The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.

The report of the committee of this; company
states their infection of paying in Jsnuary next •
dividend of 8.. per share on the joint stock of the oompany,in
anticipation of the result of the yeat's business, which
cannot he sacegiained until the 31st of May next, when the
accounts will be made up. The lands belonging to the com-
pany in Vancouver's Island and in British Columbia and
those in which it is interested will, no doubt become •
comae of inerseard profit on account of the recent dis-
coveries of fresh gold mines in thane colonies, but the com-
mittee are scarcely in • position to tarn them to the hest
account until all the questions connected with Vancouver's
Island shall have been filially closed in legal form, and the
arrangements with her Majesty's gorer omen% ma be
brought to an end. Another large item in the miseellansons
aggregate of property consign; in the claim against the
government of the United States about to be arbitrated at
Washington. The oommissioners on both sides are pro-
bably at the present moment at Washington, and chief
factor I)ugald Mactavish has been sent to afford them the
assistance of his local knowledge in arriving at the true
value to be put epee the property affected by the Oregon
treaty and the convention of july, 1863. With regard to
the construction of an electric telegraph from Red River
across the company's territory through British Columbia to
New Westminster, the report states that although the
country between Red River and the Rocky Mountains was
well-known to the rankers of the company, the committee
thought it prudent to despatch Dr. Rae with an assistant
for the purpose of examining and reporting on the best
line for craning the territory and traversing the Rocky
Mountains between Fort Edmooton and the heed
waters of the Fraser River. Dr. Rae's report may
be expected at any moment, and in the meantime a portion
of the telegraphic wire and ineulators are actually on the
Mississippi, waiting only for the spring, to be seat up to
Red River. Two other portions of the wire have been seat
by sea to Victoria and to York Factory respectively, as
being at those points nearer their destination than they
would be if sent through Canada and the United States.
The warm thanks of the Hudson's Bay Company are due to
the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada for the liberal manner
in which they hare assisted in the transport of the wire
sent over their line, free of cost, and for their general aid to
this enterprise. Telegraphic communication from the
Pacific to the Atlantic across British territory must be an
object of the utmost importance, and the committee have
no doubt, therefore, that in itself this enterprise will ulti-
mately prove advantageous to the company. The dividend
is 3s. mare than it was this tame last year.

The anniversary meeting of the Royal Society
will be held on Wednesday next,ist Burlington Hones, when
the president will deliver hie annual address, and distaste
the medals. The dinner will take plane at Willie's Ream

A tranalation of Dr. Mosenthal'a play, on which
the opera•book of " Helvellyn " is (moiled, will be produced
on Monday neat at the liaywrirket Theatre, a :th Millie.
Beatrice for heroine.

Mr. G. Vining aivertines that he has no inten-
tion of quitting the management of the Princess's Theatre,
as has been report I Miss Herbert, the world is told, will
resume the management of the St. Jambes Theatre, after
Christmas.

The new romance by Charles Kingsley, to be
commenced in the Jannary part of Good Words, is entitled
" Herewarcl, the Last of the English." The publication of
this romance (mays the Reader) will be continued from
month to month and completed in the December part. It
will be illustrated with twelve wood engravings, from de-
signs by Mr. Paul Grey.

There are to be " People's Promenade " sixpenny
emcees with " splendid bawd, powerful choir, popes,
voeslisle," at St. Mortices Halt

Mr. Thomas Baldwin, of Glaiinevin, has been
appointed to the office of Laspeetor of Agricultnnsi &koala
In Ireland. lately resigned by Dr. Kirkpatrick.

_ -
The Grocers' Company, having determined to
rebuild the ball in Greeers'hall-eourt, Poolll7, invited the
following architects to a limited oompetitioa, and to famish
designs for the erection of a new hell :—Mesers. G. G.
Soott, P. Hardwick., jan., Carrie, }Bonifield, E. H. Bury.
and Penrose. The site admits the architectural decorative
features of the proposed work to Taos towards a guadmagle
only, without the usual external ferade.
LITERARY AND SCIZWILTIC MEETINOS FOR THE
Eisunza Wax.—Monday: Royal Academy. 8, "Ana-
tomy," Profseior Partridge ; Actuaries, 7, Solutions of
Problems in Survivorships," W. M. Makeham ;
cal, 84, " Journey Ames Rocky Mountains into Colombia
by Yellow Head Pass," Tiecount Milton sad Dr. Cheadle ;
" Lent Journey to Northern Australia," Hr. Stuart. Tues.
day : Civil &gingers, 8, " Great Grimsby Docks," Mr.
Clerk. Welimada : Royal, 4, Aesivereary ; avidity of
Arts,„B, Railwa Worldng and We and
Tear, ' Mr. Bridges Adams. Thursday: Limmea, 8, "Fr..
Nematoide," Dr. Bodkin ; " Experimeete with Eotoaca,"
Dr. Cobbold ; " Tubioolons Annelids, British Museum,"
Dr. Baird; Chemical, 8; Antiquaries. 7. Friday : Archaro-
logical Institute. 4; Philotagieal, B.—lithetursist.

