The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

him a fool, and told him he was drank ; he was staggering
drank. I had heard the deg bark vary loudly.
_As he was
going away, Ise maid he would mark me ; but I did not know
what he meant. I did eat complain the next morning at
the police station. I suspected it wee the police before I
canoed the door. There was no one up but me. $6 spoke
to as. I have sworn that 86 pulled me out of bed by the
hair of my bead.
Yr. Lewis--I propose now to question him about the
assault on which $6 was convicted. By that means I shall
elicit from the complainant what he calls facts, and from
Disown witnesses I shall be able distiuctly to disprove them,
as the complainant has throughout not spoken the truth.
I consider that a proper and constitutional course to pursue.
Barker—l decline to allow that course to be adopted.
The defendant is not charged with assault, but with a viola-
tion elide duty.
Mr. Lewis—lt is one and the same affair. I submit that
it it modestly legal evidence, but I must bow to your
4141••

NATIONAL DISCOUNT COMPANY (LIMITED).
(THIS DAY.)

The eleventh ordinary meeting of the share-
holders was held at noon, at the Loudon Torten; Mr.
F. W. Roseau, M.P., in the chair.
The following report and babinceeheet were presented :
" The accounts which the directors have now the *e-
nure to place before the shareholders show for the Wi
per ending 31st December a grow profit of 43,12:11.
12e. 10d., and after deducting the current expenditure,
making ample allowance for doubtful debts, writing off the
remaining portion of the preliminary expenses, amounting
to 500/., reserving 112/. Os. 9.1. for premises redemption
fund, and 13,4351. 17s. sd. for rebate of interest on bills not
yet due, there remains a balance of 72.6401. 2s. 4d. With
these result, and the steadily increasing connexions of the
company, the directors have been led to the conclusion
that the time has now arrived when they may fairly
,mmend an increased dividend to the proprietary,
they have, therefore, resolved to apppropriate
01. 7s. to the payment of a dividend at the rate of 6 per _
per annum, free of income tax, and to carry the , sh,
es of 11,079/. 15e. 4d., to the credit of the reserve I
-es, which with accrued interest will then amount to M
27,437/. la. 3d. The directors who retire by rotation upon
this occasion are George Buruard, Esq., H. M. Toulmin,
Feci., and F. C. Wilkins, Feat, all of whom being eligible ip
otter themselves for re-election. In conformity with the at,
deed, the shareholders will have to elect auditors for the M.
current year. le
Balance sheet, 31st December, 1161.-Dr.: To capital LI
called up, viz. •. 51. per share on 77,069 shares, 385,3451. ;
to the amount due by the company on loans, deposits, &c.
3,677,825/. 14e. 7d. ;to promisee redemption fund, 4244 es
12e.il l& ;to mimes fund, Nth June. 1861, 16,1151. lls. 2d. ; M.
to interest to date, 2411. 14s. 9.1. ; together, 16,357/.
ss. 11d. ; to amount at credit of profit and Ic S.
Ices account
as shown below, 22,6401. 2s. 4d.-tool, 4,1a2,' 592/.
15s. 9d. Cr.: By cash at bankers, 30,1741. 14a. 111 to ge.
bill Amounted, government and other securities, 4,026,1741. IM,
17s. lid.; to premises iu Comhill, 44,243/. 2s. ltd.-total, IS
4,145921. 15a. 911. N.
" Profit and Lees Account. -Dr. : To current expenses, 16
directors' and auditors' remuneration, doubtful debts, in: it
come tax, dc., 6,4351. 3s. 4d.: to balance: written cerPgeh- fik.
minary expresso, 5001.; to premises redemption fond, mid On
interest to date, 1121.95. 9d.; to rebate of interest on bills not N.
due, carried to new account, 13,43.51. 17s. 5d.; to dividend Mt
at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, 11,560/. 75.; to addi-
tiou to reserve fund, 11,0791. 13s. 4d.; together, 22,640/. Di
4iL -total. 43,123/. 12a. 10d. Cr.: By gross profit.'
during the half.year, 43,123/. 12s. 10.1."
The CHAIRMAN moved the ado ition of the report and
and in 000gratu1atad the meeting on the

