The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-17 00:00:00

ST. KATHARINE'S DOCE.-(THIS DAY.)

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders was
Lad at 1 o'clock, at the Deck Some, Tower-hill, Mr.
Oath, ia the chair, " for the pupas of 00Malidag the
expedisacy of applying to parliament in the seen* media
for powers to carry into effect proposed arrangements with
the St. Katharbe Dock Oempaay, the Vilma Da* Om-
pally, and the Lerma of the Vidalia Dears, all or say of
them, by way of amalgamation, maltase, Iwo, or other-
wise ; also for authority to nibs additional capital, and for
ash ether papas as nay be dasmaised os."

Tie OKlndoor eentsiensed by reading an midmost
between the St. Hitherto* Deck Oompany and the London
Doak Company. signed by the boards, subject to the approval
at the sharehalikusi, for an aradproation of the two com-
prise an perfaaily dad terms. He then read
se egrememit between Messrs. Peto, Bowery, end
'sir, the lames of the Victoria Dock, whereby they
agreed to treader that dock to the amalga-
mated Company out certain terms, the dret being
that the pries to be paid for the Victoria Dock, not is-
dedtag the Steelyard, should be paid in 4/ per met. de-
testers stock of the amalgamated companies, pruderies
44,5001. per annum, to be delivered to the ven-
dors or apportioned among the shareholders d
the Victoria Dock Company ; the payment of
interest to COMMSIIOII on the Lt of delicacy, 1865. Among
other conditimis of the melee. were the following :—That
the ',sailors should be idernailed by the pereftesses whist
' the claims of the debentsue holders of the Victoria Deck
Company ; that all rates and Odes ahead be apportioned
between the vendors and parchments up to the war
etof the purchase ; that the vendors amid perdue*
orking stook of the Victoria Desk at a veleatiee ;
that two new antrum:lose should be sold be the
by the amalgamated company, at a pries to be at ileyaii
bitratien ; that the oarryiog oat of the arrangdasat Amid
be detriment on the approval ci the sharelioldem et the
three companies on patiery motherly ; sad Wt may
differences which might arias I. 14111.111100 to the agmemed
should be submitted to erbitratioa.

TheCtramens, in mowing thermal:matron of the agreement
wltlitheLondoo Dock Campos ,expronedhisconviction that
it was owe which the aha meld do well to adopt,
and that partisans, would sot reps the oesioary usettoo.
Mier a short 006•1111116211, the Noehities wee pawed
unaohnously.
The Ceases' then mowed the aesilmnation of the agree•
nest with the Mums of the Vistula Dock Company
in reply to qUettiOUL
The °RAHMAN stated that the proposal was in sub-
stance to purchase the ViAces Doric for the sus
of one milllioo sterling, the hiteweet to be 44
per cent., making the total amount 42,5001. per annum
H. held in his bud • meemeandusa showing that the
Victoria Dock Company woe akesdy earning within 2,000/.
ar 2.0001. of the amount to be to itswes•
The matins was plied
The proasealiap he wrsehmka.

The committee of the Orphan Working School
hare admitted 60 ehikhen each year for some time put,
but as there s room in the baiWing for 400, and only about
300childrea them, they bare determined to admit 70 during
the mania' year is order to fill ap the ambers as early as
poetible, not doubling that the public will amble them to do
so by their inaeued contributions.

A new church is about to built at Fiholicg, in
Boats, Rose taw lir at WI Railway Nem* betwoca Ports-
wood sod Notts* Houpital.

GOLD IN BIITESE GITIANA.--GANDraI expeditions
have proceeded at Intervals late the interior of country
' for the purpose of disecererieg gold, from the time of the
' late lamented Dr. Blair up to • very recent date. and eves
I now there area few individuals engaged in the pursuit.
We need not go into the history of these enterprises--
suffice it to say that although they all laboured under the
disadvantage of being conducted by men not practically
acquainted with gold-mining they have all combined in
enforcing upon us the truth—long shies discovered—that
gold exist' to • great extent to the heart of this colons, and
even within comparaeively *my reach of our metropolis.—
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British Oahu= paper.
CHARON OF SWUM% A GNITINO•HOLTAIL —At
the Dudley polinecourt, yesterday, Themes cad James
DWAIN, hemmed victuallers, of the Sslotetico wine vaults,
were charged with having, whilst the occupiers of •
certain' house in High-street, unlawfully received the
sum of two shillings and sixpence, as a deposit
on a certain bet, on condition of paying the sum
of oce pound fifteen shillings, on the oontingeoey of a cer-
tain horse winning a race. Mr. John Smith, of Birmingham,
appeared for the defence. The information was laid by •
man named William Blackwell, who was ordered oat of
court in the early part of the morning for interfering I.
a case of indecent assault previously reported. Upon
being called on to give evidence, he was produced by the
police, and came into court Is • state of utter inca-
pacity. He was asked by Mr. Haase bow he had
passed the morning, and after a little cogitation he
said, "What has that got to do with them? What
has that got to do with the magistrates ?" Further
questions were put but the informer was past giving
coherent replies. Mr. Smith then said that he was in •
position to prove that the statements contained in the in-
formation were incorrect, but as be did not wish to occupy
the time of the court for three or four hours, he would
advise his clients to gay the costs of the prosecution,
if the bench thought fit. It was quite certain that the
*eidetice of the informer could not be taken, and, under
the °imam-teem be thought the ease would be met by
the terms he had propoesd. Mr. Chief Superintendent
Berton, the nominal prosecutor, said they bad other
witness= who had been summoned by the informer, if the
beech thought proper to have them called. Mr. Smith
said that his clients were prepared to meet the charges, but
he thought the time of the beach would be needle sly occu-
pied if the case west on for three or four hours and then
ended in a dismissal. The Messrs. Davies were respectable
Miasmas, and it eould be shown that they earned on their
badness to a respectable maser. He should not attempt
to day that a deposit hml been man aa stated is the in-
formatioe, but no actual bet was made. The beech. after
consulting with the clack sad chief superintendent of police,
weed to the course suggested byltifr. Smith, and also ad-
dressed a centima to the defendants. The beech stated that
they should not allow the costs to the informer.

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