Tai Lars Ma. HUDSOII G oaszr. —The bulk of
this geotleman's property goes to Mr. J. H. Gurney, 3L P.
for Lynn, with remainder to his eon. The prteMpallegacies
ere 120,0301. to Mr. D. Gurney, and 01i to be nvested
in land for the benefit of Mr. J. Gurney, ears of the late Mr.
J. Gurney, of Earlbam. Bequests of 1,0001. and under
are made in favour of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital,
the Old Man's Hospital at Norwich, the Norwich Public
Library, the Norfolk sad Norwich Literary institution, ho.
The mouton are Mr. J. H. Gurney, M.P., Mr. D. Gunny,
and Mr. F. Hay Gainey.
COMPENSATION TOE A RAILWAY Acciusurt —Yes-
tirday the ease of "Benefield v. the Great Weston Bail.
jury.°employ " came before Mr. Secondary Potter sod a
Mr. Hawkies, QC., and Mr. Joseph Brown appeared
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Clark sod Mr. Digby were for the
mammy. On the 20th of July the plaintiff, collector to
Marrs. °Amble, distillers, sod to Messrs. Dingwall, wise
merchants, was • passenger from Reeding in a asooed-dsas
canisge by an exprom train. Frhes sear Hayes the Pats
ran into a luggage train on the lies, and the plaintiff, who
was the only passenger in the carriage, was injured ; his
legs were bruised, and his spine and head hurt. He
managed to reach town the same mein and went to
Poplar, where he, as • gauger, had to effect a champ is a
public-hones ; he was unable to do his work, and obliged to
go home to Hackney. He went out the two followirig days
and was ordered by Mr. Cooper. the surgeon of the mu.
pacy, to lie up, as also by Mr. King, his own medial at.
tudset. He wait into the connbry for some days, sad
about the Stb of August his own surgeon had ceased to
attend him. He had time suffered very moth in his bead.
Mrs. Bonifield dissesibed the bruises her husband had re-
mired by the collision. It was alleged on the part of the
plaintiff that he had lost by not being able to attend to
his bullies& From commission aloes in one of the houses
he had lost from 50/. to 601., besides other sums at
mosey. The satire amount claimed was 2001. Mr. Clark.
in reply, said he ermoorrad in the view that the plaintiff
wee entlMed to • full and liberal aim ties, but esr
taioly not to the extent he bad ad The jury, alter
• brief eoeseltatios, amused the damages at MOl.
Mr. Childers, M.P., Civil Lord of the Admi-
ral., is Usrstpeol Desks, NA inapoodai ether
pa Mas works la the tows.

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I~LC~VI.

SONSZEING LIES 4 JOB."

—•--
Ma T. Hughes, author of " Tom Brown's School
LDays* haa the following to the :
" ffir,—Tbe paerper of mane' nabs fo their has
lig found a notable oue, which was held up in the columns
of the Standard on Holiday last as • pose job of the whip.
I As I am the supposed ocienpant of the nest in goestioe, I
hops you will allow me space to show that if the meant
=mmit are guilty of no worse jobs than this their
are clean enough. The Standard announces
that • sinecure office of Review of Military
Yeas' has lava created, with a gasp of VW's;
year, to which I have bees appointed. No such office has
bees created, and of course no such appointment made. The
present regulations governing the pay and allowances of the
Queen's forcer are scattered through six volumes, out of
which officers, soldier,, and all other persons interested,
have to pick the law es they beat can. Many of the earlier
of these regulations have been wholly or partially repealed
by later ones, other, are very obscure io their wording, in
short there is the greatest confusion on a subject which
above all others should be as simple and clear as possible,
as our soldiers are the persons chiefly interested. The
present Secretary of State for War, amongst other neces-
sary reforms, has resolved on codifying and embodying in
the wort intelligible form in one regulation, all the regula-
tions, memoranda, sad circulars now in force as to pay and
allowances. The codificatiou has been began in the office,
but it has seemed desirable to the authorities there that
some person outside the office, ignorant of its treditious but
familiar with this kind of work, should be employed to re-
vise, and (in conveyancing language) settle, the new regula-
tion. I F2ipen to be oneof several conveyancers who had been
employ by the War-office in advising on the titles of
lands purohved for fortifications under the Defence Act,
The present ' job' (and • very stiff one it is, though not in
the Standard's eves) was offered to and accepted by me as
a mere piece of oonveyani:p, to be paid for once for all
like any other ordinary as work, and, above stated, no
office basbeen created at ,003/. • year, or any other salary.
' I hope that the army and the public service may be the
gainers by getting shortly one intelligible regulation,embedy-
mg the whole law and practice on this most importantrubject.
Should this result be attained, I shall take it with equa-
nimity it (as the Standard suggests) the House of Commons
should strike out of the estimates any pay which the
authorities at the War-office may reckon my services worth,
—I am your obedient servant, T. HUGHFI4."
" P.S.—• It never rainy but it pours.' The Tekjraph
has just announced that I have been appointed to succeed
Mr. M'Colloch as Controller of the Stationery Department.
I fear there is even is foundation for this report than for
the other."