderman to in flict a fine, as he (the prisoner) had an important job of work to go to at Deal. . . . . . Detective-olficer Pannell (who happened to be in court on other business) informed the alderman that be bad known the prisoner very many years as a respectable car penter and builder, and he was surprised to see him in his present position. Mr. Alderman Salomqns advised the prisoner for the future to abstain from intoxicating liquors, and sentenced him (for the unlawful possession) to pay a 6ne of Is. or in default seven days' imprisonment. The penalty was paid and the prisoner was discharged. LONDON PINAIVCIAL ASSOCIATION (LIMITED). The seventh half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this innineintion WAS held yeatenlAy attar. noon at the Baltic, Thielulneedle•street ; lir. Y. 1.. Itoi.o. CANACHI in the chair. __ The Sxeitersar(lll r. Koch) baring read the notice cot. vexing the meeting, and the minutes of the pre% be. meeting having been contirrned,the report, which has been already published by us, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN. in moving the adoption of the rep ot ?, said it was one which the board believed to be honest and true in every respect, and he thought that with the ex. planation' he had to offer they would he perfectly satisfied with it, and adopt it unanimously; and not only so, but, considering the extraordinary difficulties they had bad to encounter, they would on the whole deem it a very satisfac. tory statement of their affairs. He need not take up their time by going at anylength into the history of the panic, all that he would say was that from June to December thi ngs had not improved in the City at all, so far as railway pm. petty, with which, unfortunately, the London Fina n cial Association had been principally connected, was contenell, for in consequence of some disclosures of niinuanagem e nt in regard to certain railways, the public seemed te have taken fright at all railway securities, quite forgetting that there were 450,000,000/. of railway property in this country paying good dividends, at all events so f a r as almost all the main lines were concerned, and it did net follow that because one or two of our principal railways required more money than was originally anticipat e d, every new railway was a bad property. But they no; only had to suffer through that panic, but from the effect of malicious rumours which bad been circulated that their securities represented spurious railways worth nothin g at all. He need not tell them that they had very great difii cultic*, and when contractor after contractor failed to meet his engagements in consequence of the bad times, they had to look more closely into their securities, and in some in. stances they had to find the money to place lines of way in the position of good paying lines ; and iu othera, where their interests were better protected, they had added directors to the boards of railways in which thq were interested. (Hear.) In one case their menagerhad been placed upon one of those boards, and in another one of the new directors had kindly consented to serve, so as to see that their property was well cared for, that there were no Lloyd's bonds or over-Moue of debentures. (Hear, hear.) Their examination bad been very strict, but so far be ina happy to say they had not discovered that they held a single spurious security. In order to be quite on the right side, they had provided for all possible losses by bad debts by deducting from their assets 170,61 4 9/.—not that the money was lost, but in enter to provide for such mat. tern as might not be immediately, but would ultimately be met. He did not anticipate (having regard to the public feeling at the present time) seeing many new lines made for some time to come, but he had no doubt that the ma. jority of the lines now constructed were bona fide good lines, and if the shareholders co-operated with the board he hail little doubt that at no distant period they would be able to realise their securities advan• tageonsly, and that all the shares which represented public works would pass into the hands of bona fide investors, and that the company would again be placed in a very satisfactory position. (Hear, hear.) The principal object of the report was to inform the proprietors of the exact state of their affairs, and they would see at once from the accounts that they held 1,447,9111. worth of securities, and those securities being spread over so many lines, every one could form his own opinion upon them, because if the board had been deceived in one or two or three lines, it was not at all likely that they would be in the great majo- rity, so that it was evident that they possessed a real property, which there was every reason to anticipate would become valuable if the shareholders helped them to keep their engagements, and abstain from realising until public confidence in this description of property was re. stored, when they might realise at far greater advantage than they would if they attempted to do so now. (H.r, hear.) Although they held 1,400,0001. worth of securi ties, he wished it to be understood that the nominal amount of those securities was a great deal more, being, in fact, 2,400,0001.