The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-29 00:00:00

PIO77NOIAL SHARE MARKETS.

Uri Wm. Nov. 78.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 116; Ditto,
sew account, 116.—London an l North western, 1184 Ditto,
new account, 1191 19—Manchester, Sheffield. end Lincolnshire,
DaW account 664—Lancashire end Yorkshire, 6 per cent. pref.,
111—North Union, A. lid—Buffalo and Lake Huron, 5 1.16
Illinois Central. new account, 50--Great Luxembourg shares,
11 11.16—Spanish Certificates, new account. 141—Alliance Bank
of London and Liverpool (Limited), 19 p.—Lival Finance (Li-
mited). 4 d.—MercanUle and Exchange Bank (limited;, f d.
Dit4o, new account. 13-16 f d.—National Bank of Liverpool
oted), p.—Ditto New ((lamed at 61. pram.), 7 p.—Albion
(Limited). 13-16 d.; Ditto, new account, Id.—British
and Foreign Marine (limited), new account, 11-16 p.—Entpire
Manse (Molted) 15-16 p.— Maritime Insurance (Limited(. t I I).
Moleentile Marine (Limited), tar—Ditto, new account,
Queen Insurance, f D. —Thames and Mersey Marine (Llintrer(T„
raw account, 5 646 p.—Union Marine Limited), aim account, S p.
—Liverpool Exchange, ICl—West India and Penile Steam,
646 Ip. Ditto, new account, Ip.
SIIIIINGIUN, Nov. fill—Birmingham Waterworka shares were
sold at Si : Brit ob and Foreign Railway Plant at 4 prem., and
Patent Not and Bolt at 24 prem. Birmingham Guaranteed Stock
quoted 744, sellers—Mliland Railway Debenture Stook, 96. sellers
—South Staffordshire, 101, aellerv—lowdon. Birmingham, and
South Staffordshire Bulk, I dies, sellers—and Mantis Metal, 11
db. buyers, 14 Mu sellers. Market lat. and cot much doing.
MAIICHIRIE, Nov. 18.—The market was quiet. with steady
prices C. Cammell and Co., 34 p—Oreat Luxembourg. 111—
Great Northern A, next account, 1624 ti—great Western, sect
account, 771 B—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1161 ; nett account,
114 18 1 16—London and North Wean% 1181 ; next account,
119I—Mancheeter, She Meld, and Liacoloa Lre. 6644; next ac-
event, 67 61 a 7—ditto redeemable pref., 11-Id p.—Midland,
malt account, 1974-South Eastern, 956 ; next account, 864
—Spanish Passives, 311—Thames and Mersey Marine Insu-
rance, 64 p. next account, 6 7-16 p.—Manebeeter and Redford
Bank
0.. p—Sheephsidge Iron and Coal, 54 D.—Heywood, H. S.
end Ce i

