The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

LONDON AND MIDDLERIZ BANE.
(THIS DAY).

• numerous meeting of the shareholders of this
bask amaosed by Rama Allard., Ike* sad Os,
esheisom cif Old Miry, was •heid at the Loudon Tawas, to
madder the presset patios at the Mak, aad paoseedsp
alike ham base instituted is Oliamary Is Matioa
therele.

-11;•—osAmwr (Dr. Cook) otenpial the solidest a
as dimities * sot eenvening a waset at the shareholders
long aso to °onside, the putties at the bank, and what
amuse it was beat to puma. Hie own opinion was that
they should oak the Court of Chancery to allow
a voluntary winding
.up and thus prevent the ex-
pose of an *dal liquidation. Mr. Proctor mowed
the folk:Thar resolution : " That this meeting
im of Drumm that it would be inexpedient to bays the
affairs of the hank wound op in wart, and that it will be
far the beat al the shareholden to wind op out of
court, bat under the **smite= thereof by a name:Atee
of shezeholders, and for that pntpoes appoint Dr. Cook,
Robert Proem, Henry Thanes LmMtr John Walter
Ka*, Murrell, sat W. R. Batson, tow*, such commit-
tee, who are hereby authorised to bring these resolutions to
the attention of the Master of the Rolla, before whom the
Ci*Mr. &mush is pending, and to ask for such dine.
ororder es may be deemed ssosseau to carry into effect
thLsaid resolutions."

miceded the resolution.
Mr. Bane deprecated the comae proposed, es tending to
involve she aim posy in litigation, addle; that be km,
that if the meeting Owed itself in hostility to the dime.
tan they was prepared to defend themselves. He con-
cluded by moving en amendment in favour of postponing
any adjudicatioe on the petition before the Court of Chan.
eery far 11 days, in order to give the directors an opportn.
ally of cosvm*r • meeting in the interval.
Mr. COLLINS iseawded the easeadasent.
Mr. Mows, of the fine of Amherst, Morrie, and Co.,
thought it wield be best to go before the Neater of the
Bolls with a reselidion isdiestieg the feeling of the share-
holders. It was not likely that the judge would be influ-
enced by a radian' asking les postposemest on the
posed fiat a meeting mt be coavesed by the clinician.
Me. Dapway Bowen, director of the bank, supported the
enmedmen; observing that the board held about oni•
fourth of She Ames —a fad which would doubtless in-
tune, the Nester of the Belle—and that none of there
owed a single farthing to the bank. He pledged himself
that if 16e amendment were tarried the directors would coa-
Ya meeting. (Cheese)
r. Dam, mother director, stated that the whole of
the liabilities at the present moment were under MOW/. , sod
the !mete to eome is weeded that amount.

After NON further discumicw,in the course of which some
peenorlitier ye
exchanged, the amendment was carried
absent unanimously.
Mr. Baru then moved that Mr. Samuela be requested to
',Mathew his petitioo.
This was seowided by Mr. Scrros, and carried moi-
-1 smugly.
Mr. BLUM;a solicitor, who stated that he represented
Mr. Samuels sad other shareholders, said be had no power
to pledge that gentleman, but he had no doubt that he
would weeds tot he request. (Chem.)
The promediogs terminated with a vote at Umiak, to the
°bermes.

BARNSTAPLE ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)

The committee appointed to try the merits of
tbe petition against the More of Mr. Lloyd for the borough
of Bemeralrle met this =mein. The oommittoe coexists
of the !Mb member Howes (chairman), Mr.
Dualop, Sir Hr. Humphrey, sad Ha &War
Booth .

for the petitioners, Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Mr.
Cooke, Q.C., nod Mr. Yorke. Far the sight,' member, Mr.
"aQ.C, Mr. Webby, and Mr. Mammas,
Igi.glalley, in opiate( the case on the part of the pe-
titioners, said they miplaised of the undue electico of Mr.
Lloyd, and claimed the seat on behalf of Mr. Bremridge.
The numbers at the close of the poll were for Mr. Lloyd,
305; for Mr. Bromidic*, 284. A vacancy in the repcwetr
001:1 of the borough was mad by the death of Mr.
sod as the 23rd of September Mr. Bruseridge was invited to
Moine a candidabi, sad an the 28th of September that gen.
Mama booed his a4rens. Oa the 25th of September the
borough wee visited by a Mr. Moore, sad a placard was
issued on the 28th, stating that a gentleman of " gimuitie
commercial intensta" was about to present klineelL That
description was understood to apply to some Seorrib tootle-
man, bat on the following day an address we heed by Mr.
Lloyd, Matiog his political views. Mr. Lloyd was accom-
panied by Mr. Moore, and Mr. Matthew., a solicitor at
Birmingham. Mr. lodides Bancroft, Messrs. Gribble and
Bromism, Moms. Clay and Pascoe, sad Mr. Pitts Tucker.
were eagaged to conduct the elestion, sad ommittos-rome
were opened at metal publiolionees Mr. Bancroft took
as active part in the proceedings, end bearing it stated that
two-thirds of the voters had promised Mr. Bremidge, said
that they would not vote nab= they were paid. end that
Mr. Lloyd had come to win, sad win he would--evideo tly
=that be was prepared to win at say pries. Mr.
t received ICS& for his sorrier, and was the newt
for the elsotloo expenses, which he seeped along with Mr.
Clay. It would be proved is widows that two brother.
named Lewis were sent to the Goldeo Lioo by Mr.
and that me of them received mousy for his vote, a=
for Mr. Lloyd.
Mr. Coleridge here interrupted the harmed aouneel and
mid that within the led two days Mr. Lloyd had learned
to kis extreme disgust and dimatiefection that perms from
whom he had received the strangest assuntoos that no
bribery should take place, had been guilty of maims which
so compromi.ed him that he felt he eonia net retain hie seat.
Bat he was extremely maxims to oleos himself is the chair
testate all that he knew on the subject—not with the view of
inflosesiag the deolake of the committee, bet for the pun.
pose of cleariag his own character, sad to satisfy the cm-
mates that he bad neither directly nor iodirectly mixed
himself up with the proosediop of kie meeka. Re did so,
know what worse the committee might be disposed to lake.
or what come the other side would adopt
Mr. O'Malley sold it was his istantion to go on with the
case, and to claim the seat.
. _