Mich ei Tookey mid—Last Thursday night week, about
lin the inoroieg—(a laughl-141 Ci and 86 came into the
complainant's room. AS said to 141, "Is this the man that
insulted you last night r After that I told 86 not to mar.
der the mean. The defendant then took hold of me and
pushed ate into my room and put me into my bed.
Cross-axantnald—Bidore I opened the door I heard the
parties outside say, "It in all right, it is the police." That
wee immedineely Wore I opened the do w. 86 spoke first,
of that lam sere. 141 estate 86, "Is thin the man that as-
malted your 86 replied that was not the man. I
cannot read, and ell I know is what Mr. Carroll
told me, and bearing people talk about the
matter. Mr. Carroll told me it was 86 that was beating
him. The police were in the room from twenty minutes to
half.an.hour.
John Connor mid he was • lodger of the complainant's.
lie did not see anything, but he hoard one of the policemen
say to the other, "Ls this the man that assaulted your and
Bloodier said, " No, it is not."
Anna Mary Pearson said she resided at the top of the
complainant's house, and she heard the police come to the
house. The complainant's room door WY opened by one
of the lodgers. One of the police said, " Who have you
got here r I then heard the blow. I was in bed at the
time. I did not see any of the transaction. I only beard it.
Cross-examineil-1 heard the police knock at the door
and sty, "It as the police." One of them said, "Is this the
man that assaulted you r The other said, " No, it is n 0..."
The policeman then laid, " Have von any chase to make T.
and the other said, "No." Almost immediately after-
waids (not five minutes) I heard the dour shut and the
police going downstairs.
The complainant, with some warmth, said the police
were in his room more than 20 minutes.
The brother of the complainant, who resides next door to
him, said he beard the police knock at the street door. They
might have been in the house a quarter of an hour. (In the
first case all the WISINSIOS swore that the street door was
*Pen.
Pohos.sergeant Finch, 2G. said the defendant was per-
fectly sober at the time in question ; and
Police-constable Vow said that on the morning of the
10th he was struck by • man, who ran away. Both he sad
the defendant followed him, and fancied be went into the
complainant's room. There was no violence used in the
complainant's room, either by the defendant or by himself.
Mr. Barker, after some minutes' consideration, said there
was • doubt in the matter, and he should give the defend-
ant the benefit of the doubt and dismiss the summons.
There was some slight applause at the conclusion of the
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accounts., doing ao
inaease is the dividend and the improved preepeees of the
company. There was, be said, every noon mow to be- N
have that the expectations formed at the emnenemenseot of
the undertaking would be realised.
Mr. CHATIM(Deputy Chairman) seconded the notion. 041
Mr. JON/Pe ILABbilaaked for explanation of an increase Li.
of 2,0001. in the current expenses.
The CHAIRMAN M.c Ilieee Chiefly from the writing off un yt
a bad debt and from an alteration in the premises.
re to Dr. Bit t,N
The Oixixeux stated that the debt to which he had M.
referred was not entirely bad, but the board thought it best 116
to assume that it wan 60, especially as the oompeny was in
• within to meet
After some further discussion, the motion was adopted. is
A dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum was N.
then declared, and the retiring directors were reelected.
The auditors were also re-elided and the meeting N.
terminated in the usual manner.
ISI
111.

THE WINDHAM LUNACY COMMISSION.

(THIS DAY.)

This day the inquiry was resumed for the twenty-
ninth tune. before Muter Warms, et the Sessions Cond.

THE LONDON AND MEDITERRANEAN STEAM 11..
NAVIGATION COMPANY (LIMITED).-(THIS "
DAY.)

This day a epocial general meeting of the above M.
company was held at the races in Bishopegateatreet
Colonel firers, M.P., in the chair. gR
The directors. with reference to the accounts of the com fN
-
perry for the year, reported that, as only one of the coin. ea
parry's steamers has completed her fleet voyage out N
sad home, it wu not in their power to an- IS
name a dividend at the present meeting. They Irk
feel confident, however, that had the steamers been de-
livered at the period' agreed upon, the results of the iii
voyage of the Italia justify the directors in de
sayiog that even for the few months the corn- 111.
ricott,a vessels would have been running, a midis. St.
dividend could have been announced. The S 2,
preempt capital of the company has enabled the
directors to provide two excellent steamers of tOO tons, st
gross register, end the trade has been kept together by 94.
chartering in the meantime, a proceeding which the
directors are most anxious to avoid for the
' future. Until, therefore, a third steamer, the property at
of the company, is placed on the line, much
of the profit which they would secure may yg
be endangered by the undesirable necawity for chartering. s
With their own steamers affording regular and punctual ft
accommodation to shippers from London and the Maliter-
rumen, every confidence is felt that the earnings will be SS
satisfactory.
The report was adopted. le