SHOCKING SUICIDE IN STATIONERS' HALL COURT.
—This morning Mr. Serjeant Payne, the Coroner for the
City and Sonthwark received information of the death of a
man named Joseph Knight, who committed aikido yester-
day morning under the subjoined painful cireumstaoced :
The deceased man, it would appear, had been in the employ
of Messrs. Hoolatou and Wright, the well known publishers
in Paternoster-row, in the capacity of porter for some years.
Ia addition to the publishing premises belonging to the
firm in Paternoster• row, the firm have a series of under-
ground premises beneath the Stationers'-hall, in the court
named after that company, in which they warehouse a por-
tion of their stock. It has been a part of the duty of the
decessed to go to three warehouses as well as attend the
hoes in the Row. On Saturday afternoon be left him work
am usual at about 5 or 6, and reamed his duties on
Monday (yesterday) morning, when nothing strange
wee soiled in his manner or actions. He went
down to the warehouses for some purpose or
other at about 7 o'clock and nothing more war seen of him
until another empkyt of the firm had =ego° to go into
the cellar, when he ins horrified to nod the deceased was
suspended b a rope from the ceiling. Asektance was at
once pro and the unfortunate man was cut down.
I Medical aid was called in, but it wee of no avail, as death
had taken plane for some time. Upos the body of the de-
ceased was found a letter, in which be gave the names of his
children, and spoke of his unhappiness of mind, arising
from illness. The deceased was about 50 years of age, mod
has left a wife sad Az children. An inquiet will be held on
the body.
ALLBGED Fosaraiss me THE GzwzßAr. Pow-
mica Eiwnerce Bum—Yesterday. upon further *airy,
our me nt mosnained upon unquestionable autho-
rity tharrittormation given asolusivelp by the Morn-
ing Adrertiar yesterday, a 4 to certain irregularities in
the Savings Bank Department General Poet-oak', was in
every respect accurate. The forgeries and frauds which
bay* been committed are now maertained to be very exten-
sive, and spreading over the area of a large locality, whilst
the system pursued has bees cue of a novel character, the
scheme having been apparently very deeply laid. The officer
of inatice and the identifying witeasise, we now lean, took
their departure from the General Post-of See on Friday last
for Australia, well armed with all the nemimary proofs of
the commission of the several alleged crones, is the event
of the suspected party being met with sad identified.
Should thin be dope, of course, ea is the case in all arindaal
matters relative to the government departments, be will
be brought finally to Loam. end examined before the
chief of the metropolitan magistrates at the Bow-street
police office immediately after hie arrival—Morning Ad-
vertiser.

Thros Eltaane..—Yesterday evening Mr.
Humphreys held an inquiry into the death of Joseph
Archer, aged 21, who committed suicide on the Greet
&AGM Railway. Deceased's father identified the body.
His sou had up to twelve months ago been employed in
the Post-offtee, when he became a little deranged sad
lost his position. Eisappaialmeet in love had effected
his mind. Edward Perry, signal-maker to the Great
Eastern Railway, said that he was walking up the line
cm Friday morning, at 5 o'clock, when be found a bead
helmet, the metals near the iron bridge near Graven-
walk. The body lay at a little distance an the six-foot.
Deemed appeared to have laid himself oe the down Uwe
There was a footpath scrota the line near the spot. Er.
Hell. surgeon, said that he was called to the deceased,
and from the position of the arms, calmly folded on the
breast, there was no doubt that the deceased had placed
himself designedly oa the rails. The Jury returned a
verdict of "Suicide while el unsound mind.

