The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

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Robert Kiwi, a tall, shabbily-attired rem, wearing a large
beard and moustache, was charged before Kr. Knox with
stealing two silk pecks* handkerchiefs and a vidorhie, the
property of lir. Charles klaosy, lissedispew, of 27, (beat
Titohfidel-strest.
Samuel Edmonds, assleteat to lb. Nosey, said—Between
12 and 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the primmer woe to
my employer's shop, and selected goods to the mooned of
at the same time handing me a cheque foe 261., drawn
by Joseph Kent on liems. Raw and 00.. Furnivers-ins,
and requesting that the goods might be met to No.
sts, Albany-street, Remt's-park. Directly after the pri-
soner left two silk handkerthiefs and a rietceime were
mi.ed, they having been seen safe by me a few larMikl•
before the prisoner left the shop. I thus sent sae at our
young men to follow the prisoner to see wire he resided,
and he followed the primmer to the model lodiging-hbare la
Cherlenetreet, Drary-lens, and then eine beat and In-
formed me where he had traced the pn to I then
went with the young man and a constable from Bow-street
to the model lodging-house, end there fined the prisoner
asleep on a bench. The onnotehle marched the place,
bat could not find the articles, and then woke the prisoner.
The constable said he had come about two haadkmahieb and
•eictorine, and the landlady said she had sem the articles
offered for isle in the room. The primmer was then taken
to Geolge-street and charged.
Priamer—Did you mere me with the goods?
Witnese—l did.
Prboaer—Will you swear that I did not say I would
take the handkerchiefs and viotorine with me I
Witnees—l will_ _

Charles Woodfall, 27 F—At 6 o'clock yesterday I awes-
=o the let witness to the model lo4glag-hottes ia
-street, Dewy-Lae. I there wow the primer
apparently *sleep. I woke him up aad asked him if he
had ordered any goods that day sad he mid he bad not,
but afterwards mid he had. On telling him the charge he
mid he knew nothing about the artistes. I thew twit him
to the station and at 10 o'clock last sight the articles were
brought to me by a man named Res.
David Rees, lodging at the model le=bouse said—
Yesterday the primer gave me the to
pledge for 51. I tried to do se, bat could sot. I returned
with them, and finding the primer was is custody, I took
the articles to the constable (the last MMus).
The witless Edmonds identified the property as that of
Mr. Macey.
Prisoner—lt is true I took the arOoles, but I was is dis-
tress. I have been only two mouths liberated from a lu-
natic asylum.
Mr. Knox—The defame ci iessaibry is now being cam-
mealy set up, but insanity is sot a Meese for mob a charge
is the present, and I shall therefore and you for trial,
where you can set up that defense if yin think proper.
The prisoner was thou tomaaitted for trial.

SOUTHWARK.
caLies or STAMM.

Mary Ann White wee pieced at the bar before Mr.
Beecham. charged with madly and wounding Mary Cal-
dron on the head with a pielnufe.
The complainant, a well-dreamed female, who exhibited
• puncture i wound on the side of the head, said that some
time ago she wee unfortunate, and we. that acquainted
with the prisoner. She, however, married • respectable
mechasic, and had since lived in the Waterloo-road. About
o'clock yesterday morning she was returning home, and
when near the Wickets Theatre the primmer sashed up to bar
and threatened to serve her out. Wham tried to pacify
her, but she was *Arms* iseleut, and rushed at her again
with as open psu-knife in her right bead, and stabbed her
on the side of her head. She ma* an attempt to stub her
again, bat fortunately a eimstable came up and rescued her
from farther violence.

The prisoner hers denied the charge altogether. The
facts were that they bed been drinking to=
some time, and when they emir cut of the pu •
they had words together, and the complainant knocked her
down, sod in the struggle her bonneted shawl war torn.
Mr. Burcham—But Toe used a knife. That's very bad.
She denied using& knife or bring one.
Polios-constable 126 L said be wee as duty in the Lam.
Beth-mash about 2 yesterday morning, when he heard •
disturbance near the Victoria Therm. He ran over and
raw the complainant sad the prisoner fighting, and as soon
u be got up to them the former put her head to her head
and said she had been stabbed. Witness took the prisoner
into custody, and at her feet be picked up the open knife
produced, the point of which mu bent. The wound on the
complainant's head was very slight, but it bled • good deal.
It was • clean punctured ward.
. .

Ms complainant here begged his worship to di charge
primmer. who Lad been on very friendly terms with her be•
fore this occurred.

--111r7ia robin i told her be could not look over any offeece
where a knife had been used, but wader the circumstances
be should deal leniently with the prisoner by fining her 20s.
or 14 days' hard labour.

