The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-01 00:00:00

MEETDIO OF PARLIAMENT.

A supplement to the Landon Gautte, published on
Saturday evening, contains a proclamation proro7u,ng
ment from the 11th to the 18th day of November next, on
which day it is commanded to assemble " for the despatch of
divers urgent and importaat affairs."

COLONIAL-OFFICE.--James Stephen, Eq., one of
the Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, is about to
retire from the duties of that office, which he has diachsreed
for so many years with unsurpassed zeal and ability. kr.
Stephen is entitled, by length of services, to his retiring pen-
sion, and fully merits, in addition, all the honours that can
be duly conferred upon him.—Obserrer.—it will be seen by
the Court Circular that Mr. Stephen was on Saturday sworn
in a member of the Privy Council.

MARYLEIIONE VESTRY.—On Saturday, a meeting
of the vestry took place, for the purpose of considering hr.
Standford's motion respecting the influx of Irish pitmen
into the parish. After some details on the subject set forth
by Mr. Standford, a discussion arose, and he agreed to poet-
pane the matter till next Saturday.—THE LIGHTING OF
MARTLEBONE wont Gas.—The vestry clerk read the me-
morial from the Western Gas Light Company, establithedst
Renal Green, requiting the permission of the vestry to lay
their mains throughout the parish of Marylebone.—Mr.Can
rose to move the appointment of a committee. Ile consi-
dered this subject one of great importance to the public.
The high price of gas in the metropolis had long been a
matter of complaint. Whilst in London they had to pay
7s. per thousand cubic feet, in Birmingham and Manchester
it mu obtained at from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per thousand cubic
feet, and although that was the case the companies wen
enabled to pay a dividend of ten per cent. Even in L,ndon
the companies who sold gas the cheapest paid the largest
dividend. Competition in gas was much wanted in Mary-
lebone, for its effect was proved in the fact that in the out-
ward of St. George's, Ilanover-square, where there wu com-
petition, the Imperial Company charged but 61. per thousand
cubic feet, whilst in Marylebone they had to pay 7a—Mr.
Glazier seconded the motion.--Mr. Soden supported the
committee, as be thought the most beneficial effects might
result to the rate-payers by their putting themselves in com-
munication with the managers of the Western Company.
—Mr. Bell bad expressed his doubts last week as to the
statements put forward by the deputation that the gas pro-
s.ed to be supplied by this Western Gas Company was
both purer and stronger than that supplied by any other. He
had since made it his business to investigate the data upon
which the chemists whose names were mentioned had ar-
rived at their conclusion, and he had pleasure in stating that
their conclusions were correct. There could be no doubt
that 'such gas u that proposed would not only be very supe-
rior in regard to purity, but in strength of light also, to that
now produced.—Mr. Potter cautioned the vestry how they
lent themselves to any scheme which might prove a mere
bubble, and the object of which application might be to
make um of the vestry as a tool to raise their shares in the
market. He did not mean to say that such was the cue
with the Kensal-green company, but he reminded the
vestry that such a thing had been done on a previous oeca-
sion.—Mr. Miehie supported the motion, and, after some
further observations, the resolution was put and carried, and
a committee was appointed..
ASTURIAN MINING COMPANY. —An adjourned
general meeting was held on Saturday, at the offices in
Austin-friars. Mr. Prath presided. The directors com-
menced their report by expressing their regret that the con-
dition of the company did not yet warrant them in declaring
a dividend. The delay had amen from the failure of one of
their retorts a few days after it was set in motion ; and sub-
sequently, when the evil was repaired by a new set of iron
retorts, the death of one of the Spanish workmen, and the
illness of another, induced the alcalde of the village to put
a stop to the whole of the mercury operations. It had,
however, since been ascertained that the man died from
natural causes, and the directors had just heard that the in-
junction had been withdrawn. The effect of the stoppage had
been, that, instead of being able to deliver to the Spanish
government 3,0001. or 4,0001. worth of mercury, as
might reasonably have been expected, not more than 2,00 W.