Tug ALIJOILD 4117117D1111riERT. —Yesterday
at the Bromley Petty liossises, before C. L. Wilson,
altairmao, sad a full bench el magistrates, Edward Wil-
liam Staples and James Tensor, szeavaton, won brought
up in custody as a charge of wilfully murdering Caleb
Fuher, at Orpington, ea the eight of Saturday, the 196 t
inst. The evidence taken w a more recapindation of
that adduced before the carouse's jury, sad the dopon-
nous having boon completed. iamb Prom" •01•0••••4 •
statement to the effect that at the time the polies earns
op with them and the demand, they were misting
him up, having found that he had fall's from the path into
the roadway. They were then fully oarainitiad for 1214 at
the ensuing Keit Anises, to be hold at Maniac/no ea the
15th December. Them wars some hundreds of insavators
assembled in the tows sad around the mut and when the
time arrived for the amused to he couvoyed to gaol they
mounded to the Bromley railway station to await the de-
parture of the train to convoy the prisoners to Ilakbitoon
The police, acting under the direction of ILL Inspector
Kant, coomeipletiag that moms attempt at resew might be
made, very wisely adopted the promotion of taking the
primmer, to another distant Matt" and everything passed
off quietly.
nits Sunday evening, about
8 o'clock, soother swims dm, invelviag a loss of nearly
10,0001., leek* out at the works of Messrs. J. and E.
Wright, raps aid palest tobevraph sable maaalso-
turors, situate in Gisaskread. Wort Ferry-road,
Tho premises win of coesidershis sad
covered a krgs area of grouted, some of the
buildings being filled with mostly mactikeiry mod I.
the manufacture of rope. At the time Wove slated the
private watchman had his attratioe draws to • strong
glare in nee of the storerooms, and, ou closer examisatioo,
found the plain to be oo firs. Colts to the obasactsr of a
large portico of the stock, hemp sod flax, the fire extended
rapidly, the several storerooms Wag loon in llamas The firs
then communicated to the Alms and the =Lenin:gory, and
also to a largo stole of pitch and tee is all atoat6oo
banal.. The Milieu!' Volunteer Floe Brigade, with Mr.
Roberts, their chief. promptly attended and exerted them-
selves very creditably, bat the Maas, fumed by the high
wind, took poesemioo of the rope grousd, which is of great
loagth, and about 290 feet was destroyed. The Am also
extended to the sagins-hottio sad timed the roof off, and
also the roof of the tarring bows. By this time the
Loudon brigade had arrived, and irosesedsd in subduing
the roeflaratioo. Although a considimahls past of the
property is 000stuned, a vary largo and important
of the works has recaps& so that the business of Lit
will sot suffer. The property is insured fa the Rom,
Cesansorcial, and other offices. About the same time
moodier Ike oven/rad is Blachroanotrant, Borough, at the
bow No. 36, temaated by M. Garth, a drupe,. The
Is= was harmed down, and the • houses
PAIII-OARRD Race roil. £7O.—A pair-oared rases
width meted mach excitement is Iticamsed and Its ism-'
mediate viciatty, earns off yesterday for 101, sada, from tits
Ship at Mortlake to Riehmoad.laridgo. The waist was is
*veered nee, and the competitors ware Jobs IrMaisay,
a waters= of Richmond. and his beaker, Mr. Edward J.
Dixon Palely arrived from Australia), David
Amnia and Charles Wakefield, both Ldassw of
Mohamed. who rowed several stage lighter than
their opponents, and in a esamiwkat lighter brat.
Time were a large number of reselatare runabiad
at Aber mid of the amnia. sad Udell% was 2 to 1 sa this
hoary weights. Mr. Dixie midair at sataatkiwr like lash
Mr. W. Wheeler, of Richmond, was reform The Ira got
off gm vole term, the tw• Latham having the Middlesex
side. They wore only together for a tow sleskokead then
MlCioney ad partner. taking the load, ems loft a wide
gap betimes the selves and tbsit erwareala. aid Ewer
weight toll*: sowsidenaMy egahat the dead Dow iw Man
Reach, they ultimately woe by • down Mager. Mr. J. J.
Soddy, of the Lasematim Taney Biallwarard, at trim*
house. la erase Ir raawskarr slake. an witartalawswt
Ins prrari. perleil Ur wham

CALCUTTA AND SOUTH RASTERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors ‘ka,
held at now at the altar of the company, 214, Greelau.-
house ; Mr. J. BOILILADIII in the chair..

The report, which had been previously issued, having beca
&thee u read,

The CHAIIILMAN MOlred its adoption. He commenced by
adverting to the favourable nature of the local traffic,
es shown in the report. There was a deficiency of j per
cent. per annum on the whole working, but this arose
from the through working. The directors bad had good
reason to believe that the town of Canning would
by this time be in a state of progress; and as
the government were interested In the matter,
to the extent of paying 25.0001. per annum, the present
state of things was very extraordinary. The government
had determined to give no farther pecuniary aid to a
scheme which originated itself. U the port had been comp! cted,
the recent cyclone would not have been so disastrous. as the
Holighly would then have been less crowded with shipping.
After six years of government control the scheme was
placed by a government letter which he held in his hand
upon two or three private firms, his own being one of
them. Ths Chairman then read kletter on the subject which
he had himself recently addressed to Sir Charles Wool,
eomplaining that ColooellEterachey, writing en behalf of the
Indian government, had represented the new port
as a project of the firm of Borndaile and Co.,
and referring to the records of the Indian government in
support of has disclaimer. He also cited Sir C. Wood,s
reply, in which the right hoe. baronet said he thought no
such imputation was intended by Colonel Strach ey. The
town of Canning was, he added, bat little damaged 117 the
cyclone, the lands being too high to be subject to a rush of
water.
_ _ . .

