The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN AND PROVINOIAL LAW

Associaf.tio-N:

The annual dinner of the above aseociatiou wu held is the
eveoioe in the Queen's Hotel, Leeds, and was atteoded by
about 60 gentlernem The their was occupied by Mr. Eddison,
of Leeds. A splendid dinner wee served, under the direction
of Mr. Goptoti, and the cloth having been removed, the
chairmen proposed the usual loyal waste, whiob were no-
mired with the gluiest enthusiasm. "The Army. Navy.
and Volunteers," responded to by Major Rose, of the Loudon
Volunteers, and Mr. As+ rton, of London, a gentleman who
limed as • Volunteer at Peterboruegh in IrtOCl. " The Bench
and the Bar," responded to by Ald.Seymour, of Y.rk ; sod
"Success to the Metropolitan and Proviocial Law Associa-
tics.' Mr. 'detest, the president of the society, responded
to this toast, stating that be lied Dow bad the honour of per
Wm( over two highly successful useetiou of the association.
A solidity bad sow bees imputed into the association
which would enable it to go no prosperously for many.
many years. (Applsuee.)—Aldermas Rawlins, of Bins-
' isigham, proposed "The Leeds Law Society sad the local
prof erica," sad paid a high sompliniset to the talents sad
ability of tbs members of the legal profeesios is Leeds.
Amongst the other toasts were, "The Incorporated Law
Society," proposed by Mr. Bibb, of Leeds, and responded to
by Mr. Anderton ; "The depotatiooe hue Provinehd Se.
dirties," proposed by Mr. Balmer, of Leeds. and responded
to by Mr. Avisoe, of Liverpool ; sod "The President and
Coosa of the Leeds Philosiplimil leetitotion," proposed
by Ms. Willies's., of York ; sod " The Chairman," pre-
posed by Mr. Hodgson, of York. Iu the wane of Os
evening several excellent sup were ably rendered by Miss
11 Winder. Mitt Sonteaves. Mr. Mellor, and Mr.
Muter T. W. Dodds was a very efficient accionipuyist on
the piano.

THE FATAL RAILWAY AOCIDMIT AT MUTH.—
Yesterday Mr. W. Payee, the City Coroner, held an in-
quest at Guy's Hoopital, on the body of Angoli.:iloraodi,
Man imi aged 28, • cabinot-maker, of I-etroet,
Uoswell-road, who east his death under the f lowing oar-
caaistaaces.l It appeared from the evidence that the de.
Dossed, oa Sunday last, bad goo down to Frith to look at
the scone of the late guapowder explosion, and that be-
tweets 7 sad 8 o'alook Is the evening he priiesclarl to the
Britt station on the North Keot line, for the comae* of
returning to London. At the time there was • crowd of
about 1.000 persoue at the Artier' and ea the platform,
assay of whom bad boat waiting for Lours to get home by
the trains, which were much crowded. A few minutes be-
fore 8 o'clock the up-train was slowly apprises:blew the sta-
tion, and before it had arrived at the platform, cad while
yet in motion, a rush was made by eeveral parsecs is the
crowd, amongst whom was the demoted, to get taco the car-
riages. The deceased took hold at the handle of one el the
carriage doors, which Sew opec, and a rush of the people
taking place to obtain admission isto the carriage, th•
was pushed off the platform sad fell ander the trigs
while it was yet moving. He shrieked out, and the train
was stopped. On being extricated it was totted that his
right leg was broken aad his body severely lamented. As
soon as poweibie medical aid wee obtaioad, said he wits them re-
moved to Guy's Hospital, where he erneed in • state of col-
lapse, sad died in half an hour after edicts/00a, refacing to
have hie leg amputated as the Daly memo of saving his life.
Mr. 8. Turner, the hoicie-surgooo, hewing deposed as to the
cause of death, the jury returned a verdict of "Aacideatal
death."

Mono's METAL CONTANY. —The find getieral
mention was held yesterday, at the Royal Hotel. Birming-
ham ; Mr. George Frederick Your' in the chair. The rr
port of the directoes 'penned in our paper of Thursday
last. The Cbairmas, is movie' its adoption, reviewed the
position sod prospects al the sompley, which bespoke of as
eecoureging. He bad no ressoo whatever to doubt but that
it would realise a reasonable divideed ; at the same time he
could well understood how these who entered the woo=
in aoticipitioo of an esormous rotors for their ievestmest—
• sort of mice of wealth—were likely to feel some duals.
pointmout. Foe the depreciation whiek bad takes place
to the value of the aberve he was utterly at • loss to soorwat.
The motion for the adoption of the report haricot lea
seconded was carried after • brief diecuselou ; wed in
reply to • question by Mr. Robert Weight, the chairman
said that the bawd bad oot at that Uwe any further call in
coetemplatios. la the come of some remarks by Mr.
Jaffrey, he saisitheeed the feet that the sellers of the shares
were not heal holden,, but parrots at a distance, who bed
little koowkdge of the value or the real nature of he
property, but who, levier been diaappoisted at the shares
net gars to • premium, had Pak them on the market ; at
the same time, the somber of shares trassferred had bean
comparatively snialL Messrs. Coleman, ?aroused, and
Ow, ware appareled auditors; and power wee 'wee to the
direstors to ill the oast general meeting at sock time as may
be coevanient ; as explanation having bow offered by
several members of the bored to the effect that it w era.
peered the acosenets would mot be aufilainatly mode op to
rabble airs to will the meeting before the mooed week
la April neith