worth had been sent in. In the mean time the directors coo-
tioued to receive moat favourable accounts with regard te
the condition of the mines. The ore increased in richness as
a greater depth was attained ; and a large furnace was being
constructed which would enable them to distil several toes
at one time, with little or no danger to the workmen. It
could not, therefore, be doubted that by the commencement
of the year a considerable sum would have been realised, and
as the last accounts from Santa Firms showed • clear profit
of 7001, that sum would be added to the produce of the
quicksilver to form the basis of a dividend. A letter from
Mr. Lambert, the manager, gave a gratifying account of
the condition of the blast furnaces; the first iron was made
on the 20th inst., and there was every reason to hope that by
the end of the year a considerable sum would be realised
from that department. The most important part of
the works would be finished before the close of the
year. It might be thought desirable to limit the
expenses for that purpose, but as the present wan
the best season for working in Spain, they con-
sidered it unwise to allow any delay at a time when the
stream of gold which !tad been as long flowing from the
pockets of the proprietors, vow about to change its direction.
Among the liabilities of the conloan; was 7,0001, Wahl.°
their b!inkere., which would become due on the 11th of No-
vember; and the directors considered thst they Muld not ask
for a renewal of their bills except under the fluai.:'tfesof
another call of if. per share, which, for the Convenience :4
the ipropristors, they would make psayable iwo instal-
ments of 10s. each. The number of shares on wh!alstill
last call had not been paid was 2,260. The report IMP
adopted after • long conversation among the
several of whom questioned the necessity for •Par=
Mining that if the shareholders who had not paid the het
call were threatened with the forfeiture of their dams, 001
would certainly pay, or at any rats the shares mid be
put into the market and sold. On the other ebbs
at was urged by the chairman that the latter course was In-
expedient, as in the present state of the market, the sham
could only be sold at edged loss to the smarmy.
it was arranged that the shares should be hehits4:ol.o
apes by the 30th of November, end it at be drm-
deesteadiag that in dm event at bolas cede to a
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gsig question, a resolution was agreed to, sanctioning those
uso„sesiu• , which, however, were to be subject to confirms.
ti„ by &subsequent meeting, provided always, that Colonel
ND:, handed in his decision to the board before the 16th el
Nonni
I),• A vote of thanks to the chairman and diretasse.
with whose conduct considerable satisfaction was expreseed,
terminated the proceedings.
MR. ROBINSON AND THE VISITING JUSTICES.—On
Saturday, pursuant to appointment, the visiting justices
ametabled specially in Tothill-fields Prison, for the purpose
of icm.tigating the cue with reference to Mr. Robinson,
particulars of which have been fully laid before the
ptheab& in the newspapers. Mr. Retch was in the chair, and
a full attendance of magistrates took place. A searching in-
slugs' tion ensued, the result of which, it appears, was most
um' factory to the magistrates, who intimated to Mr. Robin-
g= that he was free from imputation. The prisoner Wright
was examined at great length, and he positively denied that
he wife ever had any children, and declared that the whole
story was fabricated for the purpose of exciting commisera-
tion, and to rause a commutation of his sentence. The
magistrates assured Mr. Robinson that, as the examination
se to tech a charge had been made and disseminated, they,
in justice, would prepare their report for publication, In
order to give it the fullest midmost satisfactory contradiction.
FIRE —ln Whiteclutpel, yesterday morning, about
four o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable destruction
of property, broke out th the extensive manufacturing pre.
mite belonging to Mr. Robert Savage, furniture dealer,
Whitechapeiroad. When first discovered, the fl imes had a
stronz hold on the workshops immediately behind the dwell-
ing, and within a few minutes the entire district became
moat bed:elude illuminated. Several engines soon arrived,
and it was found that sot only were the workshops in which
the outbreak occurred iu a general blaze, but the upper
floors of the dwelling were also burning furiously. Not-
withstanding the immense quantity of water that was thrown
