The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

FORFEITURE OF LANDS AND GOODS BILL.

Mr. C. FORSTER moved the seotood reading of this bill,
the object of which was to do away with the forfeiture of
the goods and lands of meow convicted of felony. He
excepted the case of persons eciovicted of the crime of treason
in order to avcid the opposition of the ley Aims of the crown.
The penalty of forfeiture attached to the smallest felooiei,
whilst persons guilty of the gravest misdemeanours were
exempt from any such penalty. (Hear, bear.) He con.
tended that it was wrung iu principle to punish the innocent
for the crime of the guilty, and this was the case when the
families of felons were deprived of their lands or goods.
[Left speaking.]

THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK-(THIS DA V.)

This afternoon the first annual general meetiug
of shareholders of the Imperial Ottoman Bank was held at
the London Tavern • Six W. CLAY in the chair.
. .

The report, which was adopted, states that the first ore-
ration of magnitude in which the hank wee called upon to
take part was the issue of the Turkish Loan of 1863. and
the profile to the 31st of December last include • coon.
datable amount derived from this lose. The addition is
specially acceptable at this moment, since time had scarcely
permitted the bank to get into full and efficient operation.
The committee, however, express their entire satisfaction
, with the progressed the general business and their confidence
in its rapid increase. The internal riches and resources of
Turkey afford abundant field for legitimate eoterprise. The
I various branches taken over from the Ottoman Bank have
continued to yield a satisfactory return. The attention of the
committee has been called by the Constantinople direction
to the necessity of establishing other branches and agencies
in the various commercial centres, and action has already
been taken in regard to Balonica, in Tbasedy, Larnaca, in
Cyprus, and Aide; the proposed terminus of the railway
now in course of construction from Smyrna. The bank has
endeavoured to establish relations of amity with firms of
eminence existing is, and connected with, Constantinople.
The committee are happy to announce that cam.
briatioas have been formed for undertaking business
which promises to be of • highly lucrative character.
The accounts to the 31st December show • net profit of
185,6804 Oa 10d., or nearly 19 per coot. per annum on the
paid-up capital of the bank, from which has to be deducted,
in accordance with the daturas, firma the distributiou paid on
account in M•rah last at the rate of 5 par cent. per
annum, amounting to 48,9371. 10e. ; and, secondly. 10 per
cont for the reserve feed. Of she balance—viz., 118.1741.
10e. 9d., one-tenth is appropriated by the statutes to the
founder, sod administrators of the bank, and the remainder
is available on this occasion. The committee propose •
payment of 15e. 9d. per share, making, with the interest
already paid • dividend at the rate of nearly 16 per cent.
per annum.

THE AFRICAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY.
(THIS DAY.,

This afternoon a half-yearly meeting of the above
company was held at the Ake@ in Leadenball-street ; Mr.
P. D. Hanow in the chair.

ontofaisalsTaceof 4,9851. 41. 10d. to the credit of the re-
ran" account, the director' recommended the payment of a
dividend of Ss. per share, flea of income tea, for Use half
year eodiag 30th April lad. being at the rate of 8 per osot.
per an.= on the company's capital. This payrneeit absorbs
4,443/.41., and leaves 562/. 10s.to be carried ever to neat half.
year's accounts. The mill "'nice continue. to be performed
in the most efficieet =sneer.
The report was adopted.

BOOK-HAWIEINO. —His Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales hes reosntly consented to accept the ethos of
patron of the Church of England Book-hawking linioa, and
kindly forwarded a donation of ten guineas to its funds.
This valuable institution was established under the patron-
ess of the late Prince Consort, to aid and further the work
of book-hawking throughout the country. Its depot, at 3,
Waterloo-13405, is open to the inspection of all members
of such book-hawking sasocistiosis as are in isoeusexion with
the union,

Tas Carts DE PARIS IN KESWICIL—The Comte
de Paris and his youthful wife arrived is Keswick on Tumi-
dity night, patting up at the Royal Oak Hotel, kept by Mr.
Leather. On Wednesday morning they took a drive through
Honesdale to Hattennere. They returned to Keswick b
the way of Sodom HOl and Wltialatter, mach pleased with
the magnificent scenery through which they bad
They left the Royal Oak on Thursday for Permit'', =d.
intend-
mg to proceed thence to Loudon. —Custer Iwo: Pacqua.
-Diocese or Nolimics.—On Saturday Let the
Rev. George James Newhard, M.A., was histituted to the
rectory of Shenford, in Norfolk, oa the presentation of
Mr. William Hobos, of Sawn-terrace, De Beauvoir Town,
in the county of Middlemen. On the mole day the Rev.
William Page Roberts. M.A., was institutedto the vicarage
of Eye, in Suffolk, oa the premstatioa of Sir Edward Cla-
rence Herrison, of Broome, is the same county, Bart.
Oa the same day the Be,. Walter Richard Hickman, B A.,
was instituted to the rectory of West Harting, in Norfolk,
on the presentation of the Hoe. Dame Maria Charlotte
Nugent, wife of Sb George Edmund Nugent, Bad. On
the same day the Rev. Henry Hammost Lubbock, ILA.,
was instituted to the rectory of Bradfield lint Medisty, is
Norfolk, on the preesutatioo of the Right Hos. (Asada
Lord Suffield. Os the same day the Rev. Charles St.
Denys Monoo, 8.C.L., was collated to the rectory of Pod-
ding Mottos, is Norfolk, in the gift of the Lord Bishop of
Norwich, by Passau of lapse by virtue of his biehoprie.
Tux GOVERNMENT GAOLS BILL. A special
meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex was
bald yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clorkenwell-green, to
ocrosider the Geo% Bill now before the Honor of Commons.
Mr. Henry Powsell occupied the chair. The report of the
parliamentary committee of the court was preseeted by Mr.
Turner, which, after alluding to the bill, merely recom-
mended some slight oddities to use of the clauses. A long
dissuasion ensued, in which Mr. Sergeant Payne, Mr.
Swift, Mr. Harwood, Mr. Turner, and others, took part,
which resulted to the adoption of a strongly worded peti-
tion to the Hoses of Comatose realest the bilL
THE LAST or THR Punt —OH MOM'S] hat there
died a lady wham life had been so prolonged, and whose
career bed bees so much emaciated with long bygone events,
that. though cheerful end active, in the full enjoyment of
all her faculties, and with a keen interest in paining events,
her existence seemed almost an anachronism. Anne Gren-
ville, only daughter of the first Lord Camelford, and sister
and co-heir of that half-mad son of whom we read in the
memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope, and who found an ap-
propriate death from the pistol a Captain Best—bore in
London in 1772, and married 20 years later to Lord Gren-
ville, died also in Loodoo-92 years afterwards—last Mon-
day. We noticed last year her fortuitous medic; with
Lord Lyndhurst, is St. George's, Hanover-aquare, upon the
000111i011 of the marriage of Mier Copley. Her last appear-
ance in public was at the Botanic Society's Exhibition, on
Saturday last, when she seemed to be in her acceutomed
health and spirits. She was taken N the mom night, and
only survived till Monday. Her large estates are loft. in
accordance with the wish of her husband, Lord Grenville,
who died not less than 30 years ago, to the Hoe. George
'redeems', brother of the late and uncle of the present earL
—Timer

SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL
nt Foomoo PARTS.—Yesterday the 163rd anoint: of
this institution was celebrated at St. Paul's CLtkedral, is
preemies of some of the highest digaitariee of the chard].
A full service was performed on the occasion, and all the
ramie was reedered in a manner which well befitted the itn•
porton.. of the event. The prayers were read by the Rey.
Coward, and the lemons by the Rev.. 7. V. Pov.b, while
the duty of preaching the sermon was assigned to the
Bishop of Lincoln, who took hie text from the 10th chap. of
the Epistle to the Romans, the 13th and two following
verses. At the close of the tarries a collection was
maids in aid of the funds, and a hope was expressed that the
contributions would be large, as the detnandi on the
resources of the society were increasing every year.
The statistics of the institution show Pat the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel has sow been etaragrd for 163
years in endeavouring to plant the Church of Christ among
our countrymen abroad and among the heathen. From
North America (1701) its operations have gradually been
extended to the West Indies (1710), Australia (1793), India
(Ifila South Africa (182 D), New Zealand (1839), Ceylon
(1 Borgia (1849), British Columbia (11438), and Bono-
lola 862). The British possessions abread *KURA over a
tedium of about 9,000.000 agnate miles, god are the seat et
42 bishopric. In 1863 the society's income for general,
appropriated, and special foods was 107,0001. The society
desires to provide this year from its general food for the
mai:da me. is whole or is part of 493 misiionaries and a
large somber of catechists and schoolmasten sow labour.
log in Australia, ke.
THE AXEIRIC&N SHIP ALBATROAL —Me. W. H
Loughlin, muter of the Antietam, writes to the Liverpool
Journal of Commerce to deep the charges brought &gated
hint—as isportre is last Friday's Irpress—at the Newport
Polies ()cert. • The whole charge, be says, after going
late detail tines the various eats alleged against
" from beginning to end, is without foundation, sod only
trumped up by designing lodginghouse-keepers, to extort
mesier sad make • capital oat of as worthless a crew s
seer I bad the misfortune tereonimaxid, with the exception
of two moo. As for my nose's. lam °sly 'abort that I
do sot thick them capable of pesoliming the crusklies
earned ; and eves if they were, I should Ilare kamdra tt,
sad at once pot a stop to auk aoudad."