The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-28 00:00:00

MEETING OF TIE JOCKEY CLUB.

A general meeting of the Jockey Club will be
held at Newmarket on Wednesday next, after the races, to
ballot for • new member, and for other business. The
following name of motion have been given :
" By the Earl of Zetland,—That be will being under the
consideration of the club the difficulty and inoonveuienoe
caused to gentlemen training horses by the disoontinuance
of • long-prevailing custom,whereby the jockey considered
I himself bound to be at the service of the person from whom
• • be accepted • salary as first, second, or third master, &c., as
long as the stipulated sum was paid by the retaining party.
"By the stewards. —That the Queen's Plate in the
Craven meeting shall in future be run over the last three
miles and • half of the Beacon Course, instead of the
Round Coarse, an that the running grosiod on the west of
1 the ditch shall not be need for racing before the July

meet .
"To uk the opinion of the meeting whether the pro-
duce of mullions or mares whose produce hue won abroad,
but Dot in the IT cited Kingdom, me entitled to allowance
1 in this country to the produce of untried horses sodassras."

ROYAL GRNERAL ANNUITY %MEM—A general
meeting of the directors and antecribers of this charity was
held on Wednesday at the London Tavern, in accordance
with the requisition of the eubecriben ; Mr. North in the
chair. The chairman briefly opened the proceedings, and
the requisition to call the meeting having been read, Dr.
Ramsay suggested that as there was another formal meet-
ing on the 9th of May, any action had better be postponed
till then. The chairman said the meeting being legally con-
stituted it wu their duty to proceed with the business.
The chairman then briefly gave a history of the society,
showing that in the past 25 years corruption had crept
into the institution, and that 15 mouths mg% when they de-
termined to try and resuscitate and reinstate the society,
there was 9s. flcl. in the bank, and funded property to
the amonnt al 361 X., which was swallowed up by the claims
on the fund. Since the appointment of Mr. Toole as mug-
tory, however, collections bad bean made, and there was
now 2,3001. in the bank to the credit of the fund, all debts
having been paid. Mr. Wharton objected to bnainees being
proceeded with, as the meeting was not a legal one. Mr.
0. Jankinson, a solicitor (of the firm of Messrs. Jenkinaon),
said be was of opinion that this was a legal ineeting for the
considered= of the rules ; the meeting referred to, which
was to take dace on the 9th of May, was for another pur-
pose. Mr. Barber then read the sew vales, all of which
were appeared unanimously by the meeting. Dr. Jame
moved a vote of thanks to the threaten and the secretary
(Mr. F. F. Tools), for the rare they had takes in producing
these rules. Mr. Donald Nicoll somaded the motion, which
wee carried unannseasly. Another meeting use bold yes-
terday, at which the above resolutions were confirmed.
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