—1 hear, haul—which arose from their having estimated them at the lowest possible value. With these remarks he begged to move the adoption of the re rPauxt. M.P., seconded the motion. After a long discasoon , ----- The report was unanimously adopted,"and a motion for the addition of three directors to the board Itaing been withdrawn, it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. Galsworthy, seconded by Mr. Slater, that the question of the directors' remuneration should be considered, and that special meetings should be called to discuss the pro• priety of altering the articles of association in reference thereto. The retiring directors, Mr. Rodocanachifund Mr. Fraser. were re-elected, as were the auditors, Messrs. Ball and Tucker ; and a cordial vote of thauks to the chains= concluded the proceedings. MA RKET& LONDON WEICIELI DOCK B.STURNS.—JAN. 19. [world. Delhat Irr.Btock. lyti. SOUTHWARK. John William Palmer, alum Cl.', a very smart-looking lad, 15 years of age, described on the charge-sheet as a betting agent, of 16, Sutton-street, York-road, Lambeth, was brought up in custody of a constable of the L charged with being concerned with two others in cheating Thomas Wood out of a sovereign, by card "harping in the public streets. The prosecutor, a business agent, residing at Camber well, said that on Saturday afternoon, about 6 o'clock, he was passing under the railway arch in the Westminster bridge-road, when his attention was attracted to some lads and a young man about 22, playing with cards on the pavement. They had a piece of baize on the ground, and were putting down cards and betting with each other, and money passed between them, and the prisoner appeared to be their leader. After a little while they proceeded to a court in the Lower Marsh, where he was induced to join them, and the prisoner seemed to win several Ruins of money. Witness put down a sovereign, feeling satisfied that be had picked out the right card, but all of ► sudden they called out, Here's the police," and ran off taking away his sovereign. Witness pursued them, and catching hold of the prisoner, he detained him until • constable came up when be gave him into custody. The prisoner here said that the prosecutor did not bet with him, and he had nothing to do with the cards. The prosecutor made several bets with the young man, and lost his money. The magistrate supposed that theQrosxa tor first lost • half-sovereign arid then played double or quits to get his losses back The prisoner said that was precisely so. Had be won he would have said nothing about it. (Laughter.) The magistrate was of the same opinion, but observed that card "harping in the public streets was illegal. He perceived by the charge sheet that the prisoner was de scribed am a " betting agent." He seemed very young for that profession. The prisoner told his worship that his father wan • bet ting man and " book maker," and that he assisted him in his profession ; in fact, be was being brought up to the turf and "book making." (Laughter.) The magistrate told him he was beginning very early, and if he carried on him gambling propensities in the public streets he would soon find himself in trouble. He advised him to seek some honest employment, and not roam about the streets with idle vagabonds, gambling and card •harping, for if he came before him again he would see what the law would do for him by sending him to prison for a longer term than he would like. He thereupon ordered him to be discharged. The prosecutor asked for the return of his sovereign, as the prisoner knew all about it. The constable informed his worship that on searching the prisoner lie found on him 12s. and • betting-book. lie had no sovereign. The magistrate told the prosecutor that he had lost his sovereign and deserved to lose it by joining in an illegal act. He was quite old enough to know better. The parties then left the court. Scone—W.l. blula &treat Do. bra *bogs Mauritius bags I.*.aA lodla Waal slam .. ...... —bloke* Malanla bap' Havana boas YoreigsMuscovadocaska Brazil packages' beet Roca easksj -- Do. bsasl Corria—W. 1... packages Do Ida & bap Ceylon auks ! De ....MU. a bags' Mocha rechannel Other IL India Denali ft Conan Eg u Ann w l OUOUA ign bat* Fore RUN ctti Do. !Ada I Rim, Lad India tom s SkLITZTRZ tons - 14,087 Ili 1,0K5 8O I,lov T,979 14,721. 10,990 , 749 f.,974 6,tid 2,07 . 4 70,992 141,434 8,45 . 9 217,004 24,3 6.885 500,147 I,OV , 24,49{ 4b,75./ W 3 is,oeD 21,614 1,75 u titles ' es,cie 1,921 I 1,{4 30 liGi; Lit/ 1,3:3 I 14.1E4 4,143 42,1 , 1 411,4 1,3 1.308 1,431 3.670 37.662 46,36 3,193 i 37036 33,476 16,317 14,90: 31,643 30,61 - 1,004 I 710 28.30:1 57,513 187 I 10,087 ;,G:4 TALLOW.—MONDAY Eva:Num—There is no new fea• ture in the tallow market ; the present moderate make of home tallow brings the trade into our market pretty freely, but there is very little doing on speculation. Gar quotation. are :—Spot, 445. • March, 445. to 445. 