into the flames, the foremen were unable to get them ex-
tinguished until nearly half past five o'clock. The damage
done is very considerable. Insured in the Atlas fire-office
for stock in trade.
l\Uf ESTA SATURDAY.- SUSPICIOUS DEATH.-
Before :gr. ilaker, resumed at the Cock, Church-street,
Hackney, as to the death of Samuel Holm, Esq., aged 71,
of Grove place, Hackney. F. Doulman, surgeon, who
stated that he had made a pest »torten examination of the
body of the deceased. Found a dark appearance round the
south. The lungs were slightly affected. There wero
diseases of the heart sufficient to cause death. He had
known persons drop down dead with less &geese of the
heart than that of which the deceased was the subject. Had
not analysed the content, of the stomach ; there was not
time for that; but the contents of the stomach were sealed
ep and could be analysed any time the next six menthe—A
juror here remarked, that in order to satisfy the public it
would be requisite to have a thorough examination into the
circumstances connected with the death of the deceased.
There were strange rumours in circulation, which rendered
a rigid investigation necessary. He spoke advisedly,
when he said that if inch examination did not take
place now, it must hereafter.—lnspector Waller, of
the N division of the Hackney police, deposed that
deceased called at the station on the 10th ult., and stated
that himself and grandson were at the back of the house in
the garden, and that he heard an explosion similar to that of
a percussion cap, when his grandson said that a man had just
run away, adding, " There he goes." Deceased said be did
not see the man himself. His grandson said he climbed up
a tree and escaped over the wall. Deceased said he wu tole-
rably close to his grandson at the time. In answer to a ques-
tion he said that he thought it singular he did not see the
man. He also said that he did not think his grandson capa-
ble of telling stories. On the day following the deceased
and the officer came to the station, bringing a small pistol, a
handkerchief, and some guspowder and shot. The cousta-
ble said that these articles were found in a copse in the gar-
den, and that the handkerchief was identified as belonging
to the deceased's grandstn. Deceased, in answer to a ques-
tion put to him, said that he felt convinced the boy had fired
the pistol, but not for anything serious, but fora lark.—W.
Spinlu, constable : The wall which deceased's grand-
son represented the man alleged to have fired the pistol
to have escaped by was upwards of sixty feet high.
Saw no reason to believe there had been any one in the gar-
den at all. Found a quantity of shot, as well as a pistol and
the flask, rolled up in a handkerchief. The pistol was loaded;
there were seventeen shots in it. The handkerchief wee
covered with blood ; it was the boy's handkerchief. Took
the boy to the station, and deceased aaid it must have been
the boy who fired the pistol. He was very much affected,
and shed tears at the circumstance. The boy's mother said
the handkerchief had been taken from her a month before,
and that the blood upon it had come from her none. She
thought there was a couspiracy against her boy, and that the
things found in the garden had been placed there with the
view of carrying out their purposes. Deceased, after the
boy's mother bad stated this, changed his opinion, and said
be did not think the pistol had been fired by his grandson.
The gardener and cook had been seen about the period talking
in the garden together at suspicious times.—At this stage of
the inquiry the Coroner said they were going into
matters not immediately bearing on the muse of deceased's
death, and they were eliciting matters which were calculated
to affect the characters of parties who were not present. He
did not think they would be acting regularly were they to
proceed in the same way.—Several of the jury thought it
necessary that anything likely to throw light on the myste-
rious affair should be brought forward.—The Coroner wee
anxious for a full and official investigation ; but as the parties
who were more or less implicated by the statements made
by the witness were not present, and as the evidence was
throughout vaguely made, ho thought it would not be proper
to pursue the same course of examination further.—Several
of the jury here suggested the absolute necessity that the
contents of the stomach should be analysed, and that the
jury should adjourn until such time as a competent chemist
should be able to place the results before them.—The inquest
was then adjourned till Tuesday (to-morrow.)

