The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-28 00:00:00

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BOW4ITREET.
Wittiest C. De Grayther, kite secretary to the Whitting-
ton nab,. appeared to sewer • eatomole clarets( him
with doWstaW aerials books, the property of that eariely
Mr. Richard Joon, solicitor, appeared for the soot-

Is affeand that es the 23rd of Aprli the deleadeat wee
enipq for three mouths' teal so worstazy to the Wilk-
Ifsston (Seib. at a galaxy of 1001. a year besides musk-
soca. On Nide! it was intimated to the defeedeat that
the term of engegemen expiates ou Saturday would not be
mewed, sad he was requested to deliver up dm books, sad
whatever moneys of the club h. Lint have in his woo-
den This he puftfrely Wised to do, gad he rsta in
his possession the key of the office la which the Looks are
Lacked up.
The defeedant denied that there wag sa duly
authorised to motive the key and books au beball of the
club.

autho Ilz. Steatites. a somber el the cosemittee, said he was so
rised.

The Deleedaat —How woe the authority egeferred?
Yr. Eiteablee—By es order of the committee, mitered on
the minutes.
The Defeadent—ls the minute book!

Mr. Jose—Ofooane while ddeedant retains the minute
book, refuges to give it up to the committee, they amnia
enter the promedinp in it. Here are the initiates, which
have in the meanwhile bees kept os louse sheets.
The minutes were produoed, wad proved by Mr. Mathieu
The defeudant said that meeXrig *NU we, sot duly con-
vened. _ _

Mr. Yamaha* said, whether or we they WWII de facto the
committees, and he should order the defendant to give ap
the books to them.
Defendant complied with the order.
THAW&

Mr. Mark Age; tb;lawallard el the Clown 'ravers, a
pablio-besos shade at splice celled the Orchard House,
Poplar, appeared before Mr. Paid to *sewer a summorts
takes out by George Yaw, a aoudads is the service of
the Royal Soddy forth' Preveatiou of Cruelty to dolma*
who charged the defesdaat with cruelly illtreating and
t°l"furfialrid/' ag solicitor, couducted the prosecution
for **Roy:Poll tit Mr. Gomm appeared for the de-
frodaut.

It appalled from the evidence of Alfred Thomas, a me-
chanic, that oit Toads', the 21st of June Let, he went
into the parlour of the Crown to obtain some refreament.
Be had a dog with him, which he allowed to run loose
about the house. He was in the parlour 20 or 25 minutes,
when he heard the aria of his dog in the yard. He
hastened into the yard as quickly as palings, and saw the
defendant, who was aimed with a thick stick. beating the
dog as hard as he could. He asked the defendant what
he meant by snob Goaded, and be replied that the dog
dbed he
ant.m killing his okickens. no deg wee killed by the
efend
In

by Mr. the wi seid
that when he first law the dog writhe defendant~r it
was behind a tub. The defendant said the dog was not
yet dead. beat it again' with the stick, and Bung it ou the
ground.
John Patrick, a moulder, stated that he was sit.* at
the window of the Crown Tavern, and beard the cries of the
dog. He eaw the defendant beating it unmercifully with
the stick in his hand.

Mr. Gomm, in defence, urged there was no cruelty In the
case, and that the defendant, hearing the dog
.amcmic the
fowla is the yard where hia children were playieg, became
alarmed. sod went into the yatil, where he found two of his
chickens killed, and the children alarmed. The pendant
took op • stick and struck the deg a few blows and killed it.
Three witsemes were celled for the defame, who mid no
unnecessary cruelty or tortoni was used, and that the ch-
loodant struck the dog several blows and killed it. A wit-
ness aimed some amusement by saying that the dog ate two
of the defendant's fowls, and only left the feathers.
Mr. Paget thought it stmage that a dog should eat
feathers, sad the defendant said that the ooropisinant's dog
killed two of the chickens and ate ooe aid • half. The other
half was left.

Evidii;ceTas given that Thomas took two dogs of the
lurches species into the Clown, and that he kept cos
escorely fastened with him in the parker. The other, which
wu re led to be three months and 14 days old, was
allows to rasp about the pruritus.
Mr. Paget rid this was • very proper prosscutioo on the
part of the Royal Society for the Prevent-Loa of Cruelty
to Animals. He thought the defendant was guilty of •
very cruel and a very brutal act, but he believed it wee dm
hastily and without premeditation. The defence set up
was not creditable either to the defendant or his Titoism.
It was a ridiculous defence. It was very improbable that
tbe dog Chet was beaten to death ate the fowls. As to any
alarm to the children it was • trumped-up story. He Amid
the defendant 20s. for cruelty to the dog. to pay Theses
20s. compensation for the loos of the amoral, sad to pay
11. Is. outs.
The defendant paid the mosey.