3d. April to June, 44a. 3d. ; Oc tober to December, 45a. tid.; Town tallow, 445. net cash. South American, 455. ; Aar tralisn beef, 435. Gd. fine ; St. Petersburg soaps. 435. Coca nut oil quiet ; Cochin, stia. ; Ceylon, A 1..; Sydney, 465. to 45.., middling to fine. Palm all Sat, 40a. lOil. fine Lago.; palm nut oil, 41a.—(From the circular of Messrs. south and Charles.) COTTON.—LivrarooL, JAN. 21.—Our marlet remain' quiet, without change in prim. Estimated sales ta.l..y. 6,000 bales, including 1,000 speculation and export. 2,000 American, lid, to 17 - id. ; 700 Fulani, &a., 131 d. to Did.; 20 111aninham, 16d. ; 800 Maoeio and Bahia, 12d. to 1511; 300 Egyptian, 15d. to 19d. ,• 100 Smyrna, I*l. to 13d. ; 2,230 Surat, 71$1. to 120. ; Madras, 11 4 'd. to 121 d. ; Bea. gal Seim% &a., Bd. to 91d. ; iTYI Peru, 131,1 t ta4 s taz a' l2 l l ha f le air• riaj wu rn: 161 d. ; Perham, 'ls4d. ; middling Bowed., 14;1; middling Orleans, 15d. WOOL AND WORSTRD.—BIADFORD, JAN. 21. — To-day there has been another fiat market. All classes of wool except bright haired must be quoted u ineetir... Buyers are acting with extreme caution, and only supply urgent requirements. There is no change in price.:. la worsted yarns, spinners firmly maintain their quotatiosi of last week, but they do not meet with buyers. The market is languid and inactive. There has not been much business done to-day in pieces. The orders placed very small. Prices are very little altered. CATTLE—Dvunroot, 21.—The supply of e,tfe was much less than on the previous Monday, and of ,hop shout the same. Cattle in slow dentod, and prices lover. No change in the value of sheep. Beef,nyd. to tisL mutton, 60. to &L par Th. COALS.—Lompon. JAN. V.—Huddle's West 11.m:.y. las. ::d. ; Cowpen Hartley, 18s. ; Hastioga I I.ut ,y. las. &L; Hslywell Main, 30a. ; Lambert's West 'Lathy. lria. ; West Hartley, 18.. ad. ; Walls End Janws.24a; Walls End Wharnelitie , 265. 6d. ; Walls End Il.aes ll . 275. lid. ; Walls End Kelloe , 266.3 d. Walls F:n.l Hartlepool, 275. 6d.—Ships at market, ;30 ; sold. :P.+. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Miles Pas- Mee. Total, Total. RAILWAY'S. open. senders, chandlaa. 1e46. 1666. Week ending Dec. 90 . e C, N. L Smyrna and lltssaha sl 613 830 1.4413 1847. 1866. DM. Jan 6 — 497 90) 1,466 Week ending Jan. LS. Brecon and Merthyr IS 891 1,150 LOU Week ending Jan n inudnn l ßrightou.gs.Coset 314, 11.4 1 2 5.110 16.612 15 765 South F.:astern 336 14. T 4,31/9 18,636 19,901 RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS TN PARLIAMENT. The examiners, Messrs. Frere and Palgrave, the latter gentleman having been elected in place of Mr. Smith, resigned, held sittings yesterday in rooms 16 and 17 re spectively, and the following business transacted:—The following bills, before Mr. Frere, were unopposed : Metropolitan Life Assurance Society ; Forth and Clyde Junction and Caledonian Railway Companies • Skipton and Wharfdale Railway ?Sutton,Southcoates, and Drypool Gee ; Ipswich Fishery ;Wynestead Level Drainage ;Green with an.l South Eastern Docks ; Crystal Palace and East London Railway; Bishops Waltham Hallway, and Blyth and Tyne Railway, were declared to have passed the 'standing orders. The (opposed) Glasgow City Union Railway was postponed until the 29th, and the Swansea Vale Rail way until next Monday. The standing orders were complied with in the Bromley Commons Enclosure. (Before Mr. Palgrave.)--The unopposed hills were Kidder minster Gas, Scarborough Can, Lombard-street Improve ment, the Caledonian and Forth and Clyde Navigation Companies, the Caledonian Railways (Forfarshire works, Ac.). The Norwich and Spalding Railway, the Denbigh, Ruthin, Corwen, and hlolden Denbigh Junction Rail way Company's Amalgamation passed standing order.. The unopposed bills brought before the same examiner, and in which the standing orders were not complied with, were the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway and the Thames Subways. The Carnarvon and Llnndwrog Rail way and the Sheffield Waterworks (new works) opposed bills were declared not to have complied with the standing orders. The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Rail way, the West Cork Railway, and the Southport Water works, were adjourned. Br.Aprolio CHAMBER or COMMERCE.—The an nual meeting of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday at Bradford ; Mr. H. W. Ripley in the chair. Some formal business having been disposed of, the meeting was adjourned till evening, when a sow. r took place in the saloon of St. George's-haIL Lord F. Caven dish, M.P., and Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., were present. The chamber had received from the government, as a gift, a large collection of the textile products of India, which excited a greet amount of interest [Adve;•tisement.l—HuLtowAv's OmmENT AND Pilln.—Better than a fortune.—These purely vegetable extracts Oka be safely and effectively used by nll persons suffering from Internal or external ailments. The directions wrapped mend every pot of Ointment and every box of Pile are amply sufficient to guide the most diffident and encourage the most timid. 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