The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-30 00:00:00

ELECTRIC dli'D LVTRREATIONAL TELEGRAPH

COMPANY.

This day the directors issued their report
for the half-year, from which it appears the poss income
of the company for the hell-year ending 30th June, 1864,
amounts to 136,473/., and is in excels of that for the
corresponding period of 1863 by the sum of 19,3631.
The working charges amount to 87.643/., or 9,493/. more
than in June, 1863. There is consequently an
increased profit over the return of that period
of 9,7691., and the net income of the half-year,
after making every provision, amounts to 48,8301.
The directors recommend a dividend of 4/. per cent for
the half•year on the *toes, and on the new
shame 5/, paid op. This appropriation will absorb
38,995/., and leave a balance of 9.8351. to be carried to
the trust fund. This fund with its accumulated interest
now amounts to 29,188/. 4s. 3d. and the above addition
wrll increase it to 39,0231.6* 9d.

STDDIEC DEATH TREOUHH ATTENDING A FCNERAL.
—Last evening Mr. J. G. Richards, the deputy-coroner,
held an inquest at the Fighting Cocks publie-house,
St. John-street, Bethnel•green, respecting the death of
Vase Salmon, aged fifty-three yearn, wbo died very
suddenly. The deceased attended the funeral of a ink.
tiro on Sunday last at the Victoria-park Cemetery.
After returning he eat down in • chair, when he fell back-
wards in a state of insensibility. Dr. Clayton, of Stick-lane,
Spite!fields, promptly attended, but life was extinct. The
deceased had died from disease of the heart, no doubt wee.
!mated 17 excessive grief after attending the funeral. Ver-
dict, " Died by the visitation of God,"

orTIiaGICOUS ASSACLT.—At the county sessions,
os the 20th inst. Mr. .J. 0. Parker, of Drinkstone, sod
Caroline Parker, his wife, who bold a highly
.respectable
position in society, were charged with the following as :
—lt appears that the National School at Hewett is kept
by a Mus Maria Arnold ; s sister also liven with her. The
son of the defesdante fell in love with one of the young
ladies, and sent gloves to her, but with no note ; afterwards a
music book, and finally he wrote letters, which were de-
stroyed. After this, a pelletal:no called upon the complain-
ant, producing several patterns of silk dresses, and asked
the young women if they had any dresses correspood-
in' with them, saying he came from the defendants.
Feeling that this was done as an senoyaeoe, both girls
started off to the defendants to ask them what they moult,
when Mrs. Parte, took a horsewhip and very severely
punished both of them, ee much so that they were both
under the doctor's halide. Mr. Parker also added to the
assault, and called them the most offensive names. The
defence was that through the complainants the son of the
defendant, had goo, to sea ; bat this was denied, and it
was stated that the reason young Parker west to ma was
because his father had horsewhipped him. The magistrates
fined defendants :W. each ; and a cheque for 40f. was at
own banded to the noon—Ceashridge independent Press.

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Loss OF THE CORINTHIAN SiIEAMRR, WITH 300
HEAD or CATTLE. A report was received yesterday, at
the Marine Department of the Board of Tiede, of the
wreck of the British steamer Corinthian, off Oporto, with
large lows of cattle. Captain Weston, the commander, has
made a deposition before the receiver of wrecks for Liver-
pool, stating that the vessel left Oporto, for Liverpool, on
the 3rd inst., with nearly 40 head of cattle, besides a cargo
of wine, wool, and other articles, and with several pas-
sengers on board. They only reached twenty miles on the
passage when the steamer struck oo a embeds rock, which
as not marked on any chart of the coast. The crew had to
take to the boats to save their lives, when the ship sank in
seven fathoms water. The loan of the steamer and cargo is
estimated at over 20.0001.
SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —A remarkable
accident ham just occurred on the Pennsylvania, Wilming-
ton, amid Baltimore Railroad, at a spot where it passes sander
• bridge. A passenger, a "old* of the Veteran Reserve
Corps, fell asleep, sod while in that state pushed his leg
through the open window, and it coming in contact with
the bridge, it was broke. sod torn off in the meet terrible
manner. The severed foot came through the next window,
flying across the car, end struck one of the passenger', who,
in the excitement of the moment, picked it up and threw
it oat of the car. Fortunately. Surgeon Burdick was on
board the train, who, in the absence of all instruments or
bandage, tied up the shattered limb in • collection of
handkerchiefs, and in that state the sufferer remained until
the train reached Havre de Grace, where be was taken is
charge by the surgeon of the poet.
STORY OF • SNARL —The Lockport Journal
states that there lives in Mercer. Canada West. a woman
who has for four years past lose afflicted with a siasular
difficulty in her stomach. The complaint commenced about
four year' niece with • tickling and uneasy sensation about
the pit of the stomach. The sensation has continued to in-
ere se in severity. A few months since it became the
opinion of the physicians that the increasing difficulty had
bees the growth of • snake in the stomach. It has grown
so large now that it distends the stomach so as to produce
• hooch upon the outside es large as • quart bowl. UllOll
pressing this beech with the hand the reptile recoils and
produces great distress in the stomach. Wheo fish or mot
being cooked in the room, if the snake is not satisfied
with food it rises up in the throat, producing strangnlatioe.
When desiring food, it manifeeta it by rising up in the
throat. Physicians can see no way in which the snake can
be removed without certain death to the aromas. She is
is about 35 years of age.
An enormous quantity of bills were posted in
Newton/a and the surrounding district, on the occesioe of
the recent misting at the Royal Agricultural Society of
Eogland. One • locator alone, reed John Richey. used
the large quantity al two aid a ball seeks of flour is the
maaafaotur• af pasta. Ia other words, fifty three of flour
were comeamed ia leakiest paste during the coursed a single
week.