MANCHESTSR, 811MPIALD AND LINCOLN-
amass RAILWAY.

The half-yearly meeting was held at Manchester
yesterday; Mr. Ware, ILP., is du altars.

An abetter rid the half-yearly report and 'remota has
been published be this joursol.
The CHAIIIKAZ moved the aloud= of the report. He
Imagratulated the shertheldere that the increase of trefilo
was general, Ina still going as, and owing to an aireclis.
rated mt. el Maras of purger traffic, coupled with
fuller train loads for merehandise, the greatly improved
receipts had bees attended with but slight aegmestalios
of experisee. (Applauds) While the prospers of the
undertaking were eo generally encouraging, he mast warn
the proprietors sot to upset too soot these reigns from
the new lines and extesswas which the outlay of espial
upon them would altimately produce. The meat produc-
tive lines had been originally attended with temporary Ira.
In noticing the parliamentary bruiser of the company,
Mr. Welkin rid that one of the most important hills
that they had opposed was the Great Eastern Northam
Jeweils°, for an independent system from Peterborough to
Dolemater. He bed always regarded as autheap of traffic
with the Great Eastern Company as of very peat import
thee, but that was a different thing from re preemption of
a new trunk line. Prom the beginning he thought it an
unwise proceeding on the part of the Great &SUM Com-
! pray to propres to make needy a headed mass of railway
at an enormous outlay, parallel to some extent with the
Sheffield line, and to a great extent pullet with the Great
Northern. Parliament -had thrown out this bill. The
Sheffield Company would have afforded facilities for ex.
changing traffic at Lincoln, but they opposed this scheme as
alike wasteful mid dangerous. On many occordoes complaints
bad been made of injury done to the caul intercom of this
company by an exceptioul system of tolls over the North
Staffordshire line, the intention being to prevent the
traffic going over their Macclesfield Canal, which wan the
short road to Manchester, and to divert it by Prides Brook
over the Brideewater Canal, which was the long way to Nasa-
-1 theater. The result was that although worrentestly placed
! for commanding the peat bulk of the traffic, they bad ler
years been precluded from its tarticipation, and had had to
struggle for au mistral. Although the House of Cornrow
committee ref Geed to girl what they asked, they had found
justice in the House of Peen, who had greeted a facility
! clams that be thought would cut the knot that had troubled
! them so Wog. After some further remarks, he rid
be regarded that u a somewhat important meet,.
log. He recollected when the old stock of the
Sheffield Company wee about 71. or 81. (A Shareholder:
101.) When he joined in 1854 it was at 171., and he had a
few shares, he was bap y to say, that cost him that amount.
There had been were
that they going to
wreck and ruin, in fact that it was " chaos worse
confounded." Well, they had endured and outlived
that ; they had worked patiently, and now pretested an
honest dividend of 2. per cent. (Applause.) This was satis-
factory, and it had been achieved without taking unfair ad-
vantage of any company. He hoped by penustene In the
same policy they would obtain still more encouraging results
in futon, time. (Applause.)
Furroh (deputy-chairmen) seconded the motion.
In reply to Mr. WiLia,
The Cameras said the board bad not yet decided whether
the number of directors ought to be lousier by one or two.
The matter would perhaps be named next half-year.
The report wan unanimously adopted ; the preference and
guaranteed dividends were declared, also a dividend of 2
par out. cm the ordinary stock ; the Guru and Liverpool
thane were converted into stock ; and the proceedings ended
with the usual compliment to the chairman and directors.

Tag AME.RICAN MAlLS.—Sornwirrox, Amy 27.
—The Bamberg American Company's steamer fiaxonia
maid hence to-day at 2 p.m. for Now York with the United
States mails, 72 saloon and a fall member of steerage pas.
stagers, with a large cargo. The company's gamier Ger-
mania, with sdrkes from New Tort to the atrd lastest, is
ezpoeted off Cowes the 3rd proximo.