Westminster.
The Master, addressing Mr. Kerslake, said, in conse-
quence of what he bad heard and seen elsewhere he must ex-
preen • hope that no attempt would be made to inter-
fere with the discharge. by himself and the jury, of the very
momentous and difficult dudes imposed on them by
this inquiry. It was known how painful to him
was the duty he had to discharge. Hitherto be
had received the sympathy of counsel on both shies, and
he trusted that nothing would he done to increase the diffl.
militias of the painful situation in which be was placed.
Mr. Kuala., is continuation of hie address, proceeded
to criticise the evidence of the Llewellyn& He con-
trasted the evidence given by the witnesses for
the petitioners, and proceeded to show that it was coo-
trailittory in itself, and that it was positively denied by the
witnesses for Mr. Windham—Mrs. Pritchard, Mrs. Brown,
Eliza Dignum, the sister of Mrs. Llewellyn, Conway Dig-
num, her brother, and the servant Babbage, all of whom had
au opportunity of knowing what was passing in the house
in Duke-street, and of asoortaining what were the habits of
Mr. Windham whilst he lodged with the Llewel-
lyn*. He remarked on the absence of the evidence of
Colonel Broughton, whose birthday had been celebrated
by General Wiodhani is company with the ex-valet and the
would-be wine merchant Llewellyn, and invited the jury to
consider what kind of relationship must have subsisted be-
tween Mrs. Llewellyn and General Windham when they
found her writing of him as the "door genetal" who is
unwell. It was quite true that Mr. Windham had done
things in the house of the Llewellyn& as he had dose else- i
where, which could Dot be justified from • moral point of
view, and which were anything but wise or proper, but than
WAS the greatest difference, as he bad frequently observed
before. between acts of this kind sod the seta of an insane
man. At the very time that Mr. Windham was represented
to have been conducting himself as an insane man would,
they found that Mr. Llewellyn by his own acts had been
dealing with him as • sane person. He should now leave
this pan of the awe and come to that portion of Mr. Which
ham's life which was passed after his leaving the Unrolls's,
and before his coming of age. With regard to the evidence
of the policeman as to the conduct of Mr. Windham is the
Haymarket, he considered it of little importance, becluse it
was well known that but too many young men who came up
to Loodoo and possessed money were in the habit of "gang
upon the loose, as it was called, and committing acts which
they were afterwards perfectly ashamed of. But there was
at this period evidence to show that this young man, who
was said not to be able to take care of his property, was
quite eanable of doing so. He referred to the proposition
which hail been made reenacting an arrangement of the pro-
perty, and which was declined by Mr. Windham in a most
sensible letter, produced yesterday by Mr. Jackson. Ou the
Sib or Sahel August, Dail, Geseral Windham himself roads
• proposal to his nephew which would have taken the con-
trol of the property out of his hands, and which was de-
clined by Mr. Wiedham. The learned counsel then di-
rected the attention of the jury to the state of isolation in
which Mr. Windham had been left by his friends—his
only friend apparently being his mother. It was in this
position that he met with Agnes
whom be subsequently made his wife. Who
Was Agnes Willoughby! His learned friend Mr.
Chambers had made a great deal, and would no doubt still
make • great deal, of her position 1104 character. But his
learn.' friend would not deuy that she had great attrac-
tions. She was at this very time in pusses-
Ilion of an allowance of 24101. • year frees
another. She lived in great style, bad a
handsome equipage, and bunted with the hounds. Wes
Mr. Windham the first tnau who was infatuated bye women
of this character! She was only, it seems, to be wooed by
gifts and money ; but it was in evideeco that Ma.
Windham endeavoured to make her Ins wife apes
as good terms es possible. He proposed that bier
settlement should he 5001., and when she named,
he increased it to 8001., which was accepted by her
at first hut she subsequently declined. The settlement was
finally increased to 1,6001 and they were married on the
aOth of August. The object of Mrs. Windham was to es-
tablish her sisters in a respectable position. He need hardly
tell the jury that it would be found on an examination of
the pedigree of the aristocracy of this country
that some of the highest amongst them were
the descendants of ladies over whose unmarried life it would
be better to draw • veil. It might be unfortunate that this
was the case, but still it was true ; and why Mr. Windham
*Medd be made a sacrifice for doing that which hundreds of
other, had done he could not conceive. He admitted
that Mr. Windham hail told falsehoods about Agnes
Willoughby previous to his marriage, but that was to be
accounted for by his infatuation for her sad hi, own position
as • ward in Chancery. General Windham endeavonred to
prevent the marriage. But after it took ;Um Gomel
I 'Windham paid a visit to Mr. Wioilhani, misintroeueed to his
wife awl her sisters, mid actually sold to his nephew a
property for 1,0001. He put it to the jury, whether it was
right for General Windham to enter into this transaction
I with his nephew if be really believed him to le insane. A
great deal of prejudice hail been created against Mr. Wind-
UM for marrying his wife while be hail a certain disease.
The learned counsel proceeded to show that the conduct
of Mr. Windham was not so bad as bad been represented,
and that the malady which had been communicated to Mrs.
Windham was the consequence of an imperfect cure of a
peat complaiut, which Mr. Wiodhain had been told and
which be believed himself to have bent got rid of. Ho
next explained the connexion between Mr. Windham and
Mr. Roberts, and proceeded to show that Mr.'Winilluun
could not have known that Mr. Roberta had had his wife pre-
vious to the marriage, and that it was unjust and unfair to
infer, from the evidence produced. that Mr. Windham, after
the marriage, threw his wife into the arms of her former
paramour.
[The learned counsel was proceeding when our report left.]