ALLIANCE BANS OP LONDON AND LIVES.
POOL (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was
held at noon, at the London Tavern, Mr. J. N. Datum, in
the chair.
The following ?spectated balance sheet were premised :
" The unexed statement of amines which the dimities
have now the peewee of submitting to the shareholders,
shows an avail balance for the half -year ending the 31st
December het, of 26,6891. 15e. 5d., which with the addi-
tion of 2431. 16s. Ild., brought forward from the
previous half-year. makes • total of 26,9.33/. 13. 4d.
The directors propose to apply 16,C301. in paying • divi-
dead. at the rate of 6per cent per annum, for the halt year
free of income ter, which gives 15a. per shore on the original
20,01C3/. shares, sod 2s. per share on the new abates Muted in
July lest, and after pluing 2,C301. to the reserve had there
will remain 8,9;131. 12a. 4d. to be awned forward to the
mat account. The di:setae* have to
the whole of the new capital of 1,030,07,1 a ltt
shares, resolved in Jul last to he Wand at s premium of 5/.
per share, has been so for, end it is proposed that
the 50,0004 received for the premiums be transferred to the
reserve fund. A favourable appertain- ay having arisen for
the establishment of a bank In Manchester, a Drench of
this bank war opened them es the le of this mouth,
and the directors have every ream to believe
that the step they have takes will be ationied with nooses.
It will be observed from the notice renveseg the meeting,
that it is proposed to change the name of the company •
calling it in future, The Alliance Bask, Limited, and
omitting the words •ef London and Liverpool.' The divi-
dend wartime will be met by post to each shareholder, and
will be payable at the company's banks, either in Lemke,
liiverpoah or Manchester, on sod after the 28th inst.
" Balanemabeet, December 31, 186:3.-Dr.: To capital
paid up, 595,7451. ; to amount due to castemies es current,
ourit, sad other accessata, circular not letters of credit,
ke., 2.7:18,01331. 7s. 11d. ; b reserve fund, 2,0301 ; to rebate,
15,1461. 10e. 3d. ; to premised on new shares, 50.0 3f. ; to
prole and loss, balsam 30th Jam, 1863, 2431.165, 11d., to
net profit for half. 31at December, 26,6691.
15a. 5d.-together, 26,9331 12a id. ; t01a1,3,477,9681.10a6d.
Cr.: By cash in hand, at Bank of Bogland, and at ea%
347,6571. 17s. Ild. ; by bills discounted, kens to antoeseeic
Ss., 3,068,4331. 13s. sd. • by bmidinge, furniture, bank it.
tinge, kr., at Lothbary, feethwerk, Liverpool, and Birken-
head, 32,266 t. 14e. ed. ; by, preliminary exposer,
9,660/. 4e. Bd. ; total, 3,477,95131. 10a. 6d.
" Profit and I•o•llaccenst.-Dr. : To current expenses, in-
cluding salaries, stationery, previa:ft for bad debts, its.
MU/. 6s. 3d. ; to sateroa es oared sad deposit accounts,
19,223/. 17e. 10d. ; to rehab, on bills discounted not yet dos
15,1861. 10s. 3d.; to rename food, 50,0C31.; to dividend
amount for payment of dividend of 16s. per sham on
20,000 shares, 15,0001. To ditto for payment al
dividend of 2s. per share on 10,C:31. sow shares, 1,0001. ;
to amount carried to reserve fwd. 2,000/. ; to Wince ear-
ned to prat and loss new account, 8,9331. 19e. ad.-to-
gether, 26.9331. 12s. 4d. ; teal, 121,0981.6 e. Bd. Cr.: By
balance 30th Jose, 2431. 16e. 11d. ; by `ass mode for
half-year ending 31st Daember, 1833, 70.854/. 9s. 9d. ; by
premium on new shame, 50,00!. • total, 121,096 6s. Bd."
The CH•111111AW, in moving the adoption of the report
sad somas* said they showed the Boarish* media:is
of the bank. The hank was at premed is its isfamy. and
what had hem dose in the last half-year was rather as
earliest of future operations that a limit of profit. The
limitation of the dividend so 6 per oeot was a matter of
caution instead of necessity, as was proved by the fact that
the amount carried over was sufficient to pay as large an
amount of profit as that recommended' for dividend. They
might fairly look tar a better return in the form of dividend
at the end of the year. In short, the present dividsad might
be regarded an 6 per coot on acoount. It was a most
satisfactory eireamdanes that the reserve fund now
amounted to 84.0001 The formation of a breach at
Manchester would, he believed, produce beasficial re.
sults. Notwithstanding the stereotyed expronsion.
" provision for bad debts," under the head "oar.
rent expense," the company was in the happy position of
having no bad debts (Cheers.) The breach eitablished
in the borough of Boathwark already paid its expeims.
As regarded the sawof the hank, he
observed that Mambester keg sow sae of the
great seam of seem, it bed boom thought desirable to make
the chaise cropland, wheat lad the concurrence of the
Liver directors. (Cheers.)
The report was adopted unsaissoudy.
lu reply to a question,
The Camases said arrangements bad been made for en-
larging the bask by taking in adjohdeg premises.
A dividend at the rate of 6 per esat per annum was
then declared.
The sum of 4,0001 per eases war voted as remusers-
lion for the direetoes, 18 in samba, instead of 3,C :31.
which they had previously received, the Menem to date
from theist of July last
A resolution for making the proemial sinew of name
war afterwards agreed te
The enema": intimated that it weld be ataassary to
•011•000 • special meeting to emir= that alteration.
Thanks were voted to Simile:atom and to tie swops
and other officers of the bank.

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