THE BOMBAY MAIM ..-SOUTHAIITTON, JULY 27.
—The Pelhamlar sad Oriental Company's steamship Syria
sailed hence to-day at 3p.m. with the mails for Gibraltar,
the Mediterranean, Egypt, Adea, Bombay, sad Upper
Bengal, together with 13 first ad 27 secciodidase pampa.
gen, amongst whom are Lieutenant Austin., Copia.'
Johann, Fraser, Carden, sad Grantham, Surgeon Wood,
sad the Rev. L. Graham. The Syria took out on freight
370 boxes specie for Bombay, value 119,6371. Be., of which
menet 96,2801. is bar silver, 13,0001. bar gold, 9,0001. gold
cola, and watches, he., 1,3571. Bs. ; and fee Alexandria,
watches, kes., 1961. ; also a full cargo of gemmed roarchendie.
MANCH ZITILIL Amazes. These assizes com-
metered yesterday, the conandmion having bees
opened late op the previous °sodas. Mr. Baron
Pigott, who did cot arrive till yesterday uxm
presided in the crowo court sod delivered the charge'r,al
Lord Chief Justice Cockburn presided over the ctril skin
The pros:onion to the cathedral, bele, a novelty, attracted
great anecdote, and inimesse crowds assembled at chards,
at polite aloes the road, and is the new assize courts. There
were no frisk of say interest yesterday.

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HORIfiIIIA/61 TL xi; chose. and stroag, moderate
la prke, sad wholesale' to use. These 'Onstage& have &reared
a. for this tee s geserel preference. II la add la packet& by:Ads
1 arri—LAihreillereas.

WIENSLAND SHEEP INVESTMENT COMPANY
(LIMITED).

The first annual general meeting of shareholders
sasituzirdaysitt LM dim :ft titte. az:1247,1,0re. Id

The Oilman, stated what had been dose sines the cow.
aeseaserat of tie undertaking. The COMpany was got up
with the axioms parpoos of bolding sank and stations in
Austral* bat dinteting aunties mare parhatthirly to the
Quosswiad dietriot. The foundation WI abs undertaking
was the parches of a station front Kr. Hiekey. They bid
a provisions' contract for that purchase prwrious to issuing
the prcepeatus, and upon aequirteg the capital the first
thing done was, of armee, to cony that erraagemsot into
effect. Mr. Hickey sailed with tbsisoatract ia April last, and
in two meths' time the directors hoped to hear fiat their re.
presentotiven in the °okay wore in iweeidati of the station.
That was really the only koante naiad out eines the

eoessisememethey halt got that statioa, up= which they
believed there were somethlas like 60,000 sheep.
The other part of their duty had bese so far to anticipate
the parse= et calls ae to enable =she agent out there in cer•
taia snots, sad vender aortas terms end ecteditioes, to pur.
=an other stations. They looked prinenally to the
Qesseelsed dittriet la which to lave* their feeds, but there
was a discrenee given to the gent $o pennon elsewhere it
be found it advisable to do so. limy rather expected,
however, that it would be in the dieing.= meth of Sydney
that future purchases would be made. Of course they had
heard mains ailicially from =dr asset, es be had not yet
received their iegructiree, bat writhes se • friend of
the baud before be lone of the talus ea to appoint
him to that position, that seetlemea (Mr. itlimander
Campbell, of Sydney) congiatelated them on look' a to that
part of the waist for as investment is this pantie tar line,
pasting out what they would be able is de.
Ileplyies to surname,
The Ceanikair stated that the meet awed meting would
probably be held when the wool mine boo= which would
be about this time twelve months. They would then know
what the working of their steno= for the year had been,
reed =able, be thought, to have the acoouna ready. Almost
all sheep static= had • few ewes, and be believed they
would have from 500 to 000. Be believed the signet would
exceed his power if he bought stations in South Aastraha.
The purview must be who the agent could comer= in
Sydney, he would buy probably ia Quemisad cdy ;
bat if he saw an =vantage It adding stations
ia Port Phillip he would not be preslnded by hie
insaneness from manias such sasagemate. Mr. Camp.
bell would tel be at liberty to bey ha New Zealand
or a eau= In these inasaolisme the company
bought and the rights in the had et the pr nt
bolder el the shatisa. What bad male Qoaasalsad more
popular for squatting than other parts was that the govern.
matt there looked chiefly to equattles es a soar= of revenue,
sad therefore gave move favourable terms. The =areas of
profit from sheep farming were the wool and the iscrease ;
and so convinced was he of the lucrative nature of the trade
that he almost wished he had never bad to do with scything
else. This company had the advantage of commencing
=Nieces after two bed maw= so that they might look for.
ward to a favourable period to start withe_and the sort of
=sic which followed the had sesame would suable them to
buy at • low price. Mr. Campbell's lint duty would be
to go over the station with Mr. Hickey, and see that the
ocosEony got what they agreed for. The sir of the Mat=
, was about 1,500 square miles, which would carry about
120,000 sheep. It was folly anticipated that the £2O per
li share would have to be paid. Mr. Hickey took a portion of
the purchase money in char= sad some other shares bad
been retained in onaiequence of the directors knowing,
from offers already mese, that those who wished to sell
I might wish to retain an interest in the beanies by becoming
proprietors of this company.
A vote of (beaks having been passed to the chairman, the
mestiag separated.