Fozaton-orncs, JAN. 20.—The Queen has been ,
pleased to approve of Mr. Horace N. Conger as consul at H 3
Hoeg Bong for the United States of America—Gazette. N
Duwiemo-irrar.se, JAN. 20.—The Queen has 14
been pleased to appoint Henry Iles Woodcock, Esq., to be N
chief justice of the Island of Tobago ; Frederick Simon n
Binning, Elm., to be registrar of deeds and distributor of ft
stamps for the colony of Natal • Frederick John Scott, 10
Req., to be a member of the Lgriclative Council of the 2
Island of Trinidad ; and Charles Henry Obey, Fag., to be 10
a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of 10
Antigua.—Gazette. es
EASAYA AND REVIEWS.—RESIGNATION OF ANOTHER le
CLEM:CHAN. —The Western Meriting Weirs says—'• It is *
with much regret that we have to announce the resignation se
of the Rev. Richard Poring Cornish, perpetual curate of is
Ivybridge. Mr. Cornish has been obliged te take this step g
hy a motive which, while it speaks most highly of his coil. 6
ineentitenness auil keen sense of honour, is in itself au N
additional source of regret. Mr. Coruish has: recently come :
le the conviction that he cannot accept the articles ead rubrics •0
of the church in the literal and unqualified tense which is es- so
of all her ministers. This conviction bee, we be- 10
Save, been been strengthened by the perusal of " Essays and Re.
views." He therefore officiated for the last tie& on Wed- 10
neeley, January 8, and has requested Mr. Cotton, the N
founder of the Cuttonian Library, Plymouth, who
has the next presentation, to tawniest() a suc-
cessor. We believe that Mr. Cornish will pro-
ceed to the continent for a time, in the meanwhile he BIL
remains an attached member of the church in which he lie"
would gladly have continued to minister, had he not felt Al*
that he could not longer offer an oveestringeut declaration 12,
of assent and consent to everything contained in the Prayer r,r
Hook. Like Mr. Macamtght, of Everton, Mr. Cornish still is
'leaves to the Church of England us true stud apostolic. He
knows no other religious body offering so ranch freedom to
its lay members. We, speaking for ourselves. can only IN
mourn that some of this fiwdom is not granted to her IMI
clergy." MI
IHE PIACI MEETING IN THE TOWER HAAILLTA.— og
Mr. Harper Twelvetrees, as chairman of the recent peace fit
rejoicing meeting held in the Tower Hamlets, having for- in
warded copies of the resolutions adopted at the meeting to
the Honourable Charles Francis Adams, the American 110.
;
Minister at the Court of St. James's, has received the fol. me
lowing reply from that gentleman :—" To Twelve- iuo
trees, Esq. Sir,—l Lave the honour to acknowledge the re. St
ceipt of your note of the 17th inetant, communicating to me 100
a copy of the resolutions unanimously adopted at a meeting P,,,,
convened for the purpose of expressing the public satssfac- ;;;
thou on the receipt of the gratifying intelligence that the is
prospect of a war with the United States had been averted. it,
I beg in my turn to express to you my satisfaction at re- 11$.
calving the assurance from you of the symrathy of the great 10
majority of Englishmen with the people of the Coital States II
at this moment, when the latter are so deeply engaged in a
contest for the fuller practical development of great priori- im
plea which lie at the foundation of their own as they do of sag
all free institutions, wherever they are, or may he hereafter, is
establisbed.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient MI
servant, CHARLEA F. Ansue. —London, Jo. 20, 1862." it
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE CHARTIE-HOURL—• gg,
Yesterday morning the brethren of the Charter-house were N
thrown into a state of excitement by the news of a deter- SO
misted attempt at self-destruction on the part of ono of N
their fellow-pensioners. At nine o'clock a.m., Mr. J.. 10061, N
who was upwards of seventy years of age, was discoverer' ge
in his room with a fearful gash in his throat, which he had is
indicted with a razor. Medical assiotanee was immediately M.
obtained, and the wound was temporarily bandaged, after N
which the unfortunate man was conveyed to St. Barthel°. 20
mew's Hospital, where he at present lies with faint, if any, 94
hopes of recovery. No motive can be assigned for the act,
but it is stated that on the previous day Mr. Junes had
displayed what are now regarded as symptonis of incipient
insanity. Mr. Jones was formerly quartermaster-sergeant ~..,-
in the Guards, and he has been a her of the Charter- 'S
house for some years. He was planed on the foundation as 241
a reward for his long military services by an emioeut states- sl
man, and be also waa in the enjoyment of a handsome pen- tti
pion foon the Horse Guard'. His unhappy condition has ge,i
excited the deepest commiseration amongst the brethren, Al
- by whom be was much regarded for his estimable character. 12.1
, Isuss tors FRAUDOI UPON MANUFAITUREBA.—A.n
ST. THOMAS'S NOISITAL.—Mr. R. Solly, F.R.S., ' ex-Coventry weaver. named Cutteridge, together with Lau 1114"
writes to the Timm i—"lf the admirselettad truthful letter Smith, his partner," were charged before the Liverpool IS en WA
of Mr. Elsworth, in the Tines of toelay, detailing the dis- magistrates yesterday with obtaining money frown • number A Wei
trees, sickness, and misery which peewee the dwellings of oft manufacturing firma throughout the ',country by re- ...AN 2
the poor in Southwark, impresses its painful reality oa the presenting themselves as ea established firm in the mean- IN.M
hearts of your readers as it deserves, what will they do factoring of trimmings, ke. They dated their circulars and io.l'seg N
when they know that the portals of Rt. Thomas's Hospital, letters from a room in Itoesoramou-street, Liverpool, whisk 10,000. al
with its 580 beds, will ran be closed against the wretched they ambitiously styled their "manufactory, and from MAO ee
beings who daily crowd there for admission or temposury re- which their varieme cram mmaaatod. On one occasion, I 11‘000 se
lief. ' St. Thomas's Hospital,' says our report for 18130, 'coo- having given an order to a Mr. Lowe, silk 'manufacturer, at 50.:25 _4O
talus seo beds; easily 5,000 patients are admitted manually Derby, they referred that gentleman to Mr. Brown, of War. ''"'"'"'
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sad upwanis of 1,100 ont-patients and casualties are re- rington, fora character. Mr. Brown was a fictitious ppmeeeseeeq, iikegg Igo
lieved every week.' This very day oar outer walls bays and one of the swindlers weal ever In Warringtoo, rseeiyedMAO 10
bees broken tinewegii, and 100 salnriee have began their the letter which Mr. Lowe wrote to "Mr. Brows," mad Aii• So
work. N. ether slugs be. been providelt ea order his returned a highly satidentory reply ; in eousequses of SUN SO
be. Imo& Uri sone hat nuseet ewes ace to Imi admitted. which Mr. lows was Induced to send them silk 64,40 "
WM* 50
There ie every rime to behave that in name alone—and Other manufacturers throughout the mammy oding, ...—„,, is
that accuse M the Meet—will St. Thomas's Hospital exist Mr. Perkins, or Market me, . and Mr. sionme, ag it'
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bolero a how *art days are peat. Is this right in a Chris- Derby—were similarly victimised. The prisoners were 4s. i is
the eammiry ? Is it just to the poor that the roil Mould remanded. Large quantities of letters, he., were baba I e 0.4
Ada reigh4lied over charity in its most efficient firm?" upon them. Al