Sir M. Wetts entirely concurred with the chairman
as regarded the action of the government in relation to that
railway. There was a large amount of traffic in Bengal
independent of that now on the Hoogbly, and it required
such accommodation as would be afforded by the port
of Canning ; he referred to the traffic of the Modals.
lie doubted whether Sir Charles Wood knew anything
aboatlthe Mutlah—(laughter)—and it was the midortune of
India that it was left to be administered by a
second-rate man. (Cheers.) The shareholders moat not
allow the present state of thing to continue ; they must
not be contested with a 5 per tient. guarantee. The rest
cause of the conduct of lb, government war its financial
difficulties, and these arose from miemenagement and un•
just wan. For example, there was the Umballsb war,
which cost the country; 300,0001. It was most an.
just ; and, with such an e: tan of public
money on an najust war, how could the government find
45,000Lf0r a town andlponoe the Mullah? He then strongly
=damned the closing of the railway to the Indian public
on &Way. What was the cases of this? Was there
director on the board whose 0349601atiOlta objections on that
point had prevailed ?
Mr. J. C. MABSIIIIALS—Nome.

TheCHasxwr e pb;i o ;cf that the reason why troino
weft not run on Sunday was that in the opinion of the
manager in India it would not pay to run them.
Sir It WiLut conteeded that the board ought to try the
experiment, that being the only Indian railway on
the native population had not the privilege of tr.tvoi
by railway on Sunday.
After some discussion the report was adopted, and the
proceedings terminated in Use usual manner.

PANAMA, NEW ZEALAND. AND AUSTRALIAN
MAIL COMPANY (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY)

A general meeting of the shareholders was Lid
at 1 o'clock, at the Londoa Tavern, " for the purpose of
receiving a report from the directors and declariog d din-
dend."

The following report was presented :
"As the books of the company are closed only once a
year. at the 31st December, a balance-sheet is tot
presented on this OCalliOn, but in conformity with
t_lx.e2lan horetofore adopted a summary has bees pre-
of the working for the six months ended the
June. This summary shows the receipts to have been
—freight and mosso money, 58,90111. 18s. 9d. ; government
subsidos, 19,6291. 10s.: together, 76,5381. 13s, 91. The
espenditere wag including all sharps (except
theme to repair, be., account), every Item of which has been
examined by the Sydney auditor, 47,34 M 17e. 7d. Home—
ineursoes„ intoned, fees, &Akira's, not, Its, 9,1831. Bs. sd. ;
together 56,5781. 6e , leaving • balsam d 21,9601. 2s. 3d.,
Ire amount credited to repair, to., amount, Wag at the
rate id 8 per cent per annum os the cost of the vemek em-
ployed, 7,2001., the balance this bolas 14,7601. 2a. 9d.
Although the bulk of the new capital will be absorbed by
the payments on account of the Pawns ships, and will not,
therefore, be producing any revenue until the establishment
of that service, the foregoing automate enables the direc-
tors to recommend the declaration of a dividend at the rate
of 7 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, on the old
share, fee the six months ended 30th June last, and at the
same Isle on the amount paid is respect of the new dorm
from the dale of allotment to 30th Jam. After payment
al the dividend, which will oncost to 5,7501., there will he
a balance of 9,0101.
.2s. 9d. to be mrried forward. The
secesear7 appropnatioss for depreciation, Sc., will be made
at the end of the year. The cost of the improvemests,
added to the outlay for repairs, makes the total expenditure
los repair, renewal, ter, moonat for the half-year 17,8661.
14s. sd. Large as the amount undoubtedly is, • metal
investigation of the various items shows that the work,
under the able saperiatendoice of Captain Vine Hall,
the company's poeml manager in the colonies, has
been dose is the most esenomical manner. It is also grr
tifyies to know that the company's fleet is in every respect
ia • more efficioot coaditien thee at any previous period;
and that the heavy outlay which the renewal of boilers
always involves will not occur again for four or five
years. With a view to amble the company to undertake a
third intereolosial lime, between Melbourne sad New Zr.
hod, and stoically he extend its operations is the LOB
colony, two new steamers have been parchmed—the Tr
rano, of 830 too; builders' messuremest, end 156 bone
power, nominal, and the Baissitoto, of 830 teem bed 120
hone power. The former has already left this country,
and the latter, it is anticipated, will be ready to sale it
January. The trade and requirements of New Zeeland
have increased dunes the lass twelve months to such an
extent that these additione were rendered neossoary, is
order that the company might not be in the position ot
Irvin to refuse the esbddies offered for services beyond
those already performed by it. The Egmont ailed from
the Thames co the Mk August, and from St. Helena co
the 7th September, after taking and
board troops for New
Zealand. At the present time the amount receivable by
the company for postal servicee is a wards or 41,0001. per
annum. • subsidy baring been secured for an addttionaloosit
line. With reference teas instalamat of 31. per share on the
new shares, due Oct. 1. the dinettes tom to report that
notwithstanding the resent toomeszy pressure, 62,0001. have
bass paid oat of 740001. B the moil whisk has =
rived a letter has been from the New
goveruniest, is answer to the relyreeestations addressed to
them by the broad lase Jim on the object of the Pansies
ocatenst. The government adhere to their previously ex.
Premed opinion, that the Mos. Cresbie Ward, is eater*
into the contract, exceeded his pewees ,• sod erefor, they
me so reason to alter their determisalies to leave the
math, to the dosides of the ooloaial
Oa the other hand. ID. Ward still maintains that
the mistreat is perfectly valid, and will be eon-
firmed by the vote of the General Amiably. In
support of this, It may be mentioned that the directors
kayo received assurances from private and independent
somas of • reliable nature, that the decision of the livid,-
tun will certainly be in favour of an honourable fulfilment
of the issepements entered into by Mr. Ward, es Post-
manter-Generel of Now Zeeland sad special riememeetetire
of the colony."
The Citanuthe, in moving its adoption, said the premet
state of things was very satisfactory, and when all thermosets
bad bees censpleta the dividend would, no &RIK be
stall larger. As reworded the cioneet with New Zealand.
be excrement his amides** that, although is abeyance for
the pretest, it would be adopted by the colonial lesidatent
The maks lariat been adopted, a dividend at the sate
of 7 pee east. per amain wsa declared, leaving a balance al
9,0101. to be oinked forward.