Tho committee-rem wee thew cleared, wad the committee
were loft is deliheratice. _

On the readmitting' ef the poetise,
The ChairMlS said it wen quite clear that the com-
mittee could not declare the mat void until after
some evidence of bribery bad bees given beyond the ad-
mission of the sitting nainiber. Afterwards the counsel
for the sitting member might if they chose .call Mr. Lloyd
to exculpate himself. Bat the commutes were
bound to sell the attention cif counsel to this fact, that it
was passible the witnesses might give some evidence of
bribery personelly touching the sitting member.
Mr. O'Malley mid that so far as his instructing west
there was no case of persons! bribery against the sitting
member.

usual fointal proofs were then gone into and the re-
gister of voters put la.
[Left sitting•]

FITE ELECTION.—DUNTEKNLINZ, WIDNZSDAY.--.
A meeting of the electors of Dunfermline was held this
allegation, at which Captain Thompson, the conservative
candidate, ennotmoed his retirement from the contest, on
the ground that the odds wets so decidedly against him,
there was no prospect of emcees. Sir Robert Anstrntber,
liberal, is sow the only candidate, and doubtles be re-
turned u
Erow.g=e. —The Easter vacation terminated
yesterday, when the lower boys eiseseessood retuning to
may,
college. The rest of the scholars, iaciadieg the fifth
and lath forms, return today sad tomorrow and by the
mid al this week the whole of the scholars will be present
at the school. The numerous snivels by the Great
Western and South-Western Railways very much enlivened
the ordinary aspect of Windsor and EL ton yesterday eves-
*, while profitable employment was afforded to the
numerous Byrom, whose vehicles were thus to regslast.
OBSTACLiII TO MISKIONS IN Inn& —How can
the heathen appreciate the blessings of English Christianity
while the provisos of Emboli Christians is what it is ' Her.
is a preset who, seder a Madero landlord, has linden the
ytednee of a plot of ground which hes bens in his family
for geseratiou, who has paid • moderate rent, fixed by
custom mere revered than any law, and has learnt ender
the mild mid equitable ride of his countrimea to moped
himself as as independent yeoman. The waste is purchased
by es Englishman, who, brogans all the while of Angle
-
Saxon energy sod public spirit, twists to the rein of hie
bonnet some one clams is • law which was compiled for his
proteotioa, sad before twelve mouths have passed the pent
fellow is a homeless pauper. With what face oan se Anglo--
Seam missionary proaab to that man in the name of the
Teacher who warned His followers to lay sot up for them-
selves treasures upon earth? Here is • village, idiom in-
habiteeta, time out of mind, have grown indigo for a Hiadoo
capitalist with profit to thornless tad satisfaction to their
employer. An Englishman buys the factory—ea English-
man, strong in the oonamolleasso of the great principle of
' the development of the resources of India—and within a
few short years the thriving little community finds itself
changed into • society of poverty-stricken. hope's= serfs,
hound to their new masters by indissoluble hoods, forged by
uisse_Lrottl.ous shrewdness sad selfish foresight. Let an
ea evangelist go down to that village, and stand
tibe7azieiseit peepul-tree at the hour of the eves*
meal, and proclaim that our God is lore, and that our most
cherished virtue Is that charity which doth not behave
Itself unseemly, and seeketh not her own ! Here
is the widow of • poor shepherd who has been butchered
by the wastes Mambos of • European loafer, cud whose
Mao for vengeance are answered by the statement that the
murderer wee as respectable, as hums*, as suartgarly
amiable, as the murderers or intimse always are is the
eyes of some of our countrymen, and by the complaint
that those brides of nigger' have such delicate spleen&
Go to her and tell that our religion is too pure to take
must of mentor, hemaire we hold that whosoever is
with his brother without • cease is in dagger of linalig
mortal soul! Is vain do the missieserise peace the
gospel of love, and humility, eed self
of as am the
ilifsireors preaches the gospel of natiosal
inwelnies, and satimial cupidity. In vats do one
al our comstriesse gall the converts " Menden bre-
three," ea long as soother class persists is dubbing them
" dammed nigger."—Macmillan's Magazine for Aped.