The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-26 00:00:00

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Throe inqueats were but night taken by Mr.
G. S. Brent, at the Elephant and °itle, King's-read,
Camden.town, terminating at a very late boor, the first, on
the body of Clara Metcalfe, aged 21, who was found
drowned ; the others, on the bodies of two newly-born
murdered children.

In the case of the young woman, who, it appeared, was
staying with her sister in Winchester-place, hentish.town,
a quarrel had ensued between herself and her sweet-
heart, and on Wednesday evening last they returned
each other's portrait. The sister then persuaded
the deceased, who Wll-1 much affected, to take a short walk,
sad herself and the young man left the house together. The
latter, however, suddenly missed her, and after a fruition
march had to return home. Two gentlemen, who had been
sapping near Highgate, about midnight passed through Dart.
mooth•fielde, ken tish.town,and on some raffia gs,erected round
a pond which originally was dug for the foundation of a house,
they saw a woman's cloak and bonnet hanging. The police
nabsequently dragged the pond and found the body of the
asaimied, with her returned portrait in her pocket. De-
ream& had never threatened suicide. Verdict--, ' Sateen.
ties from drowning, but bow the deceased came into the
water was unknown."

The next aae was on the body of a newly-born naked
female child, which was found by Mark Collins, an employe
in the Great Northern Railway, in the waters of the canal
which flows under the goods station of the above line. The
throat was cut, dividing the large yawls, and the cord was
severed close to tho abdomen. The child had lived and
breathed, and death was caused by loss of blood from the
wound in the neck. Verdict—" Wilful murder agaiest
some person or persons unknown."
The third case was on the body of a male child
a day or two old, sod which was found
in the giuden of 49, Rises-road, Camden-town,
yestenlay (Tuesday) morning. It was sown op in flannel
and encased in brown viper. It had received no attention,
though it had fully lived and breathed, and there were evi-
dent and satisfactory marks of suffocation by pressure on
the neck. Verdict—" Wilful munler against some person or
persona unknown."

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
(THIS LAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Metropolitan Railway was held this afternoon at the Lon-
don Tavern. Mr. W. A. WILKINdON, the chairman of the
company, presided-
The report, which has already been published, was taken
rread.

The CgammAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said the engineer's report stated that the works were ap-
iching completion. Ho hoped the difficulties were
drawing to a close. The great obstacle they had had to
contend with had been want of faith on the part
of the public. They had in consequence been obliged to
borrow mosey at 6 per rent. Public faith was growing,
however, and just at the time when they had lees need of it.
The question now was, what would be the result of
the undertaking? Tee original prospectus promised
three thine. It hail promised—First, that the coat
of the hue would not exceed 1,200,0001. ;
es-
orally, that the carriages would be specious, and
that the steam would be generated from heated water, and
that there should be no annoyance from smoke, he. ; and,
thirdly, that there would be a return of 15 per cent. on the
capital. Two of these results had been secured and he had
reason foe hoping that the pecuniary results would
be satisfactory. He then alluded to the working agreement
which had been entered into with the Great Weston', and
mid it would be beneficial to the company. He then
referred to various lime which were likely to be feeders to
the Yetropolitan, and said that instead of the line not get-
ting enough trafilc, their difficulty would be to get
*depilate means for carrying it. After some further
remarks, he concluded by moving the adoption of the
report.
The motion, after some discussion, wen adopted, sod the
meeting closed with the ordinary vote of Yeas to the
chairman.

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