SCINDE, PUNJAUB, AND DELHI BANK
(LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.)

The third half-yearly meeting of the shareholders
was held at 1 o'clock at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. P.
Anomie in the chair.
The report, whisk was issued several days ago, haring
been taken as read,
The Owned said ander the articles of docistiog
them was au amemity to commas that dad&
hot the board wished to afford information, s.'9
dally es there was so dividend. The progress of
the bank was in many respects satisfactory. The
subscribed capital bad ismeneed to 900,0001., the paid uP
capital to 400,0001., and the reserve fund to 2.5,000/. Taa
number of sharebeiders when they het met was 450 g
was aow twice as t. It might be asked, why, then, was
there no divided Hear, liar.) The explanation was that
hitherto there had not bees time to acquire a large thew°
of a dead profitable oberaoter. Five of the brooches had
as yet prodded very ; sad so long as he was chair-
man he would set himself *plait speculative bd.
sees. The times had bees adverse, exchange opal*
time hazardous, sad the anxiety of the board tad
blest I. avoid everything of that kind and lay
• basis for the future. Tits new railway"
eaortirwest wield pertly assist in the developtiumi
af easanierce. The prosperity of the bank was very tg_ti!"
baud up with As railways, and, amoeg other. the Pau
Railway would prase a source of considinubls moth;
Tbs brooches were now speedily becoming productive. and
he hoped that in May tits hoard would be in a position to
declare the ISM dividend that they did before. Hs had a
largo slake is the eraser% and had fall meadows in de
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The melee wee seeeried by Kr. F. W. Mont.,
ciee of the direo=to a:prow& his ooncerrenne in the
remerlte of the as le the imospeote of the taxa.

g The San Francisco oonrte have deckled that
sawed penman alaall ride la taw ears tine.—Cakform°
Mfr.