MEETING OF THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL
BANK SHAREHOLDERS.
(From a Second Edition of the Liverpool Journal of Saturday.)
A meeting of the directors and shareholders of the
Royal Bank of Liverpool was held on Saturday, at the
Bank. Mr. Josias Booker was in the chair. Mr. Alderman
Thompson. of London, was present; and the room was
crowded with gentlemen of wealth and eminence in the town.
The report was first received. It wan as follows:
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*od October, 11147.
Capital pail s e4s,sao 0 0
limerred ftrOns fund
Contingency fund 44,125 1 8
Valuation of bank buildings £el,ooo
Lees amounts not liquidated
- 40,000 0 0
Pram Once June, estimated at

£860,475 1 8
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Cask bills
Dormant amounts
Current someone
Royal Bank-bolldings £65,000
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- 95,000 0 0
£1,855,754 4 JO

On &point account.
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349611 13 i
993,279 3 2

On =paid bills Z37,240 6 2
On wertained bad debts3o,936 12 6
DoWeniation of securities

Total estimated lois 5111,138 8 8
Balance of capital rotatelos
960,473 1 8

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The report of the committee, and a synopsis of the ac li
-
counts having been read, a desultory conversation, which,
reporters not haying been admitted, it would be impossible
to render with any accuracy, ensued. It was then resolved
unanimously, on thy motion of Mr. Alderman Thompson
seconded by Mr. Hugh Duckworth, that the report then!
read be received, and that the best thanks of the meeting be
given to the committee of the shareholders, for the trouble
the had taken in the investigation.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON then moved " That &committee
of the shareholders be appointed to proceed to the immediate
liquidation of the bank." Mr. Alderman Thompson, in
bringing forward this resolution, expressed his regret at the
circumstances which had milled them together. Considering,
however, the great number of depositors, and the inconve-
nience to which they would be put by any delay in the
withholding of their money, he thought it would be much
better that the affairs of the bank should be wound up with
all possible speed. (Cheers.) He felt mortified that he could
not withhold his great disapprobation at the manner in
which the affairs of the bank had been conducted. He en-
tertained a great respect for Sir T. Brancker, but that
respect should not prevent him from condemning in tote his
management of the concern. The hon. Alderman added
also some very severe remarks upon the conduct of the
directors. . .

Sir T:BRANCKER, in reply to Mr. Ald. Thompson, said
that he was as deeply interested in the bank as any gentle-
man present. If the ship was sinking he did not desert it.
The course he took was, he felt unified, the only one open
to him, and although the disaster had fallen upon hint, it had
arisen from circumstances which neither he nor any other
man could have foreseen.
Mr. J. Cooren, inn lengthened speech as the seconder of
the motion, reiterated an opinion very similar to that ex-
pressed by the mover.
It was moved as an amendment on this, by Mr. S. HOLME,
That the meeting do adjottm to Eatordar and that a committee of
seven shareholders be appointed with the erectors, to determine as to
the expediency of reanseitataag the bank, or to proceed to an Mame-
diste Liquidation, sad to report the same at the next meeting.
The following gentlemen were then named to sit on the
committee: Mr. Josias Booker, Mr. Gill, Mr. Thomas
Shand, Mr. John Stock,.Mr. J. Bibby, Mr. W. Clare, Mr.
W, Innis ; and it was furtherdetermined that Mr. Alderman
Thompson be requested to render his advice and assistance.
Mr. SAMUEL Hostel, in rising, was received with much
applause. He did not think that it was either necessary or
desirable to wind up the affairs of the bank. Their affairs
were not in that deplorable condition represented by the
worthy alderman, and he was decidedly of opinion that it
was neither right nor reasonable to call on the directors at so
short a notice to sanction a proceeding which would injure
severely a great concern like the Royal Bank. He thought
that further inquiry, and time for that inquiry, was in
dispensable, and entertaining these views he moved the
resolution.
Mr. JogEs seconded the amendment in a very elaborate
speech.
A long discussion took place, but the amendment was
eventually carried by a majority of nine to one.
Another resolution was earned, that thanks be returned to
Mr. Ald. Thompson for his important services, and that the
meeting " do sympathise with the manager, Mr. J. Chaffers,
not only on account of his infirmities, but because of the
difficult position in which recentoccurreaces had placed him."
It was stated at the meeting that Messrs. Barton, Irlam,
and Higeineon owed the bank 513,0001.
It appears that the assents of the depositors to the pro-
posal made to them by the directors amounted to 368,597/. ;
dissents, 29,0001., the remainder not being yet ascertained.