The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-19 00:00:00

TELEGRAPH TO INDIA COMPANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders
in the above mom, was held yesterday at the London
Tacna • Sir MACDONALD STRPHINBON.HI the chair.
The ;sport, which has already appeared, having been
taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN said that during the interval which bad
elapsed since their lastmeeting the board had been employed
in reslisieg the outstanding &mete, and liabilities to the
amount of 11.0001. had beea cleared off. Everything was
now paid off and • balance carried forward to next half•year,
after declaring • dividend of 5 per cent at the present
meether. The temporary suspension of work on the Malta
and Alexandria line had canoed a serious loss to Kant. Glare
and Elliot, but them gentlemen had, with chinch/111,0c
liberality, paid their half•year's dividend without reduction.
(Hear, hear.) The board were now engaged in negotiations
for the disposal of the remainder of their property and
hoped to lease the line at 5 per cent. There was no risk of
any further call, and in Egypt their prospects were likely
to be improved through the estabbehmeet of the Egyptian
Trading Association. The chairman concluded by moving •
resolution de:4ring a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum. _ _

In answer to questions front Suansmounan,
The CuAlatra:r explained that negotiations were pending
with the Britishgovernwen tend with the Para.( Egypt, and
that if in either camp they were successful the shareholders
would get back their capital intact. If not, it was impossible
to ry what sum might be realised by a sn'bmerged cable.
Mr. DENT (a director) said that smoegst the arms were a
house at Aire, value 4,0004, and which was sow rented to
government. The chairmen was about to proceed to India,
and would visit Aden en rests, when ha would endeavour to
arrange with government for the dimmed of the house. The
land is.. in Egypt was also a valuable property.
The CHAIRMAN stated, in mower to Mr. Smith, that the
line toPtbal had been arodooed in consequence of t►e risk
which 'would accrue to the ships of the Peninsular cud
Orisetal Oompan . The shareholders might rely upon the
exertions of the to obtain for them the restoration
of their capital.

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The mangos was then agreed to, and the proceedings
terminated.

THE CROPS IN THE NORTH OP IRELAND.

A great improvement has taken place in the weather
niece last week's report, although the atmosphere remains dull
and chilly. Considerable progress has been made in the
reaping of early-sewn wheat, which has been sired in Gee
condition, and proves a good yield. The breadth of land
sown with this mop, as we have more than mice stated, is
not great, owing to the many unfavourable senora
proving iejarious to the ripening of this description of
gems. The present year has ben an exception in the
latter respect, and the crop is understood to be above an
average,. both in yield sad quality. Reports as to oats
are various according to mitustion—sours plasm having a
magnificent crop, cod others being lees favourable. The
general average, however, is geed, and better than
tenet ,ean. Reaping of this cereal is nearly completed :
and, with a short antinomies of See weather. most of it,
and else of wheat, will be cat and stacked. Flax centiatim
to be highly spoken of ; a better crop is every reopen has
makirtin ben witnessed. A great deal has been dreamed, so
that wean speak with confidence a its abundance and
superior quality. The green crops will be below an average,
in consequence of the long drought during the early part of
the summer ; but they have made much progress dung the
last few weeks, and promise better than could have been
anticipated • short time since. The pastures, also, have
vastly improved under the late mins. The potato disease,
which, two or three weeks ago, occupied • large place in our
reports, has, happily, not been iso serious as the fear, of
the public led them to believe. The tubers having nearly
attained full growth before the blight set in, the crop, as
• whole, has not suffered to any great latest. A large quan-
tity of Lied was laid under this esculent during the present
year ; sod bad the daises been extensive, the loss would
have amounted to something formidable. As it is, the crop
will be saved in a tolerably sound condition, and will prove
highly remunerative to the grower. Oar Pcrtadown 001 Th
!pendent mention that in that apple-growing dietriot there
is this year a very inferior crop of that species of fruit. Now
that • tolerably accurate retinal., C4lO be farmed of each
crop, we would feel much obliged if our correspondents
would state in their nest report. whether each crop men-
tioned is above, under, or about as avenge of former years.
Northern Whig.

SUDDEN Drava or • Souctroa.—A very general
gloom was cast over Lincoln on Wednesday morning last
owing to the sudden and melancholy death of Mr. Richard
°Arline, a gentleman who held a high position in the city
for many years as a solicitor. and who was well known
throughout the county. It appears that Mr. Canine, with
several of his family, had emoted to attend the teas at
Dooosater on Wednesday last, and in pursuance of that
arrengemest he (apparently in perfect health), in company
with a son and a daughter, Mr. Henry Below, and other
frieods, had taken tickets at the Great Northern station for
Bawtry, at which place they were to meet a private carriage
with other trisects, and thus drive to Doeerster. They bad
just got into a first-clam carriage, and the train was about
to start, when Mr. Carlini fell off his seat and almost im-
mediately breathed his last. Hie body was removed into
the waiting-nom. and in the course of the morning to his
home le a beans. At the loosest which was subsequently
held, it was supposed that angina peetoria was the cause of
death.—Stinsford Mercury.
USING Al OLD RAILWAY Ticier.—On Thursday,
at the Manchester Police-court, two gentlemen, named
Augustine Fielding and Alfred Bishop, were charged with
travelling on the lanciathire and Yorkshire Railway with
• return ticket which was only available for the preceding
day. Mr. Fielding mid he took a ticket from Hull to
Manchester, and when be arrived at Normantoo the porter
informed him that be was just too late for the ester
train, which had left about 20 minutes. He had to stop at
an hotel at Normantom and at five o'clock the neat morning
he come down to Manchester, and he used the some ticket
with the permission of the officials at the station. On
arriving here be was asked for his ticket, but he replied
that he would give them part of it, but not the whole, as
he wondered that he had an action against the company for
his expenses, being on important business. Upon his re-
fusal to deliver his ticket the officials demanded his fare,
and threatened to have him taken into custody. This
threat was afterwards carried out. Mr. Dickens (the pre-
siding magistrate) : Thew gentlemen appear to have given
• fair explanation for detaining the tickets, and one would
have thought that the company would have expressed some
regret for the detainee. Mr. Allsburv, of the Lancashire
• Yorkehire Railway Company : What could we do?
We are always sorry when people are detained, but we must
have either their fare or • ticket. Mr. Dickens (to Mr. Field. '
ingl : Did you give them a full explanation T— r. Fielding:
I did ; more full than I have gives here. I offered them
way card, and told them that I resided at Fielding-park,
Bristol. It was only the other day that I lost my image
through their neglect, and my resets for being partieuLr is
this ones within they might not give the same earns es
they did then—that they could not help it —The beech
advised both yarns, to give up their tickets, and they did
so after baring been told by the magistrates' clerk that the
company would be obliged to produce them in came an
action were brought, if they were served with a notice to
do so. The awe was thee desinioned.

STILANOZ ATFATIL—On Sunday the 6th inst., •
boy about twelve years of age, maned William Stormonth,
son of • flootehman, employed at the railway station at
Leominster, was proosediag, in nompaay with a number of
other boys of about his own age, along • footpath by the
River LOU, in the vicinity of the railway station, when,
barter moth= to pass over s stile, his feet became eaten•
Bled between the ban. Upon seeing him thus caught seve-
ral of the lads isitanseoced treating him in a most brutal
maser, without any muss or provocatios. They seized him
by the leg. sad arms, and forced him through the ban of
the stile ; they then reselved to throw him into the river,
bet they cut him iostead into a lugs bola and procured a
wrathy of stones to stone Mm. Up to this time the boy
had been in an almost insensible Mat. from the treatment
be bad received. Whether his peneouton thought he was
dead, or Noisomm at hand, we omega say, bat they left
him at this point to himself and decamped. The boy with
diSoulty reached home, but did not immediately inform
kis ts of what had cocurred. On Sunday he was taken
seriously ill, and Dn. Hyde sad Baker were in °outset at-
tendance ape, him tip till two o'clock on Wednesday morp-
h% whim he expired. Three boys, mused George Box,
atarlin Prim, sod Henry Thomas, were apprehended, but
Thome was discharged, there baths little evidence against
Ida. Box and Pries were remanded till atter the inquest.
Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pure
ceseas Sonic:mei Nue Tea; vary &Moe at is. 4d. and M.
Stsadard" at 4a. 4d. (formerly 4a. Sd.), as•
sad nest tidous Aguas he every